The commander of the Japanese North China Front, Shanshan Motomoto, had made all preparations and prepared a three-way army to encircle Jinan, and the main force of the instructor would be concentrated and annihilated in the area around Jinan. To this end, he exhausted his brains, said that the base camp formed an armored brigade, and transferred the Guards Division, the Sixth Division, and the Sixteenth Division.

Shanshanyuan's plan was very thorough, he planned to form a heavy assault group with the 5th Division, the 6th Division, the 16th Division, the Guards Division and the Armored Division to "assault from east to west along the Jiaoji Road and the Jiqing Highway." As long as there is a fight on the Eastern Front, Liu Yimin will inevitably divide his troops to block it. As long as Liu Yimin divided his troops, the seven divisions of the northern front could cross the river and march eastward and flank Jinan with the southern line group. If Liu Yimin doesn't divide the troops, then it's okay, just let him stick to Jinan, "the three-way army will attack Jinan, the sky is an airplane" and the ground is a tank, no matter how tenacious and clever Tubalu is, the flesh and blood are not the opponents of the imperial army's ironclad weapons, and there is only one way waiting for them, that is, to abandon the city and flee. As long as Liu Yimin escapes from Jinan and Jiaoji Road, Shanshanyuan feels that he has achieved his goal, so that all Japanese people can see that Shanshanyuan is Shanshanyuan's general" "That combat exploit is absolutely incomparably prominent!"

As a result, before the battle began, "Xiduo Chengyi sent a telegram of intercepted news about the activities of Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Shen Honglie in Luxi and southern Hebei.

Looking at the telegram on the table, Shanshan Yuan asked Kita Seiichi: "Kita-kun, what do you think is Liu Yimin's real intention of suddenly sending this news call?" ”

Kita Seiichi is the spy leader of the North China Front, and he can be regarded as the most familiar person with Liu Yimin in the North China Front Army after Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo. After listening to Shanshan Yuan's words, "Kita Chengyi didn't dare to answer rashly, thought for a while, and said carefully: "Your Excellency Commander: Liu Yimin sent a news message at this time, I personally think there are several possibilities: The first is that Liu Yimin did not realize the action intentions of the imperial army, thinking that the imperial army would maintain the current battlefield confrontation situation. Therefore, he went to Luxi and southern Hebei to comfort the people and buy people's hearts. You must know that China's bureaucrats and warlords are the best at this. It is said that Chiang Kai-shek's wife, Soong Meiling, once went to the hospital to inquire about the wounded. The second possibility is that Liu Yimin did not discover our army's combat intentions, and in order to cope with the situation after Wang Jingwei's escape, he took Shen Honglie, chairman of Shandong Province of the Kuomintang, to Luxi to pay tribute to Fan Zhuxian, "with the purpose of going to the outside world to show that the situation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party uniting to resist Japan is still solid, and to strengthen the Chinese's will to resist Japan." Is this third possible7? Knives and knives"

Kita Makoto said half of it, and he didn't say anything, "So that Shanshan Moto and Chief of Staff Yamashita Fengfumi both looked at him with their mouths open."

Yamashita Fengwen is nicknamed the infantry gun, and he can be regarded as a member of the Japanese army. Seeing that Kita Cheng sold off the sukko" Yamashita Fengwen was a little impatient, and immediately urged: "Kita-kun, say it quickly, don't swallow and spit out!" ”

Kita Seiichi just wants to greet the women of the Yamashita Hobun family! When is this? This is the eve of the life-and-death struggle of hundreds of thousands of troops. If the campaign goes well, it's okay to say, "If there is a big defeat, Shanshan Yuan will inevitably find a scapegoat." If he said the wrong thing, he would be found out by Shanshan Yuan in the future and go through the old accounts, wouldn't he be unable to eat and walk around?

Although Kita Makoto kept greeting the women of the Yamashita Hobun family in his heart, he still had to continue to say, "Commander Sugi Moto is waiting!"

