"Eight Tooth Road!"

After a few glances at the documents, Terauchi Shou's triangular eyes glared fiercely, and he roared loudly: "I have long known that Yan'an's troops are becoming more and more rampant in the area I occupy, but as far as I know, the equipment of the Tubalu is extremely rudimentary, and the ammunition is extremely lacking, so it can't pose any threat to our army at all—but now, the Lingjiang area has been turned into a pot of porridge by a group of Tubalu, what is going on?" ”

As he said this, his gaze glared viciously at the head of the secret service, Wataru Zuojin.

Du Zuo's eyes were confused, and he said in his heart that although there was a small disturbance in the Lingjiang area, it should be calm and calm in general-what is going on?

However, seeing that Terauchi Shouichi had such a big temper, it must not be a trivial matter, so he could only carefully explain and defend: "Recently, my Hanzhong Secret Service has been busy with the intelligence search task of the Battle of Wuhan, and I don't have time to worry too much about the eight roads, it may be negligence, and I hope that Your Excellency the General will atone for your sins!" ”

Shouichi Terauchi snorted.

Although Watanabe's answer did not satisfy him, it was understandable after all, after all, just like Watanabe Zuo said, at the current time, all the energy of the imperial military was focused on the Chiang government, and they did not pay much attention to the Eighth Route Team at all.

"Your Excellency General, the problem of the Eight Roads has reached the point where we must pay attention to it!"

Okamura Ninji got up and said: "Now our army wants to force the Chiang government to surrender on the frontal battlefield, I am afraid it is unlikely, the war has completely entered the stage of protracted war, we must attach importance to the stability of the occupied area, use the materials in the occupied area to relieve the material pressure of our imperial military, and achieve the purpose of feeding the war with war!" ”

"Lieutenant General Okada is really far-sighted, and having you is a great blessing for my empire!"

Terauchi Shou looked at Okamura Ningji and nodded with satisfaction, then opened the file and looked at it carefully, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Eight Geya Road - although I usually don't pay much attention to the troops in Yan'an, but I have also heard a little about the areas where the activities of the Yan'an troops are rampant, such as Peng of the Eighth Route Army, North China of Nie's activities, East China of Ye Activities of the New Fourth Army, etc., when did the strength of the Eighth Route in the Lingjiang area reach such a point?" It was able to kill more than 2,000 people in the battle of our Imperial Army, and even Ueno's cavalry was wiped out. ”

"What?"

Hearing this, almost everyone in the military headquarters jumped up except for Okamura Ninji!

Among them, the head of the secret service agency in charge of intelligence, Du Zuojin, was even more surprised and his eyes were about to fall to the ground, and he screamed: "As far as I know, the eight roads in the Lingjiang area belong to Liu Qingbu, and Liu Qingbu still has some fighting strength in the independent regiment in Puyuan, and the rest of the team is not to worry about at all - as far as he Liu Qingbu, can An let my Lingjiang team suffer such a heavy loss?" ”

"You ask me?"

Terauchi Shouichi gritted his teeth and said: "Don't forget, you are the head of the secret service, and the reason why my Lingjiang troops have suffered such heavy losses is all because your secret service department knows nothing about the changes in the strength of the Eighth Route Army along the Lingjiang River - you Watanabe, what kind of crime should you be guilty of!" ”

Watanabe Zuo's grievances are about to cry, and his heart says how much strength he Liu Qing has, how can I not know?

Even if he gave Liu Qing three heads and six arms, the strength of his Liu Qing Department would never develop to the point where he could compete with Lingjiang's Okada-in this, something must have happened that he had never imagined!

"Your Excellency, you really can't blame the Watanabe Agency for this!"

Okamura Ninji said with a pale face: "According to the information I know here, the reason why the Lingjiang defense line has suffered such heavy losses this time is entirely because of the sudden rise of an Eighth Route Army called the Jindong Detachment, and Major General Okada also didn't realize that the strength of the Jindong Detachment had reached such a point, and it was only because of carelessness that our department suffered such a big loss?" ”

"Careless? Carelessness is by no means the reason why he, Okada, can let more than 2,000 warriors of my empire die in a foreign land! ”

Terauchi Shouichi snorted, holding back his anger and said to Okamura Ninji: "How much do you know about this Jindong detachment?" ”

"Extremely limited!"

Okamura Ningji said with an ugly face: "At present, I only know that the Jindong detachment is active in the mountainous area of Cangshui County of Dongjiang west of the Lingjiang River, adjacent to Dingzhou, and Liu Qingbu of Longyuan is far away, and the conventional strength is only more than 1,000, and the detachment leader seems to be called Zhang Ran......"

"More than a thousand troops? Can I let more than 2,000 elite guests of the empire die in a foreign land, and never return to my hometown? ”

I don't know if it's okay, but when I heard this result, Shouichi Terauchi was so angry that his lungs were about to explode: "What the hell is he Okada eating?" Has the elite of the empire under his command all become local chickens and dogs, and they are allowed to be slaughtered by his Jindong detachment? ”

"Although Major General Okada is suspected of being careless this time, the reason why our army has suffered so many casualties this time really can't be completely attributed to Okada!"

