Outside the window, it was raining like a torrent, and it was soon dark. Vertex. Fastest updates

Okabe Naosaburo pulled on the light switch with his hand, and the light turned on, which stimulated General Terauchi Shouichi a little uncomfortable, and raised his hand to cover his eyes.

After a few moments, Shouichi Terauchi lowered his hand and began to talk to Naosaburo Okabe about the Minister of Railways, Shimoda Murori, about mentioning the garrison.

Shouichi Terauchi said that Shimoda Murori's suggestion was good, and that it was time to seriously consider the garrison of railway traffic and the issue of public security in North China. Because now the North China Front Army is facing different opponents, it is no longer Chiang's *Jie*Shi regular army that can only fight positional warfare, but the ** Eighth Route Army that has gradually developed and grown. Because this force is relatively weak, its weapons and equipment are extremely backward, and its logistics and supplies are not guaranteed, it is doomed that they will not engage in regular positional warfare with the imperial army, but will watch from the side like foxes, and when they seize the opportunity, they will pounce viciously, show the fangs of a hungry wolf, and bite hard. This kind of tactic, which the Great Japanese Army had never encountered in the past, was a new type of warfare, and they called it "guerrilla warfare!" ”

It seems that Terauchi Shouichi is not a blindly arrogant commander-in-chief general, but a commanding general who pays great attention to gathering intelligence information and studying the characteristics of the enemy's operations.

At this time, it was the period of the Japanese army's strategic offensive, and the emphasis was on rapid advance, seizing big cities, and finding and destroying the main force of the ** squadron.

If it weren't for Xiao Siming's ministry; Even the battles were victorious, and every move hit the weak and vital points of the Japanese army, making the Japanese army painful to the marrow, and it was impossible for Terauchi Shouichi to attach so much importance to the Eighth Route Army. Vertex. Fastest updates

Historically, the Japanese army really attached importance to the Eighth Route Army in the strategic stalemate stage after the Battle of Wuhan. Until the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, some people believed that the Battle of the Hundred Regiments exposed the strength of the Eighth Route Army, causing the Japanese army to focus on the Eighth Route Army, which was a failure.

Due to the appearance of Xiao Siming, the commander of the North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi, had already set his eyes on the Eighth Route Army at this time, and it was not a good thing to study the Eighth Route Army as an opponent!

General Terauchi Shouichi is a giant of the Japanese army, a figure who is in and out of the prime minister, so that he pays attention to it ideologically and regards the Eighth Route Army as a real opponent in his bones, which means that the strategic goal of the Japanese army is to face the Eighth Route Army, which is a very terrible and strategic thing!

Okabe Naosaburo is the chief of staff of the North China Front, and he is specifically responsible for the operation, and his feelings are deeper than that of General Terauchi Shouichi!

Okabe Naosaburo said: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Li Zongren's department, Cheng Qian's department, Wei Lihuang's department, and Yan Xishan's department, there is nothing to worry about!" Because they are all enemies on the surface, and victory and defeat are clear! However, the Eighth Route Army was different, according to intelligence, when they left the division, they were only three brigades and six regiments, about 30,000 or 40,000 people. However, it was these three or four people who did not flee in embarrassment, but faced the spearhead of the imperial army's attack, fought to the death, ambushed, attacked, and fought vigorously, very powerful! Especially Xiao Siming's department, like the old Chinese medicine doctor in China, has pinpointed the pulse of the imperial army, one by one, it is simply a cancer of public security in North China! ”

Okabe Naosaburo lamented that North China is too big, and with the current strength of the North China Front, it is simply impossible to effectively occupy the vast land of North China, and there are defensive loopholes everywhere, and this is the fundamental reason why the Eighth Route Army has repeatedly succeeded in guerrilla warfare!

It seems that Shimoda Murori's suggestion was made at the right time, which resonated with Shouichi Terauchi and Naosaburo Okabe!

