Section 4 Prelude to the Decisive Battle VIII
Zhangjiakou, Beiping, Tianjin, Nanjing, Xinjing, and Tokyo are all watching here with nervous eyes, and Hirohito issued an edict to the North China Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army. /。 Qb⑤.c0m\\
"The survival of the imperial kingdom is in this battle!" I and all the people of the Empire hope that the samurai of the Empire will carry forward the spirit of their predecessors. Extend the glory of the Empire! I and all the people are looking forward to your victory! ”
This oracle was issued in an unprecedented way, read by Hirohito himself, and after the recording of the "Japanese" version, it was quickly sent to the North China front, and Okamura Ninji led the North China Dispatch Army Command and the officers and soldiers of Beiping to listen to the emperor's oracle. With tears in their eyes, the officers and soldiers knelt on the ground and shouted wildly, vowing to fight bravely for the empire.
After Beiping, the oracle was sent to Zhangjiakou, Zhuozhou, Tianjin, and Langfang, and Hirohito's soft, expectant voice aroused the high fighting spirit of the Japanese soldiers, and from Zhangjiakou to Tianjin, it sounded everywhere, "Long live...... The cheers were clearly audible dozens of miles away.
Unlike the cheers on the Japanese defense line, the "China" side seemed very quiet, under this quiet surface. The torrent of armies moved to the front line, and the huge number of front teams were like ants moving. Little by little, all kinds of supplies were sent to the front.
The snow was heavy and covered the debris of the firecrackers, the ground was a little muddy, and most shops were closed. The only few stores were also empty, and the citizens who did not leave used various methods to rush to buy grain, but the grain stores had long been closed, and the citizens had to go outside the city to buy grain. Grain smugglers, large and small, roam the streets and alleys, peddling grain that has been smuggled in at risk.
All kinds of information came through various channels. It brought a lot of confusion to Okamura's judgment. In the ** team, Okamura Ningji was most concerned about the deployment of the 49th Group Army and the tank troops, and what puzzled Okamura Ningji was that "the deployment of the ** team this time was very strange, the 49th Group Army was deployed in the southwest of Gaobeidian, the Fifth Army and the 31st Group Army were deployed in front of Gaobeidian, the First Mechanized Group Army was deployed in front of Jinghai, and an independent tank division was deployed in front of Langfang. Three separate tank brigades. The latest information is that the "rocket artillery battalion" of China's secret artillery has deployed two in front of Gaobeidian, one in front of Langfang, and four in front of Jinghai.
If you look at the deployment alone, Zhuang Jihua's attack focuses on the two wings and goes straight to Pingjin, but Okamura Ningji always feels unstable. Such a deployment is decent. Unable to make any accusations against her, the two cities of Pingjin are the focus of Okamura's defense, as long as Fengbo breaks here, the decisive battle in North China will win half of the victory.
In the past, "General China's previous operations" have always paid no attention to attacking cities, but this deployment is for the purpose of attacking cities......
Okamura Ningji looked at all the operational information about Zhuang Jihua collected by the intelligence department, from the Nanjing Operation, the two Xuzhou Battles, the Northern Burma Battles, the Northern Hubei Battles, and the Shandong Battles, in these battles, the Japanese army always had divisions and regiments completely annihilated, even in the difficult situation of the Nanjing Operation, "He was still trying to eliminate the Japanese army's living forces, but this time it was a little unusual."
, "Ayutthaya-kun." "What do you think......
Ayutthaya looked at the situation map on the map. In the past few days, "he was also thinking about this problem, the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army had not yet arrived, and Ishihara Waner asked the Kwantung Army to assemble in Tangsan and Chicheng within twenty days, but both Oshihiro Okamura and Umezu Mijiro thought it was impossible. It will take at least 30 days for the Kwantung Army to complete the assembly, so the 30 days before the battle can only be undertaken by the North China Dispatch Army independently, and judging from previous war examples. None of the battles of the general of China lasted more than thirty days.
Thirty days, in the case of General China, the outcome has long been doomed, will the Kwantung Army be able to turn the tide when it enters the battle again? If the North China Dispatch Army wants to survive these 30 days, it must accurately judge the main offensive formula of the Chinese Army, "The main strength of our army is concentrated in Beiping and Tianjin, and the weaker is between Pingping and Tianjin." Focus the attack on the area between Pingping and Tianjin, first cut off the connection between Pingjin and Tianjin, and then choose one of the attacks between Beiping and Tianjin...... Oshiro hesitated.
After Oshiro finished speaking, he looked at Okamura, but Okamura didn't say anything, and Tachitakanosuke stared at the map silently. Okamura Ninji waited for a while, but still asked, "Litaka-kun, what is your judgment?" ”
Tatetakanosuke smiled bitterly, "This is a very strange deployment, the 1st Mechanized Army is in front of Jinghai. But Jinghai is a peaceful rescue, there is no need for tanks to attack, the main force of the imperial army is north of the Duliu River, and this area is not very suitable for large-scale tank battles, General China put the First Mechanized Army here, I think it is not intentional. Hebei has convenient transportation, and it is completely possible to transfer to the middle line before the war and break through from the east of Langfang......
Tatsunosuke at the time of analysis. Oshiro nodded frequently, Tachitakanosuke actually agreed with his judgment, Okamura Ninji stood up and put down the file in his hand, both Tatsunosuke and Oshiro's judgment had appeared in his mind, but he denied this judgment again.
