Taiyuan First Army Headquarters
"General, here's the damage report for this week."
Moriyama Otani handed the loss report of intelligence warfare and espionage warfare that he had just calculated to Shinozuka Yoshio.
Yoshio Shinozuka saw Moriyama Otani looking unhappy, and he expected that the loss would be considerable.
After taking a look at the damage report, Yoshio Shinozuka could not help but feel pain in his brows.
The number of agents lost in this week has exceeded the loss in the entire last month, which is simply a huge amount.
"General, it seems that intelligence warfare and spy warfare are no longer effective." Moriyama Otani said, "The experts of the 18th Group Army are very good at counterintelligence warfare and counterespionage warfare. This time we lost a large number of outstanding agents. , mainly because he fell into a trap again, our people are no match for him at all."
Why did Otani Moriyama say the word "again"?
It's because the Japanese intelligence agents are very careful and vigilant every time.
But every time I still get hit as always.
The Eighteenth Group Army mixed true and false clues together, which made it really difficult to distinguish between true and false and impossible to guard against.
"Have the blockade measures on the mountain side been strengthened?" Yoshio Shinozuka calmed himself down.
The agents have suffered so much loss that losing their temper will not solve the problem.
"It has been strengthened, but..." Moriyama Otani hesitated to speak.
"But what?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked.
"I don't know whether I should say it or not." Moriyama Otani looked complicated.
"If there's anything you shouldn't say, tell me!" Yoshio Shinozuka said in a more serious tone. The enemy's situation has changed. Do you still want to hide it from me? !
"Recently, the stronghold we have set up on the other side of the mountain has been repeatedly attacked by small units of the 18th Group Army. The Imperial Army soldiers and the Imperial Alliance Army at the stronghold were brutally attacked," Moriyama Otani said.
"Isn't this normal?" said Yoshio Shinozuka, "The 18th Army has ambushed our stronghold many times. It happens basically every day."
"The main reason is that the losses between the enemy and ours are disproportionate." Moriyama Otani shook his head.
"What's the ratio?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked.
"I counted and found that a total of fourteen of our strongholds were attacked by small groups of the 18th Army. Our cumulative casualties exceeded one regiment, and the enemy did not leave even a hair behind..." Moriyama Otani didn't finish his words.
Snapped!
Yoshio Shinozuka slapped the table hard: "Baga, ridiculous, this is impossible!"
Doesn’t this mean that one thousand is more than zero? This is simply nonsense!
When did Tubalu become so powerful?
Moriyama Otani continued: "Originally, I didn't believe it, but I confirmed again and again that it was true. Of course, it is not ruled out that the enemy also suffered casualties, but they must be very few. They took away the casualties, so we cannot get specific information. Numbers. What is even more unbelievable is that the small team of the 18th Army took over the stronghold without even using artillery. This is simply..."
Upon hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka slapped the table again: "Baga, are you kidding me! Our stronghold has bunkers, gun towers, barbed wire fences, trenches, and even military dogs to help guard. With such strict precautions, those farmers in China didn’t even use artillery and took it down with zero casualties. Don’t you think this is an insult to our First Army!”
A small group of enemies took over a heavily defended stronghold without even using artillery. When did the Chinese become so powerful!
If they were so powerful, would the empire's army still occupy a large area of their land?
I'm afraid that the empire's army may not even be able to open their country's gate!
Faced with Yoshio Shinozuka's scolding, Moriyama Otani bit the bullet and continued: "General, I know you will be furious, but I still have to say it. I found that their small tactics are a bit like Yamamoto Kazuki Osa's special operations …”
As Otani Moriyama expected, when he mentioned the words "special operations", he immediately touched the most fragile nerve deep in Shinozuka Yoshio's heart.
Shinozuka Yoshio immediately yelled like a dog whose tail was stepped on: "Baga, shut up. Three divisions of our empire were ruined at the hands of Yamamoto Kazuki's special operations forces. Now you are talking to me about China." A group of farmers are using special operations against us!!!!”
"General, I admit that our three divisions were ruined in the hands of Colonel Yamamoto. We made certain strategic mistakes here, but I think it is unwise to completely deny Kazuki Yamamoto's special operations. At least, this special operations is In the hands of the Chinese, its value is terrifying..." Moriyama Otani did not finish his words.
Snapped!
Yoshio Shinozuka slapped him again.
This time, the slap did not hit the table, but slapped Moriyama Otani on the face.
Moriyama Otani's face immediately showed a few finger marks, and he was a little confused.
Yoshio Shinozuka cursed: "You are not allowed to mention Yamamoto Kazuki or special operations in front of me again! The Chinese people can attack our stronghold with a small group of enemies. It must be their upgraded guerrilla tactics. That is theirs." Guerrilla tactics are not special operations at all! Special operations are harmful to people, do you understand?"
