Yushe County, the 69th Division of the Japanese Army.

Communications Division Chief Igarashi Mi came in with a telegram and reported: "The division commander, chief of staff, and the 292nd Infantry Regiment just sent an urgent telegram, saying that they were blocked by the Eighth Route Army during their retreat. In addition to traditional tactics such as destroying roads and burying landmines, the Eighth Route Army also began to attack the infantry in rare cases."

"It's so hateful." The division commander Sadashi Inoue said hatred, "In the past five or six days, we looked for the main force of the Eighth Route Army everywhere to try to fight with it, but the main force of the Eighth Route Army always avoided fighting. Now the Imperial Army is about to withdraw its troops, but these Eighth Route Army have emerged from the gutter. These guys are really difficult to deal with."

Chief of Staff Takaichi Sakamoto said: "For the Eighth Route Army, this is just a routine operation."

Sadashi Inoue frowned and said, "But in this way, our 69th Division may not be able to return to Taiyuan within two days."

"Two days?" Sakamoto said with a smile, "Unless we can get wings of more than 15,000 imperial soldiers and all the heavy equipment of our 69th Division, it is absolutely impossible to return to Taiyuan within two days."

Sadao Inoue said: "But the problem is that the commander's order is to return to Taiyuan within two days!"

"Master Commander?" Takashi Sakamoto said expressionlessly, "He would better think clearly first, how to explain the loss of Taiyuan to the North China Front Command and the base camp."

Before he finished speaking, another communications consultant hurried in.

Igarashi Mi received the telegram from the communications officer, and her face changed slightly after reading it.

"Chief of the division, Chief of Staff." said Mi Igarashi, "The Commander has already fallen into his own stomach."

Takaichi Sakamoto's expression was as usual, because this result was already as expected by him. As the commander of the Empire's First Army stationed in Shanxi, Yoshio Iwamatsu lost the headquarters of Taiyuan, and could only give up the emperor to thank His Majesty...

Sadashi Inoue was speechless, but a trace of solemnity appeared on his face, another lieutenant general of the empire.

Including the previous Hidemaida, Tadashimatsu, Yoshio Shinozuka and Miyao Doichi, five senior generals had fallen under the sword of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, or had their own slaughter because of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. This 386th Brigade has become a major concern of the Imperial Army and must be taken seriously.

...

"The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army!"

After reading the telegram, Okamura Yasuji said word by word: "With the Mojun, the Imperial Army must pay enough attention to the Eighth Route Army's troops and cannot be taken lightly as before."

The telegram was naturally a farewell telegram sent by Yoshio Iwamatsu before his death.

Yoshio Iwamatsu not only sent farewell telegrams to the Army Headquarters and the Emperor, but also sent farewell telegrams to Okamura Yasuji, the Chinese commander-in-chief of the condemnation army, and to various divisions and brigades under the First Army.

Okamura Yasuji could have said that he hated Yoshio Iwamatsu, but after receiving Yoshio Iwamatsu's farewell telegram, the hatred dissipated with the wind. He had already cut off his own life. All the mistakes and right and wrong were eliminated according to a stroke. No one would pursue Yoshio Iwamatsu for the loss of Taiyuan.

So, Okamura Yasuji had already forgiven Iwamatsu Yoshio.

After understanding Iwamatsu Yoshio, Okamura Yasuji began to turn his attention to the initiator of the Taiyuan Battle. After learning that the attack on Taiyuan was the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, Okamura Yasuji reviewed the 386th Brigade's past few years overnight. In response to the series of outstanding achievements of the 386th Brigade, Okamura Yasuji became more and more shocked the more he looked at it.

Aomo Jingsan asked solemnly: "Why did you suddenly care about the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?"

"Because the performance of this unit is really amazing." Okamura Yasuji said in a deep voice, "I read the battle report and found that since two years ago, Yamazaki Battalion, Kuroshima United, Fourth Brigade, Ninth Brigade, Fourth Cavalry Brigade and Second Guard Division have been defeated by this unit."

