A staff officer walked in: "Your Excellency, the Chief of Staff of the First Army, Major General Kazuki Yamamoto, has arrived."
"Invite him in!"
Umezu Meijiro said in a deep voice.
"Hi."
The staff officer turned and left.
A moment later, Kazuki Yamamoto, dressed in military uniform, walked into the Kwantung Army's operations hall with a solemn expression and a major general's sword on his shoulder.
"Your Excellency, General, Chief of Staff of the First Army Kazuki Yamamoto reports to you!"
Yamamoto Kazuki walked up to Umezu Yoshijiro, paused and saluted.
All the officers and staff of the Kwantung Army, including General Umezu Yoshijiro, looked at Yamamoto Kazuki curiously.
In their eyes, Major General Kazuki Yamamoto is quite legendary.
Judging from Kazuki Yamamoto's resume, Kazuki Yamamoto's troops have been losing battles.
The First Army and the North China Front Army where Yamamoto stayed were almost completely wiped out, but Yamamoto Kazuki miraculously survived.
Kazuki Yamamoto was promoted from a lieutenant colonel to the chief of staff of a group army within four years.
In four years, being promoted from a lieutenant colonel to a major general is nothing. After all, during the war, as long as you can perform military exploits, you can easily get promoted.
However, Yamamoto was promoted from a defeated general to a major general and chief of staff, which is somewhat intriguing.
"Yamamoto-kun."
Umezu Meijiro looked at Yamamoto and nodded immediately:
“How is the current situation in Chengde?”
"Report to your Excellency, General." Yamamoto Kazuki said, "The current situation in Chengde is not optimistic. Although the Eighth Route Army is currently in a state of war, the Eighth Route Army's firepower is too strong. The First Army can only rely on city walls and street fighting to defeat the Eighth Route Army.
We are barely able to compete, and the logistics supplies of our First Army are deteriorating..."
Umezu Yoshijiro interrupted Yamamoto Kazuki's report: "Your First Army Commander, Lieutenant General Nakazawa, has already stated these situations in a telegram sent to the headquarters. Tell me something I don't know."
"Hi."
Yamamoto Kazuki's eyes flashed: "Your Excellency, General, I judge that the Eighth Route Army will launch a large-scale attack on Chengde and Shanhaiguan in the near future!"
Umezu Meijiro narrowed his eyes: "What's the reason?"
Therefore, Yamamoto repeated what he said to Mitsuo Nakazawa at the Chengde First Army Headquarters to Umezu Yoshijiro and the Japanese officers.
In the operations hall, all the senior Japanese officers couldn't help but look at each other. Yamamoto turned out to be just as the staff predicted.
This shows that this kid Yamamoto Kazuki still has two skills.
No wonder that from a defeated general, not only was he not demoted, but he was promoted to the rank of major general and chief of staff of the group army.
From the expressions of Umezu Meijiro, Kasahara Yukio and others, Yamamoto judged that the headquarters must have thought of this, which made Yamamoto very happy.
The Kwantung Army Headquarters looks more powerful than the North China Front Army Headquarters.
"So, in the face of the Eighth Route Army's offensive, what are Yamamoto-kun's countermeasures?"
Umezu Yoshijiro raised his eyebrows and looked at Yamamoto Kazuki.
He wanted to see whether Yamamoto Kazuki had real talent or knowledge, or whether he was just showing off and wasting his reputation.
"Your Excellency, General."
Yamamoto Kazuki said in a deep voice: "There are still at least two to three months before the implementation of the No. 1 combat plan. When combat materials and troops have not been mobilized in place, I think it is not appropriate for our Kwantung Army to fight with the Eighth Route Army at this time.
Be tough from the front.”
"I think we can abandon Chengde, distribute the First Army in the mountainous area north of Chengde, set up deep defense positions, and block the Eighth Route Army layer by layer."
"To prevent the Eighth Route Army from encircling Chengde and delay the Eighth Route Army's attack."
"Also, direction of Shanhaiguan."
Yamamoto Kazuki pointed his finger at Shanhaiguan on the map:
"Distribute the Fourth Army in the area from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou and set up deep defense positions to delay the Eighth Route Army's attack until the start of Operation Plan No. 1."
"Yamamoto-kun, Shanhaiguan and Chengde are very important to the Locust Army, but you want to abandon these two important military locations. Are you sure you are not a high-level spy sent by the Eighth Route Army?" However, as soon as Yamamoto said this, he immediately attracted opposition from Yukio Kasahara.
.
He thought Kazuki Yamamoto had some clever tricks up his sleeve, but this is what happened?
If you give up Chengde and Shanhaiguan, I can go there.
The Special High School had suspected that Kazuki Yamamoto was a spy before, but after some investigation, nothing was found, so Yamamoto had the opportunity to be promoted.
Now Kasahara Yukio seriously suspects that Kazuki Yamamoto is a spy of the Eighth Route Army. He can even say that he gave up Chengde and Shanhaiguan. What is he not a spy?
