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Iron Lion Alley.

North China Front Army Command Operations Hall.

Okamura Neiji, Tanabe Moritake, Miyano Michiichi and other devil officers were lost in thought as they looked at the trumpet-like weapons on the table.

This rocket launcher was transported from Taiyuan by a special plane arranged by Yoshio Iwamatsu, and was escorted by a lieutenant assistant.

"The Eighth Route Army used this weapon to break through the reinforced concrete bunkers and artillery towers of the Imperial Army?"

Looking at the weapon in front of him that looked like a trumpet, Neiji Okamura's expression and tone were as puzzled as Yoshio Iwamatsu's.

"Hi!"

The ghost lieutenant bowed his head and reported: "Although it is light in weight and looks simple in structure, according to General Yamamoto, the power of this weapon is about the same as that of a 105mm howitzer."

"Master Yamamoto?" Miyano Michiichi was taken aback, and asked, "Is that Mr. Yamamoto Kazuki?"

"You can ask the Sword Squadron to bury explosives on the rails." Wang Dehou said, "When the devil's armored train comes, blow up the front and rear rails, so that the armored train planted by Miyano Michiichi will not be able to escape. Our mountain artillery was covered by artillery fire."

Neiji Okamura nodded, it seems that there is something about Kazuki Yamamoto, even Yoshio Iwamatsu, Yoshio Shinozuka and Michika Miyano praised him.

"What's new?" Neiji Okamura asked.

Only by dismantling and transporting the mountain cannon can it be possible to bring the mountain cannon there.

"Hi!" the ghost nodded.

As for why the 66th flying team was transferred to the command of Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Neiji Okamura picked up the photo and looked at it.

He entered the war hall just now to report this matter, but Okamura Ningji's eyes have been focused on the bazooka sent by the First Army, and he has not had time to report.

Zhao Gang put forward an idea: "If we ask Boss Chen for help, ask him to arrange for an airplane to transport the mountain cannons and shells to the vicinity of Baoding for airdrops at night. Our artillery will go there lightly, and set up the mountain artillery positions before dawn, and wait for the devil's armored train to arrive. , then fire to kill it.”

The main reason is that Okamura Ning is now in command of the mopping up operations in central Hebei, and has no time to take care of northwest Shanxi.

night.

Miyano Michiichi said, "At the headquarters of the First Army, I met General Yamamoto once."

New group.

These photos were all taken by reconnaissance planes at high altitude, and they looked a little blurry, but the civil trenches and other fortifications in the photos could be discerned.

Xing Zhiguo said: "If you want to blow up such a big armored train, you will need at least hundreds of thousands of catties of high explosives. The railways are usually patrolled by the Japanese army. Our people don't have so much time to bury explosives. Hundreds of thousands of catties of explosives. It's not good to bury on the rails."

Immediately afterwards, Okamura Ningji said again: "At that time, Miyano-kun can take the Hayate armored train and go to the battlefield to observe."

"Call for long-range bombardment to blow up this armored train."

At that time, when the news reached the headquarters, almost all the combat staff members ruled out the correct answer. Only he guessed that Li Yunlong led the new regiment to do it.

The devil's lieutenant bowed his head and said, "Yes! This weapon was snatched from an Eighth Route Army by the secret service team led by General Yamamoto himself."

While speaking, Moritake Tanabe took out some black and white photos from the underarm folder and handed them to Neiji Okamura.

Although the new regiment now has more than 80 75mm mountain artillery, these 12 mountain artillery are also the size of a mountain artillery battalion.

Now the North China Army has no way to take Li Yunlong, mainly because of the lack of troops. At present, some of the troops transferred by the Kwantung Army to North China have already set foot on the train. base.

Then, with a wave of Okamura Ningji's hand, several guards came in and took away the bazooka and rockets, and the devil's lieutenant followed suit.

The devil's reconnaissance plane can only take pictures from a high altitude, so the devil only knows that the Eighth Route Army is building fortifications, but does not know the details.

He picked up the materials and watched them repeatedly, studying the Devil's Type [-] armored train.

This time, in order to deal with the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, in addition to mobilizing 3 infantry divisions, the Japanese army also planned to mobilize more than 2 aircraft of the main force of the 100nd Flying Group.

"His special agent team is an elite force, which impresses me."

Wang Dehou proposed a solution.

Although the new regiment is equipped with howitzers of two calibers, 105mm and 150mm.

After the Eighth Route Army and the common people are driven to a certain small area, then elite troops are sent to roll back and forth to attack until the Eighth Route Army and the common people are completely wiped out.

"Based on my relationship with Boss Chen." Li Yunlong said, "If I ask him for help, he probably won't refuse, and these mountain cannons will be blown up immediately after use, and you can ask Boss Chen for reimbursement after the business is completed."

"Or, it's still the same method as the last bombardment of Niangziguan, setting up mountain cannons in the distance, and let the Sword Squadron use precise methods to determine the shooting of Zhuyuan."

The result was as he expected.

Tanabe Shengwu said: "The New First Regiment, New Second Regiment and Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi also started to build a large number of positions on the key roads entering the bandit area."

"General Kazuki Yamamoto is a top student at the Imperial Army University, and he went to Germany for further studies, specializing in special operations."

The success rate is too low, and it may not be possible to return.

Neji Okamura said in a condensed voice: "Tanabe-kun, immediately send the 66th Flying Team that has just arrived to Taiyuan, and give it to Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu to command. It will be used to harass the progress of the Eighth Route Army's construction of fortifications. Remember not to dive at low altitudes. , so as not to be shot down by eight-way air defense weapons."

The 66th Flying Team belongs to the 2nd Flying Group of the Kwantung Army and is a bomber flying team.

