Chapter 1947: Unwilling to Be Lonely

The 10th Division, a subordinate unit, suffered setbacks one after another. In addition to being angry and humiliated, Terauchi Juichi also felt guilty.

As the commander-in-chief of the North China Front Army, after leading his troops to occupy North China, according to the order of the island country headquarters, that is, the front line could not be expanded, Terauchi Juichi was idle.

In fact, this description is not very appropriate.

In order to thoroughly consolidate the occupied area in North China, Terauchi Juichi led his troops to rectify the public security situation in the occupied area in North China in various ways.

In line with the purpose of using Chinese to control Chinese, Terauchi Juichi promoted many traitors.

With the help of many traitors, after some efforts, Terauchi Juichi thought that the situation in the occupied area in North China had been consolidated.

Terauchi Juichi, who had to "be idle", did another thing, which was to rectify the "public security problem" in the occupied area in North China.

After sorting out the backyard, Terauchi Juichi was unwilling to be lonely.

Considering that this is a good time to make achievements, as before, Terauchi Juichi continued to make suggestions to the island country headquarters without getting tired of it.

What suggestions?

It's very simple, just continue to capture cities and territories.

In view of the situation in China, Terauchi Juichi has a great ambition.

First, take Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, and Qingdao, a large city in the eastern coastal area.

After taking these two important cities, it means that the North China Front Army has officially occupied the entire Shandong Province.

Then, Terauchi Juichi will continue to lead his troops to attack Xuzhou in the south.

Once Xuzhou is taken, the Jinpu Line will be opened up, so that the North China Front Army and the Central China Front Army can be connected.

After this situation is formed, the two armies will march westward and chase the anti-Japanese armed forces in China along the Longhai Line.

After all these anti-Japanese armed forces in China are eliminated, the two armies will join forces and then attack Wuhan!

What Terauchi Juichi is happy to see is that after its repeated requests, the headquarters finally agreed to its strategic suggestions.

Finally, it can go south!

Realizing this, Terauchi Juichi was very excited.

In his excitement, Terauchi Shouichi issued two orders in a row.

First, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone of China, Han Fuju, had no intention of resisting, and the 10th Division should take the opportunity to capture Jinan.

After taking Jinan, the 10th Division should continue to attack southward without stopping.

After occupying various large and medium-sized cities along the way, the 10th Division should target Xuzhou, which has extremely strong strategic significance.

Second, the important town of Shandong, Qingdao, a large coastal city in the east, has almost no defense.

Taking this opportunity, Itagaki Seishirō's 5th Division should land immediately.

After easily occupying Qingdao, the troops immediately set out to Linyi in the southwest.

After capturing Linyi, the troops also attacked and advanced towards Xuzhou.

In order to encourage the two troops under his command, Terauchi Shouichi did not mind stimulating them.

Whoever of the two troops arrived in the Xuzhou area first would be the first to achieve the first merit in the Battle of Xuzhou.

On the other hand, those who paid attention to the division would be severely reprimanded by it.

Because the firepower was too strong, naturally, the two Class A divisions were smooth sailing when they attacked and advanced according to Terauchi Juichi's strategic plan.

If Terauchi Juichi's plan was followed, the North China Front Army would definitely be able to fully occupy the East China region together with the Central China Front Army.

Then, actively prepare for the Battle of Wuhan.

On the other hand, although there were many radical devils in the island country headquarters, there were also many conservatives headed by Ishihara Kanji.

After receiving the war report from Terauchi Juichi, considering that China had carefully prepared for a protracted war, the island country headquarters considered carefully and did not intend to let the troops be too radical.

For this reason, the headquarters, facing Terauchi Juichi's repeated requests, played a wave of fierce replies.

Terauchi Juichi's strategic plan was too radical and had low feasibility.

Since China was ready for a protracted war, our island country should also implement the idea of ​​a protracted war.

Within half a year, all troops were not suitable to continue to capture other towns.

Moreover, all troops should take an emergency rest and prepare for war.

Specifically, the Japanese troops cannot cross the Jiaoji Line in the east-west direction, which is the railway line connecting Jinan and Qingdao.

Moreover, they cannot attack the area south of the Yellow River.

The suggestion was rejected by the island country headquarters again!

For this reason, Terauchi Shouichi cursed all day and was extremely depressed.

In order to realize the idea of ​​becoming famous in history, Terauchi Shouichi continued to contact the headquarters frequently in an attempt to get approval.

Gradually, the headquarters no longer insisted on its own opinion, but agreed to Terauchi Shouichi's request.

However, the headquarters had a promise.

It doesn't matter if you, Terauchi Shouichi, lead your troops to provoke the Battle of Xuzhou, but it's better to win a great victory.

Once your troops suffer too much damage and a large number of weapons and equipment are lost, you, Terauchi Shouichi, will be in trouble!

At that time, the headquarters will definitely deal with you seriously!

A prophecy came true!

Thinking of these things again, Terauchi Hisaichi's face was very ugly.

And his mood was simply terrible.

Things have come out, and there is no way to escape, so let's deal with them actively!

I hope that the headquarters will not really send an order to deal with me seriously.

Thinking of this, Terauchi Hisaichi repeatedly urged the subordinate troops at all levels to annihilate the Loyal and Patriotic Army as soon as possible.

One level suppresses another level!

For this reason, in a large area surrounding both sides of the northern section of Jinpu Road, more than 100,000 Japanese and puppet coalition forces continued their previous mad dog mode.

For a while, the Japanese and puppet coalition forces were frantically looking for the Loyalty and National Salvation Army.

What made Terauchi Juichi depressed was that so many of his subordinates were so dedicated, but the Loyalty and National Salvation Army disappeared again.

Not believing this evil, Terauchi Juichi continued to urge the entire army.

In this way, Terauchi Juichi has been in a state of anxiety.

He couldn't eat or sleep well.

His mind was full of the fact that the headquarters was about to deal with his affairs seriously.

This sentence is the most appropriate to describe Terauchi Juichi.

Some people are happy and some are sad.

Terauchi Juichi was extremely depressed.

However, the commander of the Fifth War Zone of China was in a good mood.

As the highest commander of the Fifth War Zone, General Li Zongren was very clear about the movements of the Tenth Division and the Fifth Division through various channels.

According to the current situation, General Li Zongren also continued to issue military orders.

The anti-Japanese armed forces on the south bank of the Huaihe River continued to fight desperately against the devil troops of the Central China Front Army who intended to invade the north.

In the Xuzhou area, especially in Tengxian, which was targeted by the 10th Division, and Linyi, which was targeted by the 5th Division, all relevant troops must make careful arrangements in order to win this defensive battle.

Other anti-Japanese armed forces that participated in the Battle of Xuzhou continued to march quickly to the various designated positions in the Xuzhou area.

After these troops arrived at the designated positions, they immediately deployed defensive positions and fortifications.

All guerrilla forces in the entire Fifth War Zone actively imitated the Heroic National Salvation Army and the Loyal National Salvation Army, and strived to create similar glory.

Even if they cannot be invincible like the Heroic National Salvation Army and the Loyal National Salvation Army, at the very least, they should actively sneak attack the surrounding Japanese troops and traitor troops.

In addition, the military intelligence department and other special agents should carry out extensive activities so that the Fifth War Zone Commander Headquarters can thoroughly grasp all the situations in the first time.

In this way, both the Japanese troops and the Fifth War Zone of China are actively responding to this Xuzhou Battle.

As the focal figure, Ye Tian, ​​or more precisely, the focal point of the Loyal and Patriotic Army, naturally does not want to be lonely.