Chapter 641 Yamamoto: The security plan is impeccable!

"Observation group..."

Back in his office, Kazuki Yamamoto looked gloomy and frowned slightly.

At the mention of the observation group, Yamamoto remembered bad memories.

A year ago, there was also an observation group to the First Army, and that battle was still commanded by Yamamoto Kazuki himself.

Originally, Yamamoto thought that battle was his pride, commanding a division and a brigade to flank the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Jin, and the Mashiko Advance Team took the opportunity to sneak attack the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Let the observation group see the power of special operations, reform the tactics of the Japanese Army, and promote special operations.

At that time, he Yamamoto Kazuki will go down in history.

However, it is a pity that because of the leakage of intelligence in that battle, the entire observation group was annihilated, Major General Hattori Naomi was killed, the 9th Brigade was completely annihilated, and Major General Koshii Toranosuke was killed.

Although Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka carried the defeat on his shoulders, Kazuki Yamamoto also suffered a crisis of confidence.

That battle, like a brand, made Yamamoto Kazuki unforgettable.

For Gu Shoufu, Yamamoto Kazuki naturally knows something.

This person graduated from the Japanese Army University, participated in the Russo-Japanese War, and was originally the commander of the 6th Division of the Standing Division.

When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, Gu Shoufu served as the commander of the lieutenant general division of the Japanese Sixth Division, led his troops to participate in the battle against North China, and also connived at his subordinates to massacres civilians in North China.

In Yamamoto's view, although Lieutenant General Kotoshi liked to order the massacre of Chinese, he was very capable.

With Gu Shoufu's qualifications and military exploits, he should have been promoted to a general a long time ago and became the commander of a certain front army.

The five divisions had just lost the battle in the northwest of Jin, and His Majesty the Locust and the cabinet must have been extremely dissatisfied with the commander of the North China Front.

At this time, Gu Shoufu came to North China to observe, I am afraid that it will be ......

"Someone!"

Thinking of this, Yamamoto Kazuki shouted out the door, and Yamamoto's guard and correspondent Oshika Goro walked in and bowed to Yamamoto Kazuki.

Taking a deep breath, Yamamoto Kazuki said: "Order, immediately send spies and agents to the northwest of Jin to stand on guard, and report as soon as you find an abnormal situation." ”

"Hey!"

Oshika Goro bowed his head and turned to leave.

Looking at the back of Oga Goro turning to leave, Yamamoto Kazuki's eyes flashed slightly.

This time, the Secret Service must perform well.

If Lieutenant General Kojuo can succeed Senior General Okamura Ninji and be promoted to commander of the North China Front, the special team will make a good impression in front of Kojuo.

So...... Perhaps the special operation can be the first to be promoted in the North China Front.

Because according to intelligence, there are also some traces of special operations in other Eighth Route Army bandit areas.

To be sure, the Eighth Route Army is also vigorously promoting and using special operations.

If the Eighth Route Army is allowed to make achievements in special operations, and the Locust Army of the Japanese Empire lags behind in this regard, not only will the situation be more disadvantageous to the Locust Army, but Yamamoto will not be reconciled.

And now, Kazuki Yamamoto is in charge of the intelligence department of the First Army, so the spies and secret agents of the First Army are under his command.

Oshika Goro didn't dare to delay, and immediately conveyed the order.

Subsequently, Kazuki Yamamoto grabbed the command saber and personally led the special team to reconnoiter near the airport.

He did a cursory study, assuming that someone wanted to assassinate Gu Shoufu, it must be on the way from the airport to the inner city of Taiyuan.

According to past experience, when an officer above the rank of lieutenant general enters Shanxi, Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army will receive information, and presumably this time is no exception.

Kazuki Yamamoto cheered up and led the special team to carefully investigate the dangerous area.

……

Just when Yamamoto Kazuki was studying how to protect Gu Shoufu, Li Yunlong had already led his troops to arrive at Purple Mountain.

"Duan Peng, this is it, right?"

Li Yunlong looked at the Purple Mountain in front of him, then at the deserted horse road winding in the direction of Shouyang County, and then looked at Duan Peng and asked.

In just a few hours, more than 100 vehicles of the automobile battalion transported 100 20-mm machine guns, 40 37-mm antiaircraft guns, and the combat personnel of the ammunition, machine gun battalion, and antiaircraft gun battalion to a position about 30 kilometers away from Taiyuan.

At noon, we finally arrived at our destination, Purple Mountain.

Duan Peng nodded, and his tone was affirmative: "Leader, this is it!" ”

Duan Peng had already led his troops to pick up Zhang Wanhe and the battalion and company-level officers assigned by the headquarters from the Zhengtai Railway.

Ordering the mule and horse teams of the transport battalion to stand by, Li Yunlong climbed the Purple Mountain and carefully checked the terrain and the comparison map.

