My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 114 Come again!Super class 120 mortar!
"No matter the cost, find out the whereabouts, residence, and security strength of the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Japanese First Army in Yangquan!"

the next day.

After a busy day, shopkeeper Yao Ji closed his soy sauce shop and chatted all the way around, and finally walked into a slightly dilapidated house about three miles away from Yao Ji Soy Sauce.

This is the small conference room for Yangquan intelligence personnel.

Shen Sheng and Niu Wanlin were already waiting in the conference room.

Shopkeeper Yao Ji did not hesitate, explained the topic directly, and took out the original encryption order from his superior:
"No matter the cost, find out the whereabouts, residence, and security strength of the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Japanese First Army in Yangquan!"

"Is your superior planning to take action against the Japanese Chief of Staff?"

After hearing this order, Shen Sheng also frowned.

He also felt something was wrong with this order - the superior's intention was obvious, even if it cost the entire Yangquan intelligence network, the two Japanese chiefs of staff must be killed.

Regardless of whether this matter can be successful or not, Yangquan intelligence forces must retreat.

If the Japs lose two chiefs of staff, they can be replaced immediately. There is definitely no shortage of senior Japs officers, but the loss of the army's Yangquan intelligence network cannot be replaced in a short time.

There is obviously something wrong with this command.

However, it was only speculation that the superiors wanted to take action against the two Japanese chiefs of staff, and there was no clear order yet.

But Niu Wanlin sounded excited.

As long as it means killing Japanese soldiers, he is willing to do it, even if it means risking his life.

"I'll take care of this!"

Niu Wanlin said in a serious tone:

"Guaranteed to complete the mission."

"Anyway."

Shopkeeper Yao Ji also spoke:

"Complete the higher-level mission first."

"it is good!"

Shen Sheng also nodded.

The three of them then began to arrange tasks in detail and make plans.

"Wan Lin."

Finally, shopkeeper Yao Ji looked at Niu Wanlin and said:
"The subsidy applied for your father has arrived."

Although Niu Wanlin joined the underground front recently, he started working for the Eighth Route Army very early, and was only recently introduced to the underground front by shopkeeper Yao Ji.

Niu Wanlin's father is also a party member.

However, he died not long ago while protecting a military expert who was traveling to the base area via Yangquan.

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at the same time.

Liao County.

A team of about 800 people, neatly dressed in Eighth Route Army uniforms and military shoes, carrying Czech 98Ks, submachine guns and grenade launchers, entered the urban area of ​​Liao County.

There are also 350 mules in the team.

and dozens of carts drawn by mules.

The surrounding people could clearly see that there were not only bags of grain on dozens of large trucks, but also six assembled mortars, a dozen small cannons, and boxes of ammunition.

Other mules also carried bags of grain and boxes of ammunition on their backs.

"No wonder the devils can be eliminated."

Seeing this team, the people nearby were stunned.

After decades of chaos, and with more than 600 Japanese soldiers stationed in Liao County for more than a year, the common people have one thing in mind - the more machine guns, the stronger the army, but if there are cannons, it will be stronger.

As for the army in front of them - all uniforms made of fine materials, military caps, and military shoes are all hard-soled rubber shoes.

Neater than the devils.

He looks more powerful than the Japanese.

Let's look at the weapons and equipment - all the flower traps hanging on the chest, large grenades on the waist, larger than the Japs, and orthodox light machine guns on the shoulders, more than the Japs.

There were eight cannons on the carriage, as well as smaller cannons. Although not as huge as the Japs, there were more than the Japs.

Boxes of ammunition are more than the enemy.

There are more machine guns than Japs, more cannons than Japs, and more bullets and shells than Japs, so naturally they are stronger than Japs!

So we can defeat the Japanese.

Very simple logic.

At this moment, all the common people knew that the three thousand Japs who set off in great numbers not long ago were completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.

Thanks to the propaganda and example set by the county brigade, the common people were obviously not as wary and repulsive towards the Eighth Route Army as they were against the Japanese. However, this was a new base area after all, and the mass base was not very good.

There is no question of proactive welcome.

Most were shocked and fearful of what was to come.

"Deputy Commander Xing."

