Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 314 Operation Plan No. !

Boss Lin left, leaving behind information that the Japanese Yamamoto Special Forces was planning to decapitate the Eighth Route Army.

However, according to Boss Lin, the Japanese are still formulating their battle plan and the headquarters is not in danger for the time being.

After getting the battle plan, Boss Lin will send someone to deliver it.

After seeing off Boss Lin and his men, Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao returned to the regiment headquarters.

Before leaving, Li Yunlong and Lin Feng discussed some matters concerning the receipt of goods.

Boss Lin promised to deliver the weapons and ammunition earned this time within a week.

"Yamamoto Ikki, Yamamoto Special Forces..."

Inside the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, his gaze filled with murderous intent.

As early as two months ago, Boss Lin sent someone to deliver intelligence about Yamamoto's special forces.

Therefore, Li Yunlong also has some understanding of Yamamoto Ikki and the special forces team.

"During the last shelling of Taiyuan Airport, Wang Xikui wanted to use your large-caliber sniper rifle to kill Yamamoto Ikki, but Yamamoto was too cautious. He didn't find the opportunity and ended up killing two special agents." Zhang Dabiao reported from the side.

The Japanese special forces reacted quickly, but the bullet fired by Wang Xikui arrived before the gunshot.

No matter how fast the Japanese reacted, they could not avoid the 12.7mm caliber bullets.

Unless the Japanese special agents subconsciously dodged the moment they saw the muzzle flash.

Li Yunlong nodded. He had read the battle report of the Blade Commando Team. "The Tiger Commando Team at headquarters has already formed combat effectiveness. They all use assault rifles and are led by Xiong Shanglin. Each military region has sent their best soldiers to the Tiger Commando Team for intensive training. They are preparing the Tiger Commando Team and their best soldiers from each military region for ambushes. If the Yamamoto Special Forces were to attack the headquarters in a decapitation operation, they would be courting their own death."

The combat effectiveness of the Tiger Commando directly under the headquarters is not much different from that of the Jinzhong Military Region's Blade Commando.

Because the headquarters can select personnel from the entire army, the team members are all composed of top soldiers from each regiment.

Many of them are elite veterans of the Red Army with rich combat experience, and some are brave men who have crawled out of the pile of corpses.

Coupled with advanced weapons and equipment, and led by Xiong Shanglin, who has rich experience in special operations, Yamamoto won't get any benefits.

Zhang Dabiao nodded. "That's right, but Boss Lin said that the main force of the Japanese will also be dispatched to cooperate with Yamamoto's special forces. Can we do something about this?"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes and said, "That depends on how the main force of the Japanese army cooperates."

It was a bit early to think about this now. Li Yunlong changed the subject and said, "Da Biao, after we finish receiving the goods this time, how many heavy artillery pieces will our Jinzhong Military Region have now?"

Zhang Dabiao said, "We currently have 120 54mm mortars and 105 12mm howitzers."

其中新一团120迫击炮30门，独立团和新三团各12门，新一团105榴弹炮12门。

"After we complete the delivery in a few days, we will add 25 105mm howitzers and 25 120mm mortars, for a total of 104 heavy artillery pieces."

After handing over half of the price for shooting down 3 Japanese planes and 5 Japanese pilots in the last battle, Li Yunlong still had the quota for 7 guns. Together with what he earned this time, he had the quota for exactly 50 guns, half each for howitzers and mortars.

"104 heavy artillery pieces..."

Li Yunlong's expression was very satisfied:

"After completing the acquisition, the artillery firepower of our Jinzhong Military Region will be stronger than that of an entire US Army division, right?"

"No one is stronger than them." Zhang Dabiao shook his head. "Boss Lin just said that a US Army division has 105 howitzers larger than 70mm, including 155mm caliber howitzers, 154 mortars, and 76 tanks, which means 76 75mm tank guns."

"Damn it." Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, "It seems the firepower is still not enough."

Zhang Dabiao said, "If we have another twenty or thirty 155mm howitzers, our artillery firepower should exceed that of an entire US Army division."

The caliber of the 155mm howitzer is only 105mm larger than that of the 50mm howitzer, but its power increases exponentially.

The dense killing radius of fragments after the explosion of a 155mm high-explosive grenade is 60 meters, and the maximum killing radius reaches 350-360 meters.

The debris from the explosion could cover an area the size of a football field.

Li Yunlong took a deep breath and looked expectantly: "Boss Lin just said that as long as we kill enough Japanese generals and soldiers, we will be able to use 155mm howitzers in the future. Then, hehe..."

"That's right!" Zhang Dabiao's eyes were sharp and full of yearning. "It would be a beautiful sight to see a 155mm caliber shell explode in the enemy's formation."

Li Yunlong was full of energy and said, "Da Biao, call the combat staff and the training staff over to discuss the expansion of the artillery and infantry units. You should also participate in the discussion."

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao turned and walked out.

……

Taiyuan.

At the headquarters of the Japanese First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka was lying on a throne, his eyes closed in thought.

