With the Eighth Route Army taking over the defense of Xilinhot, the Kwantung Army and the puppet Mongolian government knew that this time the Eighth Route Army was not fighting the autumn wind, but to recover the Xilin Gol League and connect it with the Suiyuan Liberated Area. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Upon hearing such news, the puppet Mongolian government hiding in the important military town of Zhangjiakou was undoubtedly extremely angry. You must know that there were not many jurisdictions that originally belonged to them, and now that the Xilin Gol League is lost, they really have no territory to manage.

Less land means less profit for them. Correspondingly, they will not be as valued in the Kwantung Army as they used to be. This sense of oppression really makes the senior officials of the puppet Mongolian government feel aggrieved.

On the contrary, the Kwantung Army, which received the news, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Especially when they learned that the main force of the Eighth Route Army stationed in Xilinhot began to deploy along the Chifeng line, they were even more relieved.

The reason is very simple, in their opinion, the Eighth Route Army wants to know that fighting the Xilin Gol League will definitely attract retaliation from the Kwantung Army. Rather than continuing to attack, it would be safer to defend on the spot.

But for the Kwantung Army, they also hoped to have a decisive battle with the main force of the Eighth Route Army. If the Eighth Route Army avoids fighting and does not fight, or disperses its troops to attack everywhere, then the Kwantung Army is afraid that it will really have some headaches.

After learning the news, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Mei Xianjimeilang, immediately said: "The defending troops of the Xing'an League and Rehe and other places must strengthen the defense and vigilance of the area under their jurisdiction, and make sure that the Eighth Route sneaks into our territory again."

The rest of the participating troops must cooperate well with each other, and this time they must eliminate the eight routes that have entered the Xilin Gol League. If I could, I would prefer that they would be able to recapture the places that were captured by the Eighth Route last year.

In terms of the follow-up headquarters, some elite troops will also be transferred to participate in the war. Before the follow-up main force arrives on the battlefield, it is not allowed to expand the war to other jurisdictional areas. Whoever dares to neglect his duties will be court-martialed! ”

In Mei Xianzhimeilang's opinion, it is best for the Eighth Route Army not to leave the Xilin Gol League. In that case, the three-way army he had already mobilized would be able to smoothly implement the encirclement. It's just that what makes him a little dissatisfied is that the performance of the North China Front is a little slow.

In other words, the North China Front, after learning of this news, quickly replied to them with a telegram. The above reply is very simple, that is, the main force cannot be mobilized to participate in the conquest of the Xilin Gol League.

Of course, the reason given by the North China Front was that the area they needed to defend was too large. In the areas bordering the Eighth Route Army in North China, they also needed to deploy a large number of troops to garrison the guard.

If troops were to be sent from there to join the war, it would inevitably affect the law and order situation in those places. At present, what the North China Front can do is to send some troops to reinforce Zhangjiakou again and replace the puppet Mongolian army that was ordered to fight.

Faced with such a reply, Mei Ji Miro said with some dissatisfaction: "Okamura Ninji, this guy, has not performed much since he took office. How can such a conservative combat strategy improve the chaotic situation in North China?

Now they are giving the North China Front a chance to express themselves, and they even refuse. If the Eighth Route really had the ability to recover North China, I am afraid that they would have launched an attack on North China long ago. This guy is too cautious! ”

Even if this kind of remark was just a complaint from Mei Yanji, he also knew that the War Department sent Okamura Ninji to North China as commander, and the intention was to hope that he would maintain or even improve the current unfavorable situation in North China.

It's just that Okamura Ninji is very troubled by the fact that the War Department can't provide them with too many troops. Even if there are new troops, it seems that priority will be given to replenishing the Central China Front. This is because the Central China Front also has a battle plan this year.

Everything has to be solved on the spot, and Okamura Ninji is really a little helpless that a clever woman can't cook without rice. But being promoted to the rank of commander of the front army was also a great honor for him personally.

For this reason, in Okamura's view, his most important task is to maintain the status quo in North China from further deterioration. If the troops are sent to the Xilin Gol League, the consequences of defeat will be unimaginable.

Even taking this opportunity, Okamura Ningji still wanted to take over the defense rights of Zhangjiakou. In this way, as long as Zhangjiakou is held, there is no need to worry about the Eighth Route Army attacking all the way from Zhangjiakou to Beiping.

But his suggestion does not seem to have been agreed to by Mei Jiji. When he learned that the North China Front had no reinforcements to send, Mei Xinji Miro decided that the Kwantung Army would take full responsibility for this battle and not allow the North China Front Army to intervene.

Even if both of them are commanders of the same front army, but in terms of power and status, Mei Jimiro is undoubtedly a little better than Okamura Ningji. On top of that, Umeji Miro still has a card in his hand to play.

This card is the puppet Manchurian army that they single-handedly supported, and after their training and formation, the combat effectiveness of this unit is still very good. Most importantly, this force is a little more loyal than the average puppet army.

