April 4th!

Japan North China Front Command!

"Okabe, what do you think of the suggestions of the 109th Division?" Indoor Shiro gently placed the telegram in his hand on the desk, looking at his Lieutenant General Chief of Staff expressionlessly.

The telegram in his hand came from the 109th Division Division headquarters, requesting the Front Army Command to dispatch troops to wipe out the Chinese army hidden in the Taihang Mountains in eastern Shanxi. Otherwise, the troops would not be able to withstand the disturbance, and even important traffic lines like the Handan-Chang Highway could not be safe.

It was difficult for Saburo Okabe to judge the true thoughts of his commander. After pondering for a moment, he still maintained his usual caution: "The subordinates believe that although the suggestions in the telegram of Yamaoka are suspected of being eager for quick success and instant benefits, they are not necessarily in terms of the interests of the empire.

The Chinese army in the Taihang Mountains in the east of Jin is getting bigger and bigger. If they are allowed to develop, they may dare to face the enemy head-on with the Imperial Army that day. If we want to destroy them at that time, we may pay a greater price than we are now!"

"It seems that Okabe Jun agrees!" The indoor shroud nodded, but there was no change in expression on his face, and asked again. "Why don't Okabe Jun thinks that the front army needs to enter the mountains to kill these Chinese troops, and which troops are allocated to?"

"The subordinates believe that because the Taihang Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, our army is unfamiliar with its geographical terrain, so it needs to increase its military investment, even more than the Chinese to ensure victory." Okabe Saburo thought about it carefully and replied.

The indoor mourning clothes twitched slightly without any traces, and the eyelids drooped lowered their eyes to the map spread on the table, waved their hands to signal Saburo Okabe to continue.

Seeing that the indoor shroud did not clearly object, Okabe Saburo dared to continue, "I suggest that the 16th Division be dispatched to Jindong, with it as the main force, the 108 and 109 divisions as the auxiliary, divided the troops into nine routes, and attacked the Chinese entrenched places. If the Chinese run away, our army will burn all the Chinese villages we saw along the way and kill all the Chinese who have helped them.

If he doesn't run away to fight our army, it's just right to kill them all! Eliminate the disaster in one fell swoop!"

The indoor shroud couldn't help but look up suddenly, looking at his usual low-key and introverted Chief of Staff, with a gleam in his eyes.

Being able to tell these three divisions means that they have convinced these three division commanders, but it is not scary to use nearly 80,000 troops from the three divisions. What is scary is that the vicious thoughts of this lieutenant general are really not something that ordinary people can think of.

With a permanent division of 30,000 people as the main force and two special divisions as the supplement, not to mention a few Chinese infantry divisions, it is almost enough to face the remaining 200,000 to 300,000 Chinese troops in Jin Province.

The Chinese basically only have one way to escape from the mountains, but this man seemed to have expected this ending, so his real purpose was not to destroy the Chinese army that was destined to escape, but to the Chinese people in the mountains.

The big reason why the 921st Division was able to develop slowly in the mountains was that the Chinese in the mountains provided them with houses and food, which was something that the Japanese army knew very well.

Saburo Okabe means that the Chinese army can run away, but the Chinese people who have lived in the mountains for generations cannot run away. They burned the villages of the Chinese people and killed them, which is equivalent to digging the roots of the Chinese army. If they want to come back, they will lose nothing.

This is a real strategy.

It's cruel and poisonous! But it's extremely useful.

If the roots of the Chinese army are digging, the Chinese army is just a rootless duck, right?

Even the indoor mourning clothes had the urge to agree to him at that moment.

But unfortunately, the indoor shrouds are now gone. When he first arrived in North China half a year ago, he was full of energy. His mind was not on the Marquis of the Conquering Army, but on how to stop making mistakes and hand over the position of commander successfully. He could return to China with peace of mind and become a good military adviser. He might make a comeback in two or three years.

Therefore, the eyes of the Japanese general quickly gathered up and nodded, "Okabe Jun's suggestion is good, but I wonder if Okabe Jun has considered a problem. Opposite the 109th Division is nearly 100,000 Jinsui Army, and the 16th Division faces tens of thousands of elite Chinese Central Army soldiers. If the entire army is withdrawn into the east of Jin, and more than 100,000 Chinese troops who have lost oppression will fight back with the flow, what should our army do?"

