516 The soldiers died before they left the army. Yamamoto-kun wants to cry but has no tears.
Arrangements have been made for the defense around the base of Niukou Village and the guerrilla mountainous areas sandwiched between West Village and Zhangjiazhuang.
Logically speaking, these are the only defense methods that the entire independent regiment can basically implement.
But Kong Jie still felt that something was not safe.
Although this time it was a trap set to lure the old devil Yamamoto into being fooled, this act of luring the enemy also laid an advance guarantee for future internal exchanges and learning among cadres.
It was proposed by Kong Jie that cadres from various armies around the Taihang base area go to the independent group to visit, communicate, and learn. If anything goes wrong, Kong Jie cannot bear this responsibility.
During this period, the Independent Regiment not only made a name for itself among the Japanese and puppet troops, it was also well-known within the Shanxi-Sui Army, including the Eighth Route Army.
As the host, Kong Jie proposed that the cadres come to the independent group to visit, communicate and learn.
If the safety of the cadres from various regiments along the way cannot be ensured, wouldn’t this independent regiment live up to its name as the most prominent combat regiment in the entire Taihang base area?
Thinking of this, Kong Jie asked again: "Three cobblers can stand up to Zhuge Liang. If we think about it carefully, are there any other areas of defense that we have omitted?"
Acting political commissar Li Wenjie said: "Captain, according to your wishes, I will put on a show and pretend to be cadres from other regiments for exchange and study. How to ensure the safety on the way to our base area?"
Kong Jie said: "Wenjie is right. Although this old devil Yamamoto is a gambler, he will probably let our cadres gather together and take the blame again. But what if they ambush him in the middle?"
"We have to guard against this, but I have already communicated with the leaders of the groups participating in this exchange and study."
"Each regiment has already taken precautions. As for the specific defense on the road, after being attacked by a sneak attack, it is the matter of the commanders of their respective regiments to eliminate the attacking Japanese troops as soon as possible. We don't have to worry about it." Li Wenjie said: "Captain, absolute defense must consider all directions. At present, we have considered the conventional roads into the village, but what about the mountainous area behind us?"
Kong Jie did not speak immediately. Shen Quan on the side explained:
"Don't worry, political commissar, the mountain direction is mainly a secret transportation channel between the three regiments of our Iron Triangle. We have already had defensive measures on this route."
"We have defended all the passes into the mountains and some important roads. We have even built fortifications and have soldiers guarding them."
"The little devil wants to enter the mountainous area unknowingly and attack our base from the back. This is basically impossible, unless the little devil can get wings and fly in quietly."
The cadres also nodded.
The speaker is careless, but the listener pays attention.
After Shen Quan explained, he also felt that it was unlikely that a small Japanese combat force would launch a surprise attack from the mountainous area backing the Independence Regiment's base area.
Kong Jie's heart moved, "It may not be impossible to fly in with wings."
He thought of the airborne troops.
Standing on the shoulders of giants, what Kong Jie thought of was that in a few years the truly elite airborne troops would basically be magic soldiers descended from the sky. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were troops operating with wings.
It would not be impossible if that old devil Yamamoto used airborne means to land quietly in the mountainous area backed by the Independent Regiment, and then carried out a surprise attack from both sides.
As a commander, you should think of all possibilities before fighting.
All the cadres were filled with astonishment.
"Captain, no way, the little devil can really fly in with wings?"
"Isn't that possible?"
Kong Jie said: "Do you know about parachute combat?"
Shen Quan said: "Captain, do you mean that the enemy's sneak attack troops may even parachute from the plane to the mountainous area behind us, and then carry out a sneak attack?"
Kong Jie asked: "Looking at your appearance, do you think this is impossible?"
The first battalion commander Wang Leihu said: "Commander, is it possible that you don't know that since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, we have never encountered any Japanese paratroopers."
