Tanabe Moritake's brows furrowed even deeper, he stared down at the map on the table for a while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the chief of staff saw this, and hurriedly asked: "Presumably, His Excellency the division commander has already thought of a countermeasure" Tanabe Moritake smiled and nodded and said: "The imperial army counterattacked Suiyuan, and the logistics supply line is not only the Pingsui Railway. ”"Your Excellency means the Tongpu Railway," said the chief of staff after a moment's thought.Tanabe Moritake nodded and said: "Some time ago, the Tongpu Railway was damaged by the Eighth Route Army, but now the Imperial Army has repaired the damaged railway.We can ask His Excellency Commander Okabe to coordinate with the First Army of the Imperial Army stationed in Shanxi, and if the Pingsui Railway is really cut off by those fleeing Tuba Road, we can completely transfer materials from Shanxi to support the Suiyuan operation through the Tongpu Railway.Although we and the First Army belong to different battle sequences, we are both subordinate to the North China Dispatch Army, both are the Imperial Japanese Army, and we are both for the Great East Asian Holy War, and I think the First Army will not refuse. ”"Your Excellency, the commander of the Hai Division, is wise.Even if the people can cut off one of our logistical supply lines, they can't cut off both at the same time," said the chief of staff with a smile on his face."
Yo Xi, so that we can rest assured that we can boldly attack Suiyuan."
Tanabe Shengwu smiled and nodded and said: "As for the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army, as well as the hateful Li Guotao, after the imperial army captures Suiyuan, it will not be too late for us to go back and slowly clean them up." ”"Your Excellency, the commander of the Hai Division, is wise, and I will send a telegram to His Excellency Commander Okabe, asking His Excellency the Commander to come forward and coordinate with the First Army."
The chief of staff replied respectfully, turned and walked towards the confidential room.In the temporary headquarters of the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army, the exhausted Li Guotao actually fell asleep on the table, and a rush of footsteps sounded around him, which woke Li Guotao up suddenly, Li Guotao hurriedly raised his head, only to see his eyes full of bloodshots, and Ma Zhenguo, who was also tired, stood in front of him with a smile.Li Guotao hurriedly asked: "What is the current situation?"
"Report to the commander, according to the latest information, the main force of the Japanese army has moved in the direction of Datong.It seems that this Tanabe Moritake is not ready to deal with us for the time being. ”Ma Zhenguo said with a smile.Li Guotao nodded with a smile and said: "It's not surprising, Tanabe Shengwu is eager to make meritorious service, and the biggest credit in front of him now is undoubtedly to recapture Suiyuan."
At this time, he was naturally in no mood to waste time on us dirt roads. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "Then what should we do next" Li Guotao said with a smile: "Next, we have to have a good rest, we have been fighting for several days, and the soldiers are almost tired, it is time to take a good rest."
The headquarters just asked us to stay on the spot, and there were no new instructions, so we just had a rest and recuperation.I estimate that in just these two days, the order from the headquarters should come down, and then there will inevitably be a fierce battle, so we need to take a good rest now, so that the soldiers can recover their strength as soon as possible. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "You're right, we really should have a good rest, I see that you are also tired, the accommodation has been arranged, you better go back and sleep well" Li Guotao said with a smile: "What about me, aren't you the same, your two eyes are red as if you have pink eye, you should also take a good rest, in case you are tired, where can I go to find this good chief of staff.""
Haha" Ma Zhenguo laughed and said: "I'm really tired in the past two days, I'll go to the confidential room first, send a telegram to the headquarters, report our current situation to the head of the headquarters, and then go back to rest, you go to sleep first" Li Guotao nodded, didn't say anything more, got up and walked outside.Ma Zhenguo shook his dizzy head, turned around and walked towards the confidential room.The Japanese army rushed to Datong in the afternoon of the same day, but the little devil did not advance directly in the direction of Fengzhen, but stopped at Datong, after all, after several days of fighting, the little devil is already a tired division, and he also needs to take a good rest.What's more, the counteroffensive on Suiyuan is a big war after all, and a large number of strategic materials are needed as logistics support, so the little devils also need to wait until the logistics materials are replenished before they can launch a counteroffensive against Suiyuan.Although Tanabe Shengwu was already a little impatient, this old devil also knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, not to mention that he was determined to get Suiyuan, and he didn't want to make any mistakes on the way, so he could only stay in Datong patiently, waiting for the arrival of follow-up materials while resting.After waiting for three days, on December 12, all kinds of strategic materials had been almost prepared, and Tanabe Moritake, who had been impatient for a long time, felt that the time was ripe, and immediately ordered all troops to leave Datong and advance in the direction of Fengzhen.After a few days of rest, the soldiers of the seventh column have basically recovered their combat effectiveness, and Li Guotao was sitting at the entrance of the headquarters in the morning, smoking a cigarette and chatting with Changde, at this time Ma Zhenguo suddenly came over in a hurry, and said solemnly: "Commander, I just received the news that early this morning, the little devil left Datong and went straight to Fengzhen. ”"Oh, so fast," Li Guotao raised his eyebrows and said with a slight surprise.Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "In the past few days, the train transporting strategic materials on the Pingsui Railway has basically not been broken, and the little devil has been seizing the time to transport various strategic materials to Datong, and it is estimated that it will be almost replenished at this time, so Tanabe Shengwu will launch a counterattack on Suiyuan impatiently." ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "Fengzhen has the 35th Army and my sixth column to defend, and during this time, our army has built a large number of fortifications in Fengzhen, so as to wait for work, it is not so easy for the little devil to break through this defense line in Fengzhen."
So as for Fengzhen, we don't have to worry about it for the time being. ”Chang De nodded with a smile, threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, rubbed his hands together with a smile and said: "Since the little devil has launched an offensive against Suiyuan, I think we will come down on a combat mission, Lao Li, what task do you say the headquarters will assign to us this time, Lao Tzu has been waiting impatiently for a long time." ”Li Guotao shook his head and said: "You also ask Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is not a god, what does the head of the headquarters think, how can I guess it" aa2705221: