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Chapter 573 Flame-breathing tank!

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

North China Front Army Command.

After the communications staff reported to Neiji Okamura, Arisue Seizo just walked in.

"Commander!"

Yusue Seizo lowered his head first, and then looked at the smile on Okamura Neiji's face, showing a hint of surprise in his heart.

Commander, how long has it been since you laughed?

At least a month, right?

Since the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Miyano Doichi, was killed in a bomb near Baoding, Okamura Neiji had no smile on his face. After the Xinzhou Campaign and the sweeping operation in Northwest Shanxi began, Okamura Neiji often frowned and looked gloomy .

"You Mo Jun, you came just in time."

"The Shanxi Northwest Frontline Headquarters sent a telegram that the offensive of the Eighth Route New First Regiment has been contained."

Okamura Neiji handed the telegram to Arisue Seizo with a smile on his face.

Although Okamura Ningji has always been happy and angry, but this time he is really happy from the bottom of his heart. .

Arisue Seizo picked up the telegram and read it, with a surprised tone:
"The 10th Division used the tactics of the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment to deal with the Xinyi Regiment and wiped out more than 500 people from the Xinyi Regiment in one morning?"

Afterwards, Arisue Seizo looked at Neiji Okamura and asked, "Did the 10th Division use tunnel and reverse slope tactics?"

"That's right!"

Neiji Okamura said happily: "As long as the 10th Division is not defeated by the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment and keeps the Xinyi Regiment's way to escape to the east, it will only be a matter of time before the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment and the Chinese people in its defense area will be wiped out. "

In fact, Neiji Okamura also thought of using tunnel and reverse slope tactics to deal with the new regiment.

But Jiro Ishikawa and Moritake Tanabe of the frontline headquarters also thought of it and reported it proactively, so he did not issue such an order.

In Neiji Okamura's view, it has to be said that this tactic is indeed powerful.

Right now, the Eighth Route New First Regiment, as the offensive side, has the greatest advantage in its artillery firepower. Once the advantage of artillery firepower weakens or even disappears, then the New First Regiment will lose its advantage.

Yumo Jingsan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "The battle is finally against the locust army."

"Five days at most!" Ningji Okamura was full of spirits, but his tone was very indifferent, "Five divisions will be able to form a siege around the new regiment, and then Li Yunlong and the new regiment will be able to taste the iron. The power of the rolling sweep!"

While speaking, Neiji Okamura stared at the map and squinted his eyes.

The other four divisions are also fighting hard. They are attacking the last line of defense of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, and they will be able to break through in two or three days at most.

According to Neiji Okamura's estimation, after the Eighth Route Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment were defeated, they either retreated to the banks of the Yellow River or came to join the New First Regiment.

Neiji Okamura is more inclined to the latter.

Because the Eighth Route Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment are each equipped with cannons equal to the number of artillery regiments.

The Eighth Route Army is so poor that they must be reluctant to part with these cannons. There is a high probability that they will come along the roads and bridleways with their luggage to join the Xinyi Regiment and flee north to Taihang.

"Commander, it's not just Li Yunlong and Xinyituan."

Youmo Jingsan said: "There are also Ding Wei's New Second Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment. Even if they can't be completely wiped out this time, their vitality will be severely damaged, and they will not be able to threaten the locust army in a short time."

"No!" Ningji Okamura said, "This time, I will wipe out the main force of the Eight Routes in Northwest Shanxi!"

"In addition, order the First Army to guard against death!"

"Pay close attention to the movement of the 129th Division of Jindongnan Eighth Route, Wei Lihuang Central Army and Luliangshan Jinsui Army."

"In case these guys make trouble at a critical moment."

"Wait until the Eight Routes in Northwest Shanxi are wiped out, and then go back and deal with them slowly!"

"Hi!" Arisue Seizo and communications staff Qi Qi nodded.

……

at the same time.

In Dagu Town, Northwest Shanxi, Xinyi Regiment headquarters.

Zhao Gang was not there, Li Yunlong, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou all stared at Chen Feng with expectant eyes.

Weapons that can increase the speed of attack and greatly reduce the casualties of soldiers are very much needed for the current Xinyi regiment.

"What weapon?"

Li Yunlong hurriedly asked, with an expression of great interest and anticipation.

Produced by Boss Chen, it must be a high-quality product.

It seems that our old Li is going to mention new equipment again!

Boss Chen said that he has a weapon, which means that Xinyituan does not have it yet, and it must be a new weapon.

"The new type of weapon I'm talking about is called a fire-breathing tank." Chen Feng said, "As the name suggests, it is a fire-breathing tank that can be used to deal with devils' infantry, bunkers, and gun towers."

"A flame-breathing tank?"

Li Yunlong, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou looked at each other, they had never heard of such a tank.

In their understanding, a tank is to fire artillery and machine guns to guide infantry to charge, break through and capture enemy positions.

"Didn't Battalion Commander Sun tell you? When they were studying in overseas military bases, they learned and used this kind of tank." Chen Feng said when he saw the expressions of the three of them.

Li Yunlong said: "I haven't heard Sun Desheng say that."

"Consultant Chen, what about this business?"

"How many flame-breathing tanks can you supply?"

