"What's the strategy?"

Hearing Yamamoto Kazuki's words, Okamura Ninji's expression moved slightly and looked at Yamamoto Kazuki.

There were Seizo Sue and other officers and staff officers, and they couldn't help but look at Yamamoto Kazuki.

At present, Kazuki Yamamoto can be called the third in command of the North China Front, and his status can be said to have soared.

Moreover, Yamamoto Kazuki does have some ability, and since he took up the post of deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, he has provided a lot of constructive suggestions.

After taking over the intelligence department of the North China Front, Yamamoto Kazuki also got some information about the Eighth Route Army.

Although there is not much information, and the intelligence is not enough core secrets, it is much stronger than the previous intelligence staff officers.

The main thing is that Kazuki Yamamoto was in charge of the intelligence work of the First Army before.

Although the intelligence battle of the First Army has been completely abused by the Eighth Route Army, Yamamoto Kazuki fought against the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, so he has more experience.

"General."

"IMHO."

Yamamoto Kazuki had a cold expression and said in a deep voice:

"It is difficult for our North China Front Army alone to resist the offensive of the Eighth Route Army, and I guess that the new 1st Regiment, the 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army are the main force in this battle."

A group of devil officers, including Okamura Ninji, all nodded solemnly.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army, headed by these three regiments, was extremely strong in combat effectiveness, especially the new regiment, and the combat effectiveness of one regiment was equivalent to at least three divisions of the Japanese army.

This is still the data of the Zhengtai Battle a few months ago, and after the development of these months, the strength of the Eighth Route Army may be even more terrifying.

"Indeed." Okamura nodded with a gloomy face.

As the commander of the North China Front, Okamura Ninji didn't want to admit that he couldn't defeat the Eighth Route Army, but this was the truth.

The Eighth Route Army had more than 1,000 artillery pieces of 105 mm caliber and more than 500 tanks.

And what about the North China Front?

There were less than 100 heavy artillery pieces of caliber of 105 mm or more, including the 6th Heavy Artillery Wing of the 1st Division, which was disabled, and the 7th Heavy Artillery Wing, which was hidden by Okamura Ninji.

In terms of light artillery firepower, there was a big gap with the Eighth Route Army.

Not to mention tanks, although the North China Front has nearly 100 tanks, these tanks are all Type 95 light and Type 97 medium tanks.

It was completely incomparable with the heavy tanks of the Eighth Route Army, and was bloodied.

In terms of air supremacy, although the 6th Flying Division of the North China Front has been formed, whether it can surpass the air force units of the Eighth Route Army, Okamura Ninji is unsure.

However, judging by the defeat of the aviation units in Central China.

There is a high probability that the 6th Flying Division will not be able to defeat the air force of the Eighth Route Army.

In terms of infantry firepower, the Locust Army still uses bolt-action rifles, while the Eighth Route Army has used semi-automatic and fully automatic firepower.

In terms of troops, the Eighth Route Army also has an advantage, and in addition, the Eighth Route Army also has the support of the common people.

Air firepower, ground firepower, and troops, as well as logistics, the North China Front Army was all at a great disadvantage.

To say that the North China Front can defeat the Eighth Route Army is completely self-deception.

Although at the bottom of the divisions and brigades, the Japanese officers and soldiers were fanatical that the locust army would win this battle and the Eighth Route Army would be defeated.

However, in the operations hall of the North China Front Headquarters, all of them were high-ranking Japanese officers and staff officers.

Putting out the paper data of both sides, no Japanese officer could think that the locusts army would win.

"So, Yamamoto-kun, what countermeasures do you have?"

After a pause, Okamura Ninji looked at Kazuki Yamamoto.

Yamamoto Kazuki said in a deep voice: "Since our North China Front Army cannot stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army, then we can only ask for foreign aid. ”

"If, when the Eighth Route Army attacked North China, it broke through the locust defense line in Shimen City, Baoding, and Zhangjiakou, and advanced towards the Pingjin area."

"The main forces of the locust army in Central and South China, and the main force of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria, suddenly appeared behind the Eighth Route Army."

"We will have the opportunity to defeat the Eighth Route Army, and even completely annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army attacking the North China Front."

The main battlefield of this battle was in North China, and the terrain in North China was mostly plains, so the Japanese army had no way to adopt the tactics of tunnels and anticlines.

Of course, even if the Japanese army adopts the tactics of tunnels and anti-slopes, the Eighth Route Army also has a way to target it.

"Yamamoto-kun's idea is good, I have already discussed this tactic with His Excellency the General and Lieutenant General Tanabe."

There are three worries:

"But I'm afraid the base camp will not agree to the locust army in Central China, as well as the Kwantung Army in Manchuria, to fight in North China."

Yamamoto Kazuki's method was already discussed by them before Tanabe Moritake died.

As a result, it was impossible for the base camp to send the Kwantung Army and Japanese troops in Central China to fight in North China.

