Peiping. Command of the North China Front.

Today, the entire headquarters was decorated with lights, a large banquet hall in the headquarters was completely decorated, and all the officers at or above the rank of major general and brigade commander of the garrison near Beiping received an order from the headquarters, asking them to attend tonight's celebration banquet if there was no particularly important matter.

Because it was a celebration banquet in a small area, there were not so many rules, and all the participants sat on the chairs in the banquet hall at will, waiting for the protagonist to appear.

"Kawagishi-kun, has the front army made a big move recently?" Lieutenant General Shigeru Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division, asked casually.

"It doesn't seem to be, anyway, our First Army has no major operations, although there are frequent frictions between the Western Front and the Second Theater of Operations, but they are all controlled at the level of squads and squadrons, and they have not expanded, and this celebration banquet should not be set up for our First Army." Lieutenant General Bunzaburo Kawagishi, commander of the 0th Division, replied.

Lieutenant General Washizu Matsudaira, commander of the 21st Division on the side, said in surprise: "This is strange, our 12th Army has not launched military operations above the brigade and regimental level during this time, why the front army headquarters suddenly held a celebration banquet, and also designated officers above the brigade commander of major generals to participate." ”

"It's really a little strange, we have all participated in the previous celebration banquets, but we all knew in advance that the road was to celebrate the lucky one, but this time it was all a wedding girl, and which serious bride became a mystery!" Lieutenant General Shigeru Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division, said with a smile.

"Have you found out, this celebration banquet is except for us generals. It seems that there are no other people, no geisha, no reporters, not even many waiters, and I have not participated in such a strange celebration banquet in all these years of joining the army! "This time it was Lieutenant General Hyotaro Kimura, commander of the 32nd Division, who spoke.

At this moment, the door of the banquet hall was pushed open by two guards, and a second lieutenant walked in and shouted to all the officers in the banquet hall: "Your Excellency, Commander! ”

All the officers in the banquet hall quickly stood up, bowed their heads and bent their legs together to show respect!

"Bang Bang!"

General Binshan Yuan walked in step by step, came to the rostrum in front of the banquet hall, and after standing still, he first bowed deeply to the portrait of Emperor Hirohito hanging on the wall. Then he got up and looked around at the generals in the banquet hall.

"Do you think it's strange? Where did this celebration come from and who held it? ”

Seeing that no one spoke, Binshan Yuanda would continue to smile and say, "Since everyone is curious, then we are invited to be the protagonist of today." Yamamoto, Koga, you're ready to play! ”

General Binshan Yuan's words just fell. The door to the banquet hall was pushed open again. Two Japanese officers strode in.

All the Japanese generals in the banquet hall were shocked at the same time, it turned out to be two Dazuo, could it be said that today's celebration banquet was prepared for these two Dazuo?

No wonder these generals were surprised. Although the scale of this celebration banquet was not very large, the number of participants was not large, and there was no reporter to report the whole process. But looking at these people who came, they knew that the level of this celebration banquet was not low, and let the Imperial Army Major General Lieutenant General be a green leaf, which shows the importance that the headquarters attaches to this celebration banquet!

"Let me introduce you to you, Yamamoto Kazuki Daisa, a top student of the Imperial Army University, went to Munich Military Academy in Germany to study special operations in Showa 8, returned to Japan in Showa 12, and has been in charge of the formation and training of special forces in China. Chiyoko Koga, graduated from the Imperial Army University, went to study at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany in Showa 10, returned from Germany to participate in the war after the Shina Incident in Showa 12, and served as the chief of the Shanghai Dispatch Army's Major Zo Organ, transferred to our North China Front three months ago, and is currently the head of the intelligence agency of the North China Front, responsible for intelligence collection and analysis. ”

Bin Shanyuan looked at the generals below, and continued: "You must be very interested in knowing why the Lu Dao Front Army held this celebration banquet, since it is a celebration banquet, then it is natural to have merit, and now read out a battle report for everyone." On March 7, Showa 14, with the cooperation of the Koga Daisa's intelligence squadron, Yamamoto Daisa's three special operations squadrons successfully smashed the headquarters of the Wanquan Garrison Regiment, Yangyuan Garrison Regiment, and Huai'an Garrison Regiment of the Eighth Theater of China with the tactics of infiltration and sneak attack by small detachments, killing more than 20 officers below Lieutenant Colonel Yang Haitao and Hu Daming of the China Army, and more than 30 officers below Lieutenant Colonel Yunjian of the China Army were wounded, more than 600 ordinary soldiers were killed or wounded, and the Wanquan Garrison Regiment, Yangyuan Garrison Regiment, and Huai'an Garrison Regiment of the Eighth Theater of China lost their combat effectiveness. This was the first decisive victory of the Front Army in the battle with the 8th Theater of Operations in China, and everyone applauded and congratulated! ”

The generals did not expect that the two inconspicuous army generals would quietly and silently make such a great achievement, although they only killed two lieutenant colonels, in the past battles, not to mention a mere army lieutenant colonel, even the army lieutenant general has not been killed. There are more than 50 generals in China, including General Tong Linge, deputy commander of the 29th Route Army of China, General Zhao Dengyu, commander of the 132nd Division of China, General Hao Mengling, commander of the 9th Army of China, and Lieutenant General Liu Jiaqi, commander of the 54th Division of China. To tell the truth, the two small lieutenant colonels of the two branches are really not worth mentioning, and there is no need to spend a lot of time to hold a special celebration banquet.

