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Chapter 1509: Pre-war meeting (2)

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    Seeing that all the senior generals realized their mistakes and expressed their opinions very sincerely, Li Guoyao nodded with satisfaction.

    "To get back to the subject, we definitely want to help with the First Theater Command, not only for the sake of the First Theater Command, but also for the future development of our Ninth Army."

    Then Li Guoyao continued: "According to the top-secret information collected by the intelligence department, the North China Front Army telegraphed an order for the 12th Army to defeat the defenders in the Song County area west of Linru with one unit, and the main force moved north via Minggao, Baiyang, Yiyang, Shi  Ling, attack Xin'an west of Luoyang and the northwest area of ??Luoyang to annihilate the main force of the 1st theater. At the same time, order the 1st Army to rush towards Luoyang after crossing the Yellow River."

    "At the same time, the 63rd Division was ordered to detour from the north of Luoyang and defeat the defenders, and then quickly advance to the Xin'an area west of Luoyang. The Japanese army attempted to encircle Luoyang from the east, south, west, and north and annihilate the defenders of the 1st Theater  and capture Luoyang.¡±

    "But the commander of the 12th Army, Eitaro Uchiyama, had a different view on the North China Front's order to attack Luoyang. He believed that the 13th Army of the Tang Enbo Group voluntarily evacuated after a fierce battle with the Japanese army in the mountainous area south of Dengfeng, and its main force  It has not been eliminated. The 13th Army is now in the upper reaches of the Yihe River, Tang Enbo is in Song County, and the commander-in-chief of the 31st Army Wang Zhonglian has gathered his troops in Liudian, about 10 kilometers southeast of Ruyang, preparing to move north to attack the Japanese army in the Longmen area south of Luoyang.  In order to achieve the mission of defending Luoyang."

    "Therefore, Lieutenant General Uchiyama believes that we should continue to concentrate our efforts to attack the Tang Enbo Group. If the reinforcements from the 8th Theater can reach the Luoyang area, it will be more beneficial for the Japanese army to concentrate on annihilating the national army in the future. Now it is time to concentrate on  Attacking Luoyang in the plain area will result in occupying the city and losing the opportunity to annihilate the opponent's main force."

    "The difference between Uchiyama's and Okamura's views is that Okamura believes that the Tang Enbo Group has been defeated, while Uchiyama's view is the opposite. Therefore, when the 12th Army uses troops, it deploys partly based on its own judgment."

    Having said this, Li Guoyao walked to the hanging map of Henan, pointed to a point on the map and said: "The 37th Division of the 12th Army is currently on the line southwest of Linru and Songxian. Its purpose is to annihilate the defenders there.  Army, and fought a decisive battle with the main force of the 1st Theater in the northwest of Luoyang. The main force of its 3rd Tank Division was to attack the front lines of Yiyang and Xin'an."

    "The main force of the 110th Division is attacking from Pengpo Town south of Longmen Street to the north of Yiyang. Each of the 62nd Division and the 27th Division will advance from Shuizhai to the Yiyang area in the northwest. The cavalry  The 4th Brigade advanced towards Changshui Town west of Luoning, blocking the pass near the place and blocking the retreating defenders of Luoyang."

    After briefly explaining the Japanese offensive situation, Li Guoyao finally said: "The current enemy situation is basically this. What do you think?"

    Xu Hu immediately said: "Chief Commander, judging from the current situation, how the Japanese army fights on the battlefield in Henan actually has little to do with us. The reason is also very simple. We are far away and cannot quench our thirst for nearness, and the little Japanese are not interested in us.  It¡¯s also beyond our reach, so even if we want to help the First War Zone, we can only send troops to support them, such as sending troops to the Shanxi First Army!¡±

    Li Guoyao nodded and said: "Lao Xu and I thought of going together. The battlefield in Henan is too far away from our military defense area, and it is impossible to mobilize troops to fight south, so we can only support from the side."

    Then Li Guoyao continued: "According to the information we received, Yoshimoto's First Army cooperated with the troops attacking Luoyang, consisting of five infantry brigades of the 59th Brigade of Major General Chiyota Motomura of the 69th Infantry Division stationed in Yuncheng, and the 59th Infantry Brigade of the 69th Infantry Division stationed in Guo County.  The independent mixed 3rd Brigade is composed of three infantry brigades of Major General Kazuaki Obara. These two brigades are commanded by Lieutenant General Miura Chujiro, the commander of the 69th Division."

    "In order to increase the strength of Yoshimoto's 1st Army, the North China Front transferred two integrated infantry brigades stationed in Yuncheng to the north on May 11, and then transferred Major General Kiichi Nagamine who was originally under the command of Nagano Vice Masatori of the 63rd Division to become independent.  The 9th Infantry Brigade is under the command of the 1st Corps."

