Naosaburo Okabe was awakened by a rapid knock on the door. When he opened the door and went out, he saw adjutant Matsumoto Hiroshi and chief of staff Shinichi Tanaka standing outside his bedroom with solemn expressions.
Seeing Naosaburo Okabe move out of the door, Tanaka Shinichi immediately paused and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, we just received an urgent call from Ulanqab. There is indeed a problem with the newly formed 34th Division of the Sui Army that surrendered not long ago."
"Nani?" Naosaburo Okabe's heart skipped a beat and he asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
Tanaka Shinichi added: "About half an hour ago, Ulanqab was suddenly attacked by the Chinese Army. Even Kojima-kun's headquarters was attacked by the Wolf Fang Brigade. The 10th Infantry Division had just surrendered.
Taking the opportunity to launch a rebellion, Ulanqab is now in chaos. Mr. Xiaodao asks the Commander to send reinforcements as soon as possible!"
"Baga." Naosaburo Okabe asked, "Is the situation so serious?"
Tanaka Shinichi said: "According to Kojima-kun's inference, the main force of Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army and the main force of Xu Rui's Chahar Independent Regiment are most likely here this time. In addition, there is the Imperial Alliance Army Infantry Division."
The Tenth Division is causing trouble from within, and the situation in Ulanqab is indeed not optimistic. How about asking the 110th Division to rush in for reinforcements?"
"Okay." Naosaburo Okabe nodded and said, "Then quickly send the 110th Division to reinforce."
Although Naosaburo Okabe does not think that Ulanqab will be in danger, after all, this is the capital of the puppet Mongolian autonomous government. Not only is there a cavalry group and a military police brigade stationed there, but there are also several cavalry divisions of the puppet Mongolian army.
, even if Fu Zuoyi's Sui army invades in full force, it will never be lost in a short period of time.
Even the Chahar Independent Group with Xu Rui is the same.
But there is a saying that goes well, caution never goes amiss. Ulanqab is the forward base for counterattack next spring. The 10 million kilograms of grain stored in Ulanqab must not cause any problems!
"Hai!" Tanaka Shinichi paused, turned around and left in a hurry.
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Zhuozi County, North Route Army frontline headquarters.
Digua hurriedly walked into the war room and whispered softly into Xu Rui's ear. Fu Zuoyi, Ye Qijie and several staff officers standing opposite immediately cast their eyes over, and all of them looked expectant.
However, Xu Rui deliberately caused trouble and said: "I want to tell you some bad news. The Japanese 110th Division stationed in Zhangbei has been dispatched. Although the heavy snow road closure will cause certain obstacles to the Japanese march, our guerrillas in Chabei will also fight hard.
We will try our best to block the attack along the way, but we will only be able to delay it for two days at most."
The faces of Ye Qijie and several staff officers immediately fell.
This is really bad news. Zhang Bei's Japanese soldiers will come to reinforce Ulanqab. This was actually expected by them. They also made full preparations for this. However, they did not expect that Zhang Bei's soldiers would come to reinforce Ulanqab.
The devils can come so fast. The fighting has just started here, and Zhang Bei's devils have immediately dispatched. What the hell is this?
"How could the Japanese react so quickly?" a staff officer said with a frown, "as if they knew our full plan."
"Is there a spy among us?" a staff officer said in a deep voice, "Did we give our plan to a kid?
Fu Zuoyi's face also darkened, and he reprimanded: "What are you talking about? The little Japs are not fools. It's not surprising that they can judge the intentions of our army from clues."
After a pause, Fu Zuoyi turned to Xu Rui and said, "Brother, Zhang Bei's Japanese reinforcements arrived faster than planned, and the time left for us is tighter than expected. Do you have any suggestions?"
The implication of Fu Zuoyi's words is that if it really doesn't work, you can only give up.
It's a pity not to be able to catch food, but it's better than losing all your capital.
"It's okay." Xu Rui smiled slightly and said, "I have good news. The newly formed 34th Division, with the cooperation of the Langya Brigade, has captured the granary in the north of the city and the two Japanese infantry squadrons guarding the granary.
It has been completely wiped out, but not a single grain of grain in the granary has been lost, which means that as long as the north gate is breached, grain can be transported out!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Qijie and several combat staff officers from the headquarters immediately cheered.
Although Fu Zuoyi did not cheer loudly, he still waved his fist vigorously.
Because the purpose of this battle was not to capture Ulanqab, but to capture the food in the city.
Of course, it would be great if we could really annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops and recover Ulanqab, but everyone knows that this is too difficult.
Xu Rui changed his tone and said: "But we can't be too happy too early. The Langya Brigade failed to behead the people. After all, it still left a root of trouble. The old devil Yoshizo Kojima is really powerful, not only with his only
Judging our true intention from clues, Zhang Bei's reinforcements were immediately mobilized, and a large number of troops were also mobilized to launch a counterattack against the granary. The New 34th Division had great difficulties due to insufficient ammunition replenishment.
