At the World War II Area Headquarters, the Director of the Intelligence Division looked very nervous and almost ran all the way to Commander Yan's office.
"Commander, this is a humble position for sure. The Eighth Route Army will definitely take big action in the near future!"
"Their troops have begun to mobilize on a large scale. Where is the target?" Commander Yan stood up from his seat and hurriedly walked to the huge sand table and asked.
Shanxi now has a complete three-legged situation, with the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army, and the Shanxi-Sui Army all intertwined.
Actions by either party may upset the current balance.
At that time, no matter which side dominates the Japanese or the Eighth Route Army, it will be of no benefit to the Jinsui Army.
The head of the Intelligence Division shook his head and replied: "The army has not been mobilized!"
Commander Yan was very dissatisfied and cursed: "Are you confused? The army has not been mobilized. How can we take any big action?"
The director of the intelligence department quickly explained: "Commander, don't be anxious, you will know after listening to my report!"
"The Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army in Yan'an, the Commander of the Eighth Route Army's Northwestern Shanxi Military Region, the Commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Base Area, the Commander of the Shandong Military Region, the Taihang Military Region, and the Central Hebei Military Region... the commanders of more than a dozen military regions have disappeared in recent days.
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"These people are the mainstay of the Eighth Route Army. Each one of them is very important to the Eighth Route Army. Now that they have all disappeared, there must be some big conspiracy that we don't know about. Do you think the Eighth Route Army has done anything big?"
Commander Yan became anxious, stared at the intelligence director and asked, "Are you sure?"
"How dare you put your head on the line for your humble position!" the Director of Intelligence replied with a serious look on his face.
"Can you figure out where they have gone?" Commander Yan continued to ask.
The director of the intelligence department hesitated and replied: "It seems to be coming towards our southwestern Shanxi!"
"Our intelligence personnel lurking near the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army reported that it has been very lively there recently. Troops are constantly coming in and out, and there are many more faces. There are also many more commanders wearing pistols and guards!"
"Southwestern Shanxi?" Chief Yan's brows suddenly twisted into a big "Sichuan" character, and his eyes shifted to the location of Southwest Shanxi on the sand table.
After a long silence, he replied: "If they all come to southwest Shanxi, it must be related to our Jinsui Army!"
"Now there are only us and the Eighth Route Army in southwestern Shanxi, and even fools know that we are encroaching on their base areas in secret and overtly, and driving them out of southwestern Shanxi!"
"With so many senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army coming here at one time, they definitely don't want to give up on southwest Shanxi and want to fight us here!"
The chief of staff on the side became anxious and immediately asked: "Commander, what should we do?"
"Those Eighth Route Army commanders are generals who command tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 troops. The arrival of one of them will put great pressure on us. Now that so many people are coming all at once, they must have the purpose of driving us out of southwestern Shanxi.
Coming!"
"We, the Shanxi-Sui Army, must capture southwest Shanxi and must not sit idly by and wait for death!"
Commander Yan stared at the sand table and hesitated for a long time before speaking: "It is absolutely impossible for the Eighth Route Army to use force. This is absolutely certain!"
"The most likely way is to use some small means to force us out of southwestern Shanxi!"
"As long as we have absolute strength in southwestern Shanxi, no small means will work in front of us!"
"Chief of Staff, give me an order: All our troops in southwestern Shanxi shall stop encroaching on the Eighth Route Army base areas and consolidate the existing occupied areas!"
"Continue to send more troops to southwestern Shanxi! You will allocate two more main divisions from the headquarters mobile force to reinforce southwestern Shanxi to ensure that we have a strength advantage in southwestern Shanxi!"
"Third, seize the time to replenish food and ammunition supplies to the troops in southern Shanxi and ensure that all combat troops have ammunition supplies for at least half a year!"
"Intelligence department, continue to strengthen the intelligence search for the Eighth Route Army!"
"Especially for the new group, we must make sure that they have indeed arrived in southwestern Shanxi and understand their purpose of coming to southwestern Shanxi!"
"Last point, find a way to reveal this information to the Japanese!"
"With so many bases of the Eighth Route Army responsibly leaving their bases, their troops can be described as leaderless!"
"If the Japanese can seize the fighter plane at this time, they will definitely cause considerable casualties to the Eighth Route Army!"
The chief of staff's eyes lit up, and he shouted excitedly: "The commander is wise, I have to do my humble job now!"
At the new regiment headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong frowned. He held a few pieces of paper in his hand and looked at the combat sandbox in front of him. He read it over and over again but couldn't make up his mind.
"Have you not found the group leader yet?" Zhong Chenggong asked anxiously.
"The guard said that the regimental commander has gone to the chief. I have asked Staff Officer Zhou to inform him and he will be here soon!" replied the deputy chief of staff next to him.
"Chief of Staff, why are you so anxious?" As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Ping's voice rang out from the command department.
Also coming in were the deputy commander-in-chief and Commander Chen.
"Chief, why are you here too?" A flash of hesitation flashed across Zhong Chenggong's face, not knowing whether to continue speaking.
The deputy commander frowned and ordered: "Don't talk nonsense, talk about what you have to say!"
Zhong Chenggong no longer hesitated: "Captain, commander, the situation is like this!"
"Since yesterday, a large number of Jinsui troops have begun to enter our base area. So far, there have been more than two regiments, and there is a steady stream of troops coming."
"The amount of food and other materials and ammunition entering our base area has more than doubled, and it is getting more and more!"
"The amount of grain and other materials we collect according to the proportion every day, yesterday alone reached the amount of three days in normal days!"
The deputy commander raised his eyebrows and replied: "To put it more directly, the Shanxi-Sui Army has sent a large-scale increase of troops to Linfen since yesterday to reserve food and ammunition supplies!"
"Yes, Chief!" Zhong Chenggong replied quickly.
At this moment, Wang Ping, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and Commander Chen, all three of them made a decision and frowned at the same time.
"Yan Laoxi must have smelled something?" Commander Chen judged.
"I agree!" the deputy commander affirmed.
Wang Ping said: "With so many leaders gathered at our new regiment headquarters, Yan Laoxi's intelligence power will definitely be able to find something!"
"Sending more troops to our base area and increasing food and ammunition reserves are preparing for war. Yan Laoxi has already prepared for the worst!"
"But I like it this way!"
"The more food and ammunition they reserve, the more food and ammunition we will receive. Maybe Yan Laoxi will lose his wife and troops!"
The deputy commander's frown did not relax.
"I'm not worried about you here!"
"If Yan Laoxi can smell the information, the Japanese will definitely be able to smell it too."
"For this military parade, many commanders from the base areas have come. Those base areas are now leaderless. Once the Japanese seize the opportunity to attack them, they will definitely lose a lot!"
"Although the strength of the Japanese army in North China has not been restored and they do not have the strength to launch large-scale raids, they are still capable of launching some local attacks and raids."
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