Seeing Maeda Yoshio's face showing unpleasant expression, Yuichiro Watanabe was not panicked.
"I know that the division commander may ask, so I brought Oda Yuichi with me." Yuichiro Watanabe said.
Maeda Yoshio thought something and then chuckled, "It seems that he admires Ota very much."
"Ota is a very smart and promising officer." Yuichiro Watanabe said with a smile. "He has put forward some new insights on encirclement and suppression of the Chinese army, dismantling the enemy's psychology, and even dividing the Chinese army, especially the New Fourth Army and the people."
"Oh?" Maeda Yoshio was surprised, then nodded, "You go and call Ota in, I want to listen to his opinion myself."
"Hayi." Yuichiro Watanabe saluted and turned around and left.
Soon, Yuichi Oda came in under the leadership of Yuichiro Watanabe.
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"Teacher Commander." Yuichi Oda saluted Maeda Yoshio.
"Tell me about the information about the New Fourth Army provided by the Special High School Course." Maeda Yoshio said directly.
"Hai." Yuichi Oda took the baton from Captain Watanabe, clicked at several locations on the map, and said, "According to information, the New Fourth Army is on the beach, and there seems to be an inhabitant in Jiangxinzhou. In addition, Umecun near Wuxi also reported that the New Fourth Army was found."
"Umemura?" Maeda Yoshio stepped forward and stared at the map and fell into deep thought.
"When the New Fourth Army is expanding outward?" Yuichiro Watanabe also asked.
"Kukuo Kikube of the Special High School class believes that the possibility is not high." Yuichi Oda shook his head, "Kukube believes that the Kuomintang has extremely strict control over the New Fourth Army and has designated a very narrow area of ​​activity for the New Fourth Army, so they are not allowed to cross the line. Therefore, he concluded that the New Fourth Army may occasionally cross the line, but he dare not take real large-scale crossing operations."
Maeda Yoshio fell into deep thought.
Oda Yuichi said this naturally he knew.
The Kuomintang learned from the lessons of the Eighth Route Army of the Red Party and the Eighth Route Army in the enemy's rear after giving up North China. During the retreat of Jiangnan in central China, many troops were left behind, scattered in northern Jiangsu, central Anhui, eastern Anhui, northeastern Anhui, Henan-European border, central Jiangsu, Shanghai-Zhejiang border and other areas, dispatched officials and recruited the Welcoming armed forces in an attempt to restore control of the occupied areas.
At the same time, the activities of the Red Party armed forces were further compressed, and on this basis, strict areas of activity were defined for the New Fourth Army of the Red Party.
For example, according to the information found by the Japanese army, the Kuomintang designated the area for the First Detachment and Second Detachment of the New Fourth Army, south of the Yangtze River, east of Wuhu, north of Gaochun, Lishui, north of Jintan, west of Dan (Yang) and Jintan, and about 100 miles from east to west, and about 100 miles from north to south. It can even be said that the New Fourth Army in this area is just under the joint double-team of the Kuomintang army and the Japanese army.
In addition, the scope of activity of the Third Detachment of the New Fourth Army is the Qingge River, Tongling and Fanchang areas.
The fourth detachment's range of activities is along the Huainan Railway in central Anhui.
The Japanese army had already "easy" to explore these intelligence through certain channels.
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"Ota, you seem to have a different opinion?" Maeda Yoshio looked at Ota Yuichi.
"My subordinates have carefully studied the situation of the Eighth Route Army of the Red Party in North China." Yuichi Oda said loudly, "The Red Party is very good at mobilizing the ignorant Chinese people to participate in the war of resistance against the empire. The Eighth Route Army expanded rapidly in North China, and the New Fourth Army would not be honest in Jiangnan. The narrow and long area designated by the Kuomintang for them."
As he said that, he used a baton on the map to follow the narrow circle of the New Fourth Army's activities. "Their current activity area seems to be attacked from both sides. They cannot trust the Kuomintang and will not be assured to leave their backs to the Kuomintang. If they want to develop, they can only jump out."
"What about your opinion?" Maeda Yoshio asked with interest.
"No matter whether the New Fourth Army wants to jump out or not, we must be prepared for precautions." Yuichi Oda pointed to a point on the map, "Yanling, this is the gate to Maoshan. Keep it here and trap Chen Meiling to death in Maoshan."
