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Shanxi.

Taiyuan.

First Army Command.

"Within five days, the Eighth Route Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment launched successive offensives in Northwest Shanxi, conquering six counties in a row."

"The locust army lost a total of 8 squadrons, the locust alliance lost 6 battalions, and a large amount of food and combat supplies."

Holding a folder in both hands, a combat staff officer carefully reported the losses in Northwest Shanxi in the past few days to Yoshio Iwamatsu, Hua Guzheng and others.

"idiot!"

After listening to the report of the combat staff, Yoshio Iwamatsu uttered a foul language on the spot, and his mentality collapsed.

The 3rd Brigade was almost wiped out by the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment in northern Shanxi.

The Eighth Route Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment started to make trouble again, and the lost 8 locust squadrons were nearly as strong as an infantry regiment.

The 6 battalions of the Locust Association Army are equivalent to the strength of a Locust Association Army brigade.

Because the First Army lost a lot, the base camp is also replenishing troops to the First Army, but the speed of replenishing troops is far behind the speed of consumption.

With the recovery of Datong and six counties in Northwest Shanxi by the Eighth Route.

The living space of the First Army in Shanxi has been greatly reduced. The Beitongpu Railway has been abolished and almost completely occupied by the Xinyi Regiment. The defense forces of some strongholds along the way have also withdrawn to Taiyuan.

Now the main force of the First Army is in southern Shanxi, Taiyuan and Yangquan.

The main force is three divisions and most of the cavalry brigade, and this cavalry brigade was borrowed from the Mongolian Army and has not been returned.

Now only Zhengtai Railway and Nantongpu Railway are still in the hands of the devils.

However, the power development of the Eighth Route Army is too astonishing, and the non-public order and guerrilla areas are expanding almost every day.

As a result, Yoshio Iwamatsu couldn't eat or sleep well. He was anxious, insomnia, and lost a lot of hair every day.

At this rate, the Eighth Route Army will annex the First Army's territory in Shanxi sooner or later.

Chief of Staff Masao Hanagu, Deputy Chief of Staff Masao Miyazaki and Kazuki Yamamoto were all lost in thought when they heard the words.

this situation.

Seems to be different than expected! ?
The base areas of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment that were agreed to be starved and killed everywhere?

The agreed independent group and the new second group are already hungry and have no strength?

Not only did the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment not go hungry, but their combat effectiveness was still strong. In just a few days, they conquered 6 counties in northwestern Shanxi.

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

Kazuki Yamamoto said in a deep voice:
"I have just received information from the intelligence personnel lurking in Northwest Shanxi that the Eighth Route Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment have received a large amount of food recently."

"Balu distributed these grains to the common people in northwestern Shanxi without compensation."

The devils planted some spies among the common people, and these spies also went to northern Shaanxi.

However, these spies are only low-level agents, and they can't find any valuable information at all.

If such a large amount of food poured into Northwest Shanxi, the devil's intelligence department would not be able to detect it, then Kazuki Yamamoto and Yoshio Iwamatsu could collectively commit suicide by caesarean section.

After a pause, Kazuki Yamamoto said with an ugly face again: "If the humble guess is correct, this batch of food should come from the aid channel behind Li Yunlong..."

"It seems." Yoshio Yanmatsu looked gloomy, "The Eighth Route Army has found a solution to the problem of food shortage."

"More than 100 million people." Huagu exclaimed in disbelief, "How much food do you need?"

"Conservatively estimate, hundreds of millions of catties of grain." Masao Miyazaki guessed an approximate figure.

"Hundreds of millions of catties of grain." Yoshio Iwamatsu fell into deep thought.

I don't know how long it took, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Kazuki Yamamoto, and asked, "Yamamoto-kun, can your intelligence department find out the channels and delivery locations for the eight roads to obtain food?"

Even if hundreds of millions of catties of grain are transported by air to Northwest Shanxi, it will take a lot of time and transport planes.

If you can shoot down these transport planes...

"It's hard!" Kazuki Yamamoto shook his head, "Our intelligence personnel are all ordinary people in China. They can see transport planes flying across the sky every day, but they don't know where they are going, unless..."

Kazuki Yamamoto has now been promoted to major general, and he holds several positions.

The chief of intelligence staff of the First Army, the captain of the special agent, and the chief of the secret service of the First Army are fully responsible for the security of the inner city of Taiyuan.

"Unless what?" Yoshio Iwamatsu asked.

Kazuki Yamamoto said: "Unless our intelligence personnel can enter the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, and become a mid-level officer, or develop informants in the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi."

Yamamoto knew that this was easier said than done.

The recruitment system of the Eighth Route Army is very strict and perfect.

In particular, the main forces of the three regiments in Northwest Shanxi were almost all recruited from the militia.

The militiamen are all ordinary people in the village, and the natives know each other. In addition to the guarantees of the ordinary people, each soldier will also strictly check the three generations of his ancestors.

Even if an intelligence officer was inserted into the Eighth Route Army with great difficulty, it would be difficult to collect useful intelligence because his rank was too low.

And if you want to increase your rank, you can only kill enemies on the battlefield and make meritorious deeds. After a few years, you may be able to rise to the rank of company commander.

It will be hard to say what the situation will be like in a few years, and how many locusts must the intelligence personnel kill to be promoted to company commander?

Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "I have already consulted Commander Okamura regarding the application for the deployment of senior agents."

The senior agent involved top secrets. If Yoshio Iwamatsu didn't take the initiative to say it, Kazuki Yamamoto would never take the initiative to ask.

"Commander." Kazuki Yamamoto asked, "Should we continue with the plan of the advance team interspersed into the Eighth Route Base to sabotage?"

Kazuki Yamamoto felt very unlucky.

He was supposed to be the head of the 3rd Mixed Brigade next month, but the 3rd Brigade was wiped out by Li Yunlong.

Although it was not completely wiped out, the 3rd Brigade was almost wiped out, only some remnants and defeated generals were also defeated.

It is very difficult to become a brigade leader in a short period of time.

As for the most troublesome food problem of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, from the current point of view, there is a high probability that it will be solved.

Will the commander still agree to form an advance team?
At present, the screening of advance team members is already in progress, and he has sent special agents to various divisions and garrison troops to screen suitable advance team members.

Yoshio Iwamatsu asked in a deep voice: "Yamamoto-kun, are you sure that the advance team will infiltrate the Eighth Route Army base?"

"If it was in the defensive state during the war." Kazuki Yamamoto replied, "The advance team would never be able to infiltrate the Eighth Route Army base area, but in normal times, the special team leads the way, and the advance team pretends to be the Eighth Route Army to infiltrate into the Eighth Route Army base area. There is no problem at all. .”

"Since it can infiltrate, let's continue!" Yoshio Iwamatsu said.

The main task of the advance team is to destroy the military-civilian relationship between the Eighth Route Army and the common people.

Although it is impossible to destroy the Eighth Route Army, once it succeeds, it will cause the Eighth Route Army to fall into internal friction and have no time to take care of the First Army.

"Hi!"

Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head, his expression slightly happy.

Afterwards, Kazuki Yamamoto said again: "Your Excellency, Commander, according to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army is also equipped with a very advanced wireless communication device..."