Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

"Captain, it looks like the Japs are getting serious!"

Faced with the Japanese army's rapid change of strategy and the pincer attack, the first battalion commander Zheng Meng spoke after analyzing the situation.

The second battalion commander Shen Quan laughed disdainfully: "This damned little devil thought our independent regiment was the same as before!

In the past few years, our equipment was backward and we lacked ammunition. There were not even many machine guns in the team, let alone artillery.

Facing the enemy's raids, we could only rely on the terrain of the mountainous area to fight guerrilla warfare against the enemy and were forced to abandon the fortifications of the base, including some military buildings that we had built with great difficulty.

"But now it's different. Our independent regiment has guns and cannons. Although we can't match the enemy's armies in terms of manpower, we can rely on the favorable terrain and form an absolute combat advantage on the local battlefield."

"What is the most important thing?"

When Shen Quanren said this, his gaze of admiration involuntarily fell on the group leader Kong Jie.

"Inside our independent regiment's base, especially from the central defense zone to the core defense zone, we have a specially built solid defense system.

In addition to our independent regiment, the new first regiment and the new second regiment jointly built the iron triangle defense system.

Despite the mountainous terrain, we still built many underground passages and tunnel fortifications.

The Japs thought that they could completely surround us with a pincer attack by using two large armies to encircle and surround us?

It's quite a beautiful thought.

Even if we can't stop the enemy's attack, our troops can always move to the rear through the tunnels we have dug secretly."

Zheng Meng took over the conversation and said happily: "Old Shen, you really have no ambition. According to the current equipment level and combat effectiveness of our independent regiment.

Are you still afraid of the Japanese?

Don’t you see that our captain seems to be sitting on the Diaoyutai? I guess he is already thinking about how to unite the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment.

Completely wipe out this group of devils."

It’s true, Kong Jie, who had been silent all this time, was still thinking about this matter.

The Japanese army attempted to use the contraction of troops on two fronts to form a pincer attack, divide the battlefield into two, and completely surround and destroy the independent regiment.

This also means that the Japanese army needs to advance further and penetrate deeper into the independent regiment's base.

The Japanese planned to use a pincer attack to completely destroy the main force of the independent regiment.

Kong Jie was also prepared to lure the enemy deeper into the base area and join forces with the reinforcements of the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army in the core defense area of ​​the base area.

"What the battalion commander said is correct. What we need to consider now is how to eliminate this group of devils.

Although in terms of military strength, our independent regiment has less than 4000 troops, the Japanese army's several large armies have more troops, and there are also security forces and puppet troops cooperating in the battle.

But our appetite is not that big, and we are not prepared to eat up many elite Japanese soldiers in one go.

The Japs are not stupid, and the encirclement of our base is not that big. It is impossible to put so many Japanese troops into our pocket in one go.

But there is the cooperation of comrades from the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments.

We can still consider destroying the Japanese army's isolated vanguard troops that have penetrated deep into the enemy's territory."

"beat!"

"No problem, eat it!"

As Kong Jie analyzed the battle situation, intelligence information from the front line was transmitted back one after another.

It was soon discovered that the Japanese army had penetrated deep into the territory of the independent regiment alone, attempting to encircle and encircle the main force of the independent regiment with a pincer attack. There were two field brigades and more than 7000 Japanese soldiers who had entered the central core defense zone.

Back then, the elite Sakata Regiment of the Japanese Army in the Battle of Cangyunling had only a force of more than 3800 people.

This means that almost two Sakata regiments have penetrated deeply into the base of the independent regiment.

According to Kong Jie's plan, this time he deliberately stirred up hatred, attracted the firepower of the Japanese army, provoked the devil's revenge, and launched a large-scale attack on the independent regiment's base, so as to cover the progress of the Hundred Regiments Campaign.

Well, simply attracting the main force of the devils is certainly not enough.

We also have to find a way to severely damage the main force of the Japanese mopping-up operation.

These more than 7000 Japanese troops were exactly the target that Kong Jie set for the soldiers.

"Relying on the underground fortifications and trench fortifications we built in various places in the central defense zone, as well as the field artillery positions prepared in advance, we put the Japanese army into the ambush circle, opened fire directly, and completely suppressed the devils, turning the entire base into a meat grinder.

Kill as many Japanese as possible and make them feel sore and scared.

Let the Japanese know that our independent regiment base is hell to them, and we will take as many as they want."

