After receiving the report that the Eighth Division and the independent mixed 13th Brigade had recaptured Tai'an without firing a single shot, the commander of the North China Front, General Juichi Terauchi, was not overjoyed. On the contrary, he was worried, feeling that he had been tricked by Liu Yimin again.
Although the current battle reports of the Chinese army do not state which troops fought against the imperial army in Tai'an and southeastern Shandong, I once believed that the battle at Xiazhuang Town that led to the shattering of Major General Tsuchiya's soldiers and horses was, as advertised in Chinese newspapers, by Liu Heiqi.
, Zhang Buyun's betrayal led to the defeat of the imperial army, but the situation has changed now. The combat style of these battles has been proved by the arrival of the Eighth Route Army instructors in Shandong.
Temple Shouichi is worried about the future war situation in Shandong. With Liu Yimin here, Shandong may not only fail to become a strategic base for the imperial army, but will instead become a death trap for the imperial army. There are already bad signs. In less than two months,
Between Tai'an and Dawenkou and southeastern Shandong alone, the number of people lost by the imperial army reached the number lost in the Taierzhuang battle. Terauchi Shouichi knew that behind those boring numbers were the lives of vivid Japanese youths.
If this development continues, the imperial army will simply become Liu Yimin's transportation team. Every time he fights a battle, he will provide Liu Yimin with a batch of weapons, ammunition and baggage, giving him the capital to further expand the army. Fighting back and forth, the imperial army will continue to fight.
Although Liu Yimin's troops lost more and more troops and generals were lost, what would be the final result made General Touichi Terauchi shudder when he thought about it.
The more General Touichi Terauchi thought about it, the more irritated he became. He felt that he had really underestimated China, the Chinese people's will to resist, and the Chinese army. Now that the war situation is in such chaos, not to mention North China, Shanxi has also underestimated the first
The divisions returned to the Kwantung Army's organizational structure. The Sixth and Eighth Divisions were transferred to the Xuzhou battlefield. Xiangyue Qingsi only had the 20th, 25th, 109th divisions and the 8th and 9th divisions in his hands.
The independent mixed brigade lost its offensive capability and could only take a defensive position in the face of the aggressive attack of the Eighth Route Army. Fortunately, the Datong-Linfen section of the Tong-Puzhou Railway has been opened up, so they can support each other and temporarily maintain the balance of power on the battlefield. In Jizhong on the North China Plain,
Southern Hebei has become the domain of the Eighth Route Army. Not to mention the Imperial Army, even the armed forces of the native Imperial Army friends cannot survive there. All of this is thanks to Liu Yimin and the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party. The most terrifying thing is Shandong
Now a big problem has arisen. After repeated defenses, Liu Yimin's troops were allowed to cross the Yellow River and reach the hinterland of Shandong. The imperial army risked being accused of aggression by the world and fought back and forth, but it actually made a mess for the Communist Eighth Route Army.
, allowing them to leave Shaanxi and come to North China to flourish. Even the war situation on both sides of the Yangtze River is not optimistic. Nanjing was won, but the attempt to annihilate the main force of the Chinese army in Nanjing failed, causing the situation on both sides of the Yangtze River to
The security situation has also become chaotic. Now the Xuzhou battlefield cannot be like the Nanjing battlefield. If the main force of the Chinese army is allowed to escape again, this war will not last until what year or month.
After much deliberation, Terauchi Juichi felt that under the current situation, the imperial army should take two steps. First, it must adhere to the strategy of the base camp and concentrate on fighting the Battle of Xuzhou. It is best to capture Wuhan in one fell swoop after annihilating the main force of the Chinese army, and completely
Destroy the Chiang Kai-shek government's will to resist. Second, the battle against the Eighth Route Army must be raised to a strategic level, and the Eighth Route Army must be studied and deployed as the main combat target of the imperial army. The top priority is to ensure victory in the Battle of Xuzhou and even the capture of Wuhan. As long as the battle is completed
If we achieve the goal, we can concentrate all our forces to carry out a large-scale suppression of the Eighth Route Army in North China and completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army.
Terauchi Shouichi calmed down and sent a telegram to the base camp. First, in view of the interruption of the Jinpu Railway, supply to the Xuzhou front line became a problem. He requested the base camp to provide emergency supplies to the Xuzhou Battle troops via Lianyungang via sea transportation to ensure the victory of the Xuzhou Battle.
Based on the actual needs of the Chinese battlefield, General Juichi Terauchi suggested that the base camp form at least 10 divisions and immediately go to the Chinese battlefield. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the Japanese Empire to win the war against China. The third is to request the base camp to transfer the special operations forces that are being formed.
Immediately dispatched to North China for use in operations against important combat targets.
After sending the telegram to the base camp, General Shouichi in the temple called Wang Kemin and Qi Kuiyuan to inquire about the progress of the expansion of the North China Security Army.
