The order of the Japanese army headquarters was urgent, and the pressure was constantly put on Okamura, the new commander-in-chief of the Chinese dispatch army.

Okamura was also helpless, although the remaining mobile forces of the Chinese dispatch army had not been completely repaired after the fiasco of the Battle of Northern Henan, but at present, the task was urgent, and it had to be dispatched again, and quickly advanced to the Jiaodong base area of the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura didn't dare to gamble at all.

According to the feedback of the port troops who were attacked by air raids in the Fukuoka area after falling from Nagasaki on a rainy night, the enemy dispatched a considerable number of fighters that night.

The sky was filled with the whistling of enemy planes, and I am afraid that there were one or two hundred fighters.

Bombs fell one after another, and almost all the docks, barracks, and factories were engulfed in artillery fire.

Enemy aircraft even carried some heavy explosive bombs, specially made armor-piercing incendiary bombs.

Not only was the port completely damaged, but even the aircraft carriers that encountered it were heavily damaged by enemy bombers, and the Amagi mothership, which had only been built by the country's financial resources, was directly bombed and sunk in the sea.

Who knows if such an air raid, the enemy carried out once, will it be carried out a second time?

Who knows whether the enemy used all his air power in this air raid?

With the rapid rise of the Eighth Route Army in recent years, especially the rapid growth of the Eighth Route Army's aviation force, it can even compete with the Japanese army's air force in the rear of North China and compete for air supremacy.

Okamura has long been aware of the deterioration of the situation.

However, he did not expect that the speed development of the Eighth Route Army's aviation unit would be so amazing.

It even has the foundation and ability to use coastal airfields to carry out air strikes on the mainland.

As the Japanese headquarters feared.

Once the Eighth Route Army completely secures the forward airfield in the Jiaodong area, not only the Eighth Route Army, but also those countries such as Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, which have been trying to find a stable airfield in China and use it as a springboard for bombing the Japanese mainland, will also be able to use the airfield in the Jiaodong area to bomb the Japanese mainland at any time.

That would be an absolutely devastating disaster for the Japanese side.

If such a threat cannot be completely erased, how will Okamura, as the new commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army, have the face to continue in this position?

As for the way to eradicate the Jiaodong base area of the Eighth Route Army.

If it had been a few years ago, the Eighth Route Army had not carried out air raids on the Japanese mainland this time, Okamura would probably have fought steadily, mobilized the army to encircle in many aspects, and completely leveled the Jiaodong area.

But the current situation does not allow Okamura to make all preparations.

The headquarters gave a death order, and the domestic top brass continued to put pressure on China to send troops.

In addition, in a series of battles in the south, such as Yuxianggui and Gui, although the Japanese army won a series of great victories, its own casualties were also heavy and paid a heavy price.

With the opening up of the Pacific War and the Southeast Asian theater one after another, a large number of elite Japanese troops in China who were fighting on multiple fronts were withdrawn, just as Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and other generals of the Eighth Route Army said.

In a series of battles such as Yuxianggui that broke out this time, even though the Japanese army was the victorious side, it was still a painful victory.

Take the Battle of Hengyang as an example, the Japanese army lasted more than a month, although it finally defeated the Tenth Army and took Hengyang City, but it also paid a heavy price of more than 120,000 people, can it really be regarded as a victory?

At this time, the final Battle of Guiliu in the Battle of Yuxiang and Gui had just ended.

The wounded Japanese army had not yet had time to repair and regroup its combat strength.

Where is the extra energy to deploy the elite to advance to the Jiaodong area?

In addition, the terrain in the Jiaodong area is complicated, and the base area opened up by the Eighth Route Army there is very stubborn with the advantage of terrain and terrain.

Otherwise, after so many years, the Japanese army would have razed the Jiaodong base area a long time ago.

Okamura knew very well that there was absolutely no way to fight a protracted war in that place, and that a quick battle had to be resolved.

Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army will continue to strengthen the defense line and continue to reinforce troops, and the Jiaodong area will eventually become a bad battle sooner or later.

At this time, the front-line battlefield was in a hurry, and it took time to recuperate, and the rear of North China was riddled with holes under the offensive launched by the Eighth Route Army, and a large number of occupied areas were lost and forced to defend the Japanese troops in some major lines of communication and important county towns and towns.

They simply cannot afford the attrition of successive large-scale campaigns.

It can't consume those natives of the Eighth Route Army at all.

Consider these dilemmas.

Okamura realized that if he wanted to completely solve the problem of the Eighth Route Army leaving the airfield in the Jiaodong area, most of the regular combat troops could not count on it.

