The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 608 What a satire
Until June 23.

The Japanese army's tentative iron roll mopping tactics failed disastrously. Under the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army troops, the mopping forces from all sides finally rushed out of the quagmire and retreated back to the heavily guarded counties and towns.

The Japanese army suffered heavy losses this time.

In the field observation group, more than 100 officers, including the major general Hattori Naotomi, were wiped out.

Soon after the Japanese mopping up troops withdrew to the county seat.

The Japanese military intelligence department finally confirmed that when the Yamamoto Special Forces attacked Chenjiayu, they were covered by the firepower of the Eighth Route Army and all were killed.

Knowing the news of his beloved General Yamamoto's death, Shinozuka Yoshio closed his eyes with some grief.

What then gushed out of his heart was the endless anger towards the Eighth Route Army troops, especially the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, the Independence Regiment took advantage of the period when the main force of the Japanese army was mopping up the Taihang base area, infiltrated and sneaked into the major counties and villages of the Japanese army, and successfully beheaded more than 200 officers.

The tightly guarded county towns and villages still could not protect the lives of Japanese and puppet army officers.

The infiltration of the Independence Regiment this time made the Japanese and puppet army officers in the surrounding counties and villages panic.

The scythe of death seems to hang over their heads all the time.

Like it could be cut down at any time.

The beheading operation of the independent regiment this time, in terms of the target of each beheading, is basically unspeakable.

Sometimes it only targeted some officers at the grassroots level of the Japanese and puppet troops.

However, the series of vicious effects brought about by the successful beheading operation were unexpected by the Japanese army.

Because the assault company beheaded the security officers of the Japanese and puppet troops in the surrounding counties and villages.

This caused the sudden absence of grassroots security officers in many surrounding counties and villages.

Then, the law and order in various counties and villages without a leader began to experience considerable turmoil.

People in many counties and villages had high anti-Japanese sentiments.

Some bold people even posted anti-Japanese propaganda leaflets in the streets and alleys in private.

The Japanese and puppet troops had a lot of headaches, but they couldn't find the instigator, so they could only send soldiers to scrape off the dog skin plasters on the streets every day.

……

Taiyuan City.

At the Headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi, Shinozuka Yoshio held a military meeting of officers of the First Army.

The themes of the meeting revolved around issues such as "the changes in the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area" and "how to sweep the Eighth Route Army base area in the future?"

Not long ago, the head of the Ninth Brigade who participated in the iron bucket raid took the lead in saying:
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base area have quietly developed a lot of equipment."

"Due to the inadequacy of intelligence collection in this Tiegun raid, our army seriously underestimated the excellent equipment of the Eighth Route Army, and the troops lost a lot."

"I think that the equipment changes of the Eighth Route Army are no longer the same as in our intelligence collection in the past, with backward equipment and scarce ammunition. Follow-up raids should adjust our army's offensive strategy accordingly."

"And collect effective and accurate information about the Eighth Route Army in advance."

"If we don't have this information, if we fight against the Eighth Route Army in areas they are best at and familiar with, we will probably suffer a lot."

The head of the Fourth Brigade on the side felt the same way: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think that if we are not fully prepared and determined to fight decisively, we should not rush into the territory of the Eighth Route Army."

"Today's Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang area are far from the beggar's team in our impression."

"Not to mention the era when we bring a few cannons and send a large team at random, and we can beat them all over the mountain!"

The two brigade heads spoke one after another, what a negative mood!

The arrogance that filled the faces of the so-called imperial warriors in the past is gone at this moment.

Many devil officers silently lowered their heads, acquiescing to the words of the commanders of the [-]th and [-]th brigades.

Yoshio Shinozuka suppressed his anger and unwillingness in his heart, but the facts were just as the two brigade leaders in front of him said.

Chief of Staff Bei Chuan Bushi chimed in: "General, the national army once proposed that we must secure the interior first in order to fight against the outside world. Now we are facing the Eighth Route Army troops, and we have the same meaning."

"The Eighth Route Army's equipment has developed and its strength has increased. We really can't rush to raid the Eighth Route Army's base areas. We must strictly control the areas under our control, guard against the continued expansion of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, and rectify law and order to accumulate strength."

"After the internal stability is stable and the power reserves are sufficient, we will use a decisive sweep to wipe out the vital forces of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop."

Yoshio Shinozuka listened, and nodded slowly, that's the only way for now.

