From receiving the report from the Kono Brigade in the early hours of the morning to more than ten o'clock in the morning, these ten hours were tormenting every minute for Miyano Michiichi.

But deep down,

Miyano Michiichi still saved a fluke.

The Fujimoto brigade may have a radio malfunction.

Kitazawa brigade, most likely because of radio silence.

Special forces, when performing combat missions, mostly have radio silence.

Therefore, the Fujimoto Brigade and the Kitazawa Brigade lost contact for a while, which cannot explain any problems.

However, as time went on, the Fujimoto Brigade and the Kitazawa Brigade were never contacted by ten o'clock in the morning, and Miyano Michiichi realized that the possibility of a miracle was very small.

The Fujimoto Brigade and the Kitazawa Brigade have a high probability that something has happened.

This makes Miyano Michi puzzled, what went wrong?

Michiichi Miyano reviewed the entire plan, but still didn't find any problems.

The inside line of the Eighth Route Army that Shigeo Kitazawa and Tsuneo Arai rebelled against was a fraudulent surrender? This is absolutely impossible!

Not to mention Shigeo Kitazawa, Tsuneo Arai is an old man who came out of the gendarmerie system, and his experience in counter-espionage can be said to be extremely rich, and it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to escape his screening whether it is a true surrender or a false surrender.

So the infighting at the top of the independent regiment is fake? This is even more unlikely.

Because according to the reconnaissance report of the Beize Brigade, the chaos of the Independent Regiment was by no means fake, and the main force of the Independent Regiment that went out to Qingyun Town and Dagu Town even put a cordon on Zhao Jiayu.

After thinking about it, Miyano Michiichi thought of a possibility.

That is, the high-level of the independent regiment actually knew that their traffic officer had been rebelled, and then they used this traffic officer to sing a bitter meat plan, which not only concealed the grassroots officers and soldiers of the independent regiment, but also concealed the traffic officer who had been rebelled, and put the Fujimoto brigade and the Kitazawa brigade into it at once.

But how is that possible? The transport officers of the Independent Regiment were detained for a very short time.

Even if the high-level of the Independent Regiment is an immortal, it is impossible for them to know about this!

Besides, even if you find that there is a problem with this traffic officer, it will take time to screen it, right?

Before the final result was identified, the top brass of the Independent Regiment took him into play? The logic is completely inconsistent!

Miyano Michiichi couldn't figure it out, and the depression in his chest had nowhere to vent, and the ornaments in the office suffered.

When Kamegawa pushed the door and walked into Miyano Michiichi's office, he saw that the floor was littered with broken pieces of porcelain ornaments, including a valuable Jun kiln bucket hat.

"Division Commander." Kamegawa Kiyoto's first road.

"Aviation scouts have already flown to Dagu Town and Zhaojiayu to reconnoitre."

"Oh yes?" Michiichi Miyano feigned composure and said, "How did it turn out?" ”

Guichuan Qingdao: "The regimental headquarters compound of the Zhaojiayu Independent Regiment has obvious traces of battle, half of the courtyard was destroyed in the war, and the Eighth Route Army built a large grave pile at the entrance of the village. ”

Suddenly, Michiichi Miyano felt black in front of him.

It's over, it's over! The Kitazawa brigade is really finished!

"Division Commander?!" Kamegawa Kiyoshi said with concern, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, I'm fine." Michiichi Miyano forced himself to calm down.

Although the destruction of Kitazawa's brigade is not a trivial matter, His Excellency the General and His Excellency the Commander will not necessarily dismiss him from his post because of this, and things may not have taken a turn for the better.

At that moment, Miyano Michiichi said again: "What about the Fujimoto brigade?" ”

"The Fujimoto brigade is also finished." Kamegawa said in a deep voice.

"Aviation scouts also found traces of battle in the camp of the Eighth Route Army outside Dagu Town, and there were also several large graves on the mass graves outside the town."

"If nothing else,"

"There should be imperial soldiers buried inside."

At this time, Miyano Michiichi can no longer be stable.

Directly sat on the big board chair.

"Division Commander." Kamegawa Kiyoshi said again, "Do you want to report it?" ”

Miyano Michiichi sighed and said, "It's better to report it truthfully." ”

"Hello." Kamegawa paused slightly, turned around and went out.

Seeing Kamegawa Kiyoshi leave, Miyano Michichi showed a lonely look.

……

Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army.

