My client Li Yunlong

This month, there are 800 trucks and 2.4 million tons of fuel.

"Hahaha··"

Li Yunlong looked at the list in his hand, and the corners of his mouth almost cracked to the base of his ears.

July,
The Independent Regiment obtained an additional 100 Taihang heavy trucks, bringing the total number of trucks to 800.

Eight hundred vehicles!

What a huge transport fleet.

The single transportation capacity reaches more than 50,000 tons.

However, it can still barely maintain the transportation needs of the base area. After all, the base area has to transport tens of millions of tons of food every month, a large amount of ore materials need to be transported, as well as personnel transportation and front-line material supplies.

Tank towing.

These are all weighing on the Taihang convoy.

This is also the main reason why the troops have not launched a counterattack so far.

After all, trucks are trucks, and their transportation mileage is limited. Even Taihang trucks can only do short-distance transportation.

The superiors plan to build a railway, a two-way railway, for transportation when the time is right, and provide logistical supplies for the attacking troops. However, judging from the current progress of the steel plant, it cannot be done every two years.

These are all things for later.

Two and a half million tons of fuel is enough to make Li Yunlong happy.

Although there aren't many big fuel consumers in the base area now, well... there are other uses for fuel.

More useful than money.

···
Liao County.

"Does this thing work?"

The brigade commander looked at the Tiger tank in front of him and frowned.

This Tiger tank is indeed very powerful.

The 76mm main gun is far more powerful than the mm gun, in terms of range, accuracy, and power. The two sides are not on the same level of artillery.

Not to mention the armor, the Japs' thorn thunder is difficult to penetrate not only from the front, but also from the side.

But the power is relatively weak.

Although the 690 horsepower is very powerful, it is really unsatisfactory when faced with a 67-ton vehicle body, and the transmission box is also relatively poor, resulting in a maximum off-road speed of less than 20 kilometers.

Far inferior to Sherman.

The maximum range with a full tank of fuel is only one hundred kilometers, and this is still on the road.

It’s pretty good if it can go 50 kilometers off-road.

Of course, speed and range are not issues.

But here's the thing.

The weight of fifty-seven tons was only able to bear the weight of the main bridge in the base area, which was built for Taihang heavy trucks and was made of reinforced concrete. Others could not pass.

Tanks are not very heavy trucks.

The latter only needs to transport supplies and can stop dozens of miles away from the front line.

But the latter.

You need to go directly to the front line and chase the enemy.

Road restrictions are too severe.

"It's no use."

The technical staff member spread his hands:
"Although the artillery is powerful and the armor is thick, the Japanese actually don't have anti-tank artillery. The armor is thick and there is no need for it. The artillery can be of some use, but not much."

"Sherman's 76mm artillery can also penetrate most of the Japanese fortifications."

"If it really doesn't work, tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets can be used at zero range to penetrate it."

"Whose tank?"

the brigade commander asked.

The engine technology is poor, the gearbox technology is also poor, and the weight design is unreasonable. Of course, the difference here is compared to the Taihang heavy truck. If compared with the Sherman, it is almost the same.

Don't take out the devil's trash and talk about it.

But such technology is definitely not the method of the boss behind Li Yunlong.

It must be a tank of some great power.

"German tanks."

The technical staff replied.

"Germans!"

the brigade commander drawled.

This is the Japanese ally and the main force of the axis.

"Leave two of these tanks for self-research, and take the others to the front line."

The brigade commander waved his hand.

Although this Tiger tank is not suitable for maneuvering in the North China Plain, there is no way. The domestic infrastructure is too poor. It is estimated that maneuvering on the battlefield can make all ten Tigers lie down.

but.

As an infantryman accompanying firepower and mobile bunkers, it is very suitable.

Let the Japs feel the power of their ally Tiger Style.

"Can we penetrate this tank ourselves?"

the brigade commander suddenly asked.

Spears and shields are both important.

"Easily."

replied the weapons staff officer.

As he spoke, he pointed to a cannon in the distance.

The brigade commander recognized it at a glance. The huge gun barrel had the same caliber as the Tiger tank, which was 88 mm in diameter.

"This is the anti-tank artillery that came with the Tiger."

What appeared in front of the brigade commander at this time was a 128mm anti-tank artillery.

Its prototype is the thick pak43.

Like the pak40, thanks to the high chamber pressure, this artillery can directly penetrate the front armor of the Tiger at a distance of two thousand meters, and only the King Tiger can block it.

"It's just that the number is relatively small, only ten."