"General, then we can only gather our elite mobile troops and fight quickly!"

The chief of staff of the devil also put forward his own suggestions after analysis.

"Although our army's mechanized combat units have suffered great losses in the past two years, including the Holy War Army and the armored army units that went south to reinforce this time, they have also lost more than half of them in the northern Henan operation.

However, after all, there are still a lot of mobile forces, if they can use their mobility to launch a surprise attack on the base of the Eighth Route Army in the Jiaodong area.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Eighth Route did not come back to its senses, before the reinforcements arrived, it was impossible to level Jiaodong in one fell swoop and completely destroy the front exit airport borrowed by the Eighth Route Army for air raids on the mainland of our country. ”

The incident was urgent, and Yan Jun didn't have time to return to China for a while, so he completely handed over his rights and temporarily stayed at the Nanjing headquarters as an adviser to Okamura.

Junroku Hahata said that he would help contact the Kwantung Army and carry out a cooperative operation.

In addition, Hahata Junroku proposed: "The geographical location of the Jiaodong area is very special, in addition to the complex terrain, there is also a great feature, compared with other places, here is surrounded by the sea on three sides, the depth is not large, you can roll forward in groups, as long as the speed is fast, do not give the Eighth Route Army time to transfer, should be able to achieve relatively large results."

Compared with conventional inland operations, it is even possible to save the forces used for the other three directions to encircle and encircle. ”

Okamura deeply believed that the situation was urgent, and he did not hesitate much, even as the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army, issued an order to the headquarters of the old devil Yamashita and Inoue:

"With the two mobile troops of Yamashita and Inoue as the mainstay, supplemented by mechanized combat units drawn from North China, Central China and South China, we will quickly advance to the Haiyang area in the Jiaodong area, completely wipe out the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and destroy the airfield before the Eighth Route Army is left!"

In order to win this battle, in order to appease the anger of the domestic high-level.

In order to be able to win the first battle in which Okamura served as commander-in-chief of the Chinese dispatch army.

On the phone to Yamashita and Inoue's headquarters, Okamura repeatedly asked: "This battle has attracted attention at home and abroad, and even the world, and it has a direct impact on the safety of our country, and the impact is very significant.

Victory, not defeat.

If they win, the two generals can not only completely wash away the shame of the fiasco in northern Henan, but also make immortal achievements.

But if it fails, the decline of the Holy War of our Great Japanese Empire may begin completely, and the two generals, including I, Okamura, are afraid that they will become sinners for the ages, and even if they commit suicide by disembowelment, it will not be enough to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor! ”

In order to ensure the determination of Yamashita and Inoue to win.

Okamura specifically said that in addition to the mobile units of the Imperial Army that have gathered in large numbers to advance in the Jiaodong area, the main forces of the army in the Jiaodong area will also cooperate in the operation to intercept reinforcements from the Eighth Route.

The Kwantung Army will also send a reinforcement to the south.

Including aviation units, corresponding air fire reinforcements will also be sent.

Realizing that the matter was too high, Yamashita and Inoue did not dare to delay, and after receiving the order from the headquarters, they led the remnants of the mobile elite to advance quickly to the Jiaodong area.

According to the operational analysis of the Japanese command.

According to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army's use of air raids on the mainland before the airfield is likely to be in Haiyang County, and if you want to use the mobile advantage of the mobile force to quickly advance to Haiyang, there are three ways to choose.

One is from Qingdao to the north, one is from Jinan to the east, and the other is from Weihai to the west.

Okamura's final offensive plan was as follows: Advance on three fronts at the same time, with the mobile troops pushing directly into the core defense area of Haiyang, and with the cooperation of the local security forces as the forward station, launch an offensive with overwhelming momentum, without giving the Eighth Route Army any respite, directly destroy the airfields and base areas of the Eighth Route Army, sweep the combat area all the way through, implement the three-light policy, and leave no one alive.

Before the battle officially began, Okamura also put forward the tactical principles of "three slows and one fast" for this operation: the preparation should be slow and meticulous, the marching route should be thorough, and the material preparation should be sufficient; However, the speed at which the troops are deployed and marched must be swift, and there must be no dragging the mud and water.

Speaking of which, this tactical principle is still through the continuous competition with the Eighth Route Army, and the experience summed up by the old boy Okamura himself.

……

In the headquarters of the Special Experimental Zone of the Eighth Route Army.

The big war around the Jiaodong area is about to start, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei are usually leisurely spectators.

The big war was just around the corner, but he couldn't participate, Li Yunlong was so anxious that he only itched in his heart, so he specially pulled Kong Jie and Ding Wei to the command headquarters to conduct a military simulation sand table around the Jiaodong area that the staff officers had just made.

