Liu Fei said: "In addition to the Mongolian army stationed in the Datong Campaign, there is also the 1st Division. ”

"And then?" Chu Yunfei's expression remained unchanged, and he asked rhetorically, "What if there is the 1st Division?" ”

Liu Fei said: "The participation of the 1st Division means that even if the 94th Brigade can fight a one-to-one battle loss ratio with the Japanese army as you said, after the Datong Campaign, the Japanese army will be able to invest in the Wuyuan Campaign not only will not be reduced compared with before the Datong Campaign, but will be greatly strengthened." ”

After a pause, Liu Fei said again: "According to intelligence, the 1st Division is a heavy division, in addition to a standard field artillery wing, it also has an independent field heavy artillery brigade and a tank wing, and its firepower and penetration capability far exceed that of ordinary divisions and regiments of the Japanese army. ”

Hearing this, the senior generals, officials, and staff members in the battle hall immediately whispered, and even Chang Kaishen's expression became gloomy.

Because what Liu Fei said was the truth.

Before the Battle of Datong, the total number of troops stationed in Mongolia in the Battle of Wuyuan was the 3rd Division of the Chariot Division, the 26th Division, and the two cavalry divisions of the puppet Mongolian army.

But now, in addition to the 3rd Tank Division, the 26th Division, and the two cavalry divisions of the puppet Mongolian army, the Japanese army can also add the 1st Division of the Japanese army to the Battle of Wuyuan.

Although both the Mongolian garrison and the 1st Division suffered considerable losses in the Datong Campaign, the combined comprehensive strength of these two units must surpass that of the Mongolian garrison before the Datong Campaign.

For this, even an idiot can compare it.

Because no matter how heavy the casualties of the Japanese army in the Battle of Datong, it is impossible to have a division.

Chu Yunfei naturally would not deny this, and nodded: "Director Liu is right, with the 1st Division joining, the Japanese army can indeed invest more troops in the Battle of Wuyuan than before, and the firepower is also more abundant, but I also want to remind Director Liu that you seem to have overlooked a very important factor." ”

"Oh yes?" Liu Fei frowned and said, "I don't know what factors I ignored?" ”

Chu Yunfei said: "Director Liu ignored the material consumption of the Mongolian army and the 1st Division in the Datong Campaign, seven days and nights of fierce fighting, and the 94th Brigade of the Dugong gave heavy casualties to the Japanese at the tragic price of martyrdom, which will inevitably lead to the consumption of a large amount of combat materials by the Japanese 1st Division and the Mongolian army. ”

"Therefore, the fact that the Japanese army can invest more troops in the Battle of Wuyuan is not only an advantage, but a disadvantage."

"Because this means that the North China Front Command will provide more combat materials for the troops participating in the war."

"However, as far as I know, because there is a section of climbing road in Zhangbei, the capacity of the Pingsui Railway is very limited."

Speaking of this, after a pause, Chu Yunfei said again: "This makes it take longer for the Japanese army to replenish the supplies, so I dare to assert that the Sui army has enough time to adjust its deployment." ”

The surrounding senior generals, officials, and staff members nodded their heads again when they heard this.

Liu Fei snorted lightly and said, "It's useless to talk more, let's see you on the sand table." ”

While the two of them were arguing, Tang Zong had already led someone to put the war games in place.

Chu Yunfei shook his hand and said, "Director Liu, you are the attacker, you invite first." ”

Liu Fei was not polite, and directly pushed the war games of the 3rd Division of the chariot forward.

……

In Beiping, Okamura Ninji also stayed awake all night.

Knowing that Okamura Ninji was furious, the Mongolian garrison and the 1st Division did not dare to slack off, and roughly counted the battle losses and material consumption in the past seven days as quickly as possible.

At dawn, the results were reported to the headquarters.

After getting the statistics, Yusue Seizan felt a little heavy.

"Your Excellency, the battle damage and material consumption have been counted." Seizo said.

Okamura Ninji put the blue and white porcelain teacup back on the low table and said expressionlessly, "Say it." ”

"Hello." "In this battle, the 3rd Division, the 26th Division, and the 1st Division of the Chariot Regiment, which belonged to the Mongolian Army, suffered a total of more than 11,900 casualties, of which about 3,000 were killed. ”

"What?" Okamura Ninji Huo Ran raised his head and said in disbelief, "More than 11,900 casualties? ”

Rao is Okamura Ningji had been mentally prepared for a long time, but after hearing this number, he was still taken aback, because this number was almost twice the strength of the 94th Brigade of the Central Army!

