Peiping.

The heavily guarded Iron Lion Alley.

Headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese Army.

The commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Ninji, was rescued by a military doctor and did not wake up until late in the evening.

I hadn't slept for a day and a night before, and when I heard the news of the two big defeats, Okamura Ninji was so angry that he couldn't stand it.

At that time, Okamura Ningji's whole person was like a white head overnight, like a peer about rotten wood, and the whole spirit seemed to be drained.

But.

After a day of rescue and rest, Okamura Ninji woke up with some regain of his spirits.

"How is the battle between Taiyuan and Niangziguan?"

The first thing Okamura Ninji said when he woke up was to ask the guard next to him.

The main reason for these two defeats was that Okamura Ninji made an erroneous judgment on the strength and intelligence capabilities of the Eighth Route Army.

At the beginning of the strategy and tactics, Okamura Ninji wanted to kill and injure a large number of the living forces of the Eighth Route Army, and then retreat.

At the beginning, the locust army in Taiyuan did achieve some results with its tunnel and anti-slope tactics, and even blocked the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

However, after the Eighth Route Army used heavy bombers and ground-penetrating bombs, the situation was turned around in an instant.

After research, heavy bombers and ground-penetrating bombs could not completely crack the tunnel tactics.

It is only necessary to dig the tunnel deeper, just like an air-raid shelter, digging the tunnel dozens of meters underground, and it can withstand the ground-penetrating bombs of the Eighth Route Army.

But.

The tunnels built by the Japanese army were a few meters to more than ten meters above the ground, and at most they could only withstand the heavy artillery shells and aerial bombs of the Eighth Route Army.

Originally, Okamura Ninji thought that he had found an opportunity to crack the intelligence system of the Eighth Route Army.

Thus turning the tide of the war in one fell swoop.

But Okamura didn't expect that the two pieces of information were leaked to the Eighth Route Army, and the locust army surrounded by Taiyuan and Niangziguan was defeated.

What's more, Okamura Ninji's confidence was directly lost in yesterday's two battles.

At this time, Okamura Ninji's heart only had a kind of despair that even if he tried his mixed tricks, he still couldn't defeat his opponent.

In the absence of superiority in forces and firepower, if you want to defeat the enemy, you can only play tactics.

But after several waves of tactics, Okamura found that even if he played tactics, he was not Li Yunlong's opponent.

The intelligence work of the Eighth Route Army is really amazing.

"General."

"I don't know."

The devil guard on the side bowed his head and replied.

Although this devil guard is the elite of the elite, it is impossible for him to know the battle situation.

"Call Seizo to see me immediately."

Okamura Ninji Road.

"Hey."

The devil guard suddenly bowed his head, turned and walked out.

Not long after, footsteps sounded at the door, and Sue Jingsan walked in quickly, and asked with a concerned face and tone, "Your Excellency General, do you feel better?" ”

Okamura Ninji didn't sleep for a day and a night.

And Yousue Jingsan didn't sleep for two days and two nights, plus he processed a lot of battle reports during the period and thought about how to deal with it, and there was a deep exhaustion between his eyebrows.

At the moment, Tanabe Moritake is not in the headquarters, and only Seizo Sue and Okamura Ninji take turns on duty during wartime.

"I'm feeling better."

Okamura nodded, and then asked, "How is the current battle situation?" ”

"It's not optimistic!"

There is a solemn answer from the end of the spirit:

"The locust armies in Taiyuan, Shouyang, Yangquan and Niangziguan are all asking for tactical guidance, saying that the offensive of the Eighth Route Army is very fierce and they are about to be unable to resist."

When Okamura Ninji heard this, his eyes suddenly became gloomy.

Although he had long expected this situation in his heart, when he heard Seizo Yusue say it, Okamura Ninji still felt a pain in his heart.

If this situation continues, thousands of locust armies die every day.

This means that the North China Front loses one or two infantry wings per day.

At this rate, it won't be long before the entire North China Front will be wiped out.

Seeing Okamura Ninji's gloomy eyes, Ariseki's eyes flashed, and he continued: "Hakuo Kitani, a communications staff officer, has been ordered by me to take it under control, and now the communications department is taken over by me personally. ”

In the entire North China Front Headquarters, only Okamura Ninji and communications staff officer Osamu Kitani knew the whole picture of yesterday's two battle plans.

There is a guess that between these two people, there is a high probability that there are senior agents of the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura Ninji has been stunned by the news of the defeat, and Okamura Ninji is the commander, and there is no doubt that Seizo Sue.

Thereupon.

Yusue Seizan first ordered Osamu Kitani to be controlled, and waited for Okamura Ninji to wake up and fall.

Okamura Ninji thought for a while and said: "Let Mugu-kun go, the official will be reinstated, this time the problem should be in the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the First Army Headquarters." ”

Osamu Kitani is a communications staff officer who has just been transferred from the mainland, has an innocent background, and has never left Japan before.

Moreover, all of Osamu Kitani's operations are under the supervision of Okamura Ninji, so it is impossible to be a senior agent of the Eighth Route Army.

Even during this time, the entire North China Front Army Headquarters was under the surveillance of Okamura Ningji, and he knew exactly what everyone was doing every day.

"Hey."

Okamura Ninji has already given the order, and it is not good to say something with Sue Seizo.

So he turned around and gave an order to a guard next to him to release Osamu Kitani and reinstate the official.

The guard turned and left.

