Peiping.

Command of the North China Front.

"General."

"The 9th Division and the 11th Division have arrived in Beiping, and the 29th Division and the 57th Division are on their way."

More than half a month later, in the headquarters of the North China Front, an operational staff officer reported to Okamura Ninji.

The Eighth Route Army bombed the Japanese mainland, the Japanese base camp and the locusts were furious, and in order to eliminate the threat, four divisions were directly transferred from the Kwantung Army to reinforce the North China Front.

Among them, there are also two divisions, which are the first division regiments, which are one of the 17 permanent divisions of the Japanese army.

The other two regiments, the 29th Division and the 57th Division, were also the elite units of the Kwantung Army.

With the addition of these 4 divisions, the Japanese army has already transferred a total of 10 divisions from the Kwantung Army to fight in North China.

The other six divisions were the disabled 10th Division, the 1st Division, the 23rd Division, the 25th Division, and the 24th and 28th Divisions that were completely annihilated.

The 23rd Division, the 25th Division, and the 10th Division were transferred back to the Kwantung Army for replenishment and recuperation.

The 1st Division had been left in the North China Front, and the 24th Division and the 28th Division had completely remained in Shanxi.

Of course, at the moment, the German and Soviet armies were fighting the Battle of Stalingrad.

The German army was about to reach Moscow, and the Soviet army had no time to take care of the Far East, so the little devil dared to transfer troops to reinforce North China in such a big way.

Of course.

The elite of the Kwantung Army of the Japanese army was still there, and two divisions were mobilized from the mainland to garrison Manchuria.

"Yo Si."

Hearing this news, Okamura Ninji looked slightly happy.

These two divisions were afraid of being bombed by the long-range heavy bombers of the Eighth Route Army halfway, so they only took a short train ride, and the rest all came on foot.

It took more than half a month to hike hundreds of kilometers from Manchuria, and most of the time it was a night march, and finally arrived in Beiping.

With 2 full-fledged armor divisions in his hands, Okamura Ningji's confidence suddenly increased a little.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army's A divisions is not comparable to the combat effectiveness of other divisions and regiments.

"Command."

"The 9th Division went to Zhangjiakou to garrison."

"The 11th Division went to Shimen City to garrison."

Okamura Ninji gave the order in a categorical tone.

He originally applied to the base camp to transfer the 2nd Tank Division of the Kwantung Army to North China, but was severely protested by the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Mijiro.

Okamura Ninji didn't succeed at this time.

So many elite divisions of the Kwantung Army were completely annihilated or disabled in North China, which made Tokumezu Mijiro very angry.

Okamura Ninji didn't know when the Eighth Route Army would attack.

The 1st Division and the 26th Division defended the area around Zhangjiakou, and the 40th Division and the 56th Division defended the area around Shimen City.

These four divisions and regiments were all disabled, and their strength was seriously insufficient, and although some troops were replenished, they were not completely replenished, and they were not in a state of full strength.

And most of them are recruits who have only been trained for half a year and have not been on the battlefield, and their minds are full of bushido, but their combat effectiveness is not strong.

The attack of the Eighth Route Army is most likely from Datong to Zhangjiakou and Shimen City to Baoding.

To Beiping, the command center of the North China Front, a pincer offensive was formed.

Only by sending the newly arrived 9th Division and 11th Division to Zhangjiakou and Shimen City to garrison Okamura Ningji will sleep peacefully.

Each important military town is garrisoned by 3 divisions and regiments, which will not be easily captured by the Eighth Route Army.

"Hey."

The combat staff officer bowed his head, turned around and went to deliver the order.

"Yamamoto-kun, how is your guerrilla formation?"

Okamura Ninji turned around, looked at Kazuki Yamamoto, and asked.

"Your Excellency, General." "At present, 50 guerrilla units have been formed based on the 1st Division, the 26th Division, the 40th Division, and the 56th Division. ”

The Great War was imminent, and Yamamoto Kazuki was unable to innovate the tactics of the North China Front in a short period of time.

But he persuaded Okamura Ninji to form a Japanese version of the guerrilla force with a special forces nature, similar to the Eighth Route Army's martial arts team.

Each division and regiment has drawn out some elite troops and formed more than 10 guerrilla units, but this will have little impact on the full elite divisions.

However, the impact on these disabled divisions and regiments is still relatively large, and the combat effectiveness has been somewhat reduced.

"What about Chen Feng?"

Okamura asked:

"Have you found out where this person is?"

"Nope!"

Kazuki Yamamoto shook his head:

"The several groups of spies and agents I sent to Taiyuan have not found any news of this person, and this person seems to have disappeared from the world."

"And."

"The Eighth Route Army's preventive measures against spies and agents have obviously escalated, and the agents and spies I sent out have lost contact one after another."

Kazuki Yamamoto's expression was solemn.

Those agents and spies who lost contact are most likely either captured or killed.

But in order to obtain information, Yamamoto had to send a steady stream of spies and agents.

The Eighth Route Army had thousands of heavy artillery pieces and 500 tanks, which were sent by these spies and agents who were sent out later.

"Continue to send additional spies and agents to Shanxi and Taiyuan."

