Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 329 There is a mole!
After staying in southeastern Shanxi for a while and reporting to the headquarters.

The Japanese had no intention of continuing the attack.

Li Yunlong led the main force, crossed the Zhengtai Railway, and returned to the Jinzhong base.

In addition to a telegram from Chu Yunfei congratulating Li Yunlong on his great victory.

Zhao Gang, who was studying at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in Yan'an, also sent a telegram to celebrate.

Li Yunlong sent a telegram back to Zhao Gang, saying that Boss Lin missed him and asked him to return to the Jinzhong base as soon as possible.

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at the same time.

Colonel Yamamoto Ikki led the special forces team back to Taiyuan, Shanxi.

As soon as he returned to Taiyuan, Yamamoto changed his clothes and quickly went to the First Army Headquarters to meet Yoshio Shinozuka.

As soon as I walked into the commander's office, I saw Mutaguchi Ren'ya and several staff officers standing there.

Hearing the footsteps, a group of Japanese officers turned around and looked at Yamamoto Ikki coldly.

Yamamoto Ikki looked in the direction of the sound and saw five urns placed on the desk with names on them.

They are the urns of Lieutenant General Taniguchi, Lieutenant General Isotani, two major generals of the Kwantung Army Observation Group, and the new commander of the 25th Brigade, Major General Fumio Saeki.

Poor Major General Fumio Saeki was killed before he could even get comfortable in his position as commander of the 25th Brigade.

"General."

Yamamoto Ikki faced Shinozuka Yoshio and bowed his head.

Yoshio Shinozuka gave Yamamoto Kazuki a cold look.

Although the battle plan was formulated by Yamamoto Ikki, who planned to decapitate the Eighth Route Army headquarters and then strike a heavy blow to the 129th Division, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the battle turned out this way. Not only did it fail to achieve the strategic goal, but it also resulted in the loss of a special division. Both he and Yamamoto Ikki were to blame.

I have to say that the decapitation operation plan and emergency plan were beautifully formulated.

But the result was hard for the Japanese to accept.

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone was icy: "Yamamoto-kun, don't you have anything you want to explain to me?"

"General," Yamamoto said in a deep voice, sensing Shinozuka Yoshio's deep indifference and distrust, "Could I see the battle report on the 108th Division's ambush on the Baijin Highway?"

Until now, Yamamoto only knew what happened on the Baijin Highway, but did not know the specific details of the battle.

"Mutaguchi-kun."

Yoshio Shinozuka signaled Mutaguchi Renya to hand over the battle report to Yamamoto Ikki.

Looking at the ugly faces of Yoshio Shinozuka and Ikki Yamamoto, and recalling their collusion some time ago, Mutaguchi Renya felt a little secretly delighted, but his face was ashen. He took out a battle report and handed it to Yamamoto.

The entire ambush on the Baijin Highway lasted less than six hours, from afternoon to evening.

Yamamoto quickly finished reading the battle report, and then came to a conclusion with a very certain tone:
"General, I can be sure that there are definitely high-ranking spies of the Eighth Route Army in the North China Front Command or the First Army Command!"

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded. He thought the same as Yamamoto, that Operation A had been leaked.

The 108th Division suffered a crushing defeat only because the Eighth Route Army knew all the plans and emergency plans for Operation A.

Who is the traitor?

Yoshio Shinozuka narrowed his eyes behind his round glasses.

Suddenly, Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Mutaguchi Renya with a questioning look.

This person chuckled after receiving the news that the 108th Division was ambushed.

Very suspicious.

"Commander, it was I who led the troops to fire the first shot of the holy war at Marco Polo Bridge in Peking. I could never be a high-ranking spy for the Eighth Route Army."

Mutaguchi Ren'ya had an expression on his face that showed he had no reconciliation with the Eighth Route Army.

He knew that Yoshio Shinozuka suspected him because of that smile.

He will be fine even if the other party does not have accurate information about this matter.

