Okamura's loud words, like a heavy hammer, slammed into Shunroku Hatata's heart one blow after another.

This insight and analysis is even more penetrating.

Shunroku Hatata's psychological defense line finally lasted only a moment before it was completely shaken.

Just as Okamura said, the situation in which the imperial forces in the Pacific Theater had been in a state of great strength had gradually turned into a disadvantage, the Southeast Asian theaters had also begun to have unfavorable combat conditions, and the Chinese battlefield could never be ended, and the empire, which was fighting on multiple fronts, could not make ends meet and was about to be completely dragged down by the war.

The Great Japanese Empire had almost reached its end of its rope.

If you don't struggle, you will definitely lose!

Fight to the death, maybe there is still an opportunity!

In a high position, as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese dispatch army, when did he become so cowardly and intimidated that he didn't even dare to launch a campaign against the Chinese army?

After condemning himself in his heart, he raised his head again, and Shunroku Hatata's eyes obviously had a little more brilliance, "Okamura-kun, please tell me more about your battle plan!" ”

"Hey!"

Okamura was immediately overjoyed, and immediately took out the battle plan that he had prepared long ago, and said loudly: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, this is the No. 1 battle plan that I specially prepared. ”

According to Gangcun's plan.

"The operational area of Operation No. 1 starts from Yudi, passes through Hunan and Gui, and then reaches French Indochina and Guangdong, and runs through Chinese mainland, which is expected to be more than 1,500 kilometers long.

The overall battle plan is divided into two parts, the first part is to carry out operations around the Jinghan line in North China, with the goal of completely penetrating the Jinghan line and suppressing the surrounding anti-Japanese armed forces, which I call the Jinghan operation.

The second part is the operations in Central China and South China, which I call the "Xianggui Operation" and the "Bu" Operation respectively, and the specific combat plans are as follows......

Later, when he commanded the newly formed Sixth Front Army of the Japanese Army to deploy the No. 1 battle plan, in order to completely paralyze the opponent, Okamura also specifically asked the commanding officers under his command to keep their identities strictly secret, and the external code name was "No. 1."

Looking at the military map in front of him, showing the forces of all parties and the arrows of each other, Okamura's eyes were finally fixed on the area belonging to the base area of the Eighth Route Army, especially the Taihang Base Area, the core base of the Eighth Route Army.

His face gradually became cold, and he slowly spoke, muttering to himself:

"Damn the Eighth Road, bastard Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, when you know that the number one commander is my Okamura Ningji, I think you must be very surprised!

Sooner or later, I will take back the humiliation you have inflicted on me.

Don't worry, wait for me to take Changsha and run through the Chinese mainland traffic line, and then focus on cleaning you up! ”

……

Ah, in the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army Special Experimental Zone, Li Yunlong sneezed inexplicably, rubbed his nose, looked around a little suspiciously, and then scolded and said: "Damn, which bastard is thinking about Lao Tzu behind his back?" ”

Kong Jie also sneezed a few times, laughing and joking: "Yes, even I am worried about it!" ”

Ding Wei walked over with a map from the side, and said happily: "Come on, just the two of you, who can care about you except the little devils?" ”

Li Yunlong said: "That's not necessarily, we and Lao Kong are people who have wives, in addition to the little devils, the wives also have to be worried about from time to time, unlike you Lao Ding, who is a single person, probably only the little devils are worried!" ”

"I said Lao Li, why are you always ......"

"You're a single!"

"Li Yunlong......"

"You're a single!"

"I ......"

"What am I? You're a single! Li Yunlong said three times.

"......" Ding Wei was silent with interest.

Ahem cough cough –

Kong Jie, who still coughed lightly, pulled the topic into the right track, this Lao Li, since he and Xiuqin lived a happy life without shame, he was obviously much happier than usual.

"Let's get down to business, there is news from the Eastern Hebei Military Region that the Inoue Armored Division, which was originally advancing in the Mengxi area, has now advanced some troops in the direction of eastern Hebei.

It seems that Inoue, the old devil, can't find Commander Fu for a decisive battle in the Mengxi area, and he can't break through the defense of the 35th Route Army, so he decided to temporarily abandon the 35th Route Army and go south to deal with our Eighth Route Army first! ”

Ding Wei said: "The Eastern Hebei Military Region has developed well over the years, as well as some anti-tank guns that we have specially reinforced in the past, as well as anti-tank border fortifications specially built under the guidance of our relevant instructors.

