Chapter 381 The decisive battle in Taihang Mountain
"Yes, the little devils are coming, and Taihang Mountain is their tomb!"
"Damn it, our 39th Group Army has been waiting for this day for two years!"
"Damn it, if the little devil doesn't come back, grandpa's gang of veteran gangsters are going to get sick!"
As soon as Yue Weihan finished speaking, the dozen or so senior generals present suddenly became furious and started gearing up.
"Okay." Yue Weihan knocked on the table and then said to Liu Yi, "Chief of Staff, let's divide the defense zones."
Liu Yi nodded, picked up the command pole and strode to the wall, then pointed at the map and said: "After research by the staff department and approval by the general headquarters, it is planned to divide the entire base area into seven major defense zones."
"The defense area of the Tumen Fortress Security Brigade is Tumen Fortress."
"The defense area of the Baoshan Division is Sunzhuang Township, just north of Tumen Fortress."
"The defense area of the New 6th Division is Shangzhai Township directly south of Tumen Fortress."
"The defense area of the 181st Division is Cangyan Town behind Shangzhai Township."
"The defense area of the New 9th Division is Donghui Town, north of Sunzhuang Township."
"The defense area of the new 39th Division is Beizheng Township, southwest of Shangzhai Township."
"The defense area of the Taihang Security Brigade is the four counties in the hinterland of the base area."
After Liu Yi finished speaking, he put down the command pole. Yue Weihan knocked on the table and asked everyone: "Did you hear everything clearly?"
Chi Chengfeng scratched his head and said to Yue Weihan: "Chief, can you change the defense area of our new 9th Division?"
Yue Weihan smiled slightly and asked Chi Chengfeng: "Lao Chi, which piece do you want to change?"
"Shangzhai Township of the New 6th Division, or Beizheng Township of the New 39th Division." Chi Chengfeng said, "There must be fighting in that area."
"Do you think the Japs won't attack Donghui Town?" Yue Weihan shook his head, Chi Chengfeng is really a war maniac.
"Isn't that an obvious thing?" Chi Chengfeng spread his hands and said, "The headquarters of our 39th Group Army, the general field hospital, the arsenal, and the general logistics warehouse are all in Cangyan Town, and Cangyan Town is right on the mountain.
In Zhaixiang and Beizhengxiang, as long as the little devils are not fools, they will definitely launch an attack from the south of Tumen Fortress."
Yue Weihan smiled and said: "I agree to your request, but don't regret it when the time comes."
"What do you mean?" Chi Chengfeng suddenly became alert and asked, "Could the little devil attack from the north?"
Yue Weihan shook his head and said with a half-smile: "I didn't say that. I just want to remind you to think carefully."
"Then..." Chi Chengfeng scratched his head and said bravely, "Then forget it, let's just go to Sunzhuang Township in the north."
Yue Weihan finally said: "I would like to remind everyone that delineating defense zones for you does not mean that all your troops must be stationed in their respective defense zones, nor does it mean that you must defend the forefront of the defense zone and resist the enemy outside the mountain gate.
, it’s up to you how to fight this battle, my only request is to eliminate as many effective forces of the Japanese army as possible!”
"His grandma's fault." Chi Chengfeng said, "What if I step into the ground and retreat, luring the enemy deep enough to make dumplings?"
Yue Weihan said: "As long as you can make sure to make dumplings instead of cooking them into a pot of raw rice, I can mobilize all available forces to evacuate the entire Jingxing County within three days. If you think the space is not big enough, I can even
Evacuate most of the area east of Niangziguan, except Tumen Fortress and Cangyan Mountain Area!"
"Everyone must have understood the meaning of the chief officer." Liu Yi cleared his throat and finally concluded, "It can be summed up in sixteen words: Save the land and lose the people, and everyone and the land will be lost; save the people and lose the land, and both the people and the land will be saved!
In this battle, except for the Tumen Fortress and the Cangyan Mountains, which must be strictly defended, other areas can be flexibly controlled!"
Shimen, North China Front Army Headquarters.
The mopping up operation in the mountainous area of central Shandong has ended, and the Japanese army has achieved a complete victory.
Although the Japanese army paid a certain price for this raid, it was completely within the bearable range.
By the end of March in the 30th year of the Republic of China (1941), the Japanese army had assembled nine field divisions and two mixed Japanese brigades in the area east of Jingxing Pass, as well as the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade and three aviation regiments.
More than a hundred aircraft, in addition to the four group armies and nine divisions of Qi Xieyuan's puppet North China Autonomous Army!
Within a fifty-kilometer radius of Shimen, 300,000 Japanese troops and 200,000 puppet troops have gathered!