Kita Seiichi stubbornly continued: "The third possibility is that Liu Yimin has discovered the imperial army's combat intentions, and he is doing this to tell us that he is ready and waiting for the main force of the imperial army to attack." You must know that Liu Yimin is the most despicable and shameless person among Chinese generals, and he is accustomed to lying and intimidating, "He said that he was in Luxi and southern Hebei, so he had to go to Qingdao to find him." Perhaps, at this time, he had already set up a battlefield somewhere between Jinan and Qingdao, preparing to sneak attack a certain division of the Imperial Army on the Eastern Front. ”

As soon as Shanshan Yuan heard this, he walked to the map in a few steps and began to look at it carefully.

Yamashita Fengfumi is a typical Japanese soldier who advocates active attacks and is good at sneak attacks. After listening to Kita Seiichi's words, he was a little unconvinced, and opened his mouth and said, "Kita-kun, you are a little alarmist." It is understandable to say that Liu Yimin wants to make some other famous halls, "You say that he can set up an ambush between Jinan and Qingdao to deal with the Eastern Front Corps", that is purely deceptive. Armored brigades, mechanized guards divisions and the fifth division, the sixth division and the sixteenth division with unparalleled combat effectiveness, Liu Yimin will not be unaware of the combat effectiveness of these divisions. ”

Kita Seiichi didn't want to raise the bar with Yamashita Fengwen, but at this time, it was better to make the matter more serious than usual, so as not to be cleaned up by Shanshan Yuan in case of an accident.

Kita Seiichi said: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff: I'm just saying my own judgment, Liu Yimin is indeed too cunning, and he is used to sneak attacks, ambushes, and sound from east to west. The Imperial Army on the Eastern Front had four strong master regiments, but what about the Southern Front? There is only one 14th Division there that is a permanent division, and with the combat strength and firepower of Liu Yimin's troops, he will not be afraid of a 14th Division. Also, will Liu Yimin really hide in Luxi and southern Hebei? If he really hid there, after the main force of the imperial army's northern front advanced eastward, wouldn't the central Hebei and Pingjin regions be extremely empty? What if Liu Yimin gave up Jinan and transferred troops to attack Shijiazhuang and Pingjin? ”

Even Yamashita Fengwen couldn't sit still, so he ran to the map and studied it carefully.

In fact, Shanshanyuan had already thought about these problems mentioned by Xida Chengyi, and he had made arrangements for it, but as soon as Liu Yimin's news was released, it was like a pebble thrown into the bottleneck of the lake, so that Shanshanyuan, who had a certain plan, could no longer be calm. You must know that Liu Yimin's visit to Luxi and southern Hebei is not really as the news said, "to pay tribute to Fan Zhuxian, maybe he wants to repeat the plan of sneak attack on Tianjin", to sneak attack Shijiazhuang or Beiping. Needless to say, once Peiping was attacked by Liu Yimin, it was equivalent to destroying the ruling base of the Japanese Empire in North China, and the emperor would definitely not let him go. Once Shijiazhuang is lost, it is equivalent to closing the Shanxi battlefield, and the 100,000 troops of the First Army will be trapped and killed in Shanxi, and the emperor will not spare himself.

Shanshan Yuan pondered deeply at the map.

Yamashita Fengwen was a little irritable, "looked at the map for a while", and then walked over and said to Kita Seiichi: "Kita-kun, there is another possibility, that is, Liu Yimin discovered the imperial army's combat intentions, but he had no time to deploy, so he had to issue a news telegram, the purpose of which was to interfere with the determination of the front army headquarters and delay the pace of the imperial army's attack. Do you think that's possible? ”

This Japanese has a characteristic, that is, they also have internal contradictions between the navy and the army, and contradictions between various factions within the army, "but whenever they encounter a war with the Chinese, all kinds of contradictions will be temporarily put aside and jointly deal with the Chinese."

Listening to Yamashita Fumi's question, Kita Seiichi thought about it for a while and replied that there should be such a possibility. Judging from the newspaper, in the recent period, "Liu Yimin's troops are consolidating the base area in Shandong," establishing and restoring political power at all levels, and "digesting the results of the capture of Jinan" so as to facilitate long-term confrontation with the imperial army.