As he spoke, the two old devils stood in front of the map and drew on the map. Vertices M. updates the fastest

Gesture, gesture, Okabe Naosaburo sighed, shook his head, stopped gesturing, and said to Terauchi Shouichi: "Your Excellency Commander, there is a saying in Shina that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. There are not enough troops, and it is in vain to say anything! ”

Shouichi Terauchi disagreed with Naosaburo Okabe's opinion and encouraged: "Don't be discouraged! The population of the Great Japanese Empire was nearly 100 million, and there was no shortage of soldiers. As long as the front needs it, it is easy to expand a part of the troops! For example, we can expand the establishment of the railway garrison force, expand the garrison of some cities, and undertake the defense of the railways and cities. In this case, under the condition that the total number of divisions and regiments does not increase, the strength of the army will be expanded imperceptibly, and the strength of the army will not be there? ”

Okabe Naosaburo also understands this truth, but he knows that things are not so simple, the expansion of the army costs money, and no matter how hard the military department works, it will have to pass the cabinet. The cabinet has always demanded that the number of troops invaded China be reduced, because the domestic economy has already experienced inflation!

Terauchi Shouichi then said: "We have another way, that is, to urge Qi Kuiyuan to form a North China Public Security Army as soon as possible. After the establishment of the North China Public Security Army, they can assume part of the garrison of the stronghold to reduce the pressure on the local garrison of the imperial army! ”

Qi Kuiyuan is the military minister of the puppet North China Political Affairs Committee, and is now preparing to build a puppet North China Public Security Army. Vertex M. update is the fastest but Qi Kuiyuan's idea is to build a puppet army that really obeys his orders, taking the road of training officers and non-commissioned officers first, and then building an army, and now he is running a school in Tongzhou, and he is still far from becoming an army!

That's the real distant water does not quench the thirst of the near!

Okabe Naosaburo said: "Your Excellency, the most direct and effective way is to report to the base camp and add two more divisions to the North China Front. Otherwise, after the Second Army participated in the Battle of Wuhan, North China's troops would be empty. I'm afraid that all I hear every day will be unpleasant news! ”

The Second Army's participation in the Battle of Wuhan was undoubted. Including the Fifth Division directly under the North China Front, it will also be transferred. In the whole of North China, there will only be the 20th Division, the 108th Division, and the 109th Division of the First Army, the 114th Division stationed in Xuzhou, and the 21st Division that has not yet arrived in North China.

The troops stationed in Mongolia are also in the North China Front, but they are guarding such a large area of occupation that it is impossible to transfer them to the North China Plain and Shandong to fight.

As for the Second Wing of the Railway, the Third Wing and the three independent brigades of the Railway in Shandong, it is impossible to leave the railway line.

This little bit of troops, scattered in the vast land of North China, is indeed too few!

Terauchi Shouichi thought for a moment and replied, "I really need to ask for troops from the base camp." In this way, Okabe-kun sent a telegram to the base camp explaining the situation and requesting that two more divisions and regiments be transferred to the North China Front. Vertex. Otherwise, the North China Front will not be able to complete the task of consolidating law and order in the occupied areas! ”

That's what Naosaburo Okabe wanted, and immediately "Hai" sounded and went to send a telegram.

The rain was pouring down, and one or two of Kawa Haomin and Kita Makoto came slowly. By the time these two old devils arrived at Terauchi Shouichi's office, Okabe Naosaburo had already returned to Terauchi Shouichi's office after sending a telegram, and it was Terauchi Shouichi who had repeatedly studied specific railway garrison matters!

Kawa Haotoshi's affairs were easy to handle, and Terauchi Shouichi conveyed to him the order that the base camp should be transferred to the North China Front Provisional Aviation Corps to be assigned to the command of the Central China Dispatch Army, and then he proposed that enough fighters must be left in North China to cooperate with the North China Front to fight!

Terauchi Shouichi particularly emphasized that the 5th Division and the 16th Division besieged the Jilu border area and sought out and annihilated Xiao Siming's eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army. The Provisional Aviation Regiment of the North China Front must dispatch a sufficient number of fighters to cooperate in the operation!

This is all inevitable, it is impossible for the Japanese army to transfer all the flying teams in North China, and it must retain part of the air force!

Kawa Yoshimin agreed and put forward his own idea. That is, in Taiyuan, Xuzhou, Jinan, and Anyang, some flight teams were left behind.

