At this time, in the North China Front Army headquarters... because the commander, the Chief of Staff, and the Deputy Chief of Staff cried bitterly. Those on duty and those on duty knew that the Shimen was captured by the Eighth Route Army. But no one asked them, and they were not.
Just dare to say it.
All the staff members living in the headquarters and confidential personnel received the notice and rushed to their respective positions. In the entire headquarters, the sound of sending and receiving the news kept ringing.
Masato Hirata was about to send a report to convey the commander's order. Jun Tada called him again, pondered for a while, and said, "Report to the headquarters of the Chinese dispatched troops and the base camp. The Shimen was lost, and the defender Shijiazhuang was in custody.
The team is all broken."
The loss of Shimen is too big. Tada Jun can't even report it if he doesn't want to report it, he can't cover it up.
After sending the telegram, Masato Hirata came back. Tada Jung and Yoshisuru Ryosuke both stood in front of the map to examine it. Looking from their backs, they looked a bit like two clay sculptures.
Masato Hirata suddenly felt sad, feeling that the Japanese Army's North China Front Army was really lucky, why did they meet a cunning and cruel opponent like Liu Yimin? The two people in front of them were all famous generals.
Why are you helpless against Liu Yimin? Liu Yimin is in southern Shandong, and the front army mobilized a large army to kill three southern Shandong and Liu Yimin to southwest Shandong. The front army chased her butt and chased her to southwest Shandong: Liu Yimin is now at Shimen, and the front army has to retake Shimen again.
It would be strange if Liu Yimin leads his nose and doesn’t defeat the battle!
Masato Hirata corrected Junji and reported: "Commander, I have an immature idea."
Tada Jun didn't even say "Yes" back, and he was considered an answer.
Masato Hirata said: "Commander, I don't think we can be led by Liu Yimin like we are now. We should change from passive to active, and set up traps like the last time Lieutenant General Fengwen and Major General Muto Shogun set up an ambush on Longhai Road.
Let Liu Yimin jump. Only in this way can he achieve great results."
Tada Jun and Yoshisu Ryosuke turned around at the same time and asked almost at the same time: "Hida Jun, what are your good ideas?"
Masato Hirata was stopped and blinked, saying stutteringly: "I just think we need to change the tactics. I haven't figured out what to do."
Yoshisu Ryosuke looked at Masato Hirata and felt that he had really thought of this, so he said, "Commander, Hirata Jun, now we have to judge where Liu Yimin is going next. Should he return to Shandong?
As Chiang Kai-shek said in a clear telegram, he was sent back to Shaanxi and reorganized into a local security force. If he was forced to return to Shaanxi, we would not have to be nervous. We should organize heavy troops to pursue him all the way, and beat him up and lose his armor and become a defeated army. If he still
I am preparing to return to Shandong, and there is an article to do here.
We can completely set up an ambush circle and let him drill in."
Tada Jun asked back: "What if Liu Yimin joined forces with the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi to encircle and annihilate the main force of the First Army and re-capture Taiyuan?"
After this statement, Yoshisuke immediately ended his imagination and murmured: "No matter what, you have to take back Shimen first. Shimen is too important. Liu Yimin can sweep the Pingjin area to the north, attack the First Army when he advances west, and sweep Xingtai when he goes south.
The garrisons there were not enough in Handan and even Anyang and Xinxiang in northern Henan. If Liu Yimin went south, the 22nd Division and the rebuilt 14th Division would be defeated one by one! "Three old ghosts
They didn't say anything again, and they all climbed to the map and looked at it.
After a while of examination, Masato Hirata proposed that according to the current deployment, there were loopholes in the defense line. The 37th Division received the order to return to Deshi Road. It turned out that the basis for this order was to be with the 35th Division in Hebei.
The regiments rely on each other to facilitate communication of the connection between Jinan, Hebei and northwest Shandong. Now, in order to prevent Liu Yimin from attacking the 35th Division and going north to attack the Pingjin area, the 35th Division had to retreat to Baoda Road, and
The 37th Division was still far away in southwestern Shandong, and it was impossible to return to Deshi Road for a while. Even if they came back, they would not dare to let them be left alone on Deshi Road. The 40th Division, who originally planned to return to Dexian, was also
The same is true. In this way, Deshi Road and even northwestern Shandong became a blank area. The independent mixed brigade and the North China Public Security Army relying solely on defense could not stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army. If the Imperial Army's heavy army group rushed towards Shimen, Liu Yimin
If you use the same trick again, you will probably have another tragedy if you start any division of the 37th Division, the 40th Division, and the 41st Division heading to Deshi Road, Dexian, and Nangong.
