Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 377: In the near future, Li Yunlong will definitely not be able to attack the city.

Shanxi.

Taiyuan.

Japanese First Army Headquarters.

Yoshio Shinozuka soon received the battle results and losses sent by Isamu Takeda: a heavy artillery regiment and a tank battalion of the Eighth Route Army were destroyed, and the 7th Flying Squadron lost bombers.

Not long after, he received another telegram from Ichiro Hirata, saying that scouts had discovered a large number of tank, heavy artillery and truck parts in the bombing area.

Moreover, at present, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has retreated to Ping'an County.

"Yoshi."

"Li Yunlong will definitely not be able to attack the city in the near future."

After confirming the results of the battle, Yoshio Shinozuka nodded with satisfaction.

"Your Excellency the Commander is wise. I admire you!"

Mutaguchi Renya, who was standing by, quickly bowed to Shinozuka Yoshio and flattered him.

But what I was thinking in my heart was that the credit should go to me, Mutaguchi!
If he had not strongly suggested this to Yoshio Shinozuka, given Yoshio Shinozuka's hesitant mood at the time, who was afraid of both tigers and wolves, he would not only have missed this good opportunity, but even Heyuan County would have been captured by the Eighth Route Army.

Just then, Yamamoto Ikki walked in with two documents in his hands.

Looking at Yoshio Shinozuka and Mutaguchi Renya talking and laughing, Yamamoto showed a hint of doubt on his face.

Could it be that during the time I was in seclusion formulating the battle plan, these two people got together?
"Mr. Yamamoto, you came at the right time. Li Yunlong's tank troops and heavy artillery troops have been wiped out." Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Yamamoto and smiled.

"Oh? When did it happen?" Yamamoto Ikki asked with his eyes narrowed.

"What happened at noon today..." Shinozuka Yoshio told Yamamoto that the Eighth Route Army sent out its main force to attack Heyuan County, but was bombed by the 54th Flying Squadron on the way and had to retreat to Ping'an County.

After listening to this, Yamamoto showed a hint of doubt on his face and frowned slightly.

"It was me who suggested to the commander-in-chief to bomb the Eighth Route Army's tanks and heavy artillery units. Mr. Yamamoto, do you have any questions?" Mutaguchi Ren'ya said with a proud expression and tone.

"No." Yamamoto shook his head slightly. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

However, when he saw Mutaguchi's devilish face, Yamamoto felt a little unhappy.

I just made a suggestion, and you're showing off?
"General, I have something I need to report to you privately."

Yamamoto held two folders in his hands and looked at Yoshio Shinozuka and then at Mutaguchi Renya.

The meaning is very clear, Mutaguchi Ren'ya is redundant here.

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Mutaguchi Ren'ya and said, "Mutaguchi-kun, immediately forward these two telegrams to the North China Front Command and request a commendation from the 54th Flying Squadron."

"this…"

Mutaguchi Renya's smile froze, but he could only lower his head:

"Hi."

Yamamoto looked at him with a hint of disdain on his face.

"idiot!"

Mutaguchi Ren'ya cursed Yamamoto Sennin in his heart.

Yamamoto's move was not very harmful but extremely insulting. As the Chief of Staff of the First Army, he did not even have the right to know the combat plan.

He was a terrible failure as chief of staff.

But as a higher-ranking official, he could suppress others, so Mutaguchi Renye had no choice but to take the telegram and walk out.

After walking out of the door, Mutaguchi Ren'ya looked around and saw that no one was nearby. He pretended that his footsteps were going away, then tiptoed back quietly and put his ear to the door of the commander's office, trying to listen to what Yamamoto and Shinozuka were discussing.

Unfortunately, Yamamoto and Shinozuka spoke in very low voices, and he couldn't hear what they were talking about at all.

However, on a distant watchtower, a secret sentry arranged by Yoshio Shinozuka saw Mutaguchi Ren'ya eavesdropping and took a picture of it with a camera.

After several consecutive combat plans were leaked, Yoshio Shinozuka arranged secret sentries at the door of the headquarters office to watch the commander's office 24 hours a day and withdrew the guards at the door.

Even Mutaguchi, the Chief of Staff of the First Army, was unaware of this.

After eavesdropping carefully for a while, Mutaguchi Ren didn't hear anything, so he left the headquarters office in disappointment and walked towards the telegraph room.

More than two hours later, Yamamoto left the commander's office and the armless Mizuno Kiyoshi walked in with a folder in his hand.

"General."

"The Chief of Staff just overheard your conversation with Colonel Yamamoto."

After saying that, Mizuno handed over the folder in his hand.

Yoshio Shinozuka narrowed his eyes, opened the folder and took out the contents. The folder contained freshly developed photos.

There were several photos inside, one of which was of Mutaguchi Ren'ya stealthily eavesdropping with his ear pressed against the door.

"It sure is him!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's face darkened.

"General, should we arrest the Chief of Staff immediately?"

Mizuno Kiyoshi's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He lost his arm because of the leak of information.

Therefore, Mizuno Kiyoshi hated the person who leaked the information so much that he wanted to eat his flesh, peel off his skin, and pull out his tendons.

The last time the whistleblower, Lieutenant Colonel Hiromi Sakakura, was subjected to the death penalty by slicing, it was Mizuno Kiyoshi who did it himself.

"Don't act rashly. This person is still useful. Keep it confidential."

