The Ishii regiment divided into two groups and continued to set off along the highway.
After the highway line came to an end, there were no more Japanese strongholds along the way to ensure the safety of the Ishii regiment, and only about five kilometers of mountain road remained.
For Ishii Haraichi, this five-kilometer journey was a journey of secret contest with the Eighth Route Army.
"Send an order to slow down the march and send out the vanguard to ensure the safety of the main force. Send people on both sides of the mountain road to conduct reconnaissance along the way to ensure there is no enemy ambush."
Taking the first step on the mountain road, Ishiihara immediately gave the order. He was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would lay mines on the mountain road or use the mountains on both sides of the mountain road to ambush. This is the Eighth Route Army's usual specialty.
"Hi!" the Japanese communications soldier responded and turned around to convey the order.
At the same time, just as Ishii Haraichi expected, just when he led his team to the entrance of the mountain road, on the mountain a few hundred meters away, there were already independent regiment scout soldiers secretly conducting investigations.
The person in charge of the first section of the investigation was Mu Mu, the leader of the commando investigation team.
The reason was that Kong Jie was worried. In order to ensure that the intelligence coming from the enemy's Ministry of Industry was true, he sent Mu Mu and others to conduct careful reconnaissance in the first section before determining the final situation.
From the moment the little Japanese appeared, Mu Mu had been observing with binoculars. He looked very carefully, and investigated everything from the approximate troop strength, firepower configuration, and even the appearance of the entire Japanese army.
Cao Zheng, the leader of the fire team on the side, asked, "How's it going, Mu Mu, did you see anything?"
Mu Mu looked at Cao Zheng, who also put down his telescope, and asked, "Old Cao, what do you think?"
Cao Zhengdao: "According to the intelligence sent back by comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry, the Japanese are actually attacking Zhangjiazhuang on the surface this time, but in fact they are focusing their attack on the West Village.
In other words, according to the intelligence, of the nearly 3,000 Japs in front of us, 2,000 are puppet soldiers dressed in Japs uniforms. "
"That's what happened." Mu Mu nodded.
Cao Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "If you really say that, the puppet army No. 2000 is really good at acting. At first glance, this team really looks like the Japs No. 3000."
Mu Mu said: "I feel the same as you about this, but from the surface, the pace of the Japs in the front is not the same as that of the Japs in the back. Is it possible that the Japs No. 2000 in the front are really in fake military uniforms?
It is true that the puppet army's troops marched relatively poorly and their team's organizational discipline was poor. "
Cao Zheng secretly pointed at the weapons carried by the soldiers in the Japanese army and said: "If the Japs in front are really in pseudo-military uniforms, these little Japs are really putting on a show. Look at the Japs in front of them, whether they are carrying The weapons and the clothes on their bodies make them look like devils, and some even have sanitary beards!
I still have some doubts. Is this really a fake military uniform?
However, judging from the firepower configuration, Japs No. 3000 should always carry a lot of artillery, but we did not see many artillery in this team.
This is not the artillery configuration that a Japanese regiment should have. "
Mu Mu thought for a while and said: "This matter is of great importance and cannot be ignored. What if the people in front are either puppet troops or Japanese soldiers!
If we make a wrong judgment again, we will be in trouble. Old Cao, if we continue to look at it like this, I can't tell what's going on.
Why don't we give him a try and give him a beating? "
"how to spell?"
"Further back, we ambushed a platoon. The Japanese happened to have no artillery and could not threaten us from a distance, so we took advantage of the mountainous environment to ambush the Japanese.
Let's take the opportunity to take a closer look at the reaction of the first group of Japanese who appear to be puppet troops in disguise.
Regardless of whether the Japanese are disguised as puppet soldiers or the puppet soldiers are disguised as Japanese soldiers, there is one essential thing that they cannot change, that is, when faced with an ambush or death, the little Japanese always react extremely quickly without a look of fear on their faces. , even without the commander's order, he can immediately raise his gun to fight back.
This is almost the instinct of a well-trained little devil on the battlefield after a long period of military training.
The puppet army will panic for a while, and the soldiers will be the first to find bunkers to escape.
In this way, we can easily judge whether the leader is a Japanese or a puppet army. "
"good!"
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Niukou Village.
Regiment Headquarters.
Kong Jie, the leader of the independent regiment, stared at the combat sand table.
Urgent intelligence news has been sent to the regiment headquarters.
Judging from the appearance, there are 500 Japanese troops and 2,000 puppet troops marching towards Xicun, and another 3,000 Japanese troops are marching towards Zhangjiazhuang.
Now for Kong Jie, the top military commander of the independent regiment, the top priority is to determine whether the Japanese focus their attack on Xicun or Zhangjiazhuang.
