"The 115th Division appeared in Cangzhou. It is the main force of the enemy. A large number of artillery appeared, including roaring heavy artillery. The Cangzhou defenders have sent a telegram requesting tactical guidance." Kawamoto hurried to Okamura Neji.
He handed it to Okamura Neiji in his office and said.
Okamura Neiji stood up with a swish, took the telegram, looked at it a few times, walked to the map anxiously and said, "Where are our troops now? Have the aviation forces been dispatched?"
Kawamoto pointed to the map and said, "Now our forward troops have arrived in Wuqiao County, but commander, you see, it is almost dark now, and the aviation force cannot dispatch at all."
Okamura Neiji measured it with his hands and said, "Order the troops not to sleep and march overnight. If we travel all night, we can reach Dongguang County at dawn. If the 115th Division's team is long, we should be able to bite them."
We have to hold their tail. As long as Cangzhou can defend until dark tomorrow, our troops will definitely be able to catch up with their main force! Hurry! Send power to Cangzhou! Hold on! We must hold on!!"
——Cangzhou
"Swish, swish, swish" dozens of rockets flew out with the commander's red flag, and then he saw a sea of fire on the Cangzhou city wall. Lin Sanhu looked at the battle situation with a telescope and did not speak for a long time.
"Commander, the Japanese are fighting very tenaciously. They are not as easily defeated as the troops some time ago. It may not be easy to resolve the battle tonight." Huang Yongsheng, Lin Sanhu's vanguard general, ran over and said.
Lin Sanhu put down the telescope and asked, "What happened? Is it because the soldiers are tired? Or is it a problem with the frontline command? Have you summarized it?"
Huang Yongsheng shook his head and said, "No, this team of Japanese soldiers is really strong. They may have been prepared. The fortifications are well built and there are a lot of people."
Although a lot of Japanese troops were deployed in Hebei, they were more numerous than in other areas of Shandong. Cangzhou was also a big city, with four to five thousand defenders in the city. Although the real Japanese army only had half a regiment, under the Japanese army's dedicated fight to the death,
It is difficult to capture the 115th Division at once.
Lin Sanhu frowned and asked, "Where are you behind?"
"We have arrived at Wuqiao County and are rapidly advancing north. The forward troops are all riding in cars and horses and mules. Although there are mines and trenches to block them, it is expected that they will catch up with our tail-cut troops tonight." said the staff officer next to him.
Lin Sanhu walked a few times with his hands behind his back, took out a handful of soybeans from his pocket and ate them. The Japanese army came much faster than he thought. Although they were only forward troops, they concentrated trucks, and the mules and horses were faster than the Japanese army.
It was too fast at first.
"How different is the Japanese vanguard force from the main force?" Lin Sanhu suddenly asked.
"According to the intelligence we deciphered, it's already one hundred and seventy miles away," the staff officer said.
"Order the troops to assemble at Nanxiakou and set up a pocket array there to entertain the little Japs!" Lin Sanhu said with bright eyes.
Chief of Staff Wang Bingzhang clapped his hands and said, "That's good, the little devils will never guess that we will surround the area to call for reinforcements!"
Lin Sanhu said with a smile, "The little Japs must be planning to use Cangzhou to block us, and then let the Japs behind us catch up and entangle us. Finally, we wait for the main force to make our dumplings. It's a good idea. They saw the German Guderian."
If you are good at Lightning Raid, you want to learn from it, right? Unfortunately, we are not the French army."
The discussion was finalized, and the troops immediately began to take action. The battle in Cangzhou lasted all night. The Japanese army was gradually pushed back into the city, holding on to the central area with the headquarters as the center. The sun slowly rose, and all the besieged soldiers
The Japanese soldiers were almost in tears. God knows what they had gone through that night. No one dared to believe that they could survive. But finally dawn came. As expected, as the sergeant officers said, the Eighth Route Army only dared to fight at night and sneak attacks.
During the day, he would hide and guard against the Imperial Army's planes.
The Japanese defenders sent out small teams from time to time to try to break out, but the fierce counterattacks and shelling told the trapped Japanese troops that the Eighth Route Army was around and had not really retreated.
