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This also reassured the people who were worried that the Eighth Route Army might not be able to garrison Xilinhot if they captured it.They all know that from now on, like the people in Suiyuan and Ulanqab, they will all become citizens under the rule of the Eighth Route.

Even if the days will still not be too easy, but at least the days of fear and fear will be far away from them.If you want to live a good life, just work hard and believe that sooner or later it will come true! (To be continued.)

Chapter 29 Have Faith in Him!

As the Eighth Route Army took over the defense of Xilinhot, the Kwantung Army and the puppet Mongolian government knew that this time the Eighth Route Army was not trying to fight the autumn wind, but to actually recover the Xilin Gol League and connect it with the Suiyuan Liberated Area.

Upon hearing such news, the puppet Mongolian government hiding in Zhangjiakou, an important military town, was undoubtedly extremely dispirited.You know, there are not many jurisdictions that originally belonged to them. Now that the Xilingol League is thrown away, they really have nothing to manage.

Less territory means less benefits for them.Correspondingly, they will not be valued as much as before in the Kwantung Army.This sense of oppression really made the senior officials of the puppet Mongolian government feel aggrieved.

On the contrary, the Kwantung Army who received the news seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.Especially when they learned that the main force of the Eighth Route Army stationed in Xilinhot began to deploy defenses along the Chifeng line, they felt more at ease.

The reason is very simple. In their view, the Eighth Route Army wanted to know that if they fought the Xilin Gol League, they would definitely bring revenge from the Kwantung Army.Instead of continuing to attack, it would be safer to defend on the spot.

But for the Kwantung Army, they also hope to have a decisive battle with the main force of the Eighth Route Army.If the Eighth Route Army avoids fighting, or disperses its troops to attack everywhere, then the Kwantung Army may really have a headache.

After hearing the news, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Jimiro Umezai, immediately said: "The garrison troops in the Xing'an League and Rehe must strengthen the defense and security of the administrative area, and make sure that the Eighth Route Army sneaks in again." into our territory.

The rest of the troops participating in the war must cooperate well with each other. This time, the eight forces that entered the Xilin Gol League must be wiped out.If possible, I hope they can take back those places that were occupied by Eight Routes last year.

As for the follow-up headquarters, some elite troops will also be continuously deployed to participate in the war.Before the follow-up main force arrives at the battlefield, the war is not allowed to expand to other jurisdictions.Whoever dares to neglect his duty, I will punish him with military law! "

In Umeshijimiro's opinion, it is best for the Eighth Route Army not to leave the Xilin Gol League.In that case, the three-way army he has already mobilized will be able to implement the encirclement smoothly.However, what made him a little dissatisfied was that the performance of the North China Front Army was somewhat delayed.

In other words, the North China Front Army quickly replied to them with a telegram after learning the news.The above reply is very simple, that is, the main force cannot be mobilized to participate in the conquest of the Xilin Gol League.

Of course, the reason given by the North China Front Army is that the area they need to defend is too large.In the area where North China borders the Eighth Route Army, they also need to deploy a large number of troops to guard.

If troops are deployed from there to participate in the war, it will definitely affect the security situation in those places.What the North China Front Army can do right now is to deploy some troops to reinforce Zhangjiakou again to replace the puppet Mongolian army that was ordered to fight.

Faced with such a reply, Umezai Jimiro said with some dissatisfaction: "This guy Okamura Neiji has not shown much since he took office. How can such a conservative combat strategy improve the chaotic situation in North China?

Now they were given a chance to express themselves to the North China Front Army, but they turned it down.If the Eighth Route Army was really capable of recovering North China, I'm afraid they would have launched an attack on North China long ago.This guy is too cautious! "

Even if this kind of remark was just a complaint from Umezai Jimiro, he also knew that the Army Department sent Neiji Okamura to North China as the commander, hoping that he would maintain or even improve the current unfavorable situation in North China.

It's just that Okamura Ningji has a headache, but the Army Department can't provide them with too many troops.Even if there are new recruits, it seems that they will give priority to replenishing the Central China Front Army.Because, the Central China Front Army also has a combat plan this year.

