That night, the Eastern Henan Corps commanded by Xue Yue was storming the position of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army in Lanfeng. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Xiao Siming led his troops from Lingxian County, and the three battle groups were like three sharp arrows, taking advantage of the cover of night, shooting towards the Jinpu Railway and Highway in Pingyuan County and Qihe County. Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe, chief of staff of the North China Front, who rushed back to Peiping by plane, was not idle, and as soon as he got off the plane, he drove back to the headquarters and urgently asked to see the commander, General Terauchi Shouichi.

General Terauchi Shouichi is 59 years old, with a shaved head and a small mustache. If it weren't for the general's epaulettes and badges on his military uniform, others would still think that he was a very cultivated and majestic old man!

During the war, General Terauchi Shouichi, a Japanese giant and commander of the North China Front, sat at his desk and looked at the anxious face of his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, but his face was kind, and there was a sense of calmness that was just waiting for leisure.

As soon as Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo saw General Terauchi Shouichi and saluted, he anxiously reported: "Your Excellency, it has been ascertained that it was the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army that captured Dezhou, and now it is called the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army's eastward advance detachment. This army was the hateful Chinese army that inflicted a series of heavy losses on the imperial army at Pingxingguan, Guangyang, Yuxian, Zhengtai Road, Shouyang, Taiyuan, Jinxi, Mafang, Lianzhen and Ziya River on Jinpu Road in Shanxi. And now they've taken Texas again, and they're so vicious! I beg your Excellency the Commander to immediately transfer the 5th Division and the 16th Division to suspend their current missions, return to the North China Plain immediately, encircle and annihilate this hateful Chinese army, and avenge the army warriors who died in battle! ”

Terauchi Shouichi had already received a press release from the Central News Agency sent by Seiichi Kita, the head of the Special Affairs Department of the Front Army, and he already knew that it was Dezhou attacked by the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and he was thinking about how to deploy troops!

Seeing that His Excellency the Commander did not express his position, Okabe Naosaburo immediately added: "Your Excellency Commander, the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army is actually the Red First Army and the Red Third Army, the main forces of the Central Red Army during the Communist Party in Jiangxi. Although it is a brigade, it is the essence of the communist troops, from officers to soldiers, all of them are ruthless and treacherous, cruel and despicable, and the combat is particularly fierce. If they don't take advantage of the opportunity to flow to the Lubei Plain to completely wipe them out, the entire Lubei Plain will soon be red, and the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Terauchi Shou nodded slightly, motioned for Okabe Naosaburo to sit down on the chair in front of the desk, and then said: "Okabe-kun, there is a question here, according to the report of the First Army, the 115th Brigade of the 343rd Division of the Eighth Route Army should still be in the western Jinxi region, how could it suddenly appear in Texas?" Moreover, a careful analysis shows that the Eighth Route Army, which ambushed in the Dapingxingguan, Guangyang, and Wucheng Jinggou areas, and the Eighth Route Army that ambushed in Yuxian, Nianzigou, Zhengtai Road Stone Measuring Station, Taiyuan Airport, Shouyang County, and Mafang, did not have exactly the same combat style. Although the former is also fierce and sharp, it is basically set up ambushes at the passes passed by the imperial army, relying on the terrain, fighting traditional mountain ambush warfare, and no special smoke has been used, and the artillery fire is limited to limited mortars, and there are always imperial soldiers who can escape and return to the team. The latter is different, more ferocious, using all means, using special cigarettes very frequently, and more cunningly, often hitting places we don't expect, and is best at sneaking up on key areas that we think are heavily defended. Moreover, the materials captured by this army in battle were basically stripped of the dead soldiers of the imperial army to only a piece of crotch cloth. This point, whether it is the battle in Shouyang or the battle in Lianzhen on Jinpu Road, can confirm each other. Even in this battle of Texas, the same is true of the situation reported by the air force, the bodies of the soldiers of the dead brigade lying on the road are all naked, and the military uniforms are missing! ”

Listening to the commander's unhurried words, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo immediately felt a fever on his face and a feeling of self-blame. He didn't expect that His Excellency the Commander would study the Eighth Route Army so deeply!

In fact, since Xiao Siming led the independent battalion to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army and kill Ishida Jinzo Dazuo in the Nianzigou Blockade Battle, the Japanese North China Front Headquarters and the First Army Headquarters have been looking for which unit of the Eighth Route Army did it. In particular, after Xiao Siming led his troops to capture Shouyang City, the North China Front Army Headquarters, the First Army Headquarters, and the 109th Division were all crazy and eager to retaliate, the problem was that Xiao Siming was out of nowhere, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the 115th Division never announced the specific number and commander name of this unit when announcing the battle report to the outside world. Now, the Central News Agency has suddenly announced in the form of a press release the number of the unit of the Eighth Route Army that captured Dezhou, and even the name of the commander has been announced.

Okabe Naosaburo himself has been working hard to investigate and deal with the details of this Eighth Route Army, but the problem is that he is busy planning and organizing the Battle of Xuzhou, and he is too busy to take care of it for the time being.