This was supposed to be the truth" but Yamashita Fumimi didn't want to listen to it, and instead accused Kaikita Seiichi: "Kita-kun, what is your intelligence department doing?" Even Liu Yimin's power is not clear. When the critical moment comes, say what is possible and that is possible. This is a large army operation, how can it be done if the intelligence is not accurate? You should report to the front army the exact location of Liu Yimin's forces" instead of such specious judgments and inferences! ”

Kita Seiichi turned out to be a celebrity of Terauchi Shouichi, "There is no time among them, and he is a little longer than Yamashita Fumi, and seeing that he has not yet started to fight, he began to accuse Kita Seiichi as soon as he got into it, and Kita Seiichi was not happy: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, this is not to blame for the incompetence of the intelligence department" It is the incompetence of the combat unit and the inability to protect the intelligence department "has led to heavy losses for the intelligence personnel." If it weren't for the foresight of General Shouichi Terauchi who ordered the intelligence agencies to decisively evacuate Jinan, it would be impossible for you to know a little information about Shandong now. You must know that Liu Yimin's troops are different from other Chinese troops: "Everywhere they go, they attack the intelligence department first. Intelligence officers all work under extremely difficult circumstances. The available information shows that the main force of Liu Yimin's troops is scattered all over Shandong, pulling in arms and establishing political power. The problem is that our intelligence officers can't get close to Liu Yimin's forces and can't get the core information. Liu Yimin is also good at disguise and deception: "Do you dare to believe that the information we get is true?" However, some of them are reliable, such as militia teams, district squads, and county brigades are being built in various parts of the Hebei and Shandong borders. ”

Yamashita Fengwen thinks about it, and this is also the truth: "Shandong's Tubalu is a bit too cunning and too fierce. As in eastern Hebei, Pingxi, Pingbei, Luxi, central Hebei, southern Hebei, and Shanxi, the information of the imperial army was relatively much more accurate.

The words of the two of them all fell into the ears of Shanshan Yuan.

Shanshan Yuan, this old devil, although the Japanese later said that he was a stupid marshal, but no one said so at this time. This old devil is bold and reckless, and there is not a single word of fear in his mind, a typical aggressive maniac.

Shanshan Yuan pondered for a long time in front of the map, and finally turned to Kita Seiichi and Yamashita Fengwen and said: "Kita-kun, Yamashita-kun, I think it is impossible for Liu Yimin to know the battle intentions of the imperial army. There are two reasons for this: First, our propaganda in the early stage should have a certain effect, judging from the top-secret information reported by the base camp, "there are already many people in the Kuomintang who have asked for an investigation into Liu Yimin's reorganization of their local armed forces and the establishment of political power, and they do not believe Liu Yimin's defense at all, and maybe in the future, the Kuomintang troops will join hands with us to fight against the ** and the Eighth Route Army." Liu Yimin should be overwhelmed and exhausted now. The reason why Liu Yimin said in the news telegram that he and Shen Honglie went to pay homage to Fan Zhuxian's grave should be to show Chiang Kai-shek his attitude, "to deal with our propaganda war and discontent within the Kuomintang." It is likely that he did make it to Luxi and southern Hebei, and is now on his way back to Jinan. It's better this way" Before he returned to Jinan, we launched an attack, and it was easier to beat him off guard. Second, although the intelligence of the imperial army is limited, the intelligence from the Ministry of Culture and Rites in Luzhong and the local government of the Eighth Route Army in Hebei and Shandong have always been very accurate. All this information shows that Liu Yimin's ministry is scattering and building up armed forces and political power, and he has to go through a process of gathering and assembling troops. As long as we attack quickly, we can divide and surround them and annihilate them in one fell swoop! ”

As soon as Shanshan Yuan said this, Kita Chengyi hurriedly picked it up: "Your Excellency Commander: Since the successful rebellion against Wang Jingwei, the Nationalist Government in Chongqing has been in a panic. According to reliable information, some high-ranking officials in the Kuomintang blamed Wang Ching-wei's escape on the rapid development of the Kuomintang, coupled with our powerful propaganda offensive, and many high-ranking Kuomintang figures are thinking about how to deal with the problem of **. This is "absolutely accurate." ”

