Currently, the Japanese troops stationed in Taiyuan only have one special agent team and a cavalry brigade.
Yoshio Iwamatsu felt like he couldn't sleep well.
In the past year, the Eighth Route Army has done so much in Shanxi that even Yoshio Iwamatsu, who was far away at the base camp, became pale after hearing about it.
Fortunately, the strength of the First Army is still far superior to that of the Eighth Route Army.
Before coming to Taiyuan, I was talking to the commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji, in Iron Lion Alley.
Yoshio Iwamatsu knew that the First Army was a mess.
Because the former commander of the First Army died in battle, the important military town of Taiyuan was occupied by the Eighth Route Army. Although the occupation lasted only a short time, it was a huge blow to the morale of the First Army.
The first task of Yoshio Iwamatsu when he took office as the commander of the First Army was to solve the morale problem of the First Army.
The second task is to restore traffic on the Zhengtai Railway and Tongpu Railway as soon as possible.
If you want to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army, you have to mobilize troops and supplies, and you need to restore railway transportation as soon as possible.
For the Japanese army, the current public security in Shanxi has reached an extremely corrupt state.
South of the Yellow River in southern Shanxi, China's Central Army is watching with eager eyes, attempting to cross the Yellow River north to recapture the strategically important Zhongtiao Mountain.
Although the Japanese army won the Battle of the Central Plains, because the backyard was on fire and the logistics supply line was cut off, the Japanese army failed to eliminate the main force of the Central Army, and the Central Army still had the strength to counterattack.
Therefore, one or two divisions still need to be stationed in southern Shanxi to defend the Central Army south of the Yellow River.
The Eighth Route Army in Shanxi was growing day by day and had become a serious problem for the Japanese army.
However, this old devil Okamura Neji also has something.
As soon as he took office as the commander of the North China Front, he formulated a plan and guidance outline for the political and military strategy for North China.
Its core idea is to use various means such as politics, military and dispatch of spies to instigate rebellion against the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army, isolate the Eighth Route Army, which is dominated by the Communist Party, and then annihilate the Eighth Route Army.
Then he launched a public security strengthening campaign in North China. Okamura divided all parts of North China into "security areas" (i.e. enemy-occupied areas), "quasi-security areas" (i.e. guerrilla areas contested between the enemy and ourselves), and "non-security areas" (i.e. anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines).
), implementing policies such as "clearing the countryside", "cannibalization", and "mopping up" respectively.
However, since Okamura Neji has just taken office, the above policies have not yet had time to be implemented.
And Shun Tada's "cage policy" has completely failed.
At this time, all parties are accumulating strength to cope with the upcoming war.
"Yamamoto-kun, where is Li Yunlong now?"
After taking a short rest, Yoshio Iwamatsu asked Yamamoto Kazuki the issue he was most concerned about at the moment.
At present, the original staff of the First Army Headquarters have all been eliminated in one fell swoop, and the close staff and staff brought by Yoshio Iwamatsu do not know much about the situation in Shanxi.
Therefore, when Yoshio Iwamatsu had something to do, he naturally wanted to ask Kazuki Yamamoto.
Ribayashi Nakamichi and his 1st Cavalry Brigade were not members of the First Army, but belonged to the Mongolian Corps.
It caused great damage to the Japanese army. Even the former commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, died at the hands of Li Yunlong.
Yoshio Iwamatsu, who did not want to follow in the footsteps of Yoshio Shinozuka, naturally paid special attention to Li Yunlong.
"Li Yunlong is in northwest Shanxi!"
When Li Yunlong was mentioned, Yamamoto Kazuki's eyes suddenly flashed with hatred and he gritted his teeth.
The relationship between him and Yoshio Shinozuka is not that of a superior and a subordinate, but more like that of a teacher and a friend. Even before retiring, Yoshio Shinozuka was still thinking about him and the special agent team.
I want the Yamamoto Special Agents to gain more military exploits so that after Yoshio Shinozuka retires, the Yamamoto Special Agents will have a foothold in the military.
However, before Yoshio Shinozuka could see Yamamoto's special forces accomplish their feats, he was shot dead by Li Yunlong and his troops.