"Several troops were even wiped out!"

"Last year, the Shanxi-Suizhou Army threatened Taiyuan, and this army was also behind it."

"Not to mention the fall of Taiyuan this time, it is directly the masterpiece of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army!"

Speaking of this, Okamura Yasuji said again: "Amojun, have you ever analyzed why the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army achieved such a terrible record?"

There are three sub-syntheses: "Maybe it's because of the chief officer? Chen Gen, the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, is one of the few top students in the Communist Party camp who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. This person not only has a solid military theoretical foundation, but also has extremely tough style on the battlefield, but what is even more rare is that he has a very tactical mind."

Okamura Yasuji said: "The military chief is indeed one of the factors, but it is by no means a decisive factor, because he is not the only military chief officer like Chen Gen in the Eighth Route Army, but only the 386th Brigade can achieve such a brilliant record, so there must be other and more critical factors in this."

There are three ways of the last spirit: "Because of the powerful generals from the 386th Brigade?"

Speaking of this, Yi Jingsan said: "According to the investigation by the intelligence department, the four main groups under the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, Cheng Shifa, the commander of the 772nd Regiment, Ding Wei, the commander of the New First Regiment, Kong Jie, the commander of the New Second Regiment, and Li Yunlong, the commander of the Independent Regiment, all have experiences as grassroots soldiers, and have extremely stable psychological qualities. They can be calm in any situation. Especially Li Yunlong, the commander of the Independent Regiment, in addition to being psychologically stable, he also has an extremely fierce style. Just like a wolf on the grassland, he dares to bite no matter what size of prey he encounters."

Okamura Yasuji said: "This is probably not a decisive factor."

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji said again: "As far as I know, there are not a few commanders of the Eighth Route Army who have experience as a soldier, have stable psychological qualities and have a fierce style. At least dozens of Eighth Route Army commanders who are no less than Li Yunlong's commanders, but none of their troops can achieve such a record as Li Yunlong's independent regiment, right?"

When Fu Jingsan heard this, he frowned.

The office fell into a long silence.

After thinking for a long time, Aomo Jingsan suddenly raised his head and said, "Your Excellency General, I understand that it is logistics! This decisive factor is logistics!"

Speaking of this, Yue Shi Jingsan said again: "There are military chiefs like Chen Gen, including Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Cheng Shifa. It is just a prerequisite, that is, the basics."

"If a force does not have a foundation, it will definitely not be able to do much."

"But if there is only the foundation and no logistics support, it is also impossible to achieve too much."

"Only with a good foundation and sufficient logistical support at the same time, a unit can fly high and create outstanding results on the battlefield!"

"That's true!" Okamura Yasuji nodded happily, "It's logistics."

Speaking of this, Okamura Yasuji said again: "There is Mojun, I don't know if you have noticed it. The biggest difference between the 386th Brigade and other Eighth Route Army is that they often fight annihilation wars!"

"Yes." Atsushizo said solemnly, "First it was the Black Island Regiment, then the Yamazaki Brigade, then the Ninth Brigade and the Battlefield Observation Regiment. During the Hundred Battles, the 386th Brigade captured Yangquan County and almost wiped out the Fourth Brigade. The Joint Jinsui Army wiped out the Fourth Brigade of the Cavalry at Feiyundu. All of them were an annihilation battles!"

Okamura Yasuji said again: "So have you discovered another rule?"

"Yes, I found it." Youmo Jingsan nodded, "The scale of the annihilation war fought by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is getting bigger and bigger. At first, they can only annihilate the imperial army at the brigade level, then the imperial army at the brigade level, and then the imperial army at the brigade level. Now, they even have the strength to launch a battle in a big city like Taiyuan. This is simply unbelievable. You must know that even the Central Army of China does not have this strength!"

"So, how did the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army do it?" Okamura Yasuji asked again.

