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Chapter 1838: Large reinforcements from the Japanese army

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    Some sparse light shines through the cracks in the window on Tojo Hideki's equally sparse hair.

    With a stern face, he read the battle plan again.

    On the white letter paper, there are arrogant and rough handwritings, some scrawled on the horizontal lines of the paper.

    The content of this combat order is actually very simple.

    It means to mobilize defense troops from the Japanese mainland and the Kwantung Army area, and transport them into the Tianjin area through warships.

    After two days of intense discussions at the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters and coordination of interests among various parties, the Emperor personally approved the operational plan to deploy troops to the Heipin-Tianjin area for support.

    They plan to deploy the first fleet of the combined fleet to transport the two local divisions to support the Pingjin area.

    The Kwantung Army in Manchukuo will mobilize two more divisions to pass through the port in Dalian, board a transport ship, and land at the port in Tianjin.

    ¡° In this way, they can ensure that they will invest approximately 150,000 troops in the Ping-Tianjin area within a week.

    In addition to the two divisions of the Japanese Kwantung Army that have already set off, two independent mixed brigades, and more than 20,000 Japanese garrison troops stationed in the Pingjin area.

    They will gather nearly 300,000 troops in the Pingjin area.

    And this is only the first phase of the battle plan.

    In the second stage, they will have the two aircraft carriers of the First Fleet rush to the Pingjin area.  Provide sea and air fire support to the Japanese troops in this area.

    He even planned to transfer some of the elite Japanese troops from Southeast Asia to return to the Pingjin area.

    After signing such a combat order, Tojo Hideki seemed to suddenly remember something and shouted outside: "Immediately send a telegram to Okamura Neiji and tell him about the divisions drawn from the mainland.  Within a week, we will arrive in Pingjin area.

    ¡°Before that, he must hold on to North China no matter what, otherwise, I will send him to a military court.  "

    His words were quickly conveyed to Okamura Neiji via telegram.

    Although the wording of this telegram is somewhat harsh, one can also feel Tojo's dissatisfaction with the war in North China from between the lines.

    But Okamura Neiji knew that since the superiors had decided to send reinforcements, the pressure he was facing at this time could be greatly alleviated.

    Especially these reinforcements are drawn from the mainland.

    By then, not only the mainland, but even the Kwantung Army may mobilize more troops to support them.

    This made the somewhat stretched troops in their hands increase a lot in an instant.

    In North China, during this period of time, Okamura Neiji had clearly felt that the Eighth Route Army and Fourth Army troops seemed to have an advantage over them in terms of military strength.

    Except for the troops of the Eighth Route Army, all the troops of the Fourth Army have a clear advantage over them in terms of equipment.

    Even the quality of their soldiers, which they were proud of before, cannot be compared with the Fourth Army at this time.

    Because these soldiers of the Fourth Army are veterans who have fought for many years.

    Not only have they undergone very strict military training, but they also have rich combat experience.

    On the other hand, the Japanese army attacked Southeast Asia and most countries in South Asia.

    Therefore, the Japanese army transferred a large number of elite troops from North China. Many of the original first-class and second-class divisions have been transferred away.

    At this time, many of those staying here are reserve divisions, and many are temporary mixed units.

    There are many children in these troops who are even sixteen or seventeen years old.

    They were thrown onto the battlefield when they were no taller than a 38-gauge rifle.

    The combat effectiveness of these people is definitely not as good as that of the elite Japanese troops before.

    However, now that he heard that Tojo Hideki was going to mobilize elite troops from the mainland to support them, Okamura Neji breathed a sigh of relief.

    Because the troops transferred from the mainland must undoubtedly have extremely high combat and military qualities.

    Not only that, the equipment of these troops is also very advanced.

    Coupled with the Kwantung Army, which is also well-equipped and has excellent troop quality.

    A large number of divisions will also be deployed to support operations in North China.

    This made Okamura Neji¡¯s anxiety disappear.??Great relief.

    After receiving such a telegram, Okamura Neji thought that he could finally have a good sleep.

    Otherwise, I might not even be able to get a good night's sleep in the past half month.

    At noon that day, at the train station in Shijiazhuang, a large number of Japanese troops returning for reinforcements began to walk down the military columns.

    As soon as they arrived at the train station, they immediately gathered and headed towards the defensive positions outside Shijiazhuang.

    At this time, many positions outside Shijiazhuang are completely vacant.

    Because Okamura Neji does not have enough troops to fill these vacancies.

    This is why Okamura Neiji is so worried, because their defense force at this time is really unable to withstand the more than 100,000 elite troops of the Fourth Army in the Baoding City area.

    It is precisely because of this that Okamura Neji asked these troops under Yuri Ogawa to quickly return to support the Shijiazhuang area.

    Accompanying the military trains, they entered the train station.

    Okamura Neji¡¯s hanging heart finally calmed down.

    Especially their reconnaissance troops in northern Shijiazhuang have not found any traces of the enemy's armored forces advancing.

    This made Neji Okamura certain that the enemy had no immediate plans to attack Shijiazhuang.

    "At least after the continuous rapid march and fierce attack, this group of enemy troops as strong as steel also need a short rest.

    With this thought, Okamura Neji made an optimistic prediction about the final outcome of this battle.

    He immediately summoned several division commanders who were returning from the Japanese army and ordered them to build a defense line in the north of Shijiazhuang.

    At the same time, be ready to attack the enemy forces in Mancheng and Baoding City at any time.

    A large number of Japanese scout troops, like mice, entered the sphere of influence of Baoding and Mancheng. Their main purpose was to detect the movements of the troops in the city.

    At noon that day, several major Japanese division commanders who were returning for reinforcements had arrived at Neji Okamura¡¯s general headquarters.

    Okamura Neiji looked at the map, then raised his head and said to several Japanese division commanders: "I am very grateful to you for getting back the reinforcements.

    What we need to face now are the more than 100,000 elite troops of the 4th Army.

    This includes a large number of armored troops, motorized troops, heavy artillery troops, and even the enemy's air force, which is also very troublesome.

    The enemy¡¯s reconnaissance plane has been conducting reconnaissance in the Shijiazhuang area since last night.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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