Because according to intelligence, the 94th Brigade of the Central Army has only more than 6,000 people.

"Yes." There are three ways to say the end, "The combat effectiveness of this branch of the army is unexpectedly strong. ”

"Damn!" Okamura Ninji's facial muscles twitched, and he asked again, "What about material consumption?" ”

Yousue Seizan said: "The war materials have consumed about one division and regiment for the battle, of which the gasoline consumption is particularly high, and the gasoline prepared by the Mongolian army for the Battle of Wuyuan is already very small, and it must be replenished again." ”

"What?" After Okamura Ninji heard this, his face became more and more embarrassed.

"Actually consumed the supplies of a division and regiment? More almost run out of gas? ”

Before the start of the war, Okamura Ninji prepared war materials for the two divisions and regiments of the Mongolian army.

According to Okamura Ningji's estimate, these combat materials should be sufficient, because with the strong penetration ability of the 3rd Tank Division, it is difficult for the Sui Army to organize an effective defense, so there is a high probability that the battle situation will not form a stalemate, so the materials for the two divisions to fight are more than enough.

Then no one expected that the 94th Brigade would suddenly take Datong.

As a result, the troops stationed in Mongolia were forced to return to the division to save themselves, and when the battle of Datong was over, there was only one combat material left for the two divisions and regiments, and if they wanted to continue to fight the Battle of Wuyuan, they had to replenish the supplies, especially gasoline, and they needed to replenish twice the amount, otherwise the trucks and tanks of the 3rd Tank Division might lie down.

Thinking of this, Okamura Ninji's face fell, because this brought about another serious consequence.

It takes time to transport war materials from Beiping to Guisui or Baotou, and considering the capacity of the Pingsui Railway, it will take at least three days to replenish the war materials!

Considering the heavy losses of the Mongolian army in the Battle of Datong,

It is very likely that the troops will be insufficient to launch the Battle of Wuyuan by the Mongolian army alone, so for the sake of insurance, the 1st Division will also participate in the battle, but in this way, it will be necessary to prepare an additional division and regiment of combat materials, which will take at least five days to replenish the combat materials.

But what will happen to the five originals after five days?

Fu Yisheng is also a fierce general among the many senior generals of the Kuomintang.

If he is given seven days and five more days, it is difficult to say that the defense line of Wuyuan will not be strengthened enough to withstand the assault of the 3rd Chariot Division, and once the penetration ability of the 3rd Chariot Division is stopped by the Sui Army, there is no need to continue the Battle of Wuyuan, because to continue to expand the Battle of Wuyuan is to abandon the basics.

If it is not done well, it will turn into a strategic decisive battle between China and Japan in Wuyuan.

Although Okamura Ningji is not afraid of a decisive battle, the time is not now, and the opponent should not be Fu Yisheng's Sui army, so it is extremely irrational to have a strategic decisive battle with the Sui army in Wuyuan at this time.

At this time, Okamura Ninji couldn't sit still at all, and was ready to go to the front line to reconnoitre.

"Nakamura-kun." Okamura Ninji said to Nakamura Moritaka, the commander of the 3rd Flying Division, "Please prepare a reconnaissance plane immediately, and send an experienced pilot officer, I will personally go to Gohara to reconnoitre." ”

"What?" Nakamura Moritaka lost his voice and said, "Your Excellency, this is too dangerous. ”

"It's fine." Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "The Sui army also does not have decent anti-aircraft firepower. ”

"Okay." Nakamura Moritaka nodded and said, "Then I will accompany His Excellency the General to fly." ”

Okamura Ninji didn't refuse, and said with a pause: "Please, Nakamura-kun." ”

"Hello." Nakamura Moritaka paused.

……

Towards dawn, the wargame finally ended.

Chu Yunfei pushed the wargame of the 7th Cavalry Division forward by five kilometers, and took a wargame representing the Japanese baggage wing from the simulated sand table.

Liu Fei's face fell.

Because the situation on the sand table has become clear.

The Japanese attack group had run out of war supplies, but the Sui army's defensive line remained unmoved.

