I am a wolf warrior

……

Taiyuan, the headquarters of the 1st Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was standing next to the sand table, leaning on a pair of crutches.

The simulation on the sand table is the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield. From the sand table, the 33rd, 35th, 36th, 37th, and 41st divisions of the Japanese army have all launched, and they have launched a centripetal attack on Zhongtiao Mountain from three different directions. attack.

It took only two days for the Japanese troops to advance at least [-] kilometers.

The national army has been in operation for four years, and the outer defense line known as "impregnable" is like a cardboard shell, which can be broken with a poke, and has not played any role at all.

"I didn't expect it to go so smoothly."

Yoshio Iwamatsu sighed: "I thought it would take a week to break through the outer defense line, but I didn't expect that the Chinese army could not hold on for two days."

Hua Guzheng said: "This also shows from the side how clever the appeasement strategy adopted by Your Excellency General is. The stupid Chang Kaishen and those senior generals of the Chinese Army never thought that the Imperial Army would launch the Central Plains Battle at this time. They I’m even fantasizing about wiping out the Eighth Route Army with the help of the Imperial Army.”

"Hahaha, what a bunch of naive and stupid guys."

Yoshio Yanmatsu laughed when he heard the words, and then said: "Unfortunately, the senior generals of the Eighth Route Army are much smarter than the senior generals of the Central Army of China. Although there were many frictions with the Central Army before, the Eighth Route Army did not. At this time, when the Central Army fell into trouble, they took the initiative to lend a helping hand."

Hua Guzheng said: "Suoga, the Eighth Route Army is really hard to deal with."

Yoshio Yanmatsu turned his gaze to the map posted on the wall, and asked, "Mr. Huagu, I'm actually not too worried about the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Southeast Shanxi, because with the Fourth and Ninth Brigades around, they won't be able to turn the world around. I'm worried." Instead, it was the 94th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, the [-]st Brigade of the Jinsui Army, and the [-]th Brigade of the Central Army of China that fled to Northwest Shanxi."

After this pause, Yoshio Iwamatsu asked again: "Is there anything unusual in Northwest Shanxi?"

Regarding Yoshio Iwamatsu's worries, the staff in the war room felt a little baffled.

Even if the Northwest Shanxi fell out, what impact would it have on the battle situation in Zhongtiao Mountain?

No matter how incompetent the Second Guard Division is, it will be no problem to defend Anhua and several major counties around it, right?

And as long as the Second Guards Division can hold Anhua and several major surrounding counties, the First Army can free up three divisions for other directions after the Central Plains Battle is over.

By that time, the security situation in Northwest Shanxi will be completely reversed.

"No." Hua Guzheng shook his head and said, "Before nightfall, two Type [-] Nakajima fighter jets from the Ninth Flying Squadron carried out aerial reconnaissance on the area from Anhua to Heyuan, and found nothing abnormal."

Yoshio Iwamatsu frowned and said, "You mean, the sole brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army of China are still near Maoliling?"

Hua Guzheng said: "Yes, it's still near Maoliling."

"It's so strange." Yoshio Iwamatsu said with a frown, "Why are the 94st Brigade of the Jinsui Army and the [-]th Brigade of the Central Army of China still there? They've all been exposed. Could it be that they still imagined that the Second Guards Division would send reinforcements?" Go to Heyuan County, and be stupid enough to enter their ambush circle at Maoliling?"

Hua Guzheng said: "Maybe they didn't think about launching an ambush, but instead blocked the reinforcements from Anhua to buy enough time for the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to storm Heyuan County."

Yoshio Yanmatsu said: "If that's the case, why didn't the Eighth Route Army take action?"

"I don't know about that." Hua Guzheng said, "Maybe they are waiting for something."

Yoshio Yanmatsu shook his head and said, "Are you sure there are the Jinsui Army and the Central Army near Maoli Ridge?"

"Sure." Hua Guzheng said, "The colors of the uniforms of the Jinsui Army and the Central Army are still very easy to distinguish."

"Military uniform alone is not enough to confirm identity." Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hand and said, "The only brigade of the Jinsui Army has an American-style mountain artillery battalion. Can the aviation scouts find it?"

"This mountain cannon battalion has never been found."

Hua Guzheng said: "It is estimated that a camouflage net was built on the artillery position."

Yoshio Iwamatsu: "Aerial reconnaissance can't see through the camouflage, so can't ground reconnaissance find it?"

Hua Guzheng said: "Since last night, more than a dozen reconnaissance teams sent by the Second Guards Division have all lost contact. If there is no accident, they should have been hunted down by the special forces of the Eighth Route Army."

