"What do you mean by Okamura-kun?" Mamoru Iizawa asked, a little uncertain.

"Immediately notify the marines and immediately set off to carry out a landing raid operation from the territory of Haixing County." Okamura said with a gloomy face.

"Okamura-kun, are you sure you want to implement this strategic roundabout plan in advance?" Mamoru Iizawa asked.

A look of helplessness appeared on Okamura Ninji's face, and he said meaningfully: "Iizawa-kun, do you think we have any other choice?" ”

Iizawa was silent, indeed, if this kind of strategic roundabout plan was not adopted at this time, then the Japanese army would not be able to resist the next onslaught of the Dragon's Tooth Column, and the loss of the Bazhou defense line was almost a sure thing.

And once Bazhou is lost, the entire Pingjin outer defense line will collapse, and at that time, what will the North China Front Army with heavy losses do to resist the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of dragon tooth elites who are swarming with a great victory?

Therefore, for today's plan, the only way to do this is to sacrifice the killer move of the marines, and raid the hinterland of the base of the dragon's tooth column, unlike the cavalry, this marine corps is a real elite infantry, and every member can be said to be carefully selected from the ordinary army and underwent strict training.

Once they successfully landed and raided the hinterland of the Dragon's Tooth Column, the danger caused would be far greater than the previous dispersion of 20,000 cavalry.

It is foreseeable that at that time, Qiao Youhua will have to stop the offensive on the frontal battlefield again, and will be forced to send troops south to help his base area.

Okamura Ninji said again: "Tell the commander of the Marine Corps, their task is to attack and advance all the way to the southwest under the cover of the sea-based carrier-based aircraft group after landing, and do not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, and go straight to Huanglong to capture Pingshan County, the base camp of the Longya Column.

Completely destroy the war potential of the Dragon's Tooth Column. ”

After a pause, he added: "In addition, in order to prevent the Chinese Army stationed along the Yellow River from going north to intercept the Imperial Marines, the 10th Division and other units south of the Yellow River were ordered to immediately cross the river north and launch an attack on it, do their best to contain the enemy forces, and respond to the surprise attack of the marines!" ”

Mamoru Iizawa wrote them down one by one, nodded and said, "Okay, Okamura-kun, I'm going to send an order." ”

"Oh, by the way, don't forget that this situation will only be a blow from General Tada." Okamura Ninji added.

"Hay, I understand!" Mamoru Iizawa bowed his head slightly, turned and left.

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That night, the Japanese naval ships anchored in the harbor of Tianjin quietly sailed away from the harbor, carrying more than 11,000 elite Japanese marines, and took advantage of the darkness to sail south along the coastline of the Bohai Sea.

At about three o'clock in the morning, they arrived at the coastal waters in Haixing County.

The two small boats quietly sailed to the shore through the thick night, and about 20 Japanese marines jumped into knee-deep water with Navy-specific Type 38 rifles, light machine guns, and other weapons, and quickly landed on the shore.

After quietly advancing about two miles to the front, and finding that there was no garrison patrol here at all, a leading devil naval lieutenant sent a soldier back to the shore and used a flashlight to signal a few lights in the direction of the sea.

Soon, a group of behemoths appeared on the calm sea, and Japanese transport ships and landing ships slowly approached the shore under the escort of gunboats.

Behind them, there were also groups of light and heavy cruisers, aircraft carriers full of carrier-based aircraft, and battleships were ready for battle.

As soon as there is a situation on the shore, the large-caliber guns on these naval ships can immediately open fire, providing powerful naval artillery fire support for their landing forces with their terrifying range of up to tens of kilometers.

In the face of the powerful firepower of the Japanese fleet group, not to mention the Haixing County garrison, even if a division of the Dragon's Tooth Column came up, it would only be bombed into slag on the seaside.

As everyone knows, the caliber of the guns of the naval artillery groups is often 1,200 mm super-large caliber heavy guns, with a long firing range, great power, and strong firepower density.

The financial and material resources required to feed a naval fleet can feed almost one front of the army.

Therefore, the navy will be called the most expensive branch of the army, and of course, its strong combat capability is also worthy of recognition.

On the sea or on coastal and coastal battlefields, a naval fleet with carrier-based aircraft groups and naval artillery groups is almost invincible to the army, no matter how elite this army is.

Unless the army is equipped with all kinds of epoch-making missiles, rockets and other long-range attack weapons, of course, if it has enough land-based aviation superiority to seize air supremacy, then the devil naval fleet will also have to kneel.

However, it is obvious that none of the above-mentioned long-range attack weapons and sufficient air superiority are possible for the army in this era, nor are there any air force fighters or dragon tooth columns.

It is precisely because of this situation that Qiao Youhua did not deploy too many troops on the coast, because if there were really devils attacking from the sea, the only way was to let them go deeper, and then block and intercept them in a place far away from the sea, at least beyond the effective range of the Japanese naval gun group.

Therefore, there is only one brigade in Haixing County, which is equivalent to the militia garrison of the battalion, which mainly plays a warning role.

Without encountering any resistance, more than 11,000 elite Japanese marines landed at about 5 a.m.

This Marine Corps is not only infantry, they also have dozens of specially equipped Type 97 tank fighting vehicles and hundreds of military trucks.

As well as a field artillery unit of considerable size, it is no exaggeration to say that this Japanese army is a mechanized Cheng Dù higher Marine Corps.

After the landing, the devils did not attack the county seat of Haixing, which was close at hand, in accordance with Okamura Ninji's operational instructions, but bypassed the place and went straight to the county town of Pingshan in the southwest.

After the sky brightened, the Japanese sea-based carrier-based aircraft groups that were moored in the coastal waters and ready to provide aerial reconnaissance for their landing forces took off one after another.

Guided by several reconnaissance planes, they quickly rushed to the ground troops' route and the airspace in their vicinity, serving as pioneers and aerial reconnaissance guides.

Guiding and covering tens of thousands of Japanese elites, they quickly advanced to the goal.

Along the way, the soldiers and civilians in the base area discovered the sudden appearance of the devil army, but before they could run away, they were covered and attacked by the combined ground and air fire of the devils, and they were killed on the spot.

By the time the garrison brigade of Haixing County got the news, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and the devils had already landed for four hours and marched two hundred miles to the southwest.

After passing through Botou and Dongguang two counties, and entering the territory of Shenzhou County, it is less than 300 miles away from Pingshan County, and it is closer to Shimen, only less than 150 miles.