Fu Zuoyi returned to the Taiyuan Theater Command in high spirits. Xie Tian, Zhao Gang, Xu Shiyou and seven or eight others were discussing around the sand table in the combat command room. When they saw Fu Zuoyi striding in, Xie Tian smiled and greeted him.
"I thought you wouldn't be able to come back until tomorrow."
Fu Zuoyi smiled and shook hands with Xie Tian: "I am thinking that the Commander-in-Chief will make big moves. With the Commander-in-Chief's combat efficiency, I am afraid that I will be late and will not be able to catch up."
The crowd burst into laughter. There was no trace of this flattery, but it was a true portrayal of Xie Tian personally commanding the battle, including the battle in Taiyuan. Pang Yuan urgently mobilized various troops to rush to Taiyuan. As a result, Li Changshun, the fastest armored infantryman, The Corps did not catch up with the battle to liberate Taiyuan, and was transferred halfway to seize the periphery.
A few people exchanged brief greetings and returned to the sand table. Xie Tian took the baton and said, "Yisheng came back at the right time, so we don't have to discuss it again."
Xie Tian looked at Fu Zuoyi and said: "According to the information sent back by the second child in high school, Okamura Neiji was dismissed from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the North China Front by the Japanese Army Headquarters due to unfavorable operations. He will temporarily perform the duties of Commander-in-Chief of the North China Front until the successor arrives. "
Fu Zuoyi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Great, this old bastard has finally been taken down."
Xie Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It may not be a good thing. Neji Okamura is good at maintaining stability, and attacking cities and large groups is his shortcoming, so he has been repeatedly frustrated in several confrontations with us. Now we We still don’t know who will succeed the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, but one thing is certain, this person must be a general in the Japanese army who can fight a tough battle and should not be taken lightly.”
Zhao Gang added on the side: "According to our analysis, there are two candidates who are most likely to succeed Neiji Okamura. One is Yamada Otsuzo. He has served in the Kwantung Army for a long time and is currently the commander-in-chief of Japan's Central China Expeditionary Force Group. It is very possible. He will be the unified commander of the North China Front. The other is Juichi Terauchi, the eldest son of former Japanese Prime Minister Masaki Terauchi, a hereditary earl, and the current commander-in-chief of the Southern Army of Japan. Both of them are good at group operations. We analyze that Yamada Otsuzo succeeds Okamura Ning The possibility will be greater, which will help mobilize the Central China Front Army and the North China Front Army for coordinated operations."
Fu Zuoyi nodded: "I have heard of these two people. They are both hardline factions of the Japanese military."
Xie Tianqi smiled and said: "No matter who they are and how tough they are, they have to rely on their strength. The mess that Okamura Neji is now cannot be cleaned up by just one person, so I decided to take the initiative during the period before their handover. , the goal of your 42nd Army is Pingjin, take Baoding first, then attack Bazhou, enter Langfang, and cut off the connection between the Japanese army and Pingjin."
Xie Tian looked at Xu Shiyou and continued: "Brother, your 41st Army is divided into three groups. The 51st Army attacks Shijiazhuang. The 50th Army cooperates with the 42nd Army to recover Baoding and then attack Hejian and Cangzhou. The Army Tank Division cooperates. The 49th Army took Anyang and Handan and joined the 50th Army along the old path of the Yellow River."
Xu Shiyou grinned and said: "Baoqing, the strength of our 42nd Army is too scattered. Even if we can capture these places, it will be difficult to defend them."
Xie Tian smiled and said: "Who told you to keep it?"
Xu Shiyou was a little confused: "Do you want to beat me down?"
Xie Tian nodded: "Yes, we will just fight, concentrate our superior forces to annihilate the Japs' active forces, carry out a predatory attack, and plunder the Japs' strategic resources. We will take away everything we can, and distribute what we can't take away to the locals." The common people will destroy everything they can't handle. As for whether the Japanese will occupy this empty city next, or whether it will be occupied by the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army, or guerrilla armed forces, we have no control. There is only one Japanese who has deployed the largest number of troops in a city. The brigade, at least, has only one regiment or even a brigade. We don’t need to worry about those who can’t attack them. We go around and attack the soft persimmons, and then leave after beating them, so as not to create opportunities for the Japanese to encircle and annihilate them.”
Xu Shiyou was stunned for a long time and then smiled: "If the Japanese troops gather, should we use cluster bombs again?"
The crowd burst into laughter. Everyone had seen the power of cluster bombs. Neji Okamura was scared by the cluster bombs and did not dare to assemble the troops. As a result, the troops dispersed and gave Xie Tian a chance to defeat them.
You don’t dare to assemble, I dare to assemble.
I just want to bully you and use my superior force to beat you.
What if one army beats up your entire regiment, and you bite me?
Xie Tian smiled and said: "The 49th Army and the Tank Division are highly mobile and concentrated their superior forces to attack the Japanese army. The Japanese army could not react at all and could not figure out our fighting intentions."
Zhao Gang smiled and said: "Not to mention the Japanese army, even the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army can't figure out our fighting intentions. Just tell Qin Fen and Li Changshun to fight happily and tell them to support war with war, artillery shells, etc." When supplies are insufficient, power will be sent directly to the headquarters, and the commander-in-chief will arrange transport planes to airdrop them. As long as their general direction is to go to Cangzhou to join the 50th Army."
Xu Shiyou laughed and said: "Then the whole of North China will be in chaos. Once we finish the fight and leave, the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army will definitely fight for the empty cities we leave behind."
Xie Tianyi smiled: "Then let them grab it. We have only one strategic goal this time, which is to regain Pingjin, extend our liberated area to the North China Plain, and completely cut off land transportation between the Japanese Kwantung Army and the Japanese troops in North and Central China. Wire."
Zhao Gang smiled and looked at Xu Shiyou and reminded: "Commander Xu, do you know why the commander-in-chief arranged for your 41st Army to disrupt North China?"
Xu Shiyou was a little confused, looked at Zhao Gang and asked, "Why?"
The relationship between Xu Shiyou and Zhao Gang is also a bit subtle. They both originally belonged to the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. Now Zhao Gang has been promoted to the chief of staff of the 10th War Zone. According to the official title, he is on the same level as the commander-in-chief of the 41st Group Army. But according to In terms of administrative level, he is his superior. If he was still in the 386th Brigade, Zhao Gang would be one level lower than Xu Shiyou.
Zhao Gang looked at Xu Shiyou and said: "Your 41st Army is fighting in North China, so it will inevitably have an intersection with the 18th Army. What the Commander-in-Chief means is that the wealth should not flow to outsiders."
Xu Shiyou woke up and hugged Xie Tian and Zhao Gang: "I understand."
The Eighth Route Army (the 18th Group Army) has many bases in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Yu, and has always insisted on fighting behind enemy lines. In addition to the Eighth Route Army, some troops of the Central Army also insist on fighting guerrillas behind enemy lines.
Zhao Gang's meaning has been made very clear. The advantage is not going to outsiders. That is to let Xu Shiyou contact the Eighth Route Army. The territory captured by the People's Liberation Army can be handed over to the Eighth Route Army for occupation.
As for whether the Central Army will come to snatch it and whether the Japanese will come to fight for it, it depends on the capabilities of the Eighth Route Army itself.
Xie Tian just wants to muddy this stagnant water and make the whole of North China move.
As for the ending, it is decided by the winner.
