Shimen, the headquarters of the North China Front.

The war games of the No. 2 battle plan did not end until 6 a.m. the following day, and the results were desperate.

If we choose to storm the Tumen Fortress, within 20 days the air regiment will be in a hurry, and within 40 days the artillery shells of the field heavy artillery brigade will be exhausted, but the fortifications of the Tumen Fortress will be less than 60 percent destroyed, and by the time the battle has been going on for two months, the casualties of the Yue Army and the Imperial Allied Army will exceed 300,000, and they will also lose the ability to continue the offensive.

"Your Excellency, Commander." Deputy Chief of Staff Masashi Hirata said gloomily, "There is no possibility of implementing the World War II plan at all. ”

Okamura Ninji waved his hand, and immediately beckoned Hirata Masashi to walk to his side, and then whispered a few words in the latter's ear, and Hirata Masaji said awe-inspiring when he heard this: "Your Excellency Commander, this is ...... Is it really possible? ”

"Hirata-kun, this is the only chance for the empire!" Okamura Ninji turned his back and said indifferently.

"Hello." Hirata Masaki bowed his head suddenly, and then walked away with his saber on his shoulder.

………… Cangyan Mountain, headquarters of the 39th Army.

Yue Weihan and Liu Yi haven't slept all night, the big war is coming, and there are too many things to prepare.

Liu Yi yawned for a long time, took out his cigarette case and handed out a Taihang cigarette to Yue Weihan, and said with a smile: "Boss, you also have one, refreshment?" ”

"No, you don't." Yue Weihan waved his hand.

Yue Weihan rarely smokes cigarettes, and only occasionally smokes when he encounters a major event that is difficult to decide.

Liu Yi lit a cigarette and took two puffs, and suddenly asked Yue Weihan: "General seat, do you think Okamura Ningji will not listen to the greeting of the army base camp?" ”

"It's possible." Yue Weihan nodded, and said thoughtfully, "The senior generals of the little devils have always had a tradition of disobedience, Sakagaki Seishiro's attack on Shanxi, and Gu Shoufu's attack on Nanjing, all of which were launched without the permission of the base camp of the army and the headquarters of the front army. ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "However, I hope that Okamura Ningji will really disobey. ”

Liu Yi nodded, and then said: "Well, if Okamura, this old devil, really disobeys, the senior soldier of Tojo will definitely hold a grudge, if the battle of Taihang Mountain goes well, the senior soldier of Tojo will take Okamura Ningji even if he is dissatisfied, but if the battle of Taihang Mountain does not go well, this commander of Okamura Ningji is afraid that it will come to an end." ”

"That's exactly what I want to see." Yue Weihan said awe-inspiringly, "Okamura, this old devil is too difficult to deal with!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Ma Zhankui, the head of the Operations Division, suddenly strode in, stood up and said: "General seat, staff seat, Nanzao Yunzi has just sent an urgent telegram from Beiping, Okamura Ningji has issued an emergency mobilization order to the puppet North China Autonomous Army, on the basis of the original nine puppet army divisions, it is necessary to continue to increase the number of puppet army divisions to Shimen by four puppet army divisions!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Yi was shocked and said suspiciously, "Transfer four more puppet military divisions?" ”

Yue Weihan frowned and fell into contemplation, and after pacing back and forth in the war room with his hands behind his back for more than a dozen steps, Yue Weihan Huo Ran turned back suddenly, almost at the same time, Liu Yi also raised his head suddenly, and the eyes of the four of them met for a moment, and then said at the same time: "Okamura, this old devil is going to storm the Tumen Fortress!" ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled.

For Liu Yi, the chief of staff, Yue Weihan is really getting more and more satisfied.

With the passage of time, as the two have been cooperating for longer and longer, Liu Yi can be said to have a better understanding of Yue Weihan's thoughts, and he is even more familiar with Yue Weihan's tactical thinking and the purpose of using troops, Yue Weihan even thought that if he is no longer there one day, the 39th Group Army will still be an iron-clad elite soldier under the leadership of Liu Yi!

Liu Yi immediately walked to the side of the simulated sand table, and said to the sand table: "Please see, if the army avoids the Tumen fortress and chooses to attack from the mountains on the left and right flanks, then it is meaningless to transfer four more puppet army divisions to Shimen, because the situation of mountain and jungle operations is special, and the combat effectiveness of the puppet army is simply to send prisoners and send us soldiers." ”

Yue Weihan said happily: "Therefore, Okamura Ningji's intention to reinforce the four puppet army divisions is obvious, he is planning to storm the Tumen Fortress, the four new puppet army divisions plus the original nine divisions, they are all used to consume our ammunition, and they are all used to block the guns for the little devil!" ”

"Fuck." Liu Yi said hatefully, "Okamura, this old devil is really vicious!" ”