Shanshan Yuan nodded, turned around and pointed to the map and said, "You see, it is impossible for Liu Yimin to attack north, south, and east to Qingdao. On the northern front, there were seven divisions in the direction of Dexian and the garrison on the Pinghan Road: on the southern front, there were four divisions, one independent mixed brigade, and 25,000 well-trained and combat-ready Manchurian Defense Forces, the 2nd Qingdao Division and the 5th Division of the Combined Fleet. I believe Liu Yimin will know all about these situations. If the Imperial Army held on and the Eighth Route Army attacked, as long as there was a permanent division, it would be impossible for them to succeed. Liu Yimin would not have had a hard encounter with the imperial army, if he did, he would have been defeated a long time ago. He will definitely plan how to exploit the imperial army, but we will not give him such a chance. Taking a step back, even if he really went to southern Hebei and Luxi and wanted to sneak attack the imperial army, that would be even better! The plains, which are conducive to the movement of mechanized corps, are here to annihilate him. Judging from the above analysis, the initiative in the temporary operation is in the hands of the imperial army" Liu Yimin has no way to break this confrontation deadlock. Listening to it, Kita Seiichi and Yamashita Fengfumi both nodded again and again.

Shanshan Yuan glanced at the map again" and said lightly: "Our battle plan has been approved by the Imperial Council and must be executed.

However, "in order to be prepared for an emergency, we have taken several measures: First, we have sent a telegram to the base camp" asking the Kwantung Army to urgently mobilize and make preparations for continuing to deploy additional troops to fight in the pass. The second is to adjust the deployment and transfer another division to stick to the Deshi Road. In this way, the garrison of Deshi Road reached two divisions, and Liu Yimin was in southern Hebei, and he also had no way to take the two divisions to heavily garrison Deshi Road. Third, the northern, southern, and eastern fronts will launch a surprise attack tomorrow according to the operational plan. However, adjust the order of attack a little, let the four divisions of the Eastern Front attack first, they have naval aviation cover, and the speed of progress should be fast. Exploratory offensives were carried out on the northern and southern fronts. If the offensive on the northern and southern fronts does not encounter stubborn resistance" means that Liu Yimin's forces are not in Jinan, then the main force of the northern front will immediately stick to the spot "Strictly prevent Liu Yimin's troops from sneaking attack, and attack Jinan from the southern and eastern fronts." If the offensive on the northern and southern fronts is stubbornly resisted, it means that Liu Yimin's forces are in Jinan, and the original information is accurate. We urged the Sanlufu army to attack Jinan" and annihilated Liu Yimin's troops under the city of Jinan. Kita Seichi and Yamashita immediately said that the commander was wise.

After patting the sycophants, Kita Chengyi couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency Commander, what if Liu Yimin abandons the city and runs into the Yimeng Mountains?" ”

Shanshan Yuan's eyes swept over Xi Duocheng's face: "It's not terrible for Liu Yimin to flee into the mountains, we only need to recapture Jinan and Jiaoji Road and open up Jinpu Road" to complete the goal of this campaign. In the future, with the support of Jiaoji Road and Jinpu Road, we can concentrate our troops to sweep in divisions, but we can't eliminate Liu Yimin's forces, and we will turn the area where he is entrenched into a thousand miles of red land, and starve him to death if he starves! ”

At this time, Yamashita Fengfumi and Kita Seiichi really understood the ruthlessness of Sugi Sugimoto, and they all bent down and bowed, and even said Hai.

Shanshan Yuan thought for a moment and added: "Order the garrisons of Beiping, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Qingdao, and Xuzhou to immediately arm the expatriates and let them help defend the city and strictly prevent the attack of the Eighth Road!" ”

After giving the order, Shanshan Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "No matter how cunning Liu Yimin is, he can't resist such a powerful offensive from us." In the face of great power, "his little tricks are nothing, and they don't play much." After speaking, Shanshan Yuan no longer paid attention to Yamashita Fengjia and Kita Seiichi, and went directly to the bedroom to rest.

