Chapter 34: Eagle Eye
After the Japanese army occupied the entire territory of Shandong, it quickly occupied Henan, Jiangsu and other provinces with Shandong as a strategic springboard, and in order to catch up with the pace of the Japanese army, they carried out raiding operations behind them, and at the same time avoided the Japanese army behind them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The entire territory of Shandong has basically fallen. The Japanese army only left a small garrison, with a large number of puppet troops, stationed in the main towns. As for some remote villages, only from time to time a small number of troops will be sent out to sweep up. This also brings a lot of convenience to the interspersed falcon. At least along the way, there is still a relatively large strategic space left for them.
The road was quite smooth, except for a few strongholds that occupied the only way for the Falcon to march, and they were easily trained by the Jiangshan Lian Xiao, everyone did not encounter too strong resistance. This gave Jiangshan an illusion that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in Shandong was nothing more than that.
However, Liang Jianbin is more experienced and keenly aware of Jiangshan's idea of underestimating the enemy. Before entering Henan, after careful consideration, he deliberately found Jiangshan. He has to have a good talk with Jiang Shan, as a leading commander, if he has this kind of thinking of underestimating the enemy, if he doesn't get it right, it will bring disaster to the entire Falcon team.
"Jiangshan, what do you think of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army we encountered along the way?"
Jiang Shan smiled proudly and said: "After the battles along the way, I think that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in Shandong is no more than that. If our Falcon squad has been running in for a period of time, and when its combat effectiveness has been fully formed, I estimate that it will not be a problem to fight against the garrison of one of their squadrons. ā
Liang Jianbin frowned and said, "You also know that these are garrison troops." Jiangshan, I think you think things are too simple. The Japanese troops we encountered along the way were all garrison units of Class B and Class II divisions, not to mention Class A divisions, and even serious combat units were not encountered. Do you think this is the real combat strength of the Japanese army? If this continues, I am afraid that once we encounter the Japanese army's A division, we will suffer a big loss. ā
Jiang Shan was shocked in his heart, and his brows furrowed, but he still whispered: "The Japanese army's A divisions are all advancing on the front line, where is the energy to garrison?" Jiang Shan said this, even he himself has no confidence.
Sure enough, Liang Jianbin shattered his illusions with one sentence: "Then tell me, what happened to the Third Division we met in Shandong?" That is the elite of the Kwantung Army, since they can appear in Shandong, why won't other divisions appear in the rear? Jiangshan, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, we are commanders, and we are holding the lives of the whole team of soldiers in our hands! If we are careless, what will be the consequences, think for yourself. ā
Liang Jianbin's words made Jiangshan break out in a cold sweat. After carefully recalling his actions, words and deeds during this period, Jiang Shan had to admit that during this period of time, he had been blinded by this kind of low-intensity military confrontation, and he was really too light on the enemy, and sometimes, even when formulating battle plans, he was a little rash. Thanks to Liang Jianbin who reminded himself in time, otherwise he would not even have time to cry when he suffered a big loss.
Jiang Shan, who calmed down, re-examined his overall plan, and found that loopholes are really everywhere, and some of them are simply fatal! Not to mention anything else, the supply and ammunition replenishment problems along the way, he thought too simply, and when designing the route, it was too close to the large and medium-sized cities where a large number of Japanese troops were stationed, once the Japanese army reacted quickly and used its strong mobility ability to encircle and chase itself, these dozen members of the Falcon were hares in the wilderness, and in the eyes of the crazy hunting dogs of the Japanese army, there was nothing to hide!
After careful discussion with Liang Jianbin, the two of them immediately made a decision that the whole team should immediately stay away from large and medium-sized cities and important areas defended by the Japanese army, and move to the mountains and villages to carry out guerrilla warfare.
What Jiang Shan and Liang Jianbin didn't know was that their decision not only made the Falcon team wander around the edge of the cliff and miraculously turn back, but also turned the intelligence department of the First Army of the North China Front of the Japanese invasion of China upside down......
It turned out that the Falcon Squad's combat operations in Shandong, although they could hide their strength through the rivers and mountains, were simply carried out piecemeal, and they were only aimed at some transport teams with low combat effectiveness and remote strongholds with relatively weak guards, and did not achieve too prominent results, but for the all-pervasive Japanese intelligence department, it was still too dazzling.
During this time, because of the enemy's underestimation and carelessness, the Falcon Squad did not do a good enough job of hiding itself, and it inevitably revealed some horses' feet, and the intelligence department of the First Army immediately found clues.
Originally, this kind of guerrilla warfare did not attract enough attention from the top of the Japanese army at first. But the Falcon Squad appeared too often during this time, and the most important thing is that the entire squad perfectly carried out Jiangshan's order - not a single prisoner will be left, and the Japanese army must be completely annihilated!
In this way, the Japanese military top brass with a keen sense of smell can see that something is wrong. Fighting with this "very small" Chinese army with his own troops not only did not achieve any results, but also allowed the other side to take advantage of it! After careful analysis, the problem is even greater - the tactics of this squad are obviously different from other Chinese armies! In a very short period of time, after concentrating superior firepower and quickly completing the attack, they quickly withdrew from the battlefield. It can be said that the essence of guerrilla warfare has been brought to the extreme!
For such a peculiar combat team, the first reaction of the Japanese army was not special operations, because in their opinion, the backward Chinese army could not have the possibility of carrying out special operations at all. It wasn't until later that a small incident changed their perception and made them value the Falcon Squad.
Speaking of which, Liang Jianbin has to be blamed for this. Perhaps because the Eighth Route Army was living a hard life and was poor, after each battle, Liang Jianbin would give a strange order to the Falcon members - all the bullet casings that could be found should be recovered, and after a certain number of bullets were collected, they would find a safe place to hide them, and then find an opportunity to send them back to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, where there was the Eighth Route Army's arsenal, where bullets could be reloaded.
Jiang Shan has always felt that Liang Jianbin has no meaning in this behavior, which is as ridiculous as a squirrel storing nuts for the winter. Now the Falcon Squad is engaged in large-scale mobile operations, and there is no fixed place to live all day, and no one knows where tomorrow will be. With bullet casings hidden everywhere like this, is it possible to expect to come back and dig them out later? Besides, now the squad is fighting to feed the war, and replenish itself by constantly attacking the Japanese army, so there is no need to be so picky. Helplessly, Liang Jianbin made up his mind, but he didn't let go, and Jiang Shan persuaded him a few times to see that it didn't work, so he didn't bother to care anymore.
It was this inconspicuous trivial matter, coupled with the outrageous battle loss ratio of the Falcon Squad, that attracted the attention of the Intelligence Section of the First Army of the Japanese North China Front. After some careful analysis, they unanimously came to the conclusion that this mysterious small Chinese army has all the characteristics of special operations, and they are the special forces of the Chinese army!