It is impossible to defeat the armored forces of the devils, but it should be no problem to withstand the attack of the devil's chariot troops and at least hold the core base area. ”

"The current situation is almost like what Lao Ding said." Kong Jie nodded, and then pointed out on the map: "But my proposal is that the eastern Hebei side can deliberately let go of the defense line and put in this mobile armored force of the devil." ”

"Lao Kong, are you worried that once our Iron Triangle Army is dispatched, the Kwantung Army will definitely rush back to help if there is a fire in the backyard, and this devil is not trapped in our defense area and may withdraw at any time?" Ding Wei said.

Kong Jie does not deny it, but he is also worried.

"But once the devil's armored troops are released through the defense line, it is equivalent to releasing a tiger in our square area, and our friendly troops in various base areas may be attacked by the tiger at any time!"

Ding Wei said: "What other good way can I do in order to send troops to the north?"

Fortunately, in recent years, our base areas have developed well, especially the defense construction of the core base areas, which has been built very steadily, and it is just to put the devil's armored troops into the defense areas of the outer and outer lines.

If we do a good job of reminding the base areas in advance, I don't think there will be much of a problem. ”

"That's all there is to it!"

Li Yunlong, who had been studying the situation map beside him, suddenly raised at this time: "Lao Kong, Lao Ding, come and take a look, I suddenly found a problem, I don't know if you have noticed that the number of Japanese troops in Changsha seems to have increased a lot during this time."

A few days ago, I became aware of this situation, when the news transmitted back from our intelligence network said that the Japanese troops in all defense areas in Central China seemed to have traces of mobilization, and after our relevant intelligence personnel probed, it was found that these devils seemed to be moving closer to Changsha.

What does this mean?

This shows that the devil is very likely to make a big move near Changsha. ”

"Could it be that the little devil is preparing to launch an operation to capture Changsha again?" Ding Wei hesitated, "This Xi'an, Yan'an and all directions are fighting in one pot of porridge, and the battle of western Hubei has not yet ended, and even our base areas have all been blocked and attacked by the Japanese army of different scales.

If you attack Changsha again now, what does the little devil want to do? Could it be that the Armageddon should be launched in advance? ”

These words reminded Kong Jie, Kong Jie felt a wave in his heart, thinking that it would not be, such an exaggeration?

If the Fourth Battle of Changsha broke out...... That's a lot in advance!

"But if the devil really wants to send troops to Changsha, it is not impossible, the little devil's heart to capture Changsha has never died, and he has launched three consecutive operations to seize Changsha over the years, but they all failed in the end.

Especially in the Third Battle of Changsha, more than 110,000 little devils were annihilated, and that battle was simply earth-shattering.

Speaking of which, the Jiang army has not won many battles since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and the one we admire the most is the Third Battle of Changsha! ”

Ding Wei changed his words, and while sighing, he also said that if the Japanese army wanted to attack Changsha, it might not be impossible.

It's not just impossible.

It's just too possible!

Ding Wei's words were simply enlightening for Kong Jie.

Since because of some butterfly effects, the battle of western Hubei broke out in advance.

The little devil clearly wants to deal with the Jiang army, which is easier to deal with, first, and after plundering the strategic resources, and then turn back and concentrate his forces to deal with the Eighth Route Army, then it is quite reasonable to launch the Battle of Changsha in advance, take Changsha, and plunder strategic resources.

"It's not good, Lao Li, Lao Ding, I think our guess is very likely to come true, we have to hurry up and report this matter to the headquarters, and especially to convey the news to the Jiang troops in the Ninth War Zone, no matter what the final result is, what we should do is not to be left behind!"

Ding Wei and Li Yunlong are also aware of the seriousness of the problem. He nodded in agreement.

The clock goes on.

The battle between the parties is still in full swing.

For the Japanese, the offensive was progressing as expected.

The Kwantung Army secretly moved, and the three-way army went south smoothly, and after completely showing its head, it really caught the Chinese army off guard.

Even the outer defensive units of the Eighth Route Army, which had always been difficult, were defeated and retreated, and a large number of positions and defensive lines were completely lost.

This made Okabe, who commanded the entire battle, Hata Junroku and other big people feel a bad breath.

If it weren't for the fact that the goal of this campaign was to penetrate the mainland lines of communication and destroy the foundation of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, these old devils would have been eager to take advantage of their advantages to wipe out all the living forces of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

After breaking through the outer defenses of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, the Japanese army, which was now lacking in resources, did not dare to waste any resources, and did not continue to attack in depth, but quickly grabbed early rice, wheat and other crops from the farmland in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army, which was invincible in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, also considered the growth of crops at the present time before launching this offensive.

According to the plan of old devils such as Junroku Hata and Okabe.

At the point of time, those early-maturing crops are almost ready for summer harvest, and they have not completely reached the summer harvest season of the Eighth Route Army, so they can be harvested.

At the same time, the plundered food and other materials can be used as military rations for front-line combat troops.

The wishful thinking was very loud.

However, the Eighth Route Army has superior skills, and it has long expected that the little devil will have this hand, coupled with the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong Military Region, Special Experimental Zone and other important granary bases, there are a large number of agricultural harvesters prepared in advance to harvest.

No matter how powerful this little devil is, it is impossible for two hands to compare to the machine.

In this way, according to the information found by the little devils, two days ago, the farmland was overgrown with large crops, and two days later, after the Japanese army spent a lot of money to completely attack it, as far as the eye could see, only the empty farmland was left, and all the crops seemed to be gone, leaving only the rhizomes of wheat and rice that were cut off quite neatly one by one.

Only then did the Japanese realize that the Eighth Route Army had developed to the point where it could harvest crops with mechanized equipment.

In the end, the devils finally broke through the external defense line of the Eighth Route Army base area, but they found nothing.

As for some of the more core base areas of the Eighth Route Army, according to the order of the Japanese command, this time the main thing is not to provoke, and the Eighth Route can be compressed within the core base areas.

However, there were also officers of the Kwantung Army who did not believe in evil and led their troops to try to launch an attack on the core base area of the Eighth Route Army.

The result......

After losing their troops and returning home in a crushing defeat, these foreign officers learned from their honesty and finally realized how stupid they were to attack the core base of the Eighth Route Army.

…… The Japanese army ran into a wall in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, but lost the eastern corner and reaped the mulberry elm, and won an initial victory in the offensive launched in the western Hubei operation and the frontal battlefield, taking the opportunity to plunder a large number of strategic resources, including all kinds of materials, equipment, manpower, and so on.

At this time, Okamura, who was sitting in the general headquarters of the Sixth Front Army, couldn't help but sigh after taking the news from the front line to the bottom of his heart.

He is arguably the toughest opponent.

During the time he went to Kuah Island, these damn Eighth Routes actually grew stronger and stronger, and in the face of the joint operations of the Kwantung Army and the Chinese army, he was able to hold his roots firmly and undefeated.

In this way, what a wise strategy it is to attack western Hubei and Changsha first, defeat the Central Army, and then turn back to deal with the Eighth Route Army!

At this time, in the Kwantung Army that went south, the largest Fengwen assault corps under the mountain, under the leadership of the old devil mountain, was like a bamboo along the way, and after killing a horse gun and almost taking Yan'an, it quickly went south with a plundered massive strategic resources.

Soon after, the rampant old devil under the mountain actually led his so-called holy war army directly to Chongqing, and launched a fierce battle with the central army of Chongqing's border defense, and broke more than a dozen positions in less than a day's battle.

This move caused a complete shock to the entire Sino-Japanese battlefield.

The Central Army made a miscalculation in a panic, believing that the Japanese army was really coming towards the Chongqing base camp.

At the same time, the old devil Okamura Ninji, who seized the opportunity to claim to the outside world as the "No. 1 commander", officially issued an order, activated the No. 1 battle plan, gathered nearly 300,000 troops, and launched a surprise attack on the Changsha area.

The Third Battle of Changsha officially broke out.

The sudden change in the situation was unexpected by Chiang's army.

Although before that, after Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei reported to the headquarters about the possible operation of the Japanese army in Changsha, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army also gave a special reminder to the generals and troops of the Ninth Theater.

However, the situation at that time was that the officers of Chiang's army in the Ninth Theater believed that although it was possible for the Japanese army to launch the Fourth Battle of Changsha, it might not have the courage to attack again after experiencing the bitter lessons of the previous three Battle of Changsha.

Therefore, when the Japanese army appeared in a big way, the officers of the Chiang Army stationed in the Ninth Theater of Operations in the Changsha area were a little dumbfounded......

(End of chapter)