Chapter 695: Wang Tieshi's Determination
Logically speaking, the most important thing Wang Tieshi should do is to curry favor with most puppet military and political personnel, as most puppet military and political personnel do. Taking advantage of the contraction of the Japanese army's strategy, it became more and more dependent on the puppet army, and preserved and expanded its strength as much as possible, so that it could bargain with all sides in the future.
This is not the time for him to be in the limelight, and it doesn't hurt him to be honest. Just like those in Beiping and Nanjing, who were in higher positions than him, they desperately handed Qiubo to the Chongqing side, so that once the Japanese were really defeated, they would not be sent to the execution ground. Despite the crimes committed by many of them against their own compatriots, shooting them is already light.
But Wang Tieshi gritted his teeth with hatred for Li Ziyuan, and even couldn't sleep at night. Especially when he thought of Tang Qiao, what might be in Li Ziyuan's arms, this old man gritted his teeth even more with hatred. In order to capture Tang Qiao, how much did it cost and how much infamy did he bear?
Just to frame Tang Qiao's fiancé at the beginning, the gold bars were given to the captain of the Japanese military police in Changzhi. As a result, he didn't enjoy this superb woman for many days, and he was abducted by Li Ziyuan, a bastard. Not to mention that his house was raided, he was also cuckolded. This is the most intolerable point of Wang Tieshi.
After several considerations, he still decided to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese, at least at the moment, still occupy some advantages, and solve Li Ziyuan's Eighth Route as soon as possible, so as to avenge his deep hatred for being humiliated many times. There was no way before, in the face of this guy's repeated provocations, his father's enemies could only endure it.
At present, his ally with ulterior motives, which is also the biggest enemy, the independent security division, is now in ashes. The captives who were released back by the Eighth Route are now all integrated into their own troops. Removed this biggest enemy, and now he can free up his hands to deal with that damn Li Ziyuan.
I don't know why this Wang Tieshi insisted that Tang Qiao would eventually become Li Ziyuan's pillow. Although the two did have a leg, and Tang Qiao also gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses for Li Ziyuan, the two did not come together in the end. But this Wang Tieshi insisted that it was Li Ziyuan who abducted Tang Qiao, and he must have brought himself a green hat.
This is the most unacceptable for any man. Of course, this is also a certain fact. After all, although the two did not finally get together, the child was also born. But this is already nearly half a year after Tang Qiao fled from Wang Tieshi's side.
Of course, in addition to these reasons that can be brought out of the table, there are also some unclear and unclear reasons. The secret pressure from Jinxi also gave Wang Tieshi a certain sense of urgency in his heart. Now for the Japanese, he Wang Tieshi also dares to disobey the yang. But he didn't dare to give instructions over there now.
Although Wang Tieshi also understands that this instruction from Jinxi may be hidden behind the idea of killing three soldiers with one peach, and adopting the practice of killing people with a knife. But he basically had no way to resist Jinxi's instructions. At least he knew that if he wanted to keep his head and property after the defeat of the Japanese, he would not be able to resist Jinxi's orders now.
Wang Tieshi, as a veteran traitor, is not as earthy as Li Ziyuan imagined. As a pseudo-officer who is now considered a high-ranking general, he can still see the whole situation at the moment. Don't look at the fact that the Japanese can still conquer cities in the south at the moment, but the current situation is already a year for the Japanese, and the old lady is not as good as a year.
He could see this from the new units that the Japanese had readjusted. When the 36th Division was stationed in the southeast of Jinjin, it was really strong and powerful in firepower. There is only one 36th division, and the firepower is about to catch up with the Jin Sui army of more than 100,000. And the soldiers are well-trained and extremely strong. Standing there, just looking at the neck, it is thicker than the Chinese.
The 62nd Division, which was transferred over next, had only one brigade left in the southeast of Jinjin. Although the quality of the soldiers and officers is not as good as that of the 36th Division, and although the number of artillery is a little less, it is still good. It's good now, this 14th Infantry Brigade has only a few infantry guns and mortars.
In the past, there was not a single mountain artillery. Look at the Japanese soldiers who were transferred, the old ones were all forty years old, and the younger ones didn't even have a group of half-grown children. There is no longer any canned food for the military in the past, and these guys who used to not eat rice and white flour have now begun to eat sorghum rice and millet.
In terms of troop deployment, there is only one infantry brigade in the entire Ludong area. The Ludong region has five counties under its jurisdiction, and the average county is less than one squadron. Hubei County, as the brigade headquarters, only has half a squadron and a brigade headquarters, which is less than 100 troops. If it weren't for the transfer of one of their own battalions, it is estimated that these Japanese would have to lose the county seat again.
Wang Tieshi bet that if it weren't for the fact that most of his troops were still in Hubei. That bold Li Ziyuan, there is no hornet's nest in the world that he does not dare to poke, and he will definitely not let go of Hubei County, which is almost defenseless. The independent 243rd Brigade is estimated to be swallowed and there is not even a slag left.
The Japanese got mixed up with this, and Wang Tieshi didn't understand that they were already in the waning days, so he would really be a fool. Originally, he also wanted to learn from other puppet army systems, and try not to offend the Eight Roads as much as possible. As long as Balu doesn't come to fight himself, he will not take the initiative to move to Balu. Strive to dance on the Japanese, Jinsei and Hachiro, three eggs.