Qi Kuiyuan was obsessed with expanding his military force, and for this purpose he bribed Terauchi Juichi and Okabe Naosaburo. When he saw General Teuchi Juichi asking about the expansion of the North China Security Army, he knew that the opportunity had come, and he stood up and gave a standard greeting to Terauchi Juichi.
After giving a military salute, he gave a report on the basic situation of the North China Security Army, with particular emphasis on the reason why the North China Security Army is small in size and has low combat effectiveness. It is due to insufficient funds, insufficient officers, and insufficient manpower.
After hearing this, Touichi Terauchi believed that the situation reported by Qi Kuiyuan was basically true. He immediately ordered Wang Kemin to ensure the funds for the expansion of the security army. He decided to transfer a group of officers from the Japanese army, increase the number of consultants in the security army, and set the Japanese military consultants at the security military camp level.
, requiring Qi Kuiyuan to recruit troops on a large scale in the occupied areas and apportioning the number of soldiers according to Baojia. At the same time, Terauchi Shouichi ordered Qi Kuiyuan to immediately establish an officer training team and a sergeant training team. The officer training team serves as a supplement to the one-year education of Tongxian Military Academy and mainly recruits
The lost old officers of the Kuomintang undergo a two-month crash training to become officers of the security army company or above. The sergeant training corps mainly recruits young people with primary school education to train sergeant squad leaders. In short, it is necessary to train sergeant squad leaders within two months.
The security force was expanded to at least 40,000 people to cooperate with the imperial army in operations. From now on, each batch of one-year military academy students graduates, and the army will be expanded until the security force is expanded to the point where it can independently undertake the security tasks in North China.
When Qi Kuiyuan heard this, his nose wrinkled up as he laughed. He quickly stood up and saluted. He also imitated the posture of the Japanese army and kept saying "Hai, Hai" in his mouth. He looked very much like a mangy dog.
After Wang Kemin and Qi Kuiyuan left, Temple Shouchi ordered the 27th Division stationed in Peiping to mobilize immediately and prepare for battle. He also ordered the 23rd Division on Pinghan Road to strengthen their alert, and took over the 22nd Division to fill the 14th division.
The defensive tasks left behind after the division's defense line in northern Henan.
After finishing all this, General Touichi Siuchi sat down and wrote down "Concerning the Implementation of the Campaign Concept for the Overall Security and Suppression of the North China Eighth Route Army."
As soon as I finished writing the topic, Kita Seiichi came in.
As soon as he saw the cheerful look on Kitaka's face, General Juichi Terauchi knew that there was good news. He stood up and moved Kitaki to his seat and asked the guard to call Miss Masako to come in and pour tea.
Sure enough, after Miss Masako came in and poured the tea, Kita Makoto took a sip, praised the tea, and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I have good news and bad news."
General Shouichi in the temple thought that the good news must be about the Eighth Route Army aviation, and the bad news must be about instructor Liu Yimin fleeing to Shandong, so he smiled and said: "Sido-kun, thank you for your hard work. Let me tell you the good news first, and then the bad news."
information."
Kita Seiichi concentrated on intelligence during this period, and finally got something. His nose was happy and his eyes were smiling. He completely forgot about General Juichi Terauchi's slap in the face, and his expression became relaxed when he spoke: "Commander
Your Excellency, the first good news is that we have found the exact location of the Eighth Route Army Air Force Airport and the Eighth Route Army Shaanxi Military Factory."
As soon as Terauchi Shouichi heard this, he sat up from his chair with a "huh", and his excited voice became a vibrato: "Really? Come on, tell me where it is!"
Kita Seiichi took out a military map of Shaanxi from his bag, spread it on the table, pointed at Mian County and said: "This is where the arsenal of the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party is located. Not only is there an arsenal, but there are also steel plants, power plants and other arsenal supporting facilities."
The factories and mines serving the service are said to have been built by Liu Yimin. The source of the equipment is unclear, but it must be equipment from the Yan Xishan Taiyuan Arsenal. The weapons and ammunition for the entire Eighth Route Army system are produced here." Then, Seiichi Kita pointed at Zhou Zhi again.
The county said: "The airfield of the Eighth Route Army Air Force is deep in the mountains here. They are very good at disguise and have set up several fake airports. The Imperial Army Air Force bombed several times, all of which were fake airports and the planes that were blown up
They are also fake airplanes they built with wood and paint."
Terauchi Shouichi's heart almost jumped into his throat. He took a deep breath and asked, "Is there an accurate geographical indication?"
Kita Seiichi replied: "Yes!"
Seeing that General Juichi Terauchi had turned around and walked towards the desk, Kitakahiro hurriedly followed him. He wanted to explain the detailed process again and asked the Commander to write off the 200,000 oceans spent to bribe the bandit leader who knew the situation, and report the basis on the way.
