The so-called new officials take office with three fires.

As soon as Okabe, an old devil, took office, he began drastic reforms.

It's like Kong Jie's speculation about the character of Okabe, an old devil.

After Okabe took office, he first analyzed the opponent's Eighth Route Army, and then began to analyze the shortcomings of the North China Front's strategic deployment, and even directly criticized the previous commander, Okamura Ninji, for some blindness in his operational deployment.

"Large-scale construction of comprehensive fortifications will only waste too much unnecessary manpower and material resources! We must learn to use our forces at key points, China's territory is so large, as long as we occupy some major county towns, towns and towns, and guard the main transportation routes, we will be able to control the vast majority of their economy and resources. ”

"It is foolish to attack the enemy's strengths with your own shortcomings."

"When the cunning mouse gets into the mouse hole, the smart cat will never aggrieved himself into the mouse hole, in the narrow space, or even be bitten to death by the mouse in turn, but hide near the mouse hole without a sound, waiting for the mouse to show its head, and pounce on it at any time to bite it to death!"

Continuing the analysis, Okabe even overturned the actions of the previous commanders of the North China Front.

"Including the large-scale implementation of the cage policy at the beginning, it took so much manpower and material resources, and after all, it failed to completely eliminate these Eight Routes, but was destroyed by the so-called Hundred Regiment Battle of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, and achieved the reputation of the Eighth Route Army."

"At the end of the day, these strategic deployments went in the wrong direction from the start."

"Senior Okamura, they were defeated not by the ineffective combat of the imperial forces, but by the loopholes in the formulation of the strategy itself."

After swearing these words, Okabe, who took office as a new official, immediately put forward four strategies to suppress bandits at the military conference held in Beiping:

"The first strategy is to strengthen the construction of key fortifications on railways and highways such as the Tongpu Line, Shide Line, Pinghan Line, Jinpu Line, and Jiaoji Line, and no longer learn from the comprehensive large-scale construction of fortifications during the Okamura period, and only keep the key points."

Okabe said: "There is a saying in Chinese culture that it is better to be blocked than to be sparse, and China's land is too vast, especially in those uninhabited mountainous areas.

Eight Roads hides in these places, like cunning rats burrowing into their carefully crafted rat holes, and it is foolish to blindly burrow into rat holes at this time.

What we have to do is to guard the entrance of the cave, jam the key points, firmly control the important county towns and towns, and control the important military lines of communication.

In this way, even if the Eighth Route Army in the occupied area cannot be eliminated immediately, it is enough to confine them to a fixed area and be immobile, in order to stabilize the rear of our empire. ”

"The second strategy is to recruit a large number of traitor organizations and crusade teams with all kinds of poisons, give them materials and equipment, and let them fight with the Eighth Route Army repeatedly, establish strongholds, and cooperate with the imperial army to guard and sweep.

Materials, funds to them, let them be fixed in one place, specifically persecuting the people in the guerrilla areas, and fighting eight roads cannot be prevented!

In addition, the establishment of a large tobacco isolation belt, and the border area with the Eighth Route Army all destroyed fields to plant tobacco, these Northeast traitors, North China traitors, and the Korean puppet army unified management of these large tobacco fields, and if they want materials, they will exchange them for big tobacco. ”

"The third strategy is to strengthen the political offensive and send people to lure the Eighth Route Army to the base areas near the anti-Japanese forces, so that they can engage in friction with the Eighth Route Army. Stabilize the law and order area, reduce taxes a little, ostensibly restrain the special gendarmerie that brutalizes the common people, and promote goodwill between Japan and China everywhere. ”

"The fourth strategy is to deploy a large number of mechanized mixed mobile units between the security zone and the guerrilla zone to prevent the Eighth Route Army from breaking through the defense line of the guerrilla zone.

Reorganize the air force in North China, transfer all the front-line airfields to Taiyuan, Datong, Zhangjiakou, Jinan, Tianjin, Beiping, SJZ and other core occupation areas, strengthen air defense, and join forces with the Kwantung Army Air Force to continuously air raid the weak base areas of the Eighth Route Army, attract the Eighth Route Army Air Force to attack, and wipe it out in one fell swoop! ”

The four strategies were decided, and Okabe was full of confidence.

"In this way, even if you can't eliminate the Eight Paths immediately, the Eight Paths are not to be feared!"

At this time, the only problem facing Okabe was probably the question of how to recapture the five cities of Licheng and Xiangyuan.

