Battle Plan A? ”

Okamura Ninji just glanced at the plan handed over by Yoshio Shinozuka, and put it on the big table casually, without opening the plan at all.

Yoshio Shinozuka's expression immediately darkened.

Sure enough, His Excellency the General still can't let go of this defeat.

Okamura Ninji rubbed his eyebrows and said tiredly, "Shinozuka-kun, can I listen to your tactical ideas first?" ”

"Hello." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded slightly, and said, "Your Excellency, the succession of the Yamazaki Brigade, the 4th Brigade, the Field Observation Group, and the 9th Brigade is enough to prove one thing. ”

"That's the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Bandit District, it's really extraordinary."

"If the original tactics are still used, they can only continue to sit big."

"Therefore, the imperial army must mobilize heavy troops to block the periphery of the Taihang bandit area first, so that they cannot break through and leave."

"Then, concentrate the forces of 15 to 20 infantry brigades, form a network, and carry out a dragnet search in the Taihang bandit area, and once the main force of the Eighth Route Army is discovered, quickly concentrate forces to completely destroy it."

Okamura Ninji said: "15 to 20 infantry brigades, is it enough?" ”

"It should be enough." Yoshio Shinozuka replied, "Take the Yamazaki Brigade as an example, under the premise of building fortifications in advance, even if it is surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, it is enough to hold out for half a day. ”

"If one of the infantry brigades in Lanet is heavily surrounded by the Eighth Route Army,"

"As long as this infantry brigade lasts two hours, the neighboring infantry brigade will be able to arrive."

"Although the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang bandit area is not what it used to be, it is still unable to compete with more than 10 infantry brigades of the imperial army, so the number of 15 to 20 infantry brigades is enough."

Okamura Ninji said noncommittally: "Shinozuka-kun, I don't know if you have thought about it?" ”

"The Eighth Route Army's Taihang bandit area is more than 100 kilometers in circumference, even if it is a net with 20 infantry brigades, the distance between each other is more than 5 kilometers, what should you do if the Eighth Route Army divides the troops?"

"A 5-kilometer-wide gap can be easily penetrated by less than 1,000 people, right?"

Although Okamura Ninji is a newcomer, he has already read a large number of war reports since he took office.

I already have some understanding of the large and small battles between the North China Front Army and the Eighth Route Army in the past three years, and I know that when the Eighth Route Army is swept away by the Japanese army, the most usual countermeasure is to break through the encirclement in parts, jump behind the Japanese army, and wait until the Japanese sweeping troops have withdrawn before returning to the base area.

In the past three years, the North China Front Army has launched no less than 100 sweeps, large and small, but in the end they have all been defeated by this policy of the Eighth Route Army, and there is no way to crack it so far.

At most, the grid is smaller when the net is pulled, which is changed from the net tactic to the grate tactic, but the effect does not seem to be very good, at most it will net a few small troops.

It is impossible to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in the sweeping area.

Therefore, from Okamura Ninji's point of view, the A battle plan proposed by Yoshio Shinozuka can be said to be nothing new, if it is still the old tactic of pulling the net or combing the grate, then there is really no need to waste time reading.

Yoshio Shinozuka said calmly: "Your Excellency, how to break the Eighth Route Army's fragmentation and break through separately is the core content of the A battle plan!" ”

"Oh, really?" Okamura Ninji finally got interested.

He said: "Then you might as well talk about how to crack the Eighth Route Army's disintegration into pieces?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka paused slightly, and said: "The method is very simple, that is, to form a large number of special forces to locate the headquarters organs, brigade headquarters and even regimental headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Then guide the sweeping troops to launch a precise strike against it!"

"As long as the headquarters organs, brigade headquarters, and even regimental headquarters of the Eighth Route Army are destroyed,"

"Then the Eighth Route Army in the entire Taihang bandit area will lose its effective command and fall into the predicament of fighting its own battles."

