Chapter 641 Yamamoto: The security plan is impeccable!
"Observation group..."
Back in his office, Yamamoto Kazuki looked gloomy and frowned slightly.
The mention of the observation group reminded Yamamoto of bad memories.
A year ago, an observation group also went to the First Army, and that battle was still directed by Kazuki Yamamoto himself.
Originally, Yamamoto thought that this battle was his proud achievement. He commanded a division and a brigade to flank the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi. Masuko's advance team took the opportunity to sneak attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
Let the observation group see the power of special operations, reform the tactics of the Japanese Army, and promote special operations.
By then, Kazuki Yamamoto will have left his name in history.
But it is a pity that due to intelligence leakage in that battle, the entire observation group was wiped out, Major General Hattori Naoomi was killed, the entire 9th Brigade was wiped out, and Major General Koshiki Toranosuke was killed.
Although Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka survived the defeat, Yamamoto Kazuki also encountered a crisis of confidence.
That battle was like a brand that Kazuki Yamamoto could not forget.
Kazuki Yamamoto naturally knew something about Furu Hisao.
This man graduated from the Japanese Army University and participated in the Russo-Japanese War. He was originally the commander of the 6th Division of the Standing Division.
When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, Kohisao served as the Lieutenant General Commander of the Japanese Sixth Division and led his troops to participate in the attack on North China. He also allowed his subordinates to massacre civilians in North China.
In Yamamoto Kazuki's view, although Lieutenant General Hisao Fururu liked to order the massacre of Chinese people, he was very capable.
With Kohisao's qualifications and military exploits, he should have been promoted to general and become the commander of a certain front army long ago.
Five divisions had just been defeated in northwest Shanxi. His Majesty Tianchu and the cabinet must be extremely dissatisfied with the commander of the North China Front.
At this time, Koshoufu came to North China to observe, he was afraid...
"Someone is coming!"
Thinking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto shouted out the door. Yamamoto's guard and correspondent Goro Oga came in and nodded to Kazuki Yamamoto.
Taking a deep breath, Yamamoto Kazuki said: "Send an order to immediately send spies and agents to the northwestern direction of Shanxi to alert, and report immediately if any abnormality is discovered."
"Hi!"
Xiaolu Goro lowered his head, turned and left.
Looking at the back of Koro Goro turning away, Yamamoto Kazuki's eyes flashed slightly.
This time, the special forces must perform well.
If Lieutenant General Kohisao can succeed General Okamura Neiji and be promoted to the commander of the North China Front, the special agent team will leave a good impression in front of Kohisao.
Then... maybe special operations can be promoted first in the North China Front.
Because according to intelligence, there are also some traces of special operations in other Eighth Route Army bandit areas.
What is certain is that the Eighth Route Army is also vigorously promoting and using special operations.
If the Eighth Route Army is allowed to make achievements in special operations while the Imperial Japanese Locust Army lags behind in this area, not only will the situation become more unfavorable to the Locust Army, Yamamoto will not be resigned to it.
Now, Kazuki Yamamoto is in charge of the intelligence department of the First Army, so the spies and agents of the First Army are all under his command.
Xiaolu Goro did not dare to delay and immediately conveyed the order.
Subsequently, Yamamoto Kazuki grabbed the command saber and personally led the special agent team to conduct reconnaissance near the airport.
He did some cursory research and assumed that someone wanted to assassinate Gu Shoufu, and it must be on the way from the airport to the inner city of Taiyuan.
According to past experience, when an officer above a lieutenant general enters Shanxi, Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army will receive intelligence, and this time must be no exception.
Yamamoto Kazuki worked hard and led a special team to carefully investigate the dangerous area.
…
While Yamamoto Kazuki was studying how to protect Ko Hisao, Li Yunlong had already led his troops to Purple Mountain.
"Duan Peng, this is where it is, right?"
Li Yunlong looked at the Purple Mountain in front of him, then at the deserted horse road winding toward Shouyang County, then looked at Duan Peng and asked.
In just a few hours, more than 100 vehicles from the car battalion transported 100 20mm machine guns, 40 37mm anti-aircraft guns, as well as ammunition and combat personnel from the machine gun battalion and anti-aircraft gun battalion to Taiyuan, about 30 kilometers away.
At the location, the mule carts, mules and military horses of the transport battalion were waiting to be ready, and then they were dragging anti-aircraft weapons and marching all the way carrying weapons and ammunition.
At noon, we finally arrived at our destination, Purple Mountain.
Duan Peng nodded and said in a certain tone: "Captain, this is where we are!"
Duan Peng has led his troops to pick up Zhang Wanhe and the battalion and company-level officers assigned by the headquarters from the Zhengtai Railway.
