Shigeo Masuko got the general location of the 27th Army headquarters from a fellow villager, and then made a hands-on gesture;
The poor fellow was killed and silenced by Team Captain Sasaki. In these troubled times, there were only a few ordinary people, so no one would notice him at all.
At the 27th Army Headquarters, Commander Fan Hanjie was convening a meeting with Commander Liu of the 45th Division, Commander Huang of the 46th Division, Commander Chen of the 8th Reserve Division and others.
General Fan was born in the Guangdong Army and graduated from the first batch of Huangpu. He was already a major general of the Guangdong Army before entering the school. He was the only general cadet among the first batch of enlisted students. He was very senior in the Huangpu Department.
After the chief of staff introduced the military situation, Commander Fan began to speak:
"Everyone, the 36th Japanese Division has been mobilized frequently in the past few days. Everyone knows Sima Zhao's intentions. The Japanese are preparing to attack us!
As far as I know, a few months ago, the 36th Division fought against tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops in the Battle of Yuci and suffered heavy casualties. It retreated to Yuci City and rested for half a year before recovering;
Although the Japanese troops have been replenished, it will be difficult to replace those veterans who have been lost. Today's 36th Division is an empty frame, and its combat effectiveness has dropped by at least 30%!
On the other hand, our 27th Army is composed of veterans of the 37th and 39th Army who have survived many battles, and some new recruits have been added. After several months of training, the overall combat effectiveness has been significantly improved;
In terms of military strength, my three reorganized divisions..."
Just as several big bosses of the 27th Army were having a meeting, on an unnamed mountain ridge two kilometers away, Captain Shigeo Yizhong stared sinisterly at the location of the military headquarters down the mountain like a poisonous snake. The entire platoon fell in a pool of blood...;
The densely packed antennas and criss-crossing fortification groups looked like important targets of the 27th Army. They were either division-level command posts or corps-level command posts. This discovery made him excited.
"Sasaki-kun, send electricity to the division headquarters and report the target location to the division commander..."
More than ten kilometers away, at the headquarters of the 36th Division, Lieutenant General Wu Dan was staring at the map, thinking about how to break the deadlock. The 27th Army's defense was very tight and they never found a good opportunity.
The new chief of staff, Colonel Nishikan Masanobu, walked in excitedly and reported to Lieutenant General Maiden:
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, there is a call from the Masuko advance team. They have found an important target of the 27th Army!"
After Colonel Xi Kuan finished speaking, he excitedly handed the telegram to the old devil Wu Dan;
Wu Ren was overjoyed after reading it, but he was worried that he could not break the deadlock. He really couldn't find anything after running through iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it.
After Maidan read the telegram at a glance, he looked closely at the map, and then said to Colonel Nishikan:
"Nishikuan-kun, send electricity to the Commander, send the target location to Miyamoto-kun, and request tactical guidance!"
"Hey!"
Xi Kuan took the order and left, while Mai Dan continued to stare at the map and think about the best attack plan.
"Yo Xi, as long as we severely damage the 27th Army, the main force of the Chinese Nationalist Army, our 36th Division will have made a big turnaround, and we can show Xiao Zhuojun and other colleagues in the army that it is not that I am incompetent, but that I am incompetent. It’s Chu Xiong who is too cunning.”
Since the defeat at the hands of Chu Xiong's independent brigade in the Battle of Yuci, Chu Xiong has become a lingering inner demon of Lieutenant General Wu Ren, always thinking about defeating the Chinese army to prove himself.
In his opinion, losing to Chu Xiong was not a shame. In the past few years, there were only a handful of commanders who could bring the main force back to Chu Xiong in an organized manner like him.
Many of them were wiped out. It is rare for him to be able to break out of the encirclement...
"Mr. Chu Xiong, I heard that you were put under house arrest by one of our own people. I don't know if I can compete with you again in this life. It's too unchallenging to fight these losers!"
Lieutenant General Maidan, who had found a way to defeat the enemy, began to act cool. Anyway, no one would hear him and he would not be struck by lightning.
Colonel Nishikuan happened to walk in. By coincidence, he lost his hearing and did not hear the words about the dancer's equipment. He should not have listened. This is a necessary quality for a chief of staff to not get a box lunch early.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, in one hour, 30 planes from Taiyuan Airport will fly over the target, and the air warriors will erase the target area mark from the map;
Your Excellency, the Commander, ordered our troops to take advantage of the moment when the 27th Army lost command and was in chaos, to launch a thunderous strike and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. ";
After Colonel Nishikuan finished speaking, he handed the message to Lieutenant General Maiden. Lieutenant General Maiden read it briefly and then studied the attack plan with Colonel Nishikuan.
There is only one hour left and time is very tight. The brains of the two old devils came together to plot against someone.
The meeting of the 27th Army Military Headquarters was still in progress, and they did not realize that they were being targeted by a group of poisonous snakes.
Fortunately, the Kuomintang army had been bombed by the Japanese a lot, and they had also figured out a set of home-made methods to prevent air attacks. Soon after the Japanese planes from Taiyuan Airport were dispatched, radio waves flew to various places, and naturally there was also the 27th Army.
General Fan was talking in high spirits when a communications staff officer rushed in and shouted loudly:
"A large number of Japanese planes have been spotted in the northwest, hurry!"
Upon hearing this, Commander Fan immediately ordered:
"Evacuate the military headquarters according to the air defense plan. You guys should go back and take care of your troops. Don't be attacked by the Japanese!"
Half a minute later, the air defense whistle sounded, and the 27th Army headquarters hurriedly evacuated, but unfortunately it was too late...
As soon as Commander Fan and others evacuated the military headquarters, black aircraft swooped over from the sky. The target of their bombing was very clear, which was the military headquarters of the 27th Army.
Strings of bombs fall from the sky like vulture poop
"Boom boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The location of the military headquarters was instantly engulfed in smoke and dust. A dozen communications soldiers who had no time to evacuate were engulfed by the explosion, and the military headquarters' communication system was partially paralyzed;
Fortunately, several division commanders escaped. They also knew the Japanese's intentions. It would not be too confusing to stop the Japanese in division units. However, Commander Fan suffered a lot and temporarily lost command of the divisions. The situation was very serious for the 27th Army. unfavorable.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The Japanese planes were still bombing indiscriminately, which caused a large number of casualties to the 27th Army Headquarters, and the ground was stained red with blood.
Commander Fan, who had passed through the disaster, said to the Chief of Staff who was guarding him:
"You go to the 45th Division, and I'll go to the 46th Division. If the first line of defense can't hold it, retreat to the second and third lines, and fight the Japanese to the death on the third line of defense!"
On an unknown mountain ridge, Masuko Shigeo was admiring his masterpiece from a distance with a telescope, and said to himself:
"Yamamoto-kun, I am the empire's special operations pioneer who has truly mastered the essence of special operations. You are just luckier than me!
After this battle, Your Excellency the Commander should understand that snakes that bite are often the best at hiding their whereabouts.
Move beyond the nine heavens, hide under the nine earths, do nothing without taking action, and kill the enemy with one action. This is the real special operations! "
