After Kita Makoto left, General Terauchi Shouichi retracted his thoughts, began to calm down, and studied the map with the chief of staff, Okabe Naosaburo. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as the Luokou Bridge was bombed, the intentions of the Eighth Route Army were exposed.

It is obvious that the Eighth Route Army, which captured the Luokou Bridge and drove the remnants of the First Brigade of the North China Garrison Army back to Jinan City, had already withdrawn to the west bank of the Yellow River before the bridge was bombed.

The battle reports of the Fifth Independent Brigade of the Railway and the Third Wing of the Railway also corroborate this judgment!

The Fifth Independent Brigade of the Railway completely lost contact with the Front Army on the night of the 27th, when they did not have time to shrink their troops and were divided and surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.

After receiving the report of the loss of Dezhou, Okabe Naosaburo ordered the Third Railway Wing to quickly gather its forces, press from north to south to Dezhou, and cooperate with the Second Brigade of the Second Infantry Wing of the Mixed Brigade of the North China Garrison Army and the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Railway to attack Dezhou. Later, it was discovered that the Second Brigade of the Second Infantry Wing of the North China Garrison Army had been completely annihilated, and the North China Front Army had already ordered the Third Railway Wing to shrink its strength, rely on the railway line to hold on, and be on guard against Texas to strictly prevent a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army. In this way, the Third Railway Wing was prevented from repeating the mistake of the Fourth Independent Railway Brigade, which was regarded as preserving them.

According to the report of the Third Railway Wing, last night, the Mulberry Garden Station at the junction of Wuqiao and Dexian found the main force of the Eighth Route Army to attack, and the remaining squad was all broken. The Eighth Route Army took advantage of the victory to press to the periphery of Wuqiao County, and there was a battle before dawn, but after the Mandate of Heaven, the Eighth Route Army stopped the attack, and it was supposed to avoid the air raid of the air force.

The Third Railway Wing reported that they had reduced all the troops stationed in Wuqiao back to the county seat of Wuqiao, relying on the county seat to hold on. The troops stationed in Dongguang, Nanpi, Botou, and Cangxian also withdrew to the county seat, determined to rely on the county seat to hold on.

The 3rd Railway Wing requested the North China Front Command for urgent tactical guidance!

Emergency tactical guidance was a fig leaf for the Japanese army when they called for help. It was obviously an urgent request for help, but the Japanese had to say that it was an urgent tactical guidance, as if they didn't want reinforcements!

Lingxian County to the east of Dezhou, the plains to the south, Yucheng, and Qihe have all fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and they have all broken the city overnight. Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo were worried about the safety of Wuqiao, Dongguang, Nanpi, Botou and Cangxian counties north of Texas. However, they could not order the Third Railway Wing to withdraw to Cangzhou City, and they still had to use the Third Railway Wing to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army, consume the strength of the Eighth Route Army, and win precious time for the next operation of the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division.

Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo didn't know that what they wanted was to win the time for the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division to sweep North China, and Xiao Siming also wanted time, but Xiao Siming wanted to win wheat harvest time for the people of Hebei and Lubian!

The purpose is different, but the goal of buying time is the same! It's just that what the Japanese army wants is that the time advance may be shortened, and what Xiao Siming wants is to extend the time of the Japanese army's heavy siege.

The current situation is that the Eighth Route Army blew up the Luokou Bridge, and it is no longer possible for the Fifth Division to quickly launch an attack on Texas through the bridge. Next, it is indeed difficult to think about what means the Fifth Division should use to recapture Texas.

The most direct way was to ferry the Fifth Division by boat, and use a boat to transport the Fifth Division across the Yellow River.

If you want to cross the river by boat, you have to choose the right crossing point. Otherwise, according to the operational characteristics of Xiao Siming, commander of the Eastward Advance Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, he is likely to hide on the front line of the Yellow River, and when the Fifth Division crosses the river, he will attack it halfway, turning the rolling Yellow River into a Shura field again, and making the Yamato warriors of the Fifth Division a delicacy in the mouths of fish and turtles.

At this point, Xiao Siming underestimated Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo, and he deployed the Wudi Independent Regiment on the Yellow River defense position in the Luokou area, just to block the Japanese army from crossing the river. It's a pity that Xiao Siming saw the arrogance and arrogance of Dead Hands and Okabe Naosaburo, but he didn't have a good understanding of their insidious cunning.

With the old spicy of Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo, how could they make such a mistake again and take the elite Fifth Division to add glory to the Eighth Route Army's combat achievements?

At best, Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo would order the Fifth Division to choose a crossing point south of Jinan, let the Fifth Division seize the runaway point, and spend more time building a pontoon bridge to transport the Fifth Division across the Yellow River.

Building a pontoon bridge over the Yellow River was no problem for the Japanese army, but it was just a long time and effort.

