Chapter 787 Trap

Just when Liu Yimin was in Bancheng and **, Chen Yi, and Huang Kecheng were in Huanhuan, the Japanese North China Front Headquarters and the Central China Dispatch Army Command of the Japanese Army had already determined the fact that Liu Yimin led the main force of the instructor to northeast Anhui and northern Jiangsu, and had begun to mobilize a large army to prepare to gather and annihilate the southward troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Suzhou-Anhui border area east of Jinpu Road, south of Longhai Road, and north of Huai River.

This time, the commander of the North China Front, General Sugi Sugimoto, and the new commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, General Nishio Toshizo, were ready to join forces to create a miracle.

Nishio Shouzo, an old devil, has been lucky recently, and at the same time as being appointed as the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, he was promoted to general, which is the ultimate point of complacency. After arriving in Nanjing, Nishio Shouzo immediately established the 13th Army in Shanghai in accordance with the instructions of the base camp, with himself as the commander, the 3rd Lieutenant General of Sakurai Province as the chief of staff, and the army headquarters in Shanghai, under the jurisdiction of the 15th Division, the 17th Division, the 22nd Division, the 116th Division, and the 1st, 5th, 7th, 11th, and 12th Brigades of the Independent Mixed Brigade. The other units are all in the Central China Dispatch Army, and only the 22nd Division cannot join the 13th Army for the time being because it belongs to the North China Front.

As soon as the organization of the troops was completed, Nishio Shousheng set his sights on the Suzhou-Anhui border area north of the Huai River, and he wanted to use the head of the southbound troops of the Eighth Route Army and Liu Yimin to offer him a flag for his promotion to army general, his appointment as commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, and even his subsequent appointment as the commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army.

After all, Nishio Shouzo served as the commander of the Second Army, and suffered a big loss under the instructor of the Eighth Route Army. Although his successor, Lieutenant General Tsukihiko of Higashijur Palace, died unexplained, Terauchi Shouichi and Nishio Shouzo both understood that this Lieutenant General of Higashijuer Palace Tsukihiko must have died at the hands of the Eighth Route Army Instructor. Therefore, although the old devil of Nishio Shouzao said that he was eager to take Liu Yimin's head and the southbound troops of the Eighth Route Army to sacrifice the flag, he was not reckless, and after repeatedly discussing with the chief of staff Kawabe Masasan decided to unite the North China Front Army, concentrate all the troops that could be mobilized, and completely annihilate the southbound troops of the Eighth Route Army, and take the head of Liu Yimin.

The reason why Nishio Shouzo wanted to unite with the North China Front Army was because he was short of troops. If it were to be replaced by other squadrons, Nishio Shouzo would not have so many worries, and only Okamura Ninji's Eleventh Army could complete the task. The instructor of the Eighth Route Army is not an ordinary squadron, it is a squadron that leads to the 21st Brigade, the 21st Division, the 8th Division, the 10th Division, the 14th Division, the 108th Division, the 33rd Division, the 34th Division and several independent mixed brigades.

Sugi Moto's power within the Japanese army was much greater than that of Nishio Shouzo. He was a man who had been the prime minister of land and single-handedly planned a full-scale war of aggression against China, and he was wooden on the outside, but he was very proud in his bones. Originally, letting him be the commander of the North China Front was a punitive decision made by Emperor Hirohito who was dissatisfied with the bankruptcy of the quick victory theory. This made Sugi Sugimoto always resentful, thinking that Emperor Hirohito was unfair to him.

What made Shanshanyuan even more angry was that with his ability Shanshanyuan, he had no way to take the Eighth Route Army, he was defeated and lost, and his face was gray, just like the incompetent Itagaki and the unlucky Terauchi Shouichi, who couldn't raise his head in front of the people and the army.

Fortunately, there is a Lady Blossom-like Fumiko Hayashi who accompanies Sugi Sugi Moto and becomes his secret wartime lover. Otherwise, Shanshan Yuan would have gone crazy a long time ago.

Shanshan Yuan has been in North China for a while, and he has some understanding of the situation on the battlefield in North China. He had already judged that Liu Yimin had arrived in the Suxian area, and seized this opportunity to mobilize heavy troops, and was cooperating with the First Army stationed in Shanxi and the Mongolian army to carry out a frantic sweep of the Eighth Route Army's base areas in the northwest of Shanxi and the base areas of Shanxi, as well as the base areas in Shanxi. It's just that some time ago, Liu Yimin's troops had been hiding and waiting in northeast Anhui, and only fought some small battles, which made Shanshanyuan doubt his judgment, for fear that Liu Yimin would secretly return to Shandong and stab him in the heart at a critical time. Therefore, as soon as he received the report from the Central China Dispatch Army from the base camp that the Eighth Route Army had quickly captured several county towns in northeast Anhui and northern Jiangsu, Shanshan Yuan's heart finally landed, and there was a trace of joy in his tone, and he immediately said to Chief of Staff Yamashita Fengwen and Deputy Chief of Staff Muto Zhang: "It seems that our judgment is correct, Liu Yimin did go to the Suzhou-Anhui region, and now the guys from the Central China Dispatch Army are scratching their heads!" ”

