Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese Army.

Okamura Ninji's new team held a regular meeting for the first time.

The operational staff officers are still those operational staff officers, and the communications staff officers and intelligence staff officers have not been replaced.

However, Okamura Ninji's chief of staff and deputy chief of staff were replaced by Seizo Arisue and Kazuki Yamamoto.

When the last Jingsan became the chief of staff of the North China Front, he was not very happy, but the rabbit died and the fox was sad.

He wanted to trap Tanabe Moritake, but he didn't think about killing tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers from 3 divisions and 2 brigades of the Japanese army.

The main force of the North China Front has been wiped out, what is the point of he, the chief of staff of the North China Front?

Kazuki Yamamoto was not happy either.

He was originally a general of the defeated army, although he was appreciated by Okamura Ninji and promoted to become the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front.

But the entire First Army where he stayed was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and the loss of troops exceeded 130,000 main elites.

Even the Fifth Division was completely annihilated, and the losses in this battle were unprecedented for the Japanese Army.

And Okamura Ninji was not happy, and the promotion of Seizo and Yamamoto Kazuki to the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the North China Front was just a helpless move.

Because of the loss of air supremacy and the Eighth Route Army's all-pervasive intelligence capabilities, Japanese generals risked being killed by the Eighth Route Army if they wanted to go to Beiping to take up their posts.

There are pros and cons to this.

The advantage is that his position as commander of the North China Front Army is relatively stable.

The disadvantage is that he had to promote defeated generals such as Seizo and Kazuki Yamamoto.

The entire conference room of the North China Front Army Headquarters can be said to have a heavy atmosphere and a gloomy atmosphere.

"Yamamoto-kun, you were in charge of the intelligence work of the First Army before, and the intelligence department of the First Army has been infiltrating the base areas of the Eighth Route Army for a long time, has you gained anything from the assistance channels of the Eighth Route Army?"

Okamura Ninji took the lead in looking at Yamamoto Kazuki and asked in a deep voice.

The main reason for the successive crushing defeats of the North China Front Army was that the Japanese army's weaponry and logistical supply were much inferior to those of the Eighth Route Army.

The individual quality of the Japanese army is strong, the weapons and ammunition are sufficient, and the previous Tubalu can be fought with pressure but not particularly great, and even frontal combat can completely abuse the Tubalu.

Although the Japanese army now also calls the Eighth Route Army the Eighth Route Army, almost all the Japanese army knows that this time is different from the past.

In the past, the Eighth Road was a poor Eighth Road, and the current Eighth Road is the Eighth Road of a local tyrant.

Rich and oily.

The Eighth Route Army had the advantage of local operations, coupled with the gap in weapons and logistics supply that was like a chasm.

After several major defeats, although Okamura Ninji still sat firmly in the position of commander of the North China Front, he was under great pressure.

If effective countermeasures cannot be taken, sooner or later the Eighth Route Army will reach Beiping, or even counterattack the northeast.

"There was a gain, but a small gain."

Yamamoto's wooden face sank like water and answered truthfully.

I thought to myself, Your Excellency, the general, really can't open which pot to mention.

Okamura Ningji's question made Kazuki Yamamoto, who was already in a heavy mood, even worse.

Investigate the Eighth Route Army's assistance channels?

Even if the intelligence department of the imperial base camp, the intelligence department of the North China Front, and the secret service of the five provinces of the Japanese army in North China jointly investigated, it was lonely.

What can I investigate with the resources of my First Army's intelligence department?

"What's the catch?"

Okamura Ninji looked moved and became interested.

It is better to have a harvest than no gain, as long as the Eighth Route Army's assistance channels can be cut off, then there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Your Excellency, General, based on reliable information."

Kazuki Yamamoto calmed down:

"The weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army came from Li Yunlong's new regiment, and the weapons and ammunition of the new regiment came from a mysterious person named Chen Feng, who is said to be very young, only in his early twenties."

"Hmm."

Okamura continued to look at Kazuki Yamamoto.

This information, not only Yamamoto Kazuki, but also the intelligence department of the North China Front Army has also investigated, but if you continue to investigate, there will be nothing.

The spies and agents sent to the northwest of Shanxi Province to infiltrate were basically lost in the sea and were never heard from.

Even the high-ranking agent Pangolin has lost contact, either caught by the Eighth Route Army or has been shattered.

"The Eighth Route Army's receiving channels mainly rely on air transport, with airdrops and large transport aircraft taking off and landing airports, and their large transport planes can transport more than 10 tons of combat materials at a time."

"They even have a super-large helicopter that resembles a dragonfly, which can transport heavy artillery, heavy tanks and cars to the Eighth Route Army."

Kazuki Yamamoto continued.

This devil still has some skills, because every time the Eighth Route Army transports, it is inevitable that it will be seen by the common people and a large number of Eighth Route Army.

It won't be leaked once or twice, but it will inevitably allow the devil's infiltration agents to investigate some information about the receipt of goods after receiving the goods many times.

But.

That's all Yamamoto Kazuki knows, he hasn't seen the Eighth Route Army's large transport planes and super-large helicopters, not even a single photo.

