Shanxi.
Taiyuan.
First Army Headquarters.
Early in the morning, Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu received intelligence from the 37th Division that Niangziguan was attacked by a brigade of the Eighth Route Army.
So Yoshio Iwamatsu ordered the chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, Kazuki Yamamoto and other combat staff to the war room.
So that you can receive the battle situation at Niangziguan at any time and formulate corresponding strategies.
"Your Excellency Commander!"
Chief of Staff Hanatani was reporting the current battle situation to Yoshio Iwamatsu:
"According to the report from the 37th Division Regiment Headquarters, the Eighth Route Army attacking Niangziguan Station has about 5,000 troops. It should be a brigade in the Eighth Route Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region."
"Currently, two mobile detachments of the 37th Division have set off from Yangquan and Jingxing counties to reinforce Niangziguan."
"Calculating the time, if the two supporting armies did not encounter an obstruction halfway, then the two supporting armies would have arrived at Niangziguan and exchanged fire with the Eighth Route Army."
Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded upon hearing this. At this time, the news that the two mobile detachments of the 37th Division had encountered an obstruction had not yet come.
It means that these two mobile detachments are about to arrive at Niangziguan.
The Eighth Route Army is just a miscellaneous brigade. With two mobile detachments attacking from the east and west, it can completely crush it.
Thinking of this, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked relaxed. The Eighth Route Army wanted to get involved in the Shotai Railway, but it didn't have the strength yet!
But at this moment, the communications staff officer of the First Army hurried in with a telegram in his hand and reported to Yoshio Iwamatsu:
"Report! 23rd Lieutenant General Anda, commander of the 37th Division, urgent call!"
"Read it!" Yoshio Iwamatsu waved his hands, completely unaware that a tragedy had occurred in the 37th Division.
Hanatani Masaru, Miyazaki Masao and Yamamoto Kazuki who were standing aside didn't pay attention.
The soldiers of the two mobile brigades are all battle-hardened elites. They are also equipped with 20 armored vehicles and an artillery battalion, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.
As long as they don't encounter the main forces of the Eighth Route Army's New First Regiment, the Independent Regiment, the New Second Regiment, and the main force of the 129th Division, they are enough to deal with other ordinary units of the Eighth Route Army.
If it is the large-scale main force of the Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, it can still run away even if it cannot be defeated.
"Hi!" the communications staff officer read out while holding the telegram, trying to keep his tone smooth: "The first mobile detachment and the second mobile detachment of the 37th Division were ambushed by the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Piianlianggou and Longwangtu respectively.
, all 4,000 Locust Army soldiers were shattered, Niangziguan was occupied by a new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, His Majesty the Emperor was on board, and the Japanese Locust Army was on board!"
"Nani?" Yoshio Iwamatsu suddenly turned around and said in a deep voice, "What did you say? The first and second detachments of the 37th Division are all in pieces?"
Hanaya Tadashi, Yamamoto Kazuki and others on the side also suddenly turned their heads and cast incredulous looks.
"Hi!" the communications staff officer paused and said in a deep voice with an affirmative tone, "We were ambushed by the new regiment headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and everyone was shattered!"
"Baga, Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong again!"
Yoshio Iwamatsu gritted his teeth and held the handle of the sword tightly with his right hand. At this moment, he wanted to practice a wave of sword skills.
The ideal is full, but the reality is cruel.
He had the same idea as Anda Twenty-Three, imagining that two mobile detachments would severely damage the Eighth Route Army troops attacking Niangzi Pass.
But it is a pity that this time the First Army fell into Li Yunlong's plan of encirclement and reinforcements.
The First Army was ridden on the neck by the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and urinated on. Yoshio Iwamatsu was very angry, but there was nothing he could do to defeat the New Regiment.
The reason is simple, you can't beat it.
Not only were they unable to defeat them, but they lived on tenterhooks every day, fearing that one day the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi and the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi would attack Taiyuan from both sides.
"idiot!"
The more Yoshio Iwamatsu thought about it, the angrier he became. Finally he couldn't bear it any longer. He suddenly exploded and drew out his command saber with a sharp sound.
He chopped all the tea cups on the long table in the war hall to the ground, then turned around and slashed the antique vase in the corner into pieces.
