Glorious Mission 1937

Yan Junliu's inspection of the North China Front Army this time has a profound intention, far from being as simple as Naozaburo Kobebe and others guessed. -" Half a month ago, the German army completed a devastating assault on the troops of Belgium and northern France, which directly led to the annihilation of the entire Belgian army. The 30 divisions of the French army and 9 divisions of the British army ceased to exist.The new commander of the French army, Maxim Weygand, hastily pieced together 49 divisions plus 2 British divisions, forming the 6th, 7th, and 10th legions. The three legions formed on the Somme and Aisne rivers. The Weygand Line, about 3 miles from east to west, was defended by 300 divisions on the Maginot Line.The two lines of defense were connected together in an attempt to prevent the Germans from going south.

However, the huge victory some time ago made the Germans see that France at this time is just an old paper tiger, not at all the great power in Western Europe they imagined, so the high command formulated the second phase of the French campaign code-named red plan battle plan.This plan called for the German army to move south and completely defeat France.

On March 3, the Luftwaffe launched a heavy bombardment of the French airfields and rear.Bock's Army Group B took the lead in launching a full-line attack on the right flank. On the same day, Rommel's 15th Armored Division crossed the Somme first.Immediately, Rommel's division cut off the French 7th Army defending the Abbeville-Amiens line, and other German divisions were able to rush forward through this gap. Four days later, Rommel turned north again and rushed 10 miles away in one breath, aiming at the coastline.Arrived at the destination that night, cutting off the retreat of the French 4th Army and the British 50st Division that were retreating to the coast, the British and French troops that soon fell into the encirclement were forced to surrender to Rommel on March 9.

At the same time, the Lundstedt Army on the left also launched an offensive to cross the Aisne River. Guderian installed the 1st Armored Division of the Armored Corps to cross the Aisne River. On March 3, the Guderian Corps defeated the French Armored Corps. The troops broke through the right wing of the French 18th Army. After that, Guderian swung his army southward, heading straight into a place that seemed like a person.Crowds of French prisoners threw their guns to the Germans in dismay.Put it under the tank and crush it.

March 3.Gudli's Armored Corps arrived at the Swiss border town of Pantaril, cutting off the retreat of the French army within the Maginot Line to Switzerland.Since forcibly crossing the Aisne River, the Gudry Armored Corps has driven more than 20 kilometers in 10 days and captured as many as 400 French troops, creating a spectacle in the history of war.

On March 3, the French government withdrew from Paris and moved to Tours.On the same day, Italy took advantage of the fire and declared war on France. On the 22th, Paris was declared an open city.the same day.When the French government moved to Bordeaux again, the Germans took Paris without firing a shot. 24th.The French government declared a cessation of resistance and France surrendered.

After the German army entered Paris on March 3, the French government immediately collapsed and split, mainly remaining in the pacifist government formed by Marshal Philippe Pétain in mainland France, while Charles de Gaulle formed a government-in-exile in England.

此役英、法、比、卢、荷、葡等国组成的盟军共伤亡350000人，1900000人被俘。德意联军共伤亡155000人，其中阵亡仅仅45000人。受伤110000人。

Originally, Japan no longer had any hope of using military strikes to force China to surrender. In order to resolve the incident in China as soon as possible, the Japanese government originally planned to conduct very sincere peace talks with the Chinese government.At the same time, the Japanese base camp also decided that if there is no further progress in the army, the Japanese troops stationed in China will be reduced from the current 85 to 40, and they will withdraw from the Wuhan area. [

However, the major victories achieved by the German government and Hitler in Europe quickly caused huge waves in Japan and the world, and the whole of Japan was shaken.Seeing that with the successive surrenders of France, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries, many colonies in Southeast Asia have all become the Lord's wasteland in a blink of an eye. "Don't miss the bus" became a popular slogan in Japan.

Seeing the brilliant victory of the German government, the Japanese army couldn't sit still. Soon the Japanese army asked the government to immediately form an alliance with Germany and Italy to compete with Britain and the United States for the Pacific Ocean. Yan Junliu was one of them.

There are many people who have the same idea as Yan Junliu, including even Emperor Hirohito of Japan.Although the war of aggression against China did not bring much wealth and benefits to the Japanese government, it led to a considerable decline in Japan's national strength.But for the Japanese royal family, it was a gluttonous feast.

In just a few years, the Japanese government has plundered a large amount of gold, silver, and cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings from China. All Japanese royal families, including Emperor Hirohito, supported the war.It's just that Emperor Hirohito's palace is relatively deep, and he is worried that the Japanese royal family will be tainted by the world in the future, so he has been hiding behind the scenes, and all matters are handled by the Prime Minister and the Minister of War.

Even so, after two years of confrontation, Hirohito had a lot of doubts about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield, especially the Battle of Nomonkan and the North China Grand Battle a few months ago had the deepest impact on Emperor Hirohito, so Only then did he instruct the staff headquarters to propose the formation of this inspection team, and at the same time appointed his own guard chief as the head of the inspection team.

