Chapter 175 Yamamoto Ikki's Actions "Everyone check your equipment! Get ready to go! " In a large tent in the central area of the 4th Brigade. After discussing the rendezvous location and time with Lu Yongfu, Yamamoto Ikki began to prepare to take his special forces team to launch a surprise attack on the Eighth Route Army's Baihuling. In order to successfully take down the headquarters of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, this time Yamamoto Ikki directly brought out all the trained special forces members. Not only that, because of the lessons learned from the last failure, Yamamoto Ikki specially replaced the weapons and equipment of the special forces team. During the last raid on the Eighth Route Army base in Yangcun, the Taisho 11-type light machine gun carried by the special forces jammed. The light machine gun jammed, which directly led to several members of the special forces team losing fire suppression and being knocked to the ground by the Eighth Route Army's machine guns. In order to avoid the machine gun jamming again, Yamamoto Kazaki directly asked Shinozuka Yoshio to use his connections to purchase a batch of genuine Czech light machine guns from abroad. That is the ZB26 light machine gun. As for whether the machine gun is easy to use, the Japanese machine gunner who is wrapping the spare barrel in a cloth bag with a look of satisfaction on his face will know.
Not only that, in order to facilitate the use of ammunition and enhance firepower, Yamamoto Ikki also specially made several Mauser 98k rifles and corresponding various firearms accessories, such as grenade launchers. At the same time, considering that the power and quality of the Nambu XIV pistols they produced themselves were not good enough, Yamamoto Kazuki re-equipped all members of the special forces with German-made Mauser pistols that used registered pistol bullets. In short, all the equipment of Yamamoto Ikki's special forces team are genuine German products, directly transported by plane, and even the bullets are steel-core armor-piercing bullets produced in Germany! This is also the reason why Yamamoto's special forces consume so many resources. Yamamoto Kazuki looked at the soldiers who were preparing various equipment, and Yamamoto Kazuki also began to organize his own equipment. Yamamoto Ikki knew very well that if he failed in this mission, the only outcome that would await the special forces team would be disbandment. The First Army invested so many resources in training the special forces team, but in the end the special forces team failed to demonstrate their due value. Then the special forces team will have to be disbanded, and Yamamoto Ikki, the number one special operations man in Japan, will be nailed to the pillar of shame, and he will only be able to reach the rank of colonel in his entire life, and will never be able to get the rank of general. After all, Yamamoto Ikki knew how difficult it was to become a general through formal channels. In Japan, the ceiling for civilians to join the military is basically colonel. The rank of colonel and major general seems to be only one level apart. But the gap between them is bigger than the gap between a soldier and a colonel. If you are just a civilian and have no connections, then the fact that you can become a colonel means that you have extremely strong abilities and have reached the rank of colonel through your military merits. But that's all, unless this civilian colonel can marry the daughter of a high-ranking official, in which case he still has a chance to become a major general without a real position. After all, colonel and major general... these are not just two positions of high and low, but also represent the difference in class. Anyone who can become a de facto major general in charge of the army, no matter how strong that person is, at least one thing is certain: that person is definitely of Chinese! That is, the nobles in Japan! So sometimes Yamamoto Kazuki is quite envious of Sakata Nobutsu. Although Nobutsu Sakata looks a little down and out, his family is still part of the nobility, but their fortunes have fallen. It was precisely because of Sakata Nobutsu's ethnic Chinese identity that after the death of Kimura Takuya, the commander of the Kimura Brigade, Sakata Nobutsu was directly appointed as the acting commander of the brigade.
