"General, there's something I don't understand!"

This time, Kosuke Otsuka did not show the same sincerity and fear as he did when he was reprimanded by the brigade commander in the past, but straightened up and continued to plead:

"Since the content of the Wind Plan is to secretly recruit women from China as comfort women accompanying the imperial army, then these comfort women must meet with many officers and soldiers, and how will this secret be kept at that time?"

Hagiwara Akira looked at this subordinate who was not tame today, sighed, walked to the window of the room, turned his back to Kosuke Otsuka, and said word by word:

"The intention of the General Staff Headquarters is to minimize the occurrence of rape incidents in the occupied areas, and as for the use of comfort women accompanying the army to solve the problem of soldiers, this is only an experiment, and it is still unknown how much effect it can play. After all, it's a shameful experiment. ”

After a moment of silence, the brigade commander slowly turned around, looked at the immobile wing commander who was still standing in the center of the room, and continued:

"In the past half a month, we have captured Fengdian and Wencheng by surprise, quietly established a secret camp for comfort women in the mountains between these two towns, and painstakingly recruited 38 women from China in Taiyuan City to transport them to the secret camp, all of which are just the beginning; No indication has been given as to where the comfort women will go next, and whether they will continue to be secretly recruited. Therefore, at this stage, absolute confidentiality must be maintained. ”

"General, is it the Front Army Command that is giving us instructions?"

"They're just executors," Hagiwara waved his hand impatiently: "The real instructors come from the staff headquarters and even the base camp!" Captain Hirai here, Captain Kojima, you, me, and even His Excellency the Division Commander can only be regarded as chess pieces in this big game of chess; So, Ossa, immediately put away your desires and complaints, carry out the mission meticulously, and if there is any mistake that causes the wind plan to go wrong, please believe that the order instructing you to commit suicide will come from Tokyo. ”

Seeing the Wing Captain, whose face was red and white, retreat in a hurry, Hagiwara took a breath and sat back in the wide chair behind his desk.

He was not worried that the "Wind Plan" would be overlooked on his side, especially since the main force of the division, including the main force of the Shangang Division, was advancing towards southern and southwestern Shanxi, and the security situation here and even in Shanxi as a whole would become very stable. However, the latest report given to him by the head of the secret service, Masao Kojima, has never been very optimistic about this.

The intelligence analysis of the head of the small island agency pointed out three hidden dangers in the area.

First, the secret service of Suiyuan (in the area of present-day Inner Mongolia, under the rule of the traitor King De, with the assistance of the Japanese Kwantung Army), has just cracked two underground contact points of the Kuomintang Blue Coat Society in the local area, and through interrogation, it was learned that the Blue Coat Society has frequent activities in cities along Tongpu Road and Zhengtai Road in Shanxi, and they accept the command of Xi'an (author's note: the headquarters of the Northwest Military Command is in Xi'an), and communicate with the Blue Coat Society in Suiyuan and even the Pingjin area, exchange intelligence, and coordinate actions; And there is definite news to confirm that the leading organ of the Blue Coat Society in Shanxi is located in Taiyuan City!

Second, the original Zhina Army stationed in Fengdian was the 391st Regiment of the Central Army, and the Otsuka Wing that besieged the city reflected that the unit had rich combat experience and was very strong, which could be called the strength of the Zhina Army; When the troops withdrew from Fengdian, they still had their strength and retreated into the Great Elm Mountain east of Fengdian, becoming a potential threat to the defense of Fengdian City.

Third, the Iwata Squadron, a cavalry wing directly under the division, once exchanged fire with the Eighth Route Army of the Shina Army and suffered heavy losses when it was assigned to the Otsuka Wing to attack Fengdian. The site of the battle was located in the small elm mountain west of Fengdian, not far from the Songjiagou secret camp. Since then, the whereabouts of the Eighth Route Army are unknown; The possibility of still cruising around is not ruled out.

