Okamura Ninji received two reports from the air force, one was that the county seat of Binxian was in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and reconnaissance found that there were garrisons in the county seat, and there were two pontoon bridges on the surface of the Yellow River nearby, which had been destroyed. Second, the Third Cavalry Brigade is likely to have encountered an accident, and the remains of war horses and soldiers were found about 20 miles northwest of Huimin, but the bodies were not wearing military uniforms, and it was impossible to distinguish whether they were the remains of the Imperial Army or Tubalu, but the aircraft reconnaissance did not find the marching contingent of the Third Cavalry Brigade.

After receiving the report, Okamura Ningji gasped, this was also terrifying, an hour ago, the Third Cavalry Brigade was still reporting to him that it had found traces of the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Jilu Border Army, how could it be a corpse an hour later? I really didn't expect that this kind of thing happened to the Third Cavalry Brigade just a few days after arriving at the Jilu border, could it be that the strength of the instructor of the Eighth Route Army has reached this point?

How many soldiers and horses did the Eighth Route Army on the border of Hebei and Lu have? How could they fight on both the northern and southern fronts at the same time? Obviously, the 10th Division was constantly being blocked and harassed, so why did the 3rd Cavalry Brigade on the Northern Front run out of the army?

In any case, one thing is certain, the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the Hebei and Lu borders is in the Huimin area, and the original judgment that they may not have rushed back in Luzhong seems to be no longer there, and maybe they will have amazing moves next. Will they take their own second division?

After thinking about it, Okamura Ningji smiled, the second division is not the eighth division, let alone the third cavalry brigade, it is the real elite of the imperial army, not to mention anything else, in terms of the shooting level, assassination level and tactical action level of the soldiers, it is not comparable to other troops. Besides, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade is said to be a brigade, and the actual strength is only a wing of the 2nd Division. Now it is daytime, with a strong aviation escort, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Hebei and Lubian wants to move the second division, I am afraid it is impossible. What's more, Liu Yiming's cooking power is far away in Luzhong, and it is impossible to shake any imperial army division with only the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Hebei and Lubian.

Okamura did not dare to slack off, and while reporting to the headquarters of the North China Front, he strictly ordered the air force to send more planes to Huimin to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and to dispatch fighter planes to provide uninterrupted air cover for all divisions and regiments to avoid another tragedy. Then, he strictly ordered the Second Division to concentrate the main forces, form a group, advance steadily, maintain close contact with the air force, and never fall into the trap of the Eighth Road.

After giving the order, Okamura Ninji thought about it and did not feel at ease, so he strictly ordered the 41st Division to quickly dispatch to reinforce the 2nd Division and the 35th Division at full speed, and the three divisions must meet at Huimin. After meeting with the people, we will decide on the next direction of attack.

When the 2nd Division arrived at the Toshin battlefield, the scene before them was shocking, full of dead horses and dead people, and almost all of them were hit by several bullets at the same time. The battlefield was cleaned, the saddles on the dead horses were removed, and the soldiers were naked, except for a crotch cloth with a leaflet inserted in it, which read: "Soldiers, when you are killing people and setting fires on the battlefield in China, your sisters and wives are being conscripted as comfort women by the military department, and your parents are enduring the exploitation of the chaebol." You are all children of the common people, and the emperor launched the war of aggression against China to let you shoot the civilians of China with guns, and this is an unjust war launched by the rich and powerful people in order to satisfy their greed, and the end will inevitably be the defeat of the war and the just trial of the emperor and his accomplices. The Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially, and we have surrendered soldiers here to fight side by side with us, and I hope that you will wake up as soon as possible and fight with us against warlords, politicians, and chaebols, and only in this way is your way out. The Eighth Route Army welcomes you to resist the oppression and scolding of the officers, and those who surrender to the Eighth Route Army will be rewarded with 500 yuan each. Those who can kill the officers of the army at the time of surrender will be given additional heavy rewards, of which the bonuses for killing the lieutenants will be 100 yuan, 200 yuan, and 300 yuan respectively; Those who kill the adjutant of the army will be rewarded with 1,000 yuan, 2,000 yuan, and 3,000 yuan respectively; Those who kill generals and officers will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan, 20,000 yuan, and 30,000 yuan respectively. There are many prizes, more kills and more wins, and repeated prizes. The bonus can also be exchanged for gold bars, silver dollars, US dollars, pounds, francs, yuan, etc., killing a military lieutenant is equal to your salary as a soldier for two years, killing a military adjutant can make your family eat and drink for a year or two without worry, killing a military general can let your father open a store in Tokyo and be the boss. Soldiers, wake up quickly, pick up the gun in your hand, as long as you move your second thumb and bang, the bonus will come. It's better to act than to move, hurry up! We look forward to your surrender, your uprising, and your big prize. ”

This second division, codenamed Yong, is the culprit of the 918 Incident, and is basically a group of old devils with full beast surnames, advocating the conquest of China by force. The leaflets of the Eighth Route Army were undoubtedly a waste of paper for them. However, there are exceptions, and Private Sawada took the leaflet and looked at it, and couldn't help but hide two of them. Unexpectedly, his actions were discovered by His Excellency the team leader, the leaflet was searched, not to mention, and he was slapped several times, and he was asked to collect and carry the body.

