"Hey, boss?"

"Yes, I'm Chen Gen."

"I assure you, whether it is Zhengtai Road or Tongpu Road, as long as you give an order, the boss, our mobile column will be like a sheathed sword, piercing the devil's blockade,"

"Open a passage for the headquarters organs and fraternal troops to break through."

"Whether it is the 2nd Guards Division or the 5th Division, the final result is the same."

Hanging up the phone, the brigade commander said to Wang Ye again: "Xiao Wang, I have already boasted about Haikou in front of the boss, if this battle is not fought well, in the end I will be forced to break through to pieces, then it will be a slap in the face." ”

"The brigade commander is relieved." Wang Ye said solemnly, "Although the transfer of the 2nd Guards Division by the devil is somewhat unexpected, the strength of our mobile column has also been greatly strengthened. ”

"If nothing else, those 4 tanks are sharp weapons."

"If you use it at a critical moment, it can change the tide of the battle!"

If it weren't for these 4 tanks, Wang Ye wouldn't dare to boast about it.

The brigade commander nodded and said, "Then you have to protect these 4 tanks." ”

"And diesel." The chief of staff also said, "We must try to get diesel." ”

"Brigade commander, chief of staff, don't worry, we will protect the tanks, and we will definitely get diesel."

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "Also, have the 3 walkie-talkies seized before been repaired?" If there is a shortage of parts, let the technician make a list, and we will find a way to do it. ”

The brigade commander said: "Are these 3 walkie-talkies so important?" ”

"It's important." Wang Ye said, "This thing is much more convenient than the phone." ”

"The walkie-talkie is very effective in guiding artillery firing, and if it is used well, it can even guide the artillery to carry out targeted elimination of the devil's machine gun fire points several kilometers away."

"You can even guide artillery groups to strike at the devil's infantry assembly areas."

"Brigade commander, chief of staff, imagine that when the two armies fight, our wolf squadron will definitely infiltrate the devil's defense line, once the devil's infantry assembly position is discovered, and then call the artillery group in time, and then a row of shells will come over and accurately fall on the devil's infantry position, what will it be like?"

The brigade commander and the chief of staff suddenly lit up when they heard this.

This kind of play has never been heard of before.

Wang Ye said: "In short, the means of communication are the amplifiers of artillery firepower!" The more advanced the means of communication, the more powerful the effect that artillery can play, and walkie-talkies are the communications equipment with the best comprehensive performance at present. ”

"Let's go to the technical department to see the walkie-talkie." The brigade commander couldn't hold back any longer, turned around and walked out.

Wang Ye and the chief of staff hurriedly followed, and the three of them soon came to the technical department next door, and coincidentally, they saw a technician fiddling with walkie-talkies, and one of them even lit up the indicator light.

"Xiao Qin, how is the walkie-talkie repaired?" The brigade commander said, "Are there any parts missing?" ”

"Brigade commander, the main body of the 3 walkie-talkies is not damaged, only a few parts have been damaged." Technician Xiao Qin said, "We dismantled the parts from the scrapped radio station and replaced them, and they can still be used." ”

"Can it work?" The brigade commander was pleasantly surprised, "It means it's already been repaired?" ”

"It should have been repaired, but I haven't tried it yet." Xiao Qin said.

"Then try it now." The brigade commander waved.

……

At this time, in Taiyuan.

Yoshio Shinozuka is also frowning, worried about supplies.

With the 2nd Guards Division in place, and with the 10,000 reserve reinforcements allocated from the base camp, the strength of the 1st Army is now not lacking.

What is lacking now is supplies.

Especially all kinds of ammunition.

Originally, Okamura Ninji airlifted a batch of ammunition from the Kwantung Army through personal connections.

It's a pity that before this batch of ammunition could be warmed up, the special forces of the Eighth Route Army were reimbursed, and now the 1st Army can't even afford to fight a medium-sized battle.

However, the intensity of this Operation A will definitely not be inferior to a large-scale battle.

Therefore, the 1st Army must at least prepare more than 5,000 tons of combat materials in advance, or even more.

