In order to explain his battle plan as clearly as possible, Kawabe Shozo even asked the operational staff officer of the General Staff Department to make a slideshow, and now this slide is being played in the combat hall of the Central China Dispatch Command Headquarters. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Nishio Shouzo and a senior general of the headquarters all sat in the front row, sitting on the left hand side of Nishio Shouzo was the commander of the Second Army, Higashikurenomiya Tsuhiko, but sitting on his right was a major general, this major general was a major general staff officer from the North China Front who came to observe, Ichiro Onishima.

When you're ready, the slides start playing.

The first thing that appeared on the screen was a map of the enemy's situation in central Anhui, and the core areas in the map, including the Dameishan Mountains and the peripheral Puxian, Shanxian, and Guanxian, were all painted in blue, which means that this is the control area belonging to the Dameishan Independent Regiment and belongs to the enemy-occupied area.

Immediately afterwards, a huge red arrow appeared in the direction of Pukou in the south of the blue area, Feicheng in the west, and Huainan in the north, with the arrow in the direction of Pukou marking the 104th Division, the arrow in the direction of Feicheng marking the 6th Division, and the red arrow in the direction of Huainan marking the Iida Detachment.

Then, three large red arrows began to extend forward, and they all pointed in the direction of the large blue area in the center.

With the continuous advancement of these three red arrows, the blue area in the center of the map began to shrink continuously, and soon, the areas marked with Puxian, Guanxian and Shanxian became red areas, and the blue areas continued to shrink, and soon only the most central Dameishan District remained.

At this point, the slideshow was played, and Kawabe Shozo signaled to pause first.

Then, Kawabe Shozo walked to the stage, bowed to the Nishio Shouzo, Higashikurenomiya Tsuhiko and a senior general of the Central China Army, and explained: "Your Excellency General, His Royal Highness the Prince, and all of you, this time the sweeping operation of Dameishan, the sweeping of the outer areas is not a difficult task, the imperial army has a strong mechanized troops, especially the arrival of the eighth wing of the chariot, which makes this sweeping operation like a tiger!" Therefore, it is foreseeable that Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment will never dare to confront the imperial army head-on in the peripheral areas. ”

Nishio Shouzo and a group of senior generals attending the meeting nodded one after another, and there was really no objection to this.

The Japanese generals present here wished that the Dameishan Independent Regiment would clash with the imperial army in the outer areas.

Kawabe Shozo continued: "So the key to this sweeping operation is not in the peripheral operation, but in how to break through the core defense line of the Dameishan Independent Regiment!" ”

With Kawabe Shozo's explanation, the slides continued to play.

On the map, in the southernmost part of the Damei Mountains, that is, in the direction of Meizhen, there is a city model, and on the marginal line of the Damei Mountains, along the trend of Qingniuling and Qingfeng Ridge, a large number of small black dots appear, and these small black dots form a string of pearls, and the city model of Meizhen seems to be the pendant of this string of pearls.

The slideshow stopped at this point, and Hebian Zhengsan pointed to the screen and said: "Everyone, please see, the core defense line of the Dameishan Independent Regiment is mainly composed of two parts, the cornerstone of the entire defense line is the Shaqiaogang Fortress, and the strongholds scattered along the various passes of Qingniuling and Qingfengling are the two wings of the entire defense line. ”

After a pause, Hebian Zhengsan said again: "Shaqiaogang Fortress is a reinforced concrete fortress that Xu Rui has been operating for a long time, not only has a system of permanent fortress fortifications, but also has a heavy artillery brigade on the cliff, and the cost of storming Shaqiaogang Fortress will be extremely huge!" And the final result may not be as expected, so I think we should avoid the Shaqiaogang fortress in front and choose the breakthrough on both sides of Dameishan. ”

At this time, an untimely voice suddenly sounded, it was Ichiro Onijima who had come to observe from the North China Front.

"Riverside Sang, as far as I know, the two wings of Dameishan are lofty mountains and primeval forests, Qingniuling and Qingfengling are like giants with open arms, embracing the old nest of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, before the Dameishan Independent Regiment did not build strongholds in the various passes of Qingfengling and Qingniuling, the Himeji Division was still completely annihilated, and now the Dameishan Independent Regiment has built a permanent fortification group in all passes, and the Imperial Army wants to make a breakthrough, but I am afraid that it is even more difficult!"

As soon as the words fell, Nishio Shouzo and the senior generals nodded one after another, because Ichiro Onijima's questioning voice expressed their inner worries, and it was true.

Kawabe Shozo was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Ghost Island-san's questioning is very reasonable, but what I want to remind Your Excellency the General and all of you is that when the Himeji Division swept Damei Mountain, it was summer, and the primeval forests of Qingniuling and Qingfeng Ridge were rampant with snakes and insects, and it was almost impassable, but now it is the middle of winter, and the snakes and insects in the primeval forest are extinct, and the passage is basically unimpeded!" ”

"Sodax." Nishio Shouzo and many senior generals nodded suddenly.

