"Operational Plan A?"

Okamura Yasuji just glanced at the plan handed over by Yoshio Shinozuka, and put it on the big table without any intention of opening the plan to take a look.

Yoshio Shinozuka's expression immediately dimmed.

Sure enough, the General still finds it difficult to let go of this failure.

Okamura Niji rubbed his eyebrows and said tiredly: "Shinozuka, can I listen to your tactical concept first?"

"Hayi." Shinozuka Yoshio paused his head slightly and said, "The succession of the General, Yamazaki Brigade, the 4th Brigade, the Battlefield Observation Group and the 9th Brigade is enough to prove one thing."

"That's the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Bandit District, it's really extraordinary."

"If the original tactics are still adopted, they can only continue to grow bigger."

"So, the Imperial Army must mobilize heavy troops to block the outer periphery of Taihang bandit area first so that it cannot break through and leave."

"Then, we will concentrate the forces of 15 to 20 infantry brigades to form a network, and carry out a dragnet-style search on the Taihang bandit area. Once the main force of the Eighth Route Army is found, we will quickly concentrate our forces to completely destroy them."

Okamura Yasuji said: "Is 15 to 20 infantry brigades enough?"

"It should be enough." Shinozuka Yoshio replied, "Take Yamazaki Brigade as an example, on the premise of building fortifications in advance, even if it was surrounded by heavy troops of the Eighth Route Army, it would be enough to last for a long time."

"If a certain infantry brigade that pulled the net was surrounded by heavy troops from the Eighth Route Army,"

"As long as this infantry brigade persists for two hours, the adjacent infantry brigade will arrive."

"Although the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Bandit Area is different now, it is still not as strong as before, if it wants to compete with more than 10 infantry brigades of the Imperial Army, it is still not as powerful as that, so the number of 15 to 20 infantry brigades is enough."

Okamura Yasuji said without comment: "Shinozuka, don't you know if you have ever thought about it?"

"The Eighth Route Army Taihang Bandit Area is more than 100 kilometers in a radius. Even if it is 20 infantry brigades to pull the net, the distance between each other is more than 5 kilometers. What should you do if the Eighth Route Army divides its troops?"

"A gap of 5 kilometers wide can easily penetrate the gap below a thousand people, right?"

Although Okamura Yasuji was a newcomer, he had already read a lot of war reports after taking office.

I already know the big and small battles between the North China Front Army and the Eighth Route Army in the past three years. I know that the Eighth Route Army's most common countermeasures when they were swept by the Japanese army was to break through the siege, jump behind the Japanese army, and wait until the Japanese army's sweep troops retreated before returning to the base.

Over the past three years, the North China Front Army has launched more than a hundred sweeps, both of which are large and small, but they are ultimately defeated by this policy of the Eighth Route Army. There is no way to crack it so far.

At most, the grid is smaller when pulling the net, which is to change from pulling the net tactic to comb tactic, but the effect doesn't seem to be very good. At most, it only takes a few small troops to be trapped.

It is impossible to kill all the Eighth Route Army in the sweeping area.

So from Okamura's perspective, Yoshio Shinozuka's combat plan A was uninnovative. If it was still the old tactic of pulling net or combing, there was no need to waste time reading.

Yoshio Shinozuka said calmly: "Great General, how to break the Eighth Route Army's split into pieces and break through separately is the core content of the A combat plan!"

"Oh, is that?" Okamura Yanji finally became interested.

He also said: "Then you might as well talk about how to crack the Eighth Route Army's broken down into pieces?"

Yoshio Shinozuka paused slightly and said, "The method is very simple, it is to form a large number of special forces to locate the headquarters, brigade and even regiment headquarters of the Eighth Route Army."

"Then guide the sweeping troops to launch an accurate strike against them!"

"Just destroy the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, various brigade headquarters and even various regiment headquarters,"

"Then the Eighth Route Army in the entire Taihang Bandit Area will lose effective command and fall into the dilemma of fighting on their own."

"At that time, the sweeping troops can strengthen the dragnet-type sweeping into comb-type sweeping using infantry squadrons or even squads. As long as you sweep back and forth three to five times, you can basically destroy the Eighth Route in the Taihang Bandit Area."

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka's tone was a little raised, and he was also a little proud.

This was a cracking solution that he had spent half a year in-depth research.

Yoshio Shinozuka was very convinced that there was no better choice than the A combat plan.

However, after listening to Yoshio Shinozuka's explanation, Okamura's face instantly collapsed, and even his eyes hiding behind the lenses became cold.

"Shinozuka-kun? Haven't you had enough fun yet?"

Okamura Nishi said with a dark face: "When will you still want to play?"

"Fun?" Shinozuka Yoshio said dumbfoundedly, "What do you say to General?"

"Am I wrong?" Okamura Niji said with a dark face. "That guy Yamamoto Ichiki is very good at speaking, but he is a mess."

"I thought it was naive,"

"He learned some real skills from Germany,"

"But unexpectedly, he only learned the ability to give away heads!"

"Because of his stupidity and recklessness, the Imperial Army destroyed more than 100 outstanding officers, as well as more than 4,000 imperial soldiers who have experienced many battles, Shinozuka Jun, they didn't have to die in battle this time!"

