Unable to control it, a group of brigade commanders continued to argue over the distribution of light weapons such as light and heavy machine guns as well as grenade launchers and rifles. Liu Lang directly ordered Zhang Ruhao to take charge of coordination.
In fact, when Liu Lang was allocating artillery, he had already quietly drawn a framework for weapon allocation to meet all the needs of the 3rd Army for long-range artillery. That means that heavy weapons have already satisfied you, and you have your own light weapons.
Don’t think too much about the Third Reich standard weapon of the Central Army, just think about it.
Only the 17th Division and the 129th Division have huge needs for light weapons. Of course, compared to the 129th Division, which was adapted from the Red Army, although the 17th Division is also a marginalized unit, it still belongs to the second line.
In terms of light weapons, there is some guarantee. I believe they will have more demand for the national army's standard weapons. If they are Japanese-style weapons, it will disrupt their logistical supplies.
As for the Independent Regiment and even the 22nd Army, there is absolutely no need for these Japanese-style equipment. The Independent Regiment uses semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, and it also has its own equipment in terms of light and heavy machine guns. The 22nd Army has been through Liu Xiang's two years of investment and Liu Xiang's investment.
They wereted no time in donating money. They were no longer the "beggar army" in time and space who wore straw sandals and straw hats and carried "one-on-one" rifles. Their standard rifles came from Springfield in the United States, and were not at all of the performance of the 38-type rifles.
American rifle.
As Zhang Ruhao from the red camp, he knew how to distribute more light weapons to the 129th Division without leaving any trace without Liu Lang's reminder. Now, the entire 18th Group Army was looking eagerly at them.
Most of the artillery battalions equipped for each division are empty frames, and many fire companies only use Czech light machine guns to make up the numbers.
Otherwise, if one brigade of the 115th Division ambushed two supply squadrons with nearly a thousand men, the battle loss ratio would not be 1:1. Due to the guerrilla warfare they will conduct behind enemy lines in the future, their demand for light weapons will be even greater.
For heavy weapons such as artillery.
Liu Lang had to deal with another opponent from a foreign country next. Without any discussion, the three army lieutenant generals unanimously agreed to leave it to Liu Lang to deal with Naosaburo Okabe who came to negotiate the prisoner exchange.
The reason is very simple. Colonel Liu is the most thief and the thickest-skinned. The most important thing is that he can beat people the best. If there is no negotiation, he can just punch or kick him. This is the virtue of the Japanese. After a good beating, they will be honest.
Besides, he is just a major general. If a lieutenant general is sent to negotiate with him, why should he give the Japanese so much face?
Liu Lang was speechless. Damn it, he seemed to be right.
Looking at his quietly clenched fists under the firelight, a member of the group grinned, hoping that Naosaburo Okabe would be wiser and not make things too bloody on the negotiation table.
In the night, on the train that was traveling at a steady speed from Shimen to Jingxing County at a speed of more than 30 yards, Naosaburo Okabe, who was missed by Liu Tuanzuo, was also staring at the night outside the car window in trance.
"Qingshui-kun, what do you think of the good or bad luck of Jingxing and his party this time?" Naosaburo Okabe asked softly, without looking back.
In the entire carriage, in addition to the chief of staff of the North China Front, there was also a Japanese major who stood upright and had a somewhat rigid face standing not far from him.
Obviously, this Japanese major general had great trust in him, and the Japanese major general was also a little uneasy about this trip.
Hearing Naosaburo Okabe's question, the somewhat stiff-faced Japanese major turned respectful, but replied harshly: "But don't worry, Mr. Okabe, there are still more than 10,000 Chinese prisoners of war in the hands of our army."
, since they offered to exchange prisoners of war, they will naturally not go back on their word. Even if they dare to make any changes, Shimizu Jiro will definitely keep you safe."
Naosaburo Okabe looked back at this senior intelligence officer who was originally under Kenji Doihara of the Kwantung Army and is now the most capable officer under Makoto Kita, and nodded happily. With this person who has been engaged in intelligence for many years, he himself is also
With the assurance of an authentic master who was a direct descendant of the Iga sect of ninjutsu, he finally felt at ease in his rather uneasy mind.
"Have the personnel arranged by Kita-kun among the Chinese prisoners of war been deployed? The Chinese's telegram has shown their intention to exchange prisoners of war as soon as possible. We must do it as soon as possible." Naosaburo Okabe, who was less worried about going to Jingxing, asked again.
road.
"Please rest assured, Chief of Staff, we have started the work of instigating Chinese prisoners of war two months ago, and now we have at least thirty key personnel. After receiving the order from the Commander today, in order to prevent the Chinese from reappearing,
We also specially arranged for our personnel to follow another group of prisoners of war into the prisoner of war camp. The prisoner of war camp itself has a mixed number of numbers, and the numbers of our personnel are complete. They will definitely not conflict with the numbers registered in the prisoner of war camp. Moreover, they are all in
I have worked in northern China for more than six years." Shimizu Jiro nodded.
"Very good! The Chinese people thought they had won this time, but they didn't know that the battle is not over yet. The one who laughs at the end is the real winner." A smile appeared on Naosaburo Okabe's face.
The current Chief of Staff of Major General Naosaburo Okabe is still very confident. Generally speaking, his mood is much better than in the morning.
