Take Taobao to fight against Japan

Huaxia Beiping, the headquarters of the North China Front Army.

Neiji Okamura is listening to the report of the "Security Strengthening Campaign" by Lieutenant General Morito Hirabayashi, head of the 17th Division.

After taking office as the North China Front Army Command, the North China Front Army has mobilized the 17th Division, the 109th Division, the 108th Division, the [-]th Cavalry Brigade, and tens of thousands of puppet troops several times to target the Eighth Route Army base areas in the North China Plain. Large-scale military raids were carried out time and time again.

Wherever the Japanese and puppet troops went, the "three alls" policy of burning, killing, and looting was implemented. After each "mopping up", they immediately dug blockade ditches, secured strongholds, and built artillery towers.

In the first half of 1941, the Japanese army wantonly built more bunkers and blocked ditches and walls, turning most of the anti-Japanese base areas into small guerrilla zones with grids and networks.

There are many blockhouses in the strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops, intertwined roads, blockade ditches and walls everywhere, and the distance between the strongholds of the blockhouses is only about five or six miles.The people were trapped in the "grid grid", and the space for activities in the base areas was greatly compressed.

The base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army has been divided into small pieces. To describe it in one sentence, it can penetrate the base area with one shot.

Just half a month ago, the Japanese and puppet troops carried out a "security strengthening campaign" in North China, implementing a blockade and "cannibalization" of the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas, and implementing the inhumane "Three Lights Policy."

More than 2 people were armed by the Japanese puppet army and the reactionary society. With the cooperation of automobiles, tanks, and artillery, the troops were divided into five groups to carry out an inhumane "sweep" on the central area of ​​the anti-Japanese base in the sandy area.

During the 9 days and 9 nights of "mopping up", the Japanese army implemented the "Three Alls Policy" of killing, burning, and looting, burning, killing, prostitution, and looting.

All anti-Japanese bases in North China suffered unprecedented catastrophe. Among them, only four counties of Neihuang, Gaoling, Dunqiu, and Weihe were in the anti-Japanese bases in the sandy area, and 141 villages were killed.

According to incomplete statistics, in the anti-war base areas in the desert area alone, more than 3000 ordinary people were killed, 263 were missing, 18680 were injured, and 53 extinct households appeared.

After the great "mopping up" in the sandy area, more than 1000 people died due to injuries and fears. The enemy's "mopping up" and the long-term burden of war have made the people's livelihood in the sandy area withered. Unprecedented difficult times.

In order to survive, the people in the sandy area, who have nothing, eat grass seeds and bark, and even dry willow leaves, peanut seedlings, hemp seed leaves, grass roots, ground pears, and talisman roots have become food that is scrambling for food.

Except for a few landlords and rich peasants, every household sold furniture, jujube trees, houses, land, and some even sold children and women.Except for edible things, almost everything that could be sold was sold.

However, food prices are becoming increasingly expensive. Three liters of sorghum can be exchanged for one mu of land, and two biscuits can be exchanged for one woman.

Father and son fight each other for a bite of leftovers.In some places, tragedies of cannibalism have occurred.And most of them do not boil the pot for 3 or 2 days, and do not use fireworks.

Some people are not interested in life and try their best to die.Some families can’t afford to sleep in the pit, waiting to starve to death at the bottom of the pit, digging the pit by themselves, waiting to have a place to bury when they die...

"Yoxi, Mr. Hirabayashi, you have done a great job! Whether the security situation in North China is stable or not is related to the national destiny of the Japanese Empire and the eternal life of the Yamato nation. Please continue to work hard until the Tuba Road is completely eliminated!"

After listening to the report, Neiji Okamura nodded in satisfaction.

Generally speaking, the "Security Strengthening Movement" has been carried out very well and has achieved great results. At least the law and order in North China has not continued to deteriorate and has gradually improved.

At this moment, Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe and Deputy Chief of Staff Seizo Yusue suddenly came hand in hand.

"Your Excellency, have you heard?"

As soon as he walked in, Tanabe Shengwu said anxiously: "It's not good, something serious happened in Myanmar."

"What happened to Myanmar?"

Okamura Ningji's face changed slightly, his good mood disappeared in an instant, and he asked anxiously, "Tanabe-kun, what happened in Myanmar?"

"The Battle of Burma has failed!"

Moritake Tanabe replied with a dark face: "The Burmese dispatched army has suffered a devastating blow, and there are currently less than 10 imperial soldiers left!"

"Nani?"