He has been in the First Army for half a year, and has won few battles, but has suffered defeats one after another. The First Army has also suffered heavy losses.

First, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade was completely wiped out, and then the 25th Brigade was severely damaged.

The honor of Yoshio Shinozuka and the entire First Army was trampled on and rubbed repeatedly.

Putting aside the elimination of the Eighth Route Army, the first question that Yoshio Shinozuka needed to think about was how to win a beautiful turnaround battle.

But the Eighth Route Army is growing stronger and stronger. How can it be so easy to regain the ground?

At this moment, Yamamoto Ikki, dressed in the uniform of a colonel, walked in quickly with a folder under his arm.

The sound of two feet clacking together and leather shoes clattering together was heard. Yamamoto Ikki reported with a blank expression, "General."

Shinozuka Yoshio slowly opened his eyes:

"Yamamoto-kun, is there something wrong?"

Yamamoto's tone remained unchanged as he handed over the folder with both hands: "General, the decapitation operation has been finalized. Please review it!"

Yoshio Shinozuka sat upright, put on black round-frame glasses, and took the folder from Ikki Yamamoto.

As soon as he opened the folder, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes lit up slightly.

What caught my eye was not a battle plan, but an analysis of the battle situation.

The handwriting was neat and powerful, the ideas were clear and coherent, the foresight was rigorous and thorough, with both statistical data and situation assessments. Shinozuka Yoshio nodded frequently, "Yamamoto-kun is worthy of being a graduate of the 16th class of the Imperial Army Academy. He is fully qualified for the position of Army Group Chief of Staff."

The 16th class of the Army Academy produced many masters and famous figures who invaded China, such as Itagaki Seishirō, Doihara Kenji, Okamura Yasuji, and Ando Toshikichi.

In the Japanese military circles, it is known as the Glorious Sixteenth Class.

"Your Excellency, General, thank you for your kind words."

Yamamoto Ikki was secretly happy, but his expression and tone did not change at all.

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded and continued to look through the documents. Only after the battle situation analysis was completed could the real battle plan be made.

The main content of this combat plan was that the 20th Division, the 108th Division, and the 109th Division would attack the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi from three directions to attract the attention of the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi. Yamamoto Ikki personally led a special forces team to infiltrate the Liao County area in southeastern Shanxi, determine the location of the Eighth Route Headquarters based on the signal from the Eighth Route Headquarters' high-power radio station, and then carry out a decapitation operation on the Eighth Route Headquarters.

After reading the battle plan, Yoshio Shinozuka called Chief of Staff Mutaguchi Ren'ya to read it.

Soon, Mutaguchi Ren'ya also finished reading the battle plan, but his face looked a little ugly.

Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Mutaguchi-kun, this can serve as a model for your general staff's future combat plans."

Yamamoto Ikki stood aside and glanced at Mutaguchi, his expression expressionless without any change.

Mutaguchi Renya's expression became increasingly grim: "Hi."

hateful!

Let this kid Yamamoto pretend to be successful.

Seeing Mutaguchi Ren'ya's gloomy face, Shinozuka Yoshio asked, "Mutaguchi-kun, is there anything wrong with this battle plan?"

"Commander," Mutaguchi Ren'ya said after taking a deep breath, "is sending three divisions to attack the southeastern Shanxi base too many troops?"

Yamamoto Ikki said, "Judging from the strength revealed by the 129th Division's Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi last time, its combat effectiveness is no less than that of the 20th Division. We need at least three divisions attacking from three directions to contain its main force. If the force is too small, the Eighth Route Army will inevitably contain the other two, and concentrate its forces to eliminate one of the locust army's forces."

Mutaguchi Ren couldn't refute this point, so he changed his angle and said, "Sending three divisions to sweep southeastern Shanxi will require at least 9000 tons of combat supplies. The Tongpu Road and Zhengtai Road are currently paralyzed, and our First Army simply can't provide that much combat supplies."

Mutaguchi Ren'ya originally wanted to dispatch three divisions to launch a mopping-up attack on the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhong.

But he didn't expect that Yamamoto Ikki would intercept him, which made him very unhappy.

"It's just a feint." Yamamoto Ikki's tone remained unchanged. "3000 tons of combat supplies are more than enough."

Mutaguchi Renya was about to retort, but Yamamoto Ikki spoke first:
"Once the special forces successfully decapitate the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the entire North China region will be left leaderless. The strategic significance of this will be far greater than the annihilation of the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhong."

"Yes," Shinozuka Yoshio nodded happily. "This decapitation operation against the Eighth Route Army Headquarters is a turning point for our First Army. We have named it 'Operation Plan A'. I will personally fly to Peking to consult General Terauchi, Commander of the North China Front Army."

Shinozuka Yoshio naturally did not have the authority to mobilize three divisions. He had to ask his immediate superior, Terauchi Hisaichi, for permission before he could proceed.

Yamamoto Ikki said in high spirits: "Hi."

Mutaguchi Renya said with a sad expression: "Hi."

(End of this chapter)