Shen Quan said: "The Japanese's means of air combat are generally airplanes. I have heard that on the frontal battlefield, when the Japanese army dealt with the Chinese army, they also used observation hot air balloons to conduct observations and provide information for artillery strikes. Data. ”
"If that's the case, Commander, we really have to be on guard, what if these little devils can find a way to fall from the sky into the mountains?"
Kong Jie said: "Yes, although the Japanese army rarely uses airborne means, they are not afraid of emergencies, but just in case."
"It's just that the mountainous area behind us is too vast. With our manpower, trying to find the Japanese or the small combat troops hiding in it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and we don't have to spend so much effort.
In counter-infiltration operations, it is better to be passive than active.
In this way, on the one hand, we secretly dispatched some teams to lurk in the secret transportation channels of our three regiments, close to the base area, to guard against unexpected situations.
Once encountering a Japanese infiltration, it is enough for the troops to entangle the opponent. Don't think about destroying the opponent in one go. In this case, our sacrifices cannot be avoided, which is not cost-effective.
In addition, some booby traps were added for anti-infiltration operations.
Chen Quan, you are responsible for this. Especially when we are close to our base, we must strengthen preparations for counter-infiltration. Even if a small group of Japanese combat troops really infiltrate, we must make it difficult for them to move even if they are not careful. It will be completely exposed."
"Yes!" Shen Quan responded.
After the meeting, Kong Jie had phone calls with Ding Wei and Li Yunlong respectively.
The general content is to have the New Second Regiment and the New First Regiment also prepare for counter-infiltration. Once the Japanese troops appear in the mountainous area surrounded by the three regiments, they will immediately encircle them, block all exits, and kill the Japanese who have infiltrated. Destroy them all.
Everything was ready, and Kong Jie felt a little relieved.
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As for the Japanese army.
Yamamoto made up his mind to take advantage of the advance team to sneak attack on the Independent Regiment from the guerrilla mountainous area between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang to attract the attention of the Eighth Route Army. At the same time, he would take the opportunity to airborne in the mountainous area behind the Independent Regiment's base area to conduct a surprise attack.
After Yamamoto's order was arranged, with the cooperation of all Japanese troops, the efficiency was very high.
In the afternoon of the same day, Yamamoto summoned an elite special agent team to prepare for parachute operations and brought enough equipment for the airborne operation.
The troops rode in trucks and quickly and secretly arrived near the nearest airport.
At the airport, the Japanese army prepared a military transport aircraft for Yamamoto's airborne operation.
Yamamoto decided to time the parachute drop on the morning of the Eighth Route Army's internal exchange and study meeting, just after the sky was bright.
Before that, Yamamoto had made a series of preparations.
The first step is to make special preparations for parachuting in mountainous areas.
In order to reduce the risk of non-combat attrition caused by paratroopers falling into the mountainous area and being scratched by falling branches.
Yamamoto specially found various equipment for the members to protect their vital parts, such as knee pads, wrist guards, goggles, tactical vests, etc.
As for weapons, in order to facilitate parachuting, they mainly use light weapons, including sniper rifles, grenade launchers, submachine guns, pistols, etc.
In addition, all members are equipped with a set of Eighth Route Army uniforms in advance and will immediately change their appearance after landing.
Yamamoto's idea for carrying out the beheading operation was to disguise himself as Eighth Route Army troops and conduct infiltration raids from the back of the mountainous independent regiment's base area.
It happened to be that the troops of the Eighth Route Army went to the Independent Regiment for exchanges and studies. The members participating in the beheading operation were all members of the specially trained special forces. It may not be impossible to disguise themselves as the Eighth Route Army and get through.
If we can successfully approach the place where Eighth Route Army cadres gather.
Even if this elite team is defeated, as long as it can cause enough trauma to the cadres gathered in the Eighth Route Army, this is victory.
As for the movement during the airborne landing.
The appearance of an airplane is the easiest thing to expose. Fortunately, the mountainous area is vast and the Eighth Route Army may not be able to detect it.
