At the headquarters of the Japanese division in Linfen City, more than 100 kilometers away, Lieutenant General Ito locked himself up at the headquarters and closed himself to the headquarters from the end of the battle, and at the same time did not allow anyone to approach the headquarters.

Everyone thought that when the division commander was in the office to reflect on and summarize this failed counter-sweep, only the chief of staff knew that the division commander had no need to sum up.

With such a big defeat, no matter how strong the background of the division commander is, it is impossible to continue to stay in the position of division commander.

At this time, the division commander must have locked himself in his room and tried to find a way to reduce the punishment imposed on him by his superiors.

Within two days, a group of gendarmes from the headquarters of the Front Army appeared at the gate of the division headquarters, accompanied by a lieutenant general officer.

"What about Lieutenant General Ito, the commander of your division?" Walking into the headquarters, the lieutenant general asked the chief of staff.

"In my office, I haven't come out for two days!" The chief of staff lowered his head and whispered.

The front army headquarters even sent out the military police, and if nothing else, there will definitely be some big changes in the division and regimental headquarters!

"Let's go, go directly to Lieutenant General Ito's office, you go to the front and lead the way!" The lieutenant general didn't even look at the chief of staff in front of him, and ordered directly.

The strength shown by the lieutenant general made the chief of staff very dissatisfied, but he was too far from his rank, and no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only hold it in his heart.

When he walked to the door of the division commander's office, he was about to knock on the door, when the lieutenant general who followed behind stopped him.

With a wave of his hand, two gendarmes appeared next to the chief of staff and retreated directly from the room.

The image of the chief of staff was taken aback, and Lieutenant General Ito was kneeling in the middle of his office, a seppuku katana stuck in his heart, and the military uniform on his chest was already red with blood......

The chief of staff hurriedly rushed in and poked into his nose, and Lieutenant General Ito was already out of breath~

Because he still had body temperature on his body, the chief of staff made a judgment directly: "General, the division commander seppuku is less than an hour~"

"Seppuku, Ito-gun really chose a good result. However, compared to the military tribunal, seppuku is obviously the best way out for him! ”

Then he ordered the commander of the military police squadron behind him: "Take the body of Lieutenant General Ito and return to the front army to restore your life!" ”

After finishing speaking, he immediately ordered to the chief of staff: "You are the chief of staff of the division and regiment...... Now I can tell you that I am the commander of the division that has just been appointed by the Front. Now I order you to summon all the officers above the captain level of Linfen City to the division headquarters for a meeting, and I have an order to give to you! ”

In less than half an hour, more than 20 officers, large and small, gathered in the conference room.

"Hello everyone, I am Lieutenant General Fujino, the division commander just appointed by the Front Army, and from now on, I will be your division commander. Now, let me announce a few more orders! ”

"Because of the failure of the sweep, the division suffered too great losses, and after the study and decision of the front army, the division and regiment temporarily abolished the brigade and regiment establishment, and directly subordinated to three infantry wings, an artillery wing, an engineer brigade, a baggage brigade, a cavalry brigade, and a chariot brigade, with a total strength of nearly 8,000 people!"

"Now there are more than 5,000 people left in the division's combat troops plus the troops directly under it, which means that the entire division is still short of 13,000 people and all heavy equipment!"

"Heavy equipment, the front army will give us all within a month, the shortage of 13,000 people, the front army will also give us a replenishment in three months, of which 5,000 are the local garrison troops that the front army has drawn for us, and 8,000 people are recruits from North Korea and China!"

After Lieutenant General Fujino finished speaking, the solemn atmosphere of the conference room was not affected.

After a long time, the chief of staff spoke in order to alleviate the awkward atmosphere in the conference room: "Division commander, the whole division has 18,000 people, which seems to be a lot, and the real combat unit is 12,000 people. ”

"At least 2,000 people are needed to stay in Linfen City, and the maximum number of combat troops that can be used on the front line is only 10,000. And our opponents, the new regiment, even if they suffered heavy losses in this sweep, but their ability to pull troops is too strong. Coupled with the fact that they have captured a lot of light and heavy equipment during this sweep, I am sure that they will be able to regain their combat effectiveness in two months at most. ”

"We have 10,000 against more than 10,000 of them, and they are definitely not opponents, the new group is too cunning!"

"Fight for troops, we are indeed not opponents!" Lieutenant General Fujino replied very directly.

"But can we fight with the new regiment?"

"Fight logistics? How to spell it? The chief of staff asked rhetorically, frowning.

"I learned from the Front Army Headquarters that because of the large-scale drought in North China, the Eighth Route Army in North China is encountering an unprecedented crisis!"

"Because there is no food, the logistical pressure on all the Eighth Route Army is very great!"

"Coupled with the economic blockade of them by the Imperial Army and Chongqing, the logistical pressure on the Eighth Route Army is even greater!"

"In order to solve this problem, many Eighth Route Armies have begun to be self-sufficient, streamlining their troops and reducing logistical pressure!"

"I believe that the logistical pressure on our opponent's new regiment will definitely be greater, after all, they have fed more than 10,000 people in one regiment and have been fighting since they were formed!"

"As for the southwest of Shanxi, where we are located, it is also suffering from an unprecedented drought, so we can completely fight with the new regiment."

The chief of staff's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously thought of Lieutenant General Ito, who had already committed suicide by seppuku.

Then his eyes lit up and analyzed: "The division commander is wise, our opponent's new regiment is indeed facing unprecedented logistical pressure!" ”

In the last sweep, how did Lieutenant General Ito use hundreds of thousands of civilians to consume the logistical pressure of the Eighth Route Army...... Some way to say it!

"Yo Xi, in this way, the logistical pressure that the Eighth Route Army needs to face will definitely be greater!" Lieutenant General Fujino replied with satisfaction.

Then he continued: "Lieutenant General Ito has created such good conditions for us, we must not let it go!" ”

"Contact the intelligence personnel hidden in this area, and encourage the Eighth Route Army to repair the houses that have been burned down for them, and it is best to let the Eighth Route Army take out food to compensate, I will use up all the remaining food in the hands of the new regiment!"

"Without food, they have no way to recruit troops and expand their troops!"

"Even if it is the existing troops, they may not be able to support them, and if they don't do it, they will be like other Eighth Route Army, streamlining the administration and reducing the pressure on logistics!"

"In this case, the opponents we need to face will be weaker and weaker!"

"Also, we have food in our hands, which can not only feed all the Imperial Army troops, but also a large number of Imperial Alliance troops!"

"On other battlefields in North China, the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army are basically maintained in a one-to-one ratio, and with the Imperial Allied Army to assist in the defense, the Imperial Army can draw more troops to the front line to deal with the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"

"There is a great drought in North China, and many ordinary people don't even have enough to eat, so if the imperial army orders to recruit new soldiers in the occupied areas and reorganize the imperial army, I believe that the people in the occupied areas will definitely sign up enthusiastically."

"If someone joins the Imperial Army, then these people's families, relatives and friends will definitely support the Imperial Army!"

"In this way, the foundation of the imperial army here will become more and more solid!"

"Use food to compete with the Eighth Route Army for the hearts of the people!" The chief of staff reacted immediately!

"Not bad!" Lieutenant General Fujino affirmed.

"To deal with the Chinese, we must not only use the iron-blooded policy that we have been using before, but also use the Huairou policy, and combine them with each other in order to truly occupy China!" This is a phrase personally said by His Excellency the Commander of the Front! ”

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