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Chapter 1517: The Japanese Army¡¯s Countermeasures (Part 1)

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    Peiping. North China Front Army Headquarters.

    After receiving the telegram from the front line, Okamura Neiji was shocked and immediately summoned all the senior generals in Beiping City to the headquarters to discuss countermeasures.

    The huge conference room was filled with stars. In addition to the Army General Okamura Neiji, there were also Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Shiroto Sanji, head of the secret service and military police commander Lieutenant General Hattori Saburo, and the commander of the 115th Division Binpu.  Lieutenant General Hideyoshi, Major General Yoshihei Nochi, commander of the 5th Independent Infantry Brigade, Major General Matsuno Katsuaki, commander of the 7th Independent Infantry Brigade, Major General Miyafumio, commander of the 11th Independent Infantry Brigade, and others.

    At the beginning of the meeting, Okamura Neiji gave a brief report on the situation on the front lines of Yu County and Laiyuan, and then said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, the current situation is like this. *** Li Guoyao's troops are concentrating their forces along the Wei County  County and Laiyuan are moving south, and the troops are pointing directly at Baoding. What good strategy do you have!"

    Saburo Hattori, the head of the secret service, immediately stood up and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, according to the intelligence we have collected, Li Guoyao's department has assembled more than 30,000 people in Yuxian, Laiyuan and other places, including a large number of technical personnel.  Arms, such as cavalry and artillery, etc. At present, Yu County and all surrounding strongholds have lost contact and have obviously fallen."

    "Right now, the Japanese are besieging Laiyuan City. If they are not rescued in time, Laiyuan City may not be able to be saved. Therefore, the top priority is to immediately reinforce Laiyuan and ensure the safety of the Laiyuan defenders."

    Okamura Neji nodded and said, "Hey, Ojo-kun, which troop is closest to Laiyuan?"

    "Your Majesty, Commander, this is the 118th Division stationed in Baoding. However, the 118th Division is a newly formed unit. Except for the backbone of its predecessor, which was independently mixed into the 9th Brigade, the remaining supplementary troops are all three soldiers who have joined the army.  The recruits who are younger than 1 month have not completed the recruit training!" Lieutenant General Ojoto Sanji immediately replied.

    "We can no longer take care of this, and immediately order the 118th Division to send out the main force to reinforce Laiyuan. Whether Laiyuan City can be defended is negligible, but the Laiyuan defenders must be rescued!" Okamura Neiji said.

    "Hai!"

    Then Okamura Neiji said again: "Gentlemen, if Li Guoyao's troops suddenly join the war at this time, they obviously do not really want to fight face to face with the imperial army. Their intention may be to coordinate the ongoing Henan Battle, and for the time being.  It is impossible for the Ninth Army to only operate on the front line of Hebei. As expected, its main force will inevitably launch an attack on the First Army's garrison, and we have to guard against it!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, Lieutenant General Oshiro Sanji said immediately: "If this is the case, the impact will be huge. It may disrupt the overall strategic arrangement of the imperial army in central Henan!"

    "Keep talking!" Okamura Neji said.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, gentlemen, for this battle in Central Henan, we not only concentrated all the troops of the 12th Army, but also transferred two divisions from the First Army and two independent troops to fight southward, so that the current 12th Army  The First Army has only one division and three independent brigades left in Shanxi, which means it only has 30,000 troops in full force"

    Before he finished speaking, Lieutenant General Binpu Yingji, commander of the 115th Division, said immediately: "Aren't there still a large number of Imperial Army troops?"

    Lieutenant General Dacheng continued: "There are many Imperial Association armies. There are two Imperial Association armies that cooperate with the First Army. They are the Shanxi Communist Suppression Army and Cai Xiongfei's army. After years of expansion, the two Imperial Association armies are now  Altogether there are 30,000 people.¡±

    "But even so, the strength of the First Army is still stretched thin. After all, they have to face not only Li Guoyao's troops, but also Yan's Second Theater and Tubal Road, so the First Army is in a very dangerous situation. Once  Li Guoyao's troops go south to attack the First Army's defense area, which is likely to cause a chain reaction."

    Everyone knows what the chain reaction that Lieutenant General Dacheng said is, that is, all the Chinese troops in Shanxi went into battle, and the First Army was besieged.

    "Ojo-kun, what is the situation in central Henan? Is it possible to withdraw the troops of the First Army going south in advance?" Okamura Neiji asked again.

