In the blink of an eye, the time came to early June 1942.

The Japanese army in Shanxi, which had dragged on for three months, was finally fully prepared, and Yoshio Shinozuka's "Operation Plan A," which had been carefully planned for half a year, was finally implemented.

Within two days, the commanders of the Japanese army stationed in Yangquan, Laoxian, Yuncheng, Lu'an, Fenyang, and other places rushed to Taiyuan one after another to attend the pre-war preparatory meeting presided over by Yoshio Shinozuka himself.

In the lounge, it can be said that there is a clear well.

In a word, the chain of contempt exists whenever and wherever it is.

So the three division commanders were together, and the four brigade commanders were in another pile.

The four brigade commanders were divided into two groups, and the commander of the 3rd Brigade, Mori Suehiro, and the commander of the 16th Brigade, Wakamatsu Heiji, and the commander of the 4th Brigade, Nakajima Tokutaro, who had just arrived, were closer to each other.

The commander of the 9th Brigade, Koshii Toranosuke, inevitably looked a little alone.

"Mao Lijun, have you heard, this time the 9th Brigade is going to sing the leading role again?"

"Wakamatsu-kun, this word of yours is used very exquisitely, and the Yamazaki Brigade was on the Asahi Shimbun at that time."

"Mori-kun, and Wakamatsu-kun, what happened to the original Yamazaki brigade? How did you get encircled and annihilated? ”

Listening to Maori Suehiro and the others whispering not far away, and sweeping their eyes to his side from time to time, Toranosuke knew that they must be talking about themselves.

And I said about the Yamazaki brigade.

The Yamazaki brigade has become a stain on his body that cannot be washed away.

Thinking of this, Yue Sheng Tiger Nosuke secretly became ruthless in his heart.

In this spring sweep, he must show a hundredfold spirit and prove to these fools with the most dazzling record that His Excellency the Commander chose to have their 9th Brigade play the leading role in the most wise decision.

Secretly ruthless, Tanaka Takayoshi, chief of staff of the First Army, walked into the conference room: "Gentlemen, please come to the conference room." ”

At that moment, the seven people including Koshisheng Toranosuke followed Tanaka Takayoshi into the conference room, only to find that Yoshio Shinozuka had already sat on the main seat first.

To the surprise of the seven of them, at the end of the long conference table sat a large sa, the leader of the special team directly under the headquarters of the First Army, Kazuki Yamamoto.

Seeing everyone's eyes scanning, Yamamoto Kazuki got up and bowed slightly.

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't get up and said, "Are all the people here?" Let's get started. ”

After speaking, Yoshio Shinozuka nodded slightly at Takayoshi Tanaka, and Takayoshi Tanaka strode to the north wall.

The north wall was covered with a curtain, and Takayoshi Tanaka stretched out his hand and gently pulled it, and the curtain retreated to the sides, revealing a map underneath.

The area shown on the map is southeast of Jin.

On this huge map, three large red arrows are marked.

In addition to the three huge red arrows, there are six slightly smaller red arrows, in addition to four ring-shaped thick red lines, which enclose most of the mountainous areas in the southeast of Shanxi.

Obviously, this is the A battle plan that Yoshio Shinozuka has been planning for a long time.

Takayoshi Tanaka picked up a long wooden pole, pointed to the map and said: "Your Excellency Commander's Battle Plan A can be summed up in eight words, four corners and six roads, and an iron wall!" ”

The military discipline of the Japanese army has always been strict, and although there is a lot of curiosity in their hearts, everyone can't help but keep silent.

Takayoshi Tanaka continued: "Four corners: The northeast corner is the 4th Brigade, which is responsible for the blockade of the line from Jingcheng County to Yangquan County; The northwest corner is the 3rd Brigade, which is responsible for the blockade of the line from Yangyang to Taiyuan; In the southwest corner is the 9th Brigade, which is responsible for the blockade of the line from Taiyuan to Fenyang; In the southeast corner is the 16th Brigade, which is responsible for the blockade of the line from Fenyang to Lu'an. ”

"Together, these four corners are an iron wall, ensuring that the big group of eight roads will not break through from it."

"Sixth Road: The first road is the main force of the 36th Division, which will attack and advance from Lu'an to the north through Licheng and Liaoxian; The second road is the main force of the 41st Division, which goes south from Yangquan through Pingding and Xixian, and also attacks and advances in the direction of Liaoxian; The third road is the Yamamoto special team, which goes straight from the small road to the core hinterland of the Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"The goal of the first and second routes is to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi, and then carry out repeated sweeps of the Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army until there is no more than a company of formed armed forces in the entire southeast of Shanxi."

"The goal of the third route is to decapitate the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and destroy its command organs."

"The 4th route is composed of the 36th Cavalry Wing to strengthen the 1st Independent Chariot Detachment and implement mobile alert on the line from Yangquan to Taiyuan, the 5th Route is composed of the 37th Cavalry Wing to strengthen the 2nd Independent Chariot Detachment to implement mobile alert on the line from Taiyuan to Qinxian County, and the 6th Route is composed of the 41st Cavalry Wing to strengthen the 3rd Independent Chariot Detachment to implement mobile alert on the line from Qinxian to Lu'an."

"The combat goal of the fourth, fifth, and sixth roads is to search for the encirclement and suppression of the small group of the eighth road that broke through separately, and to wipe out the anti-Japanese forces in the southeast of Shanxi as much as possible within the blockade line!"

Speaking of this, Tanaka Takayoshi said loudly again: "Gentlemen, are you all clear about your respective tasks? ”

"Hello!" The two division commanders, the four brigade commanders, and Yamamoto Kazuki who were just pointed out stood up and paused.

Takayoshi Tanaka then set his eyes on Yoshio Shinozuka again, and Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said, "I don't have anything to say." ”

Tanaka Takayoshi said: "Then please return to your respective defense areas to prepare, you have three days to prepare, and after three days, it will be seven days, and the sweeping operation will officially begin." ”

"Hello!" Yamamoto Kazuki and the other seven people paused again, then turned around and left.

Only the commander of the 37th Division, Yuichiro No, looked embarrassed, because he was the only one who had not been assigned a mission among all the commanders of the troops attending the meeting, and he felt as if he had been abandoned.

Fortunately, Yoshio Shinozuka did not ignore the 37th Division.

"Nosuke-kun." Yoshio Shinozuka got up and said quietly, "Do you know why I didn't let your 37th Division also participate in this sweeping operation?" ”

Noyuichiro groaned for a moment and replied, "Because the number of troops is sufficient, there is no difference between having and not having the 37th Division. ”

"No, Nosuke-kun, you're wrong." Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said, "The lion fights the rabbit and still tries his best to deal with the cunning Eighth Route Army, no matter how many troops there are, it is not too much. ”

Noyuichiro said, "Please ask Your Excellency the Commander to clarify your doubts." ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Does Nosuke-kun like to play chess?" ”

"I don't like it very much." Noyuichiro shook his head, and then said, "I can only say that I know a little bit about chess." ”

"It's enough to understand." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, and then said, "There is a number of ways in the chess path, called the back hand, which means that when the situation is not clear enough, a fuzi is laid in advance, and when the chess game reaches a critical moment, this fuge is likely to play a decisive role." ”