Okabe also learned a lot about the battle situation around the five cities.

On the military simulation sand table of the Japanese Army's Combat Staff, the devil staff officers restored the battle situation surrounding Licheng and other five cities at that time.

"The Eighth Route launched their so-called nail tactics, first building a large number of solid fortifications in advance in the four cities around Licheng, such as Xiangyuan, Lucheng, Shexian, and Liaoxian, as nails, and constantly consuming the strength of our empire."

"The battle situation at that time was so tragic that it was like a slaughterhouse, and these damn Eighth Route Army used their absolute defensive superiority and firepower superiority to often be able to inflict large casualties on our army at a relatively low cost!"

Okabe nodded, frowning.

He also learned from the mouth of the devil's staff that behind the battle in Licheng and other five cities, the mastermind was the extremely famous Iron Triangle in the northwest of Shanxi, including the first independent detachment of the anti-Japanese resistance in the northwest of Shanxi, as well as the new first regiment and the new second regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The threat of one of the detachments to the Japanese army was naturally listed first by the devils.

"General, the first independent detachment of the anti-Japanese resistance in the northwest of Shanxi led by Kong Jie, the general of the Eighth Route Army, according to the investigation of the relevant intelligence departments of our army, so far, in terms of troops, I am afraid that it has reached the divisional scale of the regular establishment of the Chinese army, and even exceeds it by a lot.

In addition, their equipment is very sophisticated, especially their elites who wear steel helmets, and they are almost all equipped with American equipment.

In the battle around the five cities of Licheng, just one team and one team caused great damage to our imperial troops.

When His Excellency Commander Okamura was here, he had always regarded Kong Jie and this detachment as a big trouble, and he had long wanted to get rid of them! ”

Okabe nodded.

Although he has yet to formally face this opponent whom he has never met, he is already feeling the pressure.

But more than that, he was excited, and he even swore secretly in his heart:

Senior Okamura, if you can't eliminate the opponent, then I'll help you eliminate it!

Then, after analyzing and learning about the situation in the five cities of Licheng, Xiangyuan, and Lucheng, Okabe began to pace back and forth in the headquarters, thinking about countermeasures.

The Licheng area has been the base camp of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army for many years.

Once Licheng is controlled by the Eighth Route Army, it is equivalent to a nail stuck in the throat for the Japanese army, and it can even make it difficult for the Japanese to breathe.

So no matter what, Li Cheng and other fifty percent will definitely reoccupy it.

At the beginning, before Okamura left office, he had been planning how to recapture the five cities of Licheng and Xiangyuan.

It's just a question of how exactly to fight.

In five cities such as Licheng and Xiangyuan, the Eighth Route Army built a flesh mill, which caused huge casualties to the Japanese army, which still makes the devil soldiers have a shadow in their hearts.

plus the concrete fortifications of the five cities that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If the battle is forcibly attacked, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses for the Japanese army.

Gombo pondered for a long time while pacing, and finally decided on a battle plan:

"Besiege but not attack, forcing Li Cheng and other five cities to collapse!"

Okabe said: "The Eighth Route built unusually stable fortifications in the five cities of Licheng and Xiangyuan. In this case, we should avoid this strong fortification, but only besiege the outer city, create a separation belt, and completely block the eight roads of these five cities in a limited area.

Cut off all their lines of transport and cut off their water sources.

You can also engage in biochemical warfare! ”

The chief of staff of the devil hurriedly said, "General, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to conduct biochemical operations!" ”

"Oh, why?"

The chief of staff of the devil said in desperation that there were some small combat units in the Eighth Route Army, and they could even infiltrate some county towns firmly occupied by the empire at any time as if they were in a no-man's land.

At one point, the Reich was ready to use some poison gas bombs into battle.

As a result, several colored gas bombs were dropped at the gate of the camp of the Imperial Command that same night.

That's exactly what the Eighth Route Army did.

"Eight ways to use this way to show us that if we dare to use biological and chemical weapons, violating the Geneva Conventions, they will fight back with the same means!"

Okabe was stunned, probably not wanting to wear a gas mask when he went to sleep, in case he was poisoned to death in his bed by the gas bombs quietly dropped by Yachi, so he had to give up this idea.

Eventually, according to Okabe's order, the Japanese army advanced to the periphery of the five cities including Licheng, and built a separation zone around the troops stationed on the outer line of Licheng.

In this way, the Japanese army formed the third day of encirclement of the five cities of Li Cheng and Xiangyuan.

Detachment command.

