Yoshio Shinozuka was confused.
Who is the traitor?
Is it me...or Yamamoto-kun?
If not, then who is the traitor?
Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly thought after Kazuki Yamamoto handed him the battle plan.
Before going to see Commander Shun Tada, he kept the battle plan in a safe.
Could it be that someone sneaked into his room while he was sleeping, opened the safe, and watched the battle plan?
If the intelligence is indeed leaked, then it is most likely the case, which means that there is a high-level spy hidden in the headquarters.
From the time he took a plane from the airport to meet Tada Shun in Iron Lion Alley in Peking, the combat plan was kept close to him. After Tada Jun read it, he brought the combat plan back.
"Call the 9th Brigade!"
"Call the 9th Brigade!"
These thoughts flashed through Yoshio Shinozuka's mind instantly, and Yoshio Shinozuka picked up the receiver and called.
The voice of Koshii Toranosuke rang in the ears of Yoshio Shinozuka: "General, my name is Koshiki Toranosuke!"
Yoshio Shinozuka asked, "How is the situation there now?"
"Your Excellency General!" Koshiki Toranosuke said, "I am leading my troops to Dagou Bay. I will arrive at Dagou Bay for reinforcements in 40 minutes at most!"
At this time, Kazuki Yamamoto was also listening on this radio channel.
Just when he thought Commander Yoshio Shinozuka would definitely give the order to retreat to Koshiki Toranosuke.
"Yoshi!" Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Koshio-kun, your army must hold back the main force of the Eighth Route Army. When the 29th Brigade and the 37th Division arrive, we can turn defeat into victory!"
"Hey!" Koshio Toranosuke said, "Our unit will definitely hold back the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Your Excellency, General!" Yamamoto Kazuki quickly advised, "This is a fueling tactic, which is taboo for military strategists. At this time, we can only abandon the battlefield observation group and reinforcements!"
Yoshio Shinozuka said coldly: "The battlefield observation group has been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. We must not give up the 3,000 Imperial Army warriors!"
"Your Excellency General, the plan has been leaked!" Yamamoto Kazuki said, "The Eighth Route Army is ready at the front. The 9th Brigade may suffer greater losses. In order to avoid greater losses, please order the general to escape. Major General Toranosuke stopped advancing and retreated to the Kotei stronghold!"
Yoshio Shinozuka snorted coldly: "A bigger loss? Yamamoto-kun, are you afraid that the Eighth Route Army will suffer a bigger loss?"
Yamamoto Kazuki said in an unbelievable tone: "General, are you doubting me?"
"I doubt everyone."
Yoshio Shinozuka left no doubt: "From now on, I take back the command of the 9th Brigade and the 29th Brigade. Yamamoto-kun, you lead the special team back to Taiyuan immediately!"
Yamamoto Kazuki said helplessly: "Hi!"
After hanging up the call.
Yoshio Shinozuka said to communications staff officer Toshimatsu Kasai next to him: "Order, the 29th Brigade and the 37th Division generate electricity and immediately move closer to the 9th Brigade as quickly as possible."
"Hi!" Kasai Toshimatsu paused, and then quickly began to draft a telegram according to Shinozuka Yoshio's order.
Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi asked: "Your Excellency, Commander, why didn't you listen to Yamamoto-kun's suggestion and let the rest of the 9th Brigade withdraw to the Kotei stronghold?"
After the central flowering tactic failed, Kusuyama Hideyoshi fell ill. He got better in the past few days and began to manage the military affairs of the First Army again.
Regarding the failure of Yamamoto Kazuki's beheading plan, Kusuyama Hideyoshi's mood was mixed.
Fortunately, although his central flowering tactic failed, Yamamoto's decapitation tactic also failed.
If Yamamoto's decapitation tactic succeeds, it will prove that Kusuyama Hideyoshi is a useless waste. The majestic major general staff of the First Army cannot even compare with a colonel.
