& Okamura Ninji this time is very big and has a lot of appetite, and the old problem of the Japanese generals who habitually attach importance to conquering cities and territories and do not pay attention to completely destroying the opponent's vital forces, has not been repeated by him. Judging from his overall deployment, he came to the main force of the entire Hebei battlefield to resist the United Nations.

On the three battlefields of Jilubian, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and southeastern Shanxi, he adopted an overall strategic plan that coordinated with each other, hoping to eat the entire Hebei battlefield anti-coalition troops in one bite. It also severely damaged several strategic areas in the Kannai battlefield, completely losing the ability to threaten the Japanese army's domination in North China.

Perhaps the original intention of the Japanese army base camp was not to open its hands so widely. After all, for the Japanese army, mobilizing so many troops and maintaining so many troops on the Chinese battlefield for a long time is not conducive to its overall strategic layout. However, the Japanese army invested so many troops at one time in this battle, but it gave Okamura Ninji a chance to turn the tide of the war.

The deployment plan of the Japanese army, according to Yang Zhen's judgment, does not seem to be the handiwork of the Japanese army's base camp. If the Japanese base camp really had such great ambitions at the moment, and these new units were transferred to the North China battlefield a month ago, I am afraid that the war situation would be a different matter.

At least in the first phase of the battle, the results achieved are much smaller. It was also the Japanese base camp that had always buckled the ropes when reinforcing the North China Front, which allowed them to play a beautiful time difference. Judging from the strength and speed of reinforcements in the base camp of the Japanese army in the first stage, this deployment does not conform to the ∞ ↘ and is in line with its current situation.

For the Japanese base camp, it should be more in line with their minds to reopen the direct line between the Chinese dispatch army and the Kwantung Army at the moment. The Japanese army's current hand in the North China battlefield is somewhat in line with Okamura Ninji's style. But no matter what the Japanese army's intentions were in this battle, with the arrival of the Japanese army's troops one after another, it was a battle that determined the final direction of the Chinese battlefield.

This battle has actually become a turning point in the entire Kannai battlefield as a whole. If the Japanese army is defeated in this battle, judging from the current international situation, its offensive capability in the Chinese battlefield, or at least the Chinese theater north of the Yangtze River, will be completely lost. The strategic pattern of China and Japan, especially the offensive and defensive pattern, will undergo a complete change.

If you lose this battle, the chain reaction will be quite deadly. Not only the Kannai battlefield, but even the northeast battlefield will be affected. Once these troops that entered the North China battlefield were defeated, the entire Anti-Japanese Federation would lose half of its troops, or even more troops.

And how the outcome of this war will have a long-term impact will affect the entire post-war pattern of China, and even the overall trend. In other words, the long-term impact of the outcome of this battle is not just a question of who wins and who loses in this battle.

This battle must be won, which is almost a must for Yang Zhen, this is an option without any second choice. But seeing it thoroughly and seeing it thoroughly, in the face of the current situation, how to adjust the overall deployment in the next step made Yang Zhen fall into contemplation.

After staring at the map and pondering for a long time, Yang Zhencai raised his head and said to Chai Shirong: "Lao Chai, you immediately send a report to the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, ordering that the first line of Wu'an be immediately abandoned, and all the troops east of Pinghan Road will be transferred to the Taihang Mountains west of Wu'an, and all the passes of the Taihang Mountains west of Wu'an will be fully defended." ”

"Sue the Jiluyu Military Region, I don't care about the previous things, and I don't want to say anything extra. But now, if the 117th Division is allowed to enter the southeast of Jindong from the west of the line from the Qingzhang River to the Shahe River, I will definitely not tolerate any more. Even if their troops west of Pinghan Road are exhausted, they must also stop the Japanese army outside Taihang Mountain. ”

"Order the troops east of the Pinghan Line to get out of the way of the Jize line and let the 50th Division continue north. The 50th Division was led to the line of Renxian, Haoqiao, and Xingjiawan. No matter what method they take, they must not allow this 50th Division to turn eastward. After completing the task of pinning down the Japanese army to the north, all its troops east of the Pinghan Line jumped to the outer line and launched a diversionary attack behind the 50th Division. ”

"Tell them about the two divisions they are operating in northern Henan, and I don't need them to annihilate many Japanese puppet troops in northern Henan. But there is one thing that must be done, that is, no matter how much it costs, the enemy in northern Henan and the Pinghan line will be stared to death in the northern section of Henan. Even if there is only one squadron of the Japanese army, it must be immediately reported to us and to the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. ”

At the same time, he ordered the troops of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region in the northwest of Shandong to adopt the tactics of besieging the 118th Division by separate routes, attacking and harassing and containing it from multiple routes. But there is one thing for them to pay attention to, with their current strength, they are not able to deal with the 118th Division for the time being. ”

"Let them not be in a hurry, but adopt the tactics of killing chickens with knives and knocking kraft candy piecemeal. Give full play to your strengths in sports warfare and familiarity with the terrain, and don't think about how many Japanese soldiers you will eat in one bite. In a word, as long as they can make the 118th Division, the muzzle of the gun be cut off and contain one-third of its troops, it will be considered a success. ”

"Order the 18th Division to reinforce the 68th Regiment of the 23rd Division, and immediately move quickly south to the front of the Shahe River west of Pinghan Road. Sue the commander of the 18th Division, no matter what the battle situation in the east and west directions of the Pinghan Railway is, he doesn't care about his affairs. Before receiving the order from my superiors, I had to nail it like a nail to the county town of Shahe and its wings. ”

