On the east bank of the Yellow River, Wang Ye and his group were winding southwards.

"Captain, look." Fan Guangu said, pointing to the sky above his head, "A Japanese plane."

Wang Ye looked up and said casually: "Looking at this appearance, it should be a Mitsubishi Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft."

The reconnaissance planes need not be paid attention to, because the Japanese reconnaissance planes usually ignore the small groups of enemy troops they encounter in the middle.

Fan Guangou glanced at the sniper rifle behind Wang Yema's saddle and said with hope: "Captain, do you want to shoot him? Maybe you'll be lucky enough to hit him?"

"No." Wang Ye shook his head, "It's purely a waste of bullets."

Wei Dayong also said: "The flight altitude is at least one thousand meters, exceeding the effective range of the rifle."

Fan Guangou sighed and said with some annoyance: "It would be great if there was an anti-aircraft gun, and the Japanese would no longer dare to come to our base to conduct reconnaissance without restraint."

"Gozi, what do you think?" Wei Dayong sneered.

"What's the use of an anti-aircraft gun? The Japanese will blow you up in minutes."

"Brother Yong, can you stop calling me a dog?" Fan Guan said dissatisfied, "Call me Xiao Fan."

"I'll just call you, what can you do?" Wei Dayong groaned and said repeatedly, "Dog, Dog, Dog, Dog brother."

Fan Guan was so angry that he gave Wei Dayong a blank look and could only turn to the beginning and ignore him. There is really nothing he can do about this. He can't scold him or beat him or beat him. What else can he do?

At this time, Li Xia rode his horse to catch up.

"Captain." Li Xia shouted, "There is a mission."

Wang Ye stopped and asked, "What mission?"

Li Xia said: "I just received a telegram from the headquarters, saying that there was a beautiful major named Carlson. He had completed an interview with the 120th Division. Next, I would go to our Northwest Shanxi Column for an interview. The commander asked us to go and respond, and be sure to ensure the safety of Major Carlson and his party."

Wang Ye said: "Where are they now?"

Li Xia said: "I have just passed Heyang County."

"Heyang County? That's not far from us." Wang Ye shouted, "Tell me the order and turn around and return to Heyang County to pick up the guests from the beautiful country."

...

At this time, the reconnaissance plane driven by Moeta Nakamura had already flown over Wanmadu.

"Okamura, it's really a chimney." Nakamura Moetsuka said loudly as he gestured, "But how could the Chinese people build the chimney on the top of the mountain? And it's so short, can they exhaust smoke?"

"No, no, no," said Okamura Yasuji, "Nakamura, you are wrong. They did not build the chimney on the top of the mountain, but built the chimney inside the mountain. Their factory is on the abdomen of this mountain!"

"What?" Nakamura Moritao said in surprise, "These Chinese people are really cunning."

After a pause, Nakamura Moetsuka suggested again: "Okamura, do you want me to throw a bomb at the chimney?"

Although the Mitsubishi Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft is a reconnaissance aircraft, it can also carry two 25Kg-class bombs.

"Forget it." Okamura Niji shook his head and said, "Not to mention whether you can throw the bomb into the chimney, even if you throw it in and blow up the smoke exhaust, it will be useless. The Chinese will be able to repair it soon."

"Yes." Nakamura Takado, "It's really useless."

He paused and said, "If this happens, the bombing will not work."

"Yes, I won't have to come here to bomb again in the future." Okamura Yasuji said, "It's useless."

While speaking, the smoke outlets on the top of the mountain suddenly stopped venting again. Nakamura Moritao exclaimed lightly.

Nakamura Moetsu said: "Okamura, I remember that once the boilers of steel plants or power plants are running, they cannot be shut down without special circumstances, right?"

"Yes." Okamura Yasuji nodded.

Nakamura Moetsu said, "But the boiler below is shut down."

"This means they are still in the trial operation stage." Okamura Yanji's eyes lit up.

