Chapter 497: Battle of Southern Hebei (Asking for subscriptions, monthly passes, and various !! ）

Okabe Naosaburo is worthy of being an evergreen tree of the North China Front, and the two commanders of the Front Army have fallen, but he, the chief of staff of the Front Army, is still standing, and he does have two brushes. This analysis alone has clearly analyzed the intentions of the Eighth War Zone, and if Chen Feng was here, he would definitely be impressed.

While Tada Jun and Okabe Naosaburo were discussing, a senior lieutenant officer hurriedly walked in, and then handed a telegram to Tada Jun and said, "Your Excellency Commander, an urgent telegram from the 32nd Division!" ”

Tada Jun glanced at Naosaburo Okabe in surprise, then took the telegram and read it. After reading it, he handed the telegram to Okabe Naosaburo and said, "Okabe-kun, your analysis is very correct, the people of China have indeed launched an attack on southern Hebei!" ”

Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo quickly read the telegram and said, "Your Excellency, the people of China have only dispatched one infantry division and part of the mechanized troops this time, and the situation is a little abnormal!" ”

"Nani, Okabe-kun thinks there's something unusual in this?"

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, although the strength of the front army in southern Hebei is not strong, it also has a reinforced division and a mixed brigade, and the Imperial Cooperative Army in southern Hebei has 3 divisions, with a total strength of more than 40,000 people. In addition, southern Hebei is close to Luxi, where are the two divisions of the Twelfth Army and part of the Imperial Allied Army, if the war in southern Hebei does not go well, we can mobilize Luxi's troops to reinforce southern Hebei at any time. According to the consistent code of conduct of Chen Feng's department, he will never fight a battle that fails me. Since he attacked southern Hebei this time, this shows that Chen Feng is bound to win southern Hebei. But can this one infantry division defeat the imperial army in southern Hebei? ”

After listening to the words of Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, Senior General Tada Jun thought about it carefully and said: "Although the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army has indeed declined in recent years, and it is no longer as strong as Showa ten years ago, but it is not something that can be defeated by any cat or dog. ”

"Although from a hostile point of view, Chen Feng is a big bastard, but as a soldier. The humble still admires the officer of the Chinese state. He is not a madman, at least he is a genius when it comes to operational command! ”

"Appreciation? Talented? Okabe-kun, do you know what you're talking about? Tada Jun asked in surprise.

"Hay! Your Excellency, Commander, you have not been in office for long. There is limited knowledge of this officer and the army under his command. So you won't have much thought about that general except for hating accidents. But lowly duties are different. The humble post was transferred to the Zhina along with the North China Front Army in the twelfth year of Showa, and Chen Feng's department can be said to be an old rival, and the humble post is to witness the emergence and rise of the Chinese army! Okabe Naosaburo said.

"So what? As an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. Especially the chief of staff of the North China Front, no matter what, you can't have such an idea of appreciating a Chinese general, which will make your keen judgment mixed with personal emotions, which is not conducive to the formulation of combat plans! ”

"Hay! That being said, there are some things that cannot be reversed by human beings, such as will! The appreciation of this Chinese army is generated after many battles, Your Excellency Commander, do you know that this Chinese army only had more than 1,000 people when it first fought against the imperial army, and its name was only a security regiment in Suiyuan Province. Does Your Excellency the Security Corps know about the Road? ”

"Security Corps? Could it be the so-called motley army of the Chinese government? ”

"In fact, in the battle sequence of the China government, the security regiment is not even a miscellaneous army, and the only troops that can be called a miscellaneous army in the battle sequence of the China army are the Sichuan army, the Yunnan army, the Guizhou army, the Gui army, the Jin Sui army, the Northeast army, the Northwest army, the Ma Jia army and other local warlords. The security regiments are not, they are only used to maintain local law and order, and they are a supplementary force of the local police, and before the outbreak of the China Incident, there were thousands of such security regiments in the entire China, and almost every county would have them. Okabe Naosaburo said.

"How effective is the security regiment?"

"Your Excellency Commander, the general strength of the security regiment in China is only one or two hundred, and five or six hundred people are considered to be impressive, and the combat effectiveness is not even as good as the gangs and associations in the empire. But it was such a security regiment, under the command of General Na, who destroyed a small squad of the Empire in the first battle, then destroyed two artillery brigades of the Empire, and inflicted heavy damage on an entire infantry wing of the Empire. It was even more unbelievable later, and in less than two months, this army had the strength to completely annihilate the Imperial Army brigades and kill the Imperial Major General's officers. Only about three years later, this Chinese army had the strength to compete with the front army, and also defeated the red Soviet Union in the north, and returned Outer Mongolia to the jurisdiction of the Chinese government. ”

Okabe Naosaburo's words shocked Tada Jun, he has always been known how there is only such a strong man, I didn't expect it to be so strong, with his own strength, in just three years, a security regiment that is not even a ragtag army has developed into a regular army with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and also defeated the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army, recovering more than one million square kilometers of land, such a person is indeed not to be underestimated.

