Taking the opportunity of the toast, Michiichi Miyano, deputy chief of staff, asked, "Your Excellency, what do you think of the public security policy in North China implemented by Commander Tadajun?" ”

Hearing this, the banquet hall immediately fell silent.

Everyone pricked up their ears and waited for Okamura's answer.

Because it is about their operational policy for the next year or even years.

"Miyano-kun, your question is too big for me to answer." Okamura Ninji picked up his glass and looked around, then continued, "Regarding the gains and losses of Tada-kun's public security policy in North China, it is not something that can be easily judged by a certain person or organization, it will take time and even history to test. ”

When Miyano Michi heard this, he was immediately in awe.

The internal unity of the Japanese army is not as imagined, and intrigue and mutual intrigue between senior generals are the norm, so it is not uncommon for the successor to dismantle the predecessor.

Therefore, dismantling the predecessor's desk is the routine operation.

If you don't approve your predecessor as useless, how can you show that your replacement is taken for granted?

But the senior generals of the Japanese army who really have feelings and temperament despise these, such as Miyano Michichi, this is an old devil with feelings, so after listening to Okamura Ninji's answer, he respected him even more.

"Miyano-kun, and all the gentlemen." Okamura Ninji continued, "You must have all heard of Phoenix, right? ”

"Of course." Miyano said, "In both Eastern and Western mythological stories, the phoenix is one of the oldest divine beasts with the oldest bloodline, and legend has it that it can be reborn from the fire. ”

Okamura Ninji nodded, and said, "Actually, not only the phoenix can be reborn from the ashes, but the nation can also. ”

"Nani? Can nations also be reborn from the ashes? Miyano Dao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then changed his color, "Your Excellency General, do you mean, the Chinese nation?" ”

"Yes, I'm talking about the Chinese people!"

Okamura Ninji muttered: "Since the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in Showa 12, this war has lasted for more than three years, and in the past three years, more than half of China's territory has been occupied by the imperial army, thousands of cities have been slaughtered or destroyed by the imperial army, and tens of millions of Chinese people have died in the war or have been displaced......

"This war is like a fire, which is slowly igniting the ancient nation of China."

"But you have found that this people is not burned to ashes by the flames of war, and although they are in pain, although they may struggle and wail, they do not perish in the flames."

"Instead of dying in the flames, they slowly regained their bloodiness in the flames!"

"This characteristic of the Chinese nation is really very similar to the ancient divine beast of the phoenix, if this war continues like this, I have no doubt that the Chinese nation will be reborn one day."

There was silence in the banquet hall as everyone digested the analogy.

After a long while, Miyano Michiichi breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Your Excellency, although I am very reluctant to agree, I must also admit that your analogy is really very appropriate. ”

"There are really signs of rebirth in the Chinese nation."

"The most direct evidence is that organized resistance has reappeared in North China, which had basically lost resistance, since last year, and its organization is becoming higher and stronger!"

"Including but not limited to the Eighth Route Army, these resistance forces are becoming more and more hostile to the Imperial Army, and the frequency and intensity of attacks are getting higher and higher, and the Battle of the Hundred Regiments not long ago is a typical example, if this situation in North China is allowed to continue to deteriorate, the scene depicted by His Excellency the General will definitely become the ultimate reality."

Yukio Kasawara said, "So, what can the imperial army do to avoid this outcome?" ”

"The answer is simple." Okamura Ninji said solemnly, "Put out the fire, don't let this phoenix have a chance to bathe in the fire, there will be no rebirth without the bathing." ”

"Put out the fire? There is no rebirth without fire? ”

Including Yukio Kasahara, many high-ranking generals and staff officers looked at each other.

Only Miyano Michiichi understood what Okamura Ninji meant, frowned and said, "Your Excellency the General is saying that the general policy of the law and order war in North China will be changed from extermination to appeasement?" ”

"It should be said that it was partially changed to appeasement."

Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said: "The imperial army must give enough respect to the resistance forces such as Shi Yousan and Pang Bingxun who are willing to make friends with the imperial army, and the imperial army must be friendly enough for the squires and Huidaomen armed forces who have obvious pro-Japanese tendencies, and in short, they must give the imperial soldiers the same treatment." ”

"Nani? The treatment given to the imperial soldiers? ”

The senior generals looked at each other again.

