For this upcoming battle, the Japanese's shrewdness lies in the rationality of the "bait" troops sent.
The strength of an elite field brigade is no more and no less.
With the advantage of the artillery fire at hand and holding on to the danger, even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army is encircled, the Japanese command headquarters believes that this elite Japanese brigade is enough to persist until the various forces of the empire are encircled and annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.
Excessive troops can easily cause unnecessary casualties. After all, the Eighth Route Army's firepower is not a display.
There are too few troops, and even if they hold on to the danger, they will not be enough to support the arrival of reinforcements.
And Kong Jie's shrewdness also lies in this.
In the past few days, Kong Jie has been thinking about how to deal with the upcoming problem of the Yamazaki brigade.
The ultimate principle has never changed: kill the Yamazaki Brigade at the minimum cost and achieve the greatest victory.
It is naturally impossible to directly drive the main force of the independent regiment to deal with the Yamazaki Brigade.
The Yamazaki Battalion's artillery advantage is no joke. Having too many people at this time may not be a good thing, but will cause unnecessary casualties.
Not to mention the transfer of one of your main team, you must have a reason, right?
It is against discipline to mobilize the main force without orders from superiors.
Kong Jie couldn't explain this.
Therefore, Kong Jie's final plan was very simple: treat others in their own way.
The Japanese used Yamazaki Brigade to fish for the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and Kong Jie used the guard company to fish for Japanese reinforcements.
To be honest, Kong Jie may not be fond of the small Yamazaki Brigade. What he values more is the Japanese reinforcements that are about to arrive to support the Yamazaki Brigade.
Surrounding the spot for reinforcements is Kong Jie's favorite thing to do.
At that time, when everyone's attention was attracted to the Yamazaki Brigade, Kong Jie's thoughts were all focused on the Japanese and puppet troops who supported the Yamazaki Brigade. That was the big one.
Let the elite guard company take advantage of the terrain of Lijiapo to hold tight and wait for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to encircle the Yamazaki Brigade.
This is also the correct way to finally eliminate the Yamazaki brigade and pay the minimum price.
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Around ten o'clock in the morning.
Ye Min leads the commando team back.
Kong Jie was very pleased to see the commando members standing neatly in front of him, not even injured.
"Comrades, congratulations on your success. This special operations attack on the Japanese airport will surely become a classic example of special operations in the history of our commando team and even the Eighth Route Army."
"Okay, without further ado, the awards from the brigade, headquarters, and even the headquarters of the World War II area are still to come!"
"I don't care about your fatigue at the moment. I still have a new task to give you. How about it? Do you have the confidence to complete it?"
"have--"
The team members responded in unison.
"Commander, just give the order! We haven't even had a good time yet when we bombed the airport this time!"
"That's right, Commander, just give the order and we promise to complete the mission."
Kong Jie nodded and said: "Okay, remember, you are using it as a trump card this time!"
Then, Kong Jie made detailed operational plans and arrangements for the commando team based on his own plan...
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By the afternoon of the 27th.
If the commandos blew up Mingbao Airport, the news from all sources was overwhelming.
As time passed, the news that the Japanese army's Mingbao Airport was attacked and bombed spread like a tide in all directions.
Immediately afterwards, commendations from various forces for the Eighth Route Army commandos also came overwhelmingly.
First, it was the Eighth Route Army headquarters. Needless to say, the boss proposed a strong commendation for the commando team and informed the three armies (here should mainly refer to the 129th Division troops at all levels). Finally, he said that he would record a collective merit for the commando team.
Boss Yan in the World War II area, no matter what he thought in his heart, the commendation orders came quickly.
Boss Yan, who has always been used to searching, was even more generous this time and offered to reward the commando team with five thousand oceans.
As for whether it was a gimmick to show their resistance to Japan, and to show the Japanese that the bombing of Mingbao Airport had nothing to do with our Shanxi-Sui Army, no one knows.
Even Boss Chiang, who is far away in Chongqing, has received an order of commendation, although it is verbal. Although Boss Chiang has recently been faced with the strength displayed by the Eighth Route Army's large-scale raids not long ago, he is greatly afraid and troubled, and even stopped. The "food and clothing expenses" of the Eighth Route Army.
But Boss Jiang has always been unparalleled in such flashy awards.
Soon, the Japanese army quickly discovered that it was a team of the Eighth Route Army that attacked Mingbao Airport at night, and it was a small combat force called the commando team of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
How hateful is this small combat force?
Not only did he blow up Mingbao Airport, he was also very insidious and cunning.