Of course, to be on the safe side, Kong Jie also formulated a comprehensive retreat plan.

"If the situation really changes, all troops will move through the evacuation tunnels one after another. Don't worry about the gains and losses of the positions for a while. Preserving our living strength is our unchanging principle."

The order was quickly issued through the regiment headquarters, and the various troops of the independent regiment quickly got ready for battle.

The company commanders of each battalion went to make preparations separately. Looking at the soldiers' hurriedly leaving backs, Kong Jie calculated the possible development of the battle situation while looking far away in the direction of Taiyuan City.

He murmured thoughtfully, "The monks should have infiltrated Taiyuan City by now. I don't know if this decapitation operation can go smoothly."

"But it doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not. As long as we can sneak attack the enemy's headquarters, it will be a strategic deterrent."

"The purpose of shocking the enemy has been achieved!"

As he was muttering, a signalman hurried over and a report brought Kong Jie back to reality.

"Report to the regiment commander, our anti-infiltration troops have been chasing all the way, and the group of Japanese who attacked our base have been almost wiped out.

But the Japanese planes came very quickly and dropped a lot of bombs to cover these little Japanese soldiers. About a dozen of them still managed to hide in the mountains and escape.

The company commander asked me to come over and ask if we should continue the pursuit. "

Did some of this damn Yamamoto's special forces escape?

Kong Jie was a little surprised. He had deliberately set up a trap and used a disguised command post as bait. He had also arranged in advance for multiple artillery units to provide long-range fire coverage and specifically attack the small infiltration forces of the Japanese.

The old devil Yamamoto was accidentally fooled again.

Even with such a successful operation, we still couldn't completely destroy Yamamoto's special forces?

"Have you checked the bodies of the Japanese soldiers you killed? Who is the highest-ranking officer in the Japanese army?"

After thinking for a while, Kong Jie asked, although he also felt that with the ability of the old Japanese soldier Yamamoto, there was a high probability that he was among the dozen or so Japanese soldiers who escaped.

really……

The signalman replied: "Captain, among the Japanese soldiers killed, the highest-ranking one was a Japanese major! I don't know if he was the leader of this group of Japanese soldiers."

Normally speaking, the rank of major in the Japanese army was usually the position of the devil's battalion commander.

Of course, more Japanese battalion commanders had the rank of lieutenant colonel.

But according to the feedback from the soldiers, the Japanese troops that had sneak attacked the independent regiment's base numbered only a few dozen people.

How high can the rank of the commander of these dozens of teams be?

Ordinary soldiers naturally don’t know how powerful Yamamoto’s special forces are, let alone the amazing resume of the old Japanese Colonel Yamamoto.

This old devil was a classmate of some famous Japanese army generals, including the famous Sakagami Seishirō.

During his studies at school, Colonel Yamamoto's performance was no worse than those of Seishirō Sakagami and others.

It’s just that Yamamoto’s interest lies in special operations and the combat of small elite troops.

He was not interested in large-scale troop operations.

But even so, as the captain of Yamamoto's special forces and the commander of the only special operations force of the Japanese army, this old devil Yamamoto was still given the rank of colonel.

His military rank was comparable to that of the commander of a Japanese field regiment.

Not low.

A staff officer nearby couldn't help but wonder, "Captain, this is really weird. The Japanese didn't use air support to raid our base very often.

This time, the Japanese sent in aircraft reinforcements just for these few dozen Japanese soldiers.

Where on earth are these devils from? "

Kong Jie thought about it and could only explain it this way: "These little devils are to the Japanese army just like the special forces led by Wei Dayong are to our Eighth Route Army."

As soon as these words were spoken, the staff officer understood.

"So this is the Japanese special operations force!"

He then slapped his thigh and shouted with regret: "It's bad, such an important group of devils, and some of them escaped.

Commander, let's immediately arrange our troops to continue the pursuit!"

Kong Jie shook his head, he knew he couldn't catch up.

The devils in Yamamoto's special forces are extremely good at escaping and hiding. Once they get into the mountains, it will be difficult to catch them.

If conventional combat troops encounter this group of Japanese devils, they will most likely gain nothing.

If the soldiers pursued them rashly, not only would they fail to destroy the Japanese special forces, they might even suffer heavy losses along the way.

Kong Jie would naturally not do a business that would lose money.