Without exception, these people were the culprits of the Japanese invasion of China, and they all wanted to immediately eliminate the instructor of the Eighth Route Army who had made the Japanese Army lose face in front of the whole world, and capture or kill Liu Yimin alive. However, the unforgiving truth tells them that it is impossible. China's ground is so large, no matter how tight the defense line is, it is possible that people will see the weak link and attack one point. Well, now that Liu Yimin has indeed wandered to the Suzhou-Anhui region, he must be going to attack the Yangtze River defense line, which is the defense of the Central China Dispatch Army, let the Central China Dispatch Army make it difficult and embarrassing. As long as the North China Front seizes this opportunity, fights a special battle, and engages in a few beautiful battles, it will immediately be able to change the image of the North China Front in the eyes of the Japanese people.

A few old devils were secretly happy in their hearts, but they didn't say anything about it, this kind of idea was very despicable, and it was taboo to spread it, and it didn't match their identity.

After feeling a little proud, Deputy Chief of Staff Muto Akira first raised a big question: The Central China Dispatch Army did not have permanent divisions and regiments in Jiangsu and Anhui north of the Yangtze River, and the 17th Anhui Division, several independent mixed brigades in northern and central Jiangsu, and those police-like garrisons alone could not stop the offensive of the instructors of the Eighth Route Army. If Liu Yimin was allowed to attack the Yangtze River and join forces with the troops of China's Third Theater on the other side of the river to cut off the Yangtze River defense line, the imperial army around Wuhan would fall into the encirclement of the squadron. In this way, the situation of the entire Central China dispatch army will be dangerous, and not only will all the gains made in Central China since the beginning of the war be lost, but it may also lead to the loss of the war by the Great Japanese Empire.

Although Muto Akira is a bit alarmist, such a bad situation is indeed possible. If it is just to let the Central China Dispatch Army fight a few defeats, like the North China Front Army to lose people, it is nothing. As soon as they said that it was possible to lose the war, Sugi Sugi Yuan and Yamashita Fengfumi both woke up and hurriedly climbed to the map to examine it.

After a long time, Sugi Mototocai raised his head from the map and said to Yamashita Fengfumi: "Yamashita-kun, if the excellent Yamato nation loses to the sick man of East Asia, it will be terrible, I might as well disembowel!" Of course, this is simply not possible. However, it is still necessary to remind the Central China dispatch army to mobilize heavy troops to hold the line of the Huai River. ”

Yamashita Fengwen said casually: "If you can hold the line of the Huai River, you can mobilize heavy troops to completely annihilate Liu Yimin's troops in the area north of the Huai River, east of Jinpu Road, and south of Longhai Road." Once and for all, Liu Yimin, a cancer of public security in North China, was uprooted. ”

When Yamashita Fengwen said this, Shanshan Yuan's eyes widened in surprise, and he looked at Yamashita Fengwen a little incredulously, wondering if His Excellency the Chief of Staff had a fever.

Muto Zhang was energetic, looked at the map, and said, "This place is indeed a natural battlefield to destroy the main force of the Eighth Route Army Instructor. Your Excellency, Commander, this area is all plains and water networks. Liu Yimin's main force had many artillery, automobiles, carts, and cavalry, and it was very inconvenient to maneuver. Although the Imperial Army was highly mechanized and inconvenient to maneuver, we had enough motor boats, patrol boats, and motorboats to quickly transfer troops through the river. Haha, every river here will be a natural barrier to stop the movement of Liu Yimin's troops. This time, I'll see where else he's going. ”

Shanshan Yuan thought about it, and this is indeed the truth. At the very least, you can use the river to divide and surround Liu Yimin's troops, and then fight steadily and eat them bite by bite.

Shanshan Yuan immediately ordered Yamashita Fengfu and Muto Akira to draw up their own battle plan, contact the Central China Dispatch Army, and let them hold the first line of the Huai River and the Jinpu Road, and turn Liu Yimin's troops into fish on the board, and the North China Front Army is the knife that chops the fish. This time, the cunning Liu Yimin must not be allowed to escape again.

Before Yamashita had sent a report to the Central China Dispatch Army, he received a notice that Nishio Shousei was appointed commander of the Central China Dispatch Army and that the 13th Army would be formed. Shanshan Yuan muttered in his heart, if this is a success in the first battle, will it be regarded as his own credit or Nishio Shouzo's credit?

