At the same time, it was at the Taiyuan First Army Headquarters.

The young officers who had been quarreling for a day yesterday and were eager to express their opinions continued to quarreled all morning, but after the fierce quarrel, their opinions gradually became unified.

Final opinion: If you don’t attack the Jinsui Army and the Central Army, you will fight the Eighth Route Army.

If you don’t attack the northwest Shanxi or Taiyue Military Region, you will attack the Taihang Military Region!

The reason is very simple. The northwestern Shanxi and Taiyue Military Region are all hard bones, which are difficult to chew, and they are not of high value. Although the Taihang Military Region is equally difficult to chew, it is the location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters and the 129th Division headquarters. It has high value. If the Taihang Military Region can be destroyed, it can greatly weaken the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.

Not to mention anything else, as long as the Huangyadong Arsenal can be destroyed, the war potential of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi will be at least half weakened, and the situation faced by the First Army will be much better than it is now.

"Very good." Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded happily, "After two days of full exchange, we finally reached a consensus. Then next, we will formulate a specific combat plan."

Speaking of this, Yoshio Iwamatsu said to Masao Inamori again: "Mr. Inamori, this task will be handed over to you for combat classes..."

After Takaichi Sakamoto was transferred to the chief of staff of the 69th Division, Hanaya recommended Masao Inamori to take over as the commander of the combat section. Masao Inamori was originally an infantry captain of the Fourth Brigade, which was also promoted.

"Hayi." Inamori Masao paused his head and said, "Please give us ten days."

"Ten days?" Yoshio Iwamatsu frowned and said, "It's too long, I'll only give you three days."

"Hai." Inamori Masao replied, "Don't worry, Commander, we will do our best to come up with a combat plan within three days."

...

Back from the headquarters of the First Army, back to the military police office, there were already guests waiting for Takuya Suwon.

The person who came to visit Takuya Suiyuan was Liang Huazhi, the director of the Special Police Department of the Shanxi Sui Army. Liang Huazhi's identity in Taiyuan was almost semi-public. Not only Takuya Sui, but even Yoshio Iwamatsu and others knew that because many things involved the communication between the Shanxi Sui Army and the Japanese army were completed through Takuya Sui Army.

Moreover, Liang Huazhi had also received training in Japan.

In fact, the spy systems of the Jinsui Army were trained in the Japanese army's special high school courses.

Liang Huazhi and Takumi Suhara are also brothers and sisters of the same school, and are both considered students of Kenji Doihara.

"Ryo Sang, it's quite early." Takuya Mizuhara drank Liang Huazhiwei and said, "Have you eaten lunch? Do you want to eat something here?"

"No, I've eaten it."

Liang Huazhi waved his hand and said, "Muhun, is the transaction yesterday still counted?"

"Of course." Takuya Mizuhara smiled, "I said, we Osaka people have always traded fairly in business, and we are absolutely unwilling to do things like starting prices."

"Okay, then I'll pay one hundred taels of gold." Liang Huazhi gritted his teeth, "Buy you a message."

After saying that, Liang Huazhi took out ten gold bars from his briefcase, all of which were big yellow croakers of ten taels.

Takuya Suwara had tested the quality and smiled and said, "So, which news does Liang Sang want to know?"

Liang Huazhi said in a deep voice: "I want to know which target is Shanxi's First Army's mobilization target this time?"

"Eighth Route Army." Takuya Mizuhara smiled slightly and said, "The first army's target this time is the Eighth Route Army."

"Eighth Route Army? It's so good." Liang Huazhi breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "What exactly is the Eighth Route Army?"

Takuya Mizuhara looked at Liang Huazhi with a smile and said, "Liang Sang, this question is the second news. If you want to know the answer, you have to pay additional money."

"Sorry." Liang Huazhi said hurriedly, "That's it."

Anyway, it was not the Jinsui Army, so Liang Huazhi was too lazy to care more.

Liang Huazhi stood up and said, "Suhun, then I will say goodbye."

"Let's go slowly, don't send it." Takuya Suwahara said, "If you have anything to know, you can come to me. As long as you can afford the price, I can get it for you no matter what information."

"Okay, goodbye." Liang Huazhi turned his head slightly and turned to go out.

Watching Liang Huazhi's figure go out, Takumi Mizuhara smiled and put away the gold.

As soon as the gold was packed, the adjutant walked in and reported: "Captain, Boss Zhou of Zhouji Photo Studio is here."

"Boss Zhou is here?" Takuya Suzuhara said happily, "Boss Zhou is a friend of the Imperial Army, please invite him in."

"Hayi." The adjutant paused his head and invited Cao Mancang in.

After leaving the office, Takuya Mizuhara smiled and said, "Cao Sang, how are you thinking?"

Cao Mancang didn't say much, took out ten gold bars from his briefcase with distress and said, "I'll buy a piece of information."

Cao Mancang was really distressed. This was one hundred taels of gold, enough for the Eighth Route Army to buy how much urgently needed supplies? If it was used to buy sulfamide polysus needles, it could save at least fifty seriously injured soldiers.

Takuya Suwara smiled and said, "Cao Sang, you don't have to feel sorry for this."

