Wang Ye hurried back to the column headquarters.

The brigade commander Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo were all there, and everyone gathered in front of the huge sand table, with a solemn look on his face.

Hearing the guards' salute, the brigade commander and others looked over.

"Xiao Wang, you are back." The brigade commander waved without waiting for Wang Ye to salute and said, "Come here quickly."

Wang Ye raised his hand halfway, and could only put it down again, then quickly walked to the sand table. Ma Yuan and Chen Mingli, who were standing next to the sand table, saluted Wang Ye.

The brigade commander said to Zhao Gang: "Xiao Zhao, say to you."

"Yes." Zhao Gang responded and said to Wang Ye, "Xiao Wang, that's it. We just received a telegram from the headquarters that the Japanese government has launched a large increase of seven divisions to North China!"

"Hmm?" Wang Ye's face changed slightly, "Seven divisions?"

To be honest, this is indeed a bit beyond Wang Ye's expectations.

Wang Ye thought that the Japanese army would increase its troops, but he only dared to guess that one or two divisions would increase its troops. He never expected that the Japanese government would increase its troops by seven divisions!

Such a big deal? Just to deal with their 386th Brigade? Is this necessary?

But in a second thought, Wang Ye thought of another possibility, Okamura Yasuji was a big plan.

"Yes." Zhao Gang nodded and said, "According to the information in the inside, five of the seven divisions of the Japanese army have already landed from Tianjin Port, and the other two divisions have taken trains to enter the pass through Shanhaiguan. It is said that the trains transporting troops are filled with dense large-caliber howitzers and tanks!"

"Large-caliber howitzer?" Wang Ye said sternly, "Is it the 1st Division?"

Zhao Gang nodded and said, "The comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Works also think so. They are now trying to verify through the intelligence front of North Manchuria. I believe that news will be sent back soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, a telegraph soldier walked in.

After reading the telegram, Wang Ye said: "The comrades on the intelligence front have confirmed that the 1st Division has indeed entered the customs. It seems that we are in big trouble."

"Xiao Wang, you have always been dissatisfied with others. You didn't even take the Guard Division seriously." Li Yunlong said, "Can this 1st Division be even more powerful than Guard Division?"

"Captain, you're right, the 1st Division is really better than the Guard Division, and much more powerful."

Wang Ye nodded and said, "The Guards Division is actually more like a guard of honor. It looks like a mighty battle. It actually doesn't really participate in many battles, but the 1st Division is different. This division has been fighting since its establishment. It has participated in countless major and bad battles. It is a unit with a glorious tradition."

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the 1st Division is the first truly heavy-fit division in Japan! The combat power of a heavy-fit division can be as good as two or even three ordinary divisions! Because the firepower of the heavy-fit division is crushing compared to the ordinary division, and because it is equipped with a large number of trucks, the mobility of the heavy-fit division is far better than that of the ordinary division."

Hearing this, everyone present suddenly changed their faces.

One division is so powerful, and seven divisions come at once!

Xing Zhiguodao: "Are the other six divisions also like this kind of heavy equipment division?"

"That won't happen." Wang Ye shook his head, "The heavy-fit division cannot be formed just by forming it. With the national strength of Japan, at most one or two heavy-fit divisions will be organized into one or two."

In fact, Japan has formed two redevelopment division groups in total.

In addition to the 1st Division, it is the 3rd Division that was later formed.

Among them, the 1st Division was sent to Leight Island as cannon fodder, but the 3rd Division showed great power on the Chinese battlefield.

In the Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi in 1944, the reason why the national army suffered an unprecedented defeat after changing into American equipment can be said to be because of the 3rd Division, the heavy equipment division.

The heaving division's ability to attack is still extremely terrifying.

After a pause, Wang Ye said: "However, you don't have to worry too much, because our northwest Shanxi is plateau terrain and the ravines are crisscrossing. If the Japanese heavy equipment division enters our northwest Shanxi, it will be difficult to exert their advantages in firepower and mobility. The combat power is not much stronger than that of ordinary divisions."

At this time, Ding Wei suddenly said, "Xiao Wang, do you really think these seven divisions are all for us?"

"No." Wang Ye shook his head and said again, "These seven divisions are definitely not for the Northwest Column of Shanxi."

Then before Li Yunlong and the others were relieved, Wang Ye then said: "But, Okamura Yanji will definitely beat the rabbits and clean up our Northwest Shanxi Column."

The brigade commander said: "You mean, the Japanese army is just a bystander in the northwest Shanxi Column?"

"Yes, just by the way." Wang Ye said solemnly, "After the defeat in the Midway Naval Battle, the Japanese army had the danger of being cut off by the Allies. At this time, if the Japanese government still wanted to coordinate the resources of the occupied areas, especially if it wanted to transport war resources such as rubber and crude oil from Southeast Asia to the mainland, it would have to open up the mainland transportation line."

"So, I dare to assert that these seven divisions are prepared to open up mainland transportation lines in the future."

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "But before launching the battle to open up the mainland traffic line, the Japanese army probably wouldn't let these seven divisions be idle, so it is likely to attack us. The only suspense now is, how many divisions will Okamura Nishihiro use to wipe out our northwestern military region?"

...

"Here is the General!"

The guards guarding outside the combat room suddenly shouted.

Several staff members who were busy in the war room stood at attention together.

Amid the footsteps, Okamura Yanji, dressed in military uniform, walked in with great enthusiasm.

At this time, Okamura Yasuji was full of energy, because with the seven divisions allocated by the headquarters, the North China Front Army had become the largest strategic cluster in the Japanese army.

