Chapter 184 The Japanese withdrawal

Author: Awkwardness of fortune

Chapter 184 The Japanese withdrawal

With the issuance of the order from the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, all the brigades in northern Shanxi began to move and began to march towards each county town.

The 30,000 troops of the Taiyue Military Region in the northwest of Shanxi were headed to the northern Shanxi region. This time, Brigade Commander Chen from the 386th Brigade was personally led by the team. Their goal was naturally to wipe out the Tojo Division that blocked the northwest and northern Shanxi regions.

The Tojo Division is a Class A Division mobilized from Japan. The general Eighth Route Army troops are definitely not opponents of the Tojo Division, but the troops in the first division of the Taiyue Military Region are old troops led by Zhao Xin. Whether it is equipment or personnel quality, the first division of the Taiyue Military Region has reached an unprecedented level. Even when facing the Japanese Class A Division, the first division of the Taiyue Military Region is not false at all.

The Supreme Command of the Japanese Army stationed in Taiyuan!

All the senior Japanese officers in Taiyuan were present, and everyone looked worried.

The Eighth Route Army mobilized its troops on a large scale, and the Japanese army also installed some detailed works in the Eighth Route Army, which naturally eliminated the Eighth Route Army's large-scale mobilization of its large-scale mobilization of its troops on a large scale.

When the Japanese army combined all the information on the army mobilization of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army immediately understood that the Eighth Route Army wanted to take action against the northern Shanxi region. This time, it was still the best to take action. The Eighth Route Army obviously wanted to completely restore the northern Shanxi region.

The Japanese army has lost control of the northwest Shanxi. If the control of the north Shanxi is lost, the Japanese army's control over Shanxi will be greatly reduced in the future, and the Eighth Route Army will grow stronger and stronger. By that time, the entire Shanxi may have been completely restored by the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura Yasuji said with a gloomy face: "Everyone should know the news. Is it still not satisfied after the Eighth Route Army captured the northwest Shanxi region? Now the Eighth Route Army once again extended its hand to the northern Shanxi region, and it is obvious that it wants to completely restore the northern Shanxi region.

Our army in northern Shanxi has suffered extremely heavy losses due to the attack on Wuyi County. In addition to continuing to attack Wuyi County, our army in the entire northern Shanxi region will not exceed 20,000. The most important thing is that of the 20,000 people, and 10,000 are the Imperial Army. Everyone knows that the Imperial Army is not worth much, so the situation in northern Shanxi can be said to be very critical.

This time I asked everyone to come here to discuss the combat matters in the northern Shanxi region. Should we keep our troops in the northern Shanxi region and defend our troops in the northern Shanxi region, or retreat our troops to Taiyuan City to defend Taiyuan."

Major General Tada Muze said: "Commander! Our troops in Shanxi are getting fewer and fewer, and the fewest troops in the northern Shanxi are naturally the northern Shanxi region. If we continue to defend the northern Shanxi region to the death, our troops in the northern Shanxi region are likely to be wiped out by the entire army.

I don't think we have any need to continue to defend the northern Shanxi region, withdraw all our forces in the northern Shanxi region to Taiyuan City, and then defend Taiyuan City with all our strength. As long as we can defend Taiyuan City, and with the central, southern and southern Shanxi in our hands, we can still control all the large troops in Shanxi.

Now we have too few troops in Shanxi, and our troops in Taiyuan City are also very rare. If our troops in southern Shanxi are allowed to be completely wiped out, it will be difficult for us to defend Taiyuan by that time alone. Once Taiyuan is lost, we will lose absolute control over Shanxi. By that time, even if we have the three places in Jinzhong, Jinnan, southern and southeast of Jin, we will only be in a corner."

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Commander! I also think we cannot continue to defend the northern Shanxi region, because it is meaningless for us to continue to defend the northern Shanxi region.

Previously, we all mistakenly believed that all the main forces of the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi were in Wuyi County. It was precisely because of this mistaken belief that we sent all our troops to Wuyi County. Unexpectedly, Wuyi County was just a bait. Now the troops dispatched by the Eighth Route Army are their real main forces. We no longer have the strength to continue to defend the northern Shanxi region. It is unrealistic to remove troops from other places in Shanxi. After all, troops from other places in Shanxi also need to defend the Eighth Route Army in other places in Shanxi.

