My client Li Yunlong

End of March.

It had been exactly one month since Neji Okamura launched a large-scale spring sweep.

Five kilometers south of Ze County.

In the southern Hebei base area, a certain basic regiment has three defensive positions.

"Company commander, the Japanese are coming."

The soldiers of the frontline security squad reported to the company commander who was repairing in the rear.

"Damn it."

The company commander, who was resting in the rear position with a cigarette in his mouth, immediately cursed:
"You kid, why don't you let me have a day off?"

It had been twelve days since the Japanese invaded Ze County. He led the third company to join the second company back for repairs. He was responsible for the defense of the southern front position and had been here for five days.

For five days, the Japanese attacked every day.

Three times a day.

Each time, two squads, or simply one or more squadrons of Japs attacked.

Never a break.

Their company still needs to hold on for two more days before they can be rotated.

"Captain, the Japanese are rushing to die!"

The monitor who reported the report spoke in a relaxed tone.

Although the Japanese attacked the Third Company's position for five days and attacked a total of sixteen times, including one night attack, the Third Company's position remained intact. After sixteen attacks, the Japanese even failed to reach the second defensive position. Never touched it.

On the contrary, every time they attacked, the Japs left many corpses behind.

"Haha, indeed."

The third company commander suddenly became happy.

I don’t really think that the Japanese are here to die.

Although it is easy to hold the position, the Japanese are not that easy to deal with.

In the night attack two days ago, the Japs actually entered the first position. The situation was very critical at that time. When the battalion artillery was restrained by the Japs' artillery and unable to support them, he finally personally led the team to launch a counterattack, which suppressed the situation and put the enemy under control. The devils were driven out.

He was pleased that his men seemed to have good morale.

Their regiment is a newly formed regiment and belongs to the basic regiment. Most of them are new soldiers. Although they have been trained, they lack combat experience. There are only some platoon-level officers who are the backbone of the battle transferred from the main regiment.

The five-day battle, even if it was not fierce, and even if the Japanese attacks were repelled every time, the casualties were real and not low. What he was most worried about was morale.

According to the half-year training and teachings at the headquarters battalion company commander training course, a unit, especially a new unit, may have serious morale problems even if it has been victorious.

Unexpectedly, it was much better than he expected.

"The first platoon is in position, the second platoon is in reserve, and the third platoon is in repair."

The company commander ordered the deployment of troops in an orderly tone.

"Third platoon leader."

After ordering the first platoon to take position, the third company commander called the third platoon commander.

The third platoon was in charge of the defensive position yesterday.

Within one day, the third platoon repelled three Japanese attacks in a row, including one squadron-level attack. However, he did not actually use the reserve team to defeat the Japanese three times.

Only when the Japanese squadron launched the attack, the heavy machine guns and mortars of the company's fire platoon provided support.

Of course, the second platoon, as a reserve team, also put pressure on the Japanese offensive troops from the side.

However, because of this, the casualties of the third platoon were not small.

"How's the situation with the replenishment of the third platoon?"

the company commander asked.

Why could the Third Company, such a newly formed unit with less than three months of existence, be able to hold out here for five days in the face of the attack of a Japanese squadron?
Firstly, the Japs' attack was not very powerful. In his opinion, the Japs attacked three times a day, with one squadron or two squads at a time, which was more of a containment.

Contain their group here.

Due to a serious shortage in the number of officers, the area was too large, and there were too many areas to control, the headquarters organized some newly formed basic regiments.

The battalion-level organization was abolished, and a regiment was changed to five infantry companies, plus a firepower company equipped with three to four new mortars.

This kind of basic regiment is mainly responsible for garrisoning the base area and maintaining stability in the base area. The company commander and regiment commander are all veteran officers. The platoon-level cadres are transferred from the main regiment, and most of the soldiers are new recruits.

Secondly,
It was their loss and the replenishment was timely.

The wounded can be evacuated to the hospital in time, and the lost soldiers can be replaced as soon as possible.

And there were 82 mortars from the battalion and even 120 mortars from the regiment headquarters for fire support.

Consumed supplies and lost machine guns can also be replenished and repaired in time.

"The supplementary troops have arrived at full capacity. They are all militiamen who have undergone three months of training, and then are good recruits who have undergone two months of formal militarized training."

The third platoon leader sounded excited.

He and the company commander are both old comrades in the 689th Regiment. They both joined the army in 37 and have been fighting the Japanese for more than three years.

After receiving the order and transferring to the new regiment together, he was a new deputy platoon leader, and the company commander was an experienced platoon leader. Then they went to the officer training camp for half a year of training together.