The plaster cast on Yoshio Iwamatsu's right leg has been removed, and now he is only on a splint and can walk on crutches.

Walking into the war room on crutches, Iwamatsu Yoshio asked, "Hanaya-kun, how did I hear the roar of the Zero fighter engine just now?" Are there any combat operations in aviation? ”

"Your Excellency, Commander." Flower Valley is slightly stunned.

The combat staff officers standing next to him also bowed their heads in unison.

Yan Songyi waved his hand and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"There are no combat operations." Hanaya said, "It's just that at the request of the Second Guards Division, a Zero combat reconnaissance plane was sent to Fuliang Mountain to reconnoitre." ”

"The 2nd Guards Division?"

Iwamatsu Yoshio frowned and said, "What's going on?" ”

"Is the 2nd Guards Division going to take combat action against the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army?"

"Won't it?" Hanaya Masadao, "Not to mention that the two infantry wings of the 2nd Guards Division are still training, and even the combat materials have not been replenished, so they are completely unqualified to launch an offensive at this time." ”

Iwamatsu Yoshio frowned and said, "Has the Zero combat reconnaissance plane sent to return home?" ”

"Not yet." Hanaya shook his head, and then said, "But you can get in touch." ”

Compared with the previous Type 97 Nakajima combat reconnaissance aircraft, the Zero combat reconnaissance aircraft has made one of the biggest modifications, that is, it has installed an airborne wireless station, which can realize instant communication with ground stations.

Iwamatsu Yoshio said: "Then contact immediately and ask what's going on?" ”

I don't know why, Iwamatsu Yoshihiro always has a sense of uneasiness in his heart.

"Hello!" Hanaya was slightly stunned, and when he was about to contact the reconnaissance plane,

The head of the communications section, Yasushi Inoue, hurriedly walked in and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, the 2nd Guards Division is in an emergency!" ”

"Give it to me." Hanaya was taking the telegram, but after just a glance, his face fell, and he was as ugly as he looked.

"How?" Yoshio Iwamatsu frowned and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Hanaya said with a dark face: "The Second Guards Division organized an offensive operation without permission, and dispatched the Kitazawa Brigade and two infantry brigades to launch a surprise attack on the Independent Regiment at night. ”

"Nani?" Iwamatsu Yoshioshi's heart jumped, "Rush to attack the Independent Regiment? ”

"Hello." Hanaya Zhengwei paused and said, "The final result is ......"

After a pause, he said: "The Beize Brigade collectively shattered jade, one of the two infantry brigades that coordinated the attack was collectively shattered, and the other returned in vain, and this raid ended in a fiasco!" ”

"Yaga!" Yoshio Iwamatsu was furious and said, "What is Miyano Michiichi doing with this idiot? ”

"It's not that he doesn't know how dangerous the independent regiment is, not to mention how cunning Li Yunlong and Wang Ye are, who gave him the courage to dare to attack Fuliang Mountain with the two infantry brigades plus the Beize brigade?"

"Isn't this looking for death? Is this idiot brain-pumping? ”

Iwamatsu Yoshio instantly broke out of anger, and his old face turned green with anger.

Hanaya Masaya also felt that Miyano Michichi's operation was very confused, so he could only remain silent.

"I need an explanation." Yoshio Iwamatsu snapped, "Let Miyano Michiichi give me an explanation immediately." ”

As the division commander of the 2nd Guards Division, Michiichi Miyano did not have the authority to initiate combat operations, but the mobilization of troops above the brigade level to launch combat operations must be reported to the headquarters, and this is an order.

Miyano Michiichi ignored the order and didn't report to the headquarters before launching the combat operation, and he actually suffered such a big loss, which is a crime plus one degree.

"Let him explain it to me."

"I'm going to listen to him!"

……

Anhua, headquarters of the 2nd Guards Division.

Kamegawa Kiyoshi walked into Miyano Michiichi's office again, and said with a pause: "Division commander, the Kono Brigade has returned, and in addition, there is also an imperial soldier from the Fujimoto Brigade who has escaped back. ”

"Oh?" Miyano Michiichi looked moved and said, "Call Kono-kun and that imperial soldier." ”

"Hello!" Kamegawa Kiyoshi headed out the door, and a moment later walked in with a junior officer and an unkempt captain.

"Division Commander!"

Shao Zuo and the captain nodded at the same time.

