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Li Guoyao’s prediction was correct. While he was busy preparing for war, the Japanese army was really thinking about how to kill him!
Nanjing. Japanese Army Central China Front Headquarters.
Yan Junliu, the commander of the Central China Front Army, sat solemnly on the main seat, with a dozen lieutenant generals and major generals sitting below him. These are all the backbone elites of the Central China Front Army and the command center of the Central China Front Army.
If the Nationalist Government can send a bomber formation here to drop a batch of aerial bombs at this time, it will at least paralyze the Japanese army's largest strategic group in Central China for half a year.
"But this is just a thought. Not to mention that the Japanese army has been prepared for this kind of thing. Secondly, meetings of this level have always been confidential. How could the Nationalist Government know about it!
During this period, Yan Shunroku's life was not easy. Since he succeeded Matsui Iwane as the commander of the Central China Front, the progress of the unit has been very limited. Compared with the North China Front, there is simply no record that can be achieved.
On the other hand, the North China Front Army commanded by General Shouichi in the temple achieved successive successes. It first captured Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, and then swept across southern Hebei, driving all the national army forces in Hebei to Henan in one fell swoop.
Now they have severely damaged the national army on the battlefield in central Shandong and controlled the entire north bank of the Grand Canal. The main force of the Fifth Division is besieging the important town of Linyi. It can be said that the imperial army in North China is overwhelming.
However, just a few days ago, the Fifth Division was counterattacked by the Chinese army on the Linyi front line, and nearly two brigades of infantry were wiped out. Counting other arms, the total casualties were about 4,000. This made North China The front army was very angry.
??Subsequently, the commander of the Central China Front, General Terauchi Toshiichi, called the base camp and accused the Central China Front of ineffective fighting. They had promised to cooperate in the operation, but there was no movement. The main force was still lying along the Yangtze River.
The base camp immediately called the Central China Front Army to inquire about the matter and asked them to send troops immediately to attack the Chinese army in Shandong from north to south according to the original plan and join forces in Xuzhou.
However, Yan Junliu knew it hard, how could they not take action, but just suffered repeated defeats. They sent troops to fight twice in a small Bengbu city, and the results were more miserable each time.
Especially last time, a Type B division was directly lost. Even the division commander Yoon Dong Masaki was killed in battle, and became a wooden sign in the shrine of Kudanwa in Tokyo.
The only good thing is that nothing happened to the captain of the 101st Regiment and the regiment flag of the 101st Division. Otherwise, according to the tradition of the Imperial Army, the designation of the 101st Division would have been revoked.
You must know that so far, no division of the Imperial Army has had its designation revoked due to poor combat performance or being completely wiped out. Their Central China Front Army must not start this!
But no matter what, the city of Bengbu must be conquered, so after receiving the order from the base camp, Yan Junliu immediately held a combat meeting attended by the heads of each division and the mixed brigade leader.
After everyone arrived, Yan Junliu said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, everyone has seen the order from the base camp. Bengbu, a strategic location, must be conquered, no matter how high the price is, no matter how high the price is!"
Yan Junliu’s voice was slightly hoarse, but he spoke with dignity.
"Hai!"
The Japanese commanders present did not dare to have any objections to the decision made by the base camp and could only express their submission. This is also the consistent tradition of the Japanese army. As long as it is a combat order issued by a superior, no matter how outrageous it is, whether it is right or wrong, subordinates cannot refute it, let alone reject it.
It may sound a bit unbelievable, but it is true. If a subordinate makes a decision that goes against the order of his superior, even if he is proved to be right later, I'm sorry, this person's political life will be over, because his colleagues and The superiors will think that he is a smart-aleck and will isolate him!
To put it bluntly, what the Japanese army needs under its strict hierarchical system is not smart people, but machines that can execute the orders of the upper-level bosses, nothing more.
Because of this, even though Japan produced strategists like Kanji Ishihara during World War II, they were not reused, and their treatment was far worse than that of Zhukov of the Soviet Union and Rommel of Germany.
Then, Yan Junliu said again: "Everyone, according to the latest news obtained by T&G, the China government has transferred the 31st Army stationed in Bengbu to the Shandong battlefield, including the 59th Army in Huainan. At this time, only the 31st Army stationed in Bengbu has been taken away. There is only one regular army left, and its designation is the Seventh Division!"
Hearing the number of the Seventh Division, all the Japanese officers present subconsciously raised their heads. This number is so familiar that every timeNothing good happens when you get to this unit.
"Everyone is familiar with this force. Its commander is named Li Guoyao. He is the guy who caused the defeat of His Royal Highness the Prince, Tanabe Moritake, Yin Dongzhengxi and other imperial generals!"
Then Yan Junliu said in a solemn tone: "Gentlemen, since the beginning of the war, the Seventh Division has repeatedly suffered heavy losses to the Imperial Japanese Army. Compared with the humiliation brought to the Imperial Army by the Battle of Xifengkou of the 29th Route Army, It is even more serious. Therefore, when this commander took office, the base camp instructed me to annihilate him. If possible, his commander Li Guoyao would be captured alive and brought back to Tokyo for trial, and he would be executed in front of the Japanese people to comfort Yamato who died in the war. The heroic spirit of the warrior!”
"However, after taking office for more than three months, my commander has disappointed Prime Minister Lu and His Majesty the Emperor. Instead of failing to eliminate them, he has lost his troops. But this time is an opportunity for the imperial army to take advantage of Bengbu's empty military strength. The imperial army not only wants to conquer this important city, but also annihilate the Seventh Division in one fell swoop! You are all elites of the Japanese Empire, tell me how to fight this battle!"
Most of the officers present here have heard some rumors about the 7th Division. However, except for Chief of Staff Shozo Kawabe and 13th Division Commander Shizuichi Tanaka, none of the other Japanese commanders have ever fought against the 7th Division. , so I don’t know much about this unit.
In addition, the Japanese army has long developed the habit of despising Chinese troops and officers. They do not believe that Li Guoyao and his 7th Division are really as powerful as the rumors. The reason for the current situation is entirely due to fighting with them. The imperial army commanders are too incompetent, and they are not the real elite of the imperial army.
The 101st Division that was annihilated was nothing more than a temporary unit formed by transferring some people from the reserves of the First Division. Its combat effectiveness was not to mention compared with elites like the Sixth Division, even if it was compared with other The first-class divisions are not opponents on the same level.
Let’s talk about the 13th Division. Although it is nominally one of the only 20 first-class divisions in the Empire of Japan, the problem is that this division, like the 18th Division, was directly laid off during the empire’s disarmament. It was only reorganized in the 11th year of the Showa era, and everything from the soldiers to the division commanders were brand new.
Especially the soldiers, most of them went to the battlefield after one year of military training, which is infinitely worse than the three-year veterans of other troops.
Besides, their new division commander, Shizuichi Tanaka, although he did well in mainland China, he was promoted to major general only a few years ago, and he has never held a major position in the field force. He was directly parachuted into the 13th Division, and he obviously lacks combat experience. , failure is not surprising.
Therefore, in the view of Hisao Tani and several other division commanders, there is really nothing to say. According to their ideas, there is no need to formulate any battle plan at all. The army's frontline points directly at Bengbu, and with the force of thunder, the small The infantry division was directly wiped out in the city, how brutal and simple it was!
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