But his resentment towards Li Ziyuan is too deep, even to the point that he can't understand his hatred if he swallows his flesh raw. Coupled with the coercion of Jinxi, he planned for a long time and decided to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese still had a certain strength at the moment, looking for an opportunity to solve the growing Li Ziyuan department at one time.
On the third day after Li Ziyuan held the combat meeting, Wang Tieshi, who had already controlled the fallen horse, after reconnoitring that Li Ziyuan's troops had all shrunk back to the Qiaokou line. In addition to the more than 1,000 people who stayed behind in various strongholds, the remaining more than 6,000 troops were dispatched with the assistance of the Japanese army to launch a fierce attack on the Qiaokou line.
This time, this guy can be said to be almost elite in addition to his own spy battalion. This old man was the captain of the independent 243rd Infantry Brigade stationed in Hubei with the Japanese army, and personally commanded the front-line operation. Of course, this time, the captain of the Nakasa Brigade participated in this operation, purely to supervise the battle and observe.
This time, Wang Tieshi proposed to take the initiative to attack, which surprised the first army. However, for this guy's initiative, he has just withdrawn to the Shanxi battlefield, but most of the original main forces of the Japanese army that have been transferred out, from the First Army to the 14th Brigade of Independent Infantry, are still supported.
Not only did they allocate a lot of ammunition and supplies from the trophies of the battle in central Henan, but they also gave 12 crooked machine guns and four Taisho three-year 65 heavy machine guns in one go, and also gave the new 60 mortars made in China as trophies, four 82 mortars each, and a large number of shells.
The First War Zone was defeated this time, and weapons, equipment, and ammunition were lost all over the mountains. During the battle in central Henan alone, the Japanese captured more than 80 mountain artillery pieces that were desperately short of the Chinese army. He also ordered the 2nd, 43rd and 3rd Independent Infantry Brigades to attack with all but one squadron and cooperate with Wang Tieshi's headquarters.
This pair is now in thin condition, and its own ammunition and weapons are already insufficient, and it is no longer providing any equipment of its own standard to the puppet army, and even ammunition is no longer providing supplementary Japanese ammunition. At the time of the formation of the new divisional regiment, the new Type 99 rifles and Type 38 rifles could no longer meet the needs, and even the old 30-year-old rifles in stock began to be used.
This time, the force has now expanded to more than 7,000 people, but there are only more than 100 puppet troops equipped with light and heavy machine guns. Sixteen Japanese-style heavy machine guns were transferred in one go, which was already unprecedented for the current Japanese army. At least the puppet army in other aspects will not be able to enjoy this treatment for the time being.
Of course, the Japanese army also had no way, after the 62nd Division went south, taking advantage of the entire Shanxi, southern Hebei, and northern Henan regions, the Japanese army was empty. The units of the Eighth Route Army adopted the tactics of taking the initiative to attack and pulled out many strongholds. At present, the Japanese puppet army in all parts of North China can almost only trap the towns and main strongholds, and the countryside is almost encroached upon.
In this way, the Japanese army in the whole of North China could not even collect food. In particular, the news from the 1st Division of the 12th Army in Shandong made the First Army that returned to Shanxi after the end of the Battle of Henan-China even more worried. Several strongholds of the dignified Japanese Imperial Army stationed in Weihai were actually besieged by the Eighth Route to the Japanese soldiers who starved to death because of the blockade of the Eighth Road.
The most embarrassing thing was that the Japanese army and navy in Weihai could not be mobilized, nor did they dare to send any troops to collect the corpses of officers and men who had starved to death. If people are sent out, the large troops can't be drawn, but the small troops can be drawn, but even if they are sent out, they can't come back because of the meat buns and dogs.
In the end, Balu really couldn't stand the stench, and he was afraid that the corpse would be exposed like this, causing a large-scale plague infection. In the end, the Eighth Route sent people to put these unlucky eggs in a coffin and send them to Weihai County. A group of Imperial Japanese soldiers guarded the bunker, but they were actually besieged by a group of people who lacked guns and ammunition, and finally starved to death.
Is this still a dignified Imperial Japanese Army? It's almost become the tofu army of China. The Imperial Army has always been undersupplied and robbed to replenish. However, instead of fedging the war with war, the dignified Japanese Imperial Army starved to death. This scene must not be repeated in Shanxi. At present, the Eighth Road has begun to resurge, and everywhere it is infiltrating the security area.
The law and order areas that had improved after the 41 and 42 years of sweeps have gradually begun to deteriorate. Now that the Imperial Army is unable to collect food, not only can it not replenish the domestic shortfall, but on the contrary, its own supply situation has begun to deteriorate considerably.
The dignified Japanese Imperial Army has mixed up eating sweet potatoes, sorghum, and millet, and even millet is a little not enough to eat, is this still like words? I even heard that some local garrisons, in order to raise food, even dared to sell weapons and ammunition to exchange grain or firewood with the Eighth Road.
Since this time Wang Tieshi took the initiative to attack, then the First Army will also fall off the donkey. It was decided to launch a separate sweep in the Ludong area, and it was aimed at Hubei County. That security tumor Li Ziyuan is now sticking to the front line of Qiaokou, which is a good opportunity to solve him.
If he runs away, maybe this guy will cause a lot of damage there. If this eight roads are successfully solved, it can also play a certain deterrent role in other eight roads in the Taihang Mountains. It can ensure that the collection of grain can be completed smoothly.