Jinyang City.
Headquarters of the First Army of the Little Devils.
The commander of the First Army, Shinozuka Kazuo, has been a little anxious recently.
It should be said that he is not the only one who is worried.
It is the commanders of the entire Locust Army who have dispatched the army and are all very worried.
The entire transportation lines in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Suiyuan, southern Rehe and other places were attacked by the Eighth Route Army.
Many strongholds, gun towers, bridges, railways, and highways were all attacked, traffic was interrupted, and material transportation was greatly affected.
Some of the Locust Army warriors in the forts had even run out of food, so they had no choice but to exit the forts and flee in confusion.
However, Shinozuka Kazuo must be the most troublesome among the commanders of the various armies of the little devils.
Because the Jin area that his First Army was responsible for had a mountainous terrain, the Eighth Route Army was the most actively developed, and of course caused the most trouble.
At present, the transportation arteries such as Tongpu Road, Zhengtai Road, and Baijin Railway under his responsibility have been attacked. Various telegrams for help are flying to his headquarters like snow flakes, which has made him feel extremely bad recently, and he can't wait to He cuts everyone he sees, like a mad dog.
At this moment, when the staff officer in the telecommunications room sent him the telegram requesting instructions from the 37th Division, he could no longer bear it.
With a draw of his sword, he split the combat officer in half who dared to be more handsome than him.
He is so handsome and dares to give me bad news. He is simply humiliating himself as a commander!
After venting his anger, Shinozuka Kazuo ordered:
"Go and call Hanaya Junyuki!"
After a while, Hanatani Junyuki arrived.
Seeing the mess here, he couldn't help but press his nose and said:
"Your Majesty Commander, I think it's time for you to control your temper.
The Chinese military art says that "a general will not use anger to raise an army", and there is indeed some truth to the humble position. "
Seeing this guy teaching him a lesson as soon as he arrived, Shinozuka Kazuo's anger that he had just vented suddenly rose again.
No longer wanting to give this guy face, he threw the telegram on the table to Hanatani Junyuki and said angrily:
"Hua Gu-kun, your previous plan did indeed catch a steady stream of eight-legged fish, but how do you eliminate these bastards now?
Last night, they actually attacked Heyuan County, where a brigade was stationed, and smashed a full brigade of locust troops into pieces. How audacious! "
“Heyuan County?
Tubal Road's strategic vision is quite extraordinary. They are rushing to paralyze our Zhengtai Road. "
Hanaya Junyuki took the telegram smoothly.
Before he could look at it, he spoke.
"Xingxi, Mr. Huagu's judgment is still so accurate."
Although Shinozuka Kazuo was unhappy that this guy always liked to teach him lessons, but now that he made such a judgment without reading the telegram, he still had to admire him.
Liaodong Sanyuwu is indeed worthy of its reputation!
At this time, Hanaya Junyuki also finished reading the telegram and couldn't help but frown.
Before he came to the First Army, he served as the military adviser to the little emperor in Liaodong. He thought about the game between the big powers every day and did not focus on the little Tubal Road.
After arriving in Jin, he began to understand the Eighth Route Army.
Originally, he thought that Shinozuka Kazuo was too stupid and gave Tubalu a chance to take advantage.
But now, he found that this road seemed to be more difficult to deal with than he thought.
They were able to capture a county town where a large army was stationed overnight. Doesn't this mean that they could compete with a regiment of locust troops in a plain field battle?
This... is a bit scary!
The number of Eighth Route Army soldiers mentioned in the telegram may be around one brigade, and Hanaya Junyuki believed it.
After all, if it were not for the brigade level, it would have been impossible to achieve such results.
He couldn't help but sigh, and then said to Shinozuka Kazuo:
"Your Majesty Commander, it seems that the enemy in Jin is stronger than we thought.
I think the plan I made needs to be revised. With the few divisions currently in Jindi, we can barely hold on to the strategic location, but if we want to wipe out the Tubal Road, we absolutely cannot do it! "
Hearing this, Shinozuka Kazuo's face looked a little ugly.
This is like slapping him in the face!
He did not answer immediately, but walked to the sand table in the room and looked at the small flags representing the enemy and ourselves.
Currently, there are 5 divisions and 4 independent mixed brigades under the First Army, with a total strength of nearly 200,000 people.
It seems that they have strong soldiers and horses, and are very powerful.
But on the one hand, these people have to confront Wei Junru of Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Shanxi, and on the other hand, they also have to guard many key cities in the three Shanxi lands.
