A bad mood soon spread in the headquarters.

Although no one dared to say it clearly, everyone's eyes looked at Yoshio Shinozuka, there was no such admiration or even worship as before. Instead, there was doubt and a kind of obscure mockery.

The army is such a realistic place, and warmth does not exist.

As a commander, if a fatal misjudgment occurs, his prestige will definitely be weakened.

If more than two consecutive serious misjudgments occur, their prestige will basically disappear.

Yoshio Shinozuka felt his whole body getting hot, and a strong sense of shame kept him firmly under control.

I was actually cheated by the Eighth Route Army's mud legs? As a senior general who graduated from the Imperial Army University, this made Yoshio Shinozuka feel a strong sense of frustration.

But Yoshio Shinozuka quickly forced herself to calm down.

Everything is not over yet, and things still have a turning point!

Perhaps, this is just the trap of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?

The Eighth Route Army divided the troops on purpose, and it was also intentional to throw away the wooden cannons!

They just wanted to create an illusion, lure themselves into making misjudgments again, and then ordered the 37th Division, which was heading north to rescue, to turn around and go south again!

That's right, that's it!

That's probably it!

Confident, he returned to Yoshio Shinozuka again.

At this moment, Yoshio Shinozuka said lightly: "Nozawa, I ordered the Special High School to closely monitor the Eighth Route Army after the division of troops, and at the same time conduct a carpet-style search of the villages, forests and valleys that the Eighth Route Army passed along the way!"

"Your Excellency Commander!" Tanaka Takagi frowned, "Are you suspecting that the shattering of the Northbound Detachment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was just an illusion?"

“Yes, fake.”

"You suspect they hid the heavy weapons?"

"Yes, the heavy weapons of the Northbound Detachment of the 386th Brigade must be hidden in a secret place along the way!"

Yoshio Shinozuka vowed, but Tanaka Takayoshi and Nozawa Kio are skeptical.

However, Nozawa Kio still firmly executed the order and returned to the telecommunications office to call the Special High School.

Tanaka Takaki frowned slightly and asked, "Second Commander, what should I do if the Changzhi Prefecture City? Should I draw an infantry brigade from the 36th Division back?"

Yoshio Shinozuka's face collapsed.

The confidence I just built up disappeared instantly.

Tachiko Tanaka's meaning is very straightforward. Since you firmly believe that the Northbound Detachment of the 386th Brigade is the main force, and the Southbound Detachment is just a partial division, then drawing an infantry brigade from the 36th Division is enough to regain Changzhi City.

However, did Yoshio Shinozuka dare to make this decision? Of course the answer is no, he dare not!

...

At this time, in Majiabao, Qi County.

A team of "puppet troops" with about 100 people were fleeing south along the highway overnight.

"Captain..." A "pseudo-army" just shouted in a low voice and was immediately stopped.

In the darkness, countless pairs of eyes seemed to be looking at this embarrassed army through the woods and grasses on the roadside or in the gaps in the windows.

At some point, the door of a family finally opened.

A middle-aged man with a melon-shaped hat on his head walked out of the gate with two servants.

One of the two servants was carrying a kettle in his hand and the other was carrying a food load.

"Boss." The middle-aged man walked to the side of the road and waved to the fleeing puppet army, "Stop and have a drink of tea."

"No, let's leave quickly, so as not to regret taking us back again." A leading puppet army company commander shook his head like a rattle.

While speaking, he ran over the middle-aged man without hesitation, and the puppet troops behind him also followed, even though they had already smelled the fragrance from the food load.

A puppet army even swallowed.

The middle-aged man's eyes flashed and he counted silently.

...

Jinzhong County, special high school course.

The operation of the Eighth Route Army's heavy weapons made no progress, but instead made new discoveries.

Jiro Inuyasu hurried in and reported: "Class Chief, the Chairman of the Majiabao Maintenance Committee of Qixian County just called and said that a team of Imperial Army had just passed by Majiabao and had about one company of troops."

"This is another company." The eight-tailed Turtle Zang said in a deep voice, "How many are you?"

Inuyajiro said in a deep voice: "If I remember correctly, it should be the 16th!"

"16? Almost 2,000 Imperial Army." Eight-tailed Turtle Zang said in a deep voice, "In other words, 2,000 Imperial Army prisoners of war have escaped from the Eighth Route Army control."

"Secretary, it's not over."

"It's late at night now, and not all the escaped Imperial Army will be discovered."

"The maintenance meetings of many towns have not yet spoken on the phone, so not all the discovered Imperial Army can report them in a timely manner through the maintenance meeting."

"It is not even ruled out that some maintenance will be intentionally concealed."

"So, it would be nice to actually be able to be found and reported."

"Yes, Inukatsu's analysis makes sense." Eight-tailed Turtle Zodiac said in a deep voice, "In other words, the prisoners of the Imperial Army who escaped from the control of the Eighth Route Army actually have more than 6,000 people!"

Inuyajiro nodded and said, "It shouldn't be much different."

Eight-tailed Turtle Zang quickly picked up the phone and said anxiously: "Check the headquarters for me!"

The phone was quickly connected, and the Eight-tailed Turtle Zang said anxiously: "Maxi Maxi, I am Eight-tailed Turtle Zang."

"Nozawa, our special high school class has an important discovery. The Northbound Detachment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has lost control of the Imperial Army prisoners of war because of the separate escape."

"A lot of prisoners of war in the Imperial Army have escaped."

"There are nearly two thousand people who have been discovered so far."

"But from probability statistics, the number of prisoners of war in the Imperial Army who escaped should have exceeded 6,000!"

"Hayi, please tell the commander that our Special High School will continue to strengthen monitoring and report it in time if there is a new discovery!"

"Hayi!"

...

The First Japanese Army Command.

Nozawa Kio hung up the phone and hurried into the war room.

"General!" Nozawa said with a dark face, "The report of the Special High School Class, a prisoner of war from the Imperial Army who was held hostage by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has basically escaped successfully."

"Oh, Imperial Army prisoners of war?"

Tanaka Takaki immediately reacted.

"Yes, prisoners of war in the Imperial Army! You can counter-suppress the Eighth Route Army's forces through the Imperial Army!"

"The Chief of Staff, it is basically certain." Nozawa Kio said in a deep voice, "As of now, there are nearly 6,000 prisoners of war in the Imperial Army who have successfully escaped!"

"Nani?" said Takayoshi Tanaka, "has escaped six thousand?"

"Yes." Nozawa's eyes turned to Yoshio Shinozuka again and said in a deep voice, "In other words, the Northbound Detachment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is only 3,000 troops at most!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's face instantly became extremely embarrassed.

Nozawa Kio said again: "Considering that there are a considerable number of logistics personnel among these 3,000 people, the real combatants may even be only about 1,500! It's just a regiment!"
Chapter completed!