Chapter 62: The Deputy Director of Civil Engineering

As soon as the brigade's messengers received the order, they rode their horses towards their respective destinations.

Yangcun, the headquarters of the independent regiment.

Kong Jie was smoking a pipe in his room at this time. He was in a good mood recently.

The troops rested for a while. In addition to helping Li Yunlong fight for support, there were almost no large-scale battles in these days.

The independent regiment gradually recovered its previous combat effectiveness, and both personnel and equipment were replenished.

It's a pity that Sakata Nobutsu has been dealt with by his old friend, otherwise there might be a chance to meet him in the future, which makes Kong Jie a little regretful.

At this time, the brigade's messenger had arrived at the destination, and someone immediately met him after entering the village. A guard took his horse to the stable, and another guard took him to the regiment headquarters.

Because he was in a hurry to report back to the brigade, this dedicated messenger didn't even have time to drink a sip of water before conveying the message.

After listening to the intelligence, Kong Jie asked the guard to bring a bowl of water, and he himself fell into deep thought while smoking a pipe.

"Yamamoto's special forces? Elite? Never heard of them."

Although most areas of Shanxi Province have fallen, the Eighth Route Army's intelligence system in the enemy-occupied areas is not weak, thanks to the underground workers who silently dedicate themselves.

He basically knows all the Japanese officers with names, but it is the first time he has heard the name of the colonel Yamaki Ikki.

A colonel is not just any cat or dog. Sakata Nobutsu, who caused the independent regiment to suffer a great loss before, also has this rank.

Generally speaking, in the front-line combat troops, the Japanese colonels mainly hold two types of positions.

Either the commander of the combat unit, the commander of the brigade, or the combat staff officer next to the lieutenant general division commander.

And this is the first time Kong Jie has come into contact with the concept of special operations, and it is also the first time he has heard that the Japanese have such a force. He subconsciously substitutes it for the special forces battalion of the division headquarters.

If Zheng Yingqi leads a small force, their independent regiment will definitely suffer heavy losses without any defense.

Next, the brigade's communicator repeated the intelligence provided by Huang He in full, including the number of people and firepower configuration of the Yamamoto special forces.

After waiting for Kong Jie to digest the current intelligence, the communicator dropped another heavy bomb.

"And according to the analysis of the brigade staff, the enemy's target is most likely the headquarters in Daxia Bay."

Kong Jie looked at the other party in disbelief. He didn't expect that the other party, with only more than 80 people, would dare to pay attention to the headquarters. This kind of person is either crazy or has some real skills.

But this is the news from the brigade, and the brigade commander personally ordered his defense zone to strengthen vigilance, which made him attach great importance to it.

"What other information? Does the brigade have any instructions?"

Kong Jie continued to ask. This might be the first big job faced by their independent regiment since the restoration of combat effectiveness. He didn't want to be a coward again.

The communicator immediately replied:

"The brigade commander also said that this Yamamoto special forces team is proficient in fighting and shooting. And they have rich combat experience and are good at night battles."

"When they march, they are generally divided into three combat groups, each with more than 20 people. The ability to penetrate is very strong, and the whole team can pass through the cliffs dozens of meters high."

Kong Jie nodded, and he told the guard to take good care of the communicator. After everyone left, Kong Jie looked at the map in the room and fell into deep thought.

They were in the light, and the enemy was in the dark. The independent regiment needed to be cautious about this matter and integrate the existing resources.

At present, their entire regiment has more than 1,300 people, but some of them are new recruits who have been added recently. Excluding the logistics personnel, there are about 1,200 soldiers who can participate in the war.

In terms of weapons, their regiment can barely manage to have a rifle per person. Although it also includes old sleeves and Hanyang-made, due to the existence of the Yellow River, the bullets can be considered relatively abundant.

As for light machine guns and mortars, this is a bit shabby. Originally, it was heard that new weapons could be replaced in June this year, and the batch of weapons lent to the new regiment was not taken back.

But in the current situation, if they have to face the powerful firepower of Yamamoto Ikki, even the old stuff of World War I has to be taken back for emergency use.

"Every family has its own problems." Kong Jie said to himself helplessly.

Their independent regiment needs a big victory to boost morale. If they can eat the so-called special forces of the devil, everything will be fine.

He now has many problems to solve. The most urgent task is to solve the soldiers' night blindness. The enemy is likely to launch an attack at night. How can they fight back if they can't see?

The second is to add some heavy weapons to the troops as much as possible. Relying on rifles to deal with elite old devils is simply courting death.

As a future defense master and an unyielding defender, Kong Jie vowed to fight this battle beautifully.

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Daxia Bay, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

After receiving the intelligence from the brigade, the deputy general, who had fought out of the sea of ​​blood and corpses, curled his lips with some disdain. To put it bluntly, the people who want to get rid of him can be lined up from Shanxi Province to Shen Y.

If only a small force can threaten his safety, then the Anti-Japanese War should not be fought.

"Yamamoto Special Forces? The source of intelligence is the Yellow River."

He still admired this young man who came back from Europe.

At this time, the deputy chief of staff came in from outside. He organized a meeting of the staff as soon as he received the intelligence.

After all, this involves the security of the headquarters, and he also has to find out the reason for the leak.

If the information provided by Huang He is true, it means that the Japanese have a way to find the location of the headquarters.

If we can't find out how the Japanese know it, then it will be troublesome.

This time it was a small group of elite enemies who came to attack, so will there be planes next time?

Seeing the somewhat unhappy deputy general, he said:

"If the coordinates of our headquarters are really exposed, the possibility of a spy leak is very low. The General Staff just conducted an emergency investigation, and recently all the communicators in the army are normal."

"Basically, there is no possibility of human leakage."

"So I just contacted the deputy director. After all, those who study civil engineering know a lot. He thinks it is very likely that our radio signals were captured by the devils."

The deputy general pondered for a moment, and he looked at everyone and said: "As long as it is not an enemy plane, we don't need to move at all."

"Let's do this. First, draw a battalion from the special forces regiment of the headquarters to escort."

"Only one battalion will not affect the arsenal for the time being. Since the deputy director said that it might be due to the radio station, he will definitely deal with this matter."

The division commander on the side looked at the map, and he quickly analyzed the route for Yamamoto Ikki to attack. But only knowing that these are not very useful, after all, it is impossible to have infantry along the way all the time.

"In short, our 129th Division will definitely be responsible for the escort mission, everyone rest assured."

Question: Who is the deputy director