Chu Yunfei felt more and more that Ding Wei's words meant something, as if he was hinting at something.
But when he thought about it again, Chu Yunfei felt that he had thought too much.
Ding Wei probably just exchanged methods of leading troops, and we just met him for the first time. What hint could he give to himself?
Eliminating the distracting thoughts in his mind, Chu Yunfei focused on the soldiers in front of him.
Seeing that Chu Yunfei didn't say anything, Ding Wei stopped hinting.
Just say a few words when the point is made to remind Chu Yunfei. If you continue, it will inevitably arouse Chu Yunfei's suspicion.
After all, Qian Bojun has not betrayed him yet, and whether he will betray him or not is a matter of two minds. If he continues to talk about it, he will inevitably be suspected of saying that Chu Yunfei's discipline is incompetent.
More than a hundred Japanese officers have been successfully delivered to the headquarters.
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Everything is peaceful here in the Eighth Route Army.
But life on the Japanese side was not so easy.
Taiyuan, First Army Headquarters.
Okamura Neji's expression was a bit anxious, and he kept pacing back and forth in the office.
Shinozuka Yoshio stood aside honestly, not daring to say a word.
No news came back from the officer observation group, which made Neji Okamura smell something unusual.
Originally, they were supposed to report their location and safety once an hour, but now two hours have passed.
However, there was still no movement from the military officer observation group, and the radio station never responded.
Okamura Neiji also ordered to inquire at the bases along the way to see if there was any trace of the observation group.
Finally got a message.
After the observation group passed one stronghold, it did not pass by the next stronghold. Neji Okamura immediately sent troops to search, and is now waiting for the results.
The search scope is also very simple, it is the last stronghold passed by the officer observation group.
Starting from this stronghold and searching along the road, you can always find traces of them.
As time passed by, Okamura Neji became more and more anxious.
These are more than a hundred imperial army officers, not just one or two. If something happens to them in Shanxi, I will be responsible no matter what.
And at this time, if more than a hundred officers were suddenly lost, it would be a huge blow to the morale of the army.
pity.
God did not hear Okamura Neji's inner prayer.
"Your Excellency, General, Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, something...has happened!" A second lieutenant stumbled in, his voice a bit frightened.
"What's wrong, tell me quickly!" Okamura Neiji shouted.
The Japanese second lieutenant said tremblingly: "The search team has found traces of the observation group, but only the bombed truck was found at the scene.
A small number of corpses of imperial army officers, as well as the corpses of imperial troops escorting the legion."
"Nani, what are you talking about? The escort team was wiped out and only a few officer corpses were found at the scene?" Okamura Neji was speechless.
"Hai." The Japanese second lieutenant nodded heavily: "The rest of the officers..."
Having said this, he no longer dared to continue talking.
"Baga, what happened to the other officers? Did Naoomi Hattori's body be found at the scene?" Neji Okamura said angrily.
If Hattori Naoomi died in battle, it would be okay, but if there is no body, then there is only one possibility.
"Reporting to your Excellency, General, the other officers are nowhere to be seen. No trace of General Hattori was found at the scene. Except for one major officer, the rest of the officers are all lieutenant-level officers." The Japanese second lieutenant hurriedly paused and replied.
After hearing the news, Okamura Neji felt dizzy.
Shinozuka Yoshio took a step forward and hurriedly supported Okamura Neji.
At this moment, he finally experienced the feeling of Yoshio Shinozuka.
I originally thought that the situation in Shanxi was very simple, but now it seems that the complexity of Shanxi has far exceeded my imagination.
Both the route and departure time of the officer observation group are top secret. Only a few people know the information, and no information has been disclosed at all.
How did those Chinese soldiers get the news?
Okamura Neji couldn't figure this out even if he thought about it.
"Have you investigated clearly who did it?" Neji Okamura said sternly.
"Reporting to your Excellency, General, the investigation is still ongoing. I believe the results will be given to you soon." The Japanese second lieutenant said cautiously.
"However, if nothing else happens, it should be the Eighth Route Army."
"Eighth Route Army, why?" Okamura Neji asked.
The second lieutenant replied cautiously: "An hour has passed. If it was really the National Army that did it, given their character, everyone should know about it by now.
But no news has come out now, so it is very likely that he was attacked by the Eighth Route Army. They like to make a lot of money in silence.
Especially this time they successfully ambush the officer observation group. In order to prevent the imperial army from retaliating, they will definitely hide the news this time and wait for the right opportunity to release it."
