I am helping

Yoshio Shinozuka waited for over an hour in torment.

I don't know what happened to the 225th Wing?

When he came to the communication room next door, Yoshio Shinozuka approached Toshimatsu Kasai, the communications staff officer, and asked, "Kasai-san, is there any news from the 225th Regiment?"

"Hi!" Kasai Toshisong paused and said, "Report to the general, not yet!"

"Haga!" Yoshio Shinozuka yelled angrily, "How long has it been since Chief Takeji Zhenme asked for tactical guidance?"

笠井敏松抬起手看了看手腕表，说道：“第225联队最后一次通讯的时候是在凌晨3点22分，现在是凌晨4点43分，现在时间已经过去了快1个半小时！”

"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, "Almost an hour and a half?"

"Yes!" Toshimatsu Kasai said suddenly, "At 3:22 in the morning, the communication team of the 225th Regiment suddenly sent an urgent telegram to the 37th Division and the headquarters requesting tactical guidance. Large-scale artillery attack, the 225th Wing is preparing to turn to the direction of Heshun County, and requests the headquarters to order the garrison of Heshun County to respond.”

"It is very likely that the 225th Wing was on its way to Heshun County, and did not turn on the radio station!"

"The Heshun defenders have called. They have sent more than 400 imperial soldiers to Moshiwa for support. There should be news back to the headquarters soon!"

"Yoxi..." Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, "Continue to call the 225th Wing, I don't believe it, the 225th Wing was wiped out by the Eighth Route!"

"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu nodded quickly.

After finishing speaking, Yoshio Shinozuka returned to the battle hall next door.

Seeing this, Hideyoshi Kusuyama, Chief of Staff, came over and asked worriedly, "Your Excellency, Commander, is there any news from the 225th Regiment?"

"There is no news yet." Shinozuka Yoshio nodded and said, "The imperial soldiers from Heshun County have gone to provide support, and news should come soon."

"Your Excellency General, there is no need to worry too much." Nanshan Hideyoshi said, "The 129th Division of the Eighth Route has not yet eaten up the strength of the 225th Regiment. At most, it will drive the 225th Regiment back to Heshun County."

Although Kusuyama Hideyoshi said so, Shinozuka Yoshio's worry did not decrease but increased.

I'm afraid that the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army will play the trick of encircling the spot and attacking aid, deliberately attacking Liao County and Yushe County, but in fact secretly gathering the main force to besiege the 225th Regiment.

After all, judging from the strength exposed by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route in the Zhengtai Campaign, the strength of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route is at least close to 30 regiments.

In addition to receiving external assistance, all the food, weapons and ammunition in Yangquan and Shouyang fell into the hands of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route, and the combat effectiveness of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route has been greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army also has Li Yunlong, a brave and skilled fighter.

Judging from the performance of the confrontation between the Lion Mountain in Yangquan and the headquarters of the [-]th Brigade, Li Yunlong's combat effectiveness on paper is probably stronger than that of the Japanese elite regiment.

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned tightly, not wanting to feel better. After thinking deeply, he suddenly lost his composure, and felt more and more that the 225th Regiment was in danger.

At this moment, Kasai Toshimatsu's face was ugly, and he hurried into the war room holding a telegram.

When he came to Shinozuka Yoshio, he paused and said, "Report to the general, there is news from the 225th Regiment. Major Shigeyoshi Inoue, stationed in the [-]th Brigade of Heshun, sent an urgent call!"

"Oh?" Shinozuka Yoshio's expression was startled, and he turned to look at Kasai Toshimatsu, but seeing the other's ugly face, his heart sank again.

"Read!"

"Hi!" Toshimatsu Kasai picked up the telegram and read, "The camp of the 225th Regiment in Moshiwa was violently shelled by two artillery regiments of the Eighth Route at about 3:20 in the morning. In the siege of the Yuba Route, the firepower of the 2000 Route was very fierce, and the headquarters of the 225th Regiment was also bombarded, and Colonel Takeji Zhenme and Lieutenant Toyoji Iwasaki were killed on the spot!"

"Nani?" Shinozuka Yoshio froze for a moment, "What did you say?"

Although he had vaguely guessed the result in his heart, Toshimatsu Kasai's report made Shinozuka Yoshio unbelievable.

Next to him, Kusuyama Hideyoshi and a group of combat staff members all cast unbelievably shocked gazes.

Even the captain and adjutant of the 225th Wing are broken, and the 225th Wing, which has lost its command system, may not be much better.

Nanshan Hideyoshi asked in a deep voice: "How many soldiers transferred to Heshun County? Is the alliance flag lost?"

Kasai Toshimatsu said: "I personally talked to Major Shigeyoshi Inoue by radio."

"According to what he said, the Eighth Route Army chased and fought fiercely all the way. When they arrived at the 225th regiment, there were only more than 200 people left."

"The flag of the 225th Regiment was brought out safely."

"It's good that the alliance flag is brought out." Kusuyama Hideyoshi was slightly relieved.

The united flag is the most important flag of the Japanese army. Each united flag is protected by a squadron. Many Japanese soldiers believe that this flag is even more important than life.

Japan's alliance flags are awarded by the Emperor himself, and each alliance flag is unique, so it is extremely precious.

In the Japanese army, the regiment flag is only in the formation of this unit, and if the regiment flag is not there, then the formation of this army will not exist.