Sawada has done a lot of bad things in China, killing people, setting fires and destroying people, anyway, he has done the ugliest and most cruel things. However, this guy's family is poor, and he became a soldier and fought in order to allow his brothers and sisters to go to school. But the bad deeds are done, but the money has not fallen, the reason is that the money obtained from each crusade has been looted by His Excellency the Squad Leader, His Excellency the Squadron Leader, and His Excellency the Captain, and he is still a poor soldier.

Last month, Sawada's father wrote to him that his sister Edako had to drop out of school and join the army because of lack of money, reportedly to visit the Imperial Army in Central China. As soon as Sawada heard this, he knew that his poor sister had become a comfort woman and had to accept the ravages of dozens of Imperial soldiers every day. Sawada has a low level of education, and he doesn't understand why other people's families have money and his family doesn't have money, but he knows that if he is rich, Zhizi, who is only 16 years old, does not need to be a comfort woman. Therefore, after seeing the leaflet of the Eighth Route Army, all the words money became in Sawada's mind.

A few slaps from the squad leader made Sawada spin around, and his eyes went straight to Venus. His Excellency the Squad Leader left after the fight, leaving Sawada standing there stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. This time, when he came to his senses, Sawada saw His Excellency the Captain and several Squadron Leaders and Captains of the Squadron Leader comparing and dating, needless to say, discussing the matter of the battle again. The problem now is that when Sawada saw the head of His Excellency the Captain, his eyes were already shining, and all that was in his mind was the word "money", and the round head of His Excellency the Captain kept changing, one moment it was a silver dollar with white flowers, another time it was a yellow gold bar, and another time it was a colorful banknote. So, Sawada, a senior soldier of the 4th Wing of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Kwantung Army, as a matter of course, lay down in front of a dead horse, set up his 38 big cover, put the crosshair around the round head of His Excellency the captain, and with a slight movement of his second thumb, a bullet flew out.

Sawada is a veteran, and the Second Division is one of only three motorized divisions in the army, and the training is very strict, and the soldiers' marksmanship is very good. With a slight movement of Sawada's second thumb, a small blood flower bloomed on the head of His Excellency the Captain, which was more beautiful than the cherry blossoms of Mt. Fuji! Shocked, several squadron leaders couldn't help but look back at the gunshot.

This time Sawada's opportunity to earn a bonus came, he quickly withdrew the shell and quickly loaded it, bang, and fired four more shots in a row, sending all the four squadron leaders back to his grandmother's house to find his mother to feed.

Until he was stabbed in the back with a bayonet, Sawada was still silently calculating in his heart: His Excellency the Captain is a captain, worth 300 yuan, and His Excellency the four squadron leaders are all lieutenants, each worth 200 yuan, adding up to a total of 1,100 yuan, plus the 500 yuan of the surrender reward, it should be 1,600 yuan, and this branch can not be ridden by thousands of people.

The Sawada incident was very bad, so bad that Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji hated Liu Yimin completely from the bottom of his heart, thinking that Liu Yimin was extremely vicious, and he could use any tricks, even this kind of temptation that could not be put on the table, and the tricks of inciting soldiers to kill their commanders and rebel could be used, which was simply not a soldier's! This is why Okamura Ningji later carried out a series of assassination activities against Liu Yimin, although it did not succeed, but it also annoyed Liu Yimin!

After the 2nd Division of the Army finished disposing of the corpse of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade and the 35th Division met under Huimin City, it was discovered that Huimin City, the lair of the Eighth Route Army on the Hebei and Lu borders, was actually an empty city. After Okamura Ninji received the report, he couldn't think of which one the Eighth Route Army was singing for a long time, since he wanted to give up Huimin, why did he set up an ambush in Toshin to eliminate the Third Cavalry Brigade? This Jilu border is a plain, in addition to relying on the fortified city to hold on, Okamura Ningji really can't think of what tricks the Eighth Route Army can play on this endless plain. Therefore, he ordered the 2nd Division and the 35th Division to rest and recuperate briefly in Huimin and wait for the arrival of the 41st Division before launching the operation. As for the harassment and teasing of the small cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, Okamura Ningji's order was very clear: "Don't pursue, don't be fooled, and after the three divisions are gathered, they will be encircled and suppressed by separate routes." ”

Okamura Ninji didn't know that the Eighth Route Army did not rely on the fortified city to defend it, but chose a different location. At this time, Binxian County began to open up the urban offensive and defensive battles.