Now he has been promoted to full platoon leader, and the old platoon leader has been promoted to company commander.

"it is good!"

The third company is very happy.

Today is different from the past!

Today's army will no longer send new recruits who have just put down their hoes, joined the army and only a few days of training to fight with the Japanese on bayonets as before.

After three months of militia training and two months of formal military training, the quality of the soldiers who came out was very good. Moreover, in the militia training camp, in the recruit camp, they ate meat for a total of five months, and their vegetarian bodies were also very good.

These new recruits have sufficient basic military capabilities. They can move, listen to commands, dig trenches, and understand basic team and team tactics. With a little training in actual combat, they will be good soldiers.

A good soldier who can fight tough battles.

The Japanese offensive was not violent, and such a battle was very suitable for new recruits to become familiar with the battlefield.

"Organize adaptive training immediately and let the soldiers repair the trenches and clean up the battlefield. Your platoon will be the main force the day after tomorrow."

The third company commander warned.

Three companies and three platoons.

The main defensive force, reserve force, and repair force are rotated in sequence to ensure the combat effectiveness of the force.

"Yes!"

The third platoon leader immediately went to make arrangements.

"Report."

As soon as the third platoon leader left, a soldier ran over and reported:

"The supply team is coming."

"it is good."

The third company commander immediately went to respond.

Although there is a shortage of rifles, the machine guns and grenade launchers that have been introduced to the squad, as well as sufficient ammunition that can be replenished before it is used up, are also the key to the Third Company, this newly formed company, being able to persist until now.

···
at the same time.

"Captain."

A Japanese staff officer came in and reported to Yamazaki Hui:
"The second squadron, the second, and the third infantry squad have launched an attack on the target."

Old Japanese Yamazaki did not speak immediately.

He stared at the brigade staff officer in front of him with sharp eyes, as if looking at an enemy.

The Japanese staff officer who was stared at by Yamazaki lowered his head and did not dare to look directly.

"idiot!"

"waste."

"Louder."

After a moment of silence, Yamazaki suddenly cursed angrily.

What he was dissatisfied with was the tone and attitude of reporting to the staff.

Just like the staff officer of a defeated army, the tone and attitude when reporting the defeat are against the spirit of Bushido and something that old Japanese Yamazaki will never tolerate.

Although the offensive lasted for twelve days, his Yamazaki Battalion failed to capture the Tubal Road base. The total casualties of the brigade exceeded 400, and more than 200 wounded were being repaired and treated in the rear.

But this was not the reason for the brigade staff's low tone.

A true imperial warrior will not let the battle situation affect his morale. At any time, he should fight the enemy bravely and attack the enemy with the greatest courage. In his opinion.

For twelve days, they were unable to capture the enemy's position. The main reason was that the soldiers of Yamazaki Battalion did not fully understand Bushido.

There are too many people who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

"Hi."

The staff officer of the Japanese brigade immediately raised his voice:
"Reporting to the captain, the second squadron, second and third infantry squadrons of our brigade have launched an attack on the target."

"Yoshi."

Yamazaki nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to ask:

"Have the additional troops arrived?"

It has been twelve days since the Yamazaki Brigade attacked Ze County.

The attack lasted for twelve days, resulting in a total of 470 casualties, including more than 190 jade-shattered soldiers, more than 300 lightly or seriously injured people, and some with extremely minor injuries who chose to stay in the brigade and continue fighting.

"not yet."

The brigade staff officer's voice dropped again.

"idiot."

This time, Yamazaki didn't notice the tone of his brigade staff officer, and immediately began to curse.

In the beginning, in the first week, additional troops could arrive on the same day and be replenished in time.

But now, the additional troops he applied for the day before yesterday have not arrived today.

"Have you asked the wing headquarters?"

Yamazaki's eyes felt like they were killing people.

"The Wing Headquarters said."

The brigade staff officer replied:

"The reserve troops have been exhausted, and the new ones have not arrived yet. They are expected to arrive in three days. Let us integrate the troops ourselves to maintain combat effectiveness."

"···"

Old Japanese Yamazaki was silent for a while.

In this situation, he was powerless and couldn't even express his anger.

The Locust Army has Bushido.

However, the empire's local human resources are insufficient, and the number of soldiers is not unlimited. It is far inferior to the Tubal Road opposite.

It has been twelve days since his brigade attacked the position south of Ze County, and on the opposite Tuba Road, the troops defending the southern position have been rotated.

Perhaps, in two days, the Eighth Route Army will be rotated again.

"Where are the weapons and ammunition?"

After a moment of silence, Old Devil Yamazaki continued to ask.

