Chapter 531: Eastward Attack

The Japanese army opened a gap in the direction of Henan, and the same veteran and experienced Xiangyue Qingji, who was also a veteran and experienced soldier, was unwilling to let go of this golden opportunity, and had already drilled behind Tang Qiu's defense line from the Yellow River, and more than 90,000 troops were obviously insufficient, so he immediately transferred back a division from the direction of Datong, and put the Isoya Ryosuke Division, which had been in Beiping and had been serving as the general strategic reserve, with a total of more than 60,000 troops, and used a transport force that could be used to follow the hole torn by the Japanese army and put it in the direction of Anyang.

Xiangyue Qingji knows the truth of the speed of soldiers, Tang Qiuli is not an idle person, he will definitely try his best to plug the gap in the direction of Henan, time is the basis of victory, the Japanese army of two divisions, a night of rapid march, on the morning of December 14, arrived in Zhengzhou, and the previous troops of the Japanese army, in this way, the total strength of the Japanese army in the direction of Henan, in addition to the battle of Hebi and Xinxiang consumed, has reached more than 130,000 people.

At the same time, he issued an order to form the First Army of the North China Dispatch Army with the Isoya Division as the core, with Lieutenant General Isoya Ryosuke as the commander, to unify the command of the Japanese troops in the south direction of Henan and undertake future combat missions.

After the report of Xiangyue Qingji, Zairen praised it greatly, so mobilized troops, took advantage of the situation to expand the results of the battle, and made greater moves behind the Yellow River defense line in Tang Qiu, so that the newly formed First Army would become a sharp weapon in our hands, and the nightmare of the devil Tang Qiuli, the general's move is worthy of being a good general of our Great Japanese Empire, Ah Xiangyue Qingji is humble again and again.

After drinking a few cups in a row, Zairen's small eyes rolled a few times, and he asked, "Xiangyue-kun, in your opinion, where is the most suitable direction for the first army's next attack?" "Kazuki Kiyoji is happy in his heart, the so-called people are in good spirits at happy events, the wine is prosperous, and the cups are at the bottom, which is somewhat big.

He said without thinking: "In the next thought, here" He stood up suddenly, walked to the large military map hanging on the wall, because there was wine, the soles of his feet floated, if it wasn't for the waiting Yiji to help him, maybe there would be a dog robbery, his left arm was just on Yiji's round shoulder, his hand naturally drooped, just caressing Yiji's plump breasts, at this time Kazuki Kiyoji, there is only one word in his heart to describe "cool", it feels really cool

He pointed to the map with his right hand, which happened to be the location of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, and then explained: "Along the south bank of the Yellow River, advance westward to attack Luoyang, Lingbao, Tongguan, and Weinan, and take Xi'an directly, so that the army's strategy of stabilizing North China can be realized, and Xi'an can be used as a base to attack the great southwest region of China through Hanzhong, and directly take Chongqing, and can go down the Yangtze River to attack Wuhan and Nanjing, as well as important cities on both sides of the Yangtze River." ”

"It can also echo with our troops north of the Yellow River, Tang Qiuli's Yellow River defense line will inevitably be attacked by the enemy on his back and fight against the water, which also limits the mobile combat capability of the independent division in North China.

Jaeren nodded again and again, he felt more and more that Kazuki-kun was an excellent strategist, his thoughts coincided with his own, and this was also the situation he dreamed of, but he quietly touched the top-secret telegram in his kimono pocket, and felt helpless and annoyed in his heart.

Just after the Japanese army occupied Zhengzhou, Zairen sent the battle report to the base camp, and at the same time, he first took Xi'an, attacked Taiyuan, completely solved North China, and then went south The strategic concept was also reported.

He added another telegram, stating his next battle plan, the central gist of which was to insist on attacking Xi'an in the west, first in North China, and then down to the south of the Yangtze River, this time the base camp quickly called back, vetoed his battle plan, insisted that the troops in Zhengzhou, attack east to take Xuzhou, and then go south to the Songhu area, meet the troops from the sea, capture Shanghai in one fell swoop, and capture Nanjing, the capital of China.

In his capacity as chief of the General Staff, he asked the base camp to reconsider his battle plan, otherwise, he would have to fly back to Tokyo in person to meet the emperor and state his opinion.

The base camp quickly called back, Zairen saw it, startled, this time, the content of the telegram, completely in the tone of his brother Emperor Hirohito, there was no room for negotiation, directly was an order, requiring him to resolutely implement the overall strategy of immediately going south, the imperial army in the direction of Songhu is now fighting very hard, Chiang Kai-shek put his elite troops, all concentrated on the Songhu battlefield, the Shanghai dispatch army repeatedly attacked, but failed to gain a foothold on the beachhead, but suffered heavy losses.

The telegram asked him to convey his order to the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, Kazuki Kiyoji, Zairen was not reconciled and continued to insist on his own opinion, he knew very well that in the two battlefields in the north and south of China, only Kazuki Kiyoji took the risk, and the First Army, which opened up the situation in Henan, was the only force that took advantage of the situation, and a long distance to the south may not be the best choice.

