Chapter 715 Li Yunlong: Disaster falls from the sky (second update)
Author: 574981
"Have all the radio stations supported by the Front Army Headquarters been distributed?" Major General Kawasaki thought of the most common problem he encountered in his repeated defeats.
"Every time we fight against the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, accidents occur in our radio communication with the front-line combat troops."
"The same problem must not occur a second time."
"Each patrol is equipped with three radios.
"Two of the radio stations followed the team leader and acted separately."
"Another radio station follows the brigade adjutant."
"In case of an accident to the captain, the adjutant of the brigade and the radio can contact the headquarters immediately to report the battlefield situation."
Lieutenant Commander Cun Shang was indeed very strong in execution and nodded immediately: "Commander, please rest assured..."
"Except the patrol."
"The scouts and intelligence personnel who went out to search for traces of the Eighth Route Army in Yinzhong also arranged radio stations."
"On average there is one radio station for twenty people."
"As long as there is something harvested, the headquarters will receive the news immediately."
"They can also directly contact the patrols and aviation units and report the Eighth Route Army's hiding spots at any time."
Major General Kawasaki continued to ask: "The scouts and intelligence personnel set off this morning..."
"With the addition of the Imperial Alliance Army and the Secret Service Team, there must be several hundred people."
"I've been searching all day long, can't I find out nothing?"
When he said the last sentence, Major General Kawasaki's tone was obviously much colder than before.
If Lieutenant Colonel Zuo shook his head, then he was too disappointed with the performance of his scouts and intelligence personnel.
"We found some clues..." Lieutenant Colonel Cun Shang answered hesitantly, but he seemed to have no confidence.
Major General Kawasaki was more like destroying the Eighth Route Army in the wing than Okamura Neji, and he immediately showed an expectant expression and asked.
"explain……"
Lieutenant Colonel Cunami didn't want to answer this question, but facing the commander's burning eyes, he couldn't refuse. He could only bite the bullet and said: "We found a large number of local Continental Army troops along the railway."
"A team of dozens or hundreds of people are lurking around the railway."
"The main force of the Eighth Route Army has not been found yet."
"Our people have focused on four local units of the Eighth Route Army and are following their clues to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"But it takes time."
Major General Kawasaki suddenly shook his head and said: "What you said is wrong..."
"Where are the four local Eighth Route Army units that have been found hidden?"
"Mark it on the sand table for me."
After saying that, he rushed to the war room.
Twenty minutes later, Major General Kawasaki frowned more and more.
He shook his head again and said: "No..."
"There is a problem with these local troops..."
"Half of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas only have a dozen people, and their equipment is very poor. There is only one guerrilla in one or two villages."
"The local troops we found have more than a hundred people."
"Judging from the size, it should be their district squadron."
"The equipment is better than that of the guerrillas, but slightly worse than that of the main force. Only one district squadron can be found in ten or twenty villages."
"Look at the sand table."
"The four local armies are almost next to each other, and there are less than ten villages around them."
"Do you think ten villages can support four district squadrons of the Eighth Route Army?"
"The Eighth Route Army operating along the railway has at least two main regiments."
"There are many troops, but our intelligence personnel have not found any traces of large-scale Eighth Route Army activities. We have not even seen the Eighth Route Army wearing military uniforms."
"This shows that these Eighth Route Army troops were not concentrated together, but were all dispersed."
"Not wearing the Eighth Route Army uniform..."
"Otherwise, no matter how hidden they are, they will not be able to escape the eyes of our troops lurking everywhere."
"The four Eighth Route Army units we found are the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong."
"It's not the local army that everyone imagined."
"We were fooled by the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army."
"That's why we haven't found any trace of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
Lieutenant Colonel Cun Shang's face suddenly became particularly ugly, and he said with a heartbroken look on his face: "General."
"If the local troops we discovered before are all the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
"We discovered them half a month ago."
"If we had assembled heavy troops to encircle and suppress them at that time, the Baoding garrison would not have suffered such heavy losses."
"Such a good fighter opportunity was missed by us."
"Pity……"
Lieutenant Colonel Kawasaki shook his head: "It's not too late to find out now..."
"Have the intelligence department and the scouts keep an eye on the four Eighth Route Army units that have been found."
"The nearest patrol is moving covertly towards the target."
"Aviation on standby."
"As soon as day breaks, we will fight over and encircle and annihilate these four Eighth Route Army groups."
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Caozhuang Village is less than fifteen kilometers away from the railway and is in a remote location. It is a small village that is particularly suitable for hiding soldiers.
The Third Company of the Duer Regiment hid here for a long time, claiming to be Caojia Town guerrillas.
The troops had no combat missions last night, except for the guard posts, and every soldier had a good sleep.
The company commander decided to take advantage of this rare opportunity to train his troops so that the new recruits in the team could become combat effective as soon as possible.
They all saw blood in the fighting, and a few recruits killed the Japanese.
The courage and courage to go to the battlefield are enough.
As long as they practice some tactical moves well and integrate them into their bones, these new recruits can grow into veterans.
Before nine o'clock in the morning, he dragged two infantry platoons to the woods six or seven miles away.
"Company commander..."
Just as he was about to start the training, the reconnaissance squad leader who was guarding the perimeter came towards him, very anxious.
"Devil..."
"A large number of little devils came towards the village and killed them."
"high speed."
"We must notify the troops in the village to retreat immediately."
"There are no tunnels in the village. They will be doomed if they are surrounded by Japanese soldiers."
The company commander became anxious on the spot: "The troops will assemble immediately, check weapons and equipment, and prepare for battle..."
After giving the order, he said to the reconnaissance squad leader: "Where is the little devil? Take me there quickly."
"On the road outside the forest..." the investigation squad leader answered while leading the way.
"Two squadrons were equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars, and they were marching very fast."
When the company commander rushed to the edge of the woods, the Japanese had already circled the woods and were disappearing from his sight little by little.
Feeling even more anxious, I immediately ordered: "You ride back and inform the instructor to retreat immediately."
"I will lead my men to slow down the little devil's march and gain more time to move with the troops in the village."
“Boom, boom, boom… da da da…”
The battle started quickly, and the sudden fire attack initially caught the Japanese off guard.
But they were soon suppressed by the heavy machine guns and mortars brought by the Japanese.
A plane suddenly joins the battle.
There is no advantage in the third consecutive battle. The battle becomes more and more difficult, and a large number of soldiers are sacrificed every minute.
The company commander had to retreat while fighting, break the troops into pieces, and use guerrilla warfare to sneak attack on the Japs commandos.
This can minimize the casualties caused by air strikes to the troops.
But there is also a drawback.
The troops dispersed to fight guerrillas, and the resistance weakened immediately after leaving the ground.
Apart from causing some sporadic casualties to the Japanese, it hardly affected their marching speed.
The instructor and the wounded had just evacuated to the entrance of the village, when the Japanese advance guard came over.
They patrolled back and forth along the railway line last night, and they didn't come across a single Eighth Route Army soldier all night long.
Today we managed to capture dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers, and there were also many wounded among them. They were just a piece of fat on our lips, and we couldn't let them go no matter what.
"Load the bullets, spread out the battle formation, kill them directly...kill them all..."
The Japanese squadron leader took out his command knife and pointed forward as if he had been given a shot of blood.
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At the enemy headquarters of Shunping Garrison Regiment, Kong Jie was sullenly analyzing the investigation results just sent by the special operations team.
Li Yunlong and Huang Yu also looked very ugly.
The new style of play used by Major General Kawasaki is a bit old-fashioned, but very safe.
As long as the patrol team exists for one day, the time for the Yizhong Eighth Route Army to attack the strongholds along the railway will be shortened to half an hour.
Although the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong was equipped with a large number of artillery for attacking fortresses.
But the artillery shells could only destroy the fortifications, but not the Eighth Route Army in the stronghold.
The existing artillery shells of the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army are numerous and cannot withstand such heavy consumption.
The attack time was suddenly shortened to half an hour, and the combat pressure can be imagined.
Before everyone could figure it out, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside the headquarters.
The sound got closer and closer, and it suddenly stopped behind the command department, and then I saw a correspondent rushing in, breathing heavily, with a red face, and very anxious.
"You are the correspondent of the Third Company..." Kong Jie recognized the other party at a glance.
He quickly handed over half a glass of water: "Don't be anxious, drink some water first and speak slowly."
"Report to the captain..." The correspondent finally calmed down after half the tank was underwater and spoke quickly.
"Something happened to the third company..."
"At nine o'clock in the morning, two little devils from the reinforced squadron suddenly attacked Caojia Town."
"There is also an aircraft escort."
"The company commander directed the out-training troops to fight tooth and nail, but they still couldn't be stopped."
"After a bloody battle, only 21 people from the entire company broke out. The instructor and the third platoon leader died, and the company commander and the first platoon leader were seriously injured..."
Now it was Kong Jie's turn to be anxious.
He stared at the correspondent and asked anxiously: "The troops have been lurking in Caojiacun for so long without being attacked. How come they are suddenly attacked? Have you been exposed?"
The correspondent shook his head: "I don't know either."
"The Japanese came very suddenly, marched very fast, and their attack targets were very clear."
"On the march, we completely ignored our sneak attacks along the way and retreated after the battle. There was no sloppiness at all."
Li Yunlong frowned and interjected: "You bastard little devil, this is really a disaster coming from the sky."
"The patrol team on the railway hasn't thought of a solution yet, and the lurking troops are following suit. That old devil from Kawasaki has some tricks up his sleeve."
"Lao Kong, there's no need to ask."
"The purpose of the Japanese attack is so clear, which shows that they have targeted Caojia Village and believe that our troops are there."
"In this way, our troops lurking in other villages will be gradually exposed and defeated by the little devils one by one."
"Now we have two paths to take."
"Either withdraw the troops and return to the base."
"Either gather the troops together and not give the Japanese a chance to defeat us."
"Two reinforced squadrons are indeed very powerful, but if we have one reinforced battalion, we don't know who will win from both sides."
