Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't sleep all night and was anxiously waiting for news from ahead.

Yoshio Shinozuka is mainly concerned about two points, one is the sweeping operation of the Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and the other is the pursuit and suppression operation of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

After a long night, news finally came back at dawn.

"General!" Adjutant Jun Nakamura walked in and reported, "The investigation into the attack on the headquarters of the 9th Brigade is already clear!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Say." ”

"Hello." "When the headquarters of the 9th Brigade was attacked, two guards were checking the underground drainage ditch of the Dong family ancestral hall, so they escaped. ”

"According to the reports of these two guards, it was a small unit of the Eighth Route Army that attacked the headquarters of the 9th Brigade."

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka said in disbelief, "It's really a small unit of the Eighth Route Army?" ”

Speaking of which, Kazuki Yamamoto had such a suspicion for a long time, but even he didn't believe in this inference, but he didn't expect it to be true!

The Eighth Route Army really has such an elite small army!

"Hello!" Nakamura paused again, then continued, "The two guards also heard a name. ”

"Name?" Yoshio Shinozuka said in a deep voice, "What's the name?" ”

"Hades!" Nakamura Toshimichi, "It should be the commander of this small unit." ”

"Nani, Hades?!" Yoshio Shinozuka's face fell, this is really daring!

"General." Nakamura noticed the difference in Yoshio Shinozuka's face and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka snorted and said, "Nakamura Jun, the king of Hades is the chief governor in charge of the underworld in Shina folklore, and the life and death of everyone in the mortal world are decided by him!" As the saying goes, who would dare to keep you until the fifth watch if the king of Hades wants you to die in the third watch? The commander of this small unit of the Eighth Route Army is really arrogant! ”

"Yaga!" Nakamura Toshimichi, "It's so arrogant! ”

"But people do have arrogant capital." Yoshio Shinozuka said in a deep voice, "Wasn't the brigade headquarters of the 9th Brigade destroyed by them?" The idiot of Koshibu Toranosuke was also beheaded! ”

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka continued: "Let the special high class investigate the origin and background of this Hades as soon as possible, such a powerful person will never appear out of thin air!" ”

"Hello!" Nakamura was stunned and left.

Jun Nakamura had just walked on the front foot, and Takayoshi Tanaka walked in on the back foot.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Takayoshi Tanaka said, "The situation is not quite right. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's brows immediately frowned: "What's wrong?" ”

Takayoshi Tanaka said: "In the first half of last night, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and several brigade headquarters had very frequent telecommunications exchanges, and the telecommunications department also determined their location early according to the radio wave signals detected, but early this morning, when the pursuing troops arrived at the designated location, they found that there was not even a single Eighth Route Army there!" ”

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka said hatefully, "It seems that the Eighth Route Army already knows that their radio signals are being tracked. ”

"Yes." Takayoshi Tanaka nodded and said, "In the second half of the night, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and several brigade headquarters entered the radio silence at the same time, and it has not been turned on so far. ”

"I'm very worried, is the Eighth Route Army radioly silent?"

Yoshio Shinozuka said, "That is, they are sure that they have found out." ”

Takayoshi Tanaka said: "If you can't determine the location of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and several brigades with the help of radio waves, it will be very difficult to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army left behind in the Taiyue bandit area." ”

"No matter how hard it is, you have to find it." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Send more search teams!" ”

"You can also recover from the people of the bandit area, and kill them all without telling them where the Eighth Route Army is hiding."

Takayoshi Tanaka said with a wry smile: "But the problem is that now even the people of the bandit area are hiding in the mountains, and it is difficult to find them. ”

"Then burn down their villages and destroy their crops! And the water sources, too, are destroyed! Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes revealed an inexplicable fierce light, "All in all, this time we must completely wipe out the Taiyue bandit area no matter what!" It must not be allowed to do the same as before, as soon as the imperial army withdraws, the Eighth Route Army will immediately make a comeback! ”

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "By the way, what about the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army that has broken through from Dongjia Village?" Where have they reached now? ”

Takayoshi Tanaka replied: "The independent regiment is in Xinxian, and the main force of the 386th Brigade is still in Xixiang County!" ”

"Still in Xixiang County?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "You didn't leave last night?" ”

"Nope." Takayoshi Tanaka shook his head and said, "Last night, the 386 Brigade dispatched a part of its troops to sweep the townships around Xixiang County, and many strongholds in Xixiang County were destroyed, and a lot of Imperial Cooperative Army, plainclothes teams, and maintenance chiefs of various townships were also arrested. ”

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned and said, "The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is doing this, shouldn't it be planning to open up Xixiang County as a new base area?" ”

"It shouldn't be possible." Takayoshi Tanaka shook his head and said, "The Eighth Route Army generally only opens up base areas in remote mountainous areas, and in a flourishing place like Xixiang County, they probably don't have the courage to do so." ”

"Because they know that even if they open up, they won't be able to hold it."

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "Then what is the intention of the 386 Brigade's move?" ”

"I don't know." Takayoshi Tanaka shook his head, and then continued, "Oh, by the way, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is still doing a very strange thing. ”

"Strange things?" Yoshio Shinozuka's brows furrowed more and more, and he added, "What are they doing?" ”

Takayoshi Tanaka said: "According to the news sent by the chairman of Xixiang County to send someone secretly, the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has summoned dozens of old carpenters in the city and is making wooden cannons. ”

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned and said, "Wood cannon? ”

"Yes." Takayoshi Tanaka nodded and said, "It's really puzzling. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka also felt unbelievable, and said, "What does the Eighth Route Army want to do? ”

Tanaka Takayoshi said again: "Your Excellency, commander, although it is impossible for the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to truly occupy Xixiang County, if they are allowed to act recklessly in Xixiang County, it will inevitably cause harm to the forces close to the imperial army in the county, so do you order the 37th Division to abandon the ambush plan and immediately march into Xixiang County?" ”

"No!" Yoshio Shinozuka flatly refused, "The ambush plan of the 37th Division cannot be canceled!" ”

"As for Xixiang County, if the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is willing to stay there, it is better to stay there, which actually has more advantages than disadvantages for the First Army!"