Yoshio Iwamatsu, Masa Hanatani, Kazuki Yamamoto, Masao Miyazaki and others are discussing countermeasures in the operations hall.
in addition.
The commander of the 41st Division, Nori Shimizu, the commander of the 5th Division, Lieutenant General Matsui Tairo, the commander of the 24th Division, Lieutenant General Nemoto Hiroshi, and the commander of the 28th Division, Ishiguro Sadzo, were also there.
Hua Guzheng glanced at everyone with a solemn expression and said: "Generals, the North China Front has shared the information with the First Army Headquarters."
"At present, it has been discovered that the Eighth Route Army's Southeastern Shanxi Military Region, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, 120th Division and other Eighth Route Army units are distributing ammunition and dry food and mobilizing combat troops."
"Presumably the main force of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi is also deploying troops and generals."
"Recently, the Eighth Route Army's scouts have been frequently conducting reconnaissance on the Taiyuan and Zhengtai Railways, and the Eighth Route Army's reconnaissance aircraft have also been dispatched frequently."
"The staff of our First Army believes that the Eighth Route Army will launch an attack on Taiyuan and Zhengtai Railway within five days."
Although the Japanese have not yet received the information that the Eighth Route Army has been dispatched.
However, the Eighth Route Army distributed ammunition and dry food on a large scale and assembled combat troops without any concealment, which did not escape the eyes of Japanese agents and spies.
In other words, the Eighth Route Army deliberately let the Japanese know about it.
Anyway, the Eighth Route Army had a huge advantage in this battle, so it didn't matter if they directly played their cards against the Japanese.
Tell the Japanese directly that the Eighth Route Army is about to attack. How should you respond?
Within five days?
Although they had expected it, the Japanese officers could not help but feel a little commotion after hearing the news.
The later the Eighth Route Army attacked, the more fully prepared the Japanese army was.
Correspondingly, the earlier the Eighth Route Army attacks, the rougher the Japanese army's preparations will be.
"The Eighth Route Army has always been known for its cunning."
Masao Miyazaki, deputy chief of staff of the First Army, spoke solemnly:
"Since the Eighth Route Army dares to mass attack the Zhengtai Railway, it means that the Eighth Route Army is more confident that it can defeat or even completely annihilate the locust army in Taiyuan and Zhengtai Railway."
Miyazaki Masao was very particular about the word "total annihilation".
It means that the Eighth Route Army is really capable of annihilating the 100,000 locust army in Shanxi.
Everyone's eyes were all cast on Yoshio Iwamatsu.
The Eighth Route Army's combat capability is really too strong. Whether it can achieve the strategy of killing a large number of the Eighth Route Army's effective forces and then transfer to Hebei Province now depends on how Yoshio Iwamatsu will direct it.
Just as Yoshio Iwamatsu was about to speak, there was a rush of footsteps at the door of the war hall.
The communications staff officer held a telegram in his hand and walked in with an ugly expression. He bowed his head to Yoshio Iwamatsu and reported: "Report to the commander, Li Yunlong has invented the coded telegram again!"
All the Japanese officers' expressions changed, and their eyes turned to the telegram in the hands of the communications staff, with curious expressions on their faces, wanting to know what Li Yunlong said.
Could it be that Li Yunlong told the Locust Army directly?
Is Li Yunlong going to lead the Eighth Route Army to attack?
But in an instant, everyone abandoned this idea and told the enemy before the battle that I was coming to attack you. Li Yunlong was not that stupid.
"What did Li Yunlong say?" Iwamatsu Yoshio narrowed his eyes and asked.
The communications staff officer looked like he was mourning: "Report to the commander, Li Yunlong said that the Eighth Route Army's plane shot down the new commander of the North China Front, General Naosaburo Okabe, over the western suburbs of Peiping Airport..."
"Nani?" Iwamatsu Yoshio suddenly opened his eyes wide, "This is impossible!"
The Japanese generals beside them also showed complex expressions, including disbelief, shock, confusion, anger...
Has the North China Front changed its commander?
How come we don't know?
The new commander was shot dead by the Eighth Route Army?
General Naosaburo Okabe was shot dead by the Eighth Route Army, which was definitely a huge scandal for the base camp and the North China Front Army Headquarters. The first reaction of Hideji Tojo and Neji Okamura was to suppress this matter from leaking out.
Everything about Naosaburo Okabe's visit to Peking was kept top-secret.
Naosaburo Okabe was killed, and it was even less possible for the North China Front to let the First Army Headquarters know.
But neither Tojo nor Okamura expected that there was Li Yunlong, the sixth child.
After confirming from Boss Chen that Naosaburo Okabe had been killed, he directly sent a clear telegram to the whole country. Now all the Japanese troops in the Japanese brigade and above in China, as well as the Chinese army with radio stations, and people from all walks of life knew about the new appointment of the North China Front Army.
Commander Naosaburo Okabe was shot dead by an Eighth Route Army plane.
"Judging from the fact that Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi was killed."
Yamamoto Kazuki had no expression on his face, his eyes were sinister, and his tone was helpless:
"Your Excellency, Commander, this telegram is probably true. Our new commander of the North China Front Army was probably shot dead by an Eighth Route Army plane."
The Japanese generals immediately thought of the scene where Yoshimoto Seiichi was shot to death.
Since the Eighth Route Army's aircraft can kill the new commander of the First Army, it must also be able to kill the new commander of the North China Front Army.
"Baga, press the road!"
Yoshio Iwamatsu yelled, his expression furious, but there was a hint of deep helplessness in his tone.
