Chapter 785: The Battle of Lanfeng Begins
"Master's post, Conghu Telegram.? Chinese? Novel w.."
"read!"
"Yao Heizi and his six men have arrived in Zhengzhou. I have arranged for them to rest and have dinner. In addition, the military unified operation team, about 30 people, arrived in the same car. Is it related to us? I hope to return."
"Tell Cong Hu, Yao Heizi and others that this time the task of escorting ammunition will be carried out with them. They are in the open and the people of the Military Control Commission are in the dark. Must ensure that the ammunition is delivered safely."
"clear!"
"Why do you need a military commander?" Fang Xiaoyang asked in confusion.
"Dai Yunong owed me a lot of favors. He is worried about how to repay them to me now. Now he is given a chance to avoid him from thinking about it and thinking that I have ulterior motives."
"If the master wants nothing, Dai Yunong will definitely not be able to sleep. People like him are most afraid of being favors from others." Long Yingqin smiled.
"Ying Qin's words are reasonable. It seems that it has not been in vain for learning these days and has made progress."
"When you learn from the teacher, how can you not make progress?"
"loquacious!"
"Yingqin, you draft an order. I plan to secretly replace the 22nd Division with the New 40th Brigade. The time for a formal showdown with Kenji Doihara is about to be ripe." Leng Feng ordered.
"Is it finally going to fight back?" Long Yingqin felt unspeakable excitement when he heard this.
"We should take advantage of the opportunity when Sakai Takashi shrinks his defense and complete the change of defense quickly, so that we have enough strength. The 22nd Division has suffered too much loss and needs rest and supplementary urgently." Leng Feng said, "You call the 22nd Division headquarters and ask their division commander Shi to come over. I will discuss this matter with him in person."
"clear."
"I inform Dai Xu to be prepared, and our garrison in Jining will also make some adjustments." Leng Feng said, "This matter needs to be discussed with Commander-in-Chief Sun."
Xue Boling was right. The situation in Luxi today was not set up by Leng Feng from the beginning. He was not that capable of foreseeing so many things. This was because of the situation and taking advantage of the situation.
Because the Chinese army in Taierzhuang, Xuzhou took the initiative in the battlefield, the Japanese army could only passively deal with it, and his intervention further tilted the initiative towards China.
The Japanese army was too arrogant and dared to seize the important city of Xuzhou with just two divisions and 50,000 or 60,000 troops. They were too unfair to take the Chinese seriously.
If you underestimate the enemy, be arrogant, and be eager to compete for success, and have no support after advancing, you dare to make such a big bet. The Japanese army is really indifferent to people's hearts and swallow elephants.
Of course, the strategy of the Tokyo Base Camp is also volatile. Neither the expansionist faction nor the non-expanding faction reached an agreement. The arrogant Japanese generals on the front line did not obey the orders above and blindly attacked, which eventually led to the defeat of Taierzhuang.
But some people are not willing to admit failure, and they still want to save all this, and their minds are hot and they don’t care about anything.
Caozhou, Kenji Doihara was lying on the bed, and the military doctor came to treat him. After he came back, he still had a high fever. Although he used antipyretics, the effect was not very ideal.
Now we can only use the combination of physical cooling and drug treatment.
Kenji Doihara must have a drip to handle military affairs, and he needs to take a break every hour, otherwise he will not be able to bear it.
Just like this moment, he had been staring at someone who had made a battle map and placed it on the top of his head for half an hour.
"Why!"
"Secretary Commander, why do you sigh?" the adjutant asked with concern.
"Chief of the Division, the General Staff of the Front Army urgently sent a telegram!" Chief of Staff Tadao Yoshi Sano came in from outside, holding a red confidential message in his hand.
"Mind." Kenji Doihirahara.
"Inheriting the top-secret information, the Chiang government in Wuhan in China held a secret military meeting yesterday. During this period, Chiang came up with a plan for combat in western Shandong. The content was related to the following points. First, General Xue Boling, commander of the 1st Corps in eastern Henan, and the GMD army in western Shandong was the main force of our elite 14th Division..."
Tadao Yoshi Sano's ups and downs sounded, and the content of the telegram was hundreds of words. It took three minutes to read it thoroughly.
Simply put, the content of this information was inspired by the victory of Taierzhuang, Chairman Jiang of Wuhan decided to fight another annihilation battle in western Shandong to create another victory like the Battle of Taierzhuang.
The goal of the Taierzhuang Battle was the Isogai Division, and the goal of the Luxi Battle Plan was aimed at the 14th Division of Doihira. The sinister intentions were obvious.
After hearing all this, Kenji Doihara's face became even more ugly.
The opponent obviously regarded him as fish on the chopping board and was ready to slaughter it, which he was proud of him and could not bear no matter what.
"The source of intelligence?"
"We are in Wuhan with the highest level of intelligence team, the Mermaid."
"It seems that this information is accurate." Kenji Doihara nodded. The Mermaid Group belongs to the second part of the General Staff Headquarters and is the highest secret. Even he doesn't know the specific members of this intelligence team.
This is an intelligence team that has been in operation for many years. Even when his favorite student Nan Zaoyunzi was in Nanjing, he only heard of his name and did not see him.
"Yes, the information has been verified through special channels, so there should be no false."
"Special channel?" Kenji Doihara said in surprise.
"Yes."
