Rise from the sword

Chapter 205 Intelligence and Waiting for the Rabbit

"How is the observation group going?"

Chi Yang, Yoshio Shinozuka rubbed his severely painful head and asked.

For some reason, after he received the news that the observation group was attacked, his head started to hurt violently, as if there was a needle in his brain, and the painkillers didn't work.

Could it be that Li Yunlong did this again?
He subconsciously guessed.

In the past, only he would have a headache when he heard about Li Yunlong, and he would never have a headache at other times. He went to the hospital for an examination and found no problem.

After hesitating for a while, the staff officer who came to report said:

"The multi-island brigade of the 33rd Wing has arrived at the area where the observation group is located."

"Captain Doshima reported that the observation group, including Naotomi Hattori, consisted of 120 and three imperial officers, and the two garrison teams were all destroyed."

Hearing the news that the entire observation group had been wiped out, Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes immediately went dark, his throat felt hot, his body swayed, and he almost fainted. Fortunately, the old devil was in good health, so he carried it over.

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General?"

The staff officer's tone was cautious: "Are you all right?"

"Tell me about the specific situation."

Shinozuka Yoshio took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart: "Also, is there any news about who did it?"

The ghost staff officer continued:

"It's not clear yet."

"but······"

Speaking of this, the devil's staff paused and lowered his tone: "Judging from the traces at the scene, the attackers are not many troops, about one and a half full brigades, but this group of people has been lying in ambush for a long time on the hillside where the observation group is located. , digging a deep ambush position."

"Captain Duo Dao speculates that the ambushers may have learned about the observation group in advance."

"Suspected to have learned about the observation group in advance?"

Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes narrowed.

For a moment, he thought of many, many things that had happened recently.

These things all vaguely point to the fact that someone provided information about the imperial army, which led to such a huge loss.

The staff officer looked at the lieutenant general who was lost in thought, paused and continued:

"Moreover, the ambushers have good artillery firepower and strong light weapons, comparable to a brigade of the empire. Although the enemy will collect the leftover shell casings, there are still some left over."

"From the analysis of shell casings and shell fragments, the ammunition they used is the batch of weapons and ammunition we are investigating."

After the staff officer finished speaking, he stood at attention and put his legs together, putting away the folder in his hand.

Shinozuka Yoshio took a deep breath and said in a very calm tone:

"The batch of weapons and ammunition that the empire is investigating, so it seems that the attackers are the Eighth Route Army, right?"

So far, they have only seen the batch of weapons and ammunition of unknown origin used by the guerrillas in North China. Among them, Li Yunlong's independent regiment is the main one, and even the independent regiment is mainly concentrated in it.

Even the frontline national army did not see it, although the national army also imported a large amount of ammunition.But between the two, there is an obvious gap in quality, which can be easily distinguished.

This almost indicated that the attackers were the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, there is a high probability that it is Li Yunlong's independent group.

"Go down."

Shinozuka Yoshio waved his hand.

After the staff officer left, Shinozuka Yoshio looked at the map of North China behind him and fell into deep thought.

This matter is very serious.

The death of a brigade commander, along with 120 lieutenant-level officers, is a major loss even for the North China Front Army, comparable to the loss of a full regiment. In addition, this time it was a guerrilla action, which has a greater impact .

If not, once the base camp is tracked down, he will be severely punished. After all, this matter is within the jurisdiction of the First Army, and he cannot escape the blame for his security mistakes.

Fortunately, this matter was brought about by the chief of staff, General Miyano. With General Miyano's influence, he will most likely only be scolded, and there will be no real punishment.

but······
Some things, it's time to take a closer look.

The documents seized at the beginning of the year.

Taiyuan airport was attacked, how exactly did Li Yunlong's troops escape the defense and warning system around Taiyuan, and the timing of the opponent's attack, just when the flight brigade was about to set off, is it too coincidental?

And this observation group.

Who is it?

In the silent headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes flickered.

······
Jiao County.

Wang Xikui was planning to go down the mountain with Shunzi.

Their mission has been completed, the direction of the devil convoy has been notified to the secret service company, and the next step is to wait for the net to be collected.The two of them had no more missions, so they could go back to Yangcun directly.

However, the two decided to stay here for a while, after all, there was still a battle in Jiao County.

Maybe you can still eat some soup!

When Shunzi packed up her things and subconsciously glanced into the distance, she froze all of a sudden.

"what happened?"

Wang Xikui asked, followed by the same dull look.

They saw that the convoy that was originally heading east suddenly made a big turn, and then drove straight north.

"The devil of the dog day."

Wang Xikui cursed: "You're so fucking cunning, you actually feinted with a shot."

"How to do?"

Shunzi panicked: "What should we do now?"

What they told the spy company before was that the Devils convoy was making noise, but they didn't expect the Devils to circle around and then the convoy drove north.The east and the north are separated by tens of miles.

