Chapter 903 "Eight Consensus" on Public Security in North China

After the main force of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army and the 16th Brigade of the Self-Reliance Mixed Brigade fled from Tai'an, the situation in Shandong temporarily stabilized.

The purpose of the Longhai road sign, because the Japanese 114th Division arrived in Lianyungang after resting and making up for it, and quickly set up a defensive position with the 9th Division, and the Lunan Army of the Eighth Route Army entered a stalemate stage with the enemy.

On the Jiaoji Road, the 5th Division of the Japanese Army shipped Qingdao from the northeast, and quickly bought the connection with the 2nd Brigade and the Heavy Artillery Brigade of the 1st Guards Division. Due to the addition of the Fifth Division, a mechanized division known as the flower of the imperial army, the 32nd and 36th Divisions of the Japanese Army between Zhoucun and Weixian, as well as the 27th Division that fled back to Jinan, plucked up Yu Yong, and with the cooperation of the 4th Cavalry Brigade stationed in Jinan, reopened the Jiaoji Road and began to rest and make up for it.

After the enemy of Luxi completed the assembly, he bought the connection between Jinpu Lude County and Luokou, and was busy stabilizing the defensive ground and repairing the railway damaged by the Eighth Route Army.

In general, it seems that the battle situation has returned to the front, and it is still the devils who occupy Longhai Road, Jiaoji Road and Jinpu Road, relying on the railway line to form an outflanking circle for the Eighth Route Army, and can carry out heavy sweeps of the Eighth Route Army base areas anytime and anywhere. But in reality, that's not the case. After the great victory in southern Lunan, the base areas of the Eighth Route Army were connected in a large area, and the strategic maneuver space was greatly expanded. The Japanese army, in addition to the heavy casualties of the army, because the section from Xuzhou to Jinan on the Jinpu Road was cut off, the main force of the Japanese army was left and right along the Jiaoji Road, along the Longhai Road and the northern section of the Jinpu Road.

The day after the 27th Division fled back to Jinan for fortification, Shunroku Rikuhata, military counselors Toshiichi Terauchi and Sugi Moto, commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, Nishio Toshizo, and commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, secretly flew to Beiping.

At this time, Tada Jun's face has long lost the look he had when the cage policy was first implemented, his eye sockets are deep, his face is full of wrinkles, and if he loses his military uniform, he will get rid of a shriveled little old man.

His Excellency Lu Xiang, His Excellency the two Senators, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army, and His Excellency the Commander of the Kwantung Army gathered in Beiping, and there was not a trace of joy on Tadajun's face; at the secret military meeting that night, he first reviewed the reasons for the defeat in the battle, and then bluntly proposed that the main force of the Kwantung Army must be transferred into Shandong to participate in the battle, and in one fell swoop extinguished the Eighth Route Army's Liu Yimin Division. Otherwise, please ask Lord Lu Xiang to play on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, and please allow him to return to his homeland to guard the palace for His Majesty the Emperor.

The three commanders of the North China Front Army had all played the illusion of retirement, and the generals present here were more experienced in playing this illusion than Tada Jun. Tada Jun said to retire at this time, but no one present paid attention to him, but asked him to give a detailed account of the war situation in North China.

These four Japanese giants came suddenly, and Tada Jun did not prepare any detailed report materials, but as the commander of the North China Front Army, and the commander of the Great East Asia Holy War for His Majesty the Emperor, the North China war situation was all in Tadajun's head, and he directly told the map 1510.

Judging from the situation described by Tada, the war situation in North China is becoming more and more dangerous. In Shanxi, the Japanese First Army, with the support of the main forces of the 110th Division and the 1st Guards Division, carried out offensive operations, although the occupied area was expanded, but as the main forces of the 110th Division and the 1st Guards Division retreated to the North China Plain, the squadron spread its arms and fists, and the military strength of the First Army was overstretched, and it could only defend the defensive ground to the death, and was completely unable to plan offensive operations.

This point, the new commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, was deeply aware of this, he turned out to be the commander of the First Army, commanding the First Army to sweep around in Shanxi, but fighting back and forth, the Eighth Route Army was fighting more and more, and the lure of Yan Xishan was unsuccessful, and several attacks on Zhongtiao Mountain could not be attacked. Umezu Mijiro is so fierce, he can't help it, what can the new commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka?

Umezu Mijiro opened his mouth to help and said that the bad public security situation in Shanxi can be compared with Shandong. The main reason is that the army strength of the Continental Army in Shanxi is weak, and the Eighth Route Army is backed by the Shaanxi base area, and the army, food, and ammunition can be inexhaustibly compensated. In order to solve the Shanxi problem, it is necessary to gather enough military strength to eliminate the Wei Lihuang Department in Zhongtiao Mountain in one fell swoop, and force the Yan Xishan Department to land, and then we can concentrate on sweeping the dang and eliminating the Eighth Route Army.

