[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1074: A Piece of Fish Belly (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

On April 4, the 1st Brigade of the 4th Division was lightly captured Hengshui County, and then the army was stationed in Wuqiao County, the 2nd Brigade was stationed in Hualong Town, and the 5th Division and the former enemy headquarters followed closely. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka also commanded Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo to lead the 62nd Division to immediately send troops to seize all bridges and passes along the line from Hengshui to Dezhou, as well as the commanding heights. At the same time, the 21st Division was transferred to the front line of Ningjin and Leling.

In order to deal with the possible Tuba Road and the Kuomintang troops in southern Lunan, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka directly transferred more than half of the remaining troops in his hands to the Xiajin and Linqing lines, and the two sides deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in the Hebei-Shandong border area.

Hualong Town, former enemy headquarters.

"Have you checked it out, what is the deployment of the Japanese puppet army in Texas and the arrangement of firepower?" Xu Hu looked at the intelligence director with a tired face on the other side with a serious face.

The intelligence chief of the reorganized Fifth Division was directly transferred by Xu Hu from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and his name was Zhang Dehu. Before participating in the revolution was an out-and-out bandit. In 1930, the cottage was absorbed by the Red Army, and it has been following the revolution for more than ten years.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, according to reliable information, this time Okamura Ningji directly transferred all the troops of the First Army and the 21st Division to the Jilu border area, and the troops participating in the battle were about five and a half divisions, with a total strength ......of more than 100,000 people, in addition, Okamura Ningji also mobilized 8 puppet army divisions, a tank brigade and a heavy artillery brigade to participate in the battle, and Jinan Airport directly transferred more than 120 planes to be ready for air support at any time," Zhang Dehu replied in a deep voice.

Although his demeanor looked tired, he spoke very quickly, and he couldn't see that he was tired at all.

Xu Hu said: "Okamura Ningji, this old devil really looks up to Lao Tzu, five and a half divisions of infantry, a brigade of combat vehicles and a brigade of heavy artillery, plus more than 200 aircraft, hehe, what a big deal, the number of the Japanese army has been figured out." ”

"It's clear, our intelligence team members have not only figured out their numbers, but even the troop deployment of the Japanese puppet army. Now the vanguard of the Japanese army is less than 30 kilometers away from us, and the first is the 62nd Division of the Japanese Army, the division commander is called Hongo Yoshio, the chief of staff Ueno Shintomi, and the rank of Osa. ”

"The 62nd Division? I haven't heard of it, is it the newly formed field division of the Japanese army?" Xu Hu asked with a frown.

"Yes, this 62nd Division was formed from May 1 to June 30, 1941 with the remnants of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade and a part of the Independent Mixed 6th Brigade, as a second-line garrison division, and was incorporated into the 1st Army battle sequence. The division is also one of the few four-unit divisions of the Japanese army in recent years, with the 63rd Infantry Brigade, the 65th Infantry Brigade, the search team, the artillery wing, the engineer team, the signal team, the light and heavy team, the field hospital, and the terracotta factory directly under the division. ”

"It's just a show, which independent melee 4th brigade was disabled by our army when it was in southern Hebei, and even their brigade commander has become a wooden sign in the Yasukuni Shrine, and the rest is just some miscellaneous fish, and if you want to come to this newly formed division, it will be eaten if you dare to come." Xu Hu said confidently.

"The commander-in-chief is right, we have learned from the side that the combat effectiveness of this 62nd Division is indeed limited. However, there were indeed several powerful units that cooperated with them, such as the 20th Division and the 37th Division, which were originally subordinate to the First Army, as well as the 21st Division and the 16th Independent Brigade of the Second Army. ”

"Where are these Japanese troops stationed?" Xu Hu asked again.

"The 21st Division is stationed in Leling, the 69th Division is stationed in Linqing, the 37th Division and the 16th Independent Brigade are stationed in Dezhou City, and an infantry division of the puppet army is stationed in each of the remaining counties. Zhang Dehu said with a solemn expression.

"Well, very good, your intelligence department has made a great contribution this time, and when the battle is over, I will ask the commander for you, continue to keep an eye on the little devil for me, and report to me immediately if there is any change." Xu Hu said.

