At the headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Linfen City, Major General Matsumoto, who had been frowning for several days, rarely showed a smile today.

After Wang Ping took up the post of head of the new regiment, Matsumoto received good news from his subordinates for the first time.

"General, the reason why the Eighth Route Army took our machine gun bunker has been investigated, they added chili powder to the mortar shells, forced the imperial troops in the bunker out through the choking smoke, or lost their combat effectiveness, and then took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and occupy the bunker!"

"Although the smoke produced by chili powder cannot kill, in the absence of a gas mask, even if you cover your mouth and nose, your eyes will be stimulated to the point that you can't open them, and you can't fight normally."

"And we are a garrison force, and we don't have gas masks like the field troops, and the brigade stationed in the blockade line just didn't wear gas masks, and then let the new regiment take advantage!"

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, the Eighth Route Army is really cunning enough, and you can think of a way to make poison gas bombs with chili powder!" Despite being an opponent, Major General Matsumoto sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Then he said to himself: "Now it seems that Wang Ping, the head of the new regiment, is really a very difficult opponent, and there are endless levels of various means, and we have never heard of it!" ”

"Pass on my order, from now on, when all units encounter a new regiment, they must be cautious and cautious! Also, contact the command and ask them to distribute gas masks to all our combat units. We can't afford to make the same mistake a second time! ”

"Hey!" The chief of staff hastened to answer.

Then he continued to report: "Also, with the cooperation of the intelligence department and the combat troops, although we have not yet found the specific location of the new regiment in the mountains. However, we have found the direction! ”

"Nani? Haven't the deep mountains always been a blind spot for our reconnaissance units and intelligence services? How they did it! Matsumoto asked rhetorically, staring at the chief of staff.

"Send a large number of Imperial Cooperative troops to go into the mountains to reconnoiter in multiple ways, and shoot with rifles every 100 meters forward, indicating that they have not encountered the Eighth Route Army!"

"The reconnaissance unit of the Imperial Army followed closely behind, judging by the sound of gunfire whether the Imperial Allied Army had approached the new regiment station!"

"Because, as soon as they get close to the new regiment station, the new regiment patrol will kill them, and then the gunfire will stop!"

"After losing nearly a company of the Imperial Cooperative Army, we are already sure that the new regiment is stationed in this area!"

The chief of staff walked up to the map and drew a large circle with a pencil.

Matsumoto showed a rare smile: "Yo Xi, Chief of Staff, you did a good job this time!" Who thought of this method, all the participants, whether it is the Imperial Allied Army or the Imperial Army, will be rewarded! ”

"Thank you, General, I'll arrange it as soon as I go down!" The chief of staff's nerves, which had been tense for several days, finally relaxed.

In the past few days, the pressure on himself in front of Major General Matsumoto has been too great, and now that he has achieved results, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Matsumoto's next order made his nerves tense again.

"However, the range you have detected now is too large, even if you concentrate all the bomber units of the North China Front, you will not be able to carry out a covering bombing of this area! I ask you to keep up the good work and reduce the unit to less than a kilometer! ”

"When the time comes, I will personally send a telegram to His Excellency the Commander, asking the command to send a squadron of bombers to carry out saturation bombing of the new regiment station. Even if you can't kill them, you can hurt them hard! ”

Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupted the conversation between the two people, and then they saw the intelligence staff officer push the door in and walk in front ......of Matsumoto.

"General, urgent information from the headquarters!"

Matsumoto, who received the telegram, quickly browsed it, and it didn't take long for a thick smile to cover Matsumoto's entire face.

"God help me, Amaterasu is helping us!"

"Chief of Staff, the commander of our opponent's 386 Brigade is coming to Linfen, and he is going to the new regiment station!"

"If you can confirm the specific location of their brigade commander during the new regiment station, and then the headquarters sends aviation to bomb their station and kill the new regiment and the 386 brigade commander, then our brigade will become the best unit to eliminate the commander of the Eighth Route Army!"

"When the time comes, as long as I bring it up, our brigade can be transformed from a garrison brigade into an independent mixed brigade, a real field army!"

The army has become a field army, and even if its rank does not change, its status in the army will rise.

The chief of staff's eyes shot out two scorching sharp rays directly outward.

Then he affirmed: "Please rest assured, the humble post will definitely live up to the high expectations of the general, I will arrange it immediately!" ”

A conspiracy against the new regiment and the commander of the 386 brigade unfolded under the command of Matsumoto.

At this time, no one in the new group realized that the danger was approaching them step by step.

As for the security of the station, the safest way is to transfer once in a while.

But today's new group is not the new group of a month ago. Nearly 2,000 people, hundreds of thousands of catties of food, and a large amount of materials and ammunition, it will take a long time to transfer them casually. And throughout the transfer process, the training of troops, reorganization, mobilization, everything had to stop.

After thinking about it, Wang Ping finally vetoed the proposal.

However, the guard posts and patrols were placed at least one kilometre away from the station.

In the plains, a kilometer may be close. But this is in the deep mountains, a kilometer away, even if you march quickly, you have to walk for dozens of minutes.

With these patrols and guard posts, Wang Ping was much more assured of the safety of the station, and then seized the time to mobilize the prisoners, join the Eighth Route Army, and join the new regiment!

Five days passed in a flash, and when Wang Ping was still about to go to the prisoner camp, Li Wen suddenly rushed over, panting.

But judging from the excited expression on his face, the news he brought was definitely good news.

"The regimental commander, the chief, the chief is here, it's on the way to the station, and it's ten minutes to get here!"

"So fast!" Wang Wangping reacted quickly.

"Find Camp Commander Zhong immediately and go with me to meet the brigade commander. This is the first time that Brigade Commander Chen has come to the army since I became the commander of the new regiment! ”

As soon as he walked to the gate of the station, the figure of the brigade commander appeared in Wang Ping's field of vision.

"Report to the brigade commander, Wang Ping, the commander of the new regiment, welcomes you to the troops! The soldiers are looking forward to the head of the brigade headquarters coming over every day, but I didn't expect you to come in person! ”

Entering the new regiment station, Brigade Commander Chen did not follow Wang Ping directly to the regiment headquarters, although he was very tired, he still made a big circle around the station.

Wang Ping knew that at this time, the brigade commander was testing the results of the battle he had reported by telegram.

After half an hour of inspection, the brigade commander still had a serious expression and a tense face at the gate of the station, and when he entered the regiment headquarters, his face was already covered with a thick smile.

As soon as he sat down, he said to Wang Ping: "Wang Ping informed, you surprised me too much." To be honest, when I first saw the telegram, I didn't believe it. Now that I believe it, there's nothing wrong with handing over a new lump to you! ”

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