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Chapter 278 The Japs' New Plan

Yecheng.

The joint command of the Japanese Ninth Front Army and the North China Front Army.

"Mr. Kurihara, the Eighth Route Army's tank units are our priority opponents that we must eliminate," said General Shimomura Sadao of the North China Front Army, who took over the overall command of the Ninth Front Army and the North China Front Army. He took the battle report in his hand, took a look at it, and then handed it to Lieutenant General Kurihara Nobuo.

"The T-34 and M3 tanks that the Eighth Route Army obtained from Big Bear and Rogue Eagle were too powerful on the battlefield. We had no effective means to restrain them, except for our Type medium tanks. Our medium tanks couldn't even break through the front of the Eighth Route Army tanks."

After suffering a great loss, the Japanese learned their lesson and conducted a comprehensive survey of the Eighth Route Army's tanks. After sending away no less than 50 intelligence personnel, they now have a basic understanding of the details of the T-34 and M3.

"Mr. Shimomura, it is indeed as you said. The biggest problem our army is facing now is that we are unable to deal with the tanks and mobile 107 rocket launchers in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. These are the two most terrifying weapons of the Eighth Route Army," Kurihara Nobuo said respectfully to Shimomura Sadaka.

"So I suggest that we use outsmarting the two combat units of the Eighth Route Army and find a way to eliminate their elite troops before the decisive battle."

"Are you talking about the Ninth Front Army's plan to attack Shexian?" Xiacun Ding frowned. "Isn't it a bit risky to fight a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountains?"

"Mr. Shimomura, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has already deployed in Jizhou. There are only so-called Type C regiment combat units near their Lu'an. We will launch a surprise attack from Shexian this time. The Eighth Route Army will have to use highly mobile tank units and 107 rocket launcher units for reinforcement." Kurihara Nobuo said, "We will infiltrate the main force into Shexian through mountain roads. With the locust army's latest research of the -type anti-tank rocket launcher, we can completely get close to launch an attack in the mountainous area!"

"This is our first trump card against the Eighth Route Army tanks. In addition, the main force attacking from the main road will hide the Type 3 medium tanks among the Type 97 tanks, and wait until the enemy tanks appear before rushing out and annihilating them."

“具体作战计划，以第8师团、第9师团、第25师团、第28师团、第29师团独立战车第1旅团作为主力进攻涉县；以第1师团、第10师团、第11师团、第14师团、第57师团和野战重炮兵第3旅团作为佯攻南下进击冀州！第五航空军全力争夺空中优势，务必为两支主力部队提供空中火力支援，第23师团、第24师团、第25师团成立总预备队，这样，无论哪一方面获得胜利，我们就能投入总预备队立即跟进强攻，掌握战场的主导权。”

Kurihara Nobuo said viciously.

The Japanese have suffered enough from the "add fuel to the fire" tactic, so this time they are determined to go all in.

Naturally, this plan could not be completed in one day. In fact, when the Ninth Front Army was reorganized, the Japanese North China Front Army and the Ninth Front Army began to coordinate and formulate a new combat plan.

The Japanese devil Shimomura Sada naturally also knew about this.

"Mr. Kurihara, this battle is related to the destiny of the empire. Is your Ninth Army really ready for a decisive battle?" Shimomura Sada tapped the table with his fingers and said slowly.

Even though the Kwantung Army had concentrated 30 elite troops and looked very powerful this time, Shimomura knew that the Japanese actually had no more strength to invest in the north, so they could not even send troops to launch an attack from the north. Three or five divisions would be dead if they entered the grassland, so the Japanese naturally did not dare to act rashly.

Even on the center line, the Japanese used bluffing to summon the last bit of combat power of the North China Front Army and put themselves in an offensive posture.

In fact, the main force of the Japanese had been quietly targeting the brigade commander's southern line.

Because the southern line has the most routes into Shanxi Province and is the most conducive battlefield for launching large-scale operations.

This is also the reason why the joint headquarters of the Ninth Front Army and the North China Front Army was placed in Yecheng. However, Shimomura Ding still had some hesitations in his heart.

What if luring the snake out of its hole turns into drawing fire upon oneself?
The Japanese have suffered losses more than once or twice, and each time they failed to estimate the upper limit of the Eighth Route Army.

"Mr. Shimomura, the Ninth Army is sworn to serve the empire until death. If we lose this battle, all officers above the rank of lieutenant commander will commit seppuku to apologize!" Kurihara Nobuo said decisively.

"Hey, Kurihara-kun, just go for it! Please!" Shimomura nodded and finally made up his mind.

This battle was of great importance. After the reorganization of the Ninth Front Army, the Imperial Headquarters had a heated discussion on whether to replace the defeated general Kurihara Nobuo. However, after many discussions, there was no better candidate, so they had to accept Kurihara Nobuo.

At the same time, the North China Front Army and the Ninth Front Army formed a joint command, with Shimomura Sadao as the commander-in-chief to control the overall situation. In order to maintain confidentiality, the headquarters and the North China Front Army agreed that important tactical information would be transmitted through the air rather than through radio waves.

Through the coincidences of many battles, the Japanese have now vaguely felt that something is wrong with the communication, as if an invisible eye is staring at them. From the investigation of the base camp to the investigation of the North China Front Army, although some spies from the Allied forces were eliminated, these spies were unable to obtain the core base camp information without exception.

So the Japanese investigated and investigated and finally suspected the radio.

However, it is very inconvenient to frequently update the code book, so the Japanese have simply returned to the primitive age and are using human transmission again for top-secret information such as major battle plans!
This is the most reliable.

Relying on this trick, Ren Zhong and his team really encountered an intelligence black hole this time. It took a lot of manpower and splicing of the Japanese's air signals to dig out the Japanese's troop numbers from the big data model that Ren Zhong helped the computer department deploy.

Due to the importance of intelligence work, Ren Zhong updated the telecommunications cracking team with the latest computers and spent several million to deploy a large model system specifically for the mining and reorganization of intelligence information.

Compared with manual work, after entering all the decoded Japanese telegrams, the efficiency of this system suddenly reached the level of real-time completion.

The big model makes tentative judgments on all the correlations, and then brings them together to form a variety of possible judgments. They are then manually checked and sorted, and when they are sent to Ren Zhong and the General Staff, they are basically very clear organizational mobilization intelligence.

Although the Japanese could not obtain the specific tactics through radio transmission.

However, through the changes in the Japanese's garrisons, Ren Zhong and Staff Officer Ye were able to gain insight into some clues about the Japanese.

For example, now, the Japanese are gathering in Wuan and Chaoge.

This is a very clear signal.

The third update, Daniel Wu and Edward Wu help out, this month's 1000 monthly tickets are a bit uncertain, I see the new monthly ticket holders moving their little fingers, this battle must hit the heart of the little devil

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