Japanese country.

Tokyo.

Prime Minister's Office.

Tojo Hideji summoned a meeting of old Japanese officers including the Minister of War, the Minister of Navy and his staff.

General Sugi Mimoto, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army, reported to Hideji Tojo:

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the Chinese government forces agreed to send troops together with the Locust Army to attack the Eighth Route Army in North China, but they still refuse to sign the declaration of "Joint Operations between the Locust Army and the Chinese Government Army" and ask the Locust Army to return some territory. I doubt that China

Government troops are entertaining the locust army."

Tojo Hideji narrowed his eyes slightly, the Chinese government army commander is marching to the market?

How dare you entertain the locust army?

That is to say, the Eighth Route Army in North China became more independent, so the Chinese government forces dared to bargain with the Locust Army. Otherwise, the Locust Army would have planned to attack Changsha and mountain cities.

"In this case, then order the dispatch army and the main force of the 11th Army to attack the China government forces and capture Changsha in the spring."

Tojo Hideji gave the order with a cold tone and expression.

Since your Chinese government forces don't cooperate with the locust army, don't blame the locust army for being ruthless.

If the locust army cannot defeat the Eighth Route Army, can it still be unable to defeat your government army?

Shan Sanyuan worriedly said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, the 11th Army had a battle with the Eighth Route Army in Xuzhou. It suffered a large loss of troops and the morale of the troops was relatively low. I'm afraid it is not the right time to attack the China government troops at this time, right?"

The Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff also said: "In the Xuzhou area, there is the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army. If the Locust Army attacks Changsha and the Eighth Route Army attacks from north to south, the Locust Army will be very passive!"

"Soldiers who, deception also."

Tojo Eiji waved his hand and said:

"Both the Eighth Route Army and the Chinese government forces felt that the Locust Army would not attack Changsha, so the Locust Army attacked Changsha with a blitzkrieg."

"Although the 11th Army lost some troops, the artillery unit suffered relatively small losses and its combat effectiveness is still there. The 11th Army will be supplemented with 100,000 high-quality troops from the mainland to attack Changsha."

From Tojo Hideji's point of view, since you are often bald and refuse to cooperate with the locust army, I will cripple you first.

Don't let your bald head jump out from behind to cause trouble when the Locust Army and the Eighth Route Army are fighting in North China.

Tojo Hideji knew very well that Principal Chang had American support behind his back and would never sign the agreement on joint operations.

Once Principal Chang signs the agreement on joint operations, it will be a backstab against the United States.

Although the Chinese government verbally agreed, Tojo Hideji didn't believe it at all. Let alone the verbal agreement, even the agreement was unreliable.

For example, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a non-aggression pact, but the German army still attacked the Soviet army without respecting martial ethics.

"Your Majesty the Prime Minister is so wise, I admire you so much!"

Navy Minister Shitaro Shimada immediately flattered him and continued:

"I suggest that the Army continue to play tricks with the Chinese government forces and dispatch the army to quietly mobilize soldiers and combat materials. Then they can attack without the Chinese government forces being prepared, and we will definitely achieve good results."

Sugi Sanyuan gave Shimada Shitaro a cold look and said in a bad tone:

"I have heard that the Navy suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Guadalcanal. It lost nearly a thousand aircraft and nearly 2,000 pilots. You should worry more about the Navy's war. We don't need Mr. Shimada to worry about our Army's affairs.

Already."

"You don't know the heart of a good person." Shitaro Shimada snorted coldly. There was no way to refute this. The navy suffered heavy losses on Guadalcanal. The battle loss ratio between the navy and the American army was 10 to 1. It was a disastrous defeat.

"Then it's settled."

Hideji Tojo said in a deep voice: "The army continues to struggle with the Chinese government forces, quietly preparing combat supplies and mobilizing troops to attack Changsha, but it must stop when it is ready. The enemy of the Locust Army is mainly the Eighth Route Army in North China."

"Hi."

Shan Sanyuan lowered his head and continued reporting:

"According to intelligence, a large amount of supplies enter North China from the air every day."

Tojo Hideji asked in a deep voice: "How much is a large amount?"

It is no secret that the Eighth Route Army received aid.

The Eighth Route Army's aircraft, tanks and heavy artillery were all obtained through aid channels.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army's channel for obtaining assistance was almost entirely through air transport.

