Because of the emergence of the variable Kong Jie, the wings of the butterfly effect were fanned, forcing Okamura, an old devil, to step down early.
Okamura packed up his personal belongings at the headquarters with some dejection, and finally looked at the headquarters he had been with for many years. His mood was complicated and difficult to describe, and finally turned into a long sigh.
This time, the North China Front first launched an unprecedented scale of May Day raids, but ended in failure.
Then they suffered heavy losses in the Licheng air battle, the Chengnan Airport was looted by the Eighth Route Army, and the large Japanese military airport in Shanghai suffered air attacks.
In this series of setbacks, the person who ultimately bears the most responsibility is naturally Okamura, the commander-in-chief of the North China Front.
In addition to Okamura being transferred to Guadalcanal this time, the chief of staff, deputy chief of staff and officers at all levels of the North China Front were not temporarily transferred in order to stabilize the overall situation.
When Okamura left alone, the Japanese chief of staff came with the officers of the North China Front to see Okamura off.
The lonely Okamura didn't want to talk about sad topics. He spoke slowly, as if he was retelling what he had done since he became the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, and he seemed to be giving his final instructions.
"Since I took office, I have always advocated continuous large-scale sweeps to completely eliminate the remaining anti-Japanese armed forces, mainly the Eighth Route Army, in the imperial-occupied areas.
But in the end, the success failed. In the end, instead of successfully annihilating the Eighth Route Army, it actually allowed the Eighth Route Army to become stronger and stronger while trying to survive in this crack.
This was a dereliction of duty on my part and an unforgivable fault on my part.
After this war is over, I think our army will be in a stalemate with the Eighth Route Army in North China for a long period of time.
Considering that the Eighth Route Army is growing stronger and our army is fighting endlessly in the Southeast Asian battlefield and the Pacific battlefield, there is an urgent need for stability in the North China rear area.
I think the operational policy of using large-scale raids to attack the Eighth Route Army base areas can be stopped here.
Since the failure of the May Day raids, it was destined that our army would no longer be able to use the mode of large-scale raids to completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army base areas and eliminate the Eighth Route Army's effective forces.
After I leave office, you should unite as one, change your policy, gather scattered troops from all walks of life, occupy major counties and towns, guard important communication lines, fight steadily, and have a final confrontation with the Chinese army, waiting for the changes in the Pacific and Southeast Asian battlefields.
Yes.
You must never be greedy for success and rush forward, rashly launching troops and actively attacking the Eighth Route Army base area..."
Okamura explained a lot in one breath, and compared to usual times, he seemed extra wordy.
This old devil is unwilling to give up... Even if he can stay in this position for a few more months, he is sure that he can completely stabilize the situation, regain strength, and then fight against the Eighth Route Army.
However, it was too late to say anything. Okamura was worried that after he left office, the new commander would underestimate the strength of the Eighth Route Army, leading to continued disastrous defeats for the North China Front Army.
This is why I have repeated entrustments and worries now.
"Okay, I won't say anything else. Everyone, for the sake of the empire and the holy war, please do your best to assist the newly arrived commander!"
After saying that, Okamura, with a lonely figure behind him, was escorted by the guards and formally left the headquarters and rushed to the airport, preparing to transfer back to the reserve force.
Soon after, in accordance with the order of the Japanese Military Headquarters, Okabe Naosaburo was reactivated and ordered to take over Okamura as the commander-in-chief of the North China Front to maintain security in North China and begin to deal with the Eighth Route Army-based forces in the occupied areas.
Anti-Japanese armed forces.
Naosaburo Okabe is two years younger than Okamura. Like Okamura, he graduated from the Japanese Army Military Academy and the Army University, and is considered Okamura's junior student.
When it comes to learning based on real facts, this old devil still has something up his sleeve.
He even once believed that if he could lead the North China Front Army, he would even do better than his senior Okamura.
The extremely weak Chinese people are just a mere Eighth Route Army unit struggling to survive in the occupied areas. How can they be the opponent of the mighty Japanese Empire?
In addition, in addition to having extremely high academic qualifications and excellent military qualities, this old Japanese also has considerable experience in leading troops.
Prior to that, he served as captain of the 1st Japanese Field Artillery Regiment, chief of the exercise section of the Army General Staff Headquarters, chief of staff of the North China Front, commander of the Garrison in Mongolia, president of the Army University, and commander of the Third Front of the Kwantung Army.<
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When he served as the chief of staff of the North China Front, he was assisted by Juichi Terauchi, the first commander of the Japanese North China Front.
