Yoshio Shinozuka didn't sleep all night and stayed up until noon before going to take a nap.

But when I slept until the evening, I got up and returned to the war room with my clothes.

I saw that the enemy and us on the sand table had changed again, and the Eighth Route Army divided its troops again.

Takashi Sakamoto pointed to the sand table with a wooden pole in one hand and explained: "Commander, at about 2 pm, the Eighth Route Army once again divided its troops, with only five or six thousand remaining troops moving along the highway."

Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Where is the other half of the Eighth Route Army?"

Takaichi Sakamoto said: "I just rushed into the mountains and disappeared."

"I'm gone?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned.

He paused for a moment and asked again: "Where is the No. 1 wireless intercom station?"

"I'm still with the Eighth Route Army going north." Sakamoto said, "The artillery is here too."

"That's good." Shinozuka Yoshio breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Where is Radio No. 1, the artillery, and the command of the Eighth Route Army is there. Everything else is a good example, so you can ignore it."

In fact, there is no way to pay attention to it, because the 2nd Guards Division cannot divide the troops.

The three battles last night have fully proved a cruel fact.

That is, the Eighth Route Army of Taihang Military Region is really capable of annihilation of a Japanese infantry corps in a short period of time!

This greatly restricts the actions of the 2nd Division of the Guards. The reason is very simple. The Eighth Route Army can divide its troops and then divide its troops, and can divide its troops without limit because this is their territory. They can divide it into countless stocks in a short time, or they can gather again in a short time to form a complete group!

However, the 2nd Guards Division could not divide the troops without restrictions.

Otherwise, it would be easy to repeat the mistakes that happened last night and be defeated by them.

But fortunately, the Eighth Route Army is not impeccable and has weaknesses.

The weakness of the Eighth Route Army is that their command organs have been locked and heavy equipment can only be maneuvered along the highway.

Yoshio Shinozuka firmly believed that as long as he focused on the command of the Eighth Route Army and his clumsy heavy equipment, he would definitely find an opportunity to fight the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

...

Among the mountains and ridges.

The brigade commander has already met with the division commander and boss.

"Boss, commander." The brigade commander stood at attention and saluted again.

The boss said: "Chen Gen, I didn't suggest that you let Ding Wei take responsibility, but why did you arrange Xiao Wang?"

Among the four people Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Cheng Shifa, the strongest one is of course Ding Wei. Although Li Yunlong's ability is not much worse than Ding Wei, he has great flaws in his personality.

As for Cheng Shifa and Kong Jie, his abilities are a bit unsatisfactory.

Therefore, the boss felt that the left-behind troops could only be responsible for Ding Wei.

The brigade commander said: "Boss, this is what I think. Ding Wei will have opportunities in the future as the regiment commander, but Xiao Wang seems to be resistant to commanding the large army to fight."

"I understand." said the boss, "You want to take this opportunity to exercise him?"

"Yes." The brigade commander nodded, "Hurry the duck on the shelves and force him to command a brigade's troops to fight, so that he may break his psychological barriers and we can have one more general who stands alone."

(Wang Ye: Brigade Commander, I have a truth or not?)

"Yeah, this makes sense." The boss agreed deeply. "What we lack most now is military cadres who are independent. A talent like Xiao Wang who has both ability and theoretical level is indeed a waste of material to be the squadron leader of the Wolf Warrior Squadron, but then again, your move may not be effective for Xiao Wang."

(Wang Ye: It’s still a boss who has the best skills, it depends on people.)

The Deputy Chief of Staff said: "But Xiao Wang's qualifications are really shallow. Let him be responsible for the command. Will Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others be dissatisfied? Especially Li Yunlong, can he accept it psychologically?"

At this time, the division commander said, "I think it is easier to coordinate by letting Xiao Wang be responsible for command."

"The old guy reminded me of this." The boss slapped his forehead and said, "It seems that I have no consideration."

"Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Cheng Shifa have similar qualifications and abilities. Although Ding Wei is a little bit outstanding, it is not obvious. Therefore, they have been competing with each other openly and secretly. Suddenly arranging Ding Wei to be responsible for commanding is indeed easy to cause emotions."

"But there is no such concern when Xiao Wang arranges commander, they can accept it."

"I don't think about this matter. Chen Gen, I have to thank you for filling the loophole for me."

The boss is so humble and does not hide anything he has done well.

The brigade commander smiled and said, "Boss, you have no sincerity in thanking you, what about the thank you?"

"Thank you? You kid are so embarrassed." The boss said angrily, "Tell me, what kind of thank you do you want?"

Speaking of this, he immediately said, "But declare in advance that I would be exempted from treating you. The subsidies I paid for have been used up long ago. I am now a pauper."

In addition to a celebration banquet for the boss's allowance,

All the rest were taken to supplement nutrition to the wounded at the headquarters hospital.

"Don't you want to treat me?" the brigade commander smiled, "Then let's change to someone else."

