After the base camp happily agreed, after giving reinforcements to two divisions of the North China Front within ten days. After receiving a telegram from Okamura Ninji, the commander of the General Commander of the China Dispatch Army, did not pick and search in the face of an unfavorable war situation. At present, the 11th and 13th armies, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the dispatch army, basically have no large-scale combat missions, and can allocate part of their troops to support the North China Front.

This General Shunliu Hata knew very well that if the North China Front really lost Shanxi and the Pingjin area in this battle, his position as the commander of the dispatch army would be completed. After all, the North China Front Army is within the establishment of the China Dispatch Army, and if this responsibility is defeated, he, the commander of the General Army, will not be able to carry it if he wants to. The key issue now is not to pursue accountability, but to protect Pingjin, Suiyuan, and Shanxi.

General Shunliu Hata generously transferred the 86th Infantry Wing from the 22nd Division under the 13th Army directly under the Dispatch Army, and the 1st Excellent-Excellent-Small-Said-More-New-Fastest-WWW.UUXS.CC-1-Field Artillery Brigade. The 63rd Division belonged to four infantry brigades and two mountain artillery squadrons. The 116th Division's 109th and 138th Wings, two artillery squadrons, a howitzer squadron, and all the rapid-fire guns of the 13th Army were temporarily organized into a detachment. It was under the unified command of Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi, commander of the 116th Division.

The 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, and 20th brigades were independently mixed from the 13th Army, and three infantry squadrons were drawn from each. In addition, the 11th Army was directly under the independent mixed into two infantry squadrons of the 14th and 18th brigades. The reinforced corps directly under four mountain artillery squadrons, one field artillery brigade, plus two rapid-fire artillery squadrons drawn from the 11th Army, commanded by Major General Yamamura Jio, commander of the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade.

It's just that the reinforcements mobilized by General Shunroku Hata this time did not have a complete division, not even a complete independent mixed brigade. Although a large number of reinforced troops were also deployed in previous battles with the Japanese army, the infantry as the backbone was still based on a single formation, and the whole was different.

Although the entire reinforcement army is composed of elite soldiers and strong generals drawn from various divisions and regiments, on the whole, it is a colorful platter. Except for the Takeuchi detachment commanded by Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi, which was formed by two wings of the 116th Division as the backbone, it was still okay.

The mountain village detachment, which consisted of several independent mixed brigades, was a complete hodgepodge. The mountain village detachment consisted of nineteen infantry squadrons, each of which was drawn from seven separate mixed brigades. The artillery was drawn from the artillery directly under the 13th Army. The rapid-fire artillery unit was drawn from the 11th Army.

Not to mention the squadron leader level, it is the five infantry captains who are temporarily organized, and one is also drawn from each of the five independent mixed brigades directly under the 13th Army. Not to mention that he has experience in coordinated operations, but the five infantry captains are quite unfamiliar with each other. Even with each other, they didn't see each other.

This temporary formation is completely different from the previous detachment that used a certain unit as the backbone and increased the number of subordinate troops to form a detachment, which can be said to be unprecedented in the previous operations of the Japanese army. According to normal logic, this detachment should have been running in for a while. But the development of the war situation made the six generals of Toshiba Toshiba, who could only bite the bullet and let this hodgepodge be pulled directly onto the battlefield.

There was no way, and the 11 th Army was responsible for the 6th and 9th theaters, which had the strongest combat effectiveness against Chongqing, and shouldered the heavy burden of attacking Chongqing to completely solve China, and was the only field corps of the entire Chinese Dispatch Army. Although the strength of the 11th Army is strong, it is really powerless in the face of such a vast front.

Shunroku Hata did not want to draw too many troops to weaken the already limited offensive capability of the 11th Army. The 13th Army, which only faced the three theaters, although the pressure on the battlefield was not great, the garrison task was quite heavy. In particular, the areas controlled by the 13th Army are the richest Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions in China, and they are also the economic centers of China.

The rice that is abundant here is the main source of military food for the Japanese army, and it is also an important source of financial resources for the entire dispatch army. Under the circumstance that the 15th Division of the Nanjing Garrison had already been withdrawn, Shunroku Hata could only transfer a number of troops from all sides. The reorganized divisions and regiments have been transferred, and the current dispatch army really does not have that strength.

However, considering the adequacy of troops, in addition to these troops, General Shunliu Hata also called the Tokyo base camp. The 62nd Infantry Brigade, which was being assembled in Japan and was to be used to form the 170th Division, was first transferred to the North China Front. The four infantry battalions of this brigade, which were to be transported to Ningbo, were immediately transferred to the port of Tianjin for landing.

It's just that for Okamura Ninji, the base camp did not have any ambiguity and promised to give him reinforcements for two divisions. The headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army in Nanjing is also sparing no effort to dispatch troops. However, the accumulation and transportation of these scattered troops will take a lot of time.

China's area was too large, and the Japanese army's front was too long. In the situation of constant shortage of troops, all divisions and regiments were scattered in various places to ensure the occupation of the occupied areas. With so many troops, even if they were not intercepted and blocked by the Chinese army, it would take a long time to mobilize and assemble.

What's more, the two divisions promised by the base camp, one is still in the Philippines and the other is still in the Indochina Peninsula. If you take the sea transportation, you can't get off without ten days and half a month. This is still the Navy's group of jellyfish, under the condition that a transport fleet can be drawn.