If I don’t avenge this revenge, I, Yamamoto Kazuki, will never be a human being!
"Nani?" Yoshio Iwamatsu narrowed his eyes, "Li Yunlong actually went to northwest Shanxi?"
"Hi!" Yamamoto Kazuki paused.
"How many people did Li Yunlong take to northwestern Shanxi?" Yoshio Iwasatsu asked hurriedly.
The news that Li Yunlong was leading his troops to northwest Shanxi caught Iwasatsu Yoshio off guard.
It can be seen from the last battle of Taiyuan that the only one who can threaten Taiyuan and the First Army Headquarters is the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi.
But now that Li Yunlong has led his troops to northwest Shanxi, there will be one more person in northwest Shanxi who can threaten Taiyuan and the First Army Headquarters.
This made Iwamatsu Yoshio feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, with a thorn in his back.
Yamamoto Kazuki answered truthfully: "According to intelligence, in addition to Li Yunlong's new regiment, the Eighth Route Army going to northwest Shanxi also has the new second regiment of the 386 brigade and the independent regiment."
"Li Yunlong's new regiment is stationed in Heyuan, Anhua and Ping'an counties."
"The New Second Regiment is stationed in Wuzhai County, Chi County and Ning County."
"The independent regiment is stationed in Zuoyun County, Huai County and Shanyin County."
Hearing this, Yoshio Iwamatsu flashed a sharp light: "Are the new second regiment and the independent regiment under the command of Li Yunlong?"
Yamamoto Kazuki said: "From the intelligence point of view, this new second regiment and the independent regiment have a history of being commanded by Li Yunlong, but they are not commanded by Li Yunlong in terms of rank."
Yoshio Iwamatsu asked: "So, Li Yunlong only has one regiment of troops around him?"
"Hi!" Yamamoto Kazuki paused.
Hearing this, Yoshio Iwamatsu's mind immediately became active.
If Li Yunlong only had one regiment of troops around him, it wouldn't be so difficult to deal with...
"But based on intelligence."
"Li Yunlong's regiment has more than 7,000 people, and they are all equipped with beautiful and moral weapons!"
Yamamoto Kazuki quickly reminded.
Li Yunlong is very difficult to deal with, and countless elites of the empire have suffered losses at his hands.
He was afraid that Yoshio Iwamatsu was like a stupid young man, thinking that Li Yunlong would be easy to bully if he only had one regiment, and he would suffer big losses in the end.
"Nani?" Iwamatsu Yoshio suddenly frowned, "There are more than 7,000 people in one regiment, and they are all equipped with beautiful and German weapons?"
It seems that it is necessary to re-evaluate the strength of Li Yunlong's department.
Then, Yoshio Iwamatsu asked: "Yamamoto-kun, do you have any detailed information about Li Yunlong and his new group?"
"Hi!" Yamamoto Kazuki took a stack of information from Ogagoro and handed the already prepared intelligence information to Iwamatsu Yoshio.
Yoshio Iwamatsu took the intelligence data and looked through it.
The personal information about Li Yunlong is still the one collected by the intelligence department of the First Army.
However, Kazuki Yamamoto wrote down the main achievements of the Eighth Route Army led by Li Yunlong in the past year or so.
In February 1940, the Fourth Brigade Sakata Regiment was defeated in the Battle of Cangyunling, and the Regiment Commander Sakata Nobutsuru was killed.
In March 1940, during the Lijiagou Battle on the Zhengtai Highway, Li Yunlong led his troops to annihilate two Kwantung Army squadrons escorting chemical bombs.
In May 1940, Li Yunlong led his troops to annihilate the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment and killed the commander of the regiment, Kuroshima Morita.
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Looking at it one by one, Li Yunlong's performance shocked Yoshio Iwasatsu.
At first, Li Yunlong only killed Japanese officers at the rank of colonel. Later, he even began to kill Japanese generals.
Four outstanding Japanese major generals and three lieutenant generals died in the hands of Li Yunlong.
Iwamatsu Yoshihiro thought that this executioner named Li Yunlong was stained with the blood of outstanding generals of the Japanese Empire.