"At that time, the sweeping troops can take infantry squadrons or even squads as units, and strengthen the dragnet sweep into a comb grate sweep, as long as they sweep back and forth three to five times, they can basically destroy the eight roads in the Taihang bandit area."

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka's tone couldn't help but be a little high, and he was also a little proud in his heart.

This is a solution that he spent half a year of in-depth research to come up with.

Yoshio Shinozuka was convinced that there could be no better option than Operation Plan A.

However, after listening to Yoshio Shinozuka's explanation, Okamura Ninji's face instantly collapsed, and even the gaze hiding behind the lenses became gloomy.

"Shinozuka-kun? Haven't you had enough? ”

Okamura Ninji said with a dark face, "How long do you want to play?" ”

"Play?" Yoshio Shinozuka was dumbfounded, "What did Your Excellency General say about this?" ”

"Am I wrong?" Okamura Ninji said with a dark face, "That guy Yamamoto Kazuki talks about the Tao, but it's a mess when he does it. ”

"I was naïve enough to think,"

"He came back from Germany to learn something real,"

"But I didn't expect that he only learned the ability to give away people's heads!"

"Because of his stupidity and recklessness, the imperial army buried more than 100 excellent officers, as well as more than 4,000 battle-hardened imperial soldiers, Shinozuka-kun, they didn't have to die in battle this time!"

"Especially Hattori-kun was captured by the Eighth Route Army, do you know how serious the consequences are?"

"Your Excellency, I know this." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "As the commander of the 21st Brigade with the rank of major general, Hattori-kun has come into contact with and has too many secrets, not to mention anything else, the secret about Unit 731 alone is enough to make the Imperial Foreign Affairs Department anxious, but I believe that Hattori-kun can keep the secret." ”

"Whether Hattori-kun can keep the secret or not, we won't discuss it yet."

Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said, "I just want to tell you that there won't be a second time in such a defeat, so you don't have to tell me about Yamamoto-kun's special warfare method, it's just a joke!" ”

"A well-organized surprise attack, but it was easily defused by the Eighth Route Army."

"A special forces force that spent a lot of money to build, but it was easily annihilated by the Eighth Route Army."

"What good can such special forces be? Is such a special warfare method really worth vigorously promoting? ”

"Shinozuka-kun, I really don't know what you think, how can you believe that Yamamoto is a fool, how can you believe in his special operations methods?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was speechless because he had no way to refute it.

The performance of the Yamamoto special forces in this surprise attack was indeed very unbearable.

Not only has no news come back so far, but it has probably been completely wiped out, and it has also led to the battlefield observation group and the 9th Brigade being collectively shattered, which is really bad.

It's no wonder that Okamura Ninji was disappointed with Kazuki Yamamoto and the special warfare method.

Because the bloody examples of war are in front of you, and any justification is futile.

Yoshio Shinozuka hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Your Excellency, the defeat in this surprise attack battle was because Yoshio Oshima, the intelligence section, leaked the information......

"Shinozuka-kun! Regarding Yoshio Oshima, I have also read the investigation report of the Special High School. ”

Okamura Ninji directly interrupted: "Yoshio Oshima divided the information into three parts out of the mentality of being a strange commodity, and before the end of the battle, he only sold the information of the 9th Brigade to the Eighth Route Army, and the information about the battlefield observation group and the Yamamoto special team has not had time to sell, so the failure of the Yamamoto special team has nothing to do with Yoshio Oshima!" ”

After a pause, Okamura Ninji said again: "Of course, I don't say this to excuse Yoshio Oshima. ”

"Yoshio Oshima betrayed the empire, leaked the intelligence of the 9th Brigade to the Eighth Route Army, and led the 9th Brigade to the collective jade fragmentation of nearly 4,000 imperial troops, waiting for him There is only one end, which is hanging!"

"Shinozuka-kun, I just want to tell you that Yamamoto's special operation method is a joke!"

In the end, Okamura Ninji was already full of voices, obviously really disappointed in Kazuki Yamamoto.

Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, Kazuki Yamamoto may be a joke, but his special operations are still worth a little ......"

