Taiyuan First Army Headquarters

"General, this is the loss report this week."

Moriyama Otani handed the information and spy war losses report that had just been counted to Yoshio Shinozuka.

When Yoshio Shinozuka saw that Moriyama Otani looked bad, he expected that the loss must be significant.

After taking the loss report, Yoshio Shinozuka's brow still couldn't help but hurt.

The loss of agents in this week has exceeded the losses of the whole month last month, and it is simply a waste of money.

"General, now it seems that intelligence wars and spy wars cannot be effective." Moriyama Otani said, "The masters of the 18th Army are very good at counterintelligence wars and spy wars. This time we lost a large number of excellent agents, mainly because we were trapped again. Our people are not his opponents at all."

Why does Moriyama Otani say the word "and"?

But because the Japanese intelligence agents were very careful and very alert every time.

But every time I was still hit as usual.

The 18th Army mixed clues of true and falsehood together. It is really hard to distinguish between true and falsehood, and it is hard to guard against.

"Have the blockade measures on the other side of the mountain been strengthened?" Shinozuka Yoshio was calm.

The agents suffered such great losses and losing their temper could not solve the problem.

"It has been strengthened, but..." Moriyama Otani stopped talking.

"But what?" asked Yoshio Shinozuka.

"I don't know if I should say it." Moriyama Otani looked complicated.

"What should I say, say it!" Shinozuka Yoshio's tone increased a little. The enemy's situation has changed. Do you still have to hide it from me?!

"Recently, the strongholds we set up on the other side of the mountain have been repeatedly attacked by small units of the 18th Army. The Imperial Army soldiers and the Imperial Army in the stronghold were both tragically killed." Moriyama Otani said.

"Is this not normal?" Shinozuka Yoshio said, "The 18th Army ambushed our strongholds many times, and it basically happens every day."

"The main reason is that the losses of the enemy and us are disproportionate." Moriyama Otani shook his head.

"What is the ratio?" asked Yoshio Shinozuka.

"I counted it and found that there were fourteen strongholds in total that were attacked by small units of the 18th Army. Our casualties accumulated, and it had exceeded one regiment, and the enemy did not even leave any hairs..." Moriyama Otani did not finish his words.

Bang!

Yoshio Shinozuka slapped the table hard: "Haga, absurd, this is impossible!"

Isn’t this saying that more than one thousand is zero? This is simply nonsense!

When did the Tujiao Route Army become so powerful?

Moriyama Otani continued: "I didn't believe it either, but I confirmed it again and again. It's true. Of course, it's not ruled out that the enemy also suffered casualties, but it must be very few. They took away casualties, so we couldn't get specific numbers. What's even more unbelievable is that the small teams of the 18th Army did not even use artillery, so they took the stronghold, which was simply..."

When Yoshio Shinozuka heard this, he slapped the table again: "Baga, are you kidding me! Our stronghold has bunkers, artillery towers, wire mesh, trenches, and even military dogs to help with the police. With such strict prevention, the Chinese farmers did not even use artillery and took it down with zero casualties. Don't you think this is insulting my first army!"

A small group of enemies, without even using artillery, took down strong defense bases. When did the Chinese become so powerful?

If they were so powerful, would the imperial army still occupy a large area of ​​their land without any stake?

I'm afraid that the empire's army may not even be able to open their national gates!

Faced with Yoshio Shinozuka's scolding, Moriyama Otani continued, "General, I know you will be furious, but I still want to say it. I found that their small tactics are quite similar to the special operations made by Colonel Yamamoto Ichiki..."

As expected by Moriyama Otani, as soon as he mentioned the four words "special combat", he immediately touched the most fragile nerve deep in Yoshio Shinozuka's heart.

Yoshio Shinozuka immediately shouted like a dog with his tail stepped on: "Baga, shut up, the three divisions of my empire were buried in the hands of Yamamoto Ichiki's special operations. Now you tell me that the Chinese farmers are using special operations against us!!!"

"General, I admit that our three divisions were ruined by Colonel Yamamoto. We made certain strategic mistakes in this way, but I think it is unwise to completely deny Yamamoto Kazuki's special operations. At least, this special operations are in the hands of the Chinese people, and its value is terrible..." Moriyama Otani did not finish his words.

Bang!

Yoshio Shinozuka slapped again.

This time, the slap did not hit the table, but slapped it in the face of Moriyama Oya.

Moriyama Otani's face immediately had a few finger marks, and he was a little confused.

Yoshio Shinozuka cursed: "You are not allowed to mention Yamamoto Ichiki in front of me again and special operations! The Chinese people can attack our strongholds with small groups of enemies. That must be their upgraded guerrilla tactics. That is their guerrilla tactics, not special operations at all! Special operations are harmful things, do you understand?"

Moriyama Otani's mind was buzzing, and he could understand Yoshio Shinozuka's mood.

In the past, Yamamoto Ichiki returned from studying in Country D and brought back special operations.

Yamamoto Kazuki asked people everywhere to lobby for his special operations, but no Imperial officer supported him.

