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At the same time that the Japanese troops were redeployed and acted, at the headquarters of the North China Front, Terauchi Shou initially convened a headquarters operations meeting.

The content of this operational meeting was to discuss whether it was necessary to continue the operation against the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Honorary Second Division.

Shouichi Terauchi, who was wearing the uniform of a general, sat on a chair, his eyes looked coldly at the map of North China hanging on the wall, his face was very indifferent, and the whole person did not look very good, as if he was a volcano that would erupt at any time.

"Your Excellency Commander, at present, the troops of the 1st Division, the 110th Division, the 109th Division, and the 21st Division have all assembled at the foot of Wutai Mountain, and the troops of the 114th Division have also advanced towards Wutai Mountain. In addition, the troops of the 110th Division of the Imperial Army at the foot of Wutai Mountain have already begun to set off for Fuping County, and the troops of the 110th Division will rescue the 3rd Brigade of the Independent Mixed Army. ”

Yamashita Fengfumi, chief of staff of Major General of the North China Front Headquarters, held a baton, and he pointed to the location of Wutai Mountain and immediately made a report.

The current war situation is very unfavorable for the North China Front, which has already lost a lot of troops one after another.

In response to this, the Japanese base camp had already begun to issue orders, and the base camp was very angry, and they demanded that the North China Front give them a detailed battle plan and purpose by the evening of the 26th.

Even Terauchi Shouichi, who was a general, was very uncomfortable when he received such a telegram.

This time, Shouichi Terauchi called a meeting of the staff officers of the headquarters to find out whether the Japanese troops should continue to fight.

So far, the Japanese army has been completely annihilated by the independent mixed second brigade, the independent garrison, and the mobile unit composed of cavalry and armored troops of various divisions and regiments participating in the battle, and the fourth brigade and regiment have been completely annihilated, and the various divisions and regiments have suffered a lot of losses.

If the troops of the 3rd Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade were to be completely annihilated again, I am afraid that the consequences would be unimaginable.

Terauchi Shouichi heard that the Japanese troops in Wutai Mountain had only transferred troops from the 110th Division to reinforce Fuping County, and his brows furrowed tightly.

According to the report of the intelligence organs, the cavalry and armored units of the Honorary Second Division were active in Fuping County at this time, which were the most elite mobile units of the Honorary Second Division.

A 110th division returned to Fuping County, and Terauchi Shouichi was not too sure in his heart, not to mention that he knew that the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was also in Fuping County.

"The troops of the 110th Division may not be able to solve the crisis of the independent mixed third brigade and regiment, and the cavalry and armored troops of the second division of the Honor of China are its elite, and in several operations, these two units have performed well, and Fuping County also has the main force of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region."

Terauchi Shouichi frowned, his eyes looked at the chief of staff Yamashita Fufumi, and he said with a solemn expression on his face.

"Your Excellency Commander, the commander of the Okabe Division is preparing to storm Wutai Mountain with the strength of four divisions, and after they solve the Wutai Mountain Zhina troops, they will quickly reinforce Fuping County to fight. In addition, we will send aviation units to Fuping County to help in the war. Yamashita replied immediately.

The plan formulated by Ishihara Waner was very purposeful, they planned to encircle and annihilate the Chinese troops in Wutaishan first, and then solve the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the 120th Division, as for the besieged independent mixed third brigade in Fuping County, Ishihara Waner planned to use the 110th division and aviation units to support the independent mixed third brigade from being completely annihilated.

As long as the 3rd Brigade was not completely annihilated, then Ishihara's plan would be a complete success.

"Gentlemen, according to the report, so far in this operation, the casualties of the imperial army have exceeded 50,000, and our operation has brought more than 9,000 casualties to the Honorary Second Division, more than 3,000 casualties to the 120th Division, more than 2,000 casualties to the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and more than 3,000 casualties to the local troops of the Eighth Route Army, and a total of more than 17,000 casualties among the troops of the Eighth Route Army, there is a big gap between us and them.

Shouichi Terauchi looked at the Japanese officers who were attending the meeting, and asked in a solemn tone.

The officers looked at each other, and none of them rashly answered Terauchi Shouichi's question.

These Japanese officers could feel that Shouichi Terauchi seemed not ready to continue fighting.

"Your Excellency Commander, the current battle situation is very unfavorable to us on the surface, but as long as we wait until the troops of the 114th Division reach the foot of Wutai Mountain, we can completely annihilate the troops of the Honorary Second Division of China stationed on Wutai Mountain, and after annihilating them, the initiative will be in our hands, so Your Excellency Commander, I think we should continue to fight."

Yamashita Fengfumi, chief of staff of the North China Front, looked at Terauchi Shouichi, and he said with a firm expression.

"Your Excellency, the troops of the Honorary Second Division have been severely damaged by us, and as long as we continue to fight, victory will inevitably belong to us. If we give up fighting now, it will be tantamount to giving the Honorary Second Division a chance to recuperate, and we absolutely cannot do such a half-thing. ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Muto Akiosa also hurriedly said, and the chief and deputy chiefs of staff of the North China Front Command expressed their attitudes one after another.

Terauchi Shouichi looked at Yamashita Fumifu and Muto Akira, and he looked at the rest of the officers again, and he nodded silently.

The operational meeting of the North China Front was over, and Terauchi Shouichi decided to continue fighting against the Eighth Route Army.

In order to grasp the front-line combat situation more quickly, and also to supervise the front-line troops, Terauchi Shouichi dispatched five officers to Wutai Mountain and Fuping County to supervise the operation.

At half past one o'clock in the afternoon of September 26, Terauchi Shouichi gave combat orders to the Japanese troops on the front.

Terauchi Shouichi asked the troops of the 1st Division, 21st Division, 109th Division, and 114th Division to capture Mount Wutai before 12 o'clock in the evening, and at the same time he asked the troops of the 110th Division to meet and form the 3rd Brigade as soon as possible to ensure that the 3rd Brigade and Regiment were not annihilated.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Headquarters issued an operational order, and the troops of the First Army Subdivision of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region cooperated with the mobile troops of the Honorary Second Division to carry out an encirclement and annihilation operation against the troops of the Japanese Army's independent mixed Third Brigade and regiment, the troops of the Second Army Subdivision of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region were to cooperate with the main force of the Honorary Second Division of Wutaishan, and the troops of the Third and Fourth Army Divisions of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region took immediate action to contain the troops of the Japanese 110th Division that entered Fuping County from Wutai Mountain.

At 2:10 p.m., the headquarters of the 2nd Honorary Division sent a telegram to the Yin Jinshan mobile unit, and the headquarters of the 2nd Honorary Division asked the Yin Jinshan mobile unit to completely annihilate the Japanese army independently mixed into the 3rd brigade!