——Nanxiakou
With nearly a hundred cavalry driving the way, one truck after another drove from the south. All the people on the truck looked sleepy and extremely tired. If they were really driving all the way, the truck would be okay.
You won't be too tired if you take a rest, but the road is full of mines and indiscriminate attacks. No one can sleep. The car is also a stop-and-go. Although it is much faster than simply walking, you can't get a rest.
Fortunately, it was daybreak. The Eighth Route Army was much more well-behaved at dawn than at dark, and the Imperial Army's cavalry could also spread out to prevent being attacked.
In the sky, a formation of three Japanese planes flew in from the south. The Japanese soldiers in the car looked up at the proud men in the sky, and their hearts were full of envy. The treatment of the pilots was much better than that of the army.
In the sky, the Japanese pilots looked at the winding Japanese marching team, and their hearts were full of pride. Only by looking down from the sky can we truly realize how powerful and mighty the imperial army is.
"What's going on?" A pilot's eyes widened. He only saw countless fireballs appearing in the neat team on the ground. The convoy was instantly knocked around. From the sky, many Japanese troops could be seen being knocked down instantly. The pilot
He quickly took out his binoculars and looked down. After zooming in hard, he saw that in the surrounding fields, there were countless Eighth Route Army troops charging towards the Japanese convoy with guns, and an unknown number of artillery pieces of various types were fired at the Japanese convoy.
Artillery, the Japanese vanguard unit was beaten and bruised before they could react.
"Baga! Oh no!" The Japanese pilot gasped, and he hurriedly flew back with the formation. There was no radio on his plane, so he could only fly back desperately to inform his superiors of the bad news.
The pilot was a little pessimistic. Although he was attacked, the Japanese radio station was miraculously not damaged, and Okamura Neiji received the news in time.
"Bang!" Neji Okamura walked to his position in a daze. He bit his lip, crumpled the telegram into a ball, and threw it against the wall.
"Eighth Route Army!!! Lin Sanhu!!! I'm going to kill you all! Kill them all!!"
Lin Sanhu, who was at the foot of Cangzhou City, seemed to have heard Okamura Neji's roar. He turned back and looked towards the south. The corners of his mouth were slightly curved, and his eyes were full of disdain. He bit a soybean and waved his hand and said, "We are ordered to capture Cangzhou within three hours."
, be prepared to accept the job at work, the Japanese should already know the news that their reinforcements are finished."
Not to mention Okamura Neji's roar and Lin Sanhu's faint smile, on the European continent, Manstein was walking quickly in the wolf's den, with the telegram he just saw flashing in his mind.
"Where is the Führer? Where is the Führer?" Manstein kept asking, finally finding the lounge where Hitler was.
"Knock knock knock" Manstein took a deep breath and knocked on the office door.
"Come in." Hitler's voice came from inside. Manstein walked in. Eva smiled at him and walked out. Manstein walked in, raised his hand to Hitler and said, "Hi! Hitler!
"
Hitler nodded and said, "My general, what happened?"
Manstein walked up to Hitler and said, "I just heard something, and I don't know if it's true or not. I can only come to the Führer for verification."
Hitler put down his pen and said, "Go ahead."
Manstein asked, "I heard that the Führer is considering asking Guderian to stop pursuing the British and French forces and hand over this task to Göring? Didn't the Führer consider that the air force cannot destroy these troops?"
Hitler nodded and said, "Indeed, I have such considerations. This is partly Goering's request, and there are also imperial strategic considerations in it. You should not ask about this matter."
Manstein gained Hitler's respect and trust due to the success of the French campaign. He shook his head and said, "Does the Führer hope to let these people live to get a chance to negotiate peace with Britain?"
Hitler was stunned for a moment and looked at Manstein. He did not expect that his thoughts would be guessed by Manstein. Just last night, Britain contacted him through some people and expressed that Britain hoped to discuss this matter with Germany.
The new European order after the First World War, but the premise is that the British army cannot be harmed too much, otherwise the masses will force the government to fight Germany until the last minute.
Hitler certainly did not want his generals to think about issues that politicians should think about. He used military reasons to explain his reasons for doing so. "Manstein, you should know that Guderian's troops have been fighting at high speed for more than 100 years."