Shanshanyuan didn't mutter for too long, after Nishio Shouzao arrived in Nanjing and completed the organization of the 13th Army, he immediately sent a telegram to Shanshanyuan, asking the North China Front Army to cooperate and completely eliminate the Liu Yimin Department of the Eighth Route Army in the Suzhou-Anhui region.

Shanshan Yuan sighed in his heart, Nishio Shouzo deserves to be the commander of the Second Army, and he saw the fighter plane as soon as he came up, and the hero saw the same thing!

In addition to sighing, Sugi Sugimoto informed Nishio Shouzo of the battle plan formulated by Yamashita Fengfu and Muto Akira, and invited Nishio Shouzo to come to Beiping to discuss the plan.

Nishio Shouzo saw Sugi Moto's battle plan and was amazed.

It turned out that Yamashita Fengwen and Muto Zhang, one was a fierce general who was good at surprise attacks, and the other was a guy who was good at conspiracy and trickery, and the battle plan formulated by the two people was not to mobilize the army to encircle and sweep the Suzhou-Anhui region from all sides, but to use the sweep of the base area of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong as bait, mobilize Liu Yimin to come to aid, gather heavy troops on the Longhai line, arrange a large-depth ambush circle, and wait for work to completely eliminate Liu Yimin's forces who returned to Shandong.

Nishio Shouzo and the chief of staff, Kawabe Shozo, immediately flew to Beiping and conspired with Sugi Sugimoto and Yamashita Fumi.

This guy Muto Akira reflected on Japan's strategy of aggression against China some time ago and came to the conclusion that it is best to accept the war of aggression against China. It's a pity that his official position is too small, and the bigwigs in the Japanese army base camp are busy urging Wang Jingwei to establish a traitor government as soon as possible, and are busy paying attention to the war in the Normenhan area. Now that the commanders of the North China Front and the Central China Dispatch Army were gathered in Beiping, Muto felt that only by planning well this operation to eliminate Liu Yimin's forces could Shanshan Yuan and Nishio Shouzo truly recognize their talents and then value their own opinions.

Muto Akira bhalted his spirits and considered how to quickly and covertly mobilize troops, set up battlefields, and provide logistical support.

According to Muto Zhang's plan, as long as the Japanese army swept a certain base area of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong and surrounded and annihilated the Eighth Route Army, Liu Yimin had to return to help. As long as Liu Yimin returns to help, he will cross Longhai Road. Moreover, Liu Yimin's troops returned to Shandong, most likely to return to the southeast of Shandong and approach the Taiyi Mountains. It was the nest of the Eighth Route Army, and the strategic materials of Liu Yimin's department should be hidden there, and his troops had been out to fight for a long time, and oil and the like were bound to be urgently replenished. Therefore, this trap is set between Xuzhou and Lianyungang, where it is most convenient to enter and exit southeast Shandong.

In case the Eighth Route Army goes to the southeast of Lu, but enters the plain area from the west of Xuzhou, it is not afraid, guarding the railway line and the main road, the troops are mobilized rapidly, and it is completely possible to form an encirclement in the Weishan Lake area of Lunan, and it can also completely annihilate Liu Yimin's troops.

Taking a step back, even if Liu Yimin tore open the encirclement and escaped, it would be nothing, as long as his troops were severely damaged, it could be regarded as achieving part of the purpose of the campaign.

To tell the truth, Sugi Sugimoto and Nishio Toshizo are both powerful figures, including Yamashita Fumimi and Kawabe Shozo, who are also outstanding generals in the Japanese army. Muto Akira's vision is bold and novel, and it does have merit. There is another point, Muto Zhang did not say it, Shanshan Yuan and Nishio Shouzo understood in their hearts, that is, China's affairs are complicated, and they are old enemies, and now although they are cooperating in the War of Resistance, after all, they are melons on two vines, and they can't twist together. Even with the inside, it is not monolithic, each has its own territory, each has its own strength. Liu Yimin fought in the Suzhou-Anhui region, and Chiang Kai-shek may not be happy, and he will not watch the Suzhou-Anhui region occupy again. Maybe Chiang Kai-shek will strictly order Liu Yimin to return to Shandong as soon as possible! Liu Yimin can't help Shandong if he doesn't want to.

The facts also proved the conjecture of Sugi Sugi Mototo and Nishio Toshizo. After the Eighth Route Army captured the county towns of Wuhe and Xuyi, it did not continue its attack south of the Huai River. With Liu Yimin's character of eating meat and not spitting out bones, this is impossible under normal circumstances. What does this mean? It shows that Liu Yimin is likely to return to Shandong.

