1. The sun shines on the North China Plain. \\, 0m//More than one person high sorghum into a piece of paving on the eight, red fruits and green stems form a tight green gauze tent, after the breeze, dozens of miles of sorghum land undulating and swaying, the earth is covered tightly. It's a good harvest again

Gunshots were heard from afar. The quiet village is woken up by the rush of alarm bells. Immediately it became noisy, and the villagers hurried with their children. Fleeing away with their own cattle, on foot or in a chariot. A handful of militiamen with guns stood guard on the outskirts of the village under the command of the captain, and the dust kicked up by the Japanese horse team in the distance was already clearly visible.

The march in the wing was very pleasant for these recruits who had been transferred from within Japan, and the danger that had been repeatedly emphasized by the officers before the war seemed to be unsightly, and they easily carried their steel helmets behind their backs, sweating in the sun, occasionally joking with each other, and the whole team was filled with a casual atmosphere of the suburbs.

The few harassing gunshots were driven away by the horse caravan, and the empty villages left them with some regrets, and the bushido education instilled in them from an early age filled the minds of these young people who had just left school with the idea of expanding the territory of the empire and making contributions to the emperor, but after setting foot on this strange land, they could not help but be attracted by its vastness. The conquest of this land became their first wish.

The muzzle of the cannon erupted with fire. The village was burning, a few figures wrapped in white turbans flashed in the green gauze tent, and the sparse gunfire did not stop the pace of the Japanese troops, and the Japanese column continued to advance slowly and firmly towards the hinterland of the wing area, but things became more and more dangerous. "Landmines have gradually become the biggest headache for Japanese soldiers, and in villages, under the doors, in the corners of houses, there can be explosions of landmines. When a companion screams beside him. Young Japanese soldiers began to feel the cruelty of war. Casualties appeared, and the retaliation of the Japanese army grew stronger, and villages along the way were burned.

The invading army continued to advance, and all kinds of war reports were quickly gathered in Beiping, the lights in the Beiping headquarters were bright, officers at all levels were sticking to their posts, officers from the telecommunications office came and went, and the day's battle reports were quickly delivered to the war room.

Nishio Shouzo and other senior officers of the North China Dispatch Army stayed in the war room, and the battle reports from the front showed that the operation was going very smoothly, and on the first day the entire line advanced 30 to 40 kilometers into the hinterland of the wing. Harassment by small militias was encountered, but casualties were mainly from landmines.

This result is roughly the same as the pre-estimate of the well, the Eighth Route Army will not fight the imperial army head-on, but where is the main force in the wing of the Eighth Route Army hidden? The battle reports reported were more or less the same everywhere. Nishio Shouzo was most concerned about the four divisions that drove straight in, carrying out centripetal assaults from four aspects, throwing off all the blockades along the way and heading straight to the Shenwu Rao'an area, the central area of the wing.

What made Nishio Shouzo depressed was that the news fed back by these four troops was still blank, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was still missing, and the shadow fell on the combat class.

The 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army in the south of the wing concentrated its forces in the Guanzhuang area in the southwest of Ren County to carry out a large-scale blockade with the 36th Division advancing westward, and the two sides fought fiercely for a whole day, and the 36th Division was unable to advance an inch.

The Eighth Route Army of Yilu and Henan also disappeared without a trace like the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, but the Kuomintang troops in the First War Zone on the other side of the Yellow River were frequently mobilized and had the intention of crossing the river to the north, which caused Nishio Shouzo to worry.

"Ligaojun, do you think that the government army of China in the First War Zone will go north to attack the imperial army?" Nishio Shouzo did not ask the chief of staff, Yukio Kasawara, but chose to stand tall for support.

Li Gao supported the thinking meeting, and said with a wry smile: "There is such a possibility, the last time the general of the Chinese army launched a diversion attack in Shandong, but it is difficult to say whether Li Zongren will do this" Speaking of this, he said with some difficulty: "If he really wants to cross the river, on the other side of the Yellow River is the Tang Enbo Department of the Chinese Army, Tang Enbo is brave and good at fighting, if Li Zongren wants to cross the river, why should he be transferred?" So I don't think Li Zongren will cross the river. ”

Indeed, in the absence of intelligence support, it is difficult to judge the movements of the first squadron in the First War Zone, and the judgment of the support of the first theater is reasonable. However, Nishio Shouzo was not satisfied, and he asked rhetorically: "Why isn't the Shina army playing a suspicious plan?" ”

Ligao was silent, and then calmly looked up at Xiju Shouzao: "There is such a possibility, but we can't make an accurate judgment based on the current situation, but we have invested 80,000 troops in Yiluyu, even if the Zhina Army in Henan launches an attack, it will not be able to shake the offensive of the imperial army, and we still have four divisions north of the Yellow River in Hebei." ”

Yukio Kasahara also interjected at this time: "Commander, the actions of the government forces in China will not pose a threat to us for the time being, and the question now is that in addition to Yinan, we can't judge where the Eighth Route Army in the Yizhong and Yiluyu regions is. ”

Nishio Shouzao nodded at this time, indicating that he accepted their judgment, in fact, he was also testing the support of Ligao, entering the network, and the state. Judging the abundance of the Eighth Route Army based on the current situation, it is necessary to use the horn to attack the strength.

