Chapter 674: Pre-War Deployment

North. ZHANG Jiakou. Former enemy command.

Wei Lihuang sat on the main seat, followed by Mr. Zhu, Xu Hu, Yang Yi, Yang Aiyuan, Li Wensheng and others, and the expressions on everyone's faces were both solemn and a little excited.

Wei Lihuang didn't let these senior officers present wait for a long time, and saw that almost all the familiar faces had arrived, so General Wei got up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I just received a telegram from the commission, the Military Commission has agreed to our army's combat operations, and ordered our army to immediately attack the Japanese army!" ”

"Bang Bang !!" As soon as Wei Lihuang's words fell, warm applause rang out in the conference room.

"His grandmother's, finally waited for the counterattack, Lao Tzu and the others' hair is gray, hahaha!" It was Li Yifeng who spoke, this guy was a well-known bastard when he was in the Eighth War Zone, and now he is also a thorn.

"Li Dabeard, you are only 35 fucking years old this year, where did you get your white hair, I think your kid hasn't fought for more than half a year, right?" Xu Hu scolded with a smile.

"Or Lao Xu, you know Lao Li, no way, who made our Lao Li born to be a war, if there is no war, this heart is like a cat's paw scratching, the thief is uncomfortable!"

"Haha!!" Everyone in the room was amused.

"Okay, don't laugh, you've all read the battle plan, and you all know your respective combat missions, right?" Wei Lihuang stopped Li Yifeng's tricks and asked.

"Clear!!" The senior officers present said in unison.

"Well, repeat the respective combat missions! Li Yifeng starts with you! ”

"Yes"

"Report the General Seat. A total of 350,000 people from 9 integrated divisions, 2 cavalry divisions, 2 armored divisions, and 2 artillery divisions of our northern cluster set out from Harbin and seized Shuangcheng, Buyeo, and Songyuan by two routes, and the front of the troops was directed at Xinjing, the center of the enemy's puppet rule. Li Yifeng said loudly.

"Excellent! Remember, Songyuan is a hard bone, where are the 4 divisions of the Japanese army and 2 puppet infantry divisions, the more than 100,000 people who were commissioned before fought for half a year and failed to defeat Songyuan, now it's up to you! Wei Lihuang said.

"Please rest assured, even if Songyuan is a turtle shell, Lao Tzu will bite it if he breaks his front teeth!" Li Yifeng said loudly.

"Next!"

It was Li Wensheng who stood up to speak: "Report to the general seat, a total of 250,000 people from 8 integrated divisions, 3 armored divisions, and 2 artillery divisions of my Central North Cluster will attack from Shuangliao. Mainly seize Siping, an important transportation hub of the Japanese puppet. Cut off the traffic arteries between Changchun and Shenyang, and cooperate with the northern cluster to seize Xinjing. ”

"Remember, Siping is a matter of success or failure in this battle, and where it is difficult to occupy. It's not easy to hold on. Your department should concentrate more than half of the main force nailed to Siping. Ensure that the Japanese puppet army in Xinjing does not escape a single one! Wei Lihuang said loudly.

"Yes!"

"Next!"

It was Shi Jianfei who got up to speak: "Report to the general seat, my central cluster has 15 integrated divisions, 3 cavalry divisions, 2 armored divisions, 2 artillery divisions, and 1 air defense division with a total of 450,000 people, and the main task is to get out of Chifeng. Occupy Chaoyang, Panjin, and finally seize Shenyang! ”

"Jianfei, your ministry has the heaviest task, although the ruling center of the Japanese puppet is in Changchun, but its troops are mainly stationed in Shenyang, because it is the most important stronghold connecting inside and outside the Guan, according to reliable intelligence, the Japanese puppet army has gathered at least 300,000 elite troops in Shenyang, plus the Japanese army has been operating in Shenyang for as long as eleven years, and has built a large number of permanent strongholds and fortifications, so what your department is facing is the elite strength of the Japanese puppet army and the copper wall built of reinforced concrete." Wei Lihuang said.

"Please rest assured, the committee once said a sentence, I, Chen Feng, are the elite, not the elite of the devil, and I still look down on it. I have the same attitude today, I believe that in the face of the heroic China/army, any resistance of the aggressors is futile, Shenyang is China's, it must be! ”

"Well, courage is commendable, we are waiting for your good news!" Wei Lihuang said.

"Next!"

It was Liu Bocheng and Mr. Liu who got up to speak: "Report to the general seat, a total of 450,000 people in the 18 integrated divisions, 2 armored divisions, 5 artillery divisions, and 1 air defense division of the Pingjin cluster are ready for battle, and the main task of our department is to cooperate with the naval forces to seize Beiping and Tianjin, open China's window of communication with the outside world, and eliminate the main force of the North China Front. ”

"Ming Zhao, your troops are twice as large as the Japanese army, and all of them are composed of the main force of the original Eighth Route Army and the elite under the command of the commission, and with the unexpected support of the navy, if you command it properly, you should soon be able to achieve a decisive victory. But you have to pay special attention to the old devil Okamura Ningji, I fought against this old bastard on the front line in Wuhan, and his level of combat command is very high, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first Japanese general, you have to be careful of this person! Wei Lihuang said.

"Please rest assured, I'm no stranger to this old devil Okamura, I'll give him a surprise!"

"Next!"

