Bright Sword: I am an undercover agent in the puppet army

Telegrams were exchanged.

Kitano Kenzo immediately informed Xu Yang of Shinozuka Yoshio's battle plan via telegram, and Xu Yang then conveyed it to the headquarters of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Looking at the message in his hand, the brigade commander sneered, "Two and a half divisions. This old devil Shinozuka Yoshio has really spent a lot of money to deal with our army."

The chief of staff beside him was secretly shocked: "Yes, three years ago, when the Japanese invaded Shanxi and launched the Battle of Xinkou, they did not deploy so many troops.

If the Lone Wolf Staff had not known the Japanese battle plan in advance and bribed the Osaka Division, our army would have suffered a great loss in this battle."

Brigade Commander: "We will certainly suffer losses, but the situation is different now. Our army is not the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army or the Central Army, and our strategy is completely different from theirs.

At that time, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Central Army were fighting positional warfare and urban attack and defense battles with the Japanese army.

The Japanese army had absolute air superiority, and the firepower of their ground forces was far stronger than that of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Central Army, and the fighting spirit of their soldiers was also far superior to that of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Central Army.

It is not surprising that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Central Army suffered such a defeat.

In contrast, our army is equipped with M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles, Thunder cannons, and various captured machine guns and artillery, and its combat effectiveness is no longer what it used to be.

Moreover, our army was fighting a guerrilla war with the Japanese in the mountains and forests and did not need to guard fixed positions, which made it impossible for the Japanese to concentrate large-scale forces to deal with our army.

Moreover, in the deep mountains, the Japanese air force, tanks and even artillery could not exert their due combat effectiveness.

Therefore, even if there is no Osaka Division as a traitor, our army is not afraid of fighting the Japanese army in the mountains and forests now. "

After a pause, the brigade commander changed the subject and continued, "Of course, with the intelligence provided by the Lone Wolf Staff, our army is not afraid of the Japanese army, but has a comprehensive advantage in this war.

By then, no matter how many Japanese invaders come, we can kill them all!"

"Chief of Staff, call Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and the others over immediately and tell them to hold an emergency military meeting at the brigade headquarters at 2pm this afternoon."

"Yes!"

The chief of staff responded, turned quickly and left, instructing the signalman to convey the order.

Except for Li Yunlong's independent regiment, the other regiments of the 386th Brigade were still not equipped with radio stations, so they could only send cavalry signalmen to convey orders.

A radio station is a strategic equipment that is more important than artillery. In the previous Hundred Regiments Campaign, although Xu Yang and his men eliminated a lot of Japanese troops, including the 22nd Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment, they almost wiped out the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

The Japanese army's radio stations were basically equipped at the battalion level, and there were one in every large stronghold along the Zhengtai Railway.

But the Japanese army would never leave such strategic equipment to the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, before the position is about to be breached, they will destroy it in advance.

The same goes for the squadron flag.

The value and significance it represents are even greater than that of a radio station, because each regiment flag is personally awarded by the devil Tian Huang. The presence of the regiment flag means that the unit's number is still there, and it can be rebuilt even if the entire army is destroyed.

Once the regiment flag is lost, it means that the unit has been destroyed from the root. Even if most of the troops are still preserved, the only way out is to cancel the unit number.

Of course, this does not include the destruction of the regiment flag by oneself.

Therefore, every Japanese regiment headquarters would have a flag guard team specifically to protect the safety of the regiment flag.

Once they discover that the regiment flag is in danger of being lost, the Japanese in the flag guard team will hold a burning ceremony, which, in simple terms, means burning their own regiment flag.

Therefore, even though Li Yunlong and his men successively annihilated the 22nd Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, they failed to capture a single regiment flag. This is the reason.

It was also for this reason that Yoshio Shinozuka was able to rebuild the 22nd Infantry Regiment and promote Hinakawa Okazaka to the rank of lieutenant colonel commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment.

……

One p.m.

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and others arrived at the brigade meeting room early.

Because Li Yunlong's regiment had a radio, the order for the brigade meeting was the first to be transmitted to the independent regiment, and Li Yunlong was also the first to arrive.

As it turned out, everyone else hadn't arrived yet, which made him feel quite bored.

It was not until more than ten minutes later that Kong Jie, the leader of the New Second Regiment who was closest, finally arrived.

Li Yunlong, who was originally drowsy, suddenly became alert when he heard the footsteps behind him. He turned around and looked back. His voice almost followed his gaze: "Lao Kong, you are here? Do you know why the brigade commander called us to the meeting?"

Because this operation was carried out by Xu Yang directly contacting the brigade headquarters, bypassing Li Yunlong as the middleman, Li Yunlong did not know about it.

As Kong Jie came in, he said unhappily, "You bastard, you came to the brigade headquarters first. You didn't even know, and you're asking me?"

