After receiving the report from Lieutenant General Takamasa Sekii, commander of the 14th Division, and Major General Kawamura Higashi, commander of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro, commander of the First Army, immediately panicked, took the telegram, and the chief of staff, Shojiro Iida, rushed to the map, found the word "Chen Qiao," and looked at it carefully. Vertex. Fastest updates

Chenqiao stored the munitions and materials of the First Army and the Kwantung Army to supplement the 14th Division, the 3rd Brigade and the 13th Brigade. Although Japan was still strong at this time, it could not withstand such frequent losses.

The Eighth Route Army captured Dezhou and seized the supplies of the 16th Division, the 114th Division, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, the 13th Mixed Brigade, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade, which made the North China Front lose face. Now that the North China Front has not joined the Wuhan melee, Chenqiao, which stores munitions and materials, has been attacked and occupied by the Eighth Route Army. Needless to say, Chen Qiao's arms and materials fell into the pocket of the Eighth Route Army again!

If the war continues like this, the North China Front will become the transport team of the Eighth Route Army. The result is inevitably that the Eighth Route Army will become stronger and stronger, and the North China Front Army will become poorer and poorer! In the end, I am afraid that the North China Front Army will become a stepping stone for the rise of the Eighth Route Army!

This is what Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro really thought when he looked at the word "Chen Qiao" on the map!

Unlike Takamasa Sekii and Dong Kawamura, Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro, who is as cunning as a fox and as ruthless as a wolf, did not believe that it was the troops of the First War Zone who smuggled across the Yellow River to occupy Chenqiao, but directly locked on the Eighth Route Army, thinking that it was the troops of the Eighth Route Army who repeated their old tricks and attacked Chenqiao!

Mitsu Mijiro was a man who was good at researching problems, and belonged to the scholar-type general of the Japanese army. Xiao Siming led his troops to attack Shijiazhuang, which is equivalent to giving Mitsu Mijiro a vivid lesson in the Chinese art of war, this guy drew inferences from one another, from the Pingxingguan ambush when the Eighth Route Army first entered the anti-Japanese battlefield, the surprise attack on Yangming Fort, the overlapping ambush of Qiqian Village, and the Guangyang ambush, all of a sudden thought of Xiao Siming's troops from the attack on Yu County began a series of wonderful battles, and understood that the tactics of the Eighth Route Army were in the same line, all of which were in front and behind, and they were extremely flexible.

What Mitsu Mijiro thought was that the Eighth Route Army, only the Eighth Route Army, which was good at guerrilla warfare, would suddenly appear in Chenqiao and attack and occupy Chenqiao!

Major General Shojiro Iida, chief of staff of the First Army, also believed that the Eighth Route Army had attacked and occupied Chenqiao, and scoffed at the claims of Lieutenant General Takamasa Sekii and Major General Kawamura Dong that the troops of the First Theater had smuggled across the Yellow River to occupy Chenqiao. The reason is very simple, if the Kuomintang army in the first theater had the vision, courage and tactics to attack Chen Qiao, they would not have abandoned the so important Lanfeng county town and Shangqiu during the Lanfeng battle!

Although Mitsu Mijiro and Iida Shojiro both judged in their hearts that the Eighth Route Army had attacked and occupied Chenqiao, they had no further information and could not figure out which unit of the Eighth Route Army had attacked and occupied Chenqiao!

Originally, Mitsu Mijiro and Iida Shojiro's first thought was to attack Xiao Siming's Department of the Eighth Route Army in Shijiazhuang and then attack and occupy Chenqiao. But on closer inspection, I feel that it is impossible. There are two main reasons: one is that the entire northern Henan is under the control of the Japanese puppets, and Xiao Siming's troops have to pass through northern Henan, so it is impossible not to leave a trace, and it is impossible for the Japanese puppet army in northern Henan not to report to the top. Even if Xiao Siming detoured from southern Hebei to Luxi to Fengqiu, the independent mixed fourth brigade blocked the first line of the southbound passage of the Zhanghe River, and the independent mixed scattered brigade inserted into Linqing and Liaocheng, there is no way out! You must know that Xiao Siming is not alone, but leading the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army to capture Dezhou and attack Shijiazhuang, which is a troop with chariots, armored vehicles and cars, how can it be possible to quietly flow to Chenqiao by the Yellow River? Second, it is impossible in time. You must know that Xiao Siming's troops were still attacking Shijiazhuang in the early morning of the 16th, how could it be possible to attack and occupy Chenqiao on the evening of the 18th? Unless they are already mechanized troops, it is simply impossible to do it with the two legs of the infantry!

Although Xiao Siming's ministry had chariots, armored vehicles, and automobiles stolen from the imperial army, the number was limited, and it was impossible for him to achieve mechanization!

Mitsu Mijiro and Iida Shojiro know this.

Therefore, Mitsu Yoshijiro ordered the telegram of Takamasa Sekii and Kawamura Dong to be forwarded to the headquarters of the North China Front, and sent a telegram in the name of the headquarters of the First Army, stating his judgment: The first part of the Eighth Route Army attacked and occupied Chenqiao and stole the supplies stored in Chenqiao! It is recommended to transfer troops, strengthen the garrison in northern Henan, eliminate the Eighth Route Army that attacked and occupied Chenqiao, and recapture the stolen materials!

At the same time as reporting to the North China Front, Mitsu Yoshijiro sent a report to the commander of the 14th Division, Takamasa Sekii, asking him to strengthen the garrison and wait for further orders, and it was strictly forbidden to send troops across the river to reinforce Chenqiao!

Mitsu Mijiro was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would attack the Japanese army again, so that the Japanese army would suffer greater losses!

The Eighth Route Army was good at night fighting. Without air cover, the 14th Division of the Japanese Army dared to cross the river by boat at night to attack, and it would really be sent to death!