If we retreat in time, we will be able to withdraw at least 32,000 people from the Tojo Division, plus 8,000 people scattered all over the country, and more than 15,000 people left outside Wuyi Prefecture. If all our 32,000 troops are eliminated, our situation in Shanxi will become worse and worse next."

Major General Taro Kuroda said: "Commander, I also think that our continued defense in northern Shanxi is no longer effective. Now northern Shanxi is a hot potato. Continuing to hold it will only make us feel more uncomfortable. When we continue to suffer from chaos, I think we should cut the mess now and quickly throw away the hot potato in northern Shanxi."

All the major generals and brigade leaders present and the colonel-level corps commanders all asked the troops to withdraw from northern Shanxi. It was obvious that they had no hope for this battle.

Now there is only one regiment in Shanxi with 3,800 troops to defend the troops. They are particularly worried about their safety. But as the highest command stationed in Shanxi, once they withdraw from Taiyuan City, it means that the Japanese army in Shanxi will no longer work. This is something they will definitely not accept. If all the troops in northern Shanxi are withdrawn to Taiyuan City, their troops in Taiyuan City will be expanded to more than 36,000, and their safety can be greatly guaranteed.

Okamura Yasuji said: "Of course I know that continuing to defend like this will only wipe out all the troops in the northern Shanxi region. However, we will withdraw the troops directly to Taiyuan City and retreat to the Jinzhong region. How can we explain to the Supreme Command of the North China Expeditionary Army and how can we not explain to the Supreme Commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Army."

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Commander, it is no longer a question of whether to explain to superiors. Our question is how to protect our remaining troops? You must know that there are not many troops left in the First Army in Shanxi, and there are no complete divisions. Now our entire Shanxi army has no more than 80,000 people, and the Eighth Route Army's army has absolutely exceeded 300,000 people. Such a huge gap in force will no longer have any advantage. In addition, their weapons and equipment have become very advanced, so we are even less advantageous.

Now our most important purpose is to defend our remaining basic plate. As long as we completely defend the remaining basic plate and report the specific situation of the Eighth Route Army to our superiors, our superiors will naturally have their superiors’ considerations. At that time, whether to stop the continued confrontation in the previous battlefield, move the key battlefield to Shanxi, or continue to draw divisions from the local area to support Shanxi, this requires the corresponding orders of the superiors.”

Now the highest commander in Shanxi is Okamura Yasuji. If there is any problem with Shanxi military affairs, it is naturally the first person in charge of Okamura Yasuji. As the second person in charge of Shanxi, Yoshio Shinozuka is naturally not as responsible as Okamura Yasuji.

If he just lost a northern Shanxi region, he would not be punished too much by his superiors. After all, more of his superiors would be dealt with by Okamura Yanji. If he continues to entangle like this and completely throws away the entire Shanxi, then all senior officers in Shanxi will be punished by his superiors. This punishment is still very terrifying. He, the second person in charge of Shanxi, will naturally be punished more severely.

Seeing everyone trying to give up the northern Shanxi region and stop defending the northern Shanxi region.

Okamura Yanji was very angry. Once he lost the northern Shanxi region, his responsibility would be very huge. He was very clear about this.

In his heart, he was unwilling to let go of the northern Shanxi region. He wanted to defeat the Eighth Route Army from the northern Shanxi region, but the army he now had was not enough. Unless he could gather all the troops from Jinzhong, southeast Shanxi, southern Shanxi and Taiyuan to have a head-on battle with the Eighth Route Army in the entire northern Shanxi region, he could continue to protect the northern Shanxi region.

But this kind of thing is just a thought. There will definitely be no shortage of Eighth Route Army troops in Jinzhong, southeastern Jin and southern Jin. There are also the main force of the Jinsui Army in southern Jin. Once most of the troops in these three places are mobilized, no matter the Eighth Route Army in these three areas or the Jinsui Army in these three areas, they will probably not be as stable as before.

Okamura Yanji said with a serious expression: "Order! The Tojo Division retreated from Wucheng to Taiyuan City, ordered local troops in northern Shanxi to destroy important facilities in the city, destroyed weapons that could not be taken away, and burned all the food to retreat to Jinzhong, and ordered the Ninth Division to retreat from Qingquan City to Taiyuan City. Each unit began to withdraw the army as soon as it received the order, and did not allow the continued battle with the Eighth Route Army."

