At the same time, at the headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan.

After a day of arguing yesterday, the young officers, who were anxious to express their views, continued to quarrel all morning, but after fierce quarrels, their opinions gradually converged.

Final opinion: If you don't fight the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army, you will fight the Eighth Route Army.

If you don't fight the northwest of Jin, you won't fight the Taiyue Military Region, just hit the Taihang Military Region!

The reason is very simple, the northwest of Shanxi and the Taiyue Military Region are all hard bones, it is difficult to gnaw on them, and the value is not high, although the Taihang Military Region is just as difficult to gnaw, but it is the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the headquarters of the 129th Division, and the value is high, if the Taihang Military Region can be destroyed, it can greatly weaken the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.

Not to mention anything else, as long as the Huangyadong Arsenal can be destroyed, the war potential of the Shanxi Eighth Route Army will be weakened by at least half, and then the situation faced by the First Army will be much better than it is now.

"Good." Iwamatsu Yoshio nodded happily and said, "After two days of full exchanges, we finally reached a consensus of opinion, and then the next step is the formulation of a specific battle plan." ”

Speaking of this, Iwamatsu Yoshio said to Masao Inamori again: "Inamori-kun, this task will be handed over to your combat class. ”

After Ryuichi Sakamoto was transferred to the post of chief of staff of the 69th Division, Hanaya recommended Masao Inamori to take over as the head of the Operations Division, and Masao Inamori was originally the captain of an infantry group in the 4th Brigade Regiment, which could be regarded as a promotion.

"Hello." Masao Inamori slammed his head and said, "Please give us ten days." ”

"Ten days?" Iwamatsu Yoshio frowned and said, "It's been too long, I'll only give you three days." ”

"Hello." Masao Inamori replied stubbornly, "Your Excellency Commander, rest assured, we will definitely do our best to come up with a battle plan within three days. ”

……

Returning to the gendarmerie office from the headquarters of the First Army, there were already guests waiting for Takuya Mizuhara.

Liang Huazhi's identity in Taiyuan was almost semi-public, not only Mizuhara Takuya, but even Iwamatsu Yoshio They also knew, because many things, involving the correspondence between the Jin Sui Army and the Japanese army, were done through Liang Huazhi.

And Liang Huazhi also trained in Japan.

As a matter of fact, the spy system of the Jin Sui Army was all trained by the Japanese army's special high school.

Liang Huazhi and Mizuhara Takushi also belong to the same brotherhood, and they are both students of Kenji Dohihara.

"Liang Sang, it's early." Takuya Mizuhara nodded at Liang Huazhi, and said, "Have you eaten lunch?" Would you like to eat something with us? ”

"No, I've already eaten it."

Liang Huazhi waved his hand, and said, "Suwon-kun, is yesterday's transaction still counted?" ”

"Of course." Takuya Mizuhara smiled, "As I said, we Osaka people have always done business fairly, and we are not bullied, and we will never do such a thing as sitting on the ground and raising prices." ”

"Okay, then I'll give you a hundred taels of gold." Liang Huazhi gritted his teeth and said, "Buy you a message." ”

After speaking, Liang Huazhi took out ten gold bars from his briefcase, all of which were ten taels of large yellow croaker.

Takuya Mizuhara also inspected the condition, and said with a smile: "So, which news does Liang Sang want to know?" ”

Liang Huazhi said in a deep voice: "I want to know, which is the target of the Shanxi First Army this time?" ”

"Eighth Route Army." Takuya Mizuhara smiled slightly, and said, "The target of the First Army this time is the Eighth Route Army."

"The Eighth Route Army? That's great. Liang Huazhi breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Which one is it?" ”

Takuya Mizuhara looked at Liang Huazhi with a smile and said, "Liang Sang, this is already the second news, if you want to know the answer, you have to pay separately." ”

"I'm sorry." Liang Huazhi hurriedly said, "Then forget it." ”

Anyway, it's not Jin Suijun, so Liang Huazhi doesn't bother to care too much.

At that moment, Liang Huazhi got up and said, "Suwon-kun, then I will leave." ”

"Walk slowly, don't send." Takuya Mizuhara said, "If there's anything you want to know, just come to me, as long as you can afford it, I'll be able to get you any information." ”

"Okay, farewell." Liang Huazhi turned his head slightly and turned to go out.

