After confirming that the Japs in Wanjia Town were not eliminated by Ding Wei and Kong Jie, Li Yunlong also listed Cheng Xiazi and Xu Shengji as suspects.

He said: "Old Ding, with the strength of the 772nd and 771st regiments, it is indeed not difficult to destroy the disabled 4th Japanese Brigade."

"But the problem is that Cheng Xiazi and Xu Shengji shouldn't be able to do such an unlimited thing as stripping away the corpses of the Japanese, right?"

Ding Wei smiled: "As the saying goes, you will be rewarded if you follow a good person, and you will become a robber if you follow a bad person. Blind Cheng is the soldier brought by your old Li. You can do such unlimited things, why can't he do it?"

"Moreover, blind Cheng got a lot of benefits from following Brother Zhuzi when he was in Jiangjun Ridge, and he also saw the methods of Brother Zhuzi. Blind Zi Cheng watched helplessly as the Independent Battalion stripped the corpses of the Japanese naked, even taking away their shoes and socks. .

Doesn’t his 772nd regiment lack these supplies?”

"In that case, how can Blind Cheng not be greedy?"

Li Yunlong was not ashamed, but proud. He smiled and said: "Don't say it, it is really possible. Although there is no lower limit to how this matter can be done, there is still a certain way to do it.

If I weren't afraid that these little devils would be sick, I would even take away their crotch cloths."

Ding Wei: "..."

Ding Wei was speechless for a while, and then said: "There are so many rails in this train station, my independent group will definitely not be able to take them all. Do you want to pry some of them too?"

Li Yunlong smiled slyly and said: "Hey hey hey, what do you think we, Mr. Li, came to the train station for?"

Ding Wei: "What are you doing? Are you also here for these railroad tracks?"

Li Yunlong: "Otherwise? When I saw that all the Japs in Wanjia Town were wiped out, I knew that this train station must also have been boarded first.

But you’ve come here, so you definitely can’t go in vain.

Even if the guy who gets there first cleans the battlefield, can he still pry away all the railroad tracks?"

"Hahaha!"

Ding Wei and Kong Jie couldn't help laughing.

Immediately, Li Yunlong led a new group to join in the movement of prying the rails...

Nothing happened all night.

Because the remnants of the Japanese 4th Brigade and Fujita's team at the train station were wiped out, they didn't even have time to send out a message for help.

Therefore, the Japanese army had not received the news until the next morning.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Taiyuan.

At the headquarters of the Japanese 1st Army, generals and subordinates gathered in the conference room.

Yoshio Shinozuka is discussing with Chief of Staff Miyano Shun and a group of senior combat staff on the elimination of the Eighth Route Army in the occupied areas.

In the past two or three months, the Japanese First Army has suffered successive losses at the hands of the Eighth Route Army, with losses exceeding 10,000 troops.

Not only did this greatly reduce the control of the 1st Army, it also greatly reduced the morale of the 1st Army.

This is very difficult to accept for Yoshio Shinozuka, who is determined to create a great career.

Therefore, he urgently needed to win a few battles to avenge his humiliation, boost the morale of the 1st Army, and dispel the doubts about him from above.

It is worth mentioning that despite successive defeats, this did not dampen Yoshio Shinozuka's morale and make him lose his self-confidence. Instead, it aroused his desire to win.

At the beginning of the meeting, Chief of Staff Miyano Jun first described the purpose of the meeting, and then analyzed the current situation.

A group of senior Japs staff saw the power of the Eighth Route Army in the northwestern Shanxi region, because no one took the lead in making suggestions.

Colonel Junichiro Uehara was the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese First Army and one of Shinozuka Yoshio's most important think tanks.

In almost every important meeting, either Toshi Miyano spoke first or he spoke first.

He looked around and saw that none of his colleagues had the idea of ​​speaking first, so he stood up and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, General Miyano, I have a suggestion, I don't know whether to say it or not."

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Junichiro Uehara and signaled: "Uehara-kun, it doesn't matter if you say so."

Junichiro Uehara made some mental notes in his mind, and slowly said: "Your Excellency, Commander, although the defeats in recent battles have greatly reduced the control of our Imperial Japanese Army in the northwest region of Shanxi, it has also greatly reduced the control of our Imperial Japanese Army in the northwest region of Shanxi.

All face is lost.

But our vision cannot be limited to the northwestern Shanxi region."

"Our attention should be on the whole of China, the whole of Asia, and even the whole world."

"The current world situation is that with Poland, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and other countries surrendering one after another, the British army has also withdrawn from the European continent, and it is difficult to protect itself."

"Then the German Third Reich will definitely take the opportunity to devour the overseas colonies of these European countries, and even threaten the interests of our Japanese Empire in Asia."

"Therefore, we should conquer China as quickly as possible and seize hegemony over the entire Asia and the Pacific."

"Only in this way can the Japanese Empire compete with the German Third Reich in the final competition on the world chessboard."

Junichiro Uehara was extremely ambitious. His goal was not just to conquer the entire China, but the entire world. He even regarded his ally Germany as an imaginary enemy.

Of course, Italy was not taken seriously by him.

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded and said, "Uehara-kun, please continue."

Junichiro Uehara: "At present, our Japanese Empire is still a long way from conquering the world. The first thing to do is to conquer China, and then use China, which has a vast territory and abundant resources, as a springboard and use China's various war support as bargaining chips.

, continue to conquer Asia and the entire world."

"The land in the northwestern part of Shanxi is barren, and further west there are vast stretches of loess Gobi and even desert. The transportation is also extremely backward. Even if the imperial army captures it, it will not be of much help to the empire's strategic plan."

"And the mass base of the China Eighth Route Army in these places is very solid. If we want to eliminate it, we will definitely pay a huge price. Transportation is inconvenient, and the transportation of materials is also a big problem.

The several previous defeats of the Imperial Army are the best proof."

"Therefore, there is absolutely no need for us to fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi, as well as the Central China Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army. It is completely meaningless."

With that said, Junichiro Uehara picked up another baton, came to the wall, pointed at the battle map hanging on it and said: "Everyone, look at the southeastern Shanxi region."

"The Imperial Army used railways as pillars, roads as chains, and bunkers as locks to surgically divide the activities of the China Army, and achieved very good results."

"Right now, we can completely target the Chinese Army in the southeastern Shanxi region. Eliminating them will also greatly boost the morale of our 1st Army and completely connect the imperial army's occupied areas.

It is also extremely beneficial to the imperial army's combat deployment throughout China. Once successful, it may even be the last straw for the Chongqing government of China, forcing them to surrender to the Japanese Empire.

The most important thing is that the Chinese army in the southeastern Shanxi region has been divided by the imperial army, and it is much easier to eliminate them than the Chinese army in the northwest Shanxi region."
Chapter completed!