The Japanese losses were not too great. Dozens of soldiers escorting the truck were killed, and two trucks of supplies were robbed. The rest were relatively intact. Lieutenant General Hattori came to Niuhuitou in person and looked at the scene in front of him. A team
The Japanese soldiers dug out the Japanese who were pinned under the bandits one by one and put them aside neatly.
"Have you found out? Who did it?" Lieutenant General Hattori asked with a dark face.
"Report to your Excellency, General!" An officer hurriedly took out a piece of paper and handed it to Hattori with both hands: "According to the intelligence we obtained, it should be the bandits from Zhangjiazhai, but most of them have been eliminated by us. Okamoto
Colonel is chasing the fleeing bandits with all his strength!"
"Bandits!" Hattori said these two words fiercely: "Tell Okamoto to eliminate these bandits and never let any of them escape!"
"Hai!" The officer nodded hurriedly.
The pursuit lasted all night until dawn. Tired, Yoshio Okamoto led his soldiers back to the military camp. Before he could rest, the orderly told him that Lieutenant General Hattori was eager to see him. He washed his face in a hurry,
After dusting himself off, Yoshio Okamoto ran towards the headquarters.
It was a complete coincidence that Yoshio Okamoto came to China. After letting Ma Xingkong escape from the Fujimoto family in Kyoto, this incident left a serious impact on Yoshio Okamoto's heart. Neither of these two old classmates accepted the other. For this reason, Okamoto
Ben Yinan specifically requested orders from the Ministry of War, hoping to send him to the Chinese battlefield, preferably to join the Kwantung Army.
Contrary to expectations, Yoshio Okamoto not only was not approved to join the Kwantung Army, he was not even allowed to come to China. He was sent to North Korea by the Army Department. On the second day after Yoshio Okamoto took office, the September 18th Incident broke out, and the Kwantung Army requested
North Korea dispatched troops to assist. Yoshio Okamoto immediately asked for help, and then entered the Chinese battlefield.
As for Okamoto Yoshio, both the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the Korean Dispatch Force believed that a soldier with a non-commissioned officer's military attache background would not be very proficient in military affairs. Although Okamoto graduated from Army University, they only gave him the rank of colonel and followed him.
Lieutenant General Hattori was assigned to be the commander of the third regiment.
Lieutenant General Hattori's Third Division has a total of two brigades. The Second Brigade and the Third Regiment are actually the service troops of the entire division. On the one hand, they are responsible for all the material supplies of the division; on the other hand, they are responsible for
For the security of Changchun City, the gendarmerie was established to replace Wang Laizi's garrison headquarters. Yoshio Okamoto was still not reused.
This time when Niu Huitou suddenly happened, when all the troops of the Third Division were waiting for orders, Okamoto Yoshio led his third regiment to set off in advance without receiving orders, and only then blocked Zhang Xiazi.
This was a positive move. This was not Yoshio Okamoto's intention to show off, but a reaction based on his own analysis and judgment.
The Third Regiment is stationed in the North City of Changchun, which is the closest to the scene of the incident in terms of distance. When Yoshio Okamoto heard the gunfire, he immediately thought that the Japanese army must have been attacked. He had been to the place where Niu Huitou was.
, knowing where is the best place to set up an ambush, and when you hear gunshots coming from there, you will naturally be ambushed.
"Okamoto-kun! Your performance surprised me!" Lieutenant General Hattori looked at the short and stocky man in front of him. Yoshio Okamoto had no expression on his face. After hearing Lieutenant General Hattori's words, he was neither happy nor worried.
The company's calmness still maintains the solemnity of a soldier.
Lieutenant General Hattori nodded: "Don't you want to say something?"
"Report to the general!" Yoshio Okamoto said: "Bandits are rampant in China. I think we should take immediate action to disperse or drive these bandits out of Changchun. Only in this way can we gain a firm foothold in Changchun!"
Hattori smiled: "Do you have a plan?"
Yoshio Okamoto said loudly: "No! If the General needs it, I can come up with the plan tomorrow morning!"
"Very good!" Lieutenant General Hattori walked to his desk: "Colonel Okamoto, I order you to come up with a plan to completely destroy the bandits entrenched around Changchun as soon as possible. You are fully responsible for this operation, do you understand?
"
"Hai!" Okamoto Yoshio stood at attention and saluted, turned and walked away. Looking at Okamoto's back, Lieutenant General Hattori felt a sense of déjà vu, as if he saw himself when he was young. He also came here because of an unexpected incident.
He rose to prominence in the military. I don't know if this Okamoto Yoshio is really capable or is just showing off.
Early the next morning, Lieutenant General Hattori had just gotten up, and before he had washed his face or eaten, he heard the sound of leather boots outside the door, and a powerful voice shouted a report. As soon as Hattori heard this, he knew that it was Yoshio Okamoto who was here.
He hurriedly wiped his face and asked Yoshio Okamoto to come in.
Yoshio Okamoto actually held a plan in his hand and placed his hands on Lieutenant General Hattori's desk: "General, this is the clearing plan I have made. Please take a look at it!"
Yoshio Okamoto must have stayed up all night. From the night before yesterday until now, Yoshio Okamoto has worked for more than thirty hours, during which there was physical work and mental work. This guy is a life-threatening person. Lieutenant General Hattori at this moment
At first, I started to appreciate Yoshio Okamoto a little bit.
"Tell me about your general idea first!" Lieutenant General Hattori did not go directly to get the plan. While putting on his coat, he said to Okamoto Yoshio: "What method are you going to use to clean up these bandits?"
"I named this operation Operation Mole!" Yoshio Okamoto followed Hattori and said as he walked: "This is a place for the Chinese. We are considered outsiders. Compared to us, those bandits have greater freedom of movement.
and space, and those people are familiar with the terrain. If we send a small number of troops to encircle and suppress them, it is very likely that they will not be able to defeat them. If we send a large number of troops, it is easy for them to escape into the mountains and forests, and we will never be able to catch them."
"I know all this, just tell me your plan!" Lieutenant General Hattori sat down on the chair and someone brought him a steaming breakfast.
Yoshio Okamoto swallowed: "So we have to find a solution from within them! The Chinese have a shortcoming. When they encounter foreign countries, they will share the same hatred and fight against the outside world. If the foreign countries disappear, they will fight among themselves.
, so I suggest that the headquarters can send a small group of troops to continuously cause trouble among these four groups of bandits, just like moles, wandering between the four groups and disrupting their judgment!"
Seeing that Lieutenant General Hattori had not spoken yet, Yoshio Okamoto continued, "And the army is indifferent to them. It won't be long before they start fighting on their own. By then, it will be much easier for us to clean up!"
After Lieutenant General Hattori listened to Yoshio Okamoto's words, he reached for Yoshio Okamoto's plan, opened it gently, and looked at each page carefully: "Okay! I'll give you a chance. If you can handle this matter,
I will definitely recommend to the War Department that you be promoted to general!"