"Baga!" Yoshio Iwamatsu scolded, "I forgot about this damn special forces."

After a pause, Yoshio Iwamatsu stared at the map again and said, "I still don't understand what the Eighth Route Army, Jinsui Army, and Central Army in Northwest Shanxi are doing? What are their intentions?"

Hua Guzheng shook his head and said, "I don't understand at all either."

Speaking of this, Hua Guzheng said again: "But fortunately, even if they turn Northwest Shanxi upside down, it won't affect the overall situation."

While talking, the phone on the table next to him rang suddenly: "Dingling, ringing!"

Jiro Sakuma, the head of the intelligence section, quickly stepped forward and grabbed the phone: "Moses, this is the headquarters of the First Army."

After a while, Jiro Sakuma suddenly changed his expression, then hung up the phone, turned to Yoshio Iwamatsu and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Xiaozhuang stronghold reported that tens of thousands of Chinese troops are going south along the Tongpu Highway!"

"Nani? There are tens of thousands of Chinese troops heading south along the Tongpu Highway?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu and Hanagu are changing countenance.

Where is the Chinese army heading south?

Taiyuan? !

……

On the road, the brigade of the only brigade of the Jinsui Army was marching southward.

Looking back at the long queue, Fang Ligong's eyes flashed with worry, and he said, "Traveler, are we really going to fight Taiyuan this time?"

"of course it's true."

Chu Yunfei said: "I brought all the Shanpao battalion, can there be fake ones?"

While speaking, Chu Yunfei glanced at the mules and horses following behind him.

What these hundreds of mules and horses carry are the parts and components of twelve mountain cannons. The M1A1 75mm caliber mountain cannon has a total weight of [-] kilograms and can be disassembled into eight parts.

Each part is less than [-] kilograms.

96 mules can be transported away.

With shells, two hundred mules and horses are enough.

Fang Ligong said: "But the problem is that we don't know anything about the details of the Japanese army in Taiyuan City."

After a pause, he continued: "How many troops does the Japanese army have? How many artillery units and armored units are there? We don't know all of these, and more importantly, we are completely ignorant of the specific defensive deployment of the Japanese army. Under such circumstances, it is too risky to rush to fight Taiyuan."

"Brother Li Gong, if I still have a choice, I don't want to fight Taiyuan."

Chu Yunfei habitually wanted to pull the hem of the military uniform, but when he heard a squeak, he tore off the hem of the homemade jacket he was wearing, and realized that he was not wearing khaki.

Immediately said: "However, the problem is that we have no choice at all."

"The attendant's room and the chief's department have all given us death orders."

"Order our sole brigade to respond to the Zhongtiaoshan battlefield at all costs."

"But the attendant's office and the chief's department did not order us to fight Taiyuan."

Fang Ligong still wanted to fight for it, and said: "Traveler, I always feel that just based on Li Yunlong and Wang Ye's words, we really went to fight Taiyuan with the 94th Brigade of the Central Army. It's too hasty! If Taiyuan is really so good Fight, why didn't they fight with the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army? Why did they leave this good thing to us?"

"Whether the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army participates or not has nothing to do with me."

"I also don't want to know what kind of medicine Li Yunlong and Wang Ye sold in the gourd?"

Chu Yunfei said: "Brother Ligong, you and I only need to know that the more than 20 Central Army on Zhongtiao Mountain is in danger, and the party-state's Yellow River defense line is also in danger."

"I don't think I need to say more about what will happen once the Yellow River defense line collapses?"

"In order to save the crisis in Zhongtiao Mountain, and to save the Yellow River defense line, even if we know that Taiyuan is a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, we, the only brigade of the Jinsui Army, have to go."

Fang Ligong didn't say anything more immediately.

Having said that, he had no choice but to obey.

Who made him a soldier?

……

Anhua's Second Guards Division of the Japanese Army has also received news at this meeting.

"Nani?" Michio Miyano said dumbfounded, "There is a Chinese army with more than [-] people going south along Tongpu Road? Tens of thousands? Chinese army?"

"Could it be that this is a trick to attack the west?"

"The real goal of the China Army is Taiyuan, they want to attack Taiyuan?!"

Miyano Michiichi was taken aback by his own judgment, which was somewhat beyond their expectations.

They thought that the Chinese army in the northwest of Shanxi would not stop, they also thought that the Chinese army would attack certain counties, and they even thought that they might use the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain to move the main force of the Second Guards Division away from Anhua, and then take advantage of the situation. For the surprise attack on Anhua, they thought of many possibilities, but they never thought that the Chinese army would actually go to attack Taiyuan!

