Liu Yimin's judgment was right, it was indeed Shouichi Terauchi who returned to North China.

Shouichi Terauchi took Masako, Toshio Tani and the escorted fighter group from Tokyo to the Sasebo base for a short stop.

In Sasebo, Terauchi met with the commander of the fleet who had been ordered to reinforce Qingdao and ordered him to set sail immediately and to rush to Qingdao as soon as possible to support the Marines and the Qingdao garrison in Qingdao and ensure the safety of Qingdao. At the same time, it is imperative to remain vigilant and strictly guard against a sneak attack by fighters of the Eighth Route Army to avoid the recurrence of the tragedy of the Longxiang aircraft carrier formation.

In a hurry to return to North China, Shouichi Terauchi did not stop for long in Sasebo. After the plane refueled, Shouichi Terauchi gave the order to take off, targeting Qingdao.

On the way to Qingdao, Shouichi Terauchi was thinking about a question repeatedly, that is, why did Liu Yimin always hit the weakness of the imperial army every time?

From the moment he learned that Otaka Kamezo had been caught, Shouichi Terauchi was thinking about this problem. However, from the palace to the staff headquarters, Terauchi Shouichi had been busy judging the direction of Liu Yimin's attack and urgently guiding the troops to fight, so he didn't have time to think deeply. Now sitting on the plane, there is time, and Shouichi Terauchi can ponder this question carefully.

Shouichi Terauchi clearly remembers that before the war, the Great Tsurumoto Empire, from top to bottom, believed that Tsumoto was the master of Asia and had a monopoly in China. The Greater Asianism advocated by Toyama is essentially to expel the strength of the British and American powers from Asia and establish a new Asian order dominated by the British and American powers. For example, Eiji Amaba, the chief of the Intelligence Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issued a statement as early as 1934, arguing that the joint assistance of European and American countries to China did not take into account the position of Somoto in the East; Ben's actions in China are not allowed to be interfered with by foreign countries. At the beginning of the war, when he was the commander of the North China Front, everyone from the emperor to the common people knew that China was not an opponent of the Japanese economy, both economically and militarily, and what was particularly advantageous was that China was not unified and was still in a state of warlord warfare, and the country was permeated with a [***] atmosphere from top to bottom. Therefore, the army will think that once China says that it can solve the problem within three months.

Unexpectedly, after the North China Incident, China has undergone a miraculous change, from top to bottom: unity to resist the war. Even those warlords who fought for territory and fought with Chiang Kai-shek raised the banner of the War of Resistance and stood together with Chiang Kai-shek against the Imperial Army. In particular, [***] and the Eighth Route Army led by them were able to let go of their deep hatred with Chiang Kai-shek and unite to resist. If this development continues, it is very likely that all the forces in China will unite and form a reunification in the true sense.

Shouichi Terauchi closed his eyes a little painfully and sat motionless on his chair, looking like a stone sculpture.

Miss Masako, who was sitting on the side, didn't know about Terauchi Shouichi's mental activity, and thought that he was uncomfortable, so she stretched out her little hand and put it on Terauchi Shouichi's forehead, wanting to touch it, feel his body temperature, and see if it was a fever.

This woman is really an unpredictable animal. Miss Masako was originally a well-educated lady, but the unique militaristic spirit of her good education hurt her. The little girl's family insisted on going to the front line in North China to serve His Majesty the Emperor's Great East Asian Holy War. Well, His Majesty the Emperor didn't feel her loyalty, but was pushed into bed and raped by his father's classmate Shouichi Terauchi.

Following Terauchi Shouichi in North China, Masako also evolved from a relatively innocent girl to a woman who coveted power. When Shouichi Terauchi left North China to return to Saimoto, he was worried that Masako would be occupied by the likes of Naosaburo Okabe, so he brought her back to Saimoto.

It is said that Masako should be satisfied and happy when she returns to her parents, and she should no longer ignore Shouichi Temple. Because after all, she is a famous lady in the temple, Terauchi Shouyi is old, and there is a genuine lady, she can't be the Countess of the temple if she wants to, at best, she can only do a side room, which her father will never allow.

During Shouichi Terauchi's visit to Germany, it was the most depressed and sad period for Masako from childhood to adulthood. His father didn't know where he heard about his daughter and Terauchi Shouichi, and he had no choice but to take his daughter out of anger and ground her feet. It is not good to hold back Masako, who is flattered by a pseudo-soldier in North China, and hopes that Terauchi Shouichi will come back from Germany as soon as possible so that he can take her away.

