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After about half an hour.

Kazuki Yamamoto stood on the control tower of Wusu Airport with a major general sword in his hand, looking at the sky in the northeast direction.

In order to save fuel, the Japanese military planes traveling between Taiyuan and Peiping almost all went straight.

So if nothing unexpected happens, the plane that Kosao took must have flown from the northeast.

Yamamoto looked at his watch. It was about 20 minutes before Gushou arrived in Taiyuan.

He retracted his gaze from the northeast to the sky, and used a telescope to look at the thickened reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers around the airport.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was afraid of death and was ready to slip away from Taiyuan Wusu Airport at any time, so he built dozens of thickened blockhouses and gun towers around the airport.

Yamamoto knew that Yoshio Iwamatsu could not be blamed for this.

At present, the overall strength of the Shanxi First Army is weaker than that of the Eighth Route Army.

The combat effectiveness of the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi alone was comparable to that of a Class A division of the Japanese Army.

The main force of the First Army is the 33rd Division in Zhongtiao Mountain, the 41st Division in Taiyuan, the 37th Division in Yangquan, and a regiment directly under the First Army in Taiyuan, as well as some guards stationed in the county gendarmerie.

Of course, there is also the 1st Brigade of Cavalry of the Mongolian Army.

Amakasu Shigetaro, commander of the Garrison in Mongolia, asked Yoshio Iwamatsu for the 1st Cavalry Brigade several times, but Yoshio Iwamatsu refused.

Yoshio Iwamatsu plans to follow Liu Bei's example of borrowing Jingzhou, but he will not return it.

Moreover, Okamura Ningji also intends to keep the First Cavalry Brigade in the First Army to strengthen the strength of the First Army.

But it is impossible for Amakasu Shigetaro to do it, because the 1st Cavalry Brigade is also the main force of the cavalry group of the Mongolian Army.

If the 1st Cavalry Brigade was drawn to the [-]st Army, would the Mongolian Army still fight Fu Zuoyi's cavalry?
But Yoshio Iwamatsu doesn't care about that.

Looking at these towering reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers, Kazuki Yamamoto couldn't help but sigh.

The locust army still only knows how to defend blindly. The reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers they built may not be able to stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

According to previous experience, every time the new regiment wins a battle, more powerful weapons and equipment will appear.

Yamamoto thought to himself, if all the masonry blockhouses and blockhouses in North China were built into this kind of thickened reinforced concrete blockhouses and blockhouses, the public security in North China would be greatly improved.

It's a pity that the empire doesn't have so many materials such as cement and steel bars.

Because there are at least tens of thousands of masonry bunkers and gun towers in North China, which are conservatively estimated to be at least tens of thousands. How much cement and steel materials are needed to build such permanent fortifications?

What Kazuki Yamamoto didn't know was that if the Japanese army built all the tens of thousands of blockhouses and blockhouses in North China into this kind of thickened reinforced concrete blockhouses and blockhouses, Li Yunlong might wake up laughing in his dreams.

In that case, within a year, the number of 20mm machine guns and other equipment of the Eighth Route Army will be in the tens of thousands.

But what really made Kazuki Yamamoto sigh.

It is the Eighth Route Army that has been improving. Their strength, weapons and equipment, and even their strategies, tactics, and morale have been improving.

Corresponding to the strengthening of the Eighth Route Army, the strength of the Locust Army has been standing still, and even retreated a little.

In terms of military strength, although the local people are now mobilizing to join the army, the veterans have been being consumed. The combat effectiveness of those new recruits who have been trained for a few months to go to the battlefield makes dogs shake their heads.

The Eighth Route Army has been using guerrilla raids to fight, and has been accumulating the combat experience of its soldiers. Coupled with external assistance from unknown sources, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the past two years can be described as a rapid increase.

As for weapons and equipment, the changes in the Eighth Route Army can be said to have been turned upside down.

According to intelligence, the number of cannons with a caliber of 75 mm or more in the Eighth Route Army is probably close to 500.

This is already the number of artillery pieces of more than 10 artillery regiments.

Recently, it has also been discovered that the firepower for attacking the guerrillas and militiamen on the Zhengtai Railway has increased a lot, and there are even imperial 70mm Type [-] infantry guns, which are quite a lot.

This shows that the Eighth Route Army has been able to independently produce 70mm infantry guns, and even solved the problem of barrel shell production.

Thinking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto's mood was clouded, and he became more and more pessimistic about the security war in North China.

Kazuki Yamamoto sighed again.

I hope Lieutenant General Gushou can bring effective security tactics...

"General!"

A devil who was in charge of liaison between the airport and the plane bowed his head to Kazuki Yamamoto and said, "The plane that the observation group took landed in 15 minutes. Lieutenant General Gushou asked how the security environment at the airport was?"

At this time, the plane of the Japanese observation group was about to enter the border of Shanxi.

"Call Lieutenant General Kotosao immediately."

"The First Army of the North China Front Army is ready to pick up the plane and can land at any time!"

Kazuki Yamamoto nodded and ordered to the devil liaison officer.

"Hi!"

The devil liaison officer bowed his head, turned around and picked up the receiver and microphone of the radio station to call in a secret language.

