"Nani? You said Thunder appeared in Hebei again?" Okamura Neiji's furious roar rang out from the Jinan Japanese Army Headquarters. It took a lot of manpower and material resources for Okamura Neiji to bring Zhao Zhi and his troops in Shandong.
The troops were blocked in the Jiaodong Peninsula. Before the next step of the battle was planned, the Hebei garrison sent a telegram saying that Thunder's troops had appeared again, and this time they were even more menacing than the last time.
Okamura Neiji has never been able to understand Zhao Zhi's method of using troops. According to Thunder's strength and performance in Shanxi, Zhao Zhi does not need to mobilize any guerrillas to stir up trouble in Hebei, and directly uses Thunder's troops along the coast.
Wouldn't it be better to follow Yangquan and fight all the way into Hebei?
If he met the thunderous troops commanded by Zhao Zhi, Okamura Neji believed that he would not be able to win without more than twice the strength of Zhao Zhi. However, Zhao Zhi did not do this. He actually sent out two troops twice in a row.
Those Tubal guerrillas fought against the imperial army.
When Zhao Zhi suddenly abandoned Texas, Okamura Neiji thought that Zhao Zhi was afraid of the Kwantung Army troops moving south. It was not until Zhao Zhi marched forward and captured Weifang and Zhucheng that Okamura Neiji realized that he was wrong, and that he was wrong.
It’s still outrageous, because from the beginning, Zhao Zhi’s goal was not He
North but Jiaodong. Why did Zhao Zhifei go eastward and win Jiaodong without so many twists and turns? This is not a difficult question to understand, because Jiaodong is close to the sea, and Thunder's ally is the Americans. The Americans have already won the naval battle. Zhao
It was determined to use the American fleet to transport troops to land in Jiaodong.
Knowing Zhao Zhi's true intention, Okamura Neiji had to mobilize his troops eastward to block the passage from Jiaodong to the outside world. But now that he was in Jinan, there were promising Thunder mercenaries in Hebei. Damn Zhao
Zhi is playing tricks again. Okamura Neji doesn't want to pay attention to the Thunder mercenaries appearing in Hebei
, but he couldn't ignore it, because the previous two raids against the Japanese and puppet troops made him understand a truth. The seemingly peaceful Hebei is like a heated oil pan, and thunder is like a glass of water, a glass of which can be fired at any time.
Will pour water into the oil pan, Okamura Neiji knows what will happen after the water is poured into the oil pan.
Tang Lei was used to fighting in melees, and there were less than a thousand mercenaries under his direct command. Therefore, Tang Lei did not disperse his troops to harass the Japanese and puppet troops in Hebei on a large scale like he did in Shang Hui. Instead, he first started with a few mercenaries around Baoding.
Counties and towns started to attack the Japanese puppets with great fanfare
The army carried out clearing and encirclement. The guerrilla armed forces that were heavily suppressed by Okamura Neji were not uprooted. Instead, they scattered and fled or hid and waited for the opportunity. Tang Lei's move was to send a message to the guerrillas in Hebei.
Signal, Thunder is back.
In just five days, hundreds of mercenaries commanded by Tang Lei successively eliminated several villages and towns where Japanese and puppet troops were stationed around Baoding, wiping out more than 400 enemies and accepting more than a thousand surrendered Imperial Army troops.
Thunder struck again, and the news spread throughout Hebei like a bird with wings. The guerrillas who were hiding and waiting for opportunities dug out weapons and ammunition buried deep in the ground and gathered outside Baoding, preparing to join Tang Lei.
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Tang Lei's attack on Hebei this time can be said to be a shotgun exchange for a cannon. Yangquan is still in the hands of the Communist Party. There is a flying team at the Yangquan Military Airport 24 hours a day. Their mission is only one, to provide parachute supplies for Tang Lei's troops who have sneaked into Hebei at any time.
Support. After reducing the task of large-scale assembly of fighter units for attack, the fuel reserves of the Thunder Fighter Unit have reached a new level, making it easy to provide material airborne support to Tang Lei and the others.
Joey's trip to Vietnam is coming to an end. The stoppage of the mercenary troops and the Jewish Legion has greatly alleviated the problem of ammunition supply difficulties at the Kunming Arsenal. A large amount of ammunition in stock is just used to support Tang Lei and Zhao Zhi of Jiaodong. Large-caliber Brown
Ning heavy machine gun, Browning light machine gun, Steel Fortress
, bazookas, mortars, 92 rifles broken into parts, submachine guns, Garand rifles, bullets, explosives, grenades, anything needed for war, even a pair of babies, are all included in the airdrop.
Within the scope, not to mention the canned beef and compressed biscuits produced by the Kunming factory.
The busiest people under Tang Lei are the mercenaries in charge of the radio station. In the past five days, they have received contact signals from more than 100 guerrilla groups using the radio. Although this
The current total number of guerrillas is only about 300, but Tang Lei will not give up on them. 300 people are enough to exert the effect of 3,000 people. Not only Tang Lei, but also Zhao Zhi, who planned the Spark Project, now
He didn't know how many guerrillas were left in Hebei, but as Joey's trip to Vietnam began to enter the closing stage, Tang Lei knew that Thunder would send more and more mercenaries into Hebei.