There was a flash of eyes: "Your Excellency, General, it seems that the headquarters of the First Army and the Kwantung Army, the senior agents of the Eighth Route Army are hiding very deeply!" ”

Last time, the new commander of the First Army, General Naosaburo Okabe, was killed by the plane of the Eighth Route Army.

It was revealed that there were senior agents of the Eighth Route Army in the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

Although after a thorough investigation, many people in the Kwantung Army Command were arrested or dismissed, judging from the current situation, this high-ranking agent is still lurking in the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

The headquarters of the First Army, whether it was the period of Yoshio Shinozuka or the period of Yoshio Iwamatsu, had always hidden high-ranking agents of the Eighth Route Army.

And during the two commanders at the same time, the only person who served as an officer of the First Army was Kazuki Yamamoto......

"When this battle is over, you will sort out the matter and report it to the base camp." Okamura Ninji said with a gloomy gaze.

It's not that I'm incompetent, it's that the Eighth Route Army is too cunning!

"Hey."

Yusue Jingsan bowed his head, and then asked:

"Your Excellency General, did you order the First Army and the Fifth Division and other troops to move along the Zhengtai Railway into Hebei Province tonight?"

As the campaign progressed, more and more Japanese soldiers were killed.

If the Eighth Route Army formed an encirclement posture against Taiyuan, the First Army Headquarters and the Fifth Division and other troops would not be able to leave if they wanted to.

Okamura Ninji thought carefully for a long time, and then said categorically: "No." ”

"Tonight, the Eighth Route Army will definitely ambush heavy troops on the Zhengtai Railway and ambush the headquarters of the First Army and the Fifth Division and other troops moving towards Ji Province."

"So."

"The First Army and the Fifth Division should continue to attack the Eighth Route Army tonight, pick up the encircled locust army, and then move together to Ji Province."

Okamura Ninji gave this order, not on the fly, but after careful consideration.

The intelligence capability of the Eighth Route Army is not to be discussed for the time being, after two successive failed attacks by the Locust Army and heavy losses of the Locust Army, the commander of the Eighth Route Army will definitely think that the Locust Army in Taiyuan will not dare to continue the offensive.

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army will deploy its main force on the Zhengtai Railway to ambush the locust army that is moving towards Ji Province.

If at this time, the main force of Taiyuan and the encircled locust army attack the Eighth Route Army at the same time, the locusts around Taiyuan will fall into a situation of being attacked from both sides.

"Hey."

Yusei opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he only said hi.

At this time, let Iwamatsu Yoshio continue to attack the Eighth Route Army?

Your Excellency General's brain, it can't be broken, right?

It's just that Okamura Ninji personally gave the order, and Yusue Seizo didn't dare to say much.

After all, he is only a deputy chief of staff, with the rank of major general, and this North China Front Army Command is Okamura Ningji's word, even the chief of staff Tanabe Moritake does not dare to question Okamura Ningji.

"Wait until 10 o'clock to give the order to the command of the First Army."

"After the order is issued, in order to prevent the leakage of intelligence, the First Army and the Fifth Division and other units should immediately attack the Eighth Road."

Okamura Ninji instructed.

If the Eighth Route Army ambushed heavy troops on the Zhengtai Railway.

Then once the battle around Taiyuan starts, the Eighth Route Army of the Zhengtai Railway will definitely not be able to come back for a while.

Tonight, the locust army in Taiyuan will definitely achieve good results.

Thinking of this, Okamura Ninji regained some fighting spirit.

"Hey."

There are three ways of the end essence.

……

At night.

10:15.

Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu, Masashi Hanaya, Kazuki Yamamoto, and others were standing by the radio in anticipation of the retreat order from the North China Front Military Headquarters.

During the day, Iwamatsu Yoshio ordered telegraph troops to send three telegrams to the headquarters of the North China Front requesting tactical guidance.

However, no reply was received from the North China Front Command.

As the Battle of Taiyuan progressed, the situation of the Japanese army in Taiyuan became more and more precarious.

These nights were the golden time for the Japanese army in Taiyuan to move into Hebei Province.

If it drags on any longer, all the Japanese troops in Taiyuan will fall into a situation where they will be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army and then eaten.

The telegraph operator handed a piece of cipher to the decoder, who transferred the cipher into a message, turned around and bowed his head and handed the telegram to Iwamatsu Yoshio with both hands: "General, the commander of the North China Front has just sent a telegram from General Ningci. ”

Yoshio Iwamatsu took the telegram and read it.

"Eight Ga Ya Road!"

After reading the telegram, Iwamatsu Yoshio scolded and tore the telegram to shreds in three or two strokes.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was furious, and the old thief in Okamura deceived me too much.

"Your Excellency Commander, what did Admiral Okamura say?" Chief of Staff Hanaya asked cautiously.

"Okamura Ninji ordered us to continue the attack on the Eighth Route Army tonight." Iwamatsu Yoshio said angrily.

"Nani!" Hanaya and several combat staff officers changed their faces in unison.

"How could Admiral Okamura give such an order?"

Hanaya is puzzled, Okamura Ningji is letting the locust army in Taiyuan die in vain.

Kazuki Yamamoto on the side also looked a little uncertain, could it be that General Okamura Ningji is playing a big game of chess?

"Pass on my order, in addition to mixing the 3rd Brigade and the Locust Cooperative Army, the headquarters of the First Army, the 5th Division, and the 28th Division will immediately move towards Ji Province!"

Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at the watch in his hand, and then his eyes froze, as if he had made some kind of decision, and his tone gave an order categorically.

"Your Excellency, Commander..."

Flower Valley was suddenly widening his eyes, and he wanted to speak.

What are the following grams? (End of chapter)