    Sanji Ojoto was silent for a few seconds, then shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the battle in central Henan is at a critical moment. After the 59th Brigade of the 69th Division of Yoshimoto's 1st Army captured Xin'an, the original deputy field officer  The four infantry brigades of the 9th Independent Infantry Brigade commanded by Changde arrived in Xin'an via north of Luoyang. They were commanded by Lieutenant General Miura Chujiro, the commander of the 69th Division, and sent troops to Nishi Village and Oujiang in the areas south of Mianchi and north of Luohe.  Chi, Hedi, Gaocun, and Hancheng areas to intercept the westward retreating troops of the 1st theater."

    "Through special intelligence means, the 1st Army Headquarters learned that Hu Zongnan, deputy commander of the 8th Theater Command, had led a large number of troops to cross the pass. Li Yannian's 1st Army of the 34th Group Army, who took the lead, commanded the 8th Division and the 109th Division, and was heading to the east.Treasure forward.  Based on the above clear report, Yoshimoto is preparing to attack the reinforcements of the 8th Theater in the Lingbao area, so the main force is moving towards the Lingbao area!  "

    "How many Japanese troops are there in the area, and what are the chances of the imperial army winning?" Lieutenant General Bin Puyingji asked.

    In his opinion, if there are too many Chinese troops in front of them and the imperial army has no great chance of winning, the troops of the First Army heading south might as well return to Shanxi immediately to resolve the immediate crisis.

    Oshiro Sanji immediately said: "There are indeed many troops in the 1st theater of ** on the Lingbao front line, including Sun Weiru's 4th Army, Li Jiayu's 36th Army, Ma Fawu's 40th Army, and Zhang Zhuo's 1st Army  , Li Zhengxian¡¯s 16th Army, Zhou Shimian¡¯s 27th Army, Liu Anqi¡¯s 57th Army, etc., with a total strength of about 100,000.¡±

    "But with the assistance of THT, we have mastered the situation of the mobilization of the *** army, and we know that this mobilization has greatly reduced the number of troops blocking the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. There are only the 36th and 80th armies of the 37th Group Army.  A total of six divisions are still in place, and the New 7th Army has also been transferred to Hancheng to assume the role of river defense on the Yellow River."

    "In addition, in order to prevent the imperial army from moving to the mountainous area south of Shaanxian County and preparing for a roundabout attack to the west, the 36th Army of the People's Republic of China launched a powerful counterattack against the imperial army there. Lieutenant General Li Jiayu, commander-in-chief of the army, was commanding  He died in battle, and in order to avenge Li, some of his troops wore black veils and fought against the imperial army."

    Then Lieutenant General Oshiro Sanji stood up, came to the hanging map, pointed to the Lingbao area on the map and said: "Right now, China and Japan have assembled hundreds of thousands of troops in the Lingbao area, and the war is about to break out.  This battle is also related to whether the imperial army can hold on to the results achieved some time ago. Once it retreats, the results achieved by the imperial army in central Henan in the past two months may be recaptured by the Japanese at any time, including Luoyang, Xuchang, Mianchi and other places.  "

    As soon as he finished speaking, Lieutenant General Bin Pu Yingji said in a deep voice: "So this battle is inevitable and there is no way to retreat!"

    "Yes!"

    Okamura Neiji suddenly said: "Ojo-kun, how is the defense situation of the Japanese in Lingbao? Can the existing troops of the 12th Army quickly defeat the Japanese army and capture Lingbao? If possible, let's first  Move the Third Tank Division back to the Shanxi battlefield."

    When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.

    Not only did the infantry march slowly, but their combat effectiveness was also weak. Withdrawing troops from the front line and returning to Shanxi, even if they marched continuously, they would not be able to withdraw from central Henan to the northern Shanxi line in less than ten days.

    But the chariot army is different. Since it is a mechanized march, the speed is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary troops.

    The distance from Luoyang to Xinkou is only six to seven hundred kilometers. According to the marching speed of the chariot division, it can be reached in two days at most.

    The most important thing is that the combat effectiveness of the chariot division is so powerful that in a head-on battle, one chariot division can be at least as powerful as three field infantry divisions.  Therefore, in Okamura Neiji's view, rather than risking the deployment of two or three divisions from the front line to return to support the Shanxi battlefield, it is better to directly withdraw the third tank division.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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