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Chapter 376 Suspicion!
The weapons, ammunition and 300 tons of food that killed a regiment have been delivered to the new regiment through the airport.

Now the firepower of the new regiment is already at the level of terror.

However, Li Yunlong still feels that it is not enough. If only the ground troops are used, this configuration can be said to be gods blocking and killing gods in the Shanxi battlefield, and Buddhas blocking and killing Buddhas.

But if you can't stand the little devil, you have aviation soldiers. This thing is hard to guard against. It's like a sword hanging around your neck, which can fall at any time.

Although the previous battles avoided the bombing and reconnaissance of the Devil's aircraft.

However, the devil's aircraft can greatly limit the mobility of artillery units, and in most cases they can only march at night.

"This family is indeed very rich."

After a pause, Li Yunlong said with emotion: "It would be great if we also had planes and tanks."

Li Yunlong, the devil's tank, is not afraid.

Even if the devil comes with more than 300 tanks in a tank division regiment, one of his regiments equipped with 300 bazooka rocket launchers can easily handle them.

It's just a matter of one rocket per bazooka team, and if one is not enough, a few more will be added.

However, only the permanent divisions of the little devils are equipped with anti-tank guns. If Li Yunlong has a tank in his hand, the little devils don't have many ways to deal with it.

For example, the brigade tank battalion he commanded last time had 12 modified devil tanks, and the tanks modified with large-caliber heavy machine guns had amazing firepower.

Quacking and killing.

After the war, the 12 refitted tanks had already been returned to the brigade headquarters, but Li Yunlong posted more than 20 large-caliber heavy machine guns instead.

Moreover, the devil planes can also limit the performance of the tanks. The last time they fought in the street, they did not dare to drive the tanks into the city to fight in the streets.

Once targeted by the devil's plane, hitting the ground tank at high altitude is like shooting a target. The plane's aerial bombs and machine guns can easily destroy the tank.

"Airplanes and tanks?" Zhao Gang said, "With the airport, will the airplanes and tanks be far away? Sooner or later, there will be. What's the rush?"

Zhao Gang continued: "Other aspects, there are 731 cavalry horses, including 612 horses in the cavalry battalion, 53 horses in the sword squadron, 66 horses for commanders at or above the company level, communications soldiers, and artillery battalions. There are 361 mules together."

"The existing ammunition reserves can support us to fight one or two major battles. The food reserves are enough for 3 months, and enough for 4 months."

Although both bullets and shells have three bases, the guys in the hands of the new group of soldiers have strong firepower, and strong firepower means that ammunition will be consumed quickly.

Fortunately, there is reimbursement after each victory. If there are too many ammunition reserves, it will take a lot of people and animals to carry so much ammunition.

After talking about Xinyituan's family background, Zhao Gang put down his notebook and said in a worried tone, "Our current weapons, ammunition and food are enough, but the common people are in dire straits. Right now is the busy farming season, once the devils launch a summer raid on our base area , will definitely destroy the farmland, and the entire southeast of Shanxi will have no grain harvest for half a year...the consequences will be disastrous."

Li Yunlong thought about this question carefully, and nodded: "So, we must win the next anti-sweeping campaign!"

……

Taiyuan.

First Army Command.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the 62nd Regiment was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in Niangziguan. Perhaps it is not entirely a bad thing."

Kusuyama Hideyoshi held the folder and said to Commander Shinozuka Yoshio who was sitting opposite.

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, wondering if the chief of staff's brain is broken, isn't that a bad thing?

That was the lives of more than 3600 imperial troops. After fighting the entire Zhongtiaoshan Battle, the number of casualties of the Japanese army may not reach 3600.

Kusuyama Hideyoshi looked at Yoshio Shinozuka who was frowning, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, since the incident has already happened, there is no point in being angry again. We have to look at the consequences of this incident."

Yoshio Shinozuka snorted coldly: "The consequence is that I was severely criticized by the North China Front Army Command, the Dispatched Army Command, the base camp, and His Majesty the Emperor."

Yoshio Shinozuka was also very angry at this time, why is it always me who is unlucky?
why?
Although the 21nd Regiment of the 62st Division does not belong to the First Army, the accident occurred on the territory under the jurisdiction of the First Army.

Moreover, on the third day after the work was done, Li Yunlong sent another clear-coded telegram: Thank you Yoshio Shinozuka, the transportation captain of the Eighth Route Army, for sending the 62nd Regiment to the mouth of the Eighth Route Army, and Li Yunlong claimed to be responsible for the ambush.

It made Yoshio Shinozuka almost unable to come to the stage, and he explained to Hayao Tada and Dabai for a while.

Shinozuka Yoshio also ordered his subordinates to invent code telegrams to respond to Li Yunlong, saying that he has made rapid progress in sword skills recently, and if Li Yunlong washes his neck clean, he will definitely chop off Li Yunlong's head.

Kusuyama Hideyoshi was speechless for a moment. It seems that the Commander, under the repeated blows, is not able to think much.

Nanshan Hideyoshi said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the destruction of the 62nd Wing will make the Central China Army and the Jinsui Army more firmly believe that the next target of the Imperial Army's raid must be the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi. It is foreseeable that the Central China Army will Unprepared by the generals, the imperial army suddenly invaded the country from several directions."

He put the folder on the table and made a fist motion with both hands.

