Yoshio Shinozuka waited in agony for more than an hour.
I wonder what happened to the 225th Regiment?
Arriving at the communications room next door, Yoshio Shinozuka found communications staff officer Toshimatsu Kasai and asked, "Kasai-kun, is there any news from the 225th Regiment?"
"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu hurriedly paused, "I haven't reported to the general yet!"
"Baga!" Yoshio Shinozuka said angrily, "How long has it been since the commander-in-chief Wuji requested tactical guidance?"
Toshimatsu Kasai raised his hand and looked at his wrist watch, and said: "The last communication from the 225th Wing was at 3:22 a.m., and now it is 4:43 a.m., and now almost one and a half hours have passed. !”
"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, "It's been almost an hour and a half?"
"Yes!" Kasai Toshimatsu said immediately, "At 3:22 in the morning, the communication team of the 225th Regiment suddenly sent an urgent message to the 37th Division and the headquarters requesting tactical guidance. They were attacked by the Eighth Route Army in Moshiwa. Due to the large-scale artillery attack, the 225th Regiment prepared to turn towards Heshun County and requested the headquarters to order the Heshun County garrison to respond."
"It's possible that the 225th Regiment was on its way to Heshun County and didn't turn on the radio!"
"The Heshun defenders have called. They have sent more than 400 imperial soldiers to Moshiwa for support. News should be sent back to the headquarters soon!"
"Yoshi..." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, "Continue to call the 225th Regiment. I don't believe it. The 225th Regiment was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu paused quickly.
After saying that, Yoshio Shinozuka returned to the combat hall next door.
Upon seeing this, Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi came over and asked worriedly: "Your Excellency, Commander, is there no news about the 225th Regiment yet?"
"There is no news yet." Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, "Heshun County Imperial Soldiers have gone to receive support, and there should be news soon."
"General, there is no need to worry too much." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "The Eighth Route 129th Division has not yet eaten up the strength of the 225th Regiment. At most, the 225th Regiment will be driven back to Heshun County."
Although Kusuyama Hideyoshi said this, Shinozuka Yoshio's worry decreased instead of increasing.
They were just afraid that the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army would play a trick of encircling a certain point for reinforcements and deliberately attack Liao County and Yushe County. In fact, they secretly assembled the main force to besiege the 225th Regiment.
After all, judging from the exposed strength of the 8th Route 129th Division in the Battle of Zhengtai, the strength of the 8th Route 129th Division was at least close to 30 regiments.
In addition to receiving external assistance, all the food, weapons and ammunition in Yangquan and Shouyang also fell into the hands of the Eighth Route 129th Division. The combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route 129th Division has been greatly enhanced.
Moreover, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army also has Li Yunlong, a brave and skilled general.
Judging from the performance of the confrontation with the 4th Brigade Headquarters troops at the Lion Rock in Yangquan, the on-paper combat effectiveness displayed by Li Yunlong's troops was probably not weaker than that of the Japanese elite regiment.
Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, not wanting to be in a better mood. After thinking deeply, he suddenly became less calm and felt more and more that the 225th Regiment was dangerous.
At this moment, Kasai Toshimatsu looked ugly, holding a telegram and hurried into the war room.
When he came to Yoshio Shinozuka, he said: "General, there is news about the 225th Regiment. Major Shigeyoshi Inoue of the 4th Brigade in Heshun needs an urgent call!"
"Oh?" Shinozuka Yoshio looked shocked and turned to look at Kasai Toshiatsu, but when he saw the ugly expression on his face, his heart sank suddenly.
"read!"
"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu picked up the telegram and read, "The 225th Regiment's camp in Moshiwa was severely shelled by two artillery regiments of the Eighth Route Army around 3:20 in the morning. It suffered heavy losses and was attacked by 2,000 During the siege of Yu Balu Road, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was very fierce, and the 225th Regiment Headquarters was also bombarded. Colonel Takeji and Lieutenant Colonel Toyoji Iwasaki were killed on the spot!"
"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned for a moment, "What did you say?"
Although he had vaguely guessed this result in his heart, Kasai Toshimatsu's report still made Shinozuka Yoshio unbelievable.
Next to him, Kusuyama Hideyoshi and all the combat staff all looked at him in disbelief and shock.
Even the captain and adjutant of the 225th Regiment are in pieces. The 225th Regiment, which has lost its command system, may not be much better.
Kusuyama Hideyoshi asked in a deep voice: "How many soldiers transferred to Heshun County? Is the regiment flag lost?"
Kasai Toshimatsu said: "I personally spoke to Major Shigeyoshi Inoue using the radio."
"According to what he said, the Eighth Route Army pursued and fought fiercely all the way. When they reached the 225th Wing, there were only more than 200 people left."
"The flag of the 225th Wing was brought out safely."
"As long as the alliance flag is brought out." Kusuyama Hideyoshi breathed a sigh of relief.
The regiment flag is the most important flag of the Japanese army. Each regiment flag is protected by a squadron. Many Japanese soldiers believe that this flag is even more important than their lives.
Japan's alliance flags are all awarded by the Emperor of Japan personally. Each alliance's flag is unique and therefore extremely precious.
In the Japanese army, the regiment flag only exists in the establishment of the unit. If the regiment flag is not present, then the establishment of the unit will not exist.
The captain of the alliance can die, but the alliance flag can still be lost.
When a Japanese army is about to be wiped out, the Japanese army will perform a "burning" ceremony and burn the regiment flag.
Therefore, no regimental flag was ever captured during World War II.
Even Li Yunlong completely wiped out the Black Island Cavalry Regiment and failed to capture the regiment flag.
After a pause, Kusuyama Hideyoshi continued: "As long as the flag of the 225th Regiment is still there, you can apply to replenish troops from the mainland and reorganize the 225th Regiment."
Yoshio Shinozuka's cheeks twitched and his voice was hoarse: "But we lost Colonel Wuji and more than 3,000 imperial warriors."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi also said: "If something happens to the 225th Regiment rushing to the rescue, then the warriors in Yushe County and Liaoxian County will definitely not be able to survive."
"Baga!" Yoshio Shinozuka said angrily, "This revenge must be avenged!"
"Your Majesty Commander, now is not the time to take action against the Eighth Route Army."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi was startled by Shinozuka Yoshio's words and angry expression, fearing that Shinozuka Yoshio would become angry and make some irrational decision.
"Although the Eighth Route Army's expansion speed is astonishing, its destructive power is also stronger than other Chinese armies. They have even taken advantage of them in these few battles."
"However, it is not a good thing for the Eighth Route Army to expand so quickly."
"Although there is some external support, it is just a drop in the bucket."
"The more the troops expand, the greater the cost of launching a campaign. It won't be long before the Eighth Route Army will fall into a weak period with supply difficulties."
"Moreover, the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack the imperial army before they were fully fledged this time, exposing their cards in advance. This is a taboo in the game of cards."
"I believe that the base camp has begun to pay attention to these mud-legged people hiding in the ravines, and it will not be long before more troops are sent to North China."
"By the time…"
After finishing speaking, Kusuyama Hideyoshi's eyes flashed sharply.
Hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief, his tone filled with murderous intent: "Just let these mud-legged people dance around for a few more days."
After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka asked: "How is the construction of the airport going?"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "At present, the reconstruction of the runway of Xincheng Airport has been completed, but facilities such as towers, aircraft shelters, arsenals, oil depots, and dormitories are still under construction."
"In addition, the Wusu Airport in the south of the city will be completed in about half a month."
After the First Army's aircraft were completely lost, Yoshio Shinozuka planned to reorganize the First Army's flying team.
Learning from the shelling of Xincheng Airport, he was not going to put all his eggs in one basket this time, so he ordered the construction of Wusu Airport outside the south of the city.
He also ordered the construction of aircraft nests to hide aircraft. The aircraft nests were all constructed of reinforced concrete and must be able to withstand the power of 75mm mountain field guns to be considered qualified.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery can only destroy the runway at most, but cannot damage the aircraft.
"Yoshi!" Shinozuka Yoshio said, "order to speed up the construction of the airport. Both airports must be completed within half a month."
"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi said.
Yoshio Shinozuka said in a stern tone: "Although the Imperial Army has suffered a loss, when the Imperial Army adjusts, it will definitely conduct an unprecedented sweep of the Eighth Route Bandit Area."
"Your Excellency, Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I have a mature idea about raiding the Eighth Route Bandit Area."
"Oh?" Yoshio Shinozuka looked moved and asked, "Kusuyama-kun, what's the best plan?"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "I have carefully studied the Imperial Army's encircling sweeps of the Eighth Route Army. Every time the Eighth Route Army faced a sweep by the Imperial Army, the Eighth Route Army's response was almost to break into pieces and run away. Although the Imperial Army was able to eliminate some sporadic Eighth Route Army , but it has never been possible to truly eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"Yes, the Eighth Route Army's tactics are flexible, cunning and ferocious." Yoshio Shinozuka sighed, "Their main force did not fight head-on with the Imperial Army at all, so the Imperial Army never found a chance to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi's eyes were deep: "Since the main force of the Eighth Route Army avoids fighting, we can use tricks to force them to fight the imperial army."
"When the next raid against the Eighth Route Army is launched, our imperial army will secretly move to the outskirts of the Eighth Route Bandit Area, and first send an advance force into the Eighth Route Bandit Area to burn, kill, and loot."
"Then the Eighth Route Army will definitely send its main force to besiege this advance force."
"At this time, our mopping up troops quickly moved closer to the advance troops from all directions and besieged the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"In this way, even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army does not want to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army, they will not be able to do so."
Yoshio Shinozuka figured out the key after just a moment of thought.
The advance troops entered the Eighth Route bandit area and burned, killed and looted. If the Eighth Route Army did not concentrate their forces, they would destroy this Japanese army that penetrated deep into the Eighth Route Army's hinterland.
Then not only the morale of the Eighth Route Army will be affected, but the people in the base areas will also lose trust in the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army can establish a strong base area entirely due to the support of the people. Once there is a crisis of trust between the people and the Eighth Route Army, it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army to gain a foothold.
This is called conspiracy.
"Kusuyama-kun's plan is very clever." Yoshio Shinozuka praised, "If the plan is implemented, it will force the main force of the Eighth Route Army to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Imperial Army, and then we will be able to complete our work in one battle."
"Your Excellency, Commander, is very complimentary." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I call it the central blooming tactic."
