ZhongShengZhiHongXingChuanQi Chapter 1232 The wicked Okamura Neji
Just as Liu Yimin was deploying the winter offensive and marching into Northeast China, the commander of the Japanese North China Front, Okamura Neiji, the new chief of staff, Lieutenant General Tendo Moritake, and the deputy chief of staff, Masahiro Hirata, were also commanding the launch of a winter sweep.
At this time, due to the Japan-Soviet War and the Pacific War, the Chinese Expeditionary Army had a relatively large adjustment in its troops. The Japanese army formed several new divisions to join the Chinese Expeditionary Army to replace the troops transferred to the Kwantung Army. As for the North China Front Army,
Based on a regiment left by the 14th Division, it was added to the supplementary team to form the 62nd Division, which was stationed in the northern Henan area and took over the northern Henan defense area of the 14th Division.
Based on a regiment, the 69th Division was formed, stationed in the Linfen area, and took over the defense of the 20th Division.
The North China Front still maintained a strength that far exceeded that of the Japanese troops in Central and South China, and faced off against the Eighth Route Army.
The North China Front directly administers five divisions, the 35th, 36th, 58th, 59th, and 110th, as well as the Peking, Tianjin, Shimen, Kaifeng, and Shangqiu garrisons. Among them, the 15th Division
Stationed in central Hebei, the 110th Division is stationed in the Ping-Tianjin area, the 36th Division is stationed at the Ping-Han Line, the 58th Division is stationed in eastern Hebei, and the 59th Division is stationed at Jinan and Deshi Road.
The units of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi were adjusted into the 25th Division, the 109th Division, the 62nd Division, the 69th Division, and the ** were mixed into the 9th and 10th Brigades, Taiyuan Garrison, Heavy Artillery Brigade, etc.
force.
The Army Garrison in Mongolia has not changed much. It is still the 26th Division. ** is mixed into the 2nd Brigade, the 1st Cavalry Brigade and other units. The 3rd Chariot Division is also placed under the command of the Army Garrison. Among them, ** is mixed into the 3rd Brigade.
The Second Brigade and the First Cavalry Brigade were both units rebuilt after being annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.
The troops under the Twelfth Army stationed in Shandong have also undergone changes. The Fifth Division, which was originally used to provide mobile reinforcements in Shandong, was transferred to the Japanese Southern Army. The Fortieth Division was transferred to the Eleventh Army stationed in Wuhan.
The 12th Army has the 2nd Guards Brigade, 27th, 32nd, 37th, 39th, 41st, 60th, a total of seven divisions and the ** mixed into the first.
Five, seven, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, and twenty-three are a total of eleven mixed brigades and the newly built Jinan Garrison and Qingdao Garrison.
The strength of the two garrison troops was extremely large, far exceeding that of the Eleventh Army in the Wuhan area.
Among them, the ** was mixed into the fifth brigade under the command of the Second Guards Division, the ** was mixed into the 18th brigade and stationed in the eastern Shandong area, and the division headquarters was located in Weicheng. ** was mixed into the fifth brigade and stationed in Gaomi, and ** was mixed into
The 18th Brigade is stationed in Jiao? County.
The 32nd Division commanded the ** mixed 19th Brigade and was stationed in central Shandong. The division headquarters was located in Zhangdian, and the ** mixed 19th Brigade was stationed in Zhangqiu.
The 37th Division commanded ** to form the 16th Brigade and the Puppet North China Appeasement Army, stationed in Tai'an, Yanzhou, and Jining. The division headquarters was stationed in Yanzhou. ** was mixed into the 16th Brigade and stationed in Tai'an.
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In this way, the Japanese army still formed an airtight encirclement around central and southern Shandong.
The defense areas of other units of the Twelfth Army have not changed much. The 60th Division is stationed in Jiaodong, and the 41st Division is stationed in Dexian, commanding the ** to form the 20th and 21st Brigade to guard the plain area north of the Yellow River.
The 7th mixed ** brigade in southwestern Shandong, the 1st mixed ** brigade stationed in Jinan, the 59th division stationed in southern Hebei, and the 35th division stationed in central Hebei echoed each other and cooperated in operations.
The forces that Okamura Neiji could use at this time were much greater than those that the North China Front could use at this time in history.
Okamura Neiji is a man who is experienced and steady, and never fights uncertain battles. After he took over as the commander of the North China Front, he used the remaining power of the victory in the Battle of Nakatiao Mountain to urge the First Army and the Mongolian Army to continuously attack
The Eighth Route Army base area in Shanxi launched a mopping-up operation, which caused the Shanxi battlefield to be filled with smoke and fighting every day. What made Neji Okamura feel extremely depressed was that his mopping-up operation had little effect. The Eighth Route Army not only launched tit-for-tat counter-mopping operations, but also attacked Zhongtiao Mountain.
