After the failure of the mopping up of the Taiyue 386th Brigade, the commander of the North China Front, General Binshan Yuan, was directly replaced by Lieutenant General Tada Shun.
As the commander of the North China Front with the rank of lieutenant general, Shun Tada has to face many challenges.
The most important challenge is to gain the support of more than a dozen lieutenant generals of the North China Front as a lieutenant general.
Even if he is a commander appointed by the military, without the support of these lieutenant generals, division commanders and commanders who hold military power, he will never make any achievements as the commander of the North China Front, and he may even be disgraced.
In this case, Colonel Matsumoto's matter gave him a breakthrough.
Domestic means to directly transfer Matsumoto back to the country, stay in the military headquarters for a year, and then be transferred to the army to serve as brigade commander.
However, in order to gain the support of Matsumoto's huge political connections and the military backing, Tada Jun decisively rejected the military's intention.
The special forces' operations on the North China Front did not meet expectations but were directly changed by Tada Shun and achieved good results.
In this way, Matsumoto does not have to be refrigerated without being punished.
In addition, Jun Tada discovered that the special forces trained by Matsumoto were indeed good at dealing with the Eighth Route Army. He had an idea and decided to keep him in the North China Front Army, and he was promoted to a rank and directly served as the commander of the Major General Brigade.
At the Japanese Army Headquarters in North China, the chief of staff rushed in with a telegram, a smile on his face, and he knew it was a good thing.
"Your Excellency, Commander, your decision to insist on letting Major General Matsumoto serve as the commander of the newly expanded Linfen Garrison Brigade is really wise. In just a few days, Matsumoto defeated the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army operating in Linyi.
, the remaining less than 300 people were chased by one of our infantry groups and hid in the mountains!"
"I believe that with Major General Matsumoto in charge in Linfen, the Eighth Route Army in Linyi and several surrounding counties will no longer be arrogant and will eventually be wiped out by Major General Matsumoto!"
Tada Shun also laughed, stared at the chief of staff and asked: "If I guessed correctly, the reason why Matsumoto was able to achieve such great results in such a short period of time must have played a big role in the remnants of the special forces in his hands!"
"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" the Chief of Staff affirmed.
"It seems that my decision to keep Matsumoto was right!" Tada Shun affirmed.
"Although the performance of the special forces on the battlefield did not meet expectations and they were disbanded by the military. But one thing is undeniable. The special forces still have a way to deal with the guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army, and our main opponent is the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, the special forces cannot disappear.
I will use them against the Eighth Route Army!"
Then he began to issue orders without waiting for the chief of staff to ask his doubts and worries.
"Send a telegram to Major General Matsumoto, and the front army will give the Linyi garrison brigade the establishment of a brigade to continue to form and train special forces to fight against the Eighth Route Army. All supplies and equipment expenses will be borne by the front army!"
"Also, tell Major General Matsumoto to do a good job in Linyi and train the special brigade well. As long as the Linyi garrison brigade has sufficient military exploits and combat effectiveness, I will apply to the military department to expand the garrison brigade into an independent mixed brigade.
Become a field force!"
This telegram from the North China Front Army Headquarters Tada Jun restored Matsumoto's confidence. When he was responsible for clearing out the anti-Japanese forces in several surrounding counties, he began to form and train the special forces he was best at.
In the end, Matsumoto and his Japs directly developed into the most difficult Japs to fight in the entire Taiyue, and even in the entire Shanxi!
At the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, Wang Ping, who had been nervous for nearly two months, rarely took a good rest.
I train on time every night. During the day, I go to the mountains with the special forces team to train, and by the way, I go hunting and shoot some tooth sacrifices.
In the past two months in Taiyue, due to various reasons such as the war and the lack of food in the army, he ate coarse grains and marching rations every day. If he was lucky enough to seize the Japanese canned goods, Wang Ping's mouth almost faded away.
During this time, replenish and supplement.
After a day of training, as soon as Wang Ping returned to the station with two wild rabbits on his back, the headquarters guards knocked on the door of his room.
"Captain Wang, the leader wants to see you and wants you to go there immediately, the sooner the better!" He reported to Wang Ping as soon as he saw him, his eyes filled with envy.
Whether he was the cooking squad leader at the beginning or the special operations team captain who followed him, and now the special operations brigade captain. Wang Ping's rank is not high, but he enjoys the treatment of a cadre above the regiment level, and even enjoys better food than
The head of the headquarters must be good. This is absolutely unprecedented in the headquarters.
However, Wang Ping did it. Not only did he do it, the head of the headquarters also turned a blind eye to what he did, closed one eye, and just ignored it!
Wang Ping didn't care what the guard in front of him thought, he frowned and muttered to himself.
"So anxious? Could something go wrong again?"
"I don't know either. Both commanders are waiting for you at the headquarters, asking you to go there as soon as you receive the order!" the guard replied quickly.
Wang Ping reacted quickly. He tied the armed belt on the table to his waist and walked out.
As soon as Wang Ping walked into the headquarters war room, the deputy commander-in-chief handed him a telegram.
"This is an urgent telegram just sent by Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade. It is related to you. Please take a look first!"
"Matsumoto, commander of the Linyi garrison brigade, he no longer engages in special forces!" Wang Ping frowned and muttered to himself just after reading half of the telegram.
After reading the entire telegram, Wang Ping frowned even deeper.
"It's incredible that Jun Tada trusts Matsumoto so much!"
"Not only did he become the brigade commander, but he was also asked to reorganize special forces to deal with us. In this case, the 386th Brigade will definitely suffer a big loss!"
"Matsumoto is a member of the special forces and must be very familiar with our guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare. If he is asked to serve as brigade commander in Linyi, it will be very difficult for our troops to develop there. Matsumoto may even be kicked out, or even
It’s possible to eliminate them!”
"You are right, let's take a look at the second telegram sent by Brigadier Chen!" the deputy commander said, taking out another telegram.
"The new regiment was crippled by Matsumoto. Only one deputy battalion commander and more than 200 remaining soldiers were left in the regiment. All the others were sacrificed. And they were chased all the way into the mountains by the Japanese!"
"Captain Zhou died!" Wang Ping was stunned and shouted in disbelief.
"Not only Captain Zhou, but also the political commissar and chief of staff of the new regiment, including other members of the headquarters and a battalion below, were all taken over by the Japanese!" This time it was the deputy chief of staff who spoke, his tone full of anger and anger.
Frustrated.
"It has been several years since our Eighth Route Army sent troops to fight against Japan. No regiment has suffered such heavy losses! This battle was too painful. Also, as soon as the new regiment retreated, the anti-Japanese deeds in Linyi and several surrounding counties were leaderless and suffered.
It was a devastating blow from the Japanese."
"It can be said that our resistance against Japan in Linyi is now in a blank state!"
Wang Ping's eyes quickly shifted to the map on the wall, and he frowned and replied: "Linyi is too important. The Eshou-Tongpu Railway must not be lost!"
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