My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 48 Yamamoto’s report!
"brigadier."

"Good news!"

Brigade.

The brigade chief of staff reported an intelligence report to the brigade commander:
"According to Xu Huzhi's report, the Liao County Armed Forces Team and the Independent Regiment ambushed a Japanese transport team heading to the Xiazhuang stronghold on the road from Liao Town to Xiazhuang. They seized [-] guns, [-] rounds of [-]-mm ammunition, and returned There’s plenty of food.”

"And annihilated more than 20 Japanese."

"Ha ha!"

"Young man Li Yunlong, you did a great job!"

The brigade is very happy.

After knowing that Li Yunlong could obtain a large amount of weapons and ammunition, he handed Xu Ping to Li Yunlong, hinting that Li Yunlong would cause more trouble.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong was so efficient. As soon as he returned to the brigade headquarters, he teamed up with Xu Hu to beat up the Japanese. He was quite ruthless. He seized more than a dozen guns and killed more than 20 Japanese.

Although more than 20 Japanese soldiers may sound like a small number, it is actually a very big result!
The little devil is not that easy to deal with!
Of course, the main reason was that the previous troops had poor weapons and a severe shortage of ammunition.

To the extent that the army has strict shooting disciplines, a main regiment can only consume a maximum of [-] to [-] rounds of ammunition in an ambush battle, otherwise it will be punished.

"You really have to praise this guy."

The brigade chief of staff smiled and said:

"This time, Li Yunlong and Xu Huzhi did not just ambush a Japanese transport convoy, seize some guns, ammunition, food and materials, and kill some Japanese."

"According to intelligence, the Shandao Alliance's plan is to start from Haizhuang stronghold and continue to build roads deep into our base area, extending all the way to Shangcun."

"Umimura!"

The brigade commander quickly found the location of Shangcun on the map.

Shangcun is located deep in the base area and is already the core area of ​​the Taiyue base area. The surrounding areas of Shangcun are active areas of the Eighth Route Army and there are a large number of villages with a strong mass base.

"The little devil actually plans to attack Uemura."

The brigade commander then became murderous.

Although in recent months, the troops have tried their best to avoid the Japs' cage when faced with it, after all, the Japs are at their peak, the troops have insufficient capital, and they will suffer heavy losses if they fight hard.

But what was abandoned were some surrounding guerrilla zones.

The village is so important!

If Li Yunlong hadn't taken action, he would have.

The [-]th Brigade has recently received a large amount of weapons and ammunition. Although it still does not have the strength to fight the Japanese in the field, it is still possible to concentrate its superior forces and kill one or two squadrons of the Japanese.

"More than that!"

The brigade chief of staff continued to talk about the intelligence he had just received:
"Shandao old Japanese also plans to build a concrete stronghold in Shangcun and station a squadron of Japanese soldiers."

"Concrete stronghold, a squadron of Japs!"

The brigade commander frowned.

If the Japs build a cement stronghold in Shangcun and station a squadron of Japs, then there is really nothing they can do about this stronghold.

With sufficient Czech-style, 60-point bullets, and a lot of [-]-mm mortar shells, the [-]th Brigade is capable of annihilating a Japanese squadron through an ambush, and even concentrating its forces, the brigade is not unable to give it a try.

But it would not work to storm a stronghold, even if it was only a stronghold garrisoned by a squadron.

The offensive capabilities of the troops are really almost zero.

Not to mention a solid cement stronghold!
This is why he never guessed that it was Li Yunlong who attacked the prisoner-of-war camp in Liao County.

"Fortunately, Li Yunlong's ambush interrupted the Japanese plan."

The brigade chief of staff spoke in a relaxed tone:
"According to intelligence, the Japs in the Liao Town stronghold suffered heavy losses this time. More than one-third of the garrison team suffered casualties. Even the team leader was seriously injured and returned to the rear hospital for treatment."

"The Shangzhuang stronghold also failed to arrive on time because supplies did not arrive on time. The Japanese soldiers suspended patrols and hid in the stronghold."

"Without the Japanese patrols and warnings, the highway from Xiazhuang to Shangcun will naturally be stopped."