Seeing Liang Huazhi's figure go out, Takuya Mizuhara smiled and put away the gold.

As soon as the gold was put away, the adjutant walked in again and reported: "Captain, Boss Zhou from Zhou Ji Photo Studio is here. ”

"Boss Zhou is here?" Takuya Mizuhara said happily, "Boss Zhou is a friend of the Imperial Army, please let him in." ”

"Hello." The adjutant nodded slightly, and invited Cao Mancang in.

After retiring from the official position, Takuya Mizuhara smiled and said, "Cao Sang, how did you think about it?" ”

Cao Mancang didn't say much, took out ten gold bars from his briefcase in distress, and said, "I'll buy a piece of information." ”

Cao Mancang was really distressed, This is a hundred taels of gold, enough for their Eighth Route Army to buy how many urgently needed supplies? If it is used to buy sulfonamide injections, it can save at least fifty seriously wounded fighters.

Takuya Mizuhara smiled and said, "Cao Sang, you don't have to worry about this. ”

"If this 100 taels of gold is used to buy medicines, it will save dozens of seriously injured people."

"But if it is used to buy intelligence, it can avoid the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, of fighters."

"Which of these two is more important, Cao Sang must know in his heart, in short, the information I sold must be worth the money, and I will definitely not do such a thing as asking for a sky-high price."

"But your price is really too expensive." Cao Mancang Road.

"You get what you pay for, and truly valuable information is priceless." Takuya Mizuhara said solemnly, "So what information does Cao Sang want to know?" ”

Cao Mancang said: "I want a complete battle plan for this sweeping operation. ”

The expression on Takuya Mizuhara's face immediately turned cold, and he said, "Cao Sang, your request is a bit excessive, of course I can get a complete battle plan, but how can I give you the plan?" ”

"You are Chinese, the idiom of drying up and fishing must be no stranger, right?"

"I'll sell you the whole plan, it's just a dry fish, I won't be stupid enough to put my net worth and life into it for a hundred taels of gold, this is not what a serious businessman should do."

Cao Mancang frowned and said, "So what kind of information can you provide?" ”

Takuya Mizuhara said: "I can provide you with the specific objectives of this sweeping operation, the number of participating troops, as well as the specific number of troops, and even the launch point of the attack. ”

"But a complete battle plan is absolutely impossible, no matter how high the price is."

"I'm not a fool like Yoshio Oshima, and I would never do something stupid about killing chickens and taking eggs."

"You can only buy a single piece of information from me, but please believe me, these single pieces of information are worth the money, at least they are worth far more than a hundred taels of gold."

"Okay." Cao Mancang said, "Then I want to know the specific number of troops." ”

"Are you sure?" Takuya Mizuhara smiled and said, "You don't want to determine which one is the target of this sweep first?" In case the target this time is the Jin Sui Army or the Central Army, won't you spend your one hundred taels of gold in vain? ”

"You don't have to set a goal." Cao Mancang said, "Fools know that it is our Eighth Route Army. ”

After a pause, Cao Mancang said again: "And I also know that your exact target is the Taihang Military Region in the southeast of Jin. ”

Mizuhara Taku smiled noncommittally, and said: "In that case, I won't say much, but the information you want cannot be provided for the time being, because the specific battle plan has not yet been completed, and I can't give the exact number now, but don't worry, when the exact number comes out, I will definitely provide it to you as soon as possible." ”

"So?" Cao Mancang frowned and asked, "What about this gold?" ”

"You get the gold back first." Takuya Mizuhara said with a smile, "As I said, we Osaka people have always paid attention to fairness and justice in doing business, and we have always paid money with one hand and delivered with the other. ”

"Okay, I'll wait for your news." Cao Mancang put away the gold.

……

Takuya Mizuhara didn't make Cao Mancang wait too long.

Two days later, Takuya Mizuhara personally came to the door to sell the information to Cao Mancang, and at the same time took the one hundred taels of gold, and after Cao Mancang got the information, he immediately sent it to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

After the headquarters organ was informed, it was sent to the Taiyue Military Region and the northwest of Shanxi.