"Since it is the Eighth Route Army, which team of the Eighth Route Army is it?" Neji Okamura asked again.
"Baga, if that's the case, why don't you go investigate quickly!" Okamura Neiji pointed at the second lieutenant beside him and roared.
"Hai!"
Upon hearing this, the Japanese second lieutenant looked relieved and immediately turned around and ran out.
Seeing the second lieutenant walking away, Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Your Excellency, General, I think it is already obvious who did this."
Hearing this, Okamura Neji looked at Shinozuka Yoshio: "You mean the 28th Regiment?"
"That's right, Your Excellency, General, it is the 28th Regiment!" Shinozuka Yoshio paused and said: "Other than the 28th Regiment, I can't think of any other team in the Eighth Route Army that has such courage."
"The 28th regiment, is it really the 28th regiment?" Okamura Neji said to himself.
After a pause, Okamura Neiji said again: "Shinozuka-kun, no matter whether this incident was done by the 28th Regiment or not, we cannot allow them to continue to grow."
"Your Excellency, the General, is right!" said Yoshio Shinozuka.
Okamura Neiji said solemnly: "Has the base area of the 28th Regiment been transferred?"
"I haven't received any news about this yet." Shinozuka Yoshio paused and said.
Neji Okamura nodded slowly: "In that case, let's prepare for the 28th Regiment's surprise attack. Even if the surprise attack fails, it will consume part of their strength.
What's more, according to our intelligence, the 28th Regiment was split into several regiments. This is also when they are at their weakest, so we can take this opportunity to make them remember."
"Hai!" Shinozuka Yoshio paused and then asked: "General, how many troops do we need to send this time?
Since the Eighth Route Army expanded its base area, the 28th Regiment has moved deeper, how should we penetrate it?"
Okamura Neiji thought for a while and said: "Since it is a surprise attack, the number of troops cannot be too large, otherwise it will definitely arouse the vigilance of the Eighth Route Army."
After a moment of silence, Okamura Neiji said in a deep voice: "Send an infantry brigade to march at night, through the mountains, and remember not to take the main road!
Except for the 28th Regiment, all the battles that happened in the middle have nothing to do with them, let them go straight to the 28th Regiment headquarters and eliminate the effective strength of the 28th Regiment!"
"Hai!" Yoshio Shinozuka responded and walked quickly.
In the opinion of Okamura Neji.
Now that the 28th Regiment has been split up, there will definitely not be many troops left.
In addition, it is impossible for them to put all their troops in one base area, and they will definitely be scattered in various surrounding base areas.
As a result, the 28th Regiment Headquarters will not have much strength, and will only have one battalion left at most.
In fact, Okamura Neji's guess was good, but he made a mistake in his calculation. The 28th Regiment had already begun preparations for evacuation.
Before leaving, the 28th Regiment will also leave a huge surprise for these Japanese soldiers.
…
Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
When the boss saw these one hundred Japanese officers, his eyes widened.
Where did Ding Wei capture so many Japanese officers, and there was actually a major general among them. Are all Japanese officers now nothing more than cabbages?
There was Miyano Michichi before, and now there is another Naoomi Hattori.
The boss couldn't suppress the surprise on his face: "Our place has almost become a den of devils."
Ding Wei is the same guy. Either he doesn't send the prisoners, or he sends them a bunch of prisoners.
His carload of Japanese officers, even if all the other regiments were put together, was a number that even a horse could not catch up with.
It is rare to find a major general in other troops, let alone those junior officers.
However, these officers will certainly not stay at the headquarters for a long time, but will be sent to the rear for ideological education.
When the deputy chief of staff saw this busload of prisoners, he immediately burst out in joy: "Boss, this whole observation group has been captured by us. That old devil Okamura Neji is probably going crazy."
"That's good if he's mad. If this old devil comes to the front line in anger, I just want to fight him!" the boss said solemnly.
"So this time, shall we still promote it?" asked the deputy chief of staff.
The boss thought deeply for a while and said: "Forget it this time. As the saying goes, the first bird is shot, and we have already stolen the limelight, so silence is the right thing."
The deputy chief of staff nodded in agreement. They had indeed stolen the show during this period.
Even if a tree is beautiful in the forest, it will be destroyed by the wind. They still understand this very well.
"Miyano Michichi has been willing to cooperate with our work. I didn't expect that there would be so many Japanese prisoners this time, and they were all officers. These are big fish." The division commander couldn't restrain his inner surprise.
If it were one or two, he would definitely be fine, but now it was more than a hundred, which was already equivalent to a Japanese officer in a brigade. How could he not be excited?