In the end, Okamura Yasuji could not withstand the pressure from the crowd and announced that the Japanese army would completely withdraw from the northern Shanxi region, leaving the entire northern Shanxi region to the Eighth Route Army.

While the army retreated, Okamura Yasuji also issued an order to local troops to destroy various daily military supplies in northern Shanxi. Okamura Yasuji would definitely not leave all kinds of daily military supplies in northern Shanxi to the Eighth Route Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Commander is wise! Since our current army is indeed not suitable for head-on battle with the Eighth Route Army, we will give up some unnecessary defense territory first, and wait until we draw the army from other places, we will give the Eighth Route Army a fatal blow."

Okamura Yasuji said: "It's only possible now! The failure of the combat in northern Shanxi has given us no chance to turn around in northern Shanxi. However, after our strength is enough, we will continue to bring back the northern Shanxi and northwestern Shanxi."

Major General Tada Muze said: "God of General, I think we have withdrawn our troops. Now we should focus on defending Taiyuan City to Tianxiakou in northwest Shanxi and northern Shanxi, Heishiwan in northern Shanxi, and Dongyang Valley in southern Shanxi.

These three places are important transportation routes for the Eighth Route Army to continue to march into other places in Shanxi. Once the Eighth Route Army is not satisfied with completely occupying the northern Shanxi region, it will continue to attack the Jinzhong region, southeastern region, and southern Shanxi region that we occupied. We are likely to encounter big trouble without taking precautions in advance."

Major General Taro Kuroda said: "I also think what Tada Jun said makes sense. The Eighth Route Army has developed very rapidly in northwest Shanxi. According to the news that we were ambushing and the news that our inner circle has sent back. Now all the people in the northwest Shanxi are proud to join the Eighth Route Army. The development of the Eighth Route Army has reached a terrifying level.

I am also particularly worried that the Eighth Route Army is not satisfied with taking only one northern Shanxi region. Once the Eighth Route Army has ideas about our other three places and we do not have enough military defense, we may be caught off guard by the Eighth Route Army, so the defense that should be mobilized still needs to be mobilized."

After thinking for a moment, Okamura Yasuji said, "What you said is not unreasonable! The 9th Division and the Tojo Division arrived at the mouth of Tianxia, ​​and directly camped nearby to set up camps nearby to defend the Eighth Route Army and raided Taiyuan City with all their strength.

Heishiwan and Dongyang Valley each mobilized the troops of two regiments from the Jinzhong and southern Jinzhong areas to defend, and the Eighth Route Army would never allow the Eighth Route Army to continue to enter the Jinzhong and southern Jinzhong areas."

The order from the Supreme Command of the Japanese Army was quickly issued. The Japanese troops stationed in various cities in northern Shanxi began to carry out a major sweep of the city, sweeping out all the valuable things in the city, and completely sweeping out the food in the city.

Things that can be taken away were naturally chosen to take away by the Japanese troops stationed in various cities, and things that cannot be taken away by the Japanese troops stationed in various cities have naturally chosen to destroy them. They cannot leave any resources for the Eighth Route Army.

However, the Japanese army did not carry out large-scale massacres of various cities. It was not because the Japanese army had human nature, but because the Japanese army wanted to leave these people to the Eighth Route Army. If the Eighth Route Army wanted to continue to maintain its reputation, it had to take out enough food to feed these people. The Eighth Route Army without food would definitely not be able to continue to expand its army on a large scale.

If the Eighth Route Army does not care about the lives of these people, then the Eighth Route Army's reputation among the people will be completely stinky, and the Eighth Route Army will not be able to recruit soldiers on a large scale in northern Shanxi, and the Eighth Route Army will naturally not be able to continue to develop and grow rapidly.

Once the people in all cities in northern Shanxi are not full, the people in northern Shanxi will even riots. This is also an open conspiracy used by the Japanese army, an open conspiracy that the Japanese army believes is unsolvable.

If they hadn't had enough time, they would even go to various townships to clear the Eighth Route Army, and would never leave any supplies for the Eighth Route Army. But now the Eighth Route Army is about to fight. It is unrealistic to clear the townships at this time. They can only march towards the northern Shanxi region and clear the towns along the road at the same time. They use the same previous plot, and have not carried out large-scale massacres in the townships. They just gather all the food in the townships. What can be taken away is naturally to be taken away by a large cart, and they can't be taken away, so they can be burned on the spot if they can't be taken away.

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