On the east bank of the Yellow River, Wang Ye and his entourage of more than 200 horsemen were returning south.

"Look, Captain." Fan Guanqi pointed to the sky above his head and said, "Devil plane." ”

Wang Ye glanced up and said casually: "Look at this appearance, it should be a Mitsubishi 97 reconnaissance plane." ”

Reconnaissance planes don't have to pay attention, because devil reconnaissance planes usually don't pay attention to the small groups of enemy troops they encounter along the way.

Fan Guan glanced at the sniper rifle behind Wang Ye's saddle, and said with a look of hope: "Captain, do you want to shoot him?" Maybe you're lucky? ”

"Don't fight." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "It's a waste of bullets." ”

Wei Dayong also said: "The flight altitude is at least 1,000 meters, which is beyond the effective range of the rifle. ”

Fan Guan sighed and said with some annoyance: "If only there was an anti-aircraft gun, the devils would no longer dare to come to our base area to conduct reconnaissance unscrupulously." ”

"What do you want, dog?" Wei Dayong said abruptly.

"What is the use of an anti-aircraft gun? The devil will blow you up in minutes. ”

"Brother Yong, can you stop calling me a dog all the time?" Fan Guan was dissatisfied and said, "Call me Xiao Fan." ”

"I'll just scream, what can you do?" Wei Dayong snorted and said continuously, "Dog, dog, brother." ”

Fan Guan glanced at Wei Dayong enough, so he could only turn his head and ignore him, there was really no way to do this, he couldn't scold and scold, he couldn't beat him, what else could he do?

At this time, Li Xia rode a horse to catch up.

"Captain." Li Xia shouted, "There is a mission." ”

Wang Ye stopped and asked, "What task?" ”

Li Xia said: "I just received a telegram from the headquarters, saying that there is a beautiful major named Carlson, who has completed the interview with the 120th Division, and is going to our Shanxi Northwest Column to interview, and the commander asked us to go to pick it up, and be sure to ensure the safety of Major Carlson and his party." ”

Wang Ye said: "Where are they now?" ”

Li Xia said: "It's already past Heyang County just now. ”

"Heyang County? That's not far from us. At that moment, Wang Ye shouted, "Pass my order, turn around and go back to Heyang County to pick up the guests of the beautiful country." ”

……

At this time, Nakamura Moritaka piloted a reconnaissance plane that had already flown over Wanmadu.

"Okamura-kun, it's really a chimney." Nakamura Moritaka said loudly while gesturing, "But how could the people of Shina build a chimney on the top of a mountain? And it's so short, can it exhaust smoke? ”

"No, no, no." Okamura Ninji said, "Nakamura-kun, you are wrong, they didn't build the chimney on the top of the mountain, but built the chimney inside the mountain, and their factory is in the belly of this mountain!" ”

"What?" Nakamura Moritaka was stunned and said, "These people are really cunning. ”

After a pause, Nakamura Moritaka proposed again: "Okamura-kun, do you want me to throw a bomb at the chimney?" ”

Although the Mitsubishi Type 97 reconnaissance plane is a reconnaissance plane, it can also carry two 25-kilogram bombs.

"Forget it." Okamura Ninji shook his head and said, "Not to mention whether you can throw the bomb into the chimney, even if you throw it in and blow up the smoke vent, it will be useless, and the people of China will be able to fix it soon." ”

"Yes." Nakamura said, "It's really useless." ”

After a pause, he added: "In this case, the bombing will not work." ”

"Yes, you don't have to bomb here again." Okamura Ninji said, "It's useless. ”

As he spoke, several smoke vents on the top of the mountain below suddenly stopped exhausting, and Nakamura Moritaka sighed lightly.

Nakamura said, "Okamura-kun, I remember that once the boiler in a steel plant or power plant is in operation, it can't be shut down unless there are special circumstances, right? ”

"Yes." Okamura nodded.

Nakamura said, "But the boiler at the bottom was shut down. ”

"This shows that they are still in the trial operation stage." Okamura's eyes lit up.

