When this person is unfavorable, he is prone to shortness of breath and becomes humble. Think about the appearance of Tada Jun when he first started to instigate a heavy sweep of the dàng, both nostrils were facing the sky, when did he think of taking the initiative to ask for the opinion of the advisor Yoshizumi Ryosuke?

At this time, it was a critical moment for the North China Front, and he was loyal to the Great Japanese Empire and loyal to his duties, and Yoshizumi Ryosuke could not care about modesty, not to mention that he did not have the quality of modesty.

Which of the division commanders of the Great Japanese Army would be modest?

Yoshizumi Ryosuke frowned and thought for a while, feeling that many of Tian Jun's orders were neat, but they really needed to be made up, so he said carefully: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think that the operational goal of the battle to recapture Qingdao must be clear, that is, to recapture Qingdao and ensure that the supply line is smooth.

Based on this goal, I consider that our actions must be swift and forceful, and we must move quickly with an army with extremely strong combat effectiveness and mobility, and take the city in one fell swoop before the Eighth Route Army, which has captured Qingdao, has not yet reacted. I wonder if Your Excellency the Commander agrees with me? ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke is the commander of the elite Ninth Division, and he is good at attacking and capturing passes, where would Tada Jun disagree with his opinion, in fact, Tada Jun's order just now also reflects this.

Tada Jun was unable to address his head and motioned for Yoshizumi Ryosuke to continue.

Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke, the chief adviser of the North China Front, who was encouraged, was not arrogant, but said in a down-to-earth manner: "Just now, His Excellency the Commander's order asked the 28th Division in Jiaodong and the 29th Division in southeast Lu to immediately assemble troops to attack Qingdao from the north and south fronts, block the Eighth Route Army that captured Qingdao and flee to Jiaodong and southeast Ludong, and fight against the elite army led by Lieutenant General Jun Imamura. I think this needs to be revised. Although these two divisions belonged to the Kwantung Army, the result was a new division. Combat effectiveness needs to be further tested on the battlefield. Their attack on Qingdao from the south and from the north seemed appropriate, but in fact they hid the danger of being broken by the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, these two divisions and regiments, one of which was guarding Jiaodong and the other of Shandong, were carrying out the task of sweeping away and forming a local regime, and they were hastily evacuated, and the previous achievements were wasted, and Jiaodong and Ludongnan would quickly rejoin the hands of the Eighth Route Army, which was equivalent to the effect of the heavy army group sweeping the dàng all in vain, and the front army could not explain to the base camp. Therefore, I suggest that the 5th Division, the 1st Guards Division, the Taiwan Mixed Brigade, and the 4th Cavalry Brigade should be formed to recapture Qingdao and carry out the task of recapturing Qingdao and buying off the supply lines. There are three reasons for this: First, among these four armies, the Fifth Division and the First Guards Division are mechanized divisions, and the Fourth Brigade of the Cavalry Brigade is also very fast, which can ensure the speed of attack. Although Taiwan's mixed brigades are organized into brigades, they are actually the size of divisions and regiments. This army has been tested on the battlefield and is very fierce in combat, and can be used in conjunction with the 5th Division and the 1st Guards Division. Second, if troops are dispatched to strengthen Jinan's defenses, troops should be drawn from the 16th Brigade stationed in Tai'an, the 16th Brigade stationed in Zhangqiu, and the 27th Division stationed in Jining and Yanzhou. The third is that Liu Yimin may not be able to capture Jinan, the imperial army is exhausted, and Liu Yimin's troops are not much better, they are fighting in a hurry, and there will be no less wounded and attrition, and Liu Yimin has basically lost all the base areas, I expect that the most urgent thing for him to do now is to restore the base areas, and he is likely to work hard in the Qinghe River valley in a short time. Even if he captures Jinan, he is not afraid, this is not the last time, the elite of the imperial army is concentrated in the Shandong area, and the heavy army group with the Ninth Division as the backbone in the south is cut off, and the army led by Lieutenant General Imamura Jun and Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba will not escape when he arrives.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke has a certain reason, and Tada Jun did listen to it.

Tada Jun was also unwilling to transfer the 28th Division of Jiaodong to the Qingdao front, which was equivalent to giving up Jiaodong to the Eighth Route Army. Don't sweep the dàng effect dàng in the early stage, there is no way to explain to the base camp, and Tada Jun himself is not reconciled. In addition, during this period, under the guidance of the Special Service Department of the North China Front Army and the special services of Jinan and Yantai, the 28th Division attacked,

The Kuomintang premises in Jiaodong are very effective, and if they hold on for a while, they will definitely be able to pull up a security army and security regiment in Jiaodong to assist the imperial army in fighting.