Nakamura Moetsuka's eyes also lit up and he said, "In other words, the factory in northwest Shanxi has not been completed yet? The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has not yet obtained support from the industrial zone?"

"At least the power plant and steel plant have not been put into operation yet," said Okamura Yasuji.

"Without a stable supply of electricity and steel, the arsenal will not be able to continuously produce bullets and shells of various calibers, at best, just reload some ammunition."

"Yoxi." Nakamura Morita nodded happily.

"Go back." Okamura Yasuji said.

"Hayi." Nakamura Moritara cried out.

...

In a small village in Heyang County, Wang Ye received Colonel Carlson and his party.

Wang Ye remembers that there seemed to be no Carlson in the original drama. It seems that due to the appearance of him as a time traveler, the entire world line has become unrecognizable, and even Carlson has run out.

There was a Carlson in history who had actually visited the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan base area.

Major Carlson and his group of more than a dozen people, in addition to Major Carlson himself and several beautiful national officers, there were also interpreters and guards sent from Yan'an, with considerable situations.

Major Carlson obviously came with some mission.

In addition to the camera, he actually brought a camera.

Yan'an also specially sent two mules to carry equipment for him.

"Hello, Major Carlson." Wang Ye said with his hand, "My name is Wang Ye, I am ordered to pick you up."

Wang Ye spoke fluent floating English and surprised Carlson: "Oh, I really didn't expect to meet an Eighth Route Army officer who could speak floating English."

However, Carlson's vigilance is very high.

After saying hello, Carlson said directly: "Wang, I'm very happy that you can take your time to bring troops to pick me up. I know you did this to ensure my safety, but I want to say no."

"No need?" Wang Ye said, "What do you mean is to arrange your own itinerary?"

"Yes," said Carlson. "I must make sure that what I see and record are real, not what someone has specially arranged for us to see or listen to."

Wang Ye said: "But are your safety?"

"We will be responsible for it ourselves," Carlson said.

"I had already greeted Ambassador Jensen before leaving Chongqing."

"If an accident occurs while interviewing the Eighth Route Army base, you can handle it according to the procedures of the fallen military personnel of the country and pay my family the pension, and it will not cause trouble to you."

"It's up to you." Wang Ye happily agreed to Carlson's request.

Wang Ye wouldn’t have a shame to ask for protection of a beautiful national officer. Is it cheap?

Moreover, Wang Ye knew very well that no matter what Carlson saw during this trip to the battlefield behind enemy lines or recorded, he probably would not change the course of history.

The beautiful country will still support the National Government.

There will still be no US equipment for the Eighth Route Army.

After the civil war breaks out in the future, the beautiful country will also sell half of the eliminated large amount of American equipment to the Kuomintang and support the Kuomintang to launch a civil war.

So, who cares about Carlson's life or death?

Anyway, the brigade commander's order has been implemented, and it is his business that Carlson refuses to accept it.

At that moment, Wang Ye led the Wolf Warriors again and the cavalry company headed south to the northwest base of Shanxi, but there was no soldier left for Carlson.

...

It was already evening when Okamura Yasuji returned to the Peking Headquarters.

Even without even having dinner, Okamura Yasuji summoned all the officers at the headquarters to the combat hall, preparing to hold a meeting of staff to discuss an important issue.

The Wuyuan Battle Plan was cancelled and a major raid against the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was launched in advance!

As soon as this decision was made, the entire combat hall was in full swing. All the officers present were stunned. The chief of staff, Ogito Miji, who had just arrived, was also confused.

After a while, Miji Ogito asked, "Great General, why did you give up the plan for the Battle of Wuyuan? Is it because the Mongolian Army and the 1st Division suffered too much loss in the Battle of Datong?"

"Two reasons." Okamura Yasuji said, "The first reason is that the loss of the Mongolian Army and the 1st Division in the Datong Campaign was too great, and it took at least five days of rest and supplement to restore combat effectiveness. However, at most two days, the Sui Army could build a defensive fortification chain outside Wuyuan City that was enough to resist the chariot cluster."