These war materials need to be transported from the mainland, from the mainland to the port of Tianjin, and then from Tianjin to Beiping, after arriving in Beiping, there are two different choices.

If you take the northern line, you must first transport it to Datong by road, and then transport it to Taiyuan by Tongpu Road.

If you take the southern route, it will be transported to Zhengding through the Pinghan line first, and then transported to Taiyuan through Zhengtai Road.

From the point of view of efficiency alone, it is definitely better to take the southern route, because the efficiency of railway transportation is much higher than that of highways, and the highway transportation line from Beiping to Datong has to pass through the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is also extremely strong and difficult to mess with.

Therefore, there will definitely be material loss on the northern route, and the proportion will not be small.

However, the problem of the southern route is even greater, not only has the railway not been restored, but even the communication has not been restored, and he now wants to discuss something with Maeda Tadanobu through a telegram, which is very inconvenient.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka turned around and came to the communication class on the first floor.

Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka coming in quickly, Yasushi Inoue, the new head of the communications section who was on the phone, quickly hung up the phone and stood up with several communications staff officers at the same time.

Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and asked, "Inoue-kun, when will the telephone line to Niangziguan be restored?" ”

"It's coming." Inoue said, "I have just confirmed with the 4th Brigade that they have sent telephone soldiers to set up telephone lines, and if there is no accident, it will be restored in ten days." ”

"Ten days? It's too slow. Yoshio Shinozuka frowned.

Inoue Yasushi was silent, he didn't have a better way to do this.

Because the previous telephone line was so completely destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, even the telephone poles were unplugged.

Now it is equivalent to setting up a new telephone line between Taiyuan and Niangziguan, how can it be fast?

"By the way, isn't there a walkie-talkie?" Yoshio Shinozuka said, "I remember that all the wings of the Guards Division were equipped with walkie-talkies, did the 2nd Guards Division have equipment?" ”

The equipment of the Guards Division has always been the best in the army.

As the most advanced communication equipment, walkie-talkies are also given priority to equip the Guards Division.

"Yes." Yasushi Inoue, "The headquarters of the 2nd Guards Division and each wing are equipped with walkie-talkies, but because the walkie-talkies carried by the 9th Brigade, the Observation Regiment, and the Yamamoto Special Forces have been lost, it is easy to leak secrets when communicating through walkie-talkies, so the 2nd Guards Division has stopped using walkie-talkies. ”

"Really?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned when he heard this, he hadn't thought about this.

The principle of walkie-talkie is actually similar to broadcasting, but with an additional interactive function.

Originally, he also wanted to establish real-time communication with the 2nd Guards Division through walkie-talkies, but since there was a possibility of leaks, he could only dismiss the idea.

However, at this moment, the communication room suddenly sounded a sizzling telecommunications noise.

Yoshio Shinozuka and Yasushi Inoue subconsciously turned their heads, only to see that the green communication indicator of the walkie-talkie placed in the corner of the communication room suddenly lit up, indicating that there was a telecommunication signal access.

"Nani?" Inoue couldn't help but be stunned.

Didn't the 2nd Guards Division stop using walkie-talkies?

So where is this telecommunications signal coming from?

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly brightened his eyes, and he vaguely guessed a possibility.

"Open!" Yoshio Shinozuka made a gesture, and Yasushi Inoue quickly signaled all communications staff officers to silence and shut down all radio stations.

The entire communication class fell silent.

Then Yasushi Inoue gently turned on the walkie-talkie.

Yoshio Shinozuka picked up the earpiece and put it next to his right ear, only to hear the murmur of Zizi.

Yoshio Shinozuka was not in a hurry, and slowly turned the FM knob, and when it was adjusted to a certain frequency, a voice suddenly came out of the earpiece resting next to his right ear.

"Hey, can you hear me?"

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly perked up.

It's Chinese, it's the Eighth Route Army!

Great, what a bonus!

"Hey, Xiao Wang, I've heard you."

"Already heard? Hahaha, great! ”

"Damn, it's much easier to get in touch now."

"This time, we must let the devil taste our awesomeness."

This time Yoshio Shinozuka was even more surprised, the Eighth Route Army didn't seem to realize that they were being eavesdropped?

Although Yoshio Shinozuka could only understand simple Chinese, this did not hinder his judgment, and the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was obviously implementing multi-terminal communication through walkie-talkies.

And listen to the meaning of their words,

Seems to be planning to use walkie-talkies all the time?

Great, this gives them an opportunity for the 1st Army to take advantage of!

However, Yoshio Shinozuka was happy for less than 1 second, and a terminal on the opposite side suddenly said in Japanese: "Maxi Maxi, this is the Taihang Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and the 1st Army stationed in Shanxi receives it, please answer." ”

"Nani?" At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka was really caught off guard, and he exclaimed in surprise.

"Buckle your chicken baby." The voice on the other side continued in Japanese, "Who are you?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka quickly calmed down, since eavesdropping was no longer possible, he was no longer entangled, not to mention that it seemed interesting to be able to achieve a dialogue with the Eighth Route Army.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka said in a deep voice: "I am Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the 1st Army of the Imperial Japanese Army in Shanxi, and the Eighth Route Army opposite, please report your unit number, position and name." ”

"Oh, it's Commander Shinozuka." The voice on the other side said.

"As for my unit number, position, and name, guess?"

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka said angrily, "Don't you think it's very rude to do this? ”

"Disrespectful?" The voice on the other side said, "When you wantonly slaughtered us Chinese, did you think about politeness?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned when he heard this.

As the aggressor, he is really polite to the aggressor, which is really excessive.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Okay, I don't intend to argue with you, I just want to have a meaningful conversation with a senior commander of the Eighth Route Army who is equal to me." ”

"Shinozuka-kun, in fact, it may be more meaningful to talk to me."

The voice on the other side said, "Because I can answer all your questions." ”

"Really?" Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Well, you managed to convince me. ”

When he said this, Yoshio Shinozuka had a vague intuition that the person he was talking to now was most likely the founder and commander of the special forces of the Eighth Route Army!

There is no basis, it's just a gut feeling.

The voice on the other side continued, "Shinozuka-kun, I think you may have guessed who I am, right?" ”

"I'm just skeptical." Yoshio Shinozuka said in a deep voice, "But I'm not sure if it's right?" ”

"You're absolutely right." The voice on the other side smiled and said, "I believe that in a few days, your intelligence agency will be able to submit my resume to your desk in full." ”

As soon as the words fell, hurried footsteps sounded.

Yoshio Shinozuka originally thought it was the footsteps on the other side.

But soon, he realized that footsteps were coming from behind him.

Looking back in a hurry, I saw Takuya Mizuhara, the captain of the military police and the head of the special high section, walking in quickly.

Yoshio Shinozuka quickly covered the microphone tightly to make sure that the conversation on the other side could not be heard, and asked, "Mizuhara-kun, have you found anything?" ”

"Hello!"

Takuya Mizuhara paused and said: "Your Excellency Commander, news has just come from our inner line lurking in the Jin Sui Army that there is indeed a strong small army in the Taihang bandit area of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

"This small unit has a very high level of individual soldier quality and is extremely well-equipped!"

"Now the Jin Sui army has also been stimulated and is forming a small force of the same nature."

"Really?" Yoshio Shinozuka said, "What is the name of the commander of this small unit?" ”

"I don't know what it's called." Takuya Mizuhara said, "I only know his code name, and his code name is Wang Ye." ”

"Lord Wang?" Yoshio Shinozuka looked awe-inspired, and said in a deep voice, "In China, the prince is second only to the emperor, so it can be seen that this person is also a big man in the Eighth Route Army. ”

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "Apply to the Imperial Intelligence Department and ask them to use all their connections to immediately and thoroughly investigate all the senior generals above the brigade level in the Eighth Route Army. ”

"The focus is on generals who have a foreign background."

"Hello!" Takuya Mizuhara left in one fell swoop.

