Take Taobao to fight against Japan

The Commander of the Second Army, Higashikuri Nanhiko, met the visiting Suzuki and Rito Nojima at the headquarters. After a few polite words, Higashikuri Nanhiko asked:

"Major Nojima, General Suzuki has already told me about your reason for coming, and now I want to hear your real thoughts and opinions even more!"

"Hay!"

Nojima Luren paused and said: "Yang Fan is very good at commanding defensive warfare and street fighting, and his army equipment is also extremely advanced. If we attack directly now, we will definitely pay the casualty price several times that of the enemy!

At present, the top priority of the empire is to capture Xuzhou, penetrate the north-south battlefield, and then capture Wuhan, the most important military center in China, so it is not appropriate to spend too much energy on Yang Fan!

But it is obvious that if Yang Fan is allowed to develop so fast, he will definitely become a confidant of the Great Japanese Empire in the future!

According to the summary and analysis of various intelligences, the reason why the Huaxia Huben Army can grow so fast is almost entirely due to Yang Fan's own strength, so I think the crux of all problems lies in Yang Fan! "

Suzuki led the way and echoed loudly:

"That's right, although we have no way of knowing how Yang Fan can obtain so many advanced weapons and equipment, and train such a powerful army and special forces!

But there is an old Chinese saying that goes well: shoot a horse first when shooting a man, and capture the king first when capturing a thief. If we can get rid of Yang Fan with a thunderbolt, maybe all the problems can be solved easily!

Therefore, assassination is the best method. However, the imperial intelligence department has paid many excellent agents, but there is still no way to hide it. Almost every time there is progress, it will disappear inexplicably!

This is enough to prove that the Huaxia Huben Army has an extremely powerful intelligence agency, and any clues and flaws revealed by our agents may be discovered by them!

So recently we infiltrated more than a dozen senior agents, and strictly required them to go to sleep from the very beginning, and let them treat themselves as Chinese people! "

"Yosh! That's how it should be!"

Dongjiu Niyanyan nodded thoughtfully. He has always been very strange and curious about this question. He really doesn't understand why the intelligence agencies of the Huaxia Huben Army are so powerful!

Nojima Luren continued: "So, I think that in order to eradicate Yang Fan's serious trouble, we must form an extremely powerful special team. When necessary, we can even parachute to Gaomi, or even Wuhan and Chongqing in the hinterland of China, to deal with Yang Fan. , China's top military and political circles carry out beheading operations!"

? ? ? "Yoxi!"

Dongjiuer Yanyan said happily: "You have successfully convinced me! At present, Yang Fan is indeed a smelly and hard stone, blocking the way of our North China Front Army going south!

Now we can't concentrate on dealing with it alone and destroy him in a short time, but we can't let him continue to develop and become stronger! "

Riku Nojima looked happy, and continued to fight while the railway was hot: "Under certain conditions, the destructive power that special operations can exert far exceeds that of the regular army!

And the special forces trained by Yang Fan have super combat power and mobility. Since the imperial army lacks the same force to fight against them, the threat is very great!

If they use helicopters to attack our army's important airports, logistics bases, and even important people, we will be hard to defend, with heavy losses and unimaginable consequences.

And if we can have a powerful special forces, we will have a very wide operating space, not only to thwart the possible attacks of Yang Fan's special forces, but also to carry out the thunder beheading operation to cut off the scourge in one fell swoop! "

"Yosie! That's how it should be! We can't continue to be passive like this!"

Dongjiuer Yanyan's eyes were fixed, besides worrying about Yang Fan's continuing to grow bigger and stronger, this was also what he was most worried about.

Because there is no radar station in Japan at present, there is no way to counter the helicopters and planes that just go and go. Although Yang Fan has not yet carried out such military operations, it is impossible to guarantee that he will not use this tactic!

After a pause, Higashikui Nanhiko said loudly: "Major Nojima, you are an imperial elite who has studied in Germany and is familiar with the special warfare theory that has only recently appeared. I will now appoint you as the special warfare brigade directly under the Second Army Command." The captain, from now on, set about forming a special warfare brigade!"

"Hayi! Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will do my best to eliminate the serious troubles for the Great Japanese Empire!"

Rikuto Nojima immediately cheered up. According to the Japanese army's practice, the chief officer of the infantry regiment must be the rank of Major or Senior Commander. That is to say, he must at least be promoted from Major Commander to Senior Commander!

"Yo Xi!"

Higashikuri Yanyan nodded in satisfaction and said: "As for the members of the Special Operations Brigade, there are more than 50 imperial soldiers in the Central China Front Army, you can choose whatever you want!

As long as you can name them, even if it is the combat staff officer of the Front Army Command, I will definitely ask for it for you!In addition, in terms of weapons and equipment, if you have any requirements, feel free to ask them! "

Yang Fan's hatred value is too high, and he has long been regarded as a thorn in the side that must be eradicated by Dong Kui Yanyan, and the proposal of Chishi Ye Dao Luren is exactly what he wants, and he vows in his heart that no matter how many resources and prices he pays, he must kill Yang Fan!

Chapter 351 Xuzhou Breakthrough

Time passed, and soon came May 1938!

Sugiyama Moto, who advocated the end of the China Incident in three months, was expelled from the central government and replaced by Seishiro Itagaki, and Hideki Tojo also replaced Yoshijiro Umezu as Army Deputy Minister.

The victory of the Chinese army in Linyi and Taierzhuang greatly stimulated Chairman Jiang's desire to win. In order to expand the results of the battle, more than 60 elite troops were assembled in the Xuzhou area to start a tug-of-war with the Japanese army for more than a month!

Around April 4th, the Japanese army increased its troops from the north and the south, and it was obvious that the Japanese army had a large-scale attempt to re-offend Xuzhou.

At this time, Li Zongren really wanted to win from the existing land acquisition line, and competed with the Japanese army to seek to extend the wings to the opponent's back, so he invested most of his troops on the front line!

However, the number of troops reinforced by the Japanese army reached [-], which not only prevented Li Zongren's strategic intention from being realized, but also put himself in danger. Danger in the Xuzhou area.

The Japanese attack on Xuzhou began in mid-May.The Nakajima Division went south from Jining, Shandong on the 5th, and quickly advanced to the Dangshan and Tangzhai areas in Anhui, attacking Xuzhou from the west.

On May 5, the Japanese army in northern Jiangsu began to arrive near Xin'an Town in the eastern section of Longhai, joined forces with the Japanese army heading south from Tancheng, and actively marched towards Pi County in an attempt to encircle the battlefield on the right side of the Chinese army in the east of Xuzhou.

In the north of Xuzhou, the Doihara Division crossed the Yellow River south from the Puxian area on the 12th, and sent a force to cut off the Longhai Railway line of communication near Neihuangji.

After a few days of fierce fighting with the Chinese army in the south of Shandong, the Banyuan Division crossed the canal and advanced towards Su County, and then attacked Xuzhou.

In the south of Xuzhou, the Dizhou Division of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army captured Mengcheng, Anhui on the 9th, and arrived at Yongcheng in the southwest of Xuzhou on the 13th.

The Jizhu Division entered the vicinity of Xiao County on the 16th and approached Xuzhou.The Fujita division captured Dayingji on the 15th and advanced towards Xuzhou.The Japanese army from the north and the south completed the siege of Xuzhou.

Li Zongren's troops in the fifth war zone resisted fiercely one after another in the area near Xuzhou, but failed to stop the Japanese offensive.

Li Bifan's No.20 Third Division resisted the Japanese army in Heze, and Li Bifan died in the battle. Zhou Yuan, the deputy commander of the 2000rd Division, led [-] people to fight the Japanese army in Mengcheng. Zhou Yuan and most of the officers and soldiers died in battle.

Surrounded by the Japanese army on all sides, Xuzhou's military situation is dangerous.

In view of the extremely critical situation, Chairman Jiang decided to adopt the opinion of anti-encirclement or escape from the encirclement.

The more and more tragic battle reports ahead continued to spread to the Wuchang Military Commission. Xuzhou suddenly faced a serious crisis. Chairman Jiang realized that the intention of the Japanese army was to encircle and wipe out the main force of our army in Xuzhou.

If the fifty elite divisions in Xuzhou were eaten up, the national government would lose the capital of the war of resistance.

On the afternoon of May 5, Commissioner Jiang finally admitted that the situation in Xuzhou was at a critical juncture, and sent an urgent telegram to Li Zongren:

The Military Commission ordered your troops to avoid a decisive battle, evacuate Xuzhou, and break through quickly.

According to this telegram, Li Zongren decided to abandon Xuzhou, and immediately divided the troops into five groups to break through the encirclement respectively. On May 5, he issued a withdrawal order: order Tang Enbo's army to break out of the encirclement to the west and violently attack the Japanese army; Set up defenses and stick to the danger to cover the retreat of the army.

The main force of the national army in the Xuzhou area withdrew from Yi County and quickly turned towards the Dabie Mountains!

The Huaxia army fought and retreated, the formation was not chaotic, and they retreated west and south step by step.

The Japanese army intercepted and fortified along the road, but the imposing Huaxia army broke through one place and broke through one place, invincible along the way.

The army quickly assembled in southern Henan and northern Hubei, and all armies rushed out of the encirclement one after another. So far, Xuzhou's retreat has come to an end!

In late May, armies from all walks of life followed the designated routes to safely take the western Anhui and southern Henan regions.

However, the Japanese reinforcements from the north and the south were still not in place. In the end, the Japanese army's tactical concept of encircling the main force of the national army in the Xuzhou area near Xuzhou came to naught.

General Guo Ruhuai wrote in his memoirs about breaking out of the Xuzhou battle:

Our army of 60 to [-] retreated centrifugally, but every division was wiped out by the enemy early, and the troops retreating to the enemy's rear were like no one in the land, and returned safely afterwards.

It can be seen that although the enemy has formed a strategic encirclement situation, the territory is vast and the troops are sparse, and there are gaps everywhere.I am fighting in the country, with the assistance of the people, I am broken into parts, and I can escape safely at any time!

The Xuzhou Breakthrough was a glorious stroke in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. It completely shattered the strategic intention of the Japanese army, preserved elite forces for the subsequent Anti-Japanese War along the Yangtze River, and was of inestimable significance to the subsequent protracted war and final victory.

The Battle of Xuzhou was another major battle on the frontal battlefield of China after the Battle of Songhu and Taiyuan.

Both China and Japan invested hundreds of thousands of troops, which lasted more than four months.

Although the Japanese army opened up the Jinpu line and expanded the occupied area, their vain attempt to attack the main force of the Chinese army failed to achieve.

The defensive operations and active transfer of the Chinese army achieved a certain purpose of the campaign, won four to five months for the deployment of the subsequent defense of Wuhan, and broke the strategic plan of the Japanese army for a quick battle.

In the early morning of May 5, an "American" 26-ton giant ship loaded with aircraft, tanks, and heavy artillery docked at the port of Guangzhou, China.

Because Yang Fan repeatedly emphasized to Chen Bulei and others that he was only purchasing on behalf of him, and the purchasing difficulty factor was very high, so the purchasing time was relatively long, and maybe there would be a last stop but no next stop!

Therefore, once Generalissimo Jiang and others made up their minds, they made up their minds and spent a huge sum of money to purchase 100 medium tanks, 80 fighter jets, 5 bombers, 30 150mm howitzer cannons, 30 double-mounted anti-aircraft guns, and 100 anti-aircraft guns. Anti-aircraft machine guns!

All of a sudden, Yang Fan saved his income from Taobao Manor for 3 months, and emptied his own family. Only then did he barely make up 3200 million wealth points, and he was about to place an order at an unprecedented price!

For the sake of safety, Yang Fan naturally didn't see the rabbits and didn't scatter the eagles. He waited until Chairman Jiang put the golden big yellow croakers and boxes of silver dollars in front of him. Then he paid the order and selected the delivery address as Guangzhou Taigucang Wharf.

After some careful operations, Yang Fan finally earned 320 million wealth points without any risk, while Generalissimo Jiang received the advanced fighter jets, tanks, anti-aircraft artillery and heavy artillery that he had dreamed of!

With so many advanced heavy weapons, at least the combat power of a central group army can be greatly increased, and a division of the hard-headed devils has capital!

And Yang Fan reaped the benefits, and earned 320 million wealth points in two or three months. Although the income is not much compared to Taobao Manor, the total wealth is not too small!

Naturally, everyone is happy with this transaction, happy to buy and happy to sell!

Chapter 352 Opening the Battle of Wuhan

Naturally, such a huge deal could not be hidden from the Japanese spy intelligence network, and the news quickly spread to the top Japanese!

"Baga! The hateful Americans are actually making war fortunes at this time! The empire will deal with you profiteers sooner or later!"

King Ren Yan of Dongjiuer Palace was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he didn't know that Yang Fan was cheating, and they couldn't block it at all!

"Baga, Guangzhou must be captured as soon as possible, and China must be completely cut off from the outside world! Otherwise, the imperial warriors will pay more with their lives!"

Hata Toshiro, commander of the Nanjing Central China Front Army, also nodded. At this time, he was presiding over a military meeting, and a group of old devils were discussing the next battle in Wuhan!

The so-called injured beasts are the most dangerous. In the Xuzhou battle that just passed, although the Japanese army finally captured Xuzhou by virtue of their weapon preparation and superiority in soldiers, the Xuzhou battle lasted for 5 months. More than ten thousand lives!

This not only made Japanese Emperor Hirohito go crazy, gnashed his teeth and vowed to find revenge, but also greatly hurt the nerves of Japanese soldiers and civilians! ,

Since the Battle of Xuzhou did not achieve the expected strategic intentions at all, before it was over, the Japanese army had already embarked on a new strategic goal: a quick decision to launch the Battle of Wuhan, forcing the Nationalist government to surrender to end the war!

