"Although the North China Empire has occupied half of it, since last year, it has lost first Shanxi and then Suiyuan. Hebei and Shandong have been full of fireworks and fighting everywhere! According to current statistics, only in Hebei and Shandong, our army's real
The area of the fully occupied area is only near medium-sized and large cities and traffic arteries. The population and area are less than 20%, and there are only 2 people per 3 square kilometers. Due to the lack of precise and regular mooring targets, it often becomes a static defense. The rest of the area is
There are guerrillas and Red Party activities, and some mountainous areas have become forbidden areas for imperial soldiers. If our army does not attack, everything will be fine. But once the enemy army becomes strong, it will often annihilate our defenders.
Great loss!
Based on this situation, all regions can be divided into four categories. The first category is completely lost, such as the Taihang Mountain area, Shanxi, Suiyuan, etc., where no imperial power exists. The second category is the public security disorder, which is the so-called base area of the Eighth Route Army.
There is imperial power in this area, but it cannot control any towns or even counties. The standard is that the imperial soldiers cannot easily find the people when they enter. The Chinese women turn around and run away when they see the imperial soldiers. The third category refers to the chaotic public security in the area.
Imperial power exists, and counties and towns are controlled by the empire, but the empire cannot go to the countryside and enter villages. This is the so-called guerrilla zone. The standard is that imperial soldiers are not vulnerable to attacks in towns, and Chinese women just dodge aside when seeing imperial soldiers.
, will not escape. The fourth category is an area with good security and basically no guerrillas. The standard is that Chinese women will be curious but not afraid when they see imperial soldiers.
According to the above standards, the area occupied by the empire can reach less than 10% of all areas in the first category. The main reasons are that the military discipline of the imperial soldiers in China is relatively chaotic, and the Eighth Route Army deceives people's hearts.
To this end, the North China Front Army should distinguish priorities, adopt the strategic policy of attacking in the east and defending in the west, divide the prison into cages as the tactical policy, and thoroughly purify the public security in North China in a piecemeal manner.
The methods are as follows: 1. Adhere to the separation of prisons and use trenches, barbed wire, fortresses, gun towers, tank patrols, etc. to divide various places. Only the people are allowed to take the roads designated by the empire, and other roads are prohibited from entering towns, counties, and cities.
Second, three-light and three-no. After the division is completed, a resolute three-light policy will be implemented for the second-category areas and the more dangerous third-category areas, that is, kill them all, burn them all, and rob them all! The soldiers of the empire are under great pressure in foreign countries.
There is a need to vent, and there are many guerrillas in Category II and some dangerous Category III areas. The local people do not support the empire, so there is no need to regard them as ordinary people, they should be treated as enemies and be eradicated resolutely!
For some safe third-category and fourth-category areas, the three-no policy is implemented, that is, no killing, no robbing, and no prostitution. Even if the imperial soldiers forcefully buy things, they must apologize to the people. Divisions, brigades, and regiments at all levels
They all need to dispatch military police. The front army will send patrol military police to patrol. If they find anything, they will be dealt with seriously, and a tax reduction and tax reduction policy will be implemented for the area. For those who are friendly to the empire, they must resolutely win over and give money to officials to make them closer to the empire.
, stay away from the Chinese Red Party and the Eighth Route Army.
Whether the specific third-category areas are safe is determined by the army commander. Military discipline disbandment actions that are not allowed in the fourth-category areas can be implemented in the second-category areas. In the third-category areas, they can only be disbanded with permission from the brigade and regiment level.
3. Attack in the east and defend in the west, encroaching piece by piece
In view of the fact that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is in Shanxi and Suiyuan, it should be on the defensive in Hebei and the western region, and offensive in Shandong. Shandong should be divided first, then cleaned up piece by piece, and all people in areas identified as Class II and Danger III should be killed.
Light, to avoid future troubles! In order to ensure the loyalty of the Imperial Army, the hometown of the Imperial Army in Shandong should be in non-Shandong areas, and the families of the Imperial Army in Shandong can be issued special good citizen certificates and escorted to safety category III and IV.
class area.
4. Three-dimensional combat on land, sea and air
Shandong is close to the sea. In order to ensure the success of the war, about 200,000 army troops should be concentrated, of which the imperial army should not be less than 100,000. More than 500 aircraft and sufficient naval power should be used to carry out a comprehensive attack on Shandong! The strategic purpose is to within April
, expanding the actual control area of the empire in Shandong from about 25% now to more than 70%..."
