Chapter 66 Flying Reconnaissance
"Tell me what you heard!" Yoshio Shinozuka was also very curious.
“Our investigators found a suspicious person in the market in that direction.
He bought a lot of farm tools, which made our investigators suspicious.”
Yoshio Shinozuka was puzzled. Even though he was the executor of the grand strategy, he still lacked the ability and sensitivity to acquire intelligence.
“Farm tools, is there anything wrong with buying farm tools?
Is it because of the large quantity? "
As the commander of the special forces, Yamamoto is in charge of reconnaissance and intelligence training, so the investigators he sends out are so professional and efficient.
"Yes, General!"
“There’s nothing strange about buying farm tools. What’s strange is that he bought too much!”
Yamamoto slowly explained: "First, if they are farmers, their farm tools can be used for a long time because they already have farm tools.
If he was buying it for an entire village, it would be impossible for all the farm tools in that village to be damaged and need replacement at once.
So our investigators could determine that there was something wrong with this person.
So we analyzed, what kind of people would need so many farm tools at once? In the end, we only came up with one answer: the Eighth Route Army.
Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly became interested: "Why the Eighth Route Army?
Not other troops?
The Central Army of the National Government and the Jinsui Army of Yan's army are both possible!"
Yamamoto anticipated this question: "General, the only people who need so many farm tools for farming are the Eighth Route Army.
Neither the National Government's Central Army nor the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had the habit of farming on their own. If they were short of food, their superiors would provide them with supplies. If the supplies were not timely, they could forcibly collect grain.
Only the Eighth Route Army, whose roots are in the people, will not and dare not harm the interests of the people and can only rely on themselves.
Therefore, based on the intelligence obtained by the investigators, we speculated that there were Eighth Route Army troops nearby, and they were the main force.
The investigators followed but were soon discovered. However, this did not stump our excellent investigators.
Because a large army would consume a lot of items in addition to farm tools, he investigated the surrounding markets.
If you discover that there are large-scale transactions of daily necessities, such as salt, how often do they happen and how much is traded at a time?
It was finally concluded that the number of people in this force was about 3,000.
It should be a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
Then, after a lot of work, we captured some civilians who were suspected of knowing intelligence about the Eighth Route Army.
I learned that the group’s number was the New 1st Regiment.”
Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Oh!" "Li Yunlong's new regiment!"
"Yes, General!"
Yamamoto affirmed what Shinozuka Yoshio said, but they didn't know that Li Yunlong had been transferred from the New 1st Regiment.
"There was a breakout at Cangyun Ridge using special operations as the attack method. This unit is the New 1st Regiment.
The New 1st Regiment was also the semicircle center of all suspected special operations such as attacks on artillery towers and grain-collecting teams.
From this we came to the conclusion that the New 1st Regiment was the main force of the Eighth Route Army with special forces. "
Shinozuka Yoshio asked again, "What's the exact news?"
Yamamoto picked up another report and said, "This report is the answer I got after asking the Special High Technology Department. The New 1st Regiment does have a small special operations unit.
The number of them was about 50 people. That is to say, the last time they ambushed us, they only used 50 people, but caused the loss of 2/3 of my special forces personnel.
Their military chief is called Chen Xiao."
"Chen Xiao? Do you have a photo of this person?"
Yoshio Shinozuka really wanted to meet the chief officer of the Chinese special operations force who appeared on the battlefield for the first time and see what he looked like.
"I'm sorry, General! Even the Special High Technology Department doesn't have any photo of this man named Chen Xiao."
Yamamoto said seriously: “But we got a message that this person came back from Europe.
In other words, his special operations concepts may have been first introduced in Germany, and now he is returning to China and is perfecting them.
General, if we don’t implement this policy quickly across the entire army, we may fall behind the Chinese army!”
The principle that those who lag behind will be beaten is true all over the world.
Shinozuka Yoshio also understood this truth: "Mr. Yamamoto, you know that before the Ming Dynasty, there was a kind of official called Qingliu, who could raise many questions, find all the shortcomings of government orders, and criticize the current rulers.
However, they could not find a solution to this problem , and even attacked and denied each other, and even refused to implement the orders of each other's factions. In the end, the Ming Dynasty was vulnerable to natural disasters, and finally the entire dynasty was destroyed by a group of peasants.
People in later generations commented that this group of people were empty talkers who harmed the country!
The problem you are facing now is the same. Since you have raised the problem, you must find a way to solve it, otherwise everything is just empty talk. "
“The domestic headquarters has always emphasized that large-scale group operations are the right way, and the special operations you mentioned have not been recognized by the headquarters .
Do you have any solution for this?"
Yamamoto stood up and saluted: "General, there are two ways.
First, immediately send out aircraft to scout the first person and the special forces’ base, and then bomb them, trying to nip them in the bud.
Second, those who question the concept of special operations can send an observation group. At that time, I will lead the well-trained special operations forces to put on a wonderful battle show. The target is the known location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters. "
Shinozuka Yoshio pondered for a while and said: "Since you have roughly defined the area, it will be easier for aircraft reconnaissance to acquire the target.
As for the observation group?
You can try it! ”
On that day, the number of Japanese reconnaissance aircraft sorties increased by three times, and it was said that it would continue to increase.
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What about Chen Xiao?
He was teaching these soldiers how to use various machine tools and tools, and technicians and skilled workers from the Shuiyaozi Arsenal were also teaching them.
But what puzzled the technicians was that the time it took for people taught by Chen Xiao to master the skills and become proficient was less than half that of people taught by him.
In other words, in the time it took him to teach ten people, Chen Xiao had already taught twenty or even thirty people.
He used to think that Chen Xiao's teaching was rather sloppy and not serious, but when he looked at the learning products made by those new fitters, he found that their skills were surprisingly sophisticated.
That's strange!
It’s only been a few days!
You have to know that when he first started working as a locksmith, it took him a week to get into the right state.
In fact, he didn't know that Chen Xiao was a cheater. He had an eye for teaching and training, and could provide targeted and exclusive training to each person.
After all, some people say that there are no two leaves in the world that are exactly the same, and the same goes for people. Everyone has different shortcomings and defects, and everyone's learning sensitivity is different, but Chen Xiao can make training adjustments based on other people's shortcomings, defects and sensitivities.
So he quickly taught these people, with each of them being responsible for a process for a part. When these workers began to master the process, he started working on making industrial machine tool mother beds.
In this era and in this country, is there anyone who can manufacture an industrial multi-functional bed?
Yes, there is only one person in the whole country with a population of more than 400 million , Mr. Wang Shoujing. Of course, he cannot be called Mr. Wang in this era because he is still young.
If Chen Xiao can manufacture a set of industrial machine tool mother beds, then he will be the second person in the country who can manufacture this thing. What is the weight of such a person?
Nobody knows!
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Ding Wei of the New 1st Regiment has been wondering these days why these Japanese planes keep circling over his head?
While giving instructions to their subordinates to prepare for disguise, he also sent out scouts to check whether there were any Japanese troops nearby planning to launch a surprise attack.
But they didn't know that two bombers were quietly attacking from high in the sky!
