Chapter 21: Special Operations Brigade

Beiping, the headquarters of the North China Dispatch Army. At the desk in Terauchi Shouichi's study, there are now two people sitting facing each other, one is the notorious commander of the North China Front Army of the Chinese invasion army, Terauchi Shouichi, and the other is Yamaguchi Umeko, the person in charge of the North China Region of the Special High-tech Branch of the Military Department of the Japanese Army.

Yamaguchi Umeko put a thin piece of paper on Terauchi Shouichi's desk and said, "Your Excellency Commander, this is all the information of Han Yunhua of the Eighth Route Army and the Chinese army he led. ”

Shouichi Terauchi took the materials with both hands and said, "Good work, Miss Umeko." I'll report your exploits to the base camp, don't worry. After speaking, he took the materials and looked at them.

After a while, Terauchi Shouichi asked, "Is this material accurate?" This Han Yunhua really didn't have a systematic military education, was the army he led really the remnants of the new regiment that was almost wiped out by Itagaki Jun? Could it be that such an army composed of remnants of defeated generals wiped out more than 3,500 imperial warriors of the Fifth Division? Could it be that this unit captured our logistics base and caused the plan formulated by the General Staff to target the Eighth Route Army to be aborted? Is this unbelievable? ”

Yamaguchi Umeko replied: "Your Excellency, this information was stolen from the Kuomintang Military and Political Department by our high-ranking agents who were lurking inside the Kuomintang political axe in China, and it was obtained through various investigations. For this reason, we sacrificed 3 high-ranking spies, and several peripheral organizations were destroyed by the Kuomintang Military Command Bureau, so the accuracy of this material is completely guaranteed. Although this Han Yunhua is only 22 years old, he has a high level of seniority in the Eighth Route Army, he participated in the strategic retreat called the Long March, and served as the deputy commander of the new 1st Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army after the outbreak of the Chinese War. At the beginning of October, the new regiment fought with the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division of Itagaki Jun in Zuoyun County, Datong, Shanxi. Yes, the new regiment was almost completely wiped out, and two-thirds of the soldiers were killed by the 21st Infantry Wing of the 21st Brigade Regiment, and the officers below the commander of the regiment were almost killed and wounded, this Han Yunhua was also seriously injured, and later the remnants of the new regiment fled to the area of Chahar Xinghe County, and gained a firm foothold in that area, and twice broke through the county seat of Xinghe County, and all the imperial soldiers defending the city were shattered, and then Chahar sent a large group of troops and was led by the famous warrior Yamamoto Shiro Osa, to encircle and suppress the regiment, The Yamamoto Brigade was completely wiped out, and at this time, the new regiment had been reorganized into the Mengji Anti-Japanese Detachment, with Han Yunhua as the detachment leader. Later, in order to rescue the Eighth Route Army in the central Hebei region, Han Yunhua led his troops into northern Shanxi, won two battles and two victories, and broke through two county towns in just 9 days, killing more than 4,900 people in our army and more than 3,000 people in the Imperial Army. ”

Terauchi Shouichi thought for a while and asked: "Miss Meizi, how many troops does this Mengji Anti-Japanese Detachment have now, since they can achieve such a record in such a short period of time, I think they must have a lot of troops, and it must be that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has vigorously supplemented the department." ”

"Your Excellency Commander, now Han Yunhua's department has been expanded into a brigade-level military unit, and now the department has two regiments and one battalion, with a total of more than 2,500 people in the whole brigade." Umeko Yamaguchi replied.

Terauchi Shoudai said loudly: "This is impossible, can more than 2,500 people wipe out more than 3,500 people of the Fifth Division?" It was an elite mechanized infantry with a chariot squadron, 5 cavalry squadrons, and more than 100 vehicles. ”

Yamaguchi Meizi glanced at Terauchi Shouichi disdainfully, and said: "Your Excellency Terauchi, I just said that Han Yunhua's department now has more than 2,500 people, but I didn't say that when the department attacked the Fifth Division and Yangyuan County, it was still 2,500 people. As a commander, you should know that war is about killing people, and to eliminate so many of our troops, it is impossible for Han Yunhua's troops not to die alone, maybe they used to have a lot of people in this army, but after several battles, now only these people remain. You must know that in just over two months, a total of more than 6,000 imperial soldiers died at the hands of Han Yunhua and his troops, not counting the Imperial Army, do you think Han Yunhua's troops will have no casualties? Your Excellency the Commander. ”

Shouichi Terauchi hurriedly got up and bowed down and said, "Miss Meizi reprimanded!" ”

"If nothing else, I'll retire first, Your Excellency Commander?" After Yamaguchi finished speaking, Umeko turned around and walked out, without looking at Shouichi Terauchi, who bowed to the table.