Okamura's eyes narrowed, he was well aware of the role of intelligence in modern warfare, and a reliable piece of information could even turn the tide of battle.

"Hey."

Yamamoto Kazuki bowed his head slightly, and said:

"The agents who arrived in Zhangjiakou and Shimen told me that recently, outside these two important military towns, there have been some scouts of the Eighth Route Army disguised as ordinary people."

"In addition, the aerial reconnaissance planes and fighters of the Eighth Route Army also frequently conduct aerial reconnaissance and bombing of the locusts in these two areas."

Okamura Ninji suddenly looked abrupt.

Sending a large number of scouts and reconnaissance planes to conduct simultaneous reconnaissance on both air and ground roads, is the Eighth Route Army ready to start attacking?

Even if the Eighth Route Army does not attack immediately, it will definitely not be far from the time to attack.

The Japanese army was not ready, and the troops and combat materials were not all in place.

"Order the transportation of troops and combat materials, speed up, and within five days must be completed according to the original plan."

"For the troops that have not been completed, the commander himself apologizes to the locust."

Okamura Ninji gave the order in a cold tone.

If it weren't for the planes of the Eighth Route Army, they would have sent long-range heavy bombers to bomb the railways and roads in the rear of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army's troops and combat materials could be fully mobilized half a month ago.

"Hey."

Yamamoto Kazuki looked grim, turned around and walked out.

Looking at Kazuki Yamamoto's back, Okamura Ninji turned to stare at the map with a solemn expression.

Okamura Ninji knew very well that this battle must be the most difficult battle in his military career.

Winning the war, he was a hero of the Great Japanese Empire.

If he loses, then he is a bear of the Great Japanese Empire, not even a fart.

But.

Okamura Ninji thinks that he is not without a chance of winning.

……

Taiyuan.

The command of the new 1st regiment.

"Lao Zhao, I still want to engage in a reloading and synthesis battalion."

Since the last time he heard Boss Chen's concept of reloading the synthetic camp, Li Yunlong has been itching in his heart.

Li Yunlong also heard the concept of special forces from Boss Chen, and Li Yunlong has repeatedly performed miraculous feats after forming the Sword Special Forces.

"This heavy synthetic battalion really attracts you so much?"

Zhao Gang raised his eyebrows, and in the construction of the army, he was mainly responsible for the work of political ideology and life.

In terms of military affairs, Zhao Gang still prefers traditional troops.

Infantry is infantry, artillery is artillery, and tank men are tank soldiers.

The heavy composite battalion that Li Yunlong engaged in was to combine these artillery and infantry into a heavy composite battalion.

"That's right!"

Li Yunlong nodded:

"This heavy synthetic camp really attracts me a little."

"Then do it."

Zhao Gang said: "However, practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, you can first set up a few reloaded synthetic battalions to give it a try, if the effect is good, our new regiment will be fully reorganized, and then apply to the headquarters to promote it to the entire Eighth Route Army." ”

"Makes sense!"

Li Yunlong's eyes rolled slightly, nodded his head, and his tone agreed.

Li Yunlong wanted to do it at the beginning, so he used the entire regiment to carry out this kind of heavy composite battalion, but it was too troublesome to do it, and the troops would soon attack the devils.

After Zhao Gang's reminder, Li Yunlong felt that he could first engage in a few reloaded synthetic battalions as the trump card in his hand.

"How many are you going to do first?"

Seeing that Li Yunlong was coming for real, Zhao Gang's expression moved, and he asked.

"Let's start with six."

"Each heavy composite battalion has 2 infantry battalions, 1 tank battalion, 1 heavy artillery battalion, 1 air defense battalion, 1 transport support battalion, 1 reconnaissance battalion, and 1 combat support battalion."

"There are 8 battalions in total."

"The size of the force is equivalent to a division."

Li Yunlong told Zhao Gang what he thought in his heart.

"Then the combat effectiveness of our heavy composite battalion is incredible."

Zhao Gang's eyes lit up and asked:

"How many troops are in the infantry battalion, and how many tanks and heavy artillery are equipped? If the latter two are regimental scale, we are afraid that our tanks, heavy artillery, and technical soldiers will not be enough..."

Li Yunlong said: "There are two infantry battalions, a total of 5,000 people, the tank battalion is equipped with 24 tanks, the heavy artillery battalion is equipped with 24 heavy guns of more than 105 mm caliber, the air defense battalion is equipped with dozens of 20 mm machine guns and a small number of 37 mm anti-aircraft guns, which can shoot at the enemy's infantry if necessary, plus the transport support battalion, reconnaissance battalion and combat support battalion, the total strength is about 9,000 to 10,000 people. ”

Zhao Gang suddenly realized that after all, this is a division, and it is also a heavy division.

Of course, except for the infantry battalion, other battalion-level units cannot reach the regimental scale.

Now the new regiment has a total of 108 battalions, and every time Li Yunlong arranges troops, except for the wartime composite battalion, each battalion is directly under the regimental headquarters, and Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang manage it, and they feel that their heads are big.

In the past, a regiment commander and political commissar were in charge of three battalions, and they were able to capture them with ease, but now there are 108 battalions, and it takes some effort just to remember the names of the battalion commanders of these 108 battalions.