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Shinozuka Yoshio saw that Iijima Mori was hesitant to speak, so he immediately urged impatiently: "But what?"

Iijima Mori: "But the intelligence obtained from the Central Army shows that Wei Junru is mobilizing troops and generals, and seems to be preparing to take this opportunity to fight out of Zhongtiao Mountain!"

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, without much expression change on his face, because Wei Junru's lack of cooperation was completely within his expectation.

Although there are many factions within the Central Army, many generals have their own wishful thinking. They obviously do not dare to disobey military orders, but they obey or discount the orders from above.

However, Wei Junru, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Theater Command and the supreme commander of the Central Army of the Second Theater Command, is a relatively determined militant.

It's completely normal that he doesn't want to let this opportunity go.

If Wei Junru accepted the goodwill released by Yoshio Shinozuka on the surface, Yoshio Shinozuka would become suspicious and wonder whether Wei Junru was stabbing him in the back.

Yoshio Shinozuka asked again: "What about the Jinsui Army?"

Iijima Mori: "As for the Jinsui Army, although Yan Laoxi has not expressed his position yet, according to his past behavior, there is a high probability that he will not send troops and will maintain a wait-and-see attitude."

"In addition, several senior commanders of the pro-Japanese faction in the Jinsui Army have accepted generous gifts from the imperial army and have promised the imperial army that they will try their best to dissuade Yan Laoxi from sending troops."

Yan Laoxi is not a staunch fighter, and naturally there are many such people among his officers.

Of course, they may not surrender to the Japanese army, but they are not willing to take the initiative to send troops as long as their own interests are not harmed.

In short, avoid disasters if you can; fight only when evasion is unavoidable; fighting will not bring out much fighting power; run away if you cannot win; in short, conserving strength is the most important thing.

"That's great! As long as Yan Laoxi doesn't send troops, Wei Junru's Central Army alone can't make any trouble!

When I finish dealing with the Eighth Route Army, Wei Junru will die!"

Shinozuka Yoshio's gloomy face finally burst into a long-lost smile.

…

The other side.

At the Shanxi-Sui Army General Headquarters.

Yan Laoxi also received news that the Eighth Route Army was actively attacking Japanese strongholds, and he immediately convened an emergency military report.

The entire conference room is filled with stars.

When the intelligence staff of the Intelligence Division reported in detail the situation they had collected, everyone's expressions varied, including disdain, shock, surprise, disbelief, heartfelt joy, and excitement.

Everyone's inner thoughts are also different.

Among them, the surprised expression on Yan Laoxi's face was not much worse than that of Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Are you saying that the Eighth Route Army launched simultaneous attacks on more than 300 Japanese strongholds along the Zhengtai Railway, Tongpu Railway, and Pinghan Railway last night?"

"Yes, Chief!" The intelligence staff officer who had just reported nodded heavily.

Liang Dunhou, Yan Laoxi's nephew, said with disdain: "Absurd! The Eighth Route Army has a total of 3 divisions, 6 brigades, and 12 regiments. How can they launch attacks on more than 300 Japanese strongholds at the same time? Is it possible to combine these 12 regiments?

Can’t we divide it into more than 300 parts?”

"In this case, the strength of an action team is less than a platoon. What damage can this small number of troops cause to the Japanese stronghold? It is too weak even if it is itchy."

Before Yan Laoxi could speak, Yang Xingru, the commander-in-chief of the 6th Army, said: "Brother Liang, I'm afraid your news is a little out of date."

Liang Dunhou asked: "Brother Liao, what do you mean by this?"

Yang Xingru: "Although the Eighth Route Army has only 3 divisions, 6 brigades, and 12 regiments.

However, in recent years, the Eighth Route Army has secretly developed many units. These units have no establishment and are not recognized by the theater.

It can be said to be a black account.

But it is undeniable that these troops are indeed from the Eighth Route Army.

For example, they showed great success in the Battle of Hulu Gorge last time and captured a Japanese major general and 6 new Japanese regiments.

In addition to the New Regiment, there are many such black-house regiments in the Eighth Route Army, and they are not even less than those of regular regiments with established organizations."

Major General Chen: "Even if the strength of the Eighth Route Army is doubled, they have 24 regiments, divided equally into more than 300 sections, and each detachment will only have more than one company.

Moreover, the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was notoriously poor.

As for the Japanese stronghold, even if it is a small stronghold, its garrison must have at least one platoon of Imperial Army troops. Slightly larger ones will also be garrisoned by Japanese troops and have solid bunkers and gun towers.

So, how could the Eighth Route Army attack so many strongholds?"

Yang Xingru smiled and said: "The intelligence only said that the Eighth Route Army launched attacks on these strongholds at the same time. It did not say that they were all the main attack and they were all captured."

"It may also be that the Eighth Route Army only focused on attacking some of the Japanese strongholds, and the rest were sheep attacks. The purpose was to contain the nearby Japanese troops and prevent them from taking rash actions."

Liang Dunhou felt that it seemed to make sense, and nodded thoughtfully.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Yan Laoxi's attendant, the guard adjutant Zhang Riming, suddenly rushed in from outside, holding a document in his hand.

Zhang Riming entered the conference room, walked directly to Yan Laoxi, stood up and saluted and reported: "Reporting to the main seat, the latest information has just arrived from southeastern Shanxi. The 123 small Japanese strongholds along the Zhengtai Railway have been attacked by the Eighth Route Army and captured by the Eighth Route Army.

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Among them, 106 Japanese and puppet garrison units were either eliminated on the spot or intercepted and eliminated halfway. Only the remnants of 17 garrison units fled back to the nearest large stronghold.

In addition, a total of more than 250 strongholds on the Tongpu Railway Line and the Pinghan Railway Line were also attacked by the Eighth Route Army and captured. Only a small number of garrison troops fled back to the nearby secondary strongholds.

In addition, intelligence also stated that the Eighth Route Army launched an attack almost at the same time at 12 o'clock last night, and the strength of each detachment reached at least one battalion."

As soon as these words came out, everyone including Yan Laoxi and Fu Yisheng were deeply shocked and dumbfounded.

Yang Xingru's face was even more intense. He had just said with certainty that the Eighth Route Army would only attack some of the strongholds, not all of them.

Moreover, with the strength of the Eighth Route Army, it was impossible to defeat so many Japanese strongholds.

Isn't this slap in the face too quick?

"More than 300 battalions? Doesn't that mean that the Eighth Route Army has grown to more than 100 regiments, more than 50 brigades, and more than 20 divisions?"

Yan Laoxi murmured in a low voice, and a huge sense of crisis surged into his heart.

If the Eighth Route Army really developed to the size of more than 20 divisions, wouldn't his Jinsui Army become even stronger?

The most important thing is that he has been kept in the dark.

We have to think of a countermeasure, but we can't let this bunch of Tubalu continue to grow barbarically...
Chapter completed!