After Yamaguchi Meizi walked away, Terauchi Shouichi said angrily: "If you don't have a father who holds the power of the empire, hum! How can it be your turn to show off here. ”

After sulking for a while, Terauchi Shouichi asked the guards to invite the chief of staff, Major General Okabe Naosaburo, to discuss countermeasures against Han Yunhua's department.

After reading the basic information about Han Yunhua collected by the Special High-tech Branch of the Imperial Army, Major General Okabe Naosaburo said respectfully: "Your Excellency Commander, according to intelligence analysis, Han Yunhua's unit is now entrenched in the Daqingshan area of Xinghe County, Chahar, and the overall strength of this newly formed 77th Brigade is very weak, and this is the best time for us to eliminate Han Yunhua. ”

Terauchi Shouichi sighed and said, "I don't know that this is the best time to eliminate this Han Yunhua." But Okada-kun, you have to understand that now that the forces in our hands are seriously insufficient, and even maintaining law and order in the occupied areas are a little stretched, so what can we do with the troops to encircle and suppress this Han Yunhua? ”

Major General Okabe Naosaburo thought for a while and said: "This Han Yunhua has not only made us disgraced, but Tojo-kun's Chahar Dispatch Corps is also a lost army under him, so we can jointly send troops with Tojo-kun, I think as long as we send a wing on one side, we can definitely wipe out all Han Yunhua's troops." ”

"Yo West, Yo West! Okabe-kun is really talented, so he will do what Okada-kun said, but although Han Yunhua's strength is very weak now, the combat effectiveness of the department is extraordinary, I think the strength of the two wings may be possible to defeat the department, but it seems to be a little difficult to completely annihilate the department perfectly, our side can draw a wing from the 5th Division and the 109th Division, led by the deputy chief of staff, Major General Kawabe, to form a northbound corps to eliminate Han Yunhua's division. I will inform Tojo-kun again, and let his Chahar send a corps to attack Han Yunhua's department with two wings, more than 15,000 people in four wings, I don't believe that one of his brigades cannot be destroyed, and I want everyone who dares to defy the imperial army to know that as long as they dare to resist, they must be prepared to be destroyed. Shouichi Terauchi said with a hideous face.

After receiving the telegram from Terauchi Shouichi, Tojo Hideki did not speak for a long time, but in fact, on December 27, Tojo Hideki learned that after the headquarters camp was organizing a corps stationed in Mongolia, Chahar sent the troops of the corps to withdraw to their original headquarters.

After the army occupied the "Mongolian Xinjiang region," in order to quickly transfer the troops belonging to the Kwantung Army back to Manchuria to assume responsibility for the defense of the Soviet Union and to deal with the anti-Japanese coalition forces in Northeast China, it ordered the 26th Division to be organized on September 30, 1937. At this time, the War Department, in consideration of the overall strategic situation, decided to use the Kwantung Army to deal specifically with the Soviet Union and the North China Front Army to deal with China, and to deploy special troops in the middle of North China and the Northeast Curve, that is, the so-called "Manchurian and Mongolian regions," to fill the gap between the Kwantung Army and the North China Front, and at the same time to monitor Outer Mongolia (i.e., the Mongolian People's Republic), Ningxia, and Suiyuan.

On December 27, it was officially decided to establish the headquarters of the Corps stationed in Mongolia, under the direct command of the emperor. The authority of its commander is the same as that of a corps commander.

On January 4, 1938, the War Department of the base camp issued an order for the establishment and tasks of the Corps stationed in Mongolia, and on January 8, the Corps Headquarters was organized. The Corps Commander Lieutenant General Hasunuma and Chief of Staff Major General Ishimoto Inzo were under the command of the 26th Division and 5 infantry reserve brigades.

And he, the so-called commander of the Chahar Dispatch Army, was taken over as early as September 2 by Major General Yukio Kasahara, deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, but Major General Yukio Kasahara did not arrive for some reason, so he was temporarily appointed as acting commander. However, Hideki Tojo finally asked the adjutant to send a report to the 15th Mixed Brigade, asking the 15th Mixed Brigade to send two wings led by the brigade commander or one of the brigade chiefs of staff in addition to the necessary remaining troops, and march east to attack Han Yunhua's department entrenched in Chahar, because Tojo Hideki did not want to leave regrets when he was in office.

After reading the telegram, Seiichiro Shinohara, commander of the 15th Mixed Brigade, immediately began to calculate the strength of his own troops. The brigade was originally formed by the 1st Division of the 2nd Division of the Kwantung Army, departed from Harbin by train on August 18, arrived in Chengde on August 24, and was incorporated into the Chahar Dispatch Corps of the Kwantung Army, and then sailed to Zhangbei. It has the 16th Infantry Wing (Wing Commander Goto Juro Osa), the 30th Infantry Wing (Wing Commander Tsutsuro Inokura Osa), the 2nd Cavalry Wing (Wing Honda Takeo Nakasa), the 2nd Field Artillery Wing (Wing Commander Takahashi Tsuro Osa), the 3rd Engineer Wing (Wing Leader Seito Seisa), the Light and Heavy Infantry Squadron (Squadron Leader Chiba Matsutaro Shosa), the Signal Team, and the 2nd Health Squad of the Kwantung Army.

