Taiyuan First Army Headquarters
"General, this is the loss report this week."
Moriyama Otani handed the information and spy war losses report that had just been counted to Yoshio Shinozuka.
When Yoshio Shinozuka saw that Moriyama Otani looked bad, he expected that the loss must be significant.
After taking the loss report, Yoshio Shinozuka's brow still couldn't help but hurt.
The loss of agents in this week has exceeded the losses of the whole month last month, and it is simply a waste of money.
"General, now it seems that intelligence wars and spy wars cannot be effective." Moriyama Otani said, "The masters of the 18th Army are very good at counterintelligence wars and spy wars. This time we lost a large number of excellent agents, mainly because we were trapped again. Our people are not his opponents at all."
Why does Moriyama Otani say the word "and"?
But because the Japanese intelligence agents were very careful and very alert every time.
But every time I was still hit as usual.
The 18th Army mixed clues of true and falsehood together. It is really hard to distinguish between true and falsehood, and it is hard to guard against.
"Have the blockade measures on the other side of the mountain been strengthened?" Shinozuka Yoshio was calm.
The agents suffered such great losses and losing their temper could not solve the problem.
"It has been strengthened, but..." Moriyama Otani stopped talking.
"But what?" asked Yoshio Shinozuka.
"I don't know if I should say it." Moriyama Otani looked complicated.
"What should I say, say it!" Shinozuka Yoshio's tone increased a little. The enemy's situation has changed. Do you still have to hide it from me?!
"Recently, the strongholds we set up on the other side of the mountain have been repeatedly attacked by small units of the 18th Army. The Imperial Army soldiers and the Imperial Army in the stronghold were both tragically killed." Moriyama Otani said.
"Is this not normal?" Shinozuka Yoshio said, "The 18th Army ambushed our strongholds many times, and it basically happens every day."
"The main reason is that the losses of the enemy and us are disproportionate." Moriyama Otani shook his head.
"What is the ratio?" asked Yoshio Shinozuka.
"I counted it and found that there were fourteen strongholds in total that were attacked by small units of the 18th Army. Our casualties accumulated, and it had exceeded one regiment, and the enemy did not even leave any hairs..." Moriyama Otani did not finish his words.
Bang!
Yoshio Shinozuka slapped the table hard: "Haga, absurd, this is impossible!"
Isn’t this saying that more than one thousand is zero? This is simply nonsense!
When did the Tujiao Route Army become so powerful?
Moriyama Otani continued: "I didn't believe it either, but I confirmed it again and again. It's true. Of course, it's not ruled out that the enemy also suffered casualties, but it must be very few. They took away casualties, so we couldn't get specific numbers. What's even more unbelievable is that the small teams of the 18th Army did not even use artillery, so they took the stronghold, which was simply..."
When Yoshio Shinozuka heard this, he slapped the table again: "Baga, are you kidding me! Our stronghold has bunkers, artillery towers, wire mesh, trenches, and even military dogs to help with the police. With such strict prevention, the Chinese farmers did not even use artillery and took it down with zero casualties. Don't you think this is insulting my first army!"
A small group of enemies, without even using artillery, took down strong defense bases. When did the Chinese become so powerful?
If they were so powerful, would the imperial army still occupy a large area of ​​their land without any stake?
I'm afraid that the empire's army may not even be able to open their national gates!
Faced with Yoshio Shinozuka's scolding, Moriyama Otani continued, "General, I know you will be furious, but I still want to say it. I found that their small tactics are quite similar to the special operations made by Colonel Yamamoto Ichiki..."
As expected by Moriyama Otani, as soon as he mentioned the four words "special combat", he immediately touched the most fragile nerve deep in Yoshio Shinozuka's heart.
Yoshio Shinozuka immediately shouted like a dog with his tail stepped on: "Baga, shut up, the three divisions of my empire were buried in the hands of Yamamoto Ichiki's special operations. Now you tell me that the Chinese farmers are using special operations against us!!!"
"General, I admit that our three divisions were ruined by Colonel Yamamoto. We made certain strategic mistakes in this way, but I think it is unwise to completely deny Yamamoto Kazuki's special operations. At least, this special operations are in the hands of the Chinese people, and its value is terrible..." Moriyama Otani did not finish his words.
Bang!
Yoshio Shinozuka slapped again.
This time, the slap did not hit the table, but slapped it in the face of Moriyama Oya.
Moriyama Otani's face immediately had a few finger marks, and he was a little confused.
Yoshio Shinozuka cursed: "You are not allowed to mention Yamamoto Ichiki in front of me again and special operations! The Chinese people can attack our strongholds with small groups of enemies. That must be their upgraded guerrilla tactics. That is their guerrilla tactics, not special operations at all! Special operations are harmful things, do you understand?"