"Forget it. Tell the Sixth Company Commander not to chase the escaped Japanese anymore. Strengthen the defense and be careful of Japanese infiltration."

"Yes!"

As for the Yamamoto special forces that escaped, they included Yamamoto Ikki who was not eliminated.

Kong Jie was not in a hurry.

Most of the Japs in Yamamoto's special forces are well-trained special forces, and the number of such elite troops would never be large for the Japanese army.

After the Yangcun encounter, Kong Jie led his troops to destroy the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp and killed more than 20 Japanese soldiers like him. Combined with the casualties this time, Yamamoto's special forces team was basically wiped out.

Only Yamamoto survived, plus a dozen Japanese soldiers who escaped this time.

He is almost a commander without any troops.

Such a Yamamoto special forces team is not worth mentioning at all, Kong Jie couldn't help but think.

When the old Japanese soldier Yamamoto returned to the county town, he learned that the battlefield observation group was destroyed and the Japanese First Army Headquarters was attacked, and he was almost beheaded.

What a wonderful expression that must have appeared on this old devil's face.

...At this time, on several big mountains in the outer defense zone of the independent regiment's base, under the cover of dense vegetation, the old Japanese soldier Yamamoto led 11 young Japanese soldiers behind him, most of whom were injured and looked embarrassed, running around in pursuit of the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

Angry, humiliated, shocked...

Colonel Yamamoto was completely overwhelmed by a variety of complex emotions.

The decapitation operation was a complete failure.

Not only did they fail to fulfill the commander's trust, but they also fell into a trap set by the cunning Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses.

For a moment, Colonel Yamamoto dragged his heavy steps, looking at the dazzling sunlight, not knowing where to go.

After returning to the county, how should I explain to the command center?

"Sir, have we completely failed?"

"Sir, how could these Eighth Route Army soldiers be so cunning? It's as if they had guessed in advance that we would launch a surprise attack!"

A member of the special forces nearby couldn't help but ask. At this moment, deep despair and decadence appeared on this young face, but just a few hours ago, the face of this little devil was full of confidence and pride in victory!

Faced with these questions, Yamamoto didn't know how to answer them in a hurry.

The former arrogance is now completely lost.

He was hit hard and couldn't help but doubt in his heart whether all his persistence over the years had been in vain.

Can special operations really be developed and promoted within the army system, and can they really be used to specifically restrain the guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army?

No one told Yamamoto the answer.

When Yamamoto returned to the rear area with his defeated troops in dejection, he received a piece of news that left him dumbfounded.

——The battlefield observation group was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. More than 100 officers, including Major General Hattori, were killed.

"Nani? How is this possible?"

Yamamoto's eyes were so shocked that they almost fell to the ground - wasn't the observation group following behind the main force?

How could the Eighth Route Army get around to the rear and destroy the observation group?

What is the purpose of the rear guard troops? Didn’t they come back to provide support in time?

These spectator groups were originally invited by Yoshio Shinozuka specifically for the decapitation operation of their Yamamoto special forces.

This is just great.

The show was screwed.

There are no more spectators.

For a moment, Yamamoto was not sure whether he should be angry or grateful. Was he angry that the battlefield observation group was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, or was he grateful that without the audience, his Yamamoto special forces would not be laughed at for making a fool of themselves?

Taiyuan City.

The Japanese First Army Headquarters in Shanxi.

Upon learning that with the timely reinforcement of air firepower, Colonel Yamamoto led a dozen remnants of the army to escape the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, Yoshio Shinozuka remained silent for a long time.

If Yamamoto was not his favorite general, he would have always been aware of Yamamoto's abilities and the strength of the special forces team.

Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help but curse Yamamoto for his incompetence.

But even Yoshio Shinozuka suffered a great loss at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

Even the battlefield observation group was gone?

How could he have the nerve to laugh at someone who is only fifty steps away?

Yoshio Shinozuka and Kazuki Yamamoto have become two brothers in distress who can't bear to laugh at each other.

After coming back to his senses from his anger, Yoshio Shinozuka once again focused his attention on the evolution of the battle situation surrounding the independent regiment's base.

He roared in his heart. The failure of Yamamoto's special forces' decapitation operation and the destruction of the battlefield observation group required the main force to completely eliminate the independent regiment and flatten the independent regiment's base.

Shame before the snow.

Restore the might of the Imperial Army.

"Order the frontline combat troops to speed up the battle!"