In addition, the Japanese army often sent some reconnaissance planes to detect the activities of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains.
The Eighth Route Army troops should not be surprised by this.
It can be said that the beheading operation was absolutely concealed.
But it is absolutely impossible, and Yamamoto is also very helpless about this.
His special agent team was completely exposed from the time they raided the Eighth Route Army headquarters in Daxia Bay.
How can a special operations force that has been exposed achieve absolute concealment?
Yamamoto even imagined from Kong Jie's perspective, he might not have imagined that the imperial troops would conduct a infiltration raid by a small group of combat troops.
In addition, a few days ago, at the request of the Japanese Deputy Chief of Staff Nobutoshi Kawakubo, Yamamoto also led his team to conduct infiltration raids in various bases of the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army troops may have been wary of small infiltration raiding units like Yamamoto.
Of course, Yamamoto firmly believes in the truth that war never tires of deceit.
If the Eighth Route Army is prepared, it may not be impossible to complete the beheading operation.
Perhaps because the Eighth Route Army was prepared, they took it lightly.
Who can grasp the ever-changing changes in war?
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Time passes quickly.
Twenty days, night.
The moonlight is bright and clear.
A secret special Japanese combat unit quietly set out from Yangquan. After arriving in the Zhangjiazhuang and Xicun areas, it plunged into the mountains on the midline between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.
This is the team of the Japanese advance team.
According to Yamamoto's order, Morita, the captain of the advancing team, led the team from the Eighth Route Army mountainous area between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang to penetrate and raid the base of Niukou Village.
The nights after summer are no longer very cold.
Japanese Major Morita led the team carefully.
This guy is also shrewd enough. Even when marching at night, he mainly leads the advancing Japanese troops along the steepest and most edge roads in the entire mountainous area.
On this point, before setting off, Morita analyzed several captains of the advancing team.
"In this mountainous area, the Eighth Route Army must be on guard. Perhaps the landmines laid by the cunning Tubal Road may be triggered at any time in the mountains.
So we choose the path forward. One is to choose the direction with footprints that we often walk on Tubal Road, and the other is to choose a relatively remote and steep area.
The possibility of setting traps in these places is the smallest."
"Hi——"
The actual situation is that Morita, an old Japanese soldier, has thought too much. Kong Jie is worried that the infiltrating young Japanese soldiers will trigger the mines before entering the mountainous area. Because they are exposed and evacuate early, it will be difficult to catch them all. p>
Therefore, Kong Jie arranged for the soldiers to arrange some anti-infiltration traps in the middle and back areas of the mountainous area.
The Japanese advance team, which was self-righteous and cautious along the way, felt that it relied on its own wisdom to successfully approach the middle of the mountainous area.
After successfully arriving in the middle of the mountainous area, Morita whispered and ordered to lurk on the spot and wait for dawn.
Waiting for the cadres of various units of the Eighth Route Army to come to the Independent Regiment for internal exchange and study meetings as agreed, and wait until the cadres of the Eighth Route Army are completely gathered.
This is the time for Morita to lead the advance team to carry out a beheading operation.
To say that these guys were wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms and pretending to be Eighth Route Army troops, they were indeed the elite of the Japanese army.
This can be seen just from the endurance shown by these Japs members.
After Morita gave the order to lurk, some of the Japanese members of the advancing team hid in the bushes, some buried their bodies under fallen leaves, and some hid on tree trunks.
Everyone spent the rest of the night cautiously, and no one took a nap.
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19th.
In the afternoon, a Japanese military plane flew over Taihang Gentu.
The entire Eighth Route Army, except for some cadres of the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the Independent Regiment, even if they spotted Japanese aircraft, they didn't think much about it, as they had long been accustomed to it.
In order to deal with the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft, the Eighth Route Army garrison locations in the Taihang base area were relatively hidden.
In addition, some targets will be disguised to deceive the eyes of Japanese aircraft investigators.
