Chapter 12: The Yaki Brigade

"Treasure, treasure! This is a gem! Naosaburo Okabe had an ecstatic smile on his face. It's okay if he doesn't understand, he just needs to know that this is a treasure! "Muto-kun has made a great contribution to the empire this time! For the heroes, the empire will never be disadvantaged! ”

Okabe's words can be regarded as speaking to Muto's heart, "It all depends on the general's care, and he is willing to bow and die for the general!" "This guy's Chinese idiom is very smooth, and he deserves to be an elite spy.

"Muto-kun, I heard that you suffered another defeat in Zaozhuang?" Okabe looked at Muto with a smile, and Muto's face was already pale. "You don't have to worry, though. Who hasn't made mistakes? As long as you don't get knocked down by mistakes, you can still get back on your feet! ”

Naosaburo Okabe made a big turn when he spoke, and a big loop almost scared Yuichiro Muto to death! Fortunately, the last turn came back, and Muto's heart was beating hard.

"I know exactly what you're doing. Your two defeats in Jining and Zaozhuang were all lost to a force called the Flying Tiger Battalion. The mode of operation of this army was different from that of the Central Army of the Chinese army, and it was also different from the Northwest Army, the Northeast Army, the Jin Army, the Sichuan Army or the Gui Army, and it did not agree with any of the Chinese armies. What they are fighting is not a regular battle! ”

"Hey! His Excellency the General has analyzed it very correctly, and it is precisely because of this that he is deeply troubled by his humble position. The battalion commander of the Flying Tiger Battalion is called Ren Laifeng. According to my investigation, this Ren Laifeng did not study in any military academy, and his tactics are likely to be completely self-created. This is a great guy and a tough opponent to tangle with! ”

"Yo Si. When problems are found, we must solve them, rather than blindly complaining and shirking responsibility. This is where we Japanese are superior to the Chinese. Muto-kun, I have decided to set up a special unit specifically for the Flying Tiger Battalion, as well as all the irregular combat units in China similar to the Flying Tiger Battalion! They are called the Flying Tiger Battalion, and our unit is called the Yaqi Brigade! ”

"The Yaki Orochi can only be killed by the great god Susanoo, of course Ren Laifeng is not Susanoo, and our Yaqi Brigade will definitely be able to defeat the Shina Flying Tiger Battalion! Muto-kun, my idea is for you to be the first captain of the Yagi Brigade, are you willing? Naosaburo Okabe looked at Yuichiro Muto curiously.

Would you like to? Of course he did! This is a unit personally formed by His Excellency General Naosaburo Okabe! Needless to say, in the future, this Yagi Brigade will also be directly under the jurisdiction of Shogun Okabe. Once Yuichiro Muto became the commander of this unit, wouldn't he also become a direct subordinate of Lieutenant General Okabe?

After being stunned for a moment, Yuichiro Muto immediately stood up straight, raised his hand and replied loudly, "I do!" The humble is willing to command the Yaqi Brigade and annihilate the Flying Tiger Battalion! Capture Ren Laifeng alive! ”

"Yo Xi!" Okabe clapped his hands happily, "Muto-kun deserves to be an excellent soldier and an excellent spy in the empire. Your rank is a bit small. In my plan, the Yagi Brigade should be a unit at the wing level. In this way, I will write an application to the military department and promote you to Zhongzuo in advance. Nakasa, leading the Yaqi Brigade is more in line with the specifications. ”

"Hey!"

What does it mean to be a blessing in disguise? That's a blessing in disguise! Yuichiro Muto's heart is so happy not to mention. Let's listen to what the general said, the Yaqi Brigade is a wing-level unit! Now that he is promoted to Zhongzuo, won't he be promoted to Dazuo logically once he makes some achievements? Dazuo, and further up there is the general.

Thinking of the power and prestige after becoming a general, Muto's head was already dizzy.

Leaving the headquarters on two legs, he returned to the hotel and announced the good news to his subordinates, and the thirty-six devils who came with him were so happy that they cried with joy! Before I came, no one was optimistic about Muto's future! The reason why I came with him was completely forced by the situation, but I never expected that this time I really bet on the right treasure and went the right way!

Okabe Naosaburo gave Muto a letter of appointment, as well as Nakasa's military rank and the corresponding seals and flags. As for how to form the troops and how to fight, it is completely up to Muto Nakasa to decide, and Chief of Staff Okabe only needs the result.

This is said to be a delegation of power, but in fact, it can also be said to be a picker and a burden. The chief of staff of the dispatch army is so busy, where can he personally manage such a newly formed wing-level unit?

However, Shogun Okabe gave Muto a Shokata sword, which was a letter written by Naosaburo Okabe himself, which not only had Shogun Okabe's autograph, but also the seal of the chief of staff of his dispatch army. With this letter, you can choose any people from the infantry wings of each division of the Northern Branch Dispatch Army to join the Yaqi Brigade!

This guy has a lot of power! Arbitrarily transfer people, the northern branch sends hundreds of thousands of troops, and randomly draws people from these hundreds of thousands of people, how much power is that? Of course, there is also the right to score how to use it. If Muto's head is dizzy, he will take this letter and go directly to Itagaki Seishiro, and he will send his eleventh wing out to form the Yagi Brigade, and it is estimated that it will not take him a few days to become the captain of the Yaki Brigade.

Of course, Yuichiro Muto will not be so stupid, he will first pick a few second-line divisions to investigate, and then send a group of veterans with actual combat experience to gradually train and train. From this day on, the Baqi Brigade of the North China Front of the Japanese Army was officially established. One of the purposes of the formation of this unit was to deal with Ren Laifeng and his Flying Tiger Battalion.

In this regard, Ren Laifeng was completely in the dark, and he didn't know anything about it. What is Ren Laifeng doing? He followed the Third Army westward and moved to the Xuchang area of Henan.

In April 1938, Taierzhuang won a great victory! The Fifth Theater under the command of General Li Zongren annihilated more than 10,000 men of the elite 5th and 10th Divisions of the Japanese invaders in the Taierzhuang area. The Japanese invaders were annoyed and angry after losing the battle, and continued to increase their forces in an attempt to fight again.

The units of our Fifth Theater were exhausted from fighting for several days, and in addition to the heavy casualties of all armies and divisions, it was no longer possible to conduct another high-intensity large-scale operation of a large corps. In order to prevent the main force of the theater from being surrounded by Japanese invaders, the chairman of the committee ordered all units in the Fifth theater to take the initiative to retreat from Xuzhou.

The Xue Yue Corps of the First Theater fought fiercely with the Japanese in the eastern Henan region to cover the transfer of the main force of the Fifth Theater.

Due to the deployment of our army in place, Liu Ruming's 68th Army was decisive and bold in its operation. After suffering a lot of troubles, the Japanese finally entered Xuzhou, but only got an empty city!

So many people died, so much money was spent, but the main force of the Chinese army was not destroyed, and the Japanese base camp was very dissatisfied. Therefore, the base camp ordered: all divisions of the Japanese army on the front line continued to pursue in order to expand the victory of the Battle of Xuzhou.