Time was running out, and Li Yunlong didn't have time to ask further questions. Regardless of the performance of this flame-breathing tank, let's get it first and then talk.

Anyway, there is no shortage of tank soldiers in the new regiment.

Among the 300 tank trainees studying at the military base, 250 are tank soldiers and the other 50 are maintenance personnel.

After the tank breaks down, Boss Chen arranges airlift for the needed repair parts and materials, and these personnel are responsible for the repair and maintenance.

Of course, during the three-month training period, these personnel have just started, so Chen Feng specially arranged for three maintenance masters to stay in the Xinyi regiment, helping with maintenance and imparting experience on the one hand.

These 50 maintenance personnel have also been trained to drive tanks, and they can also drive tanks to fight against the enemy when necessary.

Chen Feng said: "The flame-breathing tank can be replaced by a 150mm howitzer and a 203mm heavy howitzer, and it can be delivered to your door within four hours."

Li Yunlong hurriedly asked: "How many fire-breathing tanks can one howitzer exchange for?"

Needless to say, Li Yunlong knew that if he wanted to change the fire-breathing tank, he must use the batch of 150mm howitzers and 203mm heavy howitzers that had not yet been delivered.

There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and Li Datuan, who is well versed in the ways of a businessman, naturally understands this truth.

The flame-breathing tank is not a Chinese cabbage, and you must pay a price to get it.

陈峰回道：“1门150毫米榴弹炮可以换1辆喷火坦克，1门203毫米重型榴弹炮，可以换3辆喷火坦克。”

Hearing this, Li Yunlong quickly calculated in his mind that the price is still reasonable, even a small profit.

It is definitely not a loss to exchange a 1mm howitzer for a fire-breathing tank.

However, Li Yunlong was a little reluctant to exchange one 1mm heavy howitzer for three fire-breathing tanks.

In the battle of Miaoergou, a total of 20 150mm howitzers and 10 203mm heavy howitzers were earned. The head of the headquarters has already sent a telegram to congratulate Facai.

Although the head of the headquarters didn't ask for it explicitly, Li Yunlong knew very well that he had to hand over half of the howitzers to the headquarters.

So, in the end the new regiment could receive 10 150mm howitzers and 5 203mm heavy howitzers.

At present, the new regiment already has 31 150mm howitzers, which is already the size of a heavy artillery regiment, but it is not even equipped with a 1mm heavy howitzer.

I don't know where the next chance to earn a 203mm heavy howitzer is.

But this time only 10 fire-breathing tanks were replaced, obviously not enough, not to mention that there may be losses in the battle, the devils built thicker bunkers and gun towers on three roads, and 10 fire-breathing tanks were used to attack the 10th Division Far from enough.

Replace the other 10 150mm heavy guns with flame-breathing tanks. I wonder if the head of the headquarters will agree?
Li Yunlong only thought for a while, and knew that the head of the headquarters would definitely agree.

Now is the critical moment for the survival of the New First Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment. What are 10 150mm howitzers?Will the head of the headquarters know the severity?

However, Li Yunlong can't decide this matter without authorization, and needs to ask the headquarters for instructions.

Immediately, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou and said: "Chief of Staff, you immediately draw up a telegram to explain the situation, and apply to the headquarters to replace the 10 150mm howitzers that are going to be handed over to the headquarters with 10 fire-breathing tanks. Wait until the battle is over." Finally, the 10 fire-breathing tanks were handed over to the headquarters together with a tank battalion."

The headquarters is in the southeast of Shanxi, and now Xinyituan is in the northwest of Shanxi, separated by hundreds of kilometers.

It is obviously unrealistic to drive the tank from northwest Shanxi to southeast Shanxi, because it has to pass through a large area of ​​defense of the devils.

So Li Yunlong has already discussed with Chen Feng that Chen Feng can use a large helicopter to transport all the tanks to be handed over to the headquarters to Southeast Shanxi.

"Yes!" Wang Dehou took the order, and quickly drafted a telegram, handed it to Li Yunlong for signature, and asked the telegrapher to quickly send it to the headquarters.

About 20 minutes after the telegram was sent, headquarters called back.

As Li Yunlong expected, the headquarters really agreed to Li Yunlong's request, and judging from the time of the telegram, the head of the headquarters agreed without even thinking about it.

Even the head of the headquarters said in a telegram that Li Yunlong could replace the 203mm heavy howitzer with a flame-breathing tank at his discretion.

Although he guessed what the head of the headquarters was thinking, after reading the content of the telegram sent by the headquarters, Li Yunlong was still slightly relieved.

He looked at Chen Feng and said decisively: "Consultant Chen, I have decided to replace 20 150mm howitzers and 2 203mm heavy howitzers with flame-breathing tanks!"

If you want to play, you can play big ones. This time Li Yunlong decided to replace 26 fire-breathing tanks.

Although he had never seen a fire-breathing tank, and even Boss Chen did not provide the data of the fire-breathing tank, Li Yunlong still chose to trust Boss Chen unconditionally.

After replacing 2 203mm heavy howitzers with 6 fire-breathing tanks, there are still a total of 8 heavy howitzers. In this way, the headquarters and the new regiment still have 4 each.

"No problem!" Chen Feng smiled slightly, "I'll arrange delivery right now."

(End of this chapter)