According to common sense, the bridge has been blown up to the point that it is basically worthless to repair, but the sappers were ordered by their superiors to ensure that it must be opened to traffic within one day.

Open to traffic, through your sister, will you come to repair and see?

The sappers dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and they rushed to repair the railway bridge in the face of the bombing and strafing of PLA planes, knowing that the newly appointed commander was watching them from behind them.

The special train that Yamada had ridden three times was blocked on the south bank of the Yellow River, and this old thing had already received the news that the headquarters of the North China Army had been completely destroyed and that Gangcun Ningci had been blown up and killed, but he could not rush to Tianjin in time to take command.

In the face of such a dense sortie of PLA fighters, Yamada realized that the PLA was going to send troops to attack North China.

It's too bullying, Xie Baoqing, is this a gift from you?

Yamada did not dare to use the special train that was forced to stop as a temporary headquarters, for fear that the target would be too big and attract bombing by PLA planes, so he led his entourage to find a small village near the railway and set up the temporary headquarters here.

As far as the invading Japanese army is concerned, the three eastern provinces are the roots of the invading Japanese army, North China is the stem, and Central and South China are the branches and leaves, and Xie Baoqing must not be allowed to cut off the Japanese army sent by China.

At present, the main forces of the Japanese North China Army include the First Army Corps and the Twelfth Army Corps, the Mongolian Xinjiang Garrison Army, as well as special divisions, brigades, and wings, with a total strength of about 400,000 troops.

Moreover, the military department deliberately assigned the Second Air Force to the North China Army, which can be regarded as a support for Yamada to succeed Gangmura Ningji.

In addition, Yamada also served as commander-in-chief of the Central China Front, in charge of the 11th, 13th, and 23rd Army Corps, and the total strength of the Central China Front reached 500,000 troops.

In other words, Yamada has now a million troops at his disposal, two aviation armies, and one and a half tank divisions (the 6th Tank Brigade has been completely wiped out by the PLA).

According to the intelligence analysis compiled by Yamada, Xie Baoqing's 10 th Theater has two main forces, the 41 st Group Army and the 42 nd Group Army, and the total strength should be about 100,000 when you count the special divisions directly under the division.

In the North China Battlefield, Yamada has at least maintained an absolute strength advantage of 5:1 to 6:1 with the 10th Theater, and this does not include the puppet army troops, if you count the Mongolian puppet, Manchu puppet, and Wang puppet troops, Yamada has three forces and Xie Baoqing's strength ratio can reach 12:1.

With such an absolute superiority in the comparison of forces, Yamada is confident that Xie Baoqing's PLA will be beaten to the ground.

But now Xie Baoqing's aviation unit is attacking everywhere, so that Yamada has been a little confused.

What the hell does he want to hit?

Judging from the current situation of the North China Front Army and the 10th Theater of Operations, the most likely target for Xie Baoqing to attack is Shijiazhuang.

After all, Jing Cheng was already under Xie Baoqing's control, and Jing Cheng was too close to Shijiazhuang, so close that it was almost within the range of a rifle.

Yamada had been circling the map for two hours, and finally gave his first order as the commander of the North China Front:

"Send a telegram to the commander of the 12th Army Corps, Eitaro Uchiyama, ordering the 27th Division, the 110th Division, and the 3rd Chariot Division of the 12th Army to capture Changzhi and Yangquan on the same day, and the 37th Division to cooperate with the 9th Division of the First Army in Shijiazhuang to capture Jingcheng."

Rather than passively defending, it is better to take the initiative to attack, Yamada couldn't guess Xie Tian's combat intentions three times, and he simply didn't guess, he dispatched the superior forces of the Twelfth Army Corps to take the initiative to attack Changzhi, Yangquan, and Jingcheng that Xie Tian had just occupied, and gave Xie Tian a backstab first.

Aren't you going to hit my North China, then I'll hit your Shanxi first, and I don't think you can save it.

This is the difference between Yamada's combat style and Okamura Ninji's, Yamada is good at attacking but not good at defending, and Okamura Ninji is good at defending but not good at attacking.

Although Yamada has been three old king bastards are not as famous as Okamura Ningji, but the murderous methods of this old king bastard are no less than Okamura Ningji, and the reason why Okamura Ningji is firmly remembered by the Chinese is because of his three-light policy, and Yamada has always been one of the most important cabinet members of Tojo Hideki, and Tojo Hideki and Sugiyama Mototo are called the three commanders of the army, and Okamura Ningji is considered a junior compared to him.

Xie Tian knew that Yamada had a tough style, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to attack, regardless of the situation in North China, but instead came to a black tiger to dig out his heart, and directly gathered superior forces to rush to Changzhi, which had just been defeated and was not stable.

After getting the investigation report, Xie Tian smiled.

Xu Shiyou called and asked for instructions: "Baoqing, the Japanese Twelfth Army Uchiyama Eitaro mobilized two infantry divisions and a chariot division of about 80,000 people to come to Changzhi, and we have only one regiment of defenders and some security forces in Changzhi, with a total strength of less than 5,000 people, do you think we are postponing the attack on Shijiazhuang and ordering Qin Fen to lead the 49th Army back to support Changzhi?" ”

Xie Tian smiled coldly: "How you should fight according to the original plan, one regiment is enough to deal with the 80,000 people of the Twelfth Army of the Little Devil." ”

Xu Shiyou couldn't help grinning: "Baoqing can't be careless, after all, the devil is three divisions, even if we have cluster bombs in our hands, I'm afraid there will still be some mistakes, after all, we have used a lot of cluster bombs during this time, and there should not be much inventory." ”

Xie Tian laughed: "Big brother, have you forgotten the batch of cluster bombs that we exchanged with the Americans, in fact, I have already prepared the equipment exchanged with the Americans, and I didn't give them all at once, mainly because I was worried that the planes they gave us would not be delivered in time, since the devils took the initiative to assemble, such a good thing is not needed for now." 80,000 people, is it enough for Lao Tzu to blow up 100 cluster bombs? If not enough, then two hundred. Lao Tzu made them unable to even go to Changzhi. ”

Hearing that there were still so many cluster bombs in Xie Tian's hands, Xu Shiyou became excited: "According to the intelligence, the 37th Division of the 12th Army Corps of the Japanese Army also has a change, so you can throw a few of them as well." ”

Xie Tian laughed and said: "That's a must, in this battle, let's try to defeat the formation of the Twelfth Army of the Little Devil, and we should welcome Yamada to take office." ”

The strength of the 12th Army Corps of the Japanese Army has a total of five divisions and regiments, with a total of more than 148,000 people, and if Xie Tianzhen can defeat the four divisions of the 12th Army Corps as he boasted, then the establishment of the 12th Army Corps of the Japanese Army really has no need to exist.

Not only is there no need for the formation of the 12th Army Corps of the Japanese Army, but the Japanese army will face a desperate situation in the entire North China region.

The Japanese army has maintained a strength of about 13 divisions in North China, and at its peak it had reached 20 divisions, and now the first army has been crippled by Xie Tian, leaving only two divisions and regiments, if the 12th Army Corps is defeated by Xie Tian and four divisions, then the Japanese North China Front Army counts the strength of the two divisions of the Mongolian Xinjiang garrison, and there are only five divisions and more than 100,000 people left.

More than 100,000 people want to control 800,000 square kilometers of land and 100 million people in North China.