The Eighth Route Army kept fighting, accompanied by mines and explosives, trampling the lives of the Imperial soldiers to the point that they were inferior to the weeds on the side of the road. Finally, with the cooperation of the air defense troops, the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army retreated, and the 10th Division accelerated the pace of pursuit. In a hurry, the vanguard of the 10th Division finally arrived at the city of Binxian at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At this point, the good calculations of the 10th Division are completely over.

He Mingming, chief of staff of the Sixth Brigade, was originally a veteran engineer and studied fortifications very much, especially after joining the Red Eighteenth Regiment in the channel, Liu Yimin's tactical thinking stimulated He Mingliang a lot. In the Red Army infantry training syllabus compiled by Liu Yimin, He Mingliang memorized the requirements for positional offensive and defensive warfare. Therefore, after being ordered to command the 18th Regiment, the New Sixth Regiment, and the Flying Thunder Artillery Regiment to defend the county seat of Binxian County, He Mingliang led the three regiment commanders to see the terrain of the county seat of Binxian County enough, and used all the two battalions of the Engineer Regiment to repair the fortifications, and led the troops to repair the fortifications, not only reinforcing the pillbox fortifications originally built in Binxian County to prevent bandits, but also renovating and reinforcing the fortifications in accordance with the requirements of air raids and heavy artillery. Like the root of the city wall, the bunker was dug emphatically, and the city gate was even densely covered with mines, all the houses and courtyards on the main street were opened, and the walls were also dug out of shooting holes, and the main firing points were connected by open ditches and hidden trenches to ensure that the devil planes could not be blown up and the heavy artillery could not collapse.

After being busy, I worked hard day and night, and it finally paid off. After He Mingming's final inspection, he reported to Liu Yimin with satisfaction: "The city defense system is initially perfect, and it can completely resist the attack of the 10th Division. With the combat effectiveness of our army, as long as food and ammunition are guaranteed, there is no problem in defending it for a month or two. ”

After Liu Yimin received the report, he really wondered if he should let He Mingliang stick to Binxian County and achieve a heroic legend. Later, after thinking about it, I still forgot it, although the instructor was not short of ammunition, food, and medicine, but this Binxian County was too small, and it was okay to resist a 10th division, and it was impossible to rely on Binxian County's defense to resist the repeated attacks of several divisions or even a dozen divisions and regiments of the Yue Army. Although it can kill and injure a large number of devils, the defending troops are afraid that none of them will survive. This style of play is absolutely not desirable for our army.

As soon as the Eighth Route Army finished its work, the vanguard of the Yue Army arrived. Since the 10th Division suffered losses at the city gate in several battles with the instructors, the vanguard of the 10th Division did not rush to attack, but reconnoitred and searched around the county seat. It wasn't until the main force of the 33rd Brigade led by Kei Seya caught up that the vanguard of the devils launched a tentative attack.

It was this small tentative attack that opened Seya's eyes. There is no other reason, because the tactics of the Eighth Route Army actually change several times a day, and the troops defending the county town do not go up to the city wall, and their firepower is not strong, but they shoot unhurriedly at the holes of the city wall, and purely use rifles to hunt and kill the attacking army. Although the gunfire was not thick, it was basically a guns, and the casualty rate of the army was extremely high, and Seya Kai had to lament that he finally met the middle [***] team that was not worse than the shooting level of the imperial army.

After the failure of the tentative attack, Kei Seya was no longer polite, and called the air force to bomb Binxian, preparing to blow up the city wall first.

During the Republic of China, there were many bandits in Shandong, and there were many warlords fighting in a melee war. Therefore, in order to protect themselves, the city walls of various counties in Shandong are basically built very firmly. Bordering the Bohai Sea in the north and the Yellow River in the east, this Binxian county has always been a place coveted by bandits, river bandits, and pirates, and the city wall is naturally built stronger. The four planes of the army were busy for a long time, and they did not blow a single gap in the city wall. As soon as Setani was in a hurry, he sent a telegram to the division commander Ryosuke Isoya, asking him to supervise the aviation and send more planes to bomb it. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for this Binxian County to take down, and I am afraid that it will have to pay a heavy price.

(To be continued)