"Here, here and here, these three places are our goals today. I want you to capture them before dark today. There will be airdrops after dark. We need to clean up the Japanese and puppet troops around us." Tang Lei
There is a map spread out in front of him. The target location has been marked with a red circle. Tang Lei is working on it.
The team commander assigned the mission. Unlike Zhao Zhi's habit of changing action plans at any time, Tang Lei still followed **'s method when assigning missions. All action plans had been evaluated in advance.
The team performing the task only needs to complete its own task, and there will not be many side effects.
Tang Lei is not denying Zhao Zhi, and because he has too few troops, Tang Lei will never easily let his mercenary team attack those places without conducting a risk assessment on the target. Related
Intelligence, the terrain around the target, and the proportion and deployment of Japanese and puppet troops in the target area are all the basis for target risk assessment. In addition to the first time, Tangcheng also needs to arrange an interception defense line against Japanese and puppet reinforcements.
Tang Lei's current location is Hejian County between Baoding and Cangzhou. Baoding has been tortured by Tang Lei. His current goal is Cangzhou. Tang Lei believes that as long as he moves between Shijiazhuang, Baoding and Cangzhou,
Harassing the Japanese and puppet troops everywhere, the old man Okamura Neiji
The fox will not sit idly by. They attack in small groups to pull out the strongholds and gun towers of the Japanese and puppet troops. At most, this can kill some Japanese and puppet troops and cause psychological panic to the Japanese and puppet troops. In fact, it will not constitute a fatal blow to the Japanese and puppet troops in Hebei.
, this has been the consensus reached by Zhao Zhi and his officers.
Zhao Zhi also thought about mobilizing Jewish troops for a decisive battle with the Japanese army, but now is not the best time. Most of the Japanese troops still obeyed Chiang Kai-shek's orders, and the faction bosses in the Military and Political Department also acted on their own.
Following orders, Zhao Zhi needs a
It was the best time. Only half of the 74th Army that landed in Jiaodong arrived, and the other half were still waiting in the Gulf of Vietnam for help from the US fleet. The 300,000 reserve troops mobilized by Chiang Kai-shek had just arrived in Anyang, and Zhao Zhi gave them a reservation
The location is Handan.
74th Army, 300,000 reserve troops, plus those controlled by Zhao Zhi
The tens of thousands of Burmese mercenaries who have poured into central China have reached more than 500,000. Only when these troops are ready to attack can Zhao Zhi have the opportunity and strength to fight against Okamura Neiji. "The battle of Boyuan
"It's not easy to fight." After receiving Zhao Zhi's battle plan, Chiang Kai-shek locked himself in the study for a whole afternoon. After Soong Meiling urged him several times, the exhausted Chiang Kai-shek walked out of the study and said quietly.
Song Meiling didn't know anything about military affairs, but she had been with Chiang Kai-shek for many years and had heard and witnessed some military things. After carefully reading the battle plan sent by someone, Song Meiling's face was also very ugly. "Boyuan is preparing."
I fought tooth and nail with Okamura Neji"
500,000 troops fighting against Okamura Neiji, who commanded a million Japanese puppet troops, is an unreliable thing in itself. Moreover, Zhao Zhi cannot guarantee that he can defeat Okamura Neiji. If Zhao Zhi takes Chiang Kai-shek's 300,000*
*The reserve army has been exhausted, and the losses to the government will be too great.
"You also know Boyuan's temper. Even that girl Luo Lin can't defeat him. It's impossible to send people to persuade him to change the battle plan now. Besides, half of the 74th Army has already landed in Jiaodong. I think Wang Yaowu and Bo
The cooperation is quite tacit." Although Chiang Kai-shek was not very optimistic about Zhao Zhi's decisive battle plan, due to his consistent trust in Zhao Zhi, Chiang Kai-shek finally decided not to persuade Zhao Zhi to change this battle plan.
"Then if this time fails, the 74th Army and the 300,000 reserve troops will be doomed." Song Meiling looked at Chiang Kai-shek with some worry. Being in charge of the government cannot only rely on reputation, but also has absolute power and influence.
Strength, and these all come from the support of the military. If Chiang Kai-shek loses the fully equipped 74th Army and the 300,000 reserve troops, the old guys in the Military and Political Department don’t know what tricks they will come up with to tarnish the South Bank Villa.
"We can't lose, and we will definitely not lose. As long as we follow my battle plan, Okamura Neji can only be our loser." Wang Yaowu also questioned the battle plan, and Zhao Zhi's intermittent answers were also inconsistent.
Wang Yaowu really couldn't be satisfied, because he was responsible for the lives of tens of thousands of people in the 74th Army. "Don't worry, let's talk about it after you read this." Zhao Zhi smiled and handed a piece of paper to a puzzled face.
Wang Yaowu.
"God, are these all true?" Wang Yaowu jumped up after only reading half of the content. It turned out that Zhao Zhi not only mobilized the 300,000 reserve troops through Chiang Kai-shek to enter Handan to hide and wait, but also assembled 10,000 Burmese reserve troops to wait early
In Yangquan. Once the 74th Army and Zhao Zhi currently control
Tens of thousands of Burmese mercenary troops are fighting against Okamura Neiji. The 300,000 Japanese reserve army in Handan will go straight into Jinan, and the Burmese reserve army gathered in Yangquan will march eastward to Hengshui and Dezhou. If Okamura Neiji runs full
If you lose face, you may be trapped on the front line between Jinan and Zibo.