At the same time as the meeting at Zengjiayan's official residence, the North China Front Army also held an emergency meeting in Beiping, which was presided over by General Okamura Ningji, commander of the North China Front.

In particular, an urgent telegram sent by the headquarters of the 12th Army said that more than 70,000 troops of the Eighth Theater's South Hebei Military Region had crossed the border between Hebei and Shandong and advanced in the direction of Linqing, and that the North China Front Army Command had convened this meeting in order to cope with the attack of the Eighth Theater.

At the beginning of his tenure, Okamura Ningji specially investigated the four major opponents to be dealt with by the North China Front, and conducted in-depth discussions and studies on the relationship between them, and came to a conclusion, that is, these Chinese armies have reached a tacit understanding, no matter where they are attacked by the imperial army, the other parties will send troops to rescue, which is also an important reason why the North China Front Army is struggling in North China.

Therefore, before attacking Henan, Okamura Ningji had already made ideological preparations for the Second War Zone, the Eighth War Zone, and the Eighth Route Army to reinforce Henan, and made a lot of coping strategies for this.

Peiping. Conference Room of the Headquarters of the North China Front.

As the supreme commander of the Japanese army in North China, Okamura Ninji has now stood firm, and after half a year of hard work, Okamura Ninji has not only restored the strong moment of two years ago, but also strengthened, which is also the main reliance of Okamura Ninji for daring to launch the Henan Campaign.

"Gentlemen, I just received news that the 10,000 troops of the Eighth War Zone are divided into two routes. One road to the east to Luxi, the other to the south to northern Henan, its strength includes three infantry divisions and a chariot brigade. In addition, in the past few days, the Chinese aviation has been dispatched frequently, and our army has suffered a lot of losses, so what is your good plan? Okamura Ninji said.

The chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara, stood up and said: "Your Excellency, the intention of the people of China is obvious, they are supporting the army of Henan on the side, in the words of the people of China, it is to encircle Wei and save Zhao. ”

Hideki Tojo also responded: "Kasawara-kun's analysis is very reasonable, in fact, with the current strength of the front army, there is no need to worry about the Shina army at all. Although Chen Feng's department is strong. However, in addition to the front army, Chen Feng's troops also had to face pressure from the Kwantung Army, so Chen Feng's troops did not necessarily dare to dispatch the whole army to deal with the front army, and at most sent 5 to 8 infantry divisions to participate in the battle. The Front now has a strong strength of 13 divisions. ”

"That's what Tojo-kun means. How should the front now respond to the attack of the Chinese army? Okamura Ninji asked, looking up.

"The Imperial Army does not need to mobilize many troops to fight the Chinese army. The purpose of Chen Feng's eastward march to the south was only to reinforce the government army in Henan, which was their goal, as long as this goal was gone. Chen Feng's troops will be withdrawn. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The imperial army only needs to guard the front line of Linqing and Liaocheng, and at the same time urge the troops entering Henan to strengthen their offensive efforts, and strive to take Zhengzhou before Chen Feng's troops go south. Zhengzhou is the political and economic center of Henan, once Zhengzhou is taken, it is equivalent to going south to most of Henan, and the next task of the imperial army is to hold the occupied area. And once Chen Feng's troops saw that Zhengzhou had fallen into the hands of the front army, they would lose the goal of fighting south, and the withdrawal of troops was inevitable! Hideki Tojo said confidently.

"Yo Xi, Tojo-kun is worthy of being a senior in the army, now the chariot division has taken Zhongmu, and the troops are pointing directly at Zhengzhou, according to the prediction of His Excellency Nishihara Kazuse, they will be able to rush to Zhengzhou tonight. In addition, according to reliable information, Jiang Dingwen, commander of the first theater of operations in China, has retreated from Zhengzhou with a large number of troops, and only one infantry division in China is stationed in Zhengzhou. Okamura Ninji said.

According to the reliable information collected by my intelligence troops, although the losses of the Tuba Road in China during this period were not small, but its vitality was not injured, and yesterday about a division of the Tuba Road suddenly appeared in the dark 20 kilometers of Cixian County, and it seems that it intends to go south to fight with the government army of China! In addition, there are also signs of the build-up of troops above the division level in the second theater of war, and we have to guard against it! Major General Chiyoko Koga stood up and said.

As an intelligence officer of the North China Front, Chiyoko Koga was very trusted by Okamura Ninji, and soon after taking office, he asked the base camp for credit for Chiyoko Koga, and not long ago, Chiyoko Koga, who had been promoted to Osa for less than three years, became a major general of the army, and it was included in the ranks of senior officers in the Japanese Army, and she was also the second female general of the Japanese army.