When the eastward advance detachment first arrived at the Jilu border and attacked and occupied Lianzhen, the Japanese troops stationed in Dexian County had already reported to the 10th Division, the Second Army Headquarters, and the North China Front Army Headquarters. Later, Xiao Siming took Yan Rou and the cavalry company to blow up the Ziya River Railway Bridge, and Kawashima Yoshiko was assassinated inexplicably, and General Terauchi Shouichi, who was furious, once specially sent the North China Front Army Special Service Minister Kita Chengichi to investigate, and also wanted to find out the murderer who blew up the Ziya River Railway Bridge, but unfortunately there was no result.

Now, when General Terauchi Shouichi mentioned this point, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo suddenly became enlightened and immediately said: "The commander's analysis is reasonable, and the Eighth Route Army that captured Dezhou must be the culprit of a series of unfortunate events such as Ishida Kinzo Daisa's loyalty to the emperor, the destruction of Taiyuan Airport, and the collective jade shattering of the 20th Cavalry Wing. Only this Eighth Route Army, which is more cunning than a fox, more ferocious than a wolf, and more fierce than a tiger, can make a surprise attack, run thousands of miles, and unknowingly attack and occupy Lianzhen, and then attack and occupy Dezhou! They are not the 115th Brigade of the 343rd Division of the Eighth Route Army, but they must have something to do with the 343rd Brigade, and they are a greater threat to the Imperial Army than the 343rd Brigade! ”

Things in the world are afraid of leaving clues. As long as there are clues and careful study and analysis, the truth will gradually surface.

Xiao Siming himself likes to make a fortune in a muffled voice, but in order to avoid the great tragedy of the national * army in history having to open the garden mouth and divert the Yellow River to resist the enemy, this time he took the initiative to report the war report, and the calculation was to lure the enemy with his body. Chairman Chiang, commander of the First Theater Cheng Qian, chief of staff Yan Xunfu, and others suddenly caught a life-saving straw at the critical juncture, and they not only vigorously publicized the results of the capture of Dezhou, but also exaggerated the strength of Xiao Siming's troops, and insisted that the eastward advance detachment was the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. As for the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and Yan'an, out of strategic considerations to save the crisis in the eastern Henan battlefield, they did not refute the rumors, which was tantamount to acquiescing to the fact that the eastward advance detachment was the 343 Brigade.

Unexpectedly, General Terauchi Shouichi was worthy of being a giant of the Japanese army, and from the combat style of Xiao Siming's department and the style of cleaning the battlefield, he saw the difference between the 343rd Brigade of the Eastward Advance Detachment of the Eastward Advance Detachment, and concluded that the Eastward Advance Detachment of the Eighth Route Army that captured Dezhou was the Eighth Route Army unit that destroyed the mobilization airfield, annihilated the 20th Cavalry Wing, and recovered Yuxian County and Shouyang County.

The eastward advance detachment and the 343 brigade did have very different combat styles. The most basic point is that the 343 Brigade will not use poison gas bombs against the Japanese army, Xiao Siming will, and it may be used anytime and anywhere. In addition, Xiao Siming's department has achieved great results, captured a lot, has good weapons and equipment, and has particularly strong firepower. When fighting, they are better at carrying forward their vitality and talking with bullets and shells, unlike the 343 Brigade, where the soldiers charge after firing a few bullets, and the difference in the combat casualty rate between the two units is very wrong.

At this time, it was determined that the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army that captured Dezhou was the mysterious Eighth Route Army unit that fought the Japanese army on the battlefield in Shanxi, and Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo involuntarily glanced at each other, and their breathing suddenly became heavy.

The commander of the Japanese North China Front, General Terauchi Toshiichi, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, involuntarily stood up at the same time, and invariably walked to the map hanging on the wall, and began to examine it silently.

Dezhou-Jinan, Dezhou-Cangzhou, Dezhou-Hengshui, Dezhou-Liaocheng, the eyes of the two old devils stared at several important strategic targets around Texas, silently examining.

After a while, Okabe Naosaburo spoke, and with one mouth, he said: "Your Excellency, the Fifth Independent Brigade of the Railway guarding the railway line between Huangheya and Luokou Bridge is in great danger, and their forces are too scattered. ”

Terauchi Shouichi sighed, frowned again, and said: "The garrisons of Wuqiao, Dongguang, and Hengshui are also in great danger, and this mysterious Eighth Route Army can break through Dezhou so smoothly, and naturally has the ability to break through Wuqiao, Dongguang, and Hengshui very quickly. ”

It's a self-evident thing!

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe lamented: "Our management of law and order in the occupied areas is now in a mess, and we will continue to strengthen the rear garrison!" ”

General Terauchi Shouichi said "hmm" again, stopped looking at the map, turned around and rang the tablebell on the table, and asked the guards to inform Major General Seiichi Kita, head of the Special Service of the North China Front, and Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, commander of the Provisional Aviation Corps of the North China Front, to come to the headquarters immediately! (To be continued.) )