Half a month without any modifications, you are a general, and I have also experienced the last war. We all know what half a month of continuous combat means to the soldiers? Although we have achieved a huge victory, our
The casualties are not small. They are in urgent need of repairs. Moreover, our armored troops are advancing too fast, far exceeding our infantry and supply troops. Guderian already has some soldiers fighting with French weapons.
Well, more than that, the ground conditions in that damn Dunkirk area are not suitable for tank operations, and the swamps and ditches there have caused trouble for our troops in the last war."
As he spoke, Hitler slowly began to get excited, "Of course I hope to send all the damn British troops to hell, but we can't risk losing all our current advantages! And since the French army has been crushed, and the British
They have also begun to flee the battlefield, so how can they come back? At least, they will not come back for a long time, three or four years. This is enough for us."
Manstein looked at Hitler, thought of the telegram in his mind, and said slowly, "My head of state, don't you want Britain to sign a peace agreement with us?"
Hitler stared at Manstein without speaking. Manstein continued, "Now Britain is retreating with all its strength to Dunkirk. There are about three-quarters of the British Expeditionary Force there, and they are isolated by us in the south and
There are less than 100,000 British troops in Machinori. For the British, as long as they can rescue these troops, they will have the capital to continue fighting us. And our navy, to be honest, is not able to take us across England.
If they attack their homeland through the strait, we will have to deploy a large number of troops along the coastline to prevent the British attack. My head of state, don’t forget, there is a red giant bear behind us!”
Hitler felt that what Manstein said did make sense, but he said helplessly, "But our army no longer has much power to attack. If they find out that we are at the end of our battle, we will be in danger."
Manstein laughed and said, "The British rely on the sea to transport troops back to the UK, and don't we now have an underwater wolf pack? What's more, the British and French forces lost countless ammunition and supplies along the way.
Our troops can use these equipment to attack the British and French coalition forces, and cooperate with Marshal Goering's air force, we can force these three to four hundred thousand troops to surrender. If we have 300,000 British prisoners of war in our hands, Britain will still dare to
Don’t you consider our negotiating opinions?”
Wolves at sea? Hitler slapped himself on the head, and he suddenly remembered the submarine force he ordered to form. Indeed, that force had quickly taken shape, although it had not yet reached the three hundred submarines proposed by Dönitz.
level, but it has also reached nearly two hundred. These submarines are enough to give the British Navy, which is preparing to transport troops, a heads-up. Coupled with Goering's air force and army, maybe they can really seize the three to four hundred thousand people.
The British and French Allied Forces.
Hitler thought for a long time with his eyes closed, and finally made up his mind and said, "Okay, I immediately ordered Guderian to continue to advance, and Dönitz and Goering will cooperate with Guderian in the fight."
Manstein smiled and said, "This is really great. I believe the empire's victory is not far away."
Hitler suddenly asked curiously, "You just said you got the news, so where did you get it from? Also, did you just think about it yourself?"
Manstein was not prepared to hide it. He smiled and said to Hitler, "This is what the magical Chinese Jiang told me. I also think what he said makes sense. In fact, the last time I proposed the idea of raiding France from the Ardennes Forest,
He had said similar thoughts in a chat with me before, my head of state, our Chinese Jiang is not only our trustworthy friend, but also an excellent strategist."
When Hitler heard what Jiang Cheng said, he couldn't help but feel that it was both unexpected and expected. He hummed and said, "Indeed, Jiang is our loyal friend, and he has proven his loyalty with his actions."
History has taken another turn here. Historically, in addition to wanting to leave a good relationship with Britain and the excessive loss of Germany's combat power, Hitler also hoped to retain armored strength for the subsequent French battle. Now Germany's
The armor strength has been greatly strengthened and does not need to be used so carefully. When Churchill began to prepare for the rescue plan, the submarine force that had been trained under Dönitz for a long time began to dispatch. Hundreds of submarines were lurking throughout the strait.
Göring, who was told that someone was coming to take the credit, was so angry that he ordered the Air Force to drop more than 50,000 incendiary bombs and high-explosive bombs in one day, hoping to completely defeat the remnants of the British and French allied forces before the arrival of the army and submarine forces.
Churchill faced a much more severe situation than in history.