After hearing the words, Shinozuka Yoshio finally became interested, his eyes flashed sharply: "Mr. Nanshan, what you said...seems to have some truth."

Now his mind is full of honorable retirement, but he doesn't care much about other things.

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at the folder on the table.

Nanshan Hideyoshi hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is a detailed battle plan that I made overnight. In view of the fact that the Shanxi Southeast Eighth Route Army often goes north to attack the Zhengtai Railway, it is recommended that the mobilization of materials and troops be completed by the North Tongpu Railway."

During the Hundred Regiments War, the Beitongpu Railway was also severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army. However, after several months of repairs, it has been repaired and is now open to traffic.

After a pause, Kusuyama Hideyoshi said again: "This battle plan consists of two combat phases, the first phase is preparatory operations, and the second phase is offensive operations."

"In the preparatory combat phase, first, order the 36th Division to launch raids on the Taiyue base area in the southeast of the Eighth Route Shanxi, and the 110th Division to launch a raid on the southern Hebei base area, pretending to create a favorable situation for a large-scale attack."

"Secondly, frequent pre-war reconnaissance and use of suspicious tactics against the Eighth Route Army's Taihang base in southeast Shanxi."

"Before the battle, a large number of strategic materials were transported to southeast Shanxi during the day, and then secretly transported back at night, creating the illusion of preparing to sweep up the Eighth Route Army in southeast Shanxi."

"Use cars and carriages to disguise themselves as cannons, and send cavalry to drag branches and raise dust to create the illusion of a large-scale march."

"Sent a large number of spies to infiltrate the bases of the Eighth Route Army, and dispatched aircraft to carry out air and ground reconnaissance on the bases of the Eighth Route Army."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, with a satisfied look on his face. Kusuyama Hideyoshi's plan for suspicious tactics is still very good.

Last time they were caught by the Eighth Route Army's suspicious strategy. Later, according to the intelligence, Yoshio Shinozuka learned that Li Yunlong's corps changed clothes with the militia and returned to the arsenal.

After knowing this situation, Shinozuka Yoshio's lungs almost exploded.

The good news is that the 2nd Guards Division's plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao was successful.

The bad news is that the main force of the 2nd Guards Division was wiped out by the Eighth Route reinforcements.

Nanshan Hideyoshi continued: "In the offensive combat stage, use 2 divisions to defend the Eighth Route in the southeast of Shanxi, 1 division is deployed on the Zhengtai Railway, the other division is deployed in Xiangyuan and Licheng, and the other 1 divisions The division, the 5th Brigade, and the 14th Brigade, two reinforced brigades, and the 18th Cavalry Brigade launched a surprise attack on Zhongtiao Mountain from the east, west, and north respectively."

"At the strategic level, under your command, the commander, the special agents will come forward and quietly show some goodwill to the Chinese government before the war."

"I believe that the Chinese government will definitely be happy to see the success of the imperial army dispatching heavy troops to wipe out the Eighth Route Army."

"In addition, we can also take the initiative to leak secrets. The imperial army's plan to use six divisions to attack the Eighth Route in Southeast Shanxi will be known by the Chinese government."

Although there are many details about the combat plan in the offensive combat phase, but Kusuyama Hideyoshi's words are very clear.

In short, all the signals released intentionally or unintentionally by the Japanese army are that they are about to launch a heavy raid on the Eighth Route in Southeast Shanxi.

"Yoxi!" Shinozuka Yoshio said happily, "There is no need to modify it, just follow Kusuyama-kun's battle plan."

"Thank you, Commander, for your affirmation!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi said gratefully, bowing his head.

After a pause, Shinozuka Yoshio said again: "Also, arrange a beheading mission for Yamamoto-kun and his secret service team. If the sharp sword is not used, it will rust."

Kusuyama Hideyoshi thought to himself, if Yamamoto-kun was given a chance, he would be useless.

However, he didn't dare to say this, and immediately bowed his head and said, "Hi!"

……

For the next month or so.

The Japanese army stepped up the mobilization of troops and supplies from the Tongpu Railway.

The Eighth Route Army actively trained and prepared for war, stockpiled food and ammunition, and formulated anti-sweeping plans.

Principal Chang and Yan Baichuan were eating melons and watching the show.

The time soon came to May, during which the main force of the Eighth Route Army had completed changing equipment.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Military Region was replaced with all kinds of excellent Japanese weapons, such as Type 2 rifles, Type [-] heavy machine guns, Type [-] light machine guns, Type [-] infantry guns, grenades, mortars and anti-tank guns. Guns, even cantaloupe grenades are standard equipment, and the per capita reserve of ammunition is [-] bases.

In terms of firepower, it is more powerful than ordinary Japanese troops.

The equipment eliminated by the original main force was used to equip the basic groups and local militia groups.

Then the militias were added to the core groups and local militia groups, and these basic groups and militia groups were immediately upgraded to the main force groups.

The main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Military Region has expanded to 4 at once, from the original 5 to more than 9. In addition to the Southern Hebei Military Region and Taiyue Military Region, there are already more than [-] main forces, and their strength is greatly improved. enhanced.

After more than a month of preparation training, the troops that have just been upgraded to the main regiment have also initially formed combat effectiveness.

During this period, the devil's planes frequently went to the Eighth Route Army base in southeast Shanxi to carry out reconnaissance. At the same time, devil spies continued to infiltrate the base for reconnaissance.

(End of this chapter)