On the night of October 31, 1940, Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army

"Yaga! Stupid, all stupid, send that captain who failed to rescue and delayed the military plane to a court-martial, I'm going to shoot him! "Yamamoto Kazuki felt that he was going crazy, he had always boasted that he was the first person in the special operations of the Imperial Army, but he never thought that he was actually attacked by the opponent in a way that used a small force raid to attack his aviation school, and also caused huge casualties.

"Your Excellency Commander, the captain of the brigade has reacted quickly enough, the opponent has heavy artillery, and it is understandable that they are waiting for armored vehicles to accompany them." Hirata Ichiro hesitated, but he couldn't help but persuade, from hearing the sound of artillery to leaving the barracks to go to the rescue, it took a total of five minutes, although the reaction speed was still not as fast as Yamamoto's troops, but it was also very fast in the field troops.

"Hirata-kun, are the losses of the aviation school counted?" Yamamoto Kazuki didn't answer, although he knew that what Ichiro Hirata said made sense, but he wasn't ready to let go of the captain, such a big matter, if no one was dealt with, would it still work? Don't say it's a small captain of the Nakazo team, this time I'm afraid that even I will be reprimanded by the base camp.

"512 cadets were killed, 223 were seriously wounded, 108 were lightly wounded, and among the wounded, only 54 could continue to fly, plus those who were not injured, only 172 of these cadets were left to fly, as for the faculty and staff, 97 were killed, 44 were seriously wounded, 23 were slightly injured, and there were no uninjured people. Hirata Ichiro said a little gloomily, plus the troops lost in the pursuit of the bandits, in this moment, the loss of the imperial army exceeded 1,100 people, which is almost two brigades, and it is definitely a heavy loss.

"Yaga, have you figured out who did it?" Yamamoto Kazuki is so angry, he lost two brigades at once, I'm afraid that the reprimand of the base camp can't be avoided, Lieutenant General Kinoshita Toshita has just been severely reprimanded, this time it's good, it's his turn again.

However, deep down in his heart, Yamamoto Kazuki was very worried that this matter was done by the Eighth Route Army, and finally a truce with the Eighth Route Army was made, and if there was another war, many of his plans would need to be adjusted, and even the strategy of the North China Dispatch Army would need to be adjusted.

"It's the bandits on Taihang Mountain, according to the confessions of the captured minions, there are white instructors in their team, and planes flying from the northwest have airdropped heavy artillery to them, the model is an M1938 120mm mortar." Hirata Ichiro knew what Yamamoto Kazuki was worried about, and hurriedly said, when the reinforcement team arrived at the battlefield, the bandits who were in charge of the broken back were still entangled with the students who resisted desperately, although some bandits committed suicide at that time, but they were still captured by the devils several, and the captured bandits couldn't say anything clearly, but just the current information was enough for them to judge.

"It's an Alliance agent again, damn the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I'm going to make them pay!" Yamamoto Kazuki is so angry in his heart, isn't he just a major general, why are you endless, it's the eighth time, this is not counting those attacks that can't be judged, this is forcing yourself to make a counterattack.

"It should be, but this group of bandits has more than three hundred people, and this time the loss is less than a hundred, Your Excellency-" Hirata Ichiro stopped talking, there are more than two hundred bandits, more than two hundred elite bandits trained by the alliance, as long as these people are not annihilated, it is very likely to make a comeback again.

"After dawn, immediately send aviation troops to conduct high-density reconnaissance in the area near Taiyuan, and at the same time, contact the special high class, so that they must find the bandits, more than 300 bandits, will never be nameless, bandits of this scale were bought by the alliance, and the imperial army did not receive any news, this is definitely a mistake in intelligence work!" Yamamoto Kazuki said hatefully, he didn't want to shake the pot at this time, but the intelligence work was getting more and more stretched.

Before, although the intelligence work of the Special High Division on the Eighth Route Army was not carried out smoothly, it was very good at the intelligence work of the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army, as for the local bandit armament, many of them were simply directly controlled by the Special High Section, but now, a large number of bandits were co-opted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Alliance, and then jumped into the Taiyuan Defense Circle with heavy artillery.

"Understood, I'll do it in a moment!" Ichiro Hirata nodded.

"The only thing to be thankful for is that the opponent has discarded all the heavy weapons, otherwise the situation would have been worse." Yamamoto Kazuki muttered in a low voice, 8 Min 20 82 mm mortars, 4 M1938 120 mm mortars, and two Liao 13 heavy machine guns, this firepower, if it is used to fight ambushes, a reinforced squadron of the Imperial Army will not be able to bargain, and if it is replaced by a new division regiment, a brigade is possible.

"Your Excellency, we may be able to work on this side of the Alliance." Ichiro Hirata whispered.

"Hirata-kun, what do you mean?" Kazuki Yamamoto didn't understand it a bit.

"Your Excellency, I think that what we encountered should be the alliance special attack force, a special attack force organized by the alliance using the remnants of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and the alliance air force used large transport planes to parachute the special forces into our hinterland at night, which took the imperial army by surprise." Hirata Ichiro said that if it is a bandit or an anti-union, there is no need to interrogate at all, where will there be so many anti-union forces who speak the dialect of Jin Province.

"Hirata-kun." Yamamoto Kazuki understood what Hirata Ichiro meant, but he hesitated in his heart, he Yamamoto Kazuki would never be a person who dared not face failure, but this time the loss was indeed a bit big, he was really worried that someone in the military department would take the opportunity to target him, mostly the new stars of the empire, and there were still many people in the military department who were not used to him.

"Your Excellency, you must understand that both the General Staff Headquarters and the Kwantung Army will like our judgment very much, and we cannot deny that this matter is indeed the handiwork of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is not too bad." Ichiro Hirata hopes that Yamamoto Kazuki understands that his current character is an invincible elite of special attack warfare, and he will never be defeated by bandits.

"Hirata-kun, I can accept defeat." Kazuki Yamamoto is still struggling inside.

"Your Excellency, the General Staff Headquarters does not want you to be defeated by bandits, and the Kwantung Army also needs an excuse to create tension, especially the Kwantung Army, if you don't want to be led by the Navy, you need to maintain tension with the alliance, just like they did last year." Ichiro Hirata continued.

"Okay, Hirata-kun, I'll leave this matter to you." Yamamoto Kazuki eventually agreed to Ichiro Hirata's suggestion.

Some people died, but not completely......