After Yamashita Fengfumi read Okamura Neiji's plan, he closed his eyes and thought for a long time before saying, "Okamura-kun, your plan is indeed excellent, especially since you decided to abandon most of the towns and cities in Hebei and wipe out the Qing Dynasty."
The focus is on Shandong. After all, Suiyuan and Shanxi are relatively close to Hebei. If we disperse our troops in Hebei, Shandong, and many places in Henan, our strength may not be enough, and we may even give up the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi and Suiyuan.
opportunity, but now we are concentrating our main force in Shandong. The Eighth Route Army in Shandong will definitely not be our opponent, and it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi and Suiyuan to reinforce. Not enough. This plan also involves many economic and political matters.
, especially Sanguang and Sanbu, I’m afraid this is not something we can decide.”
Although Yamashita Tomofumi did not cherish the lives of Chinese people and even condoned the Japanese army's massacre of Chinese soldiers and civilians in North China, that kind of acquiescence and the current programmatic document are two different things after all. If he and Oka are held accountable in the future,
Senior commanders like Murura Neiji can no longer excuse themselves by claiming ignorance.
Okamura Neiji nodded, put his hands behind his back and hesitated for a moment before asking, "Yamashita-kun, have you been to the guerrilla zones and base areas of the Eighth Route Army?"
Yamashita Fengwen was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "You haven't been there? What? Could it be that you disappeared some time ago? Are you too bold? If they recognize it, the empire will suffer great losses! You must know our
So far, only 10% of intelligence personnel can persist in lurking in the base area for more than three months."
Okamura Neji smiled and said, "Isn't it okay? I did go, and I was deeply touched by where I went. In their guerrilla zone, every step our imperial army takes will be tipped off by the people everywhere.
The Eighth Route Army, as for them? They can rely on the cover of the common people and the terrain to retreat and move quickly at any time. In their base areas, every village has militiamen. Although they are still weapons from the Warring States period, they are extremely hostile to our imperial army.
In their cities, propaganda slogans of killing all the imperial troops are everywhere. Think about it for yourself, can such common people still be considered common people? Can they still be used by our empire?"
With that said, Okamura Neji punched the table and said, "No! They can't be used by us, they keep attacking us. They are not common people, they are all enemies! Since they are enemies of the empire, they should
Destroy them all!"
As he said that, Okamura Neji's eyes were glowing red and he said to Yamashita Tomofumi, "I have made up my mind. This time I come to North China, I must completely solve the problem of the Red Party, even if North China cannot become the blood vessel of the empire."
, nor can they become the bleeding wounds of the empire! Besides, I don’t want to kill them all. As long as they can be honest and good citizens, I am still willing to let them live and serve the empire.”
When Yamashita saw Neji Okamura speaking like this, he said proudly, "Okay! Since the commander said so, I have nothing to say, but I suggest that you send a copy to Tokyo and Nanjing for a look.
Otherwise, the empire will easily become passive politically."
Okamura Neiji did not object to this. He said, "Okay, let's wait and see if there is anything that needs to be modified. If not, I will immediately have someone fly it over!"
Yamashita Fengfumi is also a person who pays great attention to efficiency. He said, "In fact, in the past few years, our North China Front Army also built many bunkers and fortifications, hoping to use the cage policy to trap the Eighth Route Army, but as you said, it only dispersed the Eighth Route Army
In fact, it will not play any role at all. On the contrary, it will make them continue to become more secretive. This time we must be fast! Accurate! Ruthless! I think we can first have all senior commanders hold a meeting to unify their thoughts and do a good job in mobilization. In addition
We need to prepare ammunition and supplies.”
Okamura Neji nodded and said, "Okay, just do what you said."
Okamura Neiji decided to realize his dream of an imperial paradise in North China. On the other side of Hengyang, the fierce battle continued.
Anan Weiji looked at Anan Weiji's position with a telescope, sighed slowly, and was pushed back again. He no longer knew how many times his charge failed, and how many times he sighed.
He looked at his watch and saw that it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. He said to the officer next to him, "Let the troops eat and rest first, and order the artillery troops to continue bombarding!"
For 16 days and more than half a month, the Japanese army launched hundreds of attacks on Shiniu Peak. Thousands of bombing sorties and tens of thousands of artillery shells were fired. The vegetation on Shiniu Peak had completely disappeared.
But there is a broken blue sky and white sun flag flying. No matter how badly it is beaten, the second flag that symbolizes China will become brand new, just like the rebirth of a phoenix. Rumors have begun within the Japanese army that the National Army on the opposite side has been killed.