There are planes in the sky to cover, and there are 48 cannons of the 5th Wing of the Japanese field artillery on the ground.

Of course, this is not entirely because Xiao Siming did not understand the cunning and insidious of Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo, but his purpose was to delay and delay the Japanese army's attack on Texas. Even if the Japanese army finally built a pontoon bridge in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and crossed the river, it also achieved Xiao Siming's goal of fighting for the wheat harvest time for the villagers.

After climbing in front of the map and looking at it for a while, Okabe Naosaburo prudently suggested that the Fifth Division should cross the river at Wujiadu, in Changqing County, southwest of Jinan, and that the Fifth Wing of the Fifth Division be responsible for building a pontoon bridge in Wujiadu that could be used by tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles to transport the Fifth Division across the river.

The advantage of this is that you can cross the Yellow River quickly!

Another advantage is that Wujiadu is an old ferry port on the Yellow River, and not far from the other side of the river is the famous Huguantun Town in Qihe County; after the Fifth Division crosses the river, it will be able to occupy Huguantun Town, a large market town that can raise grain and grass, and reduce the pressure on the logistics supply of the front army.

The shortcomings were also said by Okabe Naosaburo, that is, Hujiadu was a little close to Luokou, which was easy for the Eighth Route Army to discover the crossing point of the Fifth Division, and it was easy to be intercepted and blocked by the Eighth Route Army, resulting in a prolonged pontoon bridge construction time.

After listening to Okabe Naosaburo's suggestion, Shouichi Terauchi did not squeak, but still crawled in front of the map, took a magnifying glass and looked at it meticulously, and silently calculated while looking at his heart.

While Terauchi was calculating, Shozo Kawabe, deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, who had gone to send a telegram, came in and reported that the telegram had been sent as soon as he entered the door.

General Shouichi didn't raise his head, and when he opened his mouth, he asked if the base camp had called back?

Major General Shozo Kawabe reported that it was not yet, and it was estimated that it would have to wait until the evening.

Terauchi Shouichi was furious, immediately straightened up, and yelled at Shozo Riverside: "Go, send a report to the base camp again, and wait for the call back!" ”

Kawabe Shozo hurriedly saluted, and then walked out quickly.

Looking at the back of Shozo walking out of the riverside, Terauchi Shouichi couldn't help but complain: "The war situation in North China has been a mess by the hateful Eighth Route Army, and those guys in the base camp who are vegetarian still can't recognize the situation, and if they don't take out the old, incompetent and self-righteous Kazuki Seiji as soon as possible, it's a hell of a life!" ”

This temple longevity general, is really a little monk chanting scriptures without a heart. He didn't want to think about what those Japanese giants in the base camp thought of him at this moment! I'm afraid that now in the eyes of the Japanese military high-level, the aperture behind his famous family and the Japanese army giants is fading. Perhaps some people will think that it was his incompetence, improper command, great joy, and blind pursuit of victory, which pressed hundreds of thousands of troops to Xuzhou, the Longhai Line and the southern section of Jinpu Road, which led to the emptiness of the rear troops and gave the Eighth Route Army an opportunity, and finally caused the tragedy of the loss of Texas and the loss of troops.

There will definitely be people muttering behind his back that the temple is incompetent!

Fortunately, the Japanese army was a very shameless unit that was good at concealing its defeats, and until now, newspapers and radio stations in Japan may not have known the truth about the heavy damage of Ishida Kanazo's devilish troops, the destruction of Taiyuan Airport, and the total annihilation of the 20th Cavalry Wing. Even if they know about it, the military department will prevaricate them with some high-sounding reasons, and will also warn them not to sabotage the cause of co-prosperity in Greater East Asia. Those newspapers and radio stations publicized the Japanese army's achievements every day, and the whole page and the whole time were full of news that the imperial army was invincible and conquered the city. It is impossible for these defeats to appear in the newspapers or radio broadcasts such as these defeats in the face of the Japanese army.

Terauchi Shouichi finished complaining, climbed onto the map and looked at it for a while, then raised his head and said to Okabe Naosaburo: "Okabe-kun, there is a saying in the art of war, called Ming Xiu plank road secretly crossing Chen Cang, yours, understand?" ”

Okabe Naosaburo is already the chief of staff of the lieutenant general, and he is one of the culprits of the invasion of China, he has a deep study of China, and he also has a certain study of the Chinese art of war.

Okabe Naosaburo said: "Ming Xiu plank road secretly crossed Chen Cang, talking about the Chu and Han dynasties in the last years of the Qin Dynasty. Commander, you think? ”

Terauchi Shou touched the eight-character Hu with one hand and smiled, saying that since Xiao Siming knows the art of war, every move and style is decent, and the North China Front of the Japanese Army also gave him the art of war, and came to a Ming Xiu plank road to secretly cross Chen Cang!

