Taiyuan Inner City, Headquarters.

Takuya Mizuhara, the head of the communications section, walked into the war room with a black face.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Takuya Suhara first reported, "General Mori has just called from the New Town Arsenal. ”

When Yoshio Shinozuka heard this, his eyebrows jumped sharply, and he shouted, "The Xincheng Arsenal has also been attacked? ”

"Not really." Takuya Mizuhara shook his head and said, "The Shinjo Arsenal has not been attacked, but General Mori has reported that the Shinjo Military Station and Shinjo Airfield have been completely destroyed. ”

"Completely destroyed?" Yoshio Shinozuka's face instantly became embarrassed.

Utter destruction means that nothing is left for them!

"Yes." Takuya Mizuhara paused again, and said in a difficult tone, "General Maori said on the phone that the Shinjo Military Station not only suffered from the explosion of ammunition, but also suffered from the spread of mustard gas bombs, so not only the various materials stored in the station, but also all the personnel did not survive, and even the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Brigade that rushed to reinforce also had many imperial soldiers poisoned and martyred. ”

Immediately, there was a sound of inhaling in the war room.

Because the number of personnel at the Xincheng Military Station is really not old or young.

In addition to a squadron of guards, there were dozens of comfort women in the comfort station.

There were also the wounded who were recuperating at the military station, the officers who were discharged from the comfort station, and the Japanese and Chinese translators who were used to form the advance team, all of which added up to 500 people.

If it had only been attacked by unknown forces, there would have been many survivors.

But now that it's been attacked by mustard gas bombs, there really won't be a single living thing left.

The loss this time is huge, but it is nothing compared to the loss of Xincheng Airport.

Yoshio Shinozuka also thought so in his heart, no matter how big the loss of the Xincheng military station was, it would not be possible to compare with the Xincheng Airport, and he still hoped that there would be good news at the Xincheng Airport, at least 15 attack planes would not have an accident.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka asked again: "Mizuhara-kun, are the 15 attack planes at the Shinshin Airport sure to have been destroyed?" ”

"Shinjo Airport ......" Takuya Mizuhara sighed and added, "Mori General said that the fire at Shinjo Airport is still burning, so it is impossible to judge how big the specific damage will be." ”

"Yagayalu." Yoshio Shinozuka's face instantly turned black to the bottom of the pot.

The fire is still burning, the entire airport is engulfed in flames, can there be any good?

Thinking that hundreds of tons of aviation kerosene had been burned to the ground, and that 15 Type 96 land attack planes of a squadron stationed at Xincheng Airport and 17 Type 97 fighters of another squadron had all been blown up, Yoshio Shinozuka instantly felt a sharp sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of old blood rushed up.

However, the old devil took a bite of it again.

It's just that his face has turned pale.

The originally tall body also shook twice.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Takayoshi Tanaka said with concern, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, I'm fine." Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said, "Tanaka-kun, immediately find out what kind of armed forces attacked the Shinjo Military Station and Shinjo Airport?" Jin Sui Army or Eighth Route Army? ”

Takayoshi Tanaka said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Commander, according to my intuition, it should be ......"

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka finally couldn't help it, and scolded, "Don't talk to me about any more intuition, I don't want to hear any more words like what should or may be, as the chief of staff of the 1st Army, I hope you can send me detailed information about this group of militants before dawn." ”

"Hello!" Takayoshi Tanaka is the first to be killed.

Yoshio Shinozuka left in a huff.

Tanaka Takayoshi's eyes swept and said in a deep voice: "Order!" ”

All the staff officers in the war room straightened their feet.

"Call the checkpoints and strongholds along Tongpu Road and Zhengtai Road to intercept this group of unknown armed men."

Speaking of this, Tanaka Takayoshi's eyes fell on Takuya Mizuhara again, and said in a deep voice: "Mizuhara-kun, from now on, you will be in charge of the post of captain of the gendarmerie, and you will also temporarily take charge of the special high class, and immediately carry out a large-scale screening of all suspicious people who have entered Taiyuan in the past three days, and find out the origin of this gang of militants as soon as possible!" ”

"Hello!" Takuya Mizuhara was overjoyed when he heard this.

