Glorious Mission 1937

When the Battle of Dayun Mountain started, Chen Feng's troops also launched an attack on the Japanese army in southern Hebei. In view of the increase in the strength of the Japanese army in North China, Chen Feng mobilized 1 reorganized division, 1 armored division, 2 artillery brigades and 1 aviation brigade participated in this southern Hebei operation.

On November 11, the Chief of the Eighth War Zone issued an order to establish the Southern Hebei Campaign Command. Xu Fufu was appointed as the commander-in-chief, Hu Tiesheng and Liu Li were appointed as deputy commanders, and Xu Dazhuang was appointed as the chief of staff.

11月5日，整编2师、装甲1师、山炮1旅、野炮1旅、空军第32战斗机大队迅速抵达石门地区待命。

According to the intention of the theater command, the main purpose of the operation in southern Hebei was to completely drive out or eliminate the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army and other troops, and to recover the two important cities of Handan and Xingtai.

In view of the fact that the Japanese army in Shandong could reinforce Southern Hebei nearby, Chen Feng specially sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, hoping that the Eighth Route Army could cooperate with this operation in the Eighth Theater and provoke troubles in Shandong, forcing the No. 12 Japanese Army not to reinforce Southern Hebei.

The Eighth Route Army Headquarters has studied the current situation of the enemy and us, and has come to a conclusion. If the Japanese army does not have more than 50 troops to reinforce North China in a short period of time, in the next two to three years, the Japanese army in North China will be completely wiped out by Chen Feng's troops. Now Chen Feng The Ministry has already occupied the original Chahar Province, Suiyuan Province, and most of Rehe Province. Its military front has also penetrated into northern Shanxi, northern Hebei, eastern Hebei, and central Hebei. A small half of Shanxi and Hebei have become Chen Feng. In addition, five relatively wealthy provinces in the east including Ulan Bator, the former capital of Mongolia, were also placed under Chen Feng's rule. Now Chen Feng can be said to be the veritable king of the north.

The strong rise of Chen Feng's troops not only put enormous pressure on the Japanese army.At the same time, it also put tremendous pressure on Yan'an and Yan Laoxi, not to mention Yan'an, although Chen Feng's troops are still relatively friendly to them now, they not only give money but also support weapons and equipment, and also absorb them into Saibei Province In the provincial government.

But no matter how friendly Chen Feng behaved, Chen Feng's troops belonged to the Nationalist government's battle order after all. If the Chongqing side ordered them to suppress the Communist Party, Chen Feng would probably not object, so they had to guard against it.

More importantly, since Chen Feng's troops occupied Shimen and Baoding.The Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was completely encircled by Chen Feng's troops.As long as Chen Feng's subordinates are willing, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region may be wiped out at any time, so it is imperative to open up new anti-Japanese base areas.

But among the provinces and cities in the north, there is only one place in Shandong that can become a new shelter for the Eighth Route Army.This Hebei is not going to work.No matter in the east of Jibei or the middle of Jibei, Chen Feng's subordinates are everywhere.The Eighth Route Army headquarters judged that Chen Feng's troops would start the campaign to recover the eastern, central, and southern Hebei soon. If the Eighth Route Army still wanted to use this place as their own guerrilla zone, Chen Feng's troops might not agree.

And Henan is a good place, but it's a pity that Wei Lihuang has already guarded against the Eighth Route Army.After completely driving the Japanese army out of eastern Henan, the first war zone of the national government stationed a division in western Henan and northern Henan. The purpose was not to defend against the Japanese, but to prevent the Eighth Route Army from entering Henan from these two directions.

Although Pingjin Yibao does not have the influence of the Nationalist government, these two places are not big in themselves, have no strategic depth, and are not suitable for guerrilla warfare. Now the only place that can become a new base for the Eighth Route Army is Shandong.However, since Hayao Tada was promoted to the commander of the North China Front Army, under the tremendous pressure of the strong rise of the Eighth Theater, the main goal of the Japanese army has also changed from attacking the Second Theater and the Eighth Theater to force the Nationalist Government to surrender, and to prioritize consolidating the security area. , to clean up the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the territory of the encirclement and suppression, so the development of the Eighth Route Army has been greatly restricted in the past two years.

In order to break this passive situation, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters has actually formulated an order to open up the Shandong base area and establish the Shandong Military Region, and sent two fully equipped infantry divisions to Shandong.However, in view of the fact that the Japanese and puppet troops in Shandong are too powerful, there has been no major action.

This time, Chen Feng's subordinate proposed that the Eighth Route Army in Shandong should cooperate with the operations of the Eighth War Zone, which fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army headquarters. Boss Zhu immediately made a decision, ordering the Eighth Route Army of the Shandong Military Region to immediately gather in Zaozhuang and Liaocheng. If the Japanese army sent reinforcements to southern Hebei, they would You can take this opportunity to connect the Lunan and Luxi revolutionary bases together to strengthen your momentum and strength.