"Commander, the Chinese army has been surviving under the pressure of our army. If they can give them a certain breathing opportunity, they are already very satisfied. If you say that they dare to fight back while our army is empty, I judge that they do not have the courage to do so.

Moreover, our front army has a unit of the Fifth Division in Jinzhong and the 20th Division in Shimen, and can reach the front line at any time. And there are two mixed brigades in the Pektoki area at Godadan. Major General Yamashita has always hoped to lead his troops to the expedition." Okabe Saburo heard the idea of ​​indoor shrine avoiding war and quickly explained.

At this time, the Japanese North China Front Army was definitely Japan's largest military group in China. It had more than 12 division-level troops and a total strength of nearly 400,000. Otherwise, the strength would have to participate in the Battle of Xuzhou, and at the same time, it would have to fight hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in Jin Province, and to consolidate the occupied territory?

Even so, they still have some spare energy, at least two mixed brigades and one division belong to mobile forces.

As the chief of staff of the Front Army, although Saburo Okabe cannot directly mobilize, he is clear about the military strength of the Front Army. He hopes that the indoor shroud can be persuaded.

Unfortunately, he underestimated the stubbornness of a person who was about to lose power.

For the indoor shroud at this time, even if this battle was successful, it would have swept the Chinese civilians in the mountains, completely cut off the foundation of the Chinese army and achieved the strategy formulated earlier, but what are the benefits for him?

Because the military order for his resignation to serve as commander of the North China Front Army has been signed by His Majesty the Emperor. Now he is just waiting for the Army Base to decide his successor. He will never tear up the military order that he had just signed just now because he won a small victory.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! If this battle is not fought well and the army that broke into the mountains and attacks has suffered heavy losses, then who will be the account on?

Undoubtedly, he, the commander of the front army who signed the military order.

The battle between Taierzhuang has caused him, the commander of the general, to lose his position. Let's do it again. Can you announce your retirement directly after returning to China?

To put it bluntly, if this battle is done, he can't eat meat, if the battle is not done, he will have to spank the board. Unless the indoor shroud is crazy, he will agree to fight this battle.

Perhaps, only Saburo Okabe, the chief of staff, is the only beneficiary. If he fights well, he will have half of his contributions. If he fights poorly, he will have a general commander who has been ineffective recently, and he will be in front of him.

Indoor shrouds knew this better than anyone else. He just wanted to see how impatient he, the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff, was.

From the beginning, Saburo Okabe's ambition was destined to be in vain.

"Why! Major General Fumi Yamashita is eager to fight? Yoxi! Then let him lead his troops to Jindong. First assist the 108th Division in guarding the Handan Chang Highway. After our front army resolves the enemy in Xuzhou, it will launch a full-scale attack on all the remaining enemies in Jinzhou. At that time, he will be given a chance to show his strengths." The indoor shroud replied lightly.

"Your Excellency Commander, what the commander of Yamaoka Division said..." Okabe Saburo, who had already felt that he had just said nonsense for a long time, looked ugly, but he was still making the final effort.

"Tell Yamagang High-Head, according to the Imperial Army strategy, the current focus of the front army is in Xuzhou. Whether it is logistics or land aviation, they will tilt resources towards Xuzhou. If he is confident that he can still severely damage the enemy in the mountains without providing air support from the front, I can sign an agreement with his combat plan." He was too lazy to raise his eyelids in the indoor shroud, raised his hand and took out a brush from the pen holder, spread a piece of rice paper on the table, and looked like he wanted to write.

The general meaning is just like ordinary people picking up a broom to sweep the floor.

"Hi! I will convey the commander's meaning to him." Okabe Saburo's face turned red and he nodded to the indoor shroud with difficulty, turning around and leaving.

He knew that the combat plan he made with three lieutenant generals of the 108, 109 and 16th Divisions was completely ruined.

Saburo Okabe did not think about getting to the ambition of the commander of the Front Army in one step. He gathered heavy generals under the North China Front Army, Sakamoto Shiro, Doi Hoshi, Isotani Sukki, Kagawaji and other veteran lieutenant generals who were not in charge of the elite army. No matter how they lined up, he could not be the chief of staff who came to gilt.