The team continued to move forward, and Xu Huzhi, leader of the New Third Regiment, came out to meet them. He saluted Xing Guozhi.

Although the independent regiment only sent one battalion, the brigade headquarters handed over the command to the independent regiment. Considering the command issue, Li Yunlong finally dispatched the veteran of the regiment, deputy commander Xing Zhiguo.

"Captain Xu!"

The two saluted each other.

Subsequently, the Third Battalion of the Independent Regiment, led by the Chief of Staff of the New Third Regiment, went to the camp prepared in advance to set up camp.

Deputy Commander Xing and Xu Huzhi walked towards the original Japanese headquarters.

"Fortunately you are here!"

As soon as he entered the headquarters, Xu Hu breathed a sigh of relief:

"Otherwise, if the Japanese attack, I may not be able to defend it."

Although the New Third Regiment has only 2000 troops and good weapons and equipment, each man has a gun, machine guns have spread to the squad, and grenade launchers have spread to the platoons. The regiment also has six 60mm mortars, but it lacks combat experience.

The geographical location of Liao County is too important.

It connects Yangquan and Changshi to the north and south, and connects Taihang and Taiyue base areas to the east and west.

The Japanese will never let the troops control this place.

It will inevitably mobilize heavy troops to attack, the kind that starts with a coalition.

Relying on the New Third Regiment alone, they can't defend it even if it's light.

"The little Japs don't dare to attack yet." Deputy Commander Xing shook his head and continued: "Compared with the Japs, the first problem we solve is the problem of the mass base in Liao County."

The little devil can't mobilize his troops that quickly.

They had at least half a month to build a position.

The New Third Regiment has more than 800 people. The regiment headquarters has specially strengthened an artillery company with a total of ten 82 mortars and 82 rounds of 700 mortar shells. In addition, the New Third Regiment has more than [-] people.

Even if the Japanese send a regiment to attack, it will definitely not be a problem to defend Liao County.

However, after holding on to Liao County for a long time, in the repeated struggles with the Japanese, they finally still firmly controlled Liao County. As important as military strength is the support of the people.

This is also the fundamental strength of the Eighth Route Army.

Not only established a mass base in Liao County.

In other words, they have to establish a deep mass base in Liao County in a minimum of 20 days and a maximum of one month.In the past, this was basically impossible.

But now, it's actually not that difficult.

The most critical point in building a mass base is to solve the pain points of ordinary people, stabilize finance, maintain order, etc., and then build trust. With sufficient supplies, it is not a problem.

"We fully cooperate with this."

"There are many locals from Liao County in the New Third Regiment."

Xu Hu nodded.

As a veteran of the Red Army, Xu Huzhi naturally knew that the core strength of the army was the common people.

Without the support of the people, even holding Liao County would be meaningless.

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Taiyuan.

Inside the First Army Headquarters.

"Shinozuka-kun."

"Hi!"

Shinozuka Yoshio held the phone and kept chatting. On the other side of the phone was the voice of the commander of the North China Front:

"Headquarters and Locust's orders."

"We are asked to take back the United Flag at all costs."

"Hi!"

Shinozuka Yoshio smiled bitterly, but still lowered his head and cheered loudly.

Take back the alliance flag?
Not to mention that we still don’t know what the strength of the Tubal Road in the Taiyue Mountains is, and how many locust troops need to be sent to ensure defeat.

According to sporadic intelligence and the information revealed in the newspaper, the Taiyue Mountain Area is estimated to be home to Tubal Road with a strength of up to [-] troops. In addition, excluding barrel guns, the light firepower and medium-sized mortars are far stronger than those of the Empire. of.

Mountainous areas are the best terrain for mortars to exert their firepower.

Also, they have a lot of artillery shells.

Even if the First Army mobilizes a division to attack, can it recapture the alliance flag?
"Shinozuka-kun, we have to think of a solution!"

Tada Shun reminded.

"Hey, I must complete the task."

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly reacted and immediately started to get excited loudly.

Why must we take back the alliance flag?
Isn’t it okay if you don’t admit it?
Just say it was forged by Tubalu!

Who can go to the imperial military to verify it?

Who would believe that Tubal Road could capture the Imperial Alliance flag?

