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Chapter 197 The Strongest County Brigade!

Chapter 97 The strongest county brigade!

Japanese First Army Command.

Shinozuka Yoshio paced back and forth in the battle hall with a livid face, his right hand was holding tightly the handle of the treasured sword bestowed by Emperor Hirohito.

At this moment, he really wanted to kill someone.

Because the blue-and-white porcelain teacup and blue-and-white porcelain vase had been broken by him not much.

Ever since he became the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka has never been so aggrieved as he is today.

Aircraft, aerial bombs and aviation fuel at Xincheng Airport were all destroyed in the shelling.

After all, Japan is a resource-poor country. So many planes and supplies were destroyed, even Yoshio Shinozuka felt very heartbroken.

Compared with heartache, Yoshio Shinozuka was more angry. The enemy actually burned the flames of war to Taiyuan, not only destroying the Xincheng Airport, but also calmly retreating under their noses.

This is not only a slap in the face of Yoshio Shinozuka, but also an angry slap in the face, and the one who slapped him was Li Yunlong who had long wanted to chop off his head.

Amid the hurried footsteps, Toshimatsu Kasai, the communications staff officer, hurried in and said, "Your Excellency, the fire at the airport has been extinguished, but all the aviation fuel and aviation bombs have been lost."

Although he had expected this result, Yoshio Shinozuka was still out of breath after hearing Toshimatsu Kasai's words: "How about the casualties of the pilots and the garrison?"

Kasai Toshimatsu said with a solemn expression: "The garrison is counting the battle damage. Although the results have not come out, I think the number of casualties may not be small. The shells fired by the Chinese artillery seem to have eyes. The shells fired, all It all fell on the planes and critical airport facilities."

"It's not surprising." Kazuki Yamamoto said, "The Eighth Route Army dispatched special forces, using radio communication machines to communicate the shooting of Zhu Yuan, the Eighth Route Artillery conducted test firing, and the Eighth Route Special Forces corrected the trajectory according to the point of impact. It can be said that Li Yunlong's special forces Acted as the eyes of the artillery."

Although Kazuki Yamamoto and his special forces can also do this, he doesn't even bother to do this kind of work.

His target was not Yan Xishan's chief's department, or the mansion of Chairman Jiang. The last attack on the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was just for training.

Although the beheading operation failed, Yamamoto's original intention remained unchanged. He only lamented that the secret service team was unlucky and that there were ghosts in the headquarters.

Although the inner ghost has not been caught yet...

After a pause, Kazuki Yamamoto asked again: "When the Eight Route Artillery and the Special Forces communicate by radio, Kasai-kun's communication room should be able to monitor it?"

"It is indeed possible to monitor." Kasai Minsong said with a slight frown, "But most of the people in China talk in coded language, and we don't know what it means. Where."

Kazuki Yamamoto was silent when he heard the words, but Toshimatsu Kasai's words were true.

The shooting parameters of the cannon are calculated according to the location of the artillery position, the target position and the distance.

Even if a string of shooting parameters is monitored from the radio communicator, they don't know the artillery positions of the Eighth Route and the shooting targets of their cannons.

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "Yamamoto-kun, why did Li Yunlong's special forces make military exploits repeatedly, but your secret service team failed one after another?"

"Your Excellency General!" Kazuki Yamamoto said solemnly, "I know you are dissatisfied with me, but please give me another chance."

"The main reason for the defeat of the secret service team this time is that the weapons equipped are not as good as Li Yunlong's special forces."

"Badly equipped?" Kusuyama Hideyoshi sarcastically said, "The equipment of your secret service team is the best in the entire First Army. If this is called poorly equipped, the rifles held by other troops should be called burning fire." stick."

Kazuki Yamamoto glanced at Hideyoshi Kusuyama indifferently: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, Li Yunlong's special forces are indeed equipped with a new type of weapon."

"This weapon is very portable and extremely powerful."

"More than 50 tanks of the Seventh Wing of Chariots were destroyed by this weapon."

"This is also the main reason why Li Yunlong's special forces were able to fight their way out of the airport in less than 10 minutes tonight."

"Our bunkers and gun towers can't stop the opponent's light weapons at all."

"My [-]st and [-]nd Combat Teams were blown to pieces along with the [-] truck."

"If it weren't for Xiaolu Goro and I's quick response, we would be dead now. Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, do you still think that the other party's weapon is a fire stick?"

Kusuyama Hideyoshi said coldly: "No matter how good the weapons and equipment are, they are just auxiliary tools. If you want to win the battle, you still have to rely on people. Yamamoto-kun, don't make excuses for your incompetence."

This view echoes those of the officials in charge of gun production.

It is believed that in the end of the battle, soldiers need to fight to win the final victory.

So those corrupt, rigid-minded Japanese military officials in charge of gun production not only installed bayonets on rifles, but also designed and installed bayonets on submachine guns and light machine guns.

If it weren't for the fact that the heavy machine guns and cannons were too heavy, the Devil officials even wanted to mount bayonets on the heavy machine guns and cannons.

Kazuki Yamamoto said very bluntly: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, are Colonel Maeda Takao, Major General Tsuda Mitake, and the warriors of Yusha's Seventh Chariot Regiment and Fourth Brigade all incompetent? "

"Defeat means incompetence." Kusuyama Hideyoshi gradually raised his voice, and said coldly, "Since ancient times, it has been the winner and the loser..."

"Enough!" Shinozuka Yoshio slapped the desk violently, his face was ashen, and his most powerful right-hand man was in conflict, which was the last situation he wanted to see.

"Hi!" Kazuki Yamamoto and Hideyoshi Kusuyama hurriedly nodded to Shinozuka Yoshio.