Ordering the transport battalion's mule and horse teams to stay put, Li Yunlong climbed up to Purple Mountain and carefully checked the terrain and compared the map.
Then Li Yunlong said with a satisfied expression: "Yes, this place happens to be on the Japs' flight path!"
Li Yunlong is a natural at reading maps, and with the high-precision map provided by Boss Chen in his hand, he quickly identified the location.
Although this place is only more than 20 kilometers away from Taiyuan City, it looks very desolate, with not a single village visible within a few kilometers.
"Give me the order."
"The machine gun battalion, anti-aircraft gun battalion, and transportation team should immediately go to the dense forest over there to hide."
Li Yunlong pointed to a dense forest 2 kilometers away. The dense forest was not too small and should provide cover for the machine gun battalion, anti-aircraft gun battalion and transport team.
This place is under the route of Japanese planes, and there must be more than one plane flying overhead.
The targets of the machine gun battalion and the anti-aircraft gun battalion, especially the mules and horses of the transport team, and even the carts, are too big. If a Japanese plane flies overhead at this time, something abnormal will definitely be discovered.
At that time, not only will Kohisuo's plane fly around, but the Japanese First Army in the direction of Taiyuan will also dispatch troops to encircle and suppress them.
Soon, under Li Yunlong's order, the large troops walked towards the dense forest.
The Sharp Sword Squadron was one step ahead of the larger troops and went to the dense forest for reconnaissance. Although the place was desolate, there was no guarantee that there would be no common people.
Half an hour later.
The soldiers sat in the dense forest, eating canned meat and fruit, and drinking water to replenish their strength.
The canned meat is included in the food quota, and the canned fruit is the battlefield airdrop supply given by Boss Chen last time, which has not been finished yet.
Li Yunlong specifically ordered the canned fruit to be kept in the logistics warehouse, and when the troops carried out the order, they would take it out for the soldiers to eat.
"Hey hey hey..."
Looking at the 20mm machine guns and 37mm anti-aircraft guns placed one after another in the dense forest, Li Yunlong chuckled, with a murderous look in his smile:
"140 doors of anti-aircraft firepower, exciting!"
Duan Peng, He Jie, Gao Tianyi and others on the side glanced at the 140 anti-aircraft weapons with stern expressions.
140 pieces of anti-aircraft firepower, including 100 20mm machine guns and 40 37mm machine guns.
Those who operate them are experienced warriors.
140 anti-aircraft guns opened fire on the Japanese aircraft.
That scene...
Everyone's expressions were full of expectation.
As Li Yunlong expected, there were often Japanese planes on this route, either flying from Taiyuan to Peiping, or from Peiping to Taiyuan.
But there weren't many of them, and it took several hours for a Japanese plane to pass by.
…
Just when Li Yunlong and others arrived near Purple Mountain.
Dagu Town, New Regiment Headquarters.
Xing Zhiguo looked at the watch in his hand and said to the political commissar Zhao Gang: "Judging from the time, the regiment leader and the others should have arrived at Purple Mountain. In exactly 24 hours, the plane taken by the old devil Gu Shoufu will arrive."
"Is it okay to use anti-aircraft fire to hit a plane?"
Zhao Gang, who was originally very confident, felt unsure about this idea.
"Put your heart back in your stomach, there's absolutely no problem with this."
Xing Zhiguo chuckled and said:
"The focus of the Japanese's protection of Gu Shoufu must be at the airport. From the airport to the inner city of Taiyuan, we would never have imagined that we would take action halfway between the airport and the inner city of Taiyuan."
"This is called being hard to guard against!"
"Moreover, we have 140 anti-aircraft guns, all of which are operated by soldiers with rich combat experience. As long as the Japanese planes do not temporarily change the time or route, this business is 100% sure."
"Yes." After listening to Xing Zhiguo's analysis, Zhao Gang nodded and put his heart back in his stomach.
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Early the next morning.
The Japs from the three regiments of the 41st Division were under the orders of the division commander Qing Shui.
About 10,000 people drove to Wusu Airport in a mighty manner.
Not only is the 10-kilometer radius of Wusu Airport surrounded by water, there are also three posts, one post, and five steps along the way from the airport to the inner city of Taiyuan.
"General!"
As a combat staff member left from the door, Yamamoto Kazuki walked in with Major General's command saber on his arm: "The 41st Division has been deployed, and the main road from Taiyuan's outer city gate to Taiyuan's inner city gate is under full martial law.
I have arranged two convoys at the airport. After Lieutenant General Gu Hisao arrives at the airport, I will arrange for him to rest in the airport's air raid shelter first. When the first wave of convoys arrive safely in the inner city of Taiyuan, Lieutenant General Gu Hisao will take the second one.
The Bo convoy enters the inner city of Taiyuan."