"
"This is nothing." Fu Zuoyi waved his hand and said, "Everything has advantages and disadvantages. On the contrary, if there are disadvantages, it must be advantageous. Kojima Yizou mobilized a large number of troops to counterattack wildly, which will inevitably seriously weaken the peripheral defense. This objectively makes us
It became easier to break through Ulanqab's outer defense line."
After a pause, Fu Zuoyi said in a ferocious voice: "I have decided to concentrate our forces to attack a point at the north gate!"
"I think so too." Xu Rui said in a deep voice, "I will let the Langya Brigade cooperate with you."
"Very good! It would be even better if we could have Langya to cooperate." Fu Zuoyi chuckled and said, "And brother, I won't hide it from you. I made arrangements in Ulanqab, and now it's time to send
Come in handy."
"That's good." Xu Rui was not surprised at all. Fu Zuoyi is the chairman of Suiyuan Province anyway. He has been operating in Suiyuan Province for many years. How could Ulanqab not have his hidden power?
I just don’t know how much strength Fu Zuoyi has hidden in Ulanqab? A company? A battalion or a regiment?
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In the west of the city, the headquarters of the Japanese Cavalry Fourth Brigade.
Kojima Jizo has rebuilt his command system and restored effective command of all the troops in Ulanqab. Even the four cavalry divisions of the puppet Mongolian army have been included in the system. However, the combat effectiveness of the puppet Mongolian army is very poor.
Kojima Yoshizo didn't have high expectations for them either. This battle still had to rely on the Japanese army.
Although the four cavalry regiments of the cavalry group have just been rebuilt, the first brigade in particular has been rebuilt twice in just six months, and the grassroots officers are not yet fully in place. However, even so,
The combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. After all, these Japanese soldiers have all received strict military training.
At the beginning, due to the chaos in command, the Japanese army did fall into a short-term passivity. Because of this, almost all the outposts outside the city were lost. However, after Kojima Yoshizo resumed effective command, the Japanese quickly stabilized their position.
Gradually withstood the fierce attacks of the Sui Army and the Chahar Independent Regiment.
At this moment, the lights in the war room were brightly lit.
From time to time, a signal soldier would quickly walk into the war room and submit the latest battle report.
"The group leader, the Thirteenth Cavalry Regiment reported that they have stabilized their position and launched a counterattack against the Sui Army on the opposite side, regaining the previously lost outpost position."
"Report, the 26th Cavalry Regiment reported that the North Gate defense line has been stabilized."
"Report, the gendarmerie brigade reported that city-wide martial law has been imposed on Ulanqab."
"Report, the 4th Cavalry Division of the Royal Association Army reported that they have entered the position."
The battle reports were sent to the war room like a stream, but Kojima Yoshizo didn't even raise his head. His eyes or attention were always focused on the granary, and his brows were tightly knitted, because just a quarter of an hour ago, the granary
Contact was completely lost, and the 14th Cavalry Regiment was reinforced, and the 25th Cavalry Regiment was also blocked.
Kojima Yoshizo realized that most of the granaries in the north of the city had fallen into enemy hands.
Although they had been prepared for this, the loss of the granary so quickly was somewhat unexpected by Kojima Yoshizou. The sooner the granary was lost, the more time the Sui army that captured the granary had to deploy defenses, which also meant that
As a result, it became more and more difficult for the Japanese army to retake the granary in a short period of time.
Once a stalemate develops, anything can happen.
Thinking of this, Kojima Yoshizo could no longer remain calm, and shouted in a deep voice: "Order, the 25th Cavalry Regiment immediately launches a general attack on the Sui Army entrenched near the granary, and tells Mr. Hojo that no matter what the cost, it must be recaptured before dawn.
Granary, if you still can't recapture the granary before dawn, prepare to commit seppuku to thank the Emperor."
"Hai!" The signal soldier nodded heavily, turned around and wanted to leave.
However, at this moment, another signal soldier hurried in and reported: "Group commander, the 26th Cavalry Regiment urgently called, the North Gate position has been lost, and a section of the Sui Army has broken into the city!"
"Nani?!" Kojima Jizo, who had been staring at the map, suddenly looked up.
Machida Ryuji, who was standing next to Kojima Yoshizo, also cast his eyes over.
Several Japanese operational staff members in the headquarters also looked at each other in confusion. Just now, the 26th Cavalry Regiment reported that the North Gate defense line had been stabilized. How come the North Gate fell in less than five minutes?
Kojima Yoshizo took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The North Gate position was lost so quickly?"
Signal Corpsman Hay said, "Because the headquarters of the 26th Cavalry Regiment was attacked, and the 4th Cavalry Division of the Imperial Association Army suddenly rebelled, the Imperial Army was caught off guard, which resulted in the rapid loss of the North Gate position."
"Baga, Liu Heiqi?" Kojima Jizo said, "I never thought that this guy also has a problem."
"It shouldn't be Liu Sang." Machida Ryuji unexpectedly said, "I can guarantee that there will be no problem with him."
"We'll talk about this later." Kojima Yoshizo waved his hand and said to the signal soldiers who had not yet had time to leave, "The order has been changed for the 25th Cavalry Regiment, asking them to immediately reinforce the North Gate!"
