On the east bank of the Yellow River, Wang Ye and his group were winding southwards.

"Captain, look." Fan Guangu said, pointing to the sky above his head, "A Japanese plane."

Wang Ye looked up and said casually: "Looking at this appearance, it should be a Mitsubishi Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft."

The reconnaissance planes need not be paid attention to, because the Japanese reconnaissance planes usually ignore the small groups of enemy troops they encounter in the middle.

Fan Guangou glanced at the sniper rifle behind Wang Yema's saddle and said with hope: "Captain, do you want to shoot him? Maybe you'll be lucky enough to hit him?"

"No." Wang Ye shook his head, "It's purely a waste of bullets."

Wei Dayong also said: "The flight altitude is at least one thousand meters, exceeding the effective range of the rifle."

Fan Guangou sighed and said with some annoyance: "It would be great if there was an anti-aircraft gun, and the Japanese would no longer dare to come to our base to conduct reconnaissance without restraint."

"Gozi, what do you think?" Wei Dayong sneered.

"What's the use of an anti-aircraft gun? The Japanese will blow you up in minutes."

"Brother Yong, can you stop calling me a dog?" Fan Guan said dissatisfied, "Call me Xiao Fan."

"I'll just call you, what can you do?" Wei Dayong groaned and said repeatedly, "Dog, Dog, Dog, Dog brother."

Fan Guan was so angry that he gave Wei Dayong a blank look and could only turn to the beginning and ignore him. There is really nothing he can do about this. He can't scold him or beat him or beat him. What else can he do?

At this time, Li Xia rode his horse to catch up.

"Captain." Li Xia shouted, "There is a mission."

Wang Ye stopped and asked, "What mission?"

Li Xia said: "I just received a telegram from the headquarters, saying that there was a beautiful major named Carlson. He had completed an interview with the 120th Division. Next, I would go to our Northwest Shanxi Column for an interview. The commander asked us to go and respond, and be sure to ensure the safety of Major Carlson and his party."

Wang Ye said: "Where are they now?"

Li Xia said: "I have just passed Heyang County."

"Heyang County? That's not far from us." Wang Ye shouted, "Tell me the order and turn around and return to Heyang County to pick up the guests from the beautiful country."

...

At this time, the reconnaissance plane driven by Moeta Nakamura had already flown over Wanmadu.

"Okamura, it's really a chimney." Nakamura Moetsuka said loudly as he gestured, "But how could the Chinese people build the chimney on the top of the mountain? And it's so short, can they exhaust smoke?"

"No, no, no," said Okamura Yasuji, "Nakamura, you are wrong. They did not build the chimney on the top of the mountain, but built the chimney inside the mountain. Their factory is on the abdomen of this mountain!"

"What?" Nakamura Moritao said in surprise, "These Chinese people are really cunning."

After a pause, Nakamura Moetsuka suggested again: "Okamura, do you want me to throw a bomb at the chimney?"

Although the Mitsubishi Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft is a reconnaissance aircraft, it can also carry two 25Kg-class bombs.

"Forget it." Okamura Niji shook his head and said, "Not to mention whether you can throw the bomb into the chimney, even if you throw it in and blow up the smoke exhaust, it will be useless. The Chinese will be able to repair it soon."

"Yes." Nakamura Takado, "It's really useless."

He paused and said, "If this happens, the bombing will not work."

"Yes, I won't have to come here to bomb again in the future." Okamura Yasuji said, "It's useless."

While speaking, the smoke outlets on the top of the mountain suddenly stopped venting again. Nakamura Moritao exclaimed lightly.

Nakamura Moetsu said: "Okamura, I remember that once the boilers of steel plants or power plants are running, they cannot be shut down without special circumstances, right?"

"Yes." Okamura Yasuji nodded.

Nakamura Moetsu said, "But the boiler below is shut down."

"This means they are still in the trial operation stage." Okamura Yanji's eyes lit up.

Nakamura Moetsuka's eyes also lit up and he said, "In other words, the factory in northwest Shanxi has not been completed yet? The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has not yet obtained support from the industrial zone?"

"At least the power plant and steel plant have not been put into operation yet," said Okamura Yasuji.

"Without a stable supply of electricity and steel, the arsenal will not be able to continuously produce bullets and shells of various calibers, at best, just reload some ammunition."

"Yoxi." Nakamura Morita nodded happily.

"Go back." Okamura Yasuji said.

"Hayi." Nakamura Moritara cried out.

...

In a small village in Heyang County, Wang Ye received Colonel Carlson and his party.

Wang Ye remembers that there seemed to be no Carlson in the original drama. It seems that due to the appearance of him as a time traveler, the entire world line has become unrecognizable, and even Carlson has run out.

There was a Carlson in history who had actually visited the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan base area.

Major Carlson and his group of more than a dozen people, in addition to Major Carlson himself and several beautiful national officers, there were also interpreters and guards sent from Yan'an, with considerable situations.

Major Carlson obviously came with some mission.

In addition to the camera, he actually brought a camera.