What is worrying is that Yamamoto Kazuki's beheading tactic failed. Not only was the battlefield observation group wiped out, but even the reinforcements who went to rescue were surrounded by heavy troops from the Eighth Route Army.
The losses of the Japanese army were too great.
"Kusuyama-kun, don't you think this is an opportunity to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army?"
Yoshio Shinozuka picked up the blue and white porcelain tea cup, blew it gently, and took a sip.
"A chance to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, do you want to use the central blooming tactic again?"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi was stunned at first when he heard this, and then showed a look of surprise.
I am familiar with the central flowering tactic.
Yoshio Shinozuka said confidently: "Not bad!"
"Since the Eighth Route Army used the battlefield observation group to fish for the 9th Brigade, why can't we do the opposite and use the 9th Brigade to fish for the main force of the Eighth Route Army?"
"There is nothing wrong with Yamamoto-kun's command. If the 9th Brigade is sent out in full force to rescue the battlefield observation group, then the current situation may be a bit troublesome."
"However, Mr. Yuesheng still has at least 3,000 capable soldiers in his hands, and they will arrive at Dagou Bay soon."
"Even if the previous reinforcements were 3,000 pigs, the Eighth Route Army could not kill them all so quickly."
"When Lord Yuesheng leads his troops to the battlefield, the two sides will definitely fall into a stalemate, let alone turning defeat into victory."
"When other reinforcements arrive, and then encircle from the outside, even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army does not fight a decisive battle with the imperial army, they will not be able to do it!"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "Your Excellency, Commander, is wise!"
Yoshio Shinozuka added: "Kusuyama-kun, immediately draft a telegram to Lieutenant General Iseki Ren of the 36th Division, ordering him to dispatch two regiments of troops to assist the 9th Brigade! In addition, the 29th Brigade, The 37th Division and the 36th Division must arrive at the Dagou Bay area within one day!"
"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi suddenly paused, then took out a pen and paper and started writing.
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Dagou Bay.
The exit of the canyon is in the direction of Hanjiacun.
This is the ambush position of the Third Battalion of the Independent Regiment.
The brother troops were fighting lively there, but they were lying on the ground and were not allowed to attack without orders.
A small number of Japanese soldiers tried to run to Hanjiacun along the road, but were quickly shot down by machine guns. The Third Battalion has not even touched the Japanese soldiers until now.
"Batalion Commander, there's a situation!"
Suddenly, a soldier with sharp ears heard the roar of a truck motor coming from the road in the direction of Hanjia Village and let out a low voice.
"A big truck is coming towards us!"
Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao put his hand to his ear and listened for a moment, and sure enough he heard the sound of a Japanese truck.
"It must be the Japanese truck that passed by earlier!"
"Comrades, prepare to fight!"
Wang Huaibao held up the shell gun and shouted lowly, and the sound of gun bolts was heard on the battlefield.
At the same time, Wang Huaibao held up his binoculars and looked in the direction of the highway.
Through the field of view through the telescope, I saw the first Japanese truck emerging from the corner, and the machine guns and bazookas in the hands of the soldiers were already aimed.
Seeing that the people in the truck were not Japanese, Wang Huaibao looked stunned and shouted: "Don't shoot, turn off the safety, they are brother troops!"
The soldiers immediately turned off the safety.
Not long after, the truck drove in from the exit of the canyon. The soldiers of the Sword Squadron and the First Company on the truck waved to the soldiers of the Third Battalion of the Independent Regiment.
As soon as the truck convoy turned a corner, the soldiers on board saw a hand-to-hand battlefield.
I saw Eighth Route Army soldiers and Japanese soldiers mixed together on the highway.
Although the Eighth Route Army was much more numerous than the Japs, the Japs were also fearless of death.
Both sides were fighting with red eyes, the clang of bayonets clashing, the muffled sound of rifle butts hitting flesh, the screams of the dying, and the killing roars all rang out.
