Volume 1: Inner Mongolia Fengyun] Chapter 443: Zhangjiakou Offensive and Defensive Battle (3)——

Chapter 443: Zhangjiakou Offensive and Defensive Battle (3)

Now that he has learned of the intentions of the Japanese army, then Han Yunhua is not polite, the abacus of the North China Front is a thief. But Han Yunhua is not a vegetarian either, and it just so happens that he is really afraid that the Japanese army will stop attacking now, and the whole army will retreat back to Beiping, Tianjin and other big cities, so that the plan to consume the vitality of the Japanese army will be completely lost.

Now even if Han Yunhua does not yin* the Japanese army, the Japanese army will take Zhangjiakou at all costs. In Han Yunhua's view, even most of China has fallen, and the gains and losses of Zhangjiakou are insignificant at all, and after occupying Zhangjiakou, troops have to be sent to garrison, and the mobile x-ng and flexible x-ng of the troops have greatly decreased, so a big city like Zhangjiakou close to the enemy-occupied area is a jīrib for the ancient military region of Inner M-ng, and it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless.

But for the Japanese army, it was different, what is Zhangjiakou, that is the capital city of Chahar Province, is the M-N household of Beiping, and the recovery of Zhangjiakou means that Beiping has one more barrier, and the defenders in the Beiping area will not always be vigilant, and even do not need to station so many troops. Therefore, the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou is bound to win, even if it pays a big price.

Since the Japanese army was so interested in Zhangjiakou, then Han Yunhua was not polite, and took the opportunity to urgently transfer a large number of heavy machine guns and mines to Zhangjiakou, and at the same time, there were more than 2,000 machine gunners who accompanied the escort troops.

The commander's intentions Xu Shiyou and He Guangyu were very clear, that is, Zhangjiakou would definitely not be able to hold it, but the two of them could not give up Zhangjiakou to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army had to fill it with human lives if they wanted to take Zhangjiakou.

At the Beiping airport, almost all the senior generals of the North China Front led by General Tada Jun, as well as the high-ranking Han Jiān Wang Kemin and Qi *Yuan of the Beiping puppet regime, were waiting for the arrival of the Chinese Dispatch Army Field Observation Mission.

To be honest, Tada Jun actually didn't like this field observation team very much, but this is also human nature, and those guys didn't come with the purpose of learning jiāo stream. So originally he didn't plan to pick up the plane in person, but when he learned that the officer leading the team this time turned out to be Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji, the commander of the Eleventh Army, he changed his mind. Like some veterans of the military department, Tada Jun admires Okamura very much, and Okamura Ninji's prestige in the army also makes him have to pay attention to Okamura and his party.

"Kobayashi-kun, when will Okamura-kun arrive at the airport, are we here a little early?" Tada Jun asked in a low voice to Major General Kobayashi, deputy chief of staff of the North China Front.

"Your Excellency, half an hour ago, the headquarters of the Shina Dispatch Army sent a telegram saying that His Excellency Okamura has already passed through the Shandong region, and according to the itinerary, he should arrive soon, and he thinks that it is necessary for us to wait."

"Yo Xi, Kobayashi-kun is reasonable"

When Tada Jun and Rear Admiral Kobayashi Jiāo were talking, there was a low buzzing voice over the airport, Tada Jun looked up, only to see that under the protection of dozens of fighter planes, several large transport planes were slowly descending, and the blood-red sun symbol on the fuselage of the plane made Tada Jun feel a jī move.

Soon the M-N in the cabin was opened, and a group of highly well-dressed senior officers slowly stepped off the plane, perhaps not suitable for the high-altitude flight of the plane, so more than half of the more than 100 members of the field observation group had a bad face, and more than a dozen were even covered in filth, as if they had just vomited.

