At this time, Yamada Otozo was in a dilemma, the main force of the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army went south to attack Changchun, and it was about to surround Changchun, which was undoubtedly equivalent to a stab in the back of the little devil's heart.The battlefield in Liaoning has fallen into a stalemate stage, the Chinese and Japanese armies are like two giants who break their wrists, no one is willing to admit defeat, the two giants are exhausted at this time, and whoever can hold on a little longer at this time will be able to achieve the final victory.However, the knife stabbed in the back by the Japanese in the seventh column was undoubtedly fatal to the Japanese, and whether to continue to grit their teeth and defeat the Eighth Route Army in Liaoning first, or turn back to deal with the Eighth Route Army that attacked from behind, Yamada Otozo was really difficult to make up his mind for a while, mainly because he refused to give up the victory that was imminent.Yoshimoto Zhenyi lowered his head and said anxiously: "Your Excellency Commander, you can't hesitate any longer, the Liaoning battlefield has been fought for so long, the imperial army has never won, and now it is still in a stalemate, no one can guarantee how long it will take for the imperial army to defeat these hateful Chinese people."
And the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army is about to besiege Changchun, and the situation is extremely critical, in case" Yoshimoto Sadamichi did not continue, because he did not want to say it, and there was no need to say it.Yamada Otozo raised his head, glanced at Yoshimoto Sadachi, with a trace of loss on his face, and finally sighed helplessly and said: "All along, we thought that the initiative was in the hands of the imperial army, until this moment I finally understood that the imperial army has been led by the nose of the earth eight roads, and the imperial army is like a fool, being played around by this group of hateful Shina people, for my Japanese imperial army, this is simply a great shame." ”Yamada Otozo's emotions became excited, his old face was flushed, his face was covered with a thick layer of anger, and as he spoke, a piece of spit kept spitting out of his mouth."
Your Excellency Commander Hai is angry.Our Imperial Japanese Army is invincible in the world, no matter how cunning the people of China are, as long as the Imperial Army deals with it carefully, they can always turn defeat into victory. ”Yoshimoto said with his head down, but when he said this at this time, he seemed a little lacking in confidence.At this time, Yamada Otozo obviously won't believe such nonsense, the Japanese army is defeated, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a chance to turn the tables in a short time, and he, the commander, can wait until that time I don't know, so Yamada Otozo can't help but be a little disappointed, and even desperate.Yamada Otozo ignored Yoshimoto Sadachi, sighed deeply and said: "If we can defeat the Eighth Route Army in Liaoning in advance, if we insist on destroying the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army in Qiqihar, if" Speaking of this, Yamada Otozo stopped, because there are not so many ifs, reality is reality, and he has to accept it if he refuses to accept it, Yamada Otozo sighed deeply again, and sat down on the chair with a buttocks, as if the whole person had collapsed.For most of the year, Yamada Otozo has been fighting wits and courage with the Eighth Route Army, but in the end he lost a lot, and the huge blow has broken Yamada Otozo's mental defense, and this old guy suddenly felt very tired."
Your Excellency Commander," Sadachi Yoshimoto called softly.When Yamada Otozo heard the scream, his dead fish-like eyes regained a hint of brilliance, and he said weakly: "The matter has come to this, do we have any other choice to order to stop the attack" "Hai" Yoshimoto Sadami responded respectfully, and then said with a concerned face: "Your Excellency Commander, take care of your body." ”Yoshimoto didn't know how to persuade him, so he just said this one sentence and turned away.Subsequently, the Kwantung Army Command immediately ordered the Japanese troops on the Liaoning front to stop the offensive.Then the Japanese began a large-scale retreat, and the battle, which lasted for a month, finally ended.The Japanese army concentrated 300,000 people and stormed Chaoyang, Chifeng, Lingyuan and other places, among which the battle of Chaoyang was the most tragic.The two sides have invested more than 400,000 troops near Chaoyang, desperately fighting for Chaoyang City, and the entire city has been turned into a ruin.The Japanese lost about 70,000 troops, but they were never able to completely capture Chaoyang, and were finally forced to withdraw their troops.On the side of the Eighth Route Army, in order to defend Chaoyang, it also suffered heavy losses, and the casualties were even slightly more than the Japanese army, as many as more than 80,000 people.Although the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy losses, it was victorious both tactically and strategically.After the Japanese army stopped attacking, it immediately began to retreat in an orderly manner, on the one hand, it mobilized troops and went north to support Changchun.Due to the heavy losses, the Japanese army was even more insufficient, so it could only shrink the defensive line and focus on defending the important towns along the railway.The Eighth Route Army took advantage of the situation to launch a counteroffensive and regained a large area of lost territory west of the Jingfeng Railway in one fell swoop, and the entire western Liaoning region was basically recovered.The Japanese army retreated from the Liaoxi battlefield, and the next step will definitely be to go north to support Changchun in order to receive the siege of Changchun.At this time, the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army had already surrounded the Changchun regiments, and in order to strive for greater strategic depth, Li Guotao immediately ordered the troops of the armored division, the new first division, and the new fourth division to move south as quickly as possible, and seize Siping while the Japanese army had not yet moved north.At this time, the Siping guard force was not too strong, only a few thousand garrisons, under the fierce attack of tens of thousands of troops of our Eighth Route Army, in just one day, Siping City was conquered.After the Eighth Route Army successfully recovered Siping, Li Guotao immediately ordered his troops to build a defensive position on the Siping line, preparing to block the Japanese troops who were going north to support.At this time, the Japanese army, which had retreated from the battlefield in western Liaoning, gathered the 7th Division, the 14th Division, and three mixed brigades, about 100,000 troops, and marched north from Shenyang, preparing to support Changchun and lift the siege of Changchun.In the headquarters of the seventh column, Li Guotao smoked a cigarette silently, looked at the sand table in front of him with a serious face, and Ma Zhenguo next to him held a wooden stick in his hand, pointed to the sand table and said with a serious face: "The Japanese army has gathered 100,000 troops to go north to rescue Changchun, and it will take two days at most to reach Siping."
Now our army has three divisions in Siping, less than the Japanese army in terms of strength, although our army is the defender, but with the current strength, at most can only block the attack of the devil, want to completely defeat this little devil, I am afraid it is difficult. ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "Isn't the main force of the Liaoning Military Region led by Commander Li Changsheng already going north to support, and they can put their troops on the Siping line." ”Ma Zhenguo frowned and said with a serious face: "Commander Li Changsheng's Liaoning Military Region, only one independent first division has a relatively strong combat effectiveness, and the others are all local troops from all over the country, although the total strength has reached 50,000, but the overall combat effectiveness is not too strong. ”aa2705221: