"General Ye also hopes that the 32nd Army can be temporarily transferred to the direct command of the 15th Army Command, which will also last for 3 months." , Qian Dajun continued.

"Shang Zhen's 32nd Army? That would have been under the leadership of Hu Weidong, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in the First War Zone. Lao Jiang said this, but he naturally knew that without his own orders, how could Hu Weidong command the warlord troops?

"General Ye proposed to use the former Japanese officers and soldiers who have come over anyway to form an independent unit to participate in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in order to undermine the morale of the Japanese army, and I hope that the Military Commission can give a number, and the establishment will be under the banner of the 15th Army." , Qian Dajun said in his mouth, but he really couldn't believe it in his heart, he had never heard that Chinese were traitors, could there still be devils as "Japanese traitors"?

Lao Jiang also didn't believe it, but after thinking about it, he found that if this kind of thing was messed up, it would also hit the red party in the face, and he didn't care anyway, so he nodded and agreed to this request, but he didn't forget to add, "Let's set it as a column, the number of people is not limited, but it is not allowed to incorporate Chinese into it, otherwise the Military Commission will definitely seriously investigate and cancel the column number, and the 15th Army's number will be canceled." ”

However, the request of the Independent Brigade of the Central Plains Border Region to be upgraded to a division was rejected by Lao Chiang, who was most nervous about the expansion of the Red Party's armed forces, and no matter how good his mood was, this kind of matter of principle could not be easily relaxed!

On the one hand, a grand conjuring ceremony was held in Tokyo, indicating that the empire would not forget the "imperial army" that had died loyally; On the other hand, those responsible for the surrender of the 6th Division were strictly investigated, and the families of the officers and men of the 6th Division were soon persecuted on a large scale.

The main purpose of the Japanese military department is to set an example for the Japanese military department. However, the Kumamoto people were fierce and barbaric, and the 6th Division had always been deeply discriminated against, which made Kumamoto himself dissatisfied for a long time (in fact, Kumamoto's economic poverty was a bigger problem), and the Japanese Communist Party took the opportunity to fan the flames, and the Japanese military department's punishment of the families of the officers and soldiers of the 6th Division became a fuse, causing the Kumamoto riot, which was almost unexpected. Although it was eventually suppressed by the Japanese army, it still caused huge losses in life and property, and Kumamoto Prefecture, which had suffered more than 100,000 casualties, suffered a deep rift with the Japanese army. As a direct result, although the 6th Division was rebuilt many times, it no longer fought bravely and well

Because of this painful lesson, as well as the tremendous impact brought about by the formation of the "Rizong". Kenji Dohihara, the head of the Japanese Special High Division, wrote to Emperor Kawai suggesting that the families of the defected soldiers be treated leniently, and that measures should not be taken against the families of all the officers and men of the Japanese army because of the surrender of the Japanese army without investigation. At the same time, it should be publicly announced that as long as the soldiers return with their guns, they will not be blamed for the past, and their original duties will be assigned to the troops, and there will be a heavy reward for providing important information to the squadron, so as to prevent those surrendered Japanese soldiers from having no way back and turning back.

But for the officers who surrendered, Kenji Dohihara advocated that they should be severely punished, anyway, their number is small, and the number of relatives and friends will naturally not be too much, and they are not afraid of trouble, and at the same time, as long as the officers fight to the death. With the high obedience of the Japanese soldiers, they will almost certainly fight to the death.

After these suggestions were adopted, Kenji Tsuchihara objectively played a certain role, but after all, they could not compete with the strong political propaganda ability of the Red Party. And the victories of the 15th Army and other squadrons again and again have made the balance more and more tilted

Immediately after the surrender, the 94th Division moved north to join the main force of the 15th Army. At this time, the squadron had already occupied a great advantage in the North China battlefield, and the 150,000 troops under the direct command of the North China General Front Committee could seize Chahar to the west and Pingjin to the east, and now the heavy artillery brigade, armored brigade and other powerful troops were in place one by one, and the air supremacy was also more and more consolidated after receiving the support of more than 20 aircraft, while the Japanese army only had 20,000 or 30,000 troops in Chahar. For this reason, as soon as the Japanese military headquarters learned of the annihilation of the 16th and 6th Divisions, it immediately ordered the six Japanese divisions in the Xinkou direction to immediately suspend the offensive, retreat along the Pingsui line, and eliminate or at least drive away the 15th Army and its allies, so as to ensure the safety of Pingjin. …,

However, the commander of the 5th Division, who was responsible for the main attack on Xinkou, did not agree with this negative order of the military headquarters, and he bowed seriously to the commanders of the other two divisions and pleaded, "If we carry out the order of the military headquarters, the empire's North China strategy will be a complete failure, and if we take Xinkou, we can quickly move south to Zhongtiao Mountain, force the 15th Army of China to withdraw from Pingxi, and regain the initiative in the North China battlefield." So I beg you two to give me another three days, no, one day, if the military department blames it afterwards, it's up to me to bear it! ”

The commanders of the two divisions were moved by Itagaki Seishiro's determination, so they each found some excuses to delay the withdrawal and continue to provide cover and assistance for the 5th Division, and Itagaki Seishiro really made up his mind this time, he concentrated all the available mobile forces at hand, and personally led the team to storm the key Niangzi Pass of the Xinkou defense line.

Before the attack, Itagaki stood on a big rock and mobilized his subordinates, "Gentlemen, the fate of the empire is decided in today's battle, only by taking this Xiongguan can the situation in North China be reversed, our army has no way to retreat, anyone who is cowardly and retreats from the battle, will be killed!" ”

This resolute order was given as soon as it was issued, and even among the officers and soldiers of the elite Japanese 5th Division there was some commotion, but Itagaki immediately turned everyone's fear of death into a surging battle spirit that made everyone crazy, "I will personally lead the team in this battle, if I retreat, the team will immediately shoot and kill, and the rest will continue to attack until victory or all the jade is shattered!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro's statement of decisive battle infected the entire 5th Division, and the thousands of Japanese elites who were selected shouted "Onboard!" under the cover of unprecedented heavy artillery fire. "Killed Huang Shaohong's department stationed in the defense line of Niangzi Pass. Although Huang Shaohong was one of the three heroes of the Gui family, he was the least good at military strategy, and he thought that after the 15th Army eliminated the two permanent divisions of the Japanese army in one go, the Japanese army in Xinkou would inevitably retreat, so he was somewhat negligent in taking precautions, and when he found that the Japanese army was like taking medicine and frantically attacked, it was too late to regret it

As Seishiro Itagaki promised, in one day, it only took one day for the 5th Division to take the Heavenly Danger Niangzi Pass. After the loss of Niangzi Pass, the Chinese defenders of Xinkou were in a situation of being attacked by the enemy on their backs, and the Second Theater Command had no choice but to order the defenders to retreat, and the 5th Division took advantage of the victory to pursue and fled with 200,000 troops. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )