Chapter 208 Yoshio Shinozuka: The First Army will never be scared!
The firefight started and ended very quickly.
Entering the war room, before Yoshio Shinozuka's buttocks were warm, the sound of crossfire from the immigrant community stopped.
The chief of staff looked delighted and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, our plan must have been successful!"
"Although the enemies who assassinate the expatriates are very strong, there are only a few dozen of them after all..."
"We have several infantry squadrons lurking in the expatriate area. We can definitely kill them easily..."
In his eyes, the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves was dozens of times greater. It was absolutely impossible for the Taiyuan garrison to lose. The only thing that was uncertain was how long the entire battle would last.
Now that the firefight has stopped, there is no doubt that I have won.
"Jingle Bell……"
The phones in the war room rang at the same time.
The chief of staff continued: "It must be a victory call from the front line..."
After saying that, he took three steps at a time, rushed to the phone, and grabbed the receiver with anticipation.
As a result, the smile on the chief of staff's face only lasted for half a minute before it solidified, and was immediately replaced by solemnity. He was stunned for a while before he put down the microphone. His whole body seemed to be greatly stimulated, and he murmured to himself as he walked towards Yoshio Shinozuka.
: "How is it possible...how can so many of our troops fail..."
"How did the enemy do it..."
"Are the troops lurking in the immigrant areas all pigs? There are so many troops who can't even eliminate dozens of enemies, and they let them escape..."
"This is simply a shame for the Imperial Japanese Army and a shame for the entire Shanxi garrison..."
Yoshio Shinozuka's heart skipped a beat when he saw the chief of staff's reaction. He frowned and asked, "Did something happen in the overseas community?"
"Hai!" The arrogant expression on the chief of staff's face had completely disappeared. He lowered his head and reported in a low voice.
"Our troops lurking in the expatriate areas were fooled!"
"The enemy first used mortars to disrupt us, then attacked a false target to attract our reinforcements, and then launched an attack on the real target!"
"By the time the latent troops react, the enemy has completed its mission and disappeared in the expatriate area!"
"Nani?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked with disbelief on his face.
He was mentally prepared for failure, but he was still startled by the chief of staff's report. He stared at him and continued to ask: "Is the loss big?"
"Who is the enemy's real assassination target..."
"Nothing can happen to a few important overseas Chinese in the overseas community..."
"Their business not only involves the military, but also has several chaebols behind it..."
The chief of staff kept avoiding Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes and did not dare to look directly at him. After hesitating for a while, he said bravely: "The enemy's real target is He Taiyang..."
"It only takes five minutes to capture Hetai Yanghang and wipe out all the troops, thugs, and escorts of Hetai Yanghang..."
"The boss of He Taiyang Bank was also beaten... I heard that the gold and some valuable medicines hidden in He Tai Yilang's bedroom were also lost..."
"This is impossible!" Yoshio Shinozuka was shocked again and asked with a look of disbelief on his face!
"The thugs, escorts, samurai, and garrison troops in Hetai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. total more than a hundred people, and they are also equipped with several light machine guns and several grenade launchers..."
"Even a group of pigs cannot be wiped out in such a short time..."
"You must have heard wrong..."
The chief of staff also felt this way, and immediately answered: "I will send someone to investigate now, and I will make sure to find out the relationship as quickly as possible!"
After saying that, he rushed to the phone...
Half an hour later, the firefight in the city stopped completely, and even the sporadic gunshots disappeared. The chief of staff, who had been on the phone for a long time, finally put down the phone and returned to Yoshio Shinozuka again.
Compared with just now, his face was more solemn at this moment.
He lowered his head and said with embarrassment: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have found out the true situation..."
"We did fail in the action just now!"
"Not only were the latent troops stationed at Taihe Foreign Bank completely destroyed... the latent troops in other nearby foreign companies also suffered heavy losses!"
"He Taiyilang was indeed killed...he was shot several times and died on the spot..."
"By the time the reinforcements arrived at Taihe Yanghang, the enemy had already fled with the loot..."
"The streets in the immigrant area are complex, and the enemy has very few troops, and they are all dressed in black. If we just sneak into the alley, we will lose our pursuit target..."
"Unless the whole city is searched immediately, it will be difficult to find them!"
Yoshio Shinozuka suppressed his anger and asked, "Have you not caught even a single Chinese who assassinated overseas Chinese?"
"Ha Yi..." the chief of staff said with embarrassment as his head almost dropped to his crotch, his face turned red.
Yoshio Shinozuka got angry, slammed his clenched fist on the table in front of him, gritted his teeth and said, "You're right...the troops lurking in the immigrant area are indeed a bunch of stupid pigs..."
"So many troops surrounded and suppressed dozens of enemies, but they were allowed to escape, and not a single enemy was captured... This is not only a shame for the Imperial Japanese Army, but also a shame for our First Army!"
"The enemy has just retreated. He still smells of gunpowder smoke. He must have no time to hide and conceal his equipment..."
"Immediately arrange for troops to search house to house, and the speed must be fast, otherwise they will hide again!"