In other words, unless the North China Front Army continued to invest more troops and war materials into the Wuyuan battlefield, the Battle of Wuyuan would be unsustainable.

"Hold on!"

Immediately, a staff officer cheered: "Wuyuan is defended!" ”

Chang Kaishen, who was leaning on the chair next to him and napping with his eyes closed, suddenly stood up: "Wuyuan is guarded? ”

Tang Zong walked quickly to Chang Kaishen's side, and said with a happy face: "Headmaster, if Yunfei's judgment is correct, there is a high probability that the Suijun army can really hold the five plains. ”

"Really?" Chang Kaishen's gaze turned to Liu Fei and Chu Yunfei.

Liu Fei didn't react, he was still reviewing the deduction process just now, trying to find out the mistakes and omissions from it, the Japanese army invested in the Battle of Wuyuan reached three divisions, including a chariot division! The Sui army did not have enough time to adjust its deployment, so how could it be possible to hold the five plains in this situation?

So Liu Fei desperately wanted to find out the mistakes and omissions.

Chu Yunfei said: "Headmaster, this is true, Wuyuan will definitely be able to hold it." ”

Chang Kaishen still felt a little uneasy, and said: "But the question is, what is the battle loss ratio between the 94th Brigade and the Japanese army? ”

Chu Yunfei said with a straight face: "Principal, it's still the same sentence before, the student dares to make a guarantee with the head of the Xiang, and the 94th Brigade can definitely fight a one-to-one battle loss ratio with the Japanese army." ”

After a pause, Chu Yunfei said again: "Even a one-to-two battle loss ratio is entirely possible. ”

"What do you say? A one-to-two battle loss ratio? Bai Jiansheng couldn't help it anymore, and said abruptly, "You're afraid you're talking in your dreams, right?" Is there any army in this world that can fight a 1-2 battle loss ratio against the Japanese army? ”

"That's because Mr. Bai hasn't seen it." Chu Yunfei said without being arrogant or humble, "In fact, I have personally seen an army fight a one-to-five battle loss ratio with the Japanese army. ”

"What? A one-to-five battle loss ratio? Bai Jiansheng said, "Which army is it?" ”

Chu Yunfei said word by word: "The independent regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, in the face of the Japanese army, they have fought a one-to-five battle loss ratio on the battlefield more than once. ”

"The 386th Brigade Independent Regiment?" Bai Jiansheng was speechless.

The faces of Chang Kaishen and the other senior generals also fell.

This is an army that they do not want to mention, it is better to disappear from this world.

At that moment, Chang Kaishen diverted the topic and said: "Yunfei, can you really hold the five originals?" ”

"Yes." Chu Yunfei said in a very affirmative tone, "As long as the Sui army does not make major tactical mistakes, there is no problem at all in holding Wuyuan." ”

"There was a big tactical mistake in the Sui army?"

Chang Kaishen said confidently: "This is absolutely impossible. ”

Yes, you can still believe Fu Yisheng.

Therefore, there is no problem in holding the five plains.

……

At this time, a reconnaissance plane piloted by Nakamura Moritaka had already flown over Gohara.

Nakamura Moritaka piloted a Mitsubishi 97 reconnaissance plane, which took off from Nanyuan Airport at about 4 a.m., refueled at Baotou Airport, and finally flew over Wuyuan at 7 a.m.

Due to the high altitude, ground targets are not clearly visible.

Okamura Ninji motioned for Nakamura to lower the height.

When the altitude dropped to about a thousand meters, Nakamura Moritaka refused to descend again.

This is not that he is afraid of death, but that he is responsible for the safety of Okamura Ninji, who is the commander of the North China Front, and recently there have been rumors that he will take over as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army.

Therefore, once an accident happened to Okamura Ningji, it would be a fatal blow to the Japanese army.

Several times he signaled Nakamura Moritaka to descend to the height, but he was refused, and Okamura Ninji could only accept this height.

But fortunately, from a height of one thousand meters, the entire defensive position of the Sui army can be clearly seen.

Through the field of vision of the military telescope, Okamura could clearly see that the Sui army had dug a large number of wide trenches outside the city of Wuyuan and along the Yellow River, and there were anti-tank cones in front of these wide trenches.

Seeing this wide and deep trench, as well as the anti-tank cones scattered all over the front of the trench, Okamura Ninji's heart couldn't help but sink, and now I am afraid that there will be trouble.