Moriyama Otani's head was buzzing, and he could understand Yoshio Shinozuka's mood.
In the past, Kazuki Yamamoto returned from studying in country D and brought back special operations.
Kazuki Yamamoto looked for people to lobby for his special operations, but no imperial officers supported him.
Finally, Kazuki Yamamoto persuaded Yoshio Shinozuka.
Yoshio Shinozuka suppressed public opinion as the commander of the First Army and proved to most imperial officers that Yamamoto Kazuki's special operations must have strategic value.
However, Yamamoto Kazuki's special operations not only failed to give Yoshio Shinozuka a chance, but misled him, causing the three divisions of the empire to fall into an abyss.
Special operations became the laughing stock of the First Army and became a taboo for Yoshio Shinozuka.
Now, the Chinese used Yamamoto Kazuki's special operations, and Moriyama Otani had to retaliate. He knew clearly that it would touch the nerves of Shinozuka Yoshio, and he had to retaliate.
This retribution was equivalent to opening Shinozuka Yoshio's scars again, how could he not be outraged.
"Hai, General." Moriyama Otani responded and said no more to Shinozuka Yoshio.
There were still words in Moriyama Otani's heart that he had not spoken out.
That is, the Chinese people suddenly know Yamamoto Kazuki's special operations, which is a bad sign.
Maybe, we should check where the Chinese got their special operations.
After all, this is something that Chinese people know, but Chinese people don't.
If no one teaches the Chinese people, it will definitely not be justified.
So who taught it? Yamamoto Kazuki is a serious suspect!
Perhaps, Yamamoto Kazuki is not dead at all, and is currently a guest inside the 18th Army, enjoying the treatment of a distinguished guest.
It should be checked carefully.
But Yoshio Shinozuka is angry now, and Otani Moriyama can only look for opportunities later.
After all, the biggest task of the First Army now is to find the strategic master of the 18th Army.
There are simply not enough manpower to investigate Yamamoto Kazuki.
"Get lost!" Yoshio Shinozuka was in a bad mood, waving his hands like flying flies, driving Moriyama Otani away.
After taking a few deep breaths to calm down, Yoshio Shinozuka tried his best to stabilize his emotions and no longer worry about that idiot Yamamoto Kazuki.
A small Chinese force was able to secure more than a dozen strongholds in a row. This was definitely not a special operation!
Absolutely not!
Picking up the microphone on the table, Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Give me the commander of the village."
The call was connected, and Shinozuka Yoshio said to Okamura Jining: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have just received a new loss report. The agents you sent me have lost 80% of their losses this week... "
"Baga, 80%, Shinozuka, are you kidding me!" Okamura Jining's surprised voice came from the phone.
These are the best agents selected from the North China Expeditionary Army. Eighty percent of them are gone within a week. This is bullshit!
"Your Excellency, Commander, maybe we have to change our thinking." Yoshio Shinozuka said euphemistically, "It seems that intelligence warfare and spy warfare are no longer suitable. Maybe we have to reconsider the use of force to encircle and suppress the enemy."
"Last year's series of failures proved that the military encirclement and suppression was wrong," Gangmura Cining said.
"That's because we don't have enough planes." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "I summed up my experience. Although the strategists of the 18th Group Army are very clever, except for the battle of Wang'er Mountain, in fact, we all failed. It is avoidable. The biggest problem is that we do not have enough aircraft. If we have enough aircraft and can rescue the troops in time every time, then we will not fail at all."
"That's true." Tsune Okamura agreed with Yoshio Shinozuka's words.
To a certain extent, the support of the aviation force is one of the most important reasons why the empire's army is so powerful.
Without the reinforcement of the aviation force, the combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly reduced, and it will be difficult to turn around at critical moments on the battlefield.
"However, most of our army's resources have been used by those bastards in the navy to build big ships. We don't have enough aircraft at all now." Okamura Jining continued, "Even if the resources are given to us now, our It is impossible for the arsenal to produce a large number of aircraft in a short period of time."
"General, let's borrow it from the Kwantung Army." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "The Kwantung Army isn't going to war now anyway."
"The Kwantung Army is not fighting now, but they are ready to deal with the north at any time." Gangcun Cining said that the Kwantung Army has been plotting against the country in the north for a long time and is constantly making preparations.
The most elite army in the empire is also in the Kwantung Army.
Although last year's battle at Nomenkan failed, the Kwantung Army had to guard against an attack from the northern country even if it did not plot against the northern country.
Under such circumstances, it is not easy to borrow aircraft from the aviation force.
"General, it's definitely okay to borrow a little bit." Yoshio Shinozuka said euphemistically, "Now that our intelligence war and spy war have proven useless, we still have to return to force. We need the support of the aviation force. We need planes."
