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Chapter 1,238: Okamura takes office

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    After a major reorganization, Li Guoyao's headquarters was suddenly organized into three parts from a mess of multiple departments. One part was the Temporary Ninth Army, which was the main force of Li Guoyao's headquarters.

    ? Next are the special forces represented by the independent brigade, women's brigade, cavalry group, and special service group six, which are directly under Li Guoyao's command.

    The last part is the secret force composed mainly of Jiangnan guerrillas, which was left behind by Li Guoyao just in case.

    "After this reorganization, if all the troops are full, the total strength of Li Guoyao's troops will exceed 100,000, not counting the Jiangnan guerrillas.

    However, according to statistics from each army, including the 20,000 people transferred from the Jiangnan guerrillas, the army currently has a total of 74,000 soldiers, which is still more than 30,000 short of the full strength of 108,000.  .

    But Logistics Minister Huang Shang said that more than 10,000 strong laborers can be transferred from the logistics department to supplement the front-line troops. Coupled with the troops returning from injury and the prisoners of the puppet army who have been transformed, 90% of the troops can basically be filled.

    After the reorganization order was issued, the units quickly began to take action. The original Luxi Independent Brigade designation was revoked and incorporated into the 177th Division. Two of the eight regiments transferred from the Jiangnan guerrillas were also added to the 177th, and the remaining four were added to the 177th Division.  The regiment was added to the 194th Division, and two more were added to the cavalry group.

    Wen Debiao's and Lu Wenlong's troops, together with Zhu Hong's Haizhou detachment, formed the temporary ninth division.

    Throughout July, Li Guoyao¡¯s department spent time adjusting its establishment and personnel!

    After all, it was a major reorganization involving more than 100,000 people. Even though Li Guoyao had a clear plan, it still took him a full month to complete the reorganization.

    After the reorganization of the troops was completed, Li Guoyao immediately re-divided the locations of each division. The defense area of ??the 194th Division was the front line in western Shandong and southern Hebei, and the division headquarters was located in Guantao County.

    The temporary Ninth Division¡¯s defense area covers the entire southern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and southwestern Shandong. The original northern Anhui detachment¡¯s defense area was handed over to the Jiangnan guerrillas and was stationed at Xiong¡¯er Mountain.

    The defense area of ??the Jiangnan guerrillas expanded from central Anhui to northern Anhui, central Jiangsu and part of western Anhui, and their base was also moved from the mountainous area of ??central Anhui to the front line of Mangdang Mountain.

    In addition to these troops, the main defense area of ??the 177th Division is the left and right sides of the Taihang Mountains, ending in the west of Handan City in the east, and the Changzhi line in the west, with Tianbaozhai in the center.

    Zhang Shaolin's independent brigade and Lu Dashan's cavalry group were ordered to go north, with the destination being the northern Shanxi region.

    In short, according to Li Guoyao's order, the defense areas and central stations of all troops under his command are moving northward.

    According to Li Guoyao's vision, the troops should establish a foothold in northern Shanxi and Suiyuan before 1942, and then after the Battle of Midway Island, the entire army would go north and push eastward to return to their hometown in the Northeast and fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Northeast Army.

    "Before 42 years ago, the task of the army was to quietly transfer the troops to the northern Xinjiang region while accumulating strength.

    While Li Guoyao was busy integrating combat power and mobilizing troops, the Japanese army was not idle either.

    At the same time that Li Guoyao ordered the reorganization of the Ninth Army, the North China Front Army Headquarters changed its owner. The tragic figure Lieutenant General Tada Shun sadly left the scene, and the high-spirited Okamura Neiji came to North China as a king.

    At this time, Okamura Neiji was definitely experiencing the most proud moment in his life. After being transferred back to his homeland and sitting on the bench for half a year, this man was unexpectedly promoted to Army General. Soon after, he was appointed by His Majesty the Emperor.  Commander of the North China Front.

    You must know that Okamura, who was born in 1884, is only 55 years old this year. Most Japanese officers would be very good at being promoted to Army Lieutenant General at this age, but Okamura Neji is already an Army General.

    Unlike the Chinese army generals, the status of the Japanese army generals is obviously higher. Officers with the rank of general are at the highest level of officials and are at the same level as the Japanese Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Privy Council.

    Originally, the legal basis for promotion from lieutenant general to general came from the "Army Attach¨¦ Promotion Order". The initial conditions for promotion to military attache were those who had made outstanding achievements in repeated battles. However, because there were few wars after the Russo-Japanese War, the conditions for promotion became critical.  Military experience.

    The so-called key military affairs refer to the chief ministers such as the Director of Aviation, the Under Secretary of the Army, the Under Secretary of Staff, the Chief of the Fortification Headquarters, and the Chief of the Technical Headquarters, in addition to the Secretary of War, Chief of Staff, and Director of Education as the three commanders of the Army.  The principle of promotion is based on the principle of suspension of years. Lieutenant generals who have served for more than five years will submit petitions to the emperor for review in order.

