October 11th, early morning.

Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army of the Northern Expedition Army, was awakened by a burst of rapid footsteps. When the combat staff who came to report rushed to the tent, he had suddenly straightened his waist from the folding bed, his blood-filled eyes were revealed, and he stared at the visitor and shouted loudly: "What's the matter, such a panic?!"

The little staff member with a hint of childishness on his face was obviously a newcomer who was promoted from the front line. He never expected that the commander was so keen - he didn't know that Yoshio Shinozuka could not sleep at all these days; in his heart, he was extremely alert and admiration for the lieutenant general's alertness and dedication, and hurriedly stood at attention and bowed, and replied in a short and powerful manner: "Hi! Report to the commander! An urgent telegram was sent from the front, and the Chinese army seemed to have signs of attack!"

Yoshio Shinozuka curled his lips disapprovingly, stood up from the folding bed, buckled the collar with one hand, and hummed, "They have signs of attacking every day! Those guys who were scared out of fear are simply ignorant. Don't you know that doing this random thing will seriously affect the morale of the entire army?!"

The little staff member was joking, as if it was his responsibility. He took off his sword from the side and held it in his hands. Yoshio Shinozuka tidied up his outfit and looked at the mirror of the plastic shell. There were no traces of eye droppings on his face. He rubbed two stiff skins with both hands, put on white gloves, and waved hard: "Let's go! Go to the combat command room!"

Taking two steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around, looked around on the light folding bed with hollow steel pipes on the canvas, the plastic shell mirror, as well as other enamel jars, stainless steel tableware and even towel soap, suddenly sighed, turned his head to the little counselor and said earnestly: "Fujii, can you find all kinds of supplies in my room, are there any problems?"

Staff Officer Fujii is his old relative, and he sent him there to give him a special support and training. He couldn't stand his face, so Yoshio Shinozuka did not forget to teach him by example at any time.

The young staff officer has just graduated from university and has not had a long time. He has not had enough experience in military service. Although he is very smart, he still doesn't understand the "abdominal skills" of the older generation. He looked around the room in a daze, condensed his eyebrows into a lump and thought for a while, and shook his head in embarrassment: "I'm really sorry! Commander, I didn't find any problem!"

The things used in the commander's residence must be strictly reviewed and arranged, and there will never be any mistakes. Asking him like this is purely unnecessary, right?

Yoshio Shinozuka sighed sadly: "Haha, it seems that you are like most people. I don't know how much trouble there is!"

He waved his hand and pointed to the things in the room, and said in a low voice: "Count it carefully and see how many things are produced in China! How many are produced in the United States and how many are from the Empire Factory."

The constable counselor Fujii's eyes suddenly changed. He was smart and realized what the problem was! He didn't need to count carefully. He had participated in the layout inside. He immediately burst into cold sweat and replied immediately: "Hi! As far as I know, at least... more than 60% of the things are produced in China! But, this...?"

He thought that the commander was dissatisfied with the large amount of Chinese products. As a senior Japanese officer, he should try his best to use his own products! Are those guys in the logistics industry so bold that they dare to take the kickbacks from the Chinese? It's so unreasonable!

Of course, there is another reason, that is, things made in China seem to be of better quality and lower price than those produced in the empire. If purchased, the cost is much lower than that of local people that are often bombed and earthquake-stricken!

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded with a little satisfaction: "You're right. Think about it. As the army of the Empire and the elite troops, we actually used Chinese goods. It's easy to imagine what huge scale their industrial production has! Furthermore, you should note that canvas, steel pipes, and stainless steel are expensive strategic materials, but they are actually used to build folding beds and spoons! So what terrible potential does their overall industrial production capacity have? Faced with such an enemy, the Empire has never found a threat, so it's no surprise that it will be defeated!"

Staff Kosuke Fujii was so shocked that he was sweating all over! Well, the Lieutenant General actually started to complain! If he heard this, what big things would happen if he heard it!

But it’s strange to think about it. How could the Chinese military supplies be brought to the empire? Could it be that they didn’t implement wartime control? Or was there really too much useless, and they actually got the empire to make extra money? It seems that the Japanese yen is no longer available there!

A novice adviser still knows too little after all. But he doesn't know that in the past two years, China and Japan have been in a strong confrontation, but privately, the compradors along the coast have never stopped smuggling.

In the past, those guys cooperated with the Japanese to smuggle opium, heroin and other things to China, and were beaten backward by Zhu Bin. As Japan became increasingly embarrassed, they found that China-made chemicals, military supplies and electronic products had a very good market outside, so they began to smuggle outside.

This is hard to deal with, because the Chinese Navy has always supported civilian ships to move outside, and when they are bullied, they still come forward to protect and support them. In this way, if the smuggling is done outside, the civilians will not be prosecuted or investigated.

The craziest thing is that during the war last year, the number of shortage supplies exported by the Kong family and Song family in Shanghai alone was tens of thousands of tons! They were all strategic materials assigned to the Second War Zone, and they were actually brought to Japan for gold or US dollars!

