Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka put down the telephone receiver in his hand and sat on the chair weakly, looking very bad.

"Your Excellency, what's wrong?" Yamamoto Kazuo asked with concern on the side, after the battle of Laojun Mountain, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka and Lieutenant General Tada Jun were reprimanded by the base camp, and it is said that even the emperor asked about the matter, in the past month, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka has stepped up the reorganization of the army, while waiting for the final results of the base camp's disposition of him, and even prepared to transfer to the reserve, at this time Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka's expression made Yamamoto Kazuki very worried.

"His Excellency Tada Jun has been dismissed, Senior General Gangmura Ningji has taken over his post in Beiping today, the phone call just now is from His Excellency Tada Jun, his military career has ended, and he will return to the mainland in a few days." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka's words were very sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

"Your Excellency, are there any other decisions in the base camp?" Yamamoto Kazuki hesitated for a moment, and then asked, he didn't care about Tada Jun's stay at all, and was even a little happy, compared to Tada Jun's old playboy, General Okamura Ninji was obviously more accomplished in military affairs, what he was really worried about was the departure and stay of Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, Yamamoto Kazuki was still self-aware, he didn't have many people to rely on in the army, and if Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka was dismissed, his future would also become bleak.

"Yamamoto-kun, don't worry, His Excellency Tada Jun and Senior General Okamura Ningji have communicated, and they agree that my handling in this battle is correct, the only variable is the sudden strengthening of the equipment situation of the Eighth Route Army, and the responsibility for this matter must be on the navy, if it weren't for their failure to block the coastline, the Eighth Route Army would never have obtained so many heavy weapons." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka was naturally aware of Yamamoto Kazuki's concerns, so he revealed further information.

"Your Excellency, with all due respect, being able to transport weapons of this scale to Jin Province is definitely not only the unilateral responsibility of the Navy, but also the North China Dispatch Army and even our First Army, there may be people involved." Kazuki Yamamoto continued.

"It's weird, Yamamoto-kun, let's take a look at this again." As he spoke, Yoshio Shinozuka threw two photos on the table, and the top one was a photo taken by Brigade Commander Chen with the tank group as the background.

"Your Excellency, what is this?" Kazuki Yamamoto picked up the photo and suddenly felt that his scalp was a little numb.

"The photos that our people got from the military command Jin Provincial Station should have been taken yesterday, I am very surprised, one hundred and twenty units, a full one hundred and twenty CV-33 tanks, this is not something that can be secretly transported into Jin Province." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka was a little lucky, thanks to the fact that the Eighth Route Army did not obtain these heavy weapons during the Battle of Laojun Mountain, otherwise, not to mention the independent mixed into the Third Brigade, even the 36th Division is estimated to be folded in the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army.

"Your Excellency, the Noodle Nation is provoking the bottom line of the Empire, aren't they worried that it will affect the ongoing multilateral negotiations?" Although it has long been determined that there are people in the Noodle Country who support the Eighth Route Army, but before, both Yamamoto Kazuki and Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka thought that it was just the action of a small group of people within the Noodle Country, but one hundred and twenty tanks at once, if this is not an act of the state, Yamamoto Kazuki would not believe it, it is ridiculous that the empire still has to form an alliance with the other party.

"It's not just the noodle country, you look at the photo below, this time the Eighth Route Army also obtained fifty-six M1910 122 mm howitzers, although it is an old artillery, but after obtaining this batch of artillery, the Eighth Route Army has surpassed the empire in artillery firepower, 122 mm guns, and the largest caliber artillery in the hands of our First Army is only 105 mm." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka smiled helplessly, he originally had heavy artillery in his hand, but the war on the side of the Eleventh Army was tight, and the dispatch army transferred his heavy artillery to the Eleventh Army, so that his First Army can now be said to be a serious lack of firepower.

"Is the heavy artillery of the northern power a problem with the troops stationed in Mongolia?" Kazuki Yamamoto suddenly felt so lonely, could it be that the entire imperial army was rotten except for himself and Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka? How do you feel like there are loopholes everywhere?

"Whether it is a problem of the Mongolian army or not, our first army will definitely have a hard time in the future, Yamamoto-kun, I have asked the intelligence department to collect information on the heavy artillery units of the Eighth Route Army, and the aviation will also increase the frequency of sorties, if you can, I hope that your special team can take the initiative to attack and destroy the artillery or artillery reserves of the Eighth Route Army." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka said solemnly.

"Your Excellency, the special forces can attack at any time, but the intelligence of the aviation must be sent to me for review!" Yamamoto Kazuki showed disdain when he mentioned the aviation force, and in the battle of Laojun Mountain, the number of destroyed vehicles reported by the aviation force actually reached 125 tanks, 204 artillery pieces, and nearly 1,000 firepower points. When they checked after the war, they found that most of the things they destroyed were some false targets, some of them were made of wood, some of them were papier-mâché, and even those with mounds of earth, and these were the things that made the aviation force go round and round, and the most excessive thing was that the Eighth Route Army also set up a false position not far from Laojun Mountain, which would be arranged at night, using the lights to confuse the air force, and the air force that was forcibly dispatched at night dropped almost all the bombs on that false target.