It's not just the lack of troops.

The Yamazaki Brigade was also seriously short of weapons and ammunition.

After twelve days of offensive, artillery shells, bullets, grenades, and even bullets were almost exhausted.

"No."

The brigade staff officer lowered his head:
"The wing headquarters said supplies are not expected to arrive for three days."

"Three days!"

"idiot."

Yamazaki still couldn't hold it back, jumped up and slapped the staff officer.

Three days!

If there were not enough soldiers, he could still put the wounded on top.

But if the ammunition and supplies are not replenished, he will have to stop the attack tomorrow afternoon, otherwise, he will not even have the ammunition reserves to deal with the enemy's counterattack.

Old Japanese Yamazaki was short but very strong. He slapped his staff officer so hard that he rolled on the ground.

"Hi."

After being slapped, the staff officer of the Japanese brigade got up immediately, bowed his head and said hello loudly.

"Continue to urge supplies and recruit troops."

"Hi."

The brigade staff member bowed his head and left.

Walking out of the headquarters, the staff officer of the Japanese brigade sighed.

After twelve days of offensive, the Yamasaki Battalion was still unable to break through the enemy's first line of defense, and the casualties reached about 40% of the entire brigade. Although more than 300 additional troops were added, the loss of combat effectiveness was not significant.

But the blow to morale was huge.

And their captain is a crazy believer in Bushido. He believes that Bushido can solve all morale problems. If morale is insufficient, it means that the soldiers are not loyal to Bushido and Locust. They use high pressure on grassroots soldiers to maintain morale.

I can still hold on now.

If we continue...
The brigade staff couldn't imagine what would happen in the end.

·
Taiyue base area.

772th regiment station.

"Report."

A communications soldier ran into the regiment headquarters. After standing at attention, he reported to Cheng Shifa, the commander of the 772 regiment:
"Brigade Order."

"Let us send a battalion to support Ze County and be responsible for the defense of Ze County's southern positions."

"Ze County's southern front position?"

Cheng Shifa immediately took out the map of the southern Hebei base area.

Thanks to the new advanced printing press and the high-precision military maps provided by Boss Lu, large-scale military maps can now be spread to every regiment in the base area.

"It is the Yamazaki Brigade that is responsible for the Japanese attack on the southern front."

After finding the deployment of the position south of Ze County, Cheng Shifa found the Japanese troops attacking the position south of Ze County.

Yamazaki Brigade.

Telephone lines, Yunwu communication aircraft, and information about the Jinan base area will be summarized at the headquarters every day, and the brigade headquarters will also get a copy. As one of the main groups of the 386th Brigade, Cheng Shifa will naturally understand it.

He immediately dug out the intelligence information of the Yamazaki Brigade.

The intelligence department of the headquarters, through a series of means, took three months and spent millions or even nearly ten million US dollars to obtain almost all the information on the Japanese garrison establishment.

Looking at the information in his hand, Cheng Shifa frowned.

Yamazaki Brigade,

A Japanese brigade with a total strength of 1,100 people.

According to the information on the Japanese brigade compiled by the intelligence department, the Yamazaki brigade was just a brigade of a second-line division, with a previous establishment of only more than 500 people, and was mainly responsible for raids in the base area.

As the strength of the army increased, after the seventh Japanese brigade was completely annihilated in the Hundred Regiment Battle, it was combined with a garrison brigade to form the current Yamazaki brigade.

It looks like it has the size of an A-class brigade, but in fact, it only has the combat effectiveness of a B-class brigade.

then,

Cheng Shifa took out the recent combat information on Ze County in southern Hebei Province.

"Rubbish."

After a while, Cheng Shifa said disdainfully.

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his disdainful tone.

According to the orders of the headquarters, the garrisons in Taiyue, Taihang, and even the border areas,
During the twelve days of attacking Ze County, a total of more than 30 attacks were launched, and the positions south of Ze County were not breached once, which shows that the commander's level is limited.

In other words, they don’t know how to adapt.

The soldiers were not good, and neither were the commanders. Cheng Shifa was not interested in such a unit.

"Let the third battalion go."

Cheng Shi waved his hand and signaled the third battalion commander to lead the team.

According to the headquarters’ plan,
This time, the purpose of the base area is to severely block the Japanese attack in the southern Hebei region, let the Japanese know the strength of the base area, and thus force the Japanese to change domestic policies.

Let the Japanese go south and conflict with Britain and the United States, thereby creating time for the base area to develop and grow.

Therefore, we have to engage in several positional battles with the Japs, tough battles, and make the Japs feel that there is no hope of victory. (End of chapter)