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Chapter 491 This time, I will personally direct!
Peiping.

North China Front Army Command.

"Hi!"

"Your Excellency the General."

"I brought the battle plan for eliminating Li Yunlong and the Northwest Shanxi Eighth Route Army made by the First Army Staff Headquarters!"

While speaking, Yoshio Iwamatsu handed over a folder in his hand.

Neiji Okamura did not answer, and asked: "Did you bring the documents about the defeat process and loss of the 36th Division?"

"Here it is, Your Excellency, please take a look."

Yoshio Iwamatsu quickly handed another folder to Ningji Okamura.

Neiji Okamura picked up the folder and opened it to read.

Soon, Neiji Okamura's complexion gradually turned ugly, and the situation of the 36th Division was much worse than he expected.

第36师团的师团部几乎全部被消灭，第224联队、第36工兵联队和第36山炮兵联队被全歼，第36师团战损高达90.00%。

The only gratification is that the flags of the 222nd and 223rd regiments were brought back.

Otherwise, the 36th Division would have been wiped out.

However, this is not much different from being wiped out. The Japanese army has not enough soldiers to allocate, and it is impossible to rebuild the 36th Division in a short time.

But what made Neiji Okamura angry was that the record of the defeat of the 36th Division in this folder was not very detailed. It was basically the content of the telegram sent by the 36th Division headquarters to the First Army.

Neiji Okamura said lightly: "Iwamatsu-kun, you let me down."

Yoshio Iwamatsu: "Hi!"

Okamura Ningji said: "In this report, there is not even a detailed battle process between the 36th Division and the Eighth Route Army. For example, how did the Eighth Route Army break through so many thickened reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers in a short period of time, thus We have advanced to the city of Heyuan County, if you don’t understand this, you don’t even know how you were defeated by your opponent’s sword.”

Yoshio Yansong hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency, the main reason why the Eighth Route Army broke through the thickened bunkers and gun towers so quickly and advanced to the city of Heyuan County is because Lieutenant General Jing Guanren cut corners and reduced the original thickness of the bunkers and gun towers." 0.5 meters to 1 meter, and the new regiment was equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, which led to the breach of bunkers and gun towers."

Neji Okamura heard this, and cast a cold glance at Yoshio Iwamatsu.

He turned around and picked up a stack of photos, and threw them in front of Yoshio Iwamatsu: "Kun Iwamatsu, take a look for yourself."

"This……"

Yoshio Iwamatsu picked up these photos and looked at them, and cold sweat flowed from his back into his groin.

Although these photos are all black and white and taken from a high altitude, it can still be distinguished that the thickened bunkers and gun towers built by the 36th Division in Northwest Shanxi are still visible in the photos.

The traces of the battle can be seen from the photos, that is to say, these photos were taken by reconnaissance aircraft observers from the middle and low altitudes after the battle.

The structures of the bunkers and gun towers are mostly complete, that is to say, the large-caliber heavy artillery of the Eight Routes did not blow down these bunkers and gun towers.

How did the Eighth Road bypass these blockhouses and artillery towers and approach the city of Heyuan County?
This made Yoshio Iwamatsu think carefully and terrified.

Yoshio Yanmatsu asked tentatively: "Could it be... the large-caliber heavy artillery shells of the Eighth Route Army killed all the imperial soldiers in the bunkers and gun towers?"

Neiji Okamura said with a gloomy face: "I have ordered people to test it. The shells of the 150mm howitzer can shock and injure people in 3-meter-thick bunkers and gun towers, but they will never be shocked to death!"

"Then what is going on here?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu stared at the photo, frowning. These were bunkers and gun towers built by the Japanese army after spending a lot of steel and cement.

A lot of repairs have been done around Taiyuan. If you don't know how the Eighth Route Army did it, Yoshio Iwamatsu won't be able to sleep well.

"What's going on?" Neiji Okamura snorted coldly, "I still want to ask Iwamatsu-kun?"

Although Japanese reconnaissance plane observers took pictures from the air, the charred bodies of the devils were all cleaned up.

So Neiji Okamura didn't know that the devils in the bunkers and gun towers were turned into roast pigs by flame guns.

Neiji Okamura asked coldly: "Did Iwamatsu-kun not send spies to Northwest Shanxi to scout the battlefield after the end of the Northwest Shanxi Campaign?"

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency General!" Yoshio Iwamatsu said hurriedly, "When I get back to Taiyuan, I will immediately send special forces to Northwest Shanxi to find out about this matter."

"Special forces?" Neiji Okamura asked with a look on his face, "Is it the special forces under General Shinozuka?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "Yes, the captain is Kazuki Yamamoto. Your Excellency the General also knows about this elite team with less than a hundred people?"

"General Shinozuka sold me his secret service before his death." Neiji Okamura nodded, "He also said that Kazuki Yamamoto was an excellent imperial soldier."

Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "Yes, the secret service team and the advance team led by Mr. Yamamoto performed well in the Central Plains battle. They made two shots in total, and they were beheaded successfully both times."

At present, Yoshio Iwamatsu has sent the Yamamoto Special Forces Team to the southeast of Shanxi to report to Neiji Okamura about fishing to snatch an anti-tank loudspeaker weapon from Balu.