But Shinozuka Yoshio was his immediate superior after all, and he would not tolerate being bullied. Shinozuka Yoshio nodded. Mutaguchi was an active participant in the invasion of China and should not be a spy for the Eighth Route Army.

But then again, the people who least look like spies are often the real spies.

Yoshio Shinozuka's suspicion of Mutaguchi did not diminish.

"Yamamoto-kun, who knew the details of Operation A in advance?"

"The North China Front Army Headquarters and its staff, the First Army Headquarters and its staff, as well as the division commanders, division chiefs of staff, and wing commanders who participated in the battle."

Upon hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka fell into deep thought.

The old Japanese soldier who had been on many battles was now at a loss.

To him, everyone looks like a spy, yet no one looks like one.

"Theoretically," Yamamoto Ikki said gravely, "everyone who knew about Operation A could have leaked the plan."

"presumptuous!"

Mutaguchi Renya finally seized the opportunity and shouted:
"Those who have access to Operation Plan A are the most loyal warriors of the Sky Locust."

"So, if you say so, could the Commander and Lieutenant General Taniguchi, who died in battle, also be spies?"

Yamamoto Ikki remained silent, his heart in turmoil.

In his decades of military service, he had never encountered such a situation. It was beyond his imagination and control.

He thought there was a 20% chance that this decapitation operation would fail, but he didn't expect it to fail in this way.

It was hard for him to accept. If an officer had a weaker mental endurance, he would probably have committed disembowelment to apologize.

"Mr. Yamamoto is right... anyone who comes into contact with the combat plan may be a spy of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the high-level positions of the Locust Army." To Mutaguchi Ren'ya's surprise, Shinozuka Yoshio actually thought that Yamamoto Ikki was right.

Mutaguchi Ren'ya was completely defeated. Commander, even at this time, you still believe what Yamamoto Ikki said.

Have you never thought that Yamamoto Ikki is the high-level spy of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the top echelons of the Locust Army?
Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Yamamoto Ikki and said, "Yamamoto-kun, we haven't been notified of our punishment yet. Yamamoto-kun, during this period, you will lead the intelligence department and quickly uncover the spies lurking in the high-ranking officials of the Locust Army, otherwise you and I will both be court-martialed."

The implication was that Yamamoto should find out the spy as soon as possible, or even if there was no spy, he should find someone to take the blame as soon as possible.

"Hi."

Yamamoto Ikki suddenly lowered his head, looked at Mutaguchi Ren'ya coldly, turned around and left quickly.

Mutaguchi Ren was also shocked. What does that mean?
Does this Yamamoto kid want me to take the blame?

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In this battle, the Eighth Route Army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and a total of 20,000 Japanese and puppet troops were killed or wounded.

The casualty ratio between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese and puppet troops was about one to ten.

The main reason was that the Eighth Route Army had mastered the art of ambush warfare, and coupled with their absolute superiority in firepower, sufficient ammunition, and detailed combat plans, they were able to achieve such an exaggerated casualty ratio.

Although the captured Japanese weapons and equipment were left to the troops in southeastern Shanxi.

However, the headquarters distributed most of the captured canned food, grain, medicine and other combat supplies to the troops in the Jinzhong Military Region.

The wounded were all left in southeastern Shanxi to recuperate.

After the main force returned to the Jinzhong base, Li Yunlong ordered the distribution of the seized canned food, horse meat, and donkey meat.

The soldiers in the Jinzhong base were given canned food and meat, and even some militiamen and civilians were given canned food and meat.

The third day after returning to the Jinzhong base.

Li Yunlong is inspecting the tunnel defense positions outside Meng County.

Xing Zhiguo managed the defensive position to be impregnable. The combination of tunnels, reverse slopes, and bunkers with cross and side firepower would definitely give the attacking Japanese a hard time.

Suddenly, a platoon leader answered the phone and ran over to report:
"Report to the regiment commander, Staff Officer Yang from the regiment headquarters just called and said that Boss Lin has arrived and is at the regiment headquarters."

Li Yunlong's expression brightened: "Return to the regiment headquarters!"

(End of this chapter)