In just a few hours, bad news came one after another, which made Yoshio Shinozuka very uncomfortable.
"What does the intelligence say?"
The communication Japanese soldier read: "Your Excellency General, I am Kazuki Yamamoto. I have now arrived in Ping'an County. This time, the special agent team attacked the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. I was the only one who managed to escape.
I knew that I had no face to face the general again, and I wanted to commit suicide and apologize to the emperor and the general, but I didn't want to admit defeat. Even if I died, I would drag the sinking spring into trouble. "
"I can lose, and so can the special agent team, but Shen Quan must die!"
This was a telegram sent by Kazuki Yamamoto himself.
After listening to Yamamoto Kazuki's content, the communication room was completely silent.
The atmosphere in the already depressing communication room was even more intense at this moment. No one except Yoshio Shinozuka dared to make a sound.
After Yamamoto Kazuki narrowly escaped from Lannigou, he ran to Ping'an County alone and used the communication equipment of Ping'an County to get in touch with Yoshio Shinozuka.
Originally, Yamamoto Kazuki was thinking of committing suicide by committing seppuku, but thinking that Shen Quan, who had harmed himself to this point, was still alive, he had to give up the idea of committing suicide for the time being.
According to his idea, he can lose this war or die, but he must let Shen Quan be buried with him.
After leaning a little, Yoshio Shinozuka came back to his senses and said: "Call Yamamoto Kazuki back and tell him not to act rashly and find a way to return to the headquarters immediately."
"Hai!" The communications soldier quickly telegraphed back to Kazuki Yamamoto.
After Yoshio Shinozuka finished speaking, the scene once again returned to a stagnant calm.
After being silent for a long time, Yoshio Shinozuka slowly turned around, took a valuable antique vase, and smashed it on the ground.
boom!
There was a smashing sound, and the vase was smashed into a pile of broken porcelain pieces.
Silent anger!
At this moment, Yoshio Shinozuka felt an indescribable anger and powerlessness in his heart.
"Baga, it's another hateful group!" Shinozuka Yoshio's veins popped out and he roared: "As long as I am the commander-in-chief of North China, I will cut Shenquan into pieces with a thousand swords to avenge the dead imperial warriors. .”
"Even if the war fails, I will take him to be buried with him!"
For several consecutive months, it can be said that the entire Japanese army in North China was restrained by Shenquan's new regiment. The successive losses of troops, the deaths of major generals and lieutenant generals, and all these failures made Yoshio Shinozuka feel depressed. Extremely bad.
As the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in North China, Yoshio Shinozuka is no longer as calm as before, like an impulsive young man.
He can accept failure, but he cannot accept losing to Shen Quan all the time.
Although he has lost faith in Yamamoto Kazuki, he was Yoshio Shinozuka's most proud subordinate after all, and Yoshio Shinozuka still cherishes his past friendship.
So when he learned that Kazuki Yamamoto was still alive, Yoshio Shinozuka found a glimmer of hope in despair.
What he didn't know was that if Yamamoto Kazuki had retreated two minutes later, he would have become a corpse by now.
It can be said that the Yamamoto Special Agent Team was a mythical team built with the long-term efforts of Yoshio Shinozuka and millions of military expenditures. It was actually easily defeated by an ordinary regiment-level combat unit in the Eighth Route Army. Only then This is where Yoshio Shinozuka feels truly angry and desperate.
After getting angry, Yoshio Shinozuka slowly calmed down and suddenly remembered an important detail.
This combat operation was a top-secret operation, and only a few people knew the details of the operation. The New Regiment successfully ambushed them, and they must have obtained accurate information.
This can only mean that there is a traitor within the Japanese army.
Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka's heart immediately rose to his throat, and he subconsciously glanced at Chief of Staff Miyamoto, who had been standing next to him, with extremely complicated eyes.
"Miyamoto-kun, this combat operation is classified as top secret, and only a few people know the details.
However, the New Regiment seemed to know our deployment in advance and accurately ambushed us, so I can conclude that there must be an undercover agent of the New Regiment within us. "
"This undercover agent told Shen Quan the details of our operation, which caused us heavy losses!"
At this moment, Miyamoto had not noticed the complicated look in Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes, and just nodded in agreement.
Seeing Miyamoto's unusual movements, Shinozuka Yoshio became even more suspicious of Miyamoto.
Yoshio Shinozuka, the chief of staff, had stayed in Daxia for thirteen years and knew China well. He had been the president of the Chamber of Commerce in China before the war started, and he had a different feeling for this land.
Since the beginning of the war, Miyamoto was ordered to join the army, and along the way he became chief of staff of the Japanese Army Headquarters in North China, winning the trust of Yoshio Shinozuka.
"General, I think what you said is reasonable. I suggest that we conduct an internal investigation first." Miyamoto suggested.
"Okay, let Miyamoto-kun handle this matter personally. Everyone who knows about this matter must be investigated one by one, including relevant personnel who have contact with all members of the observation group."
"In short, the undercover must be caught at all costs, otherwise it will cause heavy losses to my next actions."
"Hai!" Miyamoto responded.
In addition to solving internal hidden dangers, investigating undercover agents also plays a more critical role.
Just to take the blame for the failure of this mission.
After all, so many people died, Yoshio Shinozuka had to give Okamura a reasonable explanation, otherwise he would not be able to keep his position.
Without the commander's position, Yoshio Shinozuka could not continue to deal with the new group, and he could not kill Shenquan with his own hands.
There was an undercover insider leaking secrets, which naturally became the most suitable excuse.
But in fact, there is no such thing as an undercover agent.
The reason why Shen Quan knew the Japanese's plan was entirely because he was a time traveler and had an absolute God's perspective.
In the next few days, the Japanese actually began to investigate the undercover agents one by one, and some people related to the case were shot on the spot by Yoshio Shinozuka.
All this is just an explanation from Okamura Neji, but this is all a story for another day.
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Qingyang Town.
In order to celebrate the victory of the Huting stronghold, the New Regiment held a grand celebration ceremony.
In addition to eating and drinking, Shen Quan also spent a lot of money to make a batch of military medals exclusive to the new regiment, and at the same time gave material rewards to soldiers who performed well in the battle.
Meritorious service must be rewarded. Only in this way can the combat effectiveness of the soldiers be continuously stimulated.
After awarding military medals and prizes to relevant soldiers, Shen Quan stood on the stage and said: "This great victory at Huting stronghold cannot be achieved without the support of all brothers. I, Shen Quan, would like to thank you all!"
"Today, taking this opportunity, I have something else to tell you..."
"This hard-won victory was earned with the blood of our dead brothers. We must remember their names and keep their heroic souls alive forever!"
