Yangquan County.

At this moment, King Masahiko of Chaoxiang Palace was talking with a group of subordinates about the large-scale sweep of Northeastern Shanxi.

Currently, nearly 25,000 troops are stationed in the Yangquan area.

As a Category A division, the Fifth Division ranks among the top among all Japanese divisions in terms of numbers and weapons and equipment...

Its main components include 4 infantry regiments plus an artillery, cavalry, baggage and engineering regiment...

Two infantry regiments form a brigade.

Among them, the artillery wing has 3 field artillery battalions and 1 howitzer battalion, namely 36 75mm field guns and 12 105mm howitzers...

A brigade contains more than 200 light machine guns, nearly 60 heavy machine guns, 216 grenades, 24 70mm Type 92 infantry guns, and 12 37mm rapid-fire guns...

In addition, the Fifth Division has another difference, that is, it is also equipped with four 150mm caliber howitzers.

Asaka Miyazaki Masahiko also put in a lot of effort into this big sweep.

"Now, the troops have been sweeping the Xiyang County area for nearly half a month, but no one dares to attack..."

"Once our plane enters the Xiyang County area, it will be blocked by Zhang Yunqing of the Independent Division..."

"There aren't many planes in Jin Province to begin with, but now Zhangjiabao Airport has been bombed, and some planes at Taiyuan Airport have also been shot down..."

"It's impossible to transfer planes from other places..."

The battlefield in China has always been tense, especially since the national army is constantly engaged in battles in many places....

This also caused the little devil's strength to be continuously worn away...

Moreover, the newly formed Guards Cabinet is already secretly carrying out a plan to attack the Americans at a certain point in time...

It is necessary to open up a second battlefield to alleviate domestic resource shortages.

Although there are resources everywhere in China, the resistance of the Chinese troops also makes it difficult for these devils to move forward.

So I set my sights on the more distant Southeast Asia...

This is also in line with the Japanese invasion plan.

The ambition of a wolf can be punished!

"During this period, you have also been conducting investigations into Xiyang County one after another... You have basically understood the situation in Xiyang County..."

"Tell me...what do you think?"

Asaka Gong Masahiko narrowed his eyes and looked at everyone.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander... Most of Xiyang County has now been controlled by the First Independent Division... We also had some troops go to harass... but they were all repulsed in the end..."

"According to their inquiries, all the artillery towers and strongholds in Xiyang County now belong to the Independent Division, but most of them are militiamen..."

"But even if they are militiamen, their weapons and equipment are even higher than our troops of the same level!"

"The size of one of their county brigade even reached 2,000 people!"

"They all use our Type 38 rifles... there are hundreds of light and heavy machine guns, as well as multiple Type 92 infantry cannons..."

"Its weapons, equipment and combat effectiveness are very strong, and it is completely different from the Chinese troops we have encountered in the past..."

These words were spoken by the Japanese brigade commander, Major General Shun Sato.

His troops are now stationed in Wuqi Town, Yangquan County.

"What? The size of a county brigade has reached 2,000 people?"

"And how many Type 92 infantry cannons are there?"

"Isn't this better than the equipment of our two infantry brigades?"

Asaka Miyazaki Masahiko also fought against militia groups, but in his eyes, that group of people were even more vulnerable...

A county brigade can only have four to five hundred people at most, and you can kill them by sending two small teams...

Unexpectedly, the militia organization in Xiyang County was so powerful...

This is indeed the case, and even more than they know.

The number of people in the county brigade in Xiyang County is now as high as 2,300!

Distributed in various areas to prevent enemy detection....

The number of its infantry guns has reached as many as 8!

There are also some anti-aircraft guns...

Zhang Yunqing specifically emphasized that the combat effectiveness of the county brigade must be increased, so that the defense level of the entire Xiyang County can be improved...

"Your Excellency, Division Commander... The strength of the Independent Division has exceeded our imagination... Their current number is unknown..."

"But it is said that there must be at least 18,000 people..."

"In these battle reports, many advanced weapons appeared in their troops..."

"Airplanes, tanks, armored vehicles, 150mm caliber cannons..."

"Its combat effectiveness and equipment are even better than our Fifth Division... So our reconnaissance operations have been repeatedly frustrated during this period..."

"The First Independent Division has made the defense of Xiyang County watertight..."

"If it weren't for our coercion and inducement, we wouldn't even be able to find out these things."

Jun Sato said.

As the saying goes, there are bad people among the masses, and you can't expect all people to be good people.

Occasionally, there will be a few mouse droppings...

"I will return to my homeland soon... Gangcun Ningsheng of the North China Front specifically discussed with me this time whether he should come here to see..."

"He is very curious about the Eighth Route Army unit that has suddenly emerged in Xiyang County..."

"A force of ten thousand people actually defeated several outstanding troops of our empire in succession..."

"The number of outstanding Imperial soldiers who died must be tens of thousands!"

"There are four dead generals!"

"Including my nephew, Asaka Palace!"

Both of them have the same name, but his name is Asaka Miya Masahiko....

He is also the most famous of the two...

"So, I came here voluntarily this time. The purpose is to defeat the Independent First Division of the Eighth Route Army and avenge our imperial soldiers!"

Asaka Miyazaki Masahiko said viciously.

He could have spent this period of time in China peacefully and then returned to his homeland to continue his promotion.

However, his strong sense of curiosity and honor made him feel that he had to make this trip...

Let's see who was so brave and killed 4 generals of the empire...

"You, continue to conduct investigation activities in Xiyang County..."

"We must understand the situation of the First Independent Division..."

"I have already requested the airport over Niangziguan, and 10 bombers will arrive in five days..."

"When the time comes, we will launch an attack on the First Independent Division no matter what!"
Chapter completed!