"Because they kept accumulating equipment and supplies in the annihilation war." You Jing San said without thinking, "It is getting bigger and bigger like a snowball until you have the powerful attack ability now!"

He paused and said, "In contrast, although the other Eighth Route Army is very powerful in combat, it is difficult to accumulate equipment and supplies like the 386th Brigade. Naturally, it is impossible to grow as big as a snowball, so it is thus increasingly powerful to fight annihilation wars."

"By the way, Youmo Jun, you finally talked about the key point of the problem!" Okamura Yasuji said in a deep voice, "Excellent chief officers like Chen Gen and powerful generals like Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Li Yunlong are not afraid of it. What is really worthy of vigilance is logistics. In the future security war, the Imperial Army must not only avoid being annihilated by the Eighth Route Army as much as possible, but also prevent the Eighth Route Army from establishing its own logistics support supply system at any cost!"

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji said again: "After the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army seized Taiyuan this time, it will not only seize the combat materials stored in Taiyuan, but also obtain all the machinery and equipment of more than a dozen factories opened by Mitsui and Sumitomo Co., Ltd. in Taiyuan. With these equipment, the 386th Brigade has the opportunity to establish a complete logistics support supply system."

"It's true." said Ashi Seizo. "Among the more than a dozen factories opened by Mitsui and Sumitomo Co., Ltd. in Taiyuan, in addition to civilian industries, there are even military industries such as steel plants, power plants and chemical plants. The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will definitely move these machinery and equipment and even production lines back to their base areas and rebuild the factory. Once these factories are rebuilt and put into production, the 386th Brigade will be able to obtain a steady stream of ammunition, and then the Imperial Army will be in trouble."

"Yes." Okamura Yasuki agreed. "In the past two years, the Eighth Route Army has increasingly shown a different spirit than the Chinese Central Army and the Jinsui Army. This army not only retains a simplicity of hard work, but also has firm beliefs. The heroic performance of its officers and soldiers on the battlefield is no less than that of the Imperial Army."

Speaking of this, Okamura Yasuji said: "The only thing that restricts this army now is logistics. Due to the lack of stable and continuous ammunition supply, the Eighth Route Army has difficulty launching large-scale offensive operations, and can only adopt guerrilla tactics such as sparrow warfare, tunnel warfare, and mine warfare to deal with the Imperial Army's Imperial Army."

Youmo Jingsan continued: "But once the Eighth Route Army was allowed to build a power plant, steel plant and arsenal, the Eighth Route Army had stable and continuous ammunition supply, and the logistics shortcomings that restricted the Eighth Route Army would no longer exist. In this way, the Eighth Route Army would have the ability to launch large-scale offensive operations."

Okamura Yasuji said sternly: "Once the Eighth Route Army has the ability to launch a large-scale offensive operation, the Eighth Route Army in the three large bandit areas in North China and dozens of small bandit areas will become elite troops like the 386th Brigade. With Mo Jun, you might as well imagine what the situation will be in North China at that time?"

"At that time, not only Taiyuan, but also Jinan, Zhengding, Baoding, Tianjin and even Peking will be in danger. The eight divisions and ten brigades of the North China Front Army will be at risk of being encircled and annihilated, and the entire North China Public Security Zone will also be in danger of losing!"

"So, we have to stop this situation!"

Okamura Yasuji said in a deep voice: "Stop this situation at all costs."

Amo Jingsan said sternly: "What is the general who means to give up the sweeping plan of the bandit area in the middle of Hebei Province and instead launch a sweeping operation against the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?"

"No, the mobilization of the bandit area in the central Hebei region must be carried out as usual."

Okamura Yasuji shook his head and said, "The reason is very simple, because we need a victory to boost morale, and we also need a victory to convince the senior officials of the base camp."

Amo Jingsan frowned and said, "Then the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army..."

