Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 211 Taking the blame!
"Hi…"

The intelligence officer had a bitter expression.

Although the Japanese intelligence system was powerful, it was aimed at the Nationalist Army, and many Nationalist soldiers were infiltrated and became like sieves.

However, the Eighth Route Army was well-organized. Before the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese army did not take the Red Army seriously at all, so their infiltration of the Red Army was seriously insufficient. It was not until the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan that the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, which caused the Japanese army a lot of trouble and then they began to pay attention to the Eighth Route Army.

If the Eighth Route Army's Xinhua Daily had not released the news, the First Army's intelligence department would not even know that it was the Eighth Route Army that did it.

In order not to expose the Sharp Blade Commando, the news about the Eighth Route Army only said that it was a decapitation operation carried out by a small unit. Even the National Army did not know which unit of the Eighth Route Army did it, so the Japanese naturally had no way of knowing.

"waste."

Tanaka Takayoshi snorted coldly and waved his hand, signaling the intelligence officer to leave.

"Hi."

The intelligence staff officer felt as if he had been pardoned. The grateful Okita Nakataka Takayoshi bowed his head in salute, turned around and quickly left.

After the intelligence officer left, Tanaka Takayoshi said to Kazuki Seiji, "Commander-in-Chief, this is a simple matter."

Kazuki Seiji asked in a deep voice, "What countermeasures does Tanaka-kun have?"

Tanaka Takayoshi said, "Over the past few days, I've studied the combat patterns between the Shanxi Province Locust Army and the Eighth Route Army. The only Eighth Route Army unit with medium-caliber mortars and ammunition is the 129th Division, which is currently in southeastern Shanxi."

"You mean," said Kazuki Seiji, his expression shifting, "that this incident was committed by the elite troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army?"

"That's right!" Tanaka Takayoshi nodded. "Only the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi has this strength. The Chinese guerrillas in Hebei Province are vulnerable."

Kazuki Seiji nodded: "That makes sense, Tanaka-kun, please continue."

Tanaka Takayoshi exclaimed, "The most powerful unit of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi is the New 129st Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the 2000th Division of the Eighth Route Army. This unit has wiped out over 20 locust soldiers. The commanders of the 39th Division and the 5th Brigade were both defeated by this unit. Even Lieutenant Generals Kawagishi and Takagi were killed by this unit. They have defeated locust soldiers many times and even sent a telegram to mock Lieutenant General Itagaki, the commander of the th Division, as the transport captain of the Eighth Route Army."

"We can report this to the North China Front Army Headquarters and say that the unit responsible for the Shimen City Incident was the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

Kazuki Seiji's eyes lit up slightly, and he continued following Tanaka Takayoshi's words:

"This way, we can apply to the North China Front Army Headquarters for elite troops and combat supplies to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi. We can also eliminate the New 1st Regiment while we're at it."

"Not only can we avenge Major General Sekigahara Roku, give an explanation to General Terauchi and His Majesty the Heavenly Locust, but we can also eliminate Li Yunlong and avenge Lieutenant General Kawagishi and Major General Takagi, as well as the officers and soldiers of the Locust Army who died at the hands of the Shinichi Regiment."

"This is a plan that kills two birds with one stone. Your Excellency, General, is wise." Tanaka Takayoshi was full of admiration. "I really admire you!"

Tanaka Takayoshi snorted in his heart, Li Yunlong, ah Li Yunlong, let you be so rampant.

You have to take the blame for killing Sekigahara Roku!
Kazuki Seiji waved his hand. "This is your plan, Tanaka-kun. I'm just speaking for you. Your General Staff should quickly formulate a battle plan to attack the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi. I will take this battle plan to the commander of the North China Front Army and request the mobilization of troops and combat supplies."

"Hi." Tanaka Takayoshi said confidently, "Please rest assured, Commander. I have a rough idea of ​​the battle plan and will complete it as soon as possible."

Before this, Tanaka Takayoshi worked in intelligence and had almost no experience as a combat staff officer.

The January 28 Incident, the Suiyuan Incident, the Zhanggufeng Incident, the September 18 Incident, the July 7 Incident... He can be found in almost all conspiracy incidents.

This time, he was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the First Army. He was full of confidence and planned to do a big job.

But this guy doesn't know how to fight at all.

Why would the North China Front Army want such a general who couldn't fight to be its chief of staff?

The main reason was that Terauchi Hisaichi's army wanted to recruit Yan Xishan, so they sent this "China expert" to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province.

Under him was a Major Asaeda Shigeharu, who, like Tanaka Takayoshi, was also a weirdo.

"Yoshi."

Kazuki Seiji nodded with satisfaction. Judging from the strategy proposed by Tanaka Takayoshi, his chief of staff did have some skills. As for how much skills he had, it depended on his battle plan.

"General."

At this moment, the communications staff came in with a telegram in his hand:

"A call from the North China Front Command."

Xiangyue Qingji waved his hand and said: "Read it!"

"Hi."

"Order!"

"First Army Headquarters, please arrange for the Taiyuan Arsenal's better military equipment and raw materials to be shipped to Peking as soon as possible. General Terauchi Hisaichi, Commander of the North China Front Army, Your Majesty, the Heavenly Locust, is aboard. The Great Japanese Locust Army is aboard!"

The Japanese army's initial plan was to completely occupy China within three months.

However, as the scale of the war grew, the Japanese consumed more and more combat supplies that they had stockpiled before the war. The war lasted for almost a year, and the Chinese army remained strong.

In order to increase the production of weapons and ammunition and to be prepared for any eventuality, the equipment and raw materials of the Taiyuan Arsenal had to be transferred to the rear of the Japanese army.

