"Who?" Terauchi Shou suddenly asked eagerly.

"My Deputy Chief of Staff, Colonel Akira Muto!

It was he who proposed the strategic plan of the 114th Division landing from Haizhou Bay, occupying the Longhai Railway, and attacking Xuzhou. "Okabe Naozaburo paused and continued: "Although, this plan failed to achieve its ultimate goal.

But the problem is not with the 114th Division, nor with Akira Muto's plan, but with the 10th and 20th Divisions, which failed to capture even a small Taierzhuang.

Not to mention the complete annihilation of his own army, he also asked the enemy to send at least one army to help Nianzhuang.

However, this plan of Akira Muto also caused great passiveness to the enemy, especially after the 114th Division occupied Haizhou Bay.

It is equivalent to sticking a dagger in the back of China's fifth war zone, which can threaten to contain them at any time.

Therefore, it can be seen that Akira Muto is still a very strategic and minded starter.

Terauchi Shouichi nodded approvingly and said, "Yo Sai! That makes sense! Order Akira Muto to come here immediately!"

"Haye!" Naozaburo Okabe nodded slightly, and immediately arranged for an adjutant to summon Akira Muto.

The 46-year-old Akira Muto first graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy in 1913, and was selected to be sent to the Japanese Army University seven years later.

As the 32nd graduate of the Army University, in terms of qualifications, there is no way to compare with seniors such as Terauchi Shouichi, Matsui Iwane, and Okabe Naozaburo.

However, this person is shrewd and flexible, and he once served as the chief of the first section of the Kwantung Army's Intelligence Section, responsible for collecting intelligence.

For a series of unconventional combat operations such as collecting intelligence and organizing assassinations, he has experience that others do not have.

Therefore, he has also trained his commanding style and character of being unique, playing cards out of common sense, and loving to take risks.

After receiving the notice, Akira Muto tidied up his military uniform, then swaggered to Commander Terauchi Shouichi's office with a saber in his hand.

Standing in front of the office door and shouting inside: "Report!"

"Come in!" Okabe Naozaburo heard his voice and turned around to answer.

Akira Muto stepped in, stood up and saluted Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naozaburo, "Your Excellency, General, are you looking for a humble job?"

Okabe Naozaburo waved his hands and said, "Muto-kun, don't be restrained, sit down. Your Excellency, Commander, would like to hear what you think about the current situation in Xuzhou!"

"Haye!" Akira Muto paused, and then sat on a sofa next to the two of them.

Shouichi said without anger and prestige: "Muto-kun, the 10th and 20th divisions were wiped out in the Taierzhuang area, and the attacks of the 114th and 5th divisions were also blocked. action, caught in a predicament.

What is your solution to this?"

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Chapter 654 Yang Chen's Crisis!

Akira Muto bowed his head slightly and said: "Your Excellency, please don't worry, the final victory in the battle of Xuzhou must belong to the imperial army, there is no doubt about it.

Because, compared with the Chinese army, we still have an absolute advantage in overall strength.

As the main forces of the Central China Dispatch Army went north one after another, the area south of Xuzhou, especially the area along the Jinpu Railway, would sooner or later be occupied by the imperial army.

At that time, the enemy of Xuzhou will be encircled by our two front armies.

Therefore, Xuzhou will be in the pocket of the imperial army sooner or later!"

Terauchi Shou nodded and said: "You are right, with the overall strength of the imperial army, it will be a matter of time before Xuzhou is taken down.

However, we are currently losing so many imperial soldiers in successive defeats.

I am asking you for a solution, how to recover our losses as soon as possible, restore the majesty of our North China Army, and regain the initiative and advantages of our North China Army on the battlefield in northern Xuzhou. "

"Your Excellency, in fact, the best way is to increase the number of troops. As long as there are enough troops and the combat effectiveness is strong enough, we can regain the initiative on the battlefield.

However, after more than half a year of fighting in North China, the imperial army captured the vast North China.

But also because of this occupied area, which is much larger than our own land area, at least half of our troops are scattered in various places to control these occupied areas.

Therefore, unless the base camp dispatches troops locally, we will not have any extra troops to send to the Xuzhou battlefield in a short period of time. "

What Akira Muto said was true. After Nanjing, the North China Front Army had a total of 8 divisions, a few independent brigades, and other tanks and heavy artillery units directly under it.

The total strength of the army is more than 20.

Now in Taierzhuang alone, at least more than 40000 imperial imperial troops have been killed. In addition to the losses of other ministries, the Japanese army in North China has lost at least [-] to [-] troops.

In addition to continuing to fight against China, the remaining Japanese troops must also be responsible for the entire occupied area of ​​millions of square kilometers in Hebei, Pingjin, Shanxi, and Chahar.

The Japanese base camp knew that the Japanese army in North China was short of strength, although it again drew a division from the battle order of the Japanese army in Central China and assigned it to the Japanese army in North China.

However, the 16th Division, which was transferred out, is still on the sea route northward and has not yet arrived.

Therefore, at present, the Japanese army in North China can hardly draw any troops.

It's not even an exaggeration to describe it as stretched.

Commander Akira Muto acted vigilantly. Seeing that Commander Terauchi Shouichi seemed a little impatient, he quickly said the main point: "Your Excellency, Commander, the reason why the 10th and 20th Divisions were completely defeated by the enemy in the Battle of Taierzhuang Annihilating.

And the Battle of Nianzhuang, the reason why the 114th Division failed miserably.

In addition to the fact that all the enemy troops have shown their tenacious fighting will and fighting power this time, which is far stronger than before.

The most important point is that they were assisted by a strong reinforcement.

This support soldier was the one who caused extremely heavy losses to the imperial army one after another on the Shanxi battlefield, the Chinese Huben Regiment!

The record of this Huben Regiment, I will not describe too much in this humble position.

In this battle, if the Huben Regiment hadn't rushed to Teng County at a critical moment, the 10th Division might have attacked Taierzhuang a long time ago.

At that time, the war situation would not develop into what it is now.

Similarly, without the tenacious defense of the Huben Regiment in Teng County and Taierzhuang, the Chinese Army might not have been able to sustain the arrival of reinforcements.

Without the victory in Taierzhuang, they would not be able to mobilize their troops and return to aid Nianzhuang.

Naturally, there will be no fiasco in the Battle of Nianzhuang.

It is very likely that the 114th Division has now inserted the flag of the Imperial Army on the wall of Xuzhou City!

Similarly, this Huben Regiment was the first to break through the main positions of the 10th and 20th Divisions and contained a large number of troops of the Imperial Army, which led to the annihilation of the entire 10th and 20th Divisions .

Therefore, Beizhi believes that it is necessary to restore the adverse effects caused by the annihilation of the 10th Division and the 20th Division, and to revive the morale of the Imperial Army.

You don't need to use many troops, you just need a good enough agent to disguise himself and approach Yang Chen, the head of the Huben Regiment.

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