Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Outside the Great Wall. Nomonhan battlefield.

Yamamoto Ikki led his special forces team here and was immediately treated as a guest of honor and taken to the Japanese front-line headquarters.

After the commander of the 23rd Division, Michitaro Komatsubara, and Ikki Yamamoto saluted each other.

Komatsubara Michutaro said: "Yamamoto-kun, long time no see."

When Yamamoto Ikki and the special forces served in the Kwantung Army, Komatsubara Michitaro had dealt with Yamamoto Ikki before, but Yamamoto Ikki did not like making friends, so the two were not familiar with each other.

Like other division commanders, Michitaro Komatsubara looked down on Ikki Yamamoto and his special forces team.

But Michitaro Komatsubara did not expect that after Yamamoto Ikki left the Kwantung Army, he actually got the position of deputy chief of staff in North China.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, long time no see."

Yamamoto Ikki bowed his head and returned the greeting.

The reason why Yamamoto was able to lead the special forces team to participate in the Battle of Nomonhan was because Yoshio Shinozuka promoted his special operations to Tada Shun.

In addition, Yamamoto Ikki boasted many times that he would either behead the Far Eastern Army's headquarters or capture the bald chairman of the National Government in Yamashiro alive, so Shinozuka Yoshio mentioned it in front of Tada Shun.

So, Yamamoto and his special forces team were sent to the Nomonhan front battlefield by a transport plane sent by Tada Shun.

"What's the current battle situation? Have you determined the location of the Soviet Far East Command?"

Yamamoto Ikki had a cold expression, but his tone was very confident.

"The location of the Soviet Far Eastern Command is still uncertain."

Michitaro Komatsubara frowned slightly. If he knew the location of the Soviet Far East Command, he would have sent troops to launch a surprise attack long ago. How could it be your turn, Yamamoto Ikki?
"Recently, the Soviet army in the Far East is gathering troops and is about to launch a general attack on us."

"I'll leave it to Yamamoto-kun to take out the Soviet Far East Command!"

Michitaro Komatsubara suppressed his displeasure and bowed to Yamamoto.

"Mr. Division Commander, please tell me about the current battle situation." Yamamoto Ikki said, trying to figure out the location of the Soviet headquarters based on the battle situation.

Chief of Staff Okamoto Tokuzo then introduced: "Mr. Yamamoto, the Soviet army is currently gathering its main forces and preparing combat supplies. The Locust Army is also preparing troops and combat supplies. In addition, there are troops on the way."

Last month, when the Battle of Northwest Shanxi was in full swing, Japanese troops led by the 23rd Division, assisted by puppet troops and North Korean troops, launched a tank showdown.

The Soviet army had the upper hand with its numerical advantage, about 500 tanks against less than 100 Japanese tanks, and artillery support.

Although the Japanese army had flexible tactics, using anti-tank guns and suicide squads for surprise attacks, such as strapping explosives all over their bodies to launch human bomb attacks, their equipment was obviously inferior. The thinly armored Type 89 and Type 95 tanks could not withstand the Soviet firepower.

In order to reverse the decline, Komatsu Gentaro secretly used Unit 731 to release cholera, typhoid and other bacterial weapons to contaminate the water source, but this resulted in more than a thousand of his own people being infected.

After hearing this, Yamamoto Ikki couldn't help but twitch his lips. The Kwantung Army failed to poison and was infected instead. Wasn't this a joke?
A bunch of trash...

"Your Excellency, the division commander, the equipment and telecommunications experts I brought will monitor the enemy's high-power radio stations 24 hours a day, and should be able to determine the location of the Soviet Far East Command." Yamamoto Ikki said expressionlessly.

The officers and soldiers of the 23rd Division did not even know much about the Soviet army. It was simply a pipe dream to analyze the location of the Soviet headquarters from the information they provided.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Yamamoto-kun!" Michitaro Komatsubara looked delighted.

