The Japanese army is really crazy!

On the day when the 5th and 16th Divisions arrived in Shijiazhuang, that is, on June 16, the Japanese army headquarters announced the formation of two special divisions, the 104th Division and the 110th Division. Vertex. Fastest updates

Among them, the 104th Division was formed by recruiting the reservists of the 4th Division, and the 110th Division was formed by recruiting the reservists of the 10th Division.

The Japanese base camp informed the North China Front that the 104th Division was subordinate to the Kwantung Army, and the 110th Division was subordinate to the North China Front. Moreover, the base camp informed that after the formation of the 110th Division, it would immediately ship to Tanggu and report to the headquarters of the North China Front.

Terauchi Shouichi was worried about the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division in Shijiazhuang, and was still worried that Xiao Siming would capture Xingtai and Handan again as Okabe Naosaburo feared, and was discussing with Okabe Naosaburo that the First Army should order the First Army to notify the troops of the 108th Division stationed in Handan and Xingtai to strengthen their vigilance and strictly prevent the Eighth Route Army from sneaking attack, and after the Fifth Division and the 16th Division repaired in Shijiazhuang for a day, they could go south again to pull the net to pursue.

Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo thought together, that is, Xiao Siming's division must have rushed before the 5th Division and the 16th Division were encircled, and the main force was transferred to the southern Hebei region. As for the Eighth Route Army that attacked Shijiazhuang the night before yesterday and last night, it must have been a small force of Xiao Siming's department that undertook the task of feints. It's a pity that the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Umezu Mijiro, was frightened by the Eighth Route Army, and blindly held on to it, and fell for the Eighth Route Army!

Where did the small unit of the Eighth Route Army that finally feint to attack Shijiazhuang go, Terauchi Shouichi was no longer interested. Because he knows that it is easy for small troops to hide, and it is easy to seize loopholes to break out, and even drill ravines into Taihang Mountain.

What Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo discussed was that since Xiao Siming's troops might flee to the southern Hebei region, and the southern Hebei region has recently expanded the power of the Eighth Route Army very rapidly, and there are still many anti-Japanese miscellaneous armed forces, simply, taking advantage of the arrival of the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division in Shijiazhuang, they will carry out a heavy sweep of the southern Hebei region, even if Xiao Siming's department cannot be captured, the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei must be uprooted, and the idea of the Eighth Route Army expanding to the plain area will be completely dispelled!

If the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division carried out a heavy sweep of the southern Hebei region at this time, the start-up base area in southern Hebei would suffer heavy losses.

Just as he was about to discuss a detailed plan for the siege of southern Hebei, the staff officer on duty sent a telegram from the base camp to increase troops.

Terauchi Shouichi suddenly smiled, and said three times in a row, "Yo Xi",

After discussing with Chief of Staff Okabe Naosaburo, Terauchi decided that the 110th Division would be directly under the North China Front Army and stationed in Shijiazhuang, responsible for garrisoning the Pinghan Railway and public security operations on the Hebei Plain. The headquarters of the First Army, which was originally stationed in Shijiazhuang, was moved to Taiyuan and commanded the Shanxi operation full-time.

The 3rd Brigade and the 4th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade also belonged to the First Army and should have been rebuilt at this time, but considering the emptiness of troops in northern Henan, Terauchi Shouichi planned to let the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade return to Shanxi to rebuild, and the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade was temporarily stationed in the northern Henan region, and then made adjustments after the Battle of Wuhan was over.

In view of the fact that the Fifth Division would not be able to return to Qingdao and the Jiaoji Railway for a while and a half, and that the strength of the troops in the eastern Ludong area was too empty, which meant that there would be no field troops of the Japanese army, Terauchi Shouichi and Naosaburo Okabe discussed and decided to transfer the independent mixed Fifth Brigade stationed in the Lianyungang area to garrison Qingdao to fill the gap of the lack of regular troops of the Japanese army in the Ludong area.

For the time being, the defense of the Lianyungang area, which was left behind by the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, could only be undertaken by the troops of the 114th Division stationed in the Xuzhou area.

In Shandong, east of the Yellow River, there are actually only the 114th Division of the Japanese Army and the 5th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Army, and the strength of the troops is frighteningly empty. But Terauchi Shouichi was not worried, because the Battle of Xuzhou was over, there was no large corps of the squadron in Shandong, and the rest were guerrilla forces, which posed no threat to the Japanese army!

This is true, at this time, the only regular army in Shandong east of the Yellow River was the Shiyou Third Division, and the task was only to persist in the guerrilla attack in the mountainous areas of Lunan. As long as the Japanese army does not take the initiative to attack, it will be difficult for Shiyou No. 3 to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army. It was an attack, and with the combat effectiveness of the three divisions of Shiyou, an infantry brigade of the Japanese army could sweep them all over the mountain. As for the Eighth Route Army, the Shandong Provincial Party Committee is currently organizing and arming, which belongs to the stage of initial formation, with limited troops and limited combat effectiveness, and it also poses no threat to the Japanese army. As for the local armed forces of the Kuomintang system, they are also in the stage of occupying territory and recruiting troops, and they also pose no threat to the Japanese army.

What makes Shouyi in the old devil temple even more excited is that he is looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looks forward to the 21st Division!

