Chapter 458 Rely on yourself
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After Okamura Yasuji heard the news from the base camp, he was extremely happy to know that there must be a result. Although he cannot go out and meet those guests these days, his colleagues in the army will get this opportunity for him.:6d
Moreover, for the officers on the Army, they first hope to control China, and then open a channel from China to Southeast Asia, so that their army will have greater contributions.
If you obey the navy and attack from the sea, the risk will be greater. After all, the United States also has interests in Southeast Asia, and the United Kingdom also has interests in Southeast Asia. If it is not done well, it will offend two major European and American countries. This is not appropriate, and the navy may not be able to beat the navies of these two countries.
After Okamura Yasuji arrived at the base camp, he quickly received an order to take the troops of the six divisions prepared by the base camp. At the same time, he mobilized the troops of three divisions from the Kwantung Army. It is expected that in June 1940, he will launch another attack on Changsha.
After attacking Changsha, we continued to advance westward, attacking Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan, and attacking Southeast Asia from Guangxi and Yunnan.
However, these six divisions were not mobilized to China so quickly. They are still recruiting troops here and need training. The three divisions mobilized from the Kwantung Army will go to Wuhan within a month.
Early the next morning, Okamura Yanji started to fly to Shanghai, China, and then flew from Shanghai to Wuhan. At this time, a corps led by Japan from Wuhan were already heading towards Jingzhou.
In Jingzhou, more than 700 casualties last night. There are no more than 700 troops in Jingzhou that can fight. Now they are still struggling outside Jingzhou City and dare not take back the troops. Moreover, according to their speculation, Chinese troops do not want to occupy Jingzhou now, but they just want to consume their Japanese troops.
"Brother Feng, Brother Bin sent a telegram. He brought 1,000 soldiers to come from behind. Brother Bin meant that he would kill the reinforcements, occupy Jingzhou as quickly as possible, and then establish a defense line from here!" A telegrapher took a telegram and said.
"Well, I want to kill them, otherwise, our troops will not know where they are stationed. Wait until Brother Bin comes to the evening and kill this corps. If the devils in Jingzhou dare to come out, kill them together!" Xiang Feng said.
"Cheng, now the brothers have arrived at the ambush place. Now they are resting there. I don't know whether the Japanese troops will go to Jingzhou overnight tonight or wait until tomorrow!" Shi Hao said.
"It doesn't matter. If they don't come, we will attack the defenders in Jingzhou again. I think they will come or not. As long as they dare to march tonight, we will dare to fight!" Xiang Feng said indifferently.
Hu Bin had sent him a telegram before. When he was in Chongqing, Hu Bin told Xiang Feng that he would kill the defenders of Jingzhou and Xiangyang as quickly as possible, and open up the road from Yan'an to this side. He should not let the Japanese tie this traffic line. As long as they were opened, there would be more room for strategic maneuvering of their troops. It was not something that the Japanese could kill.
Now the Japanese have a garrison in Jingzhou, and in Xiangyang, the Japanese have not yet increased their troops there, so now Hu Bin has to seize the time and attack other places after taking these two places. He will lead the Japanese to divide their troops out and alleviate the pressure of large-scale combat.
Hu Bin now has too many new recruits, and it will take at least half a year to form combat effectiveness. During this period, we cannot be haunted by the Japanese. If we are haunted by the Japanese, the casualties will be severe. Hu Bin does not want to see such a situation, so he must find a way to force the Japanese to give himself time.
The only way to force the Japanese is to kill the Japanese troops as much as possible, and form a high-pressure situation against the Japanese troops, so that they can't even find out what Hu Bin's purpose is. With Yan'an behind, the Japanese troops will also consider whether Hu Bin's troops were transferred from Yan'an when they want to fight!
Soon, it became dark, and Hu Bin also arrived at Xiang Feng's side, and had already reached the ambush place. It was winter now, it was very cold and the wind was biting, but the soldiers also wore a lot.
"Brother Bin, the Japanese are less than 10 miles away from us. His vanguard troops are already marching in front and have no intention of stopping. They probably want to come to Jingzhou overnight!" Xiang Feng said to Hu Bin after receiving the telegram from the front line.
"Have the vanguard troops of the Japanese passing by, have we arranged it? Let them go, we will fight the main troops of the Japanese. Kill them, even if the Japanese from the two squadrons in front enter Jingzhou, it will be useless!" Hu Bin said.
"I know, we have arranged two platoons of veteran soldiers there. They will block the vanguard troops from returning to the rescue. Maybe they can kill them!" Xiang Feng nodded and said.
