At the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka has never shown any smile on his face since the end of the First World War in Taiyuan. No matter who he saw, he always had a gloomy face, with an expression of wanting to kill someone.
In the past half month, several officers of the Imperial Association Army have died in the anger of Yoshio Shinozuka.
The commander is in a bad mood, and the headquarters is undoubtedly the most affected.
For half a month, including the chief of staff, I would never say more than one sentence in front of Yoshio Shinozuka. I was deeply afraid that I would anger Yoshio Shinozuka if I didn't say a word well, and then turn my attention to the Eighth Route Army.
Vent all the anger on yourself.
At this time, the chief of staff held a telegram in his hand and stood at the door of the war room with a hesitant look on his face. He didn't want to go in, and he didn't want to go in either.
However, the content of the telegram was too important and related to the Eighth Route Army, so it could not be delayed for too long. In the end, I could only grit my teeth and walk to Yoshio Shinozuka.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Intelligence Department has just received a telegram regarding the whereabouts of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Nani?" Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes suddenly shot out two rays of light and he stared at the chief of staff and asked.
Looking for you The Eighth Route Army's strength in North China is growing. The Eighth Route Army headquarters' status in the hearts of the Japanese has long surpassed that of the Second Theater Command hidden in southwest Shanxi. It has become the thorn in the side of the Japanese North China Front and the primary target of attack.
It is for this reason that the Japanese North China Front has a large number of intelligence personnel looking for and staring at the Eighth Route Army headquarters at all times, hoping to find the Eighth Route Army headquarters, directly destroy it, and then paralyze the entire Eighth Route Army command system in the North China region.
The idea is good, but it is very difficult to implement.
Because the Eighth Route Army headquarters has been hidden in the mountains of the Taihang Mountains and constantly moved. Although a lot of manpower and material resources were spent, and many excellent intelligence personnel were lost, nothing was found in the end.
Now when he suddenly heard that the intelligence department said that the whereabouts of the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army had been found, it was impossible for Yoshio Shinozuka not to be excited.
He was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and asked with expectation: "Where are they? Are there any Imperial Army troops there? If not, send out bombers to bomb and level his hiding place, which will definitely kill him."
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The chief of staff, Major General Tanaka, really didn’t want to break Yoshio Shinozuka’s dream, but the fact was the fact. In the end, he had to bite the bullet and replied: “We lost track. Moreover, they only learned about the bravery of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army two days later. To confirm the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army,
The position of commander-in-chief is basically not helpful!”
"Bago Yalu, why are you reporting to me without help? What does the intelligence office do? Where does so much military spending go every year? It's been so long, and no useful information has been found!" Shinozuka!
The righteous man immediately became angry and cursed at the chief of staff.
Major General Tanaka had long expected this step and lowered his head without saying a word.
When Yoshio Shinozuka was tired of scolding him, he continued: "Your Excellency, Commander, this information is not useless!"
"According to intelligence, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army went to what they call the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, which is Mount Wutai, a few days ago. As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, he holds the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands. He will definitely not take risks for no reason.
Pass our two blockades to Mount Wutai, something big must have happened!"
"Also, according to intelligence, although the Eighth Route Army that attacked us in Taiyuan suffered heavy losses, they were not as heavy as what was stated in the Eighth Route Army battle report. The losses were at least doubled by the Eighth Route Army headquarters."
"There are also weapons and ammunition. Although we have strictly ordered the Imperial Army near the Eighth Route Army's station not to attack during this period, we do not give the Eighth Route Army the opportunity to be independent of us, so that they cannot obtain weapons and ammunition supplies through fighting to support war. However, this has no impact.
Let these Eighth Route Army troops regain their strength!"
"Our intelligence personnel lurking in the Eighth Route Army reported that the Eighth Route Army obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition from nowhere. It has only been half a month, and the Eighth Route Army that participated in the Taiyuan World War I has already replaced the lost troops and equipment, and is seizing the time to train and recover.
Fighting power!!"
"And..." Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka's face getting more and more ugly, Major General Tanaka, who was about to continue speaking, swallowed the next words back into his stomach as soon as he said two words.
"Hakagaji, what other bad news is there? Let me tell you all in one breath. I can still bear it!" Shinozuka Yoshio, who was already holding back his anger, saw Tanaka's expression of hesitation and hesitation.
His anger became even stronger, and he didn't give Nakata any face. In front of more than a dozen subordinates in the war room, he cursed on the spot.
"Hi!" Major General Tanaka also held back his anger.
But who made Yoshio Shinozuka the lieutenant general and the commander of the First Army of the Empire of Japan?
In the highly hierarchical Japanese army, the rule of crushing a person to death at the highest rank is very strict. Tenzhong Yamami did not have the guts to try his best to break this rule.
Therefore, no matter how serious his grievances and dissatisfactions were, he could only hold them in his stomach, and then pretend to answer with a very useful expression.
"The Intelligence Department has concluded that a large part of the weapons and equipment obtained by the Eighth Route Army in various places were seized from Taiyuan City. In addition, there is another possibility that the Eighth Route Army's arsenal can already produce weapons and equipment on a large scale!"
"You know, they snatched a complete set of ordnance equipment from the Taiyuan Arsenal. If all these equipment are used, and they have sufficient raw materials, they can produce all the equipment for a field division of the Imperial Japanese Army in three months.
equipment!"
"Although we dispatched several bomber groups some time ago to bomb the equipment that the Eighth Route Army snatched from the Taiyuan Arsenal, and achieved considerable results. But we have to admit that the equipment destroyed was negligible compared with what the Eighth Route Army took away, and it did not affect the Eighth Route Army at all.
Expand their arsenal!"
"The Intelligence Department also has relevant information regarding this inference!"
"In recent days, the Eighth Route Army from various places has been transporting rails to the headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in Wutai Mountain. Intelligence personnel hidden within the Eighth Route Army revealed that after these rails arrive at the headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Eighth Route Army from various regions can directly exchange the rails for weapons and equip their
force."
"Other than large-scale manufacturing of weapons, I really can't imagine where the Eighth Route Army would need so many railway tracks."
"You know, rail steel can be directly used to produce ordinary light weapons, even mortars, to a certain extent!"
"In addition, I deduced from my humble position that the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army suddenly went to the headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in Mount Wutai a few days ago, which must be related to the Eighth Route Army arsenal we have been looking for!"
"Baga, we must find this arsenal and destroy it!" Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly cursed, his tone of voice very firm and full of murderous intent.
"If this arsenal is not destroyed, the Eighth Route Army can obtain a steady stream of weapons and equipment through it. By then, the gap between the Imperial Army and the Eighth Route Army will become smaller and smaller, and the Imperial Army will no longer have an absolute advantage in North China!
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