Uehara Junichiro's words seemed to have made the Japanese officers discover a new continent. They all fixed their eyes on the southeastern Shanxi region on the map, thinking about the feasibility of this plan.

Then they all nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, the analysis of the Deputy Chief of Staff is very reasonable. Compared with annihilating the Chinese Army in the northwest of Shanxi, it is much easier for the imperial army to destroy the Chinese Army in the southeastern Shanxi.

And the strategic effect achieved is much greater.”

Yoshio Shinozuka did not immediately adopt Junichiro Uehara's suggestion, but wanted to listen again to see if other people had different suggestions.

After all, as a commander-in-chief, he needs to listen to many different opinions and then adopt the best one.

This will not only keep you clear-headed at all times, but also increase the enthusiasm of your subordinates to give advice.

Unless the necessary moment comes, we will act decisively.

Otherwise, if you don’t listen to what I say and don’t accept what I hear, then it would be better not to say anything at all.

In this way, those military staff officers became mere decorations.

At this moment, an urgent report suddenly came from outside the door: "Report!"

Hearing the sound, all the Japanese officers who were in the meeting turned their heads and looked towards the door of the conference room.

This voice also interrupted Yoshio Shinozuka's thoughts, but he was not angry.

Through the voice, he already knew who was outside the door, Iijima Mori, the intelligence chief of the 1st Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka knew Iijima Mori. If the situation was not urgent, he would usually not come to report in person, let alone interrupt his meeting at this time.

So he said: "Come in!"

"Hiyi!"

Iijimamori nodded heavily, then opened the door of the conference room and walked in from the outside.

After entering the conference room, Iijima Mori walked around the conference table, came to Yoshio Shinozuka, and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, it is not that my subordinates intentionally interrupted your meeting, but something serious has happened in Wanjia Town."

Hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka was immediately shocked, because through yesterday's aviation report, they already knew that the 4th Brigade retreated to Wanjia Town to rest and rest after successfully breaking through.

The current incident in Wanjia Town is probably related to the 4th Brigade.

But Yoshio Shinozuka still had a bit of luck and asked, "What happened in Wanjia Town?"

Iijima Mori answered truthfully: "Wanjia Town was attacked by unknown Chinese troops last night, including the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army stationed in Wanjia Town, and the 4th Imperial Army Army temporarily stationed in Wanjia Town.

The entire brigade was shattered, no one was spared."

Shinozuka Yoshio's last fantasy was shattered, and his whole body felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His expression was dull, and all the energy on his face disappeared instantly: "Where is Nishiyama Masao? How is he?"

Iijima Mori: "No one in the entire Imperial Army's 4th Brigade was spared. General Nishiyama Masao was also shattered. Not only Wanjia Town, but also the train station 5 kilometers north of Wanjia Town was attacked.

The Fujita team stationed at the train station was also completely destroyed.

Also, a lot of rails near the train station have also been pried away, so my subordinates initially suspected that the attack might be carried out by the Eighth Route Army."

"Baga! Damn it! It's the damned China Tubal Road again!"

Whether the commander of the Major General Brigade was killed or the entire 4th Brigade was wiped out, this was no small matter for the entire Japanese army.

In particular, the 9th Brigade was severely damaged just two days ago.

Now the 4th Brigade was completely wiped out again. In just a few days, the Japanese army lost nearly a division of field infantry.

This had to make the North China Front Army Headquarters and even the Japanese base camp doubt the military command ability of Yoshio Shinozuka.

If the 4th Brigade was only severely damaged, Shinozuka Yoshio might still be able to cover it up. Even as long as Nishiyama Masao was still alive, the problem would be much smaller. But the 4th Brigade, including the brigade commander and the two regiment captains, were all destroyed.

Elimination obviously cannot be concealed.

It won't be long before the front army headquarters gets the news.

You may even have received the news.

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka could no longer suppress his inner anger and slapped the conference table in front of him hard.

He slapped him angrily, almost using all his strength. He only heard a 'bang' sound, and the tea cup on the table bounced violently, and then fell heavily to the ground. It shattered with a 'snap' sound, and the tea inside was also

Splattered everywhere.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka is not an idiot who only gets angry when things happen. On the contrary, his strategic vision and tactical guidance ability are extremely outstanding among the entire Japanese army.

Just because he dared to reuse Yamamoto Kazuki and use unproven special operations shows how advanced his strategic vision is.

Yoshio Shinozuka breathed heavily for a moment, and soon regained his composure.

Deputy Chief of Staff Junichiro Uehara didn't know what Yoshio Shinozuka was thinking in his heart. He was afraid that the other party would be carried away by anger and insist on his own way, so he said: "Your Excellency, Commander, my subordinates believe that the more rampant the China Eighth Route Army in the northwestern Shanxi region is.

, the more we should focus on the southwestern Shanxi region, and not let them lead us by the nose."

"As long as we take action against the Chinese Army in southeastern Shanxi, the initiative will be firmly in the hands of the imperial army, and we may even force the Chinese Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi to rush to southeastern Shanxi for reinforcements.

By then, we will be able to eliminate them without any effort."

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded heavily: "Well, Uehara-kun, your analysis is very reasonable, and the battle plan you proposed is indeed feasible."

"Now let's discuss this combat plan in depth. It must be foolproof!"

Immediately, under the leadership of Yoshio Shinozuka, a group of Japanese officers began to express their opinions and plot a plan to raid the southeastern Shanxi region.

It’s not that Yoshio Shinozuka doesn’t have his own opinions. On the contrary, Junichiro Uehara is only standing on the third floor, while Yoshio Shinozuka is already standing on the fifth floor.

Now, with the 4th Brigade being destroyed, he needs a big victory to prove himself and dispel the doubts of the front army headquarters and base camp about him.

The sweep of southeastern Shanxi is undoubtedly the best and easiest opportunity.

Because almost all of the Lianghe area east of southeastern Shanxi has been occupied by the Japanese army, when Yoshio Shinozuka launched a raid on the southwestern Shanxi area, he could also unite with the Japanese army in the Lianghe area to encircle it.

The probability of success will undoubtedly be greatly improved.

As for dealing with the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi, there is already a precedent.

Yoshio Shinozuka does not hold grudges, but he will not be dazzled by hatred.

Therefore, of course he will not easily target the Eighth Route Army in the northwestern Shanxi region and fight some uncertain battles.

…

As the instigator of this incident, Wang Chengzhu did not know all this, did not know that Cheng Xiazi and Xu Shengji took the blame for him, and did not know that a conspiracy surrounding the entire Second War Zone, especially the Eighth Route Army, was about to come.
Chapter completed!