Seeing this scene, Yamamoto Kazuki couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
Yamamoto was all too familiar with this violent scene of Iwamatsu Yoshio. The previous commander, Shinozuka Yoshio, did the same thing every time the First Army suffered a defeat, drawing out his lieutenant general's sword and hacking at him.
The fragments of the vase chopped into pieces by Yoshio Shinozuka could fill several trucks.
Over time, Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio's sword skills improved rapidly and he was almost promoted to a kendo master.
However, Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio did not use his sword skills in the end and was beaten to a pulp by the submachine gun of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
Now, Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, has he started to practice swordsmanship frequently?
After venting his inner anger, Yoshio Iwamatsu pulled the sword back into its sheath.
On the side, Masao Hanatani, Masao Miyazaki and the communications staff did not dare to express their anger.
Then, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at the communications staff: "Immediately forward this telegram to the North China Front Army Headquarters, requesting the North China Front Army Headquarters to mobilize troops to attack the New Regiment in Northwestern Shanxi."
Because Okamura was afraid of information leakage, he strictly ordered the transfer of the first division and a second-line division from the mainland to Shanxi to be kept secret, so Yoshio Iwamatsu and others did not know yet.
"Hi!"
The communications staff breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his head before turning around and leaving.
Then, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Kazuki Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-kun, how is the training of your advancing team?"
"Report to Commander!" Yamamoto Kazuki said, "The advance team has completed training and screening. Unqualified soldiers have been eliminated. Every advance team member is the best among the best!"
"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Iwamatsu looked relieved, "Let your advance team enter the base areas of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible and play their role."
This time, the most elite 500 officers and soldiers selected by the Yamamoto Special Forces from the three divisions and garrison units under the First Army participated in the training.
In the end, only 200 officers and soldiers stood out and passed the Devil's Moon training to become advance team members.
The combat effectiveness of this group of Japanese soldiers is second only to the Yamamoto special agent team.
"Hi!" Yamamoto Kazuki lowered his head first, then raised his head and said, "Commander, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the advancing team and better complete the mission, I hope they are equipped with Bai-type submachine guns."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The special agents are all equipped with MP38 submachine guns.
It's just that Yamamoto Kazuki currently does not have the ability to obtain so many German submachine guns and ammunition.
Yoshio Iwamatsu asked: "How many Hundred-type submachine guns are needed?"
"200 is enough," Yamamoto Kazuki said, "to ensure the firepower of the advancing team in close combat."
Of course, when the advance team enters the Eighth Route Army base area, it is still required to carry bolt-action rifles such as Type 38, Liao 13 and Zhongquan.
Yamamoto Kazuki also knew that these weapons did not match the weapons of the main force of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment.
But he couldn't get the semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns equipped by the Eighth Route Army.
In Kazuki Yamamoto's view, this advance team's action was planned under top-secret circumstances. Apart from himself, only Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu, Chief of Staff Masaru Hanatani and Masao Miyazaki in the First Army knew about it.
Even the North China Front Army Headquarters didn't know.
Moreover, Yoshio Iwamatsu, Masa Hanatani, and Masao Miyazaki did not know the route the advance team took to enter the Eighth Route Army base area and the time it entered the base area.
In addition to the route, the time for the advance team to enter the base area was determined by Yamamoto Kazuki himself, and there was no need to tell Yoshio Iwamatsu.
The information on the advance team will not be leaked this time, right?
Kazuki Yamamoto is very confident.
If this information is leaked, it means that Yamamoto Kazuki has a big problem.
…
Peking.
North China Front Army Headquarters.
"Your Excellency, General!"
The communications staff officer held the telegram in his hand, walked to Okamura Neiji and lowered his head to report:
"The commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, sent an urgent message that Niangzi Pass was attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The first and second detachments of the 37th Division were ambushed by a new regiment of the Eighth Route Army on their way to reinforcements. They were all shattered and Niangzi Pass was lost.
"
Okamura Neji suddenly stood up after hearing this.
He looked at Arimo Seizo on the side and asked, "Arime-kun, how many troops are there in each mobile detachment of the 37th Division?"
To be continued...