"Yamamoto-kun, don't be too harsh on the air force, one of the big Zuo of the Kwantung Army Air Force, and the two middle ones have been ordered to cut themselves, you have to believe in the determination of the base camp to rectify the air force, everything will be fine, and we want to suppress the Eighth Route Army, the only thing we can rely on is the air force, we should be glad that the Eighth Route Army does not have an air force, otherwise, our situation will be even more difficult." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka smiled and comforted Yamamoto Kazukimichi.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, Yamamoto will definitely live up to his trust and resolutely destroy the heavy artillery units of the Eighth Route Army!" Kazuki Yamamoto is immediately a standing and very serious guarantee.

"Yamamoto-kun, the base camp's documents on the formation of special operations forces have been confirmed by His Majesty the Emperor, you will get a brigade formation, and the funds will be allocated to you through the First Army, but in terms of soldiers and weapons, there will be some discounts, you know, the empire is also in difficulty now." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka nodded with satisfaction, opened the drawer, and handed a document that had been prepared long ago to Yamamoto Kazuki, although the Laojun Mountain War Imperial Army suffered heavy losses, but Yamamoto Kazuo's exploits could not be concealed.

"Your Excellency, I obey the arrangement of the Empire, is it too large to have just a brigade?" Kazuki Yamamoto wants to scold his mother at this time, special operations forces, shouldn't they be small and capable? These guys in the base camp actually gave themselves the establishment of a brigade and regiment, which is simply a joke, the resources and funds required to train the special operations forces of a brigade and regiment are estimated to be enough to support a division, or an elite division of the first class.

"Don't worry, Yamamoto-kun, according to the instructions of the base camp, your brigade will be formed according to the independent mixed brigade, with a post of 8,000 people, and the funds and supplies will also be allocated according to the standard of an independent mixed brigade of 8,000 people, but at present, the soldiers I can give you are only 2,000 veterans of the imperial army." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka explained with a smile that the base camp does not understand special operations, but he still knows a thing or two, so he naturally tries his best not to let Yamamoto Kazuki suffer.

"Two thousand? Do you still have veterans on your hands? "Yamamoto is puzzled, the battle of Laojun Mountain is not only the loss of Laojun Mountain, the imperial army of the entire Jin Province has a lot of losses, the dead plus the wounded, the actual loss of soldiers is close to 8,000 people, Shinozuka Yoshio can be said to be trying his best to raise soldiers to replenish during this time, but until now, there are still 3,000 people left in the independent mixed third brigade, since there are still 2,000 veterans, why not supplement to Lieutenant General Yoshizawa Tadao?

"The base camp is very dissatisfied with the third wing of the independent mixed fourth brigade, and was killed by the Eighth Route Army twice in a row, and the commander of the Dazuo wing was seized, which caused an extremely bad impact on the imperial army, so in the future, the independent mixed fourth brigade will not set up the third wing, but will add several new independent brigades, which are directly under the command of the brigade headquarters, as for the officers and soldiers of the original third wing, the original plan of the base camp was to let them all retire, this matter was stopped by me, and these two thousand veterans will be added to you." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka said with a smile.

"If you train 2,000 troops with 8,000 men, then there will be no problem." Yamamoto Kazuki didn't think that the two thousand veterans were "unlucky", and the former Sakata Wing was also the most powerful wing of the First Army, and these two thousand veterans were rare.

"Yamamoto, you must know that the base camp will not let you eat empty salaries, I will reorganize the remnants of the Imperial Allied Army and Qian Bojun's headquarters in the First World War of Laojun Mountain, and form a 2,000-strong Imperial Allied Army Wing to strengthen you, in addition, there is also a 3,000-strong Korean Army recruit wing, which will also be strengthened to you, as for the remaining posts, I will continue to strengthen you such as aviation and surface ship units, which will be more convenient for your operations."

"Thank you so much, Your Excellency! Aligatau Imas! Yamamoto bowed deeply excitedly, whether it is the Imperial Association Army or the Korean Army, the military salary is very low, and he can also give a part of the military ticket, which allows him to divert more resources to train special forces, of course, for the Imperial Association Army and the North Korean Army, he will also increase the training efforts, after all, it is also his subordinate Yamamoto Kazuki.

"In terms of weapons, I know that you have a deep grudge against Imperial weapons, so I have repeatedly asked the base camp to allow you to transfer the captured weapons of the Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army, so that you can save a large part of the funds for the purchase of special operations equipment." Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka said with a smile, for Yamamoto Kazuki, he has put a lot of effort into it, and the Imperial Army also attaches great importance to the capture of weapons.

"Your Excellency!" Yamamoto Kazuki bowed deeply again, and even his tense body began to tremble, he was really moved, no, it should be grateful.