It's obviously a question of choosing one of two. If you choose with your eyes closed, you have a 1/2 chance of being correct.
This one-half probability actually represents the safety of thousands of people in the Niukou Village base area of the Independent Regiment, including West Village and around Zhangjiazhuang.
That would be a bit of torture.
At this time, let alone the probability of choosing the right one is only one-half.
Even if there were seven out of ten and the other three out of ten, Kong Jie would not dare to gamble.
Kong Jie often used the saying that one general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies to death, and he often used it to criticize the incompetent generals of the national army and the Shanxi-Sui Army.
The military commander's judgment of the battlefield situation is simply too important. The lives of the soldiers are even burdened on Kong Jie's shoulders at this time.
So much so that Kong Jie also hesitated.
"On the surface, 3,000 Japanese troops are attacking Zhangjiazhuang, 500 Japanese troops plus 2,000 puppet troops are attacking Xicun, and the focus is on Zhangjiazhuang."
"But the enemy's Ministry of Industry came back with news that the Japs were actually planning to attack Xicun and pretend to attack Zhangjiazhuang. Nearly 2,000 Japs and puppet troops had changed their military uniforms."
"Besides, if the Japs want to focus on attacking Zhangjiazhuang, they won't be so unabashed and showy, right?"
"So, the 3,000 Japanese troops who attacked Zhangjiazhuang on the surface were just a cover? Are a large number of them really disguised as puppet troops?"
"So those who attacked Xicun were actually 2,500 elite Japanese troops, while those who attacked Zhangjiazhuang were only 1,000 Japanese troops?"
"Interesting, it seems that old devil Ishii Haraichi is really an expert in debunking suspicions."
"Monk, do you think this little devil is going to attack Xicun or Zhangjiazhuang?"
Kong Jie, who seemed to be talking to himself, raised his head and asked.
The monk replied: "Captain, I don't know very well, but didn't there be news from our enemy's Ministry of Industry that the Japanese are planning to attack the West Village?"
Kong Jie smiled: "You silly monk, we can all use Zhu Wenliang of the 311th Regiment to plot and pass false news to the little devils. Don't the devils know the problem of the puppet army within them? They can't deliberately use the puppet army to Are you sending us false news?"
The monk was taken aback, "Captain, are you saying that the information obtained by comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry is false and that the little Japs want to deceive us?"
Kong Jie said: "This is true or false, false or false. At this point, it is no longer possible to judge based on the information we have at hand."
"We think the Japs are taking advantage of their plan, but what if the Japs didn't do it? We think the intelligence from the enemy's Ministry of Industry is true. What if the Japs are following their tricks again?"
A series of rhetorical questions left the monk speechless.
Kong Jie is also a little troubled now.
Since the early spring of last year, my battles have been going smoothly, and naturally, the important Japanese military intelligence provided by the system was indispensable.
When it comes to fighting, a very important point is actually the intelligence of the fight!
Information asymmetry is enough to subvert a war.
In a war, the side with better intelligence basically wins half the battle.
But the system is very hateful. As Commander Kong gradually grows up, the number of times it is triggered becomes less and less.
Not even a trace.
Just like the battle in front of us, if the system could stand up and tell Kong Jie directly and clearly where the Japs were going to attack, why would Kong Jie have such a headache?
"Now it's impossible to judge whether it's true or false. We can only wait for the specific situation from Mu Mu and the others ahead of them to come back from their investigation."
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Ishii Haraichi, who led the team toward Zhangjiazhuang, glanced toward the northwest several times during the process. It was a large mountainous area in the middle of Zhangjiazhuang and West Village.
It is very difficult for the main force to pass there. It is easier to be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous areas, and there is no protection of strongholds along the way.
But if it is a small elite combat force, that is definitely the best route.
"Senior's special agent team should have entered the mountainous area by now!"
Ishiihara thought secretly, and was looking forward to the beheading operation of the special agent team.
Although Ishii Haraichi has the courage and confidence of a soldier, he is also cautious and recognizes reality.
The independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army has been able to go all the way to this point and continuously defeat the imperial troops. Its strength cannot be underestimated.
Even the special agent team led by his senior, Yamamoto Kazuki, was heard to have been repeatedly defeated by Kong Jie, the leader of the independent regiment, and was almost destroyed several times.
That was the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army that defeated the Sakata Regiment, which cannot be measured by common sense.
At present, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army occupies the home field and relies on its base to conduct operations. In addition, the independent regiment has nearly 3,000 troops, which is not much less than his Ishii Regiment.
Even in a head-to-head battle, Ishiihara was confident of defeating the Independent Regiment, but he was really not sure of destroying the Independent Regiment, and the casualties on his own side were even more unavoidable.
If the Yamamoto special agent team can destroy the command system of the independent regiment in one fell swoop when the Ishii regiment is fighting with the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and kill Kong Jie.
