Entering June, the Japanese First Army Command in Shanxi welcomed a new master, Yoshio Iwamatsu, and Lieutenant General of the Japanese Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu graduated from the 30th period of the Japanese Army University, while Yoshio Shinozuka graduated from the 23rd period. If you think about it carefully, Yoshio Shinozuka was also the senior of Yoshio Iwamatsu. Before he took over Yoshio Shinozuka, Yoshio Iwamatsu was the commander of the Central Japanese Army.

Since Yoshio Shinozuka fought against the Eighth Route Army in the occupied Shanxi area, Yoshio Iwamatsu received an order to replace Yoshio Shinozuka. Yoshio Iwamatsu was a little envious of Yoshio Shinozuka. He knew that Yoshio Shinozuka had received the imperial sword given by His Majesty the Emperor, what a great honor it was.

Unfortunately, Yoshio Shinozuka failed His Majesty's expectations and was eventually transferred from the Shanxi First Army and returned to the local area to serve as a bench.

When he walked into the headquarters, Yoshio Iwamatsu Yoshio could see that the officers in the First Army were waiting for him, which made him very satisfied. It seemed that these officers were still very smart. Otherwise, if something really happened, Yoshio Iwamatsu, the new commander of the First Army, would not mind doing something.

To be able to become a lieutenant general of the army, Yoshio Iwamatsu has seen too many things and has quite good means.

The Japanese Army Base Camp chose to let Yoshio Iwamatsu take over Yoshio Shinozuka because Yoshio Iwamatsu's ability is quite good and he has made certain achievements in the central army. It is urgent to keep a stable base in the Shanxi occupied area, so people like Yoshio Iwamatsu need to be transferred to ensure the stability of Shanxi.

Shanxi's strategic location is very important, and the rich coal resources are urgently needed by the Japanese. In addition, Shanxi has a strong transportation network, most of the Japanese's materials need to be transported from Shanxi to the front line, which makes the Japanese very important to the stability of Shanxi.

What's more, with the actions of the Eighth Route Army troops in the occupied areas and the ever-expanding anti-Japanese bases, the Japanese felt a deep threat. If there is no certain change to the situation in Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army will inevitably become their biggest concern, and even now, the Eighth Route Army has become the target of fear by the Japanese.

After briefly understanding the situation of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu began to strengthen his control over the First Army. When he knew about Yamamoto Ichiki's special forces, he even expressed his support for Yamamoto Ichiki.

Whether it is the family behind Yamamoto Ichiki or Yamamoto Ichiki's own abilities, Iwamatsu Yoshio was quite satisfied. He also needed to control Yamamoto Ichiki's special agent team to ensure that he could achieve certain results in Shanxi. In Iwamatsu Yoshio's opinion, the special agent team did not make enough results before, which was entirely due to Yoshio Shinozuka's wrong command.

Now that he is in charge of the special agent team, he will definitely command the special agent team well and make the special agent team a weapon for killing in his hands.

While Yoshio Iwamatsu continued to strengthen his control over the First Army, the various units of the Eighth Route Army were also constantly developing. After knowing that the Japanese were afraid of the Eighth Route Army, the 129th Division implemented the localization of the main force and merged some of the main force with the military division in stages and batches.

At the same time, the 129th Division also adopted a comprehensive policy of fighting against the enemy with armed struggle as the core, vigorously organized guerrilla battles, strengthened the fight against the enemy in border areas, carried out political offensives, crushed the Japanese and puppet troops to fight against Japanese bases, and encroached on them.

In order to deal with the various means of the Japanese, the 129th Division, under the command of the headquarters, adopted various methods to carry out defensive counterattacks.

The bosses had thought that after Iwamatsu Yoshio took over the First Army, the Japanese would calm down for a while and reduce the base area. After all, Iwamatsu Yoshio, who had just taken over the First Army, did not have enough control over the troops under his command, and not to mention that he could not gain anything in the sweeping, so the materials consumed by the Japanese sweeping troops were not a small amount.

But who knew that after Iwamatsu Yoshio took over the First Army, he not only did not reduce the base area, but instead ordered his troops to carry out the Japanese base area from time to time. In just one month, the Japanese troops carried out more than a dozen large-scale sweeps of the base area.

Such a sweeping force made the boss more and more aware of the hardships of the anti-Japanese war in the Japanese occupied areas. The Japanese had also noticed the strength of the Eighth Route Army troops and increased the attack on the Japanese base areas to prevent the Eighth Route Army and the Anti-Japanese base areas from growing stronger.

In the entanglement with the Japanese sweeping troops, news was also passed down by the frontline troops that the Japanese sweeping troops were not only sweeping, but also digging deep blockade ditches and building high blockades, which once again strengthened the fortress policy. In a short time, there were many fortresses built by Japanese on the outside of the base area.

With the fortress established by the Japanese, the Japanese restricted the development of the anti-Japanese base areas and continuously compressed the space for the development of the Eighth Route Army units.

The bosses also noticed that since Okamura Yasuji became the commander of the North China Front Army, he has been constantly implementing the brutal and vicious "Three Lights" policy, which has caused the Japanese to burn down the houses of the people and rob the people of their food when they mobilized the base areas. All the chickens, ducks, fish, fish, meat, birds and beasts were looted, and they killed the people even more crazy.

Recently, several anti-Japanese bases have carried out murders on the people. As long as the masses appear in their sight, they will inevitably suffer their slaughter. Several villages have suffered due to being discovered by the Japanese sweeping troops, and hundreds of people have unfortunately died at the hands of the Japanese.

In the Artillery School, Liu Gen got relevant information from the division headquarters, but he was powerless and could not tell the students and soldiers of the Artillery School. Liu Gen was very worried that the students and soldiers of the Artillery School would not be able to resist rushing out after learning such news.

Liu Genke knew that after hearing this news, many soldiers rushed out of the garrison and ambushed the Japanese sweeping troops. However, these soldiers did not cause too much damage to the Japanese sweeping troops. Faced with the established Japanese sweeping troops, even if the soldiers fought desperately, they could not cause too much damage to the Japanese.

To this end, the Eighth Route Army units increased their management of the soldiers to prevent any soldiers from leaving the camp easily. Everyone knew that the Japanese did this to print out the Eighth Route Army troops. If the Eighth Route Army troops really took action, they would inevitably be entangled by the Japanese sweeping troops and could not escape easily, and then be killed by the Japanese sweeping troops.

From the information sent by the intelligence personnel, the bosses knew that the Japanese troops had already made sufficient preparations. Once the traces of the Eighth Route Army were found, they would do their best to achieve certain results.
Chapter completed!