Beiping, the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters.
At that time, the commander of Huabei, Shouichi Terauchi, was furious. Three days ago, he had received news that the 5th and 14th divisions had been completely wiped out and that Kenji Dohihara had died.
In these three days, apart from reporting to the base camp, Shouyi had to do something.
They also had to urgently formulate countermeasures, because with the 5th, 10th, and 14th divisions completely wiped out, the entire East China war situation instantly took a turn for the worse.
It was no longer a matter of whether the imperial army could take down Xu Prefecture and open up the north and south battlefields.
Instead, if they did not mobilize their forces, the areas of Shandong that they had already conquered would probably no longer belong to the imperial army.
In this context, Shouyi Terauchi received two telegrams sent by Han Tiansheng. Naturally, he couldn't help but be furious and hate Han Tiansheng even more.
After his anger subsided, Chief of Staff Okabe Naosaburo carefully asked,""General, according to the news sent by Itagaki Seishiro from Jiaodong.
Tai 'an, Zibo, Weifang, and other areas around Jinan had all been conquered by Han Tiansheng.
The situation in Shandong is worsening. We have to come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible!”
"Yesterday, the headquarters had already mobilized the entire country for the first time.
Recruiting reserve and retired soldiers, he re-established the 5th, 10th and 14th divisions.
He estimated that he would arrive at the Jiaodong Peninsula in about a week to participate in the battle.
In addition, the Guandong Army has also transferred a division and a heavy artillery regiment to immediately enter the pass to reinforce us.
The Central China Army will also send the 114th division to reinforce our 108th division in Haizhou and Pizhou!”
With the destruction of the 5th Division and the other main divisions of the Japanese army in North China, the 108th Division, which had originally taken the sea route and landed in Haizhou and attacked Xuzhou from the east, was forced to retreat to Haizhou. Relying on the support of the navy, they turned into a defensive position.
After Okabe Naosaburo heard this, he could not help but secretly heave a sigh of relief."In that case, our total strength on the Shandong battlefield will reach six Regiments!
However, could these troops defeat Han Tiansheng's troops? After all, the 5th and 10th divisions had just suffered a defeat!”
"Humph!" " Hmph!" Terauchi Shouichi snorted coldly." The 5th and 10th divisions were defeated by the Chinese Army mainly because we didn't understand the enemy well enough.
Without the cooperation of the navy and air force, we are now on guard against the enemy.
It was impossible for Han Tiansheng and the others to replicate the previous battle results!
"Moreover, the above-mentioned troops are only the army. Other than that, we also have a large number of land-based aviation, sea-based aviation, naval fleets, and marines to assist in the battle!
The total number of soldiers would exceed 200,000, no less than what the Imperial Army had invested on the Songhu battlefield!”
Okabe Naosaburo nodded in agreement and suggested to Shouichi Terauchi,"General, Han Tiansheng is an extremely dangerous person.
In addition to mobilizing troops to deal with him, I suggest sending a group of excellent agents to assassinate him.
No matter which method worked, it would be extremely beneficial to the imperial army!”
"Okabe-kun, do you have any suitable candidates?" Shouichi asked.”
"Yes!" Okabe Naosaburo nodded." Miss Kawashima Yoshiko. She is the Empire's most outstanding female agent. During the Battle of Songhu, she once obtained crucial information for the Imperial Army."
At the same time, she was also an excellent assassin!”
"Oh? There were many excellent agents in the Chinese battlefield. Why did it have to be her?”Shouichi asked.
"The reason is very simple. As far as I know, Han Tiansheng is only 18 years old this year.
It was obviously more suitable for Kawashima Yoshiko, who had a good appearance and figure, to take on the assassination mission!”Okabe Naosaburo said.
"Yosh." Shouichi Terauchi was convinced. He nodded and ordered,""We'll do as you say, Okabe-kun!”
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Jinan City, Huben Brigade.
Niu Tiezhu held a telegram and jogged to Han Tiansheng. He stood at attention and saluted,""Traveler, we've just received several telegrams.
The first is Sun Tongxuan, Cao Fulin and the other commanders of our Shandong Army. They have called to say that they have already led their troops and are on their way to Jinan. They will reach Jinan in a few days to join our Tiger Legion.
In addition, the command center has also sent a commendation message, promoting you to lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, and also granting us the right to expand the Tiger Legion!”
"What?" Han Tiansheng was shocked when he heard this. He immediately took the message and hurriedly read through it. He could not help but be overjoyed and say,"Great, Sun Tongxuan, Cao Fulin and the other former troops of the Shandong Army have come to join us. Our military strength will be greatly supplemented and strengthened.”
"Yes, I am!" Niu Tiezhu also nodded excitedly.
"By the way, Zhou Weiguo, Long Wenzhang, Li Yunlong, and the others, how is the recruitment going?”Han Tiansheng asked.
"Ever since your message was sent out, the response from our compatriots in Shandong has been enthusiastic. In less than a day, Zhou Weiguo and the others have already recruited thousands of qualified recruits!”Niu Tiezhu replied excitedly.
"Good!" " If this continues, it won't be long before our 100,000-strong Shandong Army can be rebuilt. At that time, I can counterattack Jiaodong and wipe out all the Japanese troops south of the Yellow River."
After that, he crossed the river and went north to counterattack in Huabei!”
At this moment, another guard rushed in from outside.
He saluted Han Tiansheng and said,"Traveler, there is a person outside who calls himself He Siyuan. He wants to see you!"”
"Who is it?" Han Tiansheng was surprised.
"He Siyuan!" "Oh, right, he said that he was the former director of the Education Department of Qilu Province.”
"I know. Where is he?”How could Han Tiansheng not know who He Siyuan was? He was the absolute number one think tank of his unlucky father, Han Fuqu. He was different from other scholars and politicians.
He Siyuan was a patriotic talent who was both a scholar and a proud general. In the original history, he strongly suggested that Han Fuqu lead the army to fight. He was a famous war faction within the Shandong army.
Even after the fall of Shandong, he did not join the Japanese.
Instead, he insisted on leading the Shandong army and people in the enemy's rear until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
Now that Han Tiansheng had recovered Jinan and other large areas of Shandong, he had many excellent officers and generals, but he lacked patriotic talents like He Siyuan.
Moreover, with He Siyuan's influence, it would be easier for him to rebuild the Shandong Army and replace Han Fuqu.
Therefore, for Han Tiansheng, He Siyuan came at the right time!
Therefore, when the guards said that He Siyuan was outside the brigade headquarters, Han Tiansheng almost ran out to welcome him.
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