Nominally, Wang Kemin was under the jurisdiction of Wang Jingwei, but in fact it was a system of its own, especially after Wang Jingwei was beheaded by Jiang Haoran, he took over the "Peaceful Founding Army" in an all-round way, and became the most powerful lackey of the island army for a while.

In the first battle of Xuzhou, Jiang Haoran successfully assassinated Wang Jingwei, and a very incendiary letter of persuasion to surrender was scattered everywhere, causing hundreds of thousands of puppet troops in front to surrender and flee, falling apart, causing a bad impact, not to mention, the island army had to constantly guard against the rebellion of the puppet army around him, so scared that Okamura Ningji no longer dared to put these puppet troops on the frontal battlefield.

After all, the number of puppet armies has reached one million, and after the assassination of Wang, there are still more than 500,000 puppet armies in the entire North China and the three eastern provinces, and these people are now under the jurisdiction of Wang Kemin, and they have no power for a while.

There is no need for the puppet army to go up on the frontal battlefield, and now they are mainly tasked with logistics and policing in the defense area.

And now, they have one more task - relocation, to move all the valuable materials in the entire Beiping City to Guannai.

The battle situation is unfavorable, and Okamura Ninji has already begun to prepare for a rainy day, and is ready to retreat to Kannai at any time. Although Kleist, who came from Germany, was full of confidence in his second line of defense, Okamura Ningji had suffered too much in the hands of Jiang Haoran, so now every step he takes will think of a way out for himself in advance.

"General Okamura, the humble post will be retired, you can rest assured, the humble duty you have explained will definitely be done properly, and you will ensure that Beiping City will be emptied as soon as possible." Wang Kemin stood with his waist bent towards Okamura Ningji, with a flattering expression, as if he was like a pug waiting for his master to reward him.

Okamura Ningji suddenly retracted his legs and bowed, and said respectfully to Wang Kemin: "Please, Wang Sang!" ”

"It should be, it should be!" Wang Kemin nodded like pounded garlic, and then walked out of the office under the guidance of the guards.

Wang Kemin went out with his front foot, the smile on Okamura Ningci's face slowly solidified, and thousands of sorrows quietly climbed on his forehead, in order to stabilize the army's heart, Okamura Ningci became a drama during this time, and he had to behave calmly and confidently in front of his subordinates and puppet soldiers when he was on fire in his heart.

The battle situation is unfavorable, the locust army is retreating one after another, the casualties have increased exponentially, the losses of various weapons and materials are innumerable, and the high-level reprimand messages fly like snowflakes every day, especially on the day when the Sakura Division was completely annihilated, Okamura Ninji received more than 100 messages of reprimand, insults, and inquiries, and it was not enough to describe his current situation as burnt, but fortunately his heart was strong enough, otherwise he would have collapsed long ago.

Of course, the base camp also understands his current situation very well, it is not that the locusts army is incompetent, but that the national army is too strong.

Therefore, the base camp scolds and scolds, and disappointment is disappointed, but usually it is just a knock on a stick to reward a date, and no one can clean up the mess of the Chinese battlefield except for him Okamura Ningji, and no one will be stupid enough to jump out at this time to take over this burden, he Okamura Ningji is now in a dilemma, and he has to die in this post.

"Okamura-kun, the Japanese army has begun to move, and it is a large-scale attack on the whole front, and this is the latest information collected by the special high school and the air force." Ishihara strode in and handed a telegram to Okamura Ninji.

Okamura Ninji took the telegram, looked at Ishihara suspiciously, and said, "I just experienced a big battle in Southeast County, can they launch a full-front attack in such a short time?" Can their logistics keep up? ”

Ishihara said: "According to the intelligence of the special high class, Jiang Haoran mobilized tens of thousands of people to transport supplies. ”

Okamura Ningji was stunned for a moment, sighed and said quietly: "Jiang Haoran is really different from ordinary people, in such a short period of time, he actually twisted all those forces together, without any sense of disobedience, and quickly gathered the hearts of the people. ”

Ishihara nodded in agreement, Okamura Ninji also looked at the telegram in his hand, and after hurriedly browsing it, he said: "He has so big ambitions, looking at this posture, he is ready to crush the whole line?" ”

"Yes, this is the case from the point of view of troop movements, but the focus is still on Tianjin."

"Oh, how so?"

"Because his most elite Nanshan Independent Army is in the Jingwai Siege."

"Hmm!" Okamura Ningji pursed his lips thoughtfully, and then nodded and said: "Yes, this is in line with Jiang Haoran's style, he has always liked to put the most elite troops in the most important position, in fact, Tianjin is a bridgehead, as long as Tianjin is still in our hands, Beiping will be guaranteed, so, Tianjin is the key to this battle, so Ishihara-kun, you must keep an eye on Tada Jun, which bastard, Tianjin can't be lost no matter what." ”

In order to arrange the Pingjin defense line, Tada Jun's 50th Army went to Tianjin two months ago, although this Jun and Chief of Staff Tanaka Shinichi did not suffer in the hands of Jiang Haoran, but no matter how dangerous the battle situation was, they were able to retreat with their whole body in their bodies, and in the eyes of the top brass of the island army, they were simply lucky generals, so this time the most critical Tianjin fell on their shoulders again.

Ishihara said: "I have confidence in Tada-kun, at present, there are four infantry divisions of the Locust Army on the Jinghai and Tianjin defense lines, a tank division and an infantry division of the Eastern Expeditionary Army (Soviet Puppet Army), plus three aircraft carriers of the Navy's First Air Fleet to escort them in the Bohai Sea, how can we say that our strength is stronger than that army, with the tactical literacy of Tada-kun and Tanaka-kun, how can we not be defeated, but ......"

"But what?"

Ishihara hesitated for a few seconds and said, "I'm worried that Jiang Haoran's main attack direction is not in Tianjin at all, because he has always been good at surprises, but this time the arrangement seems to be a little too conventional. ”

Okamura Ningji thought for a while, and then said: "Judging from his troop configuration and battle situation, he has no second choice, even if he puts the main attack direction in Baxian, it doesn't matter, the fiftieth army can be reinforced at any time, as for Dingxing, there is no need to worry, Dingxing is close to Taihang Mountain, the terrain is more complex than the other two places, and it is not suitable for large troops and tank troops, so his main direction of attack can only be Tianjin, which I think is beyond doubt." ”

"Langfang, do you think he will copy the tactics of a surprise attack on Cangzhou again and use airborne troops to parachute into Langfang?"

Okamura Ningji's expression was dazed, and he quickly took out a map, spread it out on the table and looked at it for a long time, and said: "Langfang is indeed a dangerous place, once Langfang is occupied by the airborne troops, the logistics of the locust army in Tianjin and Baxian will all be cut off, but Langfang is one hundred and twenty miles away from Tianjin, one hundred miles away from Baxian, and almost one hundred miles away from Beiping, once the airborne troops come in, the locust army can support from three directions, and the slowest can be reached in one day, how long can a force whose logistics completely rely on airdrop?" Jiang Haoran will send his most elite troops to this tiger's mouth? ”