Everything has to be resolved on the spot, and Neiji Okamura really feels a little helpless that a clever woman can't cook without rice.But it is also a great honor for him to be promoted to the commander of the front army.

For this reason, according to Neiji Okamura, his most important task is to keep the status quo in North China from deteriorating further.If the troops are transferred to the Xilin Gol League again, the consequences of failure will be disastrous.

Even taking this opportunity, Neiji Okamura wanted to take over Zhangjiakou's defense rights.In this way, as long as Zhangjiakou is defended, there is no need to worry about the Eighth Route Army attacking all the way from Zhangjiakou to Beiping.

However, his suggestion did not seem to have been agreed by Umezai Jimiro.Knowing that the North China Front Army had no reinforcements to send, Umezai Jimiro decided that the Kwantung Army would be fully responsible for this battle and would not let the North China Front Army have the opportunity to intervene.

Even if both of them are commanders of the same front army, but in terms of power and status, Umezai Jimiro is undoubtedly better than Okamura Neiji.Most importantly, Umezai still has a card in his hand to play.

This card is the Puppet Manchurian Army that they single-handedly supported. After their training and formation, the combat effectiveness of this army is still very good.Most importantly, this army is more loyal than ordinary puppet troops.

Knowing that the North China Front Army could not send troops to assist them, Umegai Jimiro quickly ordered the Puppet Manchuria Army to gather no more troops than the main force, and prepare to go into the battlefield as a follow-up reinforcement of the Kwantung Army.

As the puppet Manchurian army supported by the Kwantung Army, at least in the eyes of many foreigners, this army is the army that defends the puppet Manchukuo government.But in fact, he was no different from the puppet troops in other areas occupied by the Japanese army.

The only difference is that the Puppet Manchurian Army is nominally more grandiose.From the perspective of the Kwantung Army, this unit should have stronger combat effectiveness than the Puppet Mongolian Army, and its training equipment should be more formal.

At least in Umezai's opinion, raising such an army of more than [-] troops is not just for display.Even now that the Eighth Route Army has fought near the Puppet Manchukuo, the Puppet Manchurian Army should also participate in the war.

In addition, it is also necessary for Meizai Jimeiro to let this army go to the battlefield for training.If this unit can be reused, they can also help the Kwantung Army and even the Japanese army a lot in the future.

Right now, as the overall strategy of the Japanese army continues to expand, the army's strength is very tight.In terms of North Korea and Baodao, the Japanese army also formed a large number of puppet troops, and mixed part of the Japanese army to form an independent mixed brigade.

Although the performance of these troops on the battlefield was not as good as the main force of the Japanese army, they also played a lot of roles.So the Puppet Manchurian Army, as the troops they single-handedly supported, shouldn't it be a matter of course to work for them?

Anyway, in Umezai Jimiro's view, the life of every officer and soldier of the Kwantung Army is precious.In contrast, he prefers to see the scenes of Chinese people killing each other.In that case, they will be able to reap the power of the fisherman.

What the Kwantung Army has to do, apart from issuing orders and sending people to supervise, even all the supplies needed by the troops will be supplied by the puppet Manchukuo.To some extent, this also reduced the burden on the Kwantung Army.

With the addition of this new force, Umezai Jimiro felt that he had dispatched quite a few main and auxiliary troops.Even if the Eighth Route Army cannot be solved in a short time, at least it can curb the Eighth Route Army's tendency to continue to ignite everywhere.

Accompanying the large-scale mobilization of troops by the Kwantung Army, the intelligence stations stationed in the Northeast earlier also sent intelligence to Yan'an one after another.Seeing that the Kwantung Army was mobilizing its troops, Zhou Enlai also seemed a little worried.

Taizu said to Taizu, who was watching the information together: "From the information we have so far, the Kwantung Army has dispatched nearly [-] elite troops. The number of troops to cooperate with them is probably more than this.

In this way, what Xiao He and the others have to face is a Japanese and puppet army of nearly 10 people. With only the little troops in his hand, if they want to continue to advance, I am afraid it will be a little difficult. "

Taizu, who listened to Zhou Enlai's analysis, also frowned and said: "In fact, we have already foreseen this situation before the war. But no matter what, the current situation is relatively favorable for us.