Historically, the 21st Division only arrived in the North China battlefield in August and was stationed in Xuzhou, and the 114th Division, which was originally stationed in Xuzhou, was transferred to Jinan and stationed in the Jinan area. Now, due to the deterioration of the situation in the border area of Hebei and Shandong and the destruction of all the grassroots political power of the Japanese puppet army, Terauchi Shouichi ordered the 21st Division to be stationed in Dezhou, specifically responsible for extinguishing the raging anti-Japanese beacon fire in the border area of Hebei and Shandong and northwest Shandong.

In the history of the 110th Division, it landed in Tanggu, Tianjin, in mid-July, joined the North China battlefield, and now it will be shipped to Tanggu immediately, and it can be stationed on the Pinghan Road within a few days.

All of this is because of Xiao Siming's sudden rise!

Speaking of which, North China was already occupied by the Japanese army, and if it weren't for the Eighth Route Army, the Weilihuang Department of the Central Army in Zhongtiao Mountain, and the Jin Sui Army in Yan Xishan to persist in the War of Resistance, the Japanese army would almost have been able to sit back and relax.

Just like this North China Plain, if it weren't for the Eighth Route Army advancing into the plain area, the little devils could still sit back and relax, and it didn't matter how many troops they had, anyway, those miscellaneous armed forces had limited combat effectiveness, and it was difficult to launch an attack on the county towns and communication lines where the Japanese army was stationed.

Historically, although the Japanese army invading China often felt that its troops were insufficient, it relied on the high degree of mechanization and the high degree of pack-horse operation, and took advantage of the advantages of controlling railways and highways, and was able to deploy and concentrate troops at any time to carry out a surprise attack on the base areas behind enemy lines. Now it doesn't work, Xiao Siming came out, and every move hit the vital points of the Japanese army, making the railways and highways different, and the defense line of the Japanese occupation area on the North China Plain was suddenly full of loopholes, and the Japanese army's strength was overstretched.

If Xiao Siming is allowed to continue to fight like this, it is unknown whether the North China Front can still transfer the Second Army to participate in the Battle of Wuhan!

Cooperate with Central China to send troops to take Wuhan, but Terauchi Shouichi was the first to put forward it, and it is also his consistent proposition. Now the Japanese army in North China is empty, and the Eighth Route Army is fighting guerrilla warfare, and Xiao Siming is bold enough to attack the important cities garrisoned by the Japanese army, making the Japanese army unable to defend against it!

The commander of the North China Front, General Toshiichi Terauchi, is now eager to transfer a few more divisions to him from the base camp!

It is precisely because of this that Shouichi Terauchi is determined to eliminate Xiao Siming's troops first, and then let the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division participate in the Battle of Wuhan.

Thinking of the damage that Xiao Siming brought to the Japanese army, Shouichi Terauchi hated itchy, and he couldn't concentrate on looking at the map and thinking about the problem.

"Xiao Siming, what a-stirring stick!"

Okabe Naosaburo didn't understand what "-stirring stick" meant, and later asked the big traitor Tang Erhe, only to understand what General Terauchi Shouichi meant, that Xiao Siming had ruined the strategic layout of the North China Front.

Anyway, with soldiers in hand, Terauchi Shouichi's confidence is strong, and he asked Okabe Naosaburo to formulate a battle plan for sweeping southern Hebei with heavy troops, and prepare to poison the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei!

This battle plan is actually very well formulated, the Japanese 21st Division has already arrived in North China, and after arriving in Dezhou, it can attack from east to west together with the independent mixed third brigade, and the Fifth Division and the 16th Division can be deployed along the Pinghan Road, fighting from west to east, advancing from east to west, and the Eighth Route Army, which is making a lot of trouble in the southern Hebei Plain, will definitely have no escape!

Okabe Naosaburo even suggested to Terauchi Shouichi that the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei be eliminated, and the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division should be directly transferred to the central Hebei region to eliminate the Eighth Route Army Lu Zhengcao Department operating in central Hebei!

This was the battle plan that had been determined when the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division were transferred north to recapture Dezhou and eliminate Xiao Siming's troops.

Okabe Naosaburo proposed it at this time because the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division not only worked in vain, but also lost the essence of the 21st Wing, and now they are in Shijiazhuang again, and the delay and delay in North China for too long have actually affected the Japanese army's plan for the Battle of Wuhan.

Okabe Naosaburo was afraid that General Terauchi Shouichi would not forget the Battle of Wuhan and his ears would be soft, so he asked the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, General Junliu, and the base camp to immediately transfer the 16th Division to return the Second Army to the Second Army, and transfer the Fifth Division to the Jiaoji Railway and Qingdao to assemble, and the elimination of Xiao Siming's troops became an empty word.

Terauchi Shou nodded a little, which means that he agreed.

Okabe Naosaburo was overjoyed, and turned around to make a battle plan for besieging southern Hebei and central Hebei, but Terauchi Shouichi shouted to him again, and said word by word: "The point is to find and destroy Xiao Siming, and all plans have to make way for the search for Xiao Siming!" ”

That's for sure!

It seems that Xiao Siming and the eastward advance detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army have become the henchmen of General Terauchi Shouichi, the commander of the North China Front Army, and they must be eliminated as soon as possible!

Okabe Naosaburo very solemnly saluted General Shouichi Terauchi, and reported loudly: "Please rest assured, commander, if you can't catch Xiao Siming, you will never withdraw your troops!" ”

Shouichi Terauchi waved his hand and asked Okabe Naosaburo to leave.

After Okabe Naosaburo left, Shouichi Terauchi sat down next to the map again, staring at the map and muttering, "Xiao Siming, did you run to the top place?" (To be continued.) )