Okamura Ningji was shocked immediately, and asked with wide eyes, "The Burmese dispatched army suffered a devastating blow? The Burmese battle suddenly failed? This is absolutely impossible!"

Chapter 1111 More Than Just a Major Impact

Moritake Tanabe said with a dark face: "Yes, Commander, the Burma campaign has completely failed! There are only less than 50 soldiers left in the 10 Burmese dispatched troops, and more than 5 of them are still trapped in the The primeval forest of the Bennong Mountains!"

"This is impossible!"

Neiji Okamura stood up abruptly, and shouted loudly, "How is this possible? A few days ago, didn't you still say that the Burmese dispatched army has won the battle, and the Chinese Expeditionary Army is about to collapse? Why did such a thing happen suddenly?"

"Your Excellency, it is true!"

Moritake Tanabe confirmed again with a gloomy expression: "It is said that the Ministry of the Army thought about blocking the news before, but how could it be possible to block the news of such an explosion? Now the country is in chaos, and His Majesty the Emperor even held a special meeting A royal meeting."

"idiot!"

Knowing that this matter is already a certainty, Okamura Neiji still couldn't accept it, and said in a daze: "But, why did the Burmese dispatched army of more than 40 people suddenly say that there is no more?"

Moritake Tanabe explained: "The main reason for the failure of the Southern Expeditionary Army this time was that they were deceived by Yang Fan's tactics. It was never expected that the Huaxia Expeditionary Army would quietly deploy heavy artillery, including heavy artillery, under the circumstances of being extremely passive and exhausted." , armored tanks, self-propelled artillery and combat aircraft, including a large number of technical equipment.

The result of this is that the Huaxia Army invested a huge armored cluster in the northern Myanmar chariot at one time.

At the same time, the Huaxia Air Force also dispatched a powerful combat fleet to coordinate operations. The Huaxia armored cluster directly penetrated the 6th Army's defense line in just 18 hours, drove straight 180 kilometers and directly outflanked the 18th Army's back road..."

"Baga! The Chinese army has so much technical equipment under the noses of the Burmese dispatched army? What do the intelligence departments of the Burmese dispatched army do? No clues of such important information have been found beforehand?"

Neiji Okamura frowned. Following Moritake Tanabe's further explanation, he finally clarified the ins and outs of the whole incident. He couldn't help being surprised and said, "A breakthrough of more than 6 kilometers in 180 hours? Isn't this a blitzkrieg?"

Moritake Tanabe nodded and said, "So, judging from the whole process, the Chinese Huben Army did indeed fight a typical blitzkrieg in northern Myanmar, and its penetration ability and advance speed were not inferior to those of the German allies."

Hearing this, Pinglin Shengren frowned and sighed: "It's really unexpected that the Burmese sent troops will suddenly be destroyed in this way! This sudden blow to the Imperial Army is not small!"

"That's natural. More than 40 imperial warriors were killed this time, and the Burmese dispatched army is almost all elite veteran troops of the empire."

Neiji Okamura nodded and said, "Myanmar's dispatch of three armies collectively will have a major impact on the entire battlefield in Asia."

Neiji Okamura felt dejected, and the demise of the Burmese dispatched army was only a major impact.

This is simply a decisive influence, okay?

The Battle of Burma was a complete failure, and the Burmese dispatched troops were almost wiped out. The Great Japanese Empire is likely to turn from prosperity to decline, and the southern battlefield has since entered a stage of strategic contraction.

If Huaxia Jundu and the British and American allies seize this opportunity and use Myanmar as a strategic fulcrum to establish a forward base, the Southeast Asia occupied by Japan may not be able to keep it, and lose the largest oil field base and rich mineral resources.

Moritake Tanabe nodded and said: "Yes, this hateful Chinese commander is really a confidant of the Great Japanese Empire. Counting from the original Battle of Pingjin, more than 70 imperial warriors and more than ten famous imperial generals have fallen under him. in hand.

Now that he has firmly controlled the Myanmar theater, I am afraid that if the empire wants to conquer Myanmar, it will have to pay a more painful price. "

Tanabe Shengwu and Yang Fan are also old rivals. From the time of Jinshanwei's landing battle, he has deeply engraved the word Yang Fan in his bones, and even in his dreams he wanted to kill this hateful Huaxia commander himself.

But as time went by, Moritake Tanabe suddenly discovered that the small Chinese warlord who looked like an ant had grown into a super strong man in a short period of time that the entire Japanese Empire had to fight with all his energy. enemy!