    Li Guoyao said again: "Everyone is relatively clear about the situation of the First Army in Shanxi. Due to the Yellow River defense and being on the western edge of the North China Front, this Army faces the main force of the 8th and 1st Theater Troops of the Kuomintang Army, so its location  It has more troops under its jurisdiction. However, after the start of the battle on the southern section of Pinghan Road, the 62nd Division stationed along Zhengtai Road and the 37th Division stationed in Yuncheng were transferred away from Shanxi, causing Yoshimoto Sadichi's troops in Shanxi to  There is only one division and four security brigades.¡±

    "The basic situation of these troops is that the 69th Division was transferred from Linfen to Yuncheng to take over the river defense of the 37th Division. The 3rd Independent Infantry Brigade was transferred to Linfen to take over the defense of the 69th Division. The 10th Independent Infantry Brigade was transferred to Yangquan.  Replace the 62nd Division to guard Zhengtai Road from Niangziguan to the west. The 14th Independent Infantry Brigade is still stationed in Changzhi and replaces the 14th Infantry Brigade that was transferred to the north coast of New Guinea south of the equator last year.The 36th Division and the independent 9th Brigade are still stationed in Guo County.  "

    Hearing Li Guoyao's words, everyone was stunned.

    Since the Jiujiu Army was directly facing the First Army stationed in Shanxi, they had been paying more attention to the movements of the First Army. Although the intelligence department also had news about the First Army's cross-river operations, they did not expect that the number of Shanxi garrison troops would be so high.  It has declined to this point.

    We must know that the original First Army had five divisions and four mixed brigades. If the puppet troops were included, the total strength would be more than 110,000.

    But at present, the full strength is less than 50,000 troops, and at least one-third of them are puppet troops.

    "Chief Commander, is the news accurate? Is it true that the Japanese army in Shanxi only has one division and four mixed brigades left?"

    "This is what I learned about the situation. Whether it is true or not remains to be verified."

    As soon as the words changed, Li Guoyao continued: "But the news that the First Army sent troops south to participate in the Luoyang offensive is definitely true. It's just a matter of how many troops are sent south!"

    "We didn't know about such an important thing. This is a mistake by the intelligence department!" Xu Hu said.

    Lu Guohua immediately stood up and said: "Chief Commander, two deputies, I, the person in charge of intelligence, need to review this matter. Since a large number of intelligence personnel were transferred away some time ago, our six groups have experienced serious problems in both the intelligence and operations departments.  Due to the shortage of manpower, some intelligence personnel from Henan, Shaanxi, Anhui and other places had to be withdrawn to ensure the monitoring situation in the Pingjin area and Hebei and other places, so some situations on the battlefield in Henan were missed."

    Li Guoyao raised his hand and said, "I don't blame you for this. It's mainly due to our lack of manpower. There is no need to review it!"

    Li Guoyao himself knows this better, because the situation in the Northeast has changed greatly, and the army has now established a foothold in the Northeast, so there is an urgent need for experienced intelligence personnel.

    Therefore, Li Guoyao not only transferred most of Xu Ziyu's action team to the Northeast, but also transferred one-third of the intelligence collection personnel to the Northeast. With so many people removed at once, the operations of the intelligence department will inevitably be seriously affected.  .

    In addition, the little devil¡¯s confusing movements also played a role.

    In order to capture Luoyang, Yoshimoto Sadichi's 1st Army had to detach 8 infantry brigades to participate in the attack on Luoyang. At this time, the Japanese army in Shanxi only had 4 infantry brigades, including the independent mixed 9th brigade stationed in Guo County.  , there are only two infantry brigades.

    In addition, the headquarters of the 69th Division stationed in Yuncheng and the 59th Brigade of Maj. Gen. Chiyota Motomura of the division are fighting south of the Yellow River. The 1st Army Headquarters is afraid that after its troop strength is reduced, the 8th Theater west of the Yellow River, as well as in  The Eighth Route Army in various parts of Shanxi launched a powerful counterattack, so they adopted many feinting and deceptive methods.

    For example, many troops were sent to certain cities and strongholds during the day, and then retreated covertly at night, while some took out supplies from warehouses and transported them to distant troops.

    In addition, the radio stations of the Japanese army in large strongholds in Yuncheng, Linfen, Fenyang, Changzhi, Yangquan, Taiyuan, Xin County, Nao County and other places deliberately increased the number of transmissions and the number of contacts, especially among the brigades and divisions.  This is especially true between the regiment and the 1st Army Headquarters in Taiyuan, and the 1st Army Headquarters and the North China Front Army Headquarters in Peiping, in an attempt to confuse the intelligence departments of the National Army and the Eighth Route Army.

    In order to keep the mobilization of troops secret, the Japanese army stipulated that any troops preparing to fight south of the Yellow River must do so at night when leaving their original strongholds. Only wired telephones are allowed to communicate. Before the battle begins, the use of radios is absolutely prohibited.

    It is precisely because of the various methods of the Japanese army that the intelligence department did not realize that the Japanese army in Shanxi had fallen to a terrible situation and almost missed the opportunity to fight.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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