Rise from the sword

Chapter 145

"Shou County?"

"Li Yunlong!"

Shinozuka Yoshio's smile faltered slightly, and there was something wrong in his questioning tone.

At this moment, the lieutenant general had the urge to order the staff not to report this news.He had a premonition that he didn't know where it came from. As soon as the news came out, he might be in a good mood these days.

"Hi, there's an urgent call from the captain of the Shou County Defense Brigade, Hei Dao many people."

The staff officer's tone was hurried.

"read."

After thinking for a moment, Shinozuka Yoshio nodded slightly.

What else can Li Yunlong do now?
Annihilating a brigade of the empire, the casualties are probably not low, and the consumption of weapons and ammunition is bound to be not small.

At the moment, the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the material passages to the south have been cut off, presumably it will not be easy to replenish weapons and ammunition.Without sufficient weapons and ammunition, it is nothing more than breaking down a few gun towers, ambushing a few transport teams or destroying a few imperial squads?Unless he can break through Shou County, it's nothing more than that.

When the troops are drawn out, let this person understand the true strength of the Imperial Army.

A mere regiment, no matter how powerful the regiment is, is meaningless in an army-level battle.

Just like Yamamoto's secret service team, the equipment and soldiers are all first-class elites, known as special forces, with strategic missions as their operational goals, but so far, there have been no strategic results.

Although he valued Yamamoto, Yoshio Shinozuka didn't pay enough attention to special operations in his heart.

The staff officer tried to keep his tone as calm as possible, but the fear in his words was still clearly discernible:

"On July 110rd, Li Yunlong's department launched an attack on our garrison area. It dispatched two [-]-type infantry guns to attack the artillery towers. The enemy's artillery shells were well stocked and the artillery fire was intensive. In one day, I lost seven artillery towers and smashed the empire. Seven warriors, [-]."

"The source of the opponent's infantry artillery and shells is unknown."

More than 100 imperial warriors were broken, and seven gun towers were captured by the enemy. This is bad news, big bad news, and it is bad news involving Li Yunlong.With General Shinozuka Yoshio's temper, he was afraid that he would be beaten, and he would vomit blood from the beating.

After the staff officer finished reading the telegram, he lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and tensed his facial muscles silently.

This is the experience summed up after being beaten for many years. Clenching teeth and tensing the facial muscles can prevent biting the tongue when being beaten, which can make the injury much lighter.

"Nani?"

As expected by the staff, Yoshio Shinozuka who heard the content of the telegram stood up suddenly, his eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief: "Type [-] infantry artillery? There are still a lot of shells?"

Because the artillery towers were involved in the core defense of the empire-occupied areas, when the empire fought against the Eighth Route Army, it was emphasized that the cannons must be controlled. Even if it was a last resort, the cannons and shells must be destroyed to prevent the enemy from capturing them.

Because artillery can threaten the middle power of the empire's defense system, there are many gun towers everywhere.

Then he grabbed the folder in the staff officer's hand, opened the telegram, and looked at it carefully.

The content of the telegram made his pupils shrink suddenly:
"Fired more than 100 rounds of Type [-] infantry artillery shells in one day?"

Just over 100 shells, for Yoshio Shinozuka, who is in charge of the Shanxi First Army, is pitifully small. It is only the amount of ammunition for a battle of a second-level brigade. He has dozens of second-level brigades under his command. There are tens of thousands of hair in stock.

But this is an empire with a well-established industrial base.

For the poor Eighth Route Army, which can't even satisfy the bullets and bayonets, it is almost unimaginable to fire a hundred rounds of shells a day. How can the beggar's army, which doesn't even have a few mortars, suddenly have so many shells?
Moreover, since the other party dared to do this, that is to say, they had more shell reserves.

This is what makes Yoshio Shinozuka nervous and even afraid.

There are barrel guns and a large number of shells.

Even if there are only a few doors, it directly hits the Achilles heel of the empire's defense system in North China.

Cage tactics, based on the cage tactics that are difficult for the Eighth Route Army to break through, the most important point is that the troops in the occupied area cannot easily break through the gun towers.

Once the opponent can easily pull out the gun towers located in the opponent's base area, the effect of the cage tactics will be reduced by at least [-]%.

"This damn Li Yunlong."

Throwing the folder in his hand to the ground fiercely, Yoshio Shinozuka breathed heavily: "Where did he get so many weapons and ammunition?"

Breaking down seven gun towers in one day, at this speed, within two months, the occupied area of ​​the empire's North China will be full of gunpowder, and the cage tactic is a joke.

"Who, give them weapons and ammunition?"

"Why hasn't it been found out yet?"

Thinking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio's face was ferocious, and his tone was fierce. While speaking, his right hand was raised high, and the staff standing in front of him tensed up and his teeth trembled.

"Hi!"

Before the slap fell, the staff officer lowered his head subconsciously.

Seeing the staff's early reaction, the slap did not go down in the end, Yoshio Shinozuka took a deep breath, lowered his raised hand, and waved: "Go down, hurry up and investigate the source of Li Yunlong's weapons and ammunition. "

Kazuki Yamamoto, Special High Tech, and the intelligence department of the North China Front Army have not investigated the matter, and the intelligence department of the First Army obviously will not do much.It's pointless to fight a staff officer.