Then Li Yunlong said with a satisfied expression: "That's right, this is just on the devil's route!" ”

Li Yunlong was born to read pictures, and with the high-precision map provided by Boss Chen in his hand, he quickly identified the location.

Although it is only more than 20 kilometers away from Taiyuan City, it looks very desolate, and there is not a single village in sight within a few kilometers around.

"Pass my orders."

"Machine gun battalions, anti-aircraft gun battalions, transport teams, immediately go to the dense forest over there to hide."

Li Yunlong pointed to a dense forest 2 kilometers away, which was not small and should be able to provide concealment for the machine gun battalion, the anti-aircraft gun battalion, and the transport team.

This place is under the route of the devil's plane, and there must be more than one plane, flying overhead.

The targets of the machine gun battalion and the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, especially the mules and military horses of the transport team, and even the board trucks, were too large, and if there were devils' planes flying overhead at this time, they would definitely find anomalies.

At that time, not only Gu Shoufu's plane will fly around, but the first army of devils in the direction of Taiyuan will also send troops to encircle and suppress them.

Soon, under Li Yunlong's order, the large army walked towards the dense forest.

The Sword Squadron was one step ahead of the larger troops, going to the dense forest to reconnoitre, although the place was desolate, but there was no guarantee that there would be no civilians.

Half an hour later.

The warriors sat in the dense forest, gulping on canned meat and fruit, and drinking water to replenish their strength.

Canned meat is in the grain quota, and canned fruit is the last time, and the battlefield airdrop supplies given by Boss Chen have not been eaten yet.

Li Yunlong specially ordered the logistics warehouse to keep the canned fruits and take them out for the soldiers to eat when the troops carried out the order.

"Hey, hey, hey......"

Looking at a door of 20 mm machine guns and 37 mm anti-aircraft guns placed in the dense forest, Li Yunlong smiled, and his smile was full of murder:

"140 anti-aircraft firepower, with energy!"

Duan Peng, He Jie, Gao Tianyi and others on the side glanced at the 140 air defense weapons, and their expressions were also fierce.

140 anti-aircraft fire, including 100 20-mm guns and 40 37-mm guns.

They are operated by experienced fighters.

140 anti-aircraft fires fired at the Devil planes in unison.

That scene......

Everyone looked expectant.

As Li Yunlong expected, there are often devil planes on this route, either flying from Taiyuan to Beiping, or flying from Beiping to Taiyuan.

It's just that there aren't many of them, and it took hours for a ghost plane to pass by.

……

Just when Li Yunlong and the others arrived near the Purple Mountain.

Dagu Town, the new regimental headquarters.

Xing Zhiguo looked at the watch in his hand and said to political commissar Zhao Gang: "Judging from the time, the regiment commander and they should have arrived at the Purple Mountain, and in just 24 hours, the plane taken by the old devil Gu Shoufu will arrive." ”

"Hit planes with anti-aircraft fire, will this trick work?"

Zhao Gang, who was originally full of confidence, felt that he didn't have much bottom when he thought about it.

"You put your heart back in your stomach, this trick is absolutely fine."

Xing Zhiguo smiled and said:

"The devil's protection of Gu Shoufu must focus on the airport, from the airport to the inner city of Taiyuan, and I would never have thought that we would do it halfway."

"It's called being unguardable!"

"And we have 140 anti-aircraft firepower, all of which are operated by experienced fighters, as long as the devil's plane does not temporarily change the time or route, this time the business is stable."

"Yes." After listening to Xing Zhiguo's analysis, Zhao Gang nodded and put his heart back in his stomach.

……

Early the next morning.

The devils of the three wings of the 41st Division, under the orders of the division commander Shimizu Rules.

About 10,000 people rushed to Wusu Airport.

Not only is Wusu Airport surrounded by water within a radius of 10 kilometers, but also three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry along the road from the airport to the inner city of Taiyuan.

"General!"

As a combat staff officer left from the door, Yamamoto Kazuki walked in with a major general's command saber: "The 41st Division has been deployed, and the main road from the outer gate of Taiyuan to the inner gate of Taiyuan has been completely under martial law, and I have arranged two convoys at the airport, and when Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu arrives at the airport, I will arrange for him to rest in the air-raid shelter at the airport first, and when the first wave of convoys arrives safely in the inner city of Taiyuan, Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu will take the second wave of convoys into the inner city of Taiyuan." ”

This time, the delegation went to Taiyuan to inspect the safety issue, and Iwamatsu Yoshio handed over the full responsibility of Yamamoto Kazuki.

So Kazuki Yamamoto was well prepared.

On the one hand, it is to show the face of the special team in front of Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu.