Forget it, I don’t know.

The two men first made a few insults to each other, then smoked together, and then began to chat and laugh, guessing why the brigade commander had called them over.

Soon.

Ding Wei, Cheng Xiazi and Xu Shengji also rushed to the brigade headquarters one after another.

The first sentence is almost the same, which is, do you know why the brigade commander called us here?

The answer I got was, of course, I don't know, and then there was a lot of insults.

Then they started to dislike each other, despised and insulted each other, and finally they started chatting and laughing, guessing together why the brigade commander had called them over.

Several people have almost the same character, which is similar to each other, but it never affects the comradeship between them.

They may curse at each other, dislike each other, or even help others when they are cursed at by others.

But if the other party is in trouble, they will really help, even at the cost of their lives.

After everyone arrived, the brigade commander walked in with the chief of staff and several other leaders of the brigade.

"brigadier!"

Several people quickly stood up, stood at attention and saluted.

The brigade commander came to the top seat, looked around, and said, "Is everyone here? Please sit down."

As Li Yunlong sat down, he couldn't wait to ask, "Brigade Commander, why did you call us here this time?"

Although the others didn't say anything, they all looked expectant.

"You are the only one who is impatient!" The brigade commander cursed with a smile, and then went straight to the point: "Just now, I got the news that Shinozuka Yoshio will deploy at least two and a half divisions of troops to launch a sweep of our Taihang base."

"Two and a half divisions?"

When they heard this number, everyone was surprised. Even Li Yunlong, who was fearless, felt a lot of pressure at this moment.

Because before this, the Japanese army had also launched a mopping-up operation against their Eighth Route Army base, but the largest number of troops deployed was only a little more than one division.

However, the result was that every time they could only flee in embarrassment. In the Yunling Anti-mopping-up Campaign and the Battle of Cangyunling, they faced mopping-up raids by the Japanese army.

"Oh my god! This old devil Shinozuka Yoshio really spent a lot of money. You know, when the devils invaded Shanxi, they didn't send out so many troops."

After Kong Jie finished speaking, everyone nodded.

Impatient Li Yunlong asked, "Brigade Commander, what do you mean? What do you mean by division and headquarters?"

The brigade commander laughed and said, "You guys are afraid sometimes?"

Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Are you not afraid? Our brigade is facing the encirclement and suppression of two and a half divisions of Japanese devils. It's like an egg hitting a rock. There is no need for this at all."

The brigade commander gradually put away the smile on his face and said, "My battle plan is to wipe out these two and a half divisions of the Japanese devils." Upon hearing this, everyone took a breath.

Li Yunlong took two deep breaths and said, "Brigade Commander, will the headquarters concentrate superior forces to cooperate with us in the battle?

If we mobilize all the troops of the Eighth Route Army, we may be able to fight."

“It’s just that our base has been divided into several areas by the Japanese, and it’s too difficult to gather our troops together in a short time.

Furthermore, once all our forces are concentrated in the Taihang base, once the Japanese army sends more troops, the situation will be very unfavorable to our army."

Brigade Commander: "There are no reinforcements this time. It's just a battle between our 386th Brigade and the Japanese."

"What? No reinforcements? The battle between our 386th Brigade and the Japanese?"

Everyone was shocked. Li Yunlong asked again, "Brigade Commander, are you sure? How do we fight this battle?"

The brigade commander did not answer directly, but looked at the chief of staff sitting next to him: "Chief of Staff, please tell us the details."

"Yes!"

The chief of staff responded and then went over in detail the battle plan prepared by the brigade.

After hearing this, everyone was even more shocked.

Li Yunlong said: "Brigade Commander, in other words, this raid seemed to be initiated by the devils, but it was actually led by our army itself?"

The brigade commander nodded: "Not bad."

Li Yunlong: "Will the Osaka Division cooperate with us? Are they kidding us?"

Brigade Commander: "The Osaka Division is different from other divisions. This has been stated by the Chief of Staff and has been fully confirmed. I will not elaborate on this."

Kong Jie: “I never thought that the Lone Wolf Staff Officer could bribe the Osaka Division, formulate his own battle plan, and command his own troops.

He can even formulate battle plans for the enemy and command the enemy.

With the help of the Lone Wolf Staff, we can defeat the invading devils one by one. We will definitely win this battle!"

Ding Wei: "After this battle, the Japanese army in Shanxi lost two and a half divisions of troops at once. In addition, the railway was destroyed, so the Japanese army could not quickly deploy troops. We can even take this opportunity to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army."

Li Yunlong: "This time, I'm going to attack Taiyuan and kill Shinozuka Yoshio!"

Brigade Commander: "It's a little too early to say this now. Even the specific combat plan has to wait until the Lone Wolf Staff sends us the enemy's intelligence data, and then we can formulate it as appropriate.

