Glorious Mission 1937

At the same time as the meeting at Zeng Jiayan's official residence, the North China Front Army also held an emergency meeting in Beiping, which was presided over by the commander of the North China Front Army, General Ningji Okamura.

This meeting was mainly in response to the frequent mobilization of Chen Feng's troops, especially the urgent telegram sent by the No. In order to respond to the attack of the Eighth Theater, the North China Front Army Command held this meeting.

Okamura Ningji had expected Chen Feng's troops to participate in the war. When he took office, Okamura Ningji specially investigated the four major opponents that the North China Front Army had to deal with, and conducted in-depth discussions and research on the relationship between them. One conclusion is that these Chinese armies have reached a tacit agreement. No matter where they are attacked by the imperial army, the other parties will send troops to rescue. This is also an important reason why the North China Army is struggling in North China.

Therefore, before attacking Henan, Ningji Okamura had already made mental preparations for the Second Theater, the Eighth Theater and the Eighth Route Army's reinforcement of Henan, and made many countermeasures for this.

Beiping. Conference room of the North China Front Army Headquarters.

As the supreme commander of the Japanese Army in North China, Neiji Okamura has now gained a firm footing. After half a year of hard work, Neiji Okamura has managed to prevent the crumbling North China Front Army from entering the needle, and not only has his strength recovered two times. The strong moment years ago has also been strengthened. This is also the main reason why Okamura Ningji dared to launch the Henan Campaign.

"Gentlemen, I just received the news that the Century Ten Thousand Army in the Eighth War Zone of China is divided into two groups. One route goes east to Luxi, and the other goes south to northern Henan. Its strength includes three infantry divisions and one chariot brigade. In addition, these few The Tenchina Air Force is frequently dispatched, and our army has lost a lot, so what is your strategy?" Neiji Okamura said.

Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara stood up and said: "Your Excellency, the Chinese people's intentions are obvious. They are supporting the Chinese army in Henan from the side. In the words of the Chinese people, they are encircling Wei and saving Zhao."

Hideki Tojo also responded: "Kasahara-kun's analysis is very reasonable. In fact, with the current strength of the Front Army, there is no need to worry about the Chinese Army. Although Chen Feng's troops are powerful, but apart from the Front Army, Chen Feng's troops also have to face the Kwantung Army. Due to the pressure from the front, Chen Feng's troops may not dare to send out the whole army to deal with the front army, at most they will send 5 to 8 infantry divisions to join the battle. However, the front army now has a strong force of 13 divisions."

"That's what Tojo-kun means. How should the front army deal with the attack of the Chinese army?" Neiji Okamura asked.

"The imperial army doesn't need to mobilize many troops to fight the Chinese army. The purpose of Chen Feng's troops going east and south is just to reinforce the Chinese government army in Henan. This is their goal. As long as this goal is gone, Chen Feng's troops will withdraw troops."

"what do you mean?"

"The imperial army only needs to guard the front lines of Linqing and Liaocheng, and at the same time urge the troops entering Henan to strengthen their offensive efforts, and strive to capture Zhengzhou before Chen Feng's troops go south. Zhengzhou is the political and economic center of Henan. Once Zhengzhou is captured, it will be equal to Having traveled southward to more than half of Henan, the next task of the imperial army is to defend the occupied area. Once Chen Feng's troops see that Zhengzhou has fallen into the hands of the front army, they will lose their goal of going south, and withdrawing troops is inevitable!" Dong Tiao Yingji said confidently.

"Yo Xi, Tojo-kun is worthy of being a senior in the army. Now that the chariot division has captured Zhongmu, the soldiers are pointing directly at Zhengzhou. According to His Excellency Nishihara Issaku's prediction, they will be able to arrive in Zhengzhou tonight. In addition, according to reliable According to intelligence, Jiang Dingwen, the commander of the first war zone of China, has retreated from Zhengzhou with a large number of troops. Only one infantry division of China is stationed in Zhengzhou. If the attack goes well, the imperial army will enter the urban area of ​​Zhengzhou late at night today or early tomorrow morning! "Ningji Okamura said.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I believe that in addition to the Eighth War Zone of China, our army is also strictly defending the Second War Zone of China and the Tuba Road. According to the reliable information collected by my intelligence team, although the Tuba Road of China has lost a lot during this period, However, his vitality was not damaged. Yesterday, about one division of Tuba Road suddenly appeared 20 kilometers away in the dark of Ci County. It seemed that he planned to go south to cooperate with the Chinese government army to fight! In addition, there were also troops above the division level assembled in the Second China War Zone. Signs, we have to guard against them!" Major General Koga Chiyoko stood up and said.

As an intelligence officer of the North China Front Army, Koga Chiyoko was very trusted by Okamura Neiji, and soon after taking office, he went to the headquarters to ask for credit for Koga Chiyoko. Not long ago, Koga Chiyoko, who was promoted to the chief officer for less than three years, became a major general of the army. She is included in the ranks of senior officers of the Japanese Army, and she is also the second female general of the Japanese Army.