"I will continue to communicate with the Kwantung Army." Okamura Cining also knew that spy wars and intelligence wars were ineffective, and the only option was to return to military encirclement and suppression.
Without sufficient aircraft support, the First Army was definitely no match for the strategic master of the Eighteenth Group Army.
"Hai, Commander, I'm waiting for your good news." Yoshio Shinozuka and Jining Okamura ended the call.
Putting the microphone back on the stand, Shinozuka Yoshio's heavy heart became much lighter.
He knew that Commander Gangcun would definitely be able to borrow an airplane from the Kwantung Army.
When the plane is in place, I will personally encircle and suppress the 18th Army!
…
"Director, this is the 88 anti-aircraft artillery shell sample produced again according to your request." The technicians from the arsenal came to Wu Ze with the shell sample for the ninth time.
Wu Ze conducted a strict inspection of the cannonball samples as before.
Finally comes the test.
boom!
The sample shell exploded in the air, meeting Wu Ze's requirements.
"It's passed. According to this requirement, give me full production." Wu Ze said to the technician.
"Director, you are really qualified, don't you need to go through the process again?" When the technicians heard this, they were all overjoyed.
"Yes." Wu Ze nodded, "Everyone, you have worked hard."
"It's not hard work. These are shells that can hit Japanese planes. Even if we risk our lives, we won't feel hard at all!" The technicians were in high spirits. Everyone saw with their own eyes how hateful the Japanese planes were.
Now that we can produce artillery shells that can hit Japanese planes, this is the greatest motivation and gain.
"Director, these shells require much more raw materials than bullets." The technician said, "If we produce them at full capacity, I'm afraid the arsenal's raw materials won't last long."
"I will find a way to deal with the raw materials. You just have to go all out to produce." Wu Zedao.
"Yes." The technicians went happily.
Wu Ze also breathed a sigh of relief, finally getting rid of the 88 anti-aircraft artillery shells before Pu You was about to start a big fight.
"Xiao Wu, the Chief of General Staff is here." At this time, someone came over to report to Wu Ze.
When Wu Ze heard this, he quickly went to greet him.
"Chief of General Staff, why are you here? Is there some urgent military situation?" Wu Ze poured water for the Chief of General Staff.
"Xiao Wu, seeing that you have made the arsenal so impressive, the deputy commander-in-chief and I really want to thank you. You have made important contributions to our army," said the chief of general staff.
"Chief of the General Staff, I am also Chinese, and this is all my responsibility." Wu Ze said modestly.
"What's going on? How's the 88 anti-aircraft gun doing?" The chief of general staff stopped talking and went straight to the point.
"We just completed the artillery shells today, and the arsenal can produce them at full capacity," Wu Ze replied.
"What about assembling the 88 anti-aircraft gun?" The chief of general staff was a little surprised when he heard this.
On the surface, Wu Ze was able to handle the 88 anti-aircraft gun shells, but the significance was not limited to this.
If Wu Ze can produce 88 anti-aircraft artillery shells, then he can certainly produce other types of artillery shells.
In other words, if the Eighth Route Army team captures cannons in the future, they don’t have to worry about the cannons running out of ammunition.
"This will have to wait a while," Wu Ze said. "We still need some precision machine production parts. Pu You hasn't started to do anything at the Taiyuan Arsenal yet."
"Xiao Wu, Pu You didn't make a big move, can you think of a way to urge Pu You and let him make a big move in advance?" said the chief of general staff, "Or, you can use other methods to get the precision machinery back. "
"Chief of General Staff, has there been an important change in the enemy's situation?" Wu Ze asked.
"I have received information. Yoshio Shinozuka was on the phone with Okamura Jining. Yoshio Shinozuka plans to retaliate against us with force. Yoshio Shinozuka asked Jining Okamura to borrow a plane from the Kwantung Army." Chief of General Staff With a solemn expression, he said, "Your several plans were all failed by the little devil's plane rescue. This time, if they have enough planes, and our army does not have air defense weapons to contain the planes, I am afraid it will be difficult to face the enemy."
"That's it." Upon hearing this, Wu Ze nodded slightly, "That's okay, I'll urge Puyou in advance."
No wonder the Chief of General Staff came over in person, the situation was really bad.
"I have found out all the information about the five Zhang Jijun people, including the whereabouts of their families." The chief of general staff said, "When do you think it is better to take over their families."
"It's definitely not appropriate now." Wu Zedao, "Let's wait until our 88 anti-aircraft artillery becomes combat effective."
The Chief of General Staff had just made up the illusion that Zhang Jijun and others had "fallen into the hands of the enemy", and then he took the other party's family over. Chiang Kai-shek must be suspicious.
"okay."