Back in the bedroom, Shanshan Yuan was so surprised that he almost cried out.

It turned out that after Shanshanyuan arrived in Beiping, his family did not come. This old devil is the same as Shouichi Terauchi, and he is also an old pervert. However, Shouichi Terauchi is more flamboyant, but Sugi Sugimoto pretends to be the same, and writes a letter to his wife every day, saying how much he misses his wife and children. For a while, the old devils such as Yamashita Fengfumi, Kita Seiichi, and Kinoshita Min were confused, and they didn't dare to rashly find a woman for him. Even Wang Kemin, who is the best at doing this, thinks that Shanshanyuan may be an alternative among the Japanese and does not like women.

After a little time, Shanshan Yuan couldn't bear the loneliness. This morning, he also complained to Chief of Staff Yamashita that the Front Army Command should set up a special comfort station to provide comfort services for officers and assistants at all levels of the headquarters.

Yamashita immediately assured him that he would resolutely carry out the orders of His Excellency the Commander and that preparations would be made as soon as possible to build a special comfort station for the North China Front Headquarters to meet the physical needs of the officers and assistants of the headquarters.

Shanshan returned to the bedroom and "saw a tall, graceful woman in a black tweed coat and calfskin boots, standing in front of the window and staring out at the night sky. Shanshan Yuan thought, "This Yamashita Fengwen is really sensible, and he found a beautiful woman so quickly." Looks like it's finally time for a fantastic evening.

It is said that Shanshanyuan's conjecture also has some truth. This is the headquarters of the North China Front, and it is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for anyone to enter without permission, let alone directly into the commander's bedroom.

Shanshan Yuan can no longer care about the image of pretending to be sanctimonious, "I tore off the buttons of the military coat, threw the coat on the bed, spread his arms, and threw himself towards the beauty, wanting to have a bear hug."

To Shanshanyuan's surprise, he hugged him in the air and almost fell.

Shanshan Yuan looked fixedly, "That woman is still standing at the window." "It never seemed to have been touched.

It's empty. Gritted his teeth, cursed, and pounced again.

This time it was even worse, he fell on the windowsill and broke his forehead, which hurt Shanshan Yuan's teeth.

Shanshan Yuan opened his mouth and scolded "Baga" again! Unexpectedly, the scolding just came out. He was slapped twice in the face. Then, a very nice female voice came to my ears: "I can't imagine that Lord Lu Xiang and His Excellency the General, who are afraid of the inside on weekdays, are actually perverts!" ”

Shanshan Yuan was stunned: "Who are you?" How did I get to my bedroom? ”

The graceful woman finally turned around, and Shanshanyuan saw that this woman was too beautiful" with curved eyebrows and amorous eyes, and her facial features were as delicate as ivory carvings, but she was much more beautiful than the old and yellow Mrs. Shanshanyuan at home!

If you meet such a woman, you have to sleep" Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain?

The information provided, he also ordered Kita Seiichi to fabricate false information based on Sakura's information to disturb Liu Yimin's sight. It's just that this Sakura uā is said to be the secret killer of His Majesty the Emperor, and the princess of the imperial family is "very arrogant" to report information to the North China Front, all of which are telegram exchanges, and I have not appeared after escaping from Jinan, and have been in a state of concealment.

Shanshanyuan didn't dare to Meng Lang, and respectfully asked the princess how to serve.

It didn't seem that he wanted to be verbose with Shanshan Yuan, and directly told him that the reason why he came to His Excellency the Commander "has two things." One thing is to remind him that Liu Yimin's instructor is very strong. There is not only the regular army, but also a large number of local armed forces and militias. After she arrived in Shandong, "she was a militia first and then the Eighth Route Army, and the unit she was in was the Tai'an detachment of Liu Yimin's department, which did not have an official brigade number." Because she has been under the surveillance of the Eighth Route Army, and in order to conceal herself, she does not know how big this force is. But she knew that the soldiers of this army fought bravely, and "the fighting skills were also very high." In addition, Liu Yimin's department has a very elite small army, equipped with sniper rifles with silencers, and its combat effectiveness is very strong. Therefore, when Your Excellency the General is considering the battle plan, he must understand that Liu Yimin's army is not a dirt road, but a well-equipped and well-trained regular army, and its combat effectiveness is not worse than that of the imperial army. The second thing is to ask His Excellency the Admiral to bring back some of her personal belongings back to Japan and present them to His Majesty the Emperor. She also has to assassinate Liu Yimin and complete the task assigned by His Majesty the Emperor. You may not be able to return to Japan alive this time, and these personal belongings must be brought back to Japan.

