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Chapter 303 The Most Dangerous Man in the Republic of China

On October 1941, 10, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan.

"Comrades, before the meeting officially begins, I want to tell you a very sad news."

"Suiyuan's eighth war zone failed to withstand the frontal attack of the devils. At present, all levels of troops under Qilu and a half have dispersed to break through, but his main force, the No. 30 Fifth Army, is still in a state of being pursued."

"We have to send troops immediately. We will wait until the end of the battle to discuss the attitude of the mountain city."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire Meishan meeting room instantly dropped to freezing point.

During the period when the devils were aggressively attacking, the headquarters received telegrams for help from Qilu every day.

However, the bald head, who is not involved in personnel affairs, seems to have predicted the operation of the Eighth Theater, and frequently put pressure on the Eighth Office of the Mountain City to prohibit the three main forces from sending troops north to support.

Zhongtiaoshan’s lesson made Guofu executives once again increase their vigilance against TG. They were afraid that their troops would make wedding dresses for Desperate Zhanhu.

In a sense, the border region is the force that scares them the most.

The loss of Suiyuan is not all a bad thing. After all, the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi can be attacked in the north and east at the same time, delaying their development opportunities.

In order not to destroy the anti-Japanese united front, it is also to prevent some people from leading the people to reach an ulterior secret through public opinion.

The deputy commander had no choice but to take two countermeasures:
[-]. Mobilize the commanders and fighters in the Daqingshan base area to fully help the eighth theater to carry out the sabotage work, and strive to destroy the logistics supply line of the Mongolian army as much as possible before the war begins.

[-]. Provide as much military supplies as possible, and continuously transport weapons and food to the Wuyuan area by air.

Except for high-end weapons such as fighter jets, tanks, and self-propelled rockets that require training to use, the Eighth Route Army will give whatever the opponent wants.

After everyone at the scene digested the information just now, the deputy chief of staff continued to say to the map of Suiyuan on the wall:
"Currently, the Ma family army has been defeated and returned to Ningxia. The Sixth Cavalry Army of the Central Army has withdrawn to the Yimeng area south of the Yellow River. The above two troops are not in danger for the time being."

"Judging from the current advance route of the garrison in Mongolia, the devils have no intention of continuing to pursue them."

"However, the situation of the main force of the 35th Army is not very good. The big defeat has lowered the morale of troops at all levels, and they are almost in a desperate situation. If we don't lend a helping hand, most of them may die on the way to Lanzhou."

Although the deputy chief of staff didn't say it clearly, anyone could hear what he meant.

The commanders did not feel disgusted by the long-distance raid to rescue Qilu halfway.

Judging from the opponent's current record, he is definitely a famous anti-Japanese general in the major war zones of the Republic of China, and he is much stronger than some insects that are not worthy of the name.

For the brave generals who dare to fight, everyone more or less favors them.

What's more, the three main forces are about to start a full-scale war with the Mongolian army, and it is not difficult to save people while fighting devils.

After a pause, the deputy chief of staff turned his gaze to Chief Li, who was listening carefully.

"Li Yunlong, your [-]st Marine Regiment is the most mobile unit in the entire army. After discussion at the headquarters, it is decided to send your regiment to cooperate with the [-]st Air Division to carry out the mission of searching and rescuing allies."

"The First Air Division will rush to the battlefield to investigate in advance, and then send your regiment to the vicinity of the target. If the situation goes well, kill the chasing devils directly."

"You don't have to worry about intelligence matters, I have already sent someone to your regiment's station before the combat meeting begins."

Hearing his name suddenly being called by the deputy chief of staff, Li Datuan subconsciously jumped up from his seat, and a bit of shock could be seen from his face.

After all, the commanders in the venue are basically above the brigade level, and Lao Li really didn't expect that the mission of their regiment would be ranked first.

After a while, the big-hearted Li Yunlong adjusted his state.

As the most elite commander of the airborne troops in the entire army, he looked at the deputy chief of staff with firm eyes and replied:

"Roger that!"

"Don't worry, Chief! Our Marine Regiment promises to complete the mission!"

This situation made Huang He rub his chin in a daze.

In his impression, the most famous case of rescuing allies by means of airborne and airborne during World War II was Tokusan's Operation Oak.

Considering the difficult after-school homework assigned by infantry experts to Li Yunlong, his fellow countryman's record in the future will definitely not be worse than that of Otto Skolzner.

After the Eighth Route Army captured Suiyuan, maybe Lao Li would really like to mention the title of "the most dangerous man in the Republic of China".

