Okamura Ninji heard the head of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade say this, and he said appreciatively: "It's very good that you can recognize the lessons of the setbacks of these few times in clearing the Dirt Eight Road, and you can also guess the purpose of my special trip to the inkstone this time." ”

Okamura Ninji sat on the sofa, patted the sofa and said, "You two sit down, I have something to tell you." ”

The head of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade and the chief of staff of Yagyu Jubei sat on the chair opposite General Okamura Ninji and listened carefully.

General Okamura Ninji analyzed the situation of the Japanese army in North China and said solemnly: "The current situation of the Imperial Japanese Army in North China is difficult, the battle line is too long, and the Chinese anti-Japanese troops are constantly harassing, resulting in insufficient supply of baggage and insufficient provisions. ”

He stood up as he spoke, and ordered in an accentuated tone: "In order to support the large-scale operations of the North China Imperial Army, order your brigade to speed up the pace of clearing the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Jiaodong, cause reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army in the west, and alleviate the pain of being harassed by the Eighth Route Army in the rear of the Imperial Army, do you understand?" ”

"Haiyi, Haiyi, my 13th Brigade will definitely do its best to wipe out all the Tuba Road entrenched in Jiaodong." The head of Shusuke Hoshino's brigade saluted and replied firmly.

Okamura Ninji stayed on the inkstone for three and a half hours, and when he left, he said sternly again: "Hoshino-kun, we are all high-ranking officers of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, and we have an unshirkable responsibility for the common prosperity of Greater East Asia and the development of territory for His Majesty the Emperor. ”

General Shusuke Hoshino sent Okamura Ninji away, and immediately convened a high-level military meeting of the brigade.

The Fujiwara Brigade of the 73rd Kameda Wing stationed at Aoshan was ordered to dispatch a squadron with rich experience in fighting with the Eighth Route Army to tentatively march to Guojiadian, the choke point of the Eighth Route Army's base area.

Captain Kameda stood up and asked, "General Hoshino, a squadron of Imperial Army troops has penetrated deep into the depth of the Dohachi Road base area, and I am afraid that it will be devastated by the Dohachi Road, may I ask the general, what should I do next?" ”

"Yuxi, Kameda-kun asked well, a squadron sent by your wing to tentatively attack the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and the Fujiwara Brigade will be followed as reinforcements at any time, and your wing will be the main force to attack the base area of the Eighth Route Army, please remember, the front team is tentative, the squadron is reinforced at any time, and the rear team will follow up, becoming a three-in-one combat plan, do you understand?" Shogun Hoshino explained slyly.

"Haiyi, the general's battle plan is to take step by step, cooperate with each other, fight in tandem, discover the Tuba Road, quickly eliminate it with superior forces, move forward steadily, and eat all the base areas of the Tuba Road. Kameda complimented excitedly.

Wing Commander Mitsuo Tokugawa stood up, looked at the brigade commander of Shusuke Hoshino and asked, "Brigade commander, how does my wing act?" ”

"Tokugawa-kun, your wing is advancing along the road in the direction of Songzhuang, where the large army of the Tuba Road has crossed the Shahe River, and there will not be a regiment of troops left on the Tuba Road near Songzhuang, and one of your wings can completely wipe out the remnants of the Tuba Road."

The commander of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade ordered Hashimoto Taro Osaku of the mixed brigade again: "Hashimoto Army, your mixed brigade should be divided into two parts, and lead the tank troops to follow the Kameda Wing to attack the Dohachi Road in the mountains, and the tanks will be greatly powerful." ”

"Hay, Hay."

The brigade commander then ordered: "Hashimoto-kun's artillery unit, led by the deputy captain, will move with the Tokugawa wing. ”

The Tokugawa Wing Captain asked: "General Hoshino, the weapons and ammunition of my Tokugawa Wing have not been replenished, and the ammunition will not be able to keep up with this campaign, I'm afraid." ”

"My Kameda Wing doesn't have many weapons and ammunition, and it will carry out a three-step advance on the Dirt Eighth Road, once the baggage can't keep up, my Wing will fall into the siege of the Dirt Eighth Road, and I am afraid that the advance and retreat will be hindered."