The alliance captain can die, but the alliance flag must never be lost.

When a Japanese army is about to be wiped out, the Japanese army will perform a "burning" ceremony and burn the alliance flag.

Therefore, in World War II, a single flag was never captured.

Even Li Yunlong's complete annihilation of the Heidao cavalry regiment failed to capture the regiment flag.

After a pause, Kusuyama Hideyoshi said again: "As long as the flag of the 225th Wing is still there, you can apply to replenish the source of troops from the mainland and re-establish the 225th Wing."

Yoshio Shinozuka's cheeks twitched and his voice was hoarse: "But we lost Colonel Takeji and more than 3000 imperial warriors."

Nanshan Hideyoshi also said: "The 225th Regiment that rushed to the rescue had an accident, so the warriors in Yushe County and Liao County will definitely not be able to keep them."

"Baga!" Shinozuka Yoshio said angrily, "This hatred must be avenged!"

"Your Excellency, Commander, now is not the time to attack the Eighth Route Army."

Kusuyama Hideyoshi was taken aback by Shinozuka Yoshio's words and angry expression, for fear that Shinozuka Yoshio would become angry and make some irrational decision.

"Although the expansion speed of the Eighth Route Army is astonishing, its destructive power is stronger than that of other Chinese armies. They even took advantage of these few battles."

"However, it is not a good thing that the Eighth Route Army has expanded so quickly."

"Although there is some external support, it is just a drop in the bucket."

"The more troops are expanded, the greater the consumption of launching a campaign. It won't take long for the Eight Routes to fall into a period of weakness where supplies are difficult."

"Besides, the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack the imperial army before its wings were fully fledged this time, exposing its hole cards in advance. This is a big taboo in the game."

"I believe that the base camp has begun to pay attention to these mud-legged people hiding in the ravine, and it will not be long before more troops will be sent to North China."

"By the time…"

After finishing speaking, Kusuyama Hideyoshi's eyes flashed sharply.

Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and said in a murderous tone, "Let this group of mud legs dance around for a few more days."

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka asked, "How is the construction of the airport going?"

Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "At present, the reconstruction of the runway of Xincheng Airport has been completed, but the control tower, aircraft nest, munitions depot, oil depot, and dormitory and other facilities are still under construction."

"In addition, the Wusu Airport in the south of the city is about half a month away from completion."

After the First Army's planes were completely lost, Shinozuka Yoshio planned to re-establish the First Army's flying team.

Drawing lessons from the shelling of Xincheng Airport, this time he was not going to put all his eggs in one basket, so he ordered to build a Wusu Airport outside the south of the city.

He also ordered the repair of aircraft nests to hide the aircraft. The aircraft nests are all constructed of reinforced concrete, and they must be strong enough to withstand 75mm mountain artillery to be considered qualified.

In this way, the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery can only destroy the runway at most, but cannot damage the aircraft.

"Yoshi!" Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Order to expedite the construction of the airport, and both airports must be completed within half a month."

"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi said.

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone was harsh: "Although the imperial army has suffered, but when the imperial army adjusts, it will inevitably sweep the Eighth Route Bandit area like never before."

"Your Excellency, Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I have a mature idea about sweeping up the Eighth Route bandit area."

"Oh?" Shinozuka Yoshio's expression changed, and he asked, "What good plan does Mr. Nanshan have?"

Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "I have carefully studied the imperial army's enveloping sweeps against the Eighth Route Army. Every time the Eighth Route Army responded to the raids by the Imperial Army, they almost broke up and fled. Although the Imperial Army can eliminate some sporadic Eighth Route Army , but it has never been able to truly eliminate the main force of the Eight Routes.”

"That's right, the tactics of the Eight Routes are flexible, cunning and vicious." Yoshio Shinozuka sighed, "Their main force did not fight the imperial army head-on at all, so the Imperial Army has never found a chance to eliminate the main force of the Eight Routes."

Nanshan Hideyoshi's eyes were deep: "Since the main force of the Eight Routes is avoiding the battle, we can use tricks to force them to fight the imperial army."

"When we launch a raid on the Eighth Route next time, our imperial army will secretly move to the outskirts of the Eighth Route bandit area, and first send an advance force into the Eighth Route bandit area to burn, kill, and loot."

"Then the Eighth Route Army will definitely send the main force to besiege this advance force."

"At this time, our sweeping troops quickly approached the advance troops from all directions, and besieged the main force of the Eight Routes."

"In this way, even if the main forces of the Eight Routes don't want to fight the imperial army, they can't help them."

Yoshio Shinozuka figured out the key point after thinking about it for a while.

The advance troops entered the Eighth Route bandit area to burn, kill and loot. If the Eighth Route did not concentrate its forces to destroy the Japanese army that had penetrated into the Eighth Route's hinterland.

Then not only the morale of the Eighth Route Army will be affected, but the people in the base areas will also lose trust in the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army can establish a solid base area, thanks to the support of the people. Once there is a crisis of trust between the people and the Eighth Route Army, it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army to gain a foothold.

This is called Yangmou.

"Mr. Nanshan's plan is very clever." Shinozuka Yoshio praised, "If the plan is implemented, it will force the main force of the Eighth Route Army to have to fight the main force of the Imperial Army, and then we can complete their achievements in one battle."

"Your Excellency, Commander, praise it." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I call it the central flowering tactic."