The task of the inspection team is to conduct a thorough investigation of all the Japanese troops on the Chinese battlefield, and at the same time conduct a thorough investigation of the strength of the Chinese anti-Japanese troops, and also handle some confidential matters for Hirohito.

Yan Junliu is a relatively strong and serious person. He entered the Army Central Juvenile School at the age of 17, and graduated from the Luyou with No.3 grades, and then entered the First Wing of the Field Artillery Corps.Entered the Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy in the same year, and graduated No. 660 among 2 students in the same period the following year.After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Hata Shunroku was incorporated into the Third Army led by Nogi Nozomi, went to Lushun to participate in the war against Russia, and was awarded the fifth-class Gold Medal for Merit.

In 1907, Hata Shunroku entered the Army University to train middle and senior officers of the Japanese Army. In 1910, he graduated from the Army University with No.1 grades.Later, he worked in the staff headquarters along the elite line. In 1926, he was promoted to major general of the army and served as the commander of the fourth field artillery brigade. In 1927, he served as the head of the Fourth Department of the General Staff Headquarters. In the following year, he was transferred to the head of the War Department of the General Staff Headquarters. He participated in the planning of the occupation of Manchuria and Mongolia by his brother Eitaro Hata, commander of the Kwantung Army, and staff officers Seishiro Itagaki and Kanji Ishihara. In 1931, he was promoted to lieutenant general and served as director of field artillery.Since 1933, he has successively served as the head of the No.14 division, the head of the Army Aviation Headquarters, and Yanagawa Heisuke, who replaced the Imperial Road faction after the February 1937 incident, as the commander of the Taiwan Army. In [-], he was promoted to general and took up the post of director of education, one of the three chiefs of the army, and became one of the heads of the Japanese army.

It can be seen from Hata Junroku's personal experience that his life has been very smooth. It is precisely because of this smoothness that Hata Junroku's character is extremely conceited. He himself is very dissatisfied with the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield. In his understanding, The squadron is nothing more than a group of farmers with primitive weapons, their combat effectiveness is as loose as sand, and they are simply vulnerable.The Imperial Japanese Army is an elite that has undergone rigorous training. Even compared with the most rigorous and powerful German Army in the world, the Imperial Japanese Army is not bad at all. How could it be defeated or even severely injured by the Chinese people repeatedly.

This time he just wants to see whether the Chinese are no longer cowardly or the Imperial Japanese Army has fallen by itself. He wants to use his own eyes and actions to provide real data to the big guys in the country to see the Imperial Japanese Army Can you take on more important tasks?

In view of the strength of Chen Feng's troops and the fact that even one move can affect the whole body, Hata Junliu decided to organize a small-scale assault battle in a small area, and the target of the battle was not Chen Feng's troops, but the Eighth Route Army troops in Shandong.

On March 3, Hata Junliu arrived in Jinan by car. On the same day, he personally transferred an ordinary infantry regiment and an artillery regiment from all the troops of the No. 30 Army stationed in Shandong. The vehicle squadron formed a mixed brigade, with Major General Genbo as the head of the brigade and the commander-in-chief in charge of this operation.

According to Yan Junliu's plan, this time he will use Genbo's mixed brigade as the main force, and then use two puppet infantry divisions to launch a large-scale raid on the Luxi mountainous area, trying to wipe out the brigade within two weeks. The first column of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in Luxi.

I have a certain understanding of the Japanese army of the Eighth Route Army in Luxi. I know that the predecessor of this army was the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army of China that created the "Pingxingguan Great Victory". The current designation is the Shandong First Column. Rui is a political commissar and has three regular brigades under his jurisdiction. It is the most powerful Eighth Route Army team in Shandong.

The reason why Yan Junliu wanted to attack the first column in Shandong was entirely because of the combat effectiveness of the first column. Although it was less difficult and more sure to sweep the Eighth Route Army in Jiaodong and Yimeng Mountains.However, Yan Junliu believes that this cannot reflect the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army. Only duels between regular troops can prove that the Imperial Japanese Army is indeed stronger than the Chinese army, so that his report will be more convincing and valuable. [

The Japanese army adopted strict secrecy measures for this operation, so it did not attract the attention of Chen Feng, let alone the attention of the Shandong Eighth Route Army.

Of course, even if the Eighth Route Army knew that the Japanese were going to carry out large-scale raids on the Luxi base, they would not be too surprised. After all, since 38, the Japanese army has raided the various bases in Shandong too frequently, and they are already used to it. up.

What's more, today is different from the past. The Eighth Route Army in the past lacked weapons and equipment, so its combat effectiveness was not high. Even a brigade-level raid by the Japanese army had to completely transfer the soldiers and civilians in the base area.But now that the army has developed over the past few years, the Eighth Route Army is still very confident in its own strength. They don't pay attention to raids on a general scale. In the past few years, there have been no less than 20 raids at the division level alone. Sweeping them is still very rewarding.

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