After finishing speaking, he explained for himself that the reason why he didn't send special forces to Northwest Shanxi for battlefield reconnaissance was because he sent the special forces to Southeast Shanxi.

Okamura Ningji's face softened slightly, and Yoshio Iwamatsu finally did something serious.

Neiji Okamura asked: "Iwasong-kun, you also did intelligence work on China in the early years. Didn't you realize that the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi attacked the 36th Division in advance?"

In fact, Neiji Okamura also did espionage work in his early years, and he did it very quickly and achieved quite a lot.

Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "I'm aware of it, but the Eight Routes in the southeast of Shanxi and the Central Army in the south of the Yellow River also made big moves, which caused the staff to make a wrong judgment..."

However, Neiji Okamura did not want to listen to his explanation, and said: "We must do a good job in intelligence work, especially the intelligence work of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi."

The importance of intelligence.

For a war, it is very important. If the enemy's action direction can be known in advance, one can reduce one's own casualties, and two can prepare relevant resistance strategies in advance.

Yoshio Iwamatsu obviously understood this truth, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Hey, after returning to Taiyuan, I will order the intelligence department to strengthen penetration into Northwest Shanxi."

Ningji Okamura said again: "In addition, according to the report of the reconnaissance plane, the Eighth Route Army organized ordinary people to build roads in Northwest Shanxi. They obviously wanted to connect the entire Northwest Shanxi into one piece. There is another most important issue. Under the blockade of the 36th Division, where did so many foreign weapons and ammunition come from?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "Regarding this, the First Army has been investigating, but so far, no clues have been found. Even the base camp has sent an investigation team to the First Army to investigate, but nothing has been found."

Neiji Okamura shook his head and said, "I suspect that the Eighth Route Army received aid through airdrops, and even built an airport in northwest Shanxi."

"airdrop?"

"Is there an airport in Northwest Shanxi?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu was taken aback. He didn't think about it from this aspect. After all, the airspace in North China belongs to the Japanese aviation force, and it is difficult for enemy planes to pass through silently.

However, what Okamura Ningji said was very possible, otherwise it would be impossible to explain how weapons could be transported in under the blockade.

"That's right." Ningji Okamura said, "The Eighth Route Army's air defense firepower in Northwest Shanxi is very strong, and the reconnaissance plane is not convenient for low-altitude reconnaissance. Iwamatsu-kun, after you go back, you must send intelligence personnel to infiltrate into Northwest Shanxi, find the airfield of the Eighth Route Army, and send Fighters and bombers went to bomb the airfield of the Eighth Route Army."

"Hi!" Yoshio Iwamatsu bowed his head in response.

Okamura Ningji said: "Iwamatsu-kun, show me your first army's mopping up plan."

"Your Excellency, please take a look." Yoshio Iwamatsu handed over to Ningji Okamura the plan formulated by the First Army Staff Headquarters regarding the battle plan against the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi.

Neiji Okamura picked up the battle plan and flipped through it.

Yoshio Iwamatsu stared at Ningji Okamura cautiously.

This battle plan was mainly formulated by Hua Guzheng and Miyazaki Masao through discussion.

There is nothing surprising about the content, Masao Hanaya and Masao Miyazaki are of the same level, and the battle plan they made is not even as good as the previous chief of staff of the First Army, Kusuyama Hideyoshi.

This battle plan was the same as Li Yunlong's thought. From the east, north, and south directions, the Japanese army assembled more than two divisions each to carry out sweeping raids, separate attacks and encirclement with iron walls.

Then the planes were dispatched to blow up the ferry of the Yellow River. If the Eighth Route Army did not surrender, the Eighth Route Army and the Chinese people would be driven down the Yellow River.

In this combat plan, if Japan wants to completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, it must prepare at least 7 divisions and 1 cavalry brigade.

The 6 divisions were divided into 2 divisions, sweeping from three directions, and the remaining 1 infantry division and 1 cavalry brigade were used as reserves.

After reading the battle plan, Ningji Okamura frowned slightly: "Mr. Iwasong, just to mop up the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, you need 7 infantry divisions and 1 cavalry brigade to guard against the Eighth Route Army in southeast Shanxi, the Yellow River and beyond. The Central Army in the South also needs at least 6 divisions, do you think the Imperial Army can produce so many troops and supplies now?"

In Central China, the No. 11 Army of the Japanese Army, led by Anan Weiji, was preparing to attack Changsha for the second time, and it also needed to mobilize troops and supplies.

There are not many divisions and supplies left for the North China Front Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu hesitated: "This..."

Ningji Okamura said: "The base camp has decided to transfer 1 Division A and 2 Division B from the Kwantung Army into the pass to eliminate Li Yunlong and the Eight Route Army in Northwest Shanxi."

The Guan special show plan has been terminated. Since the Soviet Army's Far East forces moved westward very little, the Japanese base camp gave up the plan to attack Siberia.

The Japanese base camp focused on the south and stepped up the implementation of the southward policy.

"The battle plan for the elimination of Li Yunlong and the Northwest Shanxi Eighth Route Army will be personally planned by me."

"It just happened that I recently developed a new tactic specifically for dealing with the Eight Route bases, the Iron Rolling Sweep."

"This time, I will personally command the sweep of the bandit area in Northwest Shanxi!"

Okamura Ningji's eyes behind his round glasses narrowed, murderous aura overflowing.

(End of this chapter)