When Major General Seiichi Kita, head of the Special Service Department of the North China Front, and Lieutenant General Yoshitoshi Tokukawa, commander of the Provisional Aviation Corps of the North China Front, shouted a report outside the door, Terauchi Shouichi was still frowning and sitting at his desk, thinking about how to transfer troops!

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Japan's first flight anniversary commemorates the successful first flight of Yoshitoshi Tokugawa and Captain Kumakuma Hino at Yoyogi Airport. It was December 19, 1910!

In other words, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was one of the founders of the Japanese Army Air Force, and during World War I, Tokukawa Yoshitoshi flew a plane to bomb Qingdao, and later devoted himself to training pilots and building an aviation team, for which he was awarded the title of baron.

After the Lugou Bridge Incident, the old devil Tokugawa Yoshitoshi once again put on the battlefield and served as the commander of the Provisional Aviation Corps of the North China Front.

This morning, the Provisional Air Corps of the North China Front Army dispatched five planes from Tianjin Airport and Jinan Airport to reconnoiter and bomb Dezhou, with the result that all five planes were shot down by the antiaircraft artillery battalion and antiaircraft machine gun battalion of the Eighth Route Army's eastward advance detachment in the vicinity of the north gate of Dezhou, and the pilots were all dead and could not find even a single piece of their limbs.

The last time Xiao Siming led his troops to destroy the Japanese army's Taiyuan airfield, they destroyed 48 Japanese planes in one fell swoop, and the pilots, ground crews, and tower commanders were all killed. It stands to reason that Lieutenant General Tokukawa Yoshitoshi, who is the commander of the Provisional Air Corps of the North China Front, should apologize for his crimes, but that is because the Eighth Route Army attacked the airfield from the ground, and the main responsibility should be borne by the 20th Division stationed in Taiyuan.

The division commanders of the Japanese army were all appointed by the emperor, and the power of punishment was also in the hands of the emperor. Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo was thick-skinned and did not have the consciousness to apologize, and he took the first step to complain to the headquarters of the First Army and the North China Front Army, accusing the airfield air defense units under the Provisional Air Corps of the North China Front Army of not being vigilant enough, resulting in a sneak attack and destruction of the airfield, and the airport should be strengthened.

Although Emperor Hirohito was so angry that his face turned blue, Kawagishi Fumizaburo and Tokukawa Yoshitoshi were both fierce generals of the Japanese army, one charged for the emperor in the sky, and the other attacked the city for the emperor on the ground. The commander of the North China Front, Shouichi Terauchi, also pretended to be deaf and dumb, and the matter was closed.

The reason for this, to put it bluntly, is that Emperor Hirohito did not want the world powers to see the jokes, for fear of embarrassment. After all, the rank of lieutenant general is too high, let them apologize for their crimes, the impact is too bad!

Terauchi Shouichi asked Tokukawa to come over, mainly to deploy aerial reconnaissance and air strikes on the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, but I didn't expect the old devil Tokukawa to enter the door, first saluted and reported in a regular manner, and then went crazy, the old things were brought up again, and talked about the destruction of Taiyuan Airport, plus today's 5 fighters were shot down, the old accounts and new accounts were counted together, and the new hatred and old hatred all gushed out, 54-year-old people, even a handful of snot and tears, talking, crying, begging His Excellency the commander to avenge the air ladies who died in battle, Mobilize heavy troops to eliminate the 115th Brigade of the 343rd Division of the Eighth Route Army!

It turned out that Tokugawa Haomin also saw the news release broadcast by the Central News Agency, and knew that the Eighth Route Army that captured Dezhou was the Eighth Route Army unit that destroyed Taiyuan Airport, and the number was the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighteenth Group Army, that is, the eastward advance detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

General Terauchi Shouichi and Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo had already determined that the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army was not the 343 Brigade, and Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was still chattering about the elimination of the 343 Brigade.

Tokugawa Yoshitoshi is this kind of performance, and Kita Seiichi, the head of the North China Front Army's Special Affairs Department, is another kind of performance.

The old spy Kita Seiichi was once ordered to investigate the cause of Kawashima Yoshiko's death and the inside story of the bombing of the Ziya River Bridge, but until now, he has not completed the task, for fear that General Terauchi Shouichi will bring up the old matter again, and then let him investigate.

