As the order from the Japanese 11th Army Headquarters was issued.
All divisions and brigades of the 11th Army retreated across the board.
When the leader of the Japanese Brigade stationed in Xuzhou heard the news, he was immediately frightened out of his mind.
Even the 11th Army of the Locust Army was defeated. How could he withstand the Eighth Route Army's attack with the few troops he had?
The Japanese Brigade immediately requested tactical guidance from the dispatched army headquarters.
Since the 11th Army was going north, the Japanese Dispatch Army Headquarters did not gather more Japanese troops in the Xuzhou area.
It was believed that the 11th Army could defeat the Eighth Route Army.
But the idea is very rich, but the reality is very skinny.
Less than a week into the battle, the Japanese 11th Army was defeated by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
News of the defeat of the 11th Army soon reached the Japanese base camp.
Japanese country.
Tokyo.
Prime Minister's Office.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have just received a report from the commander of China Expedition Force, Shunroku Hata."
"The 11th Army was defeated by the Chinese army in the Xuzhou area and suffered heavy losses. Lieutenant General Hengshan Yong is currently leading the 11th Army to move into central China."
Major General Sanada Soichiro held a telegram in his hand and reported to Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.
"Nani?"
Hearing this, Tojo Hideji stood up suddenly, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Tojo Eiji has been having a hard time recently.
Although the Army achieved impressive results in Southeast Asia at the end of last year.
But from the beginning of this year to the end of the year, the Japanese army continued to suffer defeats.
The 5th Division, the 1st Army and other units were all shattered, and the Battle of Midway was defeated...
Up to now, the North China Front has been defeated one after another, and the Japanese Navy is at a disadvantage in the battle with the American and American troops.
His cabinet is on the verge of bankruptcy, both economically and politically.
Whether it was the army or the navy, Hideji Tojo continued to win to save his cabinet that was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Hideji Tojo hoped that the Imperial Army could turn things around in the battle in North China.
It was absolutely impossible to defeat the Eighth Route Army with the help of the useless North China Front Army, so Hideji Tojo sent the Kwantung Army and the 11th Army to reinforce the North China Front Army.
Unexpectedly, the 11th Army was also defeated.
"Where is the Kwantung Army?"
Tojo Hideji asked in a deep voice.
"Currently the Kwantung Army has passed Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao and is about to arrive in Tangshan."
Major General Soichiro Sanada reports:
"However, Peiping has been captured by the Eighth Route Army, and the main force of the Kwantung Army is preparing to detour from Tianjin to Baoding!"
Tojo Hideji said in a deep voice again: "Where are the 43rd Division, 46th and 47th Divisions heading to North China from the mainland? When will they arrive in Baoding?"
These three divisions, like the Japanese 42nd Division, are the latest three-unit B divisions formed by the Japanese army on the mainland.
At full strength, the combat effectiveness is pretty good.
These divisions were all locally strengthened divisions, but due to the intense war in North China, Hideji Tojo transferred them to North China on transport ships.
After the war in North China is over, Tojo Hideji will look at the situation and decide whether to transfer these divisions back to the mainland.
"The 43rd Division, 46th Division and 47th Division have landed at Tianjin Port."
Major General Soichiro Sanada said in a deep voice:
"In about two days, these three divisions will be able to arrive in Baoding!"
Tojo Eiji calculated it carefully.
At the beginning of the war, the North China Front Army had 12 divisions and 3 mixed brigades.
The Kwantung Army dispatched 7 divisions and 2 mixed brigades.
The 11th Army dispatched 7 divisions and 3 mixed brigades.
In addition to the three B divisions transferred from the mainland.
For this battle, the Japanese army prepared 29 divisions and 8 mixed brigades, with a total strength of approximately 500,000.
With such a luxurious configuration, it still couldn't defeat the Eighth Route Army.
Neji Okamura is simply a waste, and Isamu Yokoyama is a waste.
Umezu Yoshijiro was also a waste. After such a long time, he was still unable to reach North China and Baoding. Instead, he allowed the Eighth Route Army to capture Peiping.
Thinking of this, Tojo Hideji suddenly became furious.
Even though he was a wise and powerful prime minister, he could not stand up to his subordinates who were too rubbish. Tojo wanted to shoot all the rubbish like Okamura Neji and Yokoyama Isamu.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, now that the 11th Army has been defeated, will the central flowering strategy continue?"
A lieutenant general staff member next to him asked in a deep voice.
In this battle of Baoding, the Japanese army followed the wishful thinking of the Central Blossom Tactics.
The Japanese base camp also knew very well that the North China Front Army could never be the opponent of the Eighth Route Army.
so.
The Japanese army mobilized the main force of the Kwantung Army, mobilized the main force of the Japanese 11th Army, and even mobilized three more divisions from the mainland, preparing to launch a large-scale center bloom and severely damage the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, completing their efforts in one battle.
but.
Hideji Tojo obviously did not expect that not only the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army was not easy to mess with, but also the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army was a strong one.
In the original Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army only invested 9 divisions with more than 220,000 men, and defeated the National Army's 73 divisions with more than 700,000 men, losing their armor.
This time, the strength of the Chinese army was not as good as that of the Japanese army, but the result was completely the opposite. The Chinese army defeated the Japanese army and lost all its armor.
Hideji Tojo didn't know whether the Kwantung Army was working hard and arrived in North China late on purpose, or whether the Kwantung Army was marching so slowly.
"The telegram ordered the commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji, to abandon North China and move from Tianjin to Tangshan."
After thinking for a moment, Tojo Hideji said in a deep voice.
Now that the 11th Army has been defeated, the Locust Army with only 5 divisions and 3 brigades in Baoding cannot withstand the Eighth Route Army's attack.
If these five divisions and three brigades continue to fight in Baoding, they will inevitably be completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.
Because the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which captured Peiping with more than 100,000 people, would certainly not allow the Kwantung Army to move south smoothly.
There is no need to worry about having no firewood to burn the green hills. As long as they preserve their strength, the Locust Army still has a chance to capture Peiping.
"Hi."
Major General Sanada Soichiro lowered his head suddenly, turned around and left quickly.
Looking at the back of Major General Sanada Soichiro leaving, Tojo sighed quietly.
When the Locust Army spent so much effort to conquer North China, it was to turn North China into a granary for the Japanese army, a military depot for the Japanese army, and absorb a large number of soldiers.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! For example, after the Locust Army occupied the Peninsula and Treasure Island, many people from the Peninsula and Treasure Island joined the Locust Army to fight for the Locust Army.
However, the resistance of the Chinese military and civilians in North China exceeded Tojo's imagination.
In the past few years, the mainland has lost so much blood to North China and mobilized so much combat materials and troops in order to completely rule North China.
However, the North China Front was defeated again and again, and now it was almost losing the entire North China.
At first, Hideji Tojo did not notice the Chinese Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.
Although the Eighth Route Army is a force with stronger combat effectiveness among the entire China Army.
But they are really too backward. They are entirely composed of a group of farmers, and their government does not provide them with food or wages.
Even the whole of Shanxi is a small area in the strategic layout of the East.
Who would have thought.
In just two or three years, that humble little Chinese army could actually grow into a modern army that could threaten the entire Japanese army?
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Baoding battlefield.
To be continued...