Because this is too crazy, but no one with a little brain would have such a crazy idea, right?

"Division Commander, this should not be true." Shibuya Ichiro became confident as he spoke, "This is definitely not true, because the China Army in Northwest Shanxi doesn't have that many troops."

"The China Army in Northwest Shanxi has only three brigades with more than 1 people."

"Now there are more than 1 Chinese troops guarding Maoliling, Malan Town, and Heyuan County alone, so the more than 1 people who went south along the Tongpu Highway must be fake."

"If I'm not wrong, it should be played by the people of China."

After a pause, Shibuya Ichiro continued: "Because I was afraid of being spotted by the scouts of the imperial army, I deliberately chose to march along the road at night."

"Master, why don't you just report it like this."

"Let's say that the Chinese army going south is most likely fake, and they are Chinese people."

Miyano Doichi was still a little worried, and said, "Shibuya-kun, could it be the Chinese army coming from other directions? For example, Jinchaji or Suiyuan?"

"It's unlikely." Shibuya Ichiro said, "An army of tens of thousands of people may be able to maneuver in short distances without being detected, but long-distance maneuvers will definitely be discovered. If it is the Eighth Route Army of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei or the The Sui army from Suiyuan is coming, and our intelligence personnel cannot be unaware."

Miyano Michiichi said: "So, the Chinese army going south along the Tongpu Highway is real or not?"

"It must be fake." Shibuya Ichiro said decisively, "The head of the division can make a suggestion to the commander, and send an infantry brigade from Taiyuan to take the initiative."

"Send a brigade to take the initiative?"

Miyano Michiichi said: "What if the Chinese army going south is real?"

"Nani?" Shibuya Ichiro was speechless immediately. If the Chinese army going south is real, then needless to say, the infantry brigade that took the initiative to attack must be finished.

And once this infantry brigade is lost, Taiyuan will be in danger.

Because Taiyuan's current garrison strength is only about three infantry brigades in total, once one brigade is lost, there will only be two brigades left.

At least half of the brigade is still a non-combatant of the headquarters.

After a while, Shibuya Ichiro said: "Master, there is actually another way to test whether the Chinese army going south is real or not? That is to start from our side."

Miyano Michiichi said: "We take the initiative to attack?"

"Yes." Shibuya Ichiro said, "If the Chinese army going south is real, then the ones staying in the northwest of Shanxi are fake. We only need to send an infantry brigade to defeat the Chinese army in any direction."

After a pause, he said again: "Division commander, it is better to send an infantry brigade to attack Malan Town immediately."

Miyano Michi asked with a flash in his eyes, "If the Eighth Route Army in Malan Town retreats, will they pursue it or not?"

"This..." Shibuya Ichiro was at a loss for words again, yes, what if the Eighth Route Army retreats?

If chasing, what if it is a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain?If you don't pursue it, then there is no way to determine the authenticity of the Chinese army.

After pondering for a moment, Miyano Michiichi said: "Order, the Heyuan Gendarmerie will immediately send a small team out of the city to counter-attack, and telegraph Mr. Hirata. You don't need to be too serious. Just confirm whether the main force of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army or the militia outside the city is enough."

It is too risky to send a brigade of troops to test, after all, there are not enough troops in Anhua City.

However, sending a small team from Heyuan County to counter-attack will not affect the overall situation.

The key is that both can achieve the goal and can also discover the authenticity of the Chinese army.

"Summer." Shibuya Ichiro paused and said, "The head of the division is wise!"

……

Liao County, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

When the boss walked into the war room, the deputy chief of staff was leading Chen Mingli and Ma Yuan to work on the map. Seeing the boss, the three quickly saluted.

"what's the situation?"

The boss waved his hand and said, "Wake me up in the middle of the night, and let people sleep?"

"Boss, the situation is like this." The deputy chief of staff suppressed his excitement and said, "Li Yunlong and the others are going to attack Taiyuan."

The boss had just picked up the enamel tea mug and was about to take a sip of cold water, but when he heard this, he sucked the boiling water into his lungs, and immediately coughed violently.

"Cough cough cough cough!"

This guy is coughing up tears.

The deputy chief of staff hurried over to give the boss a pat on the back.

After a while, the boss finally came to his senses, widened his eyes and said, "What did you say? Li Yunlong is going to fight Taiyuan? My God, did I hear you right? He dares to fight Taiyuan with a single group?"

"Boss, it's not just the independent regiment." The deputy chief of staff waved his hand.