Located in the Jianghan Plain, Wuhan is the intersection point of the Ping-Han Railway and the Guangdong-Han Railway.

After part of the national government moved from Nanjing to Wuhan in November 1937, the place actually became the military, political, and economic center of China, with a very important strategic position.

After the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, the Army Department, the base camp of the Japanese army, began to study the operation to capture Hankou, but due to the constraints of various conditions, it was temporarily shelved.

At the beginning of April 1938, when the Japanese base camp decided to implement the Xuzhou Battle, it also decided to implement the Wuhan Operation. When formulating the Xuzhou Battle Plan, it "anticipated the situation after the battle and took into account the future Wuhan Operation."

Ji Jialiangfu, the head of the 9th Division, said: "Your Excellency, I think it is better to attack along the Yangtze River. Attacking along the Yangtze River will not only get naval support, but also more convenient logistics supplies."

The chief of staff of the Central China Front Army, Tsukada Makoto, immediately retorted:

"But the problem is precisely here. According to the information provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Chinese army has set up three river defense fortresses along the Yangtze River: Madang, Tianjiazhen and Gedian!

Not only are sunken ships obstructing the Yangtze River waterway, but there are also a large number of mines floating on the river, blocking the advance of the Imperial Navy. This road is not easy! "

After a pause, Tsukada continued: "More importantly, the terrain on both sides of the Yangtze River is extremely complex, there are few flat lands that are easy to march on, but there are many rugged and difficult mountainous lands, which is not conducive to the imperial army's full-scale attack!

Therefore, I think that we should go south along the Ping-Han Railway, and go south along the railway line, and the logistics supply can also be guaranteed. "

"I'm afraid not necessarily"

At this time, Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto shook his head and said:

"As far as I know, due to the large-scale infiltration of the Communist Party's Eighth Route Army, the law and order in North China has become very bad. The imperial army's logistics troops are often attacked, almost every day!

so.Relying on railway lines to supplement logistics is also full of variables and difficulties, and it is difficult to guarantee foolproofness. "

"Nani?"

Tsukada Gong showed a hellish expression, and asked very puzzled: "A group of Tubalu, can they still cut off the supply line of the imperial army?"

At this time, the chief of staff of the Central China Dispatch Army, Masanori Kawabe, who had not spoken much, nodded and said in agreement: "It is true. I suffered a lot during my tenure in North China. The Eighth Route Army guerrillas are like a group of sparrows, gathering and dispersing in the east and west. , ubiquitous and difficult to capture, it is indeed very difficult!"

After the fall of Taiyuan, the Kuomintang army retreated to the south of the Yellow River, leaving the Eighth Route Army to insist on independent guerrilla warfare in North China, and gradually figured out two guerrilla warfare tactics: "War of Hornets" and "War of Sparrows".

The commanders of the Eighth Route Army kept in mind Chairman Mao's instructions issued this year: "The work of the entire North China should be based on guerrilla warfare as the only direction." Go to the countryside to organize the people's anti-Japanese armed forces!

The anti-Japanese base areas in the enemy's rear grew up like mushrooms after a spring rain, which not only wiped out and restrained a large number of Japanese army's vital forces, but also effectively cooperated with the frontal battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War!

"Baga! If that's the case, then order the North China Garrison to intensify the armed raids on the occupied areas. How can the Empire of Japan let a group of Tubalu stumble in its tracks!"

King Minhiko of Dongjiuer Gong let out an angry roar, and a group of high-ranking officials came to discuss and discuss, either there was something wrong with this or something wrong with that.

After a pause, King Renyan of Dongjiuer Palace decided directly: "Let's go south along the Ping-Han Railway, and station imperial troops along the way to strengthen defense!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

"What Your Highness said is absolutely true!"

"Hay!"

When it came to this point, Hata Shunroku, Tsukada Gong and other old devils dared to say no, they all nodded and flattered.

At the end of May, the Ministry of the Army, the base camp of the Japanese army, decided to carry out the Hankou operation in the autumn of that year? .

In fact, as early as four months ago, when the Japanese army mobilized a large army to attack Xuzhou, the Japanese air force launched an air strike on Wuhan in an attempt to destroy the combat command organization, military production base, and air force airport of the Chinese army, and paralyze the transportation of the Chinese army. The Japanese ground forces aggressively attacked Wuhan to create conditions.

In the spring of 1938, the Japanese army trampled on the land of China with iron hoofs, the mountains and rivers were broken, and the flames of war were everywhere, and the land of China was bleeding and crying.

The fire in Shanghai has been burning for more than half a month, stretching for several kilometers, with thick black smoke covering the sky and the sun.