Chapter 261: Find the cause of defeat and then apply the poison plan

The county seat of Lin'an County. Fang's compound, the headquarters of the Japanese army. Meeting room in the east room of the front yard.

Seeing Nakagawa Eiichi suddenly burst into anger, and then suddenly changed his face and laughed to the sky, everyone in the conference room, especially the officers who had returned from defeat, were all worried, frightened, and frightened, and stood up with their heads bowed and waited for the fate. Only Sohan Ichiro sat expressionlessly and indifferently, as if he understood something.

Nakagawa Eiichi put it away*, waved his hand to his officers, sat down, and said:

"Sit down, sit down. In the morning battle, our army dispatched two brigades and eight squadrons to attack Shuihe Village in multiple directions. As a result, the officers and men of the four squadrons were killed and wounded, and a large number of weapons, ammunition, equipment, and materials were lost. The responsibility for the defeat is not yours, it is up to me. However, this fiasco allowed us to unexpectedly obtain a very important piece of information, and through this battle, we have a relatively clear understanding of the current military strength and the habitual tactical tactics stationed in Shuihe Village, which will provide a more authentic and reliable basis for our army to encircle and suppress the total annihilation of the Eighth Route in the future, and will make our army's encirclement and suppression plans and offensive tactics more targeted in the future. In this way, the failure in the morning was not a complete failure, but it still had some gains and some value. Now I don't understand, and I want to know as soon as possible, why did the Eighth Route, which was fighting with the second-line troops of our army, use automatic weapons? Where did Eight Roads come from? Why didn't we get any information on this beforehand? Also, how could there be so many artillery pieces on the Eighth Road? Where did you get it? After reading the operational report just now, I roughly calculated that there is more than one regiment in the Eighth Route in Shuihe Village, and the troops participating in the battle and the reserve should have more than 2,000 people and a half regiment of troops. I didn't expect that the Eighth Route would recover its combat effectiveness so quickly, and that the Eighth Route would expand its troops so quickly in such a short period of time, which is a very terrible thing, and it is also something we must face and solve as soon as possible. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have any other ideas, please share them. ”

"Wing Captain. I think the main reason for the defeat in the morning was that the endless dense cornfields west of the county town covered the operation of the Eighth Road, and our troops did not have any barrier and were completely exposed. Wing Commander, allow me to take gasoline and lead a squadron out of the city in the afternoon, and burn all the cornfields west of the county seat. Our army again dispatched the main force, tanks, and armored vehicles to encircle and suppress Shuihe Village, and completed its efforts in the first battle to completely annihilate the Eighth Road. A captain officer stood up and said excitedly.

"No, no, no, absolutely not. Your idea is good, but I will never allow anyone to do that. The main grain-producing areas in western Hebei are in the west of the county seat, and the grain output in summer and autumn accounts for two-thirds of the total grain output in the entire western Hebei region. The endless corn fields and sorghum fields west of the county seat, as well as a large area of autumn rice, can harvest hundreds of thousands or even millions of catties of grain in the autumn. How can we make it until next year's summer grain harvest? Not to mention transporting the collected grain back to the Empire to help our starving citizens. It would be easy to burn the ripe crops in the ground, but that would surely provoke great anger and fierce resistance from the Chinese peasants, who had not harvested the grain. There is no doubt that tens of thousands of hungry peasants have poured into the county town to ask for food, and if they don't get food, they will steal and rob, and the order in the county town will certainly be in chaos, and this is contrary to our strategy of establishing a model law and order zone of goodwill, coexistence and co-prosperity between North China, Hebei Province, and Western Hebei Province and China. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to burn crops. Eiichi Nakagawa explained.

"Wing Commander, if we can't use fire to burn the crops that cover the sky and the sun, our army's tanks and armored vehicles will not be able to play the role of rapid mobility and powerful firepower, and the cavalry and field troops will not be able to carry out effective military operations, so what should we do?" Another officer asked worriedly.

Nakagawa Eiichi turned his head to look at Zong Hanichiro, who was sitting beside him, and asked inquiringly:

"Zong Hanjun, you must have a way to solve this problem, please give me a lot of advice."