Assaulting from the middle and cutting off the connection between Beiping and Tianjin, this is something that everyone wants, but when Okamura was the department and the department, he was ready to cut off the connection between Beiping and Tianjin, so he divided the main force into Beiping Tianjin. Surrounded by the Rangina army, held on to Beiping Tianjin, and assembled a force north of Beiping. as a diversion. And the focus of the entire operation was in Tianjin, Okamura judged. The Chinese army will not storm Beiping.
Okamura's gaze turned to the west of Hokkaira. To the west of Fangshan, the mountains are undulating, and it is not easy to defend and attack, but Okamura deployed the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade in this area for the sake of safety. Prevent the Chinese army from sneaking up from here.
Seeing Okamura Ningji's gaze moving back and forth in the Fangshan area, he was slightly surprised in his heart, this time the situation also made him a little confused, in the past, there were instructions for every battle, so that he could mislead the Japanese army, but this time he only accepted intelligence, without any instructions, he didn't know Zhuang Jihua's deployment. Take his analysis. Okamura's purpose is still to keep the "Middle" team at the periphery, which is proved by the fact that he put six divisions in Langfang, Langfang is the outer barrier to maintain the connection between Pingjin and Tianjin, and the "Middle" team cannot conquer Langfang, so it cannot let go and detour to Pingjin. If the ** team attacks Langfang, Okamura Ningji can support from the left and right flanks, and if Langfang can't hold it, Okamura Ningji also has time to adjust the deployment.
"Commander, do you want to move the chariot troops forward to the area of the Dachang Xiang River." If the tanks of the Chinese army rush over, they can be attacked head-on...... Tsukanosuke suggested.
Okamura Ninji smiled bitterly in his heart, the gap between the Imperial Tank and the Shina Tank was as big as the Imperial Navy and the Shina Navy, the first tank was completely wiped out, but the First Mechanized Army of Shina was almost unscathed. Such a big gap. So Okamura Ningji has no confidence to fight with Zhuang Jihua at all.
Okamura Ninji shook his head slightly: "Tell Gu Shoufu to strengthen the reconnaissance of the Baiduo Mountain and Dongling Mountain, and telegraph to General Zhengsan of the Langfang River to strengthen combat readiness" They are likely to become the focus of the attack of the Chinese army. Telegraphed to General Hengshan Meng of Tianjin. To strengthen combat readiness, we must be prepared to be surrounded. ”
In the decisive battle in North China, Japan mobilized a large number of troops from all over the country. Commanding generals have different qualifications and abilities. Okamura Ninji used to be very uncomfortable when choosing commanders, and some generals were very senior. For example, Isamu Yokoyama, who once served as the commander of the Kwantung Army's front army, and Shozo Kawabe, who served as the deputy chief of staff of the "China" Dispatch Army, are difficult to arrange.
For the sake of ease of command, Okamura Ninji still chose four front-line commanders. Zhangjiakou direction. He chose the commander of the First Army, Sadachi Yoshiki. Responsible for the full command of the Zhang family. War; In the direction of Gaobeidian on the Western Front, he still chose Gu Shoufu, who won his trust in a series of rearguard battles after the Battle of Northern Hubei Province. Middle Line Langfang. Here six divisions were concentrated. Gongwei Pingjin contacted, Okamura chose Kawabe Shozo, Kawabe Shozo had served in the Pingjin area for a long time, and the Lugou Bridge Incident was provoked by his subordinates; The defense of the key points of Tianjin. He chose Yokoyama Yong, he knew Yokoyama very well, this seems to be a little weak, but in fact he is very shrewd and cunning, using him to defend Tianjin, and the victory adds three points of hope.
The most important chariot unit, Okamura Ninji still chose to have Sue Seizo, he put the fifth division and three chariot divisions north of Beiping, this unit he really wanted to use Nakajima Kangjian, but Nakajima Kangjian was not qualified enough. Liaocheng Shi is proof of this, but he thinks that with the combination of Sue Seizo and Nakajima, he can become the Hindenburg and Ludendorff of the East.
"The task of this army is to quickly conquer and break through the Japanese defense line, surround Langfang, and eat all six divisions here!" …… Song Xilian looked at the generals attending the meeting and said loudly.
At this moment, Song Xilian was in high spirits, and he served as one of the three main generals of the Southern Front, with 400,000 elite soldiers under his command. Zhuang Jihua gave him the task of breaking through and annihilating the defenders of Langfang, and then continued northward to cut off the connection between Pingjin and Tianjin, but what puzzled him was that Ye Qingquan's First Mechanized Army and Fan Hanjie's Fifth Army were not under his command, and were assigned to Du Yuming and Tang Enbo respectively. The assist is equipped with a tank group army, but the main attack is only a few independent tank troops, what is Zhuang Jihua playing Song Xilian Of course he would not think that Zhuang Jihua would make such a low-level mistake, he concluded that there must be a reason, and when the time comes, Zhuang Jihua will naturally tell him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago, the howl of the devil could be heard, and the emperor of the little devil issued a decree that he must win this decisive battle,...... Song Xilian smiled disdainfully, the war zone kept sending information about the Japanese army in front of him, of course they couldn't hear the howl of the Japanese army, and there was still a layer of puppet troops between them and the Japanese army.
, "Don't worry, the little dog by the river, Zhengsan, was called so happily back then, this time I will bring him here and let him take a look...... Zhong Bin smiled nonchalantly.
In the last battle plan, his troops were originally kept in reserve, but Song Xilian repeatedly asked for it. Transferring the 36th Group Army to his command, Zhuang Jihua considered that the 36th Group Army was Song Xilian's descendant troops. Most of the officers were familiar with him, and it was convenient for him to command, so they agreed to his request. The 36th Group Army was divided into the Central Group.
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