People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

Chapter 193
The Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale sabotage operation, which can be said to have caught the little devil off guard.

At this time, many important railways in North China have been damaged, and the bunkers and gun towers carefully built by the Japanese army have been continuously destroyed.

Tada Hayao was very angry about this, after all, the cage policy is the main means to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

With the destruction of a large number of railways and roads, and the destruction of bunker towers, the Eighth Route Army broke his cage strategy one after another.

When the First Army telegram was sent, Tada Hayao, who had checked the content of the telegram in detail, could no longer control his emotions.

He crazily smashed all kinds of valuable shareholders in the office, and his eyes were full of killing intent because of anger.

"How did that bastard Mitake Tsuda command? The field force of more than 8000 people was beaten to only more than 2000 people."

"Such an important strategic location in Xinxian County has been lost. This bastard is simply the biggest shame for the imperial army."

"What face does he have to continue to serve as the head of the Major General's Brigade? He should immediately apologize by cutting open his stomach!"

"Baga Yalu, the independent and mixed Fourth Brigade suffered such a loss, which has a major impact on the First Army of Jin Province and even the North China Front Army."

Tada Hayao roared angrily, his eyes were staring with unspeakable anger.

Indeed, if the independent mixed fourth brigade has not suffered any blows, with their strength, they can completely turn the tide.

Even if they quickly implement the First Army's combat plan, it may cause certain casualties to the Eighth Route Army.

Of course, all this is impossible to happen now, after all, the independent and mixed fourth brigade has been hit hard.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Eight Routes are currently fighting mainly in Jin Province, and we must quickly assist Jin Province in fighting."

"According to the plan of the First Army, they are going to quickly encircle and annihilate the 129th Division of the Eighth Route that is fighting on the Zhengtai Railway."

"Then we should quickly mobilize troops and rush to help the past quickly to ensure that we reduce our own losses."

Chief of Staff Kasahara Yukio hesitated for a moment, he came in front of Tada Hayao, and spoke slowly.

Tada Hayao frowned, and glanced at Kasahara Yukio.

If it were someone else, Tada Hayao would definitely continue to lose his temper.

But Yukio Kasahara is different. First of all, Yukio Kasahara, like Hayao Tada, also has the rank of lieutenant general in the army.

Secondly, Yukio Kasahara has a lot of background. He is a descendant of the shogun, and his personal ability is very outstanding.

He graduated from the [-]th term of the Army University, and was a member of the saber team with Ishihara Wanji in the same period.

The most important point is that Yukio Kasahara has a good relationship with Tojo, who is currently the Minister of War.

In view of this series of reasons, Hayao Tada suppressed his anger and came directly to the map.

"Kasahara-kun, the plan of the First Army is pretty good, but now their troops from the northern and southern regions cannot participate in the battle."

"No matter how good a plan is, it is of no value without troops to implement it."

"What's more, you have to know that the 48th independent mixed brigade here in Xinxian County has been hit hard, but the independent [-]th brigade fighting here is still capable of fighting."

"Now the independent 48th Brigade of the Jinsui Army is clearly going to fight us, so who can guarantee that they will not advance to the Zhengtai Railway to fight."

"Yan Baichuan, you're so cunning, Baga!"

Tada Hayao looked at the markings on the map and said with an angry expression on his face.

Especially when he thought of the successive victories achieved by the independent 48th Brigade of the Jinsui Army, he was furious.

The Japanese army had contact with Yan Laoxi, so the Jinsui army has rarely had large-scale battles with the little devils until now.

The little devil also turned a blind eye to the Jinsui army, but Chu Yunfei and Chen Ziyun brought heavy losses to the Japanese army one after another.

This made Duo Tianjun completely angry. He thought he was deceived by Yan Laoxi.

Now he can't wait to gather all the troops and directly eat all of Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army troops.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we have a large number of troops directly under our headquarters, and these troops can be dispatched quickly to start operations."

"We can deploy troops to advance along the Zhengtai Railway to ensure the absolute smoothness of the Zhengtai Railway."

"After getting in touch with the Eighth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Group of Shanxi Province, we held our ground with all our strength and waited for the troops deployed by the First Army in southern Shanxi to come to support us."

"The 48th Independent Brigade of the Jinsui Army in Xinxian County can deploy troops from the Mongolian Army to deal with it!"

"Even if the garrison in Mongolia cannot solve the problem of the Independent 48th Brigade, at least it can be sure to contain it in the Xin County area!"

"As long as they are in the Xin County area, they will not threaten our next operations."

"And we can contact Yan Baichuan and put pressure on him to withdraw this army."

"When necessary, we can carry out large-scale bombing of the Jinsui Army in the western Shanxi region to beat the Jinsui Army and make them fearful."