Although Gushou's military rank is only lieutenant general, his qualifications and combat achievements are not inferior to ordinary Japanese generals.

Moreover, this time Gushou came to North China, probably with orders from the locust and the cabinet.

So Yoshio Iwamatsu received him with the highest standard.

Kazuki Yamamoto once again calculated the security issue, and found no loopholes. Then, holding the major general's sword, he got off the control tower and joined Hanaguzheng, and walked towards the pick-up position on the airport runway.

……

almost the same time.

KI57 Transport.

"General..."

The Devils crew wearing flying helmets reported to Kosao:

"The First Army responded that it is ready to pick up the plane and the plane can land at any time."

Gushou didn't speak, and a senior officer next to him nodded indifferently: "Then land as soon as possible."

"Hi!"

The Devils crew lowered their heads, then turned and entered the cab.

Major General Aixio Ihara asked Kosao: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, what are your plans for the North China Security War?"

During the three days in the North China Front Army, Gushou had already had a general understanding of the Chinese Eighth Route Army and the Japanese North China Front Army in North China.

In terms of overall strength, the North China Front has the upper hand.

But the Eighth Route Army also has local advantages. It is the Eighth Route Army in the southeast and northwest of Shanxi in Shanxi that is stronger than the First Army.

Even Kosao had to be careful when he came to Shanxi for inspection.

"My battle plan is simpler and cruder than General Neji Okamura's plan for public security." Gu Hisuo pushed his round-rimmed glasses, and the murderous look behind the round glasses made people feel intimidated.

The two major generals and adjutant officers present seemed to feel that the temperature in the cabin was a little lower.

How many Chinese soldiers and Chinese people died at the hands of Kotosao, more than [-]?
"Please show your Excellency the Lieutenant General!"

Major General Toshikaze Omura immediately became interested, with a tone and expression of asking for advice.

Gushou said: "My battle plan is very simple, cut through the mess quickly, the core of the plan is only one word, kill!"

"Since the North China Front Army cannot deal with the Eighth Route Army in the southeast and northwest of Shanxi in a short time."

"Then concentrate our forces first to deal with the Eighth Route Army in other places in North China."

"Turn the Eighth Route Army in other parts of North China into no-man's land by mopping up and throwing a large number of poison gas bombs."

"The law and order plan and Sanko policy implemented by General Neiji Okamura are still too slow."

"In this way." Omura Minfeng suddenly said, "After the Eighth Route Army and ordinary people in other places are dealt with, we can finally focus on our superiority in military strength and firepower, and defeat the Eighth Route Army in the southeast and northwest of Shanxi one by one."

Gushou said again: "This way, there is another advantage, that is, it can make the enemy fearful, let them know that fighting against the locust army is a dead end, and thus lose the courage to resist."

"In Jinling, the capital of China, in 1937, five soldiers under my command were able to escort 1000 Chinese prisoners to the execution ground, and none of them dared to resist."

"The Chinese nation is nothing but a cowardly and despicable nation."

"Such a vast and abundant land is only worthy of our Yamato nation."

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General is wise, I admire it!" Omura Toshikaze and Ihara Aixiong on the side kept flattering, and as for the several assistant officers, they didn't even have a chance to speak.

……

Another 10 minutes passed.

Zijin Mountain under the Japanese route, if you look closely, you can see that Zijin Mountain and its vicinity are densely covered with anti-aircraft firepower.

Every 20mm machine gun and 37mm anti-aircraft gun was covered with branches or weeds for camouflage, and even the soldiers operating anti-aircraft firepower were covered in leaves and weeds.

Before the devil's plane passed by, the devil dispatched a reconnaissance plane to reconnaissance the route in advance.

However, it turned out that Li Yunlong was thinking too much, and the devil never expected that there would be anti-aircraft fire waiting for the devil's plane halfway.

Suddenly, there were some faint buzzing sounds in the sky.

About 1 minute later, Li Yunlong saw through the binoculars that three Devil planes were flying towards Zijin Mountain from the northeast. The first plane was a transport plane, and two fighter jets followed behind, escorting one left and one right.

"coming."

Seeing the devil's three planes, Li Yunlong's eyes lit up suddenly, and he called on the walkie-talkie: "Get ready."

One transport plane, two fighter jets, and the time is almost the same as the time provided by Boss Chen. The transport plane must be the old devil Kosao!

On and near Zijin Mountain, the soldiers operating 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 20mm machine guns were staring at the Devil's plane, ready to fire at any time.

After another few tens of seconds, the three planes of the devil finally arrived at the sky above Zijin Mountain, and they were only about 2000 meters above the ground.

"Fire!"

Li Yunlong gave orders loudly in the walkie-talkie, and then fixed his eyes on the Devil transport plane in the sky.

As Li Yunlong's voice fell, a burst of continuous, rapid and extremely dense "tom tom tom" resounded through Zijin Mountain.

The sky was instantly filled with orange-red tracer ballistics.

Gushou and others sitting in the cabin saw some smoke and ballistics around the plane through the glass of the cabin.

At first, the devils were a little puzzled, what's going on?
But the next moment, the expressions of the devils suddenly changed.

"No, it's an anti-aircraft gun!"