[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1117: Add fire! (Ask for a subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

On October 12, 1943, the garrison headquarters of the Japanese army in Tongliao was decorated with lights, and the entire garrison headquarters was dressed up quite festively, and there was an endless stream of people entering and leaving the garrison headquarters, which showed that today is definitely not an ordinary day. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Indeed, as long as you are a wealthy businessman or a wealthy family in the city, you know that today is the birthday of Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi, commander of the Tongliao garrison and commander of the 9th Division.

In fact, everyone who received the invitation understood that Kiichiro Higuchi didn't value them very much, and all the invitations to their birthday parties were purely for the sake of birthdays.

Although this Higuchi Kiichiro has not been in office for a long time, various banquets have been held, and the time of each banquet is uncertain, sometimes early, sometimes later.

But no matter how early or evening, whoever receives the invitation must come. Of course, people can not come, but the birthday gift must come, this is the rule!

Unlike the Chinese who like to hold a wine banquet at noon, the Japanese like to hold a wine banquet in the afternoon or evening, and today's banquet is arranged in the afternoon.

With the appearance of Lieutenant General Higuchi, the banquet finally began.

The banquet itself is still very good, at least the dishes are not fooling, each table has 16 dishes of eight cold and eight hot, and the sake is the best sake in Japan. There are also military bands performing live, and of course, geisha with Japanese characteristics are also indispensable for this occasion.

However, for the Chinese, the Japanese singers who are not ghosts and ghosts are really unappetizing, and they are simply contrary to the aesthetics of the Chinese.

However, just when the banquet was at its climax, a young staff officer hurriedly rushed into the banquet hall, and then whispered a few words in Higuchi Kiichiro's ear, and then Higuchi Kiichiro hurried away, leaving only a large group of guests in the banquet hall and not knowing where to go.

Garrison Command. Operational command room.

As soon as Higuchi Jiichiro entered the combat command room, he hurriedly climbed onto the map and looked at it, and after a while he raised his head and asked, "Asahei-kun, why did the people of Shina suddenly gather troops in the Naiman area, and is the news accurate?" ”

Asahi Bishiro Osa hurriedly replied: "Report to Your Excellency the division commander, the news is from Naiman's patrol force, and it should be accurate. ”

"Baga, what should be accurate, go and verify it immediately, quickly!" Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi shouted angrily.

"Hay!"

Soon, Asao Daisa returned, and after seeing Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi, he immediately reported loudly: "Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, the news has been verified clearly. The Chinese army is indeed massing towards the Naiman region! ”

"Have you found out how many of those armies there are?" Kiichiro Higuchi asked in a deep voice.

"According to the information sent back by Naiman, the Chinese army has no less than 2 infantry divisions, and the follow-up troops are continuously gathering near Naiman, and our reconnaissance troops have also found heavy artillery units and chariot units of the Nai people!" Asao Dasa replied loudly.

"Yaga, what are the people of China doing, are they preparing to launch an attack on our Kwantung Army?" Lieutenant General Higuchi asked in a deep voice.

The chief of staff of the 9th Division, Soichi Mimura, looked at the map and said, "Your Excellency the Division Commander, do you remember the telegram sent by His Excellency Commander Yamada two days ago? ”

"Are you saying that the Chinese army is massing in the Naiman region in preparation for attacking the eastern steppes and then seizing all of Manchuria?"

"Hay!"

"Dumura-kun, if that's really the case, we must be ready to fight a big battle!" Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi said in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the people of China are too underestimated by our Imperial Japanese Army. Now that our Kwantung Army is strong and strong, how can we be afraid of their attack? Since this stupid group of china people has been sent to the door, how can we let them go back! Soichi Tomura said confidently.

"Yo Xi!"

Then Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichiro said: "Since the Shina people continue to gather troops in the Naiman area, it means that the main direction of attack of the Shina people is there, and Naiman is indeed the city closest to the Shina people's defense zone in our 9th Division, I feel the need to send a reinforcement force in the direction of Naiman!" ”

"Commander wise, Naiman now only has an infantry wing of the Imperial Army and an infantry division of the Imperial Allied Army, and his strength is indeed a bit weak, so he should send someone to reinforce there! In addition, if it is really the main direction of attack of the Chinese army, then I think it is necessary to send a senior officer to take command, what does Your Excellency the Commander think? ”

"Yo Xi, let's do it, if you can, please ask Du Murajun to take a trip, I'm a little worried about sending someone else!" For this chief of staff, Kiichiro Higuchi Kiichiro is still very polite.

