Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 297 Zhou Weihan who was offered a reward by Okamura Neji

Beiping, Iron Lion Alley, North China Front Army Headquarters.

The various units of the Eighth Route Army withdrew one after another, and the Japanese army in North China finally had a chance to breathe.

Ningji Okamura, commander of the North China Front Army, held an emergency meeting. Attending the meeting were Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the Japanese First Army, the heads of divisions and brigades under the First Army, and Sang Mu, commander of the 110th Division directly under the Front Army. Chongming, Acting Head of the [-]th Division Taijiro Iida, Head of the Independent First and Eighth Mixed Brigades.

Headquarters meeting room.

Neiji Okamura is at the top, Yoshio Shinozuka of the First Army is on the left side of the mahogany table, Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe, Takaaki Kuwaki, and Taijiro Iida are on the right.

The little devils who were doing it were all officers above major general, but at this moment they all bowed their heads without saying a word, waiting for Neiji Okamura to make a speech.

"You gentlemen!"

"Hi!" A group of Japanese officers stood up.

Okamura Ningji waved his hands, motioning for everyone to sit down.

"Please take a look at the documents in the report folder in front of you. These are the recent statistics on the casualties and material losses of the imperial army!"

"The Eighth Route Army called it the Hundred Regiments War, and announced that there are 110 regiments. I would like to ask you gentlemen, how many people were there when the Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River east?" Neiji Okamura asked the people present.

"At the beginning of the reorganization of the Eighth Route Army, there were a total of 4.6 people in three divisions and several directly affiliated teams, and then 3.7 people crossed the Yellow River to participate in the battle!" Chief of Staff Mori Takeshi Tanabe said without hesitation seeing that no one spoke.

"Yeah, why did the Eighth Route Army, which had less than 110 people, develop [-] regiments and more than [-] people in North China in just over two years? This is not counted as the Eighth Route Army in Shandong and Jiangnan. Who can tell Why me?" Okamura Ningji's voice became louder little by little, and the suppressed anger in his chest was directly vented.

"I'm curious about how many people the Imperial Japanese Army needs to deploy to maintain law and order in the rear. Do we need to transfer the elite Class A divisions from the front line?"

"The red deer in the navy, I'm afraid they are watching a joke right now. You're disgracing the entire army!"

For some reason, when Okamura Ning once mentioned the Japanese navy, the little devils present seemed to suddenly raise their spirits, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

"On the Zhengtai Line, Niangziguan fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army twice. The Jingjing Coal Mine fell, the garrison was wiped out, and a large amount of supplies were taken away. Except for Shouyang and Yangquan, many stations, bridges, and more than a hundred strongholds were captured by the Eighth Route Army. destroy!"

"Tongpu Railway, Baijin Railway, Lintun Highway, Hanchang Highway, Shide Highway, Hanji Highway, there are traces of destruction by the Eighth Route Army everywhere!"

"There is also the Ping-Han Railway, which was the most severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army. The railway from Handan to Cixian was completely pulled out by the Eighth Route Army. Handan City was breached by the Eighth Route Army. The brigade commander Tomomi Di, the chief of staff, Onodera Yusanyu broke!"

"The two reinforcements were completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, and the warriors of the five infantry brigades were killed in foreign lands!"

"In less than ten days, more than [-] soldiers were killed, and more than [-] soldiers were injured. This is a loss that the Imperial Japanese Army has never suffered since the start of the war!"

Okamura Ningji mentioned the casualties of Japanese soldiers, but in his eyes the puppet troops were nothing more than cannon fodder.

At this time Shinozuka Yoshio stood up directly and interrupted: "Your Excellency, General, I bear the main responsibility!"

"Yoxi, Shinozuka-kun, I appreciate your attitude of taking the initiative to take responsibility, but this matter is not your responsibility alone, everyone here is responsible!"

"The Army Headquarters has recently added some troops, divisions and brigades. I hope you will remember your mission of allegiance to the Emperor!"

"Hi!" The little devils were relieved and stood up again.

"Xia Yuanjun, do you know which unit of the Eighth Route Army is attacking Handan this time?" Gangcun Ningci asked.

"Subordinates are incompetent!"

"You are indeed incompetent, Chief of Staff, introduce them!"

Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake said at this time: "The designation of this Eighth Route Army is an independent detachment. It first appeared in the battle between Hebei and Shiyou's three tribes, and then participated in the military operation to drive Zhu Huaibing in Tainan. Near Handan It was this independent detachment that was active, and the reinforcements of the [-]th Division were annihilated in Zhanghe!"

"Through the information obtained by our moles in the Nationalist Government, the chief of the Ministry is Zhou Weihan, who was born in the third year of the Republic of China. He used to be a student at Yenching University. He participated in the student movement in his early years and participated in the 29th Army Corps. Yuan survived and later joined the Eighth Route Army!"

"It's a pity that the archives of the 29th Army have long been burned, and Yenching University in China has moved south. So far, no photos of him as an adult have been found, only a family photo of him when he was young!" Moritake Tanabe said regretfully.

A magnified black-and-white photo hangs on the wall.

This photo was taken in the 18th year of the Republic of China. When Zhou Weihan was fifteen years old, he was just in time for his eldest brother to go home to visit relatives, and his second brother was going away to study, so he took this photo.

In the photo, Zhou Weihan's father and mother are sitting in front, and the three brothers are standing behind the two elders.

The eldest brother Zhou Weiguo is on the left in military uniform, the second brother Zhou Weimin is in the center and Zhou Weihan is on the right.

Zhou Weihan, who was fifteen years old, looked a little immature, his body bones hadn't grown yet, so he was quite different from his current appearance.

"This is Zhou Weihan. His family background is not simple. His father traveled east to the empire in the early years. He graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy. He is a veteran of the League and has a deep influence in the current national government!"

"My eldest brother is Zhou Weiguo. He graduated from Whampoa Phase III. He is now the commander of the First Army, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the [-]th Group Army of the Central Army. He is deeply trusted by Jiang and Hu!"

"Second brother, Zhou Weimin, went out to study in his early years, but his whereabouts are unknown!"

Moritake Tanabe introduced one by one, the Japanese army can be said to have thoroughly investigated Zhou Weihan himself and his family background.

"This person and the so-called independent detachment must be eliminated, so as to comfort the spirits of the brave warriors of the Great Japanese Empire!"

"Hi!" Xia Yuan Mixiong nodded in response.

After the meeting, Shimomoto Mixiong returned to the execution platform with Zhou Weihan's photo, and immediately summoned the spy leader Terai Asaichi, and the two had a detailed discussion.

"A huge reward is offered for the trace of this person. If he is caught alive, he will be rewarded with [-] yuan!" Xia Yuan Mixiong said.

"[-] yuan?" Terai Asaichi said in surprise.

"That's right, that's what General Gangcun meant. I hope you will supervise this matter yourself, and you must find his trace!"

"Hi!" Terai glanced at Zhou Weihan in the photo.

Although the [-] yuan was counterfeit, it was worth a lot.

Among the many generals of the Eighth Route Army, in terms of the amount of reward offered by the Japanese army alone, Zhou Weihan was ranked ahead of the brigade commander's [-] yuan.

At this time, Zhou Weihan, who was in Yanwang Mountain, did not know that he was being missed by all the senior generals of the Japanese army.

Subsequently, Zhou Weihan's [-]-year-old photo was quickly distributed to various Japanese military strongholds and plainclothes hands.

A lot of plainclothes and puppet soldiers volunteered to search around Handan frantically, as if they wanted to search the entire surrounding area of ​​Handan.

(End of this chapter)