After the clashes in the previous few months, the 23rd Division suffered heavy losses, despite two rounds of troop replenishment.

But Michitaro Komatsubara was well aware of the gap between the 23rd Division and the Soviet Army.

If Yamamoto Ikki could succeed in decapitating the Far Eastern Soviet Army Command, leaving the Far Eastern Soviet soldiers in a leaderless situation, the 23rd Division would be able to win the battle.

……

In the Nomonhan area, the atmosphere became increasingly tense, and even the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

The decisive battle between the Japanese and Soviet armies will take place in these two days.

The Soviets increased their forces in the Far East, and the Kwantung Army was also mobilizing the main forces of two divisions to rush to the Nomonhan area. Yamamoto Ikki walked quickly into the 23rd Division headquarters.

"Your Excellency, the division commander, we have found the location of the Soviet headquarters."

As soon as Yamamoto appeared, he brought a bombshell news.

"Where is it?" Michitaro Komatsubara asked hurriedly with a delighted look on his face.

"Here, about 12 kilometers away from us."

Yamamoto Ikki said, pointing to a location on the map.

In the past two days, Yamamoto's subordinate Goro Kodo has been using a monitoring radio to monitor the Soviet army's high-power radio signals, and has roughly determined the location of the Soviet Far East Command.

In the original drama, Yamamoto also used this method to determine the location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

If Li Yunlong had not led a battalion to ambush the commander of the 21st Brigade, Hattori Naoomi, Yamamoto might have succeeded.

However, seeing this location on the map, Komatsubara Michitaro frowned. "According to the intelligence from the reconnaissance plane, there's a Soviet infantry regiment stationed here, along with dozens of tanks, and there are quite a few Soviet troops surrounding it."

Yamamoto Ikki said expressionlessly, "Then use the aviation force to carry out the decapitation. I will send a combat team to guide the aviation force in the bombing."

Because Asians and Westerners have different facial features, Yamamoto Ikki was unable to infiltrate the Soviet headquarters.

If the infiltration fails, the hundred or so special forces team will not even be enough to fill the gaps between the enemy's teeth.

Yamamoto Ikki is very knowledgeable about this.

However, there is a chance that a small number of special forces personnel can infiltrate a few kilometers away from their headquarters at night.

"Yoshi."

Michutaro Komatsubara's eyes lit up.

"In the past two days, the Soviet military's telegraph signals have been very frequent, almost 24 hours a day. I'm afraid there will be big moves." Yamamoto Ikki reminded.

……

Two days later, on August 20th, at dawn.

He who strikes first gains the advantage, and he who strikes later will suffer the consequences. This is done before the Japanese reinforcements arrive.

Zhukov, commander of the Soviet Far East Army, ordered the Soviet Far East Army to launch a general offensive against the Japanese army with 498 tanks, 385 armored vehicles, 542 artillery and mortars, and 515 aircraft.

They attacked the 74rd Division on a 23-kilometer front and formed an encirclement.

In the 23rd Division headquarters, Yamamoto Ikki's face showed a rare look of horror.

Planes roared in the sky and heavy artillery roared on the ground.

A large number of heavy aerial bombs and large-caliber artillery shells turned the frontline positions of the 23rd Division into a sea of ​​fire. The intensity of this firepower attack was several times more brutal than that of the Eighth Route Army.

The civil engineering works built in the Mongolian wilderness were quickly razed to the ground by artillery fire, and the soldiers of the 23rd Division relied on simple individual shelters dug by individual soldiers with engineering shovels to fight.

Soon, Soviet tanks came in droves and attacked the positions of the 23rd Division.

The Japanese army launched a counterattack using anti-tank guns, Molotov cocktails and human bombs.

After paying a heavy price for casualties and finally destroying dozens of Soviet tanks, the Japanese soldiers thought they had won the victory, but they discovered in despair.

What they just destroyed was only the vanguard of the Soviet tank corps...

The real bloody battle has just begun. (End of this chapter)