He pretended to think about it and said, "Then add a few more regiments to our 386th Brigade. The three regiments of Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie stayed at Shuiyaoshan. No one knows what they were like in the end. It is even more unsure whether they can return to Taiyue Military Region. I can't have only one 772nd Regiment left in my 386th Brigade, right?"

The boss frowned and said, "It's okay to increase the organization, but don't worry about weapons and equipment, there is no one. I don't even have more than one rifle."

The division commander and the deputy chief of staff laughed when they heard this.

I thought it was not like the deputy commander-in-chief and brigade commander of the Eighth Route Army.

They are all two local rich men in Shanxi who are bargaining.

Okay, the brigade commander was waiting for this sentence, but in the spirit of being able to pick a little bit, he said bitterly: "There are no weapons and equipment, so it's okay to give it to a few cadres, right?"

"Well, you can consider it." The boss said reluctantly.

The cadres at the headquarters are not enough, but in order to support the Taiyue Military Region, they can only bear the pain of giving up.

He said to the Deputy Chief of Staff: "What, Yan'an just transferred a group of 38 cadres? How many of them should you choose to be sent to Taiyue Military Region as political commissar."

The Deputy Chief of Staff responded with a smile.

At this time, a staff officer came over and reported, "The boss, all brigades and divisions are ready."

Hearing this, the chief of staff, division commander, deputy chief of staff and brigade commander, the chief of staff immediately looked solemn.

Because from now on, the anti-sweeping of the Taihang Military Region will officially enter the second stage and break through separately!

The boss said lightly, "I'm sending my order to all brigades, all regiments, local troops and militias from all regions, immediately launch an attack on the strongholds along the blockade ditch on the north side of Zhengtai Road! There are also all counties, townships, and villages who must also cross Zhengtai Road as soon as possible in the original order."

This will be a large-scale transfer.

...

Five minutes later, 18 strongholds along the blockade ditch on the north side of Zhengtai Road were also attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army outside each stronghold had at least one regiment of troops.

All 18 strongholds are equipped with radio stations.

The left-behind Japanese quickly asked for help from their superiors through the radio.

When he received the telegram for help, Tadashi Maeda's command vehicle had just arrived at Bellows Ridge.

Tadashi Maeda's eyes crossed the car window and saw that the moonlight was very beautiful tonight. With the bright and bright moonlight, you can still vaguely see the terrain outside. It's really a dangerous place!

No wonder the Black Island United was completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army here.

No matter how mobile the cavalry is, it is undoubtedly a death if it enters such a dead place.

However, Tadashi Maeda was not afraid of being ambushed, because the 2nd Guards Division had a huge force of 11,000 people and also had powerful artillery and armored troops, so the small Bellows Ridge could not accommodate them at all.

If the Eighth Route Army attacks an ambush, it will only be surrounded by the 2nd Guard Division.

"Trial Commander." Yuta Tooya suddenly came to report with a stack of telegrams, "18 strongholds including Shishi, Niuzhuang and Xiwan were attacked by the Eighth Route Army at the same time."

"And the Eighth Route Army's offensive was very fierce."

"The Eighth Route Army was also involved in the attack, and there were many troops."

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Conservatively estimated, there are at least a dozen groups."

"Nani? More than a dozen groups?" Maeda Tada's heart sternly heard this.

But soon, Tadashi Maeda said again: "Speaking east and attacking west is another plan of the Eighth Route Army to attack west. The purpose is nothing more than to force the main force of our division to withdraw troops. I will not be fooled."

...

"This is the Eighth Route Army's plan to attack the east and west."

Yoshio Shinozuka's judgment is exactly the same as Tadashi Maeda.

"The purpose is to force the 2nd Division of the Guards to return to the army to rescue themselves, so that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Bandit Area can calmly get rid of the pursuit of the Imperial Army, then turn to the line of Tongpu Road, and launch a raid on a certain sweeping detachment that was dragging the net to sweep. However, such a celestial insect cannot deceive me without skills, and even more so cannot deceive Maeda."

If it were before, no one would refute Shinozuka Yoshio.

But now, Yoshio Shinozuka's prestige is no longer as good as before.

Takaichi Sakamoto jumped out and retorted: "Commander, you can be sure that the 2nd Division of the Guards must be the commanding organ and main force of the Taihang Bandit District? Perhaps the one who is launching an attack on the 18 strongholds along the Zhengtai Road is the main force of the Taihang Bandit District?"

"It's impossible." Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Our telecommunications monitoring team has been tracking and positioning the Eighth Route Army's No. 1 wireless intercom station. This wireless intercom station has been retreating along the highway towards Daxia Bay. What's more, the Eighth Route Army's artillery has been retreating along the highway."

Takaichi Sakamoto said: "Is it a bit too hasty to determine that the Eighth Route Army command is in a certain position based on a wireless intercom station? What if this is a bait?"

"This is impossible!" Shinozuka Yoshio said decisively.

"The Eighth Route Army didn't know that we had the ability to monitor their wireless intercom stations, so how could they think of using wireless intercom stations as bait and perform tactical deceptions on the Imperial Army?"
To be continued...