As for Yoshizumi Ryosuke's 29th Division, it is still stationed in southeastern Lu and Liu Yimin may be there

Hook the Qinghe River valley and restore the power of the Eighth Route Army in the Qinghe River valley, that is, fainting. Tada Jun knew in his heart that after a month of heavy military sweeping, the imperial army would occupy the whole of Shandong and southern Hebei, and the base area of the Eighth Route Army would be completely lost, and at best, it would become a guerrilla zone. The reason why Liu Yimin slipped back to Shandong in a hurry was that the main thing was to restore his base and warm his frozen buttocks. The southeast of Shandong and the mountainous areas of Taiyi are Liu Yimin's old nests, and the base areas that he is most anxious to restore are not Qinghe, not Luxi, not the Jiaolai River Basin, nor Jiaodong, but the southeast of Shandong and the Taiyi Mountains. If the Ninth Division, the 114th Division, and the 1st Concave Division under the command of Ji Yilang were allowed to sweep away the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong and the southeastern areas of Shandong, they might become the target of Liu Yimin's revenge and repeat the tragedy of the 10th Division and the 38th Division.

At this time, an idea suddenly popped into Tadajun's mind, that is, to temporarily abandon Qingdao in the lost arm, and let Imamura Jun command the Fifth Division, the First Guards Division, the Taiwan Mixed Brigade, and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade to quickly advance eastward, and together with the 32nd Division, the 36th Division, the 17th Brigade and the 18th Brigade under the command of Iida Sadagu, to set up strong defenses on the Jiaoji Road and the Jiqing Highway. Blocking the passage of the Eighth Route Army to the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong: Let the 110th Division retreating to Baoda Road and the 40th Division stationed in Dexian County command the 19th, 20th, and 21st brigades of the self-reliant mixed brigade that remained on the Jilu border to sweep across the Jilu border, establish a strong defensive position on the Yellow River, and block Liu Yimin's retreat to the Jilu border and northwest Lu: let Inaba Shiro command the armies in Shimen to quickly advance eastward

The Qinghe River valley frequently swept dàng, drove Liu Yimin's forces to the Jiaolai River Valley, Qingdao, and Jiaodong, and drove them into the Kunyu Mountains, and then drove them from the Kunyu Mountains to the seaside, and annihilated them in one fell swoop.

This idea is indeed human, Tada Jun drooped his head, stared blankly, sat weakly in his chair, and thought frequently. For a long time, Tada Jun sighed lightly, shook his head, and vetoed the idea. The reason is very simple, the Japanese army did not know when and at what point Liu Yimin's forces broke through the Jiaoji Road, and no matter how strong their defensive positions were, they had to set up a long snake formation along the Jiaoji Road and the Jiqing Highway, with the firepower of Liu Yimin's troops. If you attack one point, you can completely tear the opening and rush through Jiaoji Road into the Luzhong Mountains. Moreover, the current Jiaoji Road defense has been ravaged by the Eighth Route Army again and again, and it has long been riddled with holes, and it is not enough at all. Another point is that the base camp and domestic public opinion cannot sit idly by and watch Qingdao lose too long, and they can't afford to lose that face.

Tada Jun's mind was overwhelming, and he didn't say a word. Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masaju stood there and didn't dare to come out, and the room was quiet for a while.

After a long time, Tada Jun raised his head and opened his mouth: "Yoshizumi-kun's suggestion is very good. In this way, with a little adjustment, there is no need for the 28th Division to move, and it will continue to control Jiaodong. Order Shiro Inaba to gather all the cars. Transporting troops. Tomorrow, under the cover of the planes, they will march eastward along the Deshi Road with all their might, and the vanguard army in the car before dark must enter the city of Jinan. As for the Jiichiro Group in the south-central mountainous area of central Lu and the Dàng in the southeast of Lu, the whole line will shrink early tomorrow morning. Among them, the 29th Division retreated to the Longhai Road east of Xuzhou for fortification, commanding the Marines in Lianyungang and the 22nd Brigade in the East China Sea. Defend the section between Lianyungang and Xuzhou: The 114th Division retreated to Xuzhou, commanded the Xuzhou garrison, and the 23rd Brigade of the Self-Mixed Brigade stationed in Suxian County was responsible for the defense of the Longhai Road from Xuzhou to Dangshan and Jinpu Road from Xuzhou to Suxian: the 9th Division commanded the Manchurian Ting Army to retreat to Linyi and effectively control the security of the Lunan Plain, and restore the production of railways and Zaozhuang coal mines. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke's brows were furrowed: "Your Excellency Commander, is this to shrink on the entire line of central and southern Lu?" ”

