It's just that Shintaro Imamura, who is anxious to be ashamed of the snow, will make this area along the Baijin Railway jump, but Li Ziyuan is like the world has evaporated. The troops blockading the Ludong area repeatedly telegraphed that they had never found that the Eighth Route had passed by them and had returned to the Eighth Route Base in the Taihang Mountains.

At present, the sweeping area along the entire Baijin Railway has extended dozens of kilometers to the two wings, but no trace has been found. This Eight Roads, which used to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace under his nose, disappeared as if he had disappeared out of thin air. This undoubtedly made Imamura Shintaro feel a little depressed.

However, he was attacked by Li Ziyuan three times in a row last time, and some of the plants and trees that made Imamura Shintaro suffer were all soldiers. After digging three feet into the ground and not finding Li Ziyuan, this guy's first reaction was that cunning guy, wouldn't it be the idea of fighting Changzhi City again.

This time, Shintaro Imamura, who reacted quite quickly, quickly mobilized heavy troops and with the cooperation of several planes sent by the North China Front Army, to carry out a sweep around Changzhi Castle. At the same time, a strict blockade was imposed on the entire counties of the Shangdang Basin. All the passages back to the eastern mountains from the Shangdang Basin were blocked by the Japanese puppet army.

In particular, on the front line of Basongling, there were mainly 2,000 puppet troops, a reinforced squadron of Japanese infantry and artillery, plus an armored convoy. All the armed spies of the Hubei plainclothes team were also transferred to the front line of Basongling. The entire line of Basongling was blocked by the Japanese puppet army.

In the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei, although the original Wangjiagou strongholds were not able to recover for the time being because a large number of Japanese puppet troops were transferred. However, in the two strongholds of Luoma and Qiaokou, a large number of troops were added. Two squadrons of the Japanese army were also stationed in Pingchuan Town, and a blockade ditch dozens of miles long was dug along the two flanks of Pingchuan Town.

But no matter how hard Shintaro Imamura worked hard to sweep and clean up, a large number of spies sent to search for him. But I didn't find Li Ziyuan, so I ran there. After receiving reports from all sides, Imamura Shintaro did not believe that such a regimental-sized force would just disappear out of thin air.

Could it be that this army is all dirt and grandson, and can fly away under its own heavy force? However, although no trace of Li Ziyuan has been found, Shintaro Imamura knows that this guy will not be so easy, so he will give up. It will definitely be like a cunning hungry wolf, hiding in that corner and waiting for the moment when he relaxes.

Half a month has passed, and almost the entire Shangdang Basin has been flipped over. But no matter how hard Shintaro Imamura tried, he just couldn't find Li Ziyuan. Although he had also imagined that Li Ziyuan's department, which had disappeared out of thin air now, would it be possible to hide westward into the Taiyue Mountains after the route of retreat to the east was cut off?

If that's really the case, it would explain the reason why this eight-way force disappeared out of thin air. The Taiyue Mountains are the scope of activity of the so-called Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Road, and they were also developed by the 386th Brigade of their 129th Division. Since they are all formed troops, there will definitely be no problem for this eight-way force to withdraw into the Taiyue Mountains to hide and wait.

It's just that on the map, looking at the Mangtai Mountain Range, which is more than 200 kilometers long from north to south and dozens of kilometers wide from east to west, Imamura Shintaro doesn't know what to do. It is impossible for the garrisons gathered in various counties to be concentrated together for a long time. And if such a large area of Taiyue Mountain was swept away, the 36th Division would not be able to do it by its own strength.

What's more, there is also an opponent in the Taiyue Military Region who is equally cunning and has troops at hand that are far superior to Li Ziyuan. To clear the Taiyue Mountains, it is necessary to have friendly forces from other quarters to cooperate. And this requires the consent of the First Army Command, and even the North China Front. But the question is, at the moment, will the First Army, which has just finished its winter sweep of the Taihang Mountains, agree to its own sweep of the Taiyue Mountains?

At the moment, how to ask Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi to mobilize troops from other parties to cooperate is the most troublesome thing for Imamura Shintaro. From the cold eyes of several senior staff officers of the First Army who came to deal with the aftermath after Major General Hanaya was killed by cold artillery, Imamura Shintaro Osa clearly knew that with his current situation, it was difficult to say that the First Army would be mobilized to cooperate with his actions.

Fortunately, at this time, how to solve the problem of Li Ziyuan's department, it is no longer Imamura Shintaro's turn to worry about. Half a month after the death of Major General Hanaya Masa, an order from the base camp made Shintaro Imamura Osa completely end this term of office that almost drove him crazy.

On the fifth day after the arrival of the new division commander, Lieutenant General Okamoto Ho, an order for the dismissal of Shintaro Imamura was sent from the North China Front. The dismissal order was accompanied by the arrival of the new chief of staff of the division and regiment. At the resolute request of Yoshimoto Sadachi, the former senior operational staff officer of the First Section of the North China Front, who had just been promoted to Osa, was officially transferred to the post of chief of staff of the 36th Division.

Originally, the commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Ningji, did not want to let go of his right-hand man. But the former chief of staff of the Kwantung Army directly found himself in the backstage of the base camp, and is now the first person in the Japanese Army who is also the prime minister and land minister. The order that came directly from Tokyo made Okamura Ninji have to release him even if he is reluctant.