For the Japanese army’s rampant plan to destroy China in March.
This old devil especially strengthened his spy activities and created a combat strategy for the Japanese and puppet regime to invade China.
Regarding the affairs of the North China Front, Okabe, an old Japanese, is quite familiar with it.
The Japanese military headquarters probably also considered that the Eighth Route Army in North China was gradually gaining strength, and even the village of Tonggang in China was continuously defeated by the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the North China Front must be someone who has a special understanding of the situation in North China, and
A commander with extraordinary talents.
Therefore, Naosaburo Okabe, who was originally the principal of the university but was actually somewhat depressed by being put on the back burner, was re-appointed and took up the post with honor.
It can be said that he was ordered to do so at a critical moment.
In order to particularly encourage Okabe to lead the North China Front Army in suppressing the Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces, the Japanese army also awarded him the rank of general.
Speaking of which, Okabe, an old devil, has to thank Okamura. If Okamura hadn't been defeated so quickly at the hands of the Eighth Route Army, how could he have had Okabe be re-elected so quickly?
Of course, we need to dig deeper.
"Okabe Naosaburo, an old devil, has to thank us! If we hadn't made too much noise and driven away Okamura, an old devil, would it have been his turn to take office?"
Within the headquarters of the first team, news came back from the intelligence line that the fourth commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front, Okamura Neiji, had officially resigned a few days ago and was transferred back to the reserve force.
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Naosaburo Okabe took over as commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front.
Kong Jie said with a smile.
The newly appointed commander-in-chief of the North China Front, Naozaburo Okabe, is also an old rival of the Eighth Route Army.
So how to deal with old rivals?
Kong Jie pointed out: "As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy and you will be invincible in a hundred battles. Naosaburo Okabe is our old opponent. We know him, and he also knows our Eighth Route Army, but what he knows is our Eighth Route Army many years ago.
Now, if we want to deal with this old devil, on the one hand, we must continue to understand this old devil in depth and find his flaws.
On the other hand, we want to create a confusing formation and give this old Japanese an illusion. What illusion? Our Eighth Route Army is still the old opponent he was familiar with.
To put it simply, you can give this old devil some sweetness.
To further stimulate this old devil's desire to fight, only by mobilizing the younger devils can we find more loopholes for the devils to take action!"
Xu Guoan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said with a smile, "Old Kong, I seem to understand your idea a little bit. I guess you want to deliberately defeat the Japanese when we fight with the Japanese after Okabe, the old Japanese, officially takes office.
Several games.
For example, some of the counties, towns and towns we captured were thrown to the little devils, and even the five cities we just captured, including Licheng and Xiangyuan, were thrown to the little devils.
In this way, wouldn't Okabe, an old Japanese devil, be able to pat his chest and say with arrogance that the Eighth Route Army is nothing more than that?"
Hahahaha——
"Old Xu, Old Xu, you still understand me!" Kong Jie laughed.
Xu Guoan then suddenly understood and said, "Old Kong, I finally understand why at the military meeting not long ago, when everyone was discussing whether to abandon Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities to the Japs again as planned, you said to wait a little longer.
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Feelings, you are waiting for this old devil Okamura to step down.
I am not willing to lose even this little benefit to an old devil like Okamura!"
Kong Jie said: "This bastard Okamura, we didn't find a chance to kill him completely, even if this old boy is lucky.
Over the years, we have won battles one after another. We have continuously defeated the little devil and slapped the old devil in the face. We want to tear him to pieces all his so-called dignity of the empire and the face of the soldier. Even the old devil's last fig leaf was torn off by him.
What I want is to give this old devil endless humiliation.
Otherwise, how can we be worthy of the thousands of our compatriots who died at the hands of this executioner?"
"Having said that."
"From a human point of view, the so-called three things that make a new official take office is that Naosaburo Okabe has just taken over as the commander-in-chief of the North China Front. Once he takes office, the first person this old devil wants to compare to must be the previous commander-in-chief of the North China Front. p>
If Okamura continues to lose battles when he is in office, he will continue to suffer setbacks at our hands.
However, as soon as Okabe took office, he won successive battles and even captured five cities including Licheng and Xiangyuan.