"What are these little devils? Since we want to capture him alive, we will capture this old devil like Okamura Neji alive!" the boss said energetically.
"If we can capture this old Japs Okamura Neji alive, it will definitely be a huge blow to the morale of the young Japs!"
As soon as this statement came out, the cadres at the headquarters also nodded.
Miyano Michichi has been convinced and has lost the strength to resist. He just wants to stay here until the war is over and return to his country to reunite with his family.
Especially when he saw carloads of officers, including officers he had seen before.
When he saw them being pulled into the Eighth Route Army headquarters by a truck like cabbage, Miyano Michichi's face was filled with shock.
Who did it?
So many officers were captured alive?
Could it be that Ding Wei from the 28th Regiment again?
As for this old devil from Miyanojima, his energy and spirit have been completely defeated, and he is basically in a state of saying whatever is asked.
He was even willing to assist the Eighth Route Army in training and hand over the contents of the Japanese Military Academy to the soldiers.
It's not that the Eighth Route Army mistreated him and forcibly changed his mind, forcing him to surrender to the Eighth Route Army.
On the contrary, this old devil's treatment here is quite good.
I didn't treat him badly even if I had two meals a day, but this old devil kept thinking about committing suicide and going to see his bullshit Amaterasu.
Later, the boss got annoyed because this person was originally captured by Ding Wei, so this content fell on Ding Wei's head without hesitation.
This happened a few days ago.
At that time, Ding Wei was enthusiastically raising pigs and was planning to fatten up the piglets in the pig pen to provide better food for the soldiers.
A soldier from behind came to Ding Wei and told him to call the headquarters.
The boss said that no matter what you are doing now, even if you are taking a shit, you must quickly pick up your pants and report to the headquarters.
Ding Wei thought something big had happened again, so he rushed to the headquarters in a hurry, even bringing a battalion of troops with him.
But when he arrived at the headquarters, he found that the headquarters was peaceful, and it didn't look like something big had happened.
The boss even took a leisurely sip of tea.
The deputy chief of staff and division commander sat on one side of the table.
Seeing Ding Wei arriving, the boss just raised his head and glanced at him slightly, saying: "Here?"
"...Boss, you called me in such a hurry, what happened?" Ding Wei asked curiously.
"It's nothing. It's just that old devil Miyano Michichi who has been unwilling to speak. You were the one who captured that guy. Of course you are responsible." The boss pointed at Ding Wei.
Hey, it’s my fault for capturing a Japanese major general alive?
However, Ding Wei only dared to say this in his heart, and naturally he did not dare to say it in front of the boss.
"Michimi Miyano had a stubborn temper and was unwilling to say anything. He even went on a hunger strike to force him to do so. Later, we force-fed him food," said the deputy chief of staff.
"This guy is out of luck, and we don't have much else to do, so we thought of you."
"Me?" Ding Wei said in surprise: "I captured this devil, can he still listen to me?"
"What if, you kid has a lot of clever ideas? I will give you three days. Within three days, the matter will be done. I will treat you to wine and meat." The boss said solemnly.
"What if it can't be done?" Ding Wei tried to ask.
The boss snorted coldly: "If you can't do it, then you kid can continue to raise pigs in the cooking class!"
"Boss, what do you mean, if this is done, I won't have to raise pigs anymore?" Ding Wei asked with a bit of hope in his eyes.
"Huh?" The boss's tone changed and he pointed at Ding Wei and said: "Damn it, how can you get so many conditions!"
"Ding Wei, if you go, we can think about it. If you don't go, be prepared to raise pigs for the rest of your life!" the deputy chief of staff deliberately threatened.
"I'll go right away!"
Ding Wei also knew that the deputy chief of staff was joking, so he left by using the donkey under the slope.
When I walked out of the office, I happened to see a soldier carrying a tray and preparing to go in to deliver food.
The food was not bad, white water noodles with a golden poached egg on top, a plate of pickles and a bowl of rice porridge in a small bowl.
Ding Wei came to the headquarters many times, so this soldier also got to know Ding Wei. When he saw Ding Wei, he stood up and said: "Captain Ding!"
Ding Wei nodded and asked, "Is this the little devil's lunch?"
"That's right." The soldier nodded and said, "The boss ordered us to treat this old devil kindly, so this is the cooking team's special job, but the old devil didn't appreciate it at all.
If you ask me, we should just starve that old devil to death, come to our place to burn, kill and rob, and if he is captured alive, we should treat him well, why?"