"Do you have any suggestions from the Front Command?" Kenji Doihara asked. He wanted to know how Soichi Deanuchi felt when he saw this combat opportunity in the country?
“Not yet.”
"Report!"
"Come in!"
"The division commander, the headquarters urgently called, you have been temporarily suspended, and the 14th Division commander will be temporarily replaced by General Naosaburo Okabe, Chief of Staff."
"What?" Tadao Yoshihide Sano was shocked and snatched the telegram from the communications officer.
Kenji Doihara smiled palely, and Lord Sakachi Tanuchi eventually took his military power, which was necessary to implement his will.
"What should I do if the division commander?" Sano Tadaoyi was anxious. He knew very well that once Kenji Doihara was dismissed, the future and destiny of the 14th Division would be at stake.
"Before the acting division commander of Naosabu Okabuki, the 27th Brigade Brigade Commander Major General Toyama Yataro temporarily led the troops..."
Changing commanders at the last stage was a taboo in military strategists. Not only did his division commander be removed from the temple, he also allowed a brigade commander who was not very good at playing with him to take charge of the troops temporarily.
Toshima Yataro was already very dissatisfied with his "cowardice". If he were not the commander of the division, he would have broken up publicly long ago.
"As for the appointment of the division commander, even if the Lord of the Terrainian Army is the commander of the front army, there is no right to remove it at will. His orders must at least be approved by the base camp. Who knows this telegram?" Kenji Doihara was not a passive person to be beaten. He became ruthless, and that was what everyone who knew him was frightened.
"Say, who knows this telegram?"
The communications officer was so scared that he quickly said the names of several people.
"I ordered these people to shut up just because I didn't have this telegram. Before Major General Naosaburo came, I didn't want to hear this from anyone, do you understand?"
"Hayi!"
"Teacher Commander, where is Toshima-kun?"
"Don't he thinks my current tactics are too frustrating. Just let him go to Dingtao to see if he has the ability to defeat the new 38th Division of the elite Chinese army." Kenji Doihara said slowly.
"Okay, I'll give orders now."
"Send a telegram to Commander Meijin. My 14th Division has reached a critical moment of life and death. I hope he can raise more ammunition and food supplies to send to me."
"Hayi!"
There are 30,000 people left in the Doihara Division (all the wounded and sick are included), and Leng Feng has implemented a solid wall and clearing the fields in western Shandong. At this time, it is a season of green and yellow, and it is difficult for the Japanese army to even try to fight grass valleys.
The old guy Shouyi in the temple hid in Peking City, with bright lights and wine and delicious food. How could he know the bitterness of the frontline soldiers?
Ammunition was not too scarce for Doihara. This time he went south, he had a long preparation time. It can be said that he had planned it and brought enough ammunition.
But some food and grass were lacking, and some were destroyed when they were in Juancheng. The Japanese army had always had the tradition of fighting to support war, and the logistics system was the worst in the world.
Leng Feng naturally knew this weakness and implemented a strong wall and clearing the fields against the Japanese army. Kenji Doihara thought that when he entered a plain like western Shandong, the grain-rich plain would be very easy to replenish food and grass.
But after he came in, he realized that his opponent had already taken action. He was dragged to the county town for three days. When the troops occupied Caozhou and wanted to send troops to collect grain, he found that he could not collect grain at all.
Without food, can the soldiers go hungry to fight?
The opponent attacked his weaknesses, and it was fast, accurate, and ruthless, which made him lose his temper at all, but the superiors did not pay attention to these things at all.
As long as they have the result, they will even make malicious guesses. This is a ruling he deliberately found. How brave were the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire? How could they be scared by such a small difficulty?
Without food and grass, why not rob the Chinese?
When the imperial army entered China, it brought much food and grass from Japan, but it was stolen from the Chinese. Everything about the Chinese was from the Great Japanese Empire.
No matter what, I will grab it first.
But no one knows what it feels like to be unavailable?
Therefore, Teruchi Nakachi felt that Doihara's reasons were all excuses and were manifestations of incompetence. The great Japanese Imperial Team had powerful and invincible force, and conquering China was just a formality.
If it weren't for the intervention of Western powers, why would the empire wait until now to take action?
Another more important point is that Teruchi Suichi doesn't want to lose to Hata Shunruo. At least it can't lose too ugly. Whoever can enter Xuzhou first will win.
Toshima Yataro didn't think much about it. Since Kenji Doihara sent him to Dingtao, it means that the division commander no longer wanted to hide. This shows that the enemy was weak, it was completely inexplicable.
Without saying a word, Toyoshima took his brigade headquarters to Dingtao and prepared to do a big fight.
Leng Feng and the Honorary First Division had set up their formation east of the 14th Division. His direct troops were successively in place, and a new 38th Division was added. He had just come down from the Taierzhuang battlefield and won the West United in Yutai.
This army is in full swing. If the Dohihara Division was still in its heyday, he would really want to meet it, but now, Kenji Dohihara dares not bet.
Even if he now knows the weaknesses of the Honorary First Division, he dare not take this risk.
If you want to fight, you will beat the weak ones. Kenji Doihara's eyes quickly moved to the west. This was part of his original plan. If the First Division of Honor had not appeared, he might have implemented this plan long ago.
He discussed this plan with Colonel Miharu of the First Army's General Staff many times in private, but with his current strength, he was a little risky.
Adventure is risky, but this is his only chance to win back a game.
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!