"Yes, the three regiments of Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie have become major concerns of the party and the country." Fang Ligong nodded and said, "It seems that we must take action."

After a pause, Fang Ligong said again: "Brigate, hurry up and order the first regiment and the second artillery battalion to leave Dagu Town."

When the Japanese Guards Second Division carried out a certain level of storm of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, the Jinsui Army's Unique Brigade sent an infantry regiment and an artillery battalion to leave Dagu Town, which had been confirmed long ago.

Chu Yunfei had even thought of an excuse, which was to "assist" the independent regiment to attack the Japanese army.

However, after "assistance", the Jinsui Army regiment and an artillery battalion will remain in Dagu Town.

Then, once a conflict occurs in the future, this regiment and an artillery battalion can become a nail that penetrates the Fuliang Mountains, which will make it difficult for the independent regiment to take care of each other.

In addition, Chu Yunfei didn't know that Dagu Town, Lijia Town and Qingyun Town had been razed to the ground by the Japanese, otherwise he would not have sent troops to seize Dagu Town.

Anyway, this was confirmed in advance.

But when things came to an end, Chu Yunfei couldn't help but hesitate.

"Brother Li Gong, is it really good to let the First Regiment and the Second Artillery Battalion leave Dagu Town?"

Chu Yunfei said with slightest voice: "With the current combat effectiveness of the Independent Regiment, if Li Yunlong really wants to eat our First Regiment and the Second Artillery Battalion, it may not be difficult."

"Li Yunlong shouldn't dare?"

Fang Ligong said: "Dare he dare to provoke friction?"

"Brother Li Gong, you still don't know enough about Li Yunlong." Chu Yunfei said, "This person can only take advantage and never suffer any losses. We sent the First Regiment and the Second Artillery Battalion to seize Dagu Town. Such obvious actions will definitely not be hidden from him, so he will definitely take countermeasures against us."

"Countermeasures?" Fang Ligong said, "What countermeasures can be taken?"

"No one can say this." Chu Yunfei pulled his white gloves and said speechlessly, "Li Yunlong's way of thinking is different from that of normal people. He can always come up with some strange tricks. In the past, his tricks were only used to deal with the Japanese army, but if we really sent troops to seize Dagu Town, he should use these tricks to deal with us."

Fang Ligong frowned and said, "What the brigade means to cancel the plan and no longer let the First Regiment and the Second Artillery Battalion seize Dagu Town?"

"Let's cancel it. Li Yunlong's path is too wild. Before we figure out how he defeated the Japanese Guards Second Division, we should try to be careful." Chu Yunfei said in a deep voice.

"Well, then cancel it." Fang Ligong sighed lightly and said, "After this time, the Japanese army will be defeated, and the strength comparison between northwest Shanxi and Northwest Shanxi is likely to be reversed. Originally, the Japanese army had the strongest strength, but now the Eighth Route Army has become the strongest. So I wonder if the Japanese army will have the intention to cooperate with us?"

"Cooperate with the Japanese army? Don't even think about it." Chu Yunfei said decisively.

"It is my bottom line to not help each other. Joining forces with the Japanese to beat the Chinese, Chu Yunfei, I, can't do such dirty things."

After saying that, he turned his head and said to Sun Ming: "Sun Ming, if one day I, Chu Yunfei, break my promise and lose my national position, unite with the Japanese to attack the Chinese, you can shoot me from the back, do you remember?"

"Yes!" Sun Ming stood attentively and said solemnly, "Remember!"

Fang Ligong sighed lightly and said nothing more.

...

Beiping, Tieshizi Hutong No. 11, North China Front Command.

Okamura Yasuji stood in front of the big map of the five North China provinces with his hands on his back, silent for a long time.

"Your Excellency General!" Yu Jingsan slowly walked behind Okamura Yanji, leaned against his feet, and then paused his head.

Okamura Yasuji did not look back and asked quietly: "Youmojun, do you think we have made a mistake?"

"Do you have this feeling?" You Mo Jingsan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Yes, I think we have made the most unscrupulous mistake."

"Shanxi is really not an ideal battlefield."

"The geographical conditions in northwest Shanxi are even worse."

"From the beginning, we should choose the battlefield in central Hebei or southern Hebei."

"In this case, maybe we have wiped out the Hebei Central Bandit Zone or the Hebei Southern Bandit Zone."

"How could it end like this now? Not only did the Second Guard Division suffer a heavy blow, but it also wasted the combat supplies of the first division's combat division."

"It's not too late to fix the fence."

Okamura Yasuji said: "It's still time to correct the mistakes."

"Huh?" asked the third question of the three, "Great General, what do you mean?"

Okamura Yasuji said: "I decided to propose to the base camp to take a defensive position on the Shanxi battlefield. It is best to provoke friction between the Shanxi Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army, so that we can exchange the largest tactical results at the minimum cost, and we can draw the troops of the First Army from Shanxi for use in the Hebei-central or southern Hebei battlefields."

There are three meditations: "So how many troops should be drawn?"

Okamura Yasuji said: "At least one field division plus one brigade."

There are three ways to deal with the remnants of the Second Guard Division?”

Okamura Yasuji said: "The base camp means no longer rebuilding the Second Guard Division, because the technical equipment of the Second Guard Division has been lost, and after this defeat, the morale of the Second Guard Division has also suffered a serious blow, so it is not a wise move to rebuild the Second Guard Division."

