After receiving the approval from the base camp, Wei Wu let go of his hands and began to implement the plan of substituting one thing for another.
He centralized the radio stations originally assigned to various divisions.
A large number of false messages are produced every day.
If you only read these false messages, you would think that these troops exist.
And, every day is a battle.
Wei Wu was also washing off the moisture from his troops and supplies as planned.
A summary telegram was sent to the base camp every day.
[December 18th, our army’s 18th Division and 25th Division fought bravely today, annihilating more than 30,000 enemy troops, with only 3,215 losses on our side, and moved from Changsha to Yueyang. Improved tactical positioning. 】
[December 20th] Today, our army’s 19th and 22nd divisions fought bravely and severely defeated the main force of the Communist army, annihilating more than 80,000 enemies and losing only 12,251 people. They moved from Wuhan to Huanggang and improved their tactics. Location. 】
[December 28th, today our army’s 20th and 26th divisions, after a bloody battle, severely defeated the Communist army and wiped out more than 120,000 enemies. We only lost 8,521 people. They moved from Jiujiang to Anqing and improved their situation. Tactical position. 】
[January 8th, today our army's 21st and 23rd divisions, after arduous and arduous battles, severely defeated the enemy and wiped out more than 180,000 enemy troops. We only lost 13,521 people and moved from Tongling to Jinling. Improved tactical positioning. 】
[January 9th, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 26, the divisions have gathered in Jinling to form a central cluster, defend Jinling to the death, and fight the enemy to the last soldier. 】
Looking at the telegrams in the past few days, Sugiyama Yuan felt more and more wrong.
It is obvious that the troops are constantly winning battles. According to the battle reports, one million enemies have been wiped out. Why are the battle lines moving further and further back?
Obviously, we were still preparing for the Changsha battle a month ago.
Why did it turn into the Battle of Jinling a month later?
This isn't right.
Sugiyama Yuan quickly asked the Southeast War Zone what was going on.
Wei Wu expressed that he was aggrieved. It was not that the brothers did not work hard, but that the Communist army was too cunning.
Various conspiracies were used, resulting in serious losses of various heavy equipment.
Now, the army is short of soldiers and has begun recruiting expatriates.
It is hoped that the base camp can mobilize surrounding troops for support, participate in the grand event, and annihilate the main force of the Communist army under Jinling City.
Sugiyama Yuan looked at the map and thought for a while.
Originally, he didn't want to care about such nonsense.
However, Jinling is no ordinary place.
It is the original residence of the Chongqing government.
Has important symbolic meaning.
When they captured this place, they promoted it with great fanfare.
If you lose it now, you will lose it as an adult.
If nothing else, Yuren might be able to chop him with a knife.
Therefore, no matter what, Jinling must be defended.
But where to mobilize troops for support?
To say that the most elite troops, judging from the books, must be the Southward Army and the Kwantung Army.
However, the troops going south have now been deployed and are attacking Southeast Asia with all their strength, so they have no time at all.
The Kwantung Army was too far away.
By the time we arrived, the day lilies were cold.
Most importantly, there is now a lack of sufficient transport capacity to transport large corps.
You must choose the nearest one.
After looking at the map and thinking for a long time, I finally made up my mind to mobilize the 12th Army to go south to support the Jinling battle.
The 12th Army is a mixed army formed to cope with the war.
There are a total of three divisions, 32, 35, and 59, independently mixed into 5, 6, and 7, three brigades, and an independent cavalry brigade, totaling 120,000 people.
Although he has been fighting in the security war in North China for a long time, he still has a lot of combat experience, which is much better than those newly recruited from the country.
Sugiyama Yuan repeatedly warned that the Battle of Jinling must be fought successfully, the main force of the Communist army must be wiped out, and the lost territory must be regained.
Wei Wu agreed wholeheartedly, and then contacted the base area to study how to kill the 12th Army heading south.
You must know that the Japanese army currently only has two armies in the entire North China region.
If you can kill one of them, you will kill a leg of the North China Expeditionary Force.
The Northern Expedition will be much more convenient in the future.
However, how to eliminate these 120,000 people has become a problem.
These people have no leadership relationship with Wei Wu, and the command power is under the jurisdiction of the base camp.
On the battlefield, he directly obeyed Lieutenant General Dohashi Ichiro.
It was not easy for Wei Wu to pull Shinozuka Kazuo's tiger skin.
Have to think of another way.
After some discussion, Wei Wu felt that the easiest way was to kill the 12th Army before it deployed.
This can minimize the enemy's counterattack.
Achieve maximum results with minimum damage.
After deciding on the main policy, we began to discuss specific combat plans.
Wei Wu sent a telegram to the 12th Army and handed over the defense line from Yuhuatai to Jiangning to the 12th Army.
This means that the 12th Army must cross the Yangtze River and pass through Jinling to reach the defense area.
This made the commander of the 12th Army Dohashi Ichiro very unhappy.
This means that their marching distance will increase a lot.
But there was nothing he could do.
The order given by Sugiyama Yuan this time was to try his best to assist the southeast theater and defend Jinling.
Annihilate the main force of the Communist army as much as possible.
Their job is to obey and assist, without much choice.
Therefore, Dohashi Ichiro could only hold his nose and agreed to the plan.
At the same time, troop movements must be regularly communicated to the direction of Jinling to avoid accidental damage by friendly forces.
After several days of rapid march, the troops finally arrived at the Yangtze River.
On the wide river, Wei Wu had built a pontoon bridge with iron cables and wooden boats.
A posture like an iron rope crossing the river.
Look at that pontoon bridge, it can actually withstand heavy artillery and go right across the river.
This made Ichiro Dohashi very happy.
This saves him the trouble of looking for the ferry.
You know, getting heavy artillery on and off the ship is a very troublesome thing.
If possible, they prefer to go over on the pontoon.
"Pass my order, heavy equipment will cross the river first."
Dohashi Ichiro ordered.
Letting heavy equipment cross the river first is the optimal solution obtained by the earth bridge after careful deduction.
The initial period of the pontoon is the most stable.
At this time, it is just enough to let the heavy equipment pass first.
Even if it becomes unbearable in the medium term, it can still bear the need for people to cross the river.
Even if it is unbearable, personnel can still choose the ferry.
After all, it is much easier to get people on and off the ship than heavy equipment.
Moreover, they are all friendly forces on the other side.
The enemy is still a hundred kilometers away. They have enough time to cross the Yangtze River, reach their own defense line, and then deploy their troops to attack the enemy.
Under Doqiao's order, various heavy equipment was pulled onto the pontoon bridge and transported to the other side.
Upon seeing this, Wei Wu immediately sent many people to help drag the heavy equipment.
Seeing the people of the Osaka Division being so helpful, many people in the 12th Army suddenly felt that the people in this Osaka Division were quite nice.
If it were other divisions, they wouldn't care about their life and death, they would all be busy with their own business.
There is no human touch at all.
However, before they could have fun, the next second, those people changed their faces.
"Brother, do you want a towel? It's imported from China. It's pure cotton thread. It's clean and absorbent. It's padded on your shoulders. It can disperse the pressure of the rope. It's very soft. Try it. It only costs three yuan."
An Osaka soldier pulled a soldier from the 12th Army to sell it.