The weapons staff officer spread his hands and sounded pity.

'enough. ’

The brigade commander nodded.

Ten cannons are enough.

···
South of Ze County.

Yamazaki Battalion position.

It really seems like a miracle.

In the past May and June, the Yamazaki Brigade was still fighting at the forefront. The Japanese in the whole brigade had changed again, but Yamazaki, as the captain, remained unscathed.

Not even a scratch on the skin.

So only one team stayed on the front line, facing the tanks.

"Thicken it, make it thicker here."

'Otherwise we can't stop the enemy's artillery. '

Yamasaki was inspecting the position, instructing the newly arrived Japanese soldiers to build their positions. He hesitated that the losses of the junior officers were too serious. They were injured and died. Now in the Yamazaki Brigade, there are not even many qualified officers, let alone outstanding junior officers. .

As the captain, Yamazaki can only go up alone.

Teach in person.

"The Yamazaki team seems to be very gentle."

Before the new recruits came back, they all heard that Yamazaki was irritable, but now that they saw the real person, they immediately felt that it was indeed the rumor. His captain was so gentle and taught them how to build positions carefully. He was not at all irritable and never hit or cursed anyone.

"Live well."

"Live as long as you can."

Yamazaki said silently.

What about anger?

What about beating and scolding?
It won't take long for this group of people to all die. They will all die. No one will survive, and they will all die.

Why curse?
Yamazaki felt peaceful at this moment.

Death brought him unprecedented peace, even though it was the death of someone else.

"Hi!"

The Japanese recruits did not doubt that he was there, and they all said hello loudly, feeling lucky that they had met a good boss.

"Report."

At this moment, a communications soldier ran over and reported to Yamazaki Hui:
"The division headquarters ordered that a new 75mm anti-tank artillery will arrive at our position and be commanded by our brigade."

"Anti-tank gun?"

"Seventy-five millimeters?!"

Yamazaki was immediately overjoyed.

Why did his brigade suffer so many casualties?

Isn't it just that there is a lack of effective ways to deal with enemy tanks?
Moreover, those elite veterans, after being injured, would recuperate in the rear and rarely return to the team. As a result, they were all new recruits. It was difficult to use thorn mines and extremely difficult to destroy enemy tanks. If he had anti-tank guns.

"Can it penetrate enemy tanks?"

Yamazaki asked quickly.

The enemy tanks are very advanced and have very thick armor, and the Type 90 field artillery is not effective at long distances.

"There is no problem."

The Japanese staff officer replied:

'After testing, it can penetrate the frontal armor of enemy tanks at a distance of one thousand meters. '

"Yoshi."

Yamazaki was overjoyed and immediately took up the position and began to build anti-tank artillery positions.

"Go and find some logs. The enemy's artillery is very powerful."

"Also, we need money to dig a traffic trench in the back, and it needs to be deep. When necessary, it needs to be able to be evacuated in time."

After all, there was only one anti-tank artillery piece. Yamasaki personally arranged the position and tried to protect this artillery piece as much as possible.

"Yoshi."

"Yoshi."

When the position construction was completed, when the huge anti-tank artillery imitating the pak40d arrived at the position, and after the mines were laid on the front line, Yamazaki nodded repeatedly, feeling proud in his heart.

The feeling back then came back.

With this artillery, his Yamazaki Battalion can compete with Tubalu.

"Baga, hurry up."

The feeling came back, and so did the angry, irritable Yamazaki. He conveniently slapped a new Japanese soldier in the face.

···
opposite,

Ze County.

The position of the third battalion of the 772nd Regiment.

"What kind of tank is this?"

The third battalion commander stared at the new thing in front of him in stunned silence.

Big.

This was his first feeling.

Much bigger than Sherman.

The cannon is also thicker and longer.

"Tiger tank."

The handover staff officer said:
"Type tanks, leave them to you for testing. There are two of them in total."

Even in the southern Hebei region, there are not many locations suitable for Tiger tank operations. After research by superiors, they found that the position south of Ze County is very suitable.

So two Tiger tanks were decisively sent to the 772nd regiment stationed here.

"Tiger tank?"

Looking at the tank in front of him, the third battalion commander decided to take action himself.

He is also an elite tanker who has trained for a month, driven a tank for more than 300 hours in actual combat, and destroyed more than 50 targets.

The only thing that made him feel pity was that the Japs really didn't have any decent targets. The artillery was hidden behind the old man and out of reach. He had fifty targets, including foxholes where the Japs were hiding.