Anyway, as a lieutenant general, Shinozuka Yoshio still has a little skill in nourishing his energy.

"Hi!" The staff officer greeted with amnesty.

After the staff officer left, Yoshio Shinozuka picked up the telegram on the ground, looked at Li Yunlong's words inside, and rubbed his forehead silently.

His head started hurting again.

Why is this guy again, can't he be replaced?

"Come on, go and ask Yamamoto to come here."

Shinozuka Yoshio ordered someone to call Yamamoto Kazuki.

In any case, this matter must be resolved first, otherwise, if we continue with this situation, except around Zhengtai Road, I am afraid that the rest of the blockhouses will be wiped out, and then the troops will still be trapped in the city to waste resources in vain.

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Independence Corps.

regiment.

"Ah···"

Looking at the casualty report in his hand, as well as the consumption of weapons and ammunition, Li Yunlong first shook his head, and finally couldn't help but chuckled: "That's all there is to devils, labor and capital take devils too seriously."

It is absolutely impossible to become the head of the Eighth Route Army's core regiment without knowing a single character. After all, the army's most important long-term strategy is cultural education. From grassroots soldiers to military cadres, no one will be spared or omitted. .

"Huh? Why did you say that suddenly?"

This sentence made Zhao Gang very interested.

Leader Li Datuan who speaks in such a tone is rare.

Shaking his head, Li Yunlong said in an emotional tone:

"With the [-]-type infantry artillery, there are enough shells, and the little devil's artillery tower is much easier to deal with than I imagined. The previous shooting discipline was set too high."

"Today, seven gun towers were pulled out, and each devil's gun tower used only fifteen rounds, which is the minimum number required, and every time it can destroy all the firepower of the devil's gun tower. Now it seems that the defense of the devil's gun tower Ability is much lower than I expected.”

"According to Chen Fan's brother, do we have a phobia of blockhouses?"

At the end, Li Yunlong laughed at himself.

"For an ordinary masonry cannon building, as long as it can be fired accurately, ten rounds at most will be enough." Leader Li concluded.

Zhao Gang nodded and agreed with Li Yunlong's words:
"To put it bluntly, the Devil's Cannon Tower is just a stronger civil bunker. Compared with the modern reinforced concrete bunkers in Europe and the United States, the defense is far worse. We didn't have any weapons to attack the fortifications before, and the shells given by Brother Chen Fan are also more powerful than The devils are strong, and it is easy to destroy the masonry structure of the devil's gun tower by shelling hundreds of meters away."

"However, I think it's better to spend some shells, which can effectively reduce casualties. Those who participated in the attack are all veterans."

Speaking of this, Zhao Gang pulled the notebook and looked at it, with a distressed tone:
"Nearly [-] soldiers were killed or injured today, an average of ten casualties per blockhouse."

Even with cannons, unless it was a heavy cannon that could knock down the turret, the problem would have to be completely resolved by the soldiers rushing in and destroying the devils.

"Anyway, we don't lack shells. Two thousand rounds are enough to unplug more than 100 devils' cannon towers, and there are [-] shells to replenish in the back. There is no need to save so few shells."

Zhao Gang feels that in the current situation, there is no need to deliberately save these few shells, otherwise it may increase the casualties of the troops.

"Ok?"

"Old Zhao, I'm not happy with what you said."

Li Yunlong's face turned dark on purpose, and his tone was displeased: "When did my old Li become a person who doesn't cherish the lives of soldiers? You have to explain this clearly to me, otherwise today's matter will not be over."

Zhao Gang ignored Li Yunlong's nonsense, he rolled his eyes:

"You don't fucking cherish your own life. Every time you charge, you rush to the front with a big blade on your shoulders. That regiment leader is like you. If you continue like this, one day, the position of this regiment leader will be labor-owned."

Laughing, Li Yunlong didn't continue to pick up the topic, and if he talked about it, Lao Zhao might not allow him to charge.If you stay in the command post all the time during the war, and there are no devils to hack, how boring your life will be!

He paused and returned to the topic:

"The task of the infantry artillery is to tear through the defense of the artillery tower and suppress and destroy the machine gun fire points of the devils, so as to provide fire support for the infantry to break into the artillery tower. It is impossible for us to eliminate all the devils with artillery."

"Today we have close to [-] soldiers casualties. The main reason is that the soldiers are not proficient enough to cooperate with this tactic, the infantry coordination is not up to standard, and when the artillery suppresses the devil's firepower, the commando's charge is not timely grasped, and the devil catches them. Take the opportunity to fight back."

Although Commander Li has never been to a military academy and has not systematically studied military knowledge, his more than ten years of actual combat career is the best teacher. He is keenly aware of the problems exposed by the independent regiment in today's battle.

"As long as the infantry and gun coordination is done well, it will not only reduce casualties, but also reduce the consumption of shells."

To save shells and reduce casualties, Commander Li Datuan naturally wanted them all.

(End of this chapter)