my bright sword career

Chapter 64 Unexpectedly
Ping'an County, [-] kilometers away from Qixia Pass, has been under martial law since yesterday, because a big man has come to Ping'an County, and he is Major General Kasahara Koizumi, commander of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army.

The exhibition held by Yan Xishan in Kenanpo was like a slap in the face of the Japanese, especially the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade.

The Japanese Army Regulations clearly stipulate that if the military flag is in place, the system will exist, and if the military flag fails, the system will die.

Strictly speaking, since the flag of the Third Regiment was captured by Gao Hongming, the designation of the Third Regiment no longer exists.

But in this matter, Shinozuka Yoshio and Kasahara Koizumi played a trick. Instead of reporting the news that the general flag was captured by the enemy to the base camp immediately, they suppressed the news.

Of course, how could such a big matter be suppressed? The news spread to the North China Front Army and even the headquarters of the China Dispatch Army, and even the base camp was alarmed.

But what is strange is that the high-level Japanese army would never condone the news that the military flag was seized maliciously. It is with one eye open and one eye closed.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand if you think about it carefully. Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan has been advocating the line of Japanese emperors for generations to come, which will be passed on forever from generation to generation. Therefore, the emperor system has always maintained the supremacy in the fields of spirit, culture and belief. Influence.

The Japanese army, as the most loyal subordinate of the Emperor of Japan, is naturally invincible. If the news of the surrender of the military flag is sent back to the country, it will deal a huge blow to the Japanese people, and at the same time, it will also expose the myth that the Imperial Japanese Army is invincible.

It is conceivable that the exhibition held by Yan Xishan in Kenanpo stimulated the Japanese a lot.

Although the plan to send planes to bomb Kenanpo was thwarted by Gao Hongming's air defense company a few days ago, Shinozuka Yoshio and Kasahara Koizumi were the ones who gave up easily, so they tried another plan if it failed.

Aren't you fierce anti-aircraft fire?

Well... let's have a good fight on land.

You, Gao Hongming, can't stay in Kenanpo forever, can you?I will give you a bottom line and set up an ambush on your way home to kill you.

After dozens of staff officers of the First Army Command worked tirelessly all night, the chief of staff, Major General Naozaburo Okabe, submitted a plan to Shinozuka Yoshio.

That is to send one or two regiments to set up an ambush at Qixia Pass, the only way for Gao Hongming to return to Hongming. He must wipe out Gao Hongming and his militia, and take back the flag of the regiment by the way.

In this way, Gao Hongming's thorn in the side can be eliminated, and secondly, the problem of the third wing's cancellation of the establishment can be solved by the way, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

There is only one problem with this plan, that is, there is a regiment of the Jinsui Army stationed at Qixia Pass. Although this regiment is not a super-organized regiment with more than 358 people like the Chu Yunfei 5000 regiment stationed in Dagushan, it also has With a small force of 2000 people, it will not be easy for them to win Qixia Pass, and it may cause a war with the Jinsui Army.

It's not that Yoshio Shinozuka is afraid of Yan Xishan, but that various forces in Shanxi are complicated and intertwined.

Although the strength of the Japanese army is the strongest, but because it occupies most of the territory, it has to spread more than [-] troops like pepper noodles to nearly a hundred counties and along various important railway lines. There are not many troops that Yoshio can really mobilize.

Furthermore, it would be difficult to deceive others if they really mobilized a large force, so after thinking about it, Shinozuka Yoshio and Okabe Naozaburo thought that dispatching two alliances was already the limit, and if there were more, they would not be able to keep it secret.

The most suitable unit is naturally Kasahara Koizumi's [-]th Independent Brigade. As the saying goes, you should be brave only after you know your shame.

After some secret operations and paying a sum of money, the Japanese bought off the head of the Jinsui Army stationed at Qixia Pass.

The head of the Jinsui Army withdrew his troops from Qixia Pass yesterday in the name of training, and went to a place a hundred miles away for training, and returned three days later.

According to the estimation of the Japanese, three days is enough for them to eat up Gao Hongming and his militia until there is no bone left.

Kasahara Koizumi, who lives in Ping'an County, sat upright in a large room that served as the headquarters, with his hands leaning on a command knife. His eyes were slightly closed, and he seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, but in fact his mind was spinning rapidly. A staff officer hurried over.

"Major General, the battle at Qixia Pass has already begun."

"Well!"

Kasahara Koizumi nodded with a sullen face. Judging from his experience, with the strength shown by the Liantai County militia, it would take at least an hour or even two hours for the Third Regiment to face him.

As the head of the brigade, if he hurriedly kissed the front line to supervise the battle or asked about the battle situation in a hurry, it would be too disrespectful of his identity.

But today's battle situation was beyond his expectation, news from the front came within 10 minutes.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Third Wing has called. They are currently engaged in a fierce battle with Gao Hongming's troops. The opponent's firepower is extremely fierce, and the Third Wing is making slow progress."

"Where's the Fourth Alliance?"

"General Kosuke Kiuchi of the [-]th Regiment reported that their original plan was to quickly occupy the commanding heights west of Qixia Pass after the Chinese people entered the ambush circle, but they did not expect the Chinese people to react very quickly. As soon as the battle started, their rearguard troops They quickly occupied the two highlands on the road behind them, and the Fourth Wing is now organizing troops to attack those two highlands."

"Baga, Lu, a bunch of trash!"

Kasahara Koizumi, who was still on airs, cursed angrily.

Originally in his plan, as soon as the battle started, the third wing would take advantage of the geographical advantage and surprise to catch Gao Hongming by surprise.

Unprepared, Gao Hongming's front line troops will definitely retreat, so that the third regiment can drive Gao Hongming and his troops back, and at the same time, the fourth regiment will seize the commanding heights on both sides of the rear guard. With a blockade at both ends, Gao Hongming's troops were firmly surrounded in an open space where there was no danger to defend.

At that time, the Fourth Independent Brigade will be able to calmly launch an attack on Gao Hongming. With less than [-] troops in his hands, they will definitely collapse after a day.

But as the old saying goes, plans can't keep up with changes.

Kasahara Koizumi found that as soon as the battle started, the battle situation slipped in an unpredictable direction.

"No... It's too passive to fight like this, and the Chinese people will come to increase the number at any time."

Thinking of this, Kasahara Koizumi hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and grabbed the phone on the table...

(End of this chapter)