Looking back on all the past, Mori Tanabe really has infinite emotions at this moment. All this is like a dream and full of unreality, but it is a frightening cold fact.

At this time, Ping Linsheng let out a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, we don't need to worry about this matter. The only thing we need to do now is to wipe out the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the five provinces of North China as soon as possible."

"Suoga! That's right!"

Neji Okamura nodded thoughtfully and said: "Our top priority is to completely reverse the security situation in North China, build a solid strategic rear for the Empire of Japan, and let this land continuously provide the Empire of Japan with war resources. !"

As soon as Neiji Okamura finished speaking, Moritake Tanabe looked at Neiji Okamura with a bitter face and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I'm afraid things are not that simple."

Hearing something in Tanabe Moritake's words, Okamura Ningji frowned and asked in a low voice: "Tanabe-kun, do you have any other inside information?"

"I've heard it too."

Moritake Tanabe nodded and said: "I heard from my colleagues in Tokyo about this matter. Prime Minister Tojo did not mean to give up on Myanmar. At the imperial meeting, he strongly suggested that His Majesty the Emperor form a larger-scale Burmese dispatch as soon as possible. Army, take advantage of the opportunity of the Huaxia Expeditionary Army to suffer heavy losses, and take Burma in one go!"

"Nani? Really?"

Okamura Ningji frowned, and said quietly: "But the more than 40 veteran elites of the empire have all been wiped out. Where can we go to recruit a more powerful Burmese dispatch army in a hurry? How can the newly formed Burmese dispatch army be able to fight?" Has the Huben Expeditionary Army with excellent equipment and strong combat effectiveness?"

"Yeah, I've been worrying about this too! If the Imperial Army can't complete its transformation as soon as possible and equip it with more advanced and powerful weapons and equipment, it will be difficult to confront the Huben Army head-on!

Especially under the premise that the Imperial Air Force cannot guarantee air supremacy, proactively attacking the Huben Army's defense zone will only pay a painful price again and again. "

Moritake Tanabe nodded, then frowned and said: "However, according to speculation, His Majesty the Emperor seems to agree with Prime Minister Tojo's suggestion, and maybe a Myanmar dispatched army of at least 50 divisions will soon be formed!"

After a pause, Tanabe Moritake continued: "Umezu Yoshijiro suffered such a shameful defeat, he must not be able to continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Expeditionary Force, so the base camp will definitely select a more capable commander-in-chief.

So here comes the question, Okamura-kun, who do you think is the most suitable commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Expedition Army among the current generals of the Imperial Army? "

Chapter 1112 Don't Go

"Nani? Tanabe-kun, what do you mean?"

Neiji Okamura is a smart man, and when he heard Mori Tanabe's pointed question, he immediately thought of a possibility.

Moritake Tanabe nodded and said: "The famous generals of the Imperial Army have been defeated by Yang Fan, or they are old, or they have insufficient qualifications. After thinking about it, the only one who can take on this great job is Your Excellency the Commander! "

As soon as Tanabe Shengwu finished speaking, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and soon a devil's communication staff member hurried in with a folder in his arms.

"Your Excellency, the transfer order from the base camp."

The devil's communication staff officer walked up to Neiji Okamura and respectfully handed over a telegram.

"Nani? How could this be?"

Neiji Okamura quickly took the telegram, looked down, and immediately showed a strange expression on his face, and remained silent for a while.

"What's the matter? Your Excellency Commander? What happened?"

Seeing Ningji Okamura's strange expression, Moritake Tanabe became curious and hurried over to read the telegram.

"Neiji Okamura, the commander of the North China Front Army, will be transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Burmese dispatched troops from now on..."

Moritake Tanabe read while watching: "From the date of receiving the order, the military affairs of the North China Front Army will be temporarily handed over to the chief of staff, Moritake Tanabe, until the new commander arrives."

"No way? Did I really hit the mark? God, how did it really become a reality?"

After reading the telegram, Moritake Tanabe was immediately stunned. Originally, he just wanted to make a not-so-funny joke with Neiji Okamura, by the way, to praise his outpouring admiration for Neiji Okamura, but he unexpectedly said middle.

"Nani? How could it be so sudden?"

Pinglin Shengren was also stunned. Before that, he was still saying that the war in Burma had nothing to do with them. They just needed to make persistent efforts to wipe out the dying Eighth Route Army guerrillas.