In this way, while we humiliate and attack Okamura once again, we can also deliberately show weakness to the enemy and paralyze the judgment of this old devil Okabe. Maybe he really thinks that we are still the Eighth Route Army he was familiar with a few years ago!<
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Taking ten thousand steps back, even if we cannot completely deceive the little devils, at least we can send a signal to the little devils by making concessions from Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities.
What signal?
——After our Eighth Route Army’s successive battles, the troops also need to rest and reorganize, and there will be no military operations for the time being.
In this way, wouldn’t it be very common sense for both sides to live in peace and rest, recuperate their strength, and prepare to fight again?”
Xu Guoan immediately came to his senses and said with a smile: "I understand, I understand, haha, Lao Kong, what you mean is that we first release a false signal to the little devils and temporarily stop military operations.
It may not be able to completely fool the Japanese army, but it can at least serve as some fog bombs.
In this way, when we fully launch our autumn offensive, we will be able to catch him off guard to some extent!"
"That's the truth!" Kong Jie said with a smile, "Besides, after this series of high-intensity battles, our team does need some time to recuperate and accumulate strength for the autumn offensive in the near future, so we are preparing in advance!"
"In addition, with the large amount of materials and equipment accumulated during the May 11st raids and the Licheng air battle, our team, troop construction and industrial development can also take a step closer.
Of course, these things follow the old rules, Lao Xu and Wenjie, this burden will be left to you!"
Kong Jie acted as the hands-off shopkeeper as usual.
Political Commissar Li Wenjie didn't say anything and nodded directly in agreement.
Xu Guoan smiled and joked: "I'm talking about Lao Kong, you always act like a shopkeeper? With so much free time, what do you want to do? Are you thinking of going back to accompany your new wife?" "Bah, bah, bah!"
Kong Jie immediately retorted, "Our reputation has spread throughout northwest Shanxi, including Taihang and even Yan'an. Who doesn't know that I, Kong Jie, am a real person? Can I do that kind of thing?
Busy, everyone is busy!
Lao Xu, do you think we are really a hands-off shopkeeper?
I'm much busier than you!
This time, after taking leaders from Yan'an, including representatives from various countries' militaries, to visit the industrial zone of our first team, there will be a series of business cooperation behind this, and various matters need to be dealt with!
To develop the aviation force, we have to purchase materials from Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries, including production lines and some fighter planes.
In addition, I have to find a way to continue to expand our business chain. Commander Fu and Commander Tang happened to come over this time, and I have to discuss some business with them.
Which of these tasks does not consume time, and which task does not waste energy?"
Kong Jie's words were awe-inspiring, and as expected, even Xu Guoan was frightened.
"Lao Kong, so I really misunderstood you?"
"That misunderstanding is too deep!"
"Don't say anything anymore. It's my fault, Lao Kong. I'll treat you to a drink later and apologize to you!"
Just like that, Kong Jie, who claimed to be a busy man, sat on the stool at the headquarters without even sitting on it for a few minutes before he hurriedly left the headquarters and cheated Xu Guoan of a drink in vain. p>
After leaving the headquarters, I went straight to work.
Go talk about business and plan the future development direction of a team!
I was just walking, and somehow I ended up back in my small courtyard.
Cough cough cough——
As the saying goes, how can you sweep the world if you don’t clean one house? If your wife doesn’t accompany you, what kind of man can you be?
Captain Kong came with a mission... After several battles, it was time to discuss how the subsequent team should expand political propaganda.
And his wife is the backbone of the Propaganda Department!
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Peiping, Japanese North China Front Headquarters.
The headquarters is still the same headquarters, inside the house, the table is still the same table, the door is still the same door, and the furnishings in the house basically remain unchanged.
It’s just that the person has been replaced.
The thin and extremely sinister Okamura was replaced by the Japanese general Naosaburo Okabe with a long, flat head and a slight baldness on his head.
As the former chief of staff of the North China Front, Okabe is quite familiar with things on the North China front.
After taking over as the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, he immediately held a military meeting. He first met with military officers at all levels, and then summoned intelligence departments at all levels, especially emphasizing the need to speed up all aspects of intelligence collection.
Then, in order to clean up Okamura's mess, Okabe tried every means to mobilize troops from the country, supplement the battle losses, collect supplies from all parties, and enrich logistics.