In the operations room of the headquarters, Neiji Okamura and more than a dozen senior staff officers from the headquarters have gathered at the simulation sand table. The deputy chief of staff of the front army, Masananda Hirata, is holding a command stick and explaining: "After study, the staff believes that China 39
The group army will definitely use Tumen Fortress as its support and the mountains on the north and south sides of the fortress as barriers to prevent the imperial army from reaching the Taihang Mountains!"
Okamura Neiji nodded, and then asked Kato Keiroku: "Kato-kun, have you found out the reality of Jingxing Pass?"
Half a year ago, Kato Keiroku was promoted to colonel and transferred from the section chief of the Peiping Secret Service Special High School Section to the director of the Shimen Secret Service, becoming an effective general under Neji Okamura.
Since Ma Zhankui was stationed at Jingxing Pass, Japanese agents could not penetrate. Kato Keiroku adopted a roundabout strategy and deployed a large number of agents to Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places to detect information through caravans that frequently entered and exited Jingxing Pass.
, after half a year, Kato Keiroku really got a lot of valuable information.
Kato Keiroku said: "Jingxing Pass is heavily guarded, and it is not easy to spy on valuable information. However, after half a year of hard work by the secret service, we have obtained some information. Now it is basically certain that the arsenal of the China 39th Group Army, the arms
The warehouse, the general logistics warehouse, the general field hospital and the headquarters are all located in Cangyan Town!"
Just as Judge Hirata finished speaking, a combat officer had already pointed out the location of Cangyan Town from the sand table.
Okamura Neiji looked carefully and saw that Cangyan Town is located in the mountains about thirty kilometers southwest of Tumen Fortress. If the Japanese army's heavy equipment wants to reach Cangyan Town, it must break through the soil.
To enter the gate fortress, drive straight in from Jingxingkou. If you join the mountain division, you can make a detour from Shangzhai Township or Beizheng Township in the east.
Masanori Hirata soon came up with a bold idea and said to Okamura Neiji: "Your Excellency, Commander, I propose to dispatch all the transport planes of the aviation regiment to airdrop an infantry brigade into the mountainous area of Cangyan Town at once to destroy the 39th China Army in one fell swoop.
At the worst possible outcome, we will blow up the arsenal and arsenal to destroy the China Army’s continuous combat capability.”
Okamura Neiji couldn't help but nodded happily when he heard this. This tactical idea proposed by Masahan Hirata is worth trying. If the risk is successful, the benefits gained will be beyond imagination. Even if the surprise attack fails, it can still cause a certain degree of panic in Jingxing Pass.
, greatly shaken the confidence and determination of the Chinese people to resist.
Shogun Hirata became more confident and said: "Taking advantage of the sudden attack on the center of the 39th China Army and the chaos, the imperial army used the 5th Brigade, 5th and 10th Field Heavy Artillery Divisions to storm the Tumen Stronghold.
The 17th, 18th, and 20th Divisions detoured lightly to Shangzhai Township and Beizheng Township to flank Cangyan Town. At the same time, the 24th, 26th, 27th, and 29th Divisions flanked the mountainous areas of Pingshan and Zanhuang counties.
To contain the Eighth Route Army on both wings of Jingxing Pass."
Okamura Neji smiled and said nothing. Hirata Masanori's tactical concept looked beautiful, but it seemed flashy.
On the surface, Shogen Hirata's tactical arrangements are watertight. He used four second-class divisions to contain the Eighth Route Army on both sides of Jingxingguan, and used two first-class divisions and heavy artillery brigades to storm the Tumen Fortress to attract the attention of the 39th China Army.
However, the real trump card is the three newly formed mountain divisions, which attack Cangyan Town directly from Dongzhai and north.
However, this plan is more like an exercise plan, artificially limiting the tactics of the Chinese *** team.
Okamura Neiji suddenly took out a handful of more than a dozen bamboo sticks from his pocket like a magic trick, and then casually scattered them on the sand table.
Masanori Hirata and more than a dozen combat staff officers looked closely and saw that the dozen or so bamboo sticks were of different lengths and thicknesses. They looked even more intricate and disorganized. For a moment, Masaikan Hirata and a dozen combat staff officers looked at each other in confusion.
, I don’t even know what kind of medicine Okamura Neji sells in his gourd?
Okamura Neiji pointed to the longest and thickest bamboo stick at the bottom, and said with a smile: "If this bamboo stick represents the Domen Fortress, the bamboo sticks above represent the various departments of the China 39th Group Army.
defense zone, then, if I want to successfully capture the bottom bamboo stick, what should I do?"
"Isn't this a trick-solving game?" Masahiro Hirata said, "I used to play this a lot when I was a kid."
