Okamura Neiji immediately turned his attention to the southern line of the Yellow River on the map.
This is normal. Once the Eighth Route Army and the stubborn army cooperate, the imperial army located along the Yellow River will be flanked and surrounded by the two armies, which will add some variables to his plan.
But after thinking about it, Okamura Neji decided that there was nothing to worry about.
This is partly because the imperial army had already occupied Zhengzhou at this time.
Zhengzhou is an important stronghold on the south bank of the Yellow River. As long as you hold on to this city, you can drive a strong nail on the south bank and expand the living space for the imperial army to avoid being surrounded by enemies.
On the other hand, Okamura Neiji was very confident in the stubborn army... He believed that the stubborn army could not stop the advance of the imperial army, and the Eighth Route Army was on the north bank of the Yellow River, so he could only lament the battle situation on the south bank across the river.
But Okamura Neiji was wrong about this. Just when Okamura Neiji thought that the Eighth Route Army had nothing to do, the staff officer came forward with a telegram and reported: "Your Excellency, the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas are attacking from multiple directions.
They attacked our army’s bunkers and destroyed roads and railways. In addition, Eighth Route Army fighter planes also took off many times, blowing up a tunnel in three sections of railway and causing a fire at a railway station!”
Okamura Neji's expression changed. He knew how the Eighth Route Army cooperated with the stubborn army in fighting, that is, to attack the imperial army's supply line on the north bank.
This trick is indeed useful, because the supplies of the imperial armies of several divisions along the Yellow River basically rely on railway and road transportation in North China...sea transportation is more suitable for transportation to distant and coastal cities, and the first line of the Yellow River is along the river.
It is not a seaside, and the Yellow River has fast currents and is full of reefs, making it difficult to use the river channel.
Okamura Neiji immediately realized that the plan to attack Yuncheng would be postponed.
Because, compared to attacking Yuncheng, the imperial troops along the Yellow River were obviously more important. If they were surrounded and annihilated, Tokyo would not blame him, and might even ask him to have his belly opened to apologize.
However, Okamura Neji is still confident.
Because Okamura Neiji believed that even if the Eighth Route Army successfully used this "foreign policy" to delay the imperial army's attack on Yuncheng, what would the Eighth Route Army do in the end?
At this time, Okamura Neiji had already grasped the key point: Yuncheng was the lifeblood of the Eighth Route Army. As long as the heavy artillery troops were transferred to Yuncheng and continued indiscriminate bombardment, it was only a matter of time that the Eighth Route Army's effective strength would be exhausted.
Does the Eighth Route Army have a solution?
If there is no solution, then the Eighth Route Army can only choose between destroying Yuncheng or abandoning Yuncheng. Their current approach is just to linger.
Okamura Neji nodded confidently, with a rare smile on his lips.
What Okamura Neji didn't know was that Wang Xuexin was working intensively to solve this problem at this time.
Wang Xuexin doesn't pay much attention to the intelligence in Zhengzhou, not because the intelligence is worthless, but because he can't bear to see it and can't face it.
On the day Zhengzhou fell, Chen Songyong reported the evil deeds of the Japanese.
"Because Zhengzhou resisted!" Chen Songyong said: "Although the resistance was not tenacious, the Japanese had such a revengeful mentality, or it could be said to be a form of intimidation to other cities. Any city that resisted would be massacred!
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With that said, Chen Songyong handed Wang Xuexin several telegrams.
After Wang Xuexin took it, he only flipped through a few pages and didn't dare to read any more.
"After the Japanese broke into the city, they broke into shops and houses and looted money, goods, food, etc. They even broke into the Catholic church on Minggong Road and raped and robbed the people who were taking refuge there!"
"The devils were rampaging through the streets with tanks, killing people everywhere, and cutting off their heads one by one and hanging them on the streets to demonstrate!"
"In order to save ammunition, the Japanese tied up a large number of captured people and took them to the Yellow River. They threatened them with bayonets and drove them down the Yellow River. Countless people drowned!"
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Wang Xuexin couldn't stand it anymore and handed the telegram back to Chen Songyong with a very ugly face.
Wang Xuexin has actually seen similar tragedies in history books many times in modern times.
But what he actually experienced and what is happening now is completely different from what he saw in history books. At this time, Wang Xuexin could not wait to lead his troops to the south bank of the Yellow River to fight against those inhumane Japanese.
After a moment of silence, Wang Xuexin said: "There is no need to report such information!"
Unexpectedly, Chen Songyong replied: "The chief of staff asked me to report to you. He is negotiating with the stubborn army in Xi'an at this time. He thinks you should know what is happening in Zhengzhou at this time!"
Wang Xuexin knew why the chief of staff did this. The chief of staff hoped to save these people from the pit of fire.
but……
What can Wang Xuexin do?
That is the territory of the stubborn army, and it is also on the south bank of the Yellow River.
Then, Wang Xuexin quickly thought of the chief of staff's intention... Wanxian Airport.
If the Eighth Route Army has anything that can directly reinforce Zhengzhou, it is aircraft.
The Yellow River may be a natural chasm for ground troops, but it has no blocking effect on aircraft.
Wang Xuexin immediately walked quickly to the map, measured it with a ruler, and then calculated it according to the scale. He found that the airport was more than 300 kilometers away from Zhengzhou... Although this distance exceeded the combat radius of the Hawker 81, it was within the combat radius of the rocket fighter.
Inside.
As a result, a plan slowly formed in Wang Xuexin's mind.
He immediately ordered Zhang Zongping: "Contact the headquarters!"
"Yes!" Zhang Zongping responded and passed the order to the radio soldiers.
Wang Xuexin stood in front of the radio station and said: "In order to better delay the enemy's attack plan on Yuncheng, and for the sake of the people of Zhengzhou, I think we should unite with the stubborn army and take advantage of the enemy's unsteady foothold to counterattack Zhengzhou and regain it!"
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As soon as the chief at the headquarters received the telegram, he slammed the table excitedly and shouted: "This is what I've been waiting for!"
Then he turned to the radio soldier and ordered: "Call back, draw up a detailed combat plan, and send someone to the headquarters immediately!"
A few hours later, a combat plan was sent to the chief.
The chief nodded while watching, and even praised the wonderful parts.
However, he then frowned and said: "Although the plan is good, in the end the stubborn army will still have to fight! If the stubborn army fails to live up to the expectations, I'm afraid..."
After thinking about it again, the chief felt that he should try it anyway, otherwise he might miss a good opportunity to save the people of Zhengzhou and also miss a fighter opportunity.
So the commander did not hesitate and immediately ordered: "Send the plan to Xi'an immediately, and must hand it over to the chief of staff!"
The correspondent was about to leave but was stopped by the chief.
The chief explained: "To the chief of staff, we must clearly explain the interests to the stubborn army. We must not be careless about this matter, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"