Chapter 277 The Yamamoto Special Forces Come Out Again
The chief of staff looked embarrassed and explained: "The front army is too slow to replenish new recruits for us... It also takes time for the new recruits to form combat effectiveness... It will take at least three months for our mobile troops to form combat effectiveness and sweep through northwest Shanxi!"
Yoshio Shinozuka asked directly: "In the past month or so, how many new soldiers have the front army headquarters added to us?"
"Four thousand five hundred people!" the chief of staff replied, and then walked to the sand table to introduce them.
"In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from taking advantage of our failure in the sweep and lack of troops, we take the opportunity to launch a counterattack and expand our base area..."
"I have assigned 2,500 new soldiers to supplement the battle losses of the front-line troops. They are the forefront of the blockade of the old base of the Eighth Route Army. We must have enough troops to hold the blockade!"
"The Taiyuan garrison has only replenished 2,000 recruits, and is still short of at least 5,000 recruits..."
"At the rate at which the front army headquarters is replenishing new recruits, it will take at least two months to make up for the losses, and another month to integrate and train the new recruits..."
"Three months later, Taiyuan City will be able to deploy a reinforced brigade to raid northwest Shanxi and encircle and annihilate the Eighth Route Army there!"
There is nothing wrong with the Chief of Staff’s decision!
The military headquarters must not tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and allow the Eighth Route Army in other places to grow and develop in order to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi.
Therefore, the new recruits assigned to the blockade by the Chief of Staff must not be transferred.
If we want to sweep through northwest Shanxi as soon as possible, we can only find a way to recruit new soldiers from the front army headquarters who have not yet replenished Taiyuan.
After frowning and thinking for two minutes, he suddenly said: "The Front Army Headquarters is in charge of all garrisons in North China. There is also a shortage of recruits in other places. It is impossible to open a back door just because we want to sweep away the Eighth Route Army in North Shanxi. Give us priority to replenish recruits. We must consider the solution ourselves."
Method!"
"I remember that the main forces attacking the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army in southwest Shanxi seemed to have won many battles?"
The chief of staff nodded and replied: "Before the Yamamoto special agent team returned to Taiyuan, the southwestern Shanxi garrison, with their cooperation, severely damaged several divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army..."
"At present, they have been beaten to a coward by us... They dare not take the initiative to provoke us at all!"
Yoshio Shinozuka continued what the Chief of Staff said: "Since there is no combat pressure on the troops stationed in southwestern Shanxi, we will transfer our new recruits from the front army to southwestern Shanxi and let them train there with the Shanxi-Sui Army in actual combat to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"
"If we transfer the original main force from southwestern Shanxi to northwestern Shanxi, we will save time in training new recruits, and we can clear out the Eighth Route Army there at least one month in advance!"
The chief of staff's mind was spinning rapidly, his eyes lit up and he said, "Your Excellency, Commander, is wise!"
"The Central Army and the Jinsui Army stationed in southwestern Shanxi have long been afraid of us. As long as we don't take the initiative to launch an attack, they will never dare to provoke us..."
"Especially the Jinsui Army..."
"Many troops are contacting us secretly and want to reach an agreement with us..."
"As long as we don't take the initiative to attack, both sides can remain calm and no one will attack the other..."
"In this case, we can completely transfer the elite veterans stationed in southwestern Shanxi to northwestern Shanxi to participate in the war..."
"I'll make arrangements now..."
"In two months, we will raid the northwestern part of Shanxi on time and kill the serious nuisance of the Shanxi garrison operating there!"
Shinozuka Yoshio was very satisfied and said: "By the way, call Yamamoto here!"
"Their operations in southwestern Shanxi have proven the huge role of special operations on the battlefield..."
"The Eighth Route Army operating in northwestern Shanxi is much more cunning than the Jinsui Army in southwestern Shanxi. With their cooperation, the mopping up troops will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort and wipe out all the Eighth Route Army there in one battle..."
More than half an hour later, Colonel Yamamoto stood in front of Yoshio Shinozuka with a face filled with anticipation.
He knew that the opportunity for revenge that he had been waiting for had arrived. His eyes were fixed on the commander, waiting for his order to immediately lead the special team to northwest Shanxi...
"Yamamoto-kun... I'm impressed by your performance in southwest Shanxi... I decided to give you another chance against the Eighth Route Army... I hope you won't let me down again..." Shinozuka Yoshio said bluntly without saying any nonsense.
The truth is right.
Colonel Yamamoto suppressed the excitement in his heart, took a deep breath, and vowed: "Please rest assured, Commander, I promise that I will rise from where I fell... and will not embarrass the Imperial Army of Japan... and prove it to everyone."
The role of special operations on the battlefield behind enemy lines is no less than that of frontal attack..."
Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head in surprise: "I won't listen to your empty talk..."
"You told me so many big words before that my ears were ringing, but you never kept your words..."
"First introduce to me the current situation of the special agent team. Is this more practical than your big words?"
"Hayi!"
Colonel Yamamoto grew calmer and hesitated a little before he began to report: "Including the additional members, the special agent team has a total of 216 people. In view of the enemy situation in northwestern Shanxi, I divided them into three special agent teams...Each special agent team
Divided into three special agent teams and one firepower team!"
