Peiping.

Iron Lion Hutong, the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front.

Okamura Ninji is holding an operational meeting.

The Jizhong Iron Rolling Sweeping Operation has ended.

Although this battle failed to wipe out all the besieged Eighth Route Army, it also caused heavy casualties to the Eighth Route Army.

However, Miyano Michiichi was killed by a bomb attack, which caused the Japanese army to lose blood.

From the devil's point of view, the life of a Japanese lieutenant general, who is also the second person in the Kwantung Army, is worth much more than the number one Eighth Route Army of several thousand.

The Jizhong battlefield is not far from Baoding, after receiving the news that Miyano Michichi was bombed and shattered, Okamura Ningji immediately sent planes and cavalry that were encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army to the northwest to pursue the attackers, and in the end not only did the attackers not catch up, but also let the Eighth Route Army in the encirclement find the flaws of the devils and take the opportunity to break through.

After reading the analysis report handed in by the First Army Command, Okamura Ninji was dripping with cold sweat.

According to the report handed in by Yoshio Iwamatsu, it is very likely that Li Yunlong's special forces were responsible for the bomb attack on Lieutenant General Miyano.

The information was provided by Li Yunlong's aid channel.

In the new regiment there is an extremely powerful sniper, with a large-caliber sniper rifle, he can shoot targets from a distance of 1.7 kilometers.

Okamura Ningji, who saw this information, suddenly couldn't help but tighten his chrysanthemum.

The power behind Li Yunlong's aid channel is very large, and he may be able to get information about his Okamura Ningji's whereabouts.

If he was beheaded by Li Yunlong's special forces, it would definitely be a huge loss for Japan.

Originally, Okamura Ninji was going to personally go to the northwest of Jin to command this large-scale iron rolling sweeping operation.

However, after seeing this report and analysis, he immediately extinguished the idea of going to the front line to command the operation, Shanxi is too dangerous, especially in the northwest of Shanxi.

Inside the conference hall.

Only the commander of the North China Front, Okamura Ninji, chief of staff Tanabe Moritake, and deputy chief of staff Seizo Arisue attended the meeting.

As well as the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, and the commanders of the five divisions who participated in the battle, the commander of the 10th Division, Jiro Ishikawa, the commander of the 23rd Division, Kanji Nishihara, the commander of the 25th Division, Akashiba Yaezo, the commander of the 21st Division, Kuichi Tanaka, and the commander of the 35th Division, Kumayoshi Harada.

Since the whereabouts of Lieutenant General Miyano Michiichi, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, were leaked, Okamura Ninji no longer trusted his cronies and staff officers, and even did not let them participate in the combat meeting.

Among them, the 10th, 23rd and 25th Divisions were transferred by the Kwantung Army.

The 21st and 35th Divisions were divisions directly under the North China Front, and these two divisions also participated in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

This time, Okamura Ninji did not use the troops of the First Army in the sweeping operation in the northwest of Jin.

Okamura Ningji's eyes swept at everyone coldly: "Gentlemen, what is in front of you is about the autumn sweep plan in the northwest of Jin, this is a top secret, about this battle plan, I hope you don't mention it to anyone!" ”

"Hey!"

A group of devil generals shouted in unison.

Okamura Ninji has one thing in common with Li Yunlong, that is, he does not like military democracy very much, and although he sometimes listens to the opinions of his staff officers, it is difficult for others to persuade others to change the battle plan he has identified.

Okamura Ninji said again: "According to the imperial army's experiment on the iron rolling sweeping operation of the Eighth Route Jizhong Military Region, I am in the iron rolling sweeping and upgraded to a new combat method of the iron rolling three-layer formation. ”

"I'll assign combat missions below."

"The 10th Division set out from Taiyuan and advanced to attack the bandit area of the new 1st Regiment on the Eighth Road."

"The 23rd and 25th Divisions set out from Datong and advanced to attack the bandit area of the Eighth Route Independent Regiment."

"The 21st Division and the 35th Division set out from Taiyuan and advanced to attack the bandit area of the New 2nd Regiment of the Eighth Road."

"More than 20,000 troops including the 24th Division of the Imperial Allied Army cooperated."

"The total number of troops is more than 100,000!"

The strength of the 10th Division alone exceeded 26,000, and the remaining four divisions combined were about 60,000, plus the puppet army of 20,000, for a total strength of more than 100,000.

Among them, the combat effectiveness of the 10th Division is the strongest, and the combat effectiveness of one Class A division can withstand several Class B divisions.

This time, Okamura Ninji was going to send the 10th Division to defeat the new regiment.

The other four B-level divisions were evenly divided into two parts, and the new 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, as well as the common people in the base areas, were driven to the middle from the north and south.

Until the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army were driven to some small area.

If the Eighth Route Army and the common people did not surrender, Okamura would use elite cavalry, infantry and armored units to sweep back and forth in a small area until all the Chinese were killed.

Okamura continued: "The troops of the First Army did not participate in this sweeping operation, and the main tasks of the First Army were to guard against the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Jinjin, the Central Army of China on the south bank of the Yellow River, and to protect the logistics routes. ”

At present, Okamura Ninji already knows that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Jin Province exceeds 100,000 people.

This is only the main force, if you include the militia, I am afraid that there will be nearly 300,000 troops.

In addition, there is an arsenal that continuously supplies ammunition, and the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi is stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi.

