Taiyuan, Shanxi, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army, Yoshio Shinozuka was expressionless.

In order to be able to stay in the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka took great risks to mobilize all units of the First Army and launched a large-scale sweep of the base areas of the Eighth Route Army. Yoshio Shinozuka doesn't want to leave, so he can only find a way to make some achievements, and only in this way can he have the possibility of continuing to stay.

But now, the failure of the sweep of the Eighth Route Army's base has made Yoshio Shinozuka know that he has only one choice left, and that is to leave the First Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes were a little hollow, he knew the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army after fighting with the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi for so long, but before this sweep began, he still had some hope, and felt that the sweep would have a certain effect. But the result of the sweep was to make Yoshio Shinozuka understand that he was thinking too much, and the complex environment in Shanxi allowed the units of the Eighth Route Army to hide well.

Once the troops of the Eighth Route Army choose to avoid the battle, then even if Yoshio Shinozuka mobilizes too many troops, it will not have any effect.

What's more, the complex environment in Shanxi made Shinozuka Yoshio dare not mobilize the strength of the entire First Army, in Shanxi, not only the Eighth Route Army, but also Yan Xishan. If there is really a problem with the strength of the First Army in the occupied area, then Yan Xishan will inevitably make some moves.

For Yan Xishan, Yoshio Shinozuka didn't dare to take it lightly, he knew that Yan Xishan was an old fox, as long as he could get benefits, then he could be seen anywhere.

Although the Jin Sui army under Yan Xishan did not make any moves during this time, if they really found an opportunity to get benefits, the Jin Sui army would definitely make a move. The reason why the sweep of the Eighth Route Army's base has been unsuccessful is also because Yoshio Shinozuka has a certain fear of the Jin Sui Army, and he needs to leave enough troops in his hands to deal with it.

"Commander, a telegram from the headquarters of the North China Front." A devil came to the headquarters and shouted loudly.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at this devil soldier, he could see that this soldier had his head down, and his face seemed to be a little afraid, and he immediately understood that this telegram from the headquarters of the North China Front Army would not be good news. It's just that he understands this, Yoshio Shinozuka still took the telegram, unless he wanted to defect, he had to read this telegram.

Yoshio Shinozuka was a pure imperialist and a staunch supporter of the emperor, and when he graduated from the Japanese Army University, he also received the emperor's imperial saber. In any case, Yoshio Shinozuka will not defect, and with the situation of the devil's army, even if Yoshio Shinozuka wants to defect, he will not be able to leave Taiyuan at all.

"The North China Front Command ordered that Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Army stationed in Shanxi, won the lottery and went to the North China Front Command within a week to report his post!"

The message on the telegram was very simple, Yoshio Shinozuka put down the telegram and looked at the imperial saber placed on the table, which used to be the thing that made him the proudest thing but now, Yoshio Shinozuka no longer has the slightest pride, and several times the encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route Army base area has failed, but the Eighth Route Army troops continue to grow and develop in the occupied area.

Yoshio Shinozuka knows that he is a sinner, and this imperial saber in his hands is completely a stain. At this moment, Yoshio Shinozuka had the idea of directly cutting himself to repay the emperor, but in the end, he still dismissed this year, he didn't want to die, he still wanted to wait until the day when the Japanese Empire established China.

Picking up the Goshi saber placed on the table, Yoshio Shinozuka straightened his clothes and walked out of the headquarters quickly. Outside the headquarters, the military vehicles were ready, and when the troops were ordered to end the sweep, Yoshio Shinozuka packed everything and was ready to be summoned by the North China Front Command.

"Let's go."

Under the order of Yoshio Shinozuka, the military vehicle started slowly and headed in the direction of Taiyuan Railway Station.

At the same time, intelligence officers from all sides in Taiyuan City found out about Yoshio Shinozuka going to the train station, and in their secret observation, they could see Yoshio Shinozuka directly got on the train at Taiyuan Railway Station and left Taiyuan. Judging from the direction of the train, Yoshio Shinozuka should have been going to the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front.

Soon, intelligence officers from all sides transmitted this information back, and Yoshio Shinozuka, as the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, was in charge of the Japanese army's war in Shanxi. No, Yoshio Shinozuka's departure directly alarmed the intelligence personnel of all parties, and when the relevant information was transmitted back to all parties, a lot of analysis would naturally be carried out.

In a short period of time, the news about Yoshio Shinozuka leaving Taiyuan, Shanxi, became known to everyone.

In the direction of Chongqing, in Yan'an, Shaanxi, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the headquarters of the Second Theater of Operations, etc., a lot of analysis was made of Yoshio Shinozuka's departure. After analysis, all parties roughly guessed that Yoshio Shinozuka went to the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front this time to report his duties, and he should be punished to a certain extent.

However, it is uncertain what kind of punishment Yoshio Shinozuka will receive.