General Hoshino said sternly: "This time, the commander of the Japanese army stationed in North China, General Okamura Ninji, came to Yantai in person to report that the war in North China was tight, and weapons, ammunition and armaments could not be replenished in time. ”

"General, the poor people in the Tuba Road base area can't even eat, even if we capture it, what if we can grab food and weapons and ammunition? The weapons of the Dirt Eight Road are all earthen guns and earth cannons, and our Imperial Japanese Army cannot use them at all. Captain Mitsuo Tokugawa shook his head and said.

The commander of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade saw that the captain of the Kameda Wing was about to speak again, and he said fiercely and quickly: "The Japanese army in North China is short of baggage, and our 13th Brigade cannot be replenished in time. ”

Several wing commanders and mixed brigade captains did not expect the Japanese army to be in such a difficult situation, they had not yet started a war with the Eighth Route Army, and their hearts had begun to feel uneasy.

Returning to the units, the Japanese army began to clear the base areas of the Eighth Route Army on a large scale, and for a time the sky over the base areas was shrouded in dense rain.

At this time, the devil squadron that attacked Fengwang Mountain was the squadron of Masao Kosaka of the Fujiwara Brigade stationed in Aoshan.

Lei Jian's independent battalion quickly cleaned up the battlefield and returned to the Fengwang Mountain position, ready for war with the enemy.

The three companies led by Niu Dali pursued the fleeing Zhao Baoyuan's puppet army, and kept the puppet army pursuing and fleeing into the county seat, leaving a platoon on a mountain peak halfway to set up an ambush, once the puppet army attacked again, resolutely blocked.

Lei Jian led Li Gang's company to quickly seize the high ground two miles east of Fengwang Mountain, immediately build position fortifications, and sent Wang Xiaoliang to the east to reconnoitre, once the devil troops were found, they would come back and report immediately.

Wang Xiaoliang led the reconnaissance squad to run eastward for less than 500 meters, and found that a devil army was advancing forward with guns and ammunition, and he immediately returned to the high ground with the soldiers, and said hurriedly: "Oh no, Battalion Commander Lei, now a squadron of devils is less than two miles away from our high ground, my mother, I'm too nervous." ”

", every time you just started a war with the devil, you are so virtuous, and you are afraid that everyone has it, but shouldn't it come out of the mouth of one of your deputy battalion commanders? This will affect the fighting mood of the fighters around you. ”

"Battalion Commander Lei, I understand everything you say, but if I dare to say it, you won't dare." Wang Xiaoliang grimaced as he spoke.

"Malegobi, you are still reasonable, hurry up and prepare me for battle, you kid is so special to disturb the morale of the army, be careful that my pig-killing knife wipes your neck." Lei Jian consolidated the fortifications and commanded the soldiers to prepare for battle.

Lei Jian lay on the front of the position, holding a telescope to closely watch the valley to the east, and vaguely found a devil army out of the mountain bay, according to the normal marching speed, approaching Fengwang Mountain.

The Japanese commander Masao Kosaka saw Fengwang Mountain in front, and this cunning guy ordered the troops to stop advancing and sent a squad of little devils to fire forward to reconnoitre.

When Lei Jian saw the scene of the devil, he saw the devil's attack from the movie and television before the crossing, and immediately cautiously lowered his posture and ordered: "The little devil's scout is coming up, quickly concealed, without an order, the target must not be exposed." ”

The devil scout approached Fengwang Mountain, and the Japanese army Cao Chang ordered the soldiers to climb the high ground to reconnoitre, seeing that the little devil was about to approach the front of the position, if he did not eliminate this devil scout in time, he would inevitably be discovered by the little devil.

The devil Cao Chang quickly climbed the high ground, waved his hand and shouted: "Stop advancing, shoot at the hilltops and woods on the highlands, and immediately retreat to the bottom of the mountain when you find Tubalu, waiting for reinforcements from the large army." ”

Pop, pop, slap, sudden, sudden, boom, boom, machine gun rifle bullets swept towards the high ground and hillside woods, the branches of the trees were broken and the dust was flying, grenades exploded in the position and the hillside, and the soil, shrapnel and stones were sprinkled around, and some soldiers were injured, but without the order of the thunder sword, the soldiers hid in the position fortifications and did not dare to move at all.

The devil Cao Chang commanded the soldiers to vent a burst of grenades and bullets, but he didn't find that there was an ambush on the high ground, and waved his hand to Kosaka Masao, who was a few hundred meters away from the mountain, and shouted: "Kosaka Shaozuo, there is no earth eight road ambush here, and the large army can continue to advance." ”

(Tianjin)