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The brilliant victory of the Red Eighth Army not only inspired the Chinese people, but also shook the whole of Japan, even if it was just to save face, the Japanese military could not just count it. However, on the issue of how to deal with the Red Army, there were serious differences at the top level of the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters, and the "Slow Advance faction" represented by Ishihara Wanji, chief of the Operations Section of the Army General Staff Headquarters, held that judging from the combat effectiveness displayed by the Red Army, the Chinese army was far stronger than Japan had originally estimated, and in addition, Japan had not yet completed preparations for a full-scale war, and in particular, there were still a large number of anti-Japanese armed activities in Manchuria, such as the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and if an all-out war was launched in a hasty manner now, it was very likely that it would fall into the quagmire of a protracted war. Japan, which lacked resources at home and had not yet fully controlled Manchuria, could not hold on. For the Red Army, Ishihara proposed a method of killing people with a sword, that is, to support the Nanjing government of China to exterminate the Red Army, if it succeeds, it is naturally the best, even if it fails, it can consume China's vitality and buy time for Japan to prepare for war.

However, the "rapid progressives" such as Hideki Tojo, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, believed that this was a sign of weakness, and if the Chinese lost their fear of Japan because of this, it would be even more difficult to conquer China in the future. And in their opinion, even if the scale of the war gets out of control, it is not a big deal, although it is true that Japan is not ready for a long-term war now, but in fact China is still divided and even more unprepared, and they even arrogantly clamored that "it only takes three to six months to force the Shina people to surrender." ”

Seeing that the military department was more inclined to oppose the head Tojo Hideki's assertion, Ishihara couldn't help but be extremely indignant, and complained to his close friend Itagaki Seishiro, "What does he know about Hideki Tojo as a 'superior soldier' (Note 1)?" ”

"Let's open a little, Ishihara-kun, I believe that the military department and the emperor Bixia will make the right choice." , Seishiro Itagaki comforted.

"I hope so." Although Ishihara was in a bad mood, he accepted Seishiro Itagaki and soon comforted Itagaki in turn.

It turned out that Seishiro Itagaki was also in a bad mood in the past two days, and before he could arrive at the troops after he took over as the commander of the Fifth Division, the remnants of the Fifth Division were completely annihilated by the Red Army in Tanggu, which was a great shame for Itagaki who had always been arrogant. But to be honest, under the circumstances at that time, even if Itagaki arrived at the troops in time, he would not be able to return to the sky, but would have lost his life, in fact, Itagaki should feel lucky.

Of course, Ishihara would not say this, he explained Itagaki and said, "The veterans of the Fifth Division have broken more than 20,000 people, which is a huge loss, but the young recruits are (relatively speaking) more sharp, and they are more receptive to the tactical ideas of your predecessors. 'Right? ”

However, just as the two were licking each other's wounds, a signal corpsman suddenly came to inform them to immediately go to the military headquarters to attend an emergency meeting, and it turned out that the Red Army unit, which had already made the Japanese hate it, actually launched an offensive again, and this time the target was Rehe, which Japan had occupied for more than three years

As early as not long after the army was raised in Jiangxi, Hu Weidong developed a very haode habit, as long as he decided to stay in a certain place for a certain period of time, he would definitely send special combat personnel or scouts to the adjacent enemy strongholds to infiltrate them to conduct reconnaissance.

With the continuous increase in the number of special combat personnel and scouts, the penetration range of the Red Eighth Army Corps is also expanding day by day, after advancing into eastern Hebei, the east is the Shanhaiguan Pass where the 29th Army is stationed, and it is only necessary to send a few people to watch it, in case the Japanese Kwantung Army suddenly enters the customs in a big way, as for the Bohai Bay coast, although there are many places that can be landed, it takes time for the troops to go ashore and assemble, and it is enough to send a little advance warning, and Hu Weidong gave it up soon after taking Tanggu, so if the Japanese army comes, it is very likely that it will still land from Tanggu. Hu Weidong could find out at the first time through the scouts who stayed in Tanggu City. …,

Therefore, the focus of Hu Weidong's infiltration was placed on Rehe Province, which had been occupied for many years, and because the grassland was vast and sparsely populated, Chengde was the only city that could garrison a large number of troops and was relatively close, so the goal was very clear, if it were not for the fact that Chengde had a small population, for fear of arousing the suspicion of devils, Hu Weidong could even send more than 1,000 people to it. Due to the abundance of manpower, the telegrams sent back by the scouts were more detailed than the previous operations, and Hu Weidong also learned that a large airport had just been built in Chengde, and that Japanese planes had already begun to be stationed

Once the airfield is put into use, not only the Pingjin area, but also Zhangjiakou and Baoding will be within the combat radius of the Japanese air force. Moreover, although the Japanese air raids have become more and more frequent since the occupation of Tianjin by the Red 15th Army, since only one airfield in Jinzhou was available, the Kwantung Army Flying Group had five flying wings (the eliminated flying wing had been quickly rebuilt, and the spare planes of the two Japanese flying wings were enough to rebuild a new flying wing, and there was no shortage of pilots). However, only 2 wings could be put into battle, and once the large airfield in Chengde was officially put into use, all the planes of the Kwantung Army's flying group, and even the additional troops in Japan, could participate in the battle, and the threat to the Red 15th Army would be too great.

In fact, the two devil flying wings in Jinzhou alone had already caused the Red 15th Army to suffer a lot of losses. Although the number of fighters available to the Japanese army did not have an absolute advantage over the twenty-four Type 95 fighters of the Red Army Flying Regiment (each Japanese flying wing had 4 squadrons, of which 2 were generally fighter squadrons, that is, a total of 48 fighters). In terms of quality, it is even inferior (Note 2), but the Japanese pilots are generally well-trained, compared with the Red Army flight regiment, although there is no lack of good seedlings, but most of them are still immature, especially the 24 Japanese fighters have just been captured, the Red Army pilots are far less familiar than the devils, and even if the devil's flight wing suffers losses, the planes can be continuously replenished, while the Red Army flight regiment is one less if it loses one, even if there is anti-aircraft firepower, it is not a good idea to fight hard.

Note 1: Ishihara Waner, who was proud of his talents, always looked down on Hideki Tojo, who was his superior, and thought that his talent could only be a good soldier, and he was often called "Tojo Senior Soldier" before and after others, so the two of them were married. However, although Tojo's military talent is mediocre, he is much more powerful in politics than Ishihara Waner, and since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in history, Ishihara Waner has been suppressed by him, and has never had a chance to get ahead, but this is China's luck

Note 2: The Type 95 fighter first flew in March 35 (no matter how fast the service is generally until the end of 35), it was discontinued in 38 years, and only 588 were produced in total, of which only 300 were Type 1 (the 24 captured were this model), it was obvious that in May 36, the fighter squadron of the Kwantung Army Flight Group could not be equipped with too many Type 95 fighters, and then the 24 captured were deducted, and even less. Therefore, the Kwantung Army Flying Group, which is still equipped with many old fighters, is not as good as the Red Army Flying Regiment, which is equipped with all the Type 95 fighters, in terms of the average quality of fighters (after getting 24 much better Type 95 fighters, the original 6 old fighters have now been converted into trainer aircraft. And, of course, with the capacity of the Japanese aircraft industry, this advantage will soon disappear