Chapter 315: Doubtful Ding Wei
"Xiao Qin, after Qingquan Mu and I came out, what did you talk about with Cunkou Sanlang in the artillery tower?"
Standing on the top of the artillery tower of the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold, Ding Wei looked at Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi who were going away, as well as Duan Peng and others who were following them as guards, and asked Qin Yangming beside him curiously.
"We talked about something else... This Murakuchi Saburo is quite courageous and ambitious."
Qin Yangming, who was smoking and looking at Duan Peng and others going away, had a trace of worry on his face.
This was the first time that Duan Peng led a special forces team alone to carry out such an important mission.
Although Qin Yangming believed in the abilities of Duan Peng and the special forces, he knew how strong their combat effectiveness was.
But Qin Yangming still had some worries in his heart.
After discussing with Murakuchi Saburo and others how to attack the county seat of Ping'an County.
In order to facilitate the opening of the city gate, and also to reassure himself, and also to let Murakuchi Saburo see the combat effectiveness of his special forces.
Qin Yangming suggested that Duan Peng take the special forces soldiers to serve as guards for Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi, and prepare to follow the two into the county seat of Ping'an County.
Murakuchi Saburo and Kiyozumi Muichi did not reject Qin Yangming's proposal.
Because this was what Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi thought at the beginning, so they asked Qin Yangming to send people to follow them into the county seat of Ping'an County.
On the one hand, it can enhance their strength, and on the other hand, it can also make Qin Yangming feel at ease.
Therefore, Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi naturally had no objection to Qin Yangming's proposal to send a special forces team to accompany them into the county seat of Ping'an County.
If it weren't for the fact that Qin Yangming's body was too huge and it was difficult for them to explain, Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi would have been ready to let Qin Yangming follow them into the county seat of Ping'an County.
Listening to Qin Yangming's answer, Ding Wei glanced at Qin Yangming and saw a trace of worry on Qin Yangming's face. Ding Wei knew that Qin Yangming's mind was still on the special forces team.
“Xiao Qin, don’t worry, you trained the special forces team, don’t you still trust them?
Even if Murakuchi Saburo and Kiyozumi Kiichi wanted to do something, with Duan Peng's ability, he could kill them both in the first place.
Moreover, the combat effectiveness of their thirty people is at least equivalent to that of a hundred Japanese devils.
The combat effectiveness in the county will be even stronger.
Even if any problems arise, Duan Peng and his men cannot rush out of Ping'an County, so they can still keep themselves safe.
At that time, as long as the vanguard group reaches the outskirts of Ping'an County and launches a fierce attack on one side of Ping'an County, it will be easy to pick up the special forces team.
What's more, wasn't our original plan to let the special forces sneak into Ping'an County and then carry out destruction?
Now they followed Murakuchi Saburo and others into the county seat of Ping'an County. Although their location was exposed, they had still entered the county seat of Ping'an County.
Don’t worry too much.”
"Ugh."
Listening to Ding Wei's words and looking at Cunkou Sanlang, Duan Peng and others who had already gone far away, Qin Yangming sighed.
“I hope there won’t be any unexpected situations.
Captain Ding, let's go and report this matter to our superiors.
Maybe this time we can not only capture Ping'an County, but also get some unexpected intelligence... By the way, Captain Ding, I remember you were originally from the Yizhong Military Region, right?"
Qin Yangming originally wanted to report his affairs directly to the brigade headquarters, but then he suddenly remembered that Ding Wei was the new regiment coming from the Yi Zhong Military Region.
Listening to Qin Yangming's question, Ding Wei was a little confused.
"Yes, that's right. I came from the Yizhong Military Region. What's the matter?"
Ding Wei, who originally wanted to ask Qin Yangming what he talked about with Cunkou Saburo in the artillery tower, listened to Qin Yangming's question and looked at Qin Yangming with some curiosity.
Listening to Ding Wei's words, Qin Yangming quickly asked.
"Captain Ding, did you pass through Gucheng County when you came from the Yizhong Military Region?"
Listening to Ding Wei's answer, Qin Yangming spoke with some excitement.
Ding Wei, who followed along, nodded to the soldier who had changed into the Japanese army uniform and was standing guard on the artillery tower, responded to him, and then looked at Qin Yangming with even more confusion.
“I just came from that side, what’s wrong?
Xiao Qin, what's going on? Why are you asking this?
Gucheng County is not a good place. It is easy to attack but difficult to defend."