"Hahaha···"

The brigade commander couldn't help laughing.

A small attack actually triggered a series of chain reactions.

"but."

The brigade chief of staff continued:
"Although Li Yunlong's attack was very effective, it can only buy us less than a month."

"Maybe even shorter."

"The specific time will depend on when Shandao old devil can recruit reinforcements."

"A small-scale attack resulted in more than thirty Japs casualties, which interrupted the Japs' progress. It seems that the Japs are almost reaching their limit!"

The brigade commander's pupils flashed sharply again.

Why do the troops always resort to evasion in the face of the Japanese prison blockade?
Lack of weapons and ammunition is one of the reasons, but it is not the root cause.

Although the Eighth Route Army was poor, they still had some wealth. If they really spent all their money to move around, they could easily bite off a few of the Japanese's chains, and even give the little Japanese a lot of blood.

The fundamental reason is that the Japanese actually have huge weaknesses.

There is a serious shortage of troops.

The total strength of the First Army is more than 7. Even if only a quarter is sent, more than 5000 Japanese invaders invade the base area. Not to mention the 129th Brigade, even the [-]th Division combined cannot defeat them in a field battle.

However, the Jin region is mountainous, has complex terrain, inconvenient transportation, and numerous villages. If you cannot defeat them, you can run away first and then wait for an opportunity to attack the Japanese transport team. In this way, let alone 129 Japanese soldiers, even if [-] Japanese soldiers come together, they will be defeated. At most, it can only severely damage [-] divisions.

wipe out?

Don't even think about it!

Moreover, the First Army also needs to take into account the two main railway lines, the Zhengtai Line and the Tongpu Line, the occupation of cities and roads surrounding the railway, and the occupation of branch lines such as the Baijin Railway.

More than 7 kilometers of broad-gauge and narrow-gauge main line branch railways, thousands of kilometers of large and small highways, and [-] cities and towns along the railways. With so much territory divided, more than [-] Japanese soldiers can barely make up for it.

The First Army's mobile strength was seriously insufficient.

When the Japanese forces expand to their limit, it will be time for the troops to counterattack.

"Although the little devil's troops are seriously insufficient, they are not so tight."

The brigade chief of staff shook his head:

"According to my guess, it is also related to the annihilation of the Liao County Prisoner of War Camp garrison squadron."

"A prisoner of war camp?"

"Hahaha···"

The brigade commander laughed again:

"It seems that this guy Li Yunlong has done a lot of good things!"

"report!"

Before the brigade commander's laughter ended, a brigade soldier ran in and handed a piece of information to the chief of staff.The brigade chief of staff took the rough and yellowed paper, looked at the information on it, and frowned;
"what happened?"

the brigade commander asked.

"look by youself."

The brigade chief of staff handed the information to the brigade commander.

"More than 200 Japanese soldiers will reinforce Yu County soon!"

After reading the information, the brigade commander frowned again.

There are more than 200 Japs, which is the size of a fully-equipped Japs infantry squadron. The number of these Japs is quite large. The Shandao Regiment that receives this reinforcement will definitely make major moves.

"It seems that the little devil is bound to win against Uemura!"

The brigade commander took a deep breath and said to the chief of staff:
"You organize it so that all regiments in the brigade will immediately send company and platoon leaders to the brigade headquarters to start training. Each regiment will first be limited to 20 people."

"The kid's chains are getting tighter and tighter, we have to get ready as soon as possible!"

"and also."

The brigade commander thought for a while and said:

"Let's see if we can get the marching route and time of this reinforced Japanese squadron."

"Do you want to kill this reinforcement squadron?"

The brigade chief's eyes lit up.

It’s different in the past.

If the [-]th Brigade wanted to take over a fully-staffed, reinforced Japanese infantry squadron marching along the road, it would really have to consider it carefully.

It’s not that I can’t eat it, it’s that the price is too high.

Eating a Japanese to strengthen the infantry squadron will almost wipe out the little wealth of the entire brigade, and the casualties of the participating troops will not be small.