The Japanese 110th Division had not yet arrived in the North China Battlefield, and Mitsu Mijiro and his First Army Headquarters were still in Shijiazhuang. This guy was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, and he was completely frightened by Xiao Siming's attack on Shijiazhuang, and without accurate information, he dared to conclude that the squadron that attacked and occupied Chen Qiao was a unit of the Eighth Route Army!

Mitsu Mijiro still has a short time in the First Army, and he only has a rational understanding of the Eighth Route Army, and he doesn't know enough about it.

The commander of the North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, were different, and as soon as they received the telegram, they concluded that Xiao Siming's troops had attacked and occupied Chenqiao!

As for Mitsu Mijiro's consideration, it could not be the reason why Xiao Siming's troops captured Chenqiao, Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo didn't think about it at all, but they decided that it was Xiao Siming's troops who attacked and occupied Chenqiao!

Since the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division are now under the direct command of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo have been staying in the war room, paying close attention to the heavy siege launched by the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division against the southern Hebei region this morning, and hoping that they will be able to encircle Xiao Siming's eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army and the southern Hebei troops of the Eighth Route Army into the net and wipe them all out. Na Cheng thought that it was dark, and the headquarters of the First Army actually reported the news of the attack and occupation of Chen Qiao!

Okabe Naosaburo's hands trembling with the telegram, his eyes radiating a devouring light, and he said viciously to Terauchi Shouichi: "Your Excellency Commander: This Xiao Siming is too ferocious, and every time he attacks, the imperial army suffers heavy losses. This person must be alive to see people dead and corpses, and he must not be allowed to escape again! ”

At this time, Shouichi Terauchi couldn't care about cursing Xiao Siming viciously anymore, it was useless!

Shouichi Terauchi stood in front of the map with a blue face, and said for a long time: "Okabe-kun, don't be impatient!" Didn't you notice that Xiao Siming miscalculated this time, he threw himself into the net and died out? ”

When has this been, the face of the North China Front has been swollen into a pig's head by Xiao Siming, and Shouichi Terauchi is still in the mood to pretend to be profound!

Naosaburo Okabe can now imagine how the Japanese people will comment on the North China Front once they learn about the North China Front's repeated deflated internal affairs, and it must be comments like "incompetent" and "stupid"!

In his heart, he slandered Terauchi Shouichi's pretense of being high-minded, but Okabe Naosaburo was also hesitant at this time, so he could only say cruel words. Shouichi Terauchi said this, and it really whetted the appetite of Naosaburo Okabe!

Taking a step forward, Naosaburo Okabe's gaze followed Toshiki Terauchi's finger on the map, wanting to hear what His Excellency the Commander had to say!

After all, Terauchi Shouichi is a giant of the Japanese army, and he belongs to the kind of commander-level figure who determines the direction of the Japanese army. Although the 15th Independent Infantry Brigade collectively shattered jade and stored the munitions and materials stored in Chenqiao fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, for a decision-making figure like him, although it was also painful, it was nothing after all, it was a trivial matter.

In the eyes of Shouyi in the temple, Xiao Siming's attack on Chen Qiao is equivalent to exposing the position, which is a good thing!

I heard Shouichi Terauchi say slowly: "There is no bridge on the Yellow River, and Xiao Siming has stolen the chariots, armored vehicles, and automobiles of the imperial army, and it is impossible to fly across the Yellow River!" The Northern Henan Plain is also a flat river, which is most suitable for mechanized divisional movements such as the Fifth Division. As long as we lay the net again, Xiao Siming's wings will not escape! ”

Saying this, Okabe Naosaburo immediately stared at him. Yes, on the south bank of the Yellow River is the 14th Division, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, and the 13th Mixed Brigade, and to the east is the surging Yellow River, and to the north is the steel torrent of the 5th Division and the 16th Division that are sweeping southern Hebei. In a hurry, Xiao Siming could only go west and enter Taihang Mountain or Zhongtiao Mountain. It was all a mountainous area, and although it was suitable for the Tubalu concealed troops, it was not suitable for the movement of troops with combat vehicles, armored vehicles, and automobiles like Xiao Siming's department. If he really drilled into Taihang Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain, hehe, that is, he chopped off the claws himself!

Without tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles, Xiao Siming's troops would not be able to gallop at will, and they would not be much different from the ordinary Eighth Route Army troops, and it would be impossible to cause such major damage to the imperial army!

Thinking of this, Okabe Naosaburo's eyes suddenly lit up, his mind was also lively, his thinking was also open, he stared at the map for a while, and then suggested: "Your Excellency Commander, this time we will build a net, we will build a big net, use all the forces that can be used, and deploy defenses on the Yellow River in the south and east to prevent Xiao Siming's troops from crossing the river; To the west, the First Army was ordered to organize forces to hold the passage to Zhongtiao Mountain and Taihang Mountain. Then, we mobilized the 5th Division, the 16th Division, the 21st Division, the 4th Brigade and the 3rd Brigade to march together to seal Xiao Siming by the Yellow River and squeeze him into the Yellow River to feed the fish! ”

Shouichi Terauchi laughed!

After laughing, Terauchi Shouichi glanced at Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo and said in an approving tone: "Okabe-kun, you are a very good chief of staff!" Yours, quickly make a battle plan. This time, it is the third time that the North China Army has sent troops to encircle and suppress Xiao Siming's troops, and we must learn the lessons of the first two times, and we must not let him escape! ”

When he said this, Terauchi Shouichi slammed his right hand downwards with one palm, made a head-cutting motion, and said to Okabe Naosaburo: "Xiao Siming's, it's dead, it's dead!" Do you understand? ”

Naosaburo Okabe directly said, "Hello!" (To be continued.) )