Glorious Mission 1937

Handan. Division Headquarters of the No.30 Second Division of the Japanese Army.

Lieutenant General Kimura Heitaro was in an extremely depressed mood at this time. He had just received a telegram from the headquarters of the Front Army. His Excellency Tada Hayao was very dissatisfied with the performance of the No. 30 Second Division in this battle, especially in the presence of the Chinese The military newspaper actually mentioned that the Imperial Japanese Army fled the city without firing a single shot during the battle in Zhao County, which greatly insulted the honor of the Imperial Japanese Army.

In fact, Lieutenant General Kimura Heintaro had also heard of this rumor, but he thought it was the Chinese who deliberately belittled the Imperial Japanese Army, so he never took it seriously. Besides, Lieutenant General Kimura Heintaro, the infantry squadron stationed in Zhao County, knew about it. The captain is His Excellency Ushijima's nephew. In previous combat missions, that Captain Yamada has always performed very well, so after learning that one of the protagonists in this matter turned out to be Captain Yamada, Kimura Heutaro no longer pursued it further. up.

However, according to the information collected by the intelligence personnel of the Special Hi-Tech Co., Ltd., during the process of the Chinese attacking Zhao County, Captain Yamada did escape without firing a single shot. The Chinese easily occupied Zhao County, which is even more incredible The most amazing thing is that when Yamada fled, he did not destroy the munitions in the general arsenal and the materials in the warehouse, and left them all to the Chinese. His stupidity was simply jaw-dropping. For this reason, the North China Front Army Command ordered No. 30 The Second Division immediately gave an explanation to the Front Army on this matter.

Heitaro Kimura didn't expect that Captain Yamada would make such an unforgivable mistake. Although His Excellency Ushijima's face was there, he couldn't cover up the matter, so he immediately ordered the gendarmerie to arrest Captain Yamada and the three juniors. The captains were all arrested.Waiting for the disposal of the Division Headquarters.

Heitaro Kimura didn't have much thought about the life and death of the four little people. Regardless of whether the final decision made by the division headquarters was to be shot on the spot or ordered to commit suicide by caesarean section, or to turn him over to a court-martial, these were handled according to normal procedures. It's Ushijima who can't say anything, let alone have any dissatisfaction with himself. After all, this is the request of the front army command, and even the request of His Excellency Tada Hayao. Even if it is Ushishima himself, I am afraid there is no other way .

What Kimura is most worried about now is how to defend Jinan.The attack of the Chinese army was too sharp.In just two days, the No. 30 Second Division lost six county towns and nearly one-fifth of its territory.The most important thing is that, according to the news from the intelligence agency, one of the two divisions under Yang Aiyuan's command in the Second China War Zone entered Liao County.One is stationed in Licheng County.It put tremendous pressure on the left wing position of the No.30 Second Division.

at the same time.News came from northern Henan that more than 14 people from Sun Dianying's headquarters in the first theater of China had been dispatched to Linzhou. In addition, Gao Guizi's headquarters under the [-]th Army, the main force of the first theater, was also stationed in Anyang.Dayou went north to attack the Linzhang and Cixian lines at the junction of Henan and Hebei.

Now the main force of the No.30 Second Division has been transferred to the northern line to stop Chen Feng's troops from going south, and there are less than two regiments of garrison troops, one puppet division, and two new puppet infantry regiments left. Well, there are more than 1 people at full strength, and there are more than 2 people in the first theater of China, and the number of people in the second theater is slightly smaller, but there are still about 4 people. The headquarters asked for help. If they didn't ask for help, the Chinese people would probably hit their doorstep.

After two days of deliberations, the North China Front Army has made a preliminary decision on how to deal with the joint siege of the four troops in the three major theaters of China. The Japanese army believed that Chen Feng's troops must be strictly guarded against fire and theft, and against Chen Feng, and they must not give the Chinese troops any chance.

The Great Japanese Imperial Army has already proved with the price of blood that Chen Feng's subordinate is a hungry wolf, ready to choose anyone to eat at any time, once he is targeted, he must deal with it with [-] points of energy, otherwise, Sakai Koji , Abe Kihide, Ren Zhaopan, Houguan Jun, Shinozuka Yoshio and others are role models.

Lessons learned from the past, the power of example is great, with the miserable fate of these major generals and lieutenant generals before them, neither Tada Hayao nor Kimura Heutaro dared to underestimate Chen Feng's troops.Therefore, the North China Front Army Command decided to add two divisions to the south of Hebei, and strictly ordered the No.30 Second Division to defend the three major towns of Hengshui, Nangong, and Xingtai. As long as these three major towns are not lost, it is impossible for the Chinese to capture Handan .