This iron rolling raid, plus the death of the observation group, the special agent team, and the security officers in the city.

On the one hand, Yoshio Shinozuka's First Army must continue to maintain law and order in the occupied areas.

On the one hand, we must be wary of the Jinsui Army and the Central Army that may fight back at any time.

For the time being, there is not enough strength to deal with the Eighth Route Army troops.

As the two heads of the devil brigade said before, the first army may turn from offense to defense next.

The Japanese army was unable to sweep the base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

The counties and villages under its control will be strictly controlled.

In addition, the Japanese army has set off a plan to encroach on the villages of the Eighth Route Army in the past few months.

Because the eight-way armed forces behind enemy lines are everywhere.

Because the Eighth Route Army implements seven points of politics and three points of military affairs.

Coupled with the many victories achieved by the Eighth Route Army in military operations, the anti-Japanese sentiment rose.

The puppet troops and traitors attached to the Japanese army were also two-end factions who were prone to defection. They often had duplicity with their appearance and worked for the Eighth Route Army in private.

……

After the series of anti-cannibalization campaigns targeted by the Eighth Route Army, the cannibalization plan launched by the Japanese army was basically declared bankrupt.

At the meeting, Yoshio Shinozuka said helplessly:
In order to reduce the loss of troops in the encroachment plan, the encroachment plan will be suspended to stabilize the counties and towns that the empire has occupied to ensure law and order.

As for the mopping up of the Eighth Route Army's base areas and the cannibalization of the villages, they were transformed into the last fig leaf-gathering some troops from time to time to carry out some village clearing campaigns!
Then Shinozuka Yoshio discussed with a group of officers, preparing to transfer a new batch of security officers.

To replace the vacancies in public security positions in the county due to the beheading action of the Eighth Route Army.

Of course, this replacement will take time.

At the end of the meeting, an officer said:

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Eighth Route Army used a small group of troops this time to sneak into the county towns and villages while our army was mopping up, causing a large number of casualties among our security officers."

"The infiltration tactics of this small group of elite troops of the Eighth Route Army should be taken seriously by us!"

"yes--"

Other devil officers echoed.

Not long after, Neiji Okamura, the commander of the General Command of the North China Expeditionary Army, also said to Yoshio Shinozuka on the phone:

"The enemy's sneak attack by a small group of combat troops should be taken seriously by us, and we should take precautions and counterattack."

"County towns and important villages and towns belong to our imperial army. Only those barren mountainous areas are the places where the rats hide."

"If the Eighth Route team can sneak into the county at any time, this will be a huge challenge and impact on our security, and it will only make our soldiers and civilians feel panic and uneasy."

"I remember that your first army has a special agent team under its jurisdiction, especially good at carrying out various infiltration, beheading, and sneak attack missions in the form of small troops."

"This will be an effective means of sneak attack against small units of the Eighth Route Army."

Finally, Neiji Okamura said that Yoshio Shinozuka has experience in forming a special agent team.

These experiences should be passed on to the various departments of the North China Front Army, so that these troops can try to form a small elite combat force similar to a special task force to deal with the guerrilla operations of the Eighth Route Army.

Shinozuka Yoshio who hung up the phone was silent for a long time,

Ayumi Kitagawa, the chief of staff at the side, can best understand the mixed feelings of the commander at the moment.

"If Yamamoto-kun is still alive, he will be very happy to know this order from His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief!"

Bei Chuan didn't know what to say, so he could only comfort him like this.

Yoshio Shinozuka laughed at himself: "With Yamamoto-kun's pride, if he knew the scene in front of him, he might not be able to sit still."

"He tried hard to do all this during his lifetime, and wanted to promote the special tactics of the secret service team to the entire army, and even innovate the old army combat tactics of our army."

"But how could he have expected that what he tried so hard to achieve countless times during his lifetime would be achieved after his death!"

"What's even more ironic is that it was a series of beheading actions by the Eighth Route Army that made our army pay more attention to the tactics of small combat units, and even formed combat teams similar to special service teams in each army."

"Beichuan Army, is it true that the twilight of our Great Japanese Empire is approaching?"

Ayumi Beichuan was speechless.

Such a result, if Yamamoto under Nine Springs knew about it, he would be so angry that he would jump around like a dead body.

When the Japanese army in North China finally began to pay attention to small combat units like the secret service team.

As the founder of Japan's special operations theory, he, Yamamoto, has already been completely cold.

How ironic...

(End of this chapter)