As a result, Tada vomited blood, his body was injured, and his energy was affected. The face is pale and gray, coupled with a thin body and baldness, it looks yinsen, a bit like the impermanence in the legend.

Strongly supporting the spirit, trying his best to connect with the majesty of his lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, Tada Jun said lightly: "Yes, the central and southern Lu and southern Lu have shrunk across the board.

I suddenly had an idea just now, Liu Yimin is the best at concealing Xing's long-range attack, often driving thousands of miles, just look at his record, run to Chengdu, run to Xi'an, run to Taiyuan, run to Tianjin, run to Qingdao, run to Jinan, run to Shimen, which time is not like this? When he did this, he always hit the enemy's rear, and it was also the place where the defense was the weakest and the defenders were the least vigilant, and it was also the place with the richest material reserves, and the place with the most important strategic position, so that the enemy had to save and follow his baton. If the rhythm of the attack is not disrupted, the imperial army will be exhausted to death, and there is nothing to be done about him. Because who can stop the unexpected four words? Don't be a big Japanese army, even the Chinese gods who can pinch and calculate. Now, Liu Yimin is the tiger rampant in North China, for him, the Japanese Army concentrated such a huge military force to catch the tiger, but everyone saw that the tiger was not caught, but was bitten by him one bite after another. I thought, if that's the case, why don't we just drive the tiger into a cage and put this tiger in a cage? ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masasaki's eyes immediately lit up, and they asked coincidentally, "Drive the tiger into the cage?" ”

Tada Jun affirmed: "It is to drive the tiger into the cage." Yoshizumi-kun's right just now is not right,

The right place is that the 28th Division is not moving, and Liu Yimin's army is also exhausted and eager to restore the base area, and the wrong place is that Liu Yimin will stay in the Qinghe River valley and the 29th Division will continue to garrison southeast Ludong.

We thought, why did Liu Yimin abandon the Shimen area, central Hebei, southern Hebei, and Hebei-Shandong border areas to continue to look for fighters to attack the imperial army? It was not that he was merciful, but that he believed that he had transferred the heavy army group of the imperial army out of Shandong, and that the elite divisions of the imperial army had become a tired division, and they had difficulty in supply, and they had no ability to continue the war. Therefore, he fled back to Shandong in a hurry, with the aim of seizing the opportunity to restore the base area and stabilize the battlefield situation. So, what base area is the first thing he wants to restore? The answer to the mystery is certain, that is, the southeast of Shandong and the Taiyi mountains. This is his old nest, we know that his airport, military factory, hospital, and school are all here, but we haven't found it after sweeping it for so long. This shows how clever and deep they hide. However, it is not far from the discovery, because in the entire Shandong battlefield, only the Eighth Route Army and the Imperial Army in the mountainous areas of southeast and central and southern Shandong are fighting to the death.

Liu Yimin was anxious to rush back to the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong, and the first target of the attack must be the 29th Division in southeastern Shandong, which was the Great Plains, so Liu Yimin's mechanized army and cavalry movement were done, and the 29th Division was a newly built division with relatively weak combat effectiveness. If Liu Yimin had fought like this, the 29th Division would have to suffer a big loss. If the 29th Division was wrecked, the 9th Division and the 114th Division, which were fighting with the Eighth Route Army, would be trapped in the mountains and lost into the trap of the main army that Liu Yimin arrived later.

Therefore, rather than disintegrating the whole line at that time, it is better to shrink the whole line as soon as possible. That's what it means. ”

After so much, Tada Jun couldn't support it anymore and had to climb onto the table to rest for a while.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke hurriedly called Tada's guards to bring in a cup of coffee, so that Tada Jun drank it to refresh himself.

