Winter nights in North China are cold, especially in the middle of the night, and it feels a little cold in a military coat

Tada Jun is lean and lean, intolerant of cold, and has goosebumps on his body after standing for a long time.

Tada shuddered, and then he took his eyes off the map, and muttered, "You have to hold Tokushi Road no matter what."

Only then did Yoshizumi Ryosuke notice that His Excellency the Commander had goosebumps on his face and neck, and hurriedly called for the guards to get two pots of charcoal fire in.

The guards brought in two braziers, and the red charcoal fire reflected Tada's face shiny.

Tada Jun finally felt a trace of warmth, and his body was no longer cold, so he took a sip of the water cup handed over by Hirata Masas, and said slowly: "Ask where the Second Division and the Twenty-third Division are." Remind them that they must march in battle formation and put everything in mind. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke said yes and went out, and returned after a while, reporting that the advance of the 2nd Division had arrived in Lianyungang, and no abnormalities were found along the way, and it was expected that the whole division could all arrive in Lianyungang before dawn. The 23rd Division followed. The remaining 1st, 4th, 7th, and 24th Divisions are on the way. It's a pity that the Longhai Road was not built, and the soldiers could only rely on their feet to hurry.

Tada Jun said "hmm", then stopped talking, and drank slowly with a teacup.

Hirata Masashi saw that this was an opportunity, and hurriedly reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, all the troops have found the newspaper of the Shandong unit of the Eighth Route Army in the sweep, which contains Liu Yimin's conversation articles. The strange thing is that this article is different from the press release issued by Liu Yimin, and there is an extra part of the content in it. ”

Tada Jun asked in surprise, "What's more?" ”

The report of the Hirata's judgment contains more content about Wang Kemin, Qi Kuiyuan, the North China Public Security Army, and the Manchurian Ting Army. According to Liu Yimin, the Eighth Route Army had a deal with the soldiers of the Manchurian Ting Army, spending money to buy ammunition from the Manchurian Ting Army, and the reason why they were able to smoothly cross the Longhai Road several times was because of the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Manchurian Ting Army. With regard to the North China Public Security Army, the Eighth Route Army adopted the method of recording black and red dots for its soldiers, and the red dots for things that were beneficial to the Eighth Route Army and black dots for things that harmed the Eighth Route Army. Anyone who accumulated enough 5 black spots was resolutely executed by the Eighth Route Army. The most surprising thing is that during Liu Yimin's speech, Wang Kemin wrote him a secret letter begging him for mercy. Moreover, Liu Yimin also secretly infiltrated Beiping when he retreated from Tianjin, and lived in Qi Kuiyuan's house for two days. The imperial army swept the heavy troops of Shandong three times, all of which were sent by Qi Kuiyuan at the last moment.

Tada's eyes suddenly became like sharp swords, staring straight at Hirata Masatsu, and asked coldly, "What about the newspaper?" ”

Hirata Masashi hurriedly ran back to his office, took a few captured newspapers from the Eighth Route Army's base areas and his Japanese manuscripts, and presented them to Tada Jun with both hands.

Tada Jun first read the Japanese manuscript, then took several newspapers and carefully compared the time, and found that several newspapers had different times, and they should have been printed separately in various places.

After reading it, Tada Jun frowned, thought for a while, and said to Hirata Masa: "This is Liu Yimin's discord plan, don't pay attention to it." There is a book in China for the first time, called Romance of the Three Kingdoms, on which there is a Jiang Gan stealing a book, which is the same as Liu Yimin's hand. Hirata Masatsumi frowned: "Your Excellency, Commander, I was like this at the beginning.

But after I looked at it carefully, I felt that there were three doubts that could not be ruled out. One is that Liu Yimin's matter of remembering black and red dots for the soldiers of the North China Public Security Army and the matter of buying ammunition from the Manchurian Ting Army do exist. I checked the archives and sent a telegram to General Muto Akira and General Yamashita Fengfumi, the last time they set up an ambush on Longhai Road, they found that there was a Jiān in the Manchurian army stationed in Niushan Town who had been bribed by the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, Liu Yimin did not find out that the imperial army was preparing to set up an ambush in the area of Niushan Town. It's just that later, because Liu Yi's police were highly conscious, he didn't wait for it to get dark and act in advance, which led to the plan... Fail. This is clear about Liu Yimin, and the cadres of the Eighth Route Army are all clear. The second suspicion is Wang Kemin's matter, I read the newspaper, Liu Yimin said it about Qin Yutang's surrender to the imperial army, and he used a mocking tone for Wang Kemin, and the implication was that Wang Kemin was regarded as the number one Han Jiān in North China, and he would not accept Wang Kemin's surrender. The third doubt is how can Liu Yimin be so familiar with the situation of the Kui Yuan family? Including the layout of the yard, the room layout, and the appearance characteristics of the family, they are all clear. You must know that Qi Kuiyuan's house is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for ordinary people to enter. These three doubts cannot be ruled out. Leave it to the commander's discretion. ”