In the top mountain of the temple, Liu Gen, who contacted the division headquarters, also learned the news that Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, had left Taiyuan, Shanxi, from the mouth of the division commander, and even more learned about the relevant analysis of Yoshio Shinozuka leaving Taiyuan, Shanxi.

It's just that unlike the headquarters, Liu Gen has more thoughts about Yoshio Shinozuka going to the headquarters of the North China Front. After the failure of several encirclement and suppression, even if Yoshio Shinozuka is a devil lieutenant general, he will definitely be punished.

The difficulties in the battle with the national army on the front line, as well as the expansion of the anti-Japanese base areas in the areas occupied by the devils, made the devils focus their operations on the anti-Japanese base areas. In other words, the devils have more fears about the troops of the Eighth Route Army, and they need a commander of the First Army who can restrain the development of the Eighth Route Army and prevent the expansion of the anti-Japanese base area from expanding again.

The failure of Shinozuka Yoshio's several encirclements and suppressions undoubtedly proves that he is not the most suitable candidate, and if he wants to really settle down in Shanxi, then it is impossible to let Shinozuka Yoshio continue to stay.

Liu Gen didn't hide his thoughts, he directly told the division commander what he thought, even if the division commander didn't believe it, it could play a little role.

In fact, after listening to Liu Gen's analysis, the division commander realized that Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the devil's First Army, was transferred, which was still very likely. Liu Gen is good, but compared with the division commander, he is still a little worse. Unlike Liu Gen, the division commander clearly knew more information about the changes in the movements of the devils, and he knew more clearly how much attention the devils attached to the anti-Japanese base areas.

After the division commander and everyone in the division department discussed, everyone in the division found that what Liu Gen said was correct and agreed with Liu Gen's statement. As a result, Liu Gen's inference was sent to the bosses of the headquarters, and the bosses who originally thought that Yoshio Shinozuka would only be punished also realized that what Liu Gen said was very likely to happen.

In order to be fully prepared, the bosses directly analyzed who would take over his position among the devils after Yoshio Shinozuka left the First Army.

Under the analysis of the bosses, they soon guessed a few devils who might take over the position of the commander of the First Army, and for this reason, the bosses ordered the relevant intelligence personnel to collect relevant information about these devils as much as possible. Only in this way can we be fully prepared to deal with it after the commander of the First Army of the devils is replaced.

Of course, even if they realized that there would be a new devil to take over Yoshio Shinozuka's place, the bosses were not the slightest nervous, they had experienced too many battles, and even if a new devil commander arrived, there would not be much of a problem. With the situation of the various units of the First Army of the Devils, even if there is a new devil to take the place of Yoshio Shinozuka, it is impossible to launch a large-scale sweep against the Japanese base area again in a short period of time.

That is to say, the units of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi should have two or three months to recuperate, and each unit needs to recruit more fighters and increase the training of the fighters to ensure that they can cope with the sweep of the anti-Japanese base areas of the devil army.

In Siding Mountain, the temporary station of the artillery school, Liu Gen has been leading the students to conduct training and related artillery theory study. In the course of training and study, Liu Gen was able to find that the trainees had made great progress, and even if some theories had not yet been thoroughly understood, as long as a large number of artillery drills were carried out, they would certainly be able to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

In Liu Gen's view, in two months, the cadets will be able to leave the artillery school and become the cadets who graduated from the first phase of the artillery school.

Compared with other professional artillery schools, Liu Gen's training time for the cadets may be too short, but Liu Gen feels that the cadets can learn not much in the artillery school, and even if they continue to stay in the artillery school, it will be much more difficult to progress. Real artillery is trained in battle, and only by constantly fighting can the trainees discover their own problems and correct them.

Besides, with the actual situation of the Eighth Route Army, there is not enough time for the trainees to receive relevant training all the time.

When Liu Gen continued to take the trainees for training, Yoshio Shinozuka also took a train to the headquarters of the Japanese Army in North China in Beiping, and the military vehicle stopped in front of the headquarters, and Yoshio Shinozuka sat in the military vehicle for a long time before stepping down from the military vehicle.

In the past, when Yoshio Shinozuka came to the headquarters of the North China Front, there would be officers coming to greet him, but this time, Yoshio Shinozuka did not see any officers to greet him, and he could clearly see that there were soldiers waiting around the military vehicle. Yoshio Shinozuka carefully sorted out his military uniform before he stepped forward and walked towards the headquarters.

There are soldiers leading the way in front of him, and behind Yoshio Shinozuka, there are soldiers who are protecting him with their hearts, as if he is worried about something wrong with Yoshio Shinozuka.

Yoshio Shinozuka could see all this clearly, but he had no words and could not speak, and the large-scale sweep organized in Shanxi failed again, making him already a defeated general in the eyes of the base camp.

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