A few minutes later, Tadao Matsui and Michichi Miyano walked into the air-raid shelter commander's office hand in hand.

Miyano Michichi put his feet together and paused: "Your Excellency, Commander, there is news that Xinxiang Airport was attacked by Eighth Route Fighters ten minutes ago, and suffered heavy losses!"

"Nani?" Yoshio Iwamatsu said in disbelief, "Xinxiang Airport was bombed?"

"Hi!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu had calmed down and asked Tadao Matsui in a deep voice: "Matsui-kun, how is the situation at Xincheng Airport? How many aircraft were damaged?"

"Report General!" Matsui Tadao said, "News just came from Xincheng Airport. 23 fighter jets and attack aircraft were destroyed, the runway was also blown up, 5 pilots were smashed, 7 pilots were seriously injured, and there were 35 imperial soldiers.

Soldiers shattered in air raids!"

"Baga!" After hearing the news, Yoshio Iwamatsu became angry again and slapped the desk angrily, startling Miyano and Matsui.

Ignoring the pain in his palms, Iwamatsu Yoshio immediately ordered.

"Order the Takeshita Special Forces to change their combat mission and switch to searching for the Eighth Route Airport!"

"The Dachuan advance team takes action to find the location of the leader of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Order all encircling troops to pay close attention to the situation of enemy aircraft and report any situation immediately!"

"After discovering the location of the Eighth Route Army's head and the airport, all units quickly encircled them. No one from the Eighth Route Army could escape!"

"Also, request air support from the dispatch army headquarters!"

"Hi!" Matsui and Miyano nodded in unison, then walked out.

…

At the same time, Nanzhuang Village, Wuxiang County.

Signal soldiers are setting up radio stations and radios, with antennas raised high from the roof.

The cooking soldiers were lighting fires to make rice, and Japanese soldiers of all shapes and sizes could be seen everywhere.

The commander of the 9th Brigade, Koshiki Toranosuke, walked into the village ancestral hall with a saber in hand, followed by Chief of Staff Shintaro Koike and Adjutant Jintaka Kudo.

Nanzhuang Village is a large village with eight townships for ten miles. After hearing the news of the arrival of the Japanese, all the villagers except the traitors in the village ran away with all their food.

Chief of Staff Shintaro Koike, together with several operational staff officers and miscellaneous staff, spent half the night setting up a sandbox in the hall of the ancestral hall.

The sand table covers the entire Taihang Mountain base area, and small flags representing various besieging Japanese troops are placed all over the base area in the east, west, north, and south directions.

In addition, there is a detailed map hung on the wall of the ancestral hall.

"Salute!" The Japanese soldier standing guard at the entrance of the ancestral hall, holding a rifle, raised his hand in salute.

As soon as he stepped into the ancestral hall, Koike Shintaro took a small bamboo pole, pointed at the sand table and said to Koshiki Toranosuke.

"Your Excellency Major General, our three blockade lines are ready, each blockade is less than 10 kilometers apart!"

"The main force of our 9th Brigade has been deployed in accordance with the order. Together with the 6th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, it is distributed from Xixiang to Taigu."

"If anyone dares to escape from us, they will never come back!"

"Yoshi!" Koshiki Toranosuke nodded, his expression turning to reveal a solemn look.

In the past few years since entering Shanxi, the 9th Brigade has been the main elite force of the First Army and frequently participated in the raids against the Eighth Route Army, but failed every time.

Not only did the Eighth Route Army base areas fail to be completely eradicated, the Eighth Route Army actually grew stronger.

Even with this battle plan B, which was called an iron wall encirclement, Koshiki Toranosuke did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

On the contrary, every step of the battle deployment was done with caution and careful consideration.

Unlike the arrogance of Sano Tadayoshi, the commander of the 4th Brigade, Koshio Toranosuke was as cunning as a fox. The Eighth Route Army tried to ambush the 9th Brigade several times, but this old devil dodged it.

"The Eighth Route Army is different from the Central Army. The Eighth Route Army is good at spreading out and escaping. If you are not careful, they will slip away from you." Koshiki Toranosuke ordered, "Telegraph all the troops and never be careless."

Shintaro Koike: "Hi!"

Adjutant Kudo Jintaka said: "Your Excellency General, the headquarters has repeatedly told us that the Eighth Route Army has a special force that is good at beheading operations. We only keep one brigade around. Is it too little? Do we need to also transfer the artillery brigade and cavalry brigade?

Come here to guard against a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army's special forces?"

Koike Shintaro also said in a deep voice: "General, since yesterday, some suspicious elements have appeared at various strongholds and checkpoints. I suspect that there are Eighth Route Scouts among them!"

"You mean..." Koshio Toranosuke narrowed his eyes, "The Eighth Route Army special forces will behead our 9th Brigade Headquarters?"

"General, this is very possible!" Koike Shintaro said, "The Eighth Route Army is now surrounded by the Imperial Army. They can only break out to the west or north to escape. To the north is the 36th Division, which the Eighth Route Army cannot afford to offend.

Therefore, I judge that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is likely to flee from our direction."

"I agree with Koike-kun." Kudo Jintaka said, "We know very little about this special force of the Eighth Route Army, but what we do know is that this special force of the Eighth Route Army has very strong combat effectiveness and is good at special operations. General, we have to guard against it.

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After a pause, Kudo Jintaka continued: "General, I suggest that the cavalry brigade and artillery brigade be transferred over, or the headquarters be moved to a more concealed location."

