Peking.
Iron Lion Alley.
Japanese Army North China Front Headquarters.
Okamura Neiji's new team held a regular meeting for the first time.
The combat staff officers are still the same combat staff officers, and the communications staff officers and intelligence staff officers have not been changed.
However, Okamura Neji's chief of staff and deputy chief of staff were replaced by Seizo Arisu and Kazuki Yamamoto.
Youmo Jingsan was not very happy when he became the chief of staff of the North China Front Army, but instead was sad.
He wanted to trap Tanabe Moritake to death, but he never thought of trapping tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers in three divisions and two brigades of the Japanese army.
The main force of the North China Front Army has been wiped out. What's the point of him being the Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army?
Yamamoto Kazuki was not happy either.
He was originally a defeated general, but although he was appreciated by Okamura Neiji, he was promoted to the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front.
However, the entire First Army where he stayed was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, with the loss of more than 130,000 main and elite troops.
Even the Fifth Division was completely wiped out. The losses in this battle were unprecedented for the Japanese Army.
Okamura Neiji was not happy either. Promoting Sue Seizo and Yamamoto Kazuki to the positions of Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff of the North China Front was nothing more than a helpless move.
Because of the loss of air superiority and the Eighth Route Army's all-pervasive intelligence capabilities, Japanese generals who wanted to take up posts in Peiping were at risk of being shot dead by the Eighth Route Army.
There are pros and cons to this.
The advantage is that his position as commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji, is relatively stable.
The disadvantage was that he had to promote defeated generals such as Sue Seizo and Yamamoto Kazuki.
The atmosphere in the conference room of the entire North China Front Army Headquarters can be said to be heavy and gloomy.
"Yamamoto-kun, you were previously responsible for the intelligence work of the First Army. The Intelligence Department of the First Army has been infiltrating the Eighth Route Army base areas for a long time. Have you gained anything from the Eighth Route Army's aid channels?"
Okamura Neji was the first to look at Yamamoto Kazuki and asked in a deep voice.
The main reason why the North China Front Army suffered consecutive defeats was that the Japanese army's weapons, equipment and logistical supplies were far inferior to those of the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese army's individual soldiers are of high quality and have sufficient weapons and ammunition. If they fight against the Tubal Road in the past, it will be stressful but not particularly great. They can even completely defeat the Tubal Road in frontal combat.
Although the Japanese army now also calls the Eighth Route Army Tubal Road, almost all Japanese soldiers know that today is different from the past.
In the past, Tubal Road was a poor road, but now Tubal Road is a rich road.
Rich as hell.
The Eighth Route Army has a local combat advantage, coupled with a huge gap in weapons and logistical supplies.
After several major defeats, although Okamura Neiji still firmly holds the position of commander of the North China Front, he is under great pressure.
If effective countermeasures cannot be taken, the Eighth Route Army will sooner or later reach Peiping or even counterattack the Northeast.
"Something has been gained, but the gain is very small."
Yamamoto Kazuki's face was as deep as water and he answered truthfully.
I thought to myself, Your Majesty the General, you really don’t want to open any pot.
This question from Okamura Neiji made Yamamoto Kazuki, who was already in a heavy mood, even worse.
Investigate the Eighth Route Army’s aid channels?
Even if the intelligence department of the Imperial Base Camp, the intelligence department of the North China Front Army, and the Japanese secret service agencies of the five provinces of North China jointly investigated, they found Lonely.
With the few resources of the First Army Intelligence Department, what can we investigate?
"What's the catch?"
Okamura Neji's expression changed, and he became interested.
It is better to gain something than nothing. As long as the Eighth Route Army's aid channels can be cut off, the Eighth Route Army will have nothing to fear.
"Your Excellency, based on reliable information."
Yamamoto Kazuki calmed his tone:
"The weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army come from Li Yunlong's New Regiment. The weapons and ammunition of the New Regiment come from a mysterious man named Chen Feng. It is said that this man is very young, only in his early twenties."
"Um."
Okamura Neji continued to look at Yamamoto Kazuki.
This information was not only investigated by Kazuki Yamamoto, but also by the intelligence department of the North China Front Army. However, as the investigation continued, nothing was found.
The spies and agents sent to infiltrate northwest Shanxi have basically disappeared without a trace.
Even the senior agent pangolin has been lost, either captured by the Eighth Route Army or has been broken into pieces.
"The Eighth Route Army's delivery channels mainly rely on air transportation, airdrops, and large transport aircraft take-off and landing airports. Their large transport aircraft can transport more than 10 tons of combat materials at a time."
"They even have a super-large dragonfly-like helicopter that can transport heavy artillery, heavy tanks and cars to the Eighth Route Army."
Kazuki Yamamoto continued.
This devil still has some skills, because every time the Eighth Route Army transports, it is inevitable to be seen by the common people and a large number of Eighth Route Army.
It will not be leaked once or twice, but if you receive goods like this many times, it is inevitable that the Japanese infiltration agents will investigate some information about the goods receipt.
but.
Yamamoto Kazuki only knew this. He had never seen the Eighth Route Army's large transport planes or super-large helicopters, and he didn't even have a photo.
Hearing this, Okamura Neji suddenly looked solemn.
He suddenly thought of a terrible thing. The Eighth Route Army's aid channels were simply astounding.
When the North China Front still had air superiority, the Eighth Route Army's aid channels were already transporting goods by air to the Eighth Route Army.
The aviation unit of the North China Front was not aware of it.
Now that the North China Front has lost air supremacy and does not even have an aviation force, it is feared that the Eighth Route Army's aid channels will be even more unscrupulous in transporting various combat supplies to the Eighth Route Army by air.
"Your Excellency, General."
"We should send reconnaissance planes into Shanxi for reconnaissance to obtain various intelligence about the Eighth Route Army."
Chief of Staff Arimoe Seizo suggested.
Okamura Neiji looked at the intelligence staff: "Can your intelligence department obtain a large amount of information on the Shanxi Eighth Route Army?"
"General."
"It's difficult. The Eighth Route Army's counterintelligence methods are a system of their own, invulnerable to fire and water."
The intelligence staff member looked bitter. Intelligence work is not that easy. The previous intelligence staff member was disemboweled because of poor intelligence.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "According to reliable intelligence, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with telecommunications detection vehicles that can discover the location of the radio stations of our intelligence personnel."
Yamamoto Kazuki said in a deep voice:
"Before leaving Taiyuan, three of the four intelligence stations I arranged in Taiyuan have been eliminated by the Eighth Route Army."
When Kazuki Yamamoto was in charge of the intelligence department of the First Army, he had long expected that the First Army would not be a match for the Eighth Route Army, and had been preparing to evacuate Taiyuan several months ago.
An intelligence station of the First Army was set up in Taiyuan City. After the Japanese troops evacuated Taiyuan, the intelligence station was responsible for the intelligence collection tasks of the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan.
But unfortunately, the three intelligence stations were quickly shut down.
Although the intelligence personnel of one intelligence station managed to escape, the people at this intelligence station no longer dared to use the telegraph machine.
Okamura Neji nodded, feeling the same.
He was a spy, so he naturally knew how terrifying the Eighth Route Army was in terms of intelligence.
The senior Eighth Route Army spies in the North China Front have not yet been discovered.
"Your Excellency, General, I also discovered a pattern!"
After a pause, Yamamoto Kazuki said again.
"What's the pattern?"
Okamura Neji narrowed his eyes.
To be continued...