"Shinozuka-kun, you don't have to talk about it anymore."

Okamura Ninji said coldly: "I will not adopt this A battle plan of yours. ”

"Of course, you are the commander of the 1st Army in Shanxi, and you have autonomy in the 1st Army."

"You can completely adopt the No. A battle plan in the Shanxi battlefield according to your own wishes, but what I want to say is that you are responsible for all the consequences arising from it."

Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes also cooled.

At this point, there was no way back for him.

He has been frustrated twice in a row under the Eighth Route Army, if you count the one in the battle of the hundred regiments, then it is three times, if he can't save face in the next retaliation, then the final result may only be to follow in the footsteps of Tada Jun, be dismissed and return to China, but he doesn't want such an ending.

And the A battle plan is his only chance.

At that moment, he asked, "Your Excellency General, can you patiently listen to me explain the Battle Plan A?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka insisted so much, and it was not unexpected by Okamura Ninji, and he nodded at the moment and said, "Of course, you have the right to expound any opinions, and I have no right to deprive them." ”

"Ariaddo." After thanking Okamura Ninji, Yoshio Shinozuka said again, "Your Excellency General, to be honest, it is indeed shocking that all members of the Yamamoto Special Forces will disappear mysteriously during this surprise attack. ”

"Although we don't know what happened so far, one thing is certain, and that is that the cost of building a special forces like Yamamoto's special forces really outweighs the cost."

"But there's no denying that Yamamoto's Agents did show their worth in battlefield reconnaissance, infiltration, and sudden encounters."

"This includes the battle loss ratio of 200 to 1 in the battle of Yangcun."

"Frankly, no unit other than Yamamoto's team can play this record."

"Therefore, there is reason to believe that using the Yamamoto special forces as a model to build a number of low-level special forces can not only greatly save money, but also retain the competitiveness of battlefield reconnaissance and infiltration as much as possible."

"Then, in the next sweeping operation, these low-level special forces will be able to track and locate the headquarters organs of the Eighth Route Army and the regimental and brigade-level command organs."

"If necessary, you can even carry out surprise missions on your own."

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "What does Your Excellency the General think? ”

Okamura Ningji said with a moving expression: "You mean to form a low-profile version of the special forces?" ”

"Yes, a low-profile version of the special forces." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "It can be called an advance team." ”

Okamura Ninji finally got a little moved, no matter how bad the performance of the Yamamoto special forces is, it is also a special force after all, and the combat effectiveness is there, and under the same conditions, ordinary infantry squadrons will never be able to beat them.

Under certain conditions, even the infantry brigade may not be a match for Yamamoto's special forces.

The reason why Okamura Ninji reacted so much was entirely because he had placed too high expectations on the Yamamoto Special Forces, and it was too expensive to form and train the Yamamoto Special Forces.

In a word, the funds used to support Yamamoto's special forces,

Enough to feed an infantry wing, there is still a surplus.

However, if it is only a low-level version of the special forces, the cost will be greatly reduced, and if it can still retain half of the combat effectiveness of the special forces and the characteristics of battlefield reconnaissance and infiltration, it will be excellent.

At that moment, Okamura Ninji asked again: "Is the low-level version of the advance team really up to the tasks you mentioned?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "It is definitely impossible to reach the level of Yamamoto's special team, easily infiltrate the various bandit areas of the Eighth Route Army, and conduct reconnaissance without dead ends. ”

"But we can compensate for it in other ways."

"In terms of lack of penetration capacity, it can be compensated for by equipping each advance team with a Chinese interpreter and having them wear the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army and pretend to be the Eighth Route Army."

Okamura Ningji said with a moving expression: "Pretending to be the Eighth Route Army, equipped with a translator?" ”

This is a new way of thinking, and it can be seen that Yoshio Shinozuka's A battle plan still has something.

