For Lieutenant General Sadamichi Yoshimoto, he didn't want to imagine what kind of severe punishment he would face in his base camp after the war after this order was given. Will General Okamura regard his behavior as a scapegoat for defeat, a battle situation that is basically hopeless now?

For him, the most important thing is not to leave these two divisions in the north of Jin, so that he can really sing the empty city plan. More importantly, he knew that the Shanxi battlefield was indeed important, but compared with Hebei and Shandong, which brought together the Jinpu and Pinghan lines, the strategic position was still relatively slightly inferior.

In addition to the two divisions of the 12th Army that protected the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, and one division stationed in the eastern Henan region across the river from the First War Zone of the Chongqing Government, the entire North China Front Army no longer had a division that could be transferred, except for a few garrison brigades.

These two divisions were lost in northern Shanxi, and at least for a short time, the North China Front had no place to send reinforcements for itself. Similarly, the dispatch army and base camp cannot afford to draw reinforcements for themselves in a short period of time. Even if there is, I am afraid that it will also give priority to ensuring the safety of Pingjin and Hebei. As for the Shanxi battlefield, they will not consider it in a short period of time.

At the risk of being severely punished by the base camp, Sadachi Yoshimoto gave the two divisions in front of him the order to retreat. As for the Zuoma detachment in the northwest of Jin, Yoshimoto Sadachi gave his detachment commander, Major General Zuoma Hisashi, an order to delay as much as possible and consume the enemy in front of him at any cost.

As for why the left detachment, which was still isolated in the northwest battlefield of Jin, gave an order diametrically opposed to the two divisions in front. The reason is very simple, it was the communist army in the Guannai who besieged them, and it was also a big problem for the First Army. Its threat to Shanxi's stability was far above that of Shanxi's Chongqing army.

These communist armies are like maggots on tarsal bones, cutting down a stubble, and immediately growing a stubble again. They did not fight the Japanese army head-on, but it made it difficult for the entire First Army to settle down. Although the strength of the Zuoma detachment was not large, its combat effectiveness was higher than that of the communist army in the Guannai.

Moreover, in its current area, there are a large number of ammunition depots and grain storage warehouses that were secretly built during the sweep last year. In the short term, there will be no shortage of food and ammunition. With the several thousand troops of this left detachment, we will take advantage of the convenience of the main forces of the communist army in the northwest of Shanxi Province to gather in the surrounding areas to consume the strength of the communist army in the northwest of Shanxi Province to the greatest extent.

Although it was impossible to draw reinforcements for it, with the strong fortifications and sufficient food and ammunition on which it currently depended, it was enough to destroy a large number of communist troops in the battle. This can be used to find an opportunity to completely annihilate the communist army in the northwest of Shanxi after the war, cut off the triangular situation of the communist army in Shanxi, and create the most favorable fighter plane.

Even if the Anti-Japanese Federation occupied the entire northern Shanxi, without the cooperation of the communist armies on both sides of Shanxi and Pulu, they would be alone. First defeated the communist army in the northwest of Shanxi and cut off one wing, and then cooperated with the Nanjing government army that was sweeping in the northeast of Shanxi. Before the Anti-Japanese Federation gained a foothold in northern Jin, cut off its support forces south of the Great Wall. Let it go south, it can only fight alone.

The Zuojian detachment was in the northwest of Jin, and although it was inferior in terms of strength, it surpassed the communist army in front of it in terms of military quality and ammunition reserves. Taking this opportunity, even if the whole army is annihilated, it is enough to crush the vitality of the communist army in the northwest of Shanxi in one fell swoop. The most important thing is that this left detachment is in the northwest of Jin for one day, and the enemy army does not dare to take anything lightly.

The northwest of Jin is only a river away from their so-called red capital, the capital of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border region. Even if the Anti-Japanese Federation had a plan to divide their troops to the south in the next step, as long as this left detachment was there for a day, they would not be able to go south with all their might. When you deploy yourself, you also have a certain amount of leeway.

Since in the whole plan of General Okamura, this left detachment is destined to be sacrificed as a bait, then I should not change General Okamura's plan. For the sake of the stability of the district in the future, it is better for them to dedicate themselves to His Majesty the Emperor according to the original plan.

Although the target of attraction is contrary to what General Okamura had previously envisioned, after all, it is a rare opportunity to completely eliminate these maggots of tarsal bones, which are difficult to capture the main force of the main force of the First Army, even if a large number of troops are concentrated.

The most important thing is that Yoshimoto Saichi believes that although the strength of the left detachment is less than that of the Northwest Jin Communist Army in front of him, it will not necessarily lose in this battle, and it will not necessarily be wiped out by the whole army. With the strength and strength of the left detachment, you can even bite back the enemy forces around you.

In the Battle of Xinkou that year, the Imperial Army once defeated eleven regiments of the government army in Xinkou in one day with an infantry brigade. Now the Suzhì of the Imperial Army, there is no significant decline. Although the strength of the enemy's army has risen to a certain extent, this increase may not necessarily be effective in a short period of time.

Today, the Imperial army will not have any disadvantage to any army in China, except of course the damned resistance to the north. With the improved tactics of the Imperial Army to deal with the Imperial Army, neither the Northeast Kwantung Army nor the current North China Front Army had any tactical means to deal with it.

Yoshimoto Sadachi, who was once called the best chief of staff of the Kwantung Army by General Umezu Mijiro, summoned the chiefs of staff of the various divisions involved in the battle together after each battle against the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and conducted an operational review. As a result, every time they reviewed, all the chiefs of staff of divisions and regiments unanimously said that their evaluation of the tactics of the Anti-Japanese Federation on the battlefield was unusually familiar.