"Yes!"

After Zhang Dehu went out, Xu Hu took a magnifying glass and looked at it on the high-powered map, then took a pencil and a ruler and measured it, and said slowly: "At a distance of 30 kilometers, the little devil seems to want to fight a tough battle with us in this area, how can Lao Xue fight?" ”

Xue Zhiqiang on the side said: "Lao Xu, I am familiar with the terrain here, all the way from Hualong Town to Dezhou is mountainous, and the terrain is on the rise. Although it is not steep, there are many bridges and passes. The most important thing is that the Japanese army has built a large number of fortifications here, and if we want to rush to Texas through here, then we will have to engage in a head-on confrontation with the Japanese puppet army, and the troops will have to face an enemy armed to the teeth and strong fortifications, so my suggestion is to take a detour. ”

"No, although the detour can reduce casualties, but it will take more than half a month, and some of our heavy equipment will not be able to be transported over, and the logistics supply line will become more fragile and dangerous."

Then Xu Hu continued: "Old Xue, look, although the little devil occupies a certain terrain advantage this time, he is also in a favorable position on defense. However, the vast majority of their troops are new recruits, and their combat effectiveness will not be much stronger, and they are also at an absolute disadvantage in numbers. As the saying goes, it's better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers, I think that since the little devil has already sent this 62nd Division to our mouths, if we let him slip away again, we will be damned. ”

"What, you want to eat this division?" Xue Zhiqiang asked in surprise.

"Questions?" Xu Hu asked rhetorically.

"Of course there is, although it is said that the 62nd Division is deep into our army's defense area, but it is not yet a lone army to go deep, plus the Japanese puppet army in Texas may be reinforced at any time, people are really attacking, retreating and defending, what do we use to annihilate people? Besides, if you can't beat people, won't you run away? As long as we withdraw Texas, won't our plan fail? I don't think this plan is feasible. ”

Xue Zhiqiang didn't save face for Xu Hu at all, which is also a glorious tradition left by the Saibei Corps. A little bit about warfare, anyone who has any doubts must speak up, and there is no need to have any scruples.

Xu Hu said with a smile: "The fart can be attacked and retreated, and the defense can be defended, see how far the 62nd Division headquarters is from Texas?" I'm afraid there are 80 kilometers, what is the concept of 80 kilometers, that is to say, when our army launched a fatal blow to the 62nd Division, the Japanese puppet army in Texas had to travel for a whole day even if they received the news immediately, and with this day we could turn the 62nd Division of the little devil into the king of the urn. ”

Xue Zhiqiang obviously couldn't keep up with Xu Hu's leaping thinking, and after thinking for a while, he didn't understand what Xu Hu's plan was, and still looked at Xu Hu suspiciously.

Xu Hu knew at a glance that Xue Zhiqiang still didn't understand what he was talking about, so he explained: "Old Xue, look here, the Japanese puppet army is arranging strongholds along this mountain road and setting up a blockade line, right?" ”

"yes, is there a problem with that?"

"Of course, there are, more than 30 bridges and passes along the way have been turned into military bunkers by little devils, and the Japanese army will definitely send troops to occupy all the commanding heights, and if you count carefully, there are seventy or eighty firepower points in this generation, if you fight along the way, I'm afraid that even if our two divisions suffer more than half of the casualties, they may not be able to hit the city of Texas, so the analysis is correct."

"That's right!"

"That's right, although this kind of terrain is very beneficial to the little devils, it is not harmful to us." Xu Hu said with a smile.

"What's the benefit?"

"Old Xue, although the rugged mountain road is conducive to defense, it is also not very convenient for the Japanese army to march. This place is like a pocket, as long as we plug the small opening of the pocket, and then cut off the passage to the pocket here, then the little devil here will become the king of the urn....."

Xu Hu said impassionedly, while Xue Zhiqiang listened to it fascinated, and finally the two reached an agreement, first by the reorganization of the Fifth Division to attack the bridge pass and commanding heights controlled by the Japanese puppet army, and the rest of the remaining troops were under the unified command of Xu Hu, taking the opportunity to give the Japanese a fatal blow.