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Half an hour later, the combat meeting officially ended, and the commanders hurried back to their stations by car.

Li Yunlong is no exception. Now there are 21 hours left before the departure time of the First Marine Regiment, so he has to go back and make a rescue plan.

"Captain! You are finally back!"

"Is there a new combat order? I just saw the correspondent from the headquarters at the gate."

"By the way, you should hurry to the regiment headquarters. The political commissar, deputy head Xing, and the three battalion commanders are all waiting. They told me to take you there as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, the monk ran into the base without saying a word, dragging his head's arm.

Since the establishment of the airborne force of the Eighth Route Army, Li Yunlong's physical fitness has been greatly improved, but compared with the calf-like Wei Dayong, there is still a big gap.

In desperation, he could only speed up while scolding his mother.

Fortunately, the regiment headquarters was not far from the gate, and the two reached their destination in just 5 minutes.

After entering the door, what came into view was a pair of words framed and hung on the wall. This was one of the gifts given to Li Yunlong by the Army Morale Wizard after the Taiyuan Battle.

The font is dignified regular script, and the content is "to realize our ambition with the torrent of steel."

According to the boss, the huge military transport planes in the sky are not another manifestation of the torrent of steel?

"Hey, the leader is back."

"You didn't really have a fight with the deputy commander, did you? Why did the combat intelligence come back earlier than the people who attended the meeting?"

"According to me, you really don't need to worry. Since the establishment of our Marine Regiment, there has never been a big or small battle without our airborne troops."

Looking at the hippie smiling Zhang Dabiao, Li Yunlong rolled his eyes and sat down at the table.

Do something with the deputy commander?He had to slap himself three times when someone coughed, and then quickly think about whether he did something wrong recently.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense."

"Our regiment will set off on time at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. The destination should be between the Houtao area and Lanzhou. Now hurry up and hold a meeting to formulate a battle plan."

"Give me the information sent by the deputy chief of staff. Let's discuss together what equipment the troops need to bring."

After receiving the folder from Xing Zhiguo, Li Yunlong opened the information and began to read it carefully, while the rest kept quiet and waited.

Five minutes later, Lao Li frowned, as if he had encountered something difficult.

"It's not wrong to lose in the eighth war zone. Compared with the devils a year ago, the current garrison in Mongolia is simply an exaggeration of stability."

"This Amakasu Shigetaro has completely absorbed the experience and lessons of the former commander Naozaburo Okabe, and almost every step of command is tit-for-tat with the seven-and-a-half-way plan."

"Coupled with the strong strength to overwhelm others with force, it feels a bit like falling ten times with one force."

Hearing his team leader's analysis, Zhao Gang and his party all nodded in agreement.

All of you present are commanders with rich combat experience, and they have already evaluated the combat effectiveness of the eighth theater that has been replaced with some magic weapons in their hearts.

With the opponent's strength, they only persisted for two weeks. This time the enemy must not be underestimated.

In fact, it is not to blame for the improper command of the seven and a half routes, after all, there is a certain gap in the hard power of the two sides.The Mongolian army dispatched a large number of armored troops, and human legs and horse legs could not be as strong as machines on the prairie.

In the case of being unable to fight head-on, the eighth war zone could only send out cavalry to take the initiative to attack while defending the city, trying to lure the enemy back to the defense by disrupting the tactics of encircling the rear to fight for reinforcements, encircling Wei and saving Zhao.

The Japanese army adopted a chain defense in the Suiyuan area, and usually a stronghold does not have too many troops.

However, there is a strong linkage between each stronghold, once the motorized troops are attacked, they can quickly rush to support.

In view of the above characteristics, the eighth war zone organized more than a dozen cavalry commandos to attack the rear of the Mongolian army and attack Huanglong.

At the same time, the main force of the army set up ambushes at various traffic nodes to intercept the returning defense troops stationed in Mongolia.They intend to take advantage of the devil's unwillingness to fight and eager for reinforcements to kill and injure the enemy's vital forces as much as possible.

This trick was very effective during the winter offensive that year. The entire Eighth War Zone once walked Naozaburo Okabe as a dog on the grassland.

It's a pity that the devil is also improving, and the same trick will not suffer twice.

Amakasu Shigetaro's garrison in Mongolia not only added a new tank brigade, but also equipped a large number of armored vehicles and transport trucks. The mobility has long been different from what it used to be.

The super-high support speed has caused tremendous psychological pressure on every soldier of the cavalry commando.

What's more, the troops directly under the North China Front Army supported the Mongolian Army with a Type B division and an independent mixed brigade. The soaring strength greatly increased the difficulty of attacking.

