Takayuki Yamada, who felt that the invisible pressure was much less, showed a smile on his face, and continued: "Chief of Staff, although the situation is like this, we can't be careless. ”

"When the troops of the Eighth Route Army get more information, their eyes will definitely shift to our side, and our transportation action will not be too small."

The chief of staff of the devil nodded cautiously, and soon he regained his relaxed smile and said: "Division commander, the longer it drags on, the more prepared the commander Umezu Mijiro will be, and even if Li Ping and the others find out, we can deal with it calmly." ”

"Hahaha, but that's true."

Takayuki Yamada put down his thoughts, and on the other side, Li Ping and the chief of staff looked at the table one by one, and the faces of the three were extremely solemn.

"Commissar, Chief of Staff, can't be delayed any longer, I estimate that the transportation will probably start in the next day or two, once Umezu Mijiro starts the transportation, it will definitely be completed at a very fast pace, and it will be impossible for us to stop it when the time comes."

Li Ping spoke, and both of them nodded heavily, but soon the two showed a wry smile, and the political commissar spoke: "Captain, if the commander can't give the order, we must suppress the mind of doing it." ”

"If the commander's side is not prepared, once we start in advance, the entire battlefield will be chaotic, which will make it difficult for other local battlefields to deal with."

Hearing this, the chief of staff immediately nodded, grabbed Li Ping and said: "Captain, you must endure at this time, at this time, there can be no other problems." ”

Li Ping looked at the two of them, touched his head and said depressedly: "I also know that this is the case, but you have to be clear about one problem, the longer Umezu Mijiro prepares, the smaller the chance of us succeeding." ”

When the words fell, the three of them looked at each other and fell silent, the cigarettes were one after another, and their eyes were placed on the telegraph room from time to time, waiting for the telegram from the commander's side to arrive.

Just when Li Ping was looking at it, on the other side, in the headquarters, Commander Liu and the others were also extremely nervous.

"Commander, it will take at least two days to complete the deployment, and we still have to wait."

The chief of staff spoke, and Commander Liu raised his head and said, "Two days? According to the information sent by Li Ping, Umezu Mijiro is afraid that he has started to transport. ”

After finishing speaking, he snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, stood up and walked a few steps, and said a little irritably: "Chief of Staff, if we do it now, can we control the situation?" ”

"No, Commander, we must complete the most basic deployment before we can do it, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

The chief of staff shook his head firmly, without hesitation, Commander Liu could only shake his head with a wry smile.

At this time, the political commissar looked at the two of them and said: "Commander, wait a little longer, the time is not right, and our action will do more harm than good to us in the future." ”

After speaking, he took out a cigarette and gave it to them, and then continued: "According to the intelligence, all the equipment obtained by Umezu Mijiro has been transported to the Linjiang side, and in order to confuse us, Umezu Mijiro is still moving troops along the line. ”

"Once the operation begins, the change of goals must catch Umezu Mijiro off guard."

Commander Liu nodded slightly when he heard this, holding back the tremor in his heart, he continued to wait for the deployment to be completed, and at the same time he also sent a telegram in the name of the headquarters, the local troops that had been prepared must wait for orders, especially Li Ping's side, the orders he sent in the past were extremely harsh, so that Li Ping could not move.

Commander Liu endured the preparations on this side, and on the other side, Umezu Mijiro looked at the telegram and said to the chief of staff with a smile: "The first batch of equipment will start to be transported tomorrow, and it seems that it will go well." ”

The chief of staff of the devil also had a smile on his face and said: "Commander, as long as we transport the first batch of equipment to the nearest defense area and equip it, we will have more and more mobile troops in our hands, and we will be able to deal with it calmly when the time comes." ”

"Hahahaha"

Umezu Mijiro laughed, the people in the command had a relaxed face, the laughter stopped, Umezu Mijiro put down the telegram in his hand: "Send a telegram to Takayuki Yamada, he did a good job this time, tell him that I will definitely give priority to replenishing all the losses of his division, so that he can quickly recover his combat effectiveness." ”

After Umezu Mijiro finished speaking, the devil's chief of staff's eyes flashed sharply, and he glanced at Umezu Mijiro, he seemed to understand something?

Now Commander Umezu Mijiro should be happy, but he should have other intentions for Yamada Takayuki's reward and promise, that is, to encourage other divisions, after all, although Yamada Takayuki did a good job this time, he has not yet reached the conditions for being able to be given priority replenishment and quickly restore combat effectiveness.

As long as this meaning is conveyed, all units will fight bravely, and the morale will be improved and the equipment will be equipped, and the combat effectiveness will not be as simple as one plus one equals two.

Seeing the chief of staff smile, Umezu Mijiro smiled: "It seems that you have figured it out." ”

The chief of staff of the devil nodded, and Umezu Mijiro's eyes narrowed and continued: "The successive defeats in the battles have worn down the spirit of our Kwantung Army, and at the same time, the suppressed anger in our hearts needs to be vented. ”

"This is the best time, Chief of Staff, once we launch an offensive operation on all fronts, the battle must end in the fastest time, and all the Eighth Route Army will be pushed out of the northeast, at least we must recapture Mukden."

"We can't let Yan'an and the Soviet Union have the power to contain each other, otherwise this battlefield will be a quagmire."

After Umezu Mijiro finished speaking, the chief of staff of the devil nodded and showed a trace of bitterness on his face, saying this, but it is not easy to think of purging the Eighth Route Army that is now rooted in the northeast?

They are now expecting the Germans to cripple the Soviets, so that they will be powerless on this side, and then they will be able to fight with their mouths.

Without the containment of the Soviets, the Kwantung Army could confidently and boldly launch operations against the Eighth Route Army.

I think so, but at the moment it seems that there is still a lot of difference, after all, although the Germans' advance is smooth, the Soviets have not yet seen the trend of falling.

"Commander, I don't think we can be too ambitious in this operation, everything is first focused on recapturing the Fengtian Arsenal, if we want to clear the Eighth Route Army, we need to wait, even the timing and time."

Umezu Mijiro's face was extremely ugly when he heard this, but he quickly nodded, wanting to knock out the troops of the Eighth Route Army in one go, and he was afraid that he would face the attack of the Soviet Far East military group.

Taking time to destroy the operation step by step and waiting for the right moment is the next inevitable path for the Kwantung Army.

As for the issue of the Mukden Arsenal, Umezu Mijiro is bound to win this time, and without the support of the Arsenal, even a military group with such a powerful command will not feel at ease.

Umezu Mijiro felt that his thinking was clear, and he looked at the chief of staff: "You should aim to recapture the Mukden Arsenal and prepare a battle plan!" ”