"Okabe-kun, you are the most famous chief of staff in the empire, I believe in your vision, let's talk about it, what does the people of China rely on this time?"

"Your Excellency Commander, Chen Feng only sent an infantry division this time, not to say that this person underestimated our Great Japanese Imperial Army, according to the experience of fighting with this person many times, this person attaches great importance to the strength of the Imperial Army regardless of whether he fights big or small battles, even if it is a lion fighting a rabbit, he must go all out. This time he only sent one infantry division, which can only show that he thinks that with this infantry, he can easily take southern Hebei! Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe analyzed.

"Nani, take southern Hebei lightly?"

"Your Excellency Commander, if the analysis of the humble position is correct, this battle will definitely not only involve Chen Feng's army, but the Jin Sui army of Yan Xishan in the second war zone will definitely participate in the war!"

"Yan Xishan, I know this person, a graduate of the sixth phase of the Imperial Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and Itagaki-kun are classmates, and the Jin Sui Army under his command is also a strong force!"

"Your Excellency Commander, this Yan Xishan is not only General Itagaki's classmate, he is also Chen Feng's maternal father, that is, his father-in-law. The imperial army captured Taiyuan twice, and Chen Feng helped him recapture Taiyuan. Now that Chen Feng's department is using our army, it is impossible for Yan Xishan to stand by and watch, and the people of China have always had the habit of repaying the favor! ”

"Yo Si! Okabe-kun's analysis makes a lot of sense! ”

"Your Excellency Commander, in addition to Yan Xishan's headquarters, Wei Lihuang and Zhina Tubalu in the First War Zone of China will definitely participate in the battle!"

"Wei Lihuang? Dirt Eight Road? ”

"Hai, Wei Lihuang was transferred to the commander of the first theater by the government of China in the fifteenth year of Showa, the imperial army had twice attacked the defense area of Wei Lihuang's department, but they were destroyed by Chen Feng's department, with the assistance of Chen Feng's department, Wei Lihuang's department not only drove all the imperial troops in eastern Henan out of the defense area, but also operated the entire first theater of operations impregnable, the twelfth army was ready to seize Henan many times, but all failed."

"And southern Hebei is close to northern Henan, and the Imperial Japanese Army can move south from Xingtai at any time to attack Anyang, Henan, and threaten the first theater of operations. If the 12th Army cooperates with the attack on the Lanfeng line from eastern Henan, the 1st theater will face a huge crisis. Therefore, whether it is public or private, Wei Lihuang will send troops to assist Chen Feng's department. ”

"Why do you want to send troops to assist Chen Feng's department?" Tada Jundo.

According to the information obtained by the intelligence department, although Chen Feng belongs to the system of the general government, Chen Feng himself is relatively tolerant of Tubalu, so he has repeatedly violated Jiang's orders and secretly helped Tubalu, especially in terms of weapons and ammunition. Although there are still a large number of guerrillas on the Tuba Road, there are a large number of regular troops on the Eighth Road, and the Imperial Army alone has collected eight numbers at the level of the Eighth Road Division, and there are as many as a dozen numbers at the brigade level. ”

"The most important thing is that now with the defeat of the imperial army, the living space of Tuba Road is constantly getting smaller, after the imperial army was driven out of Jizhong, Tuba Road's Jinchaji Military Region, the first level of the Jizhong Military Division and other guerrilla areas were all surrounded by Chen Feng's department. And the humble position understands Chen Feng's person, in his jurisdiction, there is no other non-Eighth Theater of Armed Forces is not allowed, so the living space of the Eighth Route is very narrow, so it is imperative to open up a new living area for the Eighth Route Army, and now the only place that can become the new guerrilla zone of the Eighth Route Army is Shandong, so the humble judge is that at the same time as Chen Feng's department is attacking southern Hebei, the Eighth Route will definitely launch an attack on the Japanese Imperial Army in Shandong to respond to Chen Feng's department! Naosaburo Okabe said solemnly.

"Yo Xi, with the containment of the Tu Eighth Road, the Twelfth Army will not be able to fully reinforce southern Hebei, and the army in southern Hebei alone will not be able to resist the attack of the first war zone, the second war zone and the eighth war zone of China, so the general of China will only send one infantry division south!" Tada Jun said depressedly.

"That's what the people of China should plan, this time is a test for our North China Front!" Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe said.

"Okabe-kun, how do you think our army should respond?" (To be continued......)