After all, Kasahara Yukio came from the saber team, and being able to be a member of the saber team with Ishihara Wanji, his ability is definitely not too weak.

According to the situation on the battlefield, Kasahara Yukio immediately made relevant suggestions.

The North China Front Army is an important combat force of the little devil in the pass. It has the First Army, the 12th Army, and the Mongolian Army under its jurisdiction.

Its jurisdiction includes provinces such as Jincha, Suiji, Shandong, and Henan. In addition to the three military units, they also have a large directly-administered army.

The 27th Division, the 35th Division, the 110th Division, and the first, seventh, and 15th brigades were independently mixed.

In addition to three divisions and three mixed brigades, they also have a large number of troops directly under them.

For example, field heavy artillery units, independent mountain artillery units, field artillery units, independent machine gun units, etc.

The overall strength of these directly subordinate units is not weak, such as tank units.

At present, the North China Front Army has the Eighth Tank Wing, a Garrison Battle Team, and four armored vehicle squadrons.

Most of these troops are assembled here in Hebei Province, and the North China Front Army can deploy their troops to fight at any time.

Kasahara Yukio's intentions are obvious. He wants to transfer the front army directly under the direct control, and the directly-administered troops will quickly advance along the Zhengtai Railway to Jin Province.

As long as these troops advance to Jin Province and establish contact with the First Army troops, they will be able to ensure the temporary safety of the Zhengtai Railway.

Moreover, they can also stick to the railway and resist the next attack of the Eighth Route Army, thus buying enough time for other troops.

After hearing this suggestion, Tada Hayao had a thoughtful expression on his face.

Soon he began to discuss in detail with Kasahara Yukio, and soon they began to issue combat orders.

The 110th Division, which was tasked with defending the occupied area in central Hebei, mobilized troops to advance along the Zhengtai Railway.

The 110th Division deployed five infantry brigades here, which were attached to the troops directly under the Front Army for combat.

This force will be composed of infantry, cavalry, artillery, armor, engineers and other units, and it is a mixed force of multiple arms.

After completing the grouping, they will start from Zhengding City and advance west along the Zhengtai Railway towards Jin Province.

Relevant combat orders were quickly passed on by the deputy chief of staff, Masahani Hirata, while Hayao Tada and Yukio Kasahara contacted the Mongolian Army in person.

They are asking the Mongolian army to be stationed here, and a certain number of troops will be dispatched to set off from northern Shanxi to rush to Xin County.

After this group of reinforcements from the Mongolian Army arrived in Xin County, they joined forces with the Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade and were mainly responsible for holding back the Independent 48th Brigade.

In addition, the little devil was the first to put pressure on Yan Laoxi through relevant channels, asking Yan Laoxi to withdraw the independent 48th brigade.

For a time, the Japanese troops in Hebei Province began to carry out large-scale mobilization.

Chariots and armored vehicles quickly moved towards the Zhengding City area.

At this time, he was in the headquarters of the Mongolian Army in Zhangyuan City, Chase Province.

After Naozaburo Okabe received the message from the North China Front Army Command, he immediately came to the map with a serious expression on his face.

There are not many troops stationed in Mongolia, but the defense range is very large. Up to now, most of their only field division, the 26th Division, has been invested in the northern Shanxi operations.

They cooperated with the First Army to independently form the Third Brigade to ensure the safety of the northern section of the Tongpu Railway.

As for the cavalry group, they have been stationed in the Suicha area for a long time. There is a large grassland here, which is conducive to the mobile operations of their cavalry troops.

The independent mixed second brigade is mainly responsible for the defense of Zhangyuan City and other areas, and is also the security force of the army headquarters.

If this point of troops is not in combat, they can still deploy troops to assist the First Army in combat.

But now, they don't have many troops that can be transferred.

Okabe Naozaburo treated the order of the North China Front Army somewhat cautiously.

He wanted to call Tada Hayao back and try to shirk this battle as much as possible.

However, after Tanaka Shinichi, chief of staff of the Mongolian Army, learned the news, he hurried over.

In the Japanese army, Tanaka Shinichi was definitely a model of underdogs, and he was also a standard thorny bastard.

In 37, he served as the head of the military section, and directly joined hands with Akira Muto, the head of the combat section, to oppose the idea of ​​not expanding the war when he was the head of the combat department Kanji Ishihara.

In 38, he continued to join forces with Masazumi Inada, the new Chief of Operations Section, to oppose Hayao Tada, who was the Deputy Chief of Staff at the time, and advocated the launch of a large-scale battle in Hankou.

In 39, Shinichi Tanaka was transferred to the Mongolian Army as the chief of staff, and then the Mongolian Army launched a sweep in Suixi.