"There is no need to mobilize the cavalry brigade and artillery brigade, and there is no need to transfer the headquarters. Instead, I want to send a clear message to the Eighth Route Army that the 9th Brigade Headquarters is in Nanzhuang Village!" Koshiki Toranosuke touched his chin, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his face

Showing a cunning look.

"General." Kudo Jintaka asked in confusion, "Why is this?"

But Shintaro Koike asked in a deep voice: "General, do you mean to deliberately release the news to lure the Eighth Route Army's special forces to take the bait and annihilate them in one fell swoop?"

"Yes, Koike-kun reacted very quickly." Koshiki Toranosuke said confidently, "No matter how powerful the Eighth Route Army's special forces are in combat, if they are surrounded by thousands of soldiers from our Imperial Army's 9th Brigade, they will not be able to escape!"

"Transmit my order to inform the various units of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army of the location of our 9th Brigade Headquarters."

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"Reduce the number of open sentinels outside Nanzhuang Village and increase the number of hidden sentries. Once suspicious elements are found, report them immediately!"

After all, two lieutenant generals were killed in the hands of this Eighth Route Army special forces.

Koshio Toranosuke uses his own life as bait. Once he annihilates the Eighth Route Army special forces, it will be a great achievement!

On the one hand, it is for meritorious service, and on the other hand, it is to avenge Lieutenant General Mano and General Shinozuka, no matter how you look at it.

Koshiki Toranosuke believes that this risk is definitely worth taking.

What's more, a brigade of elite Japanese troops dealt with a mere special force from the Eighth Route Army, and it was in an ambush.

The advantage is mine.

"Your Excellency, General!" Koike Shintaro admired: "It's okay if the Eighth Route Army special forces don't come. If they dare to come, they will never come back!"

At this moment, a Japanese military communications soldier walked in with a telegram and greeted Yuesheng Huzhi.

"General, Commander Yansong has an urgent call!"

Yuesheng Hunosuke's expression changed: "Nian!"

The Japanese signal soldier picked up the telegram and started reading it.

"Taiyuan Airport and Xinxiang Airport were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army Air Force. Your troops are asked to pay close attention to the movement of Eighth Route Army aircraft and report the situation immediately!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is on board, the Empire of Japan is on board!"

"Nani?" Koshiki Toranosuke was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, and the communications soldier suddenly nodded and walked out.

Kudo Jintaka said worriedly: "General, what if the Eighth Route Army knows the location of our 9th Brigade headquarters and sends planes to bomb it?"

"It doesn't matter." Koshiki Toranosuke waved his hand and said: "According to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army only has 10 fighter jets and no bombers, and its attack power is limited. Nanzhuang Village is so big that only 20 aerial bombs cannot cover them all. Instead, they will alert the enemy. The Eighth Route Army commander

I would never do such a stupid thing."

Koshiki Toranosuke said again: "Execute the order!"

Koike Shintaro and Kudo shouted in unison: "Hi!"

…

More than two hours later, a mobile column of more than 20,000 people had moved forward from the Yushe area and approached the area from Xixiang to Taigu.

Since they were within the base area and the Japanese army had no aircraft, it was impossible for the Japanese army to detect the mobilization of the Eighth Route Army troops.

Each regiment of the mobile column has been deployed and assumed an offensive posture.

Just wait for the order from the leader of the column.

Hanjia Village, Yushe County, temporary headquarters of the mobile column.

The communications soldier walked in, gave a military salute, and then said: "Report to the commander, the Cavalry Brigade, the 11th Brigade and the 12th Brigade have arrived at the designated position!"

Commander Chen raised his head from the map and said: "Order all troops to stand by where they are. No one is allowed to attack the enemy without my order!"

"Yes!" The communications soldier saluted with a military salute and walked out.

As soon as the communications soldier left, Wei Dayong followed Li Yunlong and stepped in.

"Chief, there is a new situation." Wei Dayong said, "According to the intelligence received by the scouts after catching Tongue, the location of the 9th Brigade is in Nanzhuang Village."

"Oh?" Chief Chen said with a smile: "I was just trying to find him, but he himself showed up first!"

"To reveal a flaw at this juncture is probably a trick of Yuesheng Toranosuke's suspicion." Li Yunlong said, "I'm afraid the headquarters of the 9th Brigade is not in Nanzhuang Village."

"It makes sense." Chief Chen's expression changed and he agreed, "Ossei Toranosuke, an old devil with a subtlety and a subtlety, can't possibly reveal his flaws so quickly."

"I don't think so." Wei Dayong mused, "Judging from the fact that a Japanese brigade was assembled in Nanzhuang Village, which was detected by the Langya Squadron in advance, I am afraid that the headquarters of the 9th Brigade is really in Nanzhuang Village."

"You mean," Chief Chen thought, "that this was news deliberately released by Koshiki Toranosuke?"

"It's very possible." Wei Dayong said, "It is estimated that Koshio Toranosuke has expected that we will behead his headquarters, so he deliberately released the news to lure the Langya Squadron into taking the bait."

After the last sneak attack on Yuncheng Airport, Wei Dayong also knew that the exposure of the Langya Squadron and even the special operations battalion was inevitable.

It is impossible for the Japanese army not to be aware of the existence of their special forces in the Eighth Route Army.

However, the training status, weapons equipment, and even combat effectiveness of the special operations battalion and the Wolf Fang Squadron are probably not yet known.

Not to mention, the Eighth Route Army also developed the combat technique of remotely calling in artillery fire to hit targets.

If Koshii Toranosuke knew this, let alone deliberately exposing his position, he would probably have to run far away.

"If that's the case, it would be easy to handle." Chief Chen's eyes lit up slightly.
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