"Let's go." Wang Xikui made a decisive decision: "You run faster than me, set off immediately, run to catch up with the spy company, and tell them the situation of the devils."

"Is it in time?"

Sunja asked subconsciously.

He didn't have a horse, so it would take a long time to catch up with the spy company, and then the spy company had to turn around. By then, the devils might have left the preset ambush location.Not to mention the ambush, maybe even the spies can't catch up with the Devils convoy.

"Have a try."

Wang Xikui gritted his teeth: "Go and inform me, put the equipment here, if you can run faster, I'll go to Captain Ding to see if they can do anything."

"it is good."

Shunzi took a deep breath, put down the equipment in his hand, and ran frantically towards the spy company.

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At this time, inside the Devils convoy.

The news of the attack on the observation group has not yet reached here, and there is only a noisy engine sound in the armored vehicle.

"Your Excellency the Chief of Staff."

Suddenly, the Chief Intelligence Officer, who had been struggling all the time, gritted his teeth and brought up a topic: "I got some suspicious information."

"Say."

Miyano Michiichi's voice was indifferent.

"We discovered that the Taiyuan Airport was attacked and the gold was robbed. It seems that our internal personnel were involved." The chief intelligence officer tried to maintain a calm tone.

"evidence."

Miyano Michiichi's tone remained unchanged.

The intelligence officer let out a sigh of relief, and his tone remained unchanged, which meant that His Excellency the Chief of Staff had listened.

He continued:
"More than one ton of gold in Taiyuan was going to be transported back to the mainland. Many people knew the news, but less than 20 people knew the specific transport route and time. Even the guards who escorted the transport did not inform the specific route and time until the last day. "

"And the fact that the Eighth Route Army's attack was able to ambush in advance shows that the other party already knew the route of the gold transportation, and even the timing of the convoy's delivery was just right."

"Also, the timing of the bombing of the airport is also weird."

"Judging from the positions left by the opponent, the attackers arrived at the position one day earlier and were ready to bombard the position, but they chose to bombard the flying brigade 5 minutes before they were ready to leave. At that time, the ground was full of gasoline barrels and bombs. .”

"Without the reminder from insiders, it is impossible for the other party to know the exact time. In order to prevent the enemy from knowing the news and avoiding the bombing early, the departure time of the flight team is not fixed every day. The specific time is drawn up by the staff every week."

"The beginning of the year."

Miyano Michiichi looked at the intelligence chief:

"Osaku Yamamoto of the First Army once reported one thing. His special agent team seized the information left by the enemy during a pursuit battle. It contained detailed information about the Yangquan garrison."

"At that time, it was suspected that there were senior spies lurking inside the imperial army's general staff."

"It seems that it's time to look into this matter."

When the intelligence commander heard this, he was completely relieved.

He was entrusted by General Shinozuka and Osamu Yamamoto to make General Miyano pay attention to this matter.

"I have brought all the intelligence materials here, and I will hand them over to you after sorting them out."

The intelligence chief strikes while the iron is hot.

"very good."

Miyano nodded.

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Although Shunzi, who was born as an Orion, traveled quickly, when he caught up with Zhang Dabiao, Zhang Dabiao had already led the special agent company to the east road, only a few kilometers away from the scheduled ambush position.

The heavy load of the big mule greatly increased the marching speed of the secret service company.

"The devil convoy went west?"

Hearing the news about Shunzi, Zhang Dabiao frowned.

"Stop going."

After ordering the troops to stop, Zhang Dabiao spread out the map and found the road to the west, frowning even deeper.

"Too far."

Wang Gensheng on the side also frowned: "It will take at least an hour for us to rush there now. By then, the devil convoy must have already passed the scheduled ambush site."

'This dog is really cunning. 'Wang Gensheng cursed.

Zhang Dabiao did not speak, but fell into silence.

About half a minute later, Zhang Dabiao took out a stack of materials, looked at the materials about Miyano Doichi inside, and after reading for a while, he gritted his teeth and his face became ruthless: "Let's go to Cangyunling on Chaoxiaolu."

"Cangyunling?"

Wang Gensheng was taken aback.

He is very familiar with this place. It was here when he killed Sakata. Of course, this is not the point.

"What are you doing here?"

"It's said in the information above."

Zhang Dabiao pointed to a piece of information in his hand: "The Sakata officer we killed at the beginning was the confidant of the old devil Miyano Michiichi. The two have a close relationship, and the northbound road leads to Cangyunling. .”

"We took away the body of that old devil, Sakata, so I suspect that Miyano Michiichi went to Cangyunling to mourn his confidant and beloved general."

"It's definitely too late for us to go to the ambush point on the northern highway, but it will take less than an hour to reach Cangyun Ridge by taking the path."

"What if he didn't go here?" Wang Gensheng asked.

"So we take a gamble."

Zhang Dabiao put away the information in his hand: "Look at our luck."

"it is good."

Wang Gensheng exhaled loudly.

　Two updates will continue tomorrow...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)