After several summarizations by Yoshimoto, the former chief of staff of the Kwantung Army was dumbfounded and discovered that the infantry tactics of the Anti-Japanese Union were basically formed after the Japanese infantry attack tactics had been greatly improved, and in view of their own shortcomings and their own conditions, they had improved and strengthened certain support weapons and equipment, making the firepower allocation more reasonable than that of the Japanese army.

Compared with the Japanese infantry tactics, the improved squad and platoon tactics are more flexible, the firepower is more reasonable, and the infantry tactics of the Japanese army can be effectively restrained. However, no matter how it was improved, the basis was still based on the infantry attack tactics of the Japanese army. However, in the face of the tactics of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which was improved on the basis of its own infantry tactics, the Kwantung Army was repeatedly helpless.

Coupled with the opponent's extremely fierce combat effectiveness and strong will to fight, it is difficult for the Japanese army to take advantage of the situation of troops that is in line with the opponent and itself. Even if you don't suffer a loss, it's already a fluke. There are often cases of a squadron being crushed by a company of enemy troops.

The consequence of being mastered by the opponent and finding a way to deal with it is that during the attack, it is often difficult for an infantry squadron to capture the position held by an enemy platoon or even an infantry squad. Even if he reluctantly captured, his losses were extremely heavy.

It is often the best outcome to capture a position held by a platoon of the enemy, and the loss of combat effectiveness of one of its own infantry squadrons here. This result was almost unimaginable in the previous battles with the various factions of the Chinese army, and it would not have appeared at all.

In the face of such an opponent who not only applies what he has learned, but even excels in the blue, plus good students, Yoshimoto Sadachi does not know whether the Imperial Army should cry or laugh, or cry and laugh? The opponent who copied his own tactics and improved it often lost on the battlefield, but although he could not defeat the Anti-Japanese Alliance, Yoshimoto Sadachi thought that he still had an absolute advantage over the North China Communist Army. Although he gave an order to Major General Zuo Ma Hisashi, he was ordered to fight to the death. As for the fate of the left detachment, he was not very worried. Although it is said that the damn resistance to the north of Jin and Jin, the empire has no way.

But he is very confident that with the strength of the left detachment, even if he cannot defeat the main force of the Jinsui Military Region, there is no problem with his own safety. The Imperial Army still had a considerable advantage in the face of these communist armies. Although the communist troops in these passes are tenacious, their equipment and firepower are too poor, and there is also a certain gap in the use of tactics.

Although Yoshimoto Sadachi thought that he did not think of the so-called main force of the Jinsui Military Region of the Communist Army that had gone out of the Great Wall to attack Baotou, he disregarded the delicate political situation in China and abandoned his control area in Suixi and returned in such a short time. It was also a rather strict judgment of General Okamura, including himself, on the development of the entire war in this battle.

But he still didn't think that the transfer of these communist troops would have much impact on his entire war situation. Of course, as long as they don't adopt any kind of dispersed guerrilla attacks, so that the Imperial Army wants to fight a decisive battle with them, they will never be able to catch the shadow. In a face-to-face confrontation, the Imperial Army will never suffer.

In fact, Yoshimoto Sadachi didn't judge what his opponent thought, and paid such a big price, concentrating his main force to go out of the Great Wall to seize Baotou. In the end, he gave up the fruit that had already arrived and put it into someone else's mouth. Are they really not worried about the rear set, taking advantage of their lack of troops in the entire Suixi to advance eastward to regain lost territory?

Yoshimoto Sadami did not expect that the Jining-Baotou section of the Pingsui Railway, which should have been very bad, would be restored to traffic so quickly, so that the enemy army could quickly return to the northwest of Shanxi through the Guò Railway. He really couldn't understand why the troops of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army stationed in Baotou and the front line of Guisui did not blow up any railway lines when they were attacked from all sides.

Whether it is the station, the dispatch console, the water tower, the coal station, or the railroad tracks, sleepers, there is no damage done. No aviation was sent to bomb the lost railway line afterwards. It will completely fall into the hands of the enemy and be effectively reused by the enemy in the shortest possible time.

In this way, a railway line, together with a large number of wagons and locomotives that had been hoarded in Baotou and Guisui, was handed over to the enemy intact. Do they still want to call back at any time? Are they too naïve, or do they not take the enemy seriously, or are they still asleep in their invincible sleep and have not yet woken up?

The Kwantung Army has been dealing with this new anti-Japanese alliance in the northeast for so many years, and unless people take the initiative to give up the cities and railway lines they have lost, how can they not be able to recapture one of the cities and railway lines that they have lost, otherwise with the strength of the Kwantung Army, which are all regular field divisions and regiments, and there is no messy public security division and independent garrison mixed brigades?

It was this armed force's rapid return of reinforcements after the capture of Baotou that allowed the Anti-Japanese League in northern Jin to free up their hands and concentrate on their two divisions in northern Jin when the left detachment was already threatening its red capital. If this point could have been judged accurately, I am afraid that the situation of the war would not have been so corrosive.

Although the transfer back has always been a headache for several commanders of the First Army, it is also an unexpected joy to make the main force of the Communist Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province, which has failed many times in attacks on northern Shaanxi. But this unexpected joy, for Yoshimoto Sadachi, could not dilute any of his worries about the speed of erosion of the war situation in northern Jin.