On February 3, 1938, the Japanese army officially held a pre-war meeting at the Tumut Right Banner to discuss the plan to attack the instructor. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The meeting was presided over by Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura, commander of the 12th Division, and attended by Major General Hoji Sakai, commander of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, Lieutenant General Shigeyasu Suzuki, commander of the 11th Brigade, chiefs of staff of divisions and brigades, and commanders of all wings.

"Gentlemen, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army is extremely evil, and he dared to annihilate the Fifth Division of the Imperial Army with conspiracy and trickery against the world, and he also had the audacity to conquer Taiyuan City. Therefore, I decided to annihilate the Sect Mentor in one fell swoop in this battle, and take advantage of the situation to enter the base area of the Eighth Route Army, uproot the Eighth Route Army, and eradicate the future troubles for the Imperial Army. ”

As soon as the meeting began, Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura could not wait to set the tone and announce the strategic objectives of the Japanese army's attack, which was full of confidence.

"Hai, we are willing to obey the orders of the division commander, annihilate the instructor, and eradicate the Eighth Route Army!" The Japanese officers all stood up and shouted menacingly.

"Yo Xi, as long as you can maintain such high morale all the time, it is not a problem to annihilate the Sect Mentor, and the occupation of the base area of the Eighth Route Army is just around the corner! Hahaha! Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura laughed domineeringly.

"Brave soldiers, as long as you can enter the base area of the Eighth Route Army, Your Excellency the division commander promises that you can not seal the sword in the base area of the Eighth Route Army for three days, and let the warriors do whatever they want." The Chief of Staff of the 12th Division added.

"Nani? Don't seal the knife for three days! ”

"Let us do whatever we want?"

All the generals of the Japanese army were all excited, although the Eighth Route Army looked very poor, but no matter how small the mosquito was, it was meat, as long as they could do whatever they wanted, not to mention how much gold and silver treasures they grabbed, the Chinese flower girl alone could make their adrenaline soar.

The Japanese are notoriously brutal and brutal, and once they are allowed to unleash their beastly nature unscrupulously, no matter how honest and docile they usually are, they will instantly turn into wild beasts and become inhuman.

Of course, this is also related to the deliberate guidance of the Japanese military leadership, who deliberately created an irrational atmosphere among the soldiers, so that they completely lose their human mercy and become fierce and brutal in military operations, believing that this can increase the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

Seeing the generals screaming, Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura was very satisfied, he had always believed that fierce and brutal soldiers were more effective in combat, so he was particularly indulgent in the killing cries of the officers.

After everyone was relieved from their excitement, Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura announced the battle plan to the officers: "This time, we have learned the profound lesson of the previous extermination of the troops by the instructors, and we will no longer divide our forces to attack, but concentrate all our efforts on crushing the instructors.

The instructor's previous victories were all obtained by sneak attacks and ambushes, and their actual combat effectiveness is no different from that of other Chinese armies, as long as we don't underestimate the enemy and don't give them a chance to break through, I don't think they will have any chance, and this time they will definitely be finished. ”

After listening to Lieutenant General Uemura Seitaro's battle plan, the Japanese officers praised the wisdom of the instructors, and they also believed that the instructor's battles were basically based on sneak attacks and ambushes, and they had never heard of them defeating the Imperial Army in a head-on battle, so they thought that the division commander's analysis was not wrong at all, and the battle should be nine out of ten.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why we used the tactics of a full-army advance to attack the Chinese army this time is because they always use some intrigues and tricks to make our imperial army make wrong judgments, resulting in the disadvantage of dividing the troops, and then they concentrate their forces to break each one, which makes the imperial army troops who despise them defeated one after another. And I, Seitaro Uemura, have already seen through their tricks, and I will never give them a chance. Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura said proudly.

"Your Excellency the division commander is wise, the instructor's combat effectiveness is not very good, but the conspiracy and tricks are unguardable, this time the division commander sees through their methods, they have nothing to think of, they can only obediently let us slaughter." Major General Sakai Hoji, commander of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, patted his ass.

Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura was very useful to Major General Sakai Hoji's sycophants, and constantly nodded at Major General Sakai Hoji, and silently gave Major General Sakai Hoji thirty-two praises in his heart.

The other officers were not stupid, and when they saw that Lieutenant General Uemura Seitaro did not refuse to come to the sycophants, they followed the example and hyped up Lieutenant General Uemura Seitaro.

Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura not only fluttered in the sound of the generals' sycophants, but he said loudly: "My 12th Division not only has a chariot wing, but also a flying team, not to mention the invincible heavy artillery brigade, and the elimination of the instructor can be completed by our 12th Division alone.

However, with your great help, this elimination of the instructor is just the beginning, we also have to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, eliminate the Jin Sui Army, and finally eliminate the Kuomintang government army, so that all the troops of the Chinese Army are trembling under our iron hooves, and no one can stop us! ”

"Hai, Your Excellency the division commander is wise, our Imperial Japanese Army will be invincible in the world!" Under the encouragement of Kiyotaro Uemura, the generals shouted one after another, and their arrogance was like a group of demons dancing wildly.

After the order not to seal the sword for three days was conveyed, the morale of the Japanese army was really greatly boosted, and everyone shouted wildly, Lieutenant General Uemura Seitaro struck while the iron was hot, and decided to march to Baotou tomorrow, and use the tactics of quick battle and quick victory to push the base area of the instructor.

At eight o'clock in the morning of February 4, after breakfast, the 60,000-day puppet army marched towards Baotou, which was less than 80 kilometers, from the right banner of Tumut to Baotou Town, all the way was plains and grasslands, and the Japanese army was unimpeded all the way, and the speed of advance was very fast.

The first to advance was the Fourth Tank Wing of the 12th Division, the Fourth Tank Wing had a total of 68 tanks, and the strength of the Wing was 1,100 people.

Immediately behind the chariot wing was the cavalry wing of the 12th Division, which also had more than 1,000 troops, and they were mixed in the middle of more than 10,000 cavalry units of the puppet Mongolian army, which seemed very inconspicuous.

Although the infantry combat effectiveness of the puppet Mongolian army is not good, the cavalry is still very strong, which is the main reason why the Japanese army brought them on this expedition.

Listening to the roar of chariots and the roaring sound of horses' hooves, Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura was full of confidence in the strategic goal of eliminating the instructor of the Eighth Route Army.