However, since the annihilation of the Yamamoto Brigade, the 15th Mixed Brigade has not been well replenished, so now the 30th Infantry Wing is still lacking a brigade, and the 30th Infantry Wing is still stationed in the Chahar military town of Jining.

Therefore, Major General Seiichiro Shinohara, who first excluded the 30th Infantry Wing, and the Field Artillery Wing of the 2nd Field Artillery Wing of Takahashi Tsuro Osa, which was not suitable for fighting in the mountains, was also excluded from the troops of this operation by Major General Seiichiro Minamoto. In the end, Major General Seiichiro Shinogamoto decided to personally lead Goto Juro Osa's 16th Infantry Wing and Honda Takeo Nakasa's 2nd Cavalry Wing to the east.

Han Yunhua, who did not know that the danger was approaching, was now busy setting up his own special operations team, and Han Yunhua first selected more than 700 combat backbones and fighters with special skills from the more than 9,500 people in the brigade for unified training, and prepared to select three special operations squadrons of 156 people from them.

In order to train these special combat personnel, Han Yunhua went so far as to take out the methods used by the PLA to train special forces in later generations, and it was also the training method of China's most famous "Flying Dragon" special brigade. The reason why we want to use the training methods of the "Flying Dragon" special brigade is because Han Yunhua used to be a "flying dragon", so he is also most familiar with the training methods of the "Flying Dragon" special brigade.

Although Han Yunhua was very familiar with several of the most famous special operations brigades of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in later generations, perhaps because he was once a member of the "Flying Dragon", Han Yunhua's feelings for the "Flying Dragon" were also the deepest, and even the "Eagle" special operations brigade he trained single-handedly could not compare. And Han Yunhua still has a wish, that is: he wants to let some of China's most famous special combat brigades in later generations be reborn on the battlefield of resistance against the Japanese, whether it is "flying dragon", "cheetah", "eagle", "frogman" or "seal".

Wake up at 5:30 in the morning, and each member of the special combat team runs 5,000 meters with a weight of 20 kilograms. At 8:00, the training hook ladder went up and down 300 times, and crossed the 30-meter barbed wire fence 300 times. 10:00 Arm strength and leg strength training for 2 hours. 13:30 Anti-sun body training: Flat holding a crooked handle machine gun, hanging a brick with a rope on the muzzle, motionless for 2 hours. At 16:00, the training of live projectile target is 1 hour, and then the combat training is 2 hours. Half an hour after eating, continue to run 5,000 meters with a weight of 20 kg. 5 days of swimming training: wearing a thick military uniform, and Han Yunhua's special military shoes specially made by the special brigade to swim 5,000 meters in one go. A Chinese-style triathlon once every 3 days: 2000 meters of weight-bearing running, 2000 meters of swimming, and 2000 meters of mountain climbing. 7 days of 250 km 30 kg cross-country marching training. 15 days of wilderness survival training, 3 days of food to survive in the wild for 7 days, march more than 1,000 kilometers, but also carry guns, ammunition and survival supplies, on the way to carry out the actual combat surname of the breakout, counter-breakout, reconnaissance of the enemy, climbing the cliff and other tasks. In peacetime training, an all-round training program has been added, and most of the equipment in the army, from pistols to Type 92 infantry guns, must be mastered one by one, especially the standard equipment of the army.

In addition, the special operations team also has to learn Chinese with Han Yunhua for an hour every day, and it is not required to be able to write, but it must be able to speak, and it must be proficient in speaking. The requirements of the special operations brigade are very high, and it is unbearable for ordinary people, and there is also the fact that most of them are trained in the form of actual combat, so the progress of the special combat personnel is very fast, but the casualties are also very high, 47 people have been killed, 43 people have been disabled, 120 people have quit the special brigade in just one month, and basically everyone has been injured.

In just one month, the special operations brigade successfully completed a total of 139 missions, and all 43 difficult tasks in the last 10 days were completed, and no one was killed. Their footprints have traveled all over Xinghe, Zhangbei, Tianzhen, Yanggao, Huai'an, Wanquan, Zuoyun, Youyu, the early stage of the Chahar Right Wing, the middle of the Chahar Right Wing, the late stage of the Chahar Right Wing, and the counties and cities of Datong.

Wherever the special operations brigade went, it had to openly investigate and secretly visit the Han annihilation lackeys of the local army, and draw up a plan to assassinate them in the shortest possible time; after the assassination was completed, they would leave a small blood-colored flag with the word "kill" written on it at the scene of the crime. (New book release, ask for recommendation votes, ask for collection!!! I hope you can leave your suggestions in the book review area after reading the book!! Aotian is grateful!! )