Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 310 The Fuse of the Hundred Regiments War

Uehara Junichiro's words seemed to make the devils and officers discover a new continent, and they all fixed their eyes on the southeast Shanxi area on the map, thinking about the feasibility of this plan.

Then they all nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, the deputy chief of staff's analysis is very reasonable. Compared with destroying the China Army in the northwest of Shanxi, it is much easier for the imperial army to destroy the China in the southeast of Shanxi.

And the strategic effect achieved is much greater. "

Shinozuka Yoshio did not immediately adopt Junichiro Uehara's proposal, but wanted to hear again to see if other people had different suggestions.

After all, as a commander-in-chief, he needs to listen to many different opinions and then adopt the best one.

In this way, not only can you keep a clear head at any time, but also improve the enthusiasm of your subordinates.

Unless it is necessary, he will act decisively.

Otherwise, if you don’t listen to what you say, and you don’t accept what you hear, then it’s better not to say anything.

In this way, those military staff officers became decorations.

At this moment, an urgent report came from outside the door: "Report!"

Hearing the sound, all the devil officers who were in the meeting turned their heads and looked towards the door of the meeting room.

This voice also interrupted Shinozuka Yoshio's thoughts, but he was not angry.

Through the voice, he already knew who was outside the door, Iijima Mori, the intelligence chief of the 1st Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka knew Iijima Mori well. If it wasn't an emergency, he would not come to report in person, let alone interrupt his meeting at this time.

So he said, "Come in!"

"Hi Yi!"

Iijima Mori nodded heavily, then pushed open the door of the conference room and walked in from the outside.

After entering the meeting room, Iijima Mori walked around the meeting table, came to Shinozuka Yoshio's side, and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, it's not that the subordinates interrupted your meeting on purpose, it's really something big happening in Wanjia Town."

Hearing this, Shinozuka Yoshio was startled, because through the aviation report yesterday, they already knew that after the 4th Brigade successfully broke through, they retreated to Wanjia Town to take a rest.

The current accident in Wanjia Town is mostly related to the 4th Brigade.

But Shinozuka Yoshio still had a little luck and asked, "What happened in Wanjia Town?"

Iijima Mori replied truthfully: "Wanjia Town was attacked by an unknown Chinese army last night, including the 8rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 3th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army stationed in Wanjia Town, and the 4th Battalion of the Imperial Army temporarily stationed in Wanjia Town. The brigade, the whole army is broken, no one is spared."

Shinozuka Yoshio's last illusion was shattered, and his whole body was suddenly struck by lightning, his expression was dull, and the energy on his face instantly dissipated: "Where is Masao Nishiyama? How is he?"

Iijima Mori: "No one in the 4th Brigade of the Imperial Army was spared, and General Nishiyama Masao was also crushed. Not only Wanjia Town, but the train station 5 kilometers north of Wanjia Town was also attacked.

The Fujita team stationed at the train station was also completely destroyed.

In addition, a lot of railroad tracks near the train station were also pried away. Therefore, the subordinates initially suspected that the attack might be done by the Eighth Route Army. "

"Baga! Damn it! It's the damned China Tubalu again!"

Whether the brigade commander was killed or the entire 4th brigade was wiped out, this is not a small matter for the entire Japanese army.

In particular, the 9th Brigade was hit hard just two days ago.

Now the 4th Brigade has been wiped out again, which means that in just a few days, the Japanese army lost nearly a division of field infantry.

This had to make the North China Front Army Command and even the Japanese base camp doubt Shinozuka Yoshio's military command ability.

If the 4th Brigade had only been severely injured, Yoshio Shinozuka might still be able to cover it up, even if Masao Nishiyama was still alive, the problem would be much smaller.However, the 4th Brigade, including the brigade leader and the two regiment leaders, were all wiped out, which obviously cannot be concealed.

It won't be long before the front army headquarters will get the news.

Maybe even got the news.

Thinking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio could no longer suppress his inner anger, and slapped the conference table in front of him heavily.

With this slap, he slapped him angrily and almost exhausted all his strength, only to hear a 'bang', the teacup on the table bounced violently, then fell heavily to the ground, smashed to pieces with a "crack", and the tea inside was also shattered. Splash all over the place.

However, Shinozuka Yoshio is not a fool who only knows how to get angry when encountering things. On the contrary, his strategic vision and tactical guidance ability are extremely outstanding in the entire Japanese army.

Just because he dared to reuse Kazuki Yamamoto and adopted unproven special operations shows how advanced his strategic vision is.

Yoshio Shinozuka took a deep breath for a moment, and regained his composure not long after.

Junichiro Uehara, the deputy chief of staff, didn't know what Yoshio Shinozuka was thinking. He was afraid that the other party would be overwhelmed by anger and insist on going his own way, so he said, "Your Excellency, my subordinates believe that the more rampant the China Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi , the more we should focus on the southwestern region of Shanxi, and not be led by their noses."

"As long as we take action against the Chinese army in southeastern Shanxi, the initiative will be firmly in the hands of the imperial army, and even force the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi to rush to southeastern Shanxi for reinforcements.

At that time, we can eliminate it without any effort. "

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded heavily: "Well, Uehara-kun, your analysis is very reasonable, and the battle plan you proposed is indeed feasible."

"Now let's discuss this battle plan in depth. It must be foolproof!"

Immediately, under the leadership of Shinozuka Yoshio, a group of devil officers began to express their opinions and conspired to sweep up the southeast Shanxi area.

It's not that Shinozuka Yoshio doesn't have his own ideas, on the contrary, Uehara Junichiro is only standing on the third floor, while Shinozuka Yoshio is already standing on the fifth floor.

Right now, with the destruction of the 4th Brigade, he needs a big victory to prove himself to dispel the doubts of the Front Army Command and the base camp.

And sweeping southeast Shanxi is undoubtedly the best and easiest opportunity.

Because the Lianghe area to the east of the southeast of Shanxi has almost been occupied by the Japanese army, Yoshio Shinozuka can join forces with the Japanese army in the Lianghe area to encircle it when launching a raid on the southwestern area of ​​Shanxi.

The chances of success will undoubtedly be greatly improved.

As for dealing with the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, there are already precedents.

It's not that Shinozuka Yoshio doesn't hold grudges, but he won't be dazzled by hatred.

Therefore, of course, he will not easily target the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi and fight some uncertain battles.

……

As the instigator of this incident, Wang Chengzhu didn't know all of this, he didn't know that Cheng Xiazi and Xu Shengji were responsible for him, and he didn't know that a conspiracy surrounding the entire Second Theater, especially the Eighth Route Army, was coming.

After returning to Wangjia Village, Wang Chengzhu had a good night's sleep and didn't get up until noon, and then started the reorganization work of Song Hongwei's department...

(End of this chapter)