But now, with more than 300 pieces of Czech equipment, the 200th Brigade has already achieved two Czech pieces per platoon, and 100 million rounds of ammunition are still in the warehouse. Even if 100 million is sent to the headquarters, there will still be [-] million.

There are also 60 German-made hand grenades, [-] rounds of grenade grenades, and even [-] rounds of [-] mortar shells.

How many bullets can be used to eat a Japanese infantry squadron?
···
at the same time.

Taiyuan.

Kazuki Yamamoto walked into the headquarters holding a folder.

"General!"

Entering the headquarters, Yamamoto first saluted Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Yamamoto-kun, is your assessment report on the strength of the Eighth Route Army completed?"

Yoshio Shinozuka asked.

Not long ago, he gave Yamamoto Kazuki an order to evaluate the strength of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in the mountainous area of ​​​​Jindi.

"General."

Yamamoto opened the folder in his hand and changed his tone:
"I have to admit that my previous evaluation of the Eighth Route Army was wrong."

"This group is not composed of farmers who have just laid down their hoes. Their firepower is only at the level of the last century and they lack the current military concept."

"But a real army."

"A real army?"

"Tell me?"

Yoshio Shinozuka said with interest.

"Due to the severe shortage of supplies, the Eighth Route Army is unable to provide even the most basic rifles for each person. There are less than five bullets per person. They don't have enough to eat, they don't wear warm clothes, and they don't even have military uniforms."

"Looks very funny!"

"But under the cover of these problems, they actually have the preliminary prototype of a real army."

"Initial prototype?"

Yoshio Shinozuka repeated this overlapping word.

"Yes, prototype."

Yamamoto also emphasized the word and went on to explain:
"Since Scharnhorst established the German Wehrmacht Academy and the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck completed the unification of Germany, to this day, the core of an army is nothing more than a modern officer staff system, morale, advanced weapons and equipment and a matching logistics system."

"The reason why our locust army is so invincible and has captured most of the best land of the Republic of China in just a few years is because of these three points."

"Although the empire's industrial capabilities are not as good as those of the top European and American powers, they are far better than those of the Republic of China. They can research and mass-produce advanced weapons and equipment, and provide a logistics system to maintain the operation of this equipment."

"The empire has a complete set of officer and staff training systems composed of major military academies, which can continuously inject military command and staff talents into the army."

"And the strong morale brought by the Locust and Bushido, and the strong will to fight."

"As for the Eighth Route Army, they have built up the morale of their troops through their so-called faith and spared no effort to promote it. This is why in small-scale battles such as Cangyunling and Qigen Village, the Eighth Route Army can use extremely poor weapons and equipment and almost no weapons. The reason why the logistics system wins.”

"In terms of troop morale, the Eighth Route Army is far superior to the Preserved Fruit Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army."

"This is also the key to why they can cause so much trouble to the empire."

Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help but nodded.

He also fully agreed with this point.

Yamamoto continued:

"In terms of the officer and staff system, the senior officers of the Eighth Route Army have all studied in foreign military academies and are the best among them. However, due to the lack of systematic training capabilities such as military academies, the Eighth Route Army is filled with a large number of mid-level and junior officers who lack ability. , the number of qualified staff officers in the army is also seriously insufficient."

"The firepower equipment is almost equivalent to that of the last century, and even in terms of artillery, it is far inferior, and the logistics supply capabilities are almost non-existent."

"That's why I say they are just preliminary prototypes."

"if."

Here, Yamamoto emphasized his tone:

"The Eighth Route Army received certain weapons, equipment and logistical supplies, and was given a certain number of qualified grassroots officers."

"For example, the candied fruit army was changed from the early stage of the total war."

"Then it may be difficult for the empire to achieve victory on the same scale as it currently has."

"Yamamoto-kun."

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Yamamoto Kazuki with pleased eyes:
"I agree with your point of view."

"The Eighth Route Army is currently only a prototype of an army. It lacks equipment and logistical supplies, as well as qualified mid- and low-level officers and a staff system. They probably know about this problem, but they don't seem to have the ability to improve it."

"It's a good thing for the empire!"

“It’s a lot less hassle.”

(End of this chapter)