Compared with the newly appointed division commander and division chief of staff, Shintaro Imamura Osa, who was transferred to the reserve on the spot, was dismissed from his post and returned to Japan for investigation. A Japanese transport plane picked up the paralyzed Lieutenant General Iseki and the hapless Imamura Shintaro Osa.

At present, although Lieutenant General Iseki, who can't even take care of himself, has actually become a waste, he is still a dignified Japanese Army lieutenant general after all. General Okamura Ningji of the North China Front Army still gave the lieutenant general a face, and sent a plane and the best doctor from Beiping to pick up people.

After all, no matter what position you are in, you will have to retire from active service one day in the future. At this time, it is not a good choice to fall into the well, at least it will leave a bad impression in front of colleagues and subordinates. Since this plane is here, it is not bad that the adjutant and guards are no longer there at this time, but Shintaro Imamura is alone.

The plane, which took off from Changzhi Airport, took away Lieutenant General Iseki and Shintaro Imamura, the former army commander who lost his soul after receiving the dismissal order. At the airport, except for a junior lieutenant at the division headquarters and several officers of the rank of lieutenant, there was not even an officer above the rank of lieutenant among the people who saw them off. People take tea and cool, it is estimated that this is the case.

In terms of handling this matter, it seems to be a bit heavy. Although there is no longer that need, he still did enough to show his generosity compared to General Okamura Ningtz. The newly appointed division commander of the 36th Division, Lieutenant General Okamoto Ho, obviously did not want to wipe his predecessor's ass too much.

I don't agree with Imamura Shintaro Osa's approach of mobilizing how many troops to cast a net all over the sky when searching for the eighth road. After the arrival of the new chief of staff, Koochi Oichi, he directly issued an order to stop the sweep. All the units returned to their original positions and waited for the divisions to redefine their battle plans before moving forward.

However, what happened to the predecessor made the two newly appointed members of the 36th Division a little frightened. An integrated division of the Imperial Japanese Army was actually attacked three times in a row by a group of dirt and eight roads, not to mention the location of the division headquarters. It was also blown up under the division, the largest ammunition depot.

The whole division almost really relied on bayonets to fight. A dignified lieutenant general of the army was actually so angry that he had a stroke. This Tubalu army was actually surrounded and swept by heavy troops, and it dared to sneak attack again and again. Even with an ambush nail, the chief of staff of the First Army was killed with one shot.

After taking a detailed look at the recent report of the 36th Division on the failure of the Eighth Route Operation. Although they are enemies, Lieutenant General Okamoto Ho and Oi do Oichi also admire Li Ziyuan's audacity and reverse thinking. This person actually dared to be surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese army, and he was still hiding under the nose of the 36th Division.

also made such a big move again and again, leading the Japanese puppet army that swept it, and circled around the Shangdang Basin. After inflicting heavy losses on the 36th Division, he slapped his ass and slipped away without even a single wounded. For such a scheming opponent, both of them attach great importance to it.

But attaching importance to attention does not mean that the two of them will agree with Imamura Shintaro, the stupid method of casting a net all over the sky. For such an opponent, both men believe that a detailed plan must be drawn up, and it must be completely annihilated in one go. At least you can't always be so passive and led by others.

In order to catch and eliminate this Tubalu that brought serious losses to the 36th Division. The commander of the 36th Division, Oi Tsui, with the support of Lieutenant General Okamoto Bao, gave the headquarters of the 36th Division a major change of blood. All the operational and intelligence staff officers were transferred from the North China Front Army and the First Army Headquarters.

In particular, the senior operational staff officers of the division and regiment, as well as the intelligence staff officers in charge of intelligence, are the backbone personnel who have drawn up a plan for this year's sweep of the entire North China, especially the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in central Hebei. After these people arrived, Oi did tell them that they should not care about anything during this time, and just study the guy Li Ziyuan.

Of course, it will take some time for these people to get acquainted with them after they take office. At least for a short time, there is no detailed plan yet. At the same time, when these people formulate battle plans, they also need a lot of intelligence as support. Therefore, after taking up his post, the entire regimental defense area of the 36th Division was in a situation of loosening on the outside and tightening on the inside.

Moreover, under the conscious action of Oi Shoichi, the Japanese army's control over the entire Ludong area appeared to be somewhat lax. But from the tragic experience of his predecessor, the eyes of Oi Idazuo, who has regarded Li Ziyuan as the biggest hidden danger in the entire Shangdang area and the law and order rectification, are like a hungry wolf, looking for Li Ziyuan's traces everywhere.

The only difference is that he is not the kind of search and sweep with great fanfare. Instead, a large number of spies were mobilized to conduct secret reconnaissance in the Ludong area. They also sent personnel to infiltrate the Ludong area and bribe those who might be used by them to find Li Ziyuan's traces.

Wai Song does not mean real relaxation, some of the blockades that are not necessary at all are lifted, and the most effective way is to gather intelligence covertly. In the opinion of this Oi Kodaisa, as long as the empire's superiority on the battlefield of Shina is maintained, even for a day, there will be Shina people who will work for him.

It is far better to let these people who hold the wealth given by the empire go to find those slippery loache-like eight roads than this kind of mobilization at every turn. After ascertaining the information, mobilizing troops to capture them in one net and kill them with one blow is far better than this method of startling the snake. Hitting a snake is the most lethal when it hits seven inches.