On the other hand, Kazuki Yamamoto is also thinking about himself, if something happens to Lieutenant General Kojuo under his protection, then his military career will come to an end.

So, Kazuki Yamamoto mentioned the spirit of twelve.

After all, the intelligence work of the Eighth Route Army was pervasive, and once a Japanese officer at or above the rank of general entered North China and Shanxi, based on previous experience, the Eighth Route Army would immediately receive information.

For example, Lieutenant General Muto Akira, commander of the 2nd Guards Division, and Major General Hirata Masa, deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, were killed as soon as they entered Shanxi.

As a result, there are not many officers above the rank of major general who dare to come to Shanxi.

There is also information that Lieutenant General Miyano Michiichi, chief of staff of the Eastern Army, was also in North China, and there is intelligence that it was Li Yunlong's independent regiment that did it, but there is no evidence.

The last time the chief of staff of the North China Front Army, Tanabe Moritake, went to Taiyuan, it was also the First Army that sent a division to protect near the airport.

The current commander of the First Army, Iwamatsu Yoshio, did not dare to leave the inner city of Taiyuan easily, for fear of being assassinated.

"Yo Xi!" After reading Yamamoto Kazuki's security plan, Iwamatsu Yoshio nodded, "The plan is very good, but don't be careless, the intelligence of the Eighth Route Army is very powerful." ”

"Hey!"

Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head.

After thinking carefully about his security plan, he didn't notice any flaws, and it could even be said to be flawless.

The protection of the combat strength of a second-line division and regiment, the real and false convoys, and the 24-hour close protection of the special team.

If he led the special forces to assassinate Gu Shoufu, he would definitely not find a chance to do it.

"I won't be at the airport to meet Lieutenant General Kojuo."

"Yamamoto-kun, you and Hanaya-kun will greet me at the airport on my behalf."

Then, Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Kazuki Yamamoto and said.

"Hey!"

Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head again, then turned to leave.

Yamamoto knew that Commander Iwamatsu Yoshio had always been afraid of death, and as soon as there was any trouble, he would immediately leave Taiyuan by plane.

……

At the same time.

Peking Airport.

The convoy escorting Gu Shoufu drove into the airport, and the vicinity of the Beiping Airport was also extremely well guarded, almost three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and a large number of Japanese sharpshooters were ambushed around, and it was difficult for a bird to fly in.

It was still escorted to the airport by Moritake Tanabe and Seizo Arise.

However, Moritake Tanabe and Seizo Arisue did not get on the plane to accompany Gu Shoufu to Taiyuan.

Shanxi is most dangerous in the Chinese-occupied territories.

Even if there was a division of troops to pick up the plane, and the special team protected the whole process, Tanabe Moritake and Yusue Seizo did not dare to take risks easily.

However, this kind of thing will not be said to Mori Takeshi Tanabe and Seizo Arisue Seizo.

Soon, Lieutenant General Kotoshio, Major General Toshikaze Omura and Major General Aio Ihara, as well as several Daizuo and Zuo officers, boarded the Ki57 transport plane.

Escorted by two Nakajima fighters, the Ki57 transport aircraft flew in the direction of Taiyuan.

In the cabin, looking at Beiping City, which was getting smaller and farther away, Gu Shoufu couldn't help but snort coldly.

He led an observation group to the headquarters of the North China Front Army in Beiping for three days, but Okamura Ninji did not see him at all.

This also made the old devil rise to a competitive spirit, and he must take the position of commander of the North China Front from Okamura Ninji.

Today you ignore my love, and I will make you unattainable tomorrow!

More than half an hour later, the plane was about to enter Shanxi.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General."

"Why don't we go to the northwest of Jin to have a look?"

Major General Toshikaze Omura proposed.

Toshikaze Omura and Aio Ihara are both reserve officers, students of Kojuo, and once Kojuo is on board, they will also be reused.

"Omura-kun." Gu Shoufu retracted his thoughts and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to go to the northwest of Jin to have a look?" ”

Sorting out his thoughts, Toshikaze Omura replied: "There is an old Chinese saying that is called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and one cannot be defeated in a hundred battles, and I want to take a closer look at our future enemy. ”

Ai Ihara on the side did not speak.

Gu Shoufu thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "You can't go to the northwest of Jin, let alone observe the enemy at close range." ”

Omura Toshikaze asked in astonishment, "Your Excellency, why is this?" ”

"It seems that Omura-kun doesn't know enough about our future enemies." Gu Shoufu narrowed his eyes and said, "The three regiments of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province have a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower, and the reconnaissance planes of the Locust Army do not dare to enter the northwest of Shanxi Province easily, and even if they do, they can only conduct high-altitude reconnaissance. ”

Hearing Gu Shoufu say this, Omura Toshifu wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and didn't dare to mention anything about going to the northwest of Jin.