His good friend who is currently the commander of the 2nd Division of the Kwantung Army has sent him a message. The debate between several parties in the base camp has almost come to a conclusion. Although he suffered a defeat in North China this time, the main responsibility lies with Juichi Terauchi, the commander of the front army and
He was not greatly implicated in the death of Bunzaburo Kawagishi.
Even if his dream of being promoted to Army Lieutenant General within this year comes to nothing, as long as he can perfectly handle the prisoner exchange matters reported by the North China Front Army, he will first be transferred to the Kwantung Army to lie dormant for a period of time. By next spring, he will be promoted to Army Lieutenant General.
The matter will be brought up again.
"Hi! In Chinese terms, victory or defeat is a matter of military strategism. Even if the 20th Division was defeated, it was only because the 20th Division underestimated the enemy. Our Northern China dispatched troops were defeating the Chinese infantry in northern Shanxi.
If you retreat, victory will come sooner or later. The Chinese cannot win this war." Jiro Shimizu said to meet Naosaburo Okabe.
Perhaps you also know that without the support of aircraft and artillery, even if a train is equipped with a light infantry regiment, it has no chance of winning against the Chinese army in Jingxing. Naosaburo Okabe only brought a senior agent with a ninjutsu master level and a
The infantry squadron came to Jingxing County,
After all, in the morning, 20 aircraft were shot down by ferocious firepower from the ground, five of which proved the ferocious machine gun firepower of the Chinese army in Jingxing County. Based on the rough estimate of the number of Chinese air defense positions and anti-aircraft firepower returned by the Japanese aircraft
, the North China Front Army Staff Headquarters gave the Chinese troop strength in Jingxing County as high as 50,000.
This troop estimate actually made the North China Front breathe a sigh of relief. Although it was almost a foregone conclusion that the entire 20th Division would be destroyed, the top and bottom of the Japanese headquarters still could not accept that the powerful Imperial Army was so defeated by them two months ago.
The pursuit of the weak Chinese who had little ability to resist was defeated, and it was still a complete failure. Now, there are more than 50,000 Chinese troops in Jingxing County alone, and with the nearly 100,000 deployed on its defense line, it is four times that of the 20th Army.
The strength of the division's troops, this is not a crime of war, which makes people think a little bit.
As for the source of all this, the North China Front Army naturally pointed the finger at the intelligence system of the base camp. If it weren't for their intelligence errors, how could the North China Front Army have misjudged and allowed the powerful Western Front Army to be divided into two to fight in a roundabout way throughout Eastern Shanxi?
Woolen cloth!
The 38th Air Wing did not know that the destruction of five of their fighters and the serious injury of three fighters would only give the thoughtful Terauchi Juichi an extra point of confidence to appeal to the base camp. The estimated 50,000
The strength of the Chinese military had become conclusive data in his angry report to the base camp at noon.
Of course, as the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, Naosaburo Okabe went to Jingxing in person, and he did not intend to conduct a personal inspection of the Chinese military strength in Jingxing County. These can be used as capital to alleviate the guilt of the two men who will soon take the blame for the destruction of the 20th Division.
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However, what made the Japanese most assured that the Chinese would not rely on this Army Major General was naturally the more than 10,000 Chinese prisoners of war captured in Hebei and the tens of millions of Chinese civilians they captured in Pingjin.
As long as they are reasonably sensible Chinese military generals, they will not take anything against Naosaburo Okabe. From Juichi Terauchi to Shimizu Jiro, everyone thinks so.
They were right. If it were any general in Eastern Jin Dynasty, from General Huang to the three lieutenant generals on the Jingxing front line, even if they wanted to beat this Japanese Army Major General into Xiang, cut off his head and hang it as a lantern on Taihang Mountain, the result would be
You can think about it in your mind, but you can't do anything to him. Just as the Japanese think, they only have less than 4,000 Japanese prisoners of war in their hands, but they have tens of millions of Chinese civilians as hostages.
Unfortunately, the Japanese still made a very important miscalculation.
First of all, the Chinese leader responsible for negotiating with Naosaburo Okabe is not a general, just a colonel.
The unequal status given to negotiators by China is not the real reason for Major General Okabe Naosaburo's anger. In fact, the legendary "Beast Colonel" was too unwise.
Have you ever seen a negotiation model where even if you want to stab the other party to death, you still use a few polite words in a false and fake manner? Have you ever seen a member of the other party's negotiation team immediately point at the other party's nose and laugh loudly?
Is that true? Have you ever seen a person go shirtless and start a fight without even giving him a chance to bargain?
Oh! No, to use a Chinese idiom, it’s called going into battle shirtless, but it’s the kind of going into battle yourself without using your hands on others.
I have never seen Naosaburo Okabe before, but I finally saw him this time.
Especially when you see that extremely hateful and shameless fat man standing at the negotiation table with a pretentious look on his face, waving his fingers with disdain and shouting at all the members of the negotiating team: "You guys, come together.
It’s just that I’m right here. If you can force me to step back, I will give away 1,000 of your Japanese prisoners of war for free.”
Naosaburo Okabe wanted to pull out the command sword from his waist and chop the arrogant fat man with one knife, even though he knew that there were at least a thousand guns aimed at him within a range of 300 meters.
Really, he has never seen such a shameless person, not even in his entire life.
But he still didn't.
It's not the Chinese guns, but the fat man is not bragging, he really has the ability to be arrogant.
Of course, that's still one hour in the future.
After a brief inspection of the train by an infantry platoon, the train carrying members of the Japanese North China Front Army negotiation team slowly drove into Jingxing Railway Station.