He was accumulating military achievements for his return to the Kwantung Army. The positions of several major regiments of the Kwantung Army are also popular. There are many people who want to go there. Although the boss above has already made a promise, as long as he doesn't take office, it is not a surefire. He has to make more efforts.

Unexpectedly, the old fox, who was an indoor shroud, would rather not do it than become a human beauty. He had known that the beauty of the island he gave him a few days ago would have enjoyed it first, so that the old man would eat the leftovers. As he walked, Saburo Okabe complained in his heart.

As for the 109th Division mentioned in the Indoor Mood, as long as he wants to fight, he can sign and agree, and Okabe Saburo didn't take it seriously at all.

Not to mention the battle a few days ago, Gu Tengchang led five thousand troops and was still beaten by an infantry regiment. Even without that battle, the 109th Division would not be foolish to rush into the mountains.

China's 921st Division is simply a group of madmen, who will turn that mountain into a cemetery for the 109th Division.

The Japanese army temporarily gave up its invasion plan against the Taihang Mountains, but this does not mean that the Chinese army in the Taihang Mountains would take it lightly.

To prevent the Japanese army from retaliating, the 921st Division launched a message tree plan widely around the garrison.

In every village, there must be militia standing guard on the hills. Once a Japanese army is found, the big tree that has been cut down on the hills must be immediately pushed down. The whole village's old and young must be transferred immediately. The militia stationed in the village will immediately report to the garrison closest to the village.

The 921st Division will organize various units to conduct corresponding blocking based on the number of attacks on the Japanese army.

This time, the 683rd Brigade was even more like a great enemy. Not only did it hold a celebration banquet, but it also quickly replaced 12 all-Japanese infantry companies with the Japanese arms seized this time. The rifles they replaced were piled up like mountains but were not empty.

Perhaps Brigade Commander Cheng had already planned to draw an infantry company from the 772nd Regiment and the 771st Regiment as the backbone, two infantry companies from the supplementary regiment, gathered militias from 50 villages around the garrison, and established a brand new infantry regiment called the Independent Regiment.

The Battalion Commander Ding, who was deeply concerned about Tang Dao, was directly appointed as the commander of the independent regiment by Commander Cheng Da, completely breaking Tang Dao's thoughts.

In the past time and space, this young battalion commander died at the battalion commander at the end of this year. Now he has become the regiment commander, and like his former regiment commander, he has embarked on a different path from the past.

Perhaps, fate will be different from before!

After this battle, the 683rd Brigade directly expanded its strength by nearly 1,500 people. It has two main regiments, 771,772, and two reserve regiments of the independent regiments, a total of four infantry regiments. Together with the brigade's direct troops, the total strength exceeds 10,000.

As for the Four Army Regiment, Tang Dao sent a special squadron for daily lurking reconnaissance training, sending about 10 groups of 20 people every day. One group of people will survive in the wild for 48 hours, and the maximum reconnaissance range is 15 kilometers away from the base.

Obviously, it is extremely unreasonable to have such a high-intensity reconnaissance operation carried out by only 60 special forces.

After the battle in Xiangtangpu, the special squadron first issued a plan to expand into a reconnaissance company to the entire regiment and recruited soldiers from the entire regiment.

As long as you pass the assessment, you can become a reserve soldier of the reconnaissance company. Each person will be given a subsidy of another five yuan per month on the original military pay.

This is also the military pay standard that the former special squadron officers and soldiers differed from other officers and soldiers of the Sihang Regiment. They trained the most hardest and were often located in the most dangerous battlefield during battles. They had better food and higher military pay, and no one could say anything.

Tang Dao also personally issued military orders to the battalions and companies. The reconnaissance company wanted the elite among the elites. Anyone who was attracted by the reconnaissance company should not stop any battalion company.

Obviously, the military order of the Tang regiment could not stop the company commanders who valued their own land very much. On the surface, they did not dare, but in private, they did their homework. In the first two days, the assessment organized by Lao Hei and Gu Xishui began, not to mention that there were only a few applicants.

Then, the Tang regiment had to take out his trump card: if anyone who transports one elite officer and soldier to the reconnaissance company, the battalion company will add five new recruits, reward one cigarette and ten kilograms of milk candy, and will rank the number of soldiers transported by the infantry company when the new standard pistol is installed in the army, and be equipped according to the ranking.