Okamura Ningji said: "Although the Jindong detachment only has more than 1,000 regular troops, this person is not only scheming, but also good at encouraging the people to be used by him - as long as his Jindong detachment moves, in addition to the conventional troops, he is often followed by militia and people who are several times their strength...... Not only did Liu Qingbu's Eighth Road and his Jindong detachment help each other, but even Dingzhou Yuan Zhenfeng cooperated with this Jindong detachment......"

Terauchi Shouichi said with an ugly face: "According to what you say, then the damn Zhang Ran and his Jindong detachment are like the untouchable tiger's buttocks, if you move him, all the surrounding teams, the people of Zhina, will help him to attack our army?" ”

Okamura Ninji nodded with difficulty and said, "Although the lower official doesn't want to admit this very much, but the truth is that it is true......"

Hiss......

Listening to Okamura Ningji's words, everyone couldn't help but inhale the cool air, and said in their hearts, who is this Zhang Ran, it is so terrifying!

Liu Qingbu and the Jindong detachment both belonged to the Eighth Route team, and it is understandable that they colluded with each other and fought side by side.

Tubalu has always been good at winning over the common people for their use, and the support of the people in the surrounding areas of the Jindong detachment can also be accepted-but now, even the Yuan Zhenfeng department, who is as timid as a mouse and flees every time he sees the imperial army, is actually because the Jindong detachment did not hesitate to run hundreds of miles to defend the Jinniu Mountain as the queen of his Jindong detachment......

This has to make people more vigilant!

"Watanabe!"

Terauchi Shouichi roared: "Give you two months, I want to know all the information about this damn Zhang Ran before April - where is it, how many people are in the family, where are they trained, and who is the chief...... Even what he likes to eat and what kind of he likes to, I have to know it clearly! ”

"Hey!"

Watanabe responded loudly, cold sweat on his forehead!

After the meeting ended, Terauchi Shouichi left Okamura Ningji behind.

"Your Excellency, what else do you command?" Okamura asked, bowing down.

"Sit down!"

Terauchi Shouichi waved his hand to let Okamura Ninji sit down and said: "Okamura, you pay more attention to the management of the occupied area than the strong attack before the battle and force the Chiang government to surrender, and the strategy of fighting to nourish the war, deep in my heart!" ”

"Thank you for your support!"

Hearing this, Okamura Ninji was overjoyed, like meeting a bosom friend!

"You're welcome, Okamura!"

Terauchi Shouichi smiled and said: "It's gold, it will always shine, not to mention that you have always been the best of the best generals in my Imperial Army, whether you have my support or not, you will sooner or later meet the weathered dragon - it is estimated that it will not be long before the title of general will definitely be in your pocket!" ”

Regarding the possibility of becoming an imperial general in the future, Okamura Ninji said that he didn't want it to be a lie.

But compared to his suggestion being agreed by Shouichi Terauchi, his excitement was obviously much lower.

"Don't be arrogant or impetuous, worthy of being a model of my empire's generals - if all the generals of my empire can be like you, don't be so arrogant and inferior, thinking that the people of China are like chickens and dogs, and if they are vulnerable, how good it would be......"

Looking at Okamura Ningji's attitude, Shouichi Terauchi was full of emotion in his heart!

In the past year or so, the wind of arrogance and contempt of the imperial generals in the army is spreading, and he has always been worried that in the long run, it will definitely cause a catastrophe!

However, these problems are by no means something that can be solved by a few words of scolding in his temple, so after a few sighs, he continued to speak: "Although I appreciate your plan to manage the occupied area in order to fight for a long time, you should also know that the strength of our army is becoming more and more stretched now, and if you want to develop and control such a large occupied area, it is simply not something that our army's strength can do—what specific strategy do you have, so that our army can use the least number of troops, Is the most controlled occupation zone used by our army? ”

"Yes!"

Okamura Ningji, who had been thinking about this plan for a long time, nodded fiercely and said loudly: "My plan is very simple, and it can be summed up in just a few words - the cage policy, plus the three-light policy!" ”

After speaking, he explained in detail the specific implementation plan of the cage policy and the Sanguang policy!

The cage policy is to build blockhouses extensively on the main transportation routes, strive to radiate more occupied areas with the least number of troops, and at the same time cut off the support of the people of China for the Tuba Road and the guerrillas by means of joint sitting, etc., which not only compresses the space for the activities of the Tuba Road guerrillas and other activities in the occupied areas, but also directly destroys the soil for the survival of the China armed forces.

Of course, the cage policy has great limitations, that is, it can only be applied when the terrain is flat and the strength of the Imperial army can be maximized.

And those mountainous areas, etc., do not apply at all!

The mountainous terrain is changeable, and the Chinese armed forces are hidden in it, and it is simply impossible for the imperial army to easily pin down them or even annihilate them with a small number of troops as in the open area, and it is also easy to be ambushed by the Chinese armed forces, which will only increase casualties.

Because of this, the three-light policy will come in handy!