To penetrate into the area, it is clear that the plan is to establish a base area behind enemy lines in the Zhongtiao Mountain area that the Kuomintang troops have abandoned. If this development continues, won't the Eighth Route Army's base area become larger and larger?
The new chief of staff of the North China Front, Tendo Shengwu, was originally the commander of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army. He has been stationed in Cangxian County and the Western Shandong Province since arriving in North China. His troops were attacked several times by the Eighth Route Army, and the soldiers were quickly
It's been changed.
Seeing Okamura Neiji sitting in front of the map and meditating, Tendo Shengwu said angrily: "Your Excellency Commander, the decision-making of the base camp is really inexplicable. The Eighth Route Army in North China is so rampant that the base camp will not mobilize the army to concentrate on destroying the Eighth Route Army and restore the
To maintain security in North China, the main force has been concentrated in Manchuria and the Far East, where the war has long ceased, and now the Taiping War has been launched. If the war continues like this, Japan will be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and its situation will become increasingly dangerous. It will not even have the power to solve the incident in China!"
Tendo Shengwu knew that Okamura Neji advocated the elimination of the Eighth Route Army first, so he dared to criticize the decision-making of the base camp. However, what he said was indeed the truth. It was the experience of a front-line commander after suffering heavy losses on the North China battlefield.
The truth. The problem is that Emperor Hirohito is aloof and only wants to carve up the world. How can he hear the truth from these front-line commanders!
Okamura Neji looked at the map silently and did not answer Tendou Shengwu's words.
Deputy Chief of Staff Masahiro Hirata originally fully hoped that it would be his turn after Chief of Staff Yoshizumi Ryosuke quit, but in the end his words were even more harsh than those of Tendo Seitake.
Just listen to Masanori Hirata say: "What your Excellency the Chief of Staff said makes sense. The Empire of Japan should first eliminate the Eighth Route Army, especially the troops of Liu Yimin, who is a security threat in North China, build North China into a paradise for the emperor, and ensure that the resources of North China are used to support the war against China.
It's better now. Liu Yimin attacked Shanghai and captured the commander of the Thirteenth Army, Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, and the chief of staff, Major General Tang Chuan Yasuo. He destroyed the Mei Agency and the Kodama Agency. He took away Japanese capital such as the Zhengjin Bank and the Bank of Taiwan in Shanghai.
All the funds and assets of banks and enterprises were stolen. The base camp did not consider mobilizing the army to completely eliminate Liu Yimin's department, regain the looted assets, and avenge Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru and Yu Sui's officers and soldiers, but was busy attacking the Americans. It was purely
You don’t know much about strategy! You just direct your work blindly!”
Tiandao Shengwu added: "If this continues, the Chinese dispatched troops and the Chinese battlefield may become secondary troops and secondary battlefields!"
Tendo Mingwu's statement is almost exactly the same as the rumors heard by the commander of the Japanese Eleventh Army, Anami Yuiki, and the chief of staff, Kinoshita Isamu. It can be seen that the senior commanders of the Chinese Expeditionary Force have this kind of worry, and what they heard is not what they heard.
Rumors, but their inner thoughts.
Whatever the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff said would become a strategic decision to attack the base camp. Okamura Neiji finally took his eyes away from the map. He turned around, walked to his desk, sat down, and asked Masaru Hirata in a gentle tone: "
Mr. Hirata, has there been no progress in the intelligence work on the Eighth Route Army base in Central and South Shandong?"
Masanori Hirata is the deputy chief of staff, and these tasks are within the scope of his responsibilities. Seeing Neji Okamura asking, Masapan Hirata hurriedly stood at attention and let out a sigh. Then he reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Eighth Route Army in Shandong
Liu Yimin's Department is different from Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army and Yan Xishan's Shanxi-Sui Army. It is also different from other Eighth Route Army units. It is particularly well-guarded, especially able to confuse the people, and pays special attention to attacking our intelligence agencies. Our intelligence personnel and plainclothes search troops have entered
All of them have gone to central and southern Shandong and have never been seen again. It is a pity that so far, we still know nothing about the Eighth Route Army in central and southern Shandong."
Okamura Neiji did not slap Hirata in the face or scold Hirata as a commander, as Juichi Terauchi and Tada Shun did when they were commanders. He just nodded to show that he understood.
This is where Okamura Neiji has affinity. Tendo Mingwu, Hirata Shogun and the generals of the North China Front now generally believe that General Okamura is more approachable and can listen to the opinions of his subordinates better than General Terauchi and General Tada Shun. Yes.