After learning about the movements of the Japanese army around the five cities of Licheng, Kong Jie said with a smile: "It seems that this old devil of Okabe still has some means, besieging but not attacking, which is somewhat similar to the method of our 120th Division attacking Taiyuan City."

What a pity! The little devil is late, and we're ready to evacuate! ”

Then, the command command was sent to the headquarters of the defenders of the five cities.

"Evacuate by night and launch a surprise attack on the Japanese defenders."

In this regard, Kong Jie said: "Okabe, this old devil, has made such a big move and surrounded the five cities, so we have to sell people more or less a face!"

The last fight at night shows that we have no choice but to evacuate from the five cities, so that the little devils can taste some sweetness! ”

And so after a night of fierce fighting.

Next.

As soon as Okabe opened his sleepy eyes, the chief of staff of the devil rushed to report with a happy face: "General, good news, the five cities of Licheng and Xiangyuan have been defeated!" ”

"Nani?"

Okabe was stunned, he didn't expect the plan to go so smoothly.

"What's going on?"

"After Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities were completely surrounded by our army, the eight roads in the city probably didn't want to be completely dragged down by us, so they launched a surprise attack at night and have completely broken through!"

Okabe was speechless for a moment, the battle situation was not at all what he expected.

But after all, the five cities of Licheng were laid, which is good news.

After the order of the headquarters was issued, the Japanese troops from all walks of life quickly stationed and occupied Licheng, Xiangyuan, Shexian, Liaoxian, and Lucheng.

As early as after the five cities of Licheng and Xiangyuan were occupied by the Eighth Route Army, they were made into almost impenetrable military districts, surrounded by three layers of defense inside, and the devil's spies could not penetrate at all.

It was not until the reoccupation of Licheng, Xiangyuan and other five cities that the Japanese army entered the city, and then they found that the city was empty, and there were no defenders of the Eighth Route Army, and there were no people in sight.

A huge county town, the streets and alleys that were originally quite lively, are empty.

In a trance, it was as if I had entered an empty and dead ghost town.

Oh, there are also people in the city, and even the little devils who entered the city immediately took their guns and prepared to shoot, but when they approached, they were stunned to find that it was a scarecrow with clothes tied in straw.

Okabe, who heard the news, did not believe in evil and even rushed to Licheng from Beiping to investigate the situation.

When he entered the city and saw everything around him, he was completely stunned on the spot.

For a while, he didn't know what kind of complicated mood he faced and accepted all this.

He just popped out of his heart for some reason:

"Okamura-senpai! You've been completely deceived! ”

What Licheng air battle, destroyed the Eighth Route Army's military parade plan, and caused heavy casualties to the soldiers and civilians of the Eighth Route Army in Licheng, which was just a trick of the Eighth Route Army from beginning to end, and the people had already transferred the people in the city and turned this place into an empty city.

Okabe asked the military reporters to take pictures of the scenes in the city, and he thought about sending them to Okamura.

Suddenly, he also wanted to know how his senior Okamura-kun would react when he received these photos and learned about the situation of Li Cheng and others.

Then there was the shock.

Directly evacuate the five cities of Licheng, Xiangyuan, and Shexian, not only equipment, materials, but even hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in the city.

"These damn eight-way are so bold!"

And these ordinary people, who were originally as humble as pigs and dogs in the eyes of the Japanese army, have now all disappeared from the five cities such as Licheng and Xiangyuan.

At first glance, it seems that it has no effect on the Japanese army.

The trouble is in the back.

The five cities of Licheng, Xiangyuan, Shexian and other cities are completely empty!

However, the military value of these five cities was extremely high, and they were both transportation hubs and military locations, and the Japanese army had to occupy them to create a solid occupation zone.

It's just that with such a large area of five county towns, it can't be empty, only his Japanese troops are stationed here, right?

Although the Japanese army regarded the Chinese people as grass mustard, the little devils also had to admit that it was from these Chinese people that they could continuously squeeze and exploit them, so as to obtain abundant labor and logistical resources to ensure the continuous operation of the troops.

If there were no people in the five cities, who knows how many resources the Japanese army would have to expend in order to firmly occupy the five cities?

Realizing the trouble, Okabe began to scold Yachi for being cunning, but he had no choice but to make a follow-up plan to relocate the people to the five cities and rebuild the occupied area.

In the confrontation around the five cities of Licheng and Xiangyuan, Okabe did taste the sweetness, but he also experienced the cunning and shrewdness of the opponent......