So, it is difficult to guard against family thieves. In order to make money, Jiang Jiang’s relatives dare not do anything.

Zhu Bin trained the production line, with the efficiency, quality and yield rate, which is much higher than that of the Americans. Except for a small number of Chen Cheng, the second war zone, the others were idle and had nothing to do. The huge amount of materials allocated, they sold some of them. Who dares to say that they didn't say anything?

As a result, these materials were brought to the hands of the Japanese army. Due to Zhu Bin's continuous bombing, Japan's local industry was seriously damaged, and this large amount of smuggled military goods were also transported to North Korea for storage. Finally, after being captured in the Northeast, Japan's industry suffered a severe blow, and these hoarded military goods came in handy!

Staff Officer Fujii is quite smart. After learning from one example and understanding it, he understood what the Lieutenant General said.

From the education he received from studying abroad, he learned that a country's industrial productivity is the potential of war. It is not up to the quantity, but just looking at the quality of second-class (or even third-class) military supplies smuggled out by China, the level and production capacity can be imagined to reach a certain level.

From the perspective of product practicality, Japan is completely left behind in basic equipment design! This is a very terrible information, indicating that Japan is unanimously agreeing. China's still backward situation that even the military steel cannot be produced, does not exist at all! They even have stainless steel spoons, and the camp beds are steel pipes! It is conceivable that other things are!

I don’t know, but I thought I was facing the United States! In the world, except the United States, who else can use steel so luxuriously!

Japan has only 70 million nationals. The steel output reaches a maximum of 10 million tons, and it almost broke the fire to support the war consumption on the front line. China has 400 million to 500 million people. Ten years ago, their total steel output seemed to be less than 100,000 tons?! So how did it look like it?!

Staff Kosuke Fujii's head hurts. Yoshio Shinozuka smiled slightly, and it was enough to achieve the goal of educating his juniors. He was really afraid that his subordinates would be like those arrogant and arrogant guys who still live in fantasy. He didn't know that the enemy on the opposite side had already reached the teeth and could not underestimate them anymore!

It's also quite sad to think about it. More than one million troops were wiped out in the Northeast, millions of people were driven back to North Korea, and the local area was even more troubled. There were still a large number of people in the army who shouted to destroy the Chinese and occupy China! Are they unwilling to face the reality?

Of course, what is reality? How strong does China have now? Even if it is steel production and equipment quantity, relying on those pro-Japanese pros and constituents of the Republic of China government, they cannot draw a reliable number. These wine bags!

With a mixed mood, Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshinobu walked quickly into the temporary command center not far away.

It was a folding tent with a military-green double-layer canvas on the surface. It can be insulated and kept warm after inflating. It also has a buckle strap for easy disguise on it. It is also very convenient to use. As long as a few soldiers pull the rope on the edge and hold the steel pipe in the middle to quickly pull it around, a spacious space of hundreds of square meters can be expanded, with windows breathable. There are buried wires and lights, preset sockets, and quick wiring between the inside and the outside. It can be set up in less than ten minutes to use and invisible command centers.

Well, no need to ask, this thing is also smuggled from China. It is said that there is also a type that is directly loaded with heavy trucks, including a generator and air conditioner, as well as a coffee machine, telecommunications station, and other facilities. It can be used wherever the car can drive, which is more advanced and convenient.

Unfortunately, those vehicles are all assigned to the division-level commanders, with a fixed number of people and numbers, and even if you want to smuggle, you can't get rid of the extra ones.

The Lieutenant General felt aggrieved when he thought about it. The equipment of millions of Chinese troops reached this level and was really difficult to deal with.

Speaking of this temporary command center, he had no choice. The base camp unified the requirement. Given that the Chinese side can easily intercept and decipher radio signals, too fixed command centers are easily detected and suddenly attacked, so the commanders will be in chaos if they are taken away by the slaughter.

Therefore, it is required that the command centers above the wing captain must be mobile, disguised, and must not stay in one place for too long. Needless to say, Yoshio Shinozuka was divided into such a thing, but it was much more comfortable than other guys who used domestic tents. In October, northern North Korea began to cool down significantly, and the deserted mountains and wilderness were even colder, and the thin layer of canvas could not withstand it!

"Chief Commander!" The guard stopped shouting, and everyone in the tent stood up and bowed their heads in one go.

Yoshio Shinozuka gave a solemn order with a stern face, then walked to the table in the center and asked the colonel on duty: "What's the specific situation?! Is the Chinese army simply tempted, or has started the attack?!"

The colonel also stared at the red rabbit's eyes, pushed open the combat map with his hand, pointed to the Xin'andong area by the Yalu River and said: "According to the report of the 36th Division stationed here, traces of the Chinese airborne troops were found in this area! According to the combat strategy analyzed by the General Staff Headquarters, they should be sending special teams to attack our river defense fortress and clear the advance passage for the crossing forces!"

"Shin'andong?"

Yoshio Shinozuka then turned around and looked at the military deployment map hanging against the walls of the tent, frowned and pondered: "This place has neither a highway to the inland nor a particularly large city or military force. It seems that their choice to raid is not very useful!"

