As soon as the intelligence section chief left, the brigade chief of staff couldn't help but remind him: "General, I think we are taking this Li Hao too seriously!"
"No matter how powerful he is, he is only twenty years old. Even if he starts fighting since he is born, he will only have twenty years of experience. But this is obviously impossible, so I think that no matter how powerful he is, he can't compare to you, General!
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"Also, this Li Hao is just the leader of an independent regiment. He only has the strength of one regiment. Moreover, this regiment has just been expanded, so it will definitely not be much stronger!"
"As long as the imperial army gathers the main force to attack them, they will definitely be able to kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind!"
"idiot!"
Seeing that the deputy still had a arrogant and arrogant expression, and did not pay attention to his previous reminder, the brigade leader directly cursed!
If this deputy had no background and came here to be chief of staff just for gold plating, the brigade commander would have rushed up to him and slapped him hard twice to teach him a lesson.
But he held back. He didn't want to offend the huge military force behind the chief of staff because of his impulsiveness.
You must know that whether you can be promoted from major general brigade commander to lieutenant general division commander depends on the power behind the chief of staff to speak for you to a certain extent!
After taking a deep breath to suppress his anger, he replied with a serious face: "I have told you more than once that you cannot underestimate the enemy when dealing with the Eighth Route Army, especially this independent regiment!"
"Don't forget, in the past two years, three captains have died in Lingqiu in their hands, especially Watanabe, who just died in the battle. Although he was a major when he died in the battle, he was still the lieutenant colonel of the field force a few months ago.
Captain, if it weren’t for meeting this Li Hao, he would be the captain of the Imperial Army’s Major Alliance now!”
"With so many outstanding imperial army commanders stepping on him, do you still think this opponent is vulnerable?"
"Chief of Staff, if you can't calm down and study our enemies more and pay attention to them on the battlefield, you will definitely suffer a big loss when you become a troop commander in the future!"
"Not only will you die by then, but thousands of Imperial Army soldiers will also die fighting with you!"
It’s true that I have a background in the military, but after all, my military rank is only Lieutenant Colonel!
Being the chief of staff is not only about gold plating, but also about learning!
The brigade leader in front of him is a very experienced veteran, otherwise his father would not have sent him to work and learn under him!
I have been the chief of staff for several months, and I have seen a lot of serious expressions on the brigade commander's face, but it is undeniable that the expression in front of me is definitely the most serious I have ever seen.
He immediately put away his arrogance and contempt and replied with a serious face: "General, thank you for your teaching. I know I was wrong!"
The brigade leader nodded and replied: "Yoshi!"
"As long as you don't underestimate the enemy and pay attention to your opponent, with the combat effectiveness and equipment of the imperial army, you can definitely match any opponent on the Chinese battlefield!"
"Besides, you are the chief of staff of the brigade, and I am not afraid to tell you that the military headquarters is likely to know about this independent regiment!"
"If nothing unexpected happens, it won't take long for the military to strictly order us to eliminate the Independent Regiment. Moreover, this battle can only be won but not lost. So everything I am doing now is to prepare for killing the Independent Regiment in one fell swoop in the future!"
At the Japanese Military Headquarters in Taiyuan City, a discussion related to the Independence Regiment is also ongoing!
However, in this discussion, the Independent Regiment is only a supporting role. The real protagonists are all the Eighth Route Army units operating in Shanxi, especially the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, which has been established for nearly two years and has taken root in Shanxi.
Seven or eight Japanese military officers were sitting around the conference table. The lowest rank was Colonel and the highest rank was Lieutenant General. They were all sitting upright with serious faces!
The Lieutenant General on the throne was the first to speak: "Everyone, the autumn harvest in North China has passed for almost a month. But according to the reports from various ministries, our grain collection not only failed to meet the target, but also fell short of more than half.
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"You know, starting from this year, the front army will no longer provide us with food. Regardless of the field troops or local garrisons, all military rations for the next year must be raised by ourselves in our occupied areas, and part of the food must be handed over to the front army.
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"Today, the food collected by various troops only accounts for less than one-third of the amount required by the military headquarters. This means that our three main divisions and tens of thousands of local garrison troops, the Imperial Association Army, will lose three-thirds of the amount in the next year.
In the second time, there will be no military food to eat, and it will be even more impossible to hand over the front army. Can you tell me what is going on? Do you really want to see tens of thousands of imperial troops and imperial alliance troops starving and our enemies?
Let’s fight!”
The chief of staff, who carried the rank of major general, immediately said: "Sir, the staff has made accurate calculations based on the number of civilians and land area in each area, and the Shanxi-Sui Army ruled Shanxi for several years.
The amount of public grain collected by various places is used as a reference, and there will definitely be no situation where there is no grain available for collection!"
"I carefully studied the situation reported from various places and found that in the occupied areas completely controlled by the imperial army, food collection has basically been completed!"
"The problem now is the occupied areas where the Eighth Route Army is active!"
"Although the counties, important towns and transportation thoroughfares in the occupied areas are all controlled by the imperial army, the vast rural areas where grain is produced have been controlled by the Eighth Route Army, and they have built their so-called base areas to resist the imperial army's grain requisition!"
"Among them, the greatest threat to the imperial army is the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area!"
"The Eighth Route Army has been active there for the longest time and has the largest number of troops. The food collected by the imperial army is less than one-tenth of the total!"
"Although there are activities of the Eighth Route Army in other occupied areas, in the face of the strong military strength of the imperial army, these Eighth Route Army did not dare to fight against us, so the collection of public grains went smoothly!"
"Baga!" the Lieutenant General yelled.
"This is the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area again, why is it here that drags us back every time!"
"Does the intelligence department have any specific information about the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area? Winter is coming soon. If we send troops to sweep them away now, the cold weather will definitely become the best weapon for the imperial army!"
"Although they are powerful, the troops are too poor and poorly equipped. They can't even equip each person with a winter coat!"
"By then, frostbite alone will cause them a large number of non-combat casualties!"
"Also, the cold weather means that the people who support them cannot run around with them and hide in the mountains for a long time. Then the Eighth Route Army will be unable to carry out the clearing of the wilderness with strong walls!"
"Last but not least, launching a large-scale raid there now will not affect next year's spring plowing!"
"Sir is wise!"
Several subordinates stood up at the same time and complimented!
After everyone returned to their seats, the head of the intelligence section, who carried the rank of colonel on his shoulders, stood up: "Sir, according to the intelligence, after the autumn harvest, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area confiscated a large amount of food that should belong to the imperial army from the people.
, and then rely on this food to start a large-scale expansion of the army!"
"So far, the total strength of their main force has reached 40,000, and the total number of local troops and guerrillas is nearly 40,000!"
"Although they have a lot of troops, as you just said, sir, their equipment and logistics are very poor!"
"Many troops have two soldiers sharing the same gun, and there are even many troops that expand too quickly and are directly equipped with cold weapons such as broadswords and spears!"
"Ammunition is also very scarce, because they have no ammunition production capacity for the time being. All ammunition is captured and purchased on the battlefield. Many army riflemen only have five pitiful rounds of ammunition, which is not comparable to the well-equipped imperial army!"
"Logistics supplies are even worse, especially winter clothing, which is very scarce. Many troops have their training volume cut in half because of the cold weather. The limited cotton-padded clothes can only ensure that the security troops on duty have something to wear!"
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