After meeting Tojo Eiji in Tokyo, the mainland of Japan, Okamura Neiji wanted to see the locust, but he didn't.
The reason is that Tian Locust doesn't want to see him, and Tian Locust is a little disappointed with him.
"In the past few days, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi have launched offensives, and six counties in northwestern Shanxi have been captured."
"According to reports from the garrison in each county, the artillery firepower of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army has increased."
"..."
In Okamura Neiji's office, a combat staff officer was giving a briefing to Okamura Neiji.
In addition to northwest Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army in other areas also launched offensives against the Japanese army to a greater or lesser extent.
Although they were all small fights, almost all of them were fighting such as tearing off railway tracks and attacking stronghold gun towers, the casualties suffered by the Japanese and puppet troops should not be underestimated as a small number became a large number.
After reading the briefing, the operational staff member paused for a while and then said in a horrified tone:
"In seven days, the Locust Army lost more than 2,000 people, and the Locust Alliance Army lost more than 3,100 people..."
Okamura Neji suddenly fell silent.
He had only been in the mainland for a few days, but the North China Front's troop losses were so huge?
Although most of these losses were caused by the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment in northwestern Shanxi, if this rate continues, how long can the North China Front last?
And those puppet troops, if the North China Front were at a huge disadvantage, they would probably run faster than anyone else.
His "security strengthening campaign" was only effective when the Japanese army had an absolute advantage but was unable to eliminate the Eighth Route Army.
Once the Eighth Route Army is given the upper hand, the Chinese people who originally supported the Eighth Route Army will become more supportive, and those on the sidelines will turn to the Eighth Route Army. Even the Locust Alliance Army, which serves the Japanese army, will betray the Locust Army.
The "security strengthening campaign" is useless.
Fortunately, only in Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army has a slight upper hand, while the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas in other provinces in North China are at a disadvantage.
But Okamura Neji is still under a lot of pressure.
Regarding his proposal to transfer the 1st Division from the Kwantung Army to northwestern Shanxi to deal with the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Tojo Hideji has not yet given a clear reply.
and.
He heard that the Ishihara faction had made another suggestion to Tianchu, requesting that Gu Shoufu be promoted to general and then serve as the headquarters of the North China Front.
If his position as Okamura Neji was taken away by Hisao Fururu, he would probably be incorporated into the reserve force and retire in disgrace.
"Go down."
Thinking of this, Okamura Neji's eyes became more and more gloomy, and he waved his hand to signal the combat staff to leave.
The combat staff officer closed the folder and placed it on the table, lowered his feet and turned around to leave.
After the combat staff left, he looked through the briefings himself. Almost all of them were loss reports, with few success reports.
In particular, the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi posed a great threat to the Japanese army.
At present, the three divisions of the First Army and some security forces can almost only huddle in Zhongtiao Mountain, Taiyuan and Yangquan, and their territory is getting smaller and smaller.
Datong also needs to be recaptured as soon as possible, otherwise the Pingsui Railway will be interrupted and the supply of the troops stationed in Mongolia will become a big problem.
Okamura Neiji wanted to immediately mobilize heavy troops to sweep northwestern Shanxi.
As for combat supplies, although 5,000 tons of combat supplies in Datong were taken away, there were still 2 battle supplies in Taiyuan, enough for four to five divisions to fight for half a month.
In addition, Hideji Tojo stockpiled 50 battle supplies in the country.
Unfortunately, the current strategic focus of the base camp is in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. If he applies to transfer a division to North China, the base camp needs to think twice.
Okamura Neji snorted in his heart.
According to intelligence, the semi-automatic rifles currently equipped by the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army are all semi-automatic rifles equipped by the US military in active service.
Most of the Eighth Route Army's aid channels came from the beautiful country.
Moreover, those arrogant and beautiful Chinese people stopped selling strategic materials to the Empire of Japan.
This time, let the navy give the beautiful country a good blood-letting and teach them that the Japanese Empire is not so easy to mess with.
soon.
Okamura Neiji brought his thoughts back to dealing with Li Yunlong and the new group.
After research by the Front Army Staff Department, the strength of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army will increase dramatically after each battle.
This time should be no exception.
Moreover, in addition to defeating the 10th Division, the New Regiment also almost wiped out the remnants of the 3rd Brigade and captured Datong. The strength of this new Regiment is probably a qualitative improvement.
The old devil's sense of crisis became even more urgent.
"Is there any way to destroy the aid channels behind Li Yunlong?"
The most fundamental reason why the New Regiment and even the Eighth Route Army are strong now is because of the aid channels behind Li Yunlong.
Without channels for assistance, the heavy weapons of the new regiment will become scrap metal when they run out of ammunition.
What's the use of a pile of scrap metal?
If you want to find out the aid channels behind Li Yunlong, possible methods include placing a spy and developing insiders.
Originally, Shinozuka Yoshio asked the Special High School to train a female spy, preparing to use it to break into the New Regiment.
However, the female spy was killed by a stray bullet when Li Yunlong led the Eighth Route Army to attack Taiyuan, and Yoshio Shinozuka was also shot dead. Therefore, the latent plan was not successfully implemented.
at this time.
The communications staff member walked in with a telegram in his hand, bowed his head to Neji Okamura and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is a secret telegram from General Doi Madoka!"
Okamura Neji's expression changed.
Before returning to Peiping, Okamura Neji made a special trip to visit Doi Madoka Kenji, hoping to gain his support.
Dohi Madoka Kenji, the number one spy for the Japanese invasion of China.
From the "September 18th Incident" to Wang Jingwei's treason, he has been engaged in spy intelligence work in China for nearly thirty years. His shadow is behind almost every major historical event during the Anti-Japanese War.
Although Kenji Dohi Madoka has been transferred back to his homeland, no one knows how many senior agents this person has in China.
"Senior Agent: Codename Pangolin..."
Okamura Neiji received the secret message and read it, his expression couldn't help but be slightly happy.
…
Northwest Shanxi.
Dagu Town, New Regiment Headquarters.
After a busy day, Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou returned to the regiment headquarters.
Then he saw Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo lying on the table talking about something.
"What are you two discussing?" Zhao Gang came over and asked.
As he got closer, Zhao Gang discovered a stack of fresh information papers on the table.
"Is this... Boss Chen here?" Wang Dehou also recognized this information sheet, it came from Boss Chen.
Seeing this piece of paper, Wang Dehou and Zhao Gang knew clearly that Boss Chen must have brought new business.
"That's right!" Li Yunlong raised his head, "This time, Boss Chen has brought us new business, and it's a big deal!"
Under Xing Zhiguo's explanation and viewing intelligence materials, Wang Dehou and Zhao Gang quickly understood the goals and prices of this business.
The same attitude as Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo.
Wang Dehou and Zhao Gang stated:
Gushou must die, and 32 heavy howitzers must be obtained!