Yoshio Shinozuka released the microphone again and said in a deep voice: "Your code name is Wang Ye, right?" ”

"Lord Wang?" The voice on the other side was stunned for a moment, and said with admiration, "Your intelligence officers are really powerful, they found out my details so quickly, yes, my code name is Lord Wang." ”

Yoshio Shinozuka then said tentatively: "Then let me guess your true identity." ”

"Lord Wang, you are second only to the emperor in your power field in China, so your real identity should be the number two person in the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, am I guessing right?"

"Haha, there's no comment on this."

"I think I'm close to the truth."

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "You are the number two of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

The prince on the other side changed the topic and said, "Shinozuka-kun, let's talk about something else." ”

"It's fine." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Can you tell me how Yamamoto's team was wiped out by you?" There is also the North China Front Field Observation Group, how did you determine their location? ”

"Shinozuka-kun, you're too greedy." Wang Ye said, "These are all confidential questions you asked. ”

After a pause, the prince said again: "I can reveal a few unimportant secrets to you." ”

"Oh yes?" Yoshio Shinozuka's heart moved, "I don't know, what secrets did you reveal to me?" ”

The prince said: "Is your 1st Army stepping up preparations to launch a sweep against our Taihang Military Region?" ”

"Lord Wang, this is also confidential." Yoshio Shinozuka said in a deep voice, "But I can tell you unequivocally that all those who dare to go against the Imperial Army will eventually be wiped out by the Imperial Army. ”

"Shinozuka-kun, don't deny it." The prince said with a chuckle.

"I don't even know when you're going to launch a sweep."

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly felt a pang in his heart, could it be that there are still spies in the headquarters?

Wang Ye said again: "You got a No. A battle plan and are ready to form an advance team, right?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's face completely collapsed, Yaga, it seems that there are really hidden spies in the headquarters, because the No. A battle plan and the advance team are top secret, except for a few senior staff, no one else knows!

Even Shigeo Mashiko, who was in charge of training translators, didn't know how to form an advance team.

These damn Eighth Route Army spies are like rats in the gutter, and they can't be caught.

Wang Ye said again: "I also know that you are not going to use the troops along Zhengtai Road and Tongpu Road to launch a sweep, but are ready to seek the near and far and draw troops from Jinnan, right?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka was dumbfounded right now, wasn't he?

The prince even knows this? This is even more of a top secret.

Even the senior staff of the 1st Army Command did not know about it, could it be that the news leaked from the North China Front Headquarters? Because Okamura Ninji and Miyano Michichi already knew about it early on.

There are also spies of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the front army headquarters?

At this moment, Yoshio Shinozuka really felt a chill through his bones.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka soon felt that this was extremely unlikely, and the other party was probably just guessing.

And it doesn't seem to be difficult to guess that he will transfer troops from Jinnan, because he has nowhere else to transfer troops except from Jinnan.

So, this is the other party's temptation!

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka neither admitted nor denied it, and said with a smile: "Guess? ”

"Haha, it's worthy of Shinozuka-kun." The prince immediately laughed and said, "It's really interesting to talk to you." ”

"I feel the same way." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "I also think it's very interesting to talk to you, so when I have free time, you and I might as well contact more, how about it?" ”

"I agree." The prince laughed and said, "Keep in touch." ”

"Wait, don't hang up the phone just yet." Yoshio Shinozuka hurriedly said, "I have one more sentence I want to tell you." ”

Although he knows that the possibility of success is very small, Yoshio Shinozuka still wants to try, what if he succeeds? Or what if it can drive a wedge between the No. 1 and No. 2 of the Eighth Route Army?

And he said, "I don't think there's any point in you resisting any longer. ”

"The gap between China's national strength and the empire is too big, and you will not have a chance to win."

"So, I have an objective and rational suggestion, you better join the new government."

The prince on the opposite side was silent for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to consider this, but I have a condition." ”

"Really?" At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka was really a little surprised, and asked, "I don't know what conditions you have?" ”

The prince said: "I want your saber, are you willing to give it?" ”

PS: When I got up in the morning, I looked at the ranking of monthly passes and recommended tickets, and I fainted directly, and I couldn't see the shadow of the military classification, sweat to death, kneel and beg, kneel and beg, and urgently kneel and beg, and in addition, continue the three watches today.

(End of chapter)