Chapter 449: The Japanese Army's Counterattack (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

Seeing the surprised expressions of these generals under his command, as if he was skeptical of his words, Sugiyama Yuan immediately said: "Let's let Hattori-kun explain the matter of the special forces in China, everyone in the province is guessing wildly!" ”

Hattori stood up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, on the question of whether there are really powerful special forces in the Shina army, I can tell you clearly now that there is, and the number is quite large!" ”

"Impossible, special operations are also a new type of advanced tactics in our Great Japanese Empire, which have not yet been formally implemented, how can backward China have such advanced strategies and tactics?" Yamashita said in disbelief.

The chief of staff, who was fat and had the nickname of an infantry gun, was very unimpressed, and said lightly: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, please don't underestimate the Chinese people, you must know that special tactics are the research products of the Germans, and the Chinese people had a very good relationship with the Germans before the outbreak of the China Incident (Lugou Bridge Incident), and the military cooperation between them is very extensive, and even a large number of China officers have been accepted for further study in major German military academies. So please don't underestimate the Shina man, he is much stronger than we think! ”

"The only one that cooperates militarily with Germany is the government of China, do you mean that the government army of China has a strong special forces?" Yamashita said again.

"No, it's the Eighth Road of the Zhina, specifically the Ma Zheng Department!"

"Impossible, the Tub Eight Road is just a bun of dirt buns, how can it be possible to understand the advanced tactics of special operations?" Yamashita continued to retort.

In Yamashita Fengwen's eyes, the Eighth Route Army was just a warlord group with strength in the middle and upper reaches, and before the appearance of Ma Zheng's department, Yamashita Fengwen had never taken a serious view of the Eighth Route and the Communist Party behind it.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, Ma Zheng's department does have a formed special forces. In the eyes of the lowly officials, Ma Zheng, a general of China, could be called a tactician and a terrifying expert in special operations. Every time Ma Zheng's department fights, he can see a lot of shadows of special operations from it, so he is very sure that Ma Zheng's department has a special force of at least 300 people. ”

Perhaps seeing that all the generals present still maintained half-believing expressions, Hattori Zangchen continued: "Do you generals still remember the Wuhan Raid launched by the Central China Army last summer? ”

"Does this have anything to do with the topic we're discussing?" Yamashita asked rhetorically.

"Of course it has something to do with it, Ma Zheng's department also participated in that battle, and everyone must remember the bizarre annihilation of the 11th team of the Third Fleet of the Navy, in fact, the navy was defeated in the hands of Ma Zheng's special forces in that battle, and more than 30 naval ships of the entire naval team ended like that, it's a pity!" Hattori said in a deep voice.

"Nani, are you saying that those navies were defeated by Ma Zheng's special forces?"

"Yes!"

"Is there any evidence?"

According to the information provided by the survivors of the navy, they were touched by the people of China in their sleep, and then they were quietly wiped out, and only a small number of them actually fought face-to-face with the people of China. And the only ones who have the ability to touch the naval ships by crossing the Yangtze River are powerful special forces. ”

"What's more, after the war, the imperial army found several strange corpses in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, these people are no different from the real special forces in terms of military uniforms and equipment, and the most important thing is that these people are from Ma Zheng's department, so there is such an inference from the lowly position." Hattori Kuratomi.

"Hattori-kun, even if there are special forces in Ma Zheng's department, their strength is only three or hundred people, so the impact on the battle situation shouldn't be too big, right?" Muto Akira asked in a deep voice.

"Muto-kun's words are wrong, you must think that two or three hundred people will have little impact on a battle involving tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people. In fact, the core of special operations is to place a precision strike force in the most appropriate position, so as to cause a shock to the whole situation. According to a statistical survey by German special warfare experts, a special forces force with a number of about 12 people can completely change a war as long as it is used properly. And the special combat team of more than 300 people is a force to be reckoned with, and the most important thing is that the front army knows nothing about special operations, so how can defense begin? Hattori said.

"How could Ma Zheng's department know about special operations, could it be that their people also studied in Germany?" Yamashita asked again.

"This is not important, the important thing is that Ma Zheng's department does have special forces, and the repeated failures of the front army before are likely to be related to this powerful special forces." Hattori Kuratomi.

Then Hattori said again: "In fact, as early as half a year ago, I sent my students to test this terrible Shina army, and as a result, my students were defeated by that Shina man twice in succession, especially the last assassination of Ma Zheng, my students saw the strength of Ma Zheng with their own eyes. ”

Sugiyama Yuan thought about it carefully, recalled the recent confrontation with Ma Zheng's department for a while, and said with his eyes wide open: "A little Sine, Ma Zheng is a big bastard. Hattori-kun, you are the most famous special operations expert in our Great Japanese Empire, and I believe that you will definitely wipe out Ma Zhengbu's special operations team, please. ”

"Your Excellency Commander, now the problem is not only the special combat team of Ma Zheng's department, the first thing we have to determine is how many special forces are still in China, and these special forces are in the hands of that part of the forces, what is the combat effectiveness?" Hattori said worriedly.

Hattori's words obviously spoke the hearts of all the officers present, how many terrifying special forces are there? If every military unit at the division and brigade level had such a terrifying force, then this battle would be difficult to fight.

"Yo Xi, the current situation in Datong is critical, and I will immediately send someone to investigate this matter after this battle!" Sugiyama Motomichi.

"Hay!"

Then Hattori said again: "Your Excellency, Commander, now that Datong is in danger, the people of China can complete the breakthrough in such a short period of time, and I suspect that there must be a shadow of the special forces in it, so I implore you to lead the team to the Datong battlefield to investigate on the spot, and ask Your Excellency the Commander for approval!" ”

"Yes, you can go at any time!" Sugiyama Motomichi.

"Hay!"

Ma Zheng obviously did not expect that a powerful enemy had arrived, and he was commanding the operation at the Fengzhen Headquarters at this time. Three and a half hours have passed since the battle started at 11 o'clock, and the progress of the two armies has been very smooth, first the assault brigade successfully broke through the Japanese defense line of Baoziwan, and the Japanese troops of the two wings were beaten and abandoned their armor, and were completely annihilated by the reorganized 1st Division and 2nd Brigade that followed up.

This was followed by the successful attack on Zuoyun and Youyu by the main force and the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division, which not only broke through the defense line of the 2nd Wing of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army, but also annihilated this wing in one fell swoop, captured the two counties of Zuoyun and Youyu in the northwest of Shanxi, opened up the communication line between Ma Zheng's headquarters and the 120th Division, and connected the defense area of the 120th Division with the Suicha Military Region.

Just now, news came from the front again that the assault brigade broke through the outer defense line of the Japanese army in Datong, and the Japanese troops defending the city fled back to Datong City, using the city fortifications to continue to resist stubbornly.

Of course, there was also bad news, and the Japanese counterattack began. An urgent telegram came from the direction of Zhangjiakou that the main force of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Xuanhua was assembling and seemed to be preparing to attack Zhangjiakou.

At the same time, the 110th Division headed by Sangmu Chongming was divided into two, the main force of one urgently reinforced Datong, and the other of about 5,000 people went north overnight to attack the Xuanjia Pagoda between Xinghe and Tianzhen, and the intention of attacking Xinghe was very obvious.

However, these did not shake Ma Zheng's determination, and when he learned that the assault brigade had driven the Japanese devils outside the city into the city, Ma Zheng immediately ordered the special forces operating with the army to act immediately and cooperate with the assault brigade to take Datong City according to the original plan. (To be continued.) )