Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

After hearing the commander's plan, the generals also discussed it. Some advocated to mobilize two more divisions of the Kwantung Army to move south and deploy them in Xingtai and Handan.

At the same time, some people scoffed at Commander Sugiyama's cowardly behavior, believing that no matter how strong the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi was, it could not defeat the locust army's planes and heavy artillery.

Zeng Jiwen's 389th Division took advantage of the war in the south and most of its own forces were withdrawn to fight in the south. In addition, the last sneak attack resulted in all the planes being destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, which led to the failure of the locust army's nine-way siege.

Once the Locust Army's war in the south is over, and the Locust Army's air force is fully replenished and the heavy artillery brigade returns, Zeng Jiwen's 389th Division must be made to taste the Locust Army's wrath.

However, when Sugiyama Gen heard this, he couldn't help rolling his eyes. That's a nice thing to say, wait for the locust army's air force and heavy artillery brigade.

Until now, the intelligence department has not figured out how the Eighth Route Army under Zeng Jiwen destroyed the airport under the tight defense of the Locust Army. Is it going to fail again?

As for the heavy artillery brigade, if the locust army's heavy artillery brigade was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army's secret weapons, I'm afraid I would have to commit suicide by cutting my stomach.

The Locust Army now has only six heavy artillery brigades in total, one of which has been left in the mainland, and the others have all been sent to the battlefield in China.

Currently, the two heavy artillery brigades belonging to the North China Front Army have moved south to support the Wuhan war together with the heavy artillery brigade of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force. At the same time, the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade has also been transferred from the country.

Of the remaining two, one remained in the country and the other remained in the 1st Division of the Kwantung Army.

If we rashly send the heavy artillery brigade to the mountainous terrain of southeastern Shanxi before figuring out how the Eighth Route Army destroyed the airport, wouldn't that be sending equipment to Zeng Jiwen? Even if the Eighth Route Army couldn't use it, once it was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, no one in the entire army would be able to take responsibility.

As for withdrawing the Kwantung Army, I'm afraid that guy Kenkichi Ueda will have some objections.

Since July 7, the North China Front Army has been expanded by drawing troops from the Kwantung Army. The two cavalry brigades drawn last time were assigned to the North China Front Army, the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade was expanded into the 26th Division, and the Chahar Corps was reorganized into the Mongolian Corps and separated from the Kwantung Army.

Even with the Kwantung Army's huge resources, it could not withstand such a withdrawal from the North China Front Army.

Moreover, that guy Ueda Kenkichi is now actively trying to stir up trouble in the north, and wants him to continue to transfer two divisions. If those two divisions are transferred and are assigned to the North China Front Army again, Ueda Kenkichi will probably turn the table.

Listening to the unreliable words spoken by everyone, Sugiyama Gen felt annoyed. Could it be that the huge North China Front Army really had no way to deal with a group of weak Eighth Route Army?

Suddenly, Sugiyama Gen turned his gaze to the new Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army, Yamashita Tomoyuki, who was in deep thought.

This general, who was later called the Tiger of Malaya, swept across Malay territory and occupied Xinjiaopo (homonym) with less than 10,000 casualties when the Japanese army invaded Southeast Asia, achieving the best land combat record in the history of the Japanese army. At this time, under the expectant gaze of Sugiyama Gen, he expressed his thoughts.

"Commander, our locust army has already deployed over 300,000 troops to support the Wuhan war, and the current losses are huge."

"It is still not enough to support the locust army to carry out large-scale sweeps against Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei and southeastern Shanxi simultaneously in North China."

"Furthermore, we absolutely cannot send the Locust Army on a large-scale attack on southeastern Shanxi until we have fully ascertained how Zeng Jiwen's troops destroyed the heavily defended airfield of the Locust Army."

"Therefore, I fully agree with your proposal to sweep across Shanxi, Chahar, and Hebei to prevent it from becoming another Southeast Shanxi region. At the same time, I will dispatch the Locust Army to prevent Zeng Jiwen's Eighth Route Army from reinforcing the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi, Chahar, and Hebei region."