Ping'an County, the headquarters of the 69th Division of the Japanese Army.

Inoue Sadae said to Ryoichi Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-kun, the headquarters has replied. ”

"Oh, did you reply so quickly?" Ryoichi Yamamoto pursed his lips and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the headquarters must have rejected our request, right?" ”

"Yamamoto-kun, you guessed wrong this time." Inoue Sadawei said happily, "The headquarters agreed to our request and will replenish our 69th Division with 2,000 imperial soldiers within half a month. ”

"Nani?" Ryoichi Yamamoto was stunned and said, "Replenish 2,000 people in half a month?" ”

"This was a real surprise to me, but I was even more curious, where did the headquarters get these 2,000 reinforcements? As far as I know, the base camp has not sent additional troops to the North China Front Command for more than half a year, so it is impossible for the Front Army Headquarters to have additional troops for our 1st Army. ”

"The base camp has not sent reinforcements for half a year." Inoue said, "In fact, the base camp not only did not send additional troops to the North China Front, but even continued to withdraw troops from the North China Front. ”

"I have just received a notice that the 36th Division of our 1st Army has also been transferred."

"Nani?" Ryoichi Yamamoto was dumbfounded and said, "The 36th Division has been transferred? So what about Lu'an? ”

"The strength of our 1st Army is already stretched, and it is already very reluctant to maintain law and order in the current area, and now if the 36th Division is transferred away, the security in Shanxi will deteriorate sharply!"

"Shouldn't the headquarters plan to transfer a brigade from our 69th Division to Lu'an?"

"Nope." Inoue shook his head and said, "Didn't I just say that the headquarters will send us 2,000 reinforcements within half a month, how can we transfer troops from our 69th Division instead?" ”

After a pause, Inoue Zhenwei said again: "The headquarters decided to abandon Lu'an and secretly handed it over to the Jin Sui army. ”

"Secretly hand over Lu'an to the Jin Sui Army?" Yamamoto Ryo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he praised, "Division Commander, this is really a good move, in this way, the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army will inevitably have friction and internal friction between each other, and they will no longer be able to work together to deal with the Imperial Army like before." ”

"In this way, the pressure on the imperial army in Shanxi will be greatly reduced."

"Wonderful, this hand is indeed very wonderful, it can be called turning decay into magic."

"What turns decay into magic?" Inoue Sadawei said disapprerovingly, "It's just sacrificing the interests of the imperial army itself in exchange for stealing peace." ”

Ryoichi Yamamoto shook his head and said: "Division commander, if the imperial army is still fully superior, of course there is no need for such subtle means, but now that the imperial army's strength is at an obvious disadvantage, such means are very necessary." ”

"Actually, I've had such an idea for a long time, but I haven't dared to bring it up to you, the division commander."

"Nani? Have you thought so? Inoue said, "You're saying we should do the same?" ”

"Yes." Yamamoto Liang nodded and said, "The 1st Army's abandonment of Lu'an will definitely provoke friction between the Eighth Route Army and the Jin Sui Army, and the only suspense is whether the two will stop at friction or break out into conflict!" ”

"However, if our 69th Division abandons Heyuan County, it will definitely trigger a military conflict between the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army."

Inoue said, "What about your reason? ”

"My reasoning is very simple." Ryoichi Yamamoto said, "Because Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei are not characters who are willing to suffer, and besides, whether it is Li Yunlong or Chu Yunfei, they are actually already preparing for the future civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and if the imperial army gives them another flashpoint at this time, it will be easy for the two families to break out into armed conflict." ”

"Is there one?" Inoue Sadawei frowned, "Are they preparing for a civil war?" Why didn't I see it? ”

"The division commander just didn't pay attention." Yamamoto Liang, "Chu Yunfei sent Qian Bojun's 1st Battalion out of Lijia Town at the earliest, and not long ago he sent the 1st Battalion and the Artillery Battalion out of Dagu Town, all out of such considerations!" ”

"Especially when the 1st Battalion and the Artillery Battalion went out of Dagu Town, they almost directly put their sharp knives against the abdomen of the Independent Regiment."

"Once something happens, the artillery battalion of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army can cover the headquarters of the Independent Regiment with artillery fire at the first time, and its 1st Infantry Battalion can destroy the headquarters of the Independent Regiment in a short time."

"In a sense, it's already an undeclared war."

"It seems to be true." Inoue Zhenwei nodded suddenly, then shook his head again and said, "No, no, if it's really what you said, how can Li Yunlong be a master who is willing to suffer?" Can he not fight back? ”

Ryoichi Yamamoto shook his head and said, "The reason why Li Yunlong did not move is probably not because he didn't dare to fight back, but because he didn't want to. ”

"Don't want to?" Inoue Zhenwei said, "You mean, Li Yunlong didn't take the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army in his eyes at all?" ”

"Yes." Ryoichi Yamamoto said, "If I'm not mistaken, Li Yunlong simply regarded the 1st Battalion and the Artillery Battalion of the 358th Regiment as a piece of fat that Chu Yunfei sent to his mouth!" ”

"Yo Xi, that's kind of interesting." Inoue nodded happily.

Ryoichi Yamamoto continued: "So, although Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong haven't torn their faces on the surface, in private, the two families have already begun to watch out for each other and calculate each other. ”

"At this time, if our 69th Division throws another piece of fat."

"It is impossible for the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to break out into a military conflict."

"If it's not good, the main force of the 65th Division of the Jinsui Army and the new 1st and 2nd regiments of the Eighth Route Army may be involved."

"Boom!" Inoue Zhenwei rubbed his hands and said, "If this is the case, when the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army are both defeated, our 69th Division will dispatch all its mobile forces and make a sudden attack, it will be possible to smash the anti-Japanese forces in the northwest of Jin in one fell swoop!" It is very likely that the public security situation in the northwest of Shanxi Province will fundamentally improve! ”

Ryoyoto Yamamoto: "Division Commander, this will be a high probability event!" ”

"Yo Xi Yo Xi!" Inoue Sadawei was overjoyed and said, "Yamamoto-kun, immediately start secretly contacting Jin Suijun. ”

Speaking of this, Inoue Zhenwei Xuan said again: "However, considering Chu Yunfei's character, it is better not to send someone to contact him directly, you can bypass him and contact the commander of the 65th Division." ”

"As for the reason, it's the same as the headquarters giving up Lu'an Mansion."

"It was also because of the insufficient number of troops that we were forced to abandon the source of the river."

"Out of the unified political position of jointly curbing communism, it was decided to send Heyuan City to the Jin Sui army."

"Hello!" Ryo Yamamoto nodded and said, "Division Commander, you just wait for our good news." ”