There are not many things, and I don’t know when the pistol is equipped, but it is an honor to deliver elite soldiers.

The company-level chief officer was unwilling to be fond of his own soldiers' reconnaissance company. In the end, his infantry company ranked last, which would be a loss.

Even though he was as stingy as Li Jiujin, after seeing the reward plan of "killing people and heartbroken" in Tang Tuanzuo, he was a little overwhelmed, so he ran to Gu Xishui to go to the back door.

"Brother, you know my brother. As long as your brother has a need, I, the brother, will give you my life to do it." Li Jiujin's generous expression, if he didn't know, Cliff would be moved by him and burst into tears.

Unfortunately, Gu Xishui is no longer the simple young man he used to be, especially when he ran to Li Jiujin two days ago to ask him to help recommend several veterans. The veteran was also slapped with his chest in front of him, and turned his face and handed it to the special squadron for three in total.

One was a new recruit who had just joined the army for less than three months. Even if he performed well, he was still a new recruit. He participated in the war less than three times in total. The other two were not fooled by military service, and they were at least two years old. However, one of them was hit by a machine gun bullet in the battle of Beiganling and lost half of his arm. He is still lying in the medical team, and the other was shot in the head. He has not yet awakened yet.

Gu Xishui was so angry that he cursed on the spot, but the veteran Youzi only left a deputy company commander to receive Gu Xishui. In his words, he talked at the corresponding level and simply didn't even show his face.

As a result, when Tang Tuanzou used this move, Li Jiujin ran over with shamelessness, and he was very proud to have his life done for you. Whoever wants to believe his nonsense will not believe Gu. Gu Xishui snorted coldly and rolled his eyes.

"Oh, why don't you believe me, brother? When you forgot the Sihang Warehouse, my brothers rushed out of the warehouse with the leader of the regiment, were they rushing in front of you?" Li Jiujin jumped up directly.

This is true. When the veteran was trying his best, it was true. Later, according to him, his brain should have been thrust at that time, and he definitely thrust.

Facing this brother who doesn't want Bilian, Gu Xishui was not angry and reached out with anger: "Give me the list, less than fifteen. From now on, you will not be my brother Jiujin, and I will not be your brother Xishui."

"Damn, you can guess this, it's amazing, it's amazing." Li Jiujin exclaimed indifferently.

15 people are the people he took out after weighing all the pros and cons. According to his estimate, half of the 15 people can be admitted, up to 10 people, so that it will not cause too much damage to the infantry company, nor will it rank last.

After all, the entire regiment has 9 infantry companies, 3 fire support companies, and several direct companies. As long as they do not rank in the top three, their face will not be too ugly.

"Hmph! Who doesn't know that you, Li Da Company Commander, is the most thief? If you weren't looking for me today, Lao Hei Company Commander would be stingy at you. I don't want any of your 7th Company soldiers." Gu Xishui snorted coldly.

"I'm a man who always believes it or not? I'm a good person. I've forgotten how many of you dig holes in a trench when you are a senior official! He is not a good person, don't learn from him in Xishui." Li Jiujin jumped high again.

"I'll spit your veteran for a moment, and learn from you, right? You'll care about your acres of three-point land every day." Lao Hei walked in outside the house with big strides, not giving his old comrade-in-arms a good look.

The two chief officers of the special squadron were fed up with these company commanders two days ago. It was only after they didn't get it back.

"Brother Hei is back, and you have the list. Remember to give me some face during the assessment. Just take half of 15 people, don't have too many or too few. Just like that, I'm leaving." In front of my old comrades, Li Jiujin has always been just not embarrassed, you are embarrassed, and you immediately slapped your butt and left.

"This guy is so smart!" The two of them smiled bitterly at the list without any moisture this time.

They also knew that if they were to draw more than a dozen elite veterans from an infantry company at one time, they would probably have to jump into the foot if they were the company commander.

But this assessment was very important. The reconnaissance company would rather have nothing than be too bad. If the infantry company was energetic, then he would find a way to make up for it.

Li Jiujin, who was behind the back door, had little meaning. The chief examiner of the assessment, but Tang Dao himself, dared not make trouble on this.
Chapter completed!