Zong Hanichiro looked at Nakagawa Eichi and shook his head and waved his hand, and said modestly:

"Don't dare, don't dare, Nakagawa-kun has won the award. Ladies and gentlemen, when corn and sorghum grow tall and dense, they are like tents, and the Chinese are commonly known as green yarn tents. Every summer, it is the season when corn and sorghum grow densely, the poles are tall and the leaves are large, and it is very easy for people to hide when they enter it, and the Eighth Route and the guerrillas will use the cover of the green gauze tent to use the tactical tactics of sparrow warfare, guerrilla warfare, and movement warfare to fight against our imperial army, which is indeed a headache. On the other hand, our imperial army can also make use of the green gauze tent and govern others in the way of others, and I think it will definitely be able to achieve good results. Nakagawa-kun, you might as well order the field troops to give it a try. ”

"Well, good idea, thank you Zong Hanjun. I'm going to definitely give it a try. Nakagawa Eiichi stood up and said with a serious expression: "Order!" ”

All the officers stood up as if they were electrocuted, and stood tall and ready for orders.

"1. All officers and men of all units of the Imperial Army stationed in the western Hebei region should speed up their rest and recuperation, step up their training, replenish ammunition, and make good preparations for battle; 2. Inform Commander Sun Zudong of the Imperial Allied Army to dispatch a brigade with the best weapons and equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness to prepare for the battle; 3. The Special High School immediately dispatched several secret intelligence officers to the Eighth Route Army garrison in Shuihe Village to investigate and collect intelligence, and it was necessary to find out the detailed troops, weapons and equipment, and how many artillery pieces there were. How much grain is in reserve? It is also necessary to try every means to get the fortification deployment map and specific battle plan of the Eighth Road outside Shuihe Village; Fourth, all Chinese in the Imperial Cooperative Army, the detective team, the county government, and the police department must be strictly guarded; among them, there must be lurkers from the Eighth Route and the Military Command, and the special high school department will immediately send people to enter separately to screen, investigate, and arrest them as soon as possible; 5. Notify the county magistrate Liu Guangxiong that, in the name of the county government, collect summer grain from all townships, villages, and households in the western Hebei region, and that all merchants in the western Hebei region must pay the goodwill and common prosperity fee and the public security maintenance fee in addition to the taxes they must pay. Those who violate the order and refuse to surrender are not only convicted of the Communist Party and anti-Japan, but will be summarily executed. In addition, all units of the Imperial Army should be ready at all times to cooperate, receive and escort food. These five things must be done as soon as possible. Everyone, have you remembered? ”

"Hey!" All the officers agreed in unison.

Hirochi Takagi sat at his desk behind Eii Nakagawa and took notes on the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the few things I just mentioned seem to be ordinary routines, and they are no different from the usual practice in previous years, but in fact they are of great importance and far-reaching significance, and they are related to whether or not our imperial army can complete the strategic plan that is about to begin and can affect or even reverse the current unfavorable situation of the war. Therefore, the content of the meeting should be kept strictly confidential, and it is not allowed to be conveyed to subordinates, let alone to be disseminated. What do you have to do after these things are done? Obey my orders. ”

"Hey! Got it! All the officers agreed in unison.

"The meeting was adjourned. Immediately return to their respective units for execution. Eiichi Nakagawa announced.

The officers stood up and saluted and left, leaving only Eiichi Nakagawa, Ichiro Sohan, and Hirochi Takagi in the conference room. Hirochi Takagi handed the minutes of the meeting to Eiichi Nakagawa.

"Hmm. Well documented, detailed, and good. Send it to the secret room for archiving. After signing the minutes of the meeting, Nakagawa Eiichi returned it to Takagi Hiroshi and said, "Takagi-kun, you drive my car to the middle school immediately and invite Principal Zhu Shiyao here." ”

"Huh?" Takagi Hongzhi was stunned when he heard this, and a obviously strong and ominous premonition passed through his heart, and he was deeply worried about Zhu Shiyao's life. But he immediately replied, "Hey! Immediately go and pick up Principal Zhu Shiyao to meet the co-captain. ”