Tadashi Maeda said again: "Shinozuka, why don't you plan to surrender the prince and his Eighth Route Army?"

"Yes, I do have this idea." Shinozuka Yoshio said, "If you can surrender the prince and his Eighth Route Army, not only will the security situation in Shanxi be greatly improved, but you can even draw troops to capture southern Shanxi and Zhongtiao Mountain in one fell swoop, and even further fight the Yellow River to capture Shaanxi!"

"This idea is so naive." Tadashi Maeda said.

"Not to mention whether the prince is willing to surrender, even if he is willing to surrender, it is useless."

"He is just the second commander of the Eighth Route Army. There seems to be a commander-in-chief above him. It is said that this person has a very tough personality and he will never surrender."

"You have to try it." Shinozuka Yoshio said.

...

"Yao yawn!"

On the way south to Liao County, the boss sneezes twice.

The Deputy Chief of Staff quickly took off his fur coat and handed it to the boss.

The boss actually had a cotton coat himself, but he used it to cover the wounded.

This time when we went south to Liao County, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was really dispatched, including the headquarters hospital. The wounded people who were recovering from the hospital naturally followed us together.

The boss and the others also assigned more than a dozen seriously injured people along the way.

The dozen seriously injured people were unable to leave after the operation, so they could only lie on a stretcher and carry the march. The boss was worried that they would be frozen, so he took his cotton coat to keep the wounded warm.

"No." The boss pushed away the fur coat handed over by the deputy chief of staff.

"My body is hard, and this coldness is nothing to me."

The boss is really not bragging. He is born with hardships, and he has never suffered any kind of hardships.

The Deputy Chief of Staff knew the boss's temper very well, so he turned around and gave the fur coat to another seriously injured person.

The boss looked up at the sky and sighed, "It's cloudy again. It seems that it will snow in the afternoon or evening. If there is another heavy snow, the road will be even harder to walk."

"Yes, heavy snow covers the mountain and will seriously affect the speed of the march."

The Deputy Chief of Staff also said worriedly: "We originally planned to move to the Liao County area within one week, but judging from the current situation, half a month may not be enough."

The boss said: "We should try our best to overcome difficulties."

"Yes." The Deputy Chief of Staff agreed, "If you delay the independent regiment for one more day, the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment in Mizuko Mountain will be even more dangerous! In the end, if Yoshio Shinozuka reacted and was teased, he might be even more angry and would concentrate all his troops to tightly block Mizuko Mountain."

“This is undoubtedly.”

The boss said: "So we need to speed up."

"We must strive to move to Liao Prefecture before Yoshio Shinozuka reacts."

"In this way, the independent regiment, the new 1st regiment and the new 2nd regiment can open a gap before the Japanese army in Shanxi gathered heavy troops to siege."

Hearing this, the Deputy Chief of Staff asked: "General, do you want to send a telegram to ask about the situation in Shuiyaoshan?"

"No." The boss decisively rejected, "Before separation, Xiao Wang said that before we reach a safe area, we must keep radio silent, and we must do it."

"Xiao Wang spent a lot of effort this time,"

"I just cheated a few old Japanese devils."

“We can’t let his efforts be in vain.

The Deputy Chief of Staff nodded and said, "I understand."

...

In Peiping, No. 11, Tieshizi Hutong.

After breakfast at Okamura Yasuji, he came to the war room again.

Miyano Doichi was working on the map with two combat staff. Seeing Okamura Yanji coming in, Miyano Doichi and the two combat staff quickly stood attentively and paused: "Your Excellency General!"

Okamura Yasuji waved his hand and asked, "How is the situation in Shanxi?"

Miyano Dao hesitated a little and finally said, "Something is hard to describe."

"It's hard to describe it?" Okamura Niji frowned, "Is there another mistake to say this?"

"It can only be said that there are mixed joys and sorrows." Miyao Dao said, "The good news is that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Bandit District has been successfully surrounded by the 2nd Guard Division and the Tsuda Detachment in Mizuyao Mountain."

"Oh?" Okamura Yasuji said, "I'm sure it's the main force?"

"It's basically confirmed." Miyano nodded.

"According to the battle report provided by the 1st Army, the Eighth Route Army trapped in Mizuyao Mountain has at least 8 regiments and has the courage to launch a strong attack on the Tsuda Detachment from the front!"

"And the Tsuda Detachment was beaten to a very embarrassing moment at one point."

"Your Excellency, the Tsuda Detachment has 6 infantry brigades and 2 mountain artillery brigades, but it was beaten to the Eighth Route Army in Shuiyao Mountain, so it is highly likely that it will be the main force of the Eighth Route Army."

"Sodesna." Okamura Yasuji said again, "What about the bad news?"

Miyano Daoichi said: "The bad news is that the effect of the Taihang Bandit Area will probably not be very good."

Okamura Yasuji said: "Is it because of the collapse of the Masata Road blockade after the main force of the 2nd Guard Division was transferred?"

"Yes." Miyano said nodded, "After the main force of the 2nd Guard Division was transferred, the local troops and militia in the Taihang Bandit District launched a tide-like attack on the Zhengtai Road blockade line with the cooperation of a small number of regular troops. By last night, the Zhengtai Road blockade line had been broken into pieces and was completely revitalized."

"The dozen patrol vehicles sent by the railway troops did not work at all."

"According to reports provided by the aviation scouts, there are tens of thousands of local Eighth Route Army troops and hundreds of thousands of Chinese people going south across Zhengtai Road."

"The heavy snow last night failed to stop them from going south."

"So many local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army and the Chinese unruly people flee to Xiyang, Heshun and the mountainous areas of Liao County, and merge with the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army and militia that were originally active there. In time, the mountainous areas south of Zhengtai Road will become another Taihang bandit area with a larger range and more difficult to deal with. Wouldn't this be pushed into a puddle?"

"No, no, this question needs to be thought of the opposite." Okamura Yanji waved his hand and said, "Miano-kun, think about it. If the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Bandit Area cannot be wiped out this time, what will happen in another year and a half?"

"This..." Miyano said sternly, "If there is another year and a half, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Bandit Area will even be able to strike a infantry brigade of the Imperial Army head-on! By then, the 1st Army in Shanxi must be united in divisions before entering the bandit area to sweep the brigade, and the forces on the surrounding blockade lines must be greatly strengthened, because blockades below the brigade are unsafe. In this case, I don't know how many troops I will use in a sweep!"

"So." Okamura Yasuji said, "it's the best result now."

"Yes, this is indeed the best result." Miyano said deeply.

"As long as we can annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Bandit Area this time, the public security situation in Shanxi will be greatly improved."

"The next time we mobilize the bandit area south of Zhengtai Road, there is no need to mobilize troops like this time. It only takes one to twenty thousand troops to be dispatched is enough."

"That's the reason." Okamura Yasuji.

"Tele to Shinozuka Jun, so that he would not have to care about the local armed forces and unlucky people of the Eighth Route Army who were traveling south across Zhengtai Road, and just focus on dealing with the Eighth Route Army trapped in Shuiyao Mountain."

"Hayi!" Miyano Dao suddenly paused.
Chapter completed!