Chapter 416: Arent you afraid of losses in Liantai County?
Liantai County Youth League Headquarters
"According to our latest intelligence, starting in March, the Japanese army in North China deployed 10 divisions and 11 brigades to carry out large-scale raids on the Eighth Route Army in Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Chahar and other places.
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Among them, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area is the main one, and Gangcun Ningci has concentrated 60% of the troops for this large-scale raid here. Regiment, I'm afraid the Eighth Route Army will be in trouble this time."
Looking at Chief of Staff Chi Yaohui standing in front of him, Gao Hongming nodded with satisfaction. After more than a year of construction, the investigation office's outlets have spread all over the country's major cities, and some intelligence officers have even sneaked into the middle-level of the national army and the puppet army.
At the top level, the information collected is becoming more and more accurate and fast.
What surprised Gao Hongming was that Shi Feng actually used some method to instigate several low-level officers of the Japanese army to rebel. This also made Gao Hongming look at him with admiration.
Although these Japanese officers were not high-level and could not collect any top-secret information, they could still obtain some information that was not very important. This time the Japanese army began a large-scale raid, with more than 200,000 troops dispatched. Such a large-scale operation was natural
It couldn't be concealed, so information was quickly delivered to Gao Hongming's desk.
Looking at the information in his hand, Gao Hongming recalled the 42 years of raids by the Japanese army in his mind, but found that he only remembered a rough idea and was not very clear about the details. He only vaguely knew the historical consequences of this raid on the Eighth Route Army.
The losses were considerable, as the left deputy chief of staff died during this sweep.
But what made him feel most uncomfortable was that although he knew it, he could only hold it in his heart and could not say it out. This feeling was extremely uncomfortable.
He asked the two of them again: "Lao Chi, since the Japanese are going to attack the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely not let our Liantai militia go, right? How does he plan to deal with us?"
Hearing Gao Hongming ask this question, Chi Yaohui's expression became more solemn: "Regiment leader, our intelligence personnel do not have access to the top brass of the Japanese army, so the Japanese army cannot collect any relatively confidential information."
"This is not strange, just tell me what you know."
Gao Hongming was not surprised by Chi Yaohui's answer. It was almost impossible to collect high-level confidential information about the Japanese army with just a few low-level officers. On the contrary, once he collected it, he had to worry about whether it would be Japanese.
The trap.
Chi Yaohui said: "Team leader, although we currently cannot collect confidential information about the Japanese army, we can still collect some information through aerial reconnaissance and intelligence personnel deployed in various places. After all, the mopping up plan involves hundreds of thousands of people.
It was impossible for the Japanese army to keep it completely secret.
News came from the reconnaissance squadron under the First Flying Group this morning. It was discovered that the First Army stationed in Shanxi was mobilized frequently. The 20th Division, the 16th Division and the 30th Mixed Brigade were heading towards the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, accompanying them.
There are also a large number of artillery and cavalry. It seems that the little devils are really coming this time."
Gao Hongming remained calm and continued to ask: "What about us? Do the Japanese just trust us so much?"
Today's Liantai Militia can be said to be one of the most well-equipped and combat-effective troops in China. Gao Hongming will not believe that the Japanese will turn a blind eye to him.
"we?"
Chi Yaohui snorted, "Of course the Japanese army will not forget us. According to intelligence, the Japanese Sixth Division and the 108th Division arrived in Ping'an County and Qiuyang County yesterday and the day before yesterday respectively, and are now slowly moving towards Liantai County.
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"Go slowly?"
Gao Hongming was a little confused all of a sudden. In the military, I had always heard of soldiers with great speed, but I had never heard of the word "slow advance".
"That's what it means literally." Seeing Gao Hongming's puzzled expression, Chi Yaohui smiled bitterly and said: "According to the investigation, the advancing speed of these two divisions can only be described as a turtle speed. From yesterday to this morning, these two divisions
The division has only advanced ten kilometers."
"ten kilometers?"
Gao Hongming's expression became a little strange. After coming here and fighting for so long, he had a relatively good understanding of military issues.
According to normal conditions, the national army generally marches at a speed of 20 to 30 kilometers every day. Marching at too high an intensity will cause troops to disperse and a large number of deserters to occur.
The situation of the Japanese army is better. The normal marching speed is generally 40 kilometers per day, and the infantry divisions of other countries are also between 20 and 40 kilometers.
Of course, the above refers to the speed of marching on foot, and the marching speed of mechanized troops is not included in this list.
"It shouldn't be!"
Gao Hongming's brows furrowed into the Chinese character "Chuan", "Even the Japanese's third-rate troops cannot only walk such a small distance every day. The 108th Division is no more. What's more, the Sixth Division is a standing division of the Japanese. How is that possible?
So bad."
"yes."
Chi Yaohui was also puzzled. Ever since he learned that the Sixth Division of the Japanese army was invading this time, he couldn't sleep well all night long.
What division is the Sixth Division?
It is one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army. It is well-equipped and has a brutal and fierce fighting style. It is also one of the main Japanese troops that participated in atrocities during the Nanjing Massacre.
This unit has served as the vanguard and fist force of the Japanese army since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. It has been fighting on the front line of the frontal battlefield. Unexpectedly, Okamura Neiji actually transferred it from the Changsha battlefield to Shanxi this time.
And it seems that they are here for the Liantai Vigilante Group.
Gao Hongming closed his eyes slightly, and the information about the horrific massacre seemed to appear in his mind. The corpses of Chinese soldiers and civilians killed by this beast division in Xiaguan alone were 2 kilometers long and 50 meters wide, and the blood stained the Yangtze River red.
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According to the diary of Takagi Shouichi, captain of the 6th Baggage Regiment of the division that invaded Nanjing, on December 14, 1937, he saw on the Xiaguan River in Nanjing: “The corpses were washed over by the waves like drifting wood;
On the shore, corpses piled up as far as the eye can see. There may be thousands or tens of thousands of corpses, which is a very large number."
Seeing Gao Hongming closing without saying a word, Chi Yaohui couldn't help but said: "Regiment leader, I'm afraid the Japanese army came with bad intentions this time. The Sixth Division alone has 25,000 troops, plus the 108th Division
If so, the number of Japanese troops who invaded this time will exceed 40,000, which shows that the Japanese army is determined to win over us, so we must deal with it carefully."
"more than!"
Gao Hongming opened his eyes and shook his head, "The little devil has another purpose in sending two divisions to deal with us this time, that is, it would be better if we can be destroyed. If we cannot be destroyed, at least we cannot be killed."
The troops were sent to support the Eighth Route Army, which affected the progress of the Japanese raids.
Although I have thought about this, the only thing I didn't expect is that in order to deal with us, Neji Okamura actually sent out the Sixth Division. Isn't he afraid that this elite force will be lost in Liantai County?"