On the day that the main force of the 1st Division was annihilated, Okamura Ninji called for air support from Admiral Umezu Yoshijiro, but was refused.

If the 1st Division is still subordinate to the Kwantung Army, then Umezu Mijiro will definitely send aircraft reinforcements.

However, the 1st Division was already subordinate to the North China Front, so there was no need for Umezu Yoshijiro to risk providing air support to the North China Front.

If the plane heading to North China encounters air support called by the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that not a single plane will be able to return.

Until dark, the main force of the 1st Division was wiped out in the northwest of Jin, and the Kwantung Army did not send 1 aircraft to reinforce it.

The main force of the 1st Division was wiped out in the northwest of Jin, and the North China Front suffered successive defeats against the Eighth Route Army, which greatly challenged Okamura's authority.

Not only was the Japanese army base camp and cabinet dissatisfied with him, but even within the North China Front, there were many officers and soldiers who were dissatisfied with Okamura Ningji.

Fighting a war is like this, no matter how clever your strategy and tactics are, whether your tactical command is proper or not, as long as you win, you are a hero, and if you lose, you are a bullshit.

But.

Okamura Ningji's backstage was hard enough, and he suffered two big defeats in a row, killing 60,000 Japanese soldiers, and he still did not step down.

Of course.

Okamura Ninji's face was thick enough, and even if everyone was dissatisfied with him, he did not take the initiative to resign from the post of commander of the North China Front.

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Command of the North China Front.

"Report to the Commander!"

"Just received an emergency call from the base camp."

In the war room, Okamura Ninji, Tanabe Moritake, and Arisue Seizo, and several operational staff officers, Mitsuo Nakazawa of the 1st Division, were holding a summary meeting.

A telegraph soldier hurriedly walked in with a telegram in his hand, bowed his head to Okamura Ninji, and reported.

Okamura Ninji glanced at the communications staff officer, who hurriedly stood up, took the telegram from the telecommunications soldier and looked at it.

At this glance, the pupils of the communications staff officer shrank suddenly, and his face changed suddenly.

"What happened?"

Okamura Ninji sighed in his heart, and a bad feeling suddenly rose.

This telegram should not have been sent from the base camp to give him a telegram order from the commander of the North China Front?

60,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in the two attacks on the northwest of Shanxi, and half of the Japanese soldiers killed in the battle were still the elite of the A division.

The communications staff officer bowed slightly to Okamura Ningji and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the base camp has sent a telegram that the 11th Army's third attack on Changsha failed, and the locust army suffered nearly 60,000 casualties. ”

"Nani?"

Okamura Ninji was relieved at first, and when he heard the casualty figure, he couldn't help but shrink his pupils slightly.

Just when the 1st Division went to the northwest of Shanxi, in order to respond to the Japanese offensive in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, the Japanese 11th Army gathered heavy troops and attacked Changsha for the third time.

However, it happened to encounter General Xue Yue's Heavenly Furnace tactics, and the Japanese 11th Army returned with a great defeat and extremely heavy losses.

At present, the battle to eliminate the 1st Division in the northwest of Shanxi was the first victory won by the Allies after the outbreak of the Pacific War, and the 3rd Battle of Changsha was the second.

Hearing this news, Tanabe Moritake and Arisue Seizo and others couldn't help but feel a commotion.

The losses of the 11th Army this time were much greater than the losses of the 1st Division of the North China Front.

"South Xue Yue, North Cloud Dragon, really live up to its name."

Okamura Ningji's eyes were gloomy, but he couldn't help but sigh in his mouth.

The last time, the 11th Army's attack on Changsha and the North China Front's attack on the northwest of Jin, almost simultaneously, resulted in failure.

This time, the 1st Division was defeated first, and the 11th Army was defeated later, and Okamura Ninji did not expect that the 11th Army would be defeated so badly.

The opponent of the Japanese 11th Army was Xue Yue, and the opponent of the North China Front was Li Yunlong, both of which were difficult opponents.

Since the 11th Army was defeated even worse than the North China Front, his position as commander was temporarily retained.

The 11th Army suffered a major defeat, and most of the eyes of the cabinet and the base camp will definitely be focused on the 11th Army.

I just don't know, will the base camp take off the hat of the commander of the 11th Army, Anan Weiji?

Stunned, Okamura Ninji waved his hand and motioned for the telegraph soldier to leave.

The telegraph soldier bowed his head, then turned and walked away quickly, closing the door.

"Let's move on."

Okamura Ninji said to everyone, "Where did you just go? ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, I have just summed up the third point."

Tanabe Moritake stood up, took the folder and read: "The main reason why the 1st Division was ambushed in the northwest of Shanxi this time is that the third point is that the intelligence work failed, the scouts did not carry out reconnaissance two kilometers away from the highway, and the reconnaissance planes did not carry out fire reconnaissance. ”

As for the failure of intelligence, even Okamura Ninji, who has done intelligence work and has done a very good job in intelligence work, has no way.