The various types of fighter planes supported by the Kwantung Army made the cavalry in the eighth theater invisible, and almost all operations were carried out under the nose of the enemy.

The first step of besieging Wei to save Zhao and besieging Dian to rescue both failed, and the follow-up plan naturally became a fantasy.

When the garrisoned Mongolian army concentrated three divisions and two independent mixed brigades to attack the Wuyuan area with all their strength, Qilu had no choice but to retreat westward with its main force of the 35th Army.

Heavy artillery, tanks, and planes are not a combination that the old and new cities of Wuyuan can resist.

After driving away seven and a half times, Amakasu Shigetaro did not choose the plan of defending the city with a small number of Japanese troops and most of the puppet troops. After all, his predecessor had suffered losses.

The old devil directly left a regiment of troops in the city, and also transferred three puppet troops from the rear to garrison Wuyuan.

In order to ensure that the city would not be attacked by surprise, he first asked the puppet army to set up sentry points on the periphery, check every suspicious person along the road, and guard the traffic line by the way.

The devils don't expect the puppet army to have any combat effectiveness, as long as they can give an early warning to the regular army in the city when they are attacked.

The main force is to occupy the buildings that are easy to defend and difficult to attack in the city, and connect each stronghold to form a core position, and finally reinforce it with barbed wire and civil engineering.

In this way, the rigorous defense and highly mobile armored forces cooperated with tens of thousands of defenders, completely dispelling the intention of the Seven and a Half Routes to wait for an opportunity to counterattack Wuyuan.

What's more, in this attack, Amakasu Shigetaro specially strengthened the defensive force of the logistics route, and the troops fought for two full weeks without showing signs of fatigue.

If it weren't for Seven and a Half Road to mobilize the masses in advance to divert the water from the Yellow River into the main and branch canals, making the Hetao area a flooded area, it is estimated that even retreating to Lanzhou would have become a luxury.

After briefly analyzing the tactics and strength of the Mongolian Army, Li Yunlong took out a piece of information from the folder and said:
"The enemy this time pays great attention to reconnaissance and intelligence work. In the process of rescuing Qilu, there is a high probability that we will encounter the Kwantung Army's Army Aviation."

"Although now we have a high-power radio station, we can call for support from the First Air Division in time. But it will take a while for the fighter jets to arrive, and we have to rely on ourselves for air defense."

"Rescue missions don't need to attack fortified areas. I decided to replace the eight airborne tanks with medium-sized anti-aircraft vehicles. That thing is as good at hitting planes as hitting people, and can even fire a few shots when encountering enemy tanks."

Hearing what his regiment leader said, Zhao Gang signaled Li Yunlong to turn back the information, where there was specific information on the enemy tank brigade.

Unlike the First Army, the tanks equipped by the Mongolian Army are not Type [-] light tanks that can only bully infantry, but Type [-] medium tanks with stronger firepower and protection.

The thickness of the armor on the front half of the car body is 25 mm, and the thickness of the lower side and rear side is also 20 mm. It is not so easy for the 37 guns of the Cicada tank to penetrate it at a long distance.

"This time, the soldiers should bring 40 more firearms. It is really impossible to use more transport planes and gliders to arm the soldiers in the eighth theater."

"Let's also bring the secret weapon that Lao Huang prepared for us. Although the stability and reliability of the new property is not high, we need stronger anti-armor capabilities in this operation."

"Before departure, the mobile combat company organized another exercise to practice the new tactics developed some time ago. Hey, I didn't expect to use it so soon, and it will be useless if you don't grind your guns quickly!"

Li Yunlong glanced at Zhao Gang with a strange look, he thought that the other party was really worried.After all, their main purpose this time is to save people, not to fight against the armored troops of the Mongolian Army.

Even if the Cicada tanks can't beat the Type [-] medium tanks, they can still avoid battles by virtue of their mobility and intelligence advantages.

As long as the First Air Division has dealt with the enemy's army aviation and armored units, whether to leave or stay depends entirely on their own interests. No matter how hard the Type [-] medium tank is, it can't hold rockets and aerial bombs.

However, the opinion of his own political commissar still needs to be adopted. Li Yunlong got up and said to everyone present:
"Okay, let's end the meeting."

"Leave the exercise to Lao Xing and Lao Zhao. I will go to Lao Huang to see if he still has stock."

　The eighth war zone really has no choice. They can't write if they don't retreat to Suiyuan.

　　But it's not unreasonable for the devils in Suiyuan to become stronger. After all, without Jin Province, they can't do nothing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)