Taiyuan City, which had just calmed down, became lively again.
Yoshio Shinozuka was very smart and took action to surround all the houses within one kilometer of the immigrant area.
In his understanding, as soon as a gunfire was fired in Taiyuan City, the main streets were controlled by patrols. The enemy could only take small roads, climb over courtyard walls... far away from the battlefield, and the speed was very slow.
No matter how much you run and boast, you can't retreat even one kilometer away!
First, block the enemy within a one-kilometer radius, and then arrange for troops to search from house to house... You can dig them out even if you dig three feet into the ground.
The ideal is full, but the reality is very cruel.
As a later generation, Huang Yu's first consideration before taking action was to retreat.
Only when the retreat is well thought out can the special forces fight the enemy wholeheartedly.
Before the operation, Huang Yu arranged two retreat routes for each action team.
The walls, streets, etc. that can be drilled on the way through the retreat must all be drilled in advance to ensure that the troops can quickly evacuate the battlefield...
At six o'clock in the morning, Taiyuan City, which had been shrouded in darkness all night, finally became brighter, and the Japanese and puppet troops scattered in the streets began to curse and return to their barracks.
Everyone would be annoyed if they were awakened by the sound of gunshots in the middle of the night, and then searched for the attacker in the streets despite their sleepiness... only to find nothing after spending half the night.
When the chief of staff returned to Yoshio Shinozuka again, his face was even uglier than last night. He held the list of losses that had just been calculated in his hand, lowered his head, and said nothing...
"Still not found?" Yoshio Shinozuka spoke first and asked with a stern face.
"Ha Yi!" the chief of staff shook his head and said helplessly.
"The Chinese who attacked the expatriate area were as if they disappeared out of thin air, leaving no trace..."
"But I have determined their approximate troop strength and equipment status!"
"There are more than 40 people and less than 50 of them... equipped with two mortars, more than four light machine guns, a large number of submachine guns, Mauser automatic pistols... The street fighting firepower is very powerful!"
"In a close range attack, it only takes a few people to easily suppress our infantry squad with firepower!"
"We also discovered a situation..."
"The caliber of their missing submachine gun is exactly the same as the submachine gun previously equipped by Yamamoto's special agent team!"
"As far as I know... almost all the submachine guns equipped by the Yamamoto Special Agent Team were seized by the Northwestern Shanxi Eighth Route Army... If the submachine guns that attacked us last night really came from the Yamamoto Special Agent Team, then the other party must be related to the Northwestern Shanxi Eighth Route Army!"
"The assassination of overseas Chinese in the city must be in retaliation for our massacre of ordinary people in northwestern Shanxi!"
Yoshio Shinozuka's hands were clenched into fists again, his eyes were staring red, and he gritted his teeth and said: "No matter where this enemy comes from or what purpose they want to achieve, we cannot let their conspiracy succeed!"
"The Imperial Japanese Army must not be intimidated by dozens of Eighth Route Army troops!"
The chief of staff did not answer. He looked at the list in his hand and continued to report: "In the firefight last night, a total of 143 people from our garrison and patrol teams lurking in the immigrant area were killed and 18 were seriously injured..."
"The expatriates formed their own escorts, thugs, and warriors... A total of 42 people died..."
"He Taiichiro was killed, and a large amount of gold and medicines were robbed..."
"There is also a threatening letter left by the enemy on me, the content is almost the same as before..."
"If we continue to extend the butcher knife to ordinary Chinese people...their assassination operations will continue...until all the Japanese in Taiyuan City are killed..."
Shinozuka Yoshio tore him to pieces in the threat letter, and said with a sullen face: "These people are too arrogant. There is absolutely no way that the Imperial Japanese Army will be frightened, otherwise the face of our First Army will be thrown into trouble!
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"Order: Double the number of patrol teams and garrisons in the expatriate area!"
"Although these Eighth Route Army troops are very powerful, they can only carry out sneak attacks..."
"As long as we protect the expatriate areas with heavy troops, they will lose the chance to retaliate!"
The chief of staff hesitated and asked: "Stop using tricks to eliminate them!"
Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head and ordered: "Protect the overseas Chinese first and prevent the city from falling into turmoil, and then talk about other things!"
"If the expatriates in the city are panicked and unable to continue doing business, not only will the chaebols behind them bring tremendous pressure to us, but the military will also suffer heavy losses!"
“After all, we are involved in many of their businesses!”
"If profits are affected by this, our military spending will be affected!"
"I'll arrange my humble post now!" the chief of staff replied neatly.
In the yard where Huang Yu was hiding, looking at the package Duan Peng brought back, his face instantly lit up with joy.
"Good boy... do you know how valuable the medicines you brought back are?" Huang Yu took out a penicillin and said.
"This is called penicillin, a life-saving medicine on the battlefield!"
"If used properly, a penicillin can save a life..."
"On the black market, even a small yellow croaker can't buy a penicillin!"
"You brought back 800 penicillins. If you send them back to the base, you can save at least 800 lives!"