Shinozuka Yoshio narrowed his eyes, raised his hand and said:

"Please bring Colonel Yamamoto over."

"Hi."

Mizuno Qing lowered his head, turned and walked out.

Not long after, Yamamoto Ikki came back quickly with two folders in his hand. "General."

Ever since he began drafting the battle plan, he'd kept the two folders with him, even when eating and sleeping, fearing they might be read by spies. "From now on, keep both plans in the same folder. If you carry two folders, wouldn't the spies immediately know you have two plans?" Shinozuka warned.

"Hey." Yamamoto's expression changed, and he quickly bowed his head and said, "I was negligent."

"Look at this." Yoshio Shinozuka threw the photo to Yamamoto.

Yamamoto picked up the photo and began to look at it. Shinozuka Yoshio continued, "Just now, while we were talking, Mutaguchi eavesdropped on our conversation."

"It's him?"

Yamamoto narrowed his eyes, and a murderous look flashed in his eyes.

The 108th Division was completely annihilated, with five lieutenant generals killed, and it nearly forced Shinozuka Yoshio and him into disgraceful retirement.

Yamamoto and Yoshio Shinozuka hated this person to the core.

"It's not 100% certain it's him yet."

Yoshio Shinozuka said:

"After all, Mutaguchi Renye was a major general in his country, and he was the commander who fired the first shot in the July 7 Incident."

"I guess many people in the empire wouldn't believe that he was a spy for the Eighth Route Army."

"Keep this man for now and see if he will pass on false information to the Eighth Route Army for us."

"Hi." Yamamoto Ikki nodded. "If this person leaked the key information, after we eliminate Li Yunlong and the Eighth Route Army, hand him over to me. I will let him know what the Ten Cruel Tortures of the Qing Dynasty are."

"Okay, if this man is an Eighth Route Army spy, you can interrogate him." Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, "But don't kill him. Hand him over to a military court."

……

Dark as ink.

It is located on a hill six kilometers away from Ping'an County, where there are few people and it is easy to hide. It is only more than 200 meters away from Heping Highway.

"Baga, this is such horrible weather."

Scout Kiichi Uchida was lying in a hidden position, shivering from the cold, even the weeds covering his body were shaking.

It started to rain and snow at night. Although the New Year has passed, the rain and snow in the north are still extremely cold.

Several other Japanese scouts hid in a cave at the rear to keep warm, leaving only him and another scout outside to monitor the highway.

After nightfall, Uchida Kiichi followed the reconnaissance team and dared to approach Ping'an County for reconnaissance.

There were two other reconnaissance teams like theirs, but both of them were monitoring the other two paths.

I don’t know how long it took, but just when Uchida Kiichi’s brain was almost frozen, he suddenly heard the sound of some branches being stepped on and broken behind him.

The branches and weeds were frozen into popsicles, and they easily made cracking sounds when stepped on.

"Tanaka-kun, are you here to take over your shift?"

Uchida Kiichi asked in a low voice, and when the other party didn't answer, he turned his head with difficulty.

A black shadow pounced towards him like lightning. After lying in the snow and ice for several hours, his body had long been frozen stiff and his reaction speed was greatly reduced. Before he could figure out what was going on, a three-pointed spear pierced into Uchida Kiichi's neck.

When Uchida Kiichi was dying, he saw in horror that another scout was held down by a figure, and a knife flashed across his neck. The other party also saw him being stabbed in the neck.

After killing two Japanese scouts outside, more than ten members of the Sword Team quietly came to the cave where the Japanese were hiding.

"The remaining Japanese scouts are in here."

Wang Jiatian made a gesture to Captain Duan Peng.

Duan Peng listened for a moment and heard a snoring sound coming from the cave. The Japanese were sleeping soundly.

Based on the snoring of the Japanese soldiers, Duan Peng judged that the positions of the several Japanese soldiers inside were not far from the cave entrance.

"It's freezing cold, give the devils some warmth."

Duan Peng stepped aside and gave the attack position to a team member carrying a flamethrower.

The team member was ruthless and didn't talk much. He pointed the muzzle of the flamethrower at the hole, turned off the safety and pulled the trigger of the flamethrower.

call out!
Suddenly, a fire dragon shot out from the muzzle and shot straight into the cave.

"Ahhhh!!!"

The next second, the snoring in the cave stopped abruptly, and an extremely miserable Japanese scream was heard.

……

ten minutes later.

Hundreds of large trucks loaded with armed Eighth Route Army infantry and ammunition, some of which were also pulling 75mm mountain cannons, drove past the foot of the mountain.

The Blade Commandos rode ahead on horseback to clear obstacles for the main force.

Early the next morning.

"Lieutenant Colonel, something happened."

In Heyuan County, at the Japanese Military Police Headquarters, a staff officer rushed into Ichiro Hirata's bedroom in a hurry and woke up Ichiro Hirata who was sleeping soundly.

"Baga, what's the matter?"

Ichiro Hirata frowned, and at this moment, he really wanted to chop someone.

This was the best sleep Ichiro Hirata had ever had since the main force of the Eighth Route Army from Jinzhong arrived in northwestern Shanxi.

"The main force of the Eighth Route Army has surrounded Heyuan County!"

The staff officer reported with a grim expression.

"Nani!?"

Ichiro Hirata's pupils shrank and his expression changed drastically.

When I woke up, the sky fell.

(End of this chapter)