All of this was caused by the commander of the Eighth Route Army named Li Yunlong. What kind of person was he?
How could there be such huge destructive power?
He was just a small regiment leader, how could he mobilize so many Eighth Route Army troops to join the war and attack Taiyuan?
What on earth did the Eighth Route Army headquarters think? Li Yunlong, with his illustrious military exploits, was more than qualified to be an army commander, but he was still just a regiment commander?
At this time, Yoshio Iwamatsu, like Principal Chang, had countless question marks in his mind.
Seeing the expression on Iwamatsu Yoshio's face, Yamamoto Kazuki added: "Your Excellency, General, Li Yunlong has only been in northwest Shanxi for more than half a month, and he has already launched several battles and captured the nine areas that were originally occupied by the imperial army.
In this county, this person is a serious problem for the imperial army and should be dealt with as soon as possible!"
"Li Yunlong deserves to die!" Yoshio Iwamatsu felt the same way.
Li Yunlong was simply the enemy of the Japanese army's generals.
Seven Japanese generals died at the hands of Li Yunlong, including the commander of the First Army, and even more Japanese junior officers died at the hands of Li Yunlong.
Although most of this intelligence information is about Li Yunlong's achievements, there is very little information about Li Yunlong himself. For example, nothing is known about his age, personality, place of origin and appearance.
But after all, Yamamoto Kazuki was not a professional in intelligence. Being able to prepare this information in advance already impressed Yoshio Iwamatsu.
"The important reason why Li Yunlong's troops are so capable of fighting."
Yamamoto Kazuki added: "The main reason is that his troops received assistance from the outside world, and his troops were equipped with sophisticated moral and artistic weapons and other equipment."
Yoshio Iwamatsu's eyes flashed sharply: "Have you found out who is assisting the Eighth Route Army?"
Yoshio Iwamatsu had already heard about this at the base camp.
A special investigation team has even been set up within the base camp to investigate which country is targeting Japan, but so far nothing has been found.
The bombers and fighter jets that sneaked up on the Japanese army seemed to not exist and appeared out of thin air.
So far, bombers and fighter jets have only appeared twice to attack the Japanese army, but each time they appeared, an entire Japanese wing was wiped out.
If this matter is not investigated clearly, the entire base camp will have trouble sleeping and eating.
"We haven't found out yet!" Kazuki Yamamoto paused and said, "But the intelligence department of the First Army has found the spokesman for the Eighth Route Army's aid channel, and his name is Chen Feng!"
"Chen Feng?" Yoshio Iwamatsu asked, "Do you have detailed information about this person?"
Yamamoto Kazuki said: "Some top-secret information about this person was burned by the headquarters personnel when the Eighth Route Army attacked Taiyuan."
In fact, Yamamoto Kazuki knew very well that even if the information was not burned, there was not much information about Chen Feng at all. This person was even more mysterious than Li Yunlong.
Then, Yamamoto Kazuki said again: "General, the special agent team has investigated this person before, and I am willing to continue the investigation!"
However, contrary to Yamamoto Kazuki's expectations, Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hand and said: "As for the Eighth Route Army's aid channels, there will be special personnel from the base camp to investigate. The mission of your special agent team is mainly to protect the safety of the headquarters. Starting today, Taiyuan
The security of the inner city and the First Army Headquarters will be left to Yamamoto-kun."
"Hi!" Kazuki Yamamoto had no choice but to nod, thinking that this new commander was more afraid of death than Commander Yoshio Shinozuka.
However, this also has advantages. The new commander will be cautious in everything, so as not to follow in the footsteps of General Yoshio Shinozuka.
"In addition, transfer the 36th Division to the source of the river in northwestern Shanxi, Anhua and Ping'an counties, and watch over this Li Yunlong for me."
Then, Yoshio Iwamatsu immediately gave the order to Chief of Staff Masaru Hanatani.
As the saying goes, there is room for others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch. Although Li Yunlong's troops were only one regiment, none of the division's troops could keep an eye on Li Yunlong, so Yoshio Iwamatsu couldn't sleep.
