Yoshio Shinozuka waited for more than an hour in torment.

I don't know what happened to the 225th Wing?

Coming to the communication room next door, Yoshio Shinozuka found the communications staff officer Toshimatsu Kasai and asked, "Kasai-kun, is there still any news from the 225th Wing?" ”

"Hey!" Kasai Toshimatsu hurriedly said, "Report to the general, not yet!" ”

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka said angrily, "How long has it been since Takeji Jinme asked for tactical guidance?" ”

Toshimatsu Kasai raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said, "The last time the 225th Wing communicated was at 3:22 a.m., and it's 4:43 a.m., and now it's almost one and a half hours later!" ”

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, "It's been almost an hour and a half?" ”

"Yes!" "At 3:22 a.m., the communications team of the 225th Wing suddenly sent an urgent telegram to the 37th Division and the headquarters requesting tactical guidance. ”

"It is likely that the 225th Wing is on its way to Heshun County and did not turn on the radio station!"

"The Heshun defenders have called, they have sent more than 400 imperial soldiers to Moshiwa to receive support, and there should be news back to the headquarters soon!"

"Yo Xi...," Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, "Continue to call the 225th Wing, I don't believe it, the 225th Wing has been wiped out by the Eighth Road!" ”

"Hey!" Toshimatsu Kasai hurriedly paused.

After saying that, Yoshio Shinozuka returned to the battle hall next door.

Seeing this, the chief of staff, Hideyoshi Kusuyama, came over and asked worriedly, "Your Excellency Commander, there is no news from the 225th Wing yet?" ”

"There's no news yet." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded and said, "The imperial soldiers of Heshun County have already gone to receive support, and there should be news soon." ”

"Your Excellency the General doesn't need to worry too much." Nanshan Hideyoshi said, "The 129th Division of the Eighth Route has not yet eaten the strength of the 225th Wing, and at most the 225th Wing will be driven back to Heshun County." ”

Although Hideyoshi Kusuyama said this, Yoshio Shinozuka's worry did not increase but decreased.

I am afraid that the 129th Division of the Eighth Route will play the trick of encircling the point and sending reinforcements, deliberately attacking the county seat of Liaoxian County and the county seat of Yushe, but in fact, it secretly gathered the main force to besiege the 225th Wing.

After all, judging from the strength exposed by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route in the Zhengtai Campaign, the strength of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route is at least close to 30 regiments.

In addition to receiving aid from the outside world, all the food, weapons and ammunition of Yangquan and Shouyang also fell into the hands of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route, and the combat effectiveness of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route has been greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army also has Li Yunlong, a brave and good general.

Judging from the performance of the confrontation with the headquarters of the Fourth Brigade at Yangquan Lion Rock, the combat effectiveness displayed by Li Yunlong's troops on paper is probably only stronger than that of the elite wing of the Japanese army.

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, not wanting to be in a better mood, this in-depth thinking suddenly became calm, and he felt more and more that the 225th Wing was dangerous.

At this moment, Toshimatsu Kasai had an ugly face and hurried into the war room with a telegram in his hand.

came to Yoshio Shinozuka and said: "Report to the general, the 225th Wing has news, and the 4th Brigade of the 4th Brigade in Heshun is in an emergency!" ”

"Oh?" Yoshio Shinozuka looked shocked and turned to look at Toshimatsu Kasai, but when he saw the other party's ugly face, his heart sank suddenly.

"Read!"

"Hey!" Kasai Toshimatsu picked up the telegram and read it, "The 225th Wing was in the camp of Moshi Cave, at about 3:20 in the morning, it was heavily shelled by two artillery regiments of the Eighth Road, suffered heavy losses, and was besieged by more than 2,000 Eighth Routes, the firepower of the Eighth Route was very fierce, and the headquarters of the 225th Wing was also shelled, and Takeji Osa Zhenme and Toyoji Iwasaki Nakasa were killed on the spot!" ”

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka froze suddenly, "What did you say?" ”

Although he had vaguely guessed this result in his heart, Kasai Toshimatsu's report still made Yoshio Shinozuka unbelievable.

Kusuyama Hideyoshi and the combat staff officers next to him all cast shocked eyes in disbelief.

Even the co-commander and adjutant of the 225th Wing are broken, and the 225th Wing, which has lost its command system, may not be much better.

Nanshan Hideyoshi asked in a deep voice, "How many soldiers have been transferred to Heshun County?" Is the wing flag missing? ”

Toshimatsu Kasai said: "I personally used the radio to talk to Inoue Shigeri Shaosa. ”

"According to him, the Eighth Road chased and fought fiercely all the way, and when they received the 225th Wing, there were only more than 200 people left."

"The 225th Wing's flag was safely taken out."

"It's good that the wing flag is brought out." Kusuyama Hideyoshi breathed a sigh of relief.

The Wing Flag was the most important flag of the Japanese Army, and each Wing Flag was protected by a squadron, and many Japanese soldiers believed that this flag was even more important than life.

Japan's flag is awarded by the Emperor of Japan himself, and each flag is unique, so it is extremely precious.

In the Japanese army, the wing flag is only present in the establishment of this unit, and if the wing flag is not there, then the establishment of this unit will not exist.

The Wing Captain can die, but the Wing Flag can be lost.

When a Japanese army is about to be wiped out, the Japanese army will perform a "burning" ceremony to burn the wing flag.