    Okamura was promoted to Army Lieutenant General in March 1936 and served as the commander of the Second Division in Mudanjiang. It has been five years since April this year, and he was still a single man during the battle in Wuhan.The commander of the 11th Army was already qualified both in terms of seniority and position, so he was promoted to Army General.

    There were a total of 1,200 army lieutenant generals in the Imperial Japanese Army from its establishment to its demise, but only 134 were promoted to army generals. This does not include those generals who were not very valuable in the later stages of the war.

    For example, when Tadamichi Kuribayashi was fighting against the U.S. military on Iwo Jima, the Japanese base camp mistakenly thought he had died in battle and promoted him to an army general. In fact, he died after being "promoted" for nine days.

    Even including those who have been promoted in this way, the total number of army generals in Japan is only more than 130, which shows how difficult it is to advance to the rank of general.

    However, when the high-spirited Okamura Neiji took office and learned about the situation in North China from the new chief of staff, Lieutenant General Adachi 23, his whole heart became cold.

    Before taking office, Okamura Neiji was told that at this time, the North China Front had a total of 315,000 combat personnel, 52,000 horses, 740 heavy artillery, 8,000 vehicles, 1 battle portion of all kinds of ammunition, and more than one month of grain.  The largest strategic group in the Japanese Empire, the Kwantung Army did not have as many soldiers as the North China Front before the expansion.

    However, after arriving, Okamura Neji found out that there were indeed more than 300,000 troops under his command, but more than 60% were newly added recruits. Less than 10% were veterans with five years of military service, and those with three years of military service were  Only 20% are veterans, and the rest are soldiers who have been in the army for less than two years, and there are even recruits who have just joined the army for less than three months.

    There are fewer veterans and more recruits, which means that the quality of the troops is worrying, which is directly related to the combat capabilities of the troops.

    Secondly, most of the weapons and equipment of the units of the North China Front are outdated, especially the lack of large-caliber field artillery and organic tank units!

    As one of the commanders with the highest strategic vision in the Japanese military, Okamura Neiji is very clear about the current military development trends of countries around the world. Large-corps operations plus armored assaults will definitely be the mainstream of future wars.

    But at present, the entire North China Front has only one field heavy artillery brigade and two armored combat vehicle regiments. Although each division has its own combat vehicle unit, most of them are divided and used during combat.

    To be honest, such an armored unit can only be used as a mobile turret. In view of the garbage performance of the Imperial Japanese Army's tanks, if such a tank unit cannot be used as an organic unit, it can easily be used by someone with cluster grenades and  The explosive pack was destroyed.

    Ammunition is also a big problem. After Okamura Neiji took office, he learned that there were only 11 arsenals in North China under the control of the front army, but their scale was very limited and their production capacity was very weak. They simply could not satisfy the front army's hundreds of thousands of imperial troops and  The consumption of nearly 200,000 Imperial Army troops.

    Therefore, in many cases, the ammunition of the North China Front Army needs to be transported from China or the Fengtian Arsenal in Puppet Manchukuo. This greatly limits the sustainable combat capability of the Imperial Japanese Army and increases the combat risks of the troops.

    After all, whether it is a long gun or a cannon, once there is no ammunition, it is worse than burning a fire stick, especially a cannon. You can't put a bayonet on the cannon at the critical moment!

    Compared to these, what worries Neji Okamura even more is the situation in North China!

    As the earliest area occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army, the security situation in North China should be the best in the entire Chinese theater. However, on the contrary, in the Puppet Manchukuo area occupied by the Kwantung Army, the Eleventh Army plus the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters  Central China under the direct command of Zhang Lin and South China occupied by the 22nd Army, plus Taiwan and other places, the public security in North China is definitely the worst among these places.

    Looking at North China, the only areas that the Imperial Japanese Army can really control are Beiping, Tianjin Special City, and Chahar Province. In addition, whether it is Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, or Suiyuan, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places  , there is no province that is completely occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army.

    In Suiyuan there are Fu Yisheng's headquarters of the Eighth Theater Command of the Communist Party of China and the Daqingshan Detachment of the Eighth Route Army; in Shanxi there are the main forces of the Second Theater Command of the National Army, as well as the 120th and 129th Divisions of the Eighth Route Army; in Henan and Hebei  There are also the National Army and the Eighth Route Army in the area.

    The same is true for Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places, especially Shandong, which is the hardest hit area for public security. Not only the Sulu Theater of the National Army and the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, but also Li Guoyao's headquarters.

    These Chinese troops are like cancerous skin, constantly restricting the energy of the North China Front Army, making them unable to live in peace, and making Okamura Neiji extremely frightened.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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