Chapter 159 Pre-attack on Baihu Ridge! Yamamoto Ikki's words were very clear. Even the heavily guarded city of Taiyuan was quietly penetrated by the special forces team. So would the Eighth Route Army's Baihu Ridge be any challenge for the special forces? "I have visited the terrain of Baihu Ridge. It is indeed dangerous and can effectively block the attack of large-scale troops. But the special forces are a small-scale force. We can directly climb up the cliffs behind Baihu Ridge at night, and then lurk inside Baihu Ridge. Then find the right opportunity to launch an attack on the headquarters of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army!" "The cliff behind Baihu Ridge is almost vertical. The Eighth Route Army would never have thought that someone could climb up from the cliff behind to attack their headquarters!" Yoshio Shinozuka listened to what Yamamoto Ikki said and nodded with satisfaction. "Yoshi, in that case, Yamamoto-kun, when are you going to take the special forces into action? I will organize a delegation of officers from the North China Front Army to visit the site." "Commander, the special forces team can set off at any time. My suggestion is that I will lead the special forces team to lurk near Baihu Ridge tonight and wait until the early morning. That is to say, they launched a surprise attack on the headquarters of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army when the troops were at their most tired! " "Yes, sure. I will arrange for the officers' observation group to go to the Baihuling area tonight.
It just so happens that the Fourth Brigade has already entered the inner area of Shiquan County and is very close to Baihu Ridge. It is just right for the Fourth Brigade to be responsible for the escort of the officers' observation group." "Yoshi, then Yamamoto-kun, you go down and prepare. If you need anything, you can report directly to Chief of Staff Miyamoto, and he will support you." "Hi!" Yamamoto Kazuki quickly turned around and left Yoshio Shinozuka's office, preparing to go to the special forces' base to make preparations for the battle. Yoshio Shinozuka called a telegraph operator to send a message to the 4th Brigade. At the same time, arrangements were made for the officers' observation group. Since Yoshio Iwamatsu planned to send people to laugh at his mistakes, there was no need for him to give any good face to those officers' observation group. If you want to come and see Yamamoto Ikki's special operations, then go directly to the front line! Yoshio Shinozuka even wanted to pass the news about the Officers Observation Group to the Eighth Route Army, so that the Eighth Route Army could find an opportunity to wipe out the Officers Observation Group! After sending a telegram to the 4th Brigade, asking them to prepare to receive the special forces and the officers' observation group, Yoshio Shinozuka began to wonder whether or not to leak the location of the officers' observation group to the Eighth Route Army. “If the location of the officers’ observation group is leaked to the Eighth Route Army, and they know there are so many senior officers, they might send a large number of troops to besiege them. By then, few of these two hundred officers would be able to survive. By that time, a large number of officers would have died, and our First Army would have been able to reoccupy the Shangdang area and wipe out the Eighth Route Army in the entire southern Shanxi. This is a great achievement, many people will be promoted, and a large number of officers died in North China, which also means that many positions in the various units of the North China Front Army will be vacant... By then, as long as I can assign people to various units and operate well, maybe half of the North China Front Army will have my people... I can take the position of commander of the North China Front Army!" "And if the location of the Officers' Observation Group is leaked to the Eighth Route Army, even if the battle plan fails in the end, all the faults can be put on the Officers' Observation Group. At that time, they would say that it was because these officers were arrogant and insisted on going to the front line, which led to their position being exposed and they were attacked by the Eighth Route Army. Not only was the Officers Observation Group wiped out, but the Fourth Brigade responsible for the escort also suffered heavy losses, causing the First Army's combat plan to fail... Well, it can also be said that the captured officers in the Officers Observation Group leaked the combat plan in order to save their lives..." It would have been better if Yoshio Shinozuka hadn't thought about it. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that if he leaked the location of the officers' observation group, it would bring him a lot of benefits! At least, even if his plan to fight Shangdang failed, he would not have to bear any responsibility and could put all the blame on the officers' observation group. He could also use the fact that the officers' observation group caused the failure of the battle plan to make the headquarters re-examine Iwamatsu Yoshio. By then, Yoshio Iwamatsu will never be able to serve as the commander of the First Army again! As for whether others believe what I said, the reason for the failure of the plan was because of the officers' observation group. Yoshio Shinozuka said that the bureaucrats in the base camp have to believe it even if they don't want to! As long as all the officers' observation group are dead, then what he said is the truth! Even if the headquarters wants to send someone to investigate, there will be no evidence!
Moreover, if the base camp dares to send people to investigate and they take the train, then the Eighth Route Army may pull up the tracks and cause the train to derail! The Eighth Route Army often destroyed railways, and the entire North China Front Army knew about it. If a train derailed, then the people on it would die. Isn't this normal? If you take a plane, you will encounter the anti-aircraft guns of the Eighth Route Army! Yoshio Shinozuka was not sure whether the Eighth Route Army had anti-aircraft guns, but he knew that the Eighth Route Army had anti-aircraft machine guns. Since we have anti-aircraft machine guns, it is normal to have anti-aircraft guns, right? Even if the Eighth Route Army does not have anti-aircraft guns, can't he send fighter jets from Taiyuan to attack the Eighth Route Army? When the transport plane falls into the Taihang Mountains, who knows what shot it down? What if I hit a bird? The more Yoshio Shinozuka thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was feasible. But the only problem is that if the location of the Officers Observation Group is leaked, and if two people from the Officers Observation Group are really captured alive, Pinglu Yongfu may not have time to kill them. That would be really troublesome. If Yamamoto Ikki was captured alive by the Eighth Route Army and revealed the special forces' combat plan, he would be in big trouble. Moreover, your officer observation group is going to the Baihuling area for no reason, which will definitely arouse the vigilance of the Eighth Route Army, and then Yamamoto Ikki's plan will definitely fail. Another possibility is that Ping Lu Yongfu failed to kill the witnesses in time, leaving someone from the officers' observation group alive. If someone reports this to the North China Front Army, he will be in trouble. Moreover, Yoshio Shinozuka could not guarantee that Isamu Hiraru would not betray him. After all, Pinglu Yongfu is not his direct descendant. All we can say is that the two of them have a friendship, but it's not to the point where they would never betray each other. If Ping Lu Yongfu wanted to go a step further and sell himself out directly, it would be more troublesome than if an officer from the Officer Observation Group ran away alive. If an officer escapes, he can unify the story and find a way to explain that it was an unexpected situation. It was just that the Eighth Route Army was lucky and accidentally ran into the officers' observation group. Pinglu Yongfu sold his words, and he had no explanation for the fight. (End of this chapter)