Following Okamura Yanji was a dozen division commanders.

This includes the division commanders of seven divisions that have just been included in the North China Front Army.

Okamura Yasuji and more than a dozen division commanders finally stopped in front of the huge sand table, but the combat staff of the headquarters had already presented the enemy-to-we-stage situation on the sand table.

Asuka Yumo Jing San nodded slightly, Okamura Yasuji said happily: "Youmo, let's start."

"Hayi." Akimi Jing Sanwei paused, but did not rush to pick up the long wooden pole and start explaining it to the sand table, but instead told Okamura Yanji's entire strategic deployment from the beginning.

"The Navy suffered a heavy blow in the Battle of Midway."

"It is inevitable to lose the sea control rights in the South Pacific and even the entire Pacific."

"At this time, in order to integrate war resources, it is very important to connect Southeast Asia, China-occupied areas, even Manchuria, North Korea and the local area."

"So it is necessary to open up mainland transportation lines."

"The main purpose of this is to increase troops from the North China Front Army."

"The biggest obstacle to opening up mainland transportation lines is not the China Central Army, but the Eighth Route Army active in North China, the New Fourth Army in Central China and East China."

"So at this stage, the main task of our North China Front Army is to solve the Eighth Route Army in North China."

"The Eighth Route Army in North China is the most fierce and difficult to deal with. The 386th Brigade, which is active in northwest Shanxi."

"Chen Gen, the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, is an elite of Huangpu and a tiger general of the world, and is extremely difficult to deal with."

"And under Chen Gen's command, there are also a large group of powerful generals such as Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Wang Ye, who are extremely brave."

"There is a proverb in China, saying that soldiers are the courage of generals, and generals are the soul of soldiers. It is precisely because of the brigade commanders like Chen Gen and the fierce generals like Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Li Yunlong that the soldiers of the 386th Brigade are also extremely fierce, and their combat effectiveness is far better than that of ordinary Eighth Route Army. They can be called the ace force in the Eighth Route Army."

"And this is not the most worrying thing."

"What is most worrying is that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army also captured Taiyuan and stole a large number of machinery and equipment from Taiyuan, including a large arsenal."

"The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army also obtained a large number of technical backbones from Yan Xishan."

"In other words, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has the ability to build a large arsenal in northwest Shanxi, and in fact, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is indeed doing this!"

"Maybe this large arsenal has been built and put into production."

"So to solve the Eighth Route Army in North China, we must first solve the 386th Brigade, and we must first destroy the 386th Brigade's nest in northwest Shanxi! Destroy its arsenal!"

Hearing this, more than a dozen division commanders present looked at each other.

The Mo Jingsan talks about the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, but how is the Sui Army displayed on the sand table?

Faced with everyone's questions, Youmo Jingsan continued: "Everyone must be very confused. What we are going to deal with is obviously the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, but why is the Sui Army displayed on the sand table?"

"The reason behind this is actually very simple, because the Sui Army protected the rear route of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army."

"This time the Imperial Army attacked the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, the goal was not to defeat it, but to severely damage or even completely wipe out it out, especially not letting them move the arsenal's machinery and equipment away."

"So the Imperial Army must first defeat the Sui Army and seize the Hetao area."

"Only by controlling the Hetao area can we completely cut off the way for the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to retreat westward."

"So that's it." Hearing this, the more than a dozen division commanders at the meeting finally understood the whole story. It turned out that fighting the Sui Army was just an early preparation for the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

This looks quite good at the 386th Brigade.

The preparations of the General were so done.

It was not until this time that Ao Jingsan picked up the long wooden pole and pointed to the sand table and explained: "This offensive operation against the Sui Army is mainly based on the Mongolian Army. The 3rd Division of the chariot will advance from Baotou to the west with the cooperation of the 26th Division. The goal is to completely defeat the Sui Army, occupy and consolidate the Hetao area. The 2nd Brigade is responsible for flanking protection and prevent the Eighth Route Army Northwest Column and the 120th Division from threatening the attack on the rear of the troops."

Okamura Yasuji: "Has the 3rd Division of the Tanks been organized into a complete marshalling?"

"Hayi." Youmo Jing Sanyi paused and said, "It has been all organized."

After a pause, Aoshimi said again: "And because of the more than 200 non-commissioned officers from the Kwantung Army's 1st Chariot Division and the 2nd Chariot Division, the 3rd Chariot Division has initially formed its combat effectiveness. I believe that through this offensive operation against the Sui Army, the combat effectiveness of the 3rd Chariot Division will be improved soon."

"Yoxi." Okamura Yasuji nodded happily, "Although the Sui Army has a certain combat effectiveness, Suiyuan, especially the Hetao area, is a plain grassland, which is most suitable for armored cluster combat. Therefore, this offensive operation against the Sui Army is indeed a rare opportunity for the 3rd Division of the Tanks."

...

The Japanese North China Front Army finally wanted the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army is finally going to take tough measures against the 386th Brigade!

Chang Kaishen was even more excited than Okamura Yanji. He couldn't wait to summon a group of staff members in the attendant's room and a group of senior generals from the Ministry of National Defense to the combat hall of Yunxiu Tower to deduce the upcoming battle.

Chang Kaishen even asked Tang Zong to build a sand table with several staff officers from the third group of staff.

Not to mention, the quality of the staff members of Tang Zong and the three teams of Shishi was really good, and the terrain in northwest Shanxi was very realistic. This shows that their Shishishi had a lot of research on the topographic maps of northwest Shanxi.

Chang Kaishen's attitude towards Chen Bulei has become warmer from his previous coldness.
To be continued...