Chapter 94 Reactions from all parties The Japanese garrison headquarters in Shanxi. When Yoshio Shinozuka learned that Qinghe County and Pianguan County were occupied by the Eighth Route Army, he became furious. What made Yoshio Shinozuka most angry was the news spread by the puppet troops who escaped from Qinghe County. "Damn it, which bastard gave the order to that idiot Xu Jinbiao to arrest civilians! I'm going to shoot him!" Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the intelligence and found that after the county seat of Qinghe County was breached, Xu Jinbiao said that he had received an order from the Locust Army to arrest civilians in Qinghe County in order to force the Eighth Route Army to withdraw from Qinghe County. Yoshio Shinozuka was so furious that his lungs were about to explode. The puppet army in Shanxi was already unstable because of the surrender in Linyuan County. Now we have finally exchanged the positions of the Shanxi puppet army and the North China puppet army, making management more convenient. As a result, as soon as the replacement was completed, the Japanese army began to arrest Shanxi civilians and use them to threaten the Eighth Route Army. What do the Shanxi puppet troops who were transferred to Hebei think? Good guy, you transferred me to Hebei, and then you took action against my relatives in Shanxi, right? Especially now, more than half of the puppet troops in Shanxi have not completed their rotation! When Yoshio Shinozuka saw this news, he realized that all the work he had done to stabilize the puppet army over the past six months had been in vain.

"Commander, the North China Command sent a telegram asking who among us gave the order to capture civilians?" "Baga, what do they want to do? I have repeatedly ordered that civilians must not be targeted. There is no way that our Shanxi garrison would issue such an order! The North China Command didn't check itself, but asked me?!" "What does Tada Shun want to do? Does he really think that he, Tada Shun, can do whatever he wants just because he is the commander of North China?!" "Go, report this to the headquarters and tell them that Tada Shun ignored the overall situation and directed the lower-level troops to capture civilians for use in the war, which greatly affected the morale of the Locust Army!" "Commander, Commander Zhao of the Security Team sent a telegram, saying that he hopes you can give an explanation as to why the massacre took place in Shanxi?" "In addition, Hebei sent a telegram asking whether we should deal with the soldiers of the Eighth Brigade of the former Security Team?" "Deal with, deal with what?" "If we dare to take action, the security team will turn into the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army again the next day!" "Tell Commander Zhao that I will thoroughly investigate this matter and report it to the headquarters. I will definitely give him a reasonable explanation!" Yoshio Shinozuka felt that he had never had such a headache as he did now. In particular, agents from the Special High Section reported that most of the Shanxi Security Team's troops were in contact with the Jinsui Army, especially the deputy commander of the Security Team. As long as Yan Laoxi is willing, those security teams can be transformed from puppet troops into the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. When Yoshio Shinozuka learned the news, he instantly understood why the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army surrendered to him in an organized manner, and why the people he had placed in their ranks always died inexplicably. It turns out that Old Man Yan is using the power of the Locust Army to support his troops. Faced with this situation, Yoshio Shinozuka could only accept it. Otherwise, the entire Shanxi security team would have to be disbanded. However, without the security team, the First Army could not defend Shanxi with only its three divisions. After thinking for a while, Shinozuka Yoshio instructed a lieutenant colonel beside him, "Go and ask the Special High Section to find a way to contact the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. I want to talk to their commander!" "Hi!"

Shinozuka Yoshio walked to the map and looked at it: "If we want to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces in Shanxi, we must first completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army." "It's a pity that the headquarters wants to launch a new battle in the south, but the troops in the north are insufficient. Otherwise, we really want to mobilize superior forces to launch a continuous encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route Army." Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the map, shook his head, and finally decided to officially implement Tada Shun's cage policy in Shanxi. They planned to trap the Eighth Route Army first, and then after the new battle in the south was over, they would launch a mopping-up operation against the Eighth Route Army and completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi! "Commander, Major General Hattori sent a telegram saying that Yamamoto Ikki has consumed too much energy and requested that the Shanxi garrison's support for Yamamoto Ikki be cancelled, or that Yamamoto Ikki be asked to change his training area." "No, the special forces training cannot stop. The last time the special forces team initially demonstrated their value, with just 10 to 20 people, they almost wiped out a main regiment of the Eighth Route Army." "Let the logistics support, the special forces must be trained, and then carry out a decapitation operation on the Eighth Route Army headquarters." "Go and ask Yamamoto Ikki to organize a decapitation operation against the Eighth Route Army headquarters, so that those who oppose the special forces can see the power of the special forces." "Hi!" …… Yamashiro "Damn it! Why did the Eighth Route Army win another victory?" "Can anyone tell me what's going on?!" "Are our well-equipped Central Army worse than the Eighth Route Army, which doesn't even have enough guns?!" "Damn it, we can't let the Eighth Route Army continue like this. From today on, we will cut off their supplies. Send a telegram to the Second War Zone not to give them any support!" "Have the Fifth War Zone hand over the position deployment intelligence. I want to personally check the defense situation. Yichang cannot afford any mistakes!" "And what about the Tong Project? Tell the Military Control Commission to kill that person for me!" "Damn it, the Nanjing National Government...let the Military Control Commission launch an operation to eliminate traitors. Anyone who has surrendered to the Japanese devils can be killed, no matter how big or small!" "I want to kill one to warn the rest!" "Yes!" …… Second War Zone "Can someone explain to me why the Eighth Route Army is so powerful?" "Also, how did they beat the Japanese? Why were the Japanese so vulnerable in front of them?" "Commander, how about we send someone to the Eighth Route Army to learn from them and find out the real situation of the Eighth Route Army?" "Our people on the Japanese side sent back intelligence saying that the Japanese's last raid on the Eighth Route Army did not produce satisfactory results, and instead suffered considerable losses." "I think the Eighth Route Army is most likely hiding its strength. Their troops are definitely more than 50,000." “They formed a lot of militia units that were not part of the Second War Zone, and they called themselves basic regiments. Although it is called a militia force, its combat effectiveness is actually no worse than that of the main force regiment. Even some of the basic regiments are stronger than the main regiments of the Eighth Route Army." "For example, the New 1st Regiment, Chu Yunfei reported that when the New 1st Regiment was in Linyuan County, it had at least 7,000 people, was well-equipped, and even had an artillery battalion." "I also received intelligence that the Eighth Route Army's arsenal is already capable of manufacturing artillery. I heard that they found some military equipment."

"Commander, I think those military equipment must belong to our Taiyuan Arsenal. Do you want the Eighth Route Army to return them?" "Come back? What are you thinking? Can the Eighth Route Army give us those equipment? They snatched it from the Japanese, please have some shame." "What are you talking about? The Eighth Route Army is originally under the jurisdiction of the Second War Zone. What's wrong with asking them to hand over those equipment for unified use by the Second War Zone?" "Ah." "That's enough. Just follow the deputy commander's order and send some officers to the Eighth Route Army to learn how they fight the Japs. And find out the specific strength of the Eighth Route Army!" "Don't contact Taiyuan for now. This is a sensitive period. We don't want to be caught in any mistakes, otherwise it will be bad for both sides." (End of this chapter)