When Okamura Ninji heard this, his expression was immediately solemn.

He instantly thought of a terrible thing, this Eighth Route Army's aid channel was simply hand-eyed.

At the beginning, when the North China Front still had air supremacy, the Eighth Route Army's assistance channels were already transporting goods to the Eighth Route Army by air.

And the aviation units of the North China Front were unaware of it.

Now that the North China Front has lost air supremacy, and does not even have an air unit, I am afraid that the Eighth Route Army's assistance channel will be even more unscrupulous in transporting all kinds of combat materials to the Eighth Route Army by air.

"Your Excellency, General."

"We should send a reconnaissance plane into Shanxi to reconnoiter in order to obtain all kinds of intelligence on the Eighth Route Army."

Chief of Staff Seizo Arisue suggested.

Okamura Ningji looked at the intelligence staff officer: "Your intelligence department, can you obtain a large amount of information about the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi?" ”

"General."

"It's very difficult, the counter-espionage methods of the Eighth Route Army are a system of their own, and they are inviolable."

The intelligence staff officer looked bitter, intelligence work is not so easy to do, and the previous intelligence staff officer was apologized for being disemboweled.

"According to reliable intelligence, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with telecommunications reconnaissance vehicles, which can detect the radio location of our intelligence officers."

Kazuki Yamamoto said in a deep voice:

"Before leaving Taiyuan, three of the four intelligence stations I arranged in Taiyuan have been uprooted by the Eighth Route Army."

When Kazuki Yamamoto was in charge of the intelligence department of the First Army, he had long expected that the First Army was no match for the Eighth Route Army, and he had been preparing for the evacuation of Taiyuan several months earlier.

An intelligence station of the First Army was set up in Taiyuan City, and after the Japanese army withdrew from Taiyuan, the intelligence station was responsible for the intelligence collection task of the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan.

But alas, the three intelligence stations were quickly eliminated.

Although there was still one intelligence officer from the intelligence station who escaped, the people of this intelligence station no longer dared to use the telegraph.

Okamura nodded with deep sympathy.

He was a spy, so he naturally knew the horror of the Eighth Route Army in terms of intelligence.

The senior spies of the Eighth Route Army of the North China Front have not yet been found.

"Your Excellency, I also found a pattern!"

After a pause, Kazuki Yamamoto said again.

"What pattern?"

Okamura's eyes narrowed.

Seizo and a group of staff officers also stared at Yamamoto Kazuki, wanting to see how much goods this deputy chief of staff from special forces had in his stomach.

"Every time the Eighth Route Army wins a battle, its equipment will be enhanced, and even all kinds of powerful and terrifying new heavy weapons will appear."

"I suspect..."

"The assistance channel behind the Eighth Route Army is to provide weapons and ammunition to the Eighth Route Army according to the number of soldiers and generals killed by the Eighth Route Army."

Kazuki Yamamoto replied.

As soon as these words came out, all the devil officers, including the Sue Seizan and the devil staff officers, gasped together.

The lives of the soldiers and generals of the Locust Army of the Great Japanese Empire turned out to be a bargaining chip for the Eighth Route Army?

"Yamamoto-kun, is there any evidence and intelligence to support your argument?"

Yusue Seizan asked in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, there is no evidence and intelligence to support it at the moment, but this is the most plausible explanation."

Kazuki Yamamoto glanced at Arisue Seizan and thought to himself that this chief of staff is stupid, didn't I say that I was skeptical?

Okamura Ninji also wiped his forehead and took a long breath of cold air.

The information and speculation provided by Kazuki Yamamoto alone sent chills down his spine.

According to intelligence, the time when the Eighth Route Army received assistance began in early 1940.

In the past two years, the Eighth Route Army has everything from submachine guns to automatic rifles, from 75 mm mountain guns to heavy artillery over 200 mm, and even heavy tanks and aircraft.

If Kazuki Yamamoto's guess is correct.

Then in this Battle of Zhengtai, the Eighth Route Army eliminated 130,000 soldiers of the Locust Army and 16 generals of the Locust Army.

The amount of weapons, ammunition and various materials obtained by the Eighth Route Army was absolutely astronomical even for the Japanese army.

In modern warfare and the modern military system, the strength of an army is mainly reflected in the strength of firepower, and the root of the strength of firepower lies in weaponry and logistical supply.

If the Japanese army has weapons and equipment like the Eighth Route Army, heavy artillery, infantry automatic firepower, advanced aircraft, a large number of small-caliber mortars, and a large number of airdrop supplies.

If the Eighth Route Army is still the old equipment from before.

Then Gangcun Ningci will let the Eighth Route Army know what cruelty is.

But it's a pity that the ideal is very plump and the reality is very skinny.

Now the Eighth Route Army has the upper hand, and the North China Front Army has a big disadvantage, although the Eighth Route Army has now stopped the counteroffensive, but it is obviously accumulating strength and preparing for a more powerful offensive.

Thinking of this, Okamura Ninji felt that the pressure on his shoulders was getting bigger and bigger, and he couldn't breathe.