"Xiao Yueben's island country complex is very serious, and in essence, everyone is the same." Yue Weihan said, "Don't look at Okamura Ningji is very friendly to the people of North China now, but that's because the national political axe has not died yet, once the national political axe is destroyed, how do you think Okamura, the old devil, will treat them?" Dignity? Personality? Dream on! ”

Liu Yi said again: "General, it seems that our defense plan must be revised. ”

"Hmm." Yue Weihan nodded, and said in a cruel voice, "Since the Yue army wants to storm the Tumen Fortress, the new 9th Division in Donghui Town and the new 39th Division in Beizheng Township can no longer defend the mountainous area, and they must carry out a counter-assault at night, and they will start to carry out it tonight, so as to consume as much as possible the troops, physical strength, energy and ammunition reserves of the puppet coalition army." ”

………… Donghui Town, the headquarters of the new 9th Division.

The war room was crowded, Chief of Staff Wang Qing and several operational staff officers were drawing maps, but Chi Chengfeng leaned back on the chair and fell asleep, this guy has always been like this, when he shouldn't sleep, it's no problem if he doesn't fit his eyes for five days and five nights in a row, but when he should sleep, even if he is shooting next to him, he can still fall asleep.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, the communications staff officer had already walked out of the telecommunications room.

Chi Chengfeng, who was asleep, suddenly woke up, bounced up and said, "Is it an order from the headquarters?" ”

The communications staff officer snapped to the ground and said solemnly: "There is an order from the general seat, starting tonight, the new 9th Division must launch a night assault on the Yue army without interruption, and consume the puppet coalition army as much as possible!" ”

"Haha!" Chi Chengfeng laughed twice when he heard this, and said proudly, "It's still the general seat who knows me best, and knows that our old Chi hates defense the most, no, the task given to our new 9th division is different from other divisions!" It's different, brothers, other divisions are strictly guarded, but our new 9th Division is a night assault, hahaha. ”

"Master's seat." The communications staff officer reminded in a low voice, "In addition to our new 9th Division, there is also the new 39th Division that will assault at night. ”

"Uh......" Chi Chengfeng was greatly embarrassed when he heard this, and Chief of Staff Wang Qing and a group of operational staff officers suddenly burst into laughter.

"His grandma's, what are you laughing at?" Chi Chengfeng's bull's eyes widened, and he didn't have a good airway, "What can this group of recruits of the New 39th Division do?" This is an opportunity for them to train, and it is our new 9th Division that really takes the lead in the night assault. After saying this, Chi Chengfeng said to Wang Qing again, "Chief of Staff, hurry up and draw up a battle plan." ”

Wang Qing nodded, quickly gathered the operational staff together, and began to draw up the battle plan.

The intelligence system of the 39th Group Army is very powerful, and the work of the Operations Department and the Intelligence Department is even more effective, so the detailed information and the deployment posture of the puppet army on the other side are ready-made, and with these parameters, it only took one morning for the senior staff of the New 9th Division to draw up two sets of operational plans for Chi Chengfeng to choose.

Wang Qing pointed to the map with a command pole and said to Chi Chengfeng: "You see, this is Pingshan County, where the 5th Division of the Yue Army is stationed, although the 5th Division has been heavily damaged in Lunan, but after the tempering of the Central China battlefield, it has now regained its combat effectiveness, and the new division commander Yoshio Shinozuka is brave and good at fighting, and it is difficult to deal with. ”

"His grandmother." Chi Chengfeng's eyes widened, and he said fiercely, "If you meet our old Chi, he is unlucky!" ”

Wang Qing smiled, and continued: "In addition to Yoshio Shinozuka's 5th Division, there are also the 7th and 8th Divisions of the 3rd Group Army of the puppet North China Autonomous Army stationed on the north and south flanks of Pingshan County. ”

"His grandmother's, what's the matter?" Chi Chengfeng was murderous.

"Do you still remember Cai Xiongfei, the deputy division commander of the Jin Sui Army, who led his troops to surrender to the enemy two years ago?" Wang Qingdao, "This dog Han Jian is now the commander of the 3rd Group Army, and he is also the commander of the 8th Division, and the 8th Division is formed by the two regiments brought over by Cai Xiongfei as the backbone. ”

"His grandmother's, it turned out to be this dog man." Chi Chengfeng said fiercely, "Lao Tzu has long wanted to clean him up." ”

Wang Qing continued: "Plan No. 1: Use the new 49th Regiment to feint to attack Pingshan County, and the new 50th Regiment to feint to attack the puppet 8th Division, attract the attention of the puppet army, and at the same time assemble the new 51st, new 52nd, new 53rd, and new 54th regiments, and the artillery regiment to storm the garrison of the puppet 7th Division, gather and annihilate the puppet 7th Division in the shortest possible time, and then quickly retreat before the arrival of reinforcements from the Japanese army. ”

Chi Chengfeng twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment, and then said, "What about your second plan?" ”

