The mixed brigade of the Japanese army stationed in North China was the culprit unit that launched the Lugou Bridge Incident, and everyone from the brigade commander to the joint commander and group commander had already been promoted for their meritorious service in launching a full-scale war of aggression against China. The current captains of the major units of the Second Infantry Wing www.biquge.info were all squadron commander-level officers at that time.

As soon as the military column of the Second Brigade of the Second Infantry Wing of the North China Garrison Army arrived at the Huanghuangya Railway Station, the captain of the Devil Brigade ordered the troops to quickly get off the train and unload their equipment.

Okabe Naosaburo is worthy of being the chief of staff of the North China Front, and he is very spicy! Although he had full confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the North China Garrison Army, he still transferred eight tanks, eight armored vehicles, and an artillery squadron equipped with four infantry guns from the combat convoy assigned to the Second Wing by the mixed brigade of the North China Garrison Army, reinforced it to the Second Infantry Brigade, and shipped it with the vehicle.

The Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the North China Garrison Army itself has an infantry artillery squadron, and after being strengthened, it is equivalent to having two tank squadrons, two armored vehicle squadrons, and two infantry artillery squadrons.

With such firepower, it is definitely more than enough to recapture Texas!

The train mileage of Huangheya Town is only 110 kilometers from Jinan, and the military train loaded with the second brigade is because it has to carry tanks and armored vehicles, which affects the departure time, so it is like a turtle crawling, and it does not arrive at Huangheya Railway Station until 4 o'clock in the morning.

The reason why Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo strengthened such a powerful firepower for the Second Brigade was because he thought one level deeper than the average Japanese generals, and knew that it was definitely not a fluke that the Eighth Route Army could capture Texas!

From mobilizing the Third Railway Wing stationed in Dongguang to Cangzhou to attack Nanpi and Yanshan, to mobilizing the Fourth Independent Railway Brigade stationed in Dezhou City to kill Xiangling County, these are all Chinese tactics in the art of war to divert the tiger from the mountain. Although Fuyuan Zhongzuo's brain is stupider than a pig, he became the Eighth Route Army and turned Dezhou City into an almost undefended empty city, but there are several troops in Dezhou City with military stations and baggage troops, as well as the pseudo-Dexian Self-Police Regiment and the pseudo-Canal Garrison Brigade, and the scale of the force is not small. The fact that the Eighth Route Army was able to break through the city in such a short period of time and make Fuyuan Zhongsa lose radio contact with his superiors shows that the Eighth Route Army besieging the city moved quickly and aggressively, and Fuyuan Zhongzuo simply did not have time to organize an effective defense and counterattack.

At that time, Okabe Naosaburo thought of the attack on the Lianzhen Railway Station, the eight tanks and four armored vehicles pulled up by the army column that was attacked by the Eighth Route Army at that time, and the Gaoping dual-purpose gun, Gaoping dual-purpose machine gun and infantry gun on the car.

Intuitively, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo had in his heart linked the attack on the Lianzhen Railway Station, and even the blowing up of the Ziya River Railway Bridge, with the current attack on the north of the city of Dezhou, and he had already decided in his heart that these battles were all done by one army!

Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo realized at that time that the commander of the Eighth Route Army who captured Dezhou was not simple, and he used the strategy of the Chinese art of war to the fullest. The most important thing is that how did the commander of the Eighth Route Army know that there were so many arms supplies stored in Texas City? Did he see the important role of the current Dezhou City in the Longhai Road operation of the North China Front, so he decisively attacked and occupied Dezhou? If that is the case, we will have to re-understand this Eighth Route Army and the commander of this Eighth Route Army.

With this understanding, Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe reinforced combat vehicles, armored vehicles, and artillery to the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the Mixed Brigade of the North China Garrison Army.

However, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo was also very conflicted in his heart, after all, he was the chief of staff of the North China Front Army, and he still knew the basic situation of the Eighth Route Army, and knew that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was only three divisions, six brigades, and twelve regiments, and these main forces were all on the Shanxi battlefield, and it was impossible to come to both sides of the Jinpu Road. Even if a main regiment of the Eighth Route Army secretly moved to the side of Jinpu Road, even if they succeeded in sneaking up on the Lianzhen Railway Station and captured several chariots and armored vehicles of the Imperial Army, they would not use it! Because the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield in Shanxi burned down the cars and armored vehicles of the imperial army after the ambush.