When the news reached the northwest of Shanxi, Ding Wei and Kong Jie had already rushed to Fuliang Mountain.

"Chiefs, the exact information is here." Wang Ye unfolded the telegram and said.

Specifically, the First Army will concentrate the three field divisions of the 69th Division, the 36th Division, and the 37th Division to carry out an iron-walled sweeping operation against our Taihang Military Region."

Wang Ye pointed to the Taihang Military Region on the map.

"Fuck, concentrate three field divisions?"

"Three field divisions, that's more than 50,000 devils."

"It seems that Yoshio Iwamatsu, this old devil, is going to be serious."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie's faces changed slightly.

Ding Wei said again: "The devils have concentrated three field divisions for the sweeping operation of the Taihang Military Region, so how is the defensive deployment of the entire Shanxi arranged?" ”

Wang Ye said: "This telegram didn't say it, I guess I don't know." ”

After saying this, Wang Ye said again: "However, the strength of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi is fixed, and in addition to these three field divisions, there are only two infantry brigades left, the third brigade and the fourth brigade. ”

"If nothing else, there will be a brigade in southern Jinnan and a brigade in northwest Shanxi."

"At most, a wing will be temporarily seconded from the Mongolian army or the North China Front Army to guard Zhengtai Road."

"In the final analysis, the traffic line of Zhengtai Road is the real lifeline for the First Army stationed in Shanxi."

Li Yunlong said: "In other words, the devils we need to face at that time will be at most three infantry wings?" ”

Wang Ye said: "No, there shouldn't be so many infantry wings, because major county towns such as Laoxian, Anhua, Shouyang and Yangquan, as well as major strongholds such as Niangziguan, must be guarded by troops, so the Japanese army that can be used for mobile combat is at best an infantry wing." ”

Ding Wei said: "In other words, if we attack Taiyuan, the Japanese army we need to face is the garrison force left behind in Taiyuan plus a motorized infantry wing?" ”

"Yes." Wang Ye nodded and said, "About four thousand." ”

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie immediately began to calculate their capital.

Kong Jie said: "This is a tough battle, and you must have at least five times the advantage of troops." ”

Ding Wei said: "The number of troops is sufficient, we are not short of heavy weapons now, we even have armored troops, and the weaponry level is not lost to the devil at all." ”

Li Yunlong continued: "The amount of ammunition is also sufficient. ”

Wang Ye said: "The only problem now is that if the Japanese troops on the front line of the Taihang Military Region are desperate to return to help, we must set aside enough troops to be responsible for fighting and blocking, if so, the number of troops will not be enough." ”

"How can there not be enough troops?" Li Yunlong said, "Our three regiments together have more than 30,000 people, even if it is calculated according to the standard of five times the strength of the attack, only 20,000 people are needed, isn't there still 10,000 people who can be used to fight and block?" 10,000 people can fight to block the attack, how can it last for three days, right? With these three days, not only Taiyuan has been taken, but even the materials in Taiyuan City have been moved by us, hahaha. ”

Wang Ye said: "Regiment commander, have you forgotten the puppet army?" ”

"Oh yes." Li Yunlong patted his head and said, "The current puppet army is not as good as before." ”

Wang Ye said: "The Shanxi puppet army has a total of five divisions, about 50,000 people, if nothing else, at least two divisions will be mobilized for the sweep of the Taihang Military Region, and the remaining three divisions are stationed in various big cities and counties, specifically to Taiyuan, there will be at least one regiment of more than 2,000 puppet troops." ”

"It's all cowardice to let these puppet troops fight in the field."

"But let them defend the city, it's still okay."

"After all, many puppet armies are actually just Jin Suijun's new name."

"The Jin Sui army can't fight offensive battles, but it is still very good at fighting defensive battles, and Fu Yisheng defended Zhuozhou alone, which made Zhang Zuolin's Northeast Army very embarrassed."

Ding Wei said: "In other words, if we attack Taiyuan, we will have to face 4,000 devils plus 2,000 puppet troops, then we need to concentrate at least 30,000 troops." ”

"Yes, 30,000 is the bottom line." Wang Ye said.

