After recovering the two key points of the Japanese defense line in Dingxing and Wen'an Town, Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan discussed and decided to form a central assault group with the four units directly under the column and the 4th Class A Infantry Division as the main force to storm Bazhou, in order to break the Japanese defense on the southern front of Beiping as much as possible.

Attack on Beiping City.

The order was issued, Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan personally led the guard regiment to Wen'an Town, and commanded the 4th Infantry Division, the column directly under the heavy artillery brigade, air defense brigade, tank armored brigade and other units to encircle Bazhou.

There were also 40,000 Japanese puppet troops in Bazhou, and the Japanese puppet army lost nearly 10,000 in the first battle of Wen'an Town, and less than 3,000 fled back, so at this time, there were less than 32,000 Japanese puppet troops left inside and outside Bazhou City, of which the Japanese army accounted for 60 percent.

Therefore, whether in terms of troops, artillery, tank armor, and other firepower, the Japanese puppet army is far inferior to the Dragon's Tooth Column, and the only advantage is their air force, but the Dragon's Tooth Column attacking Bazhou has a complete air defense brigade and an air defense regiment.

The airspace near Bazhou will become more dangerous than Zhuozhou, of course, for the Japanese fighter group.

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Beiping City, the headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese invasion of China.

The commander of the Japanese army, Jun Tada, and the chief of staff, Mamoru Iizawa, were exhausted by the constant bad news from the front, and they were anxious, and the bridgeheads in Dingxing and Wen'an were lost one after another.

Zhuozhou and Bazhou are no longer in danger to defend, and the nearly 100,000 troops of the Dragon's Tooth Column are encircling these two places in a roundabout way, and the next thing should be to launch a fierce general attack.

The land-based air force, on which they had placed high hopes before, made two sorties, were intercepted by dense and powerful local anti-aircraft fire, and suffered heavy losses.

This wiped out their only advantage, and Tada Jun was helpless and even more annoyed: "Damn, how can the Chinese army have so many air defense forces? ”

Iizawa Mamoru said with a solemn face: "Your Excellency Commander, don't forget, time is fair for both the enemy and us, we have built a large number of fortifications in the past half a year or so, and have been strengthened by a hundred fighters and a 50,000 infantry cavalry army, and the mainland has also reorganized a new army of 150,000.

Naturally, the Chinese army will not stand still, and their base area has expanded a lot in terms of population and area compared with the past, and it is reasonable to have today's development. ”

"Enough, I don't want to hear this, what I want is a solution, a solution to the crisis in front of me?" Tada Jun was annoyed and scolded.

Iizawa lowered his head and said, "Please forgive me for my incompetence, with the current strength in our hands, I really can't think of any good way." ”

"Bastard!" Tada Jun was furious when he heard this, and when he was about to have a seizure, a staff adjutant suddenly walked in from outside in a hurry, saluted the two of them, and said, "Sir, General Okamura Ninji has arrived. ”

Okamura Ning came to the North China Front Headquarters to supervise the battle and assist the two of them in commanding the battle against the Dragon Tooth Column, both Tada Jun and Iizawa Mamoru knew about it, but they didn't expect that this guy would come so quickly.

Before Tada Jun could react, there was a sonorous and powerful footsteps outside, and Okamura Ninji, who was dressed in a neat military uniform, shiny military boots under his feet, and carrying a saber from the Japanese emperor at his waist, strode in from the outside.

At this time, Okamura Ninji was still a lieutenant general, so when he saw Tada Jun, he immediately stood up and saluted solemnly: "Humble Okamura Ninji, I am hereby ordered by the War Department of the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor to come to your department to supervise the battle, and serve as a staff officer, please ask the two seniors to give me a lot of advice." ”

For Okamura Ninji's politeness, Tada Jun had to suppress the anger and depression in his heart, and after saluting him back, he nodded and said, "Okamura-kun, welcome to your arrival, I hope we can cooperate happily." ”

Iizawa Mamoru naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I have admired the name of Okamura-kun for a long time, and it is an honor to see it today!" ”

Okamura Ninji bowed his head slightly, and then took the initiative to ask: "On the way here, I already have some understanding of the current crisis faced by the North China Imperial Army, and the two of you seem to have encountered difficulties. ”

Tada Jun snorted coldly, turned his head a little ashamedly, and did not speak.

As the chief of staff, Iizawa Mamoru had no choice but to say truthfully: "Don't hide it from Okamura-kun, Dingxing, and Wen'an, the two places have been broken by the enemy, the front-line imperial army has lost as many as 20,000 troops, and the two places of Bazhou and Zhuozhou have lost the most important barriers, and the Chinese army is equipped with sufficiently sophisticated air defense weapons, and the aviation sent by our army to support has suffered heavy losses."

At present, we are indeed a little helpless, I wonder if Okamura-kun has any good way to help our army tide over the current crisis? ”

Okamura Ninji glanced at Tada Jun and saw that he had no objections, so he spoke: "Chief Tada, Iizawa-kun, please forgive me for saying that there is a problem with the defensive posture you adopted before. ”

Tada Jun was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this, and said in an unkind tone: "Oh? I don't know what you think about Okamura-kun? ”

"You shouldn't divide our forces, which are not superior, into three lines of defense, which will further widen the gap between us and the Dragon's Tooth Column in China.

Coupled with the gap between the two sides in weapons and equipment, how can they not be defeated? Okamura Ninji glanced at the two of them as he spoke, and saw that the two of them seemed to be in deep thought, so he continued to speak: "Passive defense will only make the situation worse, we still have 20,000 cavalry in our hands, don't we?"

It is necessary to give full play to the mobile superiority of the 20,000 cavalry, send them out, bypass the frontal battlefield, go deep behind enemy lines, adopt a mobile and roundabout fighting mode, constantly attack and destroy the logistics supply lines of the Chinese army, and harass their weak forces.

In order to divide its military strength, it is good that the Chinese army has tanks and armored vehicles, but in today's North China, these car wheels, which are really mobile, are still not as flexible as the four horse legs of the cavalry, after all, China lacks enough roads and railways.

In addition, our frontal defense units should not only be purely defensive, but a combination of roundabout flanking attacks and frontal defense.

If it is said that sending cavalry deep behind enemy lines is a strategic detour, then it is tactical to use elite small units to carry out a roundabout flank attack on the Chinese army in a frontal defensive battle. ”

Okamura Ninji said that the head was the way, which made Tada Jun and Iizawa Mamoru have a sudden feeling of seeing the blue sky through the clouds, and the two were listening very attentively, but they found that Okamura Ninji stopped.

Tada Jun asked with some unfinished thoughts: "Okamura-kun, is that all?" ”

Invisibly, Tada Jun himself may not have noticed, his tone was much better, Okamura Ningji was not shocked in his heart, and said indifferently: "There is also one of the most important plans, but this requires the cooperation of the Marine Corps, if this plan is implemented well, we can have a chance to save the defeat in North China in one fell swoop, turn defeat into victory, and wipe out all the dragon's tooth columns." ”