The actions of the Eighth War Zone quickly attracted the attention of the North China Front Army. Tada Jun did not dare to neglect. While ordering the intelligence department to find out the intention of Chen Feng's troops as soon as possible, he ordered the defenders to shrink their troops and actively prepare for the battle.

As a matter of fact, Tada Hayao has suffered enough during this period of time. The Japanese army in North China has not had any major battles this year. The first half of the year was to recover their vitality. From the base camp to the ordinary soldiers, they did not want to fight against Chen Feng's troops again. , so Tada Jun has always ordered the troops to take a defensive position, and even took the initiative to give up some towns that were not easy to defend to Chen Feng's troops.

In the second half of the year, the strength of the North China Front Army recovered by more than half. In addition, Shanxi and Jizhong were lost, so the problems that the Japanese army had before, such as the long front line and supply difficulties, did not exist. In addition, with the support of the Japanese army, The North China Security Army has developed rapidly, and its total strength has even exceeded 18. Under this situation, Tada Hayao wants to show his command level.

But it is a pity that at this time, the war between Chen Feng's troops and the Soviet Union broke out. In order to let Chen Feng's troops fight the Soviet Union fiercely, so as to be the fisherman who benefited from it, they strictly ordered everyone and North China The front army should not intervene in the war, so as to prevent Chen Feng's troops from fighting with the Soviet Union as much as possible. In addition, the Japanese side has been arguing about going south, and going south. Nests in Pingjin and Shandong.

However, although the North China Front Army has not launched any large-scale battles, it does not mean that they have stopped moving forward. In fact, the development of the North China Front Army this year is still amazing.Now the North China Front Army has built a new second army, and has added 4 divisions from the country. The Japanese army in North China now has as many as 10 divisions and 6 mixed brigades, and there are also multiple artillery brigades.

Beiping. North China Front Army Command.

General Hayao Tada is talking with Lieutenant General Naozaburo Okabe. Both of them are worried about the frequent movement of the Chinese army during this period. There may be a big move, but I didn't expect that the Chinese people would come to the door by themselves.

Tada Hayao shook his slightly thin body, and then asked, "Okabe-kun, what do you think the Chinese people intend this time?"

Lieutenant General Naozaburo Okabe looked up at Hayao Tada, and then replied: "Your Excellency, I believe that the frequent transfers of Chinese people at this time have two main purposes. One is to support the battlefield in Central China. His Excellency Yan Junliu It has been decided to launch a second military strike against the ninth theater of the Chinese government, forcing the Chinese government to surrender to the enemy. However, the Chinese government’s will to resist is very high, and it seems that it intends to fight the empire. Therefore, the second attack in the direction of China The Battle of Changsha is inevitable."

Speaking of this, Naozaburo Okabe got up and took a military map from a desk next to him, and then laid it flat on Hayao Tada's desk and said: "Please look, Commander, this is the defense map of the Imperial Army. , In such a large area of ​​defense in Central China, the empire only sent 2 troops to station, and now it is going to use troops against Changsha, the strength of the troops must be stretched. If the war in Central China does not go well, we will definitely transfer troops from our Northern China. Can we Seeing this, the Chinese people must have thought of it, so the frequent mobilization of troops by Chen Feng's troops at this time must have the intention of containing our army."

"Yo Xi, Okabe-kun's analysis is very reasonable. The Chinese people's deployment of troops at this time is inseparable from the war in Central China. Then what is the second intention?" Tada Hayao asked again.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Eighth War Zone of China is a powerful military group, and its combat effectiveness should be well understood, Your Excellency, Commander. It is impossible for such a huge force to crawl around all the time. Looking at Chen Feng's troops, From the actions taken over a period of time, we can easily see that Chen Feng's department has a complete set of battle plans for fighting against the Imperial Army. Although the territory that the Imperial Japanese Army is in contact with is relatively safe, there is one place that has always been in contact with it. In a more dangerous state!"

"Nani! Where?"

"Jinan!"

"Jinan? Isn't the most elite No.12 army of the empire stationed there? How could it be dangerous?" After all, Tada Hayao has been in China for a relatively short time, and he is still relatively unfamiliar with some place names or regional names in China.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the southern part of Hebei referred to by the humble official refers to the southern part of Hebei Province in China, not Jinan in Shandong. Now the Chinese have captured Shimen, the Ping-Han Railway is in a state of interruption, and southern Hebei is always under the firepower of the Chinese. If the Chinese People launched an attack from Shimen to southern Hebei, and it would be difficult for the imperial army in southern Hebei to resist. Moreover, southern Hebei is close to southeast Shanxi and northern Henan. At that time, the imperial army in southern Hebei is likely to be besieged by the eighth theater, the second theater, and the first theater in China." While explaining, Lieutenant General Okabe Naozaburo also said what he said Pointing out the contents of the map on the map, Tada Hayao looked scared and broke out in a cold sweat. (To be continued..)