Regarding the first war zone in China, the Japanese army believed that although Wei Lihuang had the idea of ​​going north to assist Chen Feng's troops, and he must have formulated a detailed combat plan, it is undeniable that the center of gravity of Wei Lihuang's troops must still be in Henan, so as long as The No. 12 Army has two divisions with Chen Bing in the east of Henan, and they can even launch a small-scale attack on the east of Henan, sneak attacking one or two small counties.In this way, Wei Lihuang's troops would be greatly deterred, so that they would not dare to go north immediately. In the words of the Chinese people, this move was to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

Yan Xishan's troops are a little troublesome. Southeast Shanxi is connected to southern Hebei, and the terrain is high in the west and low in the east. Troops from the second theater can directly threaten Handan, the center of rule in southern Hebei. Therefore, for the troops in the second theater Special attention must be paid to it. After thinking about it again and again, the North China Front Army Command decided to quietly send the Yamamoto Special Operations Wing to Shanxi, and let them look for opportunities to destroy the command center of the second theater. It would be the best to kill Yan Xishan. But if Yan Xishan can't be killed, then look for an opportunity to kill Yang Aiyuan, commander-in-chief of the Sixth Army, or the two division commanders Xu Tiancheng and Wang Aihu who are in charge of sending troops to Southeast Shanxi this time.

For the Eighth Route Army, Tada Jun himself and all the officers of the North China Front Army hate it very much, because the Eighth Route Army not only moves strangely, but often hits the weakness of the Japanese army as soon as it makes a move. Although it was caused by Chen Feng's troops and the World War II zone, the Eighth Route Army also accounted for a huge proportion.

The most troublesome thing for the Japanese army is that although the combat effectiveness of these Tuba roads is average, their impact and destructive power on the war are not small at all. Such things often occur on the battlefield in North China. The battle ahead is in full swing, and the defenders are struggling to persist Waiting for reinforcements from the Front Army.But overnight, all the roads leading to the battlefield were destroyed, and there were even landmine traps everywhere along the road. The journey that originally took only a few hours suddenly turned into more than ten hours or even days. By the time reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, the battle had been over for a long time.

What's more, the Tuba Road's inciting effect on the people in the public security area is even greater. Wherever the Tuba Road goes, it will not take long for the local Chinese people to develop a heart of resistance, and even secretly assist the Tuba Road and the Imperial Japanese Army Against, so in the eyes of the Japanese army, the crimes committed by the Eighth Route Army are too numerous to write down.

In the eyes of Jun Tada and others, although the Eighth Route Army's imminent move this time has put a certain amount of pressure on the Front Army, it is also an excellent opportunity for the Front Army to gather and annihilate the Eighth Route Army. And a detailed battle plan was drawn up for this purpose.

On November 11th, the second day of the Gaoyi battle, the 7st Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Jinan and the 21th Division stationed in Qingdao urgently dispatched Liaocheng and Gaotang, and there was a great possibility of immediately entering southern Hebei to fight. At the same time, with the cooperation of an air defense wing, the Japanese Army's third tank division headed south from Tianjin to Hengshui.

The various intentions of the Japanese army made the former enemy headquarters in the Eighth Theater and the Eighth Route Army headquarters agree that the Japanese army planned to mobilize two to three divisions from Shandong to the west to reinforce southern Hebei. In addition, the third tank division and the third flying group would also Join this battle.Therefore, the Eighth Route Army headquarters called the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and immediately began to gather in the southern and central Shandong areas, ready to attack Zaozhuang and Yimeng at any time, connect the base areas in western Shandong and southern Shandong, and at the same time open up the road into the Yimeng mountainous area.

However, neither Chen Feng's troops nor the Eighth Route Army's headquarters knew about it. Just as they planned to attack the Shandong Japanese army severely, the two Japanese army divisions stationed near Beiping and Tianjin quietly disappeared.

These two divisions are the 36th and 37th divisions that have just been incorporated into the North China Front Army. They were both organized in Japan on August 1939, 8, and were transferred to North China not long ago. Therefore, the North China Front Army Command has always ordered these two divisions to be stationed in the Pingjin area, responsible for the security of this area, and at the same time strictly ordered the two divisions to train strictly.

After receiving the feedback from the No.12 Army, after learning that there was a large-scale assembly of Tuba Road in the west and south of Shandong, the North China Front Army formulated a battle plan to lure snakes out of their holes to gather and wipe them out.In the view of Lieutenant General Naozaburo Kobe, the most important issue in dealing with Tubalu is not how to defeat Tubalu, but how to find Tubalu. If you want to destroy them, you must gather them first.

It is not easy to get Tubalu together. The reason why Tubalu is called Tubalu is because they slide like marmots. When the Japanese imperial army is powerful, Tubalu will Hiding in deep mountains and dense forests, or even turning into ordinary people, it is not easy to find them.

Once the imperial army of Japan is weak, these soil eight roads will suddenly spring up like bamboo shoots after the rain, and the imperial army will be caught off guard, which is extremely annoying.

Since the Tuba Road intends to make trouble this time, the Imperial Japanese Army will give them this opportunity. Therefore, Naozaburo Okabe suggested that Hayao Tada transfer two of the 12 main divisions of the No. 4 Army to Luxi and make reinforcements. In the posture of southern Hebei, another division moved westward to the east of Henan, leaving only one division stationed in Jinan. In this way, the hinterland of Shandong would be empty of troops, and the Tuba Road would definitely take the opportunity to attack.

And as long as the imperial army quietly mobilizes reinforcements from the two divisions in Shandong, they will definitely be caught off guard by attacking Tuba Road. At that time, the 21st and 114th divisions will still go west to reinforce southern Hebei, and the 36th and 37th divisions The encirclement and suppression of the Tuba Road in the hinterland of Shandong is really killing two birds with one stone. (To be continued..)