Thinking of the dream I had before, a person who called himself Li Yunlong carried a ghost-headed machete and cut off his head in the dream.

Could it be that dreams really have to mirror reality?

After a long time, Okamura Ningji's eyes flashed sharply, and he looked at Yousue Seizo: "Yousuejun, continue to urge the base camp to mobilize troops and combat materials to North China, and then send a report to the Kwantung Army and the 11th Army, asking them to dispatch planes to Shanxi to reconnoiter the situation of the Eighth Route Army." ”

"Hey."

There are three end essences bowing their heads.

Okamura had sent several telegrams to the base camp explaining the dangers of losing North China to Hideki Tojo and Locust, but the base camp still did not call back.

Obviously.

The base camp and the locust no longer trust Tagang Village, and they are hesitant to mobilize troops and war materials.

I was afraid that like the previous times, a large number of troops and war materials would be mobilized to North China, and then they would be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura Ninji thought to himself, it would be great if the Eighth Route Army came to assist at this time.

It is best for the planes of the Eighth Route Army to go and bomb the Japanese mainland, so that the base camp and the locusts will definitely increase their troops to North China under the wrath of the locusts.

Pity.

Although the Eighth Route Army was armed with heavy bombers, Okamura estimated that the range was not that long, and there were not many pilots.

If you want to take off from an airfield in Shanxi to bomb the Japanese mainland, a round-trip flight of more than 5,000 kilometers, you will inevitably need long-range strategic bombers, as well as a large amount of fuel and aerial bombs.

Bombing the Japanese mainland?

Does the Eighth Route Army have that strength?

At the moment, even the Soviet Union, which is as strong as the Soviet Union, does not have the capability of long-range strategic bombing.

Okamura Ninji felt that the Eighth Route Army did not have that strength at the moment.

Then, Okamura Ningji looked at Yamamoto Kazuki: "Yamamoto-kun, what did you say last time about promoting special operations in the North China Front?" ”

Since the Eighth Route Army could not be defeated on the frontal battlefield, Okamura Ninji was ready to try other tactics, and Yamamoto Kazuki happened to mention special tactics.

Although Yamamoto's tactics failed to deal with the Eighth Route Army, they achieved good results against the Republic of China government army.

"Your Excellency, General."

Kazuki Yamamoto said:

"According to reliable intelligence, at present, the Eighth Route Army also has several special forces, the most famous is the new sword squadron of the Eighth Route Army, the so-called special operation..."

At present, Yamamoto Kazuki has relied on defeats and leaks along the way to become the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front.

The right to speak is a little bigger than in Shanxi.

Yamamoto Kazuki's ultimate goal, in addition to killing Li Yunlong to avenge Yoshio Shinozuka, is to innovate the tactics of the Japanese Army.

So.

Kazuki Yamamoto vigorously briefed Okamura Ninji on the special operation and formulated a preliminary new special operation tactic in light of the characteristics of the North China Front troops and the current situation.

……

The Japanese Kwantung Army and the 11th Army received a request from the North China Front.

Two reconnaissance planes were quickly dispatched each to carry out aerial reconnaissance in Shanxi.

However, as soon as the four reconnaissance planes of the devils arrived in Shanxi, they were shot down by the fighters of the Eighth Route Army.

Subsequently.

The attack planes of the new regiment attacked the runway of the airport that had just been repaired by the Japanese army in the western suburbs of Beiping.

And the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army domineeringly shouted to the Kwantung Army and the Japanese 11th Army with a clear coded telegram: In the airspace of North China, Japanese planes are forbidden! How many Japanese planes came and shot down as many as they wanted!

In addition, the Eighth Route Army's "Xinhua Japan", "Border Daily" and "Shanxi Daily" and other news newspapers published this sentence as a headline.

When the news reached the North China Front Headquarters, Okamura Ningji was very angry, but he was helpless.

The Kwantung Army and the Japanese 11th Army did not dare to send planes to Taiyuan to carry out aerial reconnaissance.

……

Taiyuan.

Guest house of the National Air Force Observation Group.

Zheng Shaoqiang took the newly run newspaper office of the Eighth Route Army and walked into Mao Yingchu's room: "Captain, this is the article I just bought on the street, the "Shanxi Daily" of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Shanxi Daily was a new newspaper after the Eighth Route Army regained Taiyuan.

It mainly publishes the victories of the Eighth Route Army, as well as the crimes of the Japanese army, and the heroic deeds of the soldiers and officers of the Eighth Route Army.

It was jointly founded by the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province and the Propaganda Department of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and the paper came from the New First Regiment Printing House of the Eighth Route Army.

"That's so domineering!"

Mao Yingchu took the newspaper and looked at it, and when he saw the headline of the headline article, he couldn't help but get goosebumps.

"To deal with little devils, you have to be so domineering!"

Mao Yingchu laughed heartily.

Although the political views are different, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have common enemies at the moment, and Mao Yingchu also hates devils to the core.

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(In recent days, I have been busy, a few days of single shifts, but it will not be interrupted, and I will resume two shifts a day after I am busy.) Ask for a wave of monthly passes and recommended tickets, thank you! ）

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