Sword of Death Camp

Chapter 245 Chen Shanhe, a bit insane

Just when Shinozuka Yoshio thought that the direction of Xiyang County was the weak point of the Eighth Route Army, and the gap could be opened from there, the communication soldiers rushed in quickly.

The soldier held a telegram in his hand.

"Your Excellency, a telegram from Commander Neiji Okamura!"

Yoshio Shinozuka quickly took it over. He subconsciously felt that something was wrong. He had been laid down by the Eighth Route Army in 4 counties. This kind of thing must have made Commander Neji Okamura furious again.

Sure enough, I took the telegram and read it.

The beginning is reprimand.

Rebuked him for his carelessness, reprimanded him for losing 4 more counties, but revealed a piece of news to him.

That is, the leader of this battle is the Second Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

and.

He also told him that the second independent regiment of the 386 brigade is extremely large.

He also told him that Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment with more than 6000 people, under the order of President Jiang, invaded the base area of ​​the Second Independent Regiment, but was defeated by a group of militiamen and all of them were disarmed.

and so.

To fight the Eighth Route Army, it is necessary to counterattack, but we must be cautious, and the trend in the north can affect the whole body. If you can fight, you must win.

Moreover, because the various departments of the Eighth Route Army needed to cooperate with the offensive of Chen Shanhe's Second Independent Regiment, they fought a lot of battles in various places.

Therefore, if Shinozuka Yoshio wants to attack Chen Shanhe, he must go all out.

With his current strength.

If you go all out, it will create an emptiness in the rear, and the emptiness in the rear will give other Eighth Route Army troops an opportunity to take advantage of.

So now is not a good time, if you have been knocked down in 4 counties, then bear with it for the time being, and wait for the situation in the south to improve, and then mobilize troops or transfer the Kwantung Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka, who received the telegram from Okamura Neiji, became more and more aggrieved when he thought about it. He couldn't fight back after being beaten.

I had no choice but to send a telegram to Gangcun Ningci, asking for military support, and the words were very sincere.

Because what he said also makes sense, if the Japanese army is now beaten by the Eighth Route Army in 4 counties and is unable to fight back, the Jinsui Army like Yan Xishan, and the Central Army of President Jiang will be ready to move.

If the Japanese army had no deterrent force in Shanxi, the whole situation would quickly deteriorate.

Shanxi's iron, coal, copper, and grain are all urgently needed by the empire.

Indispensable.

Neiji Okamura also called him back, asking him to be patient for a while, and wait for the southern soldiers to draw out troops. If the battle situation in the Pacific eases, a part of the troops can be drawn to stabilize the occupied rear.

Or if the confrontation situation in Siberia improves, part of the Kwantung Army can be taken to go south, or if the recruiting work in the base camp can be done properly, he will have military support here.

result.

Chen Shanhe, who had been waiting for the Japanese army from Yangquan to attack, suddenly found that the Japanese army in Yangquan, which was about to move, started to retreat.

The reaction left him dumbfounded.

Is it the style of the Japanese army not to fight back after being beaten?
This also disappointed all the journalists and inspection teams. In the Pacific island battles, the brave Japanese army has now been captured and 4 counties have not responded.

According to the intelligence report that Chen Shanhe could let them watch, they could also conclude that the strength of the Japanese army had even begun to shrink.

This situation also made them panic.

why?
The fighting potential of the Japanese army is there.

Moreover, the territory controlled by the Japanese army is very large, to what extent?
So big that the population they control now exceeds 3 million.

Before they came, they already knew that the Japanese army and the British army were fighting near some kind of blanket.

What's more important?
More importantly, the combatants currently possessed by the Japanese army include locals from Vietnam, Thailand and Burma.

Especially in the Burmese jungle, the reason why the Japanese army was able to advance quickly was the support of the local people and their fanatical support.

In other words, if the Japanese army is now attacked in North China and does not fight back, or even shrinks its forces, it means that they have shifted their focus of attack to Southeast Asia, as well as the confrontation between the Pacific Ocean and Siberia.

After asking for consent, the press corps used the telegraph machine of the Second Independent Regiment to directly send a report to inquire about the ambassadors of various countries in the mountain city.

Also reported the situation here to the other side.

Then the British, American and Soviet personnel in the mountain city quickly contacted the country. After learning what the reporter delegation had seen and heard along the way, they also came to a conclusion within the three countries.

The center of gravity of the Japanese army is really in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean. The North China region will focus on stability.

The news made them panic.

That's right, I panicked!
Because of the spies of the three countries, it is said that the combat plan in the Japanese base camp is to hit India and cross Central Asia to join forces with Germany.

But the Americans couldn't believe this battle plan.

Compared with this, they believed that the Japanese had a feint, and then turned around and transported troops directly to the west coast of the United States to land.

Just like before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, no one would have thought that the Japanese would actually attack the Americans.

after all.