Moreover, high-level agents were also used to lurk in the base area of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi, but the news was not transmitted in time.

As for the little minions and spies arranged, they were either captured or killed.

In terms of counterintelligence, the Eighth Route Army has a lot of experience.

"Your Excellency, Commander, it is my dereliction of duty that the scouts did not carry out reconnaissance two kilometers beyond the road, and I am willing to accept any punishment."

The commander of the 1st Division, Mitsuo Nakazawa, stood up, bowed his head and said in a deep voice.

The most uncomfortable thing is Nakazawa Sanfu, the 1st Division has just arrived in the northwest of Jin, and only then has it crossed the threshold of the northwest of Shanxi, and the main force of the 1st Division is gone.

And it was wiped out in this way, who wouldn't be uncomfortable?

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers." Okamura Ninji said, "Nakazawa-kun doesn't have to blame himself too much, the responsibility for the defeat of the 1st Division this time is not Nakazawa-kun." ”

As for the reconnaissance planes carrying out fire reconnaissance, who would have thought that in the ice and snow, tens of thousands of main forces of the Eighth Route would be hidden?

And if you want to leave no flaws, it must be on a snowy night, the Eighth Route Army is ambushed in the snow.

The fresh snow concealed the traces of the Eighth Route Army's march and ambush.

"Thank you, Commander."

Mitsuo Nakazawa looked up and sat back in his chair.

"At present, in the Pacific Theater and the Southeast Asian Theater, the offensive of the Locust Army is going well."

Okamura Ninji looked at the group of devil officers and said:

"Slow in two or three months, as fast as half a year, the locust army will be able to seize Southeast Asia, and then the United States will return to the negotiating table."

"After the end of the war in Southeast Asia, the locust army has more troops and materials to use on the Chinese battlefield."

"When the time comes, the Locust Army will be able to completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army."

"When the war in Southeast Asia is over and the United States is forced to return to the negotiating table, then the Japanese army can do its best to capture China."

"Then integrate the huge population and resources, and compete with Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States for world domination."

“……”

In order to boost the morale of the devil officers, Okamura Ninji was like a corporate boss and began to draw cakes for employees.

This cake is big and round.

Okamura Ninji also knew very well that if this situation continued to develop, the Eighth Route Army in North China would definitely launch a major counterattack.

Now it depends on whether the Eighth Route Army will start the major counteroffensive first, or the Japanese army will be more successful in Southeast Asia.

At the end of the meeting, Okamura Ninji looked at Mitsuo Nakazawa and asked, "Nakazawa-kun, how many troops do you have left in your 1st Division?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency the Commander." Mitsuo Nakazawa replied, "Only the Suzuki Wing, the 6th Heavy Artillery Wing, and more than 5,000 people who escaped back, with a total strength of more than 11,000 people. ”

"Almost all the cavalry wing, engineer wing, and baggage wing were shattered, and most of the baggage was snatched by the Eighth Route Army."

Hearing this, Okamura Ninji couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh.

The main force of the 1st Division was basically wiped out in one battle, and this was the most elite unit of the North China Front.

Okamura Ningji said: "The Tanaka Wing directly under the North China Front Army, which was previously assigned to your 1st Division, will go to Datong as soon as possible, and I will send logistics troops to reorganize the engineer wing and baggage wing for your 1st Division, and the 1st Division will be temporarily reorganized into a three-unit division, stationed in Datong to ensure the smooth flow of the Pingsui Railway, and when the next attack on the northwest of Jinxi, the locust army will definitely cut off Li Yunlong's head." ”

Mitsuo Nakazawa stood up, bowed to Okamura Ninji and said:

"Thank you, Your Excellency, the 1st Division will definitely be ashamed and brave and cut off Li Yunlong's head as soon as possible."

From an angle that everyone couldn't see, Mitsuo Nakazawa had a bitter expression.

At this time, what Nakasawa Mitsuo wanted most was for the 1st Division to return to China or Manchuria to rest.

If he continues to stay in the northwest of Jinxi, maybe his life as the commander of the division will be lost.

If your North China Front could cut off Li Yunlong's head, it would have been cut off a long time ago, and you still have to wait until now?

……

Northwest of Shanxi.

Big Lonely Town.

A new regiment.

"Commander."

"Regiment Commander Ding and Regiment Commander Kong sent telegrams one after another, saying that they asked Boss Chen's plane to transport half of their weapons and ammunition to the southeast of Shanxi and hand them over to the brigade headquarters of the 386 Brigade."

At the regiment headquarters, Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.

"I guessed it a long time ago."

With a smile, Li Yunlong said: "Lao Ding and Lao Kong will definitely hand over half of the weapons and ammunition to the brigade headquarters." ”

Today, the 386 Brigade is strong, and the brigade commander stipulates that in addition to artillery and tanks, conventional weapons and ammunition equipped with infantry do not need to be handed over to the brigade headquarters.