After speaking, he took out a small box and handed it to Shanshan Yuan.

May wither to sadness. After putting the small box away, Shanshan Yuan persuaded: "The princess doesn't have to take risks. Now that the army will attack in three directions, it is impossible for Liu Yimin to escape. The princess can wait at the headquarters, or in a few days, there will be news that the imperial army has taken back Jinan. At that time, maybe Liu Yimin can be captured or killed. ”

Shaking his head: "Liu Yimin has done too much damage to the empire, I must assassinate him." Otherwise, it is likely that what you heard was not the news of capturing Liu Yimin or killing Liu Yimin, but ominous news. ”

Let the beauty say that the Imperial Japanese Army is so unbearable, "Sugi Sugi Motoden, who used to be a land minister, turned red when he was old. repeatedly assured the princess that "an attack will be launched tomorrow, and soon Liu Yimin's forces will be eliminated, Jinan will be recovered, and Jiaoji Road and Jinpu Road will be opened." The identity of the princess has been exposed, "Liu Yimin will definitely be highly vigilant, and it is too dangerous to assassinate again." In case of a miss, there is no way to explain it to the emperor.

After hearing this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Shanshan Yuan: "Will I miss with my skills?" The last time he let Liu Yimin pick up a life, it was purely his luck. This time, I'm going to snipe him quietly. No matter how good he is, he can't dodge my bullets. ”

Shanshan Yuan pleaded again and again: "Please Your Royal Highness the princess must give the North China Front a chance" It is too dangerous to assassinate alone like this" In case of an accident, the North China Front will not be able to face His Majesty the Emperor. After the imperial army recovered Jinan, if Liu Yimin escaped again, ask Her Royal Highness the princess to assassinate him. Now please wait for two days, the princess. ”

Listening to Shanshanyuan's earnestness, he finally sold Shanshanyuan a face, and nodded in agreement. Then he jumped slightly, passed through the window, and disappeared from Sugi Moto's eyes in a blink of an eye.

That graceful figure and beautiful face.

At half past five in the morning, Shanshan Yuan got up. After meditating on the bed for a while, and reciting Amaterasu Okami Bao Estimate a few times, Sugi Sugimoto began to wash, then went to the courtyard to move a little, came to the war room, and said good morning to Yamashita Fengfumi, who had already arrived.

Yamashita Fengfumi originally wanted to find a way to leave North China early, but now seeing that Sugisugi Moto's energy is greater than that of Shouichi Terauchi, he actually formed an armored brigade and transferred the Guards Division, the Sixth Division, and the Sixteenth Division, so he felt that this battle was undoubtedly victorious, and became ambitious.

Seeing that Shanshan Yuan took the initiative to say good morning to himself, Yamashita Fengwen began to be arrogant: "Your Excellency Commander, the imperial army will win!" ”

Shanshan Yuan and Yamashita Fengwen shook hands tightly, and a bird language flew out of his mouth: "Amaterasu God estimates, the imperial army will win!" ”

After the two old devils cheered each other up, they began to direct the Japanese troops from all walks of life to start moving.

The words worked. At half past six in the morning, Shanshan Yuan received a report that he did not want to receive.

Kinoshita Toshi, commander of the North China Front Aviation Group, reported on the phone that he had just received a report from Xuzhou that "the Camel Mountain Airport and Guanyinshan Airport were attacked by planes of the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses." As the air strikes are still ongoing, the exact extent of the damage is not yet known.

Shanshan Yuan stood there blankly with the microphone, and he didn't react for a long time.