More than 90% of the materials that the Japanese launched the war of aggression against China were supported by the Americans. How could he do anything to the Americans?

But the Japanese moved.

Now the Japanese say on the surface that they will go to India to go to Central Asia to join forces with Germany.

But it's not guaranteed. Although they shouted slogans, the next thing they might do was to recruit soldiers and send them to the ship to fight to the United States.

Compared with the relatively difficult combat method of hitting India, from India to Central Asia and joining forces with the Germans.

It would be easier to directly send troopships to transport soldiers to the United States.

So, after several days of discussion, it was finally decided.

Assistance must be given to the Eighth Route Army, and it must be vigorously aided.

but.

They want to aid weapons, not machines.

Because President Jiang is very opposed to their aid to the Eighth Route Army, especially the aid to the Eighth Route Army's industrial production machines.

The intelligence agency of the Eighth Route Army headquarters had learned that the Japanese army had instead reduced its forces, and immediately ordered Li Yunlong, an independent regiment, to take over the defense of Xiyang and Heshun counties.

Chen Shanhe's Second Independent Regiment had to return to their own base, and by the way take care of the former territory of Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, that was the most important thing.

Now I have to say that the headquarters has moved to Liao County.

Kong Jie also handed over his territory to Chen Shanhe, and took over Yushe County, which was defeated by the [-]st Regiment and the [-]nd Regiment.

Under the orders of the headquarters, Ding Wei took Licheng County directly.

This kind of strides in the battle process directly shocked the members of the reporter inspection team.

This is the battle against the Japanese.

Could it be that the Japanese's combat effectiveness is not good enough?

impossible.

The surrender of 10 British troops in Southeast Asia, as well as the battles in Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar, can show that the fighting power of the Japanese has soared to the ceiling.

Not to mention changing the U.S. military to Japan-phobia, it can be seen that the Japanese army is not easy to mess with.

But now.

Several counties were taken down by the Eighth Route Army in a row, but they didn't fart.

This is abnormal.

This also reached Principal Jiang's ears. The moment he heard the news, he was a little skeptical. Is Yoshio Shinozuka's First Army really so poor in combat effectiveness?
Could it be that all the soldiers who can fight have gone to South China?
So the combat order was sent to the Headquarters of the World War II Zone, and they were asked to test it out.

Yan Xishan is not Principal Jiang. Principal Jiang cannot see clearly from a distance, but Yan Xishan is close.

Could he not know whether the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army has declined?

Now Principal Jiang ordered to test and test, what's the matter?
It's good to live in peace now, and you can still live on your last breath. If the Japanese army's ferocity is provoked, it will be a disaster.

Not to mention last year, that is, in the past 41 years, the two sides just reached an agreement. Japan promised to help Yan Xishan expand its army by 30, and signed the "Basic Agreement between the Japanese Army and the Jinsui Army."

Although Yan Xishan did not necessarily seek refuge with the Japanese army, according to this agreement, the Japanese army did not embarrass him and gave him a period of time to develop.

Historically, the tacit understanding between Yan Xishan and the Japanese army allowed him to grow back to 7 people from only 4 in 10 counties in Shanxi in [-].

After four or five years, Shanxi will be regained control.

Of course this is off topic.

No matter what President Jiang ordered, Yan Xishan always shirked it. Anyway, he would never attack the Japanese army anyway.

This matter will be over.

If Chu Yunfei's brigade hadn't been disarmed by Chen Shanhe's Second Independent Regiment, it is estimated that this brigade could still try a tentative attack.

But now it’s not that even the guns are gone. After commanding Yan Xishan’s command this time, it can be seen that in the Shanxi border, except for the Central Army, only Chu Yunfei, the fifth phase of Whampoa, listens to the command.

Now there are very few Central Army in Shanxi, so we can only rely on Chu Yunfei, a student of the fifth batch of Whampoa.

So after thinking about it for a while, Principal Jiang waved his hand, even if he picked through his teeth, he had to find a way to replenish enough weapons and ammunition for Chu Yunfei's provisional sixth brigade.

When Chu Yunfei received the news, he was stunned.

I finally begged my grandpa to sue my grandma, got a box of medicine on credit from Chen Shanhe, and got the equipment for the whole brigade.

But principal, you suddenly showed mercy and sent thousands of weapons and ammunition?

If you really want to replenish my weapons and ammunition, tell me earlier!

When the 358 regiment was worn out a few years ago, the World War II zone chief did not take care of it, and it was all up to him to pull up the personnel and weapons.

It's a bit flattering to suddenly treat him so well now.

but.

After receiving the news, he put away a large part of the weapons and ammunition in the army.

He even took out the hundreds of old guns that Chen Shanhe gave back to stand out.

He now understands that only babies who can cry can have milk, this sentence does not deceive me.

