According to common sense, the bridge had been blown into a bird-like shape and was basically worthless for repairs. However, the engineers were ordered by their superiors to ensure that it was open to traffic within one day.
Open to traffic, open to your sister, come and fix it?
The engineers dared not express their anger and braved the bombing and strafing by PLA aircraft to repair the railway bridge. They knew that the newly appointed commander-in-chief was watching them behind them.
Yamada's special train was blocked on the south bank of the Yellow River. This old thing had received the news that the North China Army Headquarters had been completely destroyed and Okamura Neiji had been bombed to death, but he could not arrive in Tianjin in time to take command.
Faced with such an intensive attack by the People's Liberation Army fighter planes, Yamada realized that the People's Liberation Army was about to send troops to attack North China.
This is so bullying, Xie Baoqing, is this a meeting gift you gave me?
Yamada did not dare to use the forced-to-stop train as a temporary headquarters, fearing that the target would be too big and attract bombing by PLA aircraft. He led his entourage to find a small village near the railway and set up the temporary headquarters here.
It is already a certainty that Xie Baoqing will launch a large-scale attack on North China. For the Japanese invaders, the three eastern provinces are the roots of the Japanese invaders, North China is the trunk, Central China and South China are the branches and leaves. Xie Baoqing must not be allowed to cut the Japanese troops in half. Broken.
At present, the main forces of the Japanese North China Army include the First and Twelfth Army Corps, the Mongolian garrison, and special divisions, brigades, and regiments. The total strength of the North China Army is approximately more than 400,000.
Moreover, the military department specifically assigned the Second Air Force to the North China Army, which was regarded as support for Yamada Miso to succeed Neji Okamura.
In addition, Yamada Miso also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Central China Front, in charge of the 11th Army, the 13th Army, and the 23rd Army. The total strength of the Central China Front reached 500,000.
In other words, the number of troops Yamada can now mobilize has reached one million, two aviation armies, and one and a half tank divisions (the Sixth Tank Brigade has been completely wiped out by the People's Liberation Army).
According to the intelligence analysis compiled by Yamada Miizo, Xie Baoqing's Tenth Theater has two main forces, the 41st Group Army and the 42nd Group Army. Counting the directly affiliated special divisions, the total strength should be around 100,000.
In the North China battlefield, Yamada has an absolute strength advantage of at least 5:1 to 6:1 over the Tenth Theater. This does not include the puppet troops. If the Mongolian, Manchu and Wang puppet troops are included, Yamada has three The military strength comparison with Xie Baoqing can reach 12:1.
With such an absolute superior force comparison, Yamada has the confidence to defeat Xie Baoqing's People's Liberation Army into the ground.
But now Xie Baoqing's air force is attacking in all directions, leaving Yamada already confused.
Where does he want to hit?
Judging from the current situation between the enemy and ourselves in the North China Front Army and the Tenth Theater, Xie Baoqing's most likely target is Shijiazhuang.
After all, Jingxing is already under Xie Baoqing's control. Jingxing is too close to Shijiazhuang, so close that it is almost within the range of a rifle.
Yamada had been circling the map for two hours, and finally issued his first order as the commander of the North China Front:
"Send a message to Commander Eitaro Uchiyama of the Twelfth Army and order the 27th Division, the 110th Division, and the 3rd Chariot Division of the Twelfth Army to capture Changzhi and Yangquan immediately. The 37th Division will cooperate with Shijiazhuang. The Ninth Division of the First Army captured Jingxing."
Rather than passively defending, it is better to take the initiative. Yamada could no longer guess Xie Tian's combat intentions, so he simply stopped guessing. He mobilized the superior forces of the 12th Army to proactively attack Changzhi, Yangquan, and Jingxing, which Xie Tian had just occupied. Let’s talk about a backstab.
Don’t you want to attack my North China? Then I will attack your Shanxi first. I don’t think you can save it.
This is the difference in the fighting styles of Yamada Kaizo and Okamura Neji. Yamada Kaizo is good at offense but not good at defense, and Okamura Neji is good at defense but not good at offense.
Although the old bastard Yamada Kizo is not as famous as Okamura Neji, this old bastard's cruel methods are no less brutal than Okamura Neji. The reason why Okamura Neji is remembered by the Chinese is because It is because of his Sanko policy that Yamada Michinori has always been one of Tojo Hideki's most important cabinet members. Together with Tojo Hideki and Sugiyama Gen, he is also known as the third commander of the army. Compared with him, Okamura Neji, Those are considered juniors.
Xie Tian knew that Yamada had a tough style, but he did not expect that he would take the initiative. He didn't care about the situation in North China. Instead, he used the black tiger to rip out the heart, and directly gathered superior troops to rush to Changzhi, which had just been conquered and was not yet stable.
After receiving the investigation report, Xie Tian smiled.
Xu Shiyou called and asked for instructions: "Baoqing, the Japanese Twelfth Army Uchiyama Eitaro mobilized two infantry divisions and a tank division, about 80,000 people came to Changzhi. We in Changzhi only have one regiment of defenders and part of the security forces. , the total strength is less than 5,000, do you think we should postpone the attack on Shijiazhuang and order Qin Fen to lead the 49th Army back to Changzhi?"
Xie Tian smiled coldly: "Fight as planned according to the original plan. One regiment is enough to deal with the 80,000 people of the Twelfth Army of the Little Japs."
Xu Shiyou couldn't help grinning: "Baoqing can't be careless. After all, the Japanese have three divisions. Even if we have cluster bombs in our hands, I'm afraid there will still be something wrong. After all, we have used a lot of cluster bombs during this period. We have stocks in stock." There shouldn’t be much left.”
Xie Tian laughed: "Brother, have you forgotten the batch of cluster bombs we exchanged with the Americans? In fact, I have already prepared the equipment exchanged with the Americans and did not give them to them all at once. Mainly because I was worried The planes they gave us were not delivered on time. Since the Japs took the initiative to gather, how long will we keep such good things now? Eighty thousand people, is it enough for me to blow up one hundred cluster bombs? If not, then two hundred. .I want them to not even be able to reach Changzhi."
Hearing that Xie Tian still had so many cluster bombs in his hand, Xu Shiyou became excited: "According to the intelligence, the 37th Division of the Japanese Twelfth Army has also made strange movements. If it doesn't work, you can throw a few at them as well."
Xie Tian laughed and said: "That is necessary. In this battle, we will strive to destroy the Twelfth Army of the Little Japs. This will be regarded as welcoming Yamada Matsuri to take office."
The Japanese Twelfth Army has a total of five divisions, with a total of more than 148,000 troops. If Xie Tianzhen can destroy these four divisions of the Twelfth Army as he boasts, then the structure of the Japanese Twelfth Army will There is really no need to exist anymore.
Not only is the establishment of the Japanese Twelfth Army no longer necessary, but the Japanese army will face a desperate situation in the entire North China region.
The Japanese army has always maintained a strength of about 13 divisions in North China. At its peak, it had reached 20 divisions. Now the first army has been crippled by Xie Tian, and only two divisions are left. , if the Twelfth Army is defeated by Xie Tian and knocks out four more divisions, then the Japanese North China Front, including the two divisions of the Mongolian garrison, will only have five divisions and hundreds of thousands of people left.
Hundreds of thousands of people want to control 800,000 square kilometers of land and 100 million people in North China. Just dream.
