I am a wolf warrior

Neiji Okamura immediately got up and pressed his hands together.

The angry officers fell silent.

The entire meeting room quickly became silent.

Neiji Okamura smiled slightly and said: "All the gentlemen are the cadres of the empire and the elites of the imperial army, so they don't even have the grace to listen to different opinions, do they?"

Your Excellency has said so, who dares to have an opinion?

At that moment, Neiji Okamura said to Kazuki Yamamoto: "Kun Yamamoto, please continue."

"Hayi." Kazuki Yamamoto paused slightly, and then said, "The combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army has been changing all the time. Its combat effectiveness peaked at the end of Showa 12 (1937). At that time, only three divisions of the Eighth Route Army entered the Shanxi battlefield. to 3 people, but these 4 people are the essence of a cruel elimination called the 'Long March'."

"These veterans of the Eighth Route Army have stable psychological qualities, superb tactical qualities, and extremely strong physical qualities, so their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. In the battle of Pingxingguan, the 5th Division, known as the 'Steel Army', fought hand-to-hand with them. If it is cheap, it will be a big loss!"

Takashi Sakamoto said angrily, "That's just the supply unit of the 5th Division."

"Sakamoto-kun, why do you deceive yourself?" Kazuki Yamamoto said coldly, "The imperial army's divisions and infantry regiments are different except for their weapons and equipment. Is there any difference in the training they receive, whether they are officers or soldiers? ? The infantry wing can defeat the supply wing in hand-to-hand combat?"

"This..." Sakamoto Takaichi was speechless.

Okamura Ningji said again: "Yamamoto-kun, please continue."

"Hayi." Kazuki Yamamoto paused again, "The time has entered the second half of Showa 13 (1938). The Eighth Route Army, out of consideration for protracted combat, adopted a combat strategy of breaking up the whole into parts, using a small number of veterans as the backbone and supplementing a large number of soldiers. Recruits have expanded a large number of combat troops, but while the number of troops has increased dramatically, their combat effectiveness has declined precipitously."

"Between the end of Showa 13th and the beginning of Showa 14th, the Eighth Route Army's offensive capabilities were almost completely lost."

"Even if it is a small stronghold garrisoned by an infantry unit of the Imperial Army supplemented by a small number of Imperial Association troops, the Eighth Route Army often needs to make great efforts to break through."

"At this stage, the Eighth Route Army mostly used sparrow warfare and guerrilla warfare to deal with the imperial army."

"The divisions and brigades that the 1st Army formed later, and the Eighth Route Army that they came into contact with when they first came to the Shanxi battlefield were the Eighth Route Army at this stage. wrong impression."

Takuya Mizuhara said, "Isn't that the truth? The combat power of the Eighth Route Army is already extremely weak, okay?"

"That was before." Kazuki Yamamoto shook his head and said again, "From the middle of last year, the combat effectiveness of the various departments of the Eighth Route Army began to recover rapidly, and by the beginning of this year, it had recovered to [-]-[-]% of the peak level. He has even fully recovered to the combat effectiveness of the peak period."

"Because of this, during the raid on various lines of communication a month ago,"

"Hundreds of small strongholds on the periphery will be compromised overnight."

"Even large strongholds that are heavily fortified are not immune to the disaster."

Oshima Yoshio said: "That was a complete accident. If it weren't for the hijacking of the 11th armored train convoy, the 13 first-level strongholds along Zhengtai Road would not have been breached."

"It's not an accident." Kazuki Yamamoto shook his head and said, "The fact is that even if the 11th armored train team is not hijacked, the 13 large strongholds along Zhengtai Road can't be defended either. At most, they can hold on for a few more days."

"The reason is that the Eighth Route Army already basically has the ability to attack tough problems."

Chapter 154 Exceptional Promotion

"Bullshit!"

"What nonsense!"

"How can the Eighth Route Army have the ability to attack fortifications?"

"Tuba Road is just a crowd of people, it's just a sea of ​​people tactics!"

As soon as Kazuki Yamamoto's words fell, the officers in the meeting room fried the pot again.

"Silence!" In the end, Ningji Okamura reached out and pressed again, "Please be quiet, gentlemen."

Suppressing the denunciations of the officers, Okamura Ningji asked Yamamoto Kazuki again: "Yamamoto-san, has the Eighth Route Army really possessed the ability to attack fortifications in the true sense?"

"Yes, the Eighth Route Army already has the real ability to attack tough problems."

Kazuki Yamamoto said affirmatively: "The 13 large-scale strongholds along Zhengtai Road and even Yangquan County have been attacked successively, and the collective jade smashing of the Yamazaki Brigade in Lijiapo has fully proved this point."

Speaking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto's gaze finally turned to Officer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

"Gentlemen, I don't understand. Why do you still maintain the stereotype of the Eighth Route Army today? You still stubbornly think that the Eighth Route Army is just a group of farmers who put down their hoes. They lack military training and weapons. You still think that the Eighth Route Army has combat effectiveness Extremely weak, let alone the ability to attack."