Okamura Yasuji waved his hand and said, "Rome was not built in one day. Although the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army had machinery and equipment, it would never be possible to build a factory and put into production, and build a complete logistics support supply system based on these factories. This would not be done in one or two days. This would take a long process, so I still have enough time."

"Hayi." You have three sub-sophisticated spirits and paused, "I understand."

Okamura Yasuji said again: "Let's start tomorrow."

"Hayi." Youmo Jing San bowed his head again.

...

One night passed and time came on May 1, 1942.

After several months of preparation, various direct divisions and brigades of the North China Front Army, under the personal command of Okamura Yasuji, launched a cruel "May Day sweep" against the Eighth Route Army Hebei Central Military Region.

However, the Japanese troops on the battlefield in Shanxi were still in chaos.

Because the former commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, had committed suicide by separatism.

The candidate for the new First Army commander has not been determined yet, and it is said that it is still in the process of brewing.

Taiyuan, the location of the First Army Command, is still under the control of the 386th Brigade.

The Third Brigade and Fourth Brigade of the First Army were still stationed in Anhua and Yangquan.

Although the 36th Division, the 37th Division and the 69th Division, which were originally in the Taihang Military Region, began to return to the aid, they were not anxious or impatient. In addition, the Eighth Route Army made every effort to block the attack, so the three divisions' return to the aid were extremely slow, and the propulsion speed was comparable to the iron wall, and they only walked ten kilometers a day.

By the heart, the National Government has been doing all kinds of tricks.

But there are countless tricks in Japan.

There is no need to say much about the strange disputes between the Army Red Deer and the Navy Red Deer.

At the end of the Taiyuan Battle, the Tojo High School also made a move. First, he decisively forced the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, to be responsible for the failure of the Taiyuan Battle, and then hesitated to select the next commander. Okamura Yasuji chose to watch coldly out of his consideration of cherishing his feathers.

Therefore, for six or seven days, the first Japanese army stationed in Shanxi was in a state of being headless.

This gave the Eighth Route Army 386th Brigade enough time to transfer materials and factory machinery and equipment.

In the last few days, Zhao Gang even organized a working team to liquidate the Japanese and puppet assets and traitors in Taiyuan, and found more than 100 bad traitors and all sentenced to death.

These include Bai Wenhui, the pseudo-TY mayor and the pseudo-Shanxi police director who had no time to escape, as well as Bai Wenhui's son, patrol captain Bai Jushan, who was the idiot who was slapped by Wang Ye at Yoshino's house. In addition, the big traitor Nie Shengzhe was also shot to death, and the people of Taiyuan applauded.

...

In a blink of an eye, it has come May 8th.

That morning, Ding Wei was calling the command center.

"Hey, Lao Cheng?" Ding Wei said with his microphone, "You mean the vanguard of the 69th Division of the Japanese Army, an infantry brigade of the 292nd Infantry Regiment has arrived outside Yuci County?"

"And a tentative attack has been launched on the defense line of the 1st Battalion of the 772nd Regiment?"

"Okay, OK, I understand. Now the liquidation of Japanese and puppet traitors in Taiyuan has come to an end, and the Japanese and puppet assets and property seized have also been transported away."

"Yes, your 772nd Regiment can retreat at any time."

"However, considering that the opposite is the main force of the 69th Division of the Japanese army, I suggest you turn west of Shanxi and go back to Taiyue Mountain to go through the Luliang Mountains."

After hanging up the phone, Ding Wei said to Li Xiaoxian: "Chief of Staff, let the telephone team close the line, we will also withdraw."

After saying this, Ding Wei asked Wang Ye again: "Xiao Wang, how are your Wolf Warrior Squadron doing?"

"Don't mention it." Wang Ye took a sip of cold water and said angrily, "I didn't even find a decent engineer."

"What? No one is looking for?" Ding Wei said in surprise, "No, so many factories, all the engineers ran away? There was really nothing left?"

"That's not true, there are still a few."
Chapter completed!