According to intelligence analysis, the main force of Liu Yimin's instructors has entered Shandong, etc. Unfortunately, General Touichi Terauchi was no longer in the mood to listen to this. He had already grabbed the telephone on the table and ordered the combat staff to immediately notify the commander of the North China Aviation Group to come to his office immediately.
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When General Juichi Terauchi put down the phone, Kita Makoto hurriedly took the opportunity to say: "Your Excellency Commander, this information was mainly obtained by bribing the bandit leader mentioned last time. We agreed to give him 200,000 oceans, and we have already paid five yuan in advance.
Ten thousand oceans of gold bars, and there are still 150,000 oceans of gold bars to pay. Do you think?"
General Shouichi of the temple waved his hand: "Just kill him and feed him to the dogs. How can there be so much verbosity!"
Kita Makoto trembled and glanced at the solemn-looking Juichi Terauchi. After a long time, he touched his round bald head with his hand and said with a sinister smile: "High, Commander is really high!"
Temple Shou grinned: "There is an old saying in China that the cunning rabbit dies and the lackeys cook it. You should think about it carefully."
As soon as Kita Makoto saw that Juichi Terauchi was in a good mood and that the commander of North China Airlines Group had not arrived yet, it was a good opportunity to report: "Your Excellency, Commander, the bad news I want to report is that Liu Yimin may have gone to Shandong. Last time
Liu Yimin fought against the 39th Regiment near Zaozhuang. Although our army suffered heavy losses, a woman accompanying Liu Yimin was killed. Later, newspapers from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party published condolence articles, and Liu Yimin himself wrote an article "White Lotus in Bloom"
In Lunan in the Spring", he claimed that this woman was his wife. According to intelligence from the Kuomintang, this woman turned out to be an undercover agent sent by Dai Li to Liu Yimin, and was instigated by Liu Yimin. Chiang Kai-shek and Dai Li staged a contemporary compensation drama
I carefully studied the relevant intelligence. At that time, Liu Yimin and his guards were heading north in the area east of Jinpu Road. Our army conducted a rigorous search and interception, but there was no news about Liu Yimin, indicating that Liu Yimin was very likely.
Stay in Shandong. Recently, the head of the Jinan Agency, Colonel Hidemitsu Nakano, received reports from many places in Shandong, saying that the Communist Party has suddenly become active and is recruiting troops to build armed forces in various places. The bandit armed forces have either been eliminated by the Communist troops, or they have fled their places and entered the country.
In the areas controlled by the imperial army, especially in the Hebei-Shandong border area, the Communist troops were particularly arrogant. After the independent 7th Brigade returned to Fangde County, this area basically became the Communist Party. Their team was called the 31st Detachment of the Rangers.
All 3,000 of Mu Jincheng's men were wiped out by them. Coupled with the misfortunes that happened near Tai'an, we have to report to you that it is very likely that the main force of Liu Yimin's instructors secretly went to Shandong."
As soon as Liu Yimin was mentioned, Temple Shouichi's teeth chattered with hatred, and he blurted out a burst of vicious curses: "Liu Yimin and his instructors are purely a rogue unit. They hit and run. They dare not admit such a huge achievement. Moreover,
They also made up lies. One moment, the Chinese military police cooperated with the Tang Army to attack Jieshou. Another moment, the Rangers captured Dawenkou. This time they captured Tai'an and pretended to be the Beijipo defenders to send a report to the Second Army. I have never seen it.
Such a despicable and shameless unit. Coward! Liar!"
After General Touichi Teruchi finished scolding, Kita Seiichi reported again: "Your Excellency, Commander, the problem is that there is indeed Liu Yimin's main force in the Western Shandong area, which means that Liu Yimin's troops have been divided. Those who entered the east of the Yellow River may be part of his troops.
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Hisashi Terauchi nodded and added that the commander of the North China Aviation Group had arrived. Hisashi Terauchi asked Kitaki to hang the map on the wall, and the three of them began to study the specific air raid plan.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Zhengzhou, was also having a hard time.
When Liu Yimin was in Xuzhou, he exposed the Japanese army's possible attempt to encircle the national army. The fifth theater and the first theater also made serious preparations. Now the Japanese army has indeed implemented a large roundabout encirclement and a north-south strategy. It stands to reason that at this time,
This is the perfect opportunity for the national army to concentrate its forces to encircle and annihilate them. Unfortunately, the Japanese troops participating in this war are all the elite troops of the Japanese army. They have extremely strong combat effectiveness and high mobility. Liao Lei's 21st Army once wanted to concentrate its efforts on destroying the Japanese.
As a unit, the Japanese reinforcements arrived quickly. Not only did they not achieve the goal of annihilating the Japanese, they were almost bitten by the Japanese.