Speaking of this, Okamura Yasuji continued: "My opinion is to add the sixty-seven thousand remaining troops of the Second Guard Division into a certain brigade and expand it into the 69th Division."

"Hayi!" There are three final essences and three pauses.

...

Okamura Yanji's telegram soon arrived in Taiyuan.

"Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency General's Telegram." Hanaya handed a telegram to Yoshio Iwamatsu.

After reading the telegram, Yoshio Iwamatsu's face immediately collapsed, which was a bit too much. Fu Liangshan's defeat was not even on his head. Why did the board hit the First Army?

Why should we remove a field division and a brigade from the First Army?

Why did their First Army have to enter the strategic defense stage from now on?

But while angry, Yoshio Iwamatsu had no choice. As the saying goes, the senior official level was to crush people to death. Who made Okamura Yasuji the commander-in-chief of the North China Front Army?

Who made Okamura Yanji his immediate boss?

What's more, Okamura Yasuji is also a big celebrity in front of the Army Department and His Majesty the Emperor.

At that moment, Yoshio Iwamatsu sighed and ordered Hanaya to say, "Kun Hanaya, call Sakamoto, Mizuhara, Sakamoto and Sakuma, and others over here. Let's hold a meeting to discuss the adjustment of defense deployment."

"Hayi!" Hanaya Masato paused, turned around and informed Takuya Suwara and Takaichi Sakamoto and other section chiefs.

After a while, when Iwamatsu Yoshio came to the conference room on the second floor, Takuya and the others had already arrived.

"Commander!" Seeing Yoshio Iwamatsu walk in, several section chiefs stood up in one go, and then paused their heads with their feet.

Yoshio Iwamatsu replied with a military salute, waved his hand and said, "Sit down, have you read the telegram?"

"Hayi!" Takuya and the others were all bowing their heads and said, "I have seen it."

"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded slightly and said, "Then let's talk about it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Takaichi Sakamoto immediately said: "Since the General decided to adopt a strategic defensive position on the Shanxi battlefield and the Shandong battlefield, and only in central Hebei and southern Hebei, then the most elite 36th Division and the 16th Brigade should be transferred to Peiping, which is necessary."

Hearing this, Yoshio Iwamatsu's face immediately collapsed.

Why did Takashi Sakamoto turn his elbow out?

The 36th Division and the 16th Brigade are the two most powerful troops in the First Army.

The two best-equipped and most combat-capable units were transferred to the North China Front Army headquarters directly under the jurisdiction of only some old, weak, sick and disabled troops in the First Army?

"Sakamoto, what are you talking about?"

Takuya Suwabata immediately retorted: "Even if the Shanxi battlefield will take a defensive position from now on, we must leave elite troops to take charge, right?"

After saying this, he said: "I think the 41st Division and the 9th Brigade should be transferred there."

Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded happily, thinking that Takumi Mizuhara was just the word, because the 41st Division was the latest among the three field divisions, and the weakest among the three divisions in terms of combat experience and equipment level. Not to mention the Ninth Brigade, the Ninth Brigade has not recovered after being severely damaged by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army."

Yasushi Inoue and Jiro Sakuma also agreed with Takuya Suhara's opinion.

No matter what, they are all members of the First Army and will definitely consider issues from the standpoint of the First Army, unlike the idiot Sakamoto Takaichi, who cares about the so-called overall situation.

Takashi Sakamoto had no choice but to shut up after being opposed by almost all his colleagues.

"Yosi, that's what it's decided." Yoshio Iwamatsu said, "Since the General made our First Army decide, we will give him the 41st Division and the 9th Brigade."

After a pause, Yoshio Iwamatsu said again: "Now let's talk about the remnants of the Second Guard Division. Which brigade do you think should be combined into the 69th Division?"

"I think it's better to work with the Third Brigade."

"I think it's better to work with the Fourth Brigade."

"I thought it was most appropriate to work with the 16th Brigade."

This time, the opinions of several section chiefs were different.

Yoshio Iwamatsu's eyes fell on Takuya Suhara and asked, "Muwahara, why do you think it is most appropriate to work with the 16th Brigade?"

"Because the 16th Brigade is well equipped, there is a mountain artillery corps."

Takumi Suwara said without hesitation: "And the 16th Brigade has the strongest combat power. Only when the remaining soldiers of the Second Guard Division are living with the elite infantry of the 16th Brigade can they eliminate the decadent aura."

"Yoxi." Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded happily, and then asked again, "Muwahara, are you willing to take up the post of Chief of Staff of the 69th Division?"

"What?" Takumi Mizuhara was also surprised.

You are crazy, only a fool is willing to be the chief of staff of the 69th Division.

Because you can guess with your toes, the 69th Division will definitely be deployed to northwest Shanxi, which means you have to deal with the three main regiments of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. Do you think you have a long life?

The Osaka people love peace and like to do business. The most annoying thing is fighting and killing.

Yoshio Iwamatsu smiled slightly and said, "Although your military rank is only Nakasa, and it is logical that you are not qualified to serve as the Chief of Staff of the Field Division, since the General has given me the right to recommend the chief of staff, I hope to recommend a suitable candidate to serve as the Chief of Staff of the 69th Division."
To be continued...