Tada Jun, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, and Hirata Masashi have all been to Qi Kuiyuan's house, and they have all seen Qi Kuiyuan's wife, and Hirata Masashi is like this, obviously he has compared Liu Yimin's situation with the situation of Qi Kuiyuan's family.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke also picked up the newspaper, read it carefully, and reminded: "This matter is a bit strange, how can Liu Yimin know so much about the situation of Qi Kuiyuan's family?" Could it be the underground intelligence personnel around Qi Kuiyuan? ”

Tada Jun shook his head: "This matter ends here, don't stop it." Don't fall for Liu Yimin, Wang Kemin and Qi Kuiwu are trustworthy, and they have no possibility of surrendering. Even if they surrendered, Liu Yimin would not let them go. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke interjected: "Unless there is one case, that is, Qi Kuiyuan really led all or part of the North China Security Army to surrender to the Eighth Route Army. Of course, the odds of this happening are high. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke spoke, Tada Jun couldn't sit still, stood up and paced back and forth in the room, and only after a long time did he sentence Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masa: "Order the special service organs of the front army to secretly monitor Wang Kemin and Qi Kuiyuan, and focus on monitoring Qi Kuiyuan." Later, the North China Public Security Army was assigned to the command of each public security garrison division and regiment as a group. The North China Public Security Army and Manchuria marched to strengthen ammunition control, and the number of bullet casings was the standard, and one bullet casing was handed over to supplement one bullet. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masashi applauded almost at the same time, and the commander was wise.

Tada Jun's move was indeed absolutely unsuccessful, blocking the ammunition supply, it stuck the throat of the North China Public Security Army and the Manchurian Ting Army, and also cut off the way for the Eighth Route Army to buy ammunition from these puppet armies.

After finishing this matter, Tada Jun thought for a while, beckoned Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masatsu, walked to the map, and said: "Yoshizumi-kun, Hirata Jun, come and see, the most powerful battles on the battlefield in Shandong in front of you are the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong, the Qinghe River Basin, and the Jiaolai River Basin. There are two problems, one is that these two places have the arsenal and grain warehouse that Liu Yimin relied on to fight with the imperial army. Especially in the mountainous area of central and southern Lu, it is likely that the airport of the Eighth Route Army is hidden here, and the rear hospitals and institutions are also here, and Princess Jungong Hideko may also be imprisoned here. The other is that there are the main forces of the Eighth Route Army in these two areas, and they are desperately fighting with the imperial army in order to keep their lair. …，

Yoshizumi Ryosuke nodded: "Your Excellency Commander is right.

Liu Yimin's headquarters was originally supposed to be located here, and this is a mountainous area, with complex terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and easy to hide. Lieutenant General Kiichiro Kouguchi reported that the Eighth Route Army there was very resolute in its resistance, and the Imperial Army suffered daily casualties. I considered whether it was better to increase the strength of at least two more divisions and regiments in the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong, and put them under the command of Ji Yilang of the barrel, so that the regime could completely exterminate the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong. If we can achieve this goal, even if Liu Yimin wanders back to the mountainous area of central and southern Shandong, he will lose the capital to compete with us again. ”

Tada Jun said a few times, and then said: "I'm thinking, since we have swooped down in southwest Lu, it is better to stabilize the position if we don't catch Liu Yimin's main force, and adopt three methods, one is to concentrate the elite divisions, put them in a powerful position, and pursue Liu Yimin's forces at any time, so that he does not dare to blush: the other is to concentrate on eliminating the Eighth Route Army troops left in the hinterland of Shandong to completely destroy the existence of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong, establish a political power system, and implement a good citizen certificate and village joint protection system: the third is to recruit people on a large scale to repair the Longhai Road. Jinpu Road, rush to Xiude Stone Road.

As long as the railroad is rebuilt, the speed of troop mobilization will be greatly accelerated, and the efficiency of troop use will be enhanced. If we adopt these three methods, we will be able to completely control Shandong in just two months. At that time, as long as Tuba Road is a lutou, the joint security team of each village can sound the gong to give an alarm, and if Tuba Road wants to move covertly, it will be impossible, the battle situation will be completely changed, and Liu Yimin will not be far from death. ”

Ryosuke Yoshizumi and Masashi Hirata listened with both eyes lit up and kept looking at Hai.