Then the outcome of all this is different.
Ishii Yuanichi even had the confidence to destroy the independent group.
Therefore, Ishii Haraichi placed great expectations on Yamamoto Kazuki.
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In the middle of the mountainous area between Zhangjiazhuang and Xicun, a group of Japanese soldiers wearing mountain combat uniforms appeared quietly.
They used the mountains and forests as cover. Even in this inaccessible mountain environment, the teams were still moving under cover alternately. The beautiful intersecting curves were amazing.
Looking at the still endless mountains, determination emerged in Yamamoto's eyes.
Success or failure depends on this.
Whether the special agent team can wash away the humiliation of repeated defeats at the hands of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment depends on today's battle.
The Shijing regiment has been divided into two groups, one real and one empty, marching towards Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.
At this moment, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army must be extremely anxious, right?
How could anyone think that his special agent team would pass through this wild mountainous area and carry out a beheading operation on the headquarters of the independent regiment?
Thinking of this, Yamamoto issued an order and urged the team to speed up.
Yamamoto had brought people to investigate this mountainous area more than a month ago. The terrain and terrain of this mountainous area, including all the mountain roads, were clearly investigated in advance.
At this moment, the special team's route towards Niukou Village can be said to be a familiar one.
Of course, Yamamoto would not attack rashly. After leading the team to approach the entrance of Niukou Village, Yamamoto would wait for the battle in the direction of Ximura and Zhangjiazhuang to begin completely. When the sound of artillery came and the two sides entered a fierce battle, he would take the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
The existence of the special agent team is like a skilled assassin, waiting until the target has a big enough flaw before taking action to ensure a fatal blow.
While thinking about these questions, a lowered voice came from beside me, "Your Excellency, Mr. Da Zuo, a guerrilla team of the Eighth Route Army was discovered not far away!"
Sure enough, not far away, there was a small group of the Eighth Route Army, about a dozen people, looming in the mountains and forests.
This mountainous area between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang is the guerrilla zone of the Eighth Route Army.
It is not unusual to see the Eighth Route Army guerrillas here.
"Your Majesty Colonel, do you want to kill this team?"
Shan Ben shook his head and ordered in a low voice: "Continue to hide and wait for these Eighth Route Army soldiers to leave."
"Hi!"
Yamamoto acted very cautiously at this moment. Although his special agent team could easily eliminate the Eighth Route Army guerrillas not far away, he could not ensure that there would be no gunshots during the battle.
In order to ensure the success of the final beheading operation and the absolute concealment of the special agent team before entering the palace, he decided to continue to lie dormant.
Time passed bit by bit.
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The battle suddenly started.
In order to test out whether the enemy troops attacking Zhangjiazhuang were puppet troops or Japanese soldiers, Mu Mu and Cao Zheng met up with the subsequent lurking combat platoon and launched an attack on the Japanese soldiers with the help of bunkers on both sides of the mountain road.
In order to ensure safety, the combat platoon mainly used 50 mortars in this attack.
The 50 mortar, which has a lengthened and thickened barrel, and the addition of a propellant pack, has a longer range than the Japanese Type 89 grenade.
For the safety of the combat platoon, Cao Zheng and Mumu deliberately placed the shooting range outside the range of the Japanese grenade in order to guard against the Japanese firing back.
At the leading Japs, three 50 mortars were used to fire two rounds.
Artillery shells suddenly exploded on the mountain road. The artillerymen in the team who were manning the artillery were all experts specially trained by Wang Chengzhu and the howitzer. The artillery shells were fired very accurately, hitting the Japanese troops directly on the mountain road. The Japanese team was being hit by the shells. Among them, six or seven people were killed on the spot, and more than ten people were injured nearby.
Caught off guard by the bombardment, smoke filled the air immediately after the explosion. Mu Mu and Cao Zheng took the opportunity to raise their binoculars and carefully observe the performance of the soldiers wearing Japanese uniforms in the front row.
No panic, calm, calm, and very quick to respond.
Some of the Japs in the front row immediately rescued the wounded, while others immediately locked the direction in which Mu Mu and Cao Zheng were firing and raised their guns to fight back.
The entire team, with the Japs at the forefront, immediately showed a battle formation commonly used by the Japanese army.
Then the Japanese artillerymen came to fill in, and under the cover of the infantry, grenade launchers began to be deployed.
But Mu Mu and Cao Zheng succeeded with one attack and immediately ordered to retreat.
The Japs' leading troops counterattacked toward the hillside for a while, but no movement was seen, and then they stopped shooting.
On the way back, Mu Mu and Cao Zheng looked at each other and saw the answer in each other's eyes.
"This motherfucker is definitely not a puppet army!"
A unanimous verdict...
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