Nakamura Moritaka's eyes also lit up, and he said, "In other words, the factory in the northwest of Shanxi has not been built yet?" The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has not yet received the support of the industrial zone? ”

"At least the power plant and the steel plant are not yet operational." Okamura Ninji said.

"Without a stable supply of electricity and steel, the arsenal would not be able to produce a steady stream of bullets and shells of various calibers, at best, some ammunition."

"Yo Si." Nakamura nodded happily.

"Go back." Okamura Ninji said.

"Hello." Nakamura Moritaka nodded.

……

In a small village in Heyang County, Wang Ye received Colonel Carlson and his party.

Wang Ye remembered that there seemed to be no Carlson in the original play, and it seemed that due to the appearance of him as a traverser, the entire world line had become unrecognizable, and even Carlson had run out.

There is a Carlson in history, and he really went to the Jinjiyu base area to interview.

Major Carlson and his entourage were more than a dozen people, in addition to Major Carlson himself and several beautiful country officers, there were also translators and security personnel sent by Yan'an, and the battle was not small.

Major Carlson had clearly arrived with some sort of mission.

In addition to the camera, I actually brought a video camera.

Yan'an also sent two mules to carry equipment for him.

"Hello, Major Carlson." Wang Ye stretched out his hand and said, "My name is Wang Ye, and I was ordered to pick you up." ”

Wang Ye spoke fluent drifting English, which surprised Carlson: "Oh, selling cakes, I really didn't expect to meet an officer of the Eighth Route Army who can speak drifting English." ”

Carlsen's vigilance, however, is very high.

After greeting him, Carlson said directly: "Wang, I'm glad that you can bring troops to pick me up in your busy schedule, I know you are doing this to keep me safe, but I want to say that it is not necessary." ”

"No need?" Wang Ye said, "What do you mean, do you arrange your own itinerary?" ”

"Yes." "I have to make sure that what I'm seeing and recording is real and not something that someone has specifically assigned for us to see or hear." ”

Wang Ye said: "But your safety? ”

"We'll take care of it ourselves." Carlson said.

"I already greeted Ambassador Jensen before I left Chongqing."

"If there is an accident on the way to the Eighth Route Army base area, it will be dealt with in accordance with the procedures of the fallen drifting soldiers, and it will be good to give my family a pension, and it will not cause you trouble."

"Whatever you want." Wang Ye happily agreed to Carlson's request.

Wang Yecai won't ask for the protection of a beautiful national officer with a semblance of shame, is he cheap?

Moreover, Wang Ye knows very well that no matter what Carlson sees and records during his trip to the battlefield behind enemy lines, it probably will not change the course of history.

The beautiful country will still support the national government.

There will still not be even a company of U.S. weapons and equipment for the Eighth Route Army.

In the future, after the outbreak of the civil war, the beautiful country will also sell half of the massive American equipment that has been eliminated to the Kuomintang and support the Kuomintang in launching a civil war.

So, who cares if Carlson lives or dies?

Anyway, the brigade commander's order has been carried out, and it is his business that Carlson refuses to accept it.

At that moment, Wang Ye took the wolf brigade and the cavalry company south and returned to the base area in the northwest of Jin, and really did not leave a single soldier for Carlson.

……

When Okamura returned to the Beiping Headquarters, it was already evening.

Unable to even eat dinner, Okamura Ninji summoned all the officers above the rank of second lieutenant in the headquarters to the combat hall to prepare for a staff meeting to discuss an important topic.

Cancel the plan for the Battle of Wuyuan and launch a sweep against the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in advance!

As soon as this decision was announced, the entire combat hall exploded, and all the officers present at the meeting were stunned, and Miharu Oshiroto, a staff member who had just arrived, was also confused.

After a long time, Ojodo Sanji asked, "Your Excellency, why did you give up the plan for the Battle of Gohara?" Is it because the Mongolian army and the 1st Division suffered too much loss in the Battle of Datong? ”

"Two reasons." Okamura Ninji said, "The first reason is that the losses of the Mongolian army and the 1st Division in the Battle of Datong are too great, and it will take at least five days of rest and replenishment to restore combat effectiveness, but at most two days, the Sui army will be able to build a chain of fortifications outside the city of Gohara that is sufficient to resist the tank cluster." ”

"In other words, the window of time for the Battle of the Five Plains has been lost."