"No, no, no, I just happened to have a plan, Captain Ding, can you give me some advice?
The boy named Murakuchi Saburo is extremely ambitious. He asked me to help him kill a Japanese soldier named Iwamatsu Yoshio.
According to Saburo Murakuchi, the Japanese soldier named Yoshio Iwamatsu was a senior officer, lieutenant general, and the next commander of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
Then I asked Murakuchi Saburo to help me kill Shinozuka Yoshio.
But because Yoshio Iwamatsu and Yoshio Shinozuka were not together.
If we kill Yoshio Shinozuka first, we will alert the enemy.
Yoshio Iwamatsu would not be so easy to kill, so Saburo Murakuchi did not want to agree.
Unless Iwamatsu Yoshio and Shinozuka Yoshio are together, it will be difficult to kill them."
While Qin Yangming explained to Ding Wei what was going on, he quickly pulled Ding Wei to the first floor of the artillery tower.
At this moment, all traces on the first floor of the artillery tower had been cleaned up by soldiers wearing Japanese and puppet army uniforms.
There was no one else in the artillery tower except for some Japanese soldiers who stayed in the tower, preparing to leave together with Murakuchi Saburo, Kiyomizu Muichi and others when they evacuated from Ping'an County.
As for the original puppet troops.
Last night, we arranged for people to send those puppet troops to Fu'an County overnight.
I guess they have all been sent to the brigade headquarters by now.
"Monk, Goudan, you two, guard the door and the upper room. No one is allowed to enter the turret to come to me without my order, including Takeshita Shinta. If Takeshita Shinta has anything to say, tell him that I am talking about something and it is not suitable for him to listen."
After Qin Yangming and Ding Wei arrived at the first floor of the artillery tower, they subconsciously wanted to call Duan Peng to guard the door, but when they thought that Duan Peng had already left, they gave orders to Wei Dayong and Goudan who were standing next to them.
"Oh."
"Yes!"
Qin Yangming gave an order, and Wei Dayong and Goudan on the side followed Qin Yangming's order to guard the artillery tower and prevented others from entering.
Although the special forces team has left, the independent regiment commando team led by Wei Dayong is still there.
Qin Yangming still has some people he can use.
Qin Yangming then opened the map left by Sanlang at the entrance of the village, and then pointed to the place he marked on the map and said to Ding Wei.
"I want to kill Shinozuka Yoshio, but Murakuchi Saburo wants to kill Iwamatsu Yoshio. So if I want to kill these two people, I have to find a way to bring them together.
Now Yoshio Shinozuka is in a difficult situation and can hardly save himself.
According to Saburo Murakuchi, according to the original plan, Yoshio Shinozuka should have handed over his troops to Yoshio Iwamatsu and left the First Army half a month ago.
However, due to the Shangdang Campaign, it was not possible to change generals on the battlefield, so Yoshio Shinozuka remained the commander of the First Army.
After the Shangdang Campaign ended, a major war was about to break out.
So Yoshio Shinozuka is still the commander of the First Army.
He will not leave the First Army until the war is over.
The last time, because of Yoshio Shinozuka, we lost the Shangdang area, and then we lost the Shangdang Campaign, losing the entire 4th Brigade, and the 9th Brigade was also crippled by us.
Although Yoshio Shinozuka put the blame on the intelligence department and Yoshio Iwamatsu.
However, Yoshio Shinozuka still has to bear the blame for his command errors and misjudgment.
Therefore, if Yoshio Shinozuka cannot obtain enough military merits to make up for his mistakes in the next war, he will definitely be held accountable after returning to the Japanese base.
It can be said that Yoshio Shinozuka is now facing a punishment that is about to be imposed.
However, if Yoshio Shinozuka had made some military achievements, then this punishment could be offset.
If something happened to the First Army at this time.
Then the punishment will be imposed instantly, and with the addition of new mistakes, the Japanese headquarters will most likely choose to replace Yoshio Shinozuka.
The reason why Yoshio Shinozuka was allowed to continue to serve as the commander of the First Army was because they hoped that Yoshio Shinozuka could make military achievements again.
After all, when Yoshio Shinozuka first took over the First Army, he did make a lot of military achievements.
But now.
If there were any major losses again, the Japanese headquarters would have to consider the ability of Yoshio Shinozuka.