"It's just the same treatment of personality and law, the supply of weapons and equipment, and materiel, that's absolutely impossible." Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "I can sum it up to three points, don't burn, don't kill, don't rob!" ”

There was an uproar in the banquet hall, don't burn, don't kill, don't rob? This is to completely overturn Tada Jun's three-light policy, because the general policy of the North China public security war promoted by Tada Jun is to burn all, kill all, and rob all of them!

"However......," said Okamura Ninji, "I am not trying to completely reject Tada-kun's policy for an armed force like the Eighth Route Army, which is extremely resolute in its resistance, and the Shina people who tend to even dare to openly support the Eighth Route Army, so I do not mean to completely reject Tada-kun's policy." ”

"Tada-kun's public security war policy is actually very good."

"But the targets of enforcement cannot be generalized, and they must be treated differently."

"Only in this way will the number of friends and supporters of the Imperial Army in North China become as many as possible, and the enemies and rebels will become as few as possible, and the dire law and order situation will be reversed."

"Bang Bang!" Suddenly, there was a crisp round of applause in the banquet hall.

When everyone looked intently, it was Miyano Michichi who was applauding warmly.

Seeing everyone's eyes sweeping over, Miyano Michiichi hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I was impressed by His Excellency General's wonderful exposition just now, and I was a little out of shape, I'm really sorry." ”

After finishing speaking, Miyano Michiichi bowed to everyone.

The senior generals and staff officers present all looked disdainful and sycophant.

At this moment, an intelligence staff officer on duty hurriedly walked in and handed a telegram to Yukio Kasahara.

After Yukio Kasahara read the telegram, he hurriedly whispered a few words in Okamura Ninji's ear, and Okamura Ninji's smile immediately froze on his face.

The banquet hall fell silent again.

Miyano Michiichi asked, "Your Excellency, what's wrong?" ”

Okamura Ninji sighed: "The Mei organ stationed in Shanghai has just sent an urgent telegram, saying that a small unit of the Eighth Route Army has hijacked the special train of Liang Maoyuan, commander-in-chief of the North China Appeasement Army, and Qiao disguised himself as Liang Maoyuan's guard, and went to Shanghai to steal a batch of smuggled medicines from the Qing Gang, and now it has arrived in southern Hebei!" ”

"Nani? Is there such a thing? ”

The senior generals and staff officers present looked at each other again.

Miyano Michiichi said: "This kind of thing is simply incredible! ”

Okamura Ninji said, "It reminds me of a mythical beast in Eastern mythology. ”

"Your Excellency the General is really knowledgeable." Yukio Kasawara said, "I don't know what kind of divine beast it is this time." ”

Okamura Ninji said crisply: "Monkey, this small unit of the Eighth Route Army reminds me of a monkey. ”

"Nani? Monkey? "Yukio Kasahara was stunned when he heard this, Your Excellency General, this imagination of yours is a little indescribable?

Miyano Michiichi said, "Your Excellency the general is talking about the monkey who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace?" ”

Speaking of this, Miyano Michiichi continued: "Don't say it, this small unit of the Eighth Route Army really looks like a monkey who is making trouble in the Heavenly Palace. ”

"But I am not the Four Heavenly Kings, and the North China Front Army is not a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general who is famous but useless." Okamura Ningji snorted and said, "So, no matter what, we can't let this small unit of the Eighth Route Army transport this batch of medicines back to the hospital in Taihang Mountain, and we must destroy them!" ”

Miyano Michiichi said: "This small unit of the Eighth Route Army has a small target, and it is very likely to be equipped with war horses, mules and horses, and its mobility should not be weak, so if the infantry is transferred to intercept and kill, the effect will not be good, and if the motorized infantry is transferred to intercept and kill, it is nothing in the plains, but if it enters the mountains, it will be troublesome." ”

"Then transfer the cavalry." Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice, "Are there cavalry nearby?" ”

"Yes." Miyano Daoyi is still very proficient in business, and replied without thinking, "The 110th Cavalry Brigade has returned to defend Shimen three days ago, and it is not far from southern Hebei. ”

"Yo Si." Okamura Ninji nodded happily, and said, "Order, the 110th Cavalry Brigade immediately went south from Shimen to search for and destroy the small unit of the Eighth Route Army and seize that batch of medicines." ”

"Hello!" Miyano Road paused heavily.

