As soon as the Japanese army took action, Chongqing, the Supreme Command of the United Government of the Republic of China received relevant information. Before Okamura Neji's North China Front troops were dispatched on a large scale, Ouyang Yun and the others did not notice the changes in the Japanese Far East Army.
The true intention of the Japanese was revealed. At that time, they all thought that the Japanese army’s move was to solve the problem of Outer Mongolia, the southern barrier of Soviet Russia, and to solve their worries about sending troops to the Far East. Therefore, they ordered the agent team in Fox Tong Manchuria to continue to pay close attention to the Far East Army
movement, and at the same time sent this information to the Soviets.
Two days later, a secret message that only a limited number of people, including Ouyang Yun, Chang Gen and Shan Renxiong, had the right to know, came from Manchuria. After receiving this information, Ouyang Yun gained insight into the true intentions of the Japanese army. This message
The secret message was sent back by a member of the Kwantung Army's combat section who had risked his life to participate in the "Stealing Heaven and Swapping Sun" plan. As a captain, he sneaked into the Osaka Fourth Division and then shined during the Japanese invasion of New Guinea.
, so the "sorcerer" who was quickly promoted, his real name is Xu Jianke, and his current Japanese name is Sakamura Seiko. The work that Sakamura Seiko is doing in the Operations Section of the Kwantung Army Headquarters happens to be related to intelligence, so he can immediately
Detect such important information and deliver it back to the "home base" in a timely manner.
The importance of this intelligence, in Ouyang Yun's words, was worth an army. He immediately called Chen Cheng and others to a meeting to discuss countermeasures, raised the possibility that "the Japanese army might launch a regional decisive battle in the northwest," and threatened the Far East Army.
He made a new guess about the purpose of entering Zhangjiakou, believing that "the Japanese do not want to solve Outer Mongolia first, but to annihilate our Northwest Army to stabilize the situation in Inner Mongolia." The "stealing the sky for the sun" plan is top secret. Ouyang Yun is very suspicious of Xu Jianke and other "stealing the sky for the sun"
The plan is based on the future and hopes that they can continue to play a role after the war. Therefore, ensuring their safety is the first element. In order to protect Xu Jianke, he did not mention any questions about intelligence and attributed everything to speculation.
.However, in this case, his speculation lacks credibility.
Sure enough, Chen Cheng, Feng Yuxiang and others immediately expressed doubts. "Is it impossible? Doesn't this mean that the Japanese have actually given up their strategy of attacking Soviet Russia from east to west with the German army? Would the Japanese be such a childish person?" Chen Cheng said.
Ouyang Yun also knew that it would be difficult to convince them just by speculation, so he made a lot of preparations for this. He continued what Chen Cheng said: "It seems like child's play, but from the standpoint of the Japanese, I think it is necessary to implement it."
There are still some." As he said that, he stood up and walked to the map. He picked up the command whip and drew it first from Zhangjiakou to Yinchuan, and then between Hohhot and Ulaanbaatar. He said: "Everyone, have you found any?
, there is actually a huge loophole in the strategy of Germany and Japan to attack the Soviet Union from the east to the west. If our Far East Expeditionary Force can quickly defeat Tadashi Ribayashi, then, when Hu Li’s Northwest Army has completely taken control of southwestern Inner Mongolia, next,
Our Far East Army may quickly enter Soviet Russia via Hohhot and Ulaanbaatar, or directly launch an attack on northeastern Inner Mongolia. What changes will that bring? In the former, our Far East Expeditionary Army, the Soviet Red Army and Outer Mongolia
The army can then encircle the Far East Army and annihilate it before Germany and Japan complete their rendezvous; in the latter case, Manchuria will be under the front of our Far East Expeditionary Force. Although our army may not be able to recover the three northeastern provinces, it can at least disturb the Kwantung Army.
Peace." At this point, he took his command whip back to the Yangtze River, Yellow River and Qinling Mountains, and then said: "Moreover, our Far East Expeditionary Force has another option, which is to directly enter North China. Everyone, on the Xuzhou battlefield and the Hankou battlefield, I
Do the Japanese dare to take this risk when the army has a full advantage? I estimate that the Far East Army will definitely be recalled to the country by then. Hey! If I were Tojo Hideki, I would definitely not sit back and watch this happen. So even if the Japanese army
If we want to send troops to the Soviet Union, we must at least stabilize Inner Mongolia first."
"That seems to be the case," Feng Yuxiang looked at Ouyang Yun and said, "But, after all, this is just your guess. Moreover, Xuzhou and Hankou, will our army be sure to achieve a complete victory?"
"That's it for Xuzhou. The enemy in Hankou must be completely wiped out," Bai Chongxi suddenly said: "If we can completely wipe out the Japanese army in Hankou, then it will definitely not be a problem to have troops along the Yellow River in the next stage. In that case, we will not be far from victory.
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The Japanese army in Hankou currently has four divisions and three mixed independent brigades with about 150,000 people, plus two divisions and five mixed independent brigades, the total number of the Korean Communist Army is about 90,000.
As Bai Chongxi said, if this Japanese army is completely wiped out, the Japanese army will not only no longer have the ability to compete with the Japanese army in Hubei and Henan, but also North China regions such as Shandong and Shanxi will also face the main force of the Japanese army.
Attack. And the other two military groups of the Japanese army in East and Central China - Sakai Takabe in Xuzhou and the South China Front Army in Shanghai, even if they can escape the fate of destruction, they will be completely at a disadvantage. In that case, a comprehensive victory is really not far away.
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"The enemy in Hankou will definitely be wiped out, as will the enemy in Xuzhou. I have confidence in this! Please wait and see. Yokoyama Isamu's 11th Army and Sakai Takashi's 23rd Army are about to be destroyed. I think the Japanese army
There is another military giant in China, and Okamura Neiji will never sit back and watch this happen. From my guess, although Okamura Neiji will not increase his troops in Shandong or Henan to try to rescue Yokoyama Isamu and Sakai Takabe, he may
Cooperate with the Far East Army to advance northward and use Tuxun to assess Inner Mongolia. Now that we have the initiative and can afford to wait, we can just wait for two more days."
Ouyang Yun promised to wait for two days and see. In fact, in just one day, there were changes in the North China Front. This time, it was the intelligence department of the former military command in Peiping that sent the news back.
Okamura Neiji did a very covert job in mobilizing the North China Front troops. He mobilized troops from Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, and Peiping in the name of mopping up. At the same time, he also ordered the left-behind troops from various places to frequently attack the countryside, as if he was really going to launch a large-scale
It was like a mopping up operation. However, because Ouyang Yun had spoken first, when the relevant information reached the headquarters, Chen Cheng and others immediately concluded that Okamura Neiji's move was to send troops to Inner Mongolia. Then, they calculated that the Japanese army would actually enter the Inner Mongolia area.
Everyone was dumbfounded by the number of troops and began to become worried.
The actual number of Japanese troops entering Inner Mongolia will reach 500,000, but how many people are there in total in the Northwest Army? Moreover, Inner Mongolia is too far away from Chongqing, and the headquarters' ability to provide air fire support to the Northwest Army is limited. Therefore,
Everyone feels that this will be a severe test for the Northwest Army and the biggest crisis the coalition government has encountered since its establishment.