Those who have mastered witchcraft are all immortal. Otherwise, why would they have been fighting for so long without defeating it? Even iron should have melted under such a strong attack.
Anan Weiji didn't understand. He returned to the headquarters, and the officers of each regiment, brigade, and division were notified. When they walked in, many of them were covered in darkness and injured.
When Anan Weiji saw that everyone was here, he nodded and said, "Let's talk about the situation."
An officer bowed to Anan Weiji and said, "Today, a total of 716 people from the north and the south were killed, 247 were seriously injured, and 562 were slightly injured. It does not affect the battle and can continue."
Throw yourself into the battlefield.”
Ananwei nodded and said, "In other words, the casualties have finally exceeded 20,000?"
"Hi! I'm sorry!" the officer said with a grimace.
"We can't fight anymore!" One of the captains stood up and said excitedly, "At least we can't continue to attack like this. We have to find another way. Up to now, we have filled more than half of that damn trench, but that's
What were they filled with? Those were all filled with the corpses of our imperial army! Now the troops only need to rush there and don't get close. The smell of the rotting corpses alone has greatly reduced the morale of the troops."
"Yeah, I think we'd better send reinforcements first. The morale of the troops is too low now. I think we need to improve morale first!" Another brigade commander said.
"Also, what are the enemy's casualties? We must have a number for the following, otherwise we will see our comrades around us dying every day, while the enemy seems not to have suffered any losses. This will not work!" Another brigade!
The chief stood up and said.
"Yes! Also, I think we should change our route. Even if we attack Hengyang City directly, the losses will not be so great. If we attack from the west of Shiniu Peak, we will not be able to defeat it!" Another captain of the team said
Come up with an idea.
Then you said something to me. In short, no one wants to continue fighting like this. They all think that such losses are too great and it is really unnecessary.
"Bah!" Anan Weiji looked at the noisy crowd and suddenly slapped the ball on the table. Suddenly, everyone looked at him quietly.
"The mountains and rivers, the grass and trees have turned desolate, and the ten-mile-long windy wind has created a new battlefield. The horses and horses are marching in silence, and the people are silent, and the setting sun stands outside the city of Jinzhou." Anan almost didn't talk about the war, but he read a poem. Everyone was excited when they heard this poem.
Lowered his head.
"What a heroic poem. When General Nogi fought in Lushun, wasn't the Tsarist Russian position opposite strong? Many of us have visited the Lushun fortress. Even now we can't imagine how our ancestors captured such a position.
...and now? We have only lost less than 20,000 people in battle. And our reinforcements are constantly replenishing us. Have we lost confidence?" Anan Weiji looked seriously at the Japanese generals below.
, everyone raised their chests and stopped complaining.
"The enemy is at Stone Cow Peak! Let's smash them! I don't believe their casualties will be smaller than ours! But then again..." Anan Weiji turned around and looked at the map and said, "The enemy's reinforcements
Indeed, on the road, these people are much easier to fight than the enemies on Stone Ox Peak."
"Oh? I don't know which unit it is? How is its combat strength?" the division commander of the Sixth Division, Machijiri Yuki, asked excitedly immediately. His unit's casualties exceeded one-third, but the number of troops from Kumamoto
Not only was the morale of the Sixth Division not low, but it was all full of energy. Especially after being replaced in the past few days, many soldiers of the Sixth Division felt that they had been underestimated.
Anan Weiji pointed at the map and said, "The coming enemies are the 74th Army, the 79th Army and the Youth Army from the Ninth and Third War Zones. It is also said that the 62nd Army is also on the way. It seems that they want to cover us."
Where are the dumplings!”
"Haha, we only need two divisions to annihilate the three or four armies marching in the wild!" Machijiri Yuki immediately said, "I think we can stop the attack on Shiniu Peak and turn to the enemy's reinforcements.
Launch an assault."
Anan Weiji shook his head and said, "No, if we stop the attack, the enemy will definitely discover our intentions. Therefore, we cannot stop the attack. Instead, we must continue to strengthen, but we will only use heavy artillery and aviation. I am only going to leave the infantry here."
The next brigade...all the rest of the troops are heading toward the enemy's reinforcements to prepare for an ambush!"
"A brigade? This...is this too risky?" A Japanese officer immediately said suspiciously. After all, after these days of fighting, everyone knows how strong the Hengyang defenders are.
"I have contacted the troops in the rear and asked the Nanjing government troops to wear our military uniforms and pretend to be our troops in the barracks so that they will not be discovered. Besides, the enemy does not have aviation and will not discover our troops." Anan