Problems arose in the First Army before the war even started. If it were me, I would definitely choose to stop the loss in time and replace Yoshio Shinozuka before the loss expanded.
In this case, Yoshio Shinozuka will be transferred from the First Army, and the new commander of the First Army will naturally be Yoshio Iwamatsu who was originally prepared to take over.
When the time comes, these two people will hand over the First Army, they will naturally come together.
And because of the battle, there is a high possibility that the two of them will make the handover in Taiyuan.
If only Murakuchi Saburo's relationship was reliable.
Maybe I can kill both Shinozuka Yoshio and Iwamatsu Yoshio at the same time.
They even directly destroyed his headquarters in Taiyuan City.
If we want to force Yoshio Shinozuka to resign, we need to have another Shangdang Campaign.
In other words, we still need to completely wipe out a brigade of the Japanese devils.
Coincidentally, there was a Japanese brigade in Shuiquan, the 11th Brigade.
After we launch the attack on Ping'an County, the Japanese Shuiquan will definitely send the 11th Brigade to support us.
And Murakuchi Saburo said that he had a way to help me delay the puppet troops in Shuiquan. By then, only the 11th Brigade would come to support Ping'an County, and no other troops would come.
Captain Ding, please give me some advice. If we operate well, maybe we can not only capture the entire Ping'an County, but also swallow up the 11th Brigade of the Japanese!"
Looking at the map, Qin Yangming's eyes were full of excitement.
Ding Wei, who was standing by, was shocked when he heard what Qin Yangming said.
He could understand every word Qin Yangming said.
But after connecting the words together, he found that he couldn't understand some of them.
Ding Wei felt something was wrong.
At the beginning, they were clearly discussing attacking the county seat of Ping'an County, but how come it has now turned into swallowing up the 11th Brigade?
Originally, Ding Wei thought that when Li Yunlong first said he wanted to attack Ping'an County, Li Yunlong's plan was too risky and he did not think it would succeed.
Although Ding Wei was willing to take a gamble with Li Yunlong, he was still full of worries.
But now with the help of Murakuchi Saburo and others, Ding Wei felt relieved, and now Qin Yangming said he wanted to attack the 11th Brigade of the Japanese.
The stone in Ding Wei's heart, which had just loosened a little, now became even tighter.
Originally, Ding Wei thought that the biggest problem in attacking Ping'an County was the 11th Brigade.
With the strength of their four regiments, they simply did not have enough troops to stop the 11th Brigade.
Originally in Ding Wei's own plan, the attack on Ping'an County would take too long. The defenses of the Zhangzhuang stronghold were too strong, especially when the villager Sanlang said that there were several more field guns in the Zhangzhuang stronghold.
Ding Wei became even more worried.
Because he really couldn't think of any way Li Yunlong could take over the Zhangzhuang stronghold within two hours.
If Li Yunlong fails to capture the Zhangzhuang stronghold in time, then even if the vanguard regiment captures the Ping'an County seat.
However, it was impossible to stop the attack of the Japanese 11th Brigade which broke through the blockade of the New 2nd Regiment.
By then, everyone will just suffer losses on both sides and there will be no results at all.
However, out of trust in Li Yunlong, Ding Wei still believed what Li Yunlong said that he could take over the Zhangzhuang stronghold in two hours.
As a result, Ding Wei now feels that this time everyone can really get a piece of Ping'an County meat.
Then Qin Yangming said that he wanted to take on the tough challenge of the 11th Brigade.
Ding Wei knew a little about Qin Yangming's plan to kill Shinozuka Yoshio, and could also guess a little.
But Ding Wei didn't expect that the Japanese devil Murakuchi Saburo would actually ask Qin Yangming to help kill Iwamatsu Yoshio.
Ding Wei felt that these things were a bit magical.
The Japanese soldier Murakuchi Saburo not only sold the county seat of Ping'an County to them, but now he also asked the Eighth Route Army to help him kill Lieutenant General Iwamatsu Yoshio, who would be the next commander of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
Qin Yangming was thinking of completely annihilating the Japanese 11th Brigade, and then using this opportunity to bring together Yoshio Shinozuka and Yoshio Iwamatsu and kill the two Japanese lieutenant general commanders together.
Ding Wei didn't need to think too much to know how much benefit Qin Yangming would bring to their Eighth Route Army if he could kill the two Japanese commanders, Yoshio Shinozuka and Yoshio Iwamatsu, at the same time.
(End of this chapter)