As soon as Tokugawa Yoshitoshi finished crying, General Terauchi turned to Kita Seiichi and asked for any further information on the advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army's eastward advance.

None of the Japanese spies and traitors in Texas City could get out, and Kita Seiichi had a fart information!

Now, since China's Central Daily has published a press release, admitting that the destruction of the Taiyuan airport was the 343rd Brigade of the Eighth Route Army that captured Dezhou, that is, the eastward advance detachment, Kita Chengichi will naturally think of the Taiyuan secret service tracking down the destruction of the airport and the theft of the arsenal equipment

Before the destruction of Taiyuan Airport, there were three Eighth Route Army disguised as imperial troops, on the way to Taiyuan City, killed the sniper Yoshino and the accompanying escorts who had just returned from German training, rescued the eldest lady of the Taiyuan Yan family, Yan Rou and the maid, took them to ride into Taiyuan City, and then disappeared in Taiyuan City, and finally stole the equipment of the arsenal, kidnapped the owner of the pharmacy Fujii Otomo, and set up a series of scams. The commander of the 20th Wing of the 20th Division of the Baggage Soldiers was tricked, and in the name of the Taiyuan secret service, under the pretext of solving the case, he took Captain Yunosuke Yamashita of the 20th Wing of the Heavy Soldiers to drive the motorcycles and cars of the 20th Wing of the Heavy Soldiers, and pulled machines and medicines, and swaggered away.

This information has long been reported to the desk between General Shouichi Terauchi and Naosaburo Okabe, and it is not any information. However, as soon as Kita Makoto changed his words, he said that there were all kinds of indications that the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, which attacked and occupied Dezhou, had talents who knew Japanese and were the best at camouflaging the sneak attack of the imperial army. Based on this, it can be judged that the Eighth Route Army's attack on the county seat of Yuxian County and the county seat of Shouyang, including the attack on the railway station of Lianzhen on Jinpu Road, should have been successful in camouflaging the imperial army troops and deceiving the defenders. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to break through the strong-walled Yuxian county so smoothly, and it would be impossible for the imperial army in the stronghold of Lianzhen to be shattered without even firing a single shot.

This is not new information, General Terauchi Shouichi just handed over to Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, reminding the First Brigade and the Third Brigade of the North China Garrison Army's Mixed Brigade that were ordered to reinforce the Luokou Yellow River Bridge to pay attention to the fact that the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army is good at camouflaging the imperial army, and must be on high alert and strictly guard against being deceived. It's just that now Kita Seiichi said it in more detail, and it is supported by accurate information, which is more accurate and true than what General Terauchi Shouichi deduced from experience!

General Shouichi Terauchi was furious when he heard this, and couldn't help but slap his hand on the table and scolded, "Yaga!" ”

This "Baga" also ended Kita Seiichi's report, and the old spy Kita Seiichi finally passed the test.

It's time to cry and cry, the report of the report is back, and it's back to the old question raised by Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe: what to do with Texas!

Okabe Naosaburo once again suggested to General Terauchi Shouichi that the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division should be immediately transferred back to North China, recapture Dezhou, and completely annihilate the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army!

Terauchi Shouichi's idea is to fight a quick battle, and what he wants is to eliminate the main force of the Central Army in eastern Henan, where would he be willing to interrupt the battle of eastern Henan that is about to be seen, and transfer the fifth division and the sixteenth division back!

After thinking for a while, Terauchi Shouichi ordered Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe to send a telegram to the base camp asking for urgent tactical guidance, and at least two divisions from the 15th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Divisions established in April should be transferred to the North China battlefield to carry out large-scale public security operations against the occupied areas of the North China Plain, and completely eliminate the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army and the Eighth Route Army operating in the Central and Southern Hebei Plains.

In April, the Japanese army formed five new divisions, the 15th Division, the 17th Division, the 21st Division, the 22nd Division, and the 23rd Division, and on 15 May, the 106th Division and the 116th Division, bringing the total number of divisions to 32.

The 15th Division, the 17th Division, the 22nd Division, the 106th Division, and the 116th Division, a total of five divisions, were all incorporated into the Central China Dispatch Army sequence, and the 23rd Division was incorporated into the Kwantung Army sequence, and those transferred to North China were all incorporated into the 21st Division.

Historically, in June, the Japanese army had to form two new divisions, namely the 104th Division and the 110th Division.