Fu Yisheng is obviously a guy who is both capable and knowledgeable.

This guy also doesn't know where he learned anti-tank tactics!

He didn't graduate from the Baoding Military Academy? Did the Baoding Military Academy still teach anti-tank tactics?

At this time, the Sui army on the ground also discovered the Type 97 reconnaissance plane in the air, and set up anti-aircraft machine guns one after another to fire at the sky, but Nakamura Moritaka didn't care at all, and it was a blind attack at this altitude.

If you can hit it at this flight altitude, you can go back home and buy a lottery ticket.

After flying around the outside of Gohara City twice, Okamura Ninji signaled Nakamura Moritaka to fly the plane along the Hexi Highway, and then found that there was an endless stream of trucks on the road.

Each truck was loaded with supplies.

Seeing this scene, Okamura Ninji was completely desperate.

With a long sigh, Okamura Ninji signaled Nakamura Moritaka to turn around and fly in the direction of the Kawatao.

"To the Loop?" Nakamura Moritaka looked confused, why did he suddenly want to go to the Hetao to reconnoitre? Although puzzled, Nakamura Moritaka obeyed Okamura Ninji's order to turn around.

Flying from the west of the river to the east across the Yellow River, it is the Hetao.

Okamura Ninji asked Nakamura Moritaka to fly all the way east.

After flying more than 400 kilometers, he had already flown over the Hetao and saw the Yellow River again.

In Hexi, the Yellow River runs north along Helan Mountain, but when it reaches here, it becomes south along Luliang Mountain, which forms a huge zigzag bay.

The Yellow River has nine songs, and only one set of riches.

The Hetao grassland, which nourished I don't know how many nomads, is within these words.

Okamura Ninji's next reconnaissance is this "several" to the east of this word.

It is impossible to defeat the Sui army and capture Wuyuan, that is to say, it is absolutely impossible to complete the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin from four directions, and the best result now can only be to form an encirclement from the north, east and west, so Okamura Ninji must carry out close reconnaissance on the west side of the northwest of Jin.

Look at the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi, as well as the machinery and equipment of the common people and factories in the base areas in the northwest of Shanxi, can they directly cross the Yellow River west into the Hetao, and then withdraw from the Hetao to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area?

If this can be done, then the effect of the Northwest Jin Campaign will not be good.

If the personnel and equipment of the Eighth Route Army could not be transferred from the Yellow River, the campaign might not be as effective as it could be.

Just as Okamura was pondering, the Mitsubishi Type 97 reconnaissance plane piloted by Nakamura Moritaka once again flew over the Yellow River.

Nakamura Moritaka pushed down the joystick slightly and turned the fuselage of the reconnaissance plane sideways so that Okamura Ninji could get a more comfortable and better reconnaissance vision.

Okamura Ninji immediately gave Nakamura a thumbs up.

Raising the telescope and looking down, Okamura found that the flow of the Yellow River on the right side of the word "several" was much more turbulent than the section of the Yellow River on the top of the horizontal section, and it was also more turbulent than the section of Helan Mountain on the left side of the word "several".

With such a turbulent current, it is very difficult to sail against the current, and the big boat cannot come.

If you don't have large boats, barges, or small boats, your ferry capacity is extremely limited.

Moreover, it is absolutely impossible for a small boat to be able to seat people or large animals, and it is absolutely impossible to ferry a few tons or even dozens of tons of equipment, seeing this, Okamura Ninji breathed a sigh of relief.

If possible, Okamura Ningji certainly hopes to destroy the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army while destroying the industry in the northwest of Shanxi, but if the two can only choose one, Okamura Ningji will choose the former, because destroying the industry in the northwest of Shanxi is also destroying the war potential of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

No matter how strong the 386th Brigade is, if it loses a stable and continuous supply of ammunition, its combat effectiveness will continue to decline, and it will most likely lose its large-scale offensive capability.

"Okamura-kun, look ahead."

Nakamura Moritaka suddenly pointed to the front and said, "It seems to be a chimney." ”

Okamura looked up, and sure enough, he saw a thick column of smoke rising from the top of a hill in front of him, like smoke coming from the chimneys of power plants or steel plants.

At that moment, Okamura Ninji signaled: "Lower the height, lower it and take a look." ”

It should be the factory of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army at the bottom, just take a look.

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