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Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

North China Front Army Command.

In the war room, Neiji Okamura stared at the Shanxi area, the growing territory of the Eighth Route Army, with gloomy eyes.

From the map, the territory controlled by the First Army is getting smaller and smaller.

After Ningji Okamura took office, he implemented a campaign to strengthen public security, dividing North China into a Japanese war zone, a guerrilla zone, and an enemy-occupied zone.

The Japanese war zone is the area occupied by the Japanese army, the guerrilla zone is the area where the Japanese army and the Chinese army, mainly the Eighth Route Army, compete, and the enemy-occupied area is mainly the stable base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army.

But now, not only the original areas that have been turned into guerrilla zones.

Even some Japanese war zones have now been completely turned into the territory of the Eighth Route Army.

Now there are five more divisions stationed in Shanxi, but nothing has changed.

Because Zhengtai Road was severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army during the battle, it will take a month to resume its opening to traffic.

The food supplies of these five divisions in Shanxi can be supplied by the First Army and road transportation.

But if you want to launch a large-scale battle, you must have a large amount of combat material support.

Neiji Okamura is a little bit stuck now, and a little bit at a loss.

The order of the base camp was to mobilize five divisions and 6 tons of combat supplies to the North China Front Army to eliminate Li Yunlong's Department of the Eighth Route Army.

Originally, the troops and combat materials were sufficient, and it only needed five divisions and 6 tons of combat materials to arrive to launch an attack.

Neji Okamura is going to gather the strength of 8 divisions to attack the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army head-on and fight a war of attrition.

然而第33师团、第37师团被全歼，第1师团被重创，第14旅团、第18旅团和驻蒙军主力被击溃重创。

This series of defeats made Ningji Okamura very uncomfortable, and the Japanese troops who attacked the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi were insufficient.

Judging from the previous battle, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi was at least 8, and they were all elite main forces.

If the Japanese army wanted to attack the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, it had to guard against the main force of the 20th Division of the Eighth Route Army in southeast Shanxi with more than 129 troops.

In this way, even if Neiji Okamura had just obtained the strength of five divisions, he could not organize an effective attack at all.

"Your Excellency, Commander," said Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe, "I suggest abandoning Shanxi, withdrawing the First Army to Hebei, concentrating on sweeping the bases of the Eighth Route Army in central and southern Hebei, and solving the worries of the future, and then fighting the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the North China Plain. .”

Although the North China Front Army has received reinforcements from five divisions, the combat supplies are not yet in place.

Okamura Ningji's expression changed: "Tanabe-kun, tell me what you think."

Tanabe Moritake said: "Your Excellency, Commander, please see that our North China Front Army, once we have a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army in the North China Plain, we can get support from the Kwantung Army, the Central China Dispatch Army and other front army troops."

"The Eighth Route Army is fighting alone, and the locust army can gather superior forces to severely damage or even eliminate the Eighth Route Army."

"It can be seen from these few battles that the Chinese people are not monolithic."

"The Eighth Route Army has continuously launched offensives in Shanxi, while the Jinsui Army in Luliang Mountain, and the Central Army in Henan and Zhongtiao Mountain are all sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, hoping to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

"Once the locust army has a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army in the North China Plain, the Chinese government army will never reinforce it."

Now the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi has exceeded 30, and it is well-equipped, with sufficient ammunition and strong artillery firepower.

of course.

Except for the main force of the Northwest Shanxi Eighth Route Army and veteran troops, the individual quality of most Eighth Route Army soldiers is still not as good as that of Japanese soldiers. This is an objective fact.

However, Deputy Chief of Staff Arisue Seizo has a different opinion:

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, if the enemy is the Chinese government army, I agree with your strategy."

"But don't forget, our enemy is the Eighth Route Army."

"They are very cunning enemies. If Shanxi is handed over to the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely not rush to march eastward and gather the main force to fight a decisive battle with the locust army."

Ningji Okamura narrowed his eyes and asked, "Youmo-kun, if you were the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, what would you do?"

Youmojing said three times: "I will rely on Shanxi's rich human resources and the aid channels behind the Eighth Route Army to vigorously develop the army, military industry and economy, and develop Shanxi into a stable rear. Attack from the east and seek a decisive battle with the locust army."

"When the Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River, there were only 4 people. Now the main force of the Eighth Route Army is at least 40."

"And it was developed under the blockade of the locust army. If the Eighth Route Army is allowed to develop freely, it will only take a year at most to grow to 80 troops."

"By that time, if the locust army wants to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army, it may have to gather the entire imperial army of more than 100 million in China."

"Even if we win, it's still a miserable victory."

"At that time, I am afraid that the Chinese government army will reap the benefits of the fisherman."

The national army still has some combat effectiveness. Although the offensive battle is not good, the defensive battle is still good.

Otherwise, he would have been beaten to the mountain city by the Japanese army long ago.

Once the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army were defeated, it was time for the national army to reap the benefits.

Neiji Okamura nodded, and what Yusue Seizo said made sense.

The Eighth Route Army is a ghost, if there is no chance of winning, the Eighth Route Army will never rush eastward into North China, seeking a decisive battle with the locust army.

