Volume 1: Inner Mongolia Fengyun] Chapter 227: Zhan Dezhou (1) -

Chapter 227: Battle of Texas (1)

Yang Chengwu's prestige in the Inner Mongolia Military Region was still very high, and although there were many cadres in the forward command who had participated in the Long March, the old revolutionary and old Red Army who had participated in the Long March, but after the young commander-in-chief made a decision to insist on advancing eastward, they were all silent, and although they also had doubts and worries in their hearts, they still decided to carry out Song Shilun's order when the order was issued.

Soon the telegram from the military region headquarters was also sent to the forward command in time, and after reading out Han Yunhua's telegram, Yang Chengwu ordered the 3rd Route Army to march in unison, and there was no need to hide their whereabouts, but only need to pay attention to the bombing of Japanese planes, and more than 200,000 troops marched towards northern and northwest Lu.

The incoming army of the Inner Mongolia Military Region was quickly sent to Okamura Ningji's desk by the special high-tech agents, and after determining the goal of Han Yunhua's department, Okamura Ningji's fighting spirit was also stimulated. Think about how brilliant the Imperial Japanese Army was four years ago, capturing the capital of China in less than four months, and occupying most of China in half a year. The Great Japanese Army marched straight in, and in the North China region, whether it was such a large city as Beiping, Tianjin, Chengde, Zhangjiakou, or Taiyuan, or such a small and medium-sized city as Baoding, Langfang, and Handan, it could not stop the footsteps of the Great Japanese Imperial Army. Whether it was the Zhina Zhengfǔ army or the local warlord troops, they were all about to collapse at the touch of a button, and the half division of General Itagaki Seishiro defeated more than 30 infantry divisions in China, and more than 200 soldiers of the Sixth Division dared to pursue more than 100,000 Zhina Zhengfǔ army, and at the most glorious time, a few Japanese ronin held the Japanese flag and dared to occupy a county town in China.

But looking at the present, it was just a Han Yunhua, and the whole situation took an unexpected turn, the senior officers of the Imperial Army were slaughtered like pigs and dogs, and the foundation of the empire's rule in North China was dissolved like a collapsed house. Most of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the entire North China Front Army were wiped out in just over two months, and hundreds of county towns in several provinces in North China directly became the territory of the Chinese people.

In the last battle, Okamura Ninji witnessed the strength of Han Yunhua's subordinates, and the spirit of not fearing death and seeing death as if he were at home deeply shocked Okamura Ninji. What worries Okamura Ningji even more is that the style of Han Yunhua's army is not at all worthy of the devil troops in the mouth of the Imperial Japanese Army, they will take revenge if they have revenge, they will take revenge, they will be ruthless and bloody. Okamura Ninji was worried that the empire had such a group of enemies, if this war was lost, Okamura Ninji didn't dare to imagine what the Great Japanese Empire would face, maybe everything the empire did in the capital of China would be repeated on the Japanese people, the Yamato nation, which Okamura Ninji did not want to see anyway, so he swore that he must win this war, because the Great Japanese Empire has no way out.

After the emergency military meeting, Okamura Ninji ordered Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka to take full command of the fighting on the Texas front, and at the same time, Yoshio Shinozuka was no longer the commander of the First Army, and Lieutenant General Yoshiki Sadachi was transferred to replace Yoshio Shinozuka as commander of the First Army.

On October 4, the 300th Brigade was stationed in Wuqiao County, the 2nd Brigade was stationed in Hualong Town, and the 3rd Brigade and the division headquarters and the remaining troops of the 2nd Route Army followed closely. At the same time, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka also commanded the commander of the 62nd Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo, to lead the 62nd Division to immediately send troops to seize all the bridges and passes along the line from Hengshui to Dezhou, as well as the commanding heights. At the same time, the 21st Division was transferred to the front line of Ningjin and Leling. At the same time, in order to deal with the possible squadron in Lunan, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka directly transferred more than half of the remaining troops in his hands to the front line of Xiajin and Linqing, and the two sides deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in the Hebei-Shandong border area.