With this basic understanding of the Eighth Route Army, Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe is more inclined to believe that the Eighth Route Army that captured Dezhou was most likely a unit of Lu Zhengcao's unit operating in central Hebei, or a guerrilla unit of the Eighth Route Army that had recently been operating in the southern Hebei Plain. It's just that there is a very cunning and murderous commander in this Eighth Route Army!

The situation was unclear, which led to the arrogance and spiciness, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, chief of staff of the North China Front, who was psychologically conflicted, miscalculated, and hurriedly sent the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the North China Garrison Army Mixed Brigade to Dezhou!

The Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the Mixed Brigade of the North China Garrison Army are all veterans, and they have been in North China for a long time, and they are familiar with the local geography, and their combat effectiveness is definitely the first class in the Japanese army. Not to mention that the newly formed Fourth Brigade and the Fifth Brigade of Railway Independence cannot be compared with them, that is, the special divisions and regiments of the Japanese army, such as the 108th Division and the 109th Division, are far inferior in combat effectiveness to the mixed brigades of the North China Garrison Army.

In the minds of Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, with the combat effectiveness of the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the North China Garrison Army, and the strengthening of combat vehicles, armored vehicles, artillery, and the cooperation of the Fourth Independent Railway Brigade, plus the Third Railway Wing and the Fifth Independent Railway Brigade as backup, it was absolutely no problem to quickly recapture Dezhou!

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe probably never thought about whether the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the North China Garrison Army Mixed Brigade would not be able to go back and be annihilated after arriving in Dezhou! Because that's not logical, it's impossible! He has already arranged for the deployment, and the Fifth Independent Railway Brigade will stick to the section from the Huangheya Railway Station on Jinpu Road to the Yellow River Highway Bridge in Luokou, so as to ensure that the military train carrying the Second Brigade will arrive safely all the way to the Huangheya Railway Station. As long as the second brigade arrives at the Yellow River, it can immediately launch an attack on Dezhou, retreat and hold on to the spot, waiting for the cooperation and support of the fourth and fifth independent brigades of the railway, and can also get reinforcements from the third wing of the railway stationed in the section from Cangzhou to Wuqiao, and the north and south will be flanked, and nothing will go wrong!

This was a no-brainer. Judging from the examples of the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army fighting each other on the Shanxi battlefield, the Eighth Route Army used the so-called guerrilla tactics, that is, they would leave with one shot, and would not defend one city or one place. They will definitely be evacuated before the 2nd Brigade arrives in Texas!

In the mind of Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, the second brigade should quickly arrive at the Huangheya Railway Station, quickly attack and advance towards Dezhou City, catch the Eighth Route Army that may be preparing to escape, and completely destroy them!

Not only Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo has this view, but also the captain of the Second Brigade who has just arrived at the Huangheya Railway Station. This guy, for fear that the troops would move slowly, let the Eighth Route Army that sneak attack Texas run away, and remove all the arms, food, and medicines in Texas City, which will affect his revenge for Fuyuan Zhongzuo, and also affect his military exploits!

Therefore, after the captain of this devil brigade got out of the military column, he briefly inquired about the enemy's situation, and ordered the radio station to report to Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo who was at the Jinan Advance Headquarters that the second brigade had arrived at its destination safely.

The five devils sent by Second Lieutenant Xiao Cangjian to search and reconnoitre have not returned, and a few traitors from the Huangheya District Office who rode bicycles have not returned. But to the delight of the Devil Captain, Lieutenant Yamada, and Second Lieutenant Xiao Cangjian, there were already refugees not far from Texas who had fled to Huangheya Town.