However, the slap in the face came too fast and violently, and not long after the voice fell, the transfer order from the base camp was delivered by express delivery, and the commander of the North China Front Army Neiji Okamura was about to be transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Burmese dispatched army.

Just as Moritake Tanabe lamented before, too many famous Japanese generals fell into the hands of Yang Fan, and the devils' base camp will not find a more suitable person to lead the Burmese dispatched army for a while. Ningji Okamura transferred over to try it out.

In fact, in addition to this, Ishihara Waner is also very capable and qualified, and is fully qualified for the post of commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Expeditionary Army.

It’s just that Ishihara Waner’s popularity is really not very good, and he is currently in an important position as the commander of the Kwantung Army and shoulders the important task of building Manchukuo, which is known as Japan’s "engine" and "heart". Therefore, this time the Japanese base camp did not choose him to host in Myanmar. big picture.

"Your Excellency, you can't go at this time!"

After a long while, Moritake Tanabe finally came to his senses, and said with a dark face: "The Burmese Condemnation Army has suffered a devastating blow, and the air force has also lost two entire flying divisions.

Even if a larger army is temporarily formed, it will be difficult for your Excellency Commander to turn the tide when he goes to Burma now! "

"Yes, Commander, you can't go!"

Shengren Pinglin said angrily: "The security battle in North China will soon reap the fruits of victory, and the headquarters will transfer the Commander-in-Chief at this time.

Its intention is very obvious, that is, to let one of their cronies come to pick peaches and steal the hard work of His Excellency the Commander, which is really hateful. "

Deputy Chief of Staff Yusue Seizo also roared and said: "Yes, Your Excellency Commander, the North China Front Army can't do without your command!

Whether it is General Sugiyama Gen or Lieutenant General Tada Hayao, they were unable to wipe out the Eighth Route Army guerrillas as cleanly as you did when they were in office.

At this critical moment, you can't leave us alone and make the Eighth Route Army guerrillas revive again! "

Okamura Ningji's ability is not bad, and his popularity is also very good. The staff and staff around him admire him very much. At this time, they heard that the headquarters wanted to transfer him, and they were all anxious for a moment.

"Mr. Tanabe, Mr. Pinglin, and Mr. Yumo, don't be so excited. The improvement of the security situation in North China is not due to me alone, but you all also contributed greatly!"

Neiji Okamura squeezed out a smile, waved his hands and said, "At the same time, don't think so darkly about your colleagues in the base camp.

You may wish to think about it in reverse. At this critical moment of the Great Japanese Empire, the headquarters called me to Myanmar to be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Burmese Expeditionary Force. Isn’t it the trust and respect for me? "

"But, Your Excellency Commander!"

Tanabe Shengwu said with a dark face: "The war in Burma has basically become a dead end. Even if your Excellency the Commander is outstanding and wise, but the Chinese saying goes that a clever woman can't cook without rice."

As one of Yang Fan's old opponents, Tanabe Moritake has a headache when he thinks of the word "Yang Fan". He really can't muster any confidence and courage, especially when he doesn't have many cards to play.

"In your opinion, has Myanmar really become a doomsday situation? I don't think so, the Great Japanese Empire will never recover from it!"

Ningji Okamura fixed his eyes, and said resolutely: "The wind knows the strength, at this time of crisis, as a general of the Great Sun Empire, one should not consider too much personal gains and losses, everything should be based on the future of the empire and the great peace The nation's future is the most important thing!"

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

Moritake Tanabe, Seizo Yusue, and Morito Hayashi and other devil officers were at a loss for words, and they really didn't know how to answer.

At this moment, they are full of respect for Neiji Okamura in their hearts. This is the real warrior of the empire, the real senior general of the empire!

For the sake of the Empire of Japan, for His Majesty the Emperor, and for the sake of the Yamato nation, Your Excellency the Commander has no regard for personal honor, and acts in the highest interests of the Empire of Japan.

"Tanabe-kun, Hirabayashi-kun, Yumo-kun!"

Neiji Okamura patted Moritake Tanabe on the shoulder, and said: "As you said before, the security of the five provinces in North China is related to the national destiny of the Japanese Empire and the future of the Yamato nation, so the strengthening of security in North China I'm counting on you guys.

For the sake of the Great Japanese Empire, the Eighth Route Army guerrillas must be wiped out as soon as possible, and an extremely stable strategic rear must be established! "

After finishing speaking, Neiji Okamura bowed deeply at ninety degrees to Moritake Tanabe, Seizo Arisue, and Morito Hayashi and others.

"Hay!"