Okamura Ningji said with a smile: "The troops of the Eight Roads of the Soil and Yan Xishan will definitely participate in the battle, but these two armies are different from Chen Feng's troops, Chen Feng's troops are tigers, and they can hurt people under any circumstances, and the troops of Yan Xishan are hunting dogs, and if they are not guarded against, they will be harmed, and the Tuba Road is a group of gophers who will only do sneaky things." ”

"So we have to find our own countermeasures for tigers, hounds and prowls. Tigers have absolute strength, and they are the most troublesome to deal with, and they must be fully dedicated. The hound only needs a piece of meat and bones to solve it, or it can be killed with a stick when it sees the opportunity. As for the groundhog, as long as the house is cleaned so that the groundbacock inside has nowhere to hide, and the wall is reinforced, the groundbag will not be afraid! ”

"Although Yan Xishan's troops have more than 300,000 troops, their combat effectiveness is average, and they don't need too many troops, only one paratrooper unit or special forces can make the whole of Shanxi chaotic. The same is true of the Tuba Road in China, after several sweeps, encirclement and suppression, the Tuba Road in the occupied area has basically been wiped out, and even if it is not eliminated, it has been hidden, as long as the Tuba Road is not in the imperial defense area and does not make trouble, there is no need to pay attention to it at all! ”

After speaking, Okamura Ninji said loudly again: "Pass my order: order Iijima-kun to be in charge of the Luxi defense line, and stop the army west of Liaocheng at all costs." ”

"Order: Kimura-kun is in charge of the war in the direction of Xinxiang, and it is necessary to block the headquarters of Chen Feng in the branch north of Xinxiang."

"Order: Your Excellency Xiyuan is in charge of the battle in the direction of Zhengzhou, and orders them to speed up and be sure to deal with the defenders of Zhengzhou City within 5 hours!"

"Order: Major General Kazuki Yamamoto commands the special operations unit to infiltrate Shanxi, disrupt the communication from Shanxi to Henan, assassinate the senior officers of the Jin Sui Army, and disrupt their operations!"

"Hai !!"

At this time, Chen Feng's mood was extremely irritable and angry, and he had just received a secret report that Chongqing had decided to implement the plan of replacing soldiers with water.

To tell the truth, Chen Feng was really angry this time, and he even directly scolded those big men in Chongqing at the meeting for having shit in their heads, and they didn't need to have ready-made troops, so they had to use the trick of killing 8,000 enemies and losing 10,000 themselves, they were just bastards.

Besides, Chen Feng just asked the little fox about it, and the effect of replacing troops with water is not good, mainly because the Japanese army that entered Henan to fight this time only has three divisions, of which one division stationed in Kaifeng and two divisions fighting north can be said to be not attacked by floods, only the third division of the Japanese army and the 10th Brigade of the mixed army that entered the hinterland of Henan are in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and only these two Japanese armies will be affected after the embankment breaks.

However, there are only a few people in these two Japanese armies, and even if the whole army is wiped out, there are only less than 15,000 people, and it may not be able to wipe out all the people, and if they can destroy half of them, it is already burning high incense.

In order to eliminate more than 10,000 Japanese devils in this area, it is necessary to take the lives of millions of ordinary people, which is not only a matter of careless human life, but also a matter that is intolerable to heaven, and I don't know what the princes of Chongqing grew up eating. Is it because they are worried that he Chen will be able to do this if someone grabs the land?

Immediately, an enraged Chen Feng sent a report to Li Yifeng's headquarters in southern Hebei, ordering the First Division of the Eighth Theater of the Southern Hebei Military Region to immediately go south to Anyang and take over the defense areas in northern Henan. At the same time, Chen Feng ordered the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Northern Air Force paratroopers to assemble immediately, set off one hour later, and parachute into Huayuankou on the outskirts of Zhengzhou, no matter what, to protect the Huayuankou embankment.

Chen Feng also knew that the Japanese army had taken the lead this time, and it might be difficult to drive all the Japanese out of Henan, so Chen Feng's order to Li Yifeng was to keep the Yellow River embankment and Zhengzhou, and the counties east of Kaifeng would be cheaper for the Japanese.

After receiving Chen Feng's order, Li Yifeng's subordinate directly poured into Henan like the water of the Yellow River bursting like a broken embankment under the opening of the tank troops, and went straight to Anyang. At the same time, Qin Yiwu took two brigades of paratroopers to board the plane urgently and went to Zhengzhou to fight.

In addition, Chen Feng also sent a report to the Second Theater Commander's Department and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, hoping that they could also send troops to assist in the battle.

Yan Laoxi and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had no objection to this, and directly called Chen Feng, saying that they were ready, and as long as Chen Feng's troops were the first to enter Henan, they would follow up. After Li Yifeng's troops went south, the two divisions of the Seventh Army of the Jin Sui Army also went south to Jincheng, intending to go from Jincheng to Jiaozuo.

The 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, which had already been assembled, also appeared in Linzhou at night, less than 80 kilometers away from the location of Li Yifeng's headquarters.

However, Jiang Dingwen was very dissatisfied with Chen Feng's subordinates not listening to the call to fight in Nanyang privately, and even ordered the defenders of Anyang to guard the main road and strictly prohibit Chen Feng's troops from going south. I don't know if Lu Dao is going to do it himself or if he is instructed by Lao Jiang.

But these are not important, the important thing is that Chen Feng has decided to go south to reinforce the operation, and also issued a death order to Li Yifeng's subordinates, if the troops in the first theater dare to jump out to find trouble, they will directly disarm on the spot, so the slap in the face began. (To be continued......)