"In other words, the time window for the Battle of Wuyuan has been lost."

"And once the battle is lost, it is very likely to be a stalemate."

Speaking of this, Okamura Yasuji said again: "But the original intention of our launch of the Wuyuan Battle was not to annihilate the Sui Army, nor to fight to the stalemate. Instead, to occupy Wuyuan and then control the Hetao area, complete the encirclement of the bandit area in northwest Shanxi from behind, and then annihilate the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous area in northwest Shanxi."

When the Dachengtu Sanji, the officers attending the meeting looked at each other when they heard this.

Many people were suspicious of Okamura's judgment. The Imperial Army concentrated two divisions and a chariot division to launch a raid on Wuyuan. The Sui Army really had the ability to defend Wuyuan? It was a stalemate. Is it true or false?

"You don't have to doubt it." Okamura Yanji waved his hand and said, "I have already flew over Wuyuan to see it myself. The trenches and fortifications built by the Sui Army are not only complete, but also wide and deep. The tanks of the Imperial Army cannot cross the line. Not only that, the Sui Army has also built a large number of anti-tank cones, which further weakened the chariot's penetration capabilities."

"Ah? Anti-tank cone?" Most of the officers present finally believed it.

Although the terrain of Wuyuan is very suitable for large-scale penetration of chariot clusters, if the Sui Army makes arrangements in advance and builds complete anti-tank trenches and anti-tank cones, the chariot cluster will be powerless. At that time, the engineers will have to fill the trenches of the Sui Army bit by bit and destroy the anti-tank cones, which will take a lot of time and effort.

But the Mo Jing San was obviously not so easily convinced, and frowned and said, "Great General, even if he was in a stalemate with the Sui Army, he should not give up this battle easily. If the troops are insufficient, continue to increase troops to Wuyuan. If the Sui Army cannot be solved in a short period of time, then continue to mobilize materials to extend the time."

"Anyway, the Sui Army must solve it no matter what."

"Because the Imperial Army must first resolve the Sui Army before it can occupy Wuyuan and Hetao."

"Only by occupying Hetao can the encirclement of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army be completed!"

"Only by completing the four-sided encirclement of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, the raid of the bandit area in the northwest of Shanxi of the Eighth Route Army would be meaningful. Otherwise, the Imperial Army would concentrate a large number of troops and spend a lot of materials to organize a sweep, but the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army ran away. Wouldn't it be a waste of work?"

The officers present nodded at the same time.

Their ideas are consistent with the third level of the third level.

"This is exactly the second reason I want to say." Okamura Yasuji said in a deep voice, "This morning, I personally flew to Hetao and northwest Shanxi to conduct reconnaissance on the bandit area in northwest Shanxi."

"A very important message was found."

Speaking of this, Okamura Yasuji said again: "I found that the bandit area in northwestern Shanxi is next to the Yellow River, but this section of the Yellow River flows rapidly, the ferrying efficiency is very low, and there are no large ships at all. In other words, people and livestock can ferry back and forth in this section of the Yellow River, but machinery and equipment weighing several tons or even dozens of tons is impossible."

You Mo Jingsan said: "Your Excellency General, do you mean that machines and equipment cannot cross the river?"

"Yes, machinery and equipment will never cross the Yellow River." Okamura Yasuji said confidently, "So, what you are worried about will not happen. The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will never escape easily until the end, because they finally grabbed this batch of machinery and equipment from Taiyuan, and finally built the factory, how could they give up easily?"

"But what if?" Ogito Mijido, "What if the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army gave up?"

"That's nothing." Okamura Yasuji said, "If the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army really gave up the bandit area in the northwest Shanxi and the factory that it finally built, it would lose its stable ammunition supply. Then in the next battle, as long as the Imperial Army did not make a fatal mistake, the 386th Brigade would become an annihilation battle, they would become weaker and weaker, until they completely lost the ability to launch a large-scale battle. By then, even if the 386th Brigade was still there, it would be no need to worry about it."

