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Chapter 187, Tada Hayao who took the blame
Through the Eighth Route Army's continuous efforts of pulling out points, breaking roads, and besieging the city for more than a month, it dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army's cage policy and bunker doctrine, and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders.

Commander of the Japanese North China Front, Hayao Tada was severely reprimanded for this.

Tada Hayao, a native of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, is a Chinese hand, and is the eldest son of Tada, the Sendai domain.A typical queen of aristocrats.

Soon after the start of the Sino-Japanese War, Hayao Tada served as the deputy chief of the staff, and later served as the principal of the Lu University, the commander of the 3rd Army, and the commander of the North China Front Army.

The North China Eighth Route Army has done such a big thing, and the Japanese have lost so much, so naturally they have to be blamed.

Moreover, this scapegoat is not something that ordinary people can recite, at least Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army in Shanxi, does not have that qualification.

At the imperial meeting held by the Emperor of Japan, Prime Minister Tojo Hideki pushed all the unfavorable reasons for the "jihad" to Hayao Tada,
Claim: "Due to Tada Jun's ineffective command, he suffered heavy losses in the face of the Eighth Route Army's attack, which caused the imperial army to lose its prestige and lose all face."

Moto Sugiyama, then chief of staff of the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters, spoke more sharply. He said:

"The failure of North China is a disgrace to the Empire of Japan. August 8th should be designated as a day of shame for the imperial army. For this, Hayao Tada should take full responsibility."

Facing the accusation, Tada Hayao was speechless, blushing.Angry and angry, he is determined to take revenge and save face for himself.

Therefore, he mobilized all the mobile troops in North China, including the 110th Division, the 36th Division, the main force of the Japanese army, and the independent 1st and 9th Mixed Brigades, a total of more than 2 troops.

Beginning on October 10, a large-scale retaliatory "sweep" was carried out against the Eighth Route Army and various anti-Japanese base areas.

The Japanese army implemented the tragic "three alls" policy, that is, burn all, kill all, and loot all.

Wherever they went, they burned houses when they saw them, killed people when they saw them, and looted food when they saw them. They tried to turn the base areas into scorched earth, and the people suffered greatly.

As early as the stalemate stage of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army had already begun to frequently "sweep" the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, and implemented the "three alls" policy.

Especially after being hit hard by the Hundred Regiments War, the Japanese imperialists retaliated even more frantically, and the "three light" policy was even more severe than before.

In the order issued by Tada Hayao, he emphasized that the Sanguang policy is even worse than before.

The document issuing the order reads: "The purpose of this operation is completely different from the past.

It is to seek the complete annihilation of the Eighth Route Army and the base areas of the Eighth Route Army. All people in the enemy's territory, regardless of men, women, old or young, should be killed.

All houses should be burned, all food and socks that cannot be transported should also be burned, all pots and bowls should be broken, and all wells should be buried or poisoned. "

One order, more than a hundred words, was finished in one minute.It's like nothing is fluffy.

But when it comes down to reality, indescribable villages were burned down, countless families were destroyed, and countless human tragedies occurred.

The atrocities committed by the Japanese army soon reached the ears of the Eighth Route Army.In the face of the brutal Japanese army, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army issued an order to fight against mopping up.

It is required that the party, government, army, and people in all base areas cooperate closely, implement the policy of strengthening the wall and clearing the field, and resolutely wipe out the enemy's first and second groups,
And disperse part of the main force, cooperate with guerrillas and militias to carry out extensive guerrilla warfare, and resolutely crush the enemy's sweep.

In the first two stages of the Hundred Regiments War, although great victories were achieved, they dealt a major blow to the enemy.

However, due to the continuous combat, the troops were extremely fatigued, and the casualties were very large, so it was urgent to rest and replenish.

However, in the face of the raids by the Japanese army, the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army had no time to wash off the dust on their bodies, so they threw themselves into the third stage of the Hundred Regiments Campaign - the anti-"mopping up" operation.

The "mopping up" by the Japanese army first started from the Taihang Mountains.

Responsible for guarding Zhengtai Road, the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army suffered heavy blows from the Eighth Route Army in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

A brigade commander and a regimental commander died.

The newly appointed head of the brigade, Katayama Ichiro, was eager to avenge his shame. In this "sweep", Katayama led the troops to act as "vanguards".

Beginning on October 30th, the Japanese Army's Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade and the No. Sixth Division each had nearly people, and launched an attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters and Wuxiang and Liao County, the central areas where the th Division was active.

Attempt to find and wipe out the th Division, the main force of the division and the military and political leadership of the Eighth Route Army in this area.

In order to avoid the edge of the Japanese army, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had to be transferred.

On the evening of the th, the boss came out of the courtyard of the war room of the headquarters in Wangjiayu Village.

The autumn in the mountains was already very deep, and the autumn wind blew by, making people feel a little bit of coolness. He subconsciously wrapped up the gray army coat that had been patched long ago.

The news of the Japanese army's frenzied "mopping up" plunged him into deep contemplation.

How can we break the enemy's sweep?

Because he was too concentrated, the left chief of staff who almost didn't walk into the yard bumped into his arms.

Seeing him, the boss hurriedly said, "I'm just looking for you!"

"What's the matter? Boss." Chief of Staff Zuo asked suspiciously.

"It's like this." The boss looked at him and continued: "The little devil is coming again, you should immediately notify the staff at the headquarters and transfer immediately."

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Chief of Staff Zuo replied.He knew the seriousness of the matter and immediately notified the personnel to transfer.

In fact, this is not the first time, they are used to it.

In order to command the anti-sweeping operations, the headquarters led by the boss moved around in Wangjiayu, Zhuanbi, Shuanma, and Songjiazhuang, so that the enemy could not find out the traces of the headquarters.

According to the order of the headquarters, the th and th brigades of the th Division and the troops of the first column of the th Division blocked the invading Japanese army step by step, making the Japanese army progress slowly and gain nothing.

On the 44th, part of the Independence Regiment set up an ambush in the Gongjiagou area of ​​the Heliao Highway, destroyed vehicles in one fell swoop, and eliminated nearly a hundred Japanese soldiers.

As a direct result, in the next half month, the Japanese army did not dare to drive on this road.

NO.17, the first battalion of the New Second Regiment set up an ambush in the area of ​​Niejia Village, ambushing an infantry squadron that the Japanese army came to mobilize.

The exchange of fire lasted for an hour, killing and injuring more than 80 devils.

If the surrounding Japanese troops hadn't gathered in this direction, Zhang Dabiao would definitely have eaten up an entire infantry squadron.

After the lessons of the New Second Regiment, the little devils here no longer dared to go out to sweep in a squadron, and they were stable for more than ten days.

It was not until follow-up reinforcements came that the raid continued with a brigade.

And one of the sweeping troops belonged to an infantry brigade of the Fourth Independent Brigade, and the captain of the brigade was named Yamazaki.

PS: Captain Yamazaki of Dog Day is about to appear.

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