Shunroku Hata and Shouzo Nishio were not as familiar with the situation in North China as those few people, so they asked why they fought the Central Army first, then Yan Xishan, and finally the Eighth Route Army?

Umezu Yoshijiro recounted that although the Wei Lihuang Department was holding on to Mt. Nakajo, although it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the result was clear, and as long as the military strength was sufficient, it could succeed in the first battle. As long as Wei Lihuang is defeated, Yan Xishan is afraid of being annihilated by the imperial army, and at the same time, he is also afraid of being annexed by the Eighth Route Army, and he will definitely make peace with the imperial army. The Eighth Route Army was engaged in guerrilla warfare, and Shanxi was the roof of North China, with large mountains and deep ravines, which was convenient for the Eighth Route Army to conceal its troops, and it was not easy for the Imperial Army to capture its main force, so it could only be placed last.

Umezu Mijiro said a new point of view, which made Terauchi Shouichi, Sugi Sugimoto, Hata Shunroku, Nishio Shouzo and others all shine. However, the main task of these people coming to Beiping this time was not Shanxi, but Shandong, and to restore the declining situation on the battlefield in Shandong and eliminate the cancer of public security in North China.

Shunroku Hahata motioned for Tada to continue his briefing.

Tada Jun then introduced the situation in Hebei. According to Tada, the public order situation in the Pingjin area is basically good. Pingbei and Pingxi were based by the Eighth Route Army, but they were all mountainous areas, and the land was vast and sparsely populated, so it was difficult for the Eighth Route Army to make great achievements. There are also armed forces of the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei, but due to the vigorous suppression of the 110th Division in eastern Hebei, the great rebellion in eastern Hebei carried out by the Eighth Route Army has been dispersed by the imperial army, and the Eighth Route Army currently operating is a regiment-sized army, which does not pose a big threat to the imperial army. In the central Hebei region, after two large-scale sweeps by the imperial army, the county towns and large market towns in the central Hebei region were controlled by the imperial army, and the Eighth Route Army moved to the countryside and tunnel activities. On the southern Hebei side, the troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army of the Southern Hebei Military Region are holding out, and the troops of the Jicha Theater are also active. The entire southern Hebei is basically in the hands of the squadron, except for the areas along the Pinghan Road.

Before Shunroku Hata and the others came, they actually knew all these situations, but they didn't have the details of Tada's introduction. These people are the culprits of the invasion of China, and they have seen a lot of formations, and at this time, even Baga didn't bother to scold, just quietly listened to Tada Jun's introduction.

Tada's next introduction is the situation in Shandong. According to Tada Jun, now that the entire Shandong war situation is rotten, the instructors of the Eighth Route Army are taking the offensive at several targets and unscrupulously instigating attacks on the imperial army. Liu Yimin's department now has strong combat effectiveness, not only has enough artillery groups, but also has an armored army, and the general imperial army division and regimental level army is not the opponent of the Eighth Route Army instructor in terms of equipment and military strength. Since the start of the war, the total number of jade broken imperial troops under Liu Yimin has reached an appalling realm. The Imperial Army was forced by the Eighth Route Army to hold on to the railway line. The entire Shandong region was basically controlled by the Eighth Route Army. If we did not think of completely eliminating Liu Yimin's troops, the public security operation in North China could only end in failure.

Tada Jun talked a lot and was very detailed, and when it came to the sore spots, he was so sad that he cried.

The reason why Tada Jun cried was complicated.

When Tada Jun came to North China as the deputy chief of the adviser to urge Terauchi Shouichi to fight, he thought that Terauchi Shouichi was incompetent, but he had lost the battle with heavy troops. When he became the commander of the North China Front, he realized that the Eighth Route Army he was facing was so difficult that he felt exhausted. He has grown so big, and he has never felt as powerless as he does now.

In Tada's view, the four generals of Shunroku Hakuhata, Senators Toshiichi Terauchi, Sugi Sugimoto, and the commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, Nishio Toshizo, gathered in Beiping, and it was clear that they were sent by the base camp to ask for the guilt. If you don't do it right, it is likely to lead to accidents. Although the imperial army lost by Terauchi Shouichi and Sugi Sugi Yuan was only much more than him, Tada Jun knew in his heart that he and these two old guys could not be compared. They are thick-skinned and don't apologize for their sins, because they have a deep set. He is still a lieutenant general, and if His Majesty the Emperor blames one day, he is likely to end up like Seishiro Itagaki.

Tada Jun has a small entanglement in his heart, that is, when the cabinet of Nobuyuki Abe was formed, because of the war in Nomenhan, there was a call from the government and the opposition to let Tada Jun replace Shunroku Hata as the land minister. Shunroku Hata knows very well about this matter, whether he will be jealous of Tada Jun in his heart, Tada Jun has no score in his heart.

There is another situation, that is, before the arrival of Hata Junroku and others, he heard the clear telegram of the Eighth Route Army, and asked him to send people to Fei County and the magnetic kiln to clear and burn the corpses of the Japanese soldiers. The Eighth Route Army made it clear in the telegram that each corpse of a Japanese soldier was 100 yen, 500 yen for a lieutenant officer, 1,000 yen for a junior officer, and 50,000 yen for a general. The Eighth Route Army is blackmailing him, the price code was not so high in the past, and the price of a soldier's corpse was only five yuan yen or RMB, Liu Yimin raised the price so high, and it cost more than 2 million yen, where did he go to collect this money! The North China Front is not what it used to be, and military spending is very tight. But if you don't go, you can't explain it to the families of the jade broken soldiers! Tada Jun felt that his personality had been insulted by Liu Yimin, and he was very aggrieved!

Several situations came together, and as he spoke, Tada Jun couldn't help crying.

Shunroku Hata is now the land minister of the Japanese army, and he is an important minister with decision-making power. Nishio Shouzo was afraid that he would not agree with Tada Jun's proposal to transfer the main force of the Kwantung Army to fight in the pass, so he hurriedly said to Shunroku Hatahata: "Your Excellency Lu Xiang, look at what the cunning Liu Yimin has bullied Lieutenant General Tada Jun into, is it really detrimental to the dignity of the Great Empire!" ”

Among these people, Shouichi Terauchi, Shanshan Yuan, and Tada Jun were all defeated under Liu Yimin. Strictly speaking, Shunroku Hata did not directly confront the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, and he commanded the heavy army group to pursue the Eighth Route Army in northern Jiangsu at that time, which only played a role in decision-making and coordination, and did not personally command the operation. Although Umezu Mijiro had been fighting in Shanxi and had not directly fought with Liu Yimin, Liu Yimin's statement that his landline was intercepted after Han Xinling's parachute jump has always been in his heart.

After Tada stopped crying and washed his face, Shunroku Hata asked him to tell him about the implementation of the cage policy and the construction of the shogunate.

Tada Jun cried and cried, felt a little better, and began to introduce his cage policy.

At this time, Tada Jun first talked about his understanding of the public security situation in North China, and then introduced the contents and methods of the cage policy and the construction of rectification and reform, as well as the goals to be achieved, and then recounted the current progress.

According to Tadajun, the cage policy has achieved remarkable results along the Pinghan Road, Zhengtai Road, and Tongpu Railway, and has played a role in dividing the Eighth Route Army, the Central Army, and the Jinsui Army into base areas. Once the entire cage policy is implemented, the base areas of the Eighth Route Army will be divided into grids of different sizes to facilitate the Imperial Army's clearance. The reason why Jinpu Road and Jiaoji Road did not have any effect was that the firepower of Liu Yimin's division of the Eighth Route Army was too strong, and the ordinary brick and wood fortifications were vulnerable under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. If all the permanent fortifications were built with cement and steel bars, Liu Yimin would be trapped to death no matter how fierce he was. Another achievement is the implementation and application of the Good Citizen Certificate, which has played a very good role in the Pingjin region, Jizhong, Jinan, and Qingdao regions, so that anti-Japanese elements have nothing to hide. Another is to take advantage of the opportunity of expanding the Pinghan Railway to recruit 500,000 laborers, provide coolies for Manchuria, and make up for the war losses of the North China Security Army.

Not to mention, Shunroku Hatata, Shouichi Terauchi, Sugi Sugimoto, and Nishio Shouzo unanimously praised Shunroku Hata for implementing the cage policy in North China. Terauchi Shouichi said that if this method had been implemented at the beginning of the war and the rule over the North China Plain had been completely consolidated, the Eighth Route Army would not have been so domineering and would not have grown so fast.

Umezu Yoshijiro suggested that Tada Jun refer to the Kwantung Army's practice of building fortifications on the Sino-Soviet border, and while overhauling the railway, he should build fortifications at key military points by relying on the mountainous terrain to block the offensive of the Eighth Route Army. If you rely on the fortification, no matter how fierce the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army is, it will not be possible. During the Kwantung Army's surprise attack on Vladivostok, the fortification of the first line of the Suifen River played a role, and a brigade of imperial troops could fully withstand the attack of a division of the Soviet army, and it could also ensure that the position was not lost.