If the Shangguan who escorted the weapons and ammunition saw that there was no shortage of weapons and ammunition in his army, what if he brought back all the equipment?
So from today onwards, the temporary Sixth Brigade under him is a weak brigade that lacks guns and ammunition and relies on hundreds of old guns to support its appearance.

to be frank.

If President Jiang hadn't received military aid from the Americans, not to mention the military aid he had signed more than a dozen treaties in exchange for, it would have been in exchange anyway.

Otherwise, as President Jiang was poor before, are there weapons and equipment for him?

The base of the Second Independent Regiment has been very busy recently.

Busy repairing roads, busy repairing airports.

Yes, that's right.

It is to repair the airport.

The highway leads from Wuxiang County to Licheng County and Yushe County, as well as Liao County, Heshun County and Xiyang County, and most importantly, it can lead to the regiment headquarters of the Second Independent Regiment.

Now it is a big construction project to make it easier for Chen Shanhe to transport the supplies and weapons to the counties and bring the supplies from the counties back.

Now the factories in the base area of ​​the Second Independent Regiment have expanded their recruitment and expanded their production scale.

Mining area.

Especially the newly captured Licheng County, where there are several iron mines, copper mines, aluminum mines, and tin mines. It turned out that the Japanese had already mined them, and many miners died there.

After being taken down by Ding Wei, Chen Shanhe sent a safety committee to evaluate and guide the work, and restarted production.

The change from being forced to change mines with one's life to being paid attention to safety issues, being paid and having enough food, made the workers in the iron ore mining area cry bitterly, and told the safety committee that they would do their best to get more ore.

But the people in the safety committee were still semi-forced, calling all these miners to check their bodies, treat their illnesses, and teach them how to work in the mine more safely and efficiently.

of course.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to be a miner anymore, you can go home and farm, and you will get a share of the land.

That is, the wages of miners will be many times higher.

Whether it was liberating miners in mining areas or distributing land to the common people, all of this was done under the personal supervision of political cadres sent by the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

But Ding Wei, who is in charge of Licheng County, still attaches great importance to the rules proposed by Chen Shanhe. Everyone must learn to read and write, no matter men, women or children, they must go to night school when it gets dark.

Because Chen Shanhe said that since he has iron mines, he plans to build several smelters here.

As for why there are several, because Licheng County is famous for its many mines, including iron mines, copper mines, tin mines, aluminum mines and so on.

Ding Wei has gone crazy, he is now looking for a suitable factory site, because Chen Shanhe has allocated a batch of anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns for him, he needs to set up the anti-aircraft positions first, and then he can build the factory.

As for the built airport.

Of course, it was to allow the American planes to land. If before that, the Chenshanhe thermal power plant did not dare to erect a chimney, even the hydroelectric power plant had to plant trees and shrubs on top to cover it.

All kinds of factories are hidden in the deep mountains and forests, making them invisible.

but now.

He dared to build an airport so boldly, all because he had the mass production of Oerlikon's 20mm anti-aircraft cannon as his confidence.

As long as the production of steel and copper mines, as well as high-explosive ammunition can keep up, there will be no problem with the shells of Oerlikon machine guns.

When it comes to the performance of this 20mm machine gun on the battlefield, we have to say that it is the representative of this caliber machine gun.

in history.

The representative of the 20mm cannon, in addition to Oerlikon, is the German 20mm Type 38 quadruple anti-aircraft gun.

The performance of the German 20mm Type 38 quadruple installation in the early stage of the battlefield was not fully displayed at that time, and it was not reflected until 1944 in the defensive battle on the Ukrainian front.

The crazy firepower output of the German 20mm quadruple anti-aircraft guns when they fired flat, began to become a real scavenger on the Eastern Front battlefield during the intensive charge of the Soviet Red Army.

During the Battle of Normandy in 1944, according to incomplete statistics, half of the Allied glider and paratrooper losses came from the intensive firepower of the German 20mm anti-aircraft guns.

Although the first reaction of the Allied paratroopers after a successful landing was to quickly avoid the intensive firepower of the German anti-aircraft guns at the landing site, they still suffered heavy casualties.

Therefore, their first mission was to destroy all the firepower points of the German 20mm anti-aircraft artillery units they saw along the way.

German anti-aircraft 20mm anti-aircraft emplacements This was one of the reasons why Allied paratroopers suffered heavy casualties in the first three days of the Battle of Normandy.

The German 20mm Type 38 cannon is a copy of the Swiss Oerlikon 20mm cannon.

So what Chen Shanhe told Ding Wei was that as long as you have enough machine guns and the air defense positions are set up rigorously, you will not be afraid of Japanese air strikes.

For example, this newly built airport has countless air defense positions, and even several air defense towers were built by Chen Shanhe using reinforced concrete.

This idea imitates the anti-aircraft towers of Berlin.

This was also the pain of the Allied Air Forces in the later stages of World War II.

Now it was actually set up by Chen Shanhe to protect the airport.

This feels a bit harsh!

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