Moriyama Otani's mind was buzzing, and he could understand Yoshio Shinozuka's mood.
In the past, Yamamoto Ichiki returned from studying in Country D and brought back special operations.
Yamamoto Kazuki asked people everywhere to lobby for his special operations, but no Imperial officer supported him.
Finally, Yamamoto Kazuki moved Yoshio Shinozuka.
Yoshio Shinozuka suppressed public opinion as the commander of the First Army and proved to most imperial officers that Yamamoto's special operations must have strategic value.
However, Yamamoto Ichiki's special operations not only did not give Shinozuka Yoshio a chance, but instead misled him and caused the three imperial divisions to fall into the abyss.
Special operations became the laughing stock of the First Army and became a taboo for Yoshio Shinozuka.
Now, the Chinese used Yamamoto Ichiki's special operations, and Moriyama Otani had to report it. He knew it would touch Yoshio Shinozuka's nerves, so he had to report it.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This newspaper is equivalent to revealing Yoshio Shinozuka's scars again, how can he not be angry?
"Hayi, General." Moriyama Otani responded and stopped talking to Yoshio Shinozuka.
There was still something in Moriyama Oya's heart that he had not said.
That is, the Chinese suddenly encountered Yamamoto Ichiki's special operations, which is a bad sign.
Maybe, we should check where the Chinese people got the special operations.
After all, this is something that only people in D can do, and Chinese people will not.
If no one taught the Chinese people, it would be unreasonable.
So who taught me? Yamamoto Ichiki is a major suspect!
Perhaps, Yamamoto Ichiki was not dead at all. He was currently a guest at the 18th Army and enjoying the treatment of a guest of honor.
It should be checked heavily.
But Yoshio Shinozuka is now angry, and Moriyama Otani can only find another opportunity later.
After all, the biggest task of the First Army now is to find the strategic masters of the 18th Army.
There was no enough manpower to investigate Yamamoto Ichiki.
"Get out!" Shinozuka Yoshio was in a bad mood and waved his hand and drove away Moriyama Otani like driving away flies.
Taking a few deep breaths to calm down, Yoshio Shinozuka tried hard to stabilize his emotions and no longer felt sad about the idiot Yamamoto Ichiki.
The small Chinese troops were able to host more than a dozen strongholds in a row, which was definitely not a special operation!
Absolutely not!
Picking up the microphone on the table, Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Come to me for the commander of the village."
The phone was connected, and Yoshio Shinozuka said to Kazumura Shinini: "Commander, I just received a new loss report. The agents you sent to me lost 80% of the losses in this week..."
"Baga, 80% of them, Xiaozuka, are you kidding me?" The surprised voice of Gangmura Jining came from the phone.
These are the best agents selected by the North China Expeditionary Force. They disappeared in just one week. This is a joke!
"Commander, maybe we have to change our thinking." Shinozuka Yoshio said tactfully, "It seems that intelligence wars and spy wars are not suitable anymore. Maybe we have to reconsider the encirclement by force."
"Didn't the series of failures last year prove that the forceful encirclement is wrong?" Gangmeng Tining said.
"That's because our planes are not enough." Shinozuka Yoshio said, "I have summarized my experience. Although the strategic masters of the 18th Army are very superb, except for the Battle of Wangershan, we can actually avoid other failures. The biggest problem is that we do not have enough planes. If our planes are enough and we can rescue the troops in time every time, then we will not fail at all."
"This is true." Kawanamura Shinen agreed with Yoshio Shinozuka's words.
To some extent, the support of the aviation force is one of the most important reasons why the imperial army is so powerful.
Without reinforcements from the aviation force, the combat effectiveness of the army forces will be greatly reduced, and it is difficult to have a turnaround at critical moments on the battlefield.
"But most of our army's resources are used by those bastards in the Navy to build large ships. We don't have enough planes at all." Kamura Tinin continued, "Even if we place resources on us now, our arsenal will not be able to build a large number of planes in a short time."
"General, please borrow from the Kwantung Army." Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Anyway, the Kwantung Army will not fight now."
"The Kwantung Army does not fight now, but they are ready to deal with the north at any time." Gangmeng Jining said that the Kwantung Army had been planning the country to the north for a long time and was constantly preparing.
The most elite army in the empire are also in the Kwantung Army.
Although the battle in Nomenkan last year failed, even if the Kwantung Army did not intend to make plans for the northern countries, it would have to beware of the northern countries coming to fight.
Under such circumstances, the air force's planes could not be borrowed easily.