Hagiwara Akira carefully reviewed this report by Masao Kojima, and he didn't know much about the Kuomintang's Blue Coat Society, only that it was an intelligence agency under the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, so he handed it over to the head of the Kojima agency to deal with. As for the Central Army of the Chinese Army, he had a head-to-head confrontation with it, and last year he attacked Niangzi Pass from Hebei, and the brigade that blocked him along the way was Sun Lianzhong's 26th Route Army, which was very good at fighting, but was finally defeated by the Otsuka Wing and the Saijo Wing.

He finally set his sights on the Eighth Route Army.

The brigade commander vaguely felt that although this team, which did not agree with the political views of the Chinese government, rarely appeared in front of the imperial army with a clear banner, it was precisely the biggest hidden danger in the area of Wencheng-Songjiagou-Fengdian at present.

Hagiwara Akira remembered that in the battle in northern Jin last year, the Miura Brigade of the Itagaki Division was stabbed in the back by the Lin Division of the Eighth Route Army; According to the report after the war, the main force of the Miura Brigade had already attacked to the Pingxing Pass, but when transporting baggage to the front line from the rear, it was suddenly ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Forest Division. In the Battle of Xinkou, a part of the Liu Division of the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked the airfield of the Army Aviation Corps at Yangmingbao at night in Lao County, behind the main battlefield of Xinkou, resulting in the destruction of the bombers of the two brigades.

These two examples are enough to illustrate the characteristics of the Eighth Route Army in being good at lurking behind enemy lines. Then, the Eighth Route Army, which ambushed the cavalry wing west of Fengdian, mysteriously disappeared afterwards, and it is worth paying attention to it at this moment! Which division of the Eighth Route Army did they belong to? Are you still cruising in Little Elm Mountain? How many centaurs are there, exactly?

From this point of view, it is not a foolproof strategy to place the forces of the Otsuka Wing in the line of Wencheng-Songjiagou-Fengdian, or should take the initiative to attack, search the nearby area, and expel or annihilate the remnants of the Chinese people!

While Hagiwara was meditating, the Baoyuan Restaurant, less than three miles away from the location of his brigade headquarters, was in a hurry.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, more shops and stores in the entire Wencheng have resumed business, and the business of Baoyuan Restaurant has also become more and more prosperous day by day. Although the people who are in charge of the city have become Japanese, they still have to live in the city. Moreover, after the Japanese army entered the city, they did not raid the door, and only sparse patrols could be seen in the streets and alleys, and only a few Japanese sentries stood on important roads. This made the people's fear gradually begin to ease.

At lunchtime, Bai Baoyuan, the shopkeeper of Baoyuan Restaurant, was upstairs and downstairs, busy greeting those new and old customers, greeting his old age, toasting, and giving away food. The local area has a saying that "the first month is the new year", so the sound of New Year celebrations is endless.

In a large box on the second floor, the atmosphere was particularly lively, and it was Yang Yaokang, the new president of Wencheng's law and order maintenance, who was hosting a banquet to entertain his colleagues and colleagues. Yang Yaokang was less than 60 years old, before the Japanese army occupied Wencheng, he was the chairman of the city's industry and commerce, and he ran the city's largest coal business, as well as money and leather shops, and was the richest man in Wencheng. After the Japanese army broke through the city, the head of the secret service, Masao Kojima, "admired" him and instructed him to come forward to form a security maintenance committee to temporarily transition the city government that would be established in the future.

Yang Yaokang is keen on fame, but during the Republic of China government, the mayor of Wencheng has always been appointed by the Shanxi provincial government, so he can only rely on his identity as the chairman of the industry and commerce to actively move closer to the government. Now, Yan Xishan has run away, and the Japanese have come, and they have lifted him to this high-profile position, and Yang Yaokang did not hesitate to bear the price of being a traitor, and he took office. Today's banquet is the leading figures who are currently working with him in the maintenance meeting, most of whom are big businessmen and cultural celebrities in the city.