"Youmo-kun, according to you?" Neiji Okamura looked at Youmojing three times with no expression on his face, "Is the locust army lost?"

Moritake Tanabe on the side also looked unkind.

"Not necessarily... no, the locust army will win."

Arisue Seizo said something first, but seeing the expressions and eyes of the two immediate superiors, he quickly changed his words.

What do you look at?
It made me feel like Mo Jingsan was a senior agent of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the North China Front Army.

After a pause, Yusue Seizo said again: "I suggest that your Excellency, Commander, continue to ask for support from the base camp. The base camp only needs to transfer two to three divisions to North China, so that there will be enough troops to launch an attack on Northwest Shanxi." Sweep..."

Okamura Ningji nodded.

……

"A new commander of the First Army is about to take office?"

Zhaojiayu Village.

Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou fell into deep thought while looking at the intelligence materials in front of Xinyi Regiment Headquarters.

After reading the intelligence materials, Wang Dehou said calmly: "Regimental Commander, the newly appointed Commander of the First Army is called Yoshimoto Teiichi. He is currently the Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army. He will fly to Taiyuan in the middle of next month."

"After Yoshimoto Teichi arrived in Taiyuan and completed the handover of the commander with Iwamatsu Yoshio."

"Yoshio Iwamatsu's grandson flew from Taiyuan to Peiping, and then flew back to Japan from Peiping."

Whether this new business is big or small, kill one of the two Lieutenant Generals Yoshimoto Teichi or Iwamatsu Yoshio.

Of course, it is not impossible to kill both lieutenant generals at the same time.

But it's almost impossible to do.

After a pause, Wang Dehou said, "Regimental Commander, according to the report of the scouts, the devils' planes flying from Peiping to Taiyuan are basically taking a detour. It may be very difficult for us to attack with anti-aircraft artillery from the ground."

"It's not good on the ground, so let's shoot it down in the air."

Li Yunlong slapped the table and said harshly:

"At the beginning of next month, Boss Chen will be able to deliver the plane to us, and the pilots will be able to graduate and return."

"Our aviation unit is formed, and the little devil still wants to take up the post. It's a good idea."

"In the future, not only the sky in Shanxi will be under the control of our Eighth Route Army, but even the sky in the entire North China will belong to our Eighth Route Army."

The Eighth Route Army has radar, coupled with advanced aircraft, excellent pilots, and sufficient logistical supplies.

As well as his commander's strategizing, Li Yunlong has the confidence to win the air supremacy from the devils in North China by the Eighth Route Army.

In the past few months, Li Yunlong has repeatedly studied "Air Command", and now he just waits for the actual combat.

Wait until Iwamatsu Yoshio or Yoshimoto Teiichi are killed.

Li Yunlong's next plan is to air strike all the airports of the Japanese army in North China, and act first to seize the air supremacy in North China from the hands of the devils.

Moreover, the business of killing the Devil's plane has changed now.

As long as the Eighth Route Army kills or captures a Devil plane, it can get a plane, and the model can be chosen arbitrarily.

Kill a devil pilot, you can get two planes, the model can be chosen arbitrarily.

That is to say, if you shoot down a devil plane in the air and kill the devil's pilot, the Eighth Route Army can get 3 planes.

It's a bloody business.

After gaining air supremacy, Xinyi Regiment can build at will without worrying about air raids in the industrial park of Crouching Tiger Mountain.

"Captain."

Wang Dehou nodded: "The question now is, should we kill Yoshimoto Teiichi this time, or Iwamatsu Yoshio?"

Since the two lieutenant generals probably wouldn't meet at the airport, and Xinyi regiment chose to shoot down each other in the air, they could only hit one of them.

Either the plane of Lieutenant General Teiichi Yoshimoto who took office was shot down, or the plane that Yoshio Iwamatsu left in was shot down.

Li Yunlong looked at the information carefully.

One is the commander of the group army, and the other is the chief of staff of the front army. The price of killing them is similar, which is more expensive than the price of an ordinary division commander and lieutenant general.

There are 24 Katyusha rocket launchers, 24 B4 heavy howitzers, and some military production lines, fuel, cars and other materials.

"Get rid of Yoshio Iwamatsu first!"

After reading the information, Li Yunlong snorted coldly:
"When this old devil was the commander of the First Army, he tried his best to implement the so-called 'mainland policy', ordering the devils of the First Army to kill our people, destroy property, extort illegal donations, and arbitrarily detain and abuse the people. I want to kill him!"

"As for this Yoshimoto Jeichi... Don't worry, he can't run away either."

It was only a matter of time before the First Japanese Army was wiped out, and Yoshimoto Sadaichi couldn't run away even after he took office as the commander of the First Army.

Seeing that Li Yunlong had already made a decision, Wang Dehou stopped talking about this issue.

Wang Dehou said again: "By the way, regiment leader, Boss Chen said that the pangolin business was found out last time, and the bill can already be settled. The headquarters said they couldn't afford so many army horses, so all the 2000 army horses should stay in our new regiment. "

"In this way, we can expand three cavalry battalions."