Ashimi nodded subconsciously because logically, Okamura Yasuji was right.

Because the strong combat effectiveness of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was also based on sufficient ammunition supply.

If there were no divisional warships seized from Taiyuan, the combat effectiveness of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army would never be strong enough to this extent.

Okamura Yasuji said again: "In addition, I said that I would give up the Goyuan Battle Plan and launch a raid against the bandit area in northwestern Shanxi in advance. It is not about asking for your opinions, nor is it about the agenda for convening a meeting of staff today."

After a pause, Okamura Yasuji said again: "This is an order and must be executed."

Everyone looked at each other, and they agreed that you have already made a decision, so I can still discuss it.

Ogito Mijido: "God General, what is the topic of today's staff meeting?"

Okamura Yasuji said: "The topic of this aide meeting is to target the raid of the bandit area in northwestern Shanxi. I hope everyone can speak enthusiastically and make suggestions for this raid."

"So that's how it is." Youmo Jingsan nodded happily and then said, "Youdao is a lion fighting against a rabbit, and you still try your best. So I think this time, the Eighth Route Army's bandit area in the northwest Shanxi is best to mobilize enough troops to form a crushing advantage over the Eighth Route Army's 386th Brigade to ensure victory."

Okamura Yasuji asked, "So how many divisions does Amo Jun think he needs?"

"All divisions!" There are three sub-sights. "The seven divisions that have just been transferred to the North China battlefield in the base camp for this sweep. If possible, it is best to use the 3rd Division of the chariots stationed in Mongolia, the 26th Division and the two divisions directly under the front army for this sweep."

Hearing this, the entire combat hall was in an uproar.

It is too exaggerated to use the 11th Division to besiege a brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Miji Oshiro said, "I am the first to come. I don't know much about the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi, but I still know some military knowledge. The 386th Brigade is just a brigade of the Eighth Route Army. No matter how strong its combat effectiveness is, it is not necessary for the Imperial Army to mobilize the troops of the 11th Division to siege, right?"

"Yes." Okamura Yasuji also said, "In the Battle of Songhu, facing the elite 700,000 national troops, the Imperial Army only mobilized nine divisions, and then there was the Battle of Wuhan. In the face of more than one million national troops, the Imperial Army only concentrated eleven divisions, but now they have to concentrate eleven divisions against a brigade of the Eighth Route Army. Doesn't Mo Jun feel too extravagant?"

Obviously, Okamura Yasuji also felt that it was too extravagant to concentrate ten divisions to deal with the 386th Brigade.

Ai Shi Jingsan asked, "Your General is worried that too many divisions will waste materials?"

"Isn't it?" Ogito Mijido, "If eleven divisions join the battle, they need eleven divisions to compete in the battle. If only four divisions join the battle, they only need 4 divisions to compete in the battle."

"Hasn't your Excellency the Chief of Staff ever thought about another point?" said Aoshikori. "If four divisions cannot complete the task within one month, you need to add four divisions to the battle. If eleven divisions participate in the battle, the battle may end within half a month, and then you only need to consume less than five divisions to the battle."

"How come Aimo Jun is sure that the four divisions cannot complete the task within one month?" Miji Ogito retorted, "Maybe the four divisions can complete the task within half a month? Then it only requires two divisions to consume combat supplies, and there is no need to use five divisions to fight, right?"

"Then let's do a war chess performance." Akimo Jingsan said with a smile, "I'll command the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army."

"Okay, then I will command the North China Front Army." Mizhi Ogito said in his heart that he was worried about how to establish his prestige. Since you came here by yourself, I won't be polite to you.

After pausing, he asked Okamura again, "Your Excellency, you won't disagree, do you?"

"I have no objection." Okamura Niji waved his hand and said, "I can't wait to see your wonderful performance, so prepare for war games quickly."

At this time, several staff officers in the combat class had already brought out war games.
Chapter completed!