Yes, how can I forget that it is winter now, all snakes and insects are extinct in winter, and the primeval forest that cannot be crossed has become a smooth road, this time, the seemingly impeccable Dameishan defense line immediately became full of loopholes, and the strongholds and fortifications built by Xu Rui in various passes have no meaning.

However, Onishima, who had just spoken, said: "Hebian San, you must not forget that there is also a terrible force in the battle sequence of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, the Wolf Tooth Force!" The primeval forest in winter may not be enough to become an obstacle for the imperial army, but the wolf fang troops are good at jungle warfare, and in the dense primeval forest, the wolf fang troops will become a lingering nightmare for the imperial army! This must be undeniable by the river, right? ”

A low inhalation sound immediately sounded in the battle hall.

Today, the wolf tooth army is definitely notorious on the devil's side, and its fierce name is about to catch up with the ultimate demon in Japanese mythology, the Eight Miscellaneous Snake!

Kawabe Shozo still seems calm.

Kawabe Shozo smiled and said: "Ghost Island San, what I want to tell you is that Xu Rui's wolf tooth troops are not without weaknesses, although they are extremely good at special operations in complex terrain such as jungles and cities, but in the open plain terrain, their threat will be greatly reduced, which has been fully proven in the Battle of Jiujiang, because in the Battle of Jiujiang, even the founder of the wolf tooth force, Xu Rui, almost died in the hands of Commander Okamura's guards. ”

Nishio Shouzo and a group of senior generals nodded subconsciously, and when they talked about this, they couldn't help but choke.

However, Major General Guidao, who came from the North China Front Army to observe, would not be persuaded so easily, and immediately raised new questions: "But the problem is, the periphery of Damei Mountain is precisely the primeval forest, which is the complex terrain that the Wolf Tooth Army is best at, and does the riverside mulberry have any countermeasures?" ”

Hearing Onijima ask, Riverside is so cool in his heart.

Onishima, a fool, thought that this would stump him, but he didn't know that this was paving the way for him.

But he smiled and said: "This is exactly what I want to say, the Damei Mountains are densely forested and belong to the complex terrain that the wolf tooth is best at, but this is not impossible to change." ”

"Change?" Onishima was surprised and said, "Riverside San, can you still change the terrain?" ”

"I'm afraid I can't change the terrain, but I can." Hebe Zhengsan smiled slightly, and said, "Don't forget, Ghost Island-san, it's the winter festival right now, as long as you set a fire and burn the primeval forest of Damei Mountain, you can make the complex jungle terrain become an uncovered open terrain in an instant, so that the threat of the wolf tooth army will be greatly reduced, and the imperial army will basically clear the obstacles to advance!" ”

With the sound of the riverside Zhengsan's explanation, a flame suddenly bloomed on the screen, and then the flame spread rapidly, only a moment to spread to the entire Damei Mountain, and then, the three red arrows that had entered the periphery of Damei Mountain extended again, straight into the core area of Damei Mountain, and after a while, the last remaining blue area also turned red.

"Set fire?" Nishio Shouzo was stunned for a moment, then nodded happily and said, "Sodais!" ”

Looking at the slides that were playing on the screen, Ichiro Onishima finally closed his mouth.

Nishio Shouzo got up from his chair and applauded, and the senior generals present also stood up one after another, and followed the applause, even Ichiro Onishima had to express a polite applause.

Kawabe Shozo looked hesitant and bowed deeply to everyone present.

Nishio Shouzo pressed his hands weakly, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said to Kawabe Shozo: "Kawabe-san, this is the most perfect and rigorous battle plan I have seen so far, there is no one!" After a pause, he added, "Quantity is a plan, after all, it is just a plan, and you need to do a lot of work to turn a plan into a real war." ”

"Hello!" He was solemnly paused and said, "I will do my best!" ”

"Yo Si." Nishio Shouzo nodded happily, and said, "Then let's start preparing according to this battle plan, as soon as the combat materials sent by the base camp are in place, we will immediately start a sweeping operation against Damei Mountain!" ”

"Hello!" Kawabe Shozo bowed again and sent away Nishio Shouzo and a group of senior generals.

However, the Dongjiuer Battalion did not leave immediately, but walked to the riverside Masan with a smile and said: "Riverside San, the battle plan you made this time is indeed very exciting, and I firmly believe that the battle plan you formulated this time will definitely be able to shine, and Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment will be destroyed soon!" ”

"Hello." Kawabe Shozo paused again, "Your Highness has won the prize." ”

"Prizes? Hehe, not really. Higashikurenomiya waved his hand and said, "After this battle, Kawabe-san will definitely be promoted to lieutenant general, and at that time, I don't know if I would like to come to our Second Army as the commander of the division?" Although the 10th Division has been rebuilt in Yangzhou, the division commander has not yet arrived. ”

"Hello!" Kawabe Shozo suddenly refreshed. (To be continued.) )