Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

"Brother Cilong, given your health condition, how can you go to Changzhi?"

When Yan Laoxi heard this, he jumped up in shock.

Hurry forward to persuade.

“This time, I, the old man, have also thought of a way to deal with it.

This time, it was the Japanese army that started the fight against the Eighth Route Army.

Let's hold off for now.

At the critical moment, we will catch the Eighth Route Army off guard.

At worst, we can just ask Chongqing to send troops to support us."

Hearing this, the old man shook his head.

"You, confused!

The Eighth Route Army is not so easy to mess with.

You think that people don’t know what you have done~”

Hearing this, Yan Laoxi shook his head.

“Not many people knew about this, even Old Chu was put under house arrest by me.

The only thing we need to worry about is the 358th Regiment under him, but I have secretly transferred it to the First Army to look after it."

When the old man heard what Yan Laoxi said, his face turned pale.

"Tea is coming~

Old man, have some tea first~"

While the two were talking, the woman who had been next to Yan Laoxi walked in with a pot of tea.

“Don’t worry, old man.

It's a difficult situation for Big Brother too. Not only do we have to choose between the south and the west, but now even the Japanese are getting involved."

Hearing what the fifth sister said, the old man shook his head.

"Fifth sister, why don't you try to persuade Baichuan~

How can I agree to such a thing?"

After saying that, he sighed again.

"Hey~"

"Old man, it's okay. You have to understand the difficulties that big brother is facing."

Seeing this, the fifth sister began to comfort the old man.

After a while, the old man thought about it.

“Whatever~

If something goes wrong, I, an old man, should be able to save some face in front of the Eighth Route Army."

After saying that, without waiting for the two to react, he walked out of the house on his crutches.

Not long after the fifth sister helped the old man out, she returned to the yard.

"Brother, tell me, when will these Japanese take action~"

The fifth sister thought for a moment and asked.

Yan Laoxi shook his head.

"I don't know, wait~"

On the eighth day, Changzhi.

Zeng Jiwen was in the command center, looking at the documents handed to him by Hu Di.

After finishing reading, Zeng Jiwen said.

"Is everything clear?"

Hu Di nodded.

"According to our secret sources, Yan Laoxi has allowed Japanese troops to enter his First Army to help train the troops since late April.

Now the entire First Army is filled with wailing.

Chu Yunfei's letter is highly credible; it was personally delivered to our Youth Column by his adjutant."

Zeng Jiwen put down the documents in his hand and thought for a while.

“In this way, let the underground intelligence personnel investigate the movements of the surrounding Japanese troops, their equipment, and their training.

And logistical supplies.”

Hu Di nodded.

He said that he would arrange someone to investigate later.

"Your security department has a heavy task at hand. The north is providing us with a lot of equipment, and we need a large number of manpower.

There will definitely be people from other forces sneaking in.

We must not let our guard down and expose the situation in our base to other forces."

"Yes~

Commander! "

Hu Di nodded.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, two months have passed.

Peking, North China Front Army Headquarters.

At this time, Tada Shun kept cursing something.

"Baga~

That guy Umezu has a really bad conscience~"

After saying this, he felt very unsatisfied and began to greet Mei Jin's family warmly.

Chief of Staff Yukio Kasahara, who was standing next to Tada Shunichi, also had a dark face.

It turns out that during these two months, after more than a month of confrontation, a ceasefire agreement has been signed between the North and the country.

Since the North turned to supporting the Eighth Route Army in North China, the content of the agreement was limited to a ceasefire and there was no other substantial progress.

Therefore, the Kwantung Army in the Northeast began to continuously deploy troops to the front line.

At the same time, continue to expand the military to deal with threats from the north.

As expected, the Fifth Division of the North China Front Army, which was sent to the Northeast for support, was intercepted by Umezu Yoshijiro.

Now, Itagaki Seishirō was transferred to serve as the first chief of staff of the China Expeditionary Army.

However, the North China Front Army suddenly lost a division, which made Tada Shun very dissatisfied.

So he called Umezu Michijiro personally to say hello.

He said that North China currently needed troops to consolidate the occupied areas, and the 5th Division could remain in the Northeast.

But we have to send out another division.

Michijiro Umezu agreed readily on the phone and expressed his confidence with a pat on his chest.

A force that is no weaker than the Fifth Division will definitely be dispatched south.

Tada Shun was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this guy would be so easy to talk to this time.

Therefore, Tada Shun didn't care what specific unit it was.

After all, the Kwantung Army was expanding at that time, and Tada Shun didn't know which division Umezu Yoshijiro would send south.

But no matter which division, as long as there is another division to fill the troops in the original occupied area after the Autumn Locust Army moved south, it would be fine.

Just like that, after Yukio Kasahara and Shun Tada completed the autumn combat plan with the cooperation of the General Staff.

A division promised by the Kwantung Army has also arrived in Tianjin.

When Tada Shun heard that a division that was heading south to support North China had finally arrived, he immediately showed a look of satisfaction.

However, next, when Yukio Kasahara handed him the telegram from Tianjin with a dark face.

Tada Shun suddenly had a bad premonition.

After reading the telegram, Tada Shun's forehead suddenly became blue with veins.

Umezu this guy~

He thinks I'm a garbage dump!"

Then he tore the telegram into pieces and threw it on the ground. Tada Shun got up from his chair and walked around the conference room.

"Baga~

I was wondering why you arrived just now.

These bastards, how far is it from Fengtian to Tianjin? They actually took more than a month to walk~"

Tada Shun became more and more excited as he spoke.

Seeing the commander's appearance, Yukio Kasahara's face also looked a little unhappy.

"General~

Why don't you let these guys go back?

I’m really afraid these guys will cause us some serious trouble.”

Tada Shun walked to the window with a frown on his face.

He really didn't expect that Mei Jin would actually send these bastards to North China.

For a moment, a painful expression appeared on Tada Shun's face.

If it were before, Tada Shun would have thought that this division was a bit useless, but at least its combat effectiveness was good.

But in the Battle of Nomonhan last month, this division really caused a huge loss to the army.

He didn't expect that because of his momentary negligence, Mei Jin would find a loophole and throw the burden to Huabei.

"General, how about we just send this division back home and redeploy another division from the country?"

Yukio Kasahara walked aside and suggested.

Tada Shun thought about it and finally shook his head.

“Then let the Fourth Division be responsible for stabilizing the occupied areas.

Let the 4th Division replace the 14th Division and go to Handan.

If you don't want to fight, just maintain public order in the occupied areas."

When Yukio Kasahara heard what Tada Shun said, he instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find any reason to refuse.

Moreover, in this battle, the 14th Division served as the main attacking division.

In the southern Hebei area, a division is indeed needed to maintain stability in the occupied area.

After thinking about it, Yukio Kasahara did not refuse.