"Tanaka-kun, your General Staff will be responsible for formulating the battle plan. I will personally arrange the transportation of military equipment and raw materials."

Tanaka Takayoshi suddenly lowered his head and said, "Hey, Commander, thank you for your hard work."

Then, Kazuki Seiji looked at the communications officer and said, "Immediately call the North China Front Army Headquarters. The First Army will arrange for a train to transport military equipment and raw materials to Peking as soon as possible. Furthermore, we have identified the murderer of Major General Sekigahara Roku. He is the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. We request that the North China Front Army Headquarters mobilize troops and combat supplies to eliminate the Eighth Route Army and the New 1st Regiment in southeastern Shanxi."

After the communications officer recorded the contents of the telegram and gave it to Kazuki Seiji for signature, he bowed, turned around, and walked quickly towards the telegraph room.

……

After completing their mission, the Sharp Blade Commando and Zhao Gang arrived at Xujia Village safely.

Li Yunlong personally held a celebration banquet for the Sharp Blade Commando and Zhao Gang and others, and announced that the Sharp Blade Commando was awarded a first-class collective merit and won the title of Beheading Hero Commando.

Xiong Shanglin cried with joy. Veteran Red Army cadres like him knew how difficult it was to win first-class merit.

Xing Zhiguo led the cavalry battalion to successfully capture the puppet cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town and seized a battalion's worth of horses and equipment.

Li Yunlong gave the brigade commander a telegram, congratulating him on his wealth, and handed over a cavalry company's horses and equipment. He also sent Sun Desheng to lead a cavalry company to the brigade headquarters in southeastern Shanxi.

The other two cavalry companies were led back to Majia Village. Li Yunlong sent telegrams to Ding Wei and Kong Jie respectively, asking them to send their own people to lead the horses.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie were overjoyed and did not bother to be polite with Li Yunlong. They each sent an infantry company to Xujia Village to take the generals and horses back.

Zhang Dabiao used a trick to lure out a squadron of Japanese troops and a company of puppet troops from Mengxian County, and led a battalion and a special agent company to ambush this group of Japanese troops.

The Japanese puppet troops were caught off guard and pinned down within the confined terrain by the New 1st Regiment's overwhelming firepower and manpower. They were completely annihilated in just half an hour. The remaining Japanese puppet troops in the county town were confused about the situation and dared not leave the city easily.

After this battle, Li Yunlong removed the word "acting" from Zhang Dabiao's title, and Zhang Dabiao became the official battalion commander of the new first regiment.

The news that the newly arrived Eighth Route Army troops easily wiped out more than 300 Japanese and puppet troops spread like a hurricane in Meng County.

The common people gradually came to trust the New 1st Regiment. Li Yunlong struck while the iron was hot and sent propaganda officers and elite teams to various villages to publicize and organize militias.

In order to prevent early exposure, the soldiers have not revealed their unit numbers and regiment commanders to the common people. There must be spies from the Japanese and puppet troops among the common people.

The development of the Jinzhong base was proceeding in an orderly manner. Because the New 1st Regiment had no political commissar, Li Yunlong had to find time to do ideological work for the soldiers, and he was very busy all day long.

Later, because he was too busy, Zhao Gang was very good at ideological work and was more eloquent than him as the head of the regiment.

So Li Yunlong handed over the ideological and political work of the New 1st Regiment to Zhao Gang. Since it was Li Yunlong's order, the soldiers did not dare to object.

Zhao Gang does physical training with the Blade Commando in the morning, studies military knowledge and practices shooting in the morning, does political and ideological work for various troops in the afternoon, and runs night school in the evening to teach cultural knowledge, war history and examples, and international current affairs. As more and more soldiers take the initiative to study at night school, Zhao Gang is very busy all day, but very fulfilled.

Sun Desheng led the 1st Cavalry Company to deliver a company's horses and equipment to the Jindongnan Brigade Headquarters and quickly returned to Xujia Village in the Jinzhong base.

He promised the regiment commander that the cavalry battalion would be combat-ready in two months. After returning to Xujia Village, Sun Desheng ordered the soldiers to start madly training.

The Blade Commando also started a devilish training week. Xiong Shanglin summarized the problems exposed in this decapitation mission and formulated a targeted training plan.

Several soldiers, such as Duan Peng and Lu Yingjun, failed to kill the target in the battle and wasted bullets. They still need to practice their shooting skills.

That day, Li Yunlong returned to the regiment headquarters after finishing his work. Just as he sat down to rest for a while, guard Zhang Hu walked in quickly with a file bag in his hand.

He saluted with a snap: "Report to the regiment commander, Boss Lin sent his men to deliver a new piece of intelligence."

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up. He took the briefcase and said to Zhang Hu, "Go call Deputy Commander Xing and Staff Officer Zhao."

"Yes."

Zhang Hu straightened his body, turned around and left.

"finally come."

Li Yunlong was the first to open the file bag and started reading it, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Equipment and raw materials for manufacturing light machine guns..."

"Are the little devils trying to make Old Li rich?"

Li Yunlong was also familiar with the Shanxi-made light machine guns.

The light machine gun manufactured by the Taiyuan Arsenal was a Czech-type light machine gun, but the Czech-type produced in Jin was very different from the original version at the beginning, firing 6.5mm Japanese bullets, but later it was changed to 7.92mm bullets.

"If we don't rob the Japs, wouldn't that be a betrayal of their kindness?"

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(I wish all the great marshals a happy Qixi Festival, Gongxi Facai, and monthly tickets~)

(End of this chapter)