After the devil's guard and devil's lieutenant left, there were only a few high-ranking Japanese officers left in the war room, such as Okamura Ningji, Tanabe Moritake, and Miyano Michiichi.

Then, Li Yunlong said decisively: "There is no need for mountain cannons, let's just bury explosives on the railway tracks and blow them up!"

However, it was precisely because of the anti-aircraft firepower of Xinyi regiment that the Devil's reconnaissance planes did not dare to conduct reconnaissance at low altitudes.

Why not blow up the armored train to blow up the rails? Wouldn't it be unnecessary to take off your pants and fart?

"Buried explosives?"

Howitzers are much more powerful than mountain cannons, so they are an excellent choice for bombarding armored trains. However, howitzers have too high requirements on roads, and many sections of the road have to pass through the devil's defense zone, which is impossible to take.

It was Xing Zhiguo who spoke, and his tone was worried: "This is a long-range bombardment. Although the artillery coverage is very effective, I'm afraid the accuracy cannot be guaranteed."

Tanabe Moritake, staff officer of the North China Front Army, said: "Your Excellency, Commander, aviation scouts have been scouting in northwest Shanxi these days and found some new situations."

"What if the previous rounds of bombardment failed to blow up the rails, and the armored train just ran away?"

"Li Yunlong also knows to be afraid?"

"In addition, even if a mountain artillery battalion bombards from a long distance, there is no guarantee that Miyano Michiichi will be killed."

As for the weapons, ammunition and food that Chen Feng transported to the base area, it was usually carried out at night, and the devil's reconnaissance plane did not detect it.

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A sneer appeared on the corner of Neiji Okamura's mouth, and he said in a disdainful tone, "When the soldiers of the imperial army overwhelm the border, he will know what despair is."

There is no way to let the Japanese reconnaissance plane scout the situation in the base area.

It belongs to the 66th Flying Regiment with the 70th Flying Squadron, the 32th Flying Squadron and the 6nd Flying Squadron.

But the risk is very high. After all, even if a mountain cannon battalion is dismantled and transported by mules and horses, the target is very big.

But then again, even if it is not reimbursed, if these 12 mountain cannons can be exchanged for 2 tank battalions, Li Yunlong will naturally be happy.

The method of asking Zhao Gang to kill Miyano Doichi has been rejected.

However, the 32nd Flying Team supported the North China Front Army to participate in the Zhongtiaoshan Battle last time, and was shot down by the Eighth Route Army's air defense weapons in the Taiyuan Battle.

"This is expected." The deputy chief of staff, You Mojing, said, "The Eighth Route Army can guess that the Imperial Army will launch a retaliatory operation."

The map shows all the forces and terrain leading from northwest Shanxi to Baoding. In another atlas, even villages and bandit forces are standardized.

"Oh?" Neiji Okamura was surprised together, "Miyano-kun also knows Yamamoto Yamamoto?"

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou were in the outhouse of the regiment headquarters.

This map alone is very valuable, even the little devil's military map is not so detailed.

Then, Neiji Okamura looked at the lieutenant officer: "I will arrange a special plane, you escort this weapon to the mainland, and you must hand it over to the Ordnance Department."

"Hi!" Moritake Tanabe bowed his head, turned and left.

Tanabe Shengwu laughed arrogantly and happily: "So what if the Eighth Route Army guessed, it still cannot escape the fate of being wiped out."

Taking the Hayate armored train will ensure your own safety. Miyano Michiichi is in a happy mood: "Then thank you, General."

"This is also a way."

The first phase of the battle was encirclement with an iron wall. The main purpose of the battle was to drive the Eighth Route Army and the common people to a certain area from all directions.

Li Yunlong even read the information, materials and maps in his hand over and over again.

Although the new regiment's air defense firepower is strong, it has no air supremacy after all.

After Tanabe Moritake left, Miyano Michiichi asked expectantly: "Your Excellency, when will the raid on Tiegun in the Jizhong area begin?"

Seeing that Miyano Michiichi couldn't wait, Okamura Neiji smiled slightly.

Everyone was frowning, brainstorming and thinking about ways to kill Miyano Doichi.

"The first phase of the battle has already begun, but the main event will have to wait for a few more days."

Everyone looked at Li Yunlong, slightly taken aback.

"However... you can't let this group of mud-legged people build up the fortifications too easily."

He was deeply impressed by the bombardment of Niangziguan by the Xinyi Regiment. In that battle, Zhao Gang killed Masakan Hirata, the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front Army, and Akira Muto, the commander of the 2nd Guards Division.

Li Yunlong did not look up, and continued to stare at the map on the table: "Last time we used 26 mountain cannons to blow up the armored trains of Niangziguan and Devils. If we want to bombard from a long distance this time, we need at least 12 mountain cannons and hundreds of shells. But... this is a mountain artillery battalion, we are 300 kilometers away from Baoding, so it is not easy to get there."

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, as if he had grasped something.

"Although Mr. Yamamoto's attempts to behead the Eighth Route Army's capital failed several times, Mr. Yamamoto is an excellent soldier and is deeply favored by General Shinozuka."

Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou nodded, both felt that what Xing Zhiguo said made sense.

"It doesn't need hundreds or thousands of catties of explosives."

Li Yunlong pointed to the photos on the table and said: "Look, this Type 8 armored train has a total of [-] carriages. That old devil Miyano Michiichi will definitely be in the command carriage. We just need to blow up the command carriage. The two sides and the top are steel plates, but the bottom structure is made of wood, which cannot withstand the shock wave of explosives at all."

"It's still the old way, let the Sword Squadron bury explosives, then use wires to detonate, blow up the command car and retreat immediately."

Zhao Gang thought about it carefully, and felt that this method was more reliable, his eyes lit up: "Haha, you still have more ideas, Lao Li!"