The truck stopped more than twenty meters away from the battlefield.
The Sword Squadron was all a group of guys who got excited when they smelled the smell of blood. They all jumped out of the truck before the vehicle could stabilize.
Without Lu Yingjun's orders at all, the team members rushed towards the hand-to-hand battlefield with weapons in hand.
Submachine guns were not suitable for hand-to-hand combat, so they had all been placed on the vehicle. The team members were holding daggers, bayonets and command sabers seized from Japanese officers.
Behind the Sharp Sword Squadron, a company of soldiers, led by Wang Tieshan, also headed towards the battlefield of hundreds of Japanese soldiers.
"Monk, how about we make a bet?"
Lu Yingjun, who was approaching the Japanese with a major general's sword, glanced at Wei Dayong with a fierce look beside him, and then shouted loudly.
"What bet?"
"Compared with whoever killed more Japanese," Lu Yingjun said, "The one who killed less will have to wash the clothes of the one who killed more for three months!"
"Okay, captain, I'll make a bet with you!" Monk Wei looked confident.
Although your kung fu is better than mine, in this hand-to-hand combat, you are competing to see who is more ruthless and moves faster.
After finishing speaking, the two of them were approaching the hand-to-hand battlefield.
Lu Yingjun is tall and has long legs, and his steps are as fast as flying. Wei Dayong entered the battlefield in one step.
Lu Yingjun saw the major general's command sword in his hand sweeping across the air, and the head of a Japanese soldier who was fighting with three soldiers fell off.
Blood spurted out from his neck, shooting more than two feet high. This sudden scene startled the three Eighth Route Army soldiers.
The Japanese's body fell to the ground like a wooden stake.
"One!" Lu Yingjun glanced at the major general's command sword and shouted sternly.
I have to say that this major general's command knife is quite sharp, almost as sharp as the Yunlong knife equipped by the cavalry battalion.
Wei Dayong had no one who could take advantage of him. When he picked up a 38-gauge bayonet on the battlefield, the sound of Lu Yingjun taking blood could already be heard in his ears.
His face darkened, and from the corner of his eye he saw a wounded Japanese soldier a few meters away, wailing in pain, and he stepped forward and stabbed the Japanese soldier in the chest.
"One versus one!" Wei Dayong pulled out his 38 bayonet.
"Two to one!" Lu Yingjun responded in his ears.
Looking back, I saw Lu Yingjun pulling out the command knife from the abdomen of a Japanese soldier.
The Japanese kneeled on the ground, then collapsed to the ground. After lying there and twitching for a few times, he became completely silent.
Wei Dayong was anxious, holding a bayonet and rushing deeper.
In this situation where there are more wolves and less meat, it is not easy to grab the head of a Japanese.
A moment later, Wei Dayong saw a Japs master, wearing the rank of lieutenant. Under siege by five or six Eighth Route Army soldiers, he attacked frequently with a bayonet. Two or three soldiers were stabbed down by the Japs.
"Get out of my way!" Wei Dayong shouted, "This devil belongs to me!"
These soldiers were all from the New Second Regiment. They didn't know Wei Dayong, so they ignored him and continued to fight with the Japanese lieutenant.
The Japs forced several Eighth Route Army soldiers back in just a few strokes. Upon seeing this, Wei Dayong rushed forward and fought with the Japs. Although the Japs Lieutenant had strong stabbing skills, he was no match for Wei Dayong. He was defeated by Wei Dayong in just a few strokes. He fell to the ground and was stabbed in the chest.
"Two to two!" Wei Dayong shouted loudly.
"Five to two!" Lu Yingjun responded.
"How is that possible?" Wei Dayong couldn't believe it and turned to look.
In the moment he killed the Japanese lieutenant, Lu Yingjun killed three Japanese soldiers who were fighting with seven or eight Eighth Route Army soldiers back to back with a knife.
