PFC Chapter 392: It’s such a pity that Yamamoto’s special forces were not destroyed this time!
Chapter 392: It’s such a pity that Yamamoto’s special forces were not destroyed this time!
The difficulties that Lin Zhenhua pointed out were all real, without any falsehood, and not just to complain. Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang had no good solution, and they were both very upset. If the independent regiment wanted to break the encirclement of the devils, it would be impossible without the help of the arsenal.
"Lao Li, Lao Zhao, let's think about these things after we go back. The Japanese fighter planes have bombed our base again. The bombs they brought should have been dropped. We must hurry up and arrange meals for the soldiers. We must rush back to the base tonight. Only in this way can we be truly safe!"
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang also knew that the most urgent thing at the moment was to quickly withdraw to the base, so they immediately got busy. The team started to march towards Xiaoyunling at 12: pm. Lin Zhenhua sent a telegram to Kong Jie and Ding Wei, asking them to hold on until tonight and then start to retreat. There was no need to hold on any longer.
"Lao Li, Lao Zhao, Lao Ding and Lao Kong just sent a telegram. Their headquarters encountered a surprise attack by Yamamoto's special forces last night. After paying the price of hundreds of casualties, they repelled the attack of Yamamoto's special forces. Those damn Japs just like to do these sneaky things. Fortunately, our firepower is fierce, so Yamamoto's special forces suffered a lot, but overall our losses are still greater!" Lin Zhenhua said angrily.
When Li Yunlong mentioned the Yamamoto Special Forces, he was filled with hatred. He slapped his thigh heavily and cursed, "The damn Yamamoto Special Forces really targeted us. It's a pity that we didn't eliminate them in Ping'an County this time."
Zhao Gang said very calmly: "Yamamoto Ikki is becoming more and more organized now. He is no longer as arrogant as before. After experiencing many disastrous defeats, Yamamoto Ikki has grown very fast. According to the information I got from Xu Zhongyi, our headquarters and brigade were attacked by Yamamoto's special forces and Hirata's special forces. The losses were very heavy. One of the most important points is that the Japanese special forces generally learned our language and pretended to be our troops, making it very difficult for us to identify them!"
"In order to prevent the infiltration of the Japanese special forces, we had no choice but to use the three passwords a day. At the beginning, it did have a very effective effect. The Japanese special forces that sneaked into the base were basically discovered at the first time and did not cause great damage to the base."
"But the Japanese spies and traitors hiding in our base immediately sent our passwords by telegraph, which made it much easier for the Japanese special forces to infiltrate. If we hadn't had round-the-clock armored patrols that repeatedly thwarted the Japanese plots, the consequences would have been disastrous."
Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua were deeply touched by this. The Japanese's assassination activities were very rampant some time ago. They also used arson and flashlights to provide target guidance for bombers in the air, causing considerable casualties to the base. The people were so scared that they dared not move back home and had to continue living in air-raid shelters.
In a landlord's compound in the north of Ping'an County, Yamamoto Ikki led the remaining 20 or so special agents to stay here for rest. Upon hearing the news, Hirata Kojiro and others hurried over under the escort of 30 Japanese devils.
"Mr. Yamamoto, was the sneak attack last night successful?" asked Kojiro Hirata anxiously.
Yamamoto Ikki stood up from the ground and said in a somewhat defeated tone, "Our raid on the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments last night was not successful. We were discovered before we reached their headquarters and had to withdraw from the battle in advance. The ferocity of the enemy's firepower was beyond my imagination. In order to prevent the special forces from suffering huge losses, I had to give the order to retreat!"
Hirata Kojiro sat on the ground with his legs slumped, his face full of pain, and he shouted angrily: "Li Yunlong captured Ping'an County where we were stationed, but we had no way to deal with him. We couldn't execute the commander's orders. The independent regiment that wanted to encircle and annihilate Li Yunlong in Ping'an County became a dream. What on earth have we been doing these days? Have we really been blinded by money?"
"Zhu Ziming had warned us many times before about Li Yunlong's revenge, but no one paid attention to it, and we even treated it as a joke. Now it seems that we are all a bunch of idiots. We also turned a deaf ear to General Yingzuo's advice before he left, and lost our last chance."
"I don't care about the current defeat, but what I care about is what we should do next. According to the news from the Taiyuan Headquarters, Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment has made rapid progress and has broken through our third outer line of defense. It will take another three days to get through to Li Yunlong's troops. If the two sides unite, it will bring us huge trouble."
