The third part of the bloody and fire war of resistance, the tenth chapter, the third section of the war drums

Okamura Ninji also counted the troops in his hands, transferred 12 divisions from various battlefields and the country, plus the troops of the former North China Dispatch Army, and the total number of troops available in his hands was 22 divisions and six independent brigades, and in terms of tanks and aircraft, the tank troops promised by the military headquarters were all in number, with five independent tank brigades and four tank divisions, with a total of 2,400 tanks; The gap between the number of planes and the number promised by the military department is too great, and the separate military department promised to transfer 1,000 Zero fighters and 300 bombers, but today there are only 300 Zero fighters and 400 bombers. \\.qВ5、c0m\After half a winter's consumption, more than half of these 700 aircraft have been consumed, and Okamura Ninji strictly ordered that he should no longer take the initiative to attack, so he retained.

In order to keep the planes, it is necessary to give up the sky, and the Chinese Air Force has the advantage of both quality and quantity, and the sky has become a stage for their performances, and the Chongqing intelligence relayed by the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army that China is building large airports in Shandong, and once these airports are completed, the whole of Japan will be within the coverage of the China Air Force.

For this situation, whether Nanjing Nishio Shouzo or the Tokyo Military Department pretended not to know, Okamura Ningji was also happy to ignore it, and he couldn't manage it, he was now taking care of himself, the Chinese Air Force's strong attack, making it very difficult to send troops to North China to transport, and they no longer dared to go on the road during the day, only at night, even so, the losses were still very large.

In view of the huge disparity in strength, Okamura did not dare to deploy all his troops north of the Cangshi Highway, with only two divisions in Shijiazhuang, one division in Baoding, two divisions north of Dexian, and one division and two independent brigades in the central Hebei region; Such a meager force, facing the million-strong army of the squadron, made the entire dispatch army shudder.

Both Oshiro and Deputy Chief of Staff Tatetakanosuke sent several admonitions, demanding that the main forces staying in the Pingjin area be sent to the front line, but Okamura Ninji was unmoved, and instead of increasing troops to the front line, he sent three divisions and two independent hún brigades to Rehe, and assembled two divisions and two independent hún brigades in Zhangjiakou, and the rest of the troops were still gathered in Pingjin.

The winter sky, gray méngméng, the wind blowing in the north of the face hurts and hurts. The sound of firecrackers was heard in the distance, this year's firecrackers sold very well, and the Chinese in Beiping City, whether rich or not, bought a few and hung them in front of the mén, so that this festival, which was not a traditional festival for the Chinese, became more lively than the traditional festival, and it was rumored in the market that the squadron would launch an attack after the start of the new year, and the people of Beiping, who had been slaves for six years, believed that they had every reason to believe that the squadron **** team under the leadership of the reincarnated King Wumu would definitely defeat the Japanese army and restore Beiping.

Okamura Ninji stands at the head of the city of Beiping, the brick walls of the green sè, encircling the whole of Beiping, and firmly guarding the security of Beiping, a city that has been the center of China for hundreds of years, and a conflict near it six years ago directly led to today's situation.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, Okamura Ninji didn't look back, still looking at the white world outside the city, looking down from here, the people in and out were compressed twice, Okamura tried to pass through the vast world, trying to see this mysterious world clearly.

Although he was not very in favor of the decision to go to war that year, he actually did not oppose it, because no matter how it was calculated, the possibility of Japan winning was very large, and there was only one situation that could lead to Japan's final defeat and Western intervention, but in fact, in the end, the most unlikely situation actually appeared.

"Commander."

There was a voice from Tachitakanosuke behind him, Okamura didn't look back, still silently looking at the south, Oshihiro walked over slowly, standing next to Okamura, he understood Okamura's mood at the moment, the war in North China was in crisis, and the squadron was unabashedly assembled south of the Cangshi Highway, and was not in a hurry to launch an attack at all, but slowly made his own preparations, this kind of orderly, which completely illustrated the confidence of the Chinese generals, and General Shina used this to tell Okamura, I don't need to care about what you do, as long as I am ready, I'm going to win.

Compared with the preparation of the squadron, the situation of the North China dispatch army is extremely bad, in addition to reinforcements, recruits are also a big problem. In the Battle of Shandong, in addition to the annihilation of the Second Army, the three troops of Youmo Jīng were severely damaged, and the troops who reinforced Dexian also suffered heavy casualties, and after the war, the three divisions were replenished with a total of 20,000 people, and the three troops of Youmo Jīng were supplemented with 40,000 people.

These troops are almost a new army, these recruits are not recruits from previous years, they are either old or xiǎo, and some even have disabilities, which makes the commanders of each unit complain, they can only use the harshest methods to make them become qualified soldiers as soon as possible, but what makes the troop commanders distressed is that some training methods are no longer dared to be implemented, such as arresting villagers to practice assassination, in order to eliminate the fear of soldiers killing for the first time.

"Commander, do you have any ideas?" Although Ayutthaya was urging Okamura to transfer his troops to the north of the Cangshi Highway, he was not sure in his heart, whether it was the comparison of troops or weapons and equipment, it was an absolute disadvantage, and the decisive battle in North China had already been formed, and once it failed, Japan would have no chance.

