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"Very good." Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded happily, "After two days of full communication, we finally reached a consensus, and the next step is to formulate a specific combat plan."

Speaking of this, Yoshio Iwamatsu said to Masao Inamori again: "Mr. Inamori, this task is entrusted to your combat class."

After Ryuichi Sakamoto was transferred to be the chief of staff of the No.60 Ninth Division, Hanaya recommended Masao Inamori to take over as the head of the combat section. Masao Inamori was originally an infantry captain of the Fourth Brigade, and it was considered a promotion.

"Hai." Inamori Masao paused and said again, "Please give us ten days."

"Ten days?" Yoshio Iwamatsu frowned and said, "It's too long, I only give you three days."

"Hai." Masao Inamori replied bravely, "Don't worry, Commander, we will do our best to come up with a battle plan within three days."

……

Returning to the gendarmerie office from the headquarters of the First Army, there were already guests waiting for Takuya Mizuhara.

The person who came to visit Suwon Takuya was Liang Huazhi, the chief of the special police department of the Jinsui Army. Liang Huazhi's identity in Taiyuan was almost semi-public. Not only Suwon Takuya knew it, but even Yoshio Iwamatsu and the others knew it, because of many things , The communications between the Jinsui Army and the Japanese Army were all done through Liang Huazhi.

Moreover, Liang Huazhi had also received training in Japan.

In fact, the secret service system of the Jinsui Army was trained in the Japanese Army's special high-level courses.

Liang Huazhi and Mizuhara Taku are also brothers of the same school, and they are both students of Kenji Doihara.

"Liang Sang, it's quite early." Mizuhara Takuya gave Liang Huazhi a small nod, and said, "Have you had lunch yet? Would you like to have some with us?"

"No, I've already eaten."

Liang Huazhi waved his hand, and said, "Mr. Suwon, is yesterday's transaction still counting?"

"Of course." Takuya Mizuhara laughed, "I told you, we Osaka people have always done business fairly and without deceit. We will never do such things as raising prices on the ground."

"Okay, then I'll offer 100 taels of gold." Liang Huazhi gritted his teeth, "I'll buy you a piece of news."

After finishing speaking, Liang Huazhi took out ten gold bars from the briefcase, all of which were ten taels of large yellow croakers.

Takumi Mizuhara had also tested his fineness, and said with a smile, "So, what news does Liang Sang want to know?"

Liang Huazhi said in a deep voice: "I want to know, which one is the target of the Shanxi First Army's mopping up this time?"

"Eighth Route Army." Mizuhara Takuya smiled slightly, and said again, "The goal of the First Army this time is the Eighth Route Army."

"The Eighth Route Army? That's great." Liang Huazhi breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Which Eighth Route Army is it?"

Mizuhara Takuya also looked at Liang Huazhi with a half-smile, and said, "Liang Sang, this is the second question. If you want to know the answer, you have to pay extra."

"Sorry." Liang Huazhi hurriedly said, "Forget it then."

Anyway, it wasn't the Jinsui Army, so Liang Huazhi didn't bother to care much.

Immediately Liang Huazhi got up and said, "Shuiyuan-jun, then I will take my leave."

"Walk slowly, don't give away." Mizuhara Takuya said, "If there is anything you want to know, you can come to me, as long as you can afford the price, I can get you any kind of information."

"Okay, goodbye." Liang Huazhi tilted his head slightly, turned and went out.

Watching Liang Huazhi go out, Mizuhara Takuya smiled and put the gold away.

As soon as the gold was put away, the adjutant came in again and reported: "Captain, Boss Zhou from Zhouji Photo Studio is here."

"Boss Zhou is here?" Mizuhara Takuya said happily, "Boss Zhou is a friend of the imperial army, please invite him in."

"Hayi." The adjutant paused slightly, and invited Cao Mancang in again.

After retreating to force the officer, Mizuhara Taku also smiled and said, "Cao Sang, how are you thinking?"

Cao Mancang didn't say much, and took out ten gold bars from his briefcase with distress, and said, "I'll buy one piece of information."

Cao Mancang is really distressed, this is 100 taels of gold, enough for their Eighth Route Army to buy much needed supplies?If it is used to purchase sulfadoxi needles, at least [-] seriously injured soldiers can be saved.

Mizuhara Taku also smiled and said, "Cao Sang, you don't have to feel bad about it."

"If these 100 taels of gold are used to buy medicines, it will save dozens of seriously injured people."

"But if it is used to buy information, hundreds or even thousands of soldiers can be prevented from dying."

"Which of the two is more important, Cao Sang must know in his heart. In short, the information I sell must be worth the money, and I will never make such a thing as exorbitant price."

"But your price is indeed too expensive." Cao Mancang said.

"You get what you pay for, and the truly valuable information is priceless." Mizuhara Takuya said seriously, "Then what information does Cao Sang specifically want to know?"

Cao Mancang said: "I want a complete battle plan for this raid."