……

The next day, near Xingtai County.

The wolf warrior team crossed the Pinghan Railway and two blockade ditches from the original road, and seeing that there was already a mountainous area in front of them, Lu Changsheng sent the communication company back.

As for himself, the order has come down.

Now Lu Changsheng is already the deputy captain of the Wolf Warrior Squad.

was demoted from the company level to the deputy platoon level, but Lu Changsheng didn't care at all.

Because Lu Changsheng knows very well what kind of unit the wolf warrior squad is.

After walking not far, Wang Gensheng (the previous clerical error, Wang Gensheng did not go to Shanghai) also came to meet with the white wolf group, and the war horses of the wolf team were brought together.

Now the wolf squad has become dragoons again.

Only Lu Changsheng doesn't have a war horse, with his size and weight, the war horse is a good horse, but it is enough to carry such a heavy cavalry and carry out a continuous high-speed charge.

A few charges down, and the horses were wasted.

However, Lu Changsheng didn't care, and followed the march on foot.

"Squeak! Creak! Suddenly, a shrill cry came down from the tree beside the road.

A war wolf walking in the queue immediately shouted excitedly: "Little Ash? It's Ash, Ash! ”

Immediately after, a gray shadow fell from the tree, accurately on the shoulder of the war wolf, and when everyone looked at it, it was a monkey.

The monkey has a dull and unremarkable coat, but has a pair of large eyes.

"Monkey, did you really have a monkey on your dog day?" Wei Dayong said.

This wolf warrior is named Liu Fenghou, nicknamed Monkey, and is a good hand selected by the 772nd Regiment.

Liu Fenghou Zu played monkeys for generations, so he learned the ability to play monkeys, and he also knew a little monkey boxing, especially climbing trees, and even PK Li Sigen during the assessment.

"Monk, how many times have I told you, don't call me a monkey."

I don't know why, Liu Fenghou hates people calling him a monkey.

But there is one thing to say, Liu Fenghou has a sharp beak and monkey gills, and he sticks his hair to his face and takes off it alive.

"If you don't bark, you won't bark, I want to bark, what can you do with your dog?" Wei Dayong snorted and said, the entire wolf warrior team, except for Wang Ye, Wei Dayong didn't let anyone go.

Oh no, now add another Lu Changsheng.

Liu Fenghou didn't dare to say anything more, and on the first day he joined the wolf warrior team, he had a conflict with Wei Dayong because of the nickname, and as a result, he was beaten fat, and his face was swollen.

But the monkey named "Little Gray" suddenly bared his teeth at Wei Dayong and screamed.

Wei Dayong glared at him and scolded: "Damn, a brute is also barking his teeth at me? ”

Xiao Ash seemed to have spirituality, and he could understand that Wei Dayong was scolding him, and with a kick on Liu Fenghou's shoulder, he rushed towards Wei Dayong and launched an attack!

Wei Dayong was naturally not afraid of a monkey, and immediately smashed it with a punch.

However, Wei Dayong still only used a little force, he was afraid of beating Xiao Ash to death.

Xiao Ash turned deftly in the air, easily dodged Wei Dayong's fist, and then landed on the head of the war horse under Wei Dayong's crotch, and grabbed the horse's eyes with the monkey's claws.

The war horse was frightened, and immediately stood up.

Wei Dayong was caught off guard and was lifted off the horse.

Seeing this, the other wolf warriors pointed at Wei Dayong and burst into laughter.

Wang Ye also fell into the ground: "Monk, what are you doing to eat, a beast can scare you like this?" ”

Lu Changsheng also pointed to Wei Dayong's crotch and said, "Monk, why is your crotch wet?" Couldn't it be that he was scared to pee by a brute? Hahahaha! ”

The other wolf warriors laughed more and more.

", I spilled it when I drank water."