Shouichi Terauchi, an old devil who covets Masako's beauty, has not gotten tired of playing, and before being ordered to return to North China, he specially ordered the guards to drive a car to pick up Masako. Masako's father naturally wouldn't agree, and got into a quarrel with Terauchi Shouichi's guards. This crazy girl, when she saw that her father would not let her go, smashed the window on the second floor and jumped down, got into the car and ran, so angry that her father took out an Oriental knife from home and chased the black smoke behind the car and shouted and cursed, causing the neighbors to point their fingers and poke and talk about Masako becoming the mistress of the earl of the temple.

After seeing Shouichi Terauchi at the airport, Masako hugged and kissed, shouted and cried, which made Shouichi Terauchi's ambition extremely explosive, thinking that he could conquer such a stunner, why not win the war with the Eighth Route Army?

Masako's touch woke up Shouichi Terauchi, he grabbed Masako's little hand, stroked it lightly a few times, and then took Masako's little hand and touched his lower body.

Masako was very happy that Terauchi Shouichi still had such a big surname interest in her, so she glanced at Terauchi Shouichi coquettishly, said "This is on the plane", and then began to use her little hand to open Terauchi Shouichi's pants.

Terauchi Shou snorted in satisfaction, and began to tear Masako's clothes.

After all, it was on the plane, and there were others watching, and Terauchi Shouichi only tore a few times, then stopped moving, resumed his solemn posture, and let Masako quietly play there.

It wasn't until he was about to hold it anymore and was afraid that it would be uncomfortable to spray it on his underwear, that Shouichi Terauchi took Masako's little hand and stopped the absurdity on the plane.

Physiological hunger and thirst were temporarily resolved, and Shouichi Terauchi began to think about business again. This time, he no longer thinks about big strategic issues, and returns to the idea at the beginning, that is, why can Liu Yimin always hit the soft underbelly of the imperial army every time?

Terauchi Shouichi carefully recalled every major battle since the Eighth Route Army instructor joined the war, and finally found a problem, that is, at the end of each battle of Liu Yimin's department, there would be a hidden recuperation period, so that the army could not find their exact location. As soon as the army is paralyzed and starts a new operation, Liu Yimin will lead the troops to suddenly appear and stab the army fiercely. This knife always stabbed in a fatal place, making Yue Jun feel pain to the bone marrow.

After thinking about it, Terauchi Shou felt that the reason why Liu Yimin's troops chose this tactic of concealing and recuperating after a sudden blow illustrated a problem, that is, Liu Yimin was very good at collecting and analyzing intelligence, and he had an extremely accurate grasp of the army's campaign actions, to the extent that he was able to anticipate the enemy's opportunities. It is precisely because of this that they firmly grasped the initiative on the battlefield and led the imperial army by the nose.

Shouichi Terauchi couldn't understand that he had taken strict confidentiality measures, why could Liu Yimin still take the lead everywhere?

People like Shouichi Terauchi, who are all generals who command the army, don't believe that there will really be any rebirth or anything like that, he will only look at every action of his opponent from the perspective of military command. After thinking about it, he couldn't figure out why Liu Yimin could always hit the weakness of the imperial army every time, but he figured out a problem, that is, he could no longer let Liu Yimin lead the way, he had to regain the initiative on the battlefield, dig a trap for Liu Yimin to jump, and let the Eighth Route Army follow the baton of the imperial army.

Don't underestimate Terauchi Shouichi's idea, he is the supreme commander of the North China Army, and a change in strategic thinking is likely to bring endless trouble to the Eighth Route Army.

After arriving at the Qingdao airport, Shouichi Terauchi stopped again to refuel the escort fighters. In the middle of this, Terauchi Shou initially contacted Lieutenant General Naosaburo Gangbe, chief of staff of the North China Front. This connection, Terauchi Shouichi took a blow to the head. Okabe Naosaburo reported to him that the commander of the 33rd Division, Lieutenant General Ganji Shigetaro, had sent a farewell telegram, and then lost contact, judging that the division had been shattered.

That's not all, Okabe Naosaburo then told him that the group of 60 fighters led by Major General Nakamoto Moritaka of the First Flying Regiment of the North China Front Air Group suffered heavy losses between Weixian and Pingdu, and in the end, only Major General Nakamoto Moritaka fled back in one plane.

After listening to the report of Naosaburo Gangbu, Shouichi Terauchi felt miserable, and even saved the Baga that had been on his lips in the past, and ordered Naosaburo Gangbu to truthfully report the situation to the base camp, and then urged the fighters to speed up refueling, and gave detailed instructions to the commanders of the Qingdao garrison and naval officers who came to greet them, encouraging them to fulfill their duties, fight hard, and be sure to defend Qingdao.

When the group was refueled, Terauchi Shou didn't have the heart to stay anymore, and flew to Jinan Airport with the group.

