Shinozuka Yoshio and Kitagawa were continuing to deduce the combat deployment against the Eighth Route Army. The communications troops suddenly arrived and stood at the door to report:
"Your Excellency, Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Shimada would like to see you!"
"Let him in!" Yoshio Shinozuka said without raising his head.
"Hi!"
A moment later, with the sound of powerful footsteps, a solemn-looking old Japanese man, probably in his early 40s, wearing the rank of lieutenant colonel, strode into the headquarters.
He respectfully saluted Yoshio Shinozuka and Kitagawa: "General, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff!"
Only then did Yoshio Shinozuka raise his head and look at Masazo Shimada. His eyes were not like looking at an ordinary subordinate, but with some special and friendly meaning.
"Shimada-kun, what's the matter?"
Shimada Shozo replied loudly: "General, I would like to apply to you to participate in this secret raid on the Eighth Route Army Huangyadong Arsenal!"
Shinozuka Yoshio seemed stunned for a moment, and then said seriously: "Shimada-kun, you should understand that our empire's elite combat troops should be used in key places.
I have made enough deployment arrangements to deal with the Eighth Route Army Huangyadong Arsenal this time, and I do not need you elite airborne troops to participate in the battle."
"...General, we always bear in mind Colonel Yamamoto's hatred. The airborne warriors I have led have been demanding themselves in the most stringent environment for more than half a year in training, and they are not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice.
Isn’t it just to destroy the Eighth Route Army and avenge Yamamoto?”
At this point, Shimada Shozo's words became very decisive:
"Your Excellency, General, please do it!"
It turns out that the Shimada Shozo in front of me is actually a member of the Yamamoto special agent team led by Yamamoto back then.
But it was said that at that time, when Yamamoto's special agent team sneaked into a team headquarters, they fell into a trap deliberately set by Kong Jie, and the entire army was eventually wiped out. All members of the special agent team, including Yamamoto, were killed.
At this point, Yamamoto, an old Japanese who returned from the German Special Forces Academy with a full body of military innovation theories on special operations, attempted to promote special operations in the army and even lead the army's tactical innovation. He died in despair.<
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The original promotion of the Yamamoto special operations team, including the Japanese special operations, in army tactics basically stopped here.
The last remaining members of the entire Yamamoto special agent team are some reserve members of the Japanese special agent team.
It happened that at this time, another Japanese who had a special connection with Yamamoto's special agent team and the old Japanese soldier Yamamoto Kazuki, Shimada Shozo, stepped forward.
This Shimada Shozo was originally one of the oldest members when Yamamoto first formed the special agent team.
Later, he retired early because he was seriously injured in the battle.
Later, in China, I heard about the destruction of Yamamoto's special agent team. The old devil Shimada Shozo was so angry that he chose to re-enlist in the army. He also found Yoshio Shinozuka and asked to return to the special agent team and serve as the commander of the special agent team.
Yamamoto Kazuki has always been Shinozuka Yoshio's favorite general, and Yamamoto Kazuki's death in battle has always been a regret for Shinozuka Yoshio.
Shinozuka Yoshio simply agreed to Shimada Shozo's request.
And let Shozo Shimada take over the last remaining reserve force of Yamamoto's special agent team.
Later, when Yoshio Shinozuka put forward the suggestion of rebuilding Yamamoto's special agent team, Masazo Shimada put forward his own different opinion.
He thinks:
Yamamoto Kazuki's failure was due to the Eighth Route Army being too cunning and luring Yamamoto's special agent team into a trap.
Another reason is that the raid method chosen by the entire Yamamoto Special Forces is too traditional and complicated.
In this regard, Shimada Shozo's original words were: "General, no matter how good the insertion curve is, no matter how concealed the combat force is, no matter how small the target is, and how well the disguise is.
As long as you walk on the ground, you will always leave clues, which can easily lead to exposure.
Therefore, I have always believed that the special operations method of the special operations team should be chosen to invade, infiltrate, and invade, not through the ground, but through the sky!"
What does it mean?
This old devil advocates abandoning the complex combat mode of traveling on land.
Instead, choose the simplest, crudest, most direct and effective airborne method to carry out dimensionality-reducing strikes against enemy targets.
Use an absolutely crushing combat mode to launch surprise attacks on targets.
In the end, Shinozuka Yoshio was moved by Shimada Shozo, a gambler who could even be said to be daring.