This time, Yoshio Iwamatsu gave Kazuki Yamamoto full responsibility for the safety issues of the inspection team's inspection in Taiyuan.
So Yamamoto Kazuki was very well prepared.
On the one hand, it is to show the face of the special agent team well in front of Lieutenant General Hisao Fururu.
On the other hand, Kazuki Yamamoto also considered it for himself. If something happened to Lieutenant General Hisao Fururu under his protection, his military career would be over.
Therefore, Kazuki Yamamoto was very energetic.
After all, the Eighth Route Army's intelligence work was pervasive. Once Japanese officers above general level entered North China and Shanxi, based on previous experience, the Eighth Route Army would immediately receive intelligence.
For example, Lieutenant General Muto Akira, commander of the 2nd Guards Division, and Major General Hirata Masahiro, deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, were shot dead as soon as they entered Shanxi.
As a result, not many officers above the rank of major general dare to come to Shanxi.
Lieutenant General Miyano Michichi, the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, also had an incident in North China. There is intelligence that it was Li Yunlong's independent group who did it, but there is no evidence.
The last time North China Front Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake went to Taiyuan, the First Army dispatched a division to protect the area near the airport.
The current commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, did not dare to leave the inner city of Taiyuan easily for fear of being assassinated.
"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded after reading Yamamoto Kazuki's security plan, "The plan is very good, but don't be careless. The Eighth Route Army's intelligence is very powerful."
"Hi!"
Yamamoto Kazuki lowered his head.
I thought about my security plan carefully and found no flaws. It could even be said to be impeccable.
Protection of a second-line division's combat troops, real and fake convoys, and 24-hour close protection by special agents.
If he led the special forces to assassinate Gu Hisao, he would never find a chance to do it.
"I won't go to the airport to greet Lieutenant General Furu Hisao."
"Yamamoto-kun, you and Hanatani-kun will greet you at the airport on my behalf."
Then, Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at Yamamoto Kazuki and said.
"Hi!"
Yamamoto Kazuki lowered his head again, then turned and left.
Yamamoto knew that Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu had always been afraid of death. If there was any trouble, he would immediately leave Taiyuan by plane.
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at the same time.
Peking Airport.
As the motorcade escorting Hisao Kotsufu entered the airport, the area around the Peiping Airport was also extremely heavily fortified. There were almost three posts, one post, and five posts. A large number of Japanese sharpshooters were ambushing around, making it difficult for a bird to fly in.
It was still escorted to the airport by Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizo.
However, Moritake Tanabe and Seizo Arisu did not get on the plane to accompany Hisao Furuo to Taiyuan.
The danger level in Shanxi is the highest among the Chinese occupied areas.
Even if there was a division of troops to pick them up and a special agent team to protect them throughout the entire process, Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizo would not dare to take risks easily.
However, Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizo would not express this to Furuhisao.
Soon, Lieutenant General Hisao Fururu, Major General Toshikaze Omura and Major General Aio Ihara, as well as several senior left officers and left officers, boarded the K57 transport plane.
Escorted by two Nakajima fighter jets, the K57 transport plane flew towards Taiyuan.
In the cabin, looking at the city of Beiping getting smaller and farther away, Gu Hisao couldn't help but snorted coldly.
He led an observation group to the North China Front Army Headquarters in Beiping for three days, but Okamura Neiji didn't even see him at all.
This also made the old Japanese become more competitive and determined to wrest the position of commander of the North China Front from Okamura Neiji.
If you are indifferent to me today, I will make it impossible for you to reach high tomorrow!
More than half an hour later, the plane was about to enter Shanxi.
"Your Majesty Lieutenant General."
"How about we go to northwest Shanxi to take a look?"
Major General Toshikaze Omura suggested.
Toshikaze Omura and Aio Ihara are both reserve officers and students of Hisao Furu, and they will also be reused once Hisao Furuo takes over.
"Omura-kun." Gu Hisao recovered his thoughts and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to visit northwest Shanxi?"
After sorting out his thoughts, Omura Toshikaze replied: "There is an old saying in China, which is that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. I want to take a closer look at our future enemy."
On the side, Aihara Ihara said nothing.
Gu Shoufu thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "You can't go to northwest Shanxi, let alone observe the enemy at close range."
Omura Toshikaze asked in shock: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, why is this?"
"It seems that Mr. Omura doesn't know enough about our future enemies." Gu Hisao narrowed his eyes and said, "The three regiments of the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi have a large amount of air defense firepower. Even the reconnaissance planes of the Locust Army dare not easily enter northwestern Shanxi.
, even if we enter, we can only do high-altitude reconnaissance. If our transport plane goes to observe it at close range, isn’t it looking for death?”
After hearing what Gu Hisao said, Omura Toshifeng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and did not dare to mention anything about going to northwest Shanxi again.