Miyano Michiichi's eyes fell on Shaozo and said, "Kono-kun, you speak first." ”

"Hello." Shao Zuowei paused and said, "At about eight o'clock last night, our brigade arrived at the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold by truck, and then got out of the car and marched on foot. ”

"At about ten o'clock in the evening, we arrived at the outskirts of Qingyun Town."

"Under the cover of night, our brigade successfully infiltrated the bud valley in the suburbs."

"When we arrived, the camp of the Independence Regiment was brightly lit and the troops were being assembled."

"It is precisely because of the assembly that it is easy for us to see clearly that the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Qingyun Town is about a thousand people, and there are more than a hundred cavalry among them."

"Then the cavalry left first."

"Just as the infantry was preparing to move, the situation changed."

"After the arrival of a cavalry communicator, the infantry in the column quickly disbanded and returned to the camp to sleep."

"But the cavalry who had left before did not return, and it was this that made me suspicious, so I only asked the second squadron to send a small squadron for a tentative attack."

"It turned out that the whole camp was empty."

"Huh? Is the camp empty? Miyano Michiichi said awe-inspiringly, "Kono-kun, didn't you just say that the Eighth Route Army in the column returned to the camp to sleep after it was disbanded?" ”

"Yes." Shao Zuoton said, "But the fact is that nearly a thousand Eighth Route Army soldiers disappeared inexplicably, and then a large number of Eighth Route Army troops appeared around us. ”

"Authentic!" Kiyoshi Kamegawa said, "There must be an authenticity!" ”

Michiichi Miyano frowned and said, "Have you searched the camp?" ”

"Searched, but found nothing." Shao Zuo said.

"Because after our infantry squad entered the camp, the Eighth Route Army detonated the mines in the camp, and after the explosion, the entire camp became unrecognizable and had no search value at all."

"Yaga!" Michichi Miyano said with a dark face, "Damn the eight roads." ”

Shao Zuo said again: "Division commander, there is an even more exaggerated thing. ”

"Oh? What's even more exaggerated? Miyano said, "What's the matter?" ”

Shao Zuo said: "The tricks of the Eighth Route Army were seen through by us, and the surprise attack turned into a frontal attack, and we were easily defeated, after defeating the Eighth Route Army, I also sent an infantry squadron into Qingyun Town to search, trying to force the people of China in the town to act as guides for the imperial army and find these fleeing Eighth Route Army." ”

"That's how it should be." Kiyoshi Kamegawa asked, "And then?" ”

Shao Zuo said: "Then I found that the whole town was empty. ”

"Nani?" Kamegawa Kiyoshi was stunned and said, "The whole town is empty? ”

Miyano Michiichi was also dumbfounded: "Is there no one in Qingyun Town?" ”

"Yes, not a single one." Shao Zuo said, "It's like a dead town!" ”

Miyano Michiichi and Kamegawa Kiyoshi looked at each other, and the two realized that things were not so simple.

"Wait." Miyano Michiichi suddenly remembered something and asked, "Kamegawa-kun, did Hirata, the captain of the Heyuan Military Police, ever report that the Eighth Route Army of Fuliang Mountain, Jiugong Mountain, and Wohu Mountain are all digging tunnels?" ”

"Seems to be the case." Kamegawa Kiyoya remembered it for a moment and immediately rummaged through the filing cabinet.

After a while, he found a written letter from the filing cabinet, it turned out that half a year ago, Hirata Ichiro had reported to the division headquarters that the Eighth Route Army was digging tunnels, but it did not attract their attention.

Miyano Michiichi originally thought it was just a few escape routes.

But now it seems that things are not so simple.

How deep can it be that all the people of a town can disappear?

Looking at this posture, does the Eighth Route Army plan to use the tunnel as a weapon?

At that moment, Miyano Michiichi turned his gaze to the Wu Commander and asked, "Now you say." ”

"Hello." The captain of the army said after a pause, "The situation encountered by our brigade is similar, except that from the very beginning, the main force of our brigade has all rushed into the camp of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Then the camp of the Eighth Route Army exploded."

"It killed and injured half of us on the spot."

"Then the Eighth Route Army appeared on the periphery like a ghost."

"Our heavy machine gun squadron and grenadier squad were attacked and shattered on the spot."

"There were less than a hundred imperial soldiers left in the entire brigade who fled into the bud valley, but they were chased and killed by the Eighth Route Army and the people of China, and in the end I was the only one who fled back."