"If the number of troops is less than 30,000, once something unexpected happens, it is easy to be half-baked, and when we steal chickens, we will not be able to eat a handful of rice, and then the loss will be great."

"That's it." Ding Wei said with deep thought, "We must set aside a margin of troops." ”

Wang Ye said: "Actually, the three chiefs, I'm afraid we won't be able to dispatch as many as 30,000 people, because we need to leave at least one battalion of troops to defend the base area." ”

Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang, are you worried about the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army?" ”

"Yes." Wang Ye said, "I'm worried that they will attack our base while our main force is out. ”

"No, Liang Gang won't say it, but I still know Chu Yunfei's personality very well." Li Yunlong said, "You said that he would make some small moves behind his back, which I believe, but if you want to say that he will take this opportunity to sneak attack us, I don't believe it, with Chu Yunfei's character, he will not do this." ”

"Commander, the heart of guarding against others is indispensable."

Wang Ye said: "The ghost knows what will happen then?" ”

Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang, are you worried about what Yan Xishan will do?" ”

"Yes, I'm not worried about Chu Yunfei, I'm worried about Yan Xishan." Wang Ye said, "Although the negotiations between Yan Xishan and the Japanese are each with their own ghosts, they just want to use each other, but Yan Xishan's intention to deal with our Eighth Route Army is obvious, and his vigilance against our Eighth Route Army is even more than that of the Japanese army." ”

"So, as soon as he is given the opportunity, he will definitely do it."

"When the time comes, Yan Laoxi will casually find an excuse to support Chu Yunfei for a while,"

"Fang Ligong's character is far worse than Chu Yunfei, he will not be merciful."

"Hiss......" Li Yunlong frowned and said, "Xiao Wang, after you say this, there is really such a possibility, if this is the case, I am afraid that it is not safe to leave one battalion, and two battalions must be left." ”

Wang Ye said: "One battalion is almost enough, even if these opportunists really invade our base area, they will definitely not and will never be able to fight hard, and having a main battalion is enough to deal with it." ”

Ding Wei said: "In this case, we can only use 26,000 troops. ”

Kong Jie said: "In this case, our strength advantage compared to the devil puppet army is less than five times, will it not be enough insurance?" Otherwise, it's better to fight Anhua? ”

Zhao Gang immediately said: "I support Anhua." ”

Xing Zhiguo also said: "I think we should fight Ping'an County." ”

"Nope." Li Yunlong's attitude was very resolute, "What's the point of hitting Anhua and Ping'an County?" Either you don't fight, if you want to fight, you will hit Taiyuan and cut off the head of the old devil Yoshio Iwamatsu! ”

Ding Wei said: "I also think it is more valuable to fight Taiyuan." ”

Zhao Gang said: "The problem is that Taiyuan is not safe, and the variables are too great. ”

"Yes, first of all, the advantage of troops is insufficient." "Secondly, the only brigade of the Jin Sui Army and the 94th brigade of the Central Army are also variables, and the most important thing is that we also have to consider the reaction of the Mongolian army and the North China Front, in case the Mongolian army suddenly goes south or the main force of the North China Front army moves westward, I am afraid it will be difficult to end at that time." ”

"Damn, I don't believe it, I really can't fight a tough battle without a five-fold advantage?" Li Yunlong said, "If it is according to my meaning, not to mention a four-fold superiority, it is a three-fold superiority or even a two-fold superiority, Lao Tzu dares to fight, it is all two shoulders and a head, what are you afraid of?" Where are we worse than the little devils? ”

Ding Wei also said: "I also support Lao Li's opinion, beat his mother." ”

Speaking of this, Ding Wei said again: "No matter what, now our equipment is no worse than that of the devil, and the training level, combat experience and will to fight are also about the same, and the four-fold superior force is enough." ”

Kong Jie said helplessly: "Lao Li and Lao Ding, since you are all in favor of fighting Taiyuan, then I will obey." ”

"Okay, then it's decided, hit Taiyuan!" Li Yunlong slapped the table and said, "Now let's continue to discuss the specific combat plan, Xiao Wang, tell me what you think first." ”