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"Flat-fire anti-aircraft guns? Marshal, are you sure you're not kidding?"

Xu Da looked at Xu Le in disbelief, as if he had heard it wrong.

"Yeah, now we can't shoot at the flying ones, so we can only shoot at the ones on the ground! How can we shoot if we can't shoot level?"

"It's okay, just fire horizontally. But isn't it too cruel? This is a 37mm machine gun, and if it is used for horizontal shooting, the shooting distance will be shortened a lot!"

"The flat shooting distance is 1000 meters, which is not short. As for cruelty, don't make a fuss. A weapon that can kill people is a good weapon. When used on the devils, no weapon is cruel. Xu Da, although you have grown into a real human being, you have no memory of this aspect after all. You will slowly understand it in the future!

Okay, send a telegram to Lin Jingyan of the 666th Regiment, asking him to speed up the march. It took a day and a night to capture Xiangning and Jixian. He must reach the edge of the Huoyan Mountain Range north of Hejin before pm.

We'll meet him there!"

"Yes, I'll send a message right away!"

......

When Lin Jingyan received Xu Le's call, he was happy at first, but he was really conflicted after learning the content. This speed of advancement was no more than the speed at which the Japanese invaded the Tang Dynasty. Yet his own young marshal actually thought he was too slow.

However, he also realized in an instant that the Japs were at most semi-mechanized, and many even used mules and horses for transportation. This was completely different from the full mechanization of the 666th Regiment.

Moreover, when the Japanese invaded the Tang Dynasty, the transportation conditions in the Tang Dynasty were much worse than they are now. It was only later that the Japanese built many roads and railways to facilitate combat and transportation.

From this perspective alone, the Japs did a good thing and promoted the development of transportation in the Tang Dynasty.

Combining the two, it is no wonder that Xu Le said he was slow.

Lin Jingyan swapped his position with Liu Quanhua. If Liu Quanhua were leading the combat troops, how would he act?

It would be fine if I didn't think about it, but when I thought about it, I was shocked again. I was afraid that Liu Quanhua was launching an attack on Hejin at this moment.

Without giving it any more thought, he immediately ordered his troops to speed up and notified the resting battalion to shorten their rest time by half.

But he forgot one thing. Wasn't his young commander at the headquarters? How could he run to the front line to join him?

........

The First Japanese Army Headquarters in Taiyuan.

"General, the flight squadron is back. Except for 6 fighters and 2 bombers, all other planes were destroyed by the enemy. According to..."

Shinozuka Yoshio rubbed his twitching eyelids frivolously: "Based on what? Tell me!"

"Yes, according to the reports from other pilots, they were attacked by enemy anti-aircraft artillery before they reached the attack area. They suffered heavy losses in just one minute. They had no choice but to turn back. Otherwise, they would probably be wiped out!"

"I want to know how much damage the flying squadron has inflicted on the enemy!"

"This..." The lieutenant colonel hesitated. He knew that what he said next would bring the wrath of Yoshio Shinozuka, but he still reported truthfully: "The flight squadron did not fire a single shot..."

Yoshio Shinozuka opened his eyes wide. He had thought that the damage caused to the enemy might be small, but he had never imagined it would be like this. Not a single shot was fired, which meant that no damage was caused. 18 fighters and 7 bombers were lost!

"Asshole, asshole! Where on earth did this 176th Division come from? We must investigate and find out their specific weapon deployment! I want to know how they shot down so many Imperial planes!"

"Yes!" The lieutenant colonel sensed an opportunity to escape and was about to respond and retreat, but was stopped by Yoshio Shinozuka!

"Wait, go get Miss Yamaguchi Keiko and tell her I have something important to ask her!"

......

Half an hour later, Keiko Yamaguchi arrived at the army headquarters dressed in the unique Japanese spy uniform, followed by a female subordinate who was dressed similarly.

This person is Xiaohuan, who changed her name to Yukawa Sakurako and has been following Yamaguchi Keiko in her tutoring work.

After disappearing for a while, he came back inexplicably and brought back someone he had never seen before. Yoshio Shinozuka must have had some suspicions, but he privately sent someone to investigate, and all of Yukawa Sakurako's information matched, even the photos were exactly the same.

This is information forged by Keiko Yamaguchi herself. The Special High Police and the First Army Special Operations Department are completely on a different level. If the identities forged by the Special High Police could be discovered by the Special Operations Department, Fuso would have been dead long ago.

"General, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't know if he was having an illusion, but he always felt that Keiko Yamaguchi's attitude towards him had become a little colder recently, perhaps because he did not mobilize troops to look for her.

"Ms. Yamaguchi, last time you said that you were secretly tracking and investigating the 176th Division during your disappearance. Thanks to the intelligence you sent back, our army finally learned something about this unit!"

"This is what I should do. The general asked me to come here because he must have some questions for me about the 176th Division!"

"Yes, I would like to ask Ms. Yamaguchi Keiko, what is the anti-aircraft weapon of the 176th Division? Do you know some of its specific data?"

Yamaguchi Keiko was stunned. Anti-aircraft weapons? I don't think there are any of these.

"I don't see any anti-aircraft weapons from them. What happened?"

Yoshio Shinozuka explained the details of the Air Force, which shocked Keiko Yamaguchi, and at the same time she was glad for her original choice.

"General, I don't know what anti-aircraft weapons the 176th Division has. Maybe this is their secret weapon that I haven't seen yet!"

Shinozuka Yoshio narrowed his eyes. "Really? You said the same thing to their tanks last time. Are you going to use the same method this time? Or does Miss Yamaguchi Keiko have another hidden agenda?"

Yamaguchi Keiko sensed the sharpness in his words and asked back, "General Shinozuka Yoshio, are you doubting my loyalty? Do you want me to help you contact His Majesty the Emperor, or His Royal Highness the Prince in the Magic City, so that you can find an excuse for your incompetence!"

Yoshio Shinozuka was suddenly speechless. People of his level naturally knew the true identity of Yamaguchi Keiko and that she had a prince as her brother-in-law. It was also said that the Emperor learned of the news and spoke to her personally, praising her highly.

He couldn't afford to offend such a Buddha, but he didn't know Yamaguchi Keiko's identity as a member of the Special High Police, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to say that coldly just now.

He changed the subject: "Ms. Yamaguchi Keiko, you misunderstood. I am also thinking about the empire! By the way, Miss Sakurako, are you used to living here? It is quite different from Kyoto!"