"A gap in the defense line will not affect our overall strategy. The scary thing is that Chu Yunfei has the copper materials that Li Yunlong urgently needs. Once the two sides exchange what they have, the biggest dilemma plaguing the independent regiment's arsenal will be completely solved."
The four knew that Kojiro Hirata was not exaggerating. The situation was much worse than they had imagined. The 358th Regiment had no shortage of food and copper, but Li Yunlong's independent regiment just lacked these two things. If the two sides were really combined into one, there would be no shortcomings, and it would definitely produce the effect of 1+1 being greater than two.
Mitsui Taro was getting a little impatient. He had spent a lot of money these days. If he couldn't get it back in the end and was labeled as a bad person, how would he explain it to the family? This was an experience given to him by the family. It was related to the selection of future successors. He would never allow such a scene to happen. No matter how much it cost, he had to kill Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei.
"Hirata-kun, Yamamoto-kun, I hope you two will cheer up immediately and mobilize all your remaining special agents to launch a life-and-death assassination operation against Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei. Don't harbor any luck and be prepared for annihilation. As long as you can achieve this goal, if you need any support, just tell me and I will do it for you!"
Mitsui Taro's words were like a drop of water in a frying pan, which immediately attracted the attention of several other people. Nakamura Ichiro was very surprised, he did not expect Mitsui Taro to be so crazy, he felt that things were not at the worst point yet, and it was completely salvageable.
Ichiro Nakamura coughed loudly, attracting everyone's attention. He felt that he could not remain silent any longer. The ideas of these people in front of him were more unreliable than each other. If they continued like this, something big would definitely happen. He had to calm everyone down in time.
"Everyone, please calm down. I don't think the situation is as bad as you think. We have room to maneuver. We are not at our wits' end yet. Ding Wei's New 1st Regiment and Kong Jie's New 2nd Regiment are still fighting the Empire's army. What we need to do now is to help the reinforcements from Fu'an and Shuiquan to completely break through the defensive positions of the two regiments."
"Since Li Yunlong's independent regiment has returned to its old nest, let's make some moves on the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments. As long as we can block the retreat routes of these two regiments, Li Yunlong will be forced to lead the independent regiment out of his old nest. At that time, we will use the tactic of encircling a point and attacking its reinforcements to eliminate Li Yunlong's main force, and then eat up the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments in the encirclement, and we can completely eliminate the resistance forces in northwest Shanxi."
"As for Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment, we don't need to worry too much about it. We just need to give him a retreat route, even if Chu Yunfei doesn't want to retreat. What we need to do now is to divide and win over. After we can get rid of Li Yunlong, we can find a chance to kill Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment. With such achievements, some of the mistakes we made before can be forgiven!"
Colonel Kurofuji thought this was a very good idea and couldn't help but agree: "Mr. Nakamura's plan has a high chance of success. We can try again. The opportunity is right in front of us and we must not miss it. I propose to send a telegram to the Taiyuan Headquarters immediately and request the approval of the Commander to mobilize more reinforcements to encircle the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan."
Yamamoto Ikki felt that the people in front of him were just daydreaming, and couldn't help but scolded them softly: "I think you should stop daydreaming and accept the failure in front of you. It's not shameful. We should know shame and then be brave! Don't think that I am deliberately undermining your morale. Haven't you noticed that our enemies are completely mechanized marching?"
"Armored vehicles, tanks, tricycles, trucks, don't you see these vehicles? If our enemies want to evacuate from their positions, they only need to bury mines on the positions, and they can quickly complete the retreat. We can't catch up even if we want to!"
"Don't mention our air force. They can only go out once a day. They went out once in the afternoon before, and lost three fighter planes during landing, which is more than what the Chinese army shot down that day. War is not something you can write or draw, nor can you just think about it casually. You have to consider the real battlefield. Don't rush into talking about something impossible to accomplish. It will only make people laugh!"
"You are now a group of Zhao Kuo who only talk about war on paper. Lord Kurofuji, who has many combat experiences, has been instigating in the rear in order not to bear the blame for this failure. With Nakamura Ichiro's ability, he would never think of such a plan. This plan is definitely from your hand!"
Yamamoto Ikki tore off the fig leaves on everyone's faces, especially Colonel Kurofuji, whose face changed even more. He didn't expect that his little thoughts would be pointed out in public, which made him very embarrassed. However, the situation was stronger than the person, so he could only remain silent.