If Sakata Nobutsu was just a civilian like Kasahara Koizumi or Yamamoto Ikki, the order Sakata Nobutsu would have received would only be to retreat quickly with his troops and wait for the headquarters to send a new brigade commander. Instead, he let Nobutsu Sakata temporarily serve as the brigade commander and promoted him to the rank of major general. In Japan, there are a limited number of positions. If you want to get that position, someone must lose that position. If both parties fighting for the position are Chinese, even if one side is extremely powerful, one point is just a poor Chinese. In the end, even if the down-and-out Chinese gets the position, the powerful party will not target the down-and-out party, but will provide some help instead. After all, everyone has down times. If you privately target the Chinese who are in trouble, you will be targeted by all other Chinese. But if it is a civilian... it is okay if the position is not important... but if the position is important... it is impossible for a civilian to get a position. Yamamoto Kazuki knew how difficult it was to transcend one's own class. He also knew that if he accumulated military merits through normal means, even with the help of Yoshio Shinozuka, he would never be able to become a full-time major general. Cross your class. In order to transcend his own class, Yamamoto Ikki went to study in Germany, where he came into contact with a new tactic studied in Germany, namely special operations! New tactics mean that this is a new path, even if we don’t know what lies ahead of this path or what the end point is… But it's better than a road that only allows you to see the island head. Therefore, Yamamoto Ikki resolutely placed all his hopes and future on special operations. He wants to use special operations to cross class boundaries, and use military merits to become a new Chinese! Therefore, Yamamoto Ikki attached great importance to the decapitation operation of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army this time. If successful, Yamamoto Ikki could use this opportunity to tell the North China Command and the headquarters about the decisive role that special operations can play in large-scale battles. By then, he would be the officer in the country who understood special operations best, and he would be the only one who had successfully carried out special operations. When the headquarters asks for the establishment of a special operations force, he will definitely be the commander of that force, and will be at least a major general by then! But if this special operation fails, if it is due to the problems of the special forces themselves, he might not even be able to keep his rank of colonel, let alone major general. If the other three brigades fail to successfully capture the Shangdang area, Yoshio Shinozuka, who does not have enough military merit, will be dismissed. Yoshio Shinozuka was Yamamoto Ikki's thigh. Now that his thigh is gone, how could Yamamoto Ikki have a good ending? After all, Yamamoto Ikki is labeled as a die-hard supporter of Yoshio Shinozuka, and when the new commander of the First Army takes office, he will definitely be replaced. And because the special forces team has not achieved satisfactory results since its establishment, it will definitely be disbanded at that time. The so-called special operations will also be completely thrown into the toilet by the base camp. "Colonel, your clothes." Just as Yamamoto Ikki was checking his equipment, a Japanese soldier in charge of logistics came up to him holding a patched Eighth Route Army uniform. Because the initial target was the Eighth Route Army, Yamamoto Ikki specially ordered a batch of modified combat uniforms that looked somewhat like the Eighth Route Army uniforms. This time, in order to carry out a decapitation operation against the headquarters of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, they needed to sneak into the vicinity of Baihuling first. In order to increase the success rate, Yamamoto Ikki directly asked all the soldiers to change into combat uniforms similar to those of the Eighth Route Army. In order to look somewhat like the Eighth Route Army, Yamamoto Ikki had a large number of patches added to the custom-made uniforms and had the soldiers train in these combat uniforms for a period of time. This makes the combat uniform look older and more in line with the dress style of the Eighth Route Army.
After Yamamoto Ikki took over the combat uniform, he first took off his own gray combat uniform, then put on the bulletproof vest inside, and wore the combat uniform similar to the Eighth Route Army uniform outside. Because the need to wear a bulletproof vest inside was taken into consideration when the combat uniform was designed, there is nothing out of place after putting on the combat uniform. After changing his clothes, Yamamoto Ikki put on an Eighth Route Army cap, and then began to tie a leather bag that looked like a Mauser pistol magazine holder to his chest. Although it looks like a 38-round magazine for a Mauser pistol, it is actually the magazine for the MP submachine gun, the main weapon carried by Yamamoto Ikki and others. Each magazine pouch can hold two thirty-two-round magazines. Then there were three magazine pouches in his chest, plus the one on the gun, so Yamamoto Kazuki carried seven submachine gun magazines, totaling 210 bullets. Then Yamamoto Kazuki had a Mauser pistol case slung around his waist, and two magazine