In Jinmen City, the Japanese Defense Headquarters.
Currently, the person in charge of the overall situation in Tianjin is Moritake Tanabe, the chief of staff of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Force. Along with him, part of the 15th independent mixed brigade that attacked Tianjin took over the defense of Tianjin and surrounding areas.
The main force of the 27th Division, which had just returned from the security war in eastern Hebei Province, had the opportunity to enter the city. One unit went north again to search for traces of rebels in the Yanshan Mountains, and the other unit launched an attack on the Beining line.
The fifth division of Jizhong was destroyed and the base of the tenth military division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei retaliated.
"Sir, a call came from the 27th Division. The rebels coerced the overseas Chinese and brought a large amount of baggage into the Panshan area at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain. Despite the imperial army's shouting, no one came out to surrender. They also provided mutual aid to the Eighth Route Army in the Panshan area and fired many times.
Exit the imperial army's encirclement and suppression operation in the mountains!" the adjutant reported seriously.
Tanabe Moritake, who had been trying to use gentle means to make the rebels surrender, became furious when he heard this: "Eighth Route Army? Bagaya Road, they are a shame to the Japanese Empire, and they actually colluded with the Eighth Route Army. What on earth do they want to do?"
"Inform Miki Qingyan that there is no need to show mercy. This group of rebels must be wiped out within half a month!"
"Sir, it's winter now. It's really not a good opportunity to go into the mountains for encirclement and suppression. Besides, the Eighth Route Army is familiar with the winding mountain terrain. In this way, even if it succeeds, the imperial army will suffer a lot of casualties. It's better to let the imperial army stationed outside and block traffic.
Take the important road and trap this group of rebels and the Eighth Route Army to death!" the adjutant suggested uneasily.
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In fact, there is a reason why the 27th Division carried out security warfare in the eastern Hebei region in winter. The Eighth Route Army troops in the eastern Hebei Army Division were in an extremely harsh fighting environment.
Jidong is adjacent to the important areas of Beijing and Tianjin, to the west is Beiping, Zunhua and other places guarding the main roads into Beijing, to the southwest is Ji County Panshan and Jinmen, to the south and west is the Bohai Sea, to the north is Shanhaiguan, once Guandong
The army entered the customs in large numbers, and the soldiers and civilians in the Jidong base area were the first to bear the brunt of our attack.
Under such circumstances, the Jidong base area was divided into multiple small pieces. Every time before the Japanese army launched a security war, the communication channel between Jidong and Pingbei would be tightly blocked in advance, leaving Jidong isolated and helpless.
Not long ago, the 27th Division conducted the third security reinforcement campaign in the eastern Hebei region. Its fundamental purpose was to trap the Eighth Route Army in the eastern Hebei region into the mountainous areas, causing a large number of non-combat attrition of the Eighth Route Army.
However, due to the outbreak of the Tianjin Mutiny, the third security enhancement campaign did not achieve the desired results.
Faced with the tough attitude shown by Tanabe Moritake, the adjutant hesitated to speak. The chief of staff of the 27th Division, Miki Ao Yanjinmon, was driven back without even entering the gate.
The whereabouts of the division commander, Masaharu Honma, were unknown, Jinmen suffered heavy losses, and the current battle against the rebels was unfavorable. Of course, Miki Aobu knew that Shangfeng was furious, and he, the chief of staff, might be dismissed and returned home.
Therefore, Tanabe Moritake's adjutant had already been bribed by him, allowing him to maneuver around.
More importantly, there were more than 5,000 Japanese troops fighting in the Yanshan area, and nearly one-third of them were drawn from Jidong. Most of them were personnel from other divisions who were detained in Jidong on vacation.
After the mutinous Japanese army arrived in Panshan, although the grass-roots commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army were generally hostile, they still sent out the backbone of guerrilla warfare and political cadres who secretly developed anti-war people within the Japanese army, and under the guidance of the Eighth Route Army, they prepared for the encirclement.
The Japanese army's propaganda offensive has now caused instability in the morale of the Japanese troops of the 27th Division.
After hearing the adjutant mention this situation, Tanabe Moritake said bluntly: "The rebels carried a lot of baggage. How could they be trapped to death in one winter? Do we have to wait until spring? Even if General Okamura and I agree,
Can the base camp agree?"
The words are divided into two parts.
The foreigners who had gone through a bumpy journey were not at ease when they were in southern Hebei Province, but they became quiet after entering Pingshun territory.
The reason is very simple. Pingshun is the only county town in Tainan that has been fully occupied. The territory is strictly controlled and neighboring villages implement a joint defense policy.
Everywhere the team went, they could see militiamen patrolling with live ammunition. Later, people from nearby villages heard that a group of strange foreigners had come to the base area, and they stood in groups on the roadside to watch. It was like watching monkeys in a zoo.
Zi calmed down the group of foreigners.
In Pingshun City, the Second Division Committee Headquarters.
The phone on the table rang, and the person on duty picked up the phone: "Okay, I understand, I'll report it now!"
"Secretary, the action team has arrived at Hougou and is expected to arrive outside the city in another hour!"
Zhou Weihan nodded when he heard this. He arrived by car smoothly and arrived one step earlier than the action team.
"Dali, according to what I said before, these people should not enter the city and be arranged directly to the selected barracks outside the city!" Zhou Weihan said.
"Commissioner, are you not going to show up?" Xu Dali heard the meaning of Zhou Weihan's words.
"Wait a minute and see Changzhi's reaction!"
"yes!"
Zhou Weihan's sudden change of mind was the result of repeated considerations. It was the Americans who proposed to rescue these foreigners in Jinmen, and the Eighth Route Army only knew the official identities of these foreigners in Jinmen.
Among them, there are several directors of the Concession Industry Bureau who have prominent positions in the concession, but they are not even in their own countries. Now that the Allies and the Axis Powers, and the United States and Japan have reached a life-and-death situation, the two sides naturally do not need to fight.
However, the United States has no time to worry about these detainees.
However, for this group of foreigners, the Japanese neither killed nor released them, as if they were waiting for something, which made Zhou Weihan suspicious.
After learning that the action team had safely arrived at the Jinan base area, the Eighth Route Army immediately contacted the Americans through the mountain city office. Soon after, the US military stationed in the mountain city liaison office sent people to Changzhi.
This hurried performance further confirmed Zhou Weihan's guess. European and American countries have always been good at sending spies and intelligence brokers to lurk in the concessions. Among these foreigners, there may be personnel from the CIA and MI6, who have information about the Japanese army.
Intelligence is indispensable, and it is even very possible to know the Japanese military's combat operations in Southeast Asia.
Zhou Weihan was not interested in the Japanese military's combat operations in Southeast Asia, but Zhou Weihan was extremely concerned about the Japanese military's combat operations in China.
The outcome of the Sino-Japanese war had been anticipated by knowledgeable people on both sides of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. However, the butterfly effect caused by Zhou Weihan made the current situation in North China very different from that in history, and it was possible that the Japanese army was making secret moves behind the scenes.
Therefore, Zhou Weihan is prepared to risk political risks by leaving these foreigners outside the city for a few days to start the investigation. I will not interfere with your own activities, but don't think of leaving Pingshun easily.