"Well, kill this corps and take down Jingzhou. Now we are recruiting soldiers too slowly. We must let the local people see that our Eighth Route Army can fight the Japanese and have the ability to protect their homes, so that they can join the army.
So far, it has been 4 days and has only recruited 3,000 people. The entire team we went out to recruit has more than 1,000. On average, one recruitment team recruits 3 people, and it takes 4 days, which is too slow!" Hu Bin said while sitting there.
"Ah!" Xiang Feng heard this and looked at Hu Bin in surprise.
"There is no way. Now the people are fleeing. In addition, when the country was in Wuhan, it had recruited a large number of young people and sacrificed a lot. Those people no longer believed us.
The second is that they sent so many children to the front line, but in the end, they lost Wuhan, and they felt resentful in their hearts, which was understandable.
The third is that now we must win the battle so that the people know that we will truly stay here and protect the people, so that the people will listen to us in the future.
Also, the underground organizations here are destroyed so much. Now they can’t help at all. They all depend on ourselves. The political commissar is under great pressure now. The recruitment of 200,000 troops will not be completed in two months at the current speed. Huh, we must play big, otherwise, we will not be able to change this situation. It’s too passive now.” Hu Bin said this and exhaled.
Hu Bin and others were angry when they saw this recruitment situation these days, but they didn't know who was sending this fire, because the people were not wrong at all, and they couldn't explain who was wrong.
Li Nian has been so anxious these days that he can't even eat. Hu Bin thought that since the people don't believe in him, he will fight a few battles at their doorstep to let them know that he is not a passing general!
"Brother Bin, the convoy is here! The Japanese vanguard troops, two squadrons!" Fang Lei came to Hu Bin and said to Hu Bin.
Hu Bin saw the headlights in the distance and nodded.
More than ten minutes later, the vanguard troops of the Japanese arrived at Hu Bin's ambush circle. However, Hu Bin and the others did not move at all, just letting the Japanese convoys go over and continue waiting for the large troops behind to come.
"Brother Bin, the commander's telegram!" Mo Shoo walked over and said to Hu Bin.
"The commander's telegram, now?" Hu Bin heard it and looked at Hu Bin strangely.
"Yes, the commander said that our current situation needs to be opened as soon as possible and cannot be dragged down. Once the Japanese touched it to the bottom, we will have trouble here. He suggested that we give up attacking Xiangyang and directly attack Shiyan. In this way, our Yan'an troops can also come and support it. However, in Xi'an, the country's troops are defending, and you need to communicate and let our troops come!" the commander said to Hu Bin.
"It's useless. They can't let us come over. Commander Jiang won't agree. Commander Jiang's telegram. You tell him that we will fight according to the original plan, from Xiangyang to Shangluo, bypassing the defenders in Xi'an. It's safer to walk this line. Also, I'm not so anxious now, and there will be a way to open up the situation. Please rest assured!" Hu Bin heard it and shook his head and said.
Jiang Dingwen, the commander-in-chief of the Xi'an headquarters, has always been active and proud, which is one of the reasons why he is placed in Yan'an. Now it is almost impossible to let him go on a road, but Jiang Dingwen cannot do that. Even if he agrees, he must be more careful. Maybe he suddenly fucks you on the road, which is not impossible!
"Brother Bin, you can also refute the commander's opinion. I think you are better!" Mo She reminded Hu Bin and said.
"The commander understands, I am not against anything. This matter is not working at all. When we fight against Japan, don't count on others. Just count on yourself. Besides, the road is stuck and we are here. How can the logistics supplies come? They will be so good. Let us send the supplies here, don't even think about it, and can only reopen the transportation line!" Hu Bin said.
"Okay, then I'll go back?" Mo She asked.
"Well, you know what you mean by saying dots!" Hu Bin nodded and said.
At this time, in Wuhan, Okamura Yasuji had just taken a bus to the Wuhan headquarters, and the generals had basically come to greet him. Originally, those generals wanted to welcome Okamura Yasuji, but Okamura Yasuji insisted on going to the headquarters to check it out. After arriving at the headquarters, the Chief of Staff immediately reported to him about the recent situation.
"You said that Hu Bin's troops are already attacking our Jingmen?" Okamura Nishi asked.
"Hi, it's been attacking for many days, and it's hard for our defenders to defend! So I sent a corps to support me and I'm expected to arrive tonight!" said the chief of staff.
"What did you say?" Okamura Nishi stood up in surprise when he heard this, stared at the chief of staff.)
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