Tada Jun's tone was still very calm, and he listened to the cordiality and wisdom that could not be found in the ears of Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masaki: "As for Liu Yimin's main force, I judge that it is hidden in the southern Hebei region.

The reason is very simple, Liu Yimin is a very aggressive guy who does not admit defeat, and he probably wants to give us another ruthless trick. This South Hebei Plain is 11 Ma Ping, which is suitable for Liu Yimin's armored troops and cavalry group movements. Especially now, in the early winter, the weather is cold and dry, and the rivers are in a dry period, which is convenient for the movement of large troops of the Eighth Route Army. And there is another point, I remember that after Liu Yimin attacked Tianjin, he went south to southern Hebei and hid in southern Hebei. The reason why this area became the base of the Eighth Route Army was due to Liu Yimin. He is on the east coast of southern Hebei, which is a revisit to the old place. As soon as you ascend to the heights, you are likely to gather a large number of respondents, and your power will be greatly expanded. As for Yoshizumi-kun and Hirada-kun's escape to northern Henan and Taihang Mountain just now, I thought about it, and it was impossible. The reason is that Taihang Mountain is not suitable for Liu Yimin's troops, and he has a mechanized army armed with captured imperial equipment. It was even more impossible in northern Henan, which was not within his scope of operations, and he did not look down on the rebuilt 14th Division. Therefore, he can only hide in the southern Hebei region. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masaki's heads are almost like chickens pecking rice.

At this point, Tada Jun sighed, and his tone was full of regret: "It's a pity that the Eighth Route Army and Chiang Kai-shek's troops are different, and the command is highly unified. When we fought in Shandong, they rushed to Manchuria to make trouble, forcing the main force of the Kwantung Army to return to Manchuria. Otherwise, we can once again impose an iron wall on southern Hebei, completely wipe out Liu Yimin's troops in southern Hebei, or at least beat him into a rogue, and really drive him into Taihang Mountain to suffer from cold and starvation. In that case, law and order will be restored to the entire North China Plain and the mountainous areas of Shandong. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke's admiration for Tada Jun had reached the point of throwing himself to the ground, and he saw his feet touch and said loudly: "Your Excellency Commander, please rest assured, although the six elite divisions of the Kwantung Army have withdrawn, we still have the 1st Guards Division, the 2nd Guards Division, the 5th Division, the 6th Division,

The 11th Division, the 12th Division, the 15th Division, and Taiwan's Mixed Brigade, the 1st, 5th, and 7th Brigades, and the Heavy Artillery Brigade are so many elite units that they can completely encircle the southern Hebei region! In addition, we also have the 37th Division, the 40th Division, the 41st Division, and the four North China Public Security Army groups that can be used in a centralized manner. With such a huge force, Liu Yimin can't escape. ”

Tada Jun nodded and said, "Yoshizumi-kun, Hirata-kun, I want to adjust the deployment."

The 7th Brigade and a group of the North China Public Security Army were assigned to the command of Fujii Yoshi, and they continued to carry out a sweep in southwest Lu and establish public order in southwest Lu. The strength of Taiwan's mixed brigades is equivalent to that of a division, and the combat effectiveness is stronger than that of ordinary garrison divisions, so I want to transfer them to the command of Ji Yilang in the barrel, strengthen the strength in the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong, and completely wipe out the stubborn Eighth Route Army in central and southern Shandong. Let the 37th Division command the mixed 1st Brigade and a North China Public Security Army Group to quickly return to Hengshui, and the 40th Division command a public security army group to return to Dexian, so that the Deshi Road defense line can be constructed. The 41st Division commanded a group of public security forces to garrison Liaocheng and repeatedly swept the Luxi area. The 5th Mixed Brigade is a large mixed brigade of 8,000 people, and its combat effectiveness is fierce, so let them and the 11th Division go to the Pinghan Line to strengthen the garrison of the Pinghan Line and prevent the Eighth Route Army from jumping over the wall and attacking the Pinghan Line. The remaining 1st Guards Division, 2nd Guards Division, 6th Division, 12th Division, 15th Division, and Heavy Artillery Brigade formed a heavy army group, commanded by Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba of the 1st Guards Division, to press the southern Hebei region and force Liu Yimin to fight a decisive battle with us. With three permanent divisions, two guards divisions, and the support of troops around southern Hebei, Liu Yimin is not our opponent. ”

Ryosuke Yoshizumi. Judge Hirata immediately stood up and reported loudly: "Execute the commander's decision, and he will not hesitate to break his bones for the Great East Asian Holy War!" ”

Tada Jun bothered to think about it for so long, after so long, and he was tired, he nodded and made a battle plan according to this deployment, ordered the troops to implement it, and went back to the dormitory to rest