"And once the suddenness of the battle is lost, it is very likely that the fight will be stalemate."

Speaking of this, Okamura Ningji said again: "But our original intention in launching the Battle of Wuyuan was not to annihilate the Sui army, let alone fight each other, but to occupy Wuyuan and then control the Hetao area, complete the encirclement of the bandit area in the northwest of Jin from behind, and then gather and annihilate the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous area of northwest Shanxi." ”

Hearing this, the three rulers of the big city, the three men who were the last to be fine, and the officers attending the meeting looked at each other.

Many people were skeptical of Okamura Ninji's judgment, the imperial army concentrated two divisions plus a chariot division to launch a surprise attack on Wuyuan, and the Sui army was really capable of holding Wuyuan? Fight each other, real fake?

"You don't have to doubt." Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "I have personally flown to the sky over Wuyuan to see it, the trench fortifications built by the Sui army are not only complete, but also wide and deep, and the tanks of the imperial army cannot cross at all, not only that, but the Sui army has also built a large number of anti-tank cones, which further weakens the penetration ability of the combat vehicle." ”

"Huh? Anti-tank cones? Most of the officers present finally believed it.

Although the terrain of Wuyuan is very suitable for the large-scale penetration of the tank cluster, if the Sui army has made a good deployment in advance and built a complete anti-tank trench and anti-tank cone, then the tank group will not be able to do anything, and then it will have to rely on sappers to fill in the trenches of the Sui army little by little and destroy the anti-tank cone, which will require a lot of time and effort.

But Yousue Jingsan was obviously not so easily persuaded, and said with a frown: "Your Excellency General, even if you fight with the Sui army, this battle should not be easily abandoned, if the troops are insufficient, then continue to increase troops to Wuyuan, if you can't solve the Sui army in a short time, then continue to mobilize materials to extend the time." ”

"In short, the Sui army must be solved no matter what."

"Because the imperial army must first solve the Sui army before it can occupy Wuyuan and Hetao."

"Only by occupying the Hetao can we complete the encirclement of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Only by completing the encirclement of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army on all sides and sweeping the bandit area in the northwest of Jin Province of the Eighth Route Army is meaningful, otherwise the Imperial Army concentrated a large number of troops and spent a lot of materials to organize a sweep, but the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army ran away, wouldn't it be a waste of work?"

The officers present also nodded in unison.

Their ideas are consistent with those of the Arisue Seizan Zo.

"That's the second reason I want to say." Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice, "This morning, I personally flew to the Hetao and the skies over the northwest of Shanxi Province to conduct reconnaissance of the bandit areas in the northwest of Shanxi. ”

"It turned out to be a very important piece of information."

Speaking of this, Okamura Ningji said again: "I found that the northwest bandit area of Shanxi Province is next to the Yellow River, but this section of the Yellow River is turbulent, the efficiency of the ferry is very low, and there are no big boats at all, in other words, personnel and livestock can be ferried back and forth in this section of the Yellow River, but it is impossible to weigh several tons or even more than ten tons of machinery and equipment. ”

Seizo said: "Your Excellency, General, you mean that machinery and equipment cannot cross the river?" ”

"Yes, machinery and equipment will never cross the Yellow River." Okamura Ningji said firmly, "So, what you are worried about will not happen, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will not escape easily until the end, because they finally grabbed this batch of machinery and equipment from Taiyuan, and it was not easy to build the factory, how could they give up easily?" ”

"But what if?" "What if the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army gives up?" ”

"That's nothing." Okamura Ningji said casually, "If the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army really gives up the bandit area in the northwest of Shanxi Province and the factory that was built with great difficulty, it will lose a stable supply of ammunition, then in the next battle, as long as the imperial army does not make a fatal mistake and let the 386th Brigade fight a war of annihilation again, they will fight weaker and weaker, until they completely lose the ability to launch a large-scale campaign, and at that time, the 386th Brigade will still be there, and there will be nothing to worry about." ”

There was a subconscious nod, because logically speaking, what Okamura Ninji said was not right.

