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After listening to Koizumi Jiro's analysis, Yasuoka Masaomi said with a gloomy face: "The Eighth Route Army may be able to carry out a deeper attack on the Shota Railway, but it is a fool's errand to remove the secondary strongholds of the Imperial Army."

"You must know that these second-level strongholds are not comparable to those of ordinary third-level strongholds. Not only are they garrisoned by at least one squadron or more of garrison troops, they also have heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.

The most important thing is that the defenses of these strongholds are also stronger. Without heavy firepower, the China Eighth Route Army's attempt to remove them is nothing more than a dream."

"What's more, we still have armored trains that can provide firepower reinforcements at any time!"

Koizumi Jiro shook his head: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, you are still a little too optimistic. According to the report of the imperial army that came back, although they do not know the unit numbers of the Eighth Route Army opposite them, it is certain that every unit that attacks them will

The strength of the Eighth Route Army is at least more than that of a reinforced battalion, or even more."

"123 reinforced battalions, which is almost thirty or forty regiments. I'm sure that the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang bandit area must have been out in full force!"

"Among them are the New Regiment, the Second Independent Regiment, and other powerful Eighth Route Army units that smuggled over from the northwestern Shanxi region."

After a pause, Koizumi Jiro changed the topic and continued: "It is true that the vast majority of the Eighth Route Army does not have heavy firepower weapons for attacking fortresses, but it does not mean that all the Eighth Route Army does not have them.

For example, several Eighth Route Army groups such as the Second Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and even the Independent Regiment all possess Type 92 infantry cannons and artillery with greater power.

If the China Eighth Route Army concentrates all these artillery pieces and captures these 12 large strongholds of the Imperial Army, it is definitely not impossible in my opinion."

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, we must not be careless and underestimate the enemy. Even if the Eighth Route Army has no such plan, we have to guard against it!"

Yasuoka Masaomi thought for a moment with a gloomy expression, and finally nodded with deep approval and said: "Koizumi-kun, your analysis is not unreasonable. Every failure of the imperial army is due to carelessness and underestimation of the enemy. The 9th Brigade

The regiment was severely damaged twice, and the entire 4th Brigade was shattered into pieces.

Therefore, we must not repeat the mistakes of the 9th Brigade and the Di Brigade!"

"Immediately report our situation here and your speculations to the headquarters truthfully, and also request the headquarters to send aviation troops to conduct reconnaissance along the Zhengtai Railway, especially the areas near the 12 secondary strongholds, and request armored trains to provide us with

Necessary firepower guidance!”

"Hiyi!"

Koizumi Jiro paused heavily, then turned around and left to send a telegram to report the situation.

Yasuoka Masaomi's eyes fell back on the map.

But I saw that the area originally occupied by the independent mixed 1st Brigade and 9th Brigade was now a cross of red.

But the strange thing is that I saw a blue arrow.

According to the operating specifications, the blue cross represents the enemy's offensive, so accordingly, there should be a blue arrow behind each blue cross. This arrow leads the troops in the corresponding direction of the enemy's attack.

In addition, the number of the enemy unit should be marked at the end of the arrow, and the date should also be marked below the blue cross.

Such a map can be considered a rigorous and standard combat map.

But on the current map, there are only more than 100 blue crosses, but there is not a single blue arrow, and there is no serial number.

The dates do exist, and they are all consistent.

Seeing this, Yasuoka Masaomi's face became more and more gloomy, almost dripping with water.

The absence of arrows does not mean that the enemy troops fell from the sky. There are no standard numbers, nor does it mean that these enemy troops have no numbers.

It's just because they are incompetent that they didn't get this information.

The operational staff in the Operations Section did not dare to look at Yasuoka Masaomi's almost cannibalistic gaze, and they felt even more uneasy in their hearts.

But apart from being flustered, I also felt a little aggrieved. Can you blame our combat class for this?

The Intelligence Department has not been able to provide accurate information until now. Naturally, our Operations Department has no way of knowing the direction of the Eighth Route Army's attack, as well as its troop strength and numbers.

…

The other side.

In Taiyuan, Shanxi, the headquarters of the Japanese 1st Army.

Different from Yasuoka Masaomi, the area guarded by the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade is only the southeastern Shanxi area, but the area guarded by the 1st Army is the entire Shanxi, and even includes Suiyuan, Henan, Hebei and other areas.

It was not only the Zhengtai Railway in the southeastern Shanxi region that was attacked, but also the Tongpu Railway in the northeastern Shanxi region, and the Hebei to Henan section of the Pinghan Railway connecting Beiping to Wuhan.

Therefore, what Masaomi Yasuoka saw on the map was only more than 100 blue crosses, while what Yoshio Shinozuka saw on the sand table terrain map was more than 300 small blue flags.

These more than 300 small blue flags almost completely filled the areas on both sides of the Zhengtai, Tongpu, and Pinghan-Han railway lines.

At this time, Chief of Operations Section Saburo Yoshida suddenly came over and reported with some anxiety: "Your Excellency, Commander, as of 8 a.m., a total of 373 strongholds in Shotai, Tongpu, and the Ping-Han Railway have been attacked by China.

Eighth Route Army attack."

"In the three areas, more than 70 garrison teams successfully moved to the nearest secondary stronghold. The remaining 300 or so imperial army garrison teams were either eliminated on the spot by the Eighth Route Army, or were attacked on the way in."

"In addition, according to the report, the strength of each Eighth Route Army that attacked the imperial army's stronghold reached or even exceeded the size of a battalion."

In another history of time and space, when the Eighth Route Army launched the Hundred Regiment War, it gradually invested in troops. At first, even the headquarters did not expect that the troops below would develop so well.

At the beginning, it was only planned to invest a few dozen regiments. As a result, more than 100 regiments appeared, so the battle was also called the Hundred Regiment War.

The first phase of that battle also lasted for more than 10 days.

But in this time and space, due to Wang Chengzhu's time travel, the situation has undergone some changes. The results that originally took 10 days to achieve were achieved in just one day.

Let’s talk about Yoshio Shinozuka. After hearing Yoshida Saburo’s report, he opened his eyes immediately and said in surprise: “What? Every Chinese Eighth Route Army that attacks the imperial stronghold has at least the strength of a battalion?”

"Doesn't that mean that the China Eighth Route Army dispatched more than 370 battalions, that is, more than 100 regiments?"

"Hiyi!"

Saburo Yoshida paused and said: "Although it is unbelievable to be in a humble position, and I don't want to believe it, but according to the news coming back, it is indeed the case."

"Otherwise, the China Eighth Route Army would not have been able to eliminate so many imperial army strongholds at the same time."

Shinozuka Yoshio was still a little unbelievable, so he asked again: "Are you sure that only the Eighth Route Army attacked the Imperial Army's stronghold?"
Chapter completed!