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Garrisoned in the area around Shanghai was the Japanese Thirteenth Army.

The 13th Army of the Japanese Army has the 15th Division, the 17th Division, the 22nd Division, the 116th Division and the 11th and 12th Brigades and other units. Among them, the 17th Division is responsible for the defense of the Anwei area north of the Yangtze River, facing Li Pinxian's division in the Fifth Theater, and also dealing with guerrilla warfare in the fourth division of the New Fourth Army; The 15th Division, the 10th Brigade and the 11th Brigade of the ** Mixed Brigade undertook the defense line north of the Yangtze River in the Jiangsu section and faced the main force of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu; The 116th Division was deployed in southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui in the south of the Yangtze River, undertaking the task of contacting the defense line of the 11th Army and fighting against the third theater; The 22nd Division was stationed in the Hangzhou area, and together with the 116th Division, it was against the 3rd Chinese Theater of Operations.

During the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, in order to paralyze Chiang Kai-shek and not affect the blockade of central and southern Lu, the Japanese army abandoned the elite divisions around central and southern Lu, but instead drew the 101st Division from the 11th Army and the 15th Division from the 13th Army to participate in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. To be honest, if it weren't for the poor coordination between the squadrons, how would the little devils dare to deploy troops like this!

After the Battle of Nakajo Mountain, the 15th Division and the 101st Division returned to their original defensive positions and garrisoned. The 101st Division, together with the 106th Division, fought against Luo Zhuoying's Division of the Ninth Theater in Nanchang, and the 15th Division returned to the Soviet Union and returned to the garrison of the Jiangbei Defense Line.

Now, the Wang puppet regime began to deploy the "Township Cleanup Campaign" in May, and the Japanese puppet army began to launch the "Township Cleanup" in southern Jiangsu on July 1, with the main force used for sweeping operations. In the vast areas of central Jiangsu, northern Jiangsu, central Anhui, and northern Anhui, only the 15th and 17th divisions of the Japanese army, the 11th and 12th brigades of the Japanese army, and the 23rd brigade of the North China Front Army under the command of the North China Front stationed in Suzhou. The forces were scattered, and the line of defense was weak.

Greater Shanghai, except for the Japanese Marine Corps. There were only units directly under the 13th Army of the Japanese Army and the Shanghai garrison. The army is empty.

Historically, the Japanese army began to launch a campaign to clear the countryside in southern Jiangsu on July 1, launched the second Battle of Changsha in September, and at the same time, ** also launched the battle to seize Yichang in September.

Liu Yimin is a traverser. Moreover, he is a time-traveler who has studied the history of war, and knows the major combat operations of the Japanese army in history. He knew it perfectly. At the same time that the Kwantung Army was secretly preparing for war against the Soviet Union, the Japanese army dispatched troops to China to carry out a series of combat operations in North and Central China. The Shanghai area, which was the rear of the Japanese army, was empty at this time. It was the perfect time to take over Shanghai.

Now and not historically. The Kwantung Army was no longer just secretly preparing for war against the Soviet Union, but was about to launch a major war between Japan and the Soviet Union. In this battle, the Japanese army in Central and North China will inevitably be beating again, and the Japanese army will definitely draw elite divisions and regiments from North China and Central China that have been tested on the battlefield to join the Kwantung Army to fight against the Soviet Union. In this way, it is likely that the marines in Shanghai and the warships of the Japanese army will be transferred to the northeast to participate in the operation to seize Vladivostok. The Japanese puppet forces in Shanghai were even weaker than they were in history. Moreover, the British and French troops stationed in the British and French concessions had already withdrawn last year. Shanghai is like a ripe persimmon, waiting for the squadron to pick it!

The reason why the little devils dared to make Shanghai's forces so empty was that they bullied the Chinese Navy to lose everything, and the squadron had no warships and could not attack Shanghai from the sea.

Heaven gives it, and so does sin!