It was Zhang Jingjun who stood up to speak: "Report to the general seat, 8 integrated divisions, 4 artillery brigades, and 2 armored regiments of our southern cluster have all been assembled, and the main task of our department is to seize Xuzhou from south to north, and then break into the Lunan region, and then eliminate the 12th Army of the Japanese army and seize the entire Shandong Peninsula." ”

"What your unit has to face is only a corps of the Japanese army, with a total strength of only more than 90,000 people, and there is no suspense about the outcome of the victory, because Lunan is mountainous and it is difficult for artillery and armored troops to march, so your department is equipped with less heavy artillery and armored troops. But you should not pay special attention to the reinforcements of Japanese troops in places such as Jiangsu and Anhui. ”

"Please rest assured!"

Wei Lihuang got up and concluded: "The Military Commission of this battle has allocated a total of 1.8 million troops to us, and then there are 400,000 Soviet Red Army to cooperate with us in the battle, and now your 5 clusters have mobilized 1.75 million troops from the campaign headquarters, and now I only have 50,000 people left in the hands of the 1st Division and 2 Brigades, and these 50,000 people still have to defend Zhangjiakou, so don't think about reinforcements, tell you, there are no reserves and no reinforcements in this battle, and if you fight, you will win, if you win, if you win, if you lose, you will die!" Do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

"Okay, now that you understand, you will act according to the original plan, and launch an attack on the whole line against the Japanese army on time in two days, and I will wait for your good news in the headquarters!"

"Yes!"

The large-scale build-up of Chinese troops certainly could not be concealed from the Japanese side, and in fact, Wei Lihuang did not hide it, and the movement of millions of troops was carried out in the open, and he wanted to let the Japanese side know about their actions, which was to create a tense atmosphere for the Japanese puppet army.

Okamura Ninji urgently telegraphed General Umezu Yoshijiro of the Kwantung Army and proposed to go to Beiping for a meeting, and at the same time Okamura also submitted a report to the base camp on the merger of the Kwantung Army and the North China Front.

Unfortunately, Okamura Ninji gave many reasons in his report, but because the new cabinet had just been formed, there were so many things to deal with, so his report was ignored at all.

However, out of concern about the current situation, General Umezu Yoshijiro still took the time to go to Beiping, and the two held consultations on the frequent movement of Chinese troops, and finally agreed that the Chinese government had made a big move this time, and Kang seemed to be planning to eat the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army in one sentence.

Okamura Ninji and Umezu Yoshijiro conducted a detailed discussion and comparison of the current strength of China and Japan, and came to a conclusion that was very unfavorable to Japan, because there was information from various localities that said that there were more than 80 Chinese divisions at the level of the Chinese division that had been transferred this time, and that in addition to infantry divisions and cavalry divisions, there were also a large number of armored divisions and artillery divisions.

As for the Japanese side, although the total strength of the puppet army is more than 1.6 million, it only has 5 artillery brigades and 2 tank divisions, how can this compete with the Chinese army.

In desperation, Okamura Ninji and General Umezu Mijiro sent a report to the base camp, asking for operational guidance, hoping that the base camp could transfer the 5th and 6th tank divisions and the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th field artillery brigades guarding the Japanese Imperial Palace to the Chinese battlefield.

The base camp also knew that the situation of the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield was very bad, especially the Japanese army in northern China, not only was the defense area reduced to about half of the previous one, but the enemy troops faced by it were as many as several million, and the base camp also wanted to draw as many troops as possible to supplement the Chinese battlefield.

However, because the fighters of the Chinese Air Force and the carrier-based planes of the United States have visited Tokyo many times, the security of the Japanese mainland has been seriously threatened, and the vast majority of the elite units in China have already been transferred to various battlefields, and the few remaining elite divisions and regiments still have to protect the security of Tokyo, so after several considerations, the base camp only agreed to transfer the 11th and 12th brigades of the field artillery and the 10th brigade of the 5th tank division to the Chinese battlefield.

At the same time, the base camp also decided to send the troops of the four newly formed divisions to China to make up for the lack of troops of the North China Front.

With the fiasco of the navy, the main task of the Japanese side from top to bottom is to restore the combat effectiveness of the navy, and most of the funds have been invested in the construction of warships.

The Japanese are well aware of the importance of the navy, as an island country, the sea is a natural barrier, if there is no strong navy protection, in the future, in case of something in the future, Japan will not even have the least way to retreat, so many people, including Emperor Hirohito, urgently asked the newly appointed commander of the naval combined fleet, Admiral Koga Mineichi, to regain his strength and restore the combat effectiveness of the navy as soon as possible.

Koga Fengichi made a request for 5 aircraft carriers and 4 battleships, and the base camp has agreed. Therefore, during this period, the eyes of all levels of Japan turned to the navy, and part of the military expenditure originally used for the army was also transferred to the navy, which greatly affected the army's expansion plan.

At present, in addition to the Huaxia Arms Company in the United States, there are as many as several hundred large and small arsenals under Chen Feng's control, with a daily output of tens of thousands of rifles and tens of millions of bullets, and it can also produce heavy artillery, tanks, and combat aircraft, and the only thing that cannot be produced is naval vessels.

However, the naval base of Nanyang Territory is testing the production of small frigates and supply ships, and the drawings have been finalized, and it is expected to be completed and launched next year. (To be continued......)