boyutpedia Chapter 172 The Japanese are planning a sneak attack
Chapter 172 The Japanese are planning a sneak attack
Seeing his adjutant leave, Shinobu Kazuo suppressed his unease. He then turned his gaze to the mound on the sand table that represented Yunling.
Xiao Zhongyin's expression was somber, and he had a vague sense of unease in his heart.
In two days, he will be welcoming a group of special guests.
A group of military officers were sent from the northern province to come and learn from their experience.
Their troops in the northern province were also being harassed and thrown into disarray by the Red Army's attacks. However, the northern province was mountainous and forested, with high mountains and dense forests. As long as the Red Army went into the woods, they were helpless.
Each sweep failed to fundamentally damage the Red Party.
I heard that the sweep plan formulated by the Western Province this time is very different from the previous sweep plans, so I came here specifically to learn about it.
Moreover, the leader of this team was Major General Miyano, Chief of Staff of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
This shows their deep hatred for the Northern Red Party.
The ultimate goal of Shinobu Kazuo's plan was to uncover the Red Party's headquarters in the western province, which the intelligence department had painstakingly investigated.
It was because of this Western Province headquarters that the Red Party in the Western Province cooperated so well, resulting in attacks occurring as soon as Imperial soldiers left the city.
Previous small-scale encirclement and suppression operations all ended in failure.
Thinking of this, Shinobu Kazuo couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
It's only been a day, and one of my squads has already lost contact.
This is not a good start.
Thinking about this, Shinobu Kazuo's headaches began to relapse.
"Go and call Ichimaki Sugimoto."
After catching his breath, Shinobu Kazuo spoke to the guards at the door.
"Hi."
A short while later, a Japanese officer of about thirty-five or thirty-six years old followed behind the guards and stepped into the command post.
"Commander Xiaozhong, you wanted to see me?"
Upon hearing the sound at the door, Shinobu Kazuo turned his gaze away from the sand table and towards the doorway.
Upon seeing the person who had arrived, Shinobu smiled at him and spoke.
"Yimu has arrived, please have a seat."
Shinobu Kazuo pointed to a chair behind him and said.
After Sugimoto Ichimoku sat down.
Shinobu Kazuo also walked over to a chair next to Sugimoto Kazumo and sat down.
"Yimu, the main reason I called you here is to ask you how your special forces team is coming along. Your special forces team is the key to our plan this time."
"Reporting to the Commander, the Special Attack Battalion has completed its training and is ready to be deployed in battle at any time."
Upon hearing Shinobu Kazuo's question, Sugimoto Ichimoku immediately stood up to answer.
"吆西."
Shinobu Kazuo smiled and praised, then continued.
“Yi Mu, I originally planned to wait until the observation group arrived before letting you perform, but the situation on the battlefield is much worse than I imagined. Now we need you to turn the tide of the battle.”
"Please give your orders, Commander."
Sugimoto immediately bowed and obeyed.
"Our troops have been fighting the Red Party troops for a day now, but we haven't been able to break through any defenses. Although the Red Party soldiers are not well-equipped, they are much braver in battle than the Blue Party soldiers. Of course, this is also inseparable from the leadership of the Red Party headquarters."
So your objective this time is to penetrate deep into the Red Party's territory and launch a surprise attack on the Red Party headquarters. Only by destroying the Red Party's central command can we defeat the surrounding Red Party forces one by one.
"Hi, I'm leaving now."
Upon hearing Shigeo Shino's words, Sugimoto Ichimoku obeyed the order without hesitation and prepared to immediately assemble the team and set off.
Seeing Sugimoto Kazumo's attitude, Shinobu Kazuo nodded in satisfaction.
"Yimu, don't rush. You set off tonight and move to the vicinity of Lijiapo. I will send planes to bomb the Red Party's defense forces in Lijiapo tomorrow morning. You can sneak in during the chaos."
"Hi."
After receiving the order, Sugimoto Ichimoku went to assemble the troops.
Provisional headquarters of the Red Party.
"This Li Yilong is simply lawless. If the team weren't still defending Yunling, I would have dismissed him immediately."
When Liu Cheng received the report from the Yunling position, he was initially pleased, but the news that followed made his anger rise rapidly.
"Boss, calm down. What's done is done, and getting angry now won't change anything. After the Japanese finish this mopping-up operation, I'll personally go to the West First Regiment to criticize him."
"How am I supposed to calm down? I finally captured a Japanese colonel-level officer alive, and before I could get any information out of him, he shot me dead."
"Hey, my old buddy, you know about the massacre that the Japanese Third Regiment committed in the past. If I caught that regimental commander, I wouldn't be able to resist shooting him dead."
Zhuge Ming quickly spoke up for Li Yilong.
Liu Cheng glanced at Zhuge Ming.
"Keep protecting him, he'll get you into big trouble sooner or later."
After a pause, Liu Cheng couldn't help but speak again.
"I know about what happened at Dawangzhuang, but he could at least have left me one Japanese soldier. Ugh, that Li Yilong,"
"Boss, calm down. Let's deal with this troublemaker after the battle is over. Right now, let's focus on the Blue Party unit that Li Yilong mentioned. That's the most urgent thing."
Upon hearing Zhuge Ming's words, Liu Cheng suppressed his anger and walked to the military map on the wall to study it carefully.
"You're asking where these Blue Party troops came from? According to our information, the several Blue Party units around us are all hiding in their defense zones like turtles, and no one has sent any troops out."
After hearing Liu Cheng's words, Zhuge Ming also buried himself in deep thought.
When he received the news, he thought it was wrong, but after repeated confirmation, he was able to verify its authenticity.
"I don't know, but I'm sure this Blue Party unit wasn't sent by the Blue Party in Xi Province. The Blue Party units in Xi Province would love for us to fight the Japanese to a standstill."
Liu Cheng nodded in agreement with Zhuge Ming's words.
Suddenly, a team popped into Zhuge Ming's mind, but that team had already been wiped out by the Japanese tank division, right? That shouldn't be the case.
Seeing his old partner nodding and shaking his head, Liu Cheng couldn't help but ask.
"Old buddy, have you thought of something?"
Zhuge Ming gave a wry smile after hearing Liu Cheng's question.
"I do have some ideas, but I'm probably wrong."
"Oh? Tell me about it, it might give you another perspective."
Liu Cheng asked with some curiosity. The two had been partners for so many years, and he knew his old partner very well.
His suggestions and ideas usually inspire Liu Cheng greatly.
Seeing that Liu Cheng kept pressing him for answers, Zhuge Ming didn't hesitate and shared his thoughts.
"Boss, do you still remember the battle in Yang City a while ago?"
When Liu Cheng heard Zhuge Ming suddenly mention Yang City, he didn't know what Zhuge Ming meant, but he still replied.
"Of course I remember. The Japanese suffered heavy losses that time, especially the heavy artillery unit that the Blue Party had hidden. It decimated the Japanese tank units, rendering them ineffective in combat."
"Wait, you mean this unit that helped the West First Regiment is that mysterious artillery unit? But weren't they wiped out by the Japanese?"
Upon hearing Liu Cheng's words, Zhuge Ming knew that Liu Cheng already knew his guess.
He nodded and said,
"That's why I just dismissed my own guess."