Entering June, the Japanese First Army Headquarters in Shanxi welcomed a new owner, Yoshio Iwamatsu, Japanese Army Lieutenant General.
Yoshio Iwamatsu graduated from the 30th class of the Japanese Army University, while Yoshio Shinozuka graduated from the 23rd class. If calculated carefully, Yoshio Shinozuka was still Yoshio Iwamatsu's senior. Before taking over Yoshio Shinozuka's position
,Yoshio Iwamatsu is the commander of the Japanese Central Army.
Since Yoshio Shinozuka made no achievements in fighting the Eighth Route Army in the occupied Shanxi area, Yoshio Iwamatsu was ordered to take over Yoshio Shinozuka's position. Yoshio Iwamatsu was somewhat envious of Yoshio Shinozuka. Did he know that Yoshio Shinozuka
The adopted man once received a royal sword given by His Majesty the Emperor. What an honor it was.
Unfortunately, Yoshio Shinozuka failed to live up to His Majesty the Emperor's expectations, and was ultimately transferred from the Shanxi First Army and returned to his homeland to serve as a sideline.
Walking into the headquarters, Iwamatsu Yoshio could see the officers of the First Army waiting for him, which made him very satisfied. It seemed that these officers were very smart. Otherwise, if something went wrong, Iwamatsu
Yoshio, the newly appointed commander of the First Army, doesn't mind doing something.
To be able to become an army lieutenant general, Iwamatsu Yoshio has seen too many things, and he has quite strong methods.
The Japanese Army Base Camp chose to let Yoshio Iwamatsu take over Yoshio Shinozuka's position, also because Yoshio Iwamatsu's ability is quite good, and he has made certain achievements in the Central Army. There is an urgent need to maintain a stable enough base camp in the Shanxi Occupied Area
, naturally it is necessary to transfer people like Yoshio Iwamatsu to ensure the stability of Shanxi.
Shanxi's strategic location is very important, and its rich coal resources are urgently needed by the Japs. In addition, Shanxi has a strong transportation network. Most of the Japs' supplies need to be transported from Shanxi to the front line, which makes the Japs'
Shanxi's stability is very important.
What's more, with the actions of the Eighth Route Army troops in the occupied areas and the ever-expanding anti-Japanese base areas, the Japanese felt a deep threat. If certain changes were not made to the situation in Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army would inevitably become their confidants.
A serious problem, even now, the Eighth Route Army has become the target of the Japanese.
After briefly understanding the situation of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu began to strengthen his control over the First Army. When he learned about Kazuki Yamamoto's special agent team, he even expressed his support for Kazuki Yamamoto.
Whether it is the family behind Kazuki Yamamoto or Kazuki Yamamoto's own abilities, Yoshio Iwamatsu is quite satisfied. He also needs to control Kazuki Yamamoto's special agent team to ensure that he can achieve certain results in Shanxi. In
In Yoshio Iwamatsu's opinion, the previous special agent team's failure to achieve sufficient results was entirely due to Yoshio Shinozuka's wrong command.
And now that he, Yoshio Iwamatsu, is in control of the secret service, he will definitely command the secret service well and make it a murderous weapon in his hands.
While Yoshio Iwamatsu continued to strengthen his control over the First Army, the various units of the Eighth Route Army also continued to develop. After knowing that the Japanese were afraid of the Eighth Route Army, the 129th Division implemented the localization of the main force, and divided some of the main force into military divisions in phases.
Merger strategies.
At the same time, the 129th Division also adopted a policy of comprehensive struggle against the enemy with armed struggle as the core, vigorously organized guerrilla combat, strengthened the struggle against the enemy in border areas, carried out political offensives, and smashed the raids and encroachments of the Japanese and puppet troops against the Japanese base areas.
In order to deal with the various methods of the Japanese, the 129th Division, under the command of the headquarters, adopted various methods to carry out defensive counterattacks.
Previously, the bosses thought that after Yoshio Iwamatsu took over the First Army, the Japanese would stop for a while and reduce their raids on the base areas. After all, Yoshio Iwamatsu, who had just taken over the First Army, did not have enough control over his troops, let alone the inability to
If something is gained during the raids, the materials consumed by the Japanese raiding troops will not be a small amount.
But who knew that after Yoshio Iwamatsu took over the First Army, instead of reducing the raids on the base areas, he ordered all the troops under his command to launch raids on the anti-Japanese base areas from time to time. In just one month, the Japanese troops carried out ten raids on the base areas.
Several large and small raids.
Such intensity of raids made the bosses more and more aware of the hardships of the war in the Japanese-occupied areas. The Japanese had also noticed the strength of the Eighth Route Army troops and intensified their attacks on the anti-Japanese base areas to prevent the Eighth Route Army and the anti-Japanese base areas from growing.
In the entanglement with the Japanese mopping up troops, news came from the frontline troops that the Japanese troops were not only mopping up, but also digging deep blockade ditches and building high blockades, which once again strengthened the fortress policy. In a short period of time, the perimeter of the base area was
There are many more fortresses built by the Japanese.
The Japanese relied on the fortresses they established to restrict the development of the anti-Japanese base areas and continuously compressed the development space of the Eighth Route Army units.
The bosses also noticed that since Okamura Neiji became the commander of the North China Front, he has continued to implement the brutal and vicious "Three Lights" policy, which caused the Japanese to burn down people's houses and rob people when they raided the base areas.
All the food, chickens, ducks, fish, meat, birds and animals were looted, and the people were slaughtered crazily.
The recent raids carried out by the Japanese troops in the anti-Japanese base areas have all carried out massacres against the people. As long as the people appear in their sight, they will inevitably be massacred by them. Several villages have suffered due to being discovered by the Japanese raiding troops.
Unfortunately, hundreds of people died at the hands of the Japanese.
In the artillery school, Liu Gen got relevant information from the division headquarters, but he was powerless, let alone tell the students and soldiers of the artillery school the news. Liu Gen was very worried about the students and soldiers of the artillery school after learning such news.
, can’t help but rush out.
Liu Genkou knew that after the Eighth Route Army units learned such news, many soldiers rushed out of the station and ambushed the Japanese mopping up troops. However, these soldiers did not cause too much damage to the Japanese mopping up troops.
Against the organic Japanese troops, even if the soldiers fought desperately, they could not cause too much damage to the Japanese.
For this reason, the various units of the Eighth Route Army have increased their management of the soldiers to prevent soldiers from leaving the camp easily. Everyone knows that the devils do this to print out the Eighth Route Army troops. If any Eighth Route Army troops really take action, they will definitely be killed by the devils.
The mopping up troops got entangled and couldn't get away easily, so they were killed by the Japanese mopping up troops.
From the information transmitted by the intelligence personnel, the bosses knew that the Japanese troops had already made sufficient preparations. Once traces of the Eighth Route Army troops were found, they would go out with all their strength and achieve certain results.
However, the units of the Eighth Route Army did not hide blindly. Under the command of the bosses, whenever night fell, the units of the Eighth Route Army would turn into death threats and continuously cause damage to the Japanese raiding forces. In the dark of night, even if the Japanese raided
If the troops want to pursue, there is no good way, and there is no way to catch up with the Eighth Route Army troops.