The expression on Mizuhara Takuya's face immediately turned cold, and he said, "Cao Sang, your request is a little too much. Of course I can get the complete battle plan, but how can I give you the plan?"

"You are Chinese, so you must be familiar with the idiom "Fishing in a dry lake?"

"I'm selling the whole plan to you. It's just fishing in the marsh. I won't be so stupid as to put my wealth and life into it for 100 taels of gold. This is not what a serious businessman should do."

Cao Mancang frowned and said, "Then what information can you provide?"

Takuya Mizuhara said: "I can provide you with the specific goals of this sweeping operation, the numbers of the participating troops, the specific number of troops, and even the starting point of the attack."

"But a complete battle plan is absolutely impossible, no matter how high the price is."

"I'm not an idiot like Yoshio Oshima, and I would never do stupid things like killing chickens to get eggs."

"You can only buy a single piece of information from me, but please believe me, these pieces of information are all worth the money, at least their value is far more than 100 taels of gold."

"Okay." Cao Mancang said, "Then I want to know the specific number of troops."

"Are you sure?" Mizuhara Takuya said with a slight smile, "You don't want to confirm which is the target of this raid? If the target this time is the Jinsui Army or the Central Army, wouldn't your 100 taels of gold be wasted?"

"There is no need to determine the target." Cao Mancang said, "Every fool knows that it is our Eighth Route Army."

After a pause, Cao Mancang said again: "And I also know that your exact target is the Taihang Military Region in the southeast of Shanxi."

Takumi Mizuhara smiled noncommittally, and said again: "Since this is the case, I will not say more, but the information you want cannot be provided for the time being, because the specific combat plan has not yet been prepared, and I cannot give the exact number now, but Don't worry, when the exact number comes out, I will definitely provide it to you as soon as possible."

"Is that so?" Cao Mancang frowned and asked, "Then this gold?"

"You take the gold back first." Mizuhara Takuya said with a smile, "I said before, we Osaka people always pay attention to fairness and fairness in business, and we always pay with one hand and deliver with one hand."

"Okay, I'll wait for your news." Cao Mancang put away the gold.

……

Mizuhara Takuya didn't keep Cao Mancang waiting too long.

Two days later, Takuya Mizuhara went to the door in person to sell the information to Cao Mancang, and at the same time took away the 100 taels of gold. After Cao Mancang got the information, he immediately sent it to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

After the headquarters received the information, it sent it to the Taiyue Military Region and Northwest Shanxi.

When the news reached Northwest Shanxi, Ding Wei and Kong Jie had already arrived at Fuliang Mountain.

"Several chiefs, definite information has arrived." Wang Ye unfolded the telegram and said.

"The devil is still the same old way, and achieves concealment and the suddenness of the battle by moving from different places. Specifically, the First Army will concentrate on the No.60 Ninth Division, No.30 Sixth Division, and No.30 Seventh Division. The field divisions are carrying out sweeping operations against our Taihang Military Region."

Wang Ye pointed to the Taihang Military Region on the map.

"Damn it, gather three field divisions?"

"There are more than 5 devils in the three field divisions."

"It seems that the old devil Yoshio Iwamatsu is going to get serious."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie's expressions changed slightly.

Ding Wei said again: "The devil has concentrated three field divisions to mop up the Taihang Military Region, so how is the defense arrangement for the entire Shanxi Province?"

Wang Ye said, "It wasn't mentioned in the telegram, so I probably don't know."

After this pause, Wang Ye said again: "However, the strength of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi is fixed. Apart from these three field divisions, there are only two infantry troops left, the Third Brigade and the Fourth Brigade. Brigade."

"If nothing else, there will be one brigade in southern Shanxi and one brigade in northwestern Shanxi."

"At most, we will temporarily second a regiment from the Mongolian Army or the North China Front Army to guard Zhengtai Road."

"In the final analysis, the traffic line of Zhengtai Road is the real lifeline for the First Army stationed in Shanxi."

Li Yunlong said: "That is to say, the devils we need to face are at most three infantry regiments?"

Wang Ye said: "No, there should not be as many as the three infantry regiments, because major counties such as Nao County, Anhua, Shouyang, and Yangquan, as well as major strongholds such as Niangziguan, must be guarded by troops, so they can be used for maneuvering. The fighting Japanese army was at best an infantry regiment."

Ding Wei said: "That is to say, if we attack Taiyuan, the Japanese army we need to face is the garrison troops staying in Taiyuan plus a motorized infantry regiment?"

"Yes." Wang Ye nodded and said, "About four thousand."

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie immediately began to calculate their own costs.

Kong Jie said: "This is a tough battle, at least five times more troops are needed to do it."

Ding Wei said: "The number of troops is sufficient, and we don't lack heavy weapons. We even have armored troops. The weapons and equipment are not inferior to the devils at all."

Li Yunlong continued: "The amount of ammunition is also sufficient."

