Taiyuan, the first Japanese army headquarters.

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't sleep all night and was anxiously waiting for the news ahead.

Yoshio Shinozuka was mainly concerned about two points, one was the mobilization operation of the Eighth Route Army Taiyue Military Region, and the other was the pursuit operation of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

A long night passed, and by dawn, news finally came back.

"General!" Adjutant Shun Nakamura came in and reported, "The Special High School has already made a name for investigating the attack on the headquarters of the 9th Brigade!"

Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Say."

"Hai." Nakamura Shundo said first, "When the headquarters of the 9th Brigade was attacked, two guards were checking the underground drainage ditch of the Dong Family Ancestral Hall, thus escaping the disaster."

"According to these two guard reports, a small unit of the Eighth Route Army attacked the headquarters of the 9th Brigade."

"Nani?" Shinozuka Yoshio said in disbelief, "It's really a small unit of the Eighth Route Army?"

Speaking of which, Yamamoto Kazuki had such suspicion, but he didn't even believe this inference, but he didn't expect that this was true!

The Eighth Route Army actually has such an elite small army!

"Hayi!" Nakamura Shun paused again, and continued, "These two guards also heard a name."

"Name?" Shinozuka Yoshio said in a deep voice, "What's the name?"

"King of Hell!" said Nakamura Tsubasa, "it should be the commander of this small army."

"Nani, King of Hell?!" Yoshio Shinozuka's face collapsed. He really dared to scream!

"General." Nakamura Shun noticed that Yoshio Shinozuka's face was strange and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Yoshio Shinozuka groaned and said, "Tsubasa Nakamura, the King of Hell is the chief commander in the Chinese folk legend, and the life and death of all people in the mortal world is determined by him! As the saying goes, if the King of Hell wants you to die in the third update, who dares to keep you until the fifth update? The commander of this small branch of the Eighth Route Army is really arrogant!"

"Baga!" said Nakamura Tsubasa, "He is so arrogant!"

"But they do have the capital to be arrogant." Shinozuka Yoshio said in a deep voice, "Wasn't the brigade headquarters of the 9th Brigade destroyed by them? The idiot Yokoto Tonosuke was also beheaded!"

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka continued: "Let the Special High School class investigate the origin and background of this King of Hell as soon as possible. Such an amazing person will never appear out of thin air!"

"Hayi!" Shun Nakamura paused and left.

As soon as Shun Nakamura left, Takayoshi Tanaka walked in.

"Commander!" said Takayoshi Tanaka, "The situation is not right."

Yoshio Shinozuka's brows immediately frowned: "What's wrong?"

Tachiko Tanaka said: "In the first midnight of last night, telecommunications exchanges between the Eighth Route Army headquarters and several brigade headquarters were very frequent. The telecommunications class also determined their location early based on the radio wave signals detected. However, early this morning, when the pursuit and suppression troops arrived at the designated location, they found that there was not even an Eighth Route Army there!"

"Baga!" Shinozuka Yoshio said hatefully, "It seems that the Eighth Route Army already knows that their radio signals are being tracked."

"Yes." Tanaka Takaki nodded and said, "After entering the second half of the night, the Eighth Route Army headquarters and several brigade headquarters entered radio silence at the same time, and the computer has not been turned on yet."

"I'm very worried, is the Eighth Route Army radio silent?"

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "That's sure they've discovered it."

Tachiko Tanaka said: "If you cannot determine the location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters and several brigade headquarters by using radio waves, it will be very difficult to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army left behind in Taiyue Bandit Area."

"No matter how difficult it is, you have to find it." Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Send more search teams!"

"You can also pursue the Chinese people in the bandit area and kill them without telling the Eighth Route Army."

Tanaka Takaki smiled bitterly and said, "But the problem is that even the Chinese people in the bandit area are hiding in the mountains, and it is difficult to find them. If a carpet-style search is required for the entire mountain area, the manpower will probably be far from enough."

"Then burn all their villages and destroy all the crops! And the water source, all the water sources are destroyed!" Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes showed an inexplicable fierce light, "In short, this time, the Taiyue bandit area must be completely flattened no matter what! It is absolutely not allowed to do so, as before, as soon as the imperial army retreated, the Eighth Route Army immediately made a comeback!"

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "By the way, where are the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army that has broken through Dongjia Village? Where are they now?"

Tanaka Takaki replied: "The Independent Regiment is in Xinxian County, and the main force of the 386th Brigade is still in Xixiang County!"

"Still in Saigo Prefecture?" Shinozuka Yoshio frowned, "I didn't leave last night?"

"No." Tanaka Takaki shook his head and said, "Last night, the 386th Brigade dispatched some troops to mobilize the townships around Xixiang County. Several strongholds in Xixiang County were destroyed, and many Imperial Army troops were arrested, plainclothes teams and maintenance presidents of various townships were also arrested."

"Nani?" Shinozuka Yoshio said in surprise, "Why is the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army going so far, is it planning to open Xixiang Prefecture into a new base?"

"This should not be possible." Tanaka Takaki shook his head and said, "The Eighth Route Army usually only opens bases in remote mountainous areas. In a lush land like Xixiang County, they probably don't have the courage to do so."

"Because they know that even if they are opened up, they can't defend it."

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "So what is the intention of the 386 Brigade in this move?"

"I don't know this." Tanaka Takaki shook his head and continued, "Oh, by the way, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is still doing something very strange."

"What's strange?" Shinozuka Yoshio's brows became more and more tight, and he said, "What are they doing?"

Tanaka Takaki said: "According to the news that the President of Xixiang Prefecture sent someone to secretly send it, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army summoned dozens of old carpenters in the city to build wooden cannons."

"Nani?" Shinozuka Yoshio said in surprise, "Wooden cannon?"

"Yes." Tanaka Takaki nodded, "It's really puzzling."

Yoshio Shinozuka also felt incredible and said, "What exactly does the Eighth Route Army want to do?"

Takaki Tanaka said again: "Commander, although the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army cannot truly occupy Xixiang County, allowing them to act recklessly in Xixiang County will inevitably cause harm to the forces close to the Imperial Army in the county. So, should we order the 37th Division to give up the ambush plan and march into Xixiang County immediately?"

"No!" Shinozuka Yoshio flatly refused, "The ambush plan of the 37th Division cannot be cancelled!"
Chapter completed!