In fact, this is not a refugee, but the district chiefs, security chiefs, and baoding of the pseudo-local government in the southeast of Dezhou City, they were awakened by the sound of guns and cannons of the Eighth Route Army attacking the city, and watched for a while, and after the gunfire stopped, they thought that it must be the Eighth Route Army that captured Dezhou City, and they were so frightened that they fled in the direction of Huangheya Town.

If the Japanese army stationed in Huangheya Town did not intercept it, these guys might run directly across the Yellow River to Jinan. In their eyes, Jinan is safe!

The situation they reported confirmed the judgment of Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, and it was also in line with the thoughts of the captain of the second brigade of devils!

Second Lieutenant Xiao Cangjian selected a few people from among these traitors who had fled to Huangheya Town, and after questioning, he took them to Lieutenant Yamada and the captain of the 2nd Brigade to report the situation.

These traitors reported that the Eighth Route Army did not know where it came from, and suddenly launched an attack on the Texas airport and Texas City at about 10 o'clock in the night. Now that the gunfire in Texas City has stopped, it must be that the Eighth Route Army has captured Texas.

The captain of the devil brigade saw that a guy wearing a Japanese combat cap and carrying a shell gun on his back looked more clever, so he asked the interpreter to ask him, do you know what the number of this Eighth Route Army is and how many troops it has?

The guy nodded and said, I don't know, because Dexian has long been occupied by the imperial army, and there has never been a Eighth Route Army, tonight this is a hell, the Eighth Route Army is like a heavenly soldier, without a single sign, it suddenly appeared.

The interpreter asked again, do you know what the Eighth Route Army that captured Texas is doing now?

The guy immediately said that he knew that the Eighth Route Army was robbing the money, arms, and food in Texas City. Before he came to Huangheya, he took a few brothers to the side of the road to take a look, good fellow, the road leading to the city of Texas was full of people, cars, horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, ox carts, wheelbarrows, all kinds of cars, and some people carried picks, some went into the city, some went out of the city, the ones that entered the city were empty, and the cars that went out of the city were loaded on their shoulders and picked up on their shoulders, all of which were rice bags, noodle bags, canned food boxes, medicine boxes, and ammunition boxes, which must have been transported from Texas City!

When the captain of the devil brigade heard this, his eyes were red, he scolded "Baga", pulled out the command knife, and chopped the traitor who reported in a verbose manner, which scared the other traitors to and urine at that time!

Unable to wait for all the combat vehicles, armored vehicles, and artillery to be unloaded, the captain of the devil brigade ordered Lieutenant Yamada to send a guide to guide the first infantry squadron of the second brigade out of Huangheya Town, search and attack along the highway in the direction of Dezhou, and order other infantry squadrons and machine gun squadrons to follow up. He himself supervised the unloading of the vehicles at the railway station, and let the combat vehicles, armored vehicles, and artillery teams follow up as soon as possible.

Those traitors are unlucky, their crotches are full of feces and urine, and they have to be clamped to act as guides and lead the devils to march in the direction of Texas!

Huangheya Town is still 12 kilometers away from Dezhou City, and the infantry has to walk a little more than two hours in a hurry! When the captain of the devil brigade thought about coming, when his brigade arrived outside Texas, it was half past six and almost seven o'clock, the sky was already clear, and he could still get the support of the aviation troops, and he was not afraid of the Eighth Route Army blocking attacks along the way and occasionally digging traps for him to jump!

Under the strict order of the commander of the devil's brigade, the first squadron of the second wing of the mixed brigade of the Japanese North China garrison army left the railway station and searched along the highway in the direction of Dezhou City in the northwest.

It was followed by the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Brigade and the Machine Gun Squadron with 12 heavy machine guns, followed by the 3rd Squadron and the 4th Squadron.

By the time the captain of the Devil's Brigade left the Huangheya Railway Station with eight tanks, eight armored vehicles, and an infantry artillery team and transport team drawn by pack horses, the four infantry squadrons and machine gun teams of the Devils had already walked out of Huangheya Town for 5 miles.

When the captain of the devil brigade left the Huangheya Station, he still cautiously told Lieutenant Yamada that he must guard the Huangheya Railway Station and ensure the safety of the railway and highway transportation lines connecting Jinan! (To be continued.) )