"However, the real truth is that after nearly two years of guerrilla warfare,"

"The troops of the Eighth Route Army not only got a lot of opportunities for actual combat training, but also seized a lot of weapons and equipment from the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army, including four heavy artillery on the Type 4 armored train!"

"Through nearly two years of actual combat training, the military quality of the Eighth Route Army has been greatly improved."

"With the equipment seized from the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army, the equipment level of the Eighth Route Army has also been qualitatively improved."

"I don't know if you have done statistics? But I have calculated the battle losses of the North China Front Army and the Imperial Association Army from the beginning of this year to the present."

"There are more than 4 rifles of various types."

"More than 1000 light and heavy machine guns of various types."

"More than 200 mortars, mountain guns and field guns of various types."

"Gentlemen, apart from artillery, these weapons and equipment are enough to arm 3 Division A divisions, yet you still think that the Eighth Route Army does not have the ability to attack fortified areas? How stupid!"

Speaking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto was already stern.

Obviously, Kazuki Yamamoto was really disappointed with his colleagues.

Nearly a hundred officers in the conference room were stunned at once, which they really did not expect.

From the beginning of this year to the present, the North China Front Army and the Imperial Army have lost so much equipment?

Kazuki Yamamoto snorted and said to Ningji Okamura: "However, the North China Front Army lacked sufficient understanding of the improvement of the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness, and did not make targeted adjustments and deployments, so that thousands of kilometers of traffic arteries , there were loopholes everywhere, which eventually led to a disastrous defeat in the attack on the communication line."

Neiji Okamura said in a deep voice: "You mean to say that the failure of the attack on the communication line was not due to the lack of troops of the imperial army, but because of improper tactics and lack of targeted deployment?"

"Yes." Kazuki Yamamoto said with certainty, "The strength of the troops is actually sufficient. Although the Eighth Route Army has a large number of people, although its military quality and weapons and equipment have been greatly improved, compared with the Imperial Army, it is still at a low level. Obvious disadvantage, objectively speaking, the combat power of the Eighth Route Army is about one-fifth of that of the Imperial Army!"

"The First Army has 1 troops. Even if half of the troops are set aside to deal with the Central Army of China and the Jinsui Army, at least 8 troops can be mobilized to deal with the Eighth Route Army."

"And the Shanxi Eighth Route Army has about 10 troops."

"So, the strength of the 1st Army is actually completely sufficient."

"The reason why the attack on the line of communication failed miserably was entirely because of tactical problems."

"In fact, the inappropriate tactics were also caused by underestimating the enemy. Because they underestimated the Eighth Route Army and did not believe that the Eighth Route Army had the ability to launch large-scale offensive operations, they carried out point defenses and dispersed a large number of troops in various strongholds. This gave the Eighth Route Army a concentrated force. Opportunities to break through."

"The cage tactics proposed by His Excellency Tada Hayao, using railways as pillars, roads as chains, and bunker strongholds as locks, is a clever tactic, but once the clever tactic is implemented incorrectly, it will become an inefficient and stupid tactic , the result can only be counterproductive and become a burden instead.”

Okamura Ningji said: "So, where did the deviation appear?"

"Greed for everything!" Kazuki Yamamoto said, "The North China Front Army made the mistake of being greedy for everything in the process of implementing cage tactics. There are more than 1000 counties, thousands of kilometers of traffic arteries, and a large number of passes and checkpoints. Everyone wants to occupy, and they have to divide their troops to guard, and the result is to fortify everywhere, and to fortify everywhere is to not fortify everywhere.”

"Before the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness has not recovered, and before it has the ability to attack fortified areas, it is no problem to do so."

"However, when the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness gradually recovers and it initially possesses the ability to attack key points, the North China Front Army must make adjustments at the level of tactical execution."

Ningji Okamura said: "How should we adjust the deployment?"

"Give up the outlying strongholds." Kazuki Yamamoto said, "There are still some remote counties that can be completely abandoned, and then use the vacated troops to form several mobile strike forces, and use these mobile strike forces to ensure the safety of several main traffic lines. Absolutely safe, make sure to separate the various bandit areas of the Eighth Route Army and prevent them from connecting together!"

Okamura Ningji's eyes flashed, and Kazuki Yamamoto's thoughts coincided with him.

Before leaving Tokyo to take office in North China, the Emperor had summoned him and asked him about the general strategy of the security war in North China.

Neiji Okamura explained his vision to the emperor from two levels, political and military. Among them, the political level is to implement the three-no policy, and the military strategy is to retain the cage tactics. Send troops to form a sufficient number of mobile troops, divide the various base areas of the Eighth Route Army, and then sweep them one by one until the main armed forces in each base area are completely destroyed.

"And then what?"

Neiji Okamura asked at the moment: "What should we do after the bandit districts are divided?"

"Concentrate our forces to launch raids one by one." Kazuki Yamamoto said in a deep voice, "Until there are no more organized resistance forces in the bandit areas, making the Eighth Route Army lose its ability to attack key points again, then the defense can be expanded, and the artillery towers and strongholds can be expanded. Widely distributed in various bandit areas, making the Eighth Route Army guerrillas untenable, only in this way can the security situation in North China be truly improved, otherwise, no matter how much troops are invested, it will be futile."