The gambler's mentality is one of the qualities that Japanese commanders have always possessed.
So with the assistance of the resources of Shinozuka Yoshio's First Army, Shimada Shozo led the reserve force left over from the original Yamamoto special agent team. In addition, some special elites were transferred from various ministries, and a force with Shimada's command was formed.
Led by Shozo, the airborne troops of the Japanese First Army.
Shimada Shozo called his airborne troops:
Destroy the Chinese airborne troops!
It is revealed between the lines that this old Japanese has great hatred for the Eighth Route Army and China because of the destruction of Yamamoto's special agent team and the death of Yamamoto Kazuki.
In the next half year.
Unlike some conventional airborne troops of the Japanese army, the training of airborne troops is ridiculous and generous.
This special airborne force, which was personally commanded by Maszo Shimada and conducted airborne training, had the special nature of a death squad from the beginning.
The little devils are like crazy lunatics who are possessed by a demon and are completely unafraid of death.
Under the leadership of Shozo Shimada, this airborne force originally numbered more than 140 people.
In extremely harsh weather conditions, he once jumped from an altitude of thousands of meters.
They jumped over the sea, across the lake, across the mountains and over the ravines.
They have airborne presence almost everywhere in the great rivers and mountains that originally belonged to China.
How cruel were the subsequent airborne training sessions?
Use a simple data to illustrate:
There were originally more than 140 Chinese paratroopers, but after more than half a year of training, they had not even been on a real battlefield.
As a result, only 112 people were left.
The remaining 30 or so people were all in the skydiving training. They were either completely smashed into a pulp, or were directly stuck on sharp tree trunks. Some fell into ravines, and some were directly connected with the mountain.
Bump.
All died on the spot in the most tragic way.
The training of this Japanese paratrooper is crazy.
And Shimada Shozo’s obsession has always been to avenge Yamamoto Kazuki against the Eighth Route Army.
How could he miss this good opportunity to destroy the Eighth Route Army Huangyadong Arsenal?
Looking at Shimada Shozo's unusually determined look, Shinozuka Yoshio vaguely seemed to see the figure of his beloved general Yamamoto Kazuki in Shimada Shozo again.
The same stubbornness, the same tenacity and bravery.
After hesitating for a moment, Yoshio Shinozuka sighed and relaxed:
"That's all, since you have made up your mind, I won't stop you.
Just one thing, Shimada-kun, I want your airborne troops to cooperate with this main combat force and destroy the Eighth Route Army’s Huangyadong arsenal. In addition, I want all of you to come back alive!" p>
"Hi!" Shimada Shozo responded solemnly.
"Thank you very much, Commander!"
After giving another military salute, Shimada Shozo turned his head and strode away.
Looking at the back of Shimada Shozo gradually walking away, Shinozuka Yoshio was in a trance again: "Kitagawa-kun, do you think Shimada-kun looks a bit like Yamamoto-kun?"
Kitagawa said with deep understanding: "The general is right, Shimada-kun does have many similarities with Yamamoto-kun."
"Forget it, don't talk about this, let's continue with the deduction!"
Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head with a smile and continued the topic at hand: "Then the combat troops we used to attack the Eighth Route Army Huangyadong Arsenal include the original mechanized combat squadrons and the 36th Division that quickly moved toward the northeast.
In addition to the main combat troops and the flying troops that cooperate with the operations.
Now we should also add the airborne troops led by Shimada-kun!"
As the narrative continued, the expression on Shinozuka Yoshio's face seemed to become more and more confident.
"Destroying the Eighth Route Army's Huangyadong Arsenal is the combat goal that our army must accomplish this time.
However, this is only one of them.
This time our army mobilized its troops and even chose to sacrifice a large number of advanced strongholds in the outer quasi-security areas, as well as the combat opportunities gained by towns and villages.
If it is just to replace an arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, how can it be considered a subversive victory?"
Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the battle map with a serious smile on his lips:
"Isn't the Eighth Route Army particularly good at attacking in the east and attacking in the west, and encircling points to bring reinforcements?
This time, we will treat others in their own way.
The combat troops attacking the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army included some mechanized combat troops, an elite combat unit, flying troops and the airborne troops led by Shimada-kun. These forces were sufficient.
The Huangyadong Arsenal, the largest of the Eighth Route Army, was attacked by our army.
