A bad mood soon spread in the headquarters.

Although no one dared to say it explicitly, in the eyes of everyone looking at Yoshio Shinozuka, there was no longer the admiration or even worship before, but instead there was questioning and a kind of vague mockery.

The army is such a realistic place, and there is no such thing as warmth.

As a commander, if there is a fatal miscalculation, the prestige will definitely be weakened.

If there are more than two serious miscalculations in a row, its prestige will essentially be lost.

Yoshio Shinozuka felt his whole body start to get hot, and a strong sense of shame held him firmly.

I was completely deceived by the mud legs of the Eighth Route Army? As a high-ranking general who graduated from the Imperial Army University, this made Yoshio Shinozuka feel a strong sense of frustration.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka quickly forced himself to calm down.

It's not over yet, things are still turning around!

Perhaps, this is just a plan of the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?

The division of troops of the Eighth Route Army was only deliberate, and throwing away the wooden cannons was also deliberate!

They just wanted to create a false impression and lure themselves to make a miscalculation again, and then ordered the 37th Division to rush north to help turn around and go south again!

That's right, that's it!

That's how it should be!

Confidence, once again, returned to Yoshio Shinozuka.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka said lightly: "Nozawa-kun, order the special high school to closely monitor the Eighth Route Army after the division of troops, and at the same time conduct a carpet search of the villages, forests and valleys that the Eighth Route Army passes by!" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Takayoshi Tanaka frowned and said, "Are you suspecting that the northward detachment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is just an illusion?" ”

"Yes, fake."

"Do you suspect they're hiding their heavy weapons?"

"Yes, the heavy weapons of the 386 Brigade Northbound Detachment must be hidden somewhere along the way!"

Yoshio Shinozuka swore an oath, but combat staff officers such as Takayoshi Tanaka and Norio Nozawa were skeptical.

However, Nozawa still resolutely carried out the order and returned to the telecommunications office to call the special high school.

Tanaka Takayoshi frowned slightly, and asked, "Division Commander, what should I do with Changzhi Mansion City?" Do you want to return with an infantry brigade from the 36th Division? ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's face fell.

The confidence that had just been built up was instantly gone.

Tanaka Takayoshi's meaning is very straightforward, since you firmly believe that the northbound detachment of the 386th Brigade is the main force, and the southbound detachment is only a partial division, then it is enough to transfer an infantry brigade from the 36th Division back to recapture the city of Changzhifu.

However, does Yoshio Shinozuka dare to make this decision? The answer, of course, is no, he doesn't dare!

……

At this time, it was in Majiabao in Qi County.

A group of about 100 "puppet troops" fled south along the highway overnight.

"Regiment Commander......" A "puppet army" had just whispered a sentence, and was immediately stopped.

In the darkness, there seemed to be countless pairs of eyes looking through the woods and grass on the side of the road, or through the cracks in the windows, looking at the embarrassed army.

At some point, the door of a family finally opened.

A middle-aged man with a melon skin hat on his head walked out of the gate with two people.

One of the two men carried a kettle in his hand, and the other carried a food burden.

"Boss." The middle-aged man walked to the side of the road and waved at the fleeing puppet army, "Stop and drink tea." ”

"No, let's hurry up, lest the Eighth Road regret and arrest us back." A puppet army company commander who took the lead shook his head like a rattle.

As he spoke, he ran over to the middle-aged man without hesitation, and the puppet army behind him also followed, even though they could already smell the fragrance of the food burden.

One of the puppet soldiers also grunted and salivaed.

The middle-aged man's eyes flashed, and he counted silently.

……

Jinzhong County, special high class.

The search for the heavy weapons of the Eighth Route Army made no progress, but new discoveries were made.

Inukai Jiro hurriedly walked in and reported: "Section Chief, the maintenance chairman of Majiabao in Qi County just called, saying that a group of Imperial Alliance troops has just passed through Majiabao, and the strength is about one company. ”

"It's another company." The eight-tailed turtle said in a deep voice, "How many?" ”

Inukai Jiro said in a deep voice, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the 16th!" ”

"Sixteen? It's almost 2,000 Imperial Allies. Eight-tailed Kamizo said in a deep voice, "In other words, 2,000 prisoners of war of the Imperial Allied Army have escaped the control of the Eighth Road. ”

"Section Chief, more than that."

"It's late at night, and not all the Imperial Allies who have escaped will be found."

"The maintenance meetings in many towns and villages have not yet been telephoned, so not all the discovered Imperial Cooperative Army can report in time through the maintenance meetings."

"It is not even ruled out that some maintenance will be deliberately concealed."

"So, it's nice to actually find out a third of them and report them."

"Yes, Inu-kun, your analysis is very reasonable." The eight-tailed turtle said in a deep voice, "In other words, the prisoners of the Imperial Association Army who escaped the control of the Eighth Route Army have actually exceeded 6,000 people!" ”

Inukai Jiro nodded and said, "It shouldn't be too bad." ”

The eight-tailed Kamezo hurriedly picked up the phone and said urgently: "Give me the headquarters!" ”

The phone was quickly connected, and the eight-tailed turtle said urgently: "Maxi Maxi, I'm the eight-tailed turtle." ”

"Nozawa-kun, we have an important discovery in the special high class, the northbound detachment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has lost control of the prisoners of war of the Imperial Allied Army because they fled separately."

"Many prisoners of war of the Imperial Allied Army have escaped."

"Nearly two thousand have been discovered."

"But extrapolating from probability and statistics, the number of prisoners of war who escaped from the Imperial Alliance should have exceeded 6,000!"

"Hai, please tell Your Excellency the Commander that our special high class will continue to strengthen monitoring, and report it in time as soon as there is a new discovery!"

"Hello!"

……

The headquarters of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army.

Nozawa hung up the phone and hurried into the war room.

"General!" Nozawa Norio said with a dark face, "The special high school report that the prisoners of war of the Imperial Association Army who were held hostage by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and went north have basically escaped. ”

"Oh, Imperial Concordant prisoners of war?"

Takayoshi Tanaka reacted immediately.

"Yes, prisoners of war of the Imperial Concordant! The strength of the Eighth Route Army can be reversed through the Imperial Cooperative Army! ”

"Chief of Staff, it's almost certain." Nozawa Norio said in a deep voice, "Up to now, there are nearly 6,000 prisoners of war of the Imperial Association Army who have successfully escaped!" ”

"Nani?" Takayoshi Tanaka said, "Six thousand have escaped?!" ”

"Yes." Nozawa Norio's gaze turned to Yoshio Shinozuka again, and said in a deep voice, "In other words, the strength of the northbound detachment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is only 3,000 at most!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's face instantly became extremely embarrassed.

Nozawa said: "Considering that there are still a considerable number of logistics personnel among these 3,000 people, the real combatants may only be about 1,500!" That is, a regiment! ”