The only regret is that the North China Front Army actually sat on the sidelines.In this way, if we want to make a breakthrough in the base area in North China this year, I am afraid it will still be difficult.Okamura Ningji seems to be very cautious! "

According to the combat plan formulated years ago, the troops of the Eighth Route Army in various parts of North China are also ready to attack at any time.Once the North China Front Army showed signs of mobilizing troops to participate in the war, various combat troops would go into battle one after another.

But now the Kwantung Army alone has assembled such a large number of troops in one go, which really surprised Taizu and others.But from another perspective, this also shows that the strength of the Kwantung Army should not be underestimated.

They have been stationed in the Northeast for many years. In addition to many important main divisions of the Japanese army, they also have many newly expanded divisions.Coupled with the puppet troops who worked for them, their strength was much stronger than that of the North China Front Army.

'yes!According to the information we collected in North China, the first thing Neiji Okamura did after he took office was to integrate the troops under his command, divide the key control areas, and send heavy troops to garrison and guard.

Years later, in several places where our troops were planning to attack, the Japanese army changed defenses and increased troops.Considering that the situation in North China is still unclear, we ended up canceling many combat missions.

Although our troops on the front line are holding back the attention of the North China Front Army.But from another point of view, they also restrained our main combat force, making it impossible for them to reinforce Xiao He and his side. This is a bit troublesome! '

Zhou Enlai, who couldn't help being a little worried, soon heard Taizu say: "Let's look at it first! Pass this information to Xiao He as soon as possible, I think he will come up with a solution.

At least at this stage, as long as they can guarantee the fruits of the current victory, we can be considered to have gained a lot.As for the head-to-head confrontation between the two armies, it depends on who can have the last laugh. We must have confidence in Xiao He! "

Thinking that He Zhengdao has led the army so far and has not disappointed him in combat command, Taizu is still willing to believe that He Zhengdao has a way to solve this dilemma.After all, the number of troops in He Zhengdao's hands right now is really quite a lot! (To be continued.)

Chapter 30 The Sorrow of Cannon Fodder!

As in previous battles, the Eighth Route Army's raid on the Xilin Gol League is still very low-key. ?Even when Chongqing learned the news, it only received that the Eighth Route Army had captured the Xilin Gol League area and deployed defenses there.

Although it is only a place of one alliance, such a record still amazes Chongqing.Originally, in their opinion, the Eighth Route Army should keep a low profile this year and prepare to defend against the Japanese counterattack, but they did not expect the Eighth Route Army to take the initiative to attack again.

Even the target of the attack was not the relatively weakened North China Front Army, but the Kwantung Army defense area, which was known as the strongest Japanese army in the 6th battle.Such an approach somewhat puzzled the Chongqing side, which was concerned about the movements of the Eighth Route Army.

After learning that the commander in charge of this battle was He Zhengdao, who was "punished" by the Eighth Route Army last year, Lao Jiang couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Mother Xipi, can you still choose such a leader after being punished?"

Even if he complained in his heart that the Eighth Route Army did not obey his orders as the chairman, Lao Jiang also envied the Eighth Route Army for having so many generals who dared to fight.For He Zhengdao, Lao Jiang is also envious and jealous!

Although He Zhengdao went south once last year, he has now returned to his old territory to lead the army.However, as the Eighth Route Army controlled most of Henan, the combat effectiveness of the New 67th Army headed by Xiao Jinguang also amazed the Nationalist Army.

The nailing of this force in the Dabie Mountains has indeed relieved a lot of pressure on the Nationalist Army.Even the Japanese troops stationed in Wuhan had to gather heavy troops in Hubei, the purpose of which was to curb the surprise attack of the New 67th Army.

Earlier, the Chongqing side also felt that this year the Japanese army might regard the Eighth Route Army as a key target for encirclement and suppression.As a result, the situation still amazed them. According to the information they had, the Japanese Central China Front Army was preparing for a new war.

And the target they want to attack this time is Changsha in Hunan.After collecting this information, even if Lao Jiang wanted to sit on the sidelines, it was impossible. He could only start mobilizing heavy troops to prepare for the next Changsha battle.