"Commander, we still have a chance," Tatsukanosuke said in the back, "General Shina made a mistake, he thought he was victorious, but in fact this is not the case, as long as the Nanyang reinforcements and the Kwantung Army arrive, as long as the tactics are correct, we still have a chance to win." ”

"Oh, do you have any ideas?" Okamura asked unhurriedly.

"Yes," Tachitakanosuke also walked to Okamura's side: "I think that the main direction of attack of General Shina is on the eastern front, and Shijiazhuang on the western front has strong city defenses, and General Gu Shoufu has repeatedly repaired the city defenses, and the entire Shijiazhuang has become a military fortress. It is suggested that Shijiazhuang should be used to attract the main force of the Western Front of the Chinese Army, concentrate the 10th-12th Divisions, and all the tanks, and fight a decisive battle with the Chinese Army on the Eastern Front, and defeat the main force of the Chinese Army in one fell swoop. ”

After Tatsutakanosuke finished speaking, he looked at Okamura with an expectant look, Okamura still did not speak, and Oshiro nodded slightly, after he sent away the Chaoxiang Palace, he went to Shijiazhuang and inspected the city defense of Shijiazhuang, Gu Shoufu was very confident in the city defense, boasting that Haikou, it was impossible for the Chinese army to conquer Shijiazhuang without ten times the strength.

Gu Shoufu designed four lines of defense outside the city, turning all the villages into xiǎo fortresses, all the residents were expelled from the village, all the houses in the village were opened, and the ditches and hidden forts were densely packed throughout the village. It was through such a village that Gu Shoufu turned the entire Shijiazhuang into a battlefield.

Compared with the western front, the eastern front is much more difficult, the forward of the squadron has crossed Dexian, bī near Cangzhou, only more than 100 kilometers away from Tianjin, from Cangzhou to Tianjin there is almost no danger to defend, and the distance is shorter, can quickly kill the core area of the Japanese army.

As a result, Tatsunosuke judged that the main direction of attack of the squadron was on the Eastern Front, which was also the opinion of most of the staff officers in the dispatch army, and was also endorsed by the commanders of the units below.

"Li Gaojun, you are too anxious." Okamura glanced back at Tachitakanosuke before responding lightly.

Tatsunosuke was stunned for a moment, Okamura Ninji obviously disagreed with his opinion, and a curiosity suddenly surged in his heart, what was this old fox thinking about Okamura? Recently, Tatsutakanosuke has been a little annoyed, after the line was broken, he has been paying attention to the newspaper, but there has been no news in the newspaper that he wants to summon, he doesn't know what happened over there, now is the time of the decisive battle in North China, his own intelligence can lead to a decisive victory, why isn't there a hurry?

After thinking about it, Tatsunosuke judged that Mr. probably thought that this disconnection might affect his safety, so he didn't contact him so quickly, which made him a little moved. The Cairo Declaration, the Tehran Declaration, and the guarantee by the four powers of Korea's independence after the war were a result that gave him strength, and the day was not far off when the Korean people would break away from the colonial and semi-colonial world.

"Does the commander already have an idea?" Oshiro asked.

Okamura Ninji sighed, he waved at the officers behind him, and the officers automatically saluted him, and then scattered and walked away, far away from the three.

"From the current point of view, we have lost eighty percent of this war, and the only thing we can fight for now is a more decent peace." Oshihiro and Tatsunosuke were shocked as soon as Okamura Ninji opened his mouth, it was the first time that a high-ranking general had such a pessimistic view of the prospects of war, although Tokyo and Nanjing thought that victory was no longer possible, but the inherent face of the Japanese would never say such cowardly words in front of their subordinates.

"Even if the Nanyang Soviet and Russian troops arrive, there is a big gap between the imperial army in terms of strength," Okamura stopped the big city who was about to open his mouth with his eyes: "Whether it is victory or defeat, the losses of the imperial army will be very large, but what can be added there?" The people of China have a steady stream of manpower replenishment, but what about ours? Soldiers, expended supplies. ”

Okamura Ninji's tone was a little sad, and Oshiro and Tatsutakanosuke were also speechless, 300,000 soldiers, even if they only lost 100,000, the North China dispatch army could not afford to consume; Not to mention the materials, Nishio Shouzo almost emptied the warehouse in Jiangnan, but it was still not enough.

"But despite this, we still have to do our best to win," Okamura Ninji's tone changed and became stern, "We can lose the war, but we can't lose the morale of the Yamato nation." What failures do we have? We have defeated the Russians, defeated the Americans, defeated the British, and even if this war was lost, the national soul of the Yamato nation still stands. ”

These few words made Oshiromoto's somewhat drooping head suddenly rise, yes, Japan is a xiǎo country, for thousands of years, they have been constantly learning, learning from China, learning from the West, looking up to the nation they are learning, defeating the nation they are learning, and climbing step by step to the world's best national hall.

"Ligaojun, we don't have enough troops, we don't have enough material reserves, without these, we can't win this battle," Okamura said: "It seems that the military department can't count on it, I hope you go to Manchuria and talk to General Umezu Yoshijiro, if North China fails, Manchuria will definitely not defend, I hope he can fully support us." ”

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