"See it?" You Mo Jing San looked around everyone and said sternly, "Only investing the forces of four divisions, I can't even enter the gates of northwest Shanxi. I don't deny that if I continue to waste this way, the final victory will definitely be the Imperial Army, but how long will it take? Two months or three months?"

"Also, how much does it cost to end up paying?"

"There are supplies for eight divisions? Or twelve divisions?"

"Yes, right. Your Excellency General returned to China to get the supplies for the 15 divisions and teams."

"But the materials for these fifteen divisions and regiments are not all for the preparations for the battle between Northwest Shanxi, but also for a next major battle to open up the mainland's transportation line."

"If the Imperial Army loses too much in northwest Shanxi,"

"What will we use to open up the mainland transportation line next?"

After a pause, You Jingsan said again: "So the four divisions are really not strong enough."

"No, no!" Ogito Miji said loudly, "There is no fortress in this world that cannot be broken, and there is no fortress that cannot be avoided. The French spent 5 billion francs to bypass the Maginot Line of Defense that took twelve years to build, let alone these civil fortification groups that the Eighth Route Army hastily built?"

"I leave the main force behind and continue to attack from the front."

"At the same time, four infantry corps were drawn to enter the bandit area on foot."

Speaking of this, Miji Ogito picked up four more war games and placed them on the sand table, and then said: "These four infantry regiments do not have to do anything else. They only need to cut off the connection between the four fortresses and the bandit zone, so that the bandit zone’s materials and reinforcements cannot enter the fortress. Then the Eighth Route Army and materials in the fortress will not last long."

"Chief of Staff, you finally grasp the key points." You Mo Jingsan applauded, "In this battle between Northwest Shanxi, if you want to purge the bandit area in northwest Shanxi, and to severely damage or even wipe out the 386th Brigade, it is not enough to rely on the frontal attack in four directions. A considerable number of mountain combat troops must be invested to detour deep into the bandit area, destroy the towns and villages of the bandit area, kill the unlucky people in the bandit area, cut off their logistics supply channels, and completely destroy the war potential of the Eighth Route Army! But..."

Speaking of this, the Mo Jingsan said again: "Three regiments are far from enough. Just three regiments are afraid that as soon as they enter the bandit area, they will be surrounded by the 386th Brigade."

Ogito Mijidao: "So, how much troops does Amo Jun think he needs to invest?"

"At least four mountain divisions!" You Mo Jing San said in a deep voice, "If the troops are sufficient, six or even eight mountain divisions are not too many, because the more troops are invested, the faster the sweep process will be. Based on the calculation, the losses of troops and the consumption of materials will actually be less, which is more cost-effective."

"Mountain Division?" Okamura Yanji seemed a little hesitant.

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji said again: "Your Maijun, you know the combat effectiveness of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. If you invest in the mountain division that lacks heavy weapons and penetrates into the bandit area, will it be surrounded and annihilated by the other party?"

"So there is a sufficient number of mountain divisions." You Jingsan nodded, "With the current combat effectiveness of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, it is indeed capable of quickly eating any mountain division of the Imperial Army in the field, but if two divisions are fighting together, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will be powerless."

"Well." Okamura Yasuji said, "What do you mean is to invest six or eight mountain divisions, divide them into three or four sweeping columns, and carry out repeated sweeps to the bandit area in northwestern Shanxi?"

"Yes." You Mo Jingsan said, "The focus is on its industrial area."
Chapter completed!