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Chapter 712: Operation Storm (3)

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    Yamada Tetsujiro took a sip of water, cleared his throat, and continued: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, gentlemen, before the 13th year of Showa, the Tubal Route had very few soldiers. There were only three divisions and six brigades, with a total strength of about 40,000 people.  Together they are only equivalent to two divisions of the imperial army."

    "But don't underestimate this unit just because they have a small number of troops. You must know that most of these soldiers have participated in the strategic retreat that the Red Party calls the Long March. The Long March is a challenge to the limits of mankind. These people can even do the Long March.  After surviving it, how high is the fighting spirit and combat level? A general from China once said that people who have experienced the Long March know better than anyone else what a soldier is and what war is. Twenty-five thousand miles  The Long March tempered the will of these Chinese soldiers, something that no military academy can produce."

    "One such soldier is great, but the Eighth Route Army has a total of 40,000 people. They have suffered the most extreme hardships in the world. They can't bear any crime and fight any battles. When they are spread out, they will scream one by one. Their fighting ability is quite brave.  of."

    "It can also be said that the Eighth Route Army was the strongest at this time. Pingxingguan, Yangmingbao, Yanmenguan, etc. dared to directly confront the Japanese army and set a record of wiping out more than a thousand imperial troops in one battle."

    Then Major General Yamada said again: "However, we cannot ignore the poor equipment of Tubal Road. They have no shortage of courage to resist the Imperial Japanese Army. However, due to equipment reasons, the war losses are too great. If nothing else, it is just a flat pass.  , a direct loss of more than 600 veteran Red Army soldiers. Even Tubal Road could not bear such losses, so they dispersed the 115th and 129th divisions into regiments, or units smaller than the regiments, and spread them among the people.  "

    "The main force has been dispersed to the civilian population, and the team has developed rapidly. So far, this small force, which originally had only three divisions, has spread throughout North China. According to the intelligence captured by the imperial army, as of the beginning of this year, Tubal Road already has hundreds of  The regiment has an army of 2,560,000, and its strength has truly expanded by six to seven times!"

    "The size of the army has expanded, but due to the rapid development, Tubal Road, in order to gain a foothold in North China, only rushed to develop without considering the quality of the soldiers. Among these soldiers, there are also ordinary people, bandits, stragglers, etc.  ."

    "As the team develops, in order to improve the overall quality, we can only split up the old Red Army troops who were originally organized into various units, and let the old Red Army troops lead the new recruits. However, because the battles are too frequent, there is no time to train properly. In this way  As soon as it came, there was a situation where the new recruits led the weak veterans.¡±

    "The original Iron Fist was dismantled. The old Red Army became more and more dispersed, and its combat effectiveness would naturally be slowly diluted. That's why we found that Tubal Road's combat effectiveness was so weak that many people despised them. But as long as Tubal Road passes by  After a period of rest and training, its combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. And all those who dared to despise Tubal Road, whether they were the division commander, brigade commander or regiment commander, suffered a big loss, including the 26th  The commander of the division, His Excellency Jun Haremiya, the commander of the 108th Division, His Excellency Shimomoto Kumaya, and the commander of the Second Independent Mixed Brigade, His Excellency Tsuneoka Koji, please take this as a warning!"

    At this time, the captain of the 212th Regiment, Shinozuka Kunigoro, suddenly said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Your Excellency Yamada, what we are discussing now is how to eliminate Li Guoyao's troops. Why should we care about Tubal Road?"

    Shinozuka Kunigoro's words immediately stunned everyone. Yes, why would you talk about Tubal Road? It seems to be a bit off topic!

    However, Yamada Tetsujiro shook his head and said: "The reason why we talk about Tubal Road is because the officers of the Front Army Headquarters feel that Li Guoyao's troops are infinitely close to Tubal Road in terms of combat mode and style, so they want to defeat Li Guoyao's troops.  We have to learn from the experience of the front army in encircling and suppressing Tubal Road in Hebei, Shanxi and other places!"

    After Yamada Tetsujiro said this, everyone reacted!

    Thinking about it carefully, what Major General Yamada said makes sense!

    Since Li Guoyao¡¯s troops arrived in Shandong, their combat style has indeed undergone a huge change. Large-scale offensive and defensive operations have been rare before.

    Even when they attack counties where the Imperial Army is heavily stationed, they rarely attack by force. Most of the time they do so to attack the Imperial Army¡¯s reinforcements. Isn¡¯t this the tactic used by Tubal Road to encircle a point and bring in reinforcements?

    Kimura Hy¨­taro nodded and said: "Hey, Yamada-san is right. I don't know how the front army headquarters encircled and suppressed the Tubal Road!"

    Yamada Tetsujiro immediately said: "Let Yamazaki-kun answer this question, he is more knowledgeable in this area!"