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff." Kazuki Yamamoto's face darkened, "Please don't make such a joke casually."
It’s okay if Kuroda Shigenori said I was a spy, but you, Kasahara Yukio, also said I was a spy.
If he is really labeled as a spy, his military career may be over.
"Kasahara-kun, be careful with your words and actions." Umezu Yoshijiro glanced at Yukio Kasahara expressionlessly. Shinozuka Yoshio, Okamura Neji and Nakazawa Mizuo are not fools. They trust Yamamoto Kazuki, which shows that Yamamoto Kazuki
People do have two skills, and they are not spies of the Eighth Route Army.
"Hi." Yukio Kasahara paused angrily.
"Chengde is the military center of the Locust Army and we must not give up easily. The First Army will continue to defend Chengde according to the original plan."
Umezu Yoshijiro pointed at the map and said in a deep voice:
"The Fourth Army immediately adjusted its defense deployment and set up in-depth defense positions between Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou."
Umezu Yoshijiro knew very well the disadvantages of the Japanese army and the advantages of the Eighth Route Army. The First Army could hold off the Eighth Route Army in street fighting with the Eighth Route Army in Chengde.
However, the Fourth Army in Shanhaiguan did not have the conditions to engage in street fighting. If it wanted to delay the Eighth Route Army's offensive rhythm, it could only adopt defense in depth.
Yukio Kasahara: "Hi."
"Your Excellency, General."
Yamamoto Kazuki added, "The commander of the Fourth Army must be reminded that when facing the Eighth Route Army, especially Li Yunlong's troops, he must take more precautions and never judge the enemy's situation based on common sense."
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Peking.
Xijiao Airport.
On a starless night, the Second Squadron of the Sharp Sword Brigade was ordered to go to the east of Shanhaiguan to conduct reconnaissance in this area before the large forces began a general offensive.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The main task is to find out the enemy's troop deployment and the suitable location for landing on the beach.
And when the army launches a general offensive, it provides and corrects shooting elements for the artillery unit.
Because the roads to the outside of the customs were blocked by the Japanese and puppet troops.
The paratrooper battalion had other tasks, so this reconnaissance mission was handed back to the Sharp Sword Brigade.
After the regiment headquarters issued the order, this task was handed over to Wang Yousheng and his second squadron by Duan Peng.
The nature of this combat mission is to perform a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines, which does not require too many people.
Therefore, even if the Sharp Sword Brigade has grown to more than 400 people, there is no need for the entire Sharp Sword Brigade to attack.
People like Wang Xikui, Wang Gensheng and Li Changshun have been transferred to the main and newly formed units to serve as battalion commanders.
As for Wang Yousheng, Xiang Tiancheng, Liu Baolin and Ma Chengfeng, these outstanding performers were basically promoted to squad leaders and squadron leaders of the Sharp Sword Brigade.
At this time, Duan Peng walked past more than 50 members of the second squadron and personally arranged their clothes and inspected their equipment.
Finally, Duan Peng walked up to Wang Yousheng and patted Wang Yousheng's strong chest and shoulders.
The current Wang Yousheng is thinner than the Wang Yousheng in the original drama, but his body is stronger and his eyes look very shrewd and translucent.
Duan Peng warned: "This time your second squadron's mission is very dangerous. You must pay attention to it. You must not fall into the encirclement of the Japanese and puppet troops, let alone confront the Japanese and puppet troops head-on. Your mission is mainly reconnaissance."
, don’t panic if you are surrounded, find a safe location and send a telegram to the brigade headquarters. I ask the regiment leader to use Boss Chen’s heavy helicopter to pick you up..."
Although the comrades of the 2nd Squadron are very powerful in combat and can kill soldiers of the Japanese A Division in an instant with their individual soldier qualities, all of them are special-level marksmen.
He can calmly deal with enemies ten times his own size.
But where the Second Squadron is going, there are hundreds or even a thousand times more enemies.
If the second squadron were to be surrounded by dozens of times the enemy, it would be impossible to save them.
"Captain, why are you acting like a mother-in-law today? This is not like your style."
Wang Yousheng smiled and said, "We are not going to die, just treat it as an ordinary reconnaissance mission, and we will complete the mission soon."
All the team members looked relaxed, as if they were not on a reconnaissance mission in the enemy's center, but on vacation in Shanhaiguan and Huludao.
"You boy!"
Duan Peng laughed dumbly and patted Wang Yousheng on the shoulder.
Although the mission of the Second Squadron is very dangerous, the regiment headquarters has also made preparations.
Once the Second Squadron falls into a situation surrounded by the enemy, the Eighth Route Army attacking Shanhaiguan will put pressure on the Japanese.
Li Yunlong will also apply to Boss Chen for a large helicopter to go to the rescue.
After all, all the members of the Sharp Sword Brigade are Li Yunlong’s treasures.
At this moment, a co-pilot came over and said to Duan Peng: "Captain Duan, the plane is ready."
