Around eight in the evening.
The Japanese First Army Headquarters.
Shinozuka Yoshio was sprawled on the table, his head buried in the planning of the next step of the cage policy in Northern China.
Suddenly, Yamamoto Ichiki's voice came from outside the door.
"Report!"
Shinozuka Yoshio raised his head and put down the work in his hands. He said in a deep voice,"
"Enter!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yamamoto Ichiki pushed open the door and entered.
Yamamoto Ichiki's expression today was clearly much better than the last time he came.
He was holding a thick file in his hand. He walked straight to Shinozuka Yoshio's desk and respectfully handed over a stack of documents.
"General, I have done a detailed investigation regarding the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment in Yangchuan County and formulated a corresponding battle plan. Please take a look.”
"Yuxi! Yamamoto's execution is so strong that I'm impressed!”
Shinozuka Yoshio praised with a happy expression. He took the document from Yamamoto Ichiki's hands and read it carefully.
After a while, Shinozuka Yoshio put down the document and asked,"
"Mr. Yamamoto, according to your intelligence, the Chinese troops in Yangchuan County did not retreat after taking down Yangchuan. Instead, they strengthened the city defense.
From this point of view, the other party was intending to have a head-on conflict with the imperial army?! This went against the 8th Route Army's usual fighting style!
Could it be that they are trying to divert our attention and make other strategic arrangements?”
As the commander of the entire First Army, Shinozuka Yoshio had a deeper understanding of the situation.
Yamamoto Ichiki shook his head and said,
"Your Excellency, I believe that the other party's true goal might not be so.
This time, the Sixth Company of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment had easily taken down Yangchuan with just one company. They must have had something to rely on.
Under such circumstances, it was reasonable for the other party to change their fighting style and defend the city, preparing to engage in a direct confrontation with the imperial army.
Perhaps they wanted to use this to create momentum and take the opportunity to suppress the dignity of the imperial army!”
Hearing this, Shinozuka Yoshio pondered for a moment before nodding his head.
"Yamamoto Kun, what you said makes sense!”
However, Shinozuka Yoshio's expression immediately turned serious as he said fiercely,"
"The Eighth Route Army, that beggar troop, dares to challenge the dignity of the Imperial Army? It's simply wishful thinking!”
As he spoke, he slammed his palm heavily on the desk in front of him.
Yamamoto Ichiki immediately expressed his stance and said,
"General, the fall of Yangchuan County and the fact that the enemy sent a clear telegram is a great humiliation for the First Army.
I've already formulated a detailed battle plan. I can set off immediately. In the shortest time possible, I'll carry out a scalpel-like surgery on the Eighth Route Army headquarters in Yangchuan County!
Then, we will follow the clues and find the location of their regimental headquarters. We will completely destroy their command system and save our First Army's face!
At the same time, I'll avenge my special agent team!”
Shinozuka Yoshio's expression finally turned for the better after hearing Yamamoto Ichiki's vow.
Nodding his head, Shinozuka Yoshio said in relief,"
"Yamamoto, I have no doubts about your ability.
This time, whether your special agent team can win by surprise and impress the military will depend on you.”
"Ha Yi!" Yamamoto Ichiki bowed heavily.
Then, Shinozuka Yoshio said,"
"I'll arrange for the Yamazaki Battalion to assist you in completing this counterattack.
During the battle, the Yamazaki Battalion will be under your command.
I hope to hear good news from you as soon as possible!”
"Ha Yi!"
Yamamoto Ichiki accepted the order and left.
That night, Yamamoto Ichiki led the newly expanded team of nearly a hundred agents and set off from Taiyuan.
The Yamazaki Battalion, which was currently on a clean-up mission in Datong, soon received orders to move out from east to west in batches towards Yangchuan County.
Apart from that, the Special Higher Police personnel and the puppet spies who were active near Yangchuan and Shi 'an all began to take action.
He had to collect the latest real-time information for the upcoming counterattack and make full preparations.
For a moment, undercurrents surged under the calm night sky.
…………
Compared to the busy Japanese, Geng Zhan was finally lying down on the soft couch after a busy day.
At this moment, he emptied his mind and stopped thinking about the upcoming battle.
His consciousness silently stared at the time panel that was continuously counting down in his mind.
After a few days of cooldown, the countdown timer for the check-in was finally about to reset to zero. He could check-in again.
Through these few check-ins, Geng Zhan realized that this so-called random check-in system was quite random in terms of time.
There were three days between the first and second time.
However, the second and third check-in were only a dozen hours apart.
This fourth check-in had a cooldown of two days.
This piqued Geng Zhan's curiosity. If he was lucky, would he be able to sign in twice within an hour?
If it was really possible, then it would be great!
Time passed by as he daydreamed in boredom.
At a certain moment, when the system's countdown reached zero, Geng Zhan immediately ordered,"
"Sign in!"
The system did not delay at all. It immediately displayed the reward items for this check-in in the portable warehouse.
Immediately after, the system announcement began at the same time.
"The sign-in is successful. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the sign-in reward:
1. 10 Illumination Grenade Launchers.
2. Ten boxes of flares.
3. A set of medium-sized wolfhound army models (can be materialized).
4. 20 M38 heavy machine guns.
5. 100 boxes of 12.7mm machine gun ammunition.
6. 10 MG-42 machine guns.
7.50 boxes of 7.92mm general rifle ammunition.
8. 20 M1930 Type 75 Mountain Cannons.
50 boxes of 9.75mm cannonballs.
100, 82mm mortar shells.
11. Fifty copies of Artillery Manual.
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