Liu Yimin's idea is to take advantage of the situation. Taking advantage of the Kwantung Army's secret preparations for war against the Soviet Union, the momentum of the upcoming Second Battle of Changsha, and the momentum of the Japanese puppet Qingxiang Movement, the Japanese army in North China was about to begin a frantic sweep of the base areas of the Eighth Route Army. When everyone focuses on the Soviet-German war, the Japanese-Soviet war, and the 1163 chapter, our army's march into Shanghai will be unstoppable, and the battle can be quickly resolved. As long as Shanghai is controlled, whether it is the Japanese warships or the merchant ships of various countries, they will all be requisitioned to carry the materials captured from Shanghai and the retreating troops of our army. Let's give the little devils a fast in and fast out! ”

When Luo Ronghuan heard this, he shook his head and said, "It can't be done!" After occupying Shanghai, neither the Kuomintang nor our party would allow us to retreat easily. Shanghai, it's so important! The international impact is so great, it's not something we can give up if we want to! ”

Liu Yimin smiled: "Don't worry about this." We handed over Shanghai to Gu Zhutong in Chapter 1163 about the development of motorized ironclad wooden ships, and couldn't help but ask: "Commander, did you already have a plan to capture Shanghai when you returned to Shijiu?" I said, why do you take the development of motorized ironclad ships so seriously! ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "If people have no long-term concerns, they must have near-term worries!" This war is originally a matter of taking one step to see three steps and thinking about ten steps. If you miss any step, you have to suffer a big loss! ”

Xiang Ying asked, "What about after retreating from Shanghai?" Where to hit again? ”

The battle plan for the British invasion and occupation of Shanghai has not yet been formulated, but they have all thought of the next step. It seems that it is really good to learn from a good person and a witch to learn from a witch. Comrade Xiang Ying is obviously addicted!

Liu Yimin looked at Xiang Ying with a smile, thought about it and said: "The next big combat operation after our army attacked and occupied Shanghai is to fight the devils in Shandong, compress them to Jinan, Qingdao, Xuzhou and other important cities, and then wait for the opportunity to march into the northeast and compete with the Kwantung Army for the northeast." The Northeast is a good place, you can have whatever you want. Once our army occupies the northeast, it will not leave anymore and will build the northeast into a consolidated base area. Relying on the industrial base of Northeast China, we will build an army of one million. Then he waved his army into the pass, wiped out the North China Front, and then went south. At that time, the little devil will only have to raise his hands and surrender. ”

Xiang Ying pondered for a long time, and finally remembered the matter of the northward advance to reinforce the Soviet army that he had just argued, and said with a frown: "The Kwantung Army is so powerful, it is not appropriate to march into the northeast at this time. ”

Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong looked at each other and smiled.

Liu Yimin said: "It is not appropriate to enter the northeast at this time, it does not mean that it is not suitable at the end of this year or the beginning of next spring. Wait and see, there's always a chance! ”

Ye Ting couldn't wait, and said directly: "Commander, political commissar, or call ** Feng and Zhu Zhexiao right now and start making a battle plan." ”

Liu Yimin replied: "The General Staff Office is responsible for formulating the battle plan. Political Commissar, Deputy Commander Ye, and Director Cai were responsible for directing the next step of the battle against the Japanese army in Shandong, and Deputy Political Commissar Xiang was responsible for the entire logistics support. I went to the Shijiu Institute to be in charge of the refitting of warships, the manufacture of motorized ironclad ships, and the landing training of the first column and cavalry column. In two months' time, we will complete all the preparations and attack Shanghai! ”

No one has an opinion on this division of labor, and Xiang Ying and Ye Ting are especially satisfied.

Liu Yimin wanted to go to Shijiu Institute to lead a column, a cavalry column to cross the sea for landing training and warship modification, because others could not do it. He has a lot of ideas, and many problems are not something that Luo Ronghuan and them can solve.

Liu Yimin asked Cai Zhong and Ye Ting to draft a telegram to the Central Committee and the General Headquarters based on what he said tonight, and then called ** Feng and Zhu Zhexiao, and explained their ideas in detail on the map, so that the two of them could immediately draw up a battle plan. In the end, Liu Yimin called Qian Zhuangfei and asked him to send a report to Li Lingfeng, ordering the Special Operations Command to end its combat operations in central Hebei and Hebei and Shandong, quickly return to the base area in central and southern Shandong, and rendezvous with him at Shijiu.

After arranging the deployment, while Luo Ronghuan and the others were starting to get busy, Liu Yimin quietly walked out of the war room and walked towards Tang Xingying's residence.

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