"Hay, do your bidding! However, in view of the increasing number of Chinese troops, Naiman's imperial army must be kept at about one division, and the garrisons in Kailu and Aru should also be increased accordingly in case the Chinese army attacks the imperial army from the flank! Soichi Tomura reminded.

"Yo Xi, Tsumura-kun, you bring another infantry wing with Naiman this time to reinforce Naiman, and also bring the eighth artillery wing and the chariot brigade. As for the Kailu and Aru regions, I will also send an infantry brigade and a cavalry regiment of the Imperial Alliance Army to reinforce them. As soon as you arrive in Naiman, you take command there, and you command all the Imperial armies on the front line! Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi ordered.

"Hay!"

The news of the Japanese reinforcement of Naiman was soon sent to the former enemy headquarters in Chifeng, and it was learned that the Japanese army had only sent an infantry wing and some technical arms to reinforce Naiman, and there were still more than 20,000 defenders in the Tongliao area, which made Ma Zheng extremely dissatisfied.

Immediately, Ma Zheng ordered Ma Desheng to add fire to the Japanese army.

Ma Desheng understood, and immediately sent an infantry division and an artillery brigade to the Naiman side, and also advanced the forward position of the defensive line by 5 kilometers, and the location of the barracks was only 10 kilometers away from the Japanese position, which had already entered the range of the Japanese field heavy artillery.

Lieutenant General Higuchi Jiichiro was shocked to learn that Ma Zheng's troops outside Naiman City were as high as 3 infantry divisions, 2 artillery brigades, plus some tank units, with a total strength of more than 50,000 people.

He secretly calculated that Naiman's defenders plus the more than 10,000 reinforcements he transferred this time were only two infantry wings, one artillery wing and one tank brigade, plus the two infantry divisions of the Imperial Cooperative Army that cooperated in the battle, and the total strength was only 20,000 people.

In addition, Naiman is not a big city, and the fortifications of the city are not perfect. Although there are city walls, they are all rammed, less than three meters high and less than two meters wide, and they collapse after a few cannons, so they are not a strong fortress at all.

Higuchi Jiichiro Ji Ichiro estimated that if the combat effectiveness of Ma Zheng's department was really as strong as the imperial intelligence department said, the unit in his hands was really not an opponent, and the most important thing was that he was extremely distrustful of the combat effectiveness of the two puppet infantry divisions in his hands.

It's no wonder that the Japanese army has always looked down on the puppet army, especially since this puppet army is still a defeated general under Ma Zheng's subordinates.

The last time Ma Desheng's troops attacked Tongliao, they not only annihilated the 12th Division of the Japanese Army, but also eliminated the puppet regime of King Mengde, and even the puppet Mongolian army was beaten to pieces, including these two puppet infantry divisions.

At that time, although the Japanese army re-replenished the complete number of troops and re-built these two divisions, the combat effectiveness was like that. The two big traitors who took the lead made a shocking sound, but the Japanese army didn't believe it at all.

Therefore, when Lieutenant General Higuchi Jiichiro calculated the combat effectiveness, the two infantry divisions with a strength of 5,000 people were directly discounted to 4,000 people, so that counting 10,000 Japanese troops, there were only 15,000 people on the Naiman front, and more than 50,000 people under Ma Zheng's department, this chance of victory was really not big.

Before Higuchi Kiichiro could figure out how to deal with this matter, another bad news came from the front line, and traces of the Shina cavalry were found outside the Aru Banner, although the strength was only a few thousand people, but this still caused great pressure on Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichiro Kiichiro.

For Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi, this was not a good omen, this was both a chariot and a heavy artillery, and it was completely a sign of a large-scale invasion by the Shina army. As a last resort, Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi had no choice but to continue to send a report to General Otozo Yamada, requesting the Kwantung Army Headquarters to send additional troops to the eastern steppe.