Finally, Yamamoto Kazuki moved Yoshio Shinozuka.

Yoshio Shinozuka suppressed public opinion as the commander of the First Army and proved to most imperial officers that Yamamoto's special operations must have strategic value.

However, Yamamoto Ichiki's special operations not only did not give Shinozuka Yoshio a chance, but instead misled him and caused the three imperial divisions to fall into the abyss.

Special operations became the laughing stock of the First Army and became a taboo for Yoshio Shinozuka.

Now, the Chinese used Yamamoto Ichiki's special operations, and Moriyama Otani had to report it. He knew it would touch Yoshio Shinozuka's nerves, so he had to report it.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This newspaper is equivalent to revealing Yoshio Shinozuka's scars again, how can he not be angry?

"Hayi, General." Moriyama Otani responded and stopped talking to Yoshio Shinozuka.

There was still something in Moriyama Oya's heart that he had not said.

That is, the Chinese suddenly encountered Yamamoto Ichiki's special operations, which is a bad sign.

Maybe, we should check where the Chinese people got the special operations.

After all, this is something that only people in D can do, and Chinese people will not.

If no one taught the Chinese people, it would be unreasonable.

So who taught me? Yamamoto Ichiki is a major suspect!

Perhaps, Yamamoto Ichiki was not dead at all. He was currently a guest at the 18th Army and enjoying the treatment of a guest of honor.

It should be checked heavily.

But Yoshio Shinozuka is now angry, and Moriyama Otani can only find another opportunity later.

After all, the biggest task of the First Army now is to find the strategic masters of the 18th Army.

There was no enough manpower to investigate Yamamoto Ichiki.

"Get out!" Shinozuka Yoshio was in a bad mood and waved his hand and drove away Moriyama Otani like driving away flies.

Taking a few deep breaths to calm down, Yoshio Shinozuka tried hard to stabilize his emotions and no longer felt sad about the idiot Yamamoto Ichiki.

The small Chinese troops were able to host more than a dozen strongholds in a row, which was definitely not a special operation!

Absolutely not!

Picking up the microphone on the table, Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Come to me for the commander of the village."

The phone was connected, and Yoshio Shinozuka said to Kazumura Shinini: "Commander, I just received a new loss report. The agents you sent to me lost 80% of the losses in this week..."

"Baga, 80% of them, Xiaozuka, are you kidding me?" The surprised voice of Gangmura Jining came from the phone.

These are the best agents selected by the North China Expeditionary Force. They disappeared in just one week. This is a joke!

"Commander, maybe we have to change our thinking." Shinozuka Yoshio said tactfully, "It seems that intelligence wars and spy wars are not suitable anymore. Maybe we have to reconsider the encirclement by force."

"Didn't the series of failures last year prove that the forceful encirclement is wrong?" Gangmeng Tining said.

"That's because our planes are not enough." Shinozuka Yoshio said, "I have summarized my experience. Although the strategic masters of the 18th Army are very superb, except for the Battle of Wangershan, we can actually avoid other failures. The biggest problem is that we do not have enough planes. If our planes are enough and we can rescue the troops in time every time, then we will not fail at all."

"This is true." Kawanamura Shinen agreed with Yoshio Shinozuka's words.

To some extent, the support of the aviation force is one of the most important reasons why the imperial army is so powerful.

Without reinforcements from the aviation force, the combat effectiveness of the army forces will be greatly reduced, and it is difficult to have a turnaround at critical moments on the battlefield.

"But most of our army's resources are used by those bastards in the Navy to build large ships. We don't have enough planes at all." Kamura Tinin continued, "Even if we place resources on us now, our arsenal will not be able to build a large number of planes in a short time."

"General, please borrow from the Kwantung Army." Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Anyway, the Kwantung Army will not fight now."

"The Kwantung Army does not fight now, but they are ready to deal with the north at any time." Gangmeng Jining said that the Kwantung Army had been planning the country to the north for a long time and was constantly preparing.

The most elite army in the empire are also in the Kwantung Army.

Although the battle in Nomenkan last year failed, even if the Kwantung Army did not intend to make plans for the northern countries, it would have to beware of the northern countries coming to fight.

Under such circumstances, the air force's planes could not be borrowed easily.

"General, it's definitely OK to borrow a little bit." Shinozuka Yoshio said tactfully, "Now our intelligence and spy wars have proven useless. We still have to return to force. We need the support of the aviation force, and we need aircraft."

"I'll communicate with the Kwantung Army again." Gangmeng Jining also knew that spy wars and intelligence wars were ineffective, so he would definitely have to return to the encirclement and suppression by force.

Without enough aircraft support, the First Army is definitely not the opponent of the strategic master of the 18th Army.

"Hayi, Commander, then I'll wait for your good news." Yoshio Shinozuka and Kazumura Shinin ended the call.

Putting the microphone back on the shelf, Yoshio Shinozuka's heavy mood became much more relaxed.

He knew that the commander of Gangcun could definitely borrow a plane from the Kwantung Army.

When the plane is in place, I will personally encircle and suppress the 18th Army!
To be continued...