"Yes, this is an unblocking game." Neji Okamura said happily, "I believe all of you here have played it when you were a child."
The so-called solution game is to throw a handful of bamboo sticks on the ground to completely disrupt them, and then take away the untied bamboo sticks one by one until all the bamboo sticks are taken. This game looks like
It seems complicated, but it is actually very simple. As long as you are careful enough and patient enough, you will be able to remove all the bamboo sticks!
"This battle in the Taihang Mountains is like this unblocking game. We can't just focus on the longest and thickest bamboo stick at the bottom, but we should look at the overall situation, peel off the cocoon from the outside, and go deep layer by layer." Okamura Ning
As he spoke, he took away the unruly bamboo stick at the top, but the other bamboo sticks remained motionless.
Chief Judge Hirata and a dozen combat staff members seemed to understand but not understand.
Okamura Neiji shook his head and explained: "What I mean is, don't rush to attack the city and seize territory, let alone try to go straight to the command center of the 39th China Army. We should be down-to-earth and eat away at the effective strength of the China Army one by one.
, I hope you will not forget that the strength of the Imperial Army is almost three times that of the 39th China Army, and its firepower is far superior to that of the China Army!"
Shogun Hirata suddenly realized: "Your Majesty, Commander, do you mean to eliminate as many of the effective forces of the China Army as possible in the battle outside the mountainous area, instead of rushing into the hinterland of Jingxing Pass?"
Cangyan Mountain.
The genius was bright, and Yue Weihan climbed to the top of Cangyan Mountain wearing a military coat.
It was still very cold in the early spring in the Taihang Mountains. In less than a moment, Yue Weihan's nose had been frozen purple by the mountain wind. The jade fox next to him felt very distressed when he saw it.
Yue Weihan's thinking at this moment was extremely clear.
The time now is March 1941. On the European battlefield, France has surrendered in June last year, and the German Empire has almost unified Europe. Hillert is intensively preparing to attack the Soviet Union, but Stalin, the great communist, has no idea about this.
He is ignorant and still fantasizes about carving up Northern Europe and Central Asia with Hitler.
On the Asian battlefield, the Japanese government has been recuperating for more than two years. The national economy has greatly improved, and the war preparation materials stored are enough for the Japanese army to restart a large-scale offensive on the frontal battlefield. If the Japanese are determined
Launching another major offensive on the Chinese battlefield, Yue Weihan is really worried about whether the Nationalist Government can sustain it?
Fortunately, Japan has formed an axis alliance with Germany and Italy, and the Japanese base camp is busy preparing to move south to attack Southeast Asia in order to seize rubber, crude oil and other strategic resources that Japan is in short supply. Just like in history,
The fire of the little *** will eventually burn down to Britain, France, the United States and other Western powers.
At this time, the Western powers had not actually faced up to the rise of the Japanese army.
Western powers such as Britain, France, and the United States all took it for granted that the Japanese army would be able to show off its power in front of Japan. When encountering the more mechanized Soviet army, wouldn't their true colors be revealed?
However, Yue Weihan knew that the Battle of Nomenkan did not explain the problem.
Historically, when the Japanese army launched a full-scale attack on Southeast Asia, the British and American troops were instantly defeated. In less than five months, hundreds of thousands of American and British troops and indigenous people from various Southeast Asian countries were killed.
The army was annihilated by the Japanese army in organized areas as they marched south. By the time China's 100,000 expeditionary force entered Burma to fight, the former British Empire's army had been beaten to the core by the Japanese army and had completely lost its will to resist.
As long as there are no major accidents, the Japanese army will definitely attack Southeast Asia in December this year!
There are still nine months left before the end of the year. In other words, the 39th Army will have to persist for at least nine months!
Nine months later, the Japanese navy will definitely attack Pearl Harbor, and the Japanese army will definitely launch attacks on Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong and other countries and regions at the same time. At that time, more than 20 people on the Central and North China battlefields will
The elite divisions that have experienced hundreds of battles will be gradually transferred to the Southeast Asian and Pacific battlefields. At that time, Okamura Neiji will have nothing to show off.
However, these nine months have not been easy. As the defender, we are already at a strategic disadvantage.
Because the attacker can completely choose the time, battlefield and scale of the attack, the defender can only respond passively.
As the saying goes, there is no invincible fortress in the world. Under the endless attacks of the Japanese army, no matter how strong the Tumen Fortress is, it will definitely be breached one day. It seems that something must be done strategically, at least to help Oka.
If Neiji Murura is looking for trouble, he can't be allowed to fight wherever he wants or from wherever he wants.
However, what should I do with this article and where should I start?
Suddenly, a red sun shot up from the eastern sky, but Yue Weihan fell into deep contemplation...