What Hirata Masato said was exactly what Tada Jun was thinking. After thinking for a moment, Tada Jun said: "The 37th Division, the 40th Division, the 41st Division and the North China Public Security Bureau should be allowed to be the 37th Division, the 40th Division, the 41st Division and the commander of the North China Public Security Bureau.
The military troops rushed to the canal to deploy defenses, blocking Liu Yimin's escape route eastward.
However, these three divisions have limited combat effectiveness and a long defense line, and if Liu Yimin's army attacks a little, it will not be able to stop them. In this way, the First Guard Division, the mixed brigade of Taiwan, rushed to Dexian and the Fifth
The division and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade were used as reserve forces to block the gap at any time and launch an annihilation strike against Liu Yimin’s Ministry.”
When Yoshisuke heard this, he immediately said, "The Commander is wise. In this way, our large encirclement is formed. I repeat it to see if the Commander is satisfied. The 11th Division, the independent 5th Brigade, is still the same.
Following the original order to move towards Handan and Xingtai, together with the 22nd Division, sealed Liu Yimin's way southward road: the First Army unit gathered on the front line of Niangziguan, sealed Liu Yimin's way westward road: the 110th Division,
The 35th Division blocked Baotai Road, and with the support of the Fifth Division and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade, the Baoping and Tianjin area is inseparable from the 37th Division, the 40th Division, and the 40th Division.
The First Division, Guard Division, and Taiwan Mixed Brigade were the East Group, and Liu Yimin was blocked and returned to Shandong Pass: Guard Division, 6th Division, 12th Division, 15th Division, Heavy Artillery Brigade
The regiment formed a heavy army group and launched an attack on Shimen: the Independent Mixed Brigade commanded a security army group to station in Nangong. After the heavy army group, the Independent Mixed Brigade and a security army group still belonged to Fujii.
Yangzhi commanded, sweeping in southwestern Shandong: two security armies sweeping in west Shandong."
After hearing this, Tada Jun suddenly flashed his mind and said, "The deployment of the East Group needs to be adjusted. I judged that Liu Yimin would not return to Shaanxi. It is very likely that after he would transfer our heavy army group to Pinghan Road, he would escape again and return.
Shandong. What Mr. Pingtian said just now is right. We want to set up a trap for him to jump. The trap is on the eastern line. Look, the most convenient passage to return to Shandong from the west of the Yellow River is the Lukou Railway Bridge. Liu Yimin's army has many vehicles and crosses the Yellow River.
If the floating bridge is built in advance, it will take a whole night to cross the bridge. He would not have expected the Lukou Bridge. We set up an ambush circle near De County, including the Fifth Division, the First Guard Division, and the Taiwan Mixed Brigade.
The Fourth Cavalry Brigade is hidden near Dexian and Cangxian. These troops are mobile and can launch pursuit at any time. Whether Liu Yimin fled to Shandong in the east or Pingjin in the north, he could not escape the pursuit of our army."
Now, not only Yoshisuke said that the commander was wise, but Masato Hirata also cheered, as if they had already set up a net and captured Liu Yimin.
Tada Jun's thoughts became clear, and he immediately understood many things, and then said: "I think now, why did Liu Yimin attack Shimen? Why didn't he face our army in southwestern Shandong? You must know that with his firepower
And strength, he could set up an ambush where our army must pass in advance just like he did on the Long March, and maybe he could defeat us all the way. Even if he went south to attack Shangqiu, we might not have time to rescue him. But he didn't
In doing so, I led my troops to attack Shimen for thousands of miles. After thinking about it, I think there are two reasons why Liu Yimin attacked Shimen...
Yoshisu Ryosuke and Hirata Masato acted like he had been taught and stood there listening carefully, wanting to hear what the reason was.
I heard Tada Jun say: "One is that the strategic position of Shimen is important. Just as Yoshizuko said just now, occupying Shimen can not only go north and south, but also close the First Army in Shanxi, and the security of the First Army in Crisis.
Both of us saw this clearly. However, Liu Yimin had already planned and had long been staring at Shimen, and we only realized this problem now. You think, we are concentrating such a large number of troops in Shandong to carry out the
To uphold public security and combat, it is equivalent to using the whole country to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in Shandong. Although Liu Yimin may have achieved some victory at the tactical level and caused losses to the Imperial Army, the final result must have ended with his complete destruction.
Liu Yimin must have seen this very clearly, and Mao Zedong, Zhu De and others also saw it very clearly.
If they want to defeat our heavy army encirclement and suppression of Shandong and protect their base, the best strategy is to lead our heavy army group out of Shandong. This is why the Eighth Route Army took action in western Liaoning, forcing the main force of the Kwantung Army to return to rescue western Liaoning.