So, in World War II, not a single wing flag was ever captured.

Even Li Yunlong's total annihilation of the Black Island Cavalry Wing failed to capture the Wing Flag.

After a pause, Kusunayama Hideyoshi said again: "As long as the wing flag of the 225th Wing is still there, you can apply for a replenishment of troops from the mainland and reorganize the 225th Wing." ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's cheeks twitched, and his voice was hoarse: "But we lost Jinme Takeji Daisa and more than 3,000 imperial warriors. ”

Nanshan Hideyoshi also said: "If the 225th Wing rushes to help, then the warriors of Yushe County and Liao County will definitely not be able to save it." ”

"Yaga!" Yoshio Shinozuka said angrily, "This revenge must be avenged!" ”

"Your Excellency Commander, now is not the time to make a move against the Eighth Route Army."

Kusuyama Hideyoshi was taken aback by Yoshio Shinozuka's words and angry expression, for fear that Yoshio Shinozuka would be angry and make some irrational decisions.

"Although the expansion speed of the Eighth Route Army is amazing, the destructive power is also stronger than that of other Chinese armies, and even these battles have given them some advantages."

"However, it is not a good thing that the Eighth Route Army is expanding so quickly."

"There is some outside support, but it's just a drop in the bucket."

"The more troops are expanded, the greater the consumption of launching a campaign, and it will not be long before the Eighth Route will fall into a period of weakness with supply difficulties."

"Moreover, Balu took the initiative to attack the imperial army before he was full of wings this time, exposing his hole cards in advance, which is a taboo in the card game."

"I believe that the base camp has begun to pay attention to this group of mud legs hiding in the ravine, and it will not be long before they will increase their troops to North China."

"When the time comes..."

After finishing speaking, Nanshan Hideyoshi's eyes flashed.

When Yoshio Shinozuka heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and his tone was awe-inspiring: "Just let this group of mud-legged people jump for a few more days." ”

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka asked, "How is the airport being built?" ”

Hideyoshi Kusuyama said: "At present, the reconstruction of the runway of the Shinjo Airport has been completed, but the control tower, aircraft den, arsenal, oil depot, dormitory and other facilities are still under construction. ”

"In addition, the Wusu Airport in the south of the city will be completed in about half a month."

After the First Army's aircraft were lost, Yoshio Shinozuka planned to reorganize the First Army's flying team.

Drawing the lesson of the shelling of Xincheng Airport, this time he was not going to put his eggs in one basket, so he ordered the construction of a Wusu airfield outside the south of the city.

He also ordered the construction of aircraft dens to hide airplanes, and the airplane dens were all made of reinforced concrete, and they must be able to resist 75 mm mountain artillery before they are qualified.

In this way, the mountain artillery of the Eighth Route Army could only destroy the runway at most, but could not damage the aircraft.

"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Order to speed up the construction of the airport, and both airports must be completed within half a month." ”

"Hey!" Kusunsan Hideyoshi Road.

Yoshio Shinozuka said in a fierce tone: "Although the imperial army has suffered a loss, when the imperial army adjusts, it will inevitably conduct an unprecedented sweep of the Eight Roads bandit area." ”

"Your Excellency, Commander." Nanshan Hideyoshi said, "Regarding the sweep of the Eight Roads bandit area, there is a mature idea of lowly duty. ”

"Oh?" Yoshio Shinozuka looked moved and asked, "What is the best plan for Nanshan-kun?" ”

Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "I have carefully studied the imperial army's previous encirclement sweeps of the Eighth Route Army, and every time the Eighth Route faced the imperial army's sweep, almost all of them were broken into pieces and fled, although the imperial army could eliminate some sporadic Eighth Routes, but it was never able to really eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route. ”

"Yes, the eight-way tactics are flexible and changeable, cunning and ferocious." Yoshio Shinozuka sighed, "Their main force is not fighting the Imperial Army head-on at all, so the Imperial Army has never found a chance to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Road. ”

Nanshan Hideyoshi's eyes were deep: "Since the main force of the Eighth Route avoids the battle, then we can use tactics to force them to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army." ”

"When the next time we launch a sweep against the Eighth Road, our imperial army will secretly move to the periphery of the Eighth Route Bandit Zone, and first send an advance force into the Eighth Route Bandit Zone to burn and loot."

"Then the Eighth Route will definitely send the main force to besiege this advance force."

"At this time, our sweeping troops quickly approached the advance force from all directions and besieged the main force of the Eighth Road."

"In this way, even if the main force of the Eighth Route doesn't want to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army, they can't help it."

Yoshio Shinozuka figured out the key to it with just a little thought.

The advance troops entered the Eighth Route bandit area to burn and loot, if the Eighth Route did not concentrate its forces to destroy the Japanese army that had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Eighth Road.

Then not only will the morale of the Eighth Route Army be affected, but the people in the base areas will also lose trust in the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army can establish a solid base area all thanks to the support of the people, and once there is a crisis of trust between the people and the Eighth Route Army, then it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army to gain a foothold.

This is called Yangmou.

"Nanshan-kun's plan is very good." Yoshio Shinozuka praised, "If the plan is implemented, the main force of the Eighth Route will be forced to have to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Imperial Army, and then it will be able to complete the battle in one battle." ”

"Your Excellency, Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I call it the central flowering tactic. ”