The chief of staff of the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters walked into Shouichi's room in the temple with confidence, holding the encirclement and suppression plan just discussed by the staff.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the battle plan to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in North China has been completed. Please take a look at it."
As soon as Touhou Terauchi received the encirclement and suppression plan, he started analyzing it based on the map, and the chief of staff introduced it at the right time.
"According to your wishes, Commander, this time we plan to deploy four divisions and two independent mixed brigades of the Imperial Army, one heavy artillery brigade, nine divisions and eight guard regiments of the Imperial Army, totaling 160,000 people.
Encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route Army operating in North China."
"The Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army each account for half of it. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the mopping up troops, the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army are almost all deployed on a one-to-one basis, except for the independent fourth mixed brigade stationed in Yangquan!"
"In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, we successfully penetrated all the way to the Eighth Route Army Arsenal and destroyed it. There were a total of 8,000 offensive troops, of which the Imperial Army accounted for 7,000 and the Imperial Association Army only accounted for 1,000. In addition, we also strengthened the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade.
A field artillery brigade and a cavalry brigade!"
"This plan is well made, I agree!" When the chief of staff was about to continue the introduction, Terauchi Juichi suddenly interrupted.
"While encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army base area with heavy troops, at the same time, by surprise, we directly attacked the Eighth Route Army arsenal and destroyed it!"
"Chief of Staff, I sign, and you will immediately prepare and implement this plan according to this plan! Time is tight, I can only give you half a month to prepare. If you have any problems, report them directly to me. You must not delay the dispatch of troops!"
At Chiang Kai-shek's official residence in Chongqing, as soon as Dai Li received the news that the Japanese army was preparing to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in North China on a large scale, he rushed over and told this information which was considered 'good news' for Chiang Kai-shek.
"Principal, it took 160,000 days for the puppet troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army. This time, even if the Eighth Route Army does not die, it will still shed a layer of skin!" Dai Li reported with a serious face, unable to tell whether he was happy or sad.
"Mother Xipi, this time the Japanese finally showed their strength!" Lao Jiang said with a long breath.
The rapid development of the Eighth Route Army in North China had made him feel a huge crisis.
Because his tentacles had not yet reached North China, Chiang Kai-shek could only hope that the Japanese North China Front would help him restrict and control the development of the Eighth Route Army.
Although the Japanese are the real enemies of the Chinese now, as the supreme commander-in-chief of the Nationalist Government, what Chiang Kai-shek valued most was his position.
He frowned and ordered: "Yunong, you must pay close attention to the progress of the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression operation and the casualties of the two armies."
"When the time comes, your military commander can help!"
Although Dai Li believed that Chiang Kai-shek's so-called help must be to help the Japanese weaken and attack the Eighth Route Army.
But to be cautious, he still subconsciously asked: "Principal, who are you helping?"
"Help!" Old Chiang Kai-shek's surprising reply.
"Losing both sides is the result I most want to see in this large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign, Yu Nong, do you understand?"
Dai Li replied with a look of realization: "Understood, the principal is wise. If both the Japanese and the Eighth Route Army are defeated, the guerrillas we plan to send to North China will definitely develop rapidly and become the backbone of North China's resistance against Japan!"
Lao Jiang nodded and affirmed: "Yes, that's what I mean! Also, Yunong, how is your investigation of the Eighth Route Army Arsenal?"
"Everything has been investigated, principal!" Dai Li replied immediately.
"The person who established and ran the arsenal, principal, you would never expect: he was a soldier, and he had not gone to college. More importantly, half a year ago, for him, the National Government, Yan'an, and the Japanese Army in North China sent telegrams for nearly five days
war!"
"I originally thought that Yan'an would put this man in cold storage in order to reduce the impact. But I didn't expect that they would be so bold as to let a soldier who has never engaged in military industry become the director of an arsenal!"
"However, to everyone's surprise, he actually succeeded and built an arsenal from scratch."
"From the beginning, it was only a small workshop that only produced homemade landmines and grenades, and it gradually developed into a small arsenal that can repair firearms and reload bullets, and finally developed into a large arsenal that can now produce all light weapons and most ammunition!"
"More importantly, he also serves as the head of the arsenal guard regiment. The two large-scale Japanese air raids failed, all because of his handiwork!"
"In addition, there is information that he was the one who proposed the last battle in Taiyuan, and he also directly commanded the troops to enter Taiyuan City!"
"Talent, this Wang Ping is definitely a talent! He is so good at fighting, but he is also so good at military industry! I can't even imagine it!" The shocked Lao Jiang sighed with his mouth open and an expression of disbelief.
Then he couldn't help but cursed: "Nang Xipi, what is the charm of the Eighth Route Army, and why do all the talented people go to them!"
After saying that, he stared at Dai Li and asked: "Does this person have any weaknesses?"
"Yes! Very young, and not married yet! The students estimate that this is also one of the reasons why he has military exploits but has never been promoted. After all, his qualifications are there!" Dai Li replied immediately.
"It's good to have weaknesses!" Lao Jiang's anger suddenly disappeared and he said with great satisfaction.
"Yunong, you go down and make arrangements. According to his weaknesses, arrange for people to lurk there. Such talents must be used by us!" Old Jiang Yu made a surprising decision.
Then Dai Li continued his analysis under a pair of surprised eyes: "Don't look at it. The Japanese have deployed a reinforced mixed brigade to deal with the Eighth Route Army arsenal this time. But don't forget that the arsenal is in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army base! Can it succeed?
Until there are no concrete results, it’s still unknown!”
"We must plan ahead and prepare in advance!"
"If the Japanese fail, we must use our own methods to destroy this arsenal!"
"And Wang Ping is the core figure in the Eighth Route Army Arsenal. As long as you control him, it will be very easy to destroy the arsenal!"
Dai Li reacted immediately. After being shocked, he complimented without hesitation: "The principal is wise. The students will make arrangements immediately to ensure that the arrangements are flawless. Even if the Eighth Route Army finds out, the responsibility will be pushed to the Japanese, and it has nothing to do with us!"
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Wang Ping, who was far away in Mount Wutai, had no idea that a huge conspiracy was waiting for him.
After learning that the Japanese army in North China was about to launch a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign, Wang Ping stopped many production lines as soon as he returned to the arsenal.
In terms of weapons, except for 82mm caliber mortars and 120mm caliber mortars, which are still working overtime to produce, others are working hard to produce ammunition.
Bullets, grenades, artillery shells, mines...
Moreover, as many as are produced are shipped out, and the arsenal does not even have a single bullet in stock.
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