Before the colonel could explain, a bald head came with the cold wind and said hoarsely: "No! Our opinion is that the Chinese army chose to break through there, which is very cunning and insidious! Once the Jiangbing misses there, it may cause us great trouble!"

If the Zhang brothers were here, the hospital would definitely recognize this short bald man. It was Takaki Tanaka who failed to make many attempts to plot against Zhu Bin!

This ambitious intelligence master was busy again and again, inciting Jin Bihui to seduce Zhu Bin and arrange a large-scale raid. All of them were defeated and the generals ended in failure. In the end, due to Kenji Doihara's failure, he was driven out of the secret service department.

However, he did not give up and did not know who he left, and continued to slowly mingle with the army. Finally, when the Kwantung Army's elite troops were completely lost, a large number of old men who were originally deposed and marginalized were activated. He followed up and got the position of Chief of Staff of the First Army.

Of course, there are also factors here that he can be called the candidate "of Zhu Bin best". If it weren't for his achievements that he had really made, he might have been able to enter the General Staff Headquarters to get a good position.

It's not bad now. He believes that as long as he is outstanding enough in the counterattack and is promoted to lieutenant general and sneaks into the top management, there is no chance.

Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshinobu trusted the chief of staff and did not care about his refutation. He said in surprise: "Oh? What are the opinions of Tanaka kun? Please speak freely!"

Tanaka Takaki was not polite, and wiped the oily and sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and he didn't have to look at the map. He said with confidence: "I think that in addition to destroying the Jiangwei Fortress established by our army, the Chinese army also had to build a crossing bridge in places that we thought were irrelevant, so that its troops with amphibious attack capabilities could go down the river, raid Qingcheng and Yujiang, and even attack Yizhou! Once these places are taken down, they can completely avoid the heavy troops in front of Shinyizhou, attack three sides, and completely destroy our defense line!"

"Ambulatory forces?!"

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't understand it very much. However, after thinking about it, he understood the general meaning, and his face suddenly became much gloomy.

"Well! If that's true, it's going to be troublesome! Then, if we say it, we must do our best to wipe out the Chinese paratroopers who came in?"

Tachiko Tanaka nodded affirmatively: "It must be done! Never give them any chance to play! Otherwise, once they gain a foothold, with the complex terrain of that area, it will be difficult for us to come back more!"

It’s not just a difficulty, it’s a big trouble! In that area, except for the river bank, there are all small hills surrounded by high and low hills, and even a flat land cannot be found. Although the Chinese side cannot be overwhelmed by a large army, the Japanese army cannot deploy too many soldiers.

Moreover, the waterway there passes through a sharp "媞" circle in front of it, and the water flows strangely, and it is very difficult to swim or build a pontoon bridge. According to common sense, it will not become the main direction of the attack.

If China chose to attack here, it was in line with the concept of "superiority and righteousness" in the art of war, and it was very consistent with the Japanese's usual strategy. If they had the conditions, they would naturally do that!

"Yehe! The Chinese army is indeed very cunning!" Shinozuka Yoshio believed Tanaka Takayoshi's judgment.

The most suitable area for heavy troops in the entire river defense zone is nothing more than the area from Yizhou to Xinyizhou. Further down there is a wide sea estuary sandbank and swamp reeds, which is difficult to move forward; otherwise, it is the upper Jilin border area, which is far from so far, where you can travel together by land and water, making it convenient.

Yoshio Shinozuka slapped the table heavily and made a quick decision: "Okay! Immediately call the troops of the 36th Division to kill the Chinese airborne troops with all their might! In addition, they also use airborne reinforcements to give them more troops and weapons support. It is necessary to completely crush this attack!"

Tachiko Tanaka agreed happily, and couldn't help but feel happy. OK, it seems that the contribution is just around the corner!

At the same time, on the northwest bank of Xin'an Cave, in a lush dense forest, Li Hanfeng and a team of special forces elites, led a large group of elites from the Anti-Japanese United Army, dressed in regular military armed forces, hung up and gasped, and ran wildly along the undulating mountain!

Behind them, there were at least 200 Japanese troops, carrying the American M1 Galand semi-automatic rifle and the Thompson submachine gun in their hands, and holding the wolf dog, scattering a loose search face that is one kilometer wide and chased relentlessly!

After climbing over a bare mountain and skillfully setting up a few thunders in the inconspicuous cracks of the stones, Li Hanfeng hid behind a huge rock and cursed: "His grandma's American devils actually equipped all the Japanese devils with the best weapons! The firepower intensity has increased several times at once, and the original tactics are not working well!"

"Yes! We have made this task simple! It seems that the Japanese were really frightened and didn't dare to take any danger. In the past, if we deal with dozens of people, we would have to send a squadron to death. No matter how we look at them, we have the attitude of a brigade!"

A company commander who cooperated was so tired that he couldn't speak well.

Li Hanfeng narrowed his eyes and looked at the helmets that were moving two kilometers away, bared his teeth and said, "That's good! Isn't it more convenient for your brigade to attack Shuozhou?" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!