Yamamoto Ichiki had previously carried out special operations, preparing to attack the headquarters of the Great Summer Bay, but he did not succeed.
However, in this battle, Yamamoto Ichiki's Special Agent Team had zero casualties and brought more than 300 casualties to the independent regiment. This still shocked the First Army greatly.
Shinozuka Yoshio then sent him to the Northern Front Army Headquarters to report directly.
Shinozuka Yoshio planned to convince Tada Jun to let the First Army carry out a tactical reform.
However, no one expected that the Sakata United Team would suffer such a blow at this time.
Fortunately, Shinji Kagawa had connections in the base camp. Otherwise, he would definitely lose his life this time.
But even so, the headquarters also emphasized that Shinji Kagawa would be demoted to the rank of lieutenant and stay at the front line to atone for his crimes.
His intention was obvious. He wanted to give him a chance to die on the front lines so that he could save face.
Of course, if Shinji Kagawa had a good performance, he might be able to turn the tables.
Shinozuka Yoshio ended the call with Tada Jun with a helpless expression on his face.
"Is there any news from the intelligence agency? Which unit is it that has caused such losses to the Sakata United Team in succession?”
After ending the call, Shinozuka Yoshio came to the map and asked Chief of Staff Tanaka Keilong.
"The intelligence agency is still investigating. According to their feedback, it is very likely that Li Yunlong's troops brought such losses to the Sakata United Army.”
Tanaka Keilong hesitated for a moment before answering.
The last time they broke out of the Blue Cloud Ridge, it was Li Yunlong's troops. This time, Li Yunlong's troops were also nearby. He was the main suspect of the Japanese.
"Find all his information and strengthen the military deployment in the Gray Cloud Ridge area.”Shinozuka Yoshio said coldly.
Soon, the First Army's headquarters began to convey the orders of the northern front army.
As the flag of the Sakata Regiment was seized, the regiment and the 4th Brigade were revoked.
After the 4th Brigade was removed from its original name, the remaining troops of the Sakata United Team were used as the foundation to form an independent 4th Brigade.
The independent 4th Brigade had 5 infantry units, which were directly under the engineer, artillery, and armored units.
As for the regiment commander of the independent 4th regiment, it was Katayama Province Taro.
This exploration team's military strength had been reduced to 5,000 people. This kind of military strength was obviously unable to maintain an advantage, so the Japanese had specially made arrangements.
The 8th mixed regiment of the Imperial Association Army, the 1st cavalry regiment of the Imperial Association Army, and thousands of puppet troops also began to move towards the Gray Cloud Ridge region.
These puppet troops would be under the command of Katayama Province Taro.
In an instant, the number of Japanese troops deployed in the Gray Cloud Ridge region had exceeded 10,000.
However, in the short term, the Japanese would definitely not make too much of a move. After all, their team had to reorganize.
……
Yang Chen was still very low-key. Only a few high-ranking officials knew that he had obtained great results.
Even Li Yunlong and the others didn't know that Yang Chen's troops were nearby.
On this day, Yang Chen brought the main officers to the entrance of Nanzhuang Village early in the morning. He was ready to welcome them.
Zhao Ze had come here once before and announced the order. The county unit now had a formal name, the Tiger Assault Battalion.
Yang Chen was very excited when he heard the news. He knew that this meant that his troops had completed their transformation into regular troops.
Of course, if he wanted to become the absolute main force, he would have to show even more brilliant achievements in the future.
Not long after they waited at the village entrance, dust flew in the distance as a few warhorses galloped over.
At the front was a man in his thirties wearing a military uniform and glasses. When he arrived at the village entrance, he dismounted.
Zhao Ze was beside him, and Yang Chen and the other officers immediately saluted him without him introducing them.
He knew that the man in front of him must be the famous brigade commander of the 386th Brigade.
"Hello, Brigadier General." Yang Chen saluted and said excitedly.
"Hello, comrades." The brigade commander was very easy-going and returned the greeting.
Previously, Yang Chen's team had been assigned to the 386th Brigade, so the brigade commander didn't know much about it.
But after this battle, the brigade commander knew that Yang Chen's team was different from the rest. This was a team that the headquarters had high hopes for.
Furthermore, the consecutive brilliant results made the brigade commander pay more attention to this unit. He knew that with this unit, the overall combat strength of the 386th Brigade would increase.
"Good lord, no wonder you guys were able to take down the Japanese's regiment headquarters in the Gray Cloud Ridge. Even our main regiment is not as generous as you guys.”
When he arrived at the village, the brigade commander first inspected the assault battalion. He was stunned when he saw the machine guns and cannons.
He had heard from Zhao Ze that Yang Chen's team was extremely wealthy, so he was mentally prepared.
However, after seeing it with his own eyes, the brigade commander was too shocked.
According to Yang Chen's organization, a company of the Ferocious Tiger Assault Battalion had twenty-seven light machine guns, eighteen Garand rifles, eighteen submachine guns, nearly a hundred M44 rifles, three heavy machine guns, and three mortars!
Such weapons and equipment were similar to a Japanese squadron.
Yang Chen was confident that his company could take on a Japanese squadron and remain undefeated.
If he could get the support of the heavy weapons company and infantry artillery company, Yang Chen could guarantee that his company could take down an entire Japanese squadron!
"Brigadier, this way please." Yang Chen said calmly and brought the brigade commander directly to the front of the dilapidated courtyard.
There was a crooked light machine gun, a Type 38 rifle, and a lot of Japanese grenade launchers and mortars.
Among these weapons, the most eye-catching ones were naturally the two 65mm mountain cannons.
"Battalion Commander Chen, are you planning to hand over these weapons and equipment?”
The brigade commander looked at the weapons and equipment in front of him and asked directly.
"Give them all to the brigade commander." Yang Chen said generously.
The assault battalion did not need these weapons and equipment for the time being. Yang Chen knew that the brigade commander was coming, so he prepared them in advance and planned to give them to the brigade commander.
"Hehe, you won't be at a disadvantage. You'll use your weapons and equipment to exchange for others, and use your weapons and equipment to command others in battle. Now that you've given me so many weapons and equipment, I can't let you suffer a loss.”
The brigade commander picked up a rifle from the ground and looked at it again and again.
Then, he stretched out a finger and gestured in front of Yang Chen.""A hundred veterans, I'll give you a hundred veterans!”
"Thank you, Brigadier General!" Yang Chen's heart was beating faster when he heard the words " 100 seasoned soldiers ".
With these 100 veterans, the overall combat strength of the assault battalion would definitely increase by a lot.
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