515 Yamamoto’s clever plan for airborne landing, Kong Jie’s plan for reverse osmosis
I have to say that Yamamoto, an old devil, has very powerful insights.
The three regiments led by Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, known as the Iron Triangle of Northwestern Shanxi, have secretly hidden troop transport channels in the mountainous areas to facilitate timely reinforcements and joint operations.
This is also the reason why the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment were able to reinforce in time when the Japanese army launched attacks on the Independent Regiment many times, and even combined with the Independent Regiment to ambush the Japanese army.
Yamamoto was the first Japanese officer to analyze the existence of this hidden transportation channel.
For this reason, Yamamoto even believed that if he wanted to eliminate the Independent Regiment or the New First Regiment or the New Second Regiment alone, he must take the lead in cutting off the secret transportation channels between the three regiments of the Iron Triangle.
Only by isolating the three regiments can the triangular defense system of the Iron Triangle be completely broken.
In order to achieve this goal, Yamamoto, who judged that the three Iron Triangle regiments must hide a secret and convenient transportation channel between the mountainous areas, ordered some troops to try to penetrate into the mountainous area and find this secret transportation channel.
It’s just that I haven’t achieved any results.
The plainclothes team sent out by Yamamoto, as well as some traitors, have been circulating around the outside of the mountainous area.
It is very difficult to enter the mountainous area defended by the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment.
According to the news sent back by the Japanese reconnaissance troops, the surrounding main passes into the mountains were strictly guarded by the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army even built some bunker fortifications.
It is easy to get lost if you choose a direction to drill into the mountainous area without any purpose. It is unlikely that you will find the secret transportation passage.
Therefore, Yamamoto's plan to send troops to raid the independent regiment through this secret transportation channel has never been successful.
However, because the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment provided extra protection for that mountainous area, Yamamoto became more and more certain that this convenient passage definitely existed.
"If we can successfully find this passage this time, we can use the advancing team to sneak attack Niukou Village as a frontal cover and successfully carry out beheading operations against the headquarters of the independent regiment and the Eighth Route Army cadres who rushed to the independent regiment for exchange and study."
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Deputy Captain Takemoto naturally knew about the existence of this secret transportation passage. He worried: "It's just, Colonel, this secret passage that must exist must be strictly controlled by the Eighth Route Army troops. We want to avoid their vigilance and sneak in."
I'm afraid it won't be easy."
Yamamoto nodded, with a sneer on his lips. He stretched out his right index finger, pointed in the air, and said:
"It is naturally difficult to infiltrate from the ground in conventional ways, but if combat teams can be dropped directly from the air, these problems will be easily solved."
Takemoto was shocked and said: "Colonel, you mean that for this beheading operation, the special agent team will launch a small-scale parachute operation?"
No wonder Takemoto was a little surprised.
To be honest, the Japanese army does have airborne troops.
It’s just that the Japanese airborne troops started and developed relatively late, and their combat effectiveness has not been fully developed.
Speaking of the development of the Japanese airborne troops, in the early 1930s, the craze for airborne troops came from Moscow and soon swept the Japanese army.
The Japanese army began to follow the trend of the times, form its own airborne troops, and conduct airborne training.
Unfortunately, the Japanese army's understanding and training of airborne troops is basically a blank slate.
No experience to speak of.
The so-called airborne training can only be described as terrible.
The officers responsible for training airborne troops have no idea how to train airborne troops.
The so-called training method initially consisted of having soldiers jump from high places.
It’s a bit funny based on imagination.
Do you really think that if you jump higher, you will become an airborne soldier?
This unreliable training method was actually obtained by the Japanese army and navy through public training photos in American and Soviet newspapers.
But these photos are actually photos of paratroopers showing off. How can they really be used as a reference for airborne training?
That's it, one dares to think and the other dares to do.
The little devil with a pragmatic spirit started the training of airborne troops in full swing.
Just keep on training until 40 years old.
The so-called airborne troops of the Japanese army did not train well.
They have never actually carried out so-called parachute operations, and they may not even be proficient in using parachutes.
After boarding the transport plane, some even got airsick and vomited on the way. When it came time for them to parachute from a height of several hundred meters, the so-called courage they had honed by jumping up and down from high platforms had long been lost in Java.<
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As a result, the entire airborne force has no chance of being elite at all. Perhaps the greatest role of the so-called Japanese airborne force is to enrich the number of Japanese military units.
The Japanese are very strict in their work and look down upon those people who are just messing around. Some people ridiculed this:
"The best pilots are in the land attack, the best soldiers are in the navy, and the rest are in the paratroopers."
This is the current situation of the so-called airborne troops of the Japanese army until now.
Yamamoto is naturally aware of the current situation of the Imperial Airborne Forces.
But since he chose to carry out parachute operations, he certainly had his reasons.
"At present, there are nearly thirty original elite members of the special agent team. These members initially experienced quite rigorous airborne training. I have conducted many successful airborne combat exercises with them." p>
"They are completely different from the garbage airborne troops currently in service in the empire, and they will definitely be qualified for this airborne mission."
