In Taiyuan, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army.
Commander Yoshio Shinozuka is reporting to Miyano Michichi on the cage policy implemented in Shanxi.
It was for this purpose that Miyano Michichi came to inspect and inspect the implementation of the First Army's policies on behalf of the North China Front Commander Tada Shun.
The Chief of Staff of the First Army, Kusuyama Hideyoshi and Yamamoto Kazuki, accompanied him.
After Yoshio Shinozuka finished speaking, Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi took a thin pole and pointed at the map of Shanxi.
"General Miyano, our First Army has currently built a large number of railways, roads, strongholds and bunkers in the area under its jurisdiction according to the order of Commander Tada."
"And strictly follow the commander's deployment, and build a stronghold every 10 miles on the highway and every 5 miles on the railway."
"In plains and lake areas, the Chinese people were driven to dig new ditches and divide the Eighth Route Base Area into several small pieces."
"At present, the deployment of strongholds along Tongpu Road and Zhengtai Road has been basically completed, and the Baijin Railway is about to be completed."
"After the Baijin Railway is completed, we also plan to build the Linhan Railway to divide the two bandit areas of Taihang and Taiyue on the Eighth Route into four areas to facilitate division and encirclement."
Miyano Michichi nodded while tasting Biluochun: "I took the train from Tongpu Road, and it was true that I was not attacked by the Eighth Route guerrillas. This shows that the defensive deployment of General Shinozuka and Kusuzan-kun has achieved great results. I will tell Tada The commander reported."
Yoshio Shinozuka said calmly: "This is all due to Commander Tada's clever cage policy. I am just executing the order."
Miyano Michichi looked at the Yuliao Highway that goes deep into the hinterland of the Taihang base area.
"General Shinozuka, the imperial army has lost control of the Yuliao Highway. What are you going to do?"
The road from Yangquan to Yushe via Pingding, Heshun, and Liao County was the road that the Japanese army penetrated the deepest into the Taihang base area.
The Japanese army attempted to extend the road to the southwest and connect it with the Baijin Railway via Wuxiang in order to divide the Dahang District and flexibly mobilize the forces of the Zhengtai and Baijin lines.
Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka will never give up control of this highway.
At the same time, Shinozuka Yoshio knew very well that the Eighth Route Army would never let it go, so he dispatched a large number of troops overnight to destroy the strongholds and gun towers on the Yuliao Highway.
"I plan to build reinforced concrete strongholds, gun towers and bunkers on this road."
"In this way, we can regain control of the Yuliao Highway and firmly control it."
As Yoshio Shinozuka said this, he clenched his fists.
"When the Linhan Railway is completed, the highway from Yushe to Wuxiang and then to the Baijin Railway will also be successfully opened."
"At that time, our troops will be able to enter and exit the Eighth Route Base Area at will along roads and railways."
"Our troops, armored vehicles, artillery and military supplies can be continuously transported to southeastern Shanxi via railways and roads."
"Use this to attack and sweep the Taihang and Taiyue bandit base areas from inside and outside. It won't take long..."
Shinozuka Yoshio was talking enthusiastically, but Yamamoto Kazuki couldn't listen anymore.
"With all due respect, General, this is just wishful thinking on your part."
"I think the so-called cage policy cannot trap the Eighth Route Army and their base areas at all."
Yamamoto Kazuki's tone was cold and he interrupted Shinozuka Yoshio's words without mercy.
Although this was very offensive, Yamamoto had to say it for the benefit of the entire Japanese Empire.
Yoshio Shinozuka's speech came to an abrupt end, and he was a little stunned.
"Baga, Yamamoto-kun, do you know what you are talking about?" Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi scolded.
Kusuyama Hideyoshi had long disliked Yamamoto Kazuki. This guy looked down upon everyone except Shinozuka Yoshio.
Relying on Shinozuka Yoshio's favor, Yamamoto Kazuki contradicted him many times in meetings, making it impossible for him to get off the stage.
This time he actually contradicted Commander Shinozuka in front of Major General Miyamoto, and Kusuyama Hideyoshi couldn't bear it.
Miyamoto Michio's expression was somewhat sulky. He, the chief of staff of the North China Front, also had many suggestions for the cage policy proposed by Jun Tada. When Yamamoto Kazuki said this, he was completely saying that the cages built by spending a lot of financial and material resources and deploying a large number of troops were rubbish. He pointed at the noses of Miyano Michichi and Tada Shun and said that you are rubbish.
"I'm sorry, General!" Yamamoto Kazuki paused.
Yamamoto Kazuki and his special agent team participated in the Battle of Nomonkan. After that, no other general wanted him. Only Shinozuka Yoshio took Yamamoto and his special agent team in and was very interested in his special operations. As the saying goes A thousand-mile horse is always good, but not always a good guy. Yamamoto still respects Yoshio Shinozuka very much.
Seeing Yamamoto Kazuki's apology, Shinozuka Yoshio did not pursue it. He was afraid that this guy would offend Major General Miyamoto again, so he waved his hand and said: "It's okay, Yamamoto-kun, please step aside first."
"Hi!" Yamamoto Kazuki paused and prepared to walk out.
"Wait a minute." Miyano Michichi stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Yamamoto-kun, please share your opinion on our North China Front's recent battle in North China."
As soon as the cage policy was implemented, the North China Front Army Headquarters unanimously believed that under such a tight blockade, the Eighth Route Base Area, which was short of supplies, would show weakness. However, the fact is exactly the opposite. Judging from feedback from various places, enemies are attacking everywhere. And the resistance is getting fiercer.
Miyano Michichi really wanted to know, what went wrong?
Yamamoto Kazuki turned around and said:
"With all due respect, General!"
"The biggest problem, or the biggest flaw, of the cage policy is that the defense is insufficient and the offense is insufficient."
“In the past, the attacking troops of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Associated Army entered the so-called base areas for mopping up, and the Eighth Route Army that could still pursue them fled everywhere. They were forced to abandon their base areas, break up into pieces and escape, and then return to the base area after the Imperial Army had left the Eighth Route Army. "
"With the current cage policy, the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army have dispersed most of their forces into thousands of strongholds and gun towers, greatly dispersing their superior forces."
"In this way, while the Eighth Route Army can gain a breathing space in the base area, it can also frequently attack weak defense points."
"Although the scale of each battle is small and can be ignored, it can add up to a lot and water can form a sea."
Miyano Michichi said: "Yamamoto-kun, you said that the troops are dispersed. This is a fact that cannot be denied. However, as long as the prison cage is stable, troops can be mobilized from various places and concentrated to carry out a dragnet-style division and sweep. The Eighth Route Army will have no way to escape." , then the public security in North China will be completely eliminated." Bayi Chinese Network
"The crux of the matter is." Yamamoto Kazuki said in a deep voice, "The deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army is known for his tough character. He will never sit back and wait for death, watching the cage being formed and the attack on the Yuliao Highway. It’s just the beginning, there should be bigger actions by the Eighth Route Army in the future.”
"So how do you think Yamamoto-kun should break the situation?" Miyano Michichi asked with an expression on his face.
"It is not difficult to break the situation. Our North China Front Army only needs to innovate its tactics, form a large number of elite small units, equipped with sophisticated weapons, and then go deep into the hinterland of the bandit area, and the aviation force will cooperate to carry out beheading operations against the command structures above the Eighth Route regiment level..." Yamamoto Kazuchi Mu said.
"Yamamoto-kun." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said sarcastically, "You are promoting so-called special operations again."
"Looking at modern wars, which battle determines the outcome is not fought by large corps?"
"The special operations of small commandos are nothing more than trivial skills."
Yamamoto Kazuki glanced at Kusuyama Hideyoshi. He didn't even bother to refute such an officer with a rigid mind and corrupt ideas.
Miyano Michichi also nodded and said: "With the current strength of the Eighth Route Army, it can at most launch a small-scale battle like the Yuliao Highway. It is impossible to completely destroy the prison cage."
Just when Yoshio Shinozuka also wanted to express his opinion.
"Your Excellency, General!" Communications Staff Officer Toshimatsu Kasai walked in, holding a telegram in his hand.
"The Fourth Brigade reported that strongholds and gun towers around Liao County were attacked by eight groups. Within one day, 4 strongholds and 19 gun towers were destroyed."
"Major Takeo Honda, who was stationed in Liao County, led his troops to reinforce, but was defeated by the Eighth Route Army. Takeo Honda requested reinforcements!"
"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka said in a somewhat unbelievable tone, "How many imperial troops were lost?"
After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Give me the telegram."
Seeing this, Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned on the spot.
The telegram said: This morning, the strongholds and artillery towers around Liao County were attacked by the Eighth Route Army. Within one day, 4 strongholds and 19 artillery towers were destroyed. The other party dispatched a regiment of troops with extremely powerful firepower. It was suspected that the Eighth Route Army was the most powerful. The elite new regiment of the 386th Brigade, Honda Takeo personally led more than 400 imperial soldiers and more than 400 imperial auxiliary troops to reinforce. In the end, only more than 100 imperial soldiers and dozens of imperial soldiers returned to the county.
Takeo Honda guessed that the Eighth Route Army would launch a large-scale armed attack on the city next, and specifically requested tactical guidance from the Fourth Brigade and Taiyuan Headquarters.
In the telegram, Takeo Honda did not dare to mention that 4 infantry guns and 4 mortars were captured by the Eighth Route Army. If the brigade commander and Yoshio Shinozuka knew about it, Takeo Honda would be dismissed from his post, or ordered to commit seppuku. Apologize.
"New group, Li Yunlong?" Yoshio Shinozuka said in a gloomy tone.
"Who is Li Yunlong?" Miyano Michichi looked slightly moved and asked, "There seems to be no such person among the senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army."
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "This person is the commander of the New 1st Regiment of the 386th Brigade. Honda Tazo believes that the initiator of this attack on the strongholds and gun towers around Liao County is the New 1st Regiment."
"He's just a captain." Miyano said with a wave of his hand. "Nothing to fear."
"Miyano-kun, don't underestimate Li Yunlong." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Colonel Sakata died in the hands of Li Yunlong. This man also used the strength of the reinforced battalion to eat up two full squadrons of the Kwantung Army. Okazaki Li Yunlong was also responsible for all the jade smashing of the brigade, as well as the jade smashing of the Black Island Cavalry Regiment. Li Yunlong's new regiment also participated in it. Li Yunlong led his troops to capture the county seat of Qixian County."
"Yamamoto-kun was also defeated by Li Yunlong." Kusuyama Hideyoshi added.
Yamamoto Kazuki: "???"
"Huh?" Miyano Michichi narrowed his eyes and said, "There is actually such a brave and skilled person in the Eighth Route Army? Shinozuka-kun, do you have detailed information about this person?"
"Not yet." Yoshio Shinozuka said awkwardly, "Li Yunlong has a lower position, and my intelligence department has not yet collected detailed information about this person."
"Okay then." Miyano Michichi said, "When I return to the headquarters, I will order the intelligence department of the North China Front to do their best to collect intelligence on Li Yunlong."
Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Thank you very much Miyano-kun."
As for what Kazuki Yamamoto said, that the Eighth Route Army was likely to take greater action, neither Shinozuka Yoshio nor Miyano Michichi took it to heart.
In the final analysis, the New Regiment was only the most elite unit of the Eighth Route Army that achieved this result, and the other Eighth Route Army units were not worth mentioning.
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he meets someone he knows, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.
To this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possessing the memory of a previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
There is almost no way to cleanse away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division.