They deliberately left obvious traces on their way out.
A Japanese squadron leader who was good at tracking led the team to pursue him. As a result, they encountered five booby traps along the way, killing and injuring more than ten people.
The headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
After nearly a day, Japanese Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, who finally calmed down the anger in his heart, handed the information about the independent regiment and commando team to Kazuki Yamamoto, who was standing respectfully opposite.
After Yamamoto read the intelligence documents.
Yoshio Shinozuka asked: "Yamamoto-kun, what do you think of this commando team?"
Yamamoto pondered for a moment and replied: "General, now that I think about it carefully, my special agent team should have fought against this commando team of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army several times."
"What's the result?" Yamamoto asked.
Yamamoto Kazuki's face was slightly sluggish, and he replied: "The enemy was in the dark, and I was in the light. I suffered losses several times in succession, first in Yangcun, then to the prisoner of war camp, the mine, and the tracking all the way, and the final confrontation on the gentle slope. Then to Mingbao Airport in front of us."
"What I have never been able to figure out is why this commando team can strike first every time and seems to always predict all my actions."
"In addition, I still don't want to believe that with the backward military education of the Eighth Route Army, how can they understand the essence of special operations?"
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "I heard that your prisoner of war camp once lost a manual on special operations. Could it be because of this?"
Yamamoto said: "It's hard to speculate, but even so, this commando team should not have such advanced special operations tactical thinking. This is really puzzling."
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "This has become a fact, what do you want to do?"
Yamamoto's face turned cold, full of murderous intent, "General, smart hunters often kill with one blow. I will continue to wait for the opportunity until I can destroy my opponent in one fell swoop."
"As long as the commandos are destroyed in one fell swoop, without the pioneers of special operations, the so-called special operations manual will be nothing more than a piece of paper!"
"Not only this commando team, but also this hateful independent group, let me destroy it." Shinozuka Yoshio ordered.
"Hi!" Yamamoto responded. The arrogance that used to be either Chongqing or Yan'an was thrown to the Java Kingdom at some point.
The appearance of the commando made Yamamoto vaguely uneasy.
After the conversation with Yamamoto, Yoshio Shinozuka felt more and more that the Eighth Route Army was a serious threat. Naturally, the original test plan should be put on the agenda as soon as possible. He immediately issued an order and ordered the Yamazaki Brigade to prepare to set off.
The Yamazaki Brigade, which received the order on the 27th, was fully equipped and embarked on the journey in the early morning of the 28th.
Speaking of which, the commando attack on the Japanese Mingbao Airport actually became the catalyst for the appearance of the Yamazaki Battalion on the 28th.
If Kong Jie knew about this, I am afraid he would also feel sad.
It was such a coincidence that Kong Jie didn't even realize that he had become a part of promoting the development of history according to the process.
In other words, if Kong Jie had not sent a commando to attack Mingbao Airport, would the Yamazaki Brigade not have appeared on the 28th?
Or is it that everything has already been in accordance with the established script, and even those who think they are reading the script are actually only part of the process of the script?
In any case, the Yamazaki Brigade followed the news that Kong Jie had learned early in the morning and headed for the Taihang area on the early morning of the 28th.
...It is a clear and clear morning.
The world between heaven and earth has the spookiness that should be expected at the end of October in the Three Jin Dynasties.
This year's cold snap may have come earlier, especially in the early morning, when the temperature was on the low side. When leading the team forward, Yamazaki Jihei, the captain of the Yamazaki Battalion of the Japanese Army, couldn't help but wrap up his coat.
The coldness around him couldn't resist the heat growing in his heart at this moment.
He clearly knew his mission here.
Explore the location of the Eighth Route Army’s headquarters, field hospitals, arsenals and other important military locations.
They also tried to make as much noise as possible to contain the main combat troops of the Eighth Route Army, and waited for the imperial reinforcements to encircle them.
This is an absolutely dangerous journey, but Yamazaki Jihei enjoys the thrills and excitement.
The recent large-scale raids and the sheer strength of the Eighth Route Army shocked the entire North China.
Now, it will be him, Yamazaki Haruhei, who will kick off the Imperial Japanese Empire's counterattack against the Eighth Route Army in the occupied areas.
Danger and opportunity coexist.
If he, Yamasaki Jihei, can use what he has learned in his life, lead his elite brigade, go deep alone, and fight fiercely with the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang, and finally unite with the imperial reinforcements to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, he will surely become famous in one battle and be resounding throughout North China.
The reputation of the flower of the imperial army will never fade...
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