In this way, Emperor Hirohito and Prince Zaihito's brothers, in the telegram, you quarrel with me as soon as you say a word, and the Japanese army newspaper operator who is busy translating the telegram with a sweaty head is busy, and at the same time pondering in his heart, dare to be affectionate, the emperor and his brothers quarrel, and they are also the same as our ordinary people, who usually look at the emperor and gods, it turns out that it is nothing more than this.

In the end, probably Emperor Hirohito is impatient, what happened to this kid Zaihito today? Here comes the donkey temper, which of us is the emperor? This is the ultimatum, insist that your opinion is okay, first hand over the black yarn hat of the chief of the general staff, go to the toilet to give your opinion, two ways for you to choose, one is to remove the chief of the general staff of the base camp and keep your personal opinion, the other is to continue to be your chief of the general staff, brother I will treat you as if you are talking drunk, resolutely implement the plan to go south immediately, the tone is quite tough, there is no room for flexibility.

Zairen was dumbfounded, reserved to use the fart, the black gauze hat was gone, it was better to fart than talk, so he could only choose to obey, but he was really annoyed in his heart, he couldn't bear it, and burst into a foul mouth: "The dog * raised, just rely on how old you are" After scolding, he scared himself a lot, and hurriedly covered his mouth, only then did he remember that they were born to a mother, and hurriedly looked around, no one seemed to notice, as for whether the wall has ears, only God knows.

In all fairness, Zairen and Kazuki Kiyoji's plan is indeed clever, because Tang Qiuli's hands no longer have the forces that can compete with the newly formed Japanese First Army, and all he can use are second-line troops, and he can be the target of the 130,000 troops of the Japanese First Army at any point in the Yellow River defense line, which is the situation of being attacked by the enemy on the back.

If Zairen and Kazuki Kiyoji's battle plan is approved, the future war situation will become more difficult and dangerous, at least Tang Qiuli's troops will be difficult to fight, the only thing he can do is to retreat, give up all the current points, reorganize the strategic layout, lock the Yellow River defense line of nearly one million Japanese troops in North China, it will collapse, and the Japanese army in North China will rush to the south of the Yangtze River like a flood that bursts the embankment.

Looking at the mouth full of foam, Wu Zi excitedly expounded his strategic concept of Kazuki Kiyoji, Zairen felt sad for a while, his mouth was bitter, and he wanted to kick the emperor's brother into a eunuch, he knew that Kazuki Kiyoji, like himself, took westward expansion as the next combat goal, and was a fanatical executor of the army's North China battle plan, and this telegram from the emperor was no less than a bucket of cold water in the head, and Kazuki-kun must not catch a cold? That's why he set up a family banquet and took out his two favorite concubines, with good wine and food, and beauties to comfort the heart of Kazuki Kiyoji who was about to be hurt later.

Kazuki Kiyoji returned to his seat, the salty pig hand, and was reluctant to leave the soft place on Yiji's chest, picked up the wine glass, drank it all, his face was flushed with impulsive red, he knew that his hand was definitely stabbed into the death hole of the devil Tang Qiuli, he did not have the strength to compete with his 130,000 army, and all his troops were entangled with the imperial army on the front line.

Zairen looked at the excited Kazuki Kiyoji, and he really couldn't bear to break his ideals, this was more cruel, just like he was twitching like he was lying on a beautiful woman, and at the most critical moment, he was dragged down by himself all at once, and he even had the intention of killing, but no matter how cruel he was, he had to do it.

Zairen took out the telegram and handed it to Xiangyue Qingji without saying a word, sure enough, Xiangyue Qingji's face turned gray from the red light just now, and then Tie Qing, he raised his head and stared at Zairen, seeing that Zairen was furious, "Your Royal Highness, this is obviously the bastards of the navy who are playing tricks, they have been insisting on fighting in Shanghai, and they can't win the war, so pull our North China troops to help, don't you see this?" ”

Jae-in can only smile bitterly, what can he see? He couldn't answer, "Your Royal Highness, the first army can have the current strong situation, it is not easy to come by, if you ignore North China and go south for a long time, it will inevitably be blocked by the Nanjing government army, the closer you get to the Jiangnan area, the stronger this resistance will be, all the way to Jiangnan, how many troops can we have to attack the government army of China." ”

"The most important thing is that on the southern front, we do not have a foothold, and the troops are still floating on the sea, can they guarantee that when our First Army reaches the Songhu area, they will open a gap in the southern front and join my troops? If not, wouldn't the Tenth Army become a lone army to go deeper, and the base camp had not considered this? Your Royal Highness, have you appealed? ”

In the face of Kazuki Kiyoji's rhetorical question, Zairen was not good at saying that he and the emperor's brother were arguing so much that he almost scolded his mother, he just said quietly, "This is what His Majesty the Emperor means, as long as we carry it out, and the focus of the attack is Xuzhou at the junction of Jiangsu and Shandong, you can follow this order."

At this point, looking at the demeanor of His Royal Highness the Prince, he was also deflated, Kazuki Kiyoji knew that things could not be changed, and the wine was tasteless, and even the softness of the beauty in his arms became poor, and the room was silent, and the two old foxes looked at each other, and they both saw deep helplessness and loss in each other's eyes.

(To be continued)