"Very good." Maeda Yoshio nodded with satisfaction, "I am very pleased that you have such a clear mind and can prepare for the future."
As he said that, he stared at the map for a long time.
"Is the division commander uneasy to Umemura?" His favorite general Yuichi Oda performed well. Yuichiro Watanabe was happy. At this moment, he finally asked.
After the empire occupied Wuxi, Wuxi's resistance never stopped.
Last year alone, 39 guerrilla armed forces including the Northeast Tangfang Night Team and about 2,500 people emerged in the four townships of Wuxi.
Yixing and Jiangyin also established the so-called Southern Jiangsu People's Anti-Japanese Volunteers, Jiangnan Anti-Japanese Guerrillas and other local anti-Japanese guerrillas of varying sizes.
Among them, Umemura is the place where the rebels are particularly active.
Those anti-Japanese guerrillas have already disturbed the locust army. If there are regular troops of the New Fourth Army entering, the public security situation in Wuxi will deteriorate sharply by then.
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"Teacher commander, intelligence, we need intelligence." said Yuichi Oda, "especially Umemura's current latest and most accurate intelligence."
"Do you think the Imperial garrison and the maintenance of the locust army close to the place will no longer be able to understand the real situation of the place?" Maeda Yoshio frowned and stared at Yuichi Oda.
"The division commander, the Chinese people have always been terrible about the friendship between the empire. They are accustomed to acting to deceive the locust army." Yuichi Oda said, "What subordinates mean is that we need to go deep into the Chinese people, even the fields, so that we can understand the most real situation in Umemura and even the internal situation of the rebels."
"The Special High School is addicted to the fight between the Military Control Commission and the Central Army, and lacks enough attention to the situation of the New Fourth Army." Yuichiro Watanabe took the opportunity to sue the Special High School, especially the Special High School Koichiro who was responsible for the intelligence of the New Fourth Army. Yuichiro Watanabe was very disliked, thinking that this person was too arrogant and despised the Red Party and the New Fourth Army too much.
"I will call Mibenjiro in person." Maeda Yoshio said for a moment.
He was not very satisfied with the work of the Special High School Class in the New Fourth Army.
"Second Commander." Yuichi Oda suddenly spoke, "I have an idea."
Maeda Yoshio glanced at the young left officer, nodded slightly, and signaled to him.
"Cheng Qianfan, deputy general manager of the Central Police Station of the French Concession, has a business in his hands. The people of the business often go around Shanghai. These people are familiar faces and will not arouse the suspicion of local people. The subordinates consider understanding the situation in Umemura through them." Yuichi Oda said.
"Long-term trading?" Yuichiro Watanabe suddenly asked.
"That's right." Yu Ota nodded.
"Cheng Qianfan is a Chinese on the surface, but in fact he is pretended by Kentaro Miyazaki, an agent of the Imperial Special High School. His people can believe it." Yuichiro Watanabe explained in a low voice beside Maeda Yoshio.
"Sugasne." Maeda Yoshio nodded slightly. He seemed to have some impression of the name Cheng Qianfan, but he just couldn't remember it for a while.
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"How capable is this Miyazaki?" asked Maeda Yoshio.
"Kentaro Miyazaki is cautious in his work and is agile, and is a rare talent." Yuichi Oda thought for a while and said slightly against his will.
Being greedy for life and fear of death is considered cautious.
Good at making money, he is naturally a smart person.
Under the current war situation, Jiujiu Trading's business is actually doing well. Although this is obviously inseparable from the Special High School and Miyazaki's teacher, Counselor Imamura Hitaro, and even the secret care of Onojun and others in the army, this is enough to show that Miyazaki Kentaro's ability is excellent.
In this way, my evaluation of Kentaro Miyazaki is correct.
Maeda Yoshio nodded, and he looked at Yuichi Oda, "Since that's the case, you will be responsible for this matter. Be sure to find out the potential enemy situation in Umemura's direction as soon as possible."
"Hayi." Oda Yuichi said with great joy.
Yuichiro Watanabe also smiled, which shows that the division commander has a very good impression of Yuichi Oda, and this task is a test.
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