Not to mention the mobilization of Japanese troops in South China.

And this method was proposed by Moritake Tanabe.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the situation is different now."

Kazuki Yamamoto said in a deep voice.

"What's the difference?"

Yusue Seizan asked in a deep voice.

Although all the devil officers had gloomy and solemn faces, there was no smell of gunpowder in their words.

This battle is related to the life and death of the North China Front, and all the devil officers are working hard to make a move.

Yamamoto Kazuki said: "At that time, the Eighth Route Army did not have heavy long-range bombers, and it could not threaten the empire itself. ”

"Now that the Eighth Route Army has heavy long-range bombers, once North China is lost, the Eighth Route Army will definitely attack Manchuria and South China."

"When the Eighth Route Army drives the locust army out of China, the heavy long-range bombers of the Eighth Route Army will come to the empire every day to drop bombs."

"We can compare the stakes and the current situation between the enemy and the enemy, and show the Prime Minister and His Majesty the Locust."

"They will definitely send troops to flank the attacking Eighth Route Army."

Okamura Ninji nodded, what Yamamoto Kazuki said did make some sense.

The base camp has already mobilized so many troops and combat materials for the North China Front.

If the North China Front is defeated, the base camp will definitely be difficult to bear.

If you continue to apply for reinforcements, there is a high probability that the base camp will continue to send reinforcements, and it is even possible that Stud.

This is the gambler psychology of the Japanese army.

Okamura Ninji thought to himself that with the current strength of the Eighth Route Army, it was not enough to defeat the entire China Army.

At this moment, an officer of the intelligence department, holding a telegram in his hand, walked in quickly, handed the telegram in his hand to Yamamoto Kazuki, paused and then left quickly.

Yamamoto Kazuki picked up the telegram and read it, and after reading the telegram, Yamamoto Kazuki couldn't help but stare at it.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff."

"I just received information that some troops of the Eighth Route Army are already making pre-war mobilization and material preparations, and the Eighth Route Army will attack soon!"

Putting down the telegram in his hand, Yamamoto Kazuki looked at Okamura Ninji and Yusue Seizo with a solemn face.

Okamura Ninji, Seizo Arisue and the devil officers all looked stunned.

There was a sense of urgency in the air before the big war.

In the past, the Japanese army could also receive information on the pre-war mobilization and material preparation of the Eighth Route Army.

However, no matter how detailed the information is, it will be difficult for the Japanese army to obtain.

In the past, when the Japanese army obtained this information, the General Staff also had to analyze the target of the Eighth Route Army's attack, because the Eighth Route Army was good at feints.

For example, last time Li Yunlong's tactics of attacking the south from the north, he sent the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment to feint to attack Datong, and the main force quietly moved south to attack the 33rd Division and the 37th Division.

Of course, this is also a common trick used by the Japanese army.

The devil knows that the mobilization of troops and war materials cannot hide the eyes of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, before the sweep, the Japanese army generally moved its forces back and forth to confuse the Eighth Route Army and make the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army unable to guess the target of the Japanese attack.

But this time, the Japanese army didn't have to guess at all, they all knew that the Eighth Route Army was going to counterattack North China in a big way.

"There is a last gentleman, immediately draft a telegram and send it to the base camp!"

"Please order the Kwantung Army and the locust troops in Central and South China to reinforce our North China Front!"

"Completely encircle and destroy the Eighth Route Army attacking North China!"

Okamura Ninji pushed the round-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and ordered in a cold tone.

"Hey."

Seizo replied, brought paper and pen and began to prepare a telegram.

"Yamamoto-kun, how is your guerrilla team formed?"

Okamura Ninji looked at Kazuki Yamamoto.

"At present, 50 guerrilla units have been trained, and each guerrilla unit is equipped with the weapons of the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, as well as interpreters."

"These guerrillas trained by my special agents can cause great trouble to the logistics supply lines of the Eighth Route Army, even if they cannot completely destroy the logistics supply of the Eighth Route Army."

Kazuki Yamamoto's tone was confident.

Last time, the devils of the 26th Division and the 1st Division also engaged in some guerrillas, but they were relatively amateurish, and they were eliminated by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army not long after.

But this time, Yamamoto Kazuki fully learned the lessons of the last guerrilla defeat and studied the characteristics of the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army.

Let these devil guerrillas pretend to be the main force or guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army.

Give the Eighth Route Army and the Chinese people a fish-eyed confusion.

As long as you are careful, not only the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas will not be recognized, but the Chinese people will not be recognized.

However, if you pretend to be like you, Yamamoto Kazuki strictly forbids these guerrillas to massacre the Chinese people, and if they pretend to be, the common people will instead support the devil guerrillas in order to solve the problem of supply behind enemy lines.

"Yo Si."

Okamura nodded.

"Your Excellency, General."

"Is there any news about the imitation of the German Iron Fist bazooka?"

Kazuki Yamamoto asked.