"Yamamoto-kun's words make sense. The eight roads have grown to several 100,000 people. If all the eight roads are as well equipped as Li Yunlong's department."

"My first army may not have a foothold in North China."

This is also the reason why Yoshio Shinozuka is afraid. Now that the Eighth Route Army is not hesitate to expose its hole cards and wantonly destroy and block the communication lines in its base area, will it be related to the aid?
Without these blockades, will the aid of weapons and ammunition from the enemy country continue to enter the eight-way base area?

"We must eliminate the Eight Routes regardless of the cost, we cannot allow the Eight Routes to continue to develop, we must completely eliminate them!"

The speed at which the troops of the Eighth Route Army developed was indeed astonishing, growing to nearly 40 in just three years.

If there are only 40 people but the weapons and equipment are very backward, it will not make Shinozuka Yoshio feel scared.

Because such a large force obviously exceeded the Eighth Route Army's ability to supply military supplies, the combat effectiveness of the troops was not strong, and they were nothing but a mob without weapons and equipment.

But now that the other party is likely to receive assistance from the enemy country, the situation is very different.

"However, before that, the traffic needs to be restored, and the restoration of traffic requires additional troops."

"Mr. Nanshan, immediately order the 37th Division to return to aid the Zhengtai Railway, and still say to the outside world that the 36th, 37th, and 41st divisions will return to aid,"

Taking a deep breath, Shinozuka Yoshio finally made a decision at this moment, to keep two divisions in southern Shanxi to watch over Wei Lihuang's Central Army, and temporarily draw one division back to help.

Wars require the preparation of military supplies and logistical supplies. Without railway and road transportation, the combat effectiveness of the First Army will be greatly weakened.

If you want to launch an offensive against the Eighth Route Army, you must first ensure the smooth flow of transportation lines, otherwise not only will you fail to achieve your strategic goals, but you will suffer heavy losses.

"Hai, Your Excellency the Commander is wise." Kusuyama Hideyoshi seized the opportunity to flatter him, "I admire you!"

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Kazuki Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-kun, continue to track down Li Yunlong's aid channels. The Eighth Route Army must be in urgent need of supplies for such a big battle. Li Yunlong's weapons and ammunition must be consumed. At this time, the opponent is most likely to show his flaws. "

"Hi!" Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head and said, "This time, I will not disappoint the general!"

"I hope so." Shinozuka Yoshio nodded.

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Newspapers and periodicals from the enemy's rear to the rear will vigorously spread the news of victory every day, and congratulatory messages and letters are spread in the base area, which greatly boosts the hearts and morale of the people in the base area.

The morale of the commanders and fighters of the front-line combat troops was even higher after hearing the news, and most of the exhaustion from fighting in the past few days disappeared.

"105 regiments!"

"Hundred Regiments Battle!"

In the regiment headquarters near Shouyang County, after learning that the Eighth Route Army had launched such a large-scale battle this time, Zhao Gang expressed emotion:
"When the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, there were only more than 10 troops. In the past three years, it has expanded by as much as [-] times!"

"Continuing on like this, won't our troops surpass one million in three years' time?"

"Too much troop expansion is not necessarily a good thing." Li Yunlong shook his head with a calm tone, "The more troops there are, the greater the consumption will be. With the supply capacity of our Eighth Route Army, we simply cannot afford such a huge consumption. No matter how large the army is, it is difficult to form combat effectiveness."

When Zhao Gang heard the words, his eyes showed some thought. Li Yunlong really paid more attention to the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers. He tried to recruit recruits from the militia or the teaching regiment as much as possible. Only with strong individual combat effectiveness can the overall combat effectiveness of the army be guaranteed.

"So, our new regiment has a heavy burden." Zhao Gang agreed, "Try to kill more devils and get more aid from brother Chen, so our Eighth Route Army will be better equipped."

"It's one thing to kill devils and get aid." Li Yunlong said, "Our new regiment has to find a way to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops. We only rely on the superiors to supplement the militia and recruits. Our expansion speed is too slow, and every battle we Soldiers died or were injured, and the number of soldiers is being reduced. For example, after these few battles, our military strength is only more than 2100 people."

"This is indeed a problem." Zhao Gang nodded and asked, "Old Li, do you have a solution?"

Li Yunlong said: "When the first stage of the battle is over, there is no need to rush to hand in the rifle equipment that our regiment replaced."

"I asked the brigade commander to apply for the establishment of a county brigade under our regiment."

"We don't rely on our superiors for the supplies of this county brigade, but use these rifles eliminated by our regiment."

"Usually I don't care about the development of the county brigade. The county brigade acts alone. I don't care how the battle is fought. It involves camping, ambushes, digging traps, beating sap, and kidnapping."

"Anyway, as long as you are facing devils and traitors, you can do whatever you like."

"I only provide weapons and ammunition, and they will go to the devils and traitors for food."

"Build the strongest county brigade, and we will be able to deal with our own soldiers in the future."

Zhao Gang's eyes lit up slightly when he heard the words, and he said, "Old Li, your move is brilliant. Not only has it solved the problem of the source of troops, but the recruits have also increased their combat effectiveness in frequent guerrilla warfare."

Although this county brigade used rifles eliminated by the new regiment.

But these rifles are all 38-block, with sufficient bullets, and the equipment of this county brigade is better than that of the general main force.

If the development is good, the combat effectiveness of this county brigade will be stronger than that of the main brigade in the future, then it will really be the strongest county brigade on the surface.

After a pause, Zhao Gang asked again: "However, those who want to rule the army must first choose generals. Who are you going to let choose the leader of this county brigade?"

(End of this chapter)