Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

After listening to Yasuoka Masakimi's analysis, Koizumi Jiro suddenly realized, and secretly feared in his heart that if he really sent a garrison team to provide reinforcements to the attacked stronghold, the consequences would be disastrous.

Yasuoka Masaomin changed his voice, and continued: "However, although we cannot send garrison troops to reinforce, we can let the 8th armored train provide some fire guidance to the current stronghold."

"What your brigade commander said is true!"

Koizumi Jiro first patted Yasuoka Masaomi with a resounding flattery, and then ordered the signal soldiers on the side: "Immediately power the No. 8 armored train and order them to provide necessary firepower guidance to the strongholds along the line!"

"Hi Yi!"

The communication soldier suddenly nodded, and then began to manipulate the radio to generate electricity.

……

On the other side, the 4th Mixed Brigade Headquarters of the Royal Association Army.

Brigadier Sun Yuliang was anxiously pacing back and forth in his office, raising his wrist to check the time from time to time.

Just a few minutes ago, he had received an order from Masaomin Yasuoka to immediately go to the headquarters of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade for a meeting.

But tonight was also the day Wang Chengzhu had agreed with him to attack the city, so he had been waiting for Wang Chengzhu.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door.

Sun Yuliang raised his head anxiously, and finally saw the figure he had been waiting for for a long time, and immediately went up to meet him: "Captain Wang, you are finally here, if you don't come, I have to go to the Devil's No. The headquarters of the brigade has a meeting."

"How about it, are you still acting tonight?"

Wang Chengzhu glanced left and right, and Sun Yuliang said again: "I have secretly ordered those pro-Japanese factions to go to Shouyang, and they are all my own people here."

"Good job." Wang Chengzhu nodded, and asked again: "Are you ready here?"

Sun Yuliang: "Everything is ready. Tonight, my men will be on duty at the west city gate. You Eighth Route Army can enter the city through the west gate, but you must first eliminate the devil guards in that small unit."

The devils were still very cautious, even though the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army was on duty at night, they still sent a small unit of devils to garrison.

Of course, this is not necessarily a disbelief in the loyalty of the 4th Mixed Brigade, but it may also be a disbelief in their capabilities.

After all, the Imperial Association Army has always been known for dropping chains.

Wang Chengzhu said: "The devils in that squad, just leave it to me to deal with it."

Sun Yuliang didn't doubt Wang Chengzhu's ability, and immediately said: "I can cover you."

Wang Chengzhu: "That couldn't be better."

At that moment, Wang Chengzhu told Sun Yuliang and his trusted officers about his battle plan again.

In a nutshell, first kill the Devils guards on duty at the West Gate, and then bring in the main force of the Second Independent Regiment.

As for the follow-up attack, it is much easier to handle.

Without the obstruction of the city defense fortifications, the independent second regiment, which has an absolute advantage in strength and has seized the opportunity in advance, is too simple to eliminate the devils in the city.

If it were Li Yunlong, he would definitely laugh out loud: "Hahaha! Our old Li has never fought such a rich battle!"

……

The screen is drawn to Taiyuan, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army.

Masao Yasuoka only had to deal with the Eighth Route Army that was carrying out raids in the southeast of Shanxi, while Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army, had to deal with the lines along the Zhengtai Railway, the Tongpu Railway, and the Pinghan Railway. All the Eighth Route Army engaged in sabotage.

Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka's head definitely hurts a lot more than Masao Yasuoka's. Of course, his concentration is also stronger than Masao Yasuoka's.

At this moment, Shinozuka Yoshio was thinking about the sand table. Although there was no report of the battle situation tonight, he knew that it would definitely not be peaceful tonight.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Chief of Staff Toshi Miyano to walk over worriedly and report to him: "Your Excellency, just now, the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Group, the 4th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Group, and the 27th Brigade The divisions called almost at the same time, saying that the Eighth Route Army had launched a raid on the secondary strongholds along the line.

Moreover, today's attack area has expanded a lot compared to yesterday. Not only the Zhengtai Railway, Tongpu Railway and Pinghan Railway, but also the Baijin Highway and the Imperial Army strongholds along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway have all been attacked by the Eighth Route Army. .

It can be said that, except for Shandong, almost all the Eighth Route Army in North China has been mobilized. "

Shinozuka Yoshio said expressionlessly: "Sure enough, the plans of the Eighth Route Army of China go far beyond those small strongholds of the Imperial Army."

"They want to take advantage of the fact that our North China Imperial Army is empty, and give us a ruthless attack, or in other words, they want to destroy the strategic layout of our Great Japanese Imperial Army and force us to transfer back the Imperial Army that was dispatched to Central China. Shift the focus to North China!"

After finishing speaking, Shinozuka Yoshio turned his head to look at Kazuki Yamamoto next to him, and asked, "Yamamoto-kun, what do you think about this?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, I completely agree with your analysis." Kazuki Yamamoto patted Yoshio Shinozuka's flattery first, and then said: "Yesterday I just suspected that the Eighth Route Army might have grown to a scale of hundreds of regiments. It now appears that the situation should be true.

Therefore, I think the Eighth Route Army is more threatening to the Imperial Army than the Jinsui Army or even the Central Army.

If our 1st Army does not adjust its focus as soon as possible and innovate its tactics, but allows the Eighth Route Army to continue to grow barbarously, the situation may soon get out of control!
Now there are 100 regiments, and a year later there may be 200 regiments, or even 300 regiments. "

"The most important thing is that the Eighth Route Army is different from the Jinsui Army and the Central Army. They may be poorly equipped, but their fighting will is extremely strong."

After a pause, Kazuki Yamamoto changed the subject and said: "Fortunately, at present, the Eighth Route Army's offensive seems to be overwhelming, but it is not a big threat to the Imperial Army, at best it is just a large number of people.

In the final analysis, their equipment is still too poor, and the training level of the troops is also quite limited. "

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, fully agreeing with Kazuki Yamamoto's analysis, and said: "The Eighth Route Army was eager to cause trouble for the Imperial Army, fully exposed their strength, and I don't know whether to say that they are inflated, or they are the illusion of being rapidly expanded by their forces. Blindfolded."

"Alright, since that's the case, then according to what you said, Mr. Yamamoto, next, we will change the focus of our strategy and attack the arrogance of the Eighth Route Army first."

"Hi!" Kazuki Yamamoto was very happy that Yoshio Shinozuka accepted his proposal, he paused and then flattered him: "Your Excellency, Commander, is wise!"

In the past, Kazuki Yamamoto was very old-fashioned, and the tactical issues he studied were not valued by the Japanese army base, so he was often excluded by his colleagues. Although he was already a senior commander, he did not have much real power.

After suffering a loss, although the current Kazuki Yamamoto is still old-fashioned, he knows some flexibility...