At this time, Terauchi Shouichi asked Okabe Naosaburo to send a report to the base camp, asking for two additional divisions to be transferred from North China, how could it be?

The reason why it was impossible was because Terauchi Shouichi disobeyed the orders of the base camp and insisted on launching the Battle of Longhai Road, sending all the forces of the North China Front to the front line, which caused the emptiness in the rear.

This matter has to be solved by Shouichi Terauchi himself!

No, as soon as Okabe Naosaburo sent a telegram, a reply from the base camp would arrive immediately, saying that the 21st Division could only be sent to North China as originally planned, and that it could not set off for the time being, and it would not be able to leave until July at the earliest. The reason is that the 21st Division is a newly built unit and needs to be trained and run-in in combination.

The telegram from the base camp also said that the only ones that could be sent to the battlefield now were the 106th Division and the 116th Division, but these two units were to be sent to Central China to undertake the task of guarding the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou region and along the Yangtze River, and it was impossible to change them.

After reading the telegram from the base camp, Shouichi Terauchi completely broke out, and scolded those fools in the base camp for not knowing the current affairs, and for having outdated and backward strategic concepts, which affected the great cause of the Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Emperor's conquest of China!

Reinforcements will not come from the base camp, and even if the 21st Division is coming, it will not be able to reach Texas in three or five days. Take a step back, even if the 21st Division arrives, although they are well-trained, they are after all a group of new recruits who have just entered the battlefield, and when they encounter such a ferocious and cunning eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, it will only suffer losses and not take advantage, and it will not help!

The Eighth Route Army in the north of Dezhou City is occupied, and at all times, the Eighth Route Army may be rushing out to transport the precious baggage materials of the Imperial Army, and there can be no delay!

Naosaburo Okabe once again requested to transfer the 5th Division and the 16th Division back to North China!

Seeing that General Terauchi Shouichi had not expressed his position, Tokugawa was anxious and raised a question, that is, is it important to eliminate the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army that attacked and occupied Dezhou, or is it important to eliminate the main force of the Central Army in eastern Henan? Which is more important?

This matter, before the Central News Agency issued a press release, is not a matter, of course, it is important to eliminate the Central Army in eastern Henan. But now it's different, after reading the news release of the Central News Agency, the senior generals of the Japanese army all understand that the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army has brought great harm to the Japanese army, and it is the kind of injury that hurts the bone marrow!

Xi Duocheng waved his fingers to settle the account, saying that it was the battle of Yuxian, the imperial army lost 800 elites, the battle of Nianzigou resistance, the loss of 2,000 people, the battle of the stone measuring station, the battle of Taiyuan Airport, the battle of Shouyang, the battle of Mafang, the battle of Lianzhen, the battle of Dezhou, and so on! In the end, even Terauchi Shouichi was stunned, it turned out that this hateful Eighth Route Army unit actually caused the loss of tens of thousands of people in the imperial army, and all of them were killed, and the wounded were not saved.

That's the elite of the Japanese army!

Without waiting for Terauchi Shou to hesitate repeatedly, Okabe Naosaburo said earnestly: "Your Excellency Commander, as long as the Central Army in eastern Henan does not take the initiative to attack, they will defend the line of defense and will not take the initiative to attack the imperial army. The advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army's eastward advance is different, we don't know where their next target is, and with their combat style, they are all sudden attacks, and one blow must be hit, except for the Nianzigou blocking battle, other combat examples show that this Eighth Route Army is particularly ferocious, fighting a war of annihilation, and none of the attacked troops have missed the net. If they are allowed to fight like this, even if there is no shortage of troops in Japan, the army will be able to get a steady stream of replenishment, but the number of veterans will become less and less, and there will be more and more new recruits, and the elite divisions will become recruit training regiments! I implore Your Excellency the Commander to decide, the battle of eastern Henan can be fought again, but the battle of Dezhou is imminent, and it is impossible not to fight, and it is necessary to make meritorious contributions in a battle and completely annihilate the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army! ”

Terauchi Shouichi finally listened, pondered for a while, and ordered Okabe Naosaburo to formulate a new battle plan, and after the 16th Division took Shangqiu and rescued the 14th Division, the attack was aborted, and the 5th and 16th Divisions were transferred back to North China!

This is actually the demolition of the east wall to make up for the west wall, and the Fifth Division will be transferred away, and the Bengbu area occupied by the Japanese army will immediately become a blank area again! (To be continued.) )