The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

When Yoshio Iwamatsu saw that no one in the headquarters answered his words, he became even angrier, and immediately turned to look at the chief of staff.

As his deputy, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer: "Your Excellency, Commander, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong have indeed been transferred."

"But the main force of the independent regiment and the new regiment they formed is still in the northwest of Shanxi Province. They didn't take away a single artillery piece. They just changed the regiment leader."

"Although the overall combat effectiveness of the army is not as strong as when Kong Jie and Li Yunlong were regiment leaders, it is not much worse."

"Battles like conquering small and medium-sized strongholds are still a piece of cake for these troops."

Yoshio Iwamatsu slammed his fist on the table again, apparently very dissatisfied with the chief of staff's answer.

Staring at the sand table, he continued: "Eighth Route Army of eleven regiments, this is a slap in the face for us."

"Since Commander Shinozuka Yoshio failed to sweep Northwest Shanxi, we have not attacked Northwest Shanxi again."

"I remember that the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi had only three or four regiments at that time..."

"Why are there so many troops all of a sudden?"

The chief of staff seemed to be very aware of this matter, and immediately explained: "The last time we were defeated, the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi really only had three main regiments and some local troops."

"But each of their main regiments has five or six thousand men."

"The independent regiment with the strongest combat effectiveness has 8000 people, which is more than a brigade of many Chinese troops."

"After the Eighth Route Army headquarters transferred Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, these troops were dismantled into a main force regiment of more than 2000 people, and then gradually developed into the current eleven main force regiments."

"Although there are more establishments, the total force is not much larger, and the overall combat effectiveness has not become stronger."

"On the contrary, it has been weakened a lot due to the dispersion of heavy weapons and command authority."

Hearing this, Yoshio Iwamatsu finally looked a lot better.

But he still asked with an unhappy expression: "We have lost more than 7000 people in this raid..."

"If you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose [-]. The Eighth Route Army is still on the attacking side. The damage will definitely not be known. How many people do you think the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi will have left after this stop?"

The chief of staff took a careful look at Yoshio Iwamatsu, and after confirming that he was not angry, he said: "Among the more than 7000 people lost by our army, more than half of the Imperial Association Army was captured by the Eighth Route Army."

"No more than 500 soldiers were actually killed."

"Even if the Northwest Shanxi Eighth Route Army suffered more casualties than us, the direct losses would not exceed 5000."

"They also captured more than 3000 captives from the Imperial Association Army. With the mobilization method of the Eighth Route Army, at least 2000 people will take off the uniform of the Imperial Association Army and join the Eighth Route Army."

"Based on this calculation, their direct battle losses in this raid are likely to be no more than 3000 people."

"Nani..." Yoshio Iwamatsu was irritated again, and said angrily.

"How did you lose this little man?"

"If the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi continues to develop like this, then their overall strength will not become stronger and stronger."

"no……"

"We can't let them grow like this anymore."

"In the past, there were Li Yunlong and Kong Jie in Northwest Shanxi, and the Shanxi garrison suffered a big defeat on the battlefield, losing troops and losing generals. For a long time, they did not dare to sweep Northwest Shanxi again."

"Now that Li Yunlong and Kong Jie are gone, the Northwest Shanxi Eighth Route Army has just gone through a big battle. Even if they didn't suffer heavy losses, the troops are still very tired."

"The Shanxi garrison has been replenished for more than half a year, and its strength and combat effectiveness have recovered a lot. It will definitely be no problem to deploy [-] troops to participate in the big sweep."

"If we send out heavy troops to sweep Northwest Shanxi now, we will definitely catch them by surprise."

The more Yoshio Iwamatsu thought about it, the more he felt that his proposal was very feasible, the communications officer suddenly ran towards him, holding a telegram in his hand, and said anxiously.

"Your Excellency Commander..."

"The urgent telegram from the Front Army Command was sent by Commander Okamura himself."

"What did General Okamura say?" Yoshio Iwamatsu asked directly.

"Let the Shanxi garrison gather heavy troops, take the opportunity to enter Northwest Shanxi, severely injure the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, and destroy the arrogance of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, a shame..."

"Hahaha..." Yoshio Iwamatsu laughed after hearing that.

"Heroes see the same thing, and General Gangcun's thoughts are exactly the same as mine..."

"Without Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, the exhausted Shanxi Northwest Eighth Route Army is definitely no match for us."

"Just do it."

"Assemble the troops immediately and sweep the northwest of Shanxi."

"The chief of staff immediately organized everyone to draw up a sweeping plan, and I will see it tonight."

"The Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi has more than 2 people, and there are still 4000 people after deducting the battle damage."

"We can only deploy more troops, not less..."

"Think of a way to get together [-] Imperial Army, [-] Imperial Alliance Army. The soldiers are divided into separate groups, and they suddenly enter the Eighth Route Army's northwestern Shanxi base, catching them by surprise."

The chief of staff's mind was running fast, analyzing the feasibility of Yoshio Iwamatsu's idea.

His eyes also swept around the map, calculating how many troops the headquarters could immediately deploy to participate in the sweep.

After 2 minutes, the rascal shook his head: "Your Excellency, Commander..."

"Time is limited. At most [-] imperial troops will be dispatched by the humble rank to participate in the mopping up. No matter how many more, they can only be dispatched from the southwestern part of Shanxi. But it will take time, and there is no way to achieve the suddenness of attacking the northwestern part of Shanxi."

Yoshio Iwamatsu seemed to have guessed what the chief of staff would say, and asked directly: "How many troops did you leave to defend Taiyuan..."

"A main brigade plus a brigade of the Royal Association Army..." the chief of staff immediately replied.

"Jinzhong, which is the closest to Taiyuan, still has an infantry regiment. If there is an accident in Taiyuan, they can immediately send two brigades to reinforce Taiyuan."

"Too many..." Yoshio Iwamatsu replied shaking his head.

Seeing that the chief of staff was about to object subconsciously, Yoshio Iwamatsu interrupted directly: "I know what you are going to say?"

"Taiyuan was attacked once, and the inner city was almost lost."

"The Taiyuan Arsenal also lost a lot of equipment in that battle."

"The Eighth Route Army used those equipment to build arsenals, which solved many ammunition problems."

"You are worried that Taiyuan will be attacked again."

"What I want to tell you is that today's Taiyuan is not the former Taiyuan."

"The Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi is no longer the Eighth Route Army in the past. They don't have the guts to raid Taiyuan again."

"Even if there is, I won't give them any chance."

"Taiyuan only needs to leave one infantry regiment..."

"A chariot brigade will be dispatched from Southwest Shanxi to aid Taiyuan to protect the airport..."

"If the Eighth Route Army wants to raid Taiyuan, it must not take the main road, which means that the heavy weapons they carry are very limited."

"The chariot brigade is no longer a threat."

"As long as the Eighth Route Army dares to come, I am sure that they will never return."

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