On the night of October 31, 1940, in the north of Taiyuan City, Wangjiaao
Because most of the student pilots are from the field troops, there are not many garrison forces here in Wangjia'ao. There is only an ordinary infantry squad, and it is not even from Yamamoto's army.
A Japanese squad consists of three infantry detachments, a grenade detachment and a squad headquarters. There are 39 people in the three infantry detachments, 12 people in the grenade detachment, and 6 people in the squad headquarters. If added together, a standard Japanese squad only has 57 people. The only decent firepower in hand was three light machine guns and three grenade launchers.
However, all students in the military academy have firearms. Although they are only Jin-made 65 rifles for training, in the hands of these veterans, even just rifles are enough to suppress raids of regiment and scale. Coupled with the sturdy buildings, there is no need to worry about them. Someone is attacking here.
Not to mention that this is near Taiyuan, and there are many Japanese troops stationed nearby. Even before the ceasefire with the Eighth Route Army, no one rushed here. Doing so is no different from committing suicide.
But the Japanese would never have imagined that at this moment, in the forest not far from Wangjia'ao, a group of several hundred bandits would gather here.
"Mr. Tov, if you take this place, you will pay back 100,000 yuan?" A bearded man asked a middle-aged man with a white face next to him. As a gangster in Cong Hengjin Province for more than ten years, as long as he gives money, Not to mention the Japanese military academy, he would dare to do it even to Kazuki Yamamoto's headquarters.
What's more, in addition to giving money, Mr. Tov also gave so many weapons in advance. Now their bundles, rifles and light machine guns are nothing. They are equipped with 12 cannons alone, with such firepower. , let alone this place, most of the counties in Jin Province can be captured.
"Lermontov, the boss is Lermontov. Don't worry, our alliance is trustworthy. In addition to one hundred thousand oceans, I can also replenish the weapons and ammunition you lost in this battle." The middle-aged white man emphasized, as A senior agent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he has been active in the four eastern provinces. As a Belarusian businessman, he supported the local armed forces and contained the Japanese army. He has made outstanding achievements in the past few years.
But in May, the Ministry of Internal Affairs terminated all his work in the Northeast and transferred his team to Shanxi Province, responsible for instigating local bandit armed forces to retaliate against Yamamoto's troops. Yes, revenge against Yamamoto's troops. Since General Cuikov was imprisoned in May After the killing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs' retaliatory actions have been launched one after another.
Lermontov and the others were just one of those who participated in the retaliation operation. However, in the face of the extremely powerful Yamamoto troops, the Ministry of Internal Affairs' operations failed repeatedly. In the end, only Lermontov was still holding on in Shanxi Province. In order to support them, the Ministry of Internal Affairs mobilized almost all resources in North China, allowing Lermontov to change the clothes of these hundreds of bandits.
As for why the Eighth Route Army was not allowed to assist them in retaliating? It can only be said that the mysterious pride of the alliance's top leaders is at work. They stubbornly believe that it is a shame to ask the Eighth Route Army to help, so Lermontov not only needs to support this bandit army, but also leads people to train them. , it took several months to finally give this bandit armed force the ability to launch an attack.
Originally, they planned to ambush Yamamoto Kazuki himself, but during this period there were too many people who wanted to assassinate Yamamoto, from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Military Command, the Central Command, and even the Bald Eagle, who used snipers and bombs. , poisoning, ambushing, using all possible means.
Under such circumstances, Yamamoto Kazuki's personal protection was very strict. Every time he traveled, he had at least one squadron of guards, equipped with bulletproof cars, tanks, armored vehicles, and even 92 infantry guns.
These few hundred bandits really couldn't take down such an elite squadron, so after careful consideration, Lermontov changed his target and focused on this pilot school.
Compared with the slowness of the Japanese military agencies, the Alliance Ministry of Internal Affairs attaches great importance to Yamamoto Kazuki's initiative. In their view, quantity can defeat quality. As long as quantity can reach a peak, the technical generation gap is not a problem at all. , they are particularly worried that the Japanese will change the original elite aviation policy. Once that happens, even the established Far East policy on the alliance side will need to be adjusted.
The Japanese attempts must be nipped in the cradle, and the Japanese Army Aviation must not be allowed to find a new development route. To this end, the Far East Garrison also used aircraft to airdrop heavy weapons such as the M1938 120mm mortar to Lermontov and the others.
"Mr. Tov, you are so generous!" The boss is obviously more concerned about someone reimbursing him for his ammunition consumption and using money to do things. How can such a brainless business be done with less money!
"It's Lermontov!" The corners of Lermontov's mouth twitched unconsciously. This bastard, he did it on purpose. How could he not know his name for several months?
The night is getting darker little by little.
The lights in the school were gradually extinguished, and soon there were only a few lights left on the sentry posts. It was obvious that the Japanese had taken a rest.
The bandit scouts who had been released also returned one after another, and there were no abnormalities in the nearby Japanese garrison. Compared with this, Lermontov was more worried about the surrounding Japanese soldiers. If there was any abnormality among the nearby Japanese soldiers, he would cancel the operation without hesitation. This operation, now it seems that the Japanese did not notice anything unusual.
After checking the preparations again, Lermontov nodded to the boss.
In the darkness, a group of vague shadows quickly rushed toward the enemy sentries. These were specially trained scouts. According to the plan, they would approach invisibly and then use cold weapons to kill the Japanese at the outer sentries. Even though they were a small group of defenders, , but there are only a dozen people performing peripheral security tasks.
Facts have proved that no matter how well-prepared, it is impossible to be foolproof. Just when the scouts were about to arrive, there was a sudden flash in front of Lermontov's eyes, followed by a huge explosion - a bomb located in the A mine on the edge of the minefield was accidentally detonated, and several bandits were blown away.
Almost at the same time, the searchlights on the watchtower swept over, followed by machine gun bullets. The two wounded bandits who were exposed to the searchlights were instantly sent away by machine guns.
The reaction of the bandits was not slow. Seeing that their whereabouts were exposed, the gunners who had been prepared quickly opened fire and knocked down the searchlight on the watchtower. Although this lampshade had certain bulletproof capabilities, the old bandits were almost miraculous. The bullet still penetrated through the gap in the bulletproof steel plate and accurately hit the light bulb inside. Lermontov and other alliance advisors were dumbfounded.