Hualong Town, former enemy headquarters.

"Have you checked it out, what is the deployment of the Japanese puppet army in Texas and the arrangement of firepower?" Song Shilun looked at the intelligence director with a tired face on the other side with a serious face.

The intelligence chief of the reorganized 300th Division was directly transferred from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region by Song Shilun, whose name was Ma Hansan, and he was an out-and-out bandit before participating in the revolution. After the cottage where it was located for 30 years was absorbed by the Red Army, it has been following the Song Dynasty to carry out the revolution in turn, and it has been more than ten years if you carefully calculate it.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, according to reliable intelligence, this time Okamura Ningji directly transferred all the troops of the First Army and the 21st Division to the Jilu Border Region, and the defeat in the battle was about four and a half divisions, with a total strength of more than 100,000 people, in addition, Okamura Ningci also mobilized 8 puppet army divisions and a chariot brigade and a heavy artillery brigade to participate in the battle, and Jinan Airport directly transferred more than 120 planes to be ready for air support at any time" Although Ma Hansan's demeanor was extremely tired, he spoke very quickly, and he couldn't see that he was tired at all.

Song Shilun said: "***Gangcun really looks up to Lao Tzu, the infantry of four and a half divisions, the combat vehicles of a brigade and a brigade of heavy artillery, plus more than 200 aircraft, hehe, what a big deal, have you figured out the number of the Japanese army." ”

"It's clear, our intelligence team members have not only figured out their numbers, but even the troop deployment of the Japanese puppet army. Now the leading unit of the Japanese army is less than 30 kilometers away from us, and the first is the 62nd Division of the Japanese Army, the commander of the division is called Yoshio Hongo, the chief of staff Ueno Matomi, and the rank of Osa. The 62nd Division was formed from May 1 to June 30, 1941 with the remnants of the 4th Brigade and the 6th Brigade from the Independent Mixed Brigade, and was incorporated into the 1st Army battle sequence. The 63rd Infantry Brigade, the 65th Infantry Brigade, and the search team, artillery wing, engineer team, signal team, light and heavy team, field hospital, and terrach factory directly under the division and regiment are under its jurisdiction. In addition, the remaining numbers of the Japanese army include the 69th Infantry Division, the 37th Division, the 21st Division, and the 6th Independent Brigade. Now the 21st Division is stationed in Leling, the 69th Division is stationed in Linqing, the 37th Division and the 6th Independent Brigade are stationed in Dezhou City, and an infantry division of the puppet army is stationed in other counties. Ma Hansan said solemnly.

"Well, very good, your intelligence department has made a great contribution this time, and when the battle is over, I will ask the commander for you, continue to keep an eye on the little devil for me, and report to me immediately if there is any change." Song Shilun Road.

"Okay"

After Ma Hansan went out, Song Shilun took a magnifying glass and looked at it on the high-powered map, then took a pencil and a ruler and measured it, and said slowly: "30 kilometers away, the little devil seems to want to fight a tough battle with us in this area, how can the old man fight?" ”

Fu Qiutao, the commander and political commissar of the 49th Division on the side, said: "Lao Yang, I am familiar with the terrain here, from Hualong Town to Dezhou all the way is mountainous, the terrain is on the rise, although it is not precipitous, but there are many bridges and passes, plus we did not blow up these bridges and passes when we retreated last time, so the Japanese puppet army here has built a large number of fortifications, once we want to rush to Texas through here, then we must have a frontal conflict with the Japanese puppet army, The troops will have to face an enemy armed to the teeth and strong fortifications, so my advice is a detour. ”

"No, the detour can certainly reduce casualties, but it will take more than half a month, and some of our heavy equipment will not be able to be transported, and the logistics supply line will become more fragile and more dangerous. Although the little devils occupy a certain terrain advantage this time, and they are also in a favorable position on defense, but the vast majority of their troops are recruits, and their combat effectiveness will not be strong, and they are also at an absolute disadvantage in numbers. [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］