Headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan.

Commander Yoshio Shinozuka and Michichi Miyano are playing chess face to face.

Miyano Michichi picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then put it down and said: "Every time I drink tea from China, I seem to be able to taste the clouds and mist of Mount Fuji."

"Miyano-kun, you are really imaginative." Yoshio Shinozuka said with a smile, "This is Biluochun from China. Later I will ask the adjutant to send two kilograms to your home."

Miyano said: "Thank you very much, General. Only our Empire of Japan deserves to have this kind of good tea!"

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Chinese tea ceremony culture has a long history. Our tea ceremony culture was passed down during the Tang Dynasty in China."

"It's a pity." Miyano Michichi said, "China's cultural heritage is so rich, but their descendants are stuck in their ways, the people are ignorant, and the government is full of competition for interests. This gives our Empire of Japan an opportunity to take advantage of

, it won’t be long before our soldiers will occupy all the territory of China, and the descendants of our Japanese Empire will establish an extremely prosperous Greater East Asia Empire.”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "It's too early to say this now. The Chinese army is still resisting tenaciously. Although we won the battle of Zaoyi on the frontal battlefield, we also paid the price with the lives of more than 10,000 imperial soldiers.

In North China, there are also countless Eighth Route guerrillas holding back hundreds of thousands of our Imperial Army soldiers."

Miyano Michichi placed a black stone on the chessboard and said: "During this period, the cage strategy we implemented in North China was very effective. The Eighth Route guerrillas were divided and surrounded in various places. The main force of the Eighth Route Army was also trapped in the Taihang Mountains and was struggling. According to me,

I see that the Eighth Route Army in North China can no longer sustain itself for much longer."

The so-called cage strategy meant that the Japanese army used North China as its main strategic rear area.

Specific implementation methods use roads, high barriers, and deep ditches to divide the plain area and divide the entire North China Plain into a grid-like structure.

The Eighth Route Army's base area was divided into several small pieces on the map and could not be connected from end to end, but the Japanese army could quickly attack any point on the grid.

Once the grid is formed, the Japanese army can gather heavy troops and carry out a dragnet-like sweep of various Eighth Route Army units.

Therefore, the cage strategy is also called iron wall siege.

"Report!"

At this time, a voice sounded outside the door.

"Please come in!"

A Japanese soldier wearing a captain's uniform walked in with a folder and saluted: "Urgent call from Fujita Regiment stationed in Xiangyuan County!"

Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Read it!"

The Japanese captain opened the folder and read: "At 8 o'clock in the morning, the supplies destined for the Fourth Brigade were attacked by the Eighth Route Army in Xia Dian. The Sato Brigade stationed in Xia Dian went to support and was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. More than 600 imperial soldiers were killed, and only a dozen of them were killed.

A soldier of the Imperial Army broke out of the encirclement, and Captain Sato Takuya performed a caesarean section to apologize!"

"Nani?"

Shinozuka Yoshio and Miyano Michio's expressions changed simultaneously, and the white piece in Shinozuka Yoshio's hand did not fall for a long time.

The last time the Kotei stronghold and the 8th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army were eaten by the independent regiment, it did not shock Yoshio Shinozuka and Michichi Miyano so much.

After all, most of those who died were Chinese.

But this time, more than 600 Japanese soldiers died, which made Yoshio Shinozuka feel a burst of pain.

"Have you found out?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked with a gloomy face, "Which Eighth Route Army unit did it?"

The Japanese captain said: "According to the information from the Fujita Regiment, a large number of Jin-made Thompson submachine gun bullets were found at the scene. The Eighth Route Army is equipped with only the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment with this kind of submachine gun!"

The 8th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army was equipped with about 2 companies of Jin-made Thompson submachine guns, and this brigade was eaten by Li Yunlong's Independent Regiment. Based on this, the Japanese Intelligence Section guessed that the initiator was the Independent Regiment.

"The 386th Brigade Independent Regiment?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked in disbelief, "Li Yunlong again?"

The Japanese captain said: "Yes, Li Yunlong of the Independent Regiment."

Yoshio Shinozuka could no longer sit still and said to the Japanese captain: "Please help me call Colonel Yamamoto over!"

"Hai!"

The Japanese captain paused and walked out.

After a while, Kazuki Yamamoto walked in fully armed.

"Your Excellency General, are you looking for me?"

Yamamoto Kazuki looked at the chess game and paused: "If it's a game of chess and tea, I'm afraid I don't have time. I'm training my soldiers intensively to prepare for the upcoming raid!"

Yamamoto Kazuki stood there, like an unsheathed sword, with its sharp edge exposed!

Shinozuka Yoshio told Yamamoto Kazuki that the independent regiment attacked the transport convoy and the Sato brigade was completely wiped out.

Then, Yoshio Shinozuka continued: "Yamamoto-kun, I want you to add this Li Yunlong to your assassination list. He has now become a serious problem for our First Army."

"Your Excellency, General!" Kazuki Yamamoto said disapprovingly, "With all due respect, the target of our special agent team should be the highest officer of the Second China War Zone, and again the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. Li Yunlong's position is too low, and I have no interest at all!"

"So when will Yamamoto-kun prepare to take action against the Eighth Route Headquarters?" Miyano Michichi couldn't help but ask, "As far as I know, Major General Naoomi Hattori and his observation group are already impatient with waiting. If they don't take action again,

If so, they may have to return to their base."

Kazuki Yamamoto glanced at Miyano Michichi and said: "Our intelligence officers lurking around Yan Xishan received news a day ago that more than a dozen senior officers of the Shanxi-Sui Army will take action in the near future. There are rumors that...

At the invitation of the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, I went to Lingyang to engage in exchanges between the two armies with the Eighth Route Army. What is the rank of the Eighth Route officer who is on par with more than a dozen senior officers of the Shanxi-Sui Army?"

Miyano Michichi asked: "Yamamoto-kun, do you want to ambush these dozen senior officers of the Jinsui Army?"

Kazuki Yamamoto:

"No, I infer from this that the Eighth Route Army headquarters is located in the Lingyang area."

"Sun Tzu in ancient China once said that soldiers are crafty, they are to catch the enemy unawares and attack them unprepared!"

"Don't forget, Sun Tzu lived more than 2,000 years ago. He had already made incisive discussions on the relationship between strategy and war!"

"Such military theories will never be outdated, whether in the past, present or future."

"Although we don't know the exact location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, as long as my special agent team can get close to the Eighth Route Army headquarters, they can monitor their radio signals, find out the specific location, and implement the beheading plan!"

"Yo!" Yoshio Shinozuka praised, "Yamamoto-kun is indeed a top student who graduated from Imperial University. I am very interested in your insights and strategies."

Miyano Michichi also nodded and said: "Then we will wait for Yamamoto-kun's good news."

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