Yang Ling and his small force, which penetrated the enemy's perimeter and poisonous gas zones, attacked everywhere, specifically targeting the enemy's command structures at all levels.
Under the leadership of Yang Ling, a master, the disguise of the Japanese command organization was like the emperor's new clothes, which could not fool Yang Ling's eyes at all.
Yang Ling and the others succeeded repeatedly. In a short period of midnight, they took over a brigade headquarters, five squadron headquarters, and annihilated several patrol teams. For a time, the Japanese were in panic.
Brigade commander Kei Aoki kept losing contact with lower-level troops, and the news reported almost made him faint from anger.
They had already suffered heavy losses, with a large number of commanders at all levels killed in battle. Now that Yang Ling and the others had messed with them like this, the command system they had finally established was once again in chaos.
Fortunately, the poisonous gas zone on the outside blocked the Chinese ** team. Otherwise, once the Chinese ** team launched an attack, the remaining units would have lost their headquarters and would have been defeated one by one.
"According to intelligence, this is an elite small force of the China Army, specifically designed to target our headquarters at all levels. If we cannot take decisive measures, I am afraid that the newly gathered troops will be in chaos again. Once dawn, the China Army will attack again.
,The consequences could be disastrous......"
The intelligence staff officer's words finally brought the brigade commander Kei Aoki back to his senses. He was angry again, but the problem had to be solved.
Kei Aoki's eyes became sharp: "Ask Sasaki-san to personally lead two squadrons to eliminate them. I will notify the troops in each defense area to cooperate. They must be eliminated before dawn! The safety of the airborne area must be ensured."
"Hiyi!"
Their 106th Division has fought so far, and has lost all its officers and commanders at the grassroots level. The remaining soldiers they have gathered are just a ball of scattered sand.
The 106th Division was originally a special division. Except for the officers, most of the soldiers were transferred from the reserve force. They did not have a strong will to fight. It was good to have officers under their command, and they could also exert strong combat effectiveness.
However, as a large number of experienced officers were killed in battle, these soldiers without anyone to command them became headless flies. Without a strong will to fight, they were quickly defeated.
For this reason, the commander of the 11th Army, Okamura Neiji, specially and urgently deployed nearly two hundred grassroots officers below the commander to prepare to parachute to the 106th Division, hoping to restore the combat effectiveness of the troops and prevent them from collapsing at the first touch.
Now the 106th Division is desperate, and the airborne officer has no choice but to order the troops to fight again.
Okamura Neiji did not hope that these airborne officers could lead the defeated group of 106th Division troops to break out. Instead, he hoped to stabilize the situation and wait for reinforcements so that they would not be completely annihilated.
If the 106th Division is really completely wiped out, I'm afraid this will be a shame they will never be able to wash away. It will be a huge blow to their military morale and they will be unable to launch a new offensive in a short period of time.
Originally, it was a very risky thing to parachute officers into the encirclement. After all, their living space has been drastically reduced, and Chinese artillery shells can hit them at will.
The main reason is that the Chinese ** team has few artillery shells. Otherwise, there would be no need for the infantry brothers to attack by force. A random bombardment could wipe them all out.
Now that a small and powerful force like Yang Ling appears in this area, the danger is even greater.
If the airborne officers were attacked, the losses would be huge, so Yang Ling and his troops must be found and eliminated before the airborne landing.
One of the Japs' staff officers, Sasaki, personally led nearly two squadrons of Japs to begin the search and suppression of Yang Ling and the others.
The Japanese squads stationed everywhere also began to block the hills and dangerous places, trying to force Yang Ling and the others out.
"Tuanzuo, why are there suddenly so many Japs? Could they be targeting us?"
Looking at the Japanese soldiers spreading out in search formation on the hillside, the brothers all lay down in the grass, not daring to go any further.
Yang Ling also muttered, could it be that he was being targeted by the Japanese? No, he just took down a few basic command posts. He also wanted to find the opponent's regiment headquarters and division headquarters.
"Back off, back off, be careful not to make any noise." Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were searching for him with guns, Yang Ling didn't want to get into trouble and was ready to hide.
Now they have penetrated deep into the core area of the Japs. Who knows how many Japs are still alive? Anyway, they saw many Japs still alive along the way.
These devils were nothing compared to the main force blocked by poisonous gas, and they could be destroyed quickly.
However, it is not appropriate for their small force to go head-to-head with the Japanese. The battle is about to be won. If possible, we should reduce casualties as much as possible. Anyway, the Japanese will not be able to stay alive for long.
The brothers crawled backwards one after another. When they were out of the sight of the Japanese, they changed direction.
But before they had gone far, a Japanese search party came from ahead, and it became obvious what their purpose was.
"Tuanzu, what should I do? Do you want to fight out?"
Seeing that there were only about twenty little devils holding torches, Wang Dongming couldn't help it anymore and asked for a fight.
"Don't fight. Once we fire, all the Japanese soldiers will come around. Let's not fight head-on. We should retreat."
Yang Ling was well versed in special operations. In this kind of large-scale battle, a small force like theirs that penetrated deep into the enemy's core area would be completely wiped out if they were not careful. He could not let his brothers be in danger.
Yang Ling realized that their actions had attracted the attention of the Japanese, so he did not dare to go to the enemy's headquarters with any fanfare.
The brothers were exhausted after fighting for most of the night. They hid in a hidden ravine, rested and replenished their strength, and waited for the opportunity.
"Report, no Chinese found in the east."
"Not to the north either."
"No trace of them has been found in the west."
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The Japanese Chief of Staff Sasaki was ordered to lead a search and extermination of this small Chinese force that made the brigade commander angry. However, after struggling for most of the day, not a single hair was found.
It was as if he was clenching his fist and preparing to punch the opponent hard, but found that the punch was in the air. The fire in his heart left him nowhere to attack, and Sasaki's face turned livid.
"Could it be that the Chinese people have withdrawn?" a tired Japanese captain speculated.
Staff Officer Sasaki looked at the dark mountains and the flashes of explosions in the distance from time to time, and shook his head: "They must be hiding. Look, keep looking. Even if they get underground, we will find them out!"
This was not because Sasaki was serious about his work, but because an airborne operation was about to begin at dawn. If the threat could not be cleared away, if something went wrong, he might not be able to shoulder the responsibility.
"Hiyi!"
Facing the stubborn staff officer Sasaki, the Japanese soldiers who were dispatched to participate in the search and suppression agreed on the surface, but they were scolding them in their hearts.