To be honest, Tada Jun also knew that Umezu Mijiro's suggestion was right, he had been a commander in the Third Army of the Kwantung Army, and he was naturally clear about the affairs of the Kwantung Army.

Another gratifying news that Tada Jun recounted was that according to intelligence, the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army of Yan Xishan on the Shanxi side were splitting up, and there was a high probability that a conflict on a campaign scale would break out. Chiang Kai-shek's army and the Eighth Route Army in Hebei's Taihang District were also already tense and would clash at any time. On the Shandong side, through the efforts of the secret service, close contact has been established with Qin Qirong, the head of the Shandong secret service, and Qin Qirong clearly replied that he was willing to cooperate with the imperial army against the Eighth Route Army. Several remnants of the armed forces in Jiaodong also had the intention of cooperating with the imperial army.

Now it's okay, a few old devils can't help but shout Yo Xi.

Several old devils discussed all night, and finally formed an eight-point consensus on public security in North China:

1. The Eighth Route Army was the greatest enemy of the North China Front.

2. Shandong's Eighth Route Army instructor was the largest strategic group of the Eighth Route Army, which contained most of the military strength in North China and affected the rule of the Great Empire over North China. With the current strength of the North China Front, it is impossible to completely eliminate the instructors of the Eighth Route Army, and it is necessary to gather all the forces that can be assembled to carry out a decisive battle with the instructors of the Eighth Route Army.

3. The cage policy and the plan for building a rectification are the most effective methods for the guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army at present, and it is recommended that the cabinet concentrate financial resources to support it. Only by restoring law and order in North China could the coal, ore, cotton, and grain urgently needed by the empire be brought back in an inexhaustible source to support the supply of materials for the holy war in Greater East Asia.

Fourth, the existing four-unit system of permanent divisions, two brigades, and four infantry wings is bloated and unsuitable for operations in the mountains of North China, and should be changed to a three-unit division and regiment, and the establishment of brigades and regiments should be abolished.

Fifth, it is necessary to expand the armed forces on a large scale again to meet the needs of the war against China. The 23rd Division of the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army should quickly complete the repair of the serious battle losses, and the 10th Division should be rebuilt. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army after the expansion, the newly organized divisions and regiments should be rebuilt on the basis of the infantry wings and self-reliant mixed brigades transferred from the four-unit division system.

6. A very important reason for the deterioration of the public security situation in North China was that the forces in the North China Plain and Shandong were basically eliminated, the Eighth Route Army lacked competition to restrain the enemy, resulting in the Imperial Army fighting Chiang Kai-shek's army in the front, and the Eighth Route Army recklessly building base areas and expanding its armed forces in the areas occupied by the Imperial Army. It is equivalent to that most of the achievements of the imperial army since the beginning of the war have fallen into the pocket of the Eighth Route Army.

7. Due to the limited military strength and combat effectiveness of the North China Public Security Army, it was unable to properly cooperate with the Imperial Army in operations and undertake garrison tasks, which was also an important reason why the field divisions of the Imperial Army were reduced to traffic garrisons. It is necessary to vigorously support the growth of the public security army and make it an important force in maintaining public order in North China.

8. It is necessary to actively promote Wang Jingwei to form a national central power and form a regular army of the Wang regime, and take this as a call to plan Chiang Kai-shek's army to surrender, turn its guns and cooperate with the imperial army to fight against the Eighth Route Army, and reduce the pressure on the imperial army. In Shandong, Shanxi, and Hebei, it is necessary to create contradictions between the remnants of the armed forces and the Eighth Route Army, lure them into friction with the Eighth Route Army, attract the attention of the Eighth Route Army, and reduce the pressure on the Imperial Army.

Once these eight points of consensus are formed, the next thing will be easy. Several old devils immediately decided to secretly enter the customs from the main force of the Kwantung Army, cooperate with the North China Front, and defeat Liu Yimin's forces in one fell swoop.

As for the problem of the emptiness of the defense of the northeast after the main force of the Kwantung Army entered the pass, the method of a few old devils was to temporarily let the Manchurian Defense Army camouflage the main division of the Japanese army to fortify, implement the method of quick battle and quick solution, and immediately withdraw the main force of the Kwantung Army in concealment after completing the combat mission. At the same time, the Kwantung Army was allowed to rapidly expand its forces and strengthen its combat readiness for the Soviet Union.

After the major event was decided, Shunroku Hata instructed the North China Front Army to immediately draw up a specific battle plan and submit it to the base camp for approval.

Shunroku Hata, Shouichi Terauchi, and Sugi Sugimoto did not stay in Beiping for much longer, and returned directly by plane to report to Emperor Hirohito, while Nishio Shouzo and Umezu Mijiro also waited for an opportunity to return quietly.

The land of North China is facing catastrophe again!

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