Takemoto nodded. He understood Yamamoto's determination. After thinking about it, Takemoto said: "Hi, Mr. Colonel, I understand what you mean."
"It's just that this airborne operation is also extremely difficult for our special forces. As a Chinese saying goes, you can't put your eggs in one basket."
At this point, his words were piercing, "In order to continue to cut off the legacy of special operations, and in order to promote special operations in the imperial forces, Your Majesty Colonel, please be sure to entrust me with the airborne and beheading operations.
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Yamamoto shook his head and slowly said:
"This time it can be said that all the achievements have been accomplished in one battle. I can rest assured only if I personally lead the team. Besides, how can I be willing to do so without personally destroying the independent group?"
"Takemoto-kun, you are right about what you said. The special agent team must have fire. After I lead the team and set off, the rest will be left to you."
"If this decapitation operation is successful, even if I cannot lead the team back, with this record as a foreshadowing, you can also serve as a theorist of special operations and carry forward special operations tactics in the imperial army."
"If it fails, the special operations team's last hope also rests on you. Please do your best and never let the special operations be buried."
Takemoto said: "I am willing to go with Colonel. As for this important task, you should leave it to others!"
Seeing Takemoto's determined look, Yamamoto hesitated for a moment and nodded: "That's all, let's go together!"
"Hi!" Takemoto said loudly.
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Niukou Village.
The headquarters of the independent regiment.
Tomorrow morning is the start of the planned internal exchange meeting for Eighth Route Army cadres. Of course, this is just a trap to lure that old devil Yamamoto into being fooled.
"Yamamoto, this old devil, is cunning and shrewd. We have to do a full show. Tomorrow morning, each regiment will send a team to pretend to be cadres conducting internal exchanges and studies and go to our independent regiment."
"If Yamamoto wants to take the opportunity to carry out a beheading operation, he will definitely not miss this opportunity. We must be prepared to strike first."
Kong Jie said this at the military meeting held.
Several battalion commanders who participated in the meeting expressed their opinions one after another.
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan took the lead and said: "Commander, the Japanese army suffered a big loss a few days ago when we used Ping'an County to encircle the area for reinforcements.
In addition, the battle at Zhongtiao Mountain is not over yet, so even if the Japanese army gets the news, the possibility of a large-scale attack on our independent regiment is very small.
If Yamamoto, an old devil, wants to carry out a sneak attack, he will probably use his small combat force to carry out some beheading operation."
"We also have a special force to carry out beheading operations. The most important thing is to maintain absolute concealment before the final battle breaks out. Once the gunfire rings, the mission will basically fail."
"So, if Yamamoto wants to take advantage of our internal exchange meeting to launch a surprise attack, based on their actual situation, it is absolutely impossible to get in from the village and our frontal defense line."
"If I were that old devil like Yamamoto, I would most likely go to the mountainous area between West Village and Zhangjiazhuang."
Battalion Commander Wang Leihu retorted: "Old Shen, as for this route, the time the Japs Ishii Regiment came to sweep it, the old Japs Yamamoto walked through it, but failed miserably.
In addition, if you take this route, it will be difficult to avoid our defense line at the entrance of the village.
Do you think Yamamoto will still choose to attack from this direction?"
Chen Quan said: "Why not? A soldier never tires of deceit? We thought it wouldn't be possible, but why did that little devil just do it?"
Wang Leihu said: "Then what is the purpose of choosing this road? It is obviously impossible to succeed in a surprise attack on this road."
The other battalion commanders were chiming in with each other, and after thinking about it carefully, what the second battalion commander and the battalion commander said seemed to make sense.
In the end, Kong Jie said: "What the first battalion commander and the second battalion commander said are actually good."
"No matter whether Yamamoto, an old devil, will choose to raid from the mountainous area between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, this mountainous area is one of the focus of our defense."
"The Japanese army wants to carry out a beheading operation against our independent regiment. The first step is to infiltrate, otherwise there is no need to discuss anything."
"If the Japanese army wants to infiltrate, what we have to do naturally is to carry out anti-infiltration defense operations."
At this point, Kong Jie arranged: "One of the key points of this anti-infiltration defense operation is the mountainous guerrilla zone between West Village and Zhangjiazhuang."
"The anti-infiltration defense we need to do is actually very simple. First, add booby traps, bullet mines, and landmines, which can easily expose the Japanese infiltration troops. However, one thing to note is that these methods should be placed as far as possible in guerrilla mountainous areas. Central District, otherwise the Japs will be exposed in advance, turn around and withdraw, and it will not be easy for us to eliminate this Japs."
"In addition, we must communicate in advance and notify surrounding villagers to avoid accidental injuries."
"Second, use more mobile defense tactics. Whether it is the patrol team responsible for defense in the village or the guerrillas in this guerrilla mountainous area who are mobile and conducting reconnaissance at any time, they must keep an eye on the surrounding movements at all times and must not easily allow the Japanese troops to infiltrate. ."
"Third, increase the number and distribution areas of secret posts at important passes. The guerrilla mountainous area between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang must not be spared. Use immobile secret posts to detect the movement of Japanese infiltration troops and serve as the backbone of our troops at any time. Eyes to detect the Japanese infiltrating troops."...