But once everything involves the Eighth War Zone of China, and which China devil general is involved, everything changes. Since the beginning of the war, the Imperial Japanese Army has been invincible, and all those who dared to resist have been ruthlessly crushed. But this smooth advance lasted only three months, since the abominable General Shina was born, all this has changed, in less than two years, the Imperial Army has lost more than 20 army and navy officers in the hands of that odious Shina general, no less than 10 numbers have been erased from the battle sequence of the Imperial Army, and one army-level number has been cancelled, which is a great shame that the Imperial Japanese Army has not encountered in a hundred years.

Even so, the Imperial Army not only failed to annihilate the General and his army, but on the contrary made it stronger and stronger, and now it was now firmly able to confront a strategic group of the Empire, and even the North China Front, which had nine army divisions and a number of independent mixed brigades, artillery brigades, chariot wings, and other units, could not take advantage of the slightest advantage in a full-scale war.

According to the information collected by the intelligence department, since the beginning of the war, the Eighth Theater of Operations in China has built a total of four martyrs' cemeteries, namely the Xinghe Nannaobao Martyrs Cemetery, the Zhangjiakou Xuanpingbao Martyrs Cemetery, the Datong Gushan Martyrs Cemetery, and the Guisui Daqingshan Martyrs Cemetery. In the past two years, more than 23,000 soldiers have moved into these four martyrs' cemeteries, but there are only 32 officers at the colonel level, including 28 majors, 3 lieutenant colonels, and 1 colonel. Only one of these colonel-level officers had served as a military and political commander at the regimental level, and only one of them committed suicide, which had nothing to do with the might and strength of the imperial army.

Because of this, it is indeed a great credit to be able to kill the two lieutenant colonels and dozens of officers of Chen Feng's department in China. Coupled with the fact that the Japanese army in North China suffered major setbacks one after another during this period, such a victory was even more precious.

The surprised reaction of the generals below made Bin Yama Yuan very satisfied, and he cleared his throat and continued: "Now I will read out the commendation order of the base camp: The North China Front Army Army Osamoto Kazuki and Koga Chiyoko have made meritorious service in the battle, and after the decision of the base camp, Yamamoto Kazuki has been promoted to major general of the Imperial Japanese Army. And awarded a small ribbon medal to Yamamoto Kazuki and Koga Chiyoko, please applaud and congratulate them! ”

The following group of generals were envious and jealous, and it turned out to be the Ruibao Small Ribbon Medal, which was not a low-level medal, and all the officers secretly said that these two guys were so lucky.

"It is now announced that the front army has appointed Major General Yamamoto and Koga Daisa, and appointed Major General Yamamoto as deputy chief of staff of the front army, responsible for the formation of the special forces of the North China Front army, and as the supreme commander, and the required personnel and equipment are all raised by the front army, and the soldiers required by the special forces can be transferred from any unit of the front army, and no personnel are involved, and the original troops cannot be stopped for any reason. Ordered Koga Daisa to be responsible for reorganizing the intelligence agency of the North China Front, forming the North China Front Intelligence Brigade, and serving as the captain! ”

"Hay!"

"Since it's a celebration feast, then let's not be so restrained, gentlemen, please raise your glasses, pour the sake of the Great Japanese Empire, and toast to the sacred rise of the Great Japanese Empire!"

"Cheers!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, due to the special nature of the positions of Major General Yamamoto and Daisa Koga, the celebration banquet cannot be held in public, so only those of you present here can witness the excellence of the two young officers. Let's congratulate them, cheers! ”

"Cheers!"

"Great Japanese Empire onboard!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is on board!"

"Great Japanese Empire onboard!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is on board!"

The celebration banquet lasted until the second half of the night, and I don't know how long it had been since such a banquet had been held, and Captain Sato, who was in charge of the internal security of the banquet, had not seen a senior officer above the rank of major general in the banquet hall for almost a year. Today he has not only seen him, but he has seen a lot.

This banquet is too reverie, so many high-ranking officers of the Japanese army gathered in Beiping, which makes the Wuhan camp, the first war zone, the second war zone and the eighth war zone all very nervous. (To be continued......)