A commander who is both wise and brave while remaining calm.
Because of Neiji Okamura's personal charm, he commanded the North China Front more smoothly, and commanded him like an arm.
Okamura Neiji thought deeply for a while and said to Tendo Moritake: "Chief of Staff, I have thought about it repeatedly. The main reason for the deterioration of the security situation in North China is not how clever the government is, but our ineffective countermeasures. Political mistakes.
The main manifestation is that the use of China to control China has not been implemented. When Excellencies Sugimoto Yuan and Tada Shun served as commanders of the front army, they had already deployed activities to induce the surrender of Yan Xishan and other Kuomintang troops, but the effect has not been obvious so far. None.
It can achieve the goal of letting the Chinese fight the Chinese. The military mistakes are: first, the scattered deployment of troops. In some areas, there are only two imperial soldiers per three square kilometers on average, which are easily defeated by the Eighth Route Army guerrilla armed brothers; second, the lack of accurate and regular
The goal of solemnization often turns into a static defense. If the imperial army does not take the initiative to attack, the Japanese side will not invade. At first glance, everything is peaceful, as if a non-aggression pact has been concluded. But during the coexistence of the two sides, **
However, they work secretly among the people to enrich their strength. Once the time is ripe, they can turn to the offensive in one fell swoop. In the central and southern Shandong region, the Hundred Regiments War in Shanxi is an example. The economic mistake lies in the fact that the imperial army has always implemented a policy of plunder, and in urban industry and commerce
Exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes were imposed, and opium was forced to be grown in the countryside while neglecting the production of important strategic materials such as grain and cotton. These mistakes caused the front army to lose one after another in the battle with the Eighth Route Army and lost the support of the people, causing more and more people in North China to join the liberation movement.
Resist the ranks.”
Masaru Hirata started to speak when Okamura Neji started talking, and he took out his notebook and started recording. This guy was a bit of a geek, and he recorded very quickly. He even nodded while changing notes, and he thought it was right.
Okamura Neiji continued: "I did some calculations and found that the area occupied by the Imperial Army in North China now accounts for less than 10% of the total area of North China. This shows that the Imperial Army drove away the Kuomintang forces that were originally in North China and gave them to the Eighth Route Army.
It created a good opportunity for development and growth. Without the imperial army's occupation of North China, the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang might have fought a civil war in North China, and they might not have been able to occupy such a large base area today. From this perspective, since the beginning of the North China War,
The strategy of the imperial army was a failure. Not only did it fail to eliminate the Japanese and curb the spread of the Japanese red tide, it actually promoted the rapid development of the Japanese in North China."
Tendo Mingwu felt that Okamura Neji's analysis was too correct, and kept nodding in agreement.
Okamura Neiji still said slowly: "In view of the deteriorating public security situation in North China, I divided North China into three areas: security areas, quasi-security areas, and non-security areas. It is planned to use three years to reduce the area occupied by the imperial army from
10% to 70%. To this end, the front army should take planned measures to take the initiative to attack, divide the area, consolidate the security area within a limited time, hide the troops in the quasi-security area, enter the security area in a plan, and use the remaining forces to attack the future.
Advance the public security area and develop it into a quasi-public security area. The ultimate goal is to draw 100 million people from North China to Japan. If we follow these steps, we should neither rush for success nor miss the opportunity. We must conduct targeted warfare.
If we fight a war, we must eliminate part of the Eighth Route Army and consolidate an area."
When talking about this, Okamura Ningji gave an example, saying that the Eighth Route Army was like maggots attached to the bones, and it grew rapidly as soon as the medicine passed away. Just like when the Japanese army swept through Shandong with a large group of troops, the Eighth Route Army fled
Without a trace. As soon as the large corps withdrew, the Eighth Route Army emerged from nowhere and attacked the Japanese army wantonly, wiping out the results of mopping up the heavy Japanese army group. Therefore, the suppression of the Eighth Route Army must not be relaxed.
Okamura Neiji also said that the criteria for judging whether it is a security area is very simple. The quality of the local security situation can be seen from the eyes of the Chinese girl. First, there is absolutely no sign of the girl. This is evidence of fear of Japanese soldiers.
, as "the public security is not good". Secondly, being curious about our cars and trucks and looking at them from the window from a distance is "the public security is slightly better". Thirdly, under the above circumstances, when we walk out of the house and look out, the Chinese girl looks like
Walking calmly on the streets where Japanese soldiers were passing by was "good public order."
Okamura Neiji was talking about his understanding and his general ideas. Before he even started to talk about his specific combat deployment, Tendo Mingwu and Hirata Shokan had already shouted loudly!