Shanxi.

Taiyuan.

Headquarters of the First Army of the North China Front.

"General."

"This is my plan to destroy the relationship between the Eighth Route Army and the people of China, as well as to cut off the Eighth Route Army's assistance channels."

Major General Kazuki Yamamoto held a folder in his hand and handed it to the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, with both hands, and his voice did not fluctuate in the slightest.

Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded slightly, then took the folder and looked at it.

In this sweep, the Japanese army used five divisions and more than 20,000 locust troops, including a division of the first type, but none of them solved the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi.

This puts a lot of pressure on Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Although this sweep was not a unit of the First Army, the combat effectiveness displayed by the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province was really amazing.

Because the strength of the current First Army is not comparable to the five divisions and more than 20,000 locust troops that swept northwest Shanxi.

Fortunately, after this anti-sweeping campaign, the losses of the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province were not small, and they could not threaten the First Army in a short period of time.

However, Li Yunlong has a channel for assistance, and in three months to six months at most, the three regiments in the northwest of Shanxi will inevitably regain their strength, and even the main force will grow to 50,000 or 60,000 people.

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At that time, the life of the First Army may not be as simple as that.

Iwamatsu Yoshio is very forced, and the 10th Division is no match for the new regiment, let alone several second-line divisions under his command.

Although there are still tens of thousands of puppet troops under his command, the combat effectiveness of the puppet army, Iwamatsu Yoshio has never expected, so he should be cannon fodder.

So Iwamatsu Yoshio decided not to sit idly by, but to take the initiative and stifle the threat of the First Army.

As for the strategy of Masashi Hanaya and Masao Miyazaki, he has already denied it.

Now it's up to Kazuki Yamamoto's plan.

It took nearly 20 minutes for Yoshio Iwamatsu to finish reading Yamamoto Kazuki's plan, and he closed the folder with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Seeing this, Yamamoto Kazuki said in a deep voice: "General, this battle plan is only known to you and me, so there will definitely be no leakage of the plan." ”

"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded, "Yamamoto-kun, I can still trust it." ”

This battle plan was mainly infiltration.

It was to select elite soldiers from the troops of the First Army and form a special advance team to infiltrate the base areas in the northwest of Shanxi.

These advance teams disguised themselves as the Eighth Road, and went everywhere to burn, kill and loot.

And the goal of the first stage of these advance teams was the base area of Ding Weixin's Second Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment.

In Yamamoto Kazuki's view, the base areas of the Eighth Route Army of these two regiments must be extremely short of food, and after a while, they will definitely starve everywhere.

At that time, the advance team infiltrated into the base areas of these two regiments, pretending to be the Eighth Route Army to burn, kill and loot everywhere, making the people hate the Eighth Route Army to the core, and destroying the prestige of the Eighth Route Army in the hearts of the people.

The base area, which was already on the verge of collapse, would accelerate its collapse if the Japanese advance team burned another fire.

Once the relationship between the common people in the northwest of Shanxi and the Eighth Route Army breaks down, it will be difficult for Li Yunlong's new regiment to stay in the northwest of Shanxi, and the combat effectiveness of the new regiment will also be greatly affected, because almost all the soldiers of this regiment are from the common people.

Because once the common people no longer support or even be hostile to the new regiment, the soldiers of the new regiment will not continue to fight for the Eighth Route Army.

After a pause, Iwamatsu Yoshio said again: "Since this battle plan was formulated by Yamamoto-kun, Yamamoto-kun is solely responsible for the affairs of the advance team, as for the senior agents needed to cut off the Eighth Route Army's assistance channels...... I'll ask Commander Okamura for instructions. ”

Yoshio Iwamatsu also knows that Kazuo Yamamoto's operational plan still cannot get rid of the framework of special operations.

However, the old devil plans to give it a try, maybe the problem that the large army can't solve in battle, and the sneak attack of a small group of troops may be able to achieve miraculous results.

What if it succeeds?

As for cutting off Li Yunlong's assistance channels, Yamamoto Kazuki's plan is to use high-ranking agents of the empire to infiltrate the new group to find out information.

If the senior agent level is too low to find useful information, the new regiment will develop an inside line.

There is no agent of this level, not even Iwamatsu Yoshio, and only Okamura Ninji's level.

"Hey!" Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head and was about to walk outside.

Yoshio Iwamatsu stopped him: "Yamamoto-kun, wait a minute." ”

Kazuki Yamamoto turned around and said, "Commander, is there anything else?" ”

Iwamatsu Yoshio said: "I just received a notice that the North China Front Army Command has decided to reorganize the 3rd Brigade into the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, which has four infantry brigades, a cavalry brigade, an artillery brigade, and a brigade engineer team and an engineer team, with a total strength of about 5,000 people, and the position of the commander of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade is still vacant for the time being, I don't know if Yamamoto-kun is interested?" ”

There are many officers with the rank of major general in the Japanese army, but not every major general can become a brigade commander.

Especially during the war, there were many officers who made meritorious contributions, and quite a few major generals lined up to serve as brigade commanders.

"Thank you for the cultivation!"

Kazuki Yamamoto only hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head and thanked him, such an opportunity is not willing of a fool.

What's more, since Yoshio Shinozuka was killed, Kazuki Yamamoto has always wanted to go out and lead the troops alone, and this time he finally has a chance.

Yamamoto Kazuki walked to the door and turned to bow his head to Iwamatsu Yoshio and said: "General, to be able to serve the empire and His Majesty the Emperor under your command, Yamamoto is really fortunate to have three lives, and you will never forget the grace of your acquaintance in this life..."

Although Yamamoto Kazuki once said this to Yoshio Shinozuka, this time Yamamoto Kazuki is really grateful to Yoshio Iwamatsu.

not only gave him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so that he was promoted to major general, but also gave him the position of brigade commander.

I hope that Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu will not follow in the footsteps of Commander Yoshio Shinozuka......

Turning around and walking out, Kazuki Yamamoto added in his heart.

……

Peiping.

Command of the North China Front.

"Report to the Commander, the base camp has rejected your application."

In front of the square table, a communications staff officer held a telegram in his hand and reported to Okamura Ninji.

When Okamura Ninji heard this, his face turned black at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

After he ordered five divisions to retreat from the northwest of Jin, he kept applying to the base camp, and then transferred five divisions from the Kwantung Army to immediately attack the northwest of Jin.

The current Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province has just gone through a major battle, and the Locust Army, led by the 1st Division, will definitely be able to completely solve it.

Okamura Ninji has already profoundly realized that the Eighth Route in the northwest of Shanxi Province has become a thorn in the side of the North China Front, and if it is not pulled out as soon as possible, there will be a big problem.

However, he applied three times in a row, all of which were rejected by the base camp, which not only rejected but also severely criticized him.

"Yaga!"

Okamura Ninji suddenly erupted, and swept all the documents on the table away.

Taking a deep breath, Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice: "Order, immediately transport the war materials hoarded in Datong back to Beiping." ”

Since Okamura Ninji applied to the base camp to immediately send troops to attack the northwest of Jin, the war materials hoarded in Datong have not been moved.

Because once the base camp agrees, when the troops are transported by train, they can directly attack the northwest of Jin.

But now that the base camp has rejected the application, it will be a little dangerous for this batch of materials to be placed in Datong.

"Hey!" The communications staff officer bowed his head reluctantly.