Yan'an also specially sent two mules to carry equipment for him.

"Hello, Major Carlson." Wang Ye said with his hand, "My name is Wang Ye, I am ordered to pick you up."

Wang Ye spoke fluent floating English and surprised Carlson: "Oh, I really didn't expect to meet an Eighth Route Army officer who could speak floating English."

However, Carlson's vigilance is very high.

After saying hello, Carlson said directly: "Wang, I'm very happy that you can take your time to bring troops to pick me up. I know you did this to ensure my safety, but I want to say no."

"No need?" Wang Ye said, "What do you mean is to arrange your own itinerary?"

"Yes," said Carlson. "I must make sure that what I see and record are real, not what someone has specially arranged for us to see or listen to."

Wang Ye said: "But are your safety?"

"We will be responsible for it ourselves," Carlson said.

"I had already greeted Ambassador Jensen before leaving Chongqing."

"If an accident occurs while interviewing the Eighth Route Army base, you can handle it according to the procedures of the fallen military personnel of the country and pay my family the pension, and it will not cause trouble to you."

"It's up to you." Wang Ye happily agreed to Carlson's request.

Wang Ye wouldn’t have a shame to ask for protection of a beautiful national officer. Is it cheap?

Moreover, Wang Ye knew very well that no matter what Carlson saw during this trip to the battlefield behind enemy lines or recorded, he probably would not change the course of history.

The beautiful country will still support the National Government.

There will still be no US equipment for the Eighth Route Army.

After the civil war breaks out in the future, the beautiful country will also sell half of the eliminated large amount of American equipment to the Kuomintang and support the Kuomintang to launch a civil war.

So, who cares about Carlson's life or death?

Anyway, the brigade commander's order has been implemented, and it is his business that Carlson refuses to accept it.

At that moment, Wang Ye led the Wolf Warriors again and the cavalry company headed south to the northwest base of Shanxi, but there was no soldier left for Carlson.

...

It was already evening when Okamura Yasuji returned to the Peking Headquarters.

Even without even having dinner, Okamura Yasuji summoned all the officers at the headquarters to the combat hall, preparing to hold a meeting of staff to discuss an important issue.

The Wuyuan Battle Plan was cancelled and a major raid against the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was launched in advance!

As soon as this decision was made, the entire combat hall was in full swing. All the officers present were stunned. The chief of staff, Ogito Miji, who had just arrived, was also confused.

After a while, Miji Ogito asked, "Great General, why did you give up the plan for the Battle of Wuyuan? Is it because the Mongolian Army and the 1st Division suffered too much loss in the Battle of Datong?"

"Two reasons." Okamura Yasuji said, "The first reason is that the loss of the Mongolian Army and the 1st Division in the Datong Campaign was too great, and it took at least five days of rest and supplement to restore combat effectiveness. However, at most two days, the Sui Army could build a defensive fortification chain outside Wuyuan City that was enough to resist the chariot cluster."

"In other words, the time window for the Battle of Wuyuan has been lost."

"And once the battle is lost, it is very likely to be a stalemate."

Speaking of this, Okamura Yasuji said again: "But the original intention of our launch of the Wuyuan Battle was not to annihilate the Sui Army, nor to fight to the stalemate. Instead, to occupy Wuyuan and then control the Hetao area, complete the encirclement of the bandit area in northwest Shanxi from behind, and then annihilate the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous area in northwest Shanxi."

When the Dachengtu Sanji, the officers attending the meeting looked at each other when they heard this.

Many people were suspicious of Okamura's judgment. The Imperial Army concentrated two divisions and a chariot division to launch a raid on Wuyuan. The Sui Army really had the ability to defend Wuyuan? It was a stalemate. Is it true or false?

"You don't have to doubt it." Okamura Yanji waved his hand and said, "I have already flew over Wuyuan to see it myself. The trenches and fortifications built by the Sui Army are not only complete, but also wide and deep. The tanks of the Imperial Army cannot cross the line. Not only that, the Sui Army has also built a large number of anti-tank cones, which further weakened the chariot's penetration capabilities."

"Ah? Anti-tank cone?" Most of the officers present finally believed it.

Although the terrain of Wuyuan is very suitable for large-scale penetration of chariot clusters, if the Sui Army makes arrangements in advance and builds complete anti-tank trenches and anti-tank cones, the chariot cluster will be powerless. At that time, the engineers will have to fill the trenches of the Sui Army bit by bit and destroy the anti-tank cones, which will take a lot of time and effort.

But the Mo Jing San was obviously not so easily convinced, and frowned and said, "Great General, even if he was in a stalemate with the Sui Army, he should not give up this battle easily. If the troops are insufficient, continue to increase troops to Wuyuan. If the Sui Army cannot be solved in a short period of time, then continue to mobilize materials to extend the time."

"Anyway, the Sui Army must solve it no matter what."

"Because the Imperial Army must first resolve the Sui Army before it can occupy Wuyuan and Hetao."

"Only by occupying Hetao can the encirclement of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army be completed!"
To be continued...