After the 24th Division of the Japanese Army was annihilated, all units of the Seventh Column, under the order of Li Guotao, immediately headed north for Tongliao.Li Guotao also took the headquarters and rushed directly to Tongliao.Li Guotao sat in the car and drove along the highway towards the quilt.There was still a puff of smoke on the battlefield, and the mutilated corpses were lying on the ground, blood staining the ground beneath them, and there was still a pungent smell of blood in the air.Groups of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were scattered on the battlefield and were busy cleaning up the battlefield.A large number of troops were also being assembled in the open space, preparing to leave for Tongliao.The highway is full of traffic, trucks full of soldiers and military supplies of the Eighth Route Army, driving north along the road, forming a giant dragon on the flat road.There are also a large number of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, running forward along the open space on both sides of the road, although the long-distance march is very hard, but just after a big victory, the soldiers' faces are full of excitement.Ma Zhenguo, who was sitting next to him, said with a smile: "The speed of action of the troops is still very fast. ”"Hmm" Li Guotao nodded and said: "But we still need to be faster, the little devil has now learned that the main force of our army is going north, and with the news that the 24th Division has been completely annihilated, even if Umezu Mijiro is a fool, we can guess that our next goal is to capture Tongliao, and the Japanese army is now racing against time to support Tongliao, so the time left for us is not enough." ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "The armored division and the cavalry division are the fastest, as long as these two divisions can rush to Tongliao in front of the Japanese army, there will be absolutely no problem in taking Tongliao."
In addition, the Chifeng airfield has been repaired, and two aviation regiments of our aviation division have been stationed in Chifeng, which can provide us with air support with all their might. ”Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said, "With the support of the Air Force, this battle is much easier."
I'm so anxious now that I can't wait to put on my wings and fly to Tongliao immediately. ”Ma Zhenguo said with a smile: "Commander, don't be anxious, judging from the current speed, we will be able to rush to Tongliao this evening at the latest." ”Li Guotao nodded, stopped talking, closed his eyes and began to close his eyes to recuperate, Ma Zhenguo stopped talking when he saw this, he was also a little tired, and like Li Guotao, he leaned back against the seat and closed his eyes.At the same time, Umezu Mijiro, who was far away in Changchun, was also anxious, and the 24th Division was completely annihilated, and the continuous blows almost made Umezu Mijiro crazy.Yoshimoto Sadachi looked at the furious Umezu Mijiro, and hurriedly comforted: "Your Excellency Commander, now that the 1st Division of the Imperial Army and the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade and other units have rushed to support Tongliao, the Imperial Army will definitely be able to seize Tongliao in front of those hateful Tubalu." ”"Hmph" Umezu Mijiro snorted coldly, frowned and said with a worried face: "My Kwantung Army has been defeated in successive battles, and the base camp is quite dissatisfied with us, and now the 24th Division is all broken, we must not lose Tongliao again." ”"Hai" Yoshimoto Sadachi said respectfully: "What Your Excellency Commander said is very true, but these dirt roads have been traveled for a long time and after some fierce battles, they are already a tired army at this time.On the other hand, the 1st Division of the Imperial Army and the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade are both new forces, and it is simply easy to deal with these exhausted Tubalu. ”Umezu Mijiro couldn't help frowning, and said with a dissatisfied expression: "It's all at this time, you still dare to underestimate these hateful dirt eight roads, these hateful earth eight roads, strong-willed, absolutely can't be judged by common sense."
Even if the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army was already a tired division at this time, the imperial army did not have any advantage in terms of strength, so we must continue to send troops to support Tongliao. ”"What Commander Hai said is very true, but the other troops are far away from Tongliao, and I am afraid that they will not be able to reach Tongliao in a short time."
Yoshimoto said with a look of embarrassment.Umezu Mijiro frowned and thought about it, and then said with a serious face: "The 21st Division is returning to Shenyang, and after they rush to Shenyang, they will immediately rush to support Tongliao."
In addition, the 7th Division stationed in Harbin was ordered to assemble immediately and rush to Tongliao to support as quickly as possible. ”"Hai" Yoshimoto replied respectfully.Umezu Yoshijiro continued: "Also, inform the 1st Division and the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade that if they can't seize Tongliao in front of the Eighth Route Army, don't rush to attack for the time being, build fortifications on the spot, wait for follow-up reinforcements to arrive, and then have a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army." ”After one failure after another, Umezu Mijiro had to become cautious."
Hai is going to deliver orders."
Yoshimoto replied respectfully, turned around and left in a hurry.Umezu Mijiro looked at the back of Yoshimoto Sadachi's departure, and couldn't help but sigh deeply, the development of the battle situation to the current situation was something that Umezu Mijiro never expected.Several divisions and regiments were completely annihilated one after another, and the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses, while guarding against a sneak attack by Soviet Russia, and dealing with the growing Eighth Route Army, although the Kwantung Army had seven or eight hundred thousand people, by this time Umezu Mijiro also deeply felt the lack of troops.So now Umezu Mijiro is facing a problem, that is, how to expand the force as soon as possible, the most direct way is to ask for help from the base camp, but at this time there are not many troops in Japan, if you send troops to support the Kwantung Army, you can only expand again and form a new division, but this time is too long, and Umezu Mijiro can't wait so long.Therefore, Umezu Mijiro can only expand his troops on the spot, although the Tohoku region is not the Japanese mainland, but Umezu Mijiro is not without a choice.In the past few years, Japan had sent more than 200,000 pioneers to the northeast region, many of whom were retired soldiers in the country, and if all of them were gathered, Umezu Mijiro could get at least tens of thousands of troops.Thinking of this, Umezu Mijiro immediately made up his mind and personally drafted an order, ordering 20,000 strong men to be selected from the pioneer regiment and replenished to each unit to alleviate the shortage of troops in the Kwantung Army.In addition to the pioneer group, Umezu Yoshijiro also had another option, which was to expand the Imperial Allied Army.The emperors and ministers of the puppet state of Manchukuo more than once demanded the expansion of the army, but the successive commanders of the Kwantung Army did not agree.Because the Japanese did not trust them at all, although the puppet state of Manchukuo had been established for nearly ten years, the imperial army of the puppet Manchukuo had always remained at about 100,000 people.Moreover, they are scattered all over the country, mainly undertaking some tasks of maintaining law and order.aa2705221: