As an actual combat force, Okazaki's military quality is naturally not bad.
After carefully looking at the map, I can naturally analyze Shinozuka's combat intentions.
It's still a "cage plan"!
It's just that the current "cage plan" has begun to take shape, and the pace of pressing has pushed the Eighth Route Army in western Shanxi to a dead end.
The reason why the Eighth Route Army has not collapsed until now is because the head of the Eighth Route Army has a certain command and can always anticipate the enemy's strategic deployment and take the lead every step of the way.
"General Shinozuka's deployment is very thorough. With such a cage, the Eighth Route Army may have trouble flying!" Okazaki first said a flattering word after looking at the map.
Shinozuka shook his head, "I didn't bring you here to listen to your flattery. It's better to just say but. I believe Okazaki-kun will be able to see some omissions in my deployment."
Okazaki glanced at Yamamoto secretly.
Yamamoto returned a cryptic look, meaning, just say it.
With Yamamoto's look in his eyes, Okazaki lowered his voice and said, "General Shinozuka, that would be embarrassing for me."
Shinozuka stretched out his hand and signaled, please!
Then Okazaki stopped being polite, but picked up the lecture stick and pointed out several important deployments of the Eighth Route Army.
"Based on my many years of fighting experience with the Eighth Route Army, the troop deployments here...here...here...these places are all fake. They are probably guerrillas and mountain people in disguise. Their purpose is to drag down Contain our Xth Division so that it cannot act rashly!"
"Bah bang bang~" Yamamoto clapped his hands and said approvingly, "Okazaki-kun's analysis is correct. The three places you mentioned only have three regiments of the Eighth Route Army, and they are not fully staffed. The strength is about 3,500, but other armed forces are There are seven thousand to ten thousand people.”
Okazaki looked at Yamamoto and frowned, "So many, I mean irregular armed forces!"
"Yeah!" Yamamoto nodded, "The Eighth Route Army is developing its armed forces very quickly. They are like rats in the water channel. If one is not careful, they will breed in nests one after another, and in the blink of an eye they will become overrun!"
"But... they are developing so fast, can their logistics keep up?" Okazaki stared at Yamamoto and asked his doubts.
"Logistics? What's wrong with the Eighth Route Army? They are just relying on people to make a living." Although Yamamoto was disdainful on the surface, he still admired the logistics capabilities of the Eighth Route Army. After all, the productivity of combat troops is usually low.
"What about weapons? Can't these more than 10,000 people fight the locust army with just knives and forks?" Okazaki continued to ask.
"More or less, these non-main force troops have very few weapons, even knives and forks. Their biggest role is to hold back the main force of the Locust Army." Yamamoto said seriously.
The lecture stick in his hand shook a few times, and Okazaki continued to talk about several weak points in Shinozuka's arrangement.
After saying this, Okazaki looked at Yamamoto, then secretly glanced at Shinozuka, and then said slowly, "There is no problem with General Shinozuka's deployment, but the front is too long, especially the front line. Okazaki said and pointed with his stick, "Is it difficult for these troops to supply supplies?"
Having said this, Shinozuka sighed helplessly!
They are not fighting locally, so the logistical pressure is already great.
Just relying on looting to supplement it is just a drop in the bucket and cannot solve many substantive problems.
Except for the supplies of Category A troops, which could barely keep up, the other troops could not even maintain food and clothing.
Faced with such a situation, he could only try to maintain the status quo and wait for a suitable opportunity, an opportunity that could severely damage the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.
Okazaki's analysis just now was very good, and Shinozuka was very satisfied, so he looked at him expectantly and asked: "Does Okazaki-kun have any solution? I heard Yamamoto-kun say that you were at the Army Academy At that time, he was a top student in the top three in the land warfare theory class."
"This..." Okazaki was speechless. He was asked to tell him about the problem with Shinozuka's deployment. He could tell it.
However, when it comes to solving problems, he really can't do it because there are only so many chess pieces available.
If we really want to move, we will tear down the east wall to repair the west wall, press the gourd and lift the gourd!
Okazaki's performance disappointed Shinozuka because he couldn't come up with a good plan.
He shook his head helplessly again.
Looking at Okazaki who looked embarrassed, Yamamoto immediately came to the rescue and said, "In the face of such a situation, I'm going to pull out all the firepower!"
"Taking fire from the bottom of the cauldron?" After listening to Yamamoto's words, Okazaki seemed to have caught something. However, he was not the commander of the war zone and did not know much about the battle situation, but he knew that since Yamamoto had said it, he must have already had it in his heart. He came up with a mature plan, so he lowered his head and bowed, "Please give me some advice, Yamamoto-kun!"
Yamamoto didn't waste any time. He took the talking stick directly from Okazaki's hand and clicked on several red crosses on the map.
Seeing Yamamoto's actions, Yamazaki immediately understood, "What does Yamamoto Ozuo mean that we go back to the rear of the Eighth Route Army and attack their hospital?"
"Yes! Attacking the hospital is just to hunt rabbits. Our real target is their arsenal." Yamamoto turned around and said seriously.
After listening to Yamamoto's words, Okazaki immediately said excitedly: "Has Yamamoto-kun already found the location of their arsenal? As for the Eighth Route Army's large-scale arsenal, the staff only made guesses and never found the specific location."
Yamamoto smiled, "I don't know the specific location, but I can guess the approximate location is in this area!" As he said that, he drew a big oval on the map.
Seeing the big circle drawn by Yamamoto, Okazaki shivered in his heart and thought to himself, Yamamoto-kun, do you know how big the area can be if you just draw a circle?
This is not the mainland of Japan, but the hinterland of China. How many troops are needed to investigate so many areas?
"What? Okazaki-kun, do you think such an area is very big? Is it difficult to investigate?" Yamamoto put down his lecture stick and asked.
"This..." Okazaki thought for a moment and gave a conservative figure: "I'm afraid this cannot be completed without the strength of a division." Okazaki expressed his thoughts.
"One division? Do you want to fight a battle?" Yamamoto said with a smile, "There are only two brigades at most!"
"This... I'm afraid there will be some difficulties. This area is the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army. If you are not careful, you will be surrounded and annihilated."
"Encirclement and annihilation?" Yamamoto smiled, "Okazaki-kun, you think too much of the Eighth Route Army. Don't you remember what I just said? The Eighth Route Army doesn't have that many main forces. You want to encircle and annihilate a mobile warfare brigade... Haha Haha, I’m afraid they really can’t mobilize that many troops.”
Yamamoto's words made Okazaki instantly understand his intention!