Before the arrival of these reinforcements, which were still on paper, Okamura knew that he could only find a way to stabilize the situation quickly. At least push the enemy army deep into the tentacles of northern Jin, and fight back at any cost, so that the battle situation will not deteriorate. On the one hand, he kept urging the mobilized reinforcements to assemble and set off immediately, and on the other hand, he desperately urged the 69th Division to move south immediately.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that the main force of the 15th Division was suddenly attacked by a fierce air attack by the anti-United Nations aircraft group at Jingcheng and Yangquan stations during the process of transporting the main force to Shanxi via the Zhengtai Railway. Because of the tense situation of the battle, the two columns were overloaded, and the columns of several infantry brigades were filled at once, and they were bombed at the same time at Jingcheng and Yangquan stations.

The two military columns, along with the entire Jingcheng and Yangquan stations, were razed to the ground by more than 30 anti-United Nations planes loaded with bombs. The main force of the entire 15th Division, except for the five infantry brigades that set off in advance. Before he arrived in Taiyuan, he was bombed and went straight home. Lieutenant General Naoji Sakai, commander of the 15th Division, was also killed in the air raid.

The lifeline of the Shanxi battlefield, which was closely protected by the Japanese army, was also interrupted in the bombing. The North China Front urgently dispatched a field railway wing to repair the air, but it was unable to complete the repair despite the continuous air raids of the Anti-United Nations. Usually this side has just been repaired, and that side has been blown up. The bridge here was barely passable, and the station over there was blown up into the sky.

Since the start of the whole battle, the Zhengtai Railway was bombed for the first time. In addition to causing heavy losses to the Japanese army, Okamura Ninji immediately had a bad feeling in his heart. He immediately sent a report to the commander of the 69th Division, Inoue Sadawei, asking him to stop going south and immediately shrink back to Jining.

However, no matter how the high-power radio of the North China Front called, there was no answer on the radio except for a large number of interference sounds. In less than a day, after the 69th Division cut off all contact, the 110th Division's radio call sign completely disappeared, unlike the intermittent contact in the past.

By 10 April, radio contact with the only two divisions of the Japanese army on the Suinan and Suidong battlefields had been completely and completely cut off, which caused a deep sense of unease in Okamura Ninji's heart. The complete interruption of the radio signal on the battlefield indicates that the two divisions are most likely in danger.

Faced with an unfavorable war situation, Okamura Ninji couldn't care about anything else. Under the condition that the reinforcements mobilized by the headquarters of the base camp and the headquarters of the dispatch army could not arrive for the time being, he immediately transferred the 222nd Wing of the 36th Division, which had just withdrawn from Jishan to Taiyuan and was originally preparing to return to Changzhi via the Baijin Railway through Taiyuan, plus two brigades of the 4th Brigade Regiment stationed in Taiyuan.

Under the command of Major General Sakuma of the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division, a detachment was formed and immediately went north by truck. After passing through Ningwu, Shuoxian, Pinglu, and Youyu, after killing the tiger's mouth, he immediately reinforced, and Jining was immediately reinforced. Okamura Ninji directly ordered Major General Sama Hisato not to have any entanglement with any of the Shina troops on the way to reinforcements. At any cost, you must rush to Liangcheng within three days.

The commander of the 41st Division, Lieutenant General Shimizu Rules, was ordered not to have any entanglement with the communist army in the Taiyue area. All the main forces of the division and regiment can concentrate one wing and set off one wing. Make every effort to get rid of the harassment of the communist army in the Taiyue area, and immediately send reinforcements in the direction of the northern part of the Jinbei region.

In Okamura Ninji's view, Datong, which had a strong city defense that could be relied on, could hold out for much longer than the 69th Division, which broke away from the cover of the fortified city because of his own command errors. The 110th Division is now alone on the battlefield in Suidong, and he Okamura Ningji wants to rescue but can't reach it.

But this 69th Division must be rescued. If the 69th Division, which has lost contact now, really has an accident, it will be wiped out by the Anti-Japanese Union. Then there will be no room for recovery in the entire Suinan battlefield. It will even implicate the battlefield in northern Shanxi, and there will also be a chain of defensive collapses.

In fact, after Okamura Ninji gave the order to Lieutenant General Inoue Sadaei, the commander of the 69th Division, to retreat to the south, it didn't take long for him to realize that he had made a big mistake. The enemy forces around Jining are all tank mechanized troops. The impact of such an opponent in the field is undoubtedly quite huge for the 69th Division, which is basically pure infantry and has only one squadron of anti-tank guns.

And in Jining, there are not only strong walls to rely on. In Jining, a transit station for the transfer of materials from Tongguò Shanxi to Suidong and Suinan, there are also a large number of ammunition, grain and other materials in reserve. If it relied on the defense of the fortified city, the 69th Division could hold out until a large number of reinforcements arrived. And if he intervenes like this, it is likely that the 69th Division will be pushed into the abyss in advance.

But the order has already been given, and Okamura Ninjidai himself cannot change it. Changing the order early or late can only plunge the troops below into chaos, and at the same time, it will also have a considerable impact on the prestige of his own commander. And for Okamura Ninji, although he found that he made a certain mistake in his decision.

But he insisted that this mistake might not really happen. The Anti-Japanese Union is now most worried about the 69th Division reinforcing the Suidong battlefield, rather than retreating south to Datong. He ordered the 69th Division to retreat to the south, which could be regarded as a surprise. Waiting for the results of the 69th Division to withdraw south to the Datong battlefield may not really be an abyss.

Okamura Ninji's view is really too idealistic, and it also underestimates the judgment ability of the front-line commanders of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The result of the 69th Division's retreat to the south was towards the worst he could think of. Less than four hours after the 69th Division withdrew south, both the North China Front Headquarters and the First Army had lost direct contact with the division.

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