His right hand tightly grasped the handle of the Lieutenant General's sword. At this moment, he wanted to kill someone.
The battle is about to begin, but our general is killed by the enemy.
How to fight this?
The faces of all the Japanese generals also became extremely ugly.
"This is impossible!" Hua Guzheng said with disbelief on his face, "This must be a smoke bomb released by the Eighth Route Army. We must not fall into the Eighth Route Army's conspiracy. Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that you immediately verify this matter with the North China Front Army Headquarters.
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Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded: "Send power to the North China Front Command immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Gu was walking out quickly with the communications staff officer.
Soon, the North China Front responded.
Indeed, General Okamura Neiji continued to serve as commander of the North China Front.
On this day, the Japanese radio stations above the brigade level, as long as the Eighth Route Army invented coded telegrams and the Japanese radio stations were in working condition, all received clear coded telegrams.
At the same time, Chinese radio stations were in working condition and received a new batch of clear telegrams.
The news that General Okabe Naosaburo was killed by the New Regiment spread rapidly throughout China like a hurricane.
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"I was wondering why this guy Li Yunlong lent the fighter squadron of the flying regiment. It turned out that he lent it to Naosaburo Okabe."
Southeast Shanxi, the county seat of Liao County, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
The chief looked at the secret and clear telegrams sent by Li Yunlong with a smile on his face.
The division commander and brigade commander have already led the main force of the 129th Division towards Taiyuan and Zhengtai Railway.
The leader and chief of staff sit at the southeast Shanxi headquarters and control the overall situation.
"Well done!" The chief of staff crossed his arms and said happily: "It has only been a month and a new commander of the North China Front has arrived, and he was shot dead by Li Yunlong's plane."
Just one month had passed since he killed the new commander of the First Army. Li Yunlong killed another new commander of the Japanese army.
Moreover, the person killed this time was a Japanese army general.
The chief nodded and said with emotion: "I have to say, Boss Chen's intelligence is really powerful!"
Needless to say, the chief knew that it was Boss Chen who had provided information about Naosaburo Okabe's itinerary, and Li Yunlong succeeded by sending fighter jets.
Without the information provided by Boss Chen, Li Yunlong would never have known that old devil Naosaburo Okabe had come to North China.
"Yes." The chief of staff nodded in agreement, "Boss Chen's intelligence is indeed powerful. Our comrades can't get the itinerary information of the Japanese Lieutenant General and General!"
After a pause, the chief of staff smiled slightly: "After the two old Japs, Yoshimoto Teiichi and Okabe Naosaburo, were killed by Li Yunlong's plane, other Japs generals who want to come to North China will have to weigh their options."
"Hmph!" the chief snorted coldly, "North China is our Chinese territory, how can the devils come and leave whenever they want?"
After a pause, the commander ordered: "Communicate this news to the entire army immediately."
"yes!"
The chief of staff quickly drafted a written document, asked the people below to make multiple copies, and then asked the communications troops to convey it to the key groups in each base area.
Now each main regiment of the Eighth Route Army is equipped with at least two radios, and some basic regiments are also equipped with one radio.
But there are still many basic regiments and local troops that are not equipped with radios.
In order to boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians of the various base cadres and local troops, the head of the headquarters decided to send the battle report on the killing of the Japanese army general to all base cadres and local troops as soon as possible.
After all, the basic regiments and local troops are not the main regiments. They are far inferior to the main regiments in all aspects, and even run away.
"In this battle, the main force and militia we dispatched exceeded 500,000."
Seeing the chief of staff coming over after giving the order, and looking at the red arrows on the map representing the march of each unit, the chief spoke with high spirits.
Of these 500,000 troops, there are about 300,000 main forces and 200,000 militiamen. The main force is responsible for combat, and the militiamen are responsible for logistics. There are even many young people and women who actively participate and are responsible for logistics together with the militiamen.
"There are also 100,000 Japanese in Shanxi."
"According to the previous battle loss ratio when we fought head-on with the Japs, the Japs' 100,000 men could wipe out all our 500,000 men."
The chief of staff nodded:
"But times have changed. Our equipment is better than that of the Japs, our firepower is stronger than that of the Japs, and we have air superiority. Now it is the Japs' turn to be beaten."
"It's not just about beating up devils."
The leader shook his head. Perhaps he was influenced by Li Yunlong's killing of General Naosaburo Okabe. The leader's tone was domineering and fierce: "I will kill 100,000 Japanese in Shanxi in this battle!"
The chief of staff was slightly shocked. With the current strength of the Eighth Route Army, it would not be difficult to defeat the 100,000 Japanese in Shanxi.
But it is still very difficult to annihilate them all.
100,000 Japs are not 100,000 pigs. The Japs will resist, and they will fight to the death.
Japanese soldiers have been brainwashed with the spirit of Junguoism and Bushido since childhood. In terms of fighting will, Japanese soldiers are second to none in the entire world.
Many Japanese soldiers received military training from childhood, and the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was also very strong.
In a desperate situation, the Eighth Route Army would probably suffer heavy losses.
The previously formulated combat plan was to eliminate most of the Japs in Shanxi and drive the remaining Japs to Hebei Province.
Since the chief wants total annihilation, as an excellent chief of staff, one should not raise objections, but figure out how to achieve the strategic goals of the head of the headquarters.
The chief of staff stared at the map, and finally pointed at the intersection connecting the railways connecting Shanxi and Hebei provinces. His tone was equally harsh: "Niangzi Pass, let's knock down Niangzi Pass and hold it. The Japanese in Shanxi will not be able to escape."