Chapter 454: Not Entirely Useless

"Yosh!" Shanyuan Dashan nodded with satisfaction: "Do as Miss Meiling says; my brigade will move toward the 6th Division."

Sonoda Meiling looked toward Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-kun, the Central Army has set up defensive fortifications ahead. In my reconnaissance, they have forward outposts, and this will require Yamamoto-kun to take action."

"First, take out the Central Army's forward observation posts, then the Imperial Army will launch an assault, catching them off guard to break through the Central Army's defensive positions in one fell swoop."

Yamamoto frowned slightly: "I take action?"

"Yes!" Sonoda Meiling nodded: "If the Independent Mixed Brigade were to handle the forward outposts, they would certainly use their rifles, and once the sound of gunfire rings out..."

"It would alert the Central Army, and that is a result we do not want; we need a surprise attack."

A squad of the Japanese Army crept up from the cliff, and the Central Army's outpost personnel were completely unaware.

He clenched his hands into fists, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart; if the other party were a Colonel, he would truly rush up and swing his fists to give him a fierce beating.

"You must know, Yamamoto-kun's Special Operations Squad this time only has a little over two hundred men, while the Sichuan Army company-level unit guarding Xiaowangzhuang is a Reinforced Company, with a headcount of four hundred."

"For such Special Operations, I have heard that Yamamoto-kun spent a great deal of money and grain, and the Weaponry also includes advanced Submachine Guns, yet in one battle it was crippled, nearly suffering total annihilation."

After Sonoda Meiling said this, Yamamoto Ichiki felt his confidence return.

Regarding Shanyuan Dashan's slander, Sonoda Meiling waved her hand: "Your Excellency Brigade Commander, you are wrong."

Fresh blood sprayed into the trench, staining the ground red; after the first move succeeded, the Independent Mixed Brigade's guard unit began to swarm up, occupying the Central Army's outpost.

Seeing his senior officer ruthlessly slandering his Special Operations, Yamamoto felt very angry in his heart.

"From the Special Operations Squad, we can deduce that future battles will still be dominated by large army groups; Special Operations, in the end, cannot take the stage."

The members of the Independent Mixed Brigade, upon hearing Sonoda Meiling's words, were all stunned for a moment.

"Pingyuan Yilang!"

"They believe that Yamamoto-kun's Special Operations Squad cannot be ignored, and furthermore, the Sichuan Army unit guarding Xiaowangzhuang suffered extremely heavy casualties; out of a company of Sichuan Army soldiers, only a dozen or so survived."

"Senior!" Yamamoto Ichiki said coldly: "I am willing to lead the remaining dozen or so men to pull out the Central Army's outpost, striving to clear obstacles for the Senior's brigade."

This time, the soldiers of the Independent Mixed Brigade saw the Yamamoto Special Forces strike, climbing from the cliff and then using the Flying Knife Technique to perfectly eliminate the Central Army's sentries.

"Fine!" Shanyuan Dashan replied, "Yamamoto-kun, you lead the troops to pull out the Central Army outpost; you may draw a squad of Imperial Warriors from my guard unit to assist."

Upon hearing this, Yamamoto Ichiki said, "So desu ne!"

Very quickly, the dozen or so Special Forces members all struck together, their Finnish Knives slicing through the throats of many Central Army soldiers.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, I did manage to gather some information at the 27th Group Army headquarters;"

Especially since Sonoda Meiling was so beautiful, he did not want to lose face in front of such a beautiful woman at all.

"It seems I still underestimated the capable people within the Sichuan Army; even in the weak National Revolutionary Army, there are still places among them for us to learn from."

After everything was prepared, Yamamoto Ichiki led over fifty Japanese soldiers and began to advance toward the Central Army's outpost.

Yamamoto Ichiki took action personally, drawing the Finnish Knife from his waist; the flying knife was released, accurately slicing through the Central Army soldier on sentry duty.

After Yamamoto Ichiki received Shanyuan Dashan's approval, he selected forty Japanese soldiers from Shanyuan Dashan's guard unit outside the brigade headquarters.

If that were the case, it would be acceptable for the Yamamoto squad to achieve such results against the opponent.

Especially Pingyuan Yilang, the captain of the Independent Mixed Brigade's guard unit, who, having witnessed the elusive combat style of the Special Forces, realized that if the opponent were an enemy, his guard unit would not be able to block Yamamoto Ichiki's sneak attack.

"It is already quite good that Yamamoto-kun can achieve such results while not having the advantage in troop numbers; moreover, the Sichuan Army company-level unit at Xiaowangzhuang was also equipped with Submachine Guns, K Rifles, and so on."

The forty Japanese soldiers from the Independent Mixed Brigade who followed Yamamoto Ichiki also wanted to see just how strong this one-in-a-hundred Special Forces unit really was.

"The combat effectiveness of the Central Army, compared to the Sichuan Army, is still relatively backward; especially since I took a look, the Central Army's defensive positions are built very crudely, with trenches only half a person deep!"

After a thirty-minute march, Yamamoto Ichiki arrived at the Central Army's forward outpost!

Especially within the Sichuan Army units, they seem to have also trained a fully armed special squad, and the squad's combat effectiveness is extremely powerful.

This allowed these guards to see that the Special Forces were not weak at all; on the contrary, they were extremely powerful.

"Yamamoto thanks you, Senior." Yamamoto Ichiki said sincerely.

"Yamamoto-kun's Special Operations Squad has strong combat effectiveness, and it has also made Yang Sen of the Sichuan Army, as well as the commanders of the Second Route Army, Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua, and Liu Wenhui, all attach great importance to it."

At this moment, he realized more and more that the Special Operations Squad was not useless at all.

"In the operations of large army groups, it is a complete waste of military strength; if you ask me, to annihilate the vital strength of the Chinese army, one still needs to rely on large army group operations."

Currently, Yamamoto's Special Forces only have a dozen or so men; to pull out the Central Army's outpost, at least a squad is needed.

Shanyuan Dashan, standing to the side, saw Sonoda Meiling let Yamamoto's troops take action, which made him think that Sonoda Meiling looked down on him.

His tone was displeased: "Miss Meiling." Shanyuan Dashan looked at Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-kun's failure in combat has already fully explained what this 'Special Operations' is."

The Special Forces personnel took out ropes, hooked them onto trees on the cliff, and began to climb; soon, the Special Forces personnel reached the cliff and then provided cover for the Independent Mixed Brigade's guard unit.

"Nani?!" Shanyuan Dashan had a face full of question marks and looked at Sonoda Meiling, very confused.

Therefore!

After Shanyuan Dashan complained on the side, he felt very proud in front of Sonoda Meiling, and he also saw Yamamoto's dissatisfaction.

They had been studying the Sichuan Army for a while; the Sichuan Army units are also a formidable enemy among all the National Revolutionary Army, especially within the Sichuan Army units.

"For such a position, Yamamoto-kun only needs to lead the Special Forces to take out the Central Army's forward outpost, and one round of artillery fire from the Independent Mixed Brigade will be enough to completely crush the Central Army."

"Hai!" Pingyuan Yilang replied and immediately came before Yamamoto Ichiki.

Yamamoto called his direct Special Forces members to demonstrate the Special Forces' combat style to the Independent Mixed Brigade's guard unit.

"Not bad!" Sonoda Meiling said softly: "Especially within the Sichuan Army Second Route Army, there have now emerged Guo Xunqi, Rao Guohua, Fan Shaozeng, and others, who all have many brilliant achievements within the Sichuan Army system."

"This surprise attack on the Central Army's defensive positions requires Yamamoto-kun's Special Forces to secretly annihilate the Central Army's special forces!"

At this moment, Shanyuan Dashan was like a winner in the animal kingdom, having defeated other males to gain mating rights with a female.

Seeing Sonoda Meiling's recommendation and Yamamoto Ichiki's own initiative to request the mission, Shanyuan Dashan could not say much more.

"You go immediately to notify Brigade Commander Shanyuan Dashan that our army has successfully taken the Central Army's forward outpost."

"Hai!" Pingyuan Yilang nodded and bowed, picked a few Japanese soldiers, and walked back.

(End of this chapter)