Unless Tubalu captures another alliance flag, or even multiple alliance flags, as long as the empire refuses to admit it and accuses Tubalu of being a conspiracy, it means that Tubalu has not captured it.

When his thoughts came to this point, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly felt relaxed.

"What is more important than the alliance flag is to recapture Liao County as soon as possible."

Tada Shun's tone was serious.

At their level, the direction of thinking about many things is completely different.

When the regiment flag was captured, not only him, but also the dispatched army headquarters, base camp, and Tian Locust were furious.

But that's about it.

In essence, the regiment flag is just a flag with a very low cost. It is just a tool used to maintain and boost the morale of the troops. If it is captured, it is captured. As long as the impact of this incident is eliminated, it will be harmless.

But Liao County fell, and the problem was serious.

Liao County is located between the so-called Taiyue Base Area and Taihang Base Area on Tubal Road.

It is currently known that a large amount of food, weapons and ammunition were obtained in the Taiyue Mountains on Tubal Road.

It is suspected, no, someone must be transporting supplies, weapons and ammunition to Tubal Road, but the empire has not yet investigated who it is and through what means the weapons and supplies are transported.

Without being able to cut off external material channels, once Liao County falls into the hands of Tubal Road, over time, they will have the opportunity to establish material transportation channels, and then the Taihang and Taiyue base areas will be connected.

For the Locust Army, this is a very undesirable situation.

"Hi!"

Yoshio Shinozuka bowed his head again and responded.

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Also at the same time.

Yang Village.

Lu Renjia came to the independent regiment headquarters again, met Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, and gave them a contract.

"Continue to seize the Japanese flag?"

Looking at the content of the cooperation, even Zhao Gang's eyes lit up.

The more difficult the task, the higher the reward.

As Boss Lu seems to have received restrictions and warnings, during the cooperation period, weapons and equipment can no longer be provided, and even major intelligence can only be collected by the troops themselves - Boss Lu can only provide some key parts of the intelligence.

But correspondingly, the price tag is also higher.

As Zhao Gang expected, he and Li Yunlong heard Boss Lu continue to say:

"Any Japanese coalition flag will count, even damaged or a small amount of burned ones. After determining the target, I can help locate the coalition flag in real time, but I cannot provide the location and strength of the flag guard team."

"Successfully captured, a new lightweight long-range 120 mortar is unlocked in the list."

"This mortar uses lightweight technology. Its total combat weight is less than 7700 kilograms. Its maximum range is 105 meters. Its grenade power exceeds that of a [-]-barrel howitzer."

If there are future military fans, they will definitely be able to tell that this is the subsequent improved model of the Type 86 120 mortar!

"If we can capture two regiment flags, then starting from the month of capture, I can provide Brother Yunlong with fifty additional 120 mortars and one hundred thousand rounds of artillery shells every month!"

Lu Renjia continued.

Guru··
Guru··
Inside the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang swallowed their saliva together.

It would be extremely difficult to seize the Japs United Flag when Brother Lu only provided information on the location of the Japs United Flag.

Even if it succeeds, there will be a huge price to pay.

but!

The 120 mortar with a combat weight of [-] kilograms is a real heavy artillery, but it is actually more than ten kilograms lighter than the Japanese Type [-] infantry gun!
A single part does not exceed [-] kilograms, and the mules can be carried by camels during mountainous marches without dragging down the troops.

The maximum range is 7700 meters, which is comparable to the Japanese Type [-] mountain artillery!

The power of the artillery shells is comparable to that of the 105 howitzer, which is enough to destroy solid civil engineering groups.

What kind of fairy weapon is this?
It can even provide an additional fifty artillery pieces and [-] rounds of artillery shells every month - this is extra without occupying the monthly equipment supply quota of other independent regiments.

This artillery can completely destroy even the three-story civil fortification group built by the independent regiment at the Xiazhuang stronghold.

"This is a business deal, I'll take it!"

Li Yunlong's tone was serious.

Nothing is impossible.

Only inappropriate price!

"Isn't it just two Japanese flags? Brother Lu, just wait!"

Li Yunlong's tone was solemn.

(End of this chapter)