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"The central army only knows to blindly fight the main force of the imperial army."

"However, the Eighth Route Army avoided entering into a decisive battle with the Imperial Army from the beginning to the end."

"The Eighth Route Army adopted more piecemeal tactics, and the results of each battle may not be conspicuous, but the accumulation of hundreds or thousands of battles, the results obtained are no less than a large battle!"

"Another thing to note is that a small number of elite units of the Eighth Route Army have initially possessed the strength to launch a counterattack, posing a greater threat to the imperial army, such as Li Yunlong's troops."

Inoue Zhenwei said again: "Then what suggestions do you have in consideration of Shanxi's public security situation?"

Ryoichi Yamamoto said: "General, frankly speaking, the main battlefield of the Greater East Asia Jihad is no longer the China battlefield, but has become the Pacific battlefield."

"If the imperial army can defeat the U.S. military on the Pacific battlefield, even if it is defeated on the China battlefield, the century-old national destiny of the Great Japanese Empire will continue."

"Conversely, if the imperial army is defeated in the Pacific battlefield, even if it wins in the China battlefield, the empire will inevitably lose the century-old national destiny!"

"Therefore, the empire's war resources will inevitably be tilted towards the Pacific battlefield."

"The China battlefield has become a secondary direction, and Shanxi is the secondary direction of the secondary direction."

"This means that in the next few years, the war resources available to the Shanxi First Army will be very limited."

"So in the next few years, the main tasks of the Shanxi First Japanese Army must be adjusted. It has become an impossible task to eliminate the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army in Shanxi."

"The practical goal is to hold the existing area, ensure Shanxi's mining output and tax revenue, ensure the smooth flow of Tongpu Railway and Zhengtai Railway, and avoid making Shanxi a strategic liability of the Great Japanese Empire as much as possible!"

"Thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence, which is defense! Defense! Especially the defense against the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"

Inoue Zhenwei nodded and said: "Now, what specific suggestions do you have for our 69th Division's security defense operations?"

"Shrink." Ryoichi Yamamoto said without hesitation, "Abandon remote and vulnerable strongholds, and concentrate the main force on railways, strongholds along highways, and various counties."

"Of course, we can't give up all the remote strongholds."

"For example, Xiaocaozhuang stronghold, Niuzhuang stronghold and Xiji stronghold."

"Although these three strongholds are located in remote places, they are more than 100 miles away from Ping'an County."

"But the three strongholds are all connected by roads, and the geographical location is very important. They can divide and oppress the base areas of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, so they cannot be easily given up."

"Of course, I'm just giving a few examples."

"There are still many strongholds like Xiji."

"But which strongholds to abandon and which strongholds to stick to need to be comprehensively evaluated."

"Yoxi." Inoue Sadae nodded happily, "Yamamoto-kun, then your staff will evaluate each stronghold as soon as possible, and then come up with a feasible plan and report it to me."

"Hai." Ryoichi Yamamoto paused and said, "General, I have another suggestion."

After a pause, Ryoichi Yamamoto said again: "Although the imperial army can only take a defensive position in Shanxi as a whole, they must not passively defend to the death, but should defend while attacking."

"There is offense in defense?" Inoue Sadao said, "Be more specific."

Ryoichi Yamamoto: "Specifically, it is to form a rapid strike column."

Inoue Zhenwei's heart skipped a beat, and he said thoughtfully, "A quick attack on the column?"

Chapter 426 An Article

Ryoichi Yamamoto:

"The establishment of base areas by the Eighth Route Army is generally divided into three steps."

"When you first arrive in a place, try to fight a few beautiful ambushes, or suppress a few powerful landlords who have great public grievances, and initially win the favor of the local people. This is the first step, called gaining a firm foothold."

"Through propaganda and brainwashing, the local people are ideologically bewitched, and the local Eighth Route Army is induced to send their children to serve as soldiers in the Eighth Route Army. This is the second step, which is called opening up the situation."

"And the third step is to develop and grow. If the army wants to grow and develop, it needs weapons."

"The Chinese government will not issue weapons and equipment to the Eighth Route Army, so they can only grab them from the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army."

"The Eighth Route Army at this stage is the most aggressive and destructive. Unfortunately, the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi happens to be in the third stage."

"It is foreseeable that in the next one to two years, the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi will launch endless attacks on various strongholds in the Imperial Army's defense zone."

"They'll fight to unplug the stronghold if they get the chance."

"If there is no chance, they will target the reinforcements and set up an ambush."

"This kind of tactic is widely adopted by the various departments of the Eighth Route Army, and it is called encirclement and reinforcement."

"That's why the imperial army must make targeted deployments. In order to shorten the time of the Eighth Route Army, the mobility of the reinforcements must be strengthened as much as possible."

"In order to avoid being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, the firepower of the reinforcements must also be strengthened."

"In view of the above two points, it is very necessary to form one or even more rapid strike columns."

"A fast strike column should consist of at least one squadron of cavalry, at least one squadron of tanks, and at least one squadron of motorized infantry."

"Such a rapid strike column not only possesses strong maneuverability, but also has strong firepower."

"Unless the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi concentrates more than one main force regiment, it is absolutely impossible to eat up such a fast-strike column in a short period of time."

"Yoxi." Inoue Sadae nodded happily, and continued, "Yamamoto-kun, regarding the rapid strike column, your staff should come up with a plan as soon as possible, and submit it together with the assessment report on the remote base."

"Hai." Ryo Yamamoto stood at attention with a slap, and nodded heavily.

……

The brigade commander stayed in Zhaojiayu for three full days.

Obviously, the brigade commander is still very satisfied with the current state of the independent regiment.

Before leaving, Wang Yan followed Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang to see him off. Then Wang Yan mysteriously took out a piece of letter paper and handed it to the brigade commander.

"Brigade Commander." Wang Yan said, "This is an article I wrote."

"Articles?" The brigade commander said in surprise, "You can still write articles? Then I'd like to read them."

Immediately, the brigade commander opened the letter paper that Wang Yan had already folded, put on his glasses and looked carefully.

Wang Yan didn't stop him, but just looked at the brigade commander with a smile. This article may not be well written, but the publicity effect will definitely not be bad.

I dare not say that female students from the back of the Southwest University will come here in droves, but it is no problem to come over a few hundred.

"New women in the new era—remember the director of the quilt factory in Northwest Shanxi?" The brigade commander glanced back at Li Yunlong and said with a smile, "Li Yunlong, Wang Yan wrote about your wife."

Yang Xiuqin's current position is the director of Zhaojiayu Clothing Factory.