Rise from the sword

Chapter 154 The big counterattack.

Shinozuka Yoshio waved his hand and drove the unwilling Yamamoto out of the headquarters.

Although Shinozuka Yoshio attaches great importance to Kazuki Yamamoto, he is not interested in this guy's obsessive plan to expand special operations. He even thinks it is pure nonsense. A small group of troops attacked the opponent's command organization. I know, and sneak attack on the command organization.

But he really couldn't deny what Yamamoto said.

Although the Northern China Front Army of the Imperial Japanese Army had great offensive strength, its defensive strength was seriously insufficient due to its strength and resources.

At present, this is an indisputable fact.

In name, it is to attack the enemy's base area, but in fact it is a cage tactic that focuses on defense. The core point is the gun tower.

Relying on the artillery towers that the Eighth Route Army could not break through, all the guerrillas in the base area were blocked, their communication was blocked, their resources were cut off, and they starved to death, just like prisoners in a prison.

Because the Eighth Route Army seriously lacks the ability to attack key points, this tactic works very well, but its shortcomings are also obvious.

Not only did it magnify the shortcomings of the Imperial Army, but compared to the vast North China region and the huge population, the Imperial North China Front Army had a serious shortage of troops, and the troops were distributed in each of the rooted gun towers, which made the already scarce troops even more scattered.

As a result, he, a lieutenant general of the empire and a commander in charge of tens of thousands of troops, was helpless against a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.Let the opponent ride on the head of the imperial army, and dare not come out of an imperial brigade only in the county.

Very frustrating.

very angry.

Moreover, this tactic is extremely fragile.

Just a few barrel guns and a few shells gave the Eighth Route Army an advantage, and easily pulled out the gun towers one by one, leaving the empire as a whole passive, not knowing how to deal with it.

A huge battle plan executed by 10,000+ people was disrupted by a few guns and thousands of shells.

In fact, this weakness can be filled.

That is to use reinforced concrete to build artillery towers. Even if the troops are as strong as Li Yunlong, there is no way to use reinforced concrete artillery towers. They can only bypass and attack other artillery towers. This tactic is perfect.

However, the materials required for this are counted at 10,000+ tons.

With the family fortune of the empire...
This request is really too embarrassing for the Logistics Department of the Empire of Japan.

Thinking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio put aside the stack of telegrams asking for help, took out the map of the entire First Army garrison, and began to think carefully.

There is an old saying in China, make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses.

The advantage of the Imperial Army is offense.

If you can't defend, then attack.

Just when Shinozuka Yoshio was thinking hard about how to use his strengths and avoid his weaknesses to launch an offensive to destroy the Eighth Route Army...

"Your Excellency the Lieutenant General."

Suddenly a staff officer rushed in, holding a telegram in his hand:
"The Zhengtai Railway was attacked from Pingding to Yuciduan by the Eighth Route Army. The sleepers and rails were stolen by the opponent. The military depots along the railway were destroyed, most of the gun towers were destroyed, and the garrison suffered heavy losses."

"Nani?"

Shinozuka Yoshio stood up abruptly with an unbelievable tone.

He snatched the telegram and read it.

Seeing this, Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned.

The telegram said: Not long ago, the artillery towers, military depots and railways around the Zhengtai Railway encountered a large-scale attack by the Eighth Route Army. at forty thousand.

In just a few days, dozens of kilometers of railway lines were destroyed, hundreds of large and small gun towers were pulled down, and over a thousand imperial soldiers were killed or injured. As for the loss of imperial property, it is simply countless.

The railway tracks, sleepers, and spikes were all stripped away, and even the gravel for road construction was hollowed out by ordinary people nearby... Pirates in the Middle Ages were not so excessive.

"how can that be?"

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone was full of disbelief.

The Railway Guards belonged to the headquarters of the North China Front Army, not under the command of the First Army, and those who were pacified to the Yuci stage were not in Yoshio Shinozuka's defense area, so he didn't know it before.

This is the first time he has received news. Before that, he only knew that there was an attack along the Zhengtai Railway, but the scale and intensity were not clear.

"Where did they get so many troops?"

Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't figure it out.

Nearly [-] regular troops and more than [-] militiamen add up to [-] troops.

Where did this come from?
Although the cage tactics have failed, the current main force of the Eighth Route Army is still firmly blocked and imprisoned. The Shanxi First Army trapped no less than [-] Eighth Route Army troops and more militia troops.

His Shanxi First Army only accounted for more than one-third of the North China Front Army.

As for Li Yunlong's independent regiment...at least it can be considered a restraint.

There was no abnormality in his garrison and reported to the police. Except for the three county garrisons who asked for help all day long, the situation in other counties was very good...
"Could it be that the size of the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army actually far exceeded the expectations of the empire?"

Suddenly, a thought appeared in Yoshio Shinozuka's mind.

Not just 10, but more, maybe even more than 15, or even more...

"Not good, I'm afraid it's the base of the First Army..."

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka felt bad in his heart.

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"Haha, it's a big counterattack. In just a few days, the main force overturned dozens of kilometers of tracks on the Zhengtai Railway, pulled out more than a hundred gun towers, and killed and injured more than a thousand Japanese soldiers."

In the Independent Regiment Headquarters, Li Yunlong looked at the newly received news and smiled happily.

In order to boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians in each base area, the superior immediately sent the battle report of the big victory to each base regiment. After all, it was the base regiment that continued to confront the devils before. Not everyone has the family background of Li Datuan. Very large, and some even escaped.

"Then it's our turn to fight back."

Zhao Gang waved his fist, and his tone was also excited.

Along with the victory battle report, came new orders, combat orders, all launched a counterattack, and counterattacked at the same time, so that the devils could focus on one thing and lose another, and completely break the devil's cage.

Is there a new battle coming up? ···The battalion commanders of the independent regiment and the company were refreshed.

During the confrontation with the Shouxian devils, many battalion and company commanders were quite bored.

"However, our task is to guard the devils in Shou County and prevent them from reinforcing. After all, the devil's gun towers around us have almost been pulled out."

Zhao Gang's words made the eyes of the surrounding battalion and company commanders go cold.

There are only four concrete and steel barracks near Shou County left around the Independence Regiment. With the county garrison supporting each other, they really can't do anything about these barracks now.

Looking around at the battalion and company commanders, Zhao Gang was about to say something. Although he also thought that it would be too wasteful to give the independent regiment only one task of guarding the devils in Shou County. The independent regiment could send reinforcements to support other troops, but he chose to obey. order, and the superior also has certain considerations.

The independent regiment just had a big battle with the devils, and the troops lost a lot, and it also supported the other two basic regiments to fight the artillery building...
After a lap, Zhao just noticed something. From the beginning to the end, Li Yunlong was very excited.

This is not normal.

There was no fight, and he was asked to involve the devils on the spot. This order should make Li Datuan unhappy, and he would scold people if he caught him. After all, this guy likes to attack the most.

In the defensive battle, in the county where the devils are located, they can't even eat a bite of meat.

How can you be so happy?
In doubt, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong, and found that Li Datuan was staring at a map of the whole territory of Shanxi on the table at this moment...

The whole territory of Shanxi!

Zhao Gang's heart was tense at that moment.

This dog day...
　Short and weak 2K.

　　Calvin·····
　　
　
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