"The position of the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the south of the wing can be determined, and it is recommended that the small one immediately encircle." Yukio Kasahara said, pointing to the map.

"It was the same with the eighth road in the wing last time," Ligao reminded him.

Yukio Kasawara asked a little unpleasantly, "How was it last time?" Standing high section manager. ”

"The last time we attacked the wing, the eighth road in the wing was also the first to block our army on the eastern front, and after our army adjusted its deployment, the main force took the opportunity to highlight the encirclement of the imperial army on the western front." Standing tall replied without changing his face.

Yukio Kasawara was stunned. I remembered that before formulating the plan to attack and suppress, he had studied the last time he fought in the wing, and he was not wrong to say that he was right, and he used this trick in the eighth road in the wing last time, and this time he knew that it was not a repetition of the old trick.

Nishio Shouzo paced back and forth in the war room with his hands in his trouser pockets. finally made up his mind: "Order all units to speed up the attack, and order our army in Yinan to act according to the original plan." The 36th Division improved the offensive to block the attack, and the rest of the divisions acted according to the original plan. The troops north of the Yellow River were ordered to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the government troops of China from crossing the Yellow River north. ”

The order flew out of Beiping. The six troops on the periphery of the wing moved more cautiously, strictly inspecting the areas they passed through, looking for traces of the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, while the four troops in front accelerated the pace of action and continued to assault in the hinterland.

The office of the Eighth Route Army in Wuhan was also transparent, and the situation from North China made Zhou Ganglai feel very uneasy. The Japanese army suddenly gave up continuing its offensive and turned to the anti-Japanese base area in North China, which exceeded the central estimate. It was originally estimated that before the Japanese army occupied Wuhan. It was not possible to mobilize the main forces to attack the anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines, but now the direction of the Japanese army's operations has changed.

"Any news on this?" Zhou Enmu saw Dong Xiaopeng, the head of the confidential section, hurriedly come in, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.

"Yes, our southern troops encountered the 36th Division of the Japanese Army in the southwest of Ren County on the way to transfer, and the two sides fought fiercely for a day. After nightfall, the disengagement and the troops moved to the southwest. Division Commander Chen Guang was wounded. Dong Xiao and Peng quickly read the telegram.

In order to make it easier for the Southern Bureau to keep abreast of the situation at any time, the Central Committee forwarded a copy of every telegram received from the front to the Southern Bureau, so that even though Zhou Ganglai was in Wuhan, he could keep abreast of changes in the battle situation at the front line.

"How!" Zhou Ganglai couldn't help but be anxious, the information transferred by Li Nong was already very accurate, it can be said that every action of the Japanese army was in it, but it still encountered small problems with the Japanese army, except for the mistakes of the front-line commanders. There is no other reason to explain.

"It's not our fault. It was the Japanese army that suddenly changed its plan, and the puppet army flank of a small division was extended to the south, just to block our army. Dong Xiaopeng sighed, this should be a temporary change in the Japanese army on the southern front.

"A puppet army of a division?" Zhou Ganglai was stunned for a moment, and then asked rhetorically: "Why is there no intelligence?" ”

"It's a network transferred from the Northeast," Dong Xiaopeng handed over the telegram: "Take a look." ”

Zhou Ganglai took the telegram with a cold expression, looked at it carefully for a while, and as Dong Xiaopeng said, this puppet army division joined temporarily, and the Japanese army found that there was a gap in their encirclement, and requisitioned this puppet army division to fill it, just in time to meet the 115th Division.

"What about the Wings?"

"The troops have dispersed. Looking for a gap in the Japanese army, interspersed out. Then jump to the outside line to fight. Ye Ying came in from outside, just in time for the question that came from last week, so he replied casually.

"The central government hopes that we can strengthen our ties with Li Zongren and ask him to go north of the Yellow River if necessary to show solidarity." Zhou Ganglai sighed softly.

Xuanxia's father had secretly rushed to Zhengzhou to see Li Zongren, and Li Nong's intelligence said that Zhuang Jihua had called Li Zongren, hoping that Li Zongren would send troops to Hebei as soon as possible, but Li Zongren was obviously hesitating. "Why don't I go to Zhengzhou?" Seeing this, Ye Ying proposed.

"No, I'll go." Zhou Si will say. Ye Ying shook his head and said, "Your target is too big and easy to attract attention, so I'd better go." ”

"Your goal is just as big, or I'll go." Zhou said resolutely.

At this moment, Dong Wu hurried in from outside with a newspaper under his umbrella, and shouted when he entered the door: "Just now, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a non-aggression pact. ”

Zhou Ganglai was stunned. He took the newspaper from Dong Wu's hand and read it carefully, and Ye Ying also leaned over and watched it together. The newspaper report was brief, only a brief report on the signing of the non-aggression pact between the USSR and Germany in Moscow and part of the treaty.

It is clear that this treaty will have a major impact on Europe, but Dong Wu could not see clearly for a while where the impact on China's strategy is, but he feels that it will inevitably affect the Chinese battlefield.

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