Chapter 844 The singing voice is loud and the morale is like a rainbow!
Several cabinet officers nearby heard this and immediately cast incredibly shocked looks at the major general's staff.
General Okabe was killed? This is simply unimaginable. Although Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army in North China killed more than 20 Japanese generals, all of them were major generals and lieutenant generals, not a single general.
Although Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army often ordered his subordinates to invent coded telegrams to mock the Locust Army.
However, the Japanese Army has many major generals and lieutenant generals, and the loss of more than 20 Japanese generals can still be tolerated.
What was most unacceptable to the Japanese base camp and Tian Locust was that Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army not only killed so many generals of the Japanese Army, but also invented coded telegraphs to ridicule them.
It's simply a shame.
Before Naosaburo Okabe was killed, no army general had ever been killed on the Sino-Japanese battlefield.
What exactly is going on?
"Hi!" The major general's staff member lowered his head and said affirmatively, "General Okabe's jade is broken!"
"Baga!" Tojo Hideji's face fell instantly and he asked, "What on earth is going on?"
The major general's staff officer shook his head: "The specific situation is unclear, but the telegram sent from the North China Front Army Headquarters said that General Okabe's plane and escort team were attacked by enemy planes over the western suburbs airport. All the Locust Army's aircraft
All the planes were shot down. After General Okabe's plane was shot down, the enemy planes fired two incendiary bombs at the location where General Okabe's plane crashed..."
"idiot!"
Hearing this, Tojo Hideji couldn't hold back any longer, turned around and took out a katana from the knife holder, angrily drew out the sharp samurai sword, and chopped the table in front of him into several pieces in two or three strokes.
The information on the table about the North China Front Army's Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff was chopped into pieces by the blade of a knife.
The commander is dead, so naturally the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff no longer need to go to North China.
What made Hideji Tojo angry was that the Eighth Route Army dared to kill the general of the Locust Army. He was so impatient with life that he didn't know how to write the word "death"!
In North China, only the Eighth Route Army was equipped with aircraft, and most of them were done by Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army.
After venting his anger, Tojo Hideji put his katana back into its scabbard, waved his hand, and signaled the major general's staff to leave.
The major general's staff officer, as if he had received an amnesty, put the telegram in his hand on another table, lowered his head and left quickly.
Staring at the back of the major general's staff as they left, Hideji Tojo looked a little uncertain.
"Does the Prime Minister think that this matter may be related to General Okamura Neji?" asked an officer wearing the rank of general.
"This matter has nothing to do with General Okamura, right?" Another general said, "The North China Front Army Headquarters does not know the information about General Okabe's itinerary. The problem should not be with the North China Front Army Headquarters, nor can it be Okamura.
The handwriting of a general."
When General Okabe Naosaburo set off from Changchun, the Kwantung Army headquarters sent a top-secret telegram to the base camp.
This top-secret telegram was exactly the information about Naosaburo Okabe's itinerary, saying that Naosaburo Okabe's plane had taken off from Changchun Airport and arrived at Beiping Xijiao Airport at about 3 p.m.
Before setting off from Tokyo, Naosaburo Okabe had made it clear that he would not inform the North China Front of his specific itinerary.
"Who else could it be if he wasn't him?"
"I suspect that Lieutenant General Hisao Furu's death is also related to Okamura Neji."
"Both Lieutenant General Hisao Fururu and General Naosaburo Okabe were going to North China to take over the position of commander of the North China Front. He, Okamura Neiji, had the motive to kill."
The general continued his analysis calmly. His name was Honjo Shige and he was very senior.
He once served as the commander of the Kwantung Army and the military attache of Tian Locust. In September 1931, he planned to launch the September 18th Incident and occupied the three eastern provinces of China. However, he was later dismissed by Tian Locust during the Showa Period because of the February 26 Incident because he interceded for the rebels.
position.
"What Honjo-kun means is..."
Tojo Eiji narrowed his eyes:
"The senior agent of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the North China Front is actually Neji Okamura?"
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, if you think about it carefully, it is not impossible." Honjo Shige nodded.
Although there is no reason to doubt an Imperial Army general without any evidence, it will cause big problems.
But it doesn't matter to Honjo Shige.
He holds the rank of general, even if he has no real power now, as long as he does not personally participate in the rebellion, no one in Japan would dare to touch him.
What's more, Okamura Neiji has already been recalled to the base camp for investigation once.
Although nothing was found in that investigation, the investigation had already made many members of the headquarters and cabinet have doubts about Okamura.
Tojo Hideji's eyes showed his thoughts.
Honjo Shige's analysis does have some truth to it.
However, after careful analysis, it seems a bit impossible. How did Neji Okamura know the information about the itinerary of General Naosaburo Okabe?
I am afraid that the leak of information about General Naosaburo Okabe's itinerary occurred either at the Kwantung Army headquarters or at the base camp.
The base camp is impossible, then there is only one situation and only one truth.
There are also high-level enemy agents lurking within the Kwantung Army headquarters.
Then, Hideji Tojo issued an order in a cold tone: "Immediately send a message to General Umezu Yoshijiro and conduct a thorough investigation of all officers in the Kwantung Army who know General Okabe Naosaburo's itinerary."
Benzhuang Fan looked calm when he heard this.
But I thought in my heart, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you are not listening to the old man's words, and you are going to suffer a lot. Neji Okamura is unreliable.
It's obviously a problem with the North China Front Army Headquarters, but you want to investigate the Kwantung Army Headquarters?
