Beiping, the headquarters of the North China Front Army of the devil, backyard!

"Your Excellency, the Third Division, the Seventh Division, the 12th Mixed Brigade, the 34th Division, etc., have concentrated a total of 210,000 people of the Imperial Allied Army to attack and harass Hunyuan, Pingxingguan, Laiyuan, Weixian and other places around Hengshan! However, they were all repelled by Li Yunlong, who was defending the city. ”

Major General Shintaro Watanabe, who served as the chief of staff of the Devil's North China Front, paused heavily and reported the latest situation to Tian Junliu!

Tian Junroku waved his hand and motioned for Shintaro Watanabe to sit down!

"How many casualties?" Tian Junliu then asked about the casualties of the Imperial Allied Army in a concise manner!

Shintaro Watanabe shook his head helplessly and said, "The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Alliance Army is almost negligible!" According to the reports of the squadrons of the Imperial Army that supervised the battle, the statistical staff counted that the huge strength of the 210,000 Imperial Allied Army attacked Laiyuan and other towns recovered by Li Yunlong, and lost troops. was defeated by the opponent with one blow, and there were many casualties. Total, total! ”。

"How much is the total, let's say, Watanabe-kun!"

Shintaro Watanabe was also a little speechless and said: "A total of 30,000 people were lost!" ”。

"Nani? We sent the Imperial Association Army to start attacking the towns controlled by Li Yunlong's troops, and it was only a day's time! So many casualties? That's right! ”

Tian Junliu is really a little speechless, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Association Army will not be scum to this point, right?

Shintaro Watanabe shrugged his shoulders and smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, you are clear. Most of these Imperial Allied troops were sneak enemy troops, and guns and ammunition were extremely scarce. Plus, ahem, the Imperial Army controls the supply of ammunition and the supply of weapons and equipment of the Imperial Allied Army. Therefore, in the face of Li Yunlong's troops, who had already captured a large number of imperial weapons and ammunition, it was predictable that they would be defeated by the opponent's ferocious firepower! ”。

"But the loss of the Imperial Army's strength is too fast, the cannon fodder is used too quickly, and the cost is too much, and it will not be able to besiege the Hengshan area at that time." Tian Junliu frowned, 210,000 cannon fodder of the Imperial Association Army, this consumption rate is too fast.

This is the cannon fodder of the Imperial Association Army assembled from everywhere five or six days after Tian Junliu took office. If the speed of consumption is too fast, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for Okabe Naosaburo's First Army to end the battle at Nakajo Mountain!

Shintaro Watanabe reluctantly continued: "Your Excellency, General, this is also a matter of no choice. Your Excellency, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Allied Army, you know very well, it is enough to be able to urge them to besiege Li Yunlong's troops in Hengshan! Now, 30,000 Imperial Cooperative troops have been lost, and the rest of the Imperial Cooperative Army are not working. Even if there is an imperial army to supervise the battle, it is just a whip to carry out the blockade and attack the mission. Once there is no imperial soldier to supervise the battle, it will be like that! ”。

"Forget it! I can't count on the Imperial Army! However, the plan to besiege the enemy base area in Hengshan continues! Call the squadrons supervising the battle, and if there are units of the Imperial Allied Army that attack unfavorably and blockade without authorization, you can shoot them on the spot! Set an example! ”

Tian Junliu waved his hand and ordered with a grim face.

"Yes, Your Excellency, I'll do it right away!"

Shintaro Watanabe said heavily!

At this time, Tian Junliu picked up a telegram on the table and said, "Watanabe-kun, this is the secret information provided by an insider in Li Yunlong's department that I secretly contacted three days ago!" ”。

Shintaro Watanabe picked up the telegram and looked at it, and said: "In the Hengshan base area, Li Yunlong's troops have actually exceeded 30,000? Now it is the number of troops that have been reorganized into a division? ”。

"Not bad! After annihilating the 20,000 imperial troops commanded by General Haruki Fujimoto, Li Yunlong led the main force back to the division base to rest and reorganize, and began to reorganize the team. At present, this man's troops have been added to the new recruits, and the total count is thirty thousand. But in the National Army, it is still the number of a new regiment. But for us, no matter what, Li Yunlong now has 30,000 horses in his hands! Among them, the elite ones have five of the main forces! Tian Junliu said in a condensed voice!

To be honest, Tian Junliu didn't expect Li Yunlong's actual strength to be so many.

I used to estimate that they had 10,000 or 20,000, but I didn't expect them to be so many now.

For Tian Junliu, the plan he made before was determined. First of all, use more than 200,000 imperial troops to firmly block the Hengshan area, and try to cut off the supply lines of grain, grass and ammunition needed by Li Yunlong's department in Hengshan!

Even if it was to use more than 200,000 cannon fodder of the Imperial Association Army to fight out some of Li Yunlong's troops, Tian Junliu thought it was worth it.

After all, there are so many cannon fodder in the Imperial Allied Army!

It's just that the time has dragged on for too long, and for Tian Junliu, the old devil who temporarily took over as the commander of the North China Front, the pressure is getting bigger and bigger.

Watanabe Shintaro read it carefully, and said in a condensed voice: "Your Excellency, General, I'm afraid we need to concentrate at least three divisions to besiege Hengshan!" Otherwise, things will be difficult to do! ”。

"Three divisions, it's hard to pull them out now! Therefore, it is necessary to wait for the troops under the command of Naosaburo Okabe to take Mt. Nakajo before there are extra troops to go north! Tian Junliu also smiled bitterly!

Without the information provided by the internal line, Tian Junliu felt that it was necessary to deal with Li Yunlong's troops and destroy their base area, and the strong strength of two divisions should be enough.

It was only after receiving a desperate telegram from the inside line that Tian Junliu felt that only by adding one more division could there be a guarantee!

Shintaro Watanabe said: "Without more than three divisions, it is very difficult to deal with Li Yunlong's troops. ”。

"So, I still didn't pay enough attention to Li Yunlong before! If Tada Jun had strictly ordered Shinozuka Yoshinan to gather the strongest troops and crush Li Yunlong's subordinates, who were still the new regiment, in one fell swoop, he would not have been in this situation. Tian Junliu was a little annoyed by Tada Jun's inaction.

If Tada Jun had attached importance to Li Yunlong's department, which was still a new group, he would not have been in such an embarrassing position now!

Forget it, time can't go back, and Tian Junliu is just complaining about Tada Jun.

"So be it! It is possible to first order some units directly under the front army to assemble as soon as possible. In addition, call Naosaburo Okabe and ask him to hurry up and solve the battle in the direction of Nakajo Mountain! Send three of these divisions north! Tian Shunroku said to Shintaro Watanabe.

Watanabe Shintaro said: "In this way, if we want to resume the siege of Li Yunlong's Hengshan base area, it will be at least about half a month after the end of the battle of Nakajo Mountain. ”。

"Unlikely! The battle at Zhongtiao Mountain was protracted, and the three divisions transferred to the north would need to rest for at least a month in Taiyuan and other surrounding areas. Tian Junliu shook his head and said, if it was before, it would be enough to rest for half a month.

Now, no!

"Okay, Your Excellency General, I'll go and deploy first!" Shintaro Watanabe got up and said with a heavy pause.

Tian Junliu nodded and said, "Hmm! I'll hand over the latest inside line of the empire's development lurking in the Hengshan base to Watanabe-kun, and you can contact him directly when the time comes! ”。

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Shintaro Watanabe said.