Okamura Ninji didn't see anything, he was wearing a standard imperial uniform, looking mighty and graceful, seeing Tada Jun in a general's uniform, Okamura Ninji immediately walked up quickly and bowed his head, then bowed respectfully, and then said loudly: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the 121 members of the Field Observation Mission of the Headquarters of the Command of the Dispatch Army of the Command of the Dispatch of the Commander of the Command of the Dispatch of the Commander of the Command of the Commander of the Command of the Dispatch of the Commander of the T ”

Tada Jun was very satisfied with Okamura Ninji's attitude, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okamura-kun, the arrival of the Field Observation Group is the honor of our North China Front, and it is also a good opportunity for us to strengthen the study of the Jiāo Stream, please get in the car, we will go back to the headquarters to talk, please" Tada Jun put his posture very low, he knew that Okamura Ninji's own military rank was only a little lower than his own, and in addition, Okamura's military exploits were among the best among all the senior generals, especially his strategic vision was extremely ruthless, His prestige in the army is also very high, so he still shouldn't easily offend such a promising general, and he also has a request for him, and there is no way to lower his profile.

After reading the battle plan drawn up by the North China Front, Okamura Ninji did not express his opinion, although in his opinion there were still many things that could be improved in this battle plan, especially when Tada Jun actually ordered the troops to erase all the common people and villages of China from the map, which Okamura Ninji could not agree with. But Okamura Ninji knew the purpose of his visit to North China this time, he wanted to understand a real North China and the real North China Front. So what he had to do was to look and assess with his eyes the real combat effectiveness of the North China Front.

Seeing that Okamura Ninji did not revise or give comments on the battle plan drawn up by the Front Army General Staff, Tada Jun was very happy, because Okamura Ninji's temper was also notoriously bad in the entire Japanese Army, and once he passed through his battle plan, he would not hesitate to point it out, and even scolded the formulator for being stupid.

Since this battle plan can now be approved by Okamura Ningji, it means that Okamura Ningji still recognizes the visual feast prepared for them by the North China Front, which makes him feel relieved.

The battle on the Zhangjiakou front is still in full swing, even if Okamura Ningji and others arrive, there is no change in the slightest, like Okamura Ningji, Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi, the commander of the Fifth Division, is also a capable commander, although the attack in the first two days was not smooth, and the Fifth Division lost a lot of outstanding soldiers, but as an iron-blooded officer, he knows very well the position he is in now, the Fifth Division plus the Fifth Brigade of the Third Tank Division and the Sixth Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, If such a heavy force cannot be solved by even two divisions in China, then his command ability will definitely be questioned.

"Your Excellency the division commander, Your Excellency Gangcun and others have arrived in Xuanhua, should we send troops to protect them along the road?" Major General Noboru Kunisaki, commander of the 9th Brigade, asked.

Ando Toshikichi looked at Noboru Kunisaki dissatisfied, and then said: "No need, we are a field army, what we should do is how to defeat the enemy in front of us, as for protecting those guys, it is what the honor guard and gendarmes have to do, and it has nothing to do with us." Kunisaki-kun, I am disappointed in the performance of your 9th Brigade during this time, I hope that your 9th Brigade will not let me down again after those guys from the Field Observation Group come, otherwise you should know the consequences."

"Hai" Kunizaki Noboru knew that he and the entire Ninth Brigade had indeed performed very poorly during this time, and if it weren't for his outstanding military achievements, he would have been taken down a long time ago, so he could only bear the rebuke of Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando.

Under the orders of Toshiyoshi Ando, all the units of the Japanese Fifth Division, plus several powerful technical units to assist the attack, carried out the eleventh attack on Zhangjiakou City on March 1.

It was still the same old routine, first the non-stop bombardment of the aviation regiment and field heavy artillery, and then the follow-up of the tank troops, and the main infantry of the Japanese army could only follow behind the tank. Even as the tanks were marching in, the Japanese artillery units were still firing.

On the position of the first brigade and one regiment of the Sixth Field Division, Yang Shilang roared angrily: "He's **, ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］