"Honjo-kun, are you willing to serve as commander of the North China Front Army Headquarters?"
Tojo Eiji looked at Honjo Shige and asked expressionlessly.
"I would like to go." Honjo Shige pretended to smile bitterly, "But His Majesty the Emperor will not agree. Besides, my era has passed, and now is the era that belongs to you young people."
Ask him if he is willing to go to North China?
Honjo Shige definitely doesn't want to.
If we go to North China at this critical moment, isn't it like looking for death?
not to mention.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Japanese army in North China will probably not be able to defeat the Eighth Route Army in North China. Even if they can successfully reach Peiping, if the North China Front army is defeated under his leadership, wouldn't he be in danger at the end of the year?
Tojo Eiji nodded. It is estimated that no general would dare to go to Peiping now. He ordered:
"Immediately send electricity to the North China Front and order General Okamura Neiji to continue to serve as the commander of the North China Front..."
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Li Yunlong, who was leading his troops to march towards Taiyuan, soon received a telegram from Boss Chen.
"It has been confirmed that Japanese Army General Naosaburo Okabe was shot dead by your troops. There are no bones left. The business price has taken effect and the goods can be received at any time, Boss Chen."
Li Yunlong took the telegram from the telegraph soldier. After reading the telegram, his face was already filled with an expression of uncontrollable harvest joy.
Killing Naosaburo Okabe's business will unlock a medium bomber and a Tallboy aerial bomb in addition to the heavy howitzer and Katyusha rocket launcher.
According to the information provided by Boss Chen, this high-foot cabinet aerial bomb is actually a ground-penetrating bomb, which can be used to blow up the Japanese tunnel fortifications and reinforced concrete fortifications.
Li Yunlong also thought of many ways to deal with the tunnel fortifications built by the Japanese in imitation of the Eighth Route Army.
Use flamethrowers and fire-breathing tanks to deal with simple Japanese tunnels, and roast the Japanese in the tunnels into roasted pigs.
But if the enemy dug the tunnel very deep, it would be difficult for flamethrowers and flamethrowing tanks to burn the enemy deep in the tunnel.
Li Yunlong planned to dig a pit on the surface, bury hundreds of tons of explosives, and then detonate it to kill all the Japanese in the tunnel.
But with this ground-penetrating bomb, you don't have to go through so much trouble. You can just drop the ground-penetrating bomb directly into the enemy's tunnel position.
Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou beside them couldn't help but smile after listening to Li Yunlong read the telegram.
Kill this general's business, and in addition to cannons, unlocking medium bombers and Tallboy aerial bombs, you will also get 2 Saber fighter jets, a weapons and ammunition production line, and other benefits.
In terms of fighter jets, the business of killing a Japanese general is twice that of a lieutenant general or major general, that is, 2 Sabres.
in addition.
The total annihilation of a Japanese flying squadron, 21 aircraft and 21 Japanese pilots is a separate business.
It's just a waste of money.
"Captain, can we invent the coded telegraph now?" Wang Dehou asked happily.
"That's enough!" Li Yunlong put away his smile, and his mouth almost cramped when he smiled again. His eyes showed his thoughts, "Send a telegram to the headquarters and report it to the head of the headquarters."
Wang Dehou smiled slightly: "The telegram sent to the head of the headquarters has been drafted before the large troops set off, and it is just waiting for your signature."
Li Yunlong looked satisfied: "Then I will draft another telegram to Boss Chen and inform him to arrange delivery. First, send the medium bombers and ground-penetrating bombs. We will need them in this battle!"
"yes!"
Wang Dehou first handed the plain coded telegram and the telegram to the headquarters to Li Yunlong, and then took out paper and pen to draft the telegram to Boss Chen.
After reading the telegram, Li Yunlong felt that there was no problem, so he signed his name.
Li Yunlong also signed the third telegram with his name.
Later, Li Yunlong handed the three telegrams in his hand to the telegraph soldier: "Send these three telegrams immediately in order."
"Yes, leader."
The telegraph soldier put the telegram into his briefcase, saluted with a military salute, turned around, got on his horse and rode away quickly.
Zhao Gang looked at the sky and saw that it was almost dark. At this time, it was too late to send a transport plane to drop leaflets on the Japanese positions.
But Zhao Gang looked at the commanders and fighters of the new regiment who were marching, and suddenly his expression changed: "Old Li, we can convey the news of the killing of the new commander of the Japanese North China Front, Naosaburo Okabe, to the entire regiment as soon as possible."
"The major counterattack has just begun, and the new commander of the Japanese North China Front has been killed. This will definitely make the soldiers full of energy!"
Li Yunlong nodded with a satisfied expression:
"Okay, Lao Zhao, please arrange this as soon as possible."
Wang Dehou suggested: "Then we also have to send a telegram to the Independent Regiment, the New Second Regiment, the 129th Division, the 120th Division and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and other brother units to let them know that we have killed the new commander of the North China Front Army.
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"No need." Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "As soon as our clear telegram is sent, the whole of China will know about it."
"That's right." Wang Dehou smiled, "Look at me, I'm so happy that I forgot all about it."
Following Zhao Gang's order, news came down one by one that the new regiment's fighter jets had killed the new commander of the North China Front, General Naosaburo Okabe.
It didn't take long for the entire new regiment's marching team to become a little excited.
Soon, the entire marching team sang in unison.
"March of the Volunteers", "Eighth Route Army Song", "New Regiment Song (Soul of the Chinese Army)"...