It was a long night, and Shinozuka Yoshio, who was in no mood to sleep, sat on the sofa and flipped through the newspapers in the Wei Nation.
The people in the country were still trapped in the false bubble of a glorious victory, and even the newspapers were boasting.
They said that the Empire had conquered a city yesterday and wiped out many troops today. They said that they would conquer the entire China in a short time and that all the people could migrate.
If that was the case, would he still have to worry about how to annihilate the guerrilla forces in the occupied areas and how to stabilize the security of the rear?
"Report!"
"Come in!"
Shinozuka Yoshio put away his worry and put on a serious expression.
Creak...
The door was opened, and a young major in military boots stepped in. He stopped four to five meters away from Shinozuka Yoshio and saluted." General, we received three calls from the front line."”
"Read it!"
"Haiyi! Commander Takeda Naoki of the Takeda Regiment called. An hour after they marched from Shuiquan Ravine, they were bombarded by the Qinglong Mountain Longsong Cannon. Two infantry squadrons were completely destroyed. They were loyal to the Heavenly Locust Emperor. In addition, Ichiro Haihara was also in the same group. After being hit by the artillery shell, his body did not remain.”
"Bagaya, Takeda Naoki, your conscience is really bad!”
When Shinozuka Yoshio heard the news of Haihara Ichiro's death, he cursed at Takeda Naoki. He could tell that there was something fishy about Haihara Ichiro's death.
"Hi."
The major who was reading the information was shocked by Shinozuka Yoshio's anger and immediately bowed.
"Forget it, continue."
Shinozuka Yoshio waved his hand and said sadly. In fact, he had already expected Haihara Ichiro's death. After all, it was a suicide mission. However, when he really heard the news, he regretted it. Haihara Ichiro had followed him for ten years, and they had feelings for each other.
"Hey, Lieutenant Takayuki Yamada sent a farewell message half an hour ago. His troops were ambushed by a regiment of the Eighth Route Army when they reached Majiapo, twenty-three miles away from Qinglong Mountain. After five hours of fierce fighting, they were bombarded by a large number of heavy artillery from the enemy. All 1100 of the brigade were killed.”
"Heavy artillery?"
"Haiyi, according to the intelligence, there are no less than 20 large-caliber heavy artillery with a caliber of at least 105mm.”
"20 heavy cannons above 105mm?”
Shinozuka Yoshio's heart skipped a beat. This should be the size of a German Heavy Artillery Regiment. It seemed that Yamamoto Ichiki's analysis was right. There was indeed more than one Central Army Regiment stationed at Green Dragon Mountain.
"Anything else?"
"Haiyi, half an hour ago, Nakasuke Kojima, who was stationed in Anji County, sent a telegram. An infantry squadron and an Imperial Association Army infantry regiment under his command were ordered by Major General Matsushita Shuiping, the commander of the Third Mixed Brigade, to go to Tiger Head Mountain to support the Chuangu Brigade.”
"Be more specific!"
"Hey! The Chuangu unit's target was Qinglong Mountain. They marched to Hutou Mountain and encountered a D-Mechanic from China. After the fierce battle, they turned to defense and sent a message to the Qingshui unit in Huyang Town for help. The leader of the Qingshui unit, Qingshui Kazuo, was in the midst of a decisive battle with the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, so he forwarded the telegram to Major General Matsushita Shuiping in Laiyang County.
Therefore, Major General Matsushita ordered the island team of Anji County to provide support. According to the post-battle deduction, the Ancient Sichuan Brigade was completely destroyed by the Longsong Cannon of the Green Dragon Mountain. The Plain Field Squadron and the Imperial Association Legion that departed from Anji County were also attacked by the Longsong Cannon and were completely annihilated.”
"Souga, give me the telegram!"
"Haiyi, General, please!"
The young major held the draft of the telegram with both hands and respectfully handed it to Shinozuka Yoshio. Shinozuka Yoshio took it and carefully flipped through it several times. Then, he leaned against the sofa and closed his eyes, deep in thought.
According to these telegrams, there was at least a regular division of hidden forces in Green Dragon Mountain. They were all equipped with D-type weapons and had sufficient ammunition. They had very high military standards.
From the accuracy of the heavy artillery, it could be seen that the artillery was very experienced, and their proficiency even exceeded the Empire's artillery.
They wanted to annihilate such a well-equipped force that relied on favorable terrain? For an elite army, the dynasty would have to send at least one elite exploration team and a heavy artillery regiment.
In addition, the Longsong Cannons on the Green Dragon Mountain were too powerful. They had to be destroyed before the battle began. This would require a squadron of land aviation's bomber to cooperate with the attack.
Hiss... Wasn't this result a little exaggerated? To deal with a single Green Dragon Mountain, the empire actually needed to mobilize more than 20,000 troops?
Shinozuka Yoshio felt that things were getting out of hand. It would take time to mobilize so many troops. It was not something that could be done overnight. Moreover, the headquarters above him…
No, he couldn't act rashly. It was better to wait for Yamamoto Ichiki's special forces to return and thoroughly investigate the secrets of Green Dragon Mountain before taking action.
After thinking about this, Shinozuka Yoshio let out a long sigh of relief. He had always thought that he was very good at the occupied areas in North China. Even if he did not know the situation like the back of his hand, he could at least be pretty close to it. But now, it seemed that he was a little blindly optimistic.
To be honest, he didn't want to stir up the hornet's nest at Green Dragon Mountain anymore, because it was related to his throne in the First Army. Once the incident at Green Dragon Mountain occurred, the North China Command would definitely pursue the responsibility of his dereliction of duty.
"General, do you have any other orders?”
When the young major saw Yoshio Shinozuka open his eyes, he immediately bowed and asked.
"Who has seen these telegrams?”
Shinozuka Yoshio's narrowed eyes flashed with a cold light. Murderous intent appeared in his heart. He wanted to suppress the matter first and deal with it slowly.
"Reporting to the general."
"So far, only the intelligence officer from the Intelligence Department has seen it," said the major.”
"Is that so? Yo, very good!"
Shinozuka Yoshio looked at the young master in front of him and suddenly asked in a deep voice," Young Master Nakata, are you willing to serve the Great Japanese Empire and His Majesty the Heavenly Acraepoid?"”
"Haiyi, this subordinate will die for you!"
Shaosa Nakata had a solemn expression, but from the excitement in his eyes, one could tell that he was very excited.
Under normal circumstances, when a superior spoke to a subordinate in such a tone, it meant that there was a mission. As long as you completed this mission, you would be favored by the superior. At that time, promotion and wealth would not be a dream at all.
" Very good, Shozo Nakata. There must be something fishy about the death of Director Haigahara. As a member of the Intelligence Department, I hope you can clear his name. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Haiyi, this subordinate will definitely avenge the minister.”
"Oh my…"
Shinozuka Yoshio nodded in satisfaction." I'll assign you all the people on duty tonight. Tomorrow, you'll take them to Shuiquan Valley to secretly monitor Takeda Naoki's every move."”
"Haiyi, thank you, Your Excellency General. I will not fail my mission.”
"You may leave!"
"Haiyi!"
A cold smile appeared on Shinozuka Yoshio's face as he watched Nakata Shaosa leave.
Tomorrow, he would send out his men of sacrifice to kill all the people who knew about the dispatch of troops to test the strength of Green Dragon Mountain so that he could suppress this matter and squeeze out some time for him to settle the affairs of Green Dragon Mountain in peace. This concerned his career and the position of the commander of the First Army. No one could let it go.
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