"In short, be sure to pay attention to safety."
Duan Peng then looked at the soldiers again:
"Everyone, please be smart. When this mission is completed, I will ask the leader for credit."
"salute!"
Wang Yousheng stood up and shouted loudly, and immediately saluted Duan Peng with a military salute. More than 50 team members behind him also raised their hands and saluted Duan Peng with a military salute.
Duan Peng immediately raised his hand in return.
Wang Yousheng turned around and said loudly: "Get on the plane!"
Then Wang Yousheng and more than 50 team members boarded the strategic transport aircraft on the runway.
Accompanied by the roar of the huge engine, the strategic transport aircraft first accelerated on the runway, and then climbed away from the ground.
The two escorting Hellcat fighter jets also quickly took off and chased the strategic transport aircraft.
Not long after, the strategic transport plane and two fighter jets disappeared into the night sky.
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Five days later.
Peking.
New group.
Regiment Headquarters.
"Report to the leader, political commissar."
The communications staff officer held a telegram in his hand and walked into the regiment headquarters to report to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang:
"The Second Squadron of the Sharp Sword Brigade sent a telegram saying that they have completed the reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines and the Japanese army has made some adjustments to their deployment."
"Oh?" Li Yunlong asked, "I remember that the leader of the second squadron of the Sharp Sword Brigade is that boy Wang Yousheng, right?"
"That's right!" Chief of Staff Wang Dehou nodded, and then asked, "What adjustments did the Japanese deploy?"
"The main force of the Japanese Fourth Army has been concentrated in Shanhaiguan and has been changed to defense in depth."
The communications officer replied:
"Currently, Shanhaiguan only has one division and one brigade. The other two Japanese divisions and one brigade are located in Huludao and Jinzhou. The specific deployment of troops is to deploy one brigade in Huludao and two divisions in Jinzhou.
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Li Yunlong asked: "Do you have the Japs' number?"
The communications staff officer read the third telegram and replied: "The ones in Shanhaiguan are the Japanese 119th Division and the 131st Independent Mixed Brigade, the ones in Huludao are the 80th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, and the ones in Jinzhou are the Japanese Army
The 123rd Division and the 149th Division, as well as about 30,000 puppet troops, assisted the Japanese in depth defense."
"The Second Squadron is pretty good." Chu Yunfei praised, "In just a few days, we got such detailed information."
Although Chu Yunfei also learned from Li Yunlong's Sword Brigade and formed a Tiger Brigade, and asked Sun Ming to train it himself.
But his Tigers brigade obviously couldn't compare with the Swords brigade in terms of combat effectiveness and record.
This time Chu Yunfei also wanted to invite the masters of the Sword Brigade to the Independent Brigade to train his Tigers Brigade.
"Of course, our Sharp Sword Brigade is professional in intelligence and reconnaissance." Li Yunlong said proudly.
Basically, the members of the Sharp Sword Brigade speak fluent Japanese.
As long as you are not discovered by the Japanese when you land, subsequent intelligence and reconnaissance operations will be much easier.
If you are discovered by the Japanese when you land, it will be very troublesome. The Japanese will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress you.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Judging from the fact that the Second Squadron has obtained such detailed information in such a short period of time, the Second Squadron has not been discovered by the Japanese yet.
"This information is very timely." Wang Dehou said, "The information we received before is that the main force of the Japanese Fourth Army is all in the deep area from Shanhaiguan to Huludao. Now the Japanese have obviously adjusted their troop deployment in the near future."
"In this case," Zhao Gang said with a frown, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy to completely annihilate the Japanese Fourth Army."
"I don't think so!" Li Yunlong looked as usual, "Since the Japanese have adjusted their strategic deployment, our combat plans and emergency plans must also be adjusted."
"Old Li." Zhao Gang thought for a moment and asked, "Do you mean to lure the snake out of its hole?"
"That's right!" Li Yunlong pointed at the map and said, "If we surrounded the Japanese 119th Division, 131st Brigade and 80th Brigade, should we save Jinzhou's 123rd and 149th Divisions or not?"
"If I were the commander of the Fourth Army, I would not save him."
After a pause, Zhao Gang said again: "Since the Japanese have launched a deep defense, they must be trying to kill all the divisions and two brigades."
Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment: "Don't tell me, this is really the truth. It seems that the little devil has received guidance from an expert!"
"Since the Japanese are so well prepared," Chu Yunfei suddenly spoke, "then we might as well have a bigger appetite. After taking Shanhaiguan and Huludao, we can attack Jinzhou in one go and completely seize the initiative on the battlefield!"
"We have captured Jinzhou." Wang Dehou's eyes lit up, "Then we can form a closed-door and dog-fighting posture against the Kwantung Army's devils."
Li Yunlong looked at the map and couldn't help but feel excited.
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(The toothache is so severe that even taking painkillers doesn’t help. I may feel a little watery recently, but I’ll try my best to keep it up. It’s quite uncomfortable.)
