Shanxi.

Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the First Army.

"Within five days, the Eighth Route Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment launched a series of offensives in the northwest of Shanxi Province and conquered 6 county towns in a row."

"The Locust Army lost a total of 8 squadrons, the Locust Alliance Army lost 6 battalions, and a large amount of food and war supplies."

A combat staff officer held the folder in both hands, and his tone was cautious to report the losses in the northwest of Jin Province in the past few days to Iwamatsu Yoshio, Hanaya Masa, and others.

"Yaga!"

After listening to the report of the operational staff officer, Iwamatsu Yoshio burst into a foul language on the spot, and his mentality collapsed a little.

The 3rd Brigade had just been almost completely annihilated by the 8th New Regiment in northern Shanxi.

The Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route and the New Second Regiment began to make trouble again, and the strength of the locust army of the eight squadrons lost was almost close to that of an infantry wing.

And the 6 battalions of the Locust Association Army are also equivalent to the strength of a locust association brigade.

Because the First Army suffered heavy losses, the base camp was also replenishing troops to the First Army, but the speed of replenishing troops was far less than the speed of consumption.

With Datong and the six counties in the northwest of Jin, they were recovered by the Eighth Road.

The living space of the First Army in Shanxi has been greatly compressed, the Beitongpu Railway has been abolished, almost completely occupied by the new regiment, and the garrison of some strongholds along the way has also been withdrawn to Taiyuan.

At present, the main strength of the First Army is in the areas of Jinnan, Taiyuan and Yangquan.

The main force consisted of three divisions and most of the cavalry brigades, and this cavalry brigade was borrowed from the army stationed in Mongolia and never returned.

Now only the Zhengtai Railway and the Nantongpu Railway are still in the hands of the devils.

However, the development of the Eighth Route Army's power was too astonishing, and the non-security areas and guerrilla areas were expanding almost every day.

It made Yoshio Iwamatsu not eat well and sleep well, he was anxious, insomnia every day, and lost a lot of hair.

At this rate, sooner or later, the Eighth Route Army will annex the territory of the First Army in Shanxi.

The chief of staff on the side, Hanaya Masa, the deputy chief of staff, Miyazaki Masao, and Yamamoto Kazuki all fell into deep thought when they heard this.

This is the case.

It doesn't seem to be what I expected!?

What about the base areas of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment that were said to be starving everywhere?

The said independent regiment and the new second regiment are already hungry and have no strength?

The Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment not only did not go hungry, but their combat effectiveness was still very strong, and it took only a few days to conquer six county towns in the northwest of Shanxi.

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

Kazuki Yamamoto said in a deep voice:

"I have just received information from intelligence officers lurking in the northwest of Shanxi, and recently the Eighth Route Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment have obtained a large amount of food."

"The Eighth Road distributed this grain to the people of northwest Shanxi free of charge."

The devils planted some spies among the common people, and these spies also followed them to northern Shaanxi.

However, these spies are only low-level agents, and they have no valuable information at all.

If such a large amount of grain poured into the northwest of Jin, and the intelligence department of the devils could not detect it, then Yamamoto Kazuki and Iwamatsu Yoshio could collectively commit suicide by caesarean section.

After a pause, Yamamoto Kazuki said with an ugly face: "If the humble guess is correct, this batch of grain should come from the aid channel behind Li Yunlong......

"It seems." Iwamatsu Yoshio's eyes were gloomy, "The Eighth Route Army has found a solution to the problem of lack of food. ”

"More than 1 million people." Hanaya exclaimed in disbelief, "How much food do you need?" ”

"Conservative estimates, hundreds of millions of catties of grain." Masao Miyazaki guessed an approximate figure.

"Hundreds of millions of catties of grain." Yoshio Iwamatsu fell into a long contemplation.

I don't know how long it took, but Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at Yamamoto Kazuki and asked, "Yamamoto-kun, can your intelligence department find out the channels and places where the food was obtained by the Eight Roads?" ”

Hundreds of millions of catties of grain, even if it is transported to the northwest of Shanxi by air, it will take a lot of time and transportation planes.

If you can shoot down these transport planes......

"It's hard!" Kazuki Yamamoto shook his head, "Our intelligence officers are all ordinary people of China, and they can see a group of transport planes flying in the sky every day, but they don't know exactly where they are flying, unless they ......"

Kazuki Yamamoto has now been promoted to major general, and he wears many hats.

The chief of intelligence staff of the First Army, the captain of the special service, and the head of the special service of the First Army were fully responsible for the defense of the inner city of Taiyuan.

"Unless what?" Yoshio Iwamatsu asked.

Yamamoto Kazuki said: "Unless our intelligence officers can enter the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi, and they must also become a middle-level officer, or develop informants in the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi." ”

Yamamoto knows that this is easy to say, but difficult to do.

The recruitment system of the Eighth Route Army was very strict and perfect.

In particular, the main forces of the three regiments in the northwest of Shanxi Province were almost all recruited from the militia.

And the militia are all ordinary people in the village, and the natives know each other, and in addition to the guarantee of the common people, each soldier will strictly check the ancestors for three generations.

Even if an intelligence officer is finally inserted into the Eighth Route Army, it is difficult to collect useful information because the level is too low.

And if you want to improve the level, you can only kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions, and after a few years, you may be able to rise to the level of company commander.

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It's hard to say what the situation will look like in a few years, and how many locusts will the intelligence officer have to kill before he can be promoted to company commander?

Iwamatsu Yoshio said, "I have already asked Commander Okamura for instructions regarding the application for the transfer of senior agents. ”

The senior agent is involved in top secret, and if Yoshio Iwamatsu doesn't take the initiative to say it, Yamamoto Kazuki will definitely not take the initiative to ask.

"Commander." Kazuki Yamamoto asked, "Shall we continue with the plan of the advance team to penetrate the Eighth Route Base Area to cause sabotage?" ”

Kazuki Yamamoto felt unlucky.

was supposed to take up the post of commander of the 3rd Mixed Brigade next month, but the 3rd Brigade was destroyed by Li Yunlong.

Although it was not completely annihilated, the 3rd Brigade was almost the same as being completely annihilated, and only some remnants of the defeated generals were also defeated.

It's hard to become a brigade commander in a short period of time.

The food problem, which was the most troublesome problem for the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province, is likely to be solved from the current point of view.

Will the commander still agree to form an advance team?

At present, the screening of the personnel of the advance team is already underway, and he has already sent special agents to the divisions and garrisons to screen suitable advance team members.

Iwamatsu Yoshio asked in a deep voice, "Yamamoto-kun, are you sure that the advance team will infiltrate the base of the Eighth Route Army?" ”

"If it's the kind of defensive state in wartime." Kazuki Yamamoto replied, "It is absolutely impossible for the advance team to infiltrate the base area of the Eighth Route Army, but in normal times, the special team members lead the way, and there is no problem at all for the advance team members to pretend to be the Eighth Route Army and infiltrate the Eighth Route Base Area. ”

"Since you can infiltrate it, let's continue!" Iwamatsu Yoshio Road.

The main task of the advance team was to destroy the military-civilian relations between the Eighth Route Army and the common people.

Although it is impossible to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, once it succeeds, it will cause the Eighth Route Army to fall into internal friction and have no time to take care of the First Army.

"Hey!"

Yamamoto Kazuki bowed his head, his expression slightly happy.

Subsequently, Yamamoto Kazuki said: "Your Excellency Commander, according to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army is also equipped with a very advanced wireless communication equipment......"