The captain of the gendarmerie and the head of the special high section, this is a fat shortage.

His predecessor, Ichiro Shimizu, had only been in office for less than half a year and had saved tens of thousands of yen.

Again, as the Japanese army shifted from frontal combat to local security warfare, both officers and soldiers were corrupting at an alarming rate, and Yoshio Oshima and Ichiro Shimizu were by no means alone.

Takuya Mizuhara will soon follow in their footsteps.

……

At this time, in Tongpu Road.

After walking along Tongpu Road for almost twenty kilometers, Wang Ye motioned for Wei Dayong to stop.

Seeing the Type 97 medium tank at the beginning, the three Type 95 light tanks and 15 trucks that followed followed followed suit.

In the light, Wang Ye opened the top cover of the turret.

"Turn off the lights!" Wang Ye snorted and said, "Turn around and go to Yangquan!" ”

Going north along the Tongpu Highway is just a trick to deceive the enemy, intended to confuse the devil's eyeliner.

Now that I have walked three or four kilometers to the north, I dare not expect to be able to deceive the little devil all the time, but at least it should be no problem to deceive the little devil for a few hours.

Taking advantage of this time, they had already passed through Shouyang and entered the boundary of Yangquan County.

As long as you enter the Yangquan territory, you will not be afraid of little devils, because after the 9th Brigade was completely annihilated in the teapot territory, the 4th Brigade was so frightened that it shrank in Yangquan County and trembled, and did not dare to come out at all.

So, it is impossible to count on the 4th Brigade to intercept them.

If the 4th Brigade really wants to take the risk of coming out to intercept it, most of the time there will be no return.

……

Takuya Mizuhara, a little devil, is still very capable, and this is the time when the new official takes office and urgently needs to show his ability, so he works very hard and quickly finds out the clues.

"Your Excellency the Commander, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff!" Takuya Suhara said first.

"I have checked all the recent files of the Special High Division, and then verified all the whereabouts of the former section chief and military police captain Ichiro Shimizu, and now I can basically conclude that the cause of the incident is the intelligence officer of the Eighth Route Army who was hidden in the headquarters that we screened out before."

Takayoshi Tanaka asked, "You mean the guy who bought information from Oshima-kun?" ”

"Yes." Takuya Mizuhara said in a deep voice, "After this guy was arrested, the militants of the Taiyuan underground party of the Eighth Route Army organized two rescue operations, but they were both thwarted by the gendarmerie. ”

"After that, Shimizu-kun transferred this guy to the Xincheng Military Station."

"And secretly transferred hundreds of gendarmes from Ping'an County and Yuci County to ambush in the gendarmerie dungeon, preparing to wait for the rabbit to ambush the militants of the Eighth Route Army."

"But now it seems that Shimizu-kun's plan has obviously failed completely."

"Yaga!" Takayoshi Tanaka gritted his teeth and said, "Then the intelligence officers of the Eighth Route Army found the Xincheng Military Station and launched an attack on the Xincheng Military Station?" After saving people, he attacked Xincheng Airport with his hands? ”

"Yes." Takuya Mizuhara said in a deep voice, "That's basically the process. ”

"Really?" Yoshio Shinozuka said with some skepticism, "The underground party of the CCP in Taiyuan has this ability? ”

"Yes, the Taiyuan underground party has such action?" Takayoshi Tanaka also reacted instantly, frowned and said, "They can have such powerful automatic firepower?" ”

"And so many people drive trucks and tanks?"

"As far as I know, even the Central Army of China can't do this."

By this time, the remnants of the infantry squadron that had rushed to reinforcements first had already fed back the engagement to the headquarters.

Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka and Takayoshi Tanaka already knew that the group of militants who attacked the Xincheng military station were not only equipped with a large amount of automatic firepower, but also easily snatched more than a dozen trucks and four tanks from the station's repair shop, and then used these four tanks to launch a strong attack on the Xincheng airfield and succeeded in one fell swoop.

