Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

"What are you talking about?! I'm giving a speech at the top and you are holding a meeting downstairs!" the officer shouted angrily upon seeing this.

"I think the general's opinion is brilliant..." The general smiled indifferently.

"Hmph! Everyone, please pay attention to meeting disciplines in the future!" said the officer dissatisfiedly.

"No matter what, the development momentum of the Eighth Route Army has gone beyond our control! Now they have more than 400,000 troops, plus this division, how can our national army cope with it?"

"You all should know that the devils will leave sooner or later. In the future, we will have to fight against the Eighth Route Army again. If we let the Eighth Route Army continue to develop like this, we will die without a burial place..."

"You may not understand my painstaking efforts... Let's adjourn..."

The commander said with great sorrow.

It was as if he had foreseen the future.

Before leaving, the commander glanced at He Jingzhi beside him and returned to his official residence.

Ten minutes later.

"Report to the commander, Commander He is here..." a service staff reported.

"Come in..." The officer was sitting in a chair in military uniform with his eyes slightly closed.

"Master, I have come to discuss something with you. It's about the Eighth Route Army..." Jingzhi bowed.

"Oh? Tell me about it." The officer said, opening his eyes.

"Master, I used to be a classmate of Okamura Neiji. I know his character well. He must be unwilling to accept his defeat in Taiyuan this time."

"According to the latest intelligence, Okamura Neiji has been promoted to commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Army. Not only was he not punished for the defeat, but he was promoted instead. From now on, he will definitely focus on dealing with the Eighth Route Army."

"I used to have a lot of dealings with General Okamura Yasuji for official business. We can provide him with some important intelligence about the Eighth Route Army. When he is eager for revenge, he will definitely..."

Jingzhi narrowed his eyes and spoke out his thoughts.

The commander's biggest concern now is the Eighth Route Army, and he is also pro-Japanese. If China is really occupied by the devils in the future, with his relationship with Okamura Yasuji and his previous dealings with the devils, his status and wealth will definitely be better than they are now.

So his words were not only to help his superiors solve their problems, but also for his own future...

To put it another way, he can rest assured whether China is ruled by the National Army or by the Japanese.

The only hidden danger is the Eighth Route Army.

If the Eighth Route Army ruled China, he would definitely not have a good ending.

Not to mention anything else, the Southern Anhui Incident alone was enough to execute him.

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army must be eliminated...

【Snapped! 】

"How dare you! Jingzhi, as a Chinese soldier, how can you say such treasonous things! Aren't you afraid of being infamous for eternity?!" The officer slammed the table and shouted angrily.

"President, we dare not do so, but we are also trying to help the country. It is a helpless move..." Jingzhi bowed and explained hurriedly.

In fact, he knew in his heart that his superior would never agree to such a thing.

Even if the superior wants to do this, he needs one of his subordinates to be sensible and take the initiative to bear the bad reputation.

"Go down..." The officer's expression eased slightly and he waved his hand.

Jingzhi respectfully retreated and closed the door, then raised his head, a hint of pride and cunning flashed in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up.

The commander agreed...

……

Headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Army in Peking.

Okamura Yasuji has already taken office as the commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Army and set up his headquarters in Peking, which is closest to the Eighth Route Army.

Today is his first high-level meeting since taking office.

The conference room was filled with many generals.

Among the entire Japanese army invading China, except for the Kwantung Army and some high-ranking Japanese generals who were unable to attend for some reason, the commanders of other units all arrived. The scene was grand and lively. Those who came here to attend the meeting had to be at least a major general.

In the conference room, many generals gathered and sat in two rows. There was absolute silence as the Japanese soldiers were waiting for their new leader to arrive.

"His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief has arrived! Stand up!" a Japanese soldier shouted loudly a few minutes later.

【Whoosh! 】

Nearly a hundred Japanese generals in the conference room immediately stood up in unison.

"Hello, Commander-in-Chief!" the Japanese generals shouted in unison.

"Everyone, it's a pleasure to see you here, please take a seat." Neiji Okamura, neatly dressed with a shining Order of the Rising Sun hanging on his chest, waved his hand.

"Hai!!"

The Japanese generals nodded in unison and then took their seats.

"Everyone, we are old acquaintances, so I won't say anything extra."

"Just now, on my way to the conference room, I received news from the Huaxia Central Army. We have identified the base of the First Division, which is in a place called Laowang Mountain in northwest Shanxi. However, the First Division seems to be planning to move its headquarters to Taiyuan recently."

"In addition, they also sent the location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters. As the Eighth Route Army's front line advances, their headquarters will also move. It is located in Liujiawan, less than 30 kilometers away from Hebei Province!"

"These two pieces of information are extremely crucial. The Eighth Route Army won a great victory and is so proud that they have lost their way. They even dared to set up their headquarters right under our noses."

"There is an old Chinese saying that an arrogant army will be defeated. After this commander-in-chief gathers all the forces, he will assemble a large army to launch a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign against the Eighth Route Army headquarters and the First Division. We must wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

Okamura Neiji said loudly with a gloomy face.

He had been planning this revenge plan for several days.

It happened that at this time his old classmate provided a very detailed map of the Eighth Route Army's garrison and the specific locations of its headquarters and the first division.

When he was the commander-in-chief of the North China Front Army, he had always wanted to find out the location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, but he had never been able to do so.

Later, a division suddenly appeared and defeated the locust army.

However, the intelligence department can no longer find out where the headquarters of Division 1 is.

Therefore, the locust army seemed to be more passive every time they fought.

If only we had known the detailed location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters and the First Division’s headquarters earlier.

Last time, he could have sent out a large army in two directions to attack the enemy's vital points and deliver a fatal blow.

First destroy the Eighth Route Army's command center, and then take out a divisional command post.

The Eighth Route Army has hundreds of thousands of troops, but without a leader. Aren’t they just a group of lambs to be slaughtered?

Without command, the entire Eighth Route Army would be like a pile of loose sand, unable to unite effectively and would be defeated one by one by the locust army.

By then, the passage to Qin Province will be wide open, and no one along the way will be able to stop the offensive of the locust army.

By then, the strategic goal of taking a two-pronged approach, with the locust army attacking Chongqing from the north and south and forcing China to surrender, can be achieved.

The empire's ambition can be accomplished.

As the highest commander of the China Expeditionary Army, Okamura Neiji could be promoted several levels if he achieved this strategic goal.

He will surely become the number one general in the history of the empire, and his family will prosper forever.