"If this hundred taels of gold is used to buy medicine, it will save dozens of seriously injured people."

"But if it is used to purchase intelligence, hundreds or even thousands of soldiers can be prevented from the deaths."

"Cao Sang must know which of these two is more important. In short, the information I sold must be worth the money, and I will never do such a huge price."

"But your price is indeed too expensive." Cao Mancang said.

"You get what you pay for. True valuable information is priceless." Takuya Suwara said seriously, "So what information Cao Sang wants to know?"

Cao Mancang said: "I want the complete combat plan for this sweep operation."

The expression on Takuya Suwon's face immediately became cold and said, "Cao Sang, your request is a bit too much. Of course I can get a complete combat plan, but how could I give you the plan?"

"You are Chinese, and you must be familiar with the idiom "fishing while you are dry, right?"

"I will sell the whole plan to you, just fish in the dry pond. I will not be stupid enough to spend all my money and life for a hundred taels of gold. This is not what a serious businessman should do."

Cao Mancang frowned and said, "So what information can you provide?"

Takuya Sumiwara said: "I can provide you with the specific goals of this sweep operation, the number of troops involved, the specific number of troops, and even the starting point of the attack."

"But a complete combat plan is absolutely impossible, no matter how high the price is, it will not work."

"I'm not a fool like Yoshio Oshima, and I will never do stupid things like killing a chicken to get eggs."

"You can only buy a single intelligence from me, but please be sure to believe me. These single intelligences are worth the money, at least they are worth more than one hundred taels of gold."

"Okay." Cao Mancang said, "Then I want to know the specific number of troops."

"Confirm?" Takuya Sui said with a smile, "You don't want to determine which company is the target of this mobilization first? If the target is the Shanxi Sui Army or the Central Army this time, wouldn't your 100 taels of gold be wasted?"

"The goal is not necessary." Cao Mancang said, "A fool knows it's our Eighth Route Army."

After a pause, Cao Mancang said again: "And I also know that your exact target is the Taihang Military Region in southeastern Shanxi."

Takumi Suwaru smiled without any objection and said, "Since that's the case, I won't say much, but the information you want cannot be provided for the time being, because the specific combat plan has not been completed yet, I can't give the exact number now, but don't worry, when the exact number comes out, I will definitely provide it to you as soon as possible."

"So?" Cao Mancang asked with a frown, "Then this gold?"

"You take the gold back first." Takuya Mizuhara said with a smile, "I said that we Osaka people always pay fairness and justice in their business. They always pay money and deliver goods in one hand."

"Okay, I'll wait for your news." Cao Mancang put away the gold.

...

Takuya Suwon did not ask Cao Mancang to wait too long.

Two days later, Takuya Suwahara personally went to the door to sell the information to Cao Mancang, and at the same time took away the 100 taels of gold. After Cao Mancang obtained the information, he immediately sent it to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

After the headquarters was informed, it sent it to the Taiyue Military Region and northwest Shanxi.

When the news reached northwest Shanxi, Ding Wei and Kong Jie had already arrived at Fuliang Mountain.

"Several leaders, the exact information has arrived." Wang Ye said in a telegram.

"The Japanese are still the same. They can achieve concealment and suddenness of the battle through mobilization in other places. Specifically, the First Army will gather three field divisions of the 69th Division, the 36th Division and the 37th Division to carry out iron-blocked sweeping operations on our Taihang Military Region."

Wang Ye pointed to the Taihang Military Region on the map.

"Damn it, three field divisions?"

"There are more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers in the three field divisions."

"It seems that the old Japanese devil, Yoshio Iwamatsu, is going to take real action."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie's faces changed slightly.

Ding Wei said again: "The Japanese have concentrated three field divisions for the mobilization operations of the Taihang Military Region. So how are the defense deployments in the entire Shanxi arranged?"

Wang Ye said: "I didn't say this telegram, I probably don't know."

After saying this, Wang Ye said: "However, the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi's First Army is fixed. Apart from these three field divisions, there are only the Third Brigade and the Fourth Brigade two infantry brigades."

"If nothing unexpected happens, there will be a brigade in southern Shanxi and a brigade in northwest Shanxi."

"At most, a temporary secondment of a gang from the Mongolian Army or the North China Front Army was temporarily placed in Zhengtai Road."

"After all, the transportation line of Zhengtai Road is the real lifeline for the First Army stationed in Shanxi."

Li Yunlong said: "In other words, at that time, the maximum number of Japanese devils we need to face is three infantry corps?"

Wang Ye said: "No, there should be less than three infantry corpses, because major counties such as Wanxian County, Anhua, Shouyang and Yangquan, as well as major strongholds such as Niangziguan must be left behind. Therefore, the Japanese army that can be used for mobile combat is at best an infantry corps."

Ding Wei said: "In other words, if we attack Taiyuan, the Japanese army we need to face is the security forces left in Taiyuan and a mobile infantry corps?"

"Yes." Wang Ye nodded and said, "About four thousand."

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie immediately began to calculate their capital.

Kong Jie said: "This is a tough battle, you must have at least five times the advantage of military strength."
To be continued...