Early the next morning, Umezu Mijiro hurried to the headquarters, the old devil's eyes were black, his eyes were bloodshot, and it was obvious that he hadn't slept well last night."
How's the situation now?"
asked Umezu Mijiro.Yoshimoto Sadachi hurriedly greeted him and replied with a respectful face: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, according to the latest news from the front, the troops of the Eighth Route Army on the front line of Menda Town are currently reinforcing Nurimu Town in large numbers. ”"Hmm" Umezu Mijiro nodded with satisfaction and said, "The progress of the Seventh Division is the smoothest, while the progress of the independent 21st Mixed Brigade is slow, and it is reasonable for the Eighth Route Army to support the Nurimu defense line." ”Umezu Mijiro said, sighed softly, looked down at the sand table in front of him, and asked with a serious face: "How is the situation of the 21st Division now" Yoshimoto Sadachi hurriedly replied: "After the 21st Division was surrounded, although the Eighth Route Army launched several offensives, they were all repelled by the Imperial Army.It's just that the 21st Division is currently suffering heavy losses, with only about 8,000 people left. ”The muscles on Umezu Mijiro's face couldn't help twitching, his brows furrowed tightly, and he said with a serious face: "With the current situation of the 21st Division, it is impossible to block the onslaught of tens of thousands of troops such as the armored division of the Eighth Route Army.This is clearly a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army, and it is a common trick of the Eighth Route Army to encircle the point and send reinforcements. ”"Your Excellency Commander Hai is wise."
Yoshimoto Sadachi answered, and then asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Since Your Excellency the Commander knows that this is a conspiracy of the Tsuchibachi, why did you send the Hasegawa Detachment and the Takada Detachment to support the 21st Division" Umezu Mijiro sighed helplessly and said: "Can we watch the 21st Division being annihilated by the Chinese This is exactly what Li Guotao's cleverness is, attacking the enemy must be saved."
The imperial army knew that this was a conspiracy of the Chinese people, but they couldn't be fooled by this.But this is fine, Tubalu thought that in this way he could contain the strength of the two detachments of the imperial army, but he was not familiar with their most elite armored division and other troops, so he was also pinned down on the southern front.As long as the Imperial Army made a breakthrough on the Northern Front, the final victory would still belong to our Imperial Japanese Army. ”"Your Excellency Commander Hai is wise."
Yoshimoto replied respectfully.Umezu Mijiro thought for a moment, and then ordered with a serious face: "Immediately send an order to the 21st Division, ordering them to hold on and wait for reinforcements, be sure to block the attack of the Tsuchiba, delay as much time as possible, and wait for rescue."
Ordered the Hasegawa detachment and the Takata detachment to be cautious in case they fell into an ambush by the Shina people. ”"Hai Zhizhi understood, and then the lowly position will personally send orders to the 21st Division and other departments."
Yoshimoto replied respectfully."
Yo Sai" Umezu Mijiro nodded with satisfaction, and then continued: "Our goal now is to break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army from the northern front as soon as possible, and the slow progress of the 1st Division is really disappointing.The performance of the 7th Division was not bad, but it was still too slow.And now the Hasegawa detachment and the Takata detachment are going south.The Eighth Route Army of the rear banner of the left flank of Horqin can free up its hands to support the battlefield on the northern front, but we still don't know how they will deploy, and we must pay close attention to the movements of this Eighth Route Army. ”"Haiyi" Yoshimoto Sadachi replied respectfully, and then said: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, last night, the scouts of the Imperial Army discovered that the new 1st Division of the Eighth Route Army in the rear banner of the left wing of Horqin was being transferred on a large scale, and most of them were dispatched by the people of China to support the northern front, but the specific information is not yet clear. ”Umezu Mijiro frowned and nodded and said: "Then investigate it as soon as possible, what I need now is accurate information, how many Eighth Route Army troops are left in the rear banner of Horqin's left flank, how many troops have been transferred north by the Eighth Route Army, and where they have gone, these are all the news I need to be sure." ”"Hai" Yoshimoto replied respectfully, turned around and hurried to the confidential room to deliver the order.Umezu Mijiro frowned, looking at the sand table in front of him, and the small flags representing China and Japan planted on it seemed to have become a fighting army at this moment, and they were fighting to the death in front of Umezu Mijiro.In Umezu Mijiro's view, although the 21st Division suffered a crushing defeat on the southern front and could be completely annihilated at any time, the initiative was still in their hands, and as long as they could open a gap on the northern front, they would inevitably be able to defeat the entire Eighth Route Army and reoccupy Tongliao.However, the idea is good, but it is not so easy to achieve it.After a while, Yoshimoto Sadachi hurriedly ran back, and said with a panicked face: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, I just received news from the Army Aviation that the main force of the new 1st Division of the Eighth Route Army has disappeared. ”"Nani, what do you mean it's gone," Umezu Mijiro asked with a frown, a puzzled expression.Yoshimoto Sadachi hurriedly explained: "Now it can be determined that the main force of the newly formed First Division has been transferred north, and there are only a few thousand troops left near the rear banner of the left wing of Horqin, but the reconnaissance planes of the imperial army have not found any traces of this Eighth Route Army, which means that they did not directly go north to support the direction of Menda Town and Nurimu Town, and they did not even return to Tongliao.In short, the whereabouts of this force are unknown. ”"A group of wastes in Baga, order the army aviation to send reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter in many ways, and we must find out this dirt and eight roads for me."
Umezu Mijiro yelled in annoyance."
Hai has strictly ordered the army aviation to send reconnaissance planes to look for traces of this dirt road."
Yoshimoto Sadachi hurriedly said: "I think this matter is not the same as looking for it, and the imperial army should prepare early."
Umezu Mijiro frowned and nodded, and said with a serious face: "Yoshimoto-kun, do you think where these hateful Dirt Eight Roads will go" Yoshimoto Sadami frowned and thought about it, and then said with a serious face: "After the humble post got the news, he has been thinking about this issue, and according to the humble position, since this Dirt Eight Road did not go to Menta Town or Nurimu Town, nor did he return to Tongliao, then there is only one possibility." ”"You mean Shuangliao," Umezu Mijiro preemptively said the answer."
Your Excellency Commander Hai is wise.I thought that these hateful Tuba Roads must have gone to Shuangliao in an attempt to cut off the rear route of our 21st Independent Mixed Brigade, and then launched an attack on our 21st Independent Mixed Brigade. ”Umezu Mijiro nodded affirmatively, and then pointed to the sand table with a serious face and said: "Order the land aviation side to focus on this area as the target of reconnaissance, and we must find out this hateful dirt eight road as soon as possible." ”aa2705221: