Yang Zhen believes that although the quality of both the soldiers and the quality of the supplementary officers of the Japanese army at present has generally declined considerably compared with before the outbreak of the Pacific War. Even in some security divisions and regiments, which are mainly composed of reserve officers and reservists who have been mobilized for the second or even the third time, the quality has declined quite sharply.

However, the ability of the elite divisions and regiments in the Japanese army, especially the lower-level officers trained by the non-commissioned officer schools, and the individual combat quality of the units to which they belong, did not decline significantly. Under such circumstances, the Japanese army and the room for training and selecting team members far exceeded that of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.

The junior officers and staff officers at all levels in the elite divisions of the Japanese army have a high level of tactical literacy, and the quality of the soldiers is also quite high, and they themselves have a mature and complete military academy training system. It also has first-class tactical reconnaissance capabilities and tactics, and these are shortcuts that the Japanese army can take.

Coupled with the support of Japan's own strong national strength, the resources that can be concentrated in its hands far exceed those of the Anti-Japanese Federation. Once it finds out where the true pulse of the special operation is, its development speed and combat capability will be far above that of the Anti-United Nations, and at that time it will really be a big problem.

As for the leakage of Renqiu County, where the former finger is located, Yang Zhen did not feel too much surprise. The Japanese army's battlefield monitoring ability is very strong, and during the Japanese army's sweep in 41 years, the headquarters of the 18th Group Army was transferred many times, but it still could not get rid of the Japanese army's radio surveillance. The Mashiko Advance Team was able to find and bite the headquarters of the 18th Army, and the Japanese army's own radio listening ability contributed to it.

After he was stationed in Renqiu County with his front finger, he carried several radio stations that carried out radio communication and liaison with major strategic areas such as Northeast China, Yan'an, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Shanxi-Hebei, Shandong-Henan, and Shandong, as well as the high-density radio signals emitted by these stations. In terms of the technical capabilities of the Japanese army, it is easy to determine the approximate location.

With such a dense radio signal, the Japanese army would have ghosts if they couldn't find it. When this group of Japanese troops set out, they did not necessarily come to their destination. It should be that on the way to find the Jizhong Battlefield Headquarters, he heard a large number of radio signals near Renqiu County, and came here by mistake.

But no matter how they came to be, one thing is certain. They must have been looking for the location of the high-level headquarters of the Anti-Japanese Federation on the battlefield in central Hebei. Shooting people first and horses first, capturing thieves and capturing kings first, the essence of the Chinese art of war, the Japanese army is also very proficient.

Yang Zhen didn't care too much about how the location of his headquarters was leaked. Regarding the fact that the perimeter security was not strict, this Japanese army actually touched the door of his headquarters, but Yang Zhen was not very angry.

The peripheral troops are inexperienced, and it is not unusual for this Japanese army to be carefully camouflaged and deceived the eyes of the peripheral troops. But this group of Japanese special forces that touched their own door must be completely annihilated cleanly. Cut off the idea of its continued development, so that the Japanese army understood that this road would not work.

In this way, the Japanese special forces cannot directly nip it in the bud when it is just developing, and completely destroy the confidence of the Japanese army in discovering the theory of special operations. If it is allowed to develop, it will be a great threat to the Confrontation League and all anti-Japanese forces behind enemy lines.

Moreover, the annihilation of all this Japanese army in Renqiu is not just a matter of nipped in the bud. Once it cannot be completely annihilated, let even a third of this Japanese army slip away, the next step is to organize a large number of troops to encircle and suppress it. This not only involves the battlefield in central Hebei, but also the tremendous energy and strength of the various participating troops.

What is even more serious is that once the Japanese army is swept to other places, it will bring great losses. Whether it is the battlefield around Hejian to the south, the Baoding battlefield to the west, or the hinterland of central Hebei to the north. Judging from the strength of this Japanese army, it will cause great losses.

Even in the terrain of the Great Plains in Jizhong, this Japanese army has been carefully camouflaged and specially trained. If they escape, it will take too much effort to deal with them. There are many troops participating in the battle on the front line, and it is easy to cause confusion among the various units on the front line.

At present, all its living forces are concentrated in Renqiu, which is the best and only opportunity to gather and annihilate it. If it can be completely eliminated in Renqiu, then it will not only reduce the threat to its own depth, but also reduce the pressure on the use of troops. After this village, it doesn't mean that there is no longer this shop.

After thinking about it, Yang Zhen grabbed the phone to get through, and Chai Shirong, who had already arrived at the north gate with reinforcements, asked him to concentrate all his forces and solve all the Japanese troops cleanly at all costs. No one should be allowed to endanger any other battlefield.

At the same time that Yang Zhen called Chai Shirong, the two operational staff officers beside him also made a phone call to the defense troops of several other gates. After carefully inquiring about the fact that there was nothing abnormal in the other directions, Yang Zhen ordered each city gate to leave a squad and a cadre above the platoon level to serve as a guard.

The rest of the troops immediately concentrated in the northeast direction of the city wall. Under the command of the instructor led by the 3rd Guard Battalion, the city was flanked from the northeast to the city wall, and the enemy at the north gate was flanked. In order to clearly identify all the participating troops, a white towel was tied to their left arm, and their ranks and badges were removed.

After giving the order, Yang Zhen hesitated for a moment. Carrying a telescope, with only a communications staff officer, a walkie-talkie and Zhang Zixiong, he rushed to the North Gate battlefield. As Yang Zhen, who single-handedly created the anti-United Nations special operations model, he must see with his own eyes the real training level of the Japanese army in order to make a more accurate judgment.

When he arrived at the North Gate battlefield, Yang Zhen did not alarm Chai Shirong, who was commanding the battle in front, but chose a hidden corner, raised his binoculars and carefully observed the battle situation at the North Gate. As the founder of the Anti-United Nations Special Operations Force, the battle situation in front of him made Yang Zhen feel shocked.

No matter how many deficiencies there are in the tactical use of the Japanese army. Most of the tactical use is not yet out of the realm of infantry tactics. However, the quality of the individual soldiers of these Japanese troops in front of them is no longer much worse than that of the special forces of the Anti-Japanese Federation. The precision of its shooting in motion is no longer even below that of its own troops.

Although the two-person combat group still adopts the inverted triangle attack formation that the Japanese army is accustomed to when attacking and fighting. However, the crossfire fired by the two men in motion, as well as the extremely accurate three-shot burst fire, posed a considerable threat to the troops on the North Gate battlefield.

The reaction speed and shooting accuracy of the grenadier are also much higher than those of the average Japanese elite. As long as it is given a chance to launch, it can even make a starting hit. The throwing distance of the grenade is basically maintained at a distance of about 50 meters, and the accuracy of the landing point is also quite high.

The attack group in front of it, in close coordination with the machine guns behind it, also surpassed the Japanese troops at their peak. After the grenadiers stubbornly suppressed the anti-United Nations snipers, the two Type 92 heavy machine guns that were finally erected continued to suppress the anti-United Nations positions here with intensive firepower.

As soon as the reinforcements led by Chai Shirong arrived, they quickly fell into a bitter battle. And it turned out that a platoon here had already suffered more than half of the casualties. Although the Japanese army used grappling hooks fired by light mortars, several attempts to climb the city wall were beaten back. But on the local battlefield of the North Gate, it has already occupied the initiative.

The whole situation now is that although the Japanese army has never been able to storm the city, the reinforcements of the Anti-Japanese Union have also been blocked inside the city gate, and they have tried to surprise many times and cannot break out. Chai Shirong repeatedly tried to rope down from the city wall, but was stopped by the accurate rifle fire of the Japanese army.

Looking at the battlefield in front of him, Yang Zhen shook his head. How did Chai Shirong do it, and gathered all the reinforcements at the north gate? This Renqiu county town is not large, and the circumference of the city wall is not long. It can't be delayed for too long to detour through the other city gates, and the armored car platoon attached to it, and why don't the two mortars be used?

Yang Zhen, who was speechless about Chai Shirong's command, hesitated for a while and finally took over the command and withdrew Chai Shirong. and immediately transferred the two 82 mortars that Chai Shirong left in the command headquarters, but did not transfer the six Soviet-made BA 10 armored vehicles belonging to the armored car platoon directly to the north gate to participate in the battle.

Instead, this armored car platoon was ordered to have all six Soviet-made BA 10 armored vehicles and not to directly reinforce the North Gate. Instead, they went out of the city from the east gate as fast as they could, and made a detour to the rear of the enemy army. For this platoon of armored vehicles, Yang Zhen only gave them fifteen minutes to arrive at their designated position.

Yang Zhen was on the walkie-talkie and directly told the platoon commander that after arriving at the designated position. Instead of charging directly, adopt a cluster tactic, support the battle at the city gate with direct-aim artillery and machine guns, and block the retreat of the Japanese outside the north gate. In addition to fire support, the battle at the North Gate is not his care. But if the Japanese run away from one, try him.

After receiving the personal order of No. 1, the platoon commander of this armored car did not dare to have any hesitation and immediately took his six armored vehicles with him. After rushing out of the east gate at the maximum speed, at the maximum speed of 50 kilometers, he deployed the location to the place designated by Yang Zhen, and made a quick detour.

Compared to this, after receiving the order, I did not dare to delay in the slightest, although it was a little far away, but fortunately, it was a mechanized unit, as long as there were no accidents, there was no problem in arriving on time and the armored car platoon commander. With two 82 mortars, and all the shells, the mortar platoon commander who rushed to the north gate out of breath. After seeing Yang Zhen, he was stunned by Yang Zhen's order.

Without him, Yang Zhen's order to him was not to fight the charging Japanese army. The Japanese army adopted the tactics of attacking in tactical groups and from multiple directions. The two mortars could not form a full-fledged artillery blockade, and it was a waste of shells to hit the Japanese attack groups in front of them that were closely coordinated but had a wide distance between them.

Yang Zhen asked him to set up the mortar position under the city wall, and follow the artillery observers on the city wall to indicate the target, hit the junction of the front and rear of the Japanese army, and block the retreat of the Japanese army. As for the two Type 92 heavy machine gun positions, they will leave him alone for the time being. And told him that if he did not receive his own order, even if the Japanese army rushed in front of him, he was not allowed to open fire.

However, as long as the cannon is fired, no matter which direction the target is given, it is necessary to make the first hit without going through the test firing. In other words, Yang Zhen did not require firepower density in this battle, but the requirements for shooting accuracy were quite high.

Although some were confused by Yang Zhen's order, the mortar platoon commander still carried out the order to the letter. Immediately command the troops, and in accordance with Yang Zhen's request, set up mortar positions at a distance of 200 meters. And between the two positions, a wired communication line was quickly erected.

Considering the importance of the battle, after the position was deployed, he handed over the troops to the command of the deputy platoon commander. With a pair of high-powered binoculars, a communicator, and a field telephone, he personally served as an observer at the city gate building, which was only half of the city gate building but also the only commanding height in the surrounding area.