pouches filled with Mauser pistol magazines were tied to each side of his thighs. After tying up all the equipment, Yamamoto Kazuki put a specially made backpack on his back. Under the backpack was an MP38 submachine gun with its butt folded up. The submachine gun was installed under the backpack. As long as a special situation occurred, Yamamoto Ikki could immediately take out the submachine gun and fire at the enemy. After Yamamoto Ikki prepared all his equipment, he picked up a Zhongzheng rifle that was placed aside and looked a little damaged. In the tent, in addition to the machine gunners, snipers or grenade throwers using Mauser rifles, other members of the special forces team also picked up a Hanyang or Zhongzheng rifle. Since he had to disguise himself, he might as well disguise himself to the end. Not only did he disguise his clothes, but he also prepared weapons. "set off!" After seeing that everyone was ready, Yamamoto Kazuki glanced at his watch and gave the order to set off. …… White Tiger Ridge. Qin Yangming naturally had no idea about Yamamoto Ikki's actions. Even if he knew it clearly, Qin Yangming did not take Yamamoto Ikki seriously. Putting aside other things, just look at the terrain of Baihu Ridge and the strength of its defenses. If Yamamoto Ikki's special forces team comes, Qin Yangming dares to guarantee that no matter how many come, he can kill as many as they want! Special operations can indeed have an unexpected effect in large-scale combat and can even affect the final outcome of the battle. But the premise of all this is to take the enemy by surprise! Once the special forces are discovered, the enemy will mobilize large-scale troops to encircle and suppress them, unless the special forces have sufficient support. Otherwise, once you are surrounded by a large-scale force, don't even think about breaking out. Just wait to die. No matter how good your shooting skills are or how thick your bulletproof vest is, you can't withstand my artillery fire. It is a very cost-effective deal to use cheap artillery shells to defeat a special forces unit that has been trained at great cost. Even if we don't count the other troops on Baihu Ridge, the assault platoon trained by Qin Yangming himself are all in Baihu Ridge.
Qin Yangming did not think that the special forces team trained by Yamamoto Ikki using the special operations methods of World War II would be as strong as the assault platoon trained by himself using the latest special operations methods summarized by countless people. If the assault platoon cannot deal with Yamamoto Ikki's special forces under this situation, then the assault platoon can be disbanded and there is no need to train further. At this moment, Qin Yangming and Zhangye were inspecting the heavy weapons and equipment of the entire regiment with the logistics team. At the same time, fuel is replenished and corresponding inspections are carried out for the trucks, motorcycles, tanks, etc. in Baihuling. According to the combat time set by the brigade commander, at five o'clock in the morning, the New 1st Regiment would launch an attack on the rear of the 4th Brigade and cut off its retreat. Then the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment launched an attack on the Fourth Brigade from the direction of Yuxi Town. After the New 1st Regiment successfully cut off the retreat of the Japanese 4th Brigade, Qin Yangming led the Vanguard Regiment to destroy the exposed artillery positions of the Japanese from a long distance, mainly using artillery. Finally, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment opened fire on the Japanese Fourth Brigade, searching for the Fourth Brigade's hidden artillery positions. After confirming that all the artillery of the 4th Brigade has been destroyed, the tanks will act as the vanguard, and all troops will launch a surprise attack on the Japanese 4th Brigade, eliminating it as quickly as possible. Not only that, in order to avoid interference from the Japanese aircraft, the brigade commander mobilized all anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns to set up air defense positions at the highest point of Baihuling and Cangyunling. The Japanese planes from Taiyuan wanted to provide support to the 4th Brigade in Tongshi Town as quickly as possible. Then you must pass through Baihuling and Cangyunling. If they took a detour, the Japanese planes would consume a lot of fuel and would not be able to stay over Tongshi Town for a long time. It takes at least two hours for the Japanese plane to make a round trip. Two hours was enough time for the Eighth Route Army to launch a large-scale offensive against the Japanese Fourth Brigade. What's more, as long as it is night time and the Japanese planes cannot take off, the Japanese Fourth Brigade will just have to wait to be beaten. Without the observation of the aircraft, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army could launch an attack on the Japanese Fourth Brigade. And because the Japanese 4th Brigade was surrounded, as long as the Japanese artillery dared to fire at night, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army would immediately be able to calculate the Japanese artillery positions based on the muzzle flashes. As long as the blocking troops from Linyuan County and Shiquan County can stop the other two brigades of the Japanese, the Fourth Brigade will have no choice but to become the meat in the mouths of the Eighth Route Army! (End of this chapter)