This time, Terauchi Shouichi no longer had the interest in flirting with Miss Masako, and called the new commander of the Twelfth Army, Gu Shoufu, to give him a detailed introduction to the combat characteristics of the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, and then spread out the map, and introduced the geographical situation of Shandong to Gu Shoufu on the map.

After introducing the situation, Terauchi Shouichi and Gu Shoufu discussed the battle situation in Shandong.

These two old devils, one is the commander of the front army who has strategic thinking and has a deep understanding of the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, and the other is the former commander of the Sixth Division who is about charging into battle. The two arched together, but it was also a perfect match, and soon a consensus was formed on the Shandong battle situation.

In the view of Terauchi Shouyi and Gu Shoufu, the Eighth Route Army would definitely take advantage of the great victory, take advantage of the empty strength of the army in the hinterland of Shandong, quickly purge the forces of the army in Luzhong, Ludong, and Jiaodong, and then capture Jinan and Qingdao, and compete with the army for control of Shandong.

In view of this situation, Terauchi Shouyi ordered Gu Shoufu that after arriving in Jinan, the first step was to unify the command of the 12th Army, organize overseas Chinese and garrisons on the basis of the 34th Division and the Jinan garrison, build a strong defense line, and use Jinan as a bait to attract Liu Yimin's instructor to attack. In the second step, the Jinan Airport, Qingdao Airport, and Xuzhou Airport should be used as bait, and the front army will also make arrangements for other airfields in North China to attract the Eighth Route Army Air Force to come and attack them in a sneak attack, and use fighter groups to completely wipe them out and relieve them of future troubles. The third step is that the 12th Army must hold on to Jinan for a week, through strong city fortifications, with the cooperation of the aviation force, to consume Liu Yimin's troops as much as possible, and wait for the front army to mobilize elite troops to gather and annihilate Liu Yiming's cooking force under the city of Jinan.

In the end, Terauchi Shouichi patted Gu Shoufu on the shoulder and said: "Your Excellency Gu Shoufu, I am optimistic about your performance in the Sixth Division, those old people in the army accuse your Sixth Division of lax discipline and ruin the image of your army, which is pure nonsense. Let me tell you, as long as you can eliminate Liu Yimin's department of the Eighth Route Army, no matter what you do, you can get the understanding of the front army and the base camp. Of course, after eliminating Liu Yimin's instructor and stabilizing the situation in Shandong, we still have to adopt a soft policy towards the common people and let them be our obedient people. ”

Gu Shoufu, the devil, likes to rob, kill, and set fire to the most, and Terauchi Shouichi said this, undoubtedly authorizing him to act recklessly, which is simply too bad for him!

Gu Shoufu smiled, raised his hand to hold his glasses, his eyes passed through the thick myopia lenses, and stared at General Terauchi Shouichi: "Your Excellency Commander, please rest assured, the Twelfth Army will definitely live up to your trust, even if it fights to the last man, it will also hold Jinan until the end of the capture of Liu Yimin alive." ”

Terauchi Shouichi was very satisfied with Tani Shoufu's performance, and said Yo Xi in his mouth. In the end, the two old devils, you look at me, I look at you, laughing, it seems that everything is in their calculations.

How could Shouichi in the temple think that people are not as good as heaven, and he asked Gu Shoufu to stick to Jinan, which is equivalent to sending Gu Shoufu to the ghost gate. As soon as the plane landed, Gu Shoufu officially assumed the position of commander of the Twelfth Army, then one of his feet would have already entered the ghost gate. He didn't have to wait for the post-war trial, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army would arrange a suitable place for him.

After arriving at Jinan Airport, Major General Kobayashi Asaburo, chief of staff of the 12th Army, who came to greet him, asked Terauchi Shouichi to drink a pot of bitter wine.

It turned out that after the 34th Division received the order to reinforce Jinan, the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Guan Guiji, resolutely carried out the order of General Terauchi Shouichi, quickly gathered his troops, and began to advance towards Jinan.

The 34th Division undertook the task of guarding the area of the detective case, and also undertook the garrison task of the Jinan-Tai'an section of the Jinpu Road. This area is controlled by them, the transportation is convenient, there are both trains, automobiles, rubber cars, the concentration of troops is fast, the action is fast, the vanguard soon arrived near Jinan, began to deploy. Unexpectedly, at this time, the main force of the 34th Division was attacked by the Eighth Route Army Air Force and suffered heavy casualties. According to the report of Lieutenant General Guan Guizhi, the 34th Division suffered more than 4,000 casualties in the gap between the fighters of the Eighth Route Army, which is equivalent to one-third of the battle losses.

Shouichi Terauchi was so shocked that his eyes were about to fall out!

(To be continued)