Naosaburo Okabe said, please make it clear to your Excellency the Commander!

Terauchi Shouichi pointed to the map and told Okabe Naosaburo that now that the Eighth Route Army had blown up the Luokou Bridge, it was no longer possible for the Fifth Division to cross the river through the Luokou Bridge. Crossing the river by boat, not to mention that the problem of boats is difficult to solve, and it is easy to be intercepted by the firepower of the Eighth Route Army, and the same is true for building pontoon bridges. In that case, it's better to find another way!

What Naosaburo Okabe wants to hear is how to find a different way!

Terauchi Shouichi did not sell the pass, but pointed to the map and told Okabe Naosaburo that the Luokou Bridge was bombed, which restricted the movement of the Fifth Division, and also restricted the movement of the Eighth Route Army, so that they could not sneak across the Yellow River to the hinterland of Shandong at will, and the threat of Jinan was lifted, and after the independent mixed Third Brigade arrived in Jinan, a solid defensive line could be arranged along the Yellow River to ensure that the Eighth Route Army could not cross the river to attack and disturb.

It's all true!

Shouichi Terauchi said that he considered that instead of letting the Fifth Division sit near Jinan and wait for the pontoon bridge to be erected, it would be better to let the Fifth Division transport Qingdao through the Jiaoji Railway Car, board the ship in Qingdao, go ashore at Tanggu in Tianjin, and launch an attack from the north. The advantage of this is that it strengthens the forces in the Pingjin area and ensures that the Eighth Route Army cannot take advantage of the situation to attack Pingjin in the north, and at the same time can form a north-south flank with the 16th Division.

This is indeed a very clever plan!

Okabe Naosaburo's eyes lit up when he listened, and he seemed to see the scene when the Fifth Division suddenly appeared in the Jinnan area, suddenly pressed towards the Jilu border area, and the Eighth Route Army was caught off guard and was encircled and wiped out.

Terauchi Shouichi went on to say that in order to confuse the Eighth Route Army, let the Second Wing of the North China Garrison Army Mixed Brigade stationed in Jinan disguise the troops of the Fifth Division, build a bridge near Wujiadu, Changqing County, look for boats, and pose to cross the river with a pontoon bridge.

Okabe Naosaburo said, this is very good, Xiao Siming never dreamed that the Japanese Army would set up a maze array to confuse him!

As for the 16th Division, Terauchi Shouichi said that he wanted them to move secretly, and after arriving in Tai'an, they suddenly turned around and headed west, and entered Pingyin County with rapid movements, where they built a pontoon bridge to forcibly cross the Yellow River, and pulled the net from south to north on the northwestern plain of Shandong between the canal and the Yellow River. At that time, the Fifth Division will move from north to south, and the 16th Division will attack from south to north, north and south, and completely put the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army into a net.

When he said this, Terauchi Shouichi also said proudly: "Okabe-kun, we overestimated Xiao Siming, he lacks strategic vision. What I am most worried about is that Xiao Siming crossed the Jiaoji Railway and entered the Luzhong Mountains before the main force of the Fifth Division arrived in Jinan, which would be troublesome, and it would be difficult to annihilate him completely. Unexpectedly, Xiao Siming couldn't see the importance of the Luzhong Mountains, and he actually fled back to the west bank of the Yellow River! What a disappointment he really made for me! ”

The North China Plain is endless, easy to attack and difficult to defend, and is most suitable for the actions of Japanese mechanized troops.

Strategically speaking, the border area is not suitable for the survival of large troops, because it is the place of the four wars, and when the Japanese army is heavily besieged, the Eighth Route Army has no place to run, and it is easy to be discovered and surrounded by the Japanese army.

How did Shouichi Terauchi know, it was not that Xiao Siming did not have that strategic vision, nor that the leaders of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the leaders of Yan'an did not have that strategic vision, but they all concluded that the Japanese army would definitely carry out a heavy sweep, leaving Xiao Siming, who could fight well, just to smash the heavy sweep of the Japanese army!

This plan, on the whole, is in line with the current reality of the Japanese army and is very practical.

Okabe Naosaburo involuntarily slapped his ass, saying that His Excellency the commander has a family history and knows the Chinese art of war well, and as soon as this plan comes out, let him Xiao Siming be cunning like a ghost, and he has to be arrested!

The sycophants were so loud that even the old devil of Shouichi in the temple was a little embarrassed, waved his hand, and said that it was too early to be happy, and it was difficult to say whether he could annihilate the eastward detachment of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop. But it was no problem to retake Texas and restore the front's control over the areas on both sides of the Jinpu Road.

The Fifth Division was still waiting for the order of the North China Front, and Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe didn't care about any more sycophants, and after saluting and reporting to Shouichi Terauchi, he left in a hurry to organize the staff officers to draw up a detailed battle plan. (To be continued.) )