"Especially, Hattori was captured alive by the Eighth Route Army. Do you know how serious the consequences are?"

"Grandmaster, I know this," said Shinozuka Yoshio. "As the commander of the 21st Brigade and the rank of major general, Hattori has come into contact with and mastered too many secrets. Not to mention anything else, the secrets about the 731st Unit alone are enough to make the imperial diplomatic department anxious, but I believe Hattori can keep the secret."

"We won't discuss whether Hattori can keep the secret."

Okamura Yasuji waved his hand and said, "I just want to tell you that there will be no second failure like this, so you don't have to tell me about Yamamoto's special tactics, that's just a joke!"

"A carefully organized surprise attack was easily resolved by the Eighth Route Army."

"A special force that was built with a lot of money was easily annihilated by the Eighth Route Army."

"What's the use of such a special force? Such a special force is really worthy of vigorous promotion?"

"Shinozuka, I really don't know what you think. How could you believe this idiot Yamamoto, how could you believe his special tactics?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was speechless because he had no way to refute.

The performance of Yamamoto's agents in this surprise attack was indeed very unbearable.

Not only has there been no news from itself so far, but it has probably been completely wiped out, but it has also led to the collective failure of the battlefield observation regiment and the 9th Brigade. This performance is really bad.

No wonder Okamura Yamamoto Ichiki and his special tactics were extremely disappointed.

Because the bloody battle example is before you, any defense is futile.

Yoshio Shinozuka hesitated for a moment and said, "General, the failure of this surprise attack was because the intelligence department leader Yoshio Oshima leaked the information..."

"Shinozuka! I have also reviewed the investigation report of the Special High School Class about Yoshio Oshima."

Okamura Yanji interrupted directly: "Oshima Yoshio divided the information into three parts out of his mindset of being awesome. Before the battle ended, he only sold the information of the 9th Brigade to the Eighth Route Army. The information about the battlefield observation group and the Yamamoto Agents team had not yet been sold, so the failure of the Yamamoto Agents team had nothing to do with Oshima!"

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji said again: "Of course, I don't mean to excuse Oshima Yoshio."

"Yio Oshima betrayed the Empire and leaked the information of the 9th Brigade out of the Eighth Route Army, and led to the collective shattering of nearly 4,000 imperial troops in the 9th Brigade. There was only one fate waiting for him, which was to hang him!"

"Shinozuka, I just want to tell you that Yamamoto's special tactics are a joke!"

In the end, Okamura Yasuji was already stern, and obviously he was really disappointed with Yamamoto Ichiki.

Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head and said, "Genius General, Yamamoto Ichiki may be a joke, but his special operations are still valuable..."

"Shinozuka, you don't have to talk about it anymore."

Okamura Yanji said coldly: "I will not adopt your No. A combat plan."

"Of course, you are the commander of the 1st Army stationed in Shanxi. You have autonomy in the 1st Army."

"You can completely adopt the A combat plan on the Shanxi battlefield as you wish, but what I want to say is that all the consequences arise will be your own responsibility."

Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes also became cold.

Now that things have come to this point, he has no way out.

He has suffered two consecutive setbacks under the Eighth Route Army. If he counts the one in the Hundred Regiments War, then it will be three times. If he cannot regain his face in the next revenge, the final result may only be to follow Tada Shin-shou's footsteps and return home in dismissal, but he does not want such an ending.

The A combat plan was his only chance.

He asked now: "Can you please patiently listen to me explain the combat plan of the A?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was so persistent, not beyond Okamura's expectations. He nodded and said, "Of course, you have the right to express any opinions, and I have no right to deprive them."

"Ariado." He thanked Okamura Yasuji, Shinozuka Yoshio said again, "Great General, to be honest, it is indeed shocking that all members of the Yamamoto Special Forces will disappear in this surprise attack."

"Although I don't know what happened so far, one thing can be confirmed, that is, it is to spend a huge price to build a special forces like Yamamoto's Special Forces, which is indeed not worth the cost."

"But it is undeniable that Yamamoto's agents did show their value in battlefield reconnaissance, infiltration and sudden encounters."

"This includes the 200-to-one battle loss ratio in the Battle of Yangcun."

"Frankly speaking, no unit except Yamamoto's special forces could achieve this record."

"So, there is reason to believe that using Yamamoto's special forces as a model to build several low-level special forces will not only save funds greatly, but also retain the competitiveness in battlefield reconnaissance, infiltration and other aspects as much as possible."

"Then, in the next sweep operation, these low-level special forces are sufficient to be able to track and locate the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the brigade-level command organization."

"If necessary, you can even carry out surprise attack missions independently."

Speaking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio said again: "What do you think, General?"

Okamura Yasuji looked moved and said, "Are you talking about forming a low-end special forces?"

"Yes, the low-end version of the special forces." Shinozuka Yoshio said, "It can be called the advancing team."

Okamura Yanji was still a little moved. No matter how poor the Yamamoto Special Forces performed, it was still a special force, and its combat effectiveness was there. Under the same conditions, ordinary infantry squadrons could not beat them.

Under certain conditions, even the infantry brigade may not be an opponent of Yamamoto's agent team.
To be continued...