Wang Qingdao: "The second plan is to assemble the new 51st and new 52nd regiments and the 1st battalion of the artillery regiment to storm Pingshan County, attract the puppet 7th division and the puppet 8th division to come for reinforcements, and then use the new 53rd regiment to block the puppet 8th division, and the remaining three regiments and three artillery battalions will ambush the puppet 7th division halfway. ”

Chi Chengfeng scratched his head and said in a cruel voice: "His grandmother's, just plan No. 2, but the target of the attack has to be replaced by the pseudo-8th division." ”

"Master!" Wang Qing hurriedly said, "The pseudo-8th Division is the old foundation of the Jin Sui Army, and it still has a certain combat effectiveness, with the strength of three regiments to ambush halfway, it can be won if it wins, but it is difficult to grasp the time, in case Yoshio Shinozuka comes back and orders the 5th Division to fight back with all his might, our division is likely to be entangled by the army, once it is dawn, it will be a big trouble!" ”

"Chief of Staff, don't worry, our old Chi knows it." Chi Chengfeng waved his hand and said confidently, "Yoshio Shinozuka, this old devil may be very powerful, the 5th Division may be even more capable than the old devil Sakagaki when he was the division commander, but they want to entangle our new 9th Division in the night battle, that's a dream!" It's not bragging, our new 9th Division is the king of night battles! ”

"Yes!" Wang Qing stood upright, and immediately turned around and went to give orders to the regiments.

………… On March 20, the thirtieth year of the Republic of China (1941), the Battle of Taihang Mountain officially began.

However, what is surprising is that it was not the Yue Army that launched the attack first, but the 39th Group Army!

At 8 p.m. on 20 March, the New 9th Division and the New 39th Division simultaneously launched a night assault on the puppet army stationed near Shimen from both the north and south.

………… Pingshan County, the headquarters of the 5th Division of the Army.

The commander of the 5th Division, Yoshio Shinozuka, is leading the guards to inspect the city defense, this old devil's tactical literacy is indeed very high, even now that the army is on the offensive and the 39th Army is on the defensive, he did not ignore the construction of fortifications, at the request of Yoshio Shinozuka, not only the fortifications of the city wall were reinforced again, but also three fortifications were repaired outside the city.

Those who didn't know it thought that the army was on the defensive and that the 39th Army was going to attack.

It is said that there are what kind of generals there are, what kind of soldiers there are, Shinozuka Yoshio marches and fights meticulously, and the devil soldiers of the 5th Division also demand themselves according to the infantry regulations, the searchlights on the guard tower have not stopped, and the bright posts and dark posts in all corners have never relaxed their vigilance, and they are always on guard against the night sneak attack of the [***] team.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Yoshio Shinozuka had just returned to the headquarters when a faint explosion suddenly sounded outside the city.

The chief of staff of the 5th Division, Daisa Motooka, listened attentively for a moment and said: "To the west of the city, a 60-caliber mortar group!" ”

"It must be the main force of the 39th Group Army, at least one regiment in size!" Yoshio Shinozuka nodded and said in a deep voice, "Immediately pick up the headquarters of the 11th Infantry Wing for me." ”

"Hello." Osa Motooka suddenly lowered his head and immediately stepped forward to pick up the phone.

In less than a moment, the phone was connected, and the commander of the 11th Infantry Wing, Kawaguchi Daisa, reported on the phone: "Your Excellency Division Commander, the outer fortifications of the 11th Infantry Wing have been attacked by the Chinese Army, the mortar group of the Chinese Army is firing rapidly, and the 3rd Infantry Brigade has suffered heavy casualties. ”

"Kawaguchi-kun, immediately provide the exact shelling coordinates to the field artillery wing!" Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly put down the phone after saying that, and said to Motooka Daisa, "Motooka-kun, order the field artillery wing, emergency artillery suppression!" ”

"Hello." Motooka Osa bowed his head suddenly, and then walked away with his saber on his shoulder.

Yoshio Shinozuka thought about it and picked up the phone again, and said in a deep voice: "Pick me up from the headquarters of the 3rd Army of the Imperial Allied Army." ”

After a while, the phone was connected, and Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Cai San?" In order to avoid being broken by the Zhina Army, the 7th and 8th Divisions of the Imperial Association Army had better move closer to Pingshan County immediately, however, the search range must be increased when marching, so as not to be ambushed by the Chinese Army! ”

"Hay, I understand." Cai Xiongfei replied heavily on the phone.

Yoshio Shinozuka put down the phone and strode to the map and fell into deep thought.

The 39th Group Army dared to attack at this time, which was indeed somewhat unexpected by Yoshio Shinozuka.

However, the 5th Division is also prepared for this, in Shinozuka Yoshio's view, no matter how good the 39th Army is at night fighting, but it is not so easy to get a bargain from the 5th Division, not to mention, the 5th Division and the 7th and 8th Divisions of the Imperial Allied Army are responsible for protecting the flank, how many troops can the 39th Group Army invest?

(To be continued)