"It's hard work, go down and rest."

Miyano Michiichi sent the young man and the chief back to rest.

He said to Kamegawa Kiyoshi again: "Now the situation of the Kitazawa Brigade has not been clarified. ”

Kamegawa Kiyoshi sighed and said, "The situation of the Kitazawa Brigade is just like the Yamamoto Brigade, and it will become an eternal puzzle, unless the Eighth Route Army is willing to take the initiative to tell us the reason." ”

Michiichi Miyano said helplessly: "Report it truthfully." ”

"Hello." Kamegawa Kiyoto's first road.

……

The report of the 2nd Guards Division was already on the desk of Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Not only Iwamatsu Yoshio, but also several section chiefs such as Masashi Hanaya, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yasushi Inoue, and Jiro Sakuma have also read the report of the Second Guards Division.

"Let's talk about it." Iwao Yoshio Road.

Hanaya is keeping silent with several section chiefs.

In the end, it was Ryuichi Sakamoto who broke the silence: "If the situation stated by the 2nd Guards Division in the report is true, then I don't think there is any problem with the selection of the 2nd Guards Division." ”

"This is indeed a godsend for the Independent Regiment."

"And the cost is minimal."

"It is also understandable not to report to the headquarters, after all, the problem of intelligence leakage has always existed in our First Army Command, and it has not been eliminated to this day."

After speaking, Takaichi Sakamoto turned his head and glanced at Takuya Mizuhara.

Takuya Mizuhara was suddenly furious, what do you think I mean?

Does that mean I leaked the information of the headquarters? Do you have proof?

Yaga, Sakamoto-kun, this is what you provoked me, so don't blame me for being rude.

At that moment, Takuya Mizuhara said abruptly: "God-given opportunity? Only idiots think so. ”

"Nani?" Sakamoto Takaichi showed a look of shame on his face, and said angrily, "Mizuhara-kun, speak politely. ”

"Hehe, I'm already very polite." Takuya Mizuhara said abruptly, "What I actually want to say is that even a dog in our gendarmerie knows that this is a trap for the Eighth Route Army!" ”

"Damn." Takashi Sakamoto said hatefully, "What is your basis?" ”

"My argument is simple." Takuya Mizuhara said abruptly, "How stupid do you have to be to believe that the independent regiment will break out into infighting?" ”

"Sakamoto-kun, I admit that you are a little clever, but you can be said to know nothing about the traditions and souls of the Independent Regiment, I think you should really study the troops of the Independent Regiment carefully, and then come and talk to Your Excellency the Commander, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, and your colleagues."

"Really?" Sakamoto Takaichi said angrily, "Then tell me, what is the tradition and soul of the independent group?" If you can say why today, if you can't say anything, I ask for a duel with you! I demand that the shame you have imposed on me be washed away in a samurai manner. ”

"Duel?" Takuya Mizuhara snorted, "It's up to you to be worthy?" ”

"Hey, Suwon-kun, don't talk nonsense." Yoshio Iwamatsu said, "Say your point." ”

"Hello." Takuya Suhara was the first to say, "The tradition of the Independent Regiment is to never do loss-making business, and the soul of the Independent Regiment is Li Yunlong!" ”

"The Independent Regiment never deals at a loss."

However, the storming of Ping'an County is clearly a loss-making business, and Li Yunlong would make such a stupid decision? Isn't that suspicious? ”

"Let's talk about Li Yunlong, the soul of the independent group, Sakamoto-kun, do you know what a soul is?"

"The reason why people become people is because they have souls, and the reason why an army becomes an army is also because of the existence of military souls, so in the independent regiment, who do you think has the ability to arrest Li Yunlong?"

"But ......," said Ryuichi Sakamoto, "the Eighth Route Army has a two-officer system......

"That's why I said you're stupider than pigs." Taku Mizuhara also said unceremoniously, "There is nothing wrong with the Eighth Route Army being a dual commander system, but there is always a priority in everything. ”

"A strong character like Li Yunlong,"

"Do you think he will tolerate a commissar being stronger than him?"

"If that political commissar really had the courage to arrest him, I'm afraid he would have been squeezed away by him a long time ago."

Speaking of this, Takuya Mizuhara said again: "Therefore, no matter how you argue, you can't change the fact that the 2nd Guards Division suffered a fiasco this time because of the misjudgment of General Miyano and Kitazawa-kun. ”

(End of chapter)