"Order the rest of the troops in the west to immediately prepare the whole army to move south. Remember that in the process of going south, you have to make a big fanfare, and the bigger the momentum, the better. The Jin-Cha-Ji troops, which were attached to our army, were ordered to immediately close them with the column as the formation. Within twenty-four hours, they must be ready to go out. As to what combat area to send them to, let them wait for orders. ”

"You immediately draft a telegram to Tao Jingfei, and ask his two divisions to immediately prepare for fighting in the south, and at the same time transfer one division and all the tank troops to Shimen in concealment. I don't care what he thinks or what means he takes. In a word, the advance of this division must not be exposed. ”

"Chen Hanzhang's encirclement and annihilation of the 72nd Division must be fast, and he must not be stuck by it, and he must not worry about his two wings. Let him not care about the wind coming from all directions, just fight all the way. As long as we can get ahead of the 100th Division and deal with the 72nd Division before we arrive, no matter what the follow-up deployment of the Japanese army is, the threat to us will be minimized. ”

"Telegraphed to the Shandong Military Region, asking them to be able to attack the line from Yantai to Changyi. Cooperate with a cavalry brigade of our department to go deep into Jiaodong to launch a large-scale sabotage battle on the highway from Yantai to Shouguang. I don't need them to contain the 48th Division for a long time, as long as they can guarantee that the main force of the 48th Division will not be able to get out of the Shouguang line within three to five days, it will be the greatest help to us. ”

"Report the latest strategic determination of our department to the Central Committee and forward it to the headquarters of the 18th Group Army, the headquarters of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. You sue sù confidential room. In order to maintain 24-hour communication with the southeastern battlefield of Shanxi Province, and to maintain contact with the battlefield in the southeast of Shanxi Province, it is necessary to arrange special personnel and special planes. ”

"As long as it is a telegram sent by the Central Committee, the headquarters of the 18th Group Army, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and the Shandong Military Region, no matter when it comes, it must be handed over to me as soon as possible. Remember to be the first time, and don't have any delay in between. In particular, the battle reports of the southeastern battlefield of Shanxi Province and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region must be handed over to me as soon as possible. ”

After explaining a few orders, Yang Zhen paused for a moment and then said: "I don't need to say much about discipline, you know it, and they know it." Remember, no matter when and where, it must be delivered to me as soon as possible, and there is absolutely no room for delay. Something went wrong in that link, and I want to hold that link accountable. ”

After quickly recording Yang Zhen's order, Chai Shirong did not dare to delay in the slightest, and immediately turned around and went to the confidential room to send a telegram. After Chai Shirong left, Yang Zhen pondered for a long time, sat down at the table and personally drafted a telegram to the deputy commander-in-chief and the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region.

After drafting the telegram, he put down the pen in his hand, and Yang Zhen rubbed his eyes, which were a little astringent. But the telegram was not immediately handed over to the staff officers to be sent. Instead, he placed the telegram on the table, looked at it and pondered. After a long time, he finally tore up the telegram and burned it with a match.

I watched as the telegram, which I drafted by myself but didn't send out, turned into a pile of paper ashes. Yang Zhen didn't have any nostalgia, and turned his gaze back to the large map hanging on the wall. And what he wrote on this telegram, I am afraid that no one will know but himself.

For the entire battlefield in the southeast of Shanxi, we can only really annihilate a division of the Japanese army in accordance with the deputy commander-in-chief's assumption, and then this game of chess in the entire southeast battlefield of Shanxi will be completely lived. No matter what the strategic intentions of the Japanese army in the southeast of Jinjin, the entire left flank of the Hebei battlefield could only be in vain.

It's just that the Japanese army can give the deputy commander-in-chief this opportunity? It is still difficult to prove whether the Japanese troops deployed in eastern and northern Henan will quickly move north to join the southeastern battlefield when the situation on the battlefield in the southeast of Shanxi Province deteriorates. If the Japanese army breaks through to the southeast of Jin, how should I deal with it next?

After thinking for a long time, Yang Zhen stood up and drafted a telegram to the central government, the boss, and the deputy commander-in-chief, saying that all the troops in the entire Shanxi battlefield are currently being uniformly transferred from a number of main forces regardless of the major strategic areas, and organized into a strategic mobile force, which is under the unified command of the deputy commander-in-chief.

In the major strategic zones, it is necessary to do everything possible to upgrade some of the local armed forces with strong combat effectiveness and organize them into strategic reserves for use. In the Taihang Military Region, it is necessary to carry out a certain amount of operations to clear the wilderness, focusing on the counties along the highway at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei in the southeast of Shanxi. At the same time, the Anti-Japanese Federation prepared to transfer two more independent automobile battalions from the Hebei battlefield to the Shanxi battlefield.

After this telegram was sent, Yang Zhen's gaze shifted from the Pinghan Line to the Jinpu Railway. After pondering for a long time, Yang Zhen sent a telegram to Chen Hanzhang. Asked Chen Hanzhang if he could transfer a force to launch a frontal counterattack on the 120th Division of the Japanese Army on the front line of Leling.

On this telegram, Yang Zhen did not use the tone of command, but used the tone of soliciting opinions very rarely. Judging from the current battle situation, Yang Zhen feels that in addition to Chen Hanzhang's current counterattack in Zaonan, the rest of the directions should also be able to make some appropriate articles.

The Japanese army tried to make constant adjustments to pull their troops on a large scale, thinking that they had created a zào fighter. Can you also do the opposite in some ways? It is also possible to mobilize and disrupt the next strategic deployment of the Japanese army through a local counterattack.

In other cases, although the position in the battle situation is not very important, in the next step of the Japanese army's operation, it is very likely that it will be a key node in the direction of making some relatively large movements. Then it can completely distract the attention of the Japanese army and disrupt its overall deployment.

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