The opening of the bright sword leads a battalion

Chapter 69 The Japanese Sweeping Begins

While the brigade commander entrusted Yang Xiuying.

the other side.

The winding long line, the Sakata Alliance hiding its tracks in the deep mountains.

In the past few days, Staff Officer Yamada of the Sakata Regiment has had a hard time, and even lost a lot of weight.

After all, in the past few dozen days, he has been leading the Bantian United team around in the deep mountains and old forests, eating a bit poorly.

And now, after another weary day of marching...

Chief of Staff Yamada looked at the map, compared the surrounding terrain briefly, and immediately slapped the traitor guide on the side.

"Baga, why did you go wrong again, what on earth are you doing for food!"

Hearing this, the traitor guide on the side quickly bowed his head and apologized, not daring to say anything.

While looking at the map, Yamada rubbed his temples tiredly and let out a long sigh.

From the looks of it, he was already very uncomfortable with hiding his tracks in the deep mountains and hiding from the sight of the Eighth Route Army for a long time.

After sighing helplessly, Yamada looked at the guide again, and encouraged him even more helplessly:

"Lin Sang. Hey, right now, we have arrived at Guanyun Mountain, and further on, we will be the station of the independent regiment of the military division. You should work harder, and hope that our imperial army can reach the enemy's station as soon as possible."

"The date agreed with Commander Shinozuka for the attack is almost here, and the imperial army on the outskirts who cooperate with this operation is probably ready to move. We must arrive at the destination before the agreed date, so that will work. "

"This is the glorious mission entrusted to you by Commander Shinozuka, you must do it..."

Hearing this, the traitor guide nodded solemnly, completely unable to see the grievance of being slapped just now.I saw him imitating the Japanese army and saying loudly:

"Harmful!"

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time flies.

Chu Qi's location two days after the Sakata United lost their way.

After Yang Xiuying returned from the brigade, along the way, the reconnaissance team caught two devil prisoners again. This time, the two devil prisoners had disguised themselves as Chinese civilians.

It's a pity that this kind of camouflage has too many flaws in front of Yang Xiuying, just like no camouflage.

After capturing these two captives, Chu Qi was not surprised.But what is certain is that the Sakata Regiment really came to the vicinity of the base of the Eighth Route Army, hiding in the deep mountains without people.

As for why, Chu Qi can have so many prisoners...

For one thing, there are at least 3000 people in the Bantian United Team. They are hiding in the deep mountains with no one. The conditions must be very difficult. At least they cannot take a bath or light a fire.

And with so many people, and under such difficult conditions, it is not so strange that four or five devils in the alliance want to escape secretly.

Secondly... if you want to escape from Guanyun Mountain and return to the Japanese camp, you will pass by Chu Qi, and since Yang Xiuying is a very good scout, it won't be too difficult if you want to catch a few ordinary devils who are not good at hiding. .

And Chu Qi took a lot of prisoners along the way, but all of them were sent to the brigade headquarters. The back and forth almost exhausted the soldiers of the reconnaissance team.

But this time, when the soldiers returned from the brigade headquarters after escorting the captives, they brought back a piece of news along the way.

A piece of news about the movements of the devils.

——Just today, the army of devils that had been prepared in various stations set off.

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Taiyuan, a meeting room of the Japanese army.

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly became very interested today, and wanted his subordinate Kazuki Yamamoto, whom he had a high opinion of, to explain to himself his understanding of the situation of this raid.

As for the commander's request, Yamamoto naturally attached great importance to it. After all, this commander is a rare commander who Yamamoto has encountered and who attaches great importance to special operations.

Speaking of it, this can be regarded as a kindness of knowledge.

Today, after some preparations, Yamamoto came to this meeting room and told Yoshio Shinozuka his views on this sweep.

After some narration, Shinozuka Yoshio actually admired Yamamoto's narration, thinking that it was in line with his own understanding of war, and the two had similar views.

At the end, Kazuki Yamamoto concluded:
"At present, the 37th Mixed Brigade of our army stationed in Yangquan, the [-]th Division stationed in Yuncheng, the [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade, the [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade, and the troops from Fu'an, Luyang and other places have sent The mopping-up team that was split out temporarily, entered the base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army to start mopping up."

"This time, Commander, although the troops you dispatched are not as strong as before, they are even more dangerous than before."

"After all, this time, the wounds from the Eighth Route Army's previous sweep have not yet recovered, and you sent the Sakata Regiment to lurk in the Eighth Route Army's base area in advance. Once the Bantian Regiment is detonated, it will definitely destroy the Eighth Route Army's deployment completely, causing chaos, and paving the way for future empresses." The army will stabilize North China and remove obstacles!"

Yamamoto has always despised flattery, and he has always looked arrogant.

But it depends on who you are dealing with. Facing a confidant of the commander who is rare to meet, no matter how stinky Yamamoto's character is, this flattery has to be flattered.

When Shinozuka Yoshio heard this, he smiled very uglyly, and finally, he asked:
"Yamamoto-kun, what do you think about the deployment of the Sakata Regiment in this sweeping operation? Is there any prototype of the special warfare method you have learned?"

Hearing this, Kazuki Yamamoto thought for a while, and he said:
"I also participated in the operation of the Sakata Regiment this time. I was mainly responsible for how they concealed the Eighth Route Army's whereabouts in the uninhabited mountainous area."

"It can be said that this is already some prototype of special operations."

"In my opinion, the operation of the Sakata Alliance this time can be said to be quite outstanding. It is so outstanding that the Eighth Route Army may not have discovered them yet."

At the end of Yamamoto's praise, Shinozuka Yoshio narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, and it seemed that he was very satisfied with Yamamoto's answer.

But Yamamoto glanced at Yoshio Shinozuka, and finally decided to ask the doubts he had always had.

I saw him ask:
"It's just...my subordinates don't know why you, Commander... why did you send a powerful imperial regiment to go all the way to kill a little-known battalion-level army instead of such as the Eighth Route Army Division Headquarters, Headquarters, etc.?" Such a goal?"

Yamamoto has always believed that only such high-value targets are worth a try by special forces, otherwise, it is just a waste of the value of special forces.

Shinozuka Yoshio saw Yamamoto's arrogance, but he avoided talking about why Chu Qi's troops were attacked.

Why else?Yazi must retaliate, the old devils are the most pissed, and they can remember a little grudge for a long time, thinking that they can get revenge in the future.

But as the commander, Yoshio Shinozuka obviously wouldn't take this kind of personal and emotional command to others easily.

I saw him change the subject and guide with words:

"Speaking of which, Yamamoto-kun, you seem to have said it before. Your ideal is to promote your special operations within the Imperial Army?"

"However, it's not easy to promote it among the army's red deer just by talking about it. Next time, I will organize a field observation group to watch Yamamoto-kun and your surprise attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters. I wonder if you are interested?"

Hearing this, Kazuki Yamamoto was indeed distracted, and no longer went to investigate Yoshio Shinozuka's poor command.

Seeing gratitude on his face, he quickly bowed and said:

"Damn! Commander, my special forces and I can leave at any time, as the Commander arranges!"

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(End of this chapter)