Guo Bingxun picked up the red and blue pencils and marked the location of the Japanese 15th Division on the map. He also marked the locations of several highways to the north and west of Liao County in red and clicked on Liao. The county position continued: "It is true that the current Fifteenth Division is raiding our Taihang and Taiyue base areas, but its location is quite clever."
"Now the main force of the Wang Puppet Second Front Army has arrived in northern Henan, and is using Huixian and Anyang as bases. It is adopting step-by-step tactics to steadily advance deeply from the southeast to Taihang. In addition, operations have already been launched to start from the flank. City, Qinshui, two puppet military divisions advancing northeastward, as well as some of the North China puppet security forces who cooperated."
"The entire puppet army system has invested more than 50,000 troops in the Taihang District. This number almost occupies a little more than one-third of the entire North China regular puppet army and local puppet troops combined. Most of them are former motley crews who defected to the enemy last year and this year."
"As other puppet troops are being transferred one after another, that is to say, the number of puppet troops that the Japanese army has invested in the Shanxi battlefield is still increasing. The Japanese army does not hesitate to carry out such a large-scale attack on the puppet troops in the entire enemy-occupied areas of China. The original garrison locations and structures were messed up, and high prices were offered, just to raise a group of errand boys."
"Judging from the battle reports transferred from Taihang District, these motley crews of the former Nationalist Government obviously worked very hard in the battle in order to obtain a piece of territory. Moreover, most of these puppet troops were from the old Northwest Army, and their combat effectiveness was not very weak. Even one of them is quite powerful."
"Especially the 69th Army surrendered to the enemy. Although it was formed after the July 7th Incident, it was formed from the local security forces and the Hebei People's Army. However, the predecessors of those local security forces were all retained by the Northwest Army after the Central Plains War. , basically inherited the Northwest Army’s style of being able to endure hardships, fight fiercely, and dare to fight hand-to-hand combat.”
"If Okamura Neiji uses the territory that these former no-name troops most desire as bait, I have to say that he is just the right medicine for these former no-name troops who have been squeezed out, even short of food and ammunition for a long time, and even reduced to having no food and clothing. , the desire for a piece of territory is strong.”
"I don't know whether Okamura Neiji will really fulfill his promise after the war, but now it seems that these puppet troops have the style of the puppet Manchukuo army back then. It can be said that Okamura Neiji used China to control China and win over them. The Chinese have been more successful than his superiors and predecessors in fighting the Chinese, and his promises are exactly what those puppet generals want."
"With the cooperation of so many puppet troops who are not weak in combat effectiveness, the Japanese army has truly realized its original intention of saving troops. These puppet troops worked so hard to seize territory. This was also the original intention of Okamura Neji's promise to them. , If these puppet troops are used to attack the National Government, I am afraid that Okamura Neiji himself will not trust these people."
"The top leaders of these puppet armies are all kind of people who are both snakes and rats. They will not do things so decisively and leave no escape route. They will not kill Chongqing. After all, They are orthodox and control the country's laws and political power. If the Japanese fail one day, there will be a way out."
"But if they are used to attack us, I think the Japanese can absolutely rest assured that they will use the puppet troops that have been transferred, or will soon be transferred to southeastern Shanxi, to deal with our Taihang District. At least on the surface, the troops are sufficient. No. Don’t you think that the Japanese army also took out a 15th division to supervise the war? This is not a single move."
"The Japanese are ready to use the puppet army, but they don't trust it. It is normal to send a troop to supervise the battle or monitor. But in a word, when the puppet army has sufficient strength and these puppet soldiers are very hard-working under the temptation of their territory, Under such circumstances, it would be abnormal to deploy so many troops to monitor the situation."
After Guo Bingxun's words fell, Yang Zhen immediately reacted and said: "Old Guo, you are worried that the Japanese army is currently raiding Taihang and Taiyue Districts. The Japanese and puppet troops are advancing hand in hand. This is a bluff. Okamura Neiji will move this 15th Division , the real intention of being placed on the front line in Liao County is to pretend to destroy Guo, and use the sweep of the Taihang District as a cover to divert our attention from the 15th Division."
"In fact, they used the large-scale sweep of the Taihang District as a cover to cover their next actions. Its real purpose is not our Taihang Military District, but to use this as a cover. In fact, the ultimate goal of the 15th Division is not to Jin To the northwest is the battlefield in northern Shanxi."
After Yang Zhen's words fell, Guo Bingxun nodded and said: "It's not that I'm worried, but I'm quite worried. The Japanese army invested a little too much in the mopping up forces in our Taihang and Taiyue districts this time. On the surface, it seems that they are trying to do something in one go. Completely solve the southeastern Shanxi and our two major base areas, making the battle in northern Shanxi worry-free."
"But if you add in the urgent formation of the Japanese army, but due to changes in the war situation and the intervention of Nanjing's dispatched troops, they will not have time to appear on the battlefield in northern Shanxi in the future. Now they are staying in Linfen, Hongdong, and Zhaocheng. The Zhongdao detachment, this Japanese army There are obviously too many troops. If this sweep requires the Japanese army to invest so many troops, then there would be no need for such a large-scale war in the first place."
"This time I received a large-scale deployment of puppet troops from the customs forces. The Japanese army will transfer the puppet troops who surrendered to the enemy on the Shandong battlefield at the end of last year and early this year from Shandong to Shanxi, and will transfer the puppet troops from Jiangsu to the north to Shandong to defend the heart. I have been wondering why the Japanese army went to war so aggressively."