    "Then I'll trouble you, Yamazaki-kun!" Kimura Hy¨­taro said.

    Yamazaki Jiaichi did not dare to neglect, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Excellency, the division commander, has been fighting against Tubal Road in North China for more than a year."Later, the front army headquarters began to realize that the Eighth Route Army's "attack when weak and retreat when strong" and the "close integration of force with the peasant class" and its erratic speed made the Japanese army "look at the wind and shadow, and work hard".  The combat method of "no merit" is a new problem encountered by the Japanese army in combat.  "

    "Therefore, when the independent mixed 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th brigades, which were established in the spring of Showa 13 to take on the task of "public security operations," arrived in North China, the front army headquarters first organized the brigade as a unit and summoned officers from each brigade.  We will conduct about a week of training on the Eighth Route Army¡¯s guerrilla warfare and how the Japanese army dealt with it, and then the officers will provide anti-guerrilla warfare education to the troops.¡±

    "The Japanese army believed that the anti-Japanese base area was the result of Tubal Road gradually expanding its power to the surrounding areas while consolidating the central base area in northern Shaanxi, entering the space area beyond the reach of the Kuomintang army and the imperial army, establishing its own sphere of influence, and called it anti-Japanese  Base areas. The construction of these base areas is called liberated area work, and most of their guerrilla warfare is carried out around these large and small base areas."

    Then Yamazaki Jiaichi changed his voice and continued: "After nearly two years of fighting, the front army has summarized its experience and believes that in fighting the Eighth Route Army, special attention must be paid to the following items: First, collect intelligence as early as possible, and secondly, do not let down your vigilance, no matter it is  Guards, punitive teams, transport teams, units, and sentries must all pay attention. The last thing is to act quickly and not stick to the old concepts of detours and encirclement. Surprise and sudden attacks must be the first priority."

    After hearing this, Kimura Hy¨­taro stood up directly, then came to the hanging military map and began to ponder, leaving a group of officers aside!

    After a long time, Lieutenant General Kimura regained his composure and said in a deep voice: "Yamazaki-kun is right. Looking back on the battles with Li Guoyao's troops during this period, there were indeed many problems. The first is that the imperial army's intelligence capabilities are very weak.  Tte-High-Tech and other intelligence departments of the Corps Headquarters do not know much about the situation of Li Guoyao's department, so it is difficult for us to carry out sneak attacks and surprise attacks. On the contrary, the enemy is in the dark and we are clear, and we are often attacked by Tubal Road."

    "Secondly, our army's troops were relatively lax before the war, so that many times they didn't even know the enemy was close to them. Especially the garrison troops in the city. Li Guoyao's troops sneaked into the city many times and were unable to detect the enemy.  It¡¯s really shameful and useless.¡±

    "Therefore, to deal with Li Guoyao's troops this time, we must do a good job in intelligence collection. This task will be left to Mr. Yamazaki to complete. The intelligence agency of the Legion Headquarters, the Military Police and the plainclothes team will fully cooperate!"

    "Hai!" Yamazaki Kaiichi said loudly.

    "In addition, in view of the fact that Li Guoyao's troops are not weak, and all units of the imperial army have suffered losses, especially the independent mixed sixth brigade, there are only less than 2,000 remaining soldiers in the entire brigade, and they are in urgent need of replenishment. I have already informed the legion  The ministry sent an application telegram, requesting the Corps Headquarters to mobilize some supplementary troops for us, and the Corps Commander has also agreed. The supplementary troops from two brigades and two infantry brigades of the Royal Association Army are on their way to Zaozhuang."

    Then Kimura Hy¨­taro continued: "After the reinforcements arrive, all the supplementary troops will be added to the 6th Brigade, and the Imperial Alliance Army will also be dispersed to various places to serve as garrison troops. By then, the main force of the Imperial Army will be freed from the garrison troops, and then  Focus on dealing with Li Guoyao¡¯s troops!¡±

    "Hai!"

    "Give you all a week to prepare. A week later, the army from the Xiong'er Mountain Area, the main force of the Imperial Army, will carry out a second heavy encirclement and suppression campaign. This time we will not only take down this small mountainous area, but also capture Li Guoyao's territory.  Complete annihilation of the whole army!" Kimura Hyoutarou said firmly, with a firm tone and murderous intent.

    "Hai!"

    "Gentlemen, the imperial army must be as fast and wild as a storm in this operation. All the stumbling blocks in the way will be crushed. The so-called base area relied on by those people is nothing but those stupid farmers, so this time  The battle must not only eliminate Li Guoyao's troops, but also completely smash this hateful base area. We must completely destroy the enemy like a storm and show no mercy!"

    "Hai!"

    "This operation is a top-secret operation of the division headquarters, codenamed "Storm". Please make more preparations, please!"

    "Hai!"

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