Because the strong combat effectiveness of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is also based on sufficient ammunition supply.

If it were not for the materials of the division and regiment captured from Taiyuan, the combat effectiveness of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army would never have been strong to this extent.

Okamura Ninji said again: "In addition, I said that I would abandon the plan for the Battle of Wuyuan and launch a sweep against the bandit areas in the northwest of Jin Province in advance, not to ask for your opinions, nor to hold a staff meeting today. ”

After a pause, Okamura Ninji said again: "This is an order, and it must be carried out. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and you have already made a decision, so there is still a discussion.

Oshito Sanji said: "Your Excellency, what is the topic of today's staff meeting?" ”

Okamura Ninji said: "The topic of this staff meeting is the sweep of the bandit areas in the northwest of Shanxi, and I hope that everyone will speak enthusiastically and make suggestions for this raid operation. ”

"I see." Yousue Jingsan nodded happily, and then said, "Youdao is a lion fighting a rabbit, and he still does his best, so I think that this time to sweep the bandit area in the northwest of the Eighth Route Army, it is best to mobilize a sufficient number of troops to form a crushing advantage over the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to ensure victory." ”

Okamura Ninji asked, "Then how many divisions do you think you need?" ”

"All divisions!" "All the seven divisions and regiments whose base camp has just been transferred to the North China battlefield will be used for this sweep, and if possible, it is best to use the 3rd Tank Division, the 26th Division, and the two divisions directly under the Front Army of the Mongolian Army for this sweep." ”

Hearing this, the entire battle hall was in an uproar.

The use of eleven divisions to besiege a brigade of the Eighth Route Army is too exaggerated.

Dachenghu Sanzhi said: "There is a late monarch, I have just arrived, and I don't know much about the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi, but I still know some military common sense after all, the 386th Brigade is just a brigade of the Eighth Route Army, and no matter how strong its combat effectiveness is, it can't be compromised by the imperial army to mobilize eleven divisions to besiege it, right?" ”

"yes." Okamura Ninji also said, "The Battle of Songhu, in the face of 700,000 elite national troops, the imperial army only mobilized nine divisions, and then there was the Battle of Wuhan, in the face of more than one million national troops, the imperial army only concentrated eleven divisions, but now it is going to concentrate eleven divisions to deal with a brigade of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Obviously, Okamura Ninji also felt that it was too extravagant to concentrate ten divisions to deal with the 386th Brigade.

Yousue Jingsan asked rhetorically: "Your Excellency is worried that there are too many divisions and regiments participating in the war and will waste materials?" ”

"Isn't it?" "If eleven divisions and regiments participate in the war, they need materials for eleven divisions and regiments, and if only four divisions participate in the war, only four divisions and regiments will need materials for battle." ”

"Didn't Your Excellency Chief of Staff think about something else?" "If the four divisions can't complete the task within a month, they need to add four more divisions and regiments to meet the materials, and if eleven divisions and regiments participate in the battle, the battle may end within half a month, then only the materials of the five divisions will need to be consumed." ”

"How can you be sure that the four divisions will not be able to complete the task within a month?" Oshirodo Sanji retorted, "Maybe the four divisions can also complete the task in half a month?" Then you only need to consume the combat materials of two divisions and regiments, and you can't use five divisions and regiments at all, right? ”

"Let's have a wargame then." Yusue Jingsan smiled and said, "I'll command the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army." ”

"Okay, then I'll be in command of the North China Front." Dachenghu Sanzhi said that Zhengchou didn't know how to establish his prestige, since you sent it to the door yourself, then I won't be polite to you.

After a pause, he asked Okamura Ningji again: "Your Excellency General, you won't disagree, right?" ”

"I have no opinion." Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "I can't wait to see your wonderful performance, so let's hurry up and prepare for wargames." ”

At this time, several staff officers of the combat division had already brought the war games.

Dachenghu Sanzhi only had four divisions, including the 1st Division and the 28th Division, and then divided into two routes and launched an attack from Datong and Taiyuan to the base area in the northwest of Shanxi.

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