Wang Yedao: "The only problem now is that if the Japanese army on the front line of the Taihang Military Region desperately returns to aid, we must reserve enough troops to fight and block the attack. If this is the case, the number of troops will not be enough."

"How can the number of troops be insufficient?" Li Yunlong said, "Our three regiments add up to more than 3 people. Even if we calculate according to the standard of five times the number of troops in a tough battle, we only need 2 people. Isn't there still 1 people who can do it?" To fight against it? With 1 people fighting against it, how can it last for three days? With these three days, not only Taiyuan has been taken, but even the materials in Taiyuan City have been moved by us, hahaha. "

Wang Ye said: "Commander, have you forgotten about the puppet army?"

"Oh yes." Li Yunlong slapped his forehead and said, "The puppet army is no better than before."

Wang Yedao: "The puppet army in Shanxi has five divisions, about 5 people. If there is no accident, at least two divisions will be mobilized to mop up the Taihang military area, and the remaining three divisions will be stationed in major cities. And the county seat, specifically Taiyuan, there will be at least one regiment with more than 2000 puppet troops.”

"Letting these puppet troops fight in the field is cowardly."

"But it's still okay to let them defend the city."

"After all, many puppet troops are actually just the Jinsui Army with a different designation."

"The Jinsui army is not good at offensive warfare, but it is still very good at defensive warfare. When Fu Yisheng defended Zhuozhou alone, Zhang Zuolin's Northeast Army was very embarrassed."

Ding Wei said: "That is to say, if we attack Taiyuan, we will face [-] devils plus [-] puppet troops, so we need to concentrate at least [-] troops."

"Yes, 3 people is the bottom line." Wang Ye said.

"If the force is less than 3, if something unexpected happens, it will be easy to fight halfway. At that time, if we don't steal chickens, we will lose a handful of rice, and the loss will be huge."

"That's right." Ding Wei said with deep conviction, "There must be a surplus of troops."

Wang Ye said: "Actually, for the three chiefs, we probably won't be able to mobilize as many as 3 people, because we need at least one battalion of troops to defend the base."

Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang, are you worried about the Jinsui Army and the Central Army?"

"Yes." Wang Ye said, "I'm worried that they will attack our base while our main force is out."

"No, Liang Gang won't say anything, but I'm still very clear about Chu Yunfei's character." Li Yunlong said, "I believe you said that he would do some tricks behind his back, but you said he would take advantage of this opportunity to sneak attack Let's, I don't believe that, with Chu Yunfei's character, he definitely wouldn't behave like this."

"Head, you must be on guard against others."

Wang Ye said: "The ghost knows what will happen then?"

Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang, are you worried about what tricks Yan Xishan will play?"

"Yes, I'm not worried about Chu Yunfei, I'm worried about Yan Xishan." Wang Ye said, "Of course Yan Xishan and the Japanese negotiated with their own agendas, but they just wanted to use each other, but Yan Xishan wanted to deal with our Eighth Route Army. But his intentions are obvious, he is even more vigilant against our Eighth Route Army than he is against the Japanese army.”

"So, once he is given a chance, he will definitely do it."

"When the time comes, Yan Laoxi will find an excuse to distract Chu Yunfei for a while,"

"Fang Ligong's character is far worse than Chu Yunfei's. He will not be merciful."

"Hiss..." Li Yunlong frowned and said, "Xiao Wang, after what you said, there is really such a possibility. If this is the case, it may not be safe to keep one battalion, but two battalions must be left."

Wang Ye said: "One battalion is almost enough. Even if these speculators really invade our base area, they will definitely not and will never be desperate. A main battalion is enough to deal with it."

Ding Wei said: "In this case, we can use only 6000 troops."

Kong Jie said: "In this case, our strength advantage over the devils and puppet army is less than five times. Is it not safe enough? Or should we still fight Anhua?"

Zhao Gang immediately said: "I support fighting Anhua."

Xing Zhiguo also said: "I think Ping'an County should be attacked."

"No." Li Yunlong's attitude was very firm, "What's the point of beating Anhua and Ping'an County? Either don't fight, or fight Taiyuan, and cut off the head of the old devil Yoshio Iwamatsu!"

Ding Wei said: "I also think it is more valuable to play Taiyuan."

Zhao Gang said: "The problem is that it is not safe to attack Taiyuan, and there are too many variables."

"Yeah, first of all, the superiority of troops is insufficient." Xing Zhiguo said, "Secondly, the sole brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army are also variables. The most important thing is that we have to consider the reactions of the Mongolian Army and the North China Front Army. If the Mongolian army suddenly goes south or the main force of the North China Front advances westward, it will be very difficult to end."

"Damn, I don't believe it anymore. Without five times the strength of the troops, it is really impossible to fight a tough battle?" Li Yunlong said, "If it is according to my opinion, let alone a four times the strength of the troops, it is three times or even twice the strength. Advantages, I dare to fight, but I have two shoulders and one head, what are we afraid of? How are we worse than little devils?"

Ding Wei also said: "I also support Lao Li's opinion, beat his mother."