Although the Japanese army swept up a large number of troops this time, the Eighth Route Army was not only the troops of the three regiments in the northwest of Shanxi, and the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi would definitely not sit idly by and watch the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi be wiped out by the Japanese army.

At the meeting, Okamura Ninji was assigned only approximate combat tasks.

The details, such as which troops will attack from which road, and what position to advance on which day, are all in the battle plan in the folder in front of several devil division commanders.

Okamura Ninji's tone was murderous: "This time, we must cut off Li Yunlong's head and pay tribute to Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, Lieutenant General Miyano Michiichi, Lieutenant General Muto Akira, Lieutenant General Hirata Kenkichi, Lieutenant General Iseki Yatsu, Major General Tsuda Mitake, Major General Hattori Naotomi, Major General Koshibu Toranosuke, Major General Hirata Masaji, and the heroic souls of tens of thousands of imperial army warriors!" ”

When the old devils heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a little fast.

Unconsciously, Li Yunlong has already killed 5 lieutenant generals and 4 major generals of the Japanese army? How many lieutenant generals were there in the Japanese army?

It seems that North China is really a land of right and wrong.

Although there is no definite evidence to prove that Miyano Michichi was killed by Li Yunlong's special forces, it does not prevent the devils from putting this account on Li Yunlong's head.

Even if the Japanese army occupied North China, but after a few years of fighting the public security war, the Japanese army was unexpectedly inferior, and the next public security war may be endless.

Okamura Ninji glanced at the group of devil officers, and his eyes narrowed.

If the battle plan issued today is leaked and known to the Eighth Route Army, then the internal ghosts of the North China Front Army Headquarters can basically be locked on Tanabe Shengwu and Yusue Seizao.

"Li Yunlong must die!"

"Immortality is not enough to wash away the shame of the Great Japanese Empire!"

Tanabe Moritake didn't know that he was already under suspicion, and as soon as Okamura Ninji's voice fell, he said coldly.

The development speed of the new regiment is really too fast, and the strength of a single regiment actually exceeds 20,000 people, and it is also all equipment from large foreign factories, and its combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

According to the assessment of the North China Front, the combat effectiveness of the new regiment far exceeded that of the Japanese army's B division.

You must know that in the Battle of Wuhan, several main forces of the national army of more than 100,000 people barely defeated the Japanese 106th Division after a bloody battle.

After just a few months of rest, this B division reappeared in the Battle of Nanchang.

In the 36th Division, which was heavily damaged in the northwest of Shanxi, the combat units were basically wiped out, leaving only 1 Dazuo and several hundred infantry, and a baggage wing remaining.

It is not much different from being completely annihilated, it is just nice to say that it is a heavy blow, even if it is a replenishment of troops, the 36th Division will not be able to recover its original combat effectiveness within half a year.

"What Tanabe-kun said is extremely true, Li Yunlong must die!"

Taking a deep breath, Okamura Ningji suppressed the surging killing intent towards Li Yunlong in his heart, and said:

"However, before the campaign is launched, we must first ensure the smooth flow of highway communication lines!"

Fighting a war requires the preparation of war materials in advance, and in wartime, logistics supplies are also required.

This time, the Japanese army was preparing to use 100,000 Japanese puppet troops just to sweep the base areas in the northwest of Shanxi Province of the Eighth Route Army, plus cars, armored vehicles, and airplanes to drink oil and eat horses, and the daily consumption of materials was an astonishing amount.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Jin Province is likely to go north to relieve the siege of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin, and the First Army is likely to fight with the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which is another big loss.

Fighting a war requires supplies, and without transportation, the combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly reduced, and if the supply is insufficient, it will even be eaten by the enemy.

At present, the Beitongpu Railway and the Zhengtai Railway in Shanxi have been destroyed to the point that they are not in good shape, and these two railways can only rely on roads if they want to resume operation in a short period of time, and if they want to operate war materials in Shanxi.

"The imperial army used Taiyuan and Datong as the two strongholds of this campaign to hoard supplies."

"The main force of the 2nd Flying Division was deployed at the two airports of Taiyuan and Datong."

"The engineering wings of all divisions and regiments immediately rushed to repair the roads in Shanxi, and after the emergency repairs were completed, the baggage wings of all divisions and regiments, and the cars and mule carts of the troops assembled from various localities went to Taiyuan and Datong to transport war materials."

"Within a month, the pre-war preparations for the sweep must be completed!"

A group of devil officers shouted in unison: "Hey! ”

Okamura Ninji's eyes narrowed behind his glasses: "In addition, there are enemy spies mixed in the headquarters, and before the battle begins, I plan to use this spy to catch a fish." ”

"Spies?" Jiro Ishikawa, the commander of the 10th Division, was suddenly startled and asked, "Who is the spy?" ”

Moritake Tanabe said: "Ishikawa-kun, we haven't caught this spy yet, but we have locked on a few cronies and staff officers next to the commander. ”

Jiro Ishikawa became interested: "Then how is Your Excellency the Commander going to fish?" ”

Okamura Ninji looked at Tanabe Moritake: "Fishing, naturally there must be bait first, and this time Tanabe-kun will be the bait." ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at Tanabe Shengwu, but Tanabe Shengwu suddenly tightened the chrysanthemum, is this fish so easy to catch, Commander, have you asked for my consent?

However, being stared at by so many lieutenant generals, Tanabe Shengwu pretended to have a death-defying expression: "As long as Li Yunlong can be destroyed, Tanabe Shengwu is willing to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”