Neiji Okamura smiled and said: "The troops of China Tubalu and Yan Xishan will definitely join the battle, but these two armies are different from Chen Feng's troops. Chen Feng's troops are tigers, and they may hurt people under any circumstances. Xishan’s troops are hunting dogs, and they will be hurt if they are not careful, while Tubalu is a group of gophers, who only do sneaky things.”

"Therefore, for tigers, hounds, and groundhogs, we have to find our own countermeasures. Tigers have absolute strength, and they are the most troublesome to deal with. You must devote yourself wholeheartedly. The hounds can solve it with only a piece of meat and bones, or they don't need any. Just beat them to death with a stick when you get the chance. As for the groundhogs, as long as the house is cleaned so that the groundhogs inside have nowhere to hide, and the walls are strengthened, the groundhogs will not be feared!"

"Although Yan Xishan's army has more than [-] troops, its combat effectiveness is average. It doesn't need too many troops. It only needs one paratrooper or special forces to make the whole of Shanxi go into chaos. The same is true for the China Tuba Road. Sweep and siege, the Tuba Road in the occupied area was basically wiped out, even if they were not wiped out, they all hid, as long as the Tuba Road is not in the imperial defense area and does not make trouble, don't bother at all!"

After finishing speaking, Okamura Ningji said loudly again: "Give me an order: order Iijima-kun to take charge of the Luxi defense line, and stop the army west of Liaocheng at all costs."

"Order: Kimura-kun is in charge of the war in the direction of Xinxiang, and must block Chen Feng's troops to the north of Xinxiang."

"Order: Your Excellency Nishihara is in charge of the battle in the direction of Zhengzhou, order them to speed up, and must deal with the defenders of Zhengzhou City within 5 hours!"

"Order: Major General Kazuki Yamamoto commanded special operations troops to sneak into Shanxi, destroy the traffic from Shanxi to Henan, assassinate senior officers of the Jinsui Army, and disrupt their operations!"

"Hay!!!"

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But at this moment, Chen Feng was feeling extremely irritable and angry. He had just received a secret report that the Chongqing side had already decided to implement the plan of replacing soldiers with water.

To be honest, Chen Feng was really angry this time. He even directly scolded those big officials in Chongqing at the meeting that their heads were full of shit. Wan's bad move is simply a bastard's home.

Besides, Chen Feng just asked Little Fox about the effect of using water instead of soldiers. The main reason is that there were only three divisions of the Japanese army entering Henan to fight this time, of which one division was stationed in Kaifeng and two divisions went north to fight. It can be said that the regiment will not be attacked by the flood. Only the 10rd Division of the Japanese Army and the [-]th Mixed Brigade that entered the hinterland of Henan are in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. After the embankment burst, only these two Japanese troops will be affected.

However, how many people did the two Japanese troops have in total? Even if the entire army was wiped out, there would be less than 5000 people. Besides, it may not be possible to wipe out all of them.

In order to eliminate the tens of thousands of Japanese devils in this area, it is necessary to take the lives of millions of ordinary people.Could it be that they could do this just because they were worried that he, Chen, would grab the territory?

Immediately, an enraged Chen Feng sent a report to Li Yifeng's headquarters in southern Hebei, ordering the first part of the Southern Hebei Military Region of the Eighth War Zone to immediately go south to Anyang and take over the defense areas in northern Henan.At the same time, Chen Feng ordered the 1st and 2nd Paratrooper Brigades of the Northern Air Force to gather immediately and set off an hour later to carry out an airborne landing at Huayuankou on the outskirts of Zhengzhou.

Chen Feng also knew that the Japanese army had taken the lead this time, and it might be difficult to drive all Rijun out of Henan, so Chen Feng gave Li Yifeng the order to keep the Yellow River embankment and Zhengzhou. .

After receiving Chen Feng's order, Li Yifeng's troops, under the clearing of the tank troops, poured directly into Henan like the water of the Yellow River breaking a bank, and headed straight for Anyang.At the same time, Qin Yiwu took two brigades of paratroopers to board the plane urgently and headed to Zhengzhou to fight.

In addition, Chen Feng also sent a report to the second theater commander's department and the Eighth Route Army headquarters, hoping that they would also send troops to assist in the battle.

Yan Laoxi and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had no objection to this, and they called Chen Feng directly, saying that they were ready, and that as long as Chen Feng's troops entered Henan first, they would follow up.After Li Yifeng's troops went south, two divisions of the Seventh Group Army of the Jinsui Army also went south to Jincheng, intending to go from Jincheng to Jiaozuo.

And the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, which had been assembled for a long time, also appeared in Linzhou in the starry night, less than 80 kilometers away from Li Yifeng's headquarters.

However, Jiang Dingwen was very dissatisfied with Chen Feng's troops disobeying the call to fight in Nanyang without permission, so he ordered the defenders in Anyang to guard all the roads and strictly prohibited Chen Feng's troops from going south.I don't know what to do by himself or under the instructions of Lao Jiang.

But these are not important anymore. The important thing is that Chen Feng has decided to go south for reinforcements, and he has also issued a death order to Li Yifeng's troops. If the troops in the first theater dare to jump out to make trouble, they will disarm them on the spot. Therefore, the slap in the face began. (To be continued..)