If General Terauchi wants to drink coffee, it must be the beautiful Sister Masako wearing a kimono and walking in to make coffee. is the general Shanshan Yuan, and there is also an unusually slender and gentle beautiful writer Lin Fumiko who secretly softly speaks softly and sends fragrant coffee. There is no way, people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away. Tada Jun is not a military giant like Terauchi Shouichi and Sugi Sugimoto, and he doesn't dare to openly let the female signal soldiers of the Third Flying Group serve Shi, so he can only let the clumsy guards come to take coffee.

After a cup of coffee, Duotian Jun felt a lot warmer in his heart and had more energy in his body, so he continued: "Since Liu Yimin is in a hurry to return to the Taiyi Mountains and southeast Ludong, let's be generous and become him." In addition, Lieutenant General Imamura had to be told that once the Eighth Route Army that was not allowed to gather and annihilate the attack on Qingdao, he would try to drive them to the southeast of Shandong. Let them go and join Liu Yimin. We think that the southeast of Shandong and the mountainous area of Taiyi, there are Jiaoji Road and Jiqing Highway in the north, Jinpu Road and Jinan to Xuzhou Highway in the west, Longhai Road and Lianyungang Highway to Xuzhou and Shangqiu in the south, and the sea in the east. As long as we assemble a large army to besiege on three sides, rely on railways and highways to build a solid blockade line, dig blockade ditches, and build blockhouses and hidden forts, as long as we are given half a year, no, three months, we will be able to complete the fortifications. At that time, there will be planes in the sky over them to reconnoiter and bomb during the day, armored patrol cars patrolling the railways at night, and fortifications in depth, so it will be difficult for Liu Yimin to break through our defensive ground. Didn't we make an iron cage and lock up Liu Yimin? ”

If Tadajun's vision can be realized, then the cage policy will really work, and Liu Yimin's life will really be poor. The problem is that Tada Jun is dreaming, because he has not discussed it with Liu Yimin, and Liu Yimin may not allow him to do so. Moreover, China is not only Liu Yimin's anti-Japanese army, but the Japanese army base camp still has many attempts, and it will not hand over so many troops to Tada Jun for a long time to let him fight such a battle.

When he arrived here, Tada Jun was excited, and his voice became a little excited: "Yoshizumi-kun, Hirata Jun, we think, the most difficult thing in this squadron is the ** Eighth Route Army, the most cunning, the most ferocious, and the biggest loss to the imperial army is none other than Liu Yimin's army." We must not always waste such a huge military power on Liu Yimin, and the Japanese Empire still has to expand its territory and go north to attack the Soviet Union or south to attack Britain and the United States! As long as we trap Liu Yimin in the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong and in the southeast of Shandong, on the one hand, we can train our troops, expand the army more, expand the public security army more, and pull the new army to the blockade line to temper it, and in time, the new army will become elite in the cities; on the other hand, we can mobilize the army to sweep the North China Plain sub-districts and break through the eight roads in these areas. Even, we can solve the Shanxi problem in one fell swoop, eliminate or expel the Wei Lihuang group from Shanxi, force Yan Xishan to surrender, and then attack the nest of Shaanxi **. At that time, if one battle is fought and one battle is won, the passive situation of the North China Front will be completely changed! ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly took a step forward and said to Tada Jun: "Your Excellency Commander, let's give a battle order with this line of thought!" ”

Tada's order was only two points just now, and the third point was not yet. No, he began: "3. Order the 40th Division stationed in Dexian County and the 110th Division to retreat to Baoda Road, and command the three self-reliant mixed brigades in Jilubian and Northwest Lu to sweep the Jilu border and northwest Lu.

Liu Yimin was able to slip into the Jilu border without hurry, and the Tuba Road in this area of Ming was still domineering, but it turned underground. Find them all and destroy them all! The 37th Division stationed in Hengshui and the 35th Division stationed in Jizhong were ordered to jointly attack Jizhong. Without the cover of the Eighth Road in Jizhongtu, Liu Yimin would not have been able to quietly run from Shimen to Jilu. The 11th Division, which rushed to Handan, was ordered to return to southern Hebei, cooperate with the self-reliant mixed first brigade stationed in Nangong, and sweep southern Hebei. The 40th Division of Luxi, Fujii Yotomo of southwest Lu, and the troops of other parts of Shandong were ordered to intensify their efforts to sweep up Dàng, and to seize Dinglav for the construction of railways and highways, and the formation of security teams for the premises. ”

When it was over, Tada's strength was also exhausted, so he told Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masato to send a report to the base camp and give orders to the various armies according to their own ideas, and he got up, lay down on the marching bed in the house, and began to sleep.