"Yes." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded and said, "According to our observation, the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army are divided into three levels: regular army, local army and militia, in addition to children's regiments, elderly teams, women's teams and other armed forces, among which the regular army is the most respected and welcomed by the people of China. ”

"If you let the advance teams pretend to be the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army,"

"Coupled with the assistance of the Shina interpreter, then you can basically pass through the various bandit areas."

"Of course, if it is not very necessary, the advance teams should not operate publicly, but still need to hide their whereabouts as much as possible and communicate with the mopping forces through the radio."

"In this way, even if the Eighth Route Army divides its troops, it will have no chance to take advantage of it."

"Because no matter how much they drill the gaps, they will be detected by the advancing teams in time."

Yoshio Shinozuka does still have some ability, and the A battle plan he came up with is equivalent to adding precise positioning to the traditional tactics of pulling the net and combing grate.

Let the advance teams scatter and lurk in the gaps of the sweeping troops,

Once the troops of the Eighth Route Army come to infiltrate, there is a high probability that they will be discovered by the advance team and reported to the sweeping troops, and then the sweeping troops can encircle the Eighth Route Army in advance.

This method, at least, still looks very powerful.

"Yo Xi!" At this time, Okamura Ningji was completely aroused, and immediately patted the plan and said, "Shinozuka-kun, it's getting late today, you go back to the hotel to rest first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow." ”

After a pause, he said, "I will read your plan carefully." ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly retracted his feet and stood upright, and then paused.

……

Daxia Bay, the war room of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Wang Ye took Ma Yuan and Chen Mingli to do six war games in a row.

The result was the same, the mobile column easily penetrated the devil's blockade every time.

The deputy chief of the general staff said: "In this case, our previous anti-sweeping plan will be reversed." ”

"Just tear it down and start over." The boss's voice suddenly sounded, "You don't need to break it into parts, of course, it's better not to break it into parts, because the price of breaking up into parts is too great." ”

When Wang Ye looked back, he saw the boss walking in quickly.

Behind the boss, there were also division commanders, brigade commanders, and several unfamiliar faces.

Wang Ye estimated that it should be the brigade commander or military division commander of several other brother brigades, and the boss and them were probably having a meeting, which would also be attracted by their war games.

"Boss, division commander, brigade commander!" Wang Ye saluted one by one.

The boss waved his hand and said, "There are so many non-combatants in the headquarters organs, and there are so many equipment. ”

"Once it is broken into pieces, most of this equipment will not be saved, and these non-combatants will also suffer heavy casualties, and the cost is too great, too heavy."

"Therefore, if you can break through as a whole, you must choose to break through as a whole."

After a pause, he asked again: "The question is, are you sure?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Judging from the results of the war games, no problem! ”

The brigade commander said: "Xiao Wang, is there a margin for the parameter setting of the wargame deduction?" ”

"Stayed." Wang Ye said without thinking, "The error tolerance rate is two infantry brigades, that is to say, as long as the Japanese army's participating troops do not have more than two infantry brigades, the result will not change much." ”

In fact, Wang Ye still said that the real tolerance for fault sheltered at least four infantry brigades.

As for the reason, it is also very simple, because it is impossible for the little devils to evenly distribute the troops in actual combat, and they will definitely be tilted according to the needs of the battlefield, for example, there will definitely be more troops in the Taiyuan direction.

And the existence of the Wolf Warrior Squadron can find out the weak points of the devils in advance.

Therefore, even if the devils concentrated 5 brigades to encircle the Taihang base area, Wang Ye was sure to lead the wolf squadron to find out the weak points and accurately guide the mobile column to break through the blockade line.

"Really?" An unfamiliar chief said, "Have you considered the devil aviation?" ”

"The Japanese aviation didn't need to think about it." Wang Ye said, "Because we won't break through during the day." ”

"Xiao Wang, do you mean to break out at night?" The brigade commander said, "At night, how to determine the firing elements of artillery?" Isn't our artillery regiment completely turned into an ornament? What other firepower advantage does this have? ”

"No, it won't." Wang Ye said, "Our Wolf Warrior Squadron will be responsible for guiding. ”

(End of chapter)