After the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew several times over the Taihang base, it left as usual.
Niukou Village.
Independent Regiment Station.
Kong Jie pointed to the sky, "Monk, did you hear that?"
The monk wondered: "What?"
Kong Jie said: "Japanese aircraft."
The monk said: "Well, I heard some movement, but it seemed to be quite far away."
Kong Jie smiled and said: "Guess, could it be a transport plane used by the Japanese army to airborne combat troops?"
The monk had participated in the previous meeting and said with a smile: "Captain, the Japanese are rushing to reincarnate and fly here to die!"
Kong Jie was startled, then burst into laughter.
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20th.
At about six o'clock in the morning, the sky was completely bright.
The reveille signal had not yet sounded, and in a daze, some Eighth Route Army soldiers seemed to hear the sound of aircraft flying in mid-air.
"You damn little devil, are you still allowed to sleep? You're still here to conduct investigations so early in the morning."
Some soldiers cursed in a daze, and not long afterward, the wake-up call was blown, and they got up one by one, quickly washed up if possible, and started morning exercises.
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A vast mountainous area surrounded by the bases of the Independent Regiment, New First Regiment, and New Second Regiment.
As the plane passed by, you could vaguely see some black spots falling in the distance.
These black spots fell on the vast mountainous area, just like dropping a stone on the vast river, causing inconspicuous water waves that disappeared in an instant.
...In order to ensure that this parachute landing can accurately land in the mountainous area you want, the team can quickly assemble after parachuting.
In this parachute operation led by Yamamoto himself, the Japs members of the special agent team parachuted to a height of only between 600 and 800 meters, which was a low-altitude airborne landing.
The Japanese soldiers started parachuting. From the time the parachute opened smoothly to landing, it only took a few seconds for them to land.
In the silent forest, the sound of branches snapping and the sound of flesh hitting the ground soon came out.
The risk factor of this parachute operation is very high. If it were not for the elite special forces who are well-trained, well-equipped, and specially trained for low-altitude airborne landings, the current wave of parachute jumps would basically fall into pieces.
The experienced Yamamoto, after opening the parachute, operated the parachute and quickly selected a relatively empty area in the middle of the two big trees to land.
The umbrella that was finally opened was hung at the intersection of the tree trunks on both sides of the middle area. It was still about one meter high from the ground, but it perfectly avoided the collision with the ground at the moment of falling.
Yamamoto quickly pulled out the dagger from his waist, cut the parachute cord, and landed smoothly.
Most of the team members he led also landed in this area. Yamamoto looked up and saw that there were already team members gathering in his direction.
These well-trained elite Japanese soldiers are very fast and efficient.
After the members quickly gathered, they lined up and counted.
"One, two, three...twenty-four."
Then, then there will be no one.
Yamamoto was a little dumbfounded and counted it himself. Sure enough, the original team of thirty-one people including him now only had twenty-five people left.
"Baga, quickly check to see which members are missing."
The Japanese looked around and quickly completed the inventory. The Japanese deputy captain Takemoto Hui, who was scratched on the left side of his face by a tree branch when parachuting, reported: "Report to Colonel, Harada, Aoki, Saji... six people are missing."
Yamamoto cursed secretly and shouted: "If you find them, you will see them alive and dead, and you will see their corpses. In addition, bury the parachutes immediately on the spot."
"Hi!"
More than ten minutes later, they were found. Four corpses were lying neatly. One of the Japanese was even pulled down from the tree branch that had penetrated his body.
Sophisticated equipment still failed to save his life.
The other two were seriously injured and unable to move. If they were not found by their companions by luck, they might have starved to death in the mountains.
Looking at the rapid attrition of personnel before the battle even started.
Yamamoto's face was ashen.
This is really a case where the soldiers died before the battle was launched, making Yamamoto-kun want to cry without tears.
This situation has occurred before the beheading operation has officially begun. It is so unlucky...