Therefore, Yamamoto Kazuki, who was in charge of the intelligence department of the North China Front, placed a large number of spies and agents inside and outside Peiping when he escaped from Peiping.

The main tasks of these spies and agents are to collect intelligence materials, assassinate Eighth Route Army officers, and disrupt traffic.

At present, the Eighth Route Army's counterintelligence methods are very mature.

In addition, it is equipped with advanced telecommunications detection radio stations.

Almost every time after sending a telegram, the intelligence station would be exposed.

If the Japanese intelligence officers were lucky, they could escape, but if they were unlucky, they would be killed or captured alive by the Eighth Route Army.

However, the Japanese intelligence officers still risked their lives to send some intelligence information about the Eighth Route Army's receipt of goods.

The airport is a key surveillance area for Japanese spies and agents.

The Eighth Route Army's airport was very tightly guarded, so it was naturally extremely difficult for Japanese spies and agents to find out what was going on inside the airport.

but.

A large number of strategic transport aircrafts fly to and from the airport every day. The Japanese spies and agents lurking near the airport are not blind, so they can naturally see the large number of transport aircrafts every day.

"At Beiping Airport alone, there are no less than 200 transport planes landing every day."

Shan Sanyuan spoke solemnly:

"The transport aircraft landing at Beiping Airport are strategic transport aircraft, and each transport aircraft carries at least 10 tons of cargo."

Tojo Hideki's face suddenly darkened: "Does this mean that the Eighth Route Army receives 2,000 tons of combat material assistance every day?"

According to this aid rate, the Eighth Route Army can obtain more than 700,000 tons of combat materials a year.

Shan Sanyuan's tone became more solemn and he said: "This is only the combat materials obtained by Beiping Airport. According to reports from intelligence personnel, major airports in North China such as Tianjin Airport, Taiyuan Airport, and Baoding Airport are also receiving various combat materials every day. Staff

The headquarters estimates that the Eighth Route Army obtains approximately 13,000 tons of combat supplies every day. In addition to combat supplies, the Eighth Route Army is also acquiring more heavy artillery, tanks and fighter aircraft."

When Tojo Hideki heard this, he felt both uncomfortable and envious.

With 13,000 tons of combat supplies a day, the Eighth Route Army obtained about 400,000 tons of combat supplies in a month.

That's about 5 million tons of combat materials a year.

If the Locust Army had 5 million tons of combat supplies, coupled with the heavy artillery, tanks and aircraft of the Eighth Route Army, it would be easy to take over the entire China, and they might even have a chance to attack the United States itself.

Tojo Hideji's face became more and more gloomy: "Where did the Eighth Route Army's aid plane fly to North China from?"

"It's not clear yet," Shan Sanyuan replied, "I only know that it flew from the East to North China."

"East?"

Hideji Tojo looked at the huge map on the wall: "The Eighth Route Army's assistance must come from an island in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea. The fleet is ordered to increase the search range and must find the source!"

As long as they can find the source and send a navy to attack it, the Locust Army can gain unimaginable wealth.

"Hi."

Shan Sanyuan lowered his head suddenly.

…

Peking.

New regiment, regiment headquarters.

With the intelligence information provided by Boss Chen, the new regiment's staff quickly formulated an air raid plan.

In the first stage, the Eighth Route Army dispatched strategic bombers to conduct air strikes on Japanese airfields in Manchuria.

The second stage involved air strikes on Japanese military facilities and arsenals in Manchuria.

The third stage was air raids on Japanese airfields, military facilities and arsenals in central and southern China.

Time soon came to a week later.

100 strategic bombers of the Eighth Route Army deployed at Tianjin Airport, Peking Airport and Zhangjiakou Airport.

At this time, the warehouses at these three airports were filled with various combat materials.

Although materials unloaded at these airports can be trucked to warehouses elsewhere.

However, due to the Air Force's air raid missions, these three airports have suspended receiving goods.

Early morning.

At Peking Xijiao Airport.

On the secondary runway, the Eighth Route Army mechanics at the airport were inspecting the Flying Fortress strategic bomber for the last time.

The ground crews were using trailers to pull aerial bombs and napalm bombs out of the ammunition warehouse and carefully load them into the magazine.

On the airport runway below the tower.
To be continued...