The incident in Nan led to Liu Yimin leaving Shandong early.
The things hidden in southwestern Shandong have led to the capture of Shimen today. In a word, this is Liu Yimin's mobilization of our heavy army group. If we want to mobilize us, we must attack the critical point where we have to save us. He is in southwestern Shandong
The 38th Division was because we knew that he could go south to capture Shangqiu, and then work with the Kuomintang First War Zone troops to eliminate the Imperial Army's troops in Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, and we had to rescue him. The same is true for him to attack Shimen. If we don't
Recapture the Shimen, wait until he takes down the Niangzi Pass, and then guards the Niangzi Pass, the First Army will be over. Even if he doesn't attack the First Army, he will point directly to Beiping, and with the 110th Division and the 35th Division, it will not be blocked.
If we live in him, our defense line is full of loopholes, and maybe we all have to be captured. In other words, even though we know that Liu Yimin captured Shimen to mobilize the Imperial Army's heavy army group, we have to take the bait and have to mobilize all our strength immediately.
Go and take back the stone gate. We can’t afford to lose this stone gate!"
When Yoshisu Ryosu heard this, his mind was also enlightened. He opened his mouth and said, "Commander, I understand. The second reason why Liu Yimin captured the Shimen was that there were what it wanted, arms and food."
Tada Jun nodded: "Yizurujun is right. Shimen is our important material supply transfer station in North China. Supplies to the First Army, the Kwantung Army's southward troops, and the 22nd Division and the 14th Division
The regiment's supply has to pass there. Not only flour, rice, but also ammunition, gasoline and diesel. We urgently need these things, but Liu Yimin's army, including the entire Eighth Route Army, is in urgent need. You think that the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi has a lot of troops, but why are they not like
Like Liu Yimin, did he concentrate his troops to fight a large-scale annihilation war? There is only one reason: they expanded too quickly, lacked guns and bullets, and could not fight a big battle. Chiang Kai-shek did not provide them with supplies, and we blew up their arsenal in Shaanxi, and they all day long.
There are planes that are reconnaissance and bombing in Shaanxi. It is impossible for them to rebuild a large-scale arsenal. The Eighth Route Army in Shanxi is more anxious than looking forward to ammunition than the stars and the moon! All of these things are included in the Shimen. Take down the Shimen, the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, including Liu Yimin
The Ministry can solve the ammunition problem. What would it mean if the Eighth Route Army has sufficient ammunition? Therefore, Liu Yimin must fight in Shimen. Unfortunately, we know it too late."
Seeing Tada Jun's pain and regret, Masato Hirata quickly interrupted: "Don't worry, Commander, Major General Ogurihara said on the farewell telegram that he had ordered the blow up of the reserve supplies. Liu Yimin is likely to be happy."
Tada Jun said lightly: "I hope this is the case. If so many ammunitions are all destroyed, the stone gate will be erased from the map. I will send a plane to reconnaissance tomorrow morning to see what is going on."
Yoshisuke asked impatiently: "Commander, what do you have any ideas about setting up an ambush on the Eastern Front?"
Tada Jun guessed Liu Yimin's intentions, his face became even heavier, and he said coldly: "There is an old saying in China that mantis stalks the cicada oriole is behind. Joining the stone gate is a cicada, Liu Yimin is a mantis, we
I will be the oriole that hunts the mantis. This time, I will let the troops taken to Shimen be wiped out. In this way, I ordered the 11th Division to independently form a heavy army group commanded by the Fifth Brigade and the Lieutenant General Inaba Shilang
March overnight, southwestern Shandong, western Shandong and southern Ji are now empty, without the main force of the Eighth Route Army, so there is no need to be afraid. We advance to Xingtai and Shimen as fast as possible, and threaten Liu Yimin to escape from Shimen. We ordered the troops to establish a defense line in western Shandong as fast as possible
Arrival at the designated location.
Let the First Guard Division, Taiwan Mixed Brigade, Fifth Division, and Fourth Cavalry Brigade disguised other troops and quickly and secretly move towards De County, ready to intercept and encircle Liu Yi who slipped out of the Shimen at any time
〖Guo〗The main force. As for the 37th Division and 40th and 41st Divisions that arrived in Hengshui, their role was to monitor, block the Eighth Route Army, and lead them into the ambush circle. In this way, Liu Yimin would inevitably be attacked from both sides.
Even if he fled to the Pingjin area, we are not afraid. We will concentrate our main force and chase him quickly. We must defeat him and eliminate him!"
On the night when the Eighth Route Army captured the Shimen, Tada Jun began to set up a trap and waited for the Eighth Route Army to jump!
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