"Yoxi." Neiji Okamura felt like a treasure this time.

Unexpectedly, Kazuki Yamamoto thought exactly the same as him.

Immediately, Okamura Ningji asked again: "So, regarding the mopping up, does Yamamoto-kun have any advice?"

Kazuki Yamamoto was immediately refreshed when he heard the words. After laying the groundwork for so long, His Excellency finally touched the point, and the next thing is the core of what he really wants to explain!

Kazuki Yamamoto said at the moment: "I have a little opinion that I want to discuss with Your Excellency the General and the gentlemen."

Speaking of this meal, Kazuki Yamamoto said again: "However, can we talk about it in another place? I want to discuss the specific tactics with the general and the lords in the war room combined with the map."

"Of course." Okamura Neiji smiled.

Nearly a hundred people came to the war room on the first floor.

……

The brigade commander's commendation telegram was sent to the headquarters soon.

The brigade commander not only asked for credit for Wang Ye, but also for Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Cheng Shifa, Zhao Gang and other regiment-level cadres in recognition of their outstanding performance in the Hundred Regiments Battle.

Yes, the Hundred Regiments War has not yet been summarized and commended.

Because the sudden escape of the Yamazaki brigade delayed the matter.

After receiving the telegram from the brigade commander, the boss sent someone to discuss with the division commander and the deputy chief of staff.

The boss said: "About Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Cheng Shifa, Zhao Gang and other regiment-level cadres, do you two have any disagreements?"

"No disagreement."

The division commander and the deputy chief of staff shook their heads.

This is the case with the promotion of cadres. The higher you go, the fewer positions you get.

Right now, the departments of the Eighth Route Army do not lack cadres at the division and brigade level, but the most lacking are military cadres at the battalion and regiment level.

So now, I can only give Li Yunlong and the others a commendation, and then write it down on the personal resume, and then consider the promotion of the rank after the army is regularized in the future.

As for now, he can only be a regiment-level cadre.

The boss said again: "Now let's talk about Wang Ye's problem."

Having said this, the boss asked the deputy chief of staff again: "Is there any feedback about Wang Ye's identity?"

"Yes, yes, there is already feedback." The deputy chief of staff said as he got up and rummaged through the cabinet for documents. "There has been feedback from Yan'an, and I have been dizzy these days."

After speaking, the deputy chief of staff dug out a document and handed it to the boss.

After reading it, the boss handed it to the teacher, and said, "So it's okay?"

"No problem." The deputy chief of staff nodded and said, "Our party has repeatedly investigated and verified through the Communist International and the European branch that Wang Ye's identity is true."

"He is indeed a second-generation overseas Chinese living in Germany."

"It is true that he studied at the Berlin Military Academy."

"And Wang Ye's grandfather is also a patriotic overseas Chinese."

"Before his death, he made many donations to the domestic revolution."

"Wang Ye was exposed to communism when he was in Germany."

"At that time, Wang Ye had a clear progressive tendency."

"Great." The teacher nodded happily, "Then let's recruit him to join the party."

The boss said: "It is needless to say how to develop Wang Ye to join the party. What we need to discuss now is how to arrange Wang Ye's level and work?"

The teacher said: "About Wang Ye's rank, Li Yunlong has mentioned it to me no less than three times in private."

"Oh really?" The boss said in surprise, "Li Yunlong told you already? What did he say?"

"What can Li Yunlong say?" The teacher laughed, "I hope I make an exception for him and promote Wang Ye to be a deputy battalion or even a battalion-level cadre."

The deputy chief of staff said: "With Wang Ye's background, education and ability, especially as a high-achieving student at the Berlin Military Academy, the political treatment of the [-]-style cadres is no problem at all. I don’t think it’s a problem to promote Wang Ye as a battalion-level cadre.”

The boss nodded and said, "I also think it's very suitable."

"I agreed to everything at first." The teacher said with a wry smile, "but a few things happened later, so we had to put it aside for the time being."

The boss smiled and said, "I remembered it when you said that. Is it the case of Wang Ye burying the devils' captives alive?"

"Not only that, I have sent people to investigate. Wang Ye secretly killed prisoners several times later, including the previous attack on Yangquan County. He has already captured the Japanese 4th Brigade Major General Hideo Maeda alive. , but he was killed anyway." The teacher continued to shake his head while talking, "It's only natural to kill devils on the battlefield, but if you don't kill devils on the battlefield, you have to capture prisoners, and when you capture prisoners, you have to execute them. Who? How did he do it?"

"I don't worry about anything else, I just worry about whether this kid Wang Ye has some mental illness?"

"Although Japan is not a signatory to the Geneva Conventions, and there is no need to abide by the Geneva Conventions for the Japanese army, the reputation of killing prisoners of war indiscriminately is not good after all."

"More importantly, this kind of thing must not be encouraged."

"So the matter of making an exception for the promotion has just been shelved."

The boss and the deputy chief of staff also felt some toothache after hearing this.