Of course, this is just the judgment of Sugi Sugimoto, Nishio Shouzo and others, and it also needs intelligence support.

Northeast Anhui and northern Jiangsu were not consolidated base areas at this time, and the Eighth Route Army's southward troops were launched with all their might, and traitors would inevitably flee to the Japanese strongholds, and the Japanese army would also get information. Based on all aspects of intelligence, the Japanese army has determined that the Eighth Route Army, which is deployed in northeastern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, has a large number of cavalry, automobiles, tanks, and armored vehicles. Needless to say, this is the main force of Liu Yimin's ministry. If the first battle can eliminate the main force of Liu Yimin's instructor, then the battle in North China will be easy to fight in the future.

Sugi Sugimoto and Nishio Shouzo have the same heart, and their determination is quickly decided. The Central China Dispatch Army dispatched the 6th Division and the 9th Division from the 11th Army to take a boat along the Yangtze River and land directly in Lianyungang. The North China Front launched a large-scale sweep against the Eighth Route Army in Jinan and Taixi with troops stationed in Jinan, Tai'an, and Yanzhou, and launched an offensive against Yu Xuezhong's department in the Sulu Theater in Lunan with the 10th Division stationed in Lunan. Troops were transferred from the troops stationed in eastern Henan to secretly move to Xuzhou through the railway, blocking the northward passage of Liu Yimin's troops west of Xuzhou. With the 6th Division, the 9th Division, the 114th Division stationed in Xuzhou, and a brigade of the Guards Division in Qingdao as the main forces, together with heavy artillery units, an ambush circle was deployed on the ground in the East China Sea of the Longhai Line, annihilating the main force of Liu Yimin's southward troops in one fell swoop.

The plan was certain, and Sugi Sugimoto and Nishio Shouzo immediately issued an order, and the Japanese army began a secret deployment.

This is wordy, but in fact, the efficiency of the Japanese army was very high, and it was all completed on the day that Nishio Shouzo arrived in Beiping.

In order not to leak the information, the North China Front kept Nishio Shouzo's visit to Beiping strictly secret, and Shanshan Yuan did not arrange for Nishio Shouzo to drink flower wine, but had a light meal and arranged for Nishio Shouzo to return to Nanjing.

Due to the meticulous secrecy measures adopted by the Japanese army, the 6th and 9th Divisions, the main forces transferred from central China, secretly assembled and boarded ships at night. Moreover, the Japanese army became extremely cunning this time, and the troops on the Longhai Road and Jinpu Road did not make too many moves. The 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army is still stationed in the East China Sea, and the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army is stationed in the East China Sea, and the brigade commander is Major General Miyama Milu, which has jurisdiction over five infantry brigades from the 111th to the 115th Independent Infantry, and there are also artillery teams, cavalry teams, engineering teams, baggage teams and other subordinate units.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Donghai County was abolished and placed under the jurisdiction of Haizhou Zhili Prefecture. In 1912, Haizhou was abolished and Donghai County was reestablished, and the county was governed in Guhaizhou. However, due to the oppression of the Banpu squires by Haizhou officials, and many people in the Banpu area became officials in the province, which led to the Haiguan division incident, and the southeast township of Donghai separated from Donghai to form Guanyun County. In this way, the East China Sea, Ganyu, Guanyun, and Shuyang have become the maritime regions, and together with the Yanfu region and the Huai region, they are collectively referred to as the northern Jiangsu region.

This Haizhou city is called Haizhou in the seventh year of Wei Wuding, that is, in 549 AD, and is known as "the famous county of the East China Sea" and "the first city of Huaihai Donglai". The ancient city was built in the 11th year of Emperor Wu of Liang, the Ming Yongle 16th year to build the city wall, the total length is nine miles and one hundred and thirty steps, the height is two zhang and five feet, the city has four gates, respectively, the east gate "Zhenhai Gate", the west gate "Tonghuai Gate", the south gate "Shuyang Gate", the north gate "Linhong Gate".

Speaking of Guhaizhou, there are many stories. The most famous is that Li Ruzhen wrote the famous book "Mirror Flower Yuan" based on the customs and customs of Haizhou, and put forward the ideal realm of a gentleman's country and a daughter's country.

According to records, Li Ruzhen was originally a native of Daxing, Beijing, today, settled in Haizhou at the age of 19, married Xu Qiaolin's cousin, and became an in-law with Haizhou famous Banpu Erxu. Li Ruzhen wrote the phonology monograph "Li's Yinjian" and the chess score "Shouzi Spectrum" in Haizhou, and later wrote the same brilliant "Mirror Flower Yuan" as "Journey to the West", "Fengshen Bang" and "Strange Tales from Liaozhai".

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