So, I called you here today mainly to inform you, so that you can have some idea in your mind and be prepared to fight at any time.

Next, you need to intensify your training and strive to raise the combat effectiveness of the troops to several levels as soon as possible.

Especially the three-three system tactics. Our army will put this set of tactics into actual combat next. It depends on you to see how much strategic effect it can achieve. "

"The meeting is dismissed!"

"Yes!"

Everyone stood up and saluted.

……

Taiyuan City.

Japanese 1st Army Headquarters.

Shinozuka Yoshio was shocked and said, "What? Kitano-kun sent a telegram to ask when the 36th and 37th divisions of the Locust Army will be in place. He can't wait to wipe out all the Tubalu in the Taihang area?"

"Hi!" The head of the Communications Section, Toyotomi Jiro, bowed his head heavily: "Yes, General Kitano did say that in the telegram."

The Chief of Staff Kusunoyama Hideyoshi said, "Commander, I didn't expect Kitano-kun to be so eager to fight. It seems that we really misunderstood him and the Osaka Division before this."

Shinozuka Yoshio said leisurely: "I hope so."

……

Time flies, and five days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Two infantry regiments of the Japanese 36th Division in western Shanxi and the 37th Division in southern Shanxi, plus a field artillery regiment, arrived in Taiyuan one after another.

After learning the news, Kitano Kenzo sent another telegram requesting to join the battle, and immediately sold the news to Xu Yang.

Yoshio Shinozuka already bore a grudge against the Eighth Route Army and dreamed of annihilating it in order to dispel the dissatisfaction of the front-line headquarters and the Imperial Headquarters with him.

After all, in the Hundred Regiments Campaign, the Japanese army was defeated so completely that he, the commander of the 1st Army, lost all face.

If the Pinghan Railway Line and Longhai Railway Line outside Shanxi were not also destroyed and the strongholds along the way suffered heavy losses, I am afraid that he, the commander of the 1st Army, would have been dismissed long ago.

Therefore, without any hesitation, he accepted Kitano Kenzo's request to fight and appointed Kitano Kenzo as the commander-in-chief of the front line.

The 36th and 37th Divisions of the Japanese Army were both special divisions of the three-three system, that is, the brigade level was abolished, and they were composed of three infantry regiments, plus an artillery regiment, an engineering regiment and a logistics regiment.

Although the commander of the 36th Division, Maiden'o, and the commanders of the 37th Division, Kenkichi Hirata and Kenzo Kitano, were all lieutenant generals, as lieutenant generals of regular Type A divisions, their political status and strength were vastly different.

In other words, if the next commander of the 1st Army was to be elected among three people, it would only be Kenzo Kitano who could succeed, while the other two would have no chance. This is the difference.

In addition, the commander of the 36th Division, Wu Dennan, also needed to stay in southern Shanxi and be on guard against the counterattack of the Central Army's First War Zone from Zhongtiao Mountain at all times.

Therefore, Kitano Kenzo naturally became the most suitable commander of the front line in this battle, and only he was qualified to be this commander.

After only one night's rest in Taiyuan City, the next day, the 37th Division, two infantry regiments and one artillery regiment of the 36th Infantry Division headed straight for Yangquan.

Kitano Kenzo naturally sold the news to Xu Yang as soon as possible and invited him to the division headquarters to develop a detailed combat "money-making" plan.

Xu Yang came to the Osaka Division Headquarters.

Kitano Kenzo welcomed him in warmly. After some pleasantries, Kitano Kenzo went straight to the point and asked, "Boss Yu, have you got the money?"

Xu Yang gave a look to Ma Tong and Shi Yibiao behind him, and the two immediately understood. They put the large wooden boxes in their hands on the table and opened the lids.

Xu Yang then said, "Captain Kitano, this is 1000 million yen, please count it."

Kitano Kenzo waved his hand and said, "No need to order. I still trust Boss Yu's reputation."

After a pause, Kitano Kenzo changed the subject and asked, "But, I am very curious, Boss Yu, why didn't you choose to trade with me in silver dollars, but in Japanese yen instead.

And where do these yen come from?”

Xu Yang did not answer but asked: "Captain Kitano, are these Japanese yen of mine counterfeit?"

Kitano Kenzo quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, that's not what I meant."

Xu Yang: "Since you are curious, Commander Kitano, let me explain it to you. You should know that there are many overseas Chinese in our country. Although they are scattered all over the world, they have never forgotten their own nation and country.

Therefore, after learning that Canada was in trouble, they spontaneously donated money and materials. In addition, our Communist Party also has many industries of its own, including many in your native Japan.

These Japanese yen are earned from your homeland in Japan. As for why we don't use dollars, it's mainly because they are too heavy and inconvenient to carry. Also, it's for your consideration so that you can use them more conveniently.

If you want to trade in fiat currency, I would be happy to help you."

...(End of chapter)