Jinyang, Shuiquan, Changzhi, Xinkou, Pingyang, Hedong, Zezhou, Yuci, any of these cities cannot be given up easily, at least a regiment of troops must be arranged to garrison them.
Near each city, there are usually two or three county towns that also need to be stationed with troops. This makes the mobile troops in hand even more tense.
Thinking of this, Shinozuka Kazuo had a headache.
He quickly asked Hanagani Junyuki:
"Mr. Huagu, it seems that Tubal Road has become a serious problem for us. If we cannot destroy it as soon as possible, the task required by the base camp to open up the connection between Jin and the Central Plains and destroy the Chinese people's confidence in resistance may be difficult to complete. "
The base camp is preparing to launch a big war and completely defeat the enemy's plan. Of course Hanaya Junyuki has heard about it.
Especially after arriving in the First Army, Shinozuka Kazuo let him read many confidential documents, and he learned more.
At this moment, after hearing Shinozuka Kazuo's words, he nodded immediately:
"That's right. Your Excellency, Commander, if we want to win on the front line, the rear must be stable.
The base camp asked us to prepare for the attack on Zhongtiao Mountain, then we must ensure the safety of the Tongpu Railway and Baijin Railway. "
"Then what good idea does Mr. Huagu have?"
Shinozuka Kazuo asked expectantly.
"Of course it's to mobilize troops!"
Hanatani Junyuki was categorical.
Of course Shinozuka Kazuo likes to mobilize troops.
After all, this is to increase the strength of his first army.
But now the strength of the Locust Army is very tight. He had also called General Tada, the commander of the Northern Hebei Front Army, but he did not get any valuable reply.
"Where to adjust it from?"
"Deploy a cavalry regiment from the Mengtun garrison and one or two divisions from the Liaodong Army. Together with our original strength, we can use all our strength to wipe out the Tubal Road!
When the suppression is completed, they will go south with all their strength to eliminate the Central China Army in Zhongtiao Mountain. "
Hanatani Junyuki spoke out his plan with confidence.
"Garrison troops in Mengtun?
Liaodong Army?
Are you confident that Mr. Hua Gu can get approval from the base camp? "
Shinozuka Kazuo was a little curious.
Even if he, the commander of the First Army, doesn't come to reinforce him, how can this guy in front of him get someone?
This guy, a major general, has more dignity than himself, a lieutenant general?
“I still have some confidence in this matter.
In terms of dispatching troops, Itagaki-kun will provide help.
As for the base camp, Tojo-kun once had a very happy conversation with the humble position, so he should not refuse the humble position. "
Hanatani Junzhi is full of confidence.
As soon as he heard what this guy said, Shinozuka Kazuo was speechless and thought to himself: You guy has such a profound background!
He is doing better than me, the commander of the First Army!
He knew that the "Itagaki-kun" Hanatani Junyuki was talking about was Masashiro Itagaki, the current chief of staff of the dispatched army.
And the Tojo-kun he was talking about is actually the current Prime Minister of the base camp!
After a moment, he smiled slightly and said:
"Xinxi, since Mr. Huagu is full of confidence, let me leave this matter to you!
But now the 37th Division is asking if they want to pursue Tubal Road. What do you think of Huagu-kun? "
"My humble idea is to send a reconnaissance plane to conduct reconnaissance in the area near Heyuan County. Once traces of Tubal Road are found, I will order the 37th Division to attack.
If the short-term reconnaissance is fruitless, then first secure the city and maintain traffic. Do not go into the mountains to entangle with Tubal Road for the time being to avoid falling into an ambush by Tubal Road again.
When our reinforcements arrive, we will completely clear out Tubal Road from north to south! "
"Xingxi, Mr. Huagu's words make sense, so let's do it!"
Shinozuka Kazuo nodded.
He thought to himself: You'd better get me reinforcements from two divisions and a regiment, otherwise, you, the chief of staff that I hate, will be done with it!
Don’t think that because you have a strong background, I can’t do anything to you!
It's easy to kick you down to become the brigade leader!
Hanaya Junyuki didn't know that the old devil opposite him had regarded him as a treasure a few days ago, but now he had begun to dislike him, and he changed his mind faster than Neptune.
Seeing that he agreed with me, I couldn't help but feel a little proud, and thought to myself: It seems that I, Junyuki Hanagani, am indeed amazingly talented, and all my bosses obey me. Alas, how lonely it is to be invincible!
(End of chapter)