Li Yunlong knew about this.

However, Li Yunlong also knew that the expansion of the new Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment would inevitably require a large number of grassroots officers, so he could only find the brigade headquarters.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie handed over weapons and ammunition, and the brigade commander would definitely give generous to the grassroots officers, and they were all happy.

The weapons and ammunition of 10,000 people, and it is also produced by Boss Chen, calculated according to more than 1,000 people in a regiment.

This batch of weapons and ammunition is enough for the expansion of the 386 Brigade into 6 to 8 infantry regiments.

Wang Dehou asked: "So, Regiment Commander, you deliberately gave Ding Wei and Kong Jie so many weapons and ammunition and didn't hand them over to the headquarters, in fact, you wanted to give them to Brigade Commander Chen, right?" ”

Li Yunlong smiled slightly, noncommittal.

At this moment, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo held a large stack of papers and materials in their hands, and walked quickly into the inner room of the regiment headquarters.

The information in their hands is not the material of new business, but the detailed information about the war situation in the Pacific theater, the Southeast Asian theater, and the European theater.

In order to let Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang understand the actual battle situation as quickly as possible, Chen Feng would send Yan Shuangying to send the latest battle reports from other battlefields every once in a while.

Although after the end of the big battles in other battlefields, Li Yunlong and they will all know the result.

But he only knows the result, but he has no way to understand some of the details of the war at the moment, and the information given by Boss Chen is very detailed.

However, Li Yunlong didn't care much about other battlefields, and spent all day thinking about making a new regiment and the Eighth Route Army rich.

If it weren't for the overall situation, Grand Master Li would have taken the new regiment to attack Taiyuan a long time ago.

Seeing Xing Zhiguo and Zhao Gang's solemn faces, Li Yunlong asked, "What's the situation, looking at the expressions of the two of you, is it that the allies have been beaten badly?" ”

"That's right." Xing Zhiguo nodded and said, "On the Soviet-German battlefield, due to the sudden attack of the German army, the Soviet army was defeated all the way. In the Southeast Asian battlefield, the U.S. and British armies were also defeated all the way, and in less than 2 months after the Japanese attacked, the U.S. and British armies lost most of the colonies in Southeast Asia, and at this rate, the Japanese army is likely to occupy Southeast Asia. ”

"Oh?" Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed.

The rout of the Soviet, American, and British armies was somewhat unexpected by Li Yunlong.

"A bunch of trash."

Grand Master Li snorted coldly:

"Don't mention the Soviet-German battlefield, in the Southeast Asian battlefield, the U.S. and British armies are stronger than the little devils in terms of strength and weaponry, and the battle ended up like this?"

"If all those weapons and equipment are given to our Eighth Route Army, our Eighth Route Army will be able to beat out all the devil's in North China."

Li Yunlong did not exaggerate this at all.

In the Eighth Route Army, there are many people with tactical command ability that are more powerful than him, and even he can play such a good record with assistance.

If the aid had been increased tenfold, as well as stable logistical supplies, and directly to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army would have driven the Japanese army out of North China long ago.

"It's a serious situation." Zhao Gang said with a solemn face, "Southeast Asia has a lot of war resources such as crude oil, rubber and high-quality iron ore, and if the Japanese army wins in Southeast Asia, it will not be good news for us China." ”

In the final analysis, the northwest of Shanxi is just a small chess piece in the strategic pattern of the east.

Although a new one

"That's right." Wang Dehou said, "There is good news, it is a clear code telegram issued by the national army, and it is also a good news. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere of everyone was a little dignified, Wang Dehou said with a smile.

"Good news?" Li Yunlong's tone was surprised, "The national army has won the battle?" ”

"That's right, and it's a big win." Wang Dehou said, "Last month, the third Japanese attack on Changsha ended, and the national army not only held Changsha, but also killed and wounded nearly 60,000 Japanese soldiers. ”

"Kill nearly 60,000 Japanese soldiers?"

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo were all surprised and happy.

What is surprising is that the national army actually won, and nearly 60,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded, which is really a rare victory since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.

The good thing is that the devil has tens of thousands of fewer people.

Li Yunlong's concept is that no matter how much territory is recovered, it is all false, there are more than 1 million devils in China, and killing one is one, which is the real thing.

"Could this be false propaganda by the national army?" Xing Zhiguo's eyes were puzzled, "The national army has always liked to engage in these nonsense. ”

"Not this time." Wang Dehou said, "I have already checked with the headquarters. ”

Zhao Gang suddenly smiled and said: "Lao Li, everyone calls you and General Xue Yue South Xue Yue and North Yunlong, our side just won a battle, and General Xue was not willing to be lonely, and also won a big battle." ”

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(Yesterday's chapter was swallowed by the river crab beast.,I don't know what's wrong.,It's uncomfortable)