The Eighth Route Army is bound to send crazy reinforcements in the direction of Huangyadong Arsenal.
Then, our army can completely use the Huangyadong Arsenal as this point, and then conduct a battle to encircle the point for reinforcements. We can use the main force of the 36th Division and some of the mechanized combat troops that our army has ambushed along the way.
Set up a huge trap net for the Eighth Route Army troops who came for reinforcements, and catch all the main combat troops of the Eighth Route Army who came for reinforcements."
Following the narration of Yoshio Shinozuka.
A few days later, the Eighth Route Army launched a surprise attack on the base area of the 385th Brigade due to the Japanese army. Then, with a false shot, it directly attacked the Huangyadong Arsenal in the north of Licheng County, and then used the Huangyadong Arsenal to encircle the point for reinforcements, which ultimately led to
The Eighth Route Army fell into a trap set by the Japanese army.
Not only was the arsenal destroyed, but the reinforcements also suffered heavy casualties.
It seems to have appeared in front of the two old devils.
Beichuan, the Japanese chief of staff, couldn't help but praise a few words, and then added:
"In addition, General, during this period, with the retreat of our army's strongholds, towns and villages in the outer security zone, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops have left their base areas and gradually advanced towards our army's security zone.
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Once the battle around the Huangyadong Arsenal begins.
The 385th Brigade closest to Licheng County is restrained by the main forces of several mixed brigades of our army. The Eighth Route Army here is completely unable to move.
As for the Eighth Route Army base area around the Huangyadong Arsenal, due to the large-scale advancement of the Eighth Route Army troops to the outside.
We are in a state of empty military strength.
Under such circumstances, if the Eighth Route Army wanted to quickly rescue the Huangyadong Arsenal, they could only quickly mobilize reinforcements from the base areas in other directions in Taihang.
Then the defensive strength of the Eighth Route Army base areas in other parts of Taihang will inevitably be weakened again.
At this time, the several mixed brigades our army has placed in the base area of the 385th Brigade can mainly contain the main combat troops of the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.
At the same time, they secretly reduced some of their forces and prepared to launch a surprise attack on the Eighth Route Army's base areas that were empty for defense.
In addition, the reserve forces we prepared in advance, including the large number of imperial cavalry units stationed in Mongolia that we contacted in advance, can wait for the opportunity to launch surprise attacks on the large number of Eighth Route Army base areas that are empty of troops.
Destroy all the military and economic construction of the Eighth Route Army in the base area.
Of course, at this time, our army, which was originally shrinking in the main counties, towns and towns under the pressure of the Eighth Route Army, could also order attacks from all directions at the same time to drag down the Eighth Route Army troops living outside the security area and prevent these Eighth Route Army troops
Return aid to the base area."
At this point, Beichuan couldn't help but laugh: "General, speaking of it, this seems like a tactic the Eighth Route Army often uses to deal with our imperial troops during large-scale raids.
We attacked the Eighth Route Army's base area, and the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to make a detour and sneak attack on our security area.
But this time it was the opposite. The Eighth Route Army attacked our quasi-security area. How could we take the opportunity to make a detour and go straight to the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army base?
Coupled with the reinforcement of air firepower, everything encountered will be eliminated. This move will definitely destroy the entire Taihang, as well as the economic and military construction foundation of the Eighth Route Army base in northwestern Shanxi.
In addition, the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army was completely destroyed, and the main reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army were severely damaged.
After this battle, it was enough for the entire Eighth Route Army in Shanxi to suffer unprecedented heavy losses!"
"吆西!"
Yoshio Shinozuka nodded.
"I have always been worried about the fact that our army's artillery testing ground and processing plant were attacked by the Eighth Route Army troops, and the artillery and ammunition were intercepted by the Eighth Route Army.
It would be great if the lost artillery and ammunition could be found and recaptured in this battle.
There is really no other way.
If we can be sure that they will be destroyed, as long as these artillery pieces and the various equipment in the processing plant do not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, there will always be room for maneuver."
Beichuan said with relief: "General, don't worry, according to the situation of the Eighth Route Army.
No matter which Eighth Route Army seized equipment from our army's artillery testing ground and processing plant, most of them would be transferred to the Huangyadong Arsenal, the largest of the Eighth Route Army.
If the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army can be destroyed this time, the artillery and military equipment captured by the Eighth Route Army will also be destroyed."