After the sweep was over, Naozaburo Okabe advocated withdrawing the troops and shrinking the line of defense to avoid the situation where a single army stands out.

However, Shinichi Tanaka strongly opposed it and demanded that troops be stationed in Wuyuan City.

Of course, in 40 years, Fu Yisheng launched a counterattack, so he won the victory in Wuyuan.

And these things are nothing. Two years later, Tojo will serve as Prime Minister and Prime Minister Lu, which can be said to be in power.

However, under such circumstances, Tanaka Shinichi ran to Tojo's office because of different ideas, and directly scolded him as an asshole!
It can be seen that Tanaka Shinichi is an absolute thorn, and he is also a fanatical and active combatant.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the 26th Regiment of the Independent Infantry of the 13th Division was attacked by the Jinsui Army."

"This time the Front Army Command asked us to send troops to support the Xin County operation, so we should seize this opportunity and teach the Jinsui Army a lesson."

"I think this time we must mobilize enough troops to advance to Xin County to fight, so that these Jinsui troops will know how powerful we are."

Tanaka Shinichi came to Okabe Naozaburo, and he said with a serious expression on his face.

Although he had conflicts with Tada Hayao, he was very active in supporting him when it came to combat.

"Tanaka-kun, we don't have any extra troops to send to the battlefield right now."

"After Fu Yisheng of Sui Province won the great victory in Wuyuan City, his troops have been replenished to a large extent."

"They currently have the strength of several armies, and their weapons and equipment have also been improved."

"The cavalry group has already struggled to deal with them. If its troops are dispatched to leave, the towns in the occupied areas may be recovered again."

"The 26th division here..."

Naozaburo Okabe looked at Shinichi Tanaka in front of him, and said with a embarrassed expression.

But Tanaka Shinichi didn't intend to continue listening at all. He looked at the map and directly expressed his thoughts.

"From the 26th Division, an independent mixed second brigade was transferred to strengthen the puppet Mongolian army for combat."

"The Independent 48th Brigade of the Jinsui Army also suffered casualties. We transferred these troops to the past, and we also have an advantage in cooperating with the independent mixed fourth brigade remnant."

"Your Excellency, Commander, do you want the Front Army Headquarters and the First Army Headquarters to think that our Mongolian Army is afraid of fighting the Jinsui Army?"

Shinichi Tanaka looked at Naozaburo Okabe and said with a firm expression.

Naozaburo Okabe had a slightly displeased expression on his face, but after thinking for a while, he still agreed.

First, Tanaka Shinichi supported Tada Hayao in the fight. If Okabe Naozaburo refused, it would inevitably make Tada Hayao unhappy.

Secondly, there are puppet Mongolian troops fighting, so at critical times, they can sacrifice the puppet Mongolian troops to ensure the safety of the Japanese army, so that he does not have to worry about taking responsibility.

As for the third point, although he is the commander of the Lieutenant General, there is nothing he can do about Tanaka Shinichi.

After all, for most of the little devils nowadays, they are willing to fight actively.

Tanaka Shinichi's idea of ​​fighting actively can be approved by many little devils.

Okabe Naozaburo made a concession, and Tanaka Shinichi was personally responsible for selecting the troops.

The two independent infantry brigades of the 26nd Brigade were independently mixed, and the two field infantry brigades of the [-]th Division began to be drawn out.

At the same time, here in the puppet Mongolian army, he transferred the seventh division of the puppet Mongolian army, which has already been the first, second, and third guard teams of the puppet Mongolian army.

More than 6000 Japanese and puppet troops began to be ordered by Tanaka Shinichi, and they began to gather towards northern Shanxi.

And Tanaka Shinichi intends to personally command this unit to fight, but he sent it to the 26th Division with the message.

Shigetoku Kuroda, head of the 26th Division, took the initiative to recommend it, and Shinichi Tanaka approved it.

Major General Harada Kenzo, head of the 26th Infantry Regiment under the 26th Division, began to take over the command, and he would personally command these troops to advance the battle.

Tanaka Shinichi stayed at the headquarters, and he paid close attention to the dynamics of this force.

Naozaburo Okabe also completely let go, letting him command at the headquarters.

For a while, the North China Front Army immediately formed two supporting army units, and they would advance from the Zhengtai Railway and the Tongpu Railway to fight respectively.

Among the two support troops, the Japanese puppet army under the command of Harada Kenzo will directly advance to Xin County to fight.

Of course, it will take time for these troops to assemble, and it will also take time for them to advance along the railway.

After all, both Zhengtai Railway and Tongpu Railway have been damaged to varying degrees.

(End of this chapter)