Wei Dayong got up from the ground with a disgraced face, looked around, and found that Xiao Ash had returned to Liu Fenghou's shoulder, so he pulled his legs and chased after him, Xiao Ash seemed to know that he was not capable of being an enemy, and he jumped up to the big tree on the side of the road, climbed to the branch of the two people, and actually stopped and made a grimace at Wei Dayong.

"Damn, you dare to bark your teeth!" Wei Da's courage was broken.

Immediately picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at Ash.

But Ash only made a single jump, and he easily dodged it.

Wei Dayong's lungs were about to explode, so he picked up more stones and threw them at the tree.

Xiao Ash kept jumping back and forth on the branches, and at the same time took the time to bared his teeth at Wei Dayong.

Wei Dayong saw that he couldn't hit Xiao Ash, he was completely angry, and immediately rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go up the tree to teach Xiao Ash a lesson.

Xiao Ash seemed to be shocked by Wei Dayong's determination, and with a frightened expression on his face, he jumped up and down the tree, constantly screaming.

The atmosphere suddenly became eerie.

Almost all of the Wolf Warriors looked at each other.

Only Wei Dayong looked proud, and said that Xiao Ash was afraid of him.

"How? Scared, right? Wei Dayong said, "Come down and admit my mistake!" ”

Liu Fenghou suddenly said: "Captain, the situation is not right, Xiao Ash should have discovered something!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Wang Gensheng turned around and jumped off the horse, then turned over and fell to the ground, listening intently.

After a while, Wang Gensheng stood up and said: "There are cavalry, at least five hundred cavalry, two kilometers away, no, at most one kilometer, just a mountain away from us!" ”

After speaking, Wang Gensheng stretched out his hand and pointed to the mountain beside him.

"Quick, veterans! The new team members take the mule and horse team into the bud valley to hide! ”

Wang Ye reacted quickly, there are only two cavalry in the Eighth Route Army in this area, one is the cavalry of the 129th Division, which is currently resting in the Nangong area, and the other is the four cavalry companies of the 386 Brigade.

Wang Gensheng's hearing is still very keen, he said that the straight-line distance is one kilometer, which is basically one kilometer, but because there is a mountain in the middle, the actual distance between the two sides is at least five kilometers.

But there was no suspense about revealing their whereabouts, because the dust raised on the road had not yet dissipated after they passed, and the devil cavalry could find the traces they left on the road a few hundred meters further, including the dust raised, including the pulled by war horses and mules, and the horseshoe prints on the road.

These traces cannot be completely concealed.

Therefore, the devil cavalry must be lured away!

At the sound of the order, the veteran team members who had received formal equestrian training quickly assembled.

The new team members, who had not received equestrian training, hurriedly led their war horses and mules and horses carrying golden medicines into the bud valley on the side of the road to hide.

There were also more than a dozen new team members participating in the formation.

Among them is Liu Fenghou, who was born as a monkey.

Apparently, the dozen or so recruits also received formal equestrian training.

"Let's go!" didn't have time to think too much, Wang Ye urged the king fiercely and turned on another road.

"Let's go!" Wei Dayong, Wang Xikui and other veteran team members followed up one after another, and each team member also held two mules used to act as fake targets.

On this return trip, Wang Ye made full preparations.

When he came, the devil didn't know the situation, so it was impossible to be prepared, and there was no need to make a plan.

But the return trip was different, at this time the devils not only knew that they went to Shanghai and got a large number of medicines, but also could most likely judge their final destination and possible march route.

Therefore, being blocked is a high probability event, so you must make a plan.

So in the end, Wang Ye still borrowed eighty mules from Commander Chen.

Wang Ye's plan is true and false goals, forty mules are real, and forty mules are fake.

Looking back behind them, there were only about twenty horsemen, and the number of more than 500 horsemen rushed from outside the mountain was huge, but they had no other choice, no matter what, they had to keep this batch of hard-won medicines.

The more than 4,000 seriously injured people at the headquarters hospital are waiting for this batch of medicines to save their lives.

Wang Ye and the mountain road they chose now are to go north to Jingjing County, and less than 100 meters to the north is a mountain pass, from which you can see the great plain in the east.

(End of chapter)