Bai Baoyuan, as the shopkeeper of one of the most famous restaurants in Wencheng, is naturally within the scope of Yang Yaokang's envelope, and the eight-sided exquisite Black Stone Cliff bandits are in charge, although they refuse to be traitors, but they are also false and wronged on the surface. Just like the big master who is playing mahjong in the room behind the warehouse at the moment said: under the eaves of people, how can you not bow your head?

Liu Wumei and her entourage entered the city this time, precisely because she was not worried about the situation of the restaurant after the Japanese rule, and the female bandit leader was even ready to close down and redeem. However, she was quite surprised to see that it was still full of friends and staggered; It seems that the old and sophisticated master has the right analysis: when little Japan comes, he has to eat, dress and sleep as well, and nothing can be yellow.

The warehouse on the second floor of Baoyuan Restaurant, after passing through, there are still two rooms, which are very hidden, one is Bai Baoyuan's own bedroom and account room, and the other is usually empty, only Liu Wumei (and sometimes her cousin Xiaoju) came to live. Xiao Ju didn't come this time, so Liu Wumei and her three subordinates played mahjong boringly; The drinks and meals were naturally sent in by Bai Baoyuan after they were reorganized. The front table was busy, and he said goodbye to the big boss, saying that he would play a few more laps with her in the afternoon.

Wang Suihua and his entourage, at this moment, came to Baoyuan Restaurant.

The female major of the military commander took Li Yan and the director of the radio station, drove a Chevrolet sedan, arrived in Wencheng last night, and checked into the Nanyang Hotel. After arranging the room, Wang Suihua asked Li Yan to go to the nearby Wencheng Railway Station to inquire about the situation. Unexpectedly, Li Yan soon came back and said: The railway station is empty, and the main force of the Sena Division has gone south.

Wang Suihua couldn't help but pause: It's one step too late! Then I asked if I saw the military column nailed to the car window? Li Yan said no, there are no more trains in the entire Wencheng Railway Station. The female major immediately used the radio to inform the Shanxi station in Taiyuan - with the radio, it is convenient.

Shanxi Station called back in the middle of the night, according to the report of the Second War Zone, the Sena Division had captured Lingshi County south of Wencheng along the railway line, the 17th Army of the Central Army and the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army were defeated and left, the enemy's forward was approaching Han Xinling, and the 15th Army of the Central Army of the defending army was receiving the enemy; There have been no reports of the use of chemical weapons by the Japanese army. The station commander further instructed that the second intelligence group could consider continuing to track the movements of the Sena Division's regimental headquarters on the premise of ensuring safety, but it was not necessary to force them into the combat area.

Wang Suihua and Li Yan analyzed the situation (the director of the radio station was only responsible for keeping the radio station, receiving and receiving telegrams, and did not participate in espionage), and felt that the war ahead was in full swing, and it was more dangerous and meaningless to approach the headquarters of the Sena Division at this moment; So he decided to stay in Wencheng for a day, waiting for the Japanese army to continue to advance south, and then follow it into Lingshi County; Second, wait for the news of Fang Moshu and Zhou Yi and his wife.

Because Li Yan used to work in the Tongpu Road Construction Bureau, he was familiar with the major towns along the Tongpu Road, and Wencheng was visited many times. The lieutenant of the military commander not only knows the local snack "ice jujube peach kernel", but also knows that the "lama meat" of Baoyuan Restaurant is famous in the city, so before lunch today, he pulled the female boss and new partner to Baoyuan Restaurant to have a feast.

Since there was no longer a box, Li Yan chose a loose seat on the second floor. Unexpectedly, the scattered seat was facing the largest box on the second floor, and the three of them ordered a few dishes, and before they could sit down, they saw the big box open the door and welcome out a group of diners, and at the same time listened to the noise downstairs, and a few people walked up the staircase, and the female major of the military commander was nervous: with the intuition of the agent, she realized that these people were by no means good; And a short man who was hugged by the front and back appeared later, Wang Suihua was even more shocked when she saw it: she recognized this person - the head of the Taiyuan secret agency, Masao Kojima!