"General, it's definitely OK to borrow a little bit." Shinozuka Yoshio said tactfully, "Now our intelligence and spy wars have proven useless. We still have to return to force. We need the support of the aviation force, and we need aircraft."
"I'll communicate with the Kwantung Army again." Gangmeng Jining also knew that spy wars and intelligence wars were ineffective, so he would definitely have to return to the encirclement and suppression by force.
Without enough aircraft support, the First Army is definitely not the opponent of the strategic master of the 18th Army.
"Hayi, Commander, then I'll wait for your good news." Yoshio Shinozuka and Kazumura Shinin ended the call.
Putting the microphone back on the shelf, Yoshio Shinozuka's heavy mood became much more relaxed.
He knew that the commander of Gangcun could definitely borrow a plane from the Kwantung Army.
When the plane is in place, I will personally encircle and suppress the 18th Army!
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"Manager, this is a sample of 88 anti-aircraft shells produced again according to your requirements." The technician of the arsenal came to Wu Ze with the shell samples for the ninth time.
Wu Ze strictly inspected the shell sample as before.
Finally, there is the test.
boom!
The sample shell exploded in the air, meeting Wu Ze's requirements.
"I'm qualified, and I will do my best to produce according to this requirement." Wu Ze told the technician.
"The factory director, you're really qualified, don't have to make trouble again?" The technicians were all happy when they heard this.
"Yes." Wu Ze nodded, "Everyone, thank you all for your hard work."
"It's not hard, this is a cannonball that can fight Japanese planes. Even if we sacrifice our lives, we don't feel it's hard!" The technicians were in high spirits. Everyone saw how hateful Japanese planes were.
Now that we can create shells for Japanese Actors planes, this is the greatest motivation and gain.
"Manager, this shell requires much more raw materials than bullets." said the technician. "If you have full production, I'm afraid the raw materials of the arsenal will not last long."
"I will find a way to do raw materials. You just need to do your best to produce them." Wu Ze said.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes." The technicians went happily.
Wu Ze also breathed a sigh of relief and finally got the shells of the 88 anti-aircraft artillery before Puyou was ready to do a big battle.
"Xiao Wu, the Chief of Staff is here." At this time, someone came to report to Wu Ze.
When Wu Ze heard this, he hurried to greet him.
"Chief of General Staff, why are you here? Is there any emergency military information?" Wu Ze poured water on the Chief of General Staff.
"Xiao Wu, seeing you making the arsenal very exciting, the deputy commander-in-chief and I really thank you for your important contribution to our army." said the Chief of Staff.
"Chief of General Staff, I am also a Chinese, and this is my duty." Wu Ze said modestly.
"How is it, what's going on with the 88 anti-aircraft artillery?" The Chief of Staff stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the topic.
"I just got the shells done today, and the arsenal can produce them with all its strength." Wu Ze replied.
"Then how to assemble the 88 anti-aircraft guns." The Chief of Staff was a little surprised when he heard this.
On the surface, Wu Ze was able to handle the shells of the 88 anti-aircraft gun, but this is not just here.
If Wu Ze can create the 88 anti-aircraft shells, he will definitely be able to produce other models of shells.
In other words, if the Eighth Route Army team seized cannons in the future, there is no need to worry about the cannons or no shells.
"We have to wait for this." Wu Ze said, "It also requires some precision machine production accessories. Puyou hasn't started a big fight at the Taiyuan Arsenal."
"Xiao Wu, Pu You didn't do a big fight. Can you find a way to urge Pu You and let him do a big fight in advance?" said the Chief of Staff, "Or, you can use other methods to get the precision machine back."
"Chief of General Staff, has there been an important change in the enemy situation?" Wu Ze asked.
"I have received the information. Shinozuka Yoshio and Kamura Shinozuka are talking on the phone. Shinozuka Yoshio plans to retaliate against us by force. Shinozuka Yoshio asked Shinozuka to borrow planes from Kwantung Army." The Chief of General Staff had a solemn expression. "Your plans were all the Japanese planes that were not enough. This time, if they had enough planes and our army did not have air defense weapons to curb the planes, it would be difficult to meet the enemy."
"That's it." Wu Ze nodded slightly when he heard this, "Okay, I'll urge you to Puyou in advance."
No wonder the Chief of Staff came here in person, the situation is really bad.
"I have found out the information about Zhang Jijun and these five people, including their families' whereabouts." said the Chief of Staff, "When do you think it's better to take their families over."
"It's definitely not suitable now." Wu Ze said, "When our 88 anti-aircraft cannons form combat power."
The Chief of General Staff had just made the illusion that Zhang Jijun and others "fall into the opponent" and then took the other party's family over. Chiang Kai-shek must have suspicion.
Chapter completed!