"Haha, Lao Kong, Lao Ding, the situation has been figured out, the little devil really gathered all the remaining mobile troops according to our speculation, and prepared to use it to destroy the airport in our Jiaodong area.

The routes taken are basically the ones we guessed.

This time, we have already set up a net around the Jiaodong area, once this little devil falls into the trap, I don't see that I will have to shed my skin.

After this battle, in a short period of time, the mobile units of the Japanese army in the entire North China, Central China and even South China can basically be said to exist in name only! ”

Ding Wei smiled and nodded, and the topic was still in the upcoming war in the Jiaodong region.

He was a little worried: "The devil's mobile elite enters and exits, even if we make a lot of preparations in advance in the Jiaodong area, but if we want to completely eat the devil's mobile troops, I'm afraid it will not be easy!"

This time, all parties involved in the battle around the Jiaodong area have paid attention, and whether this battle can be won is also related to the military prestige and morale of our Eighth Route Army.

I don't know if the comrades of the Jiaodong Military Region can withstand it! ”

Li Yunlong said happily: "I said Lao Ding, what are you talking about? If Lao Xu doesn't even have this ability, why would we Lao Li call him a big brother willingly?

If you want to talk about the ability to fight, Big Brother is not ambiguous at all, and there is also a large number of ammunition and equipment that have been airlifted by our experimental area.

The little devil went over this time, and he basically sent it to the Jiaodong Military Region! ”

"The combat fighters around the Jiaodong area this time are rare, and the little devil probably never dreamed that we would spend so much effort to make such a big move, and even attack his own country, but the ultimate goal is actually to lure all the devil's last mobile troops over with the help of the Jiaodong area, and kill them all."

Speaking of this, Li Yunlong was a little embarrassed, "I have to say, Lao Kong, your air raid on the island of the day, the way to invite you into the urn is simply amazing." ”

Kong Jie smiled: "Lao Li, where is this!" If we say that our air raid on the local area of Xiaori is a beginning.

The operation around the Jiaodong area can probably only be regarded as the first step. ”

Li Yunlong said: "Oh, Lao Kong, if you want to say that, I'm interested, so what is the first step for our Iron Triangle Army to advance into the Kanto?" ”

Kong Jie thought for a moment and stretched out four fingers: "It can probably only be counted as the fourth step." ”

"So what's the second step and the third step?" Li Yunlong asked.

Kong Jie looked at the military simulation sand table made around the Jiaodong area in front of him, and said with a smile: "If the battle in the Jiaodong area goes well, the mobile force of the Japanese army will basically be wiped out by us."

Once the devil's mobile troops behind the enemy line are completely defeated, Lao Li, let's talk about it, if we want to isolate the devil's city into an isolated city behind the enemy, will it be very difficult? ”

"According to the instructions of the headquarters, after the war in the Jiaodong area is over, in addition to continuing to expand the offensive behind the enemy line and containing the Japanese puppet army in the Guannai, we must also start to vigorously reorganize the army and prepare for the big battle in front of the Kanto.

That's the second step we have to take.

As for the third step, it is necessary to completely mess up the Kannai into a pot of porridge, and let the Kwantung Army continue to be transferred outward as much as possible to weaken the strength of the Kwantung defenders.

Create opportunities for our fourth step. ”

Li Yunlong was a little depressed when he heard this: "There are still so many big battles before we advance into Kanto, but poor Lao Li can't participate in one, this kind of taste is really uncomfortable." ”

"There's still a problem." Kong Jie said: "The little devil is not a stupid person, although we have made a series of layouts, all of which are paving the way for the final advance into the Kanto, but once our troops are mobilized, the movement will be exposed sooner or later, and the Japanese army will definitely be aware of our intention to advance to the Kanto."

Puppet Manchuria has always been a top priority for the Japanese army.

In terms of the land area alone, the area of the puppet Manchuria is even twice that of the island of the near days, the land is vast and the resources are vast, and the little devils really want to launch a ruthless attack, desperately, and they don't even want the mainland, and they have to forcibly pick the fruit of the puppet Manchuria.

Once the Japanese army perceives our intention to advance towards the Kwantung region, it will definitely make adjustments quickly and continuously increase the strength of the Kwantung defense line.

When the time comes, if we want to open up a passage for troops, it will be difficult.

What is the way to make the little devil even if he perceives that we are drawing troops to the northern part of Mengxi and Jin, but still will not doubt our intention to advance to the Kanto? ”

"This ......"

Li Yunlong and Ding Wei also fell into hard thinking.

(End of chapter)