"Right now, in Hebei and Shanxi, the actual number of puppet troops in the hands of the Japanese army is quite large. In addition to the original puppet security forces with tens of thousands of well-equipped troops, there are four brigades that have retreated to Hebei from Rehe and Fengtian. Why did the puppet Manchukuo army of more than 10,000 people mobilize so many former national troops who surrendered to the enemy from Shandong? The puppet troops in Hebei are enough to meet the needs of the battlefield in Shanxi."
"Look now, what Okamura Neiji did was to completely understand our domestic political situation. He used the former national troops who surrendered to the enemy to attack the brother troops in the pass, and then concentrated his own forces to deal with the battle situation in northern Shanxi. For the Japanese army, The puppet Manchukuo army has been mentally defeated by our army and is no longer able to take on major responsibilities. Moreover, the puppet Manchukuo army is already quite unreliable in the eyes of the Japanese army."
"Instead of doing this, it is better to transfer the puppet Manchukuo army to the south and deploy those former national troops who dare to do anything for the territory to deal with our Taihang base area. This point of the Japanese army's thinking is not difficult to see through, but Okamura Neji is mobilizing It is obviously abnormal to recruit so many puppet troops who are not weak in combat effectiveness and to mobilize so many Japanese troops to participate."
"In addition, judging from the station of the 15th Division after entering the southeastern Shanxi region, it seems to block the north of our Taihang District and cut off the connection between Taihang and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. However, if the station where it is located, if it is to the north If the war requires him, he can quickly concentrate and head north at any time."
"Judging from Chen Hanzhang's entire deployment, he has made preparations for the 32nd Division, which is currently inactive in Taiyuan, but its troops have been used to the extreme. If there is a new enemy situation, he may be I'm going to be passive, but what I'm most worried about now is not him, but the Jinsui Military Region's encirclement and annihilation operation against the Zuojian detachment."
"Once the 15th Division used the road network built by the Japanese army during last year's raids, when the Shanxi-Sui armed forces were encircling and annihilating the main force of the Zuojian detachment, they forcibly penetrated from behind and penetrated into northwest Shanxi. At the same time, the 32nd Division, from If Taiyuan launches a direct attack on Zuoyun and Youyu, Chen Hanzhang and the Jinsui Military Region may be caught off guard."
"The Jinsui Military Region has placed its main force in the Zuojian Detachment. Now it seems that although it is a desperate feat, it has also weakened the Jinsui Military Region's own ability to adapt. The entire Jinsui Military Region has done this, except for one person who is equivalent to one Apart from the desperate columns of the simplified brigade, there are almost no emergency forces left."
"Especially, this unit has to prevent fishing in troubled waters in the World War II area when going south. Under the situation of great pressure on itself, once a new enemy situation appears, it may not have much adaptability. Okamura Neji's move is indeed quite beautiful. , basically destroying all our strategic cooperation with the brother forces within the pass."
"Use the puppet army to contain our Taihang Military Region, use one detachment to attract all the main forces of the Shanxi-Sui Military Region, and then concentrate our forces to counterattack our northern Shanxi. Not to mention, there is also a hidden hand in their hands. The entire strategic deployment can be said to be a It can be said that it is used incisively and vividly to understand the delicate political situation in our country."
"He knows very well that judging from the current domestic political situation, if he concentrates his forces to attack us, the First, Second, and Eighth Theaters around Shanxi and Chongqing will not give us any support at all, so he dares to let go Boldly deploy troops and concentrate your forces to deal with us."
"In the First War Zone, he only retained two regiments. In Yuncheng, which faced the Eighth War Zone, he only retained one and a half regiments. Even in the Second War Zone, he directly carried out an empty city strategy. Such a bold action, If it is not based on a detailed analysis of the domestic political situation, it is simply impossible to dare to do so."
"You have to know that based on the strength of the troops currently staying in southern Shanxi and the situation on the entire Shanxi battlefield, once the First and Eighth Theaters across the Yellow River launch a counterattack against southern Shanxi, he will not be able to deal with it at all. There is no doubt that he will do so. , it takes a lot of risk, but this guy just did it like this, he is obviously very confident."
"At the same time, through a series of means, our various troops on the battlefield in Shanxi are now trapped in a situation where they can only fight on their own. In fact, the original mutual support situation has been torn apart by their hands. Although he is our opponent, we have to admit that his moves are indeed beautiful."
"The level of cunning can be said to be the most powerful opponent we have encountered since our reorganization. Especially his analysis and judgment of the overall domestic political environment can be said to be quite accurate. After all, he is from China. This sense can be said to be Quite sensitive.”
"The replenishment speed of the 15th Division far exceeded our expectations. We originally thought that it encountered an air attack from our army on the Zhengtai Road, and coupled with the loss of several brigades on the Datong battlefield, it has basically been destroyed. It has been reduced to an empty frame, and it will take at least two months to replenish the gap left by the current loss of troops."
"But I didn't expect that Okamura Neiji would make such a big determination. In just seven days, he would roughly complete the replenishment. Although there is still a certain shortage of heavy weapons, the troops under his jurisdiction plus the attached It can be said that the troops have basically recovered their strength and have the ability to participate in large-scale battles again."
"No. 1, I think no matter where the ultimate goal of the 15th Division is, the most important thing we should do now is to replenish the strength of at least one division for Chen Hanzhang in the shortest possible time to ensure that he has a certain reserve force in his hands. , and ensure that he has certain contingency measures in his hands, otherwise we can see the weakness in his deployment, and Neji Okamura can also see it."
"Chen Hanzhang, who has already taken out the reserve team, once the 15th Division really appears on the battlefield, whether it is in northeastern Shanxi, northwest Shanxi, or directly attacks northern Shanxi, he will no longer have any troops. Adjustable, relying on air power alone, it is difficult to completely make up for the lack of troops on the ground in an area as large as the Shanxi battlefield." This book was first published from 17K Novel Network, read the original content first!