After learning that the North China Front could not send troops to assist them, Mei Xinji Miro quickly instructed the puppet Manchurian Army to gather the strength of the main army and prepare it into the battlefield as a follow-up reinforcement for the Kwantung Army.

As the puppet Manchurian Army supported by the Kwantung Army, at least in the eyes of many foreigners, this force is the force that defends the puppet Manchukuo government. But in fact, he was no different from the puppet army in the other occupied areas of the Japanese army.

The only difference is that the puppet Manchurian Army is more majestic in name. In the eyes of the Kwantung Army, the combat effectiveness of this unit should be stronger than that of the puppet Mongolian army, and its training equipment should be more regular.

At least in the eyes of Mei Xianjimiro, raising such a force of more than 100,000 people is not used as decoration. It turned out that now that the Eighth Route Army had reached the vicinity of the puppet Manchukuo, it was reasonable that the puppet Manchurian Army should also participate in the war.

In addition, it is also necessary to let this army go to the battlefield to exercise, in the opinion of Mei Jimilang. If this unit can be reused, they can also help the Kwantung Army and even the Japanese army a lot in the future.

At present, with the continuous expansion of the overall strategy of the Japanese army, the strength of the army is very tight. On the side of Chaoxian and Baodao, the Japanese army also formed a large number of puppet army units, and mixed with a part of the Japanese army to form an independent mixed brigade.

Although the performance of these units on the battlefield was not as good as that of the main force of the Japanese army, they also played a lot of roles. So the puppet Manchurian Army, as a force supported by them, didn't it take it for granted to work for them?

Anyway, in the eyes of Mei Xianjimiro, the life of every Kwantung officer and soldier is precious. In contrast, he prefers to see scenes of Chinese people killing each other. In that case, they would be able to reap the power of the fishermen.

What the Kwantung Army has to do, in addition to issuing orders and sending people to supervise, even if all the materials needed by the troops will be supplied by the puppet Manchukuo side. To some extent, this also reduced the burden on the Kwantung Army.

With the addition of this new force, Mei Kenji Miro felt that he had sent a lot of main and auxiliary troops. Even if the Eighth Route Army cannot be solved in a short time, at least it can curb the tendency of the Eighth Route Army to continue to ignite fires everywhere.

Along with the large-scale mobilization of troops by the Kwantung Army, the intelligence station stationed in the northeast earlier also successively transmitted information to Yan'an. Seeing that the Kwantung Army was moving like a division, Zhou Enlai also seemed a little worried.

Chao Taizu, who was watching the intelligence together, said: "Judging from the information we have so far, the Kwantung Army has dispatched nearly 40,000 elite troops. The troops that cooperate with them in the battle are only afraid that there are more than this.

In this way, what Xiao He and they need to face will be a Japanese puppet army of nearly 100,000 people, and with only the little troops in his hand, if they want to continue to move forward, they are afraid that it will be a little difficult. ”

Taizu, who listened to Zhou Enlai's analysis, also frowned and said: "This situation, in fact, we already knew it before the war. But in any case, the current situation is relatively favorable for us.

The only regret is that the North China Front is sitting on the wall. In this way, if we want to make a breakthrough in the base areas in North China this year, I am afraid that it will still be a little difficult. Okamura Ninji seems to be very cautious! ”

According to the operational plan drawn up a year ago, the troops of the Eighth Route Army in various parts of North China are also ready to attack at any time. As soon as the North China Front showed signs of transferring troops to the war, various combat units were thrown into battle one after another.

But now the Kwantung Army alone has gathered such a large number of troops in one go, which really surprised Taizu and the others. From another point of view, this also shows that the strength of the Kwantung Army should not be underestimated.

Having been stationed in the northeast for many years, in addition to many important main divisions and regiments of the Japanese army, they also have many newly expanded divisions and regiments. Coupled with the puppet army troops who worked for them, their strength was much stronger than that of the North China Front.

'Yes! According to the information we have gathered in North China, the first thing Okamura Ninji did after taking office was to integrate the troops under his command, divide the key control areas, and send heavy troops to garrison the guard.

After the year, our troops, in several places that were originally intended to attack, there was a situation in which the Japanese army changed its guard and increased its troops. Considering that the situation in North China was still uncertain, we eventually canceled a number of combat missions.

Although our troops on the front line held back the attention of the North China Front. But from another point of view, they also pinned down our main combat force, so that it could not reinforce Xiao He and their side, which is a bit troublesome! ’

Zhou Enlai, who couldn't help but be a little worried, quickly heard Taizu say: "Let's take a look in advance!" Send this information to Xiao He as soon as possible, and I think he should come up with a solution.

At least for the time being, as long as they can guarantee the fruits of their current victory, we will have a lot to gain. As for the next tough confrontation between the two armies, it depends on who can have the last laugh, and we have to have confidence in Xiao He! ”

Thinking that He Zhengdao had led the troops so far, and he had not disappointed him in terms of operational command, Taizu was still willing to believe that He Zhengdao had a way to solve this dilemma. After all, the number of troops in He Zhengdao's hands at the moment is really quite a lot! (To be continued.) )