In the Beiping, Tianjin, and Qingdao areas, because the distance from Wuhan is too long, it is impossible for the Chinese Air Force to attack, except for some transport planes for the use of senior commanders and fighter squadrons to undertake escort missions, all the rest of the Japanese planes have been transferred!

After Chuan Haomin's matter was finished, he left in the rain again. The rest is Kita Seiichi's business!

Shouichi Terauchi is looking for Kita Seiichi, or the old question: Is there any latest information from Xiao Siming's department?

Yesterday, the Japanese army was capturing Dezhou, how long has it been, where does Kita Chengyi have the latest information of Xiao Siming's department! If there is, he must have reported it as soon as possible, where would he need Terauchi Shouichi to notify him to come and report!

When Kawa Yoshitoshi reported, Kita Seiichi had been thinking about his own affairs and didn't know how to report to the general of the temple. Now it's his turn, and he can't hide, so he has to bite the bullet and say that there is no latest information from Xiao Siming's department for the time being.

General Terauchi was extremely dissatisfied with Kita Seiichi's report, so he told Kita Seiichi that Major General Shimoda Murori had not slept all night last night, and had taken a train and then a car to inspect the situation on the spot along the Jinpu Road, and not only basically ascertained the actual situation of the destruction of the northern part of the railway, but also proposed a solution to the problem and put forward suggestions for the front army to strengthen the railway garrison.

When he said this, General Terauchi Shouichi looked at Kita Seiichi and said meaningfully: "Kita-kun, the work of the Secret Service Department should be learned from the Ministry of Railways!" ”

Kita Makoto's heart suddenly became a spirit, and he felt that he had heard it wrong, could it be that the general of the temple let himself go to the front line to find intelligence clues in person, like Major General Shimotamuro? Isn't that your own life?

Shimoda Muroli went deep into the first line, which was only a railway line, which was under the heavy protection of the Japanese army, and there was no danger to his life; If Kita Makoto goes deep into the front line, it will be to infiltrate the base of the Eighth Route Army, and he may be caught and killed at any time, which is very dangerous!

When he thought of this, Kita Seiichi was a little puzzled: Could it be that the White Russian courtesan last night didn't serve His Excellency the Commander comfortably? Or is it that Your Excellency the Commander is old, weak, and his self-esteem has been hurt? Otherwise, why would he say that?

Kita Makoto thought about it crookedly, and General Terauchi Shouichi was reluctant to let him die, which was tantamount to cutting off his arm!

Terauchi went on to say that the Ministry of Intelligence should think of a way to develop an espionage system aimed at the Eighth Route Army, and that it should come up with practical methods as soon as possible and put them into practice. Otherwise, the imperial army will become deaf and blind, and can only be beaten passively!

As soon as Kita Makoto breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately relaxed, and immediately reported that the Ministry of Secret Services was studying and formulating new methods for training intelligence personnel, and planned to develop a group of ordinary people to participate in intelligence work. This kind of person can freely enter and leave the base area of the Eighth Route Army, can track the Eighth Route Army, and can even set fire to and poison the Eighth Route Army base area, so that the Eighth Route Army cannot be guarded against.

General Terauchi Shouichi came to the interest at once, let Kita Seiichi say more details!

Kita Seiichi reported that the Eighth Route Army was particularly good at secrecy and concealment, and that they and the common people were a family of soldiers and civilians, and it was difficult to obtain information about them. The main reason should be that the intelligence personnel from Japan and the intelligence personnel transferred from Northeast China and North Korea are easy to see through due to language relations, and it is impossible for them to approach the Eighth Route Army, let alone get close to the Eighth Route Army generals like Xiao Siming. In response to this situation, the Secret Service believed that the problem could only be solved by developing native-born natives to provide intelligence to the Imperial Army. Therefore, the secret service department is preparing to develop a number of intelligence personnel in various localities, not only those low-level intelligence personnel who are sheep herders, merchants, and donkey carts, but also a group of young intellectuals to penetrate into the Eighth Route Army.

Shou in the temple applauded continuously, urging Kita Seiichi to organize and implement it quickly! (To be continued.) )