Takuya Mizuhara had obviously already thought about this problem, and said at the moment: "In addition to the militants of the Taiyuan underground party, there must be foreign Eighth Route Army involved in this rescue operation. ”

"The Eighth Route Army?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked, "Where did it come from?" ”

"It's not known yet." Takuya Mizuhara shook his head and said, "We still need to continue investigating." ”

Yoshio Shinozuka asked Takayoshi Tanaka again, "Tanaka-kun, where have those militants arrived?" ”

Takayoshi Tanaka said: "More than two hours ago, the Twenty Lipu stronghold called and said that a convoy had forcibly broken through from them, but then the news was lost. ”

"Lost news?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and asked, "What does it mean to lose the news?" ”

Takayoshi Tanaka said: "Even further north, the strongholds and checkpoints have not found this convoy. ”

"Haven't you found any strongholds and checkpoints further north?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "So, did this convoy pass through the Twenty Mile Shop stronghold again and turn around and return south?" ”

"This ...... It's also not clear. Takayoshi Tanaka said.

"I don't know?" Yoshio Shinozuka said, "If there is, there is, if there is nothing, if there is nothing, I don't know what it means?" ”

Sweat broke out on Takayoshi Tanaka's forehead, and he said in a low voice: "Because not long after the phone call, the phone at the Twenty Lipu base couldn't get through, and it is estimated that it is ......."

"Baga, it's an estimate again!" Yoshio Shinozuka said angrily, "Tanaka-kun, is this how you became the chief of staff?" ”

At this moment, Yoshio Shinozuka was really angry, and he couldn't bear it anymore for Takayoshi Tanaka, the chief of staff.

Normally, the corpse is just a vegetarian meal, but at such a critical moment, it is still like this, so it is also worthy of serving as the chief of staff?

I really don't know what his predecessor, the current commander of the Kwantung Army, Mijiro Umezu, likes about this guy? Transfer him to be chief of staff?

"Hello!" Takayoshi Tanaka wiped the sweat on his forehead and said suddenly, "Your Excellency Commander has taught you that you must learn a lesson and improve your work style in a down-to-earth manner. ”

"No need." Yoshio Shinozuka said with a dark face.

"I will immediately make a proposal to the Front Command to transfer you back to the homeland."

At this point, Yoshio Shinozuka directly tore his face, and he didn't want to give Tanaka Takayoshi at the very least.

After saying this, Yoshio Shinozuka turned his head again and said to Ryuichi Sakamoto, the head of the Operations Division: "Sakamoto-kun, from now on, you will be in charge of the work of the General Staff Department for the time being. ”

"Nani?" Takayoshi Tanaka's face fell.

Ryuichi Sakamoto was overjoyed, and said suddenly: "Haiyi! ”

"Sakamoto-kun, don't be too happy." Yoshio Shinozuka said with a dark face, "This group of militants who attacked the Xincheng Military Station and the Xincheng Airport must find out and eliminate them at all costs!" ”

After a pause, he said in an accentuated tone, "Listen, at all costs." ”

"Hello." Sakamoto Takuichi repeated with a slam pause, "At all costs, we must find and eliminate the Eighth Route Army that attacked the Xincheng Military Station and Xincheng Airport!" ”

At this time, the phone in the war room rang suddenly.

Immediately, a communications staff officer came in and reported: "Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency the General has asked to speak to you, and the phone has been connected to the first line of the war room. ”

"Got it."

Yoshio Shinozuka's facial muscles twitched twice, and he grabbed the phone.

After a pause, he said, "Maxi Maxi, this is the headquarters of the 1st Army, and I am Yoshio Shinozuka." ”

"Shinozuka-kun, I'm Okamura Ninji." Okamura Ninji's gentle voice immediately came from the other end of the phone, "I heard that the Xincheng Airport and the Xincheng Military Station have just been attacked?" Is there such a thing? ”

"Hello." Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly said, "This is indeed the case." ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then he said, "Is the loss big?" ”

"The losses are still very heavy." Things have come to this point, and Yoshio Shinozuka also knew that he couldn't hide it, so he gritted his teeth and replied, "The casualties alone may exceed five hundred." ”

"This includes more than 100 translators prepared for Operation Plan A."

"In addition, the first batch of combat materiel seconded from the Kwantung Army, including 500 mustard gas bombs, was also destroyed during the attack."

"Also, the new city airport has suffered devastating damage."

