sbdcsierra Chapter 144 The 4th Brigade's Actions
Chapter 144 The 4th Brigade's Actions
After Yamano Shiro left the headquarters.
Yoshio Kozuka stood alone in the office, thinking for a moment.
He turned around, walked to his desk, picked up the phone, and dialed the 4th Brigade Command.
After a while.
The call was connected, and the voice of the 4th Brigade Commander Kaoru Kawamura came from the receiver.
"Moshi, Moshi. This is the 4th Brigade."
"Kawamura-kun, I'm Yoshio Kozuka."
Kawamura Xuntian on the other end of the phone said it was the commander calling, and immediately spoke respectfully.
"Commander, may I ask why you called so early in the morning?"
"Kawamura-kun, I have an important mission for the 4th Brigade to carry out."
Next, Yoshio Kozuka began to tell Kaoru Kawamura about the events of the Ping'an County Brigade on the phone.
After hearing the commander's narration, Kawamura Fumio on the other end of the phone was completely stunned.
He began to wonder if he had heard it wrongly.
A county brigade of the Eighth Route Army actually possesses such powerful combat capability. Is this a joke?
As an old rival of the Eighth Route Army, the 4th Brigade fought hundreds of battles of varying sizes with various units of the Eighth Route Army.
Every time the Fourth Brigade was able to beat the Eighth Route Army and force them to flee everywhere, so he was very clear about the Eighth Route Army's weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness.
How could this group of guerrillas, who can't even get enough food, support a secret army?
After Yoshio Ozuka finished his narration.
Kaoru Kawamura raised his question.
"Commander, as far as I know, the Eighth Route Army should not be able to support a secret armed force. Did the intelligence department make a mistake?"
Yoshio Kozuka said loudly on the phone.
"Kawamura-kun, the source of the information is the Special High Section of the Empire. In order to obtain this information, the Special High Section lost five excellent agents."
When Fumio Kawamura heard that the information was provided by the Special Higher Police, his doubts were instantly dispelled.
He knew the capabilities of the Special Higher Police. As the largest spy agency in China, the agents therein were extremely skilled and good at collecting intelligence.
Since this is the intelligence they collected, it seems that the Eighth Route Army really did secretly cultivate a powerful armed force.
Kaoru Kawamura loudly assured on the phone: "Hi, Commander. The 4th Brigade will act as soon as possible."
Ozuka Yoshio said with satisfaction: "Yoshi, I hope to hear good news from General Kawamura Kaoru as soon as possible."
After saying that, Yoshio Kozuka hung up the phone.
"Ping'an County Brigade, this time I will definitely destroy you completely to relieve the hatred in my heart." Yoshio Ozuka said fiercely.
After putting down the phone, Kaoru Kawamura shouted outside the door.
"Guards, notify the three wing commanders to come to the headquarters immediately."
"Hi."
The guard obeyed the order and trotted off quickly to inform the three squadron commanders.
It didn't take long.
After receiving the summons, the three commanders of the 4th Brigade came to the headquarters together.
Kaoru Kawamura stood in front of the three people and spoke.
"Everyone, I called you to the headquarters today to announce something important."
"Just now, the Commander called and asked us to mobilize the entire Fourth Brigade to launch an encirclement and suppression operation against the Ping'an County Battalion and completely eliminate them."
When the three squadron commanders heard what Kawamura Kaoru said, they looked at each other in surprise.
All three thought they had heard wrongly.
Ping'an County Brigade, what the hell is this?
Isn't this the armed guerrillas under the Tubalu?
Is it necessary to dispatch the 4th Brigade to deal with a group of local Eighth Route Army troops who don’t even have weapons?
The commander of the 30th Regiment asked uncertainly, "Sir, are you sure that the target we are dealing with is the county battalion of the Eighth Route Army?"
Kaoru Kawamura nodded solemnly.
The three of them gasped when they saw this.
Who exactly are the Ping'an County Brigade that we have to dispatch the Fourth Brigade to encircle and suppress them?
This seemed incredible to them.
You know, even when facing the Eighth Route Army's strongest main force, the 129th Division, their Fourth Brigade never acted like this.
At most, they would need to dispatch a regiment of troops to defeat the 129th Division.
But now, facing a county battalion, their Fourth Brigade actually needs to mobilize the entire army. This doesn't seem right no matter how you look at it.
At this time, Kaoru Kawamura told the three brigade commanders about the situation of the Ping'an County Brigade.
After listening to the captain's narration, the three of them couldn't believe it.
The county brigade of the Eighth Route Army actually has a cavalry unit and a large number of artillery. This must be a joke.
Finally, Kaoru Kawamura gave the order.
"For this operation, the 30th, 31st, and 32nd Regiments of the th Brigade will set out together to Ping'an County to encircle and suppress the Ping'an County Battalion."
"Everyone, this combat mission is very important, and the commander is very concerned about it. The Fourth Brigade must go all out to completely eliminate the Ping'an County Battalion, the secret armed force of the Eighth Route Army."
"Hi."
The three wing captains responded in unison.
In the afternoon.
As Kawamura Fumio's order was issued, more than 7000 Japanese soldiers from the th Brigade began to assemble urgently.
In the camps of the various regiments of the 4th Brigade, the Japanese quickly sorted out their weapons and equipment at the urging of their officers.
A large amount of baggage was pulled out of the warehouse and loaded onto trucks.
In order to deal with the artillery of the county battalion, the 36th Brigade brought its only artillery battalion. The entire artillery battalion had 75 12mm field guns and 48 mountain guns, a total of guns, with extremely strong combat effectiveness.
It can be said that in order to completely eliminate the Ping'an County Battalion, the Fourth Brigade pulled out all its assets.
The reason why Kawamura Fumio dispatched so many troops was to prevent other Eighth Route Army troops from coming to reinforce.
He believed that the Ping'an County Brigade, as the secret armed force of the Eighth Route Army, was absolutely the apple of the eye.
Once his Fourth Brigade launched an attack on the Ping'an County Battalion, the Eighth Route Army troops in other areas would surely rush to reinforce them.
At that time, the 4th Brigade would not only face the Ping'an County Battalion, but the attack from all the Eighth Route Army troops near the entire Ping'an County area.
Therefore, in order to resolve the battle as quickly as possible, he decided to mobilize four armored vehicles to go together.
The Japanese armored vehicles are called armored vehicles, but in fact they are just cars wrapped in a thick layer of iron sheet and equipped with a small cannon.
It is very useful against the Eighth Route Army, which lacks artillery, and has been proven to be effective time and time again.
Night falls.
The camp of the 4th Brigade was brightly lit.
All the Japanese soldiers have made preparations to set off.
This time, the 4th Brigade will set out from Jinzhong and head to Ping'an County.
The straight-line distance between the two places is 146 kilometers. At the marching speed of the Japanese troops, they will reach Ping'an County in two days.
After learning that the troops were ready to set off, Fumio Kawamura came to the camp from the command center.
Fumio Kawamura personally gave the order for the army to set off.
Subsequently, more than 7000 Japanese soldiers began to leave the camp one after another.
The Japanese army marched quickly and mightily in the night.