"Let's go. Give it a try."

Before going to the battlefield, you need to be familiar with it.

The third battalion commander immediately started the tiger pose.

···
Shimen,

North China Front Army Headquarters.

"Commander, the situation is not good."

A Japanese staff officer reported to Okamura Neiji:
"According to the information obtained by the intelligence department, Tubal Road received a large number of tanks this month, many, many more than last month."

The devils are not just for a living.

After three months, the intelligence work finally made a breakthrough. Many Japanese spies were successfully penetrated into the base area and an intelligence transmission network was established.

as well as!

The troops received too many tanks this month.

Five vehicles.

There is a crowd of people there, and you can’t even see them all at a glance.

It is not easy to hide, so the superiors simply let go and let the people in the base area know the strength of their troops, generously letting the people feel it, and even letting some militia seedlings drive.

It was also published in Xinhua Newspaper to recruit drivers extensively.

after all,

With five hundred tanks, the troops can only support 270 tanks if they are fully deployed, and it is still a continuous situation. In fact, factors such as injuries, training and learning are taken into account.

At present, the army can only maintain the operation of 180 tanks.

These tank drivers also work part-time as logistics transport vehicles, auxiliary maintenance vehicles, and logistics work.

As for the Japanese, even if they used those thorn mines to fly into the barrel, they would still lose 200 tanks a month.

There will probably be another five hundred tanks next month.

The tank crew is really not enough.

If we don't recruit more, we will probably build a tank warehouse next month. With a minimum of 500 tanks per month, how big of a warehouse will it be?
My head hurts just thinking about it.

The superiors simply stopped hiding it and spread the word throughout the country, and Yunwu transported the Xinhua Newspaper to all parts of the country.

"How many cars?"

Okamura Neji subconsciously asked.

'Five hundred cars! '

The staff officer replied with a trembling tone.

The Japanese naturally knew that this month the troops obtained 500 tanks.

"Five hundred vehicles!"

Okamura Neji felt dizzy.

If one hundred men destroyed an enemy tank, he would have to pay the price of 50,000 to pieces and 100,000 casualties to kill these tanks.

One hundred and fifty thousand casualties.

Although a large number of domestic reserve troops have arrived recently, fifty or sixty thousand people a month, some excellent officers and soldiers have been secretly transferred, and the number is quite large, reaching the size of three divisions.

As a result, he now only has 180,000 mobile troops.

Loss of 150,000.

This fight is a fart.

"Order the frontline troops to strengthen their positions."

Not allowed to retreat, Gangcun could only immediately order the troops to strengthen fortifications and try to block the tanks as much as possible.

Fortunately, facing waves of enemy tank attacks, the Locust Army gradually figured out appropriate response tactics - although it could not destroy the tanks, it was no problem to delay, contain, and force the tanks to retreat.

As for the use of anti-tank mines and traps, the Locust Army has used them and is still using them, but the effect is not great, and it can even be said that they seem to be very poor.

The enemy seems to be very proficient in mine tactics, often detecting mines in advance, and also has various specialized anti-mine equipment - adding rolling chains in front of the tank, or simply adding a forklift.

But fortunately, landmines can also block the progress of Tubal Road's attack. When the tanks are almost out of fuel, they must retreat.

"Hi!"

The staff officer went to execute it immediately.

···
Tokyo.

Human joys and sorrows are not understood.

Compared to the chaos on the front lines.

At this time, in the Japanese base camp, the Japanese were dancing happily.

The Prime Minister's Secretary is reporting on the military and economic situation.

"Last month, the economics class made $15 million, and the business class made $145 million."

The secretary's first words made the eyes of a group of Japanese officials flicker.

In one month, a profit of 1.6 billion US dollars was obtained. At the beginning of the month, the empire's finances were almost completely covered.

"Economics class is so low?"

Some senior Japanese officials raised questions.

Economics classes last month had more than 50 million, but this month there are only 15 million.

"Hi."

"Major General Suzuki explained that it was caused by the recent sharp drop in the price of silver in the international market."

"However, Major General Suzuki also assured that he has thought of a way and is making adjustments. It is expected that the epidemic will be restored to 30 million in July or even higher, and that it will be back to normal in August."

'Tell him to hurry up. '

The important ministers sounded dissatisfied.

Time is running out for the Empire.

They must launch a sudden attack before the Americans find out, and the time is December.

Therefore, the empire must purchase enough machinery, equipment, commodities, and other raw materials from the United States as soon as possible. (End of chapter)