"More than 100 tons of aviation kerosene stored at Xincheng Airport, two flight squadrons, 15 Type 96 land attack planes, and 17 Nakajima Type 97 fighters were also destroyed in the attack."

"There are more than 100 pilots in two squadrons, most of whom have also sacrificed their lives for the Empire."

"According to conservative estimates, the loss is also as high as more than 5 million yen, and may even exceed 10 million."

The sound of breathing on the other side of the phone was noticeably heavier, and it was clear that Okamura Ninji was also very concerned about the number.

10 million yen, this is definitely a huge amount of money, enough to support more than a dozen divisions of the entire North China Front Army to fight a medium-sized battle!

You need to know that the Navy will build an aircraft carrier for 30 million!

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka paused again and said: "Your Excellency General, there has been such a tragedy in Taiyuan, where the headquarters of the 1st Army is located, and as the commander of the 1st Army, I am personally responsible for the main responsibility. ”

"So I ask the base camp to relieve me of my post as commander of the 1st Army."

"Appoint another capable general to take over the post of commander of the 1st Army."

Saying this, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly felt light and relieved.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and then Okamura Ninji's voice rang again: "Shinozuka-kun, do you want to be a deserter?" ”

"Deserters?" Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Your Excellency, it's not that I want to be a deserter, it's really because of my negligence and carelessness that I have caused irreparable huge losses to the 1st Army and even the entire North China Front......"

Before Yoshio Shinozuka finished speaking, Okamura Ninji interrupted: "Shinozuka-kun, I believe that this tragedy is just an accident, at least it has nothing to do with you, the commander. ”

"The one who should really be responsible for this should be Ichiro Shimizu!"

"And you, what you have to do now is to eliminate all interference and do your best to advance the Battle Plan A."

"How much combat materials have been lost, I will find a way to make up for it, and I will explain to the base camp and the army headquarters if I have lost the Type 96 land attack aircraft."

"In short, the most important thing now is Operation Plan A."

"So, Shinozuka-kun, please be sure to eliminate all interference and go all out to advance the Battle Plan A, please!"

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka seemed to have seen that Okamura Ninji on the other end of the phone was nodding towards him, and his face was also pleading, Okamura Ninji said this, and Yoshio Shinozuka had nothing to say.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka paused his head and said solemnly: "Hai! ”

"Yo Xi!" Ninji Okamura finally hung up.

At this time, Takashi Sakamoto walked in happily.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Takashi Sakamoto paused, "The whereabouts of that group of militants have been discovered!" ”

"Really?" Yoshio Shinozuka glanced at Takayoshi Tanaka, who was still standing next to him, and said, "Sakamoto-kun, tell me, how did you find out about the whereabouts of this group of militants?" ”

"Hello." Ryuichi Sakamoto said, "The reason why the Twenty Lipu stronghold lost contact for more than two hours was mostly because the telephone lines were cut, but it was impossible for that group of militants to cut the telephone lines of all the villages and towns around Taiyuan in a short period of time, so I called dozens of villages and towns around the area that were equipped with telephones." ”

"Sure enough, there are many feedback from the maintenance presidents of villages and towns,"

"About two hours ago, the roar of a car's engine was heard."

"And, the roar of the car engine went east, that is, in the direction of Shouyang County."

"Shouyang?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked, "Which unit of the Imperial Army is stationed in Shouyang County?" ”

"There is only one brigade of the 4th Brigade that is not in the group." Takashi Sakamoto, "And there is no artillery." ”

Yoshio Shinozuka sighed when he heard this, there was only one dissatisfied brigade, and there was no artillery, so it was a delusion to stop this group of militants of the Eighth Route Army.

Ryuichi Sakamoto said: "Your Excellency Commander, you can let the 4th Brigade Regiment stationed in Yangquan County intercept it. ”

"Forget it." Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and sighed, "The combat effectiveness of the 4th Brigade has not been restored, and the situation in Yangquan County is extremely serious. ”

Ryuichi Sakamoto asked, "Is it possible to let them go like this?" ”

"Let's let the Eighth Route Army be proud for a few days." Yoshio Shinozuka said.

"When Plan A is fully promoted, we will settle the general account with the Eighth Route Army."

(End of chapter)