Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Yoshio Shinozuka spent an entire night gaining a clear understanding of the current situation in northwestern Shanxi.

The more he understood, the more cold sweat he broke out in his back.

Before they knew it, in less than a year, northwestern Shanxi had completely slipped out of their control.

The enemy-occupied area has long been unworthy of its name.

At present, only the direction near Taiyuan in northwest Shanxi is relatively stable.

But it's only a matter of time before he calls.

Once the Eighth Route Army clears out the strongholds along the way, Yoshio Shinozuka will have to face more than one main force.

But the entire 129th Division!

The more he understood, the more he believed that taking the initiative was the right choice.

In northwest Shanxi, ending this war with the Eighth Route Army also determined the issue of the sovereignty of northwest Shanxi.

If he lost the battle, Yoshio Shinozuka had already found a way out for himself.

At worst, he would give up all military power and retreat back to Okamura Yasuji's headquarters.

However, just as Yoshio Shinozuka was about to issue the combat order, his intelligence officer hurried over.

"General, I'm afraid our plan has been leaked."

The intelligence officer's face was filled with horror.

Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes widened: "Baka, what's going on?"

The intelligence officer lowered his head and said tremblingly, "The various units of the Eighth Route Army have already made detailed deployments for this. They seem to have known our plan in advance."

"idiot!"

Shinozuka Yoshio was furious: "What is the Special High Technology Branch for? Why can't they even catch spies?"

He really couldn't believe that there were spies planted by the Eighth Route Army even in his headquarters in Taiyuan!

To Yoshio Shinozuka, this was too horrifying.

You know, the people in the headquarters are all his confidants, and they are selected one by one.

And there will never be a replacement.

Even if you commit suicide by seppuku, there will be new devils to replace you.

These devils were personally selected, trained and selected by Yoshio Shinozuka, and are absolutely reliable.

How did the Eighth Route Army manage to conceal their true intentions?

Could it be that someone really committed treason?

To this day, Yoshio Shinozuka still doesn't believe that Yamamoto Ikki would commit treason.

After all, he was the assistant officer he was most optimistic about and valued the most.

The intelligence officer said in a trembling voice, "General, we have investigated and found no conclusive evidence of treason from within."

"But one thing is very suspicious. Every time before a top-secret document is delivered, the headquarters will receive some strange packages of supplies."

Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes lit up, and he asked hurriedly, "A package? Have you checked the source?"

The intelligence officer replied, "We've checked. It came from a local ordinary merchant, but that merchant has long since deserted. We speculate that Eighth Route Army spies took advantage of the merchant's delivery of packages and hid micro-eavesdropping devices inside them."

Shinozuka Yoshio gritted his teeth: "Cunning!"

Of course, this is just one way to obtain intelligence.

Shinozuka Yoshio ordered grimly, "Thoroughly investigate all departments and personnel who received the package to see if there were any unusual contacts."

"Hi Yi!"

The men immediately took the order and left.

This investigation took a full five days.

During these five days, the entire headquarters was in chaos and the people were living in misery.

But after searching over and over again, I still have no clue.

The departments and personnel who received the packages did not appear to have any unusual contacts, and everyone appeared extremely loyal.

Yoshio Shinozuka sat in his office, slamming the table in anger.

At this time, the intelligence officer came again to report that a mysterious note with some strange symbols drawn on it was found in a soldier's residence.

Yoshio Shinozuka hurriedly asked someone to bring it for inspection, but he could not understand what the symbols meant.

"This must be the code they're using to communicate with each other. I must thoroughly investigate this!"

Shinozuka Yoshio roared angrily, "If we can't find out within one day, all of you in the Special High Technology Department will commit seppuku!"

People were panicked for a while.

The Japanese soldiers from the Special High Technology Bureau were professionals and knew that it was impossible to dig out such a plate unless the other party revealed their true intentions.

But is this possible?

If it were them, they would be more calm at this time and would never reveal any clues.

So, that night, many brave people sneaked out of the headquarters.

The world is so big, where can’t we go?

But these devils just can't go anywhere!

Yoshio Shinozuka had already sent troops to keep a close eye on these good-for-nothings. Those who dared to escape were executed one by one, and their bodies were placed in front of the Special High Technology Bureau building.

Seeing those corpses, the remaining people in the Special High Technology Department were even more frightened.

At this moment, an inconspicuous clerk stepped forward and suggested to Shinozuka Yoshio, "General, perhaps we can pretend to proceed according to the original plan and lure the snake out of its hole."

After thinking for a moment, Yoshio Shinozuka accepted the suggestion.

Therefore, the Japanese army dispatched troops according to the leaked plan, while secretly arranging a heavy ambush.

However, the Eighth Route Army seemed to have seen through everything and did not ambush as expected.

Just when Yoshio Shinozuka was puzzled, news came from the rear that fires and explosions broke out in many places in Taiyuan City. It turned out that another unit of the Eighth Route Army had sneaked into the city to cause sabotage.

Only then did Yoshio Shinozuka realize that the Eighth Route Army had already anticipated their strategy of luring the enemy and was instead making a feint to the east and attacking in the west.

He angrily ordered his troops to return for reinforcements, but encountered numerous obstacles along the way.

Yoshio Shinozuka realized that he had lost this spy war completely. The Eighth Route Army's intelligence work was pervasive and his every move was under the control of the other side.

As a soldier, he doesn't give up so easily.

So after returning to the headquarters, he launched a more thorough investigation of the spies.

Yoshio Shinozuka was checking every suspicious place day and night, and the soldiers were all in danger.

On this day, a new recruit was arrested and tortured because he was too nervous and behaved a little strangely.

Unable to bear the torture, the new soldier confessed several names at random. Shinozuka Yoshio was overjoyed and immediately sent people to arrest him.

But it turned out that they arrested the wrong people. Those people just had some minor frictions with the recruits.

Just when Yoshio Shinozuka was feeling frustrated, more information came in, saying that a businessman was found frequently entering and leaving the vicinity of the headquarters, and his behavior was very suspicious.

Shinozuka Yoshio immediately sent people to surround the merchant. When they caught him, they found that he had no evidence except some ordinary goods lists.

In fact, the real spy has been lurking in the deepest part.

He disguised himself as a cook and supplied food to the headquarters every day.

Through special means, he cleverly passed on the information.

While Yoshio Shinozuka was still arresting people everywhere, he had already sent out a new piece of information.

And it will definitely not leave any traces.

However, it was only a matter of time before he was found guilty, but this comrade had already prepared a way to deal with it.

A series of measures such as grafting, the thief crying "stop thief", and the evildoer filing a complaint first, etc.

The most tragic thing is that he had already prepared to sacrifice himself.

He was a chef and also a brave Eighth Route Army soldier.

There has been a poison hidden in his back teeth since the day he was picked out by Lin Qiang.

We will never give the devils any opportunity to torture and extract confessions.