Rise from the sword

Chapter 158 This time, I will personally lead the team.

Shanxi.

Taiyuan.

North China Front Army First Army Command.

"General."

"This is a summary of intelligence from the headquarters of the North China Front Army."

In front of the square table, the intelligence officer stood upright holding a folder, his voice didn't fluctuate at all.

"read."

Shinozuka Yoshio frowned.

As the commander of the First Army, he would receive the general situation in North China summarized by the North China Front