"Bagaya Road, you simply don't take us seriously! Order, mobilize the 36th Division to defend the Baijin Railway with all strength, mobilize the 40th Independent Infantry Brigade of the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade, and immediately go to Qi County to reinforce the Baijin Railway

Along the railway! Also, call me the front army headquarters immediately!"

At the First Army Headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the desk full of telegrams asking for help. His anger rose in his heart, but he also felt helpless.

That's right, he really felt a little powerless in his heart. Why? Because... the strength of his troops was really - not enough!

The first is that as the war progresses, the elite veterans of the Japs gradually decrease, and new soldiers grow slower and slower. Of course, this is not the point. The point is: the 108th, 109th, 10th, and 20th Divisions were transferred back to the country last year.

A rest is a rest, a withdrawal is a withdrawal, a defense change is a defense change.

Then...he only has the 36th, 37th, and 41st divisions left, as well as the independent mixed 3rd, 4th, 9th, and 16th brigades. Well, compared to last year, there is one less division, and then there is one more independent mixed brigade.

The 16th Brigade. This 16th Brigade was formed in Linfen in November last year and is stationed on the Fenyang side.

The loss of one division is not just a loss of one division's strength, but the 108th Division and the 20th Division are both 4-unit divisions, while the existing divisions are all three-unit divisions.

The strength of one division is nearly ten thousand less. As for the additional independent mixed brigade? Can this be compared with the division?

Judging from the current distribution of troops, there is only one independent mixed ninth brigade guarding Taiyuan, and the rest of the troops are... gone.

Ahem, if you don't give Li Yunlong a division, he would dare to attack Taiyuan. There are really not many troops in Taiyuan.

Then the 36th Division guarded the Lu'an area, which is the Changzhi line, and was also responsible for guarding the Baijin Railway (highway) transportation line. The 37th Division guarded the Yuncheng area, guarding the Central Army on Zhongtiao Mountain. 41

The division, guarding the Linfen line, is responsible for the safety of the Tongpu Railway.

The 3rd mixed brigade, whose defense area is in Guo County, is responsible for the security of the Xangkou line and the northern section of the Tongpu Railway. The 4th mixed brigade is guarding the Yangquan side, and there must be no mistakes on the Zhengtai Railway and Niangziguan lines.

Therefore, Shinozuka Yoshio had no intention, but he felt powerless. Well, according to the intelligence collected from various places, the Eighth Route Army mobilized on a large scale this time and launched an attack on the entire northern section of the Baijin Railway. The number of people was at least

The strength of a 4-unit division.

Judging from the many "Death Telegrams" in his hand, the Eighth Route Army's attack capability was super strong, and many strongholds were lost after resisting for a short time. Shinozuka Yoshio did some mental calculations and compiled these telegrams.

Judging from the battle damage, the strength of one brigade was already a thing of the past.

Ahem, are you talking about the losses of the Imperial Alliance Army? Are they considered losses? There is no need to include them. Well, even the Manchus and Bangzimen in the 20th Division are not considered battle losses, let alone the Imperial Alliance Army.

Gone. Gone? Didn’t Wang Jingwei establish a new government and call for curves to save the country?

With this slogan in mind, just recruit some rebels from the Central Army, Jinsui Army and other armed forces. Besides, if you don’t have these, just recruit some casually. The Chinese have too many traitors. Give them some money and some food.

Just give him a good look, and immediately someone crawled over on his knees.

While Yoshio Shinozuka was thinking, the communications soldier answered the call for him. Yoshio Shinozuka hurried over and picked up the phone and put it to his ear: "Moses Moses, this is Yoshio Shinozuka... Hi, Commander, Your Excellency,

On our side..."

"I already know your situation! Damn the Eighth Route Army, you chose a good time..." On the other end of the phone, Shun Tada also sighed: "And damn Neji Okamura, he did not obey the orders of the base camp and insisted on attacking.

The Central Army launched the Zaoyi Battle, damn it!"

"Don't he know that we are having secret talks with Bald Jiang's representatives in Hong Kong and Macao? Once this matter is settled, Bald Head may give up resistance. Even if he doesn't give up resistance, at least he can have a tacit understanding with us.

Attack other troops!"

"But in this case, we not only have to deal with the harassment of the Eighth Route Army, but also the hostility of the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army. We cannot mobilize too many troops to carry out security operations against the Eighth Route Army. Also, the raids in the central Hebei area have encountered

The situation is more difficult. The Eighth Route Army is everywhere there, destroying a large number of roads and pulling out some strongholds. The situation there is not ideal either, and there is no way to mobilize troops."

"There is also the Jidong area, and the Eighth Route Army is also fighting with us... Therefore, the front army does not have many troops to support you. However, you can have the right to mobilize aviation forces for air strikes. This is probably one of the few we have

So many advantages...sigh..."

Tada Shun sighed softly and put down the phone. Then he looked at the map of North China in front of him in a daze. On the map, it was obviously his own occupied areas, but in these occupied areas, there were spots or large areas.

These areas are exactly the base areas and guerrilla zones of the Eighth Route Army.

"So, have we really occupied North China?" Tada Shun once again asked this question.

Well, the Japs occupied North China. This is a fact, because many big cities and many transportation lines are in the hands of the Japs. However, the Japs have no say in this area. Let’s see who specifically

Yes, it depends on whose armed force is stronger.

In fact, Shun Tada knows much more than Shinozuka, such as the international situation. The mustachioed head of state who is allied with them is now conquering cities and territories in Europe. Countries are defeated by blitzes one by one, and then become their territory.

part.

Compared with the vigorous advancement of their allies, the Japs are in a stalemate in China, as if they are stuck in a quagmire. Compared with last year, the Japs' actual control area has not been strengthened, but has been gradually reduced by the Eighth Route Army.

It ate up a lot of places.

How else could the Japanese have launched a raid in northwestern Shanxi this spring, and then raided Jizhong in April? They didn't want the place they fought so hard to conquer to gradually turn into a base for the Eighth Route Army. The battle in Jizhong District, in fact,

The Japanese also took action when they saw that the Jizhong Security Brigade and the Youth Column had been transferred away.

As a result... the Jizhong Security Brigade and the Youth Column that came back received a large amount of weapons and ammunition, and even absorbed a large number of stubborn prisoners into the team, making them stronger than when they went out. Even in the southern Hebei District, in order to cooperate with Bai Jin,

In the railway raids and counter-mopping operations in central Hebei, a large number of troops in southern Hebei were also destroying railways and highways, which delayed the Japanese's troop mobilization.
Chapter completed!