The Japanese army did not have many anti-tank guns, and the 47-mm anti-tank guns could not penetrate the tank armor of the Eighth Route Army at all.

And the research on bazooka anti-tank weapons in the base camp has not progressed for a long time.

Only then did Yamamoto Kazuki think of imitating the anti-tank weapons of the German army, and the Type 4 anti-tank spine mines were mounted on improvised bazookas and fired.

Okamura Ninji said: "By the way, this morning the base camp just sent a telegram that the Ordnance Department has successfully tested the Type 4 anti-tank rocket launcher. ”

"How's the performance?"

Kazuki Yamamoto asked with a relaxed expression.

"Very good, the firing range can reach 30 meters, and the thickness of armor piercing can reach 150 mm."

Okamura Ninji said.

"Yo Xi!"

Kazuki Yamamoto nodded, thinking that he finally had a weapon to deal with the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

Although the performance of this anti-tank weapon is far from that of the Bazooka of the Eighth Route Army, it cannot be compared in terms of range or power.

Despite its short range, it was much better than sending a soldier to the tank and throwing a Type 4 anti-tank mine onto the tank.

"Your Excellency General, please call back to the base camp!"

"The North China front urgently needs such anti-tank weapons, the more the better."

Kazuki Yamamoto said in a deep voice.

Yamamoto Kazuki was powerless to complain about the efficiency of the group of rotten officers in the ordnance department, but others were soft-spoken, and he could only suggest to Okamura Ninji, who urged the base camp to produce new weapons as soon as possible.

However, now Yamamoto Kazuki is the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front Army after all, and he has much more say than when he was in the First Army.

Using his right to speak, Yamamoto Kazuki reorganized the Yamamoto Special Forces, and the team members have reached 80 people, and Koga Goro is responsible for training, all of whom are carefully selected from the A Division.

"Hmm." Okamura nodded.

If the tank problem of the Eighth Route Army could not be solved, the heavy tanks of the Eighth Route Army would be a devastating blow to the Japanese army.

Okamura Ninji also attaches great importance to this matter.

Seizo quickly drafted two telegrams, one requesting reinforcements, and the other requesting the Ordnance Department to produce Type 4 anti-tank rocket launchers as soon as possible and send them to North China.

After reading the telegram, Okamura Ninji quickly signed his name and handed it over to the communications staff officer to arrange for the telegram to be sent.

……

The Eighth Route Army and the North China Front Army were all in full swing to prepare for this battle.

More than half a month later.

Taiyuan.

The regimental headquarters of the new regiment.

The officers and staff officers of the regimental headquarters were in a hurry, and the air seemed to smell of gunpowder as if a major battle was approaching.

"Commander, the head of the headquarters just called to inquire."

Chief of Staff Wang Dehou put down the phone in his hand, walked to Li Yunlong's side, and asked:

"Whether the pre-war preparations are complete."

"Don't ask me about that." Li Yunlong's eyes lifted from the map, and he said angrily, "You kid is the chief of the general staff of the campaign." ”

"I've already reported to the head of headquarters."

"All our pre-war preparations will be completed in five days at most."

Wang Dehou smiled slightly and said.

Organizing such a large offensive campaign, with hundreds of thousands of troops participating in the battle, requires a lot of pre-war preparations.

The preparation of weapons, ammunition, food, and medicine, the preparation of logistical means of transport, the mobilization of troops participating in the war, and the mobilization of the masses all require a great deal of manpower and material resources.

To organize the pre-war preparations for such a big battle, Wang Dehou is also a big girl on the sedan chair, and it is the first time.

The work is very tiring, but Wang Dehou is also very motivated.

Li Yunlong nodded, his expression satisfied.

"Commander, when will the troops start attacking?"

Wang Dehou asked.

Li Yunlong didn't answer, he looked at the sky, it was already mid-October 1942, the autumn rain was continuous, and there was already a trace of coldness in the air.

Winter in the north comes faster than winter in the south.

"Are the attacking troops ready for the winter's cotton clothes?"

Li Yunlong asked.

This battle is a big battle, and I am afraid that it will not end in a short time, so we need to prepare early.

"Not yet."

"Although the cotton harvest in various places this year is good, I am afraid it is too late to let the quilt factory rush to make cotton clothes now."

"After all, we need at least hundreds of thousands of cotton clothes."

Wang Dehou said in an embarrassed tone.

"It seems that the only way to find Boss Chen is to find it." Li Yunlong nodded, not panicking at all.

Boss Chen has a lot of cotton coats there, and the quality is much better than the cotton clothes produced by the Eighth Route Army Quilt Factory, and the price is very cheap.

At the beginning of killing the two Kwantung Army squadrons, Boss Chen gave 40,000 sets of cotton clothes.

Good value for money!

"Report to the head of the regiment, chief of staff!"

"Boss Chen's secret message!"

At this moment, the communications staff officer of the new regiment held a telegram in his hand, walked in quickly, saluted and reported.