"Learn from the previous special team's lack of long-range attack firepower... Each team is not only equipped with submachine guns, Mauser pistols, and light machine guns... but is also equipped with fifteen rifles, which can be used with the light machine guns to kill enemies from a long distance..."
"How do you plan to fight?" Yoshio Shinozuka did not express his views on the special agent team, but stared at Colonel Yamamoto and continued to ask.
"I was too careless in my humble position before..." Colonel Yamamoto was embarrassed to answer.
"To launch a surprise attack on the opponent by relying only on reconnaissance and maps, we underestimate the opponent's battlefield adaptability..."
"For this operation, I have decided to find some internal agents to cooperate with the operation!"
"With the combat power of the special agent team, it should be easy to penetrate into the Eighth Route Army's defense area and capture a few Eighth Route Army cadres who have access to their headquarters..."
"Incite them to rebel and let them cooperate with the special agent team. We will definitely launch an attack at the best time, successfully raid their regiment headquarters and destroy their command structure!"
Shinozuka Yoshio's serious face finally showed a long-lost smile, and he said with satisfaction: "Yoshi..."
"Yamamoto-kun is much more humble than before. It seems that the previous defeat was not without benefit to you. This is good!"
"I can feel from the answer just now... the special agent team will definitely bring us a huge surprise in this operation!"
"You can go ahead and do it with confidence...just tell me if you need any cooperation!"
"The Military Headquarters has decided to dispatch a strengthened brigade from Taiyuan to sweep northwestern Shanxi in two months. Your task is to cooperate with the mopping up troops and kill the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army first, leaving the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi leaderless and creating a good opportunity for the mopping up troops to annihilate them.
Chance!"
"Hayi..."
At the Nanfengzhai Assault Battalion station, Huang Yu was feeling particularly strange these days.
Whenever I have free time, I lock myself in my room and no one is allowed to disturb me.
In Liangjian, not long after the Independent Regiment moved to northwest Shanxi, Yamamoto's special agents successfully raided Zhaojiayu on Li Yunlong's wedding day, severely damaged the headquarters of the Independent Regiment, and captured Li Yunlong's wife... forcing Li Yunlong to start the famous Ping'an Campaign.
Today's war situation has been turned into a mess by himself.
The leader of the independent group did not become Li Yunlong, but Kong Jie was still in charge...
The Yamamoto Special Agent Team was also defeated by him several times, and it is said that it was almost disbanded.
Under such huge changes, no one knows whether the Yamamoto special agent team's raid on Zhaojiayu will happen.
But there are many similarities.
After Li Yunlong became the leader of the New Second Regiment, the headquarters of the New Second Regiment was still stationed in Zhaojiayu, and he also found Xiu Qin as his wife just like in the original work. It is said that the wedding is scheduled for more than a month later...
For this reason, Li Yunlong personally visited the independent league headquarters and wanted to invite Kong Jie over for a drink.
But they are all responsible for their own mission and have to deal with a large number of important military and political matters every day. It is impossible for them to delay their business because of a wedding of an old comrade.
Although he didn't explicitly refuse, everyone knew that he couldn't go there...
These almost unchanged historical trajectories gave Huang Yu a particularly strong feeling: the Zhaojiayu raid would definitely happen as usual according to historical trajectories.
The current situation of the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi is much better than in "Bright Sword".
In "Bright Sword", although Li Yunlong's main force has grown to several thousand people, it is mixed with a large number of local troops and has poor weapons and equipment, with almost no heavy weapons.
Today's New Second Regiment has brought back a large amount of weapons and ammunition from Taiyuan. Although there is not much difference in military strength, the equipment level is at least one level higher, and the overall strength is definitely stronger.
The development of the independent group is only strong and not weak!
In "Bright Sword", when Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, Kong Jie could only mobilize three main battalions for reinforcements, with a total force of less than 2,000 men!
Now, Kong Jie holds six main battalions in his hands, including an assault battalion, a guard battalion, a transport battalion, a cavalry company, and an artillery company.
Huang Yu didn't know the development status of the other main battalions, but he knew the situation of the assault battalion very well.
When the brigade commander came to the assault camp, the total strength of the assault camp had exceeded 450 people...
In the past half month, the commando battalion not only captured two more groups of bandits, but also occupied ten or twenty villages and killed a large number of traitors and lackeys...
After mobilization, more than 200 prisoners and recruits volunteered to join the independent regiment, and the total strength of the assault battalion also increased to more than 650...
Even if the development speed of other main battalions is a little slower than that of the assault battalion, the total strength of each battalion has exceeded 500 people, which adds up to four to five thousand people!
In addition, Yamamoto's special agent team suffered several heavy losses at the hands of the independent group. With the Japanese's vengeful character, if the next target of the Yamamoto special agent's attack is really in northwestern Shanxi, the independent group will also have a high chance of being attacked...
There is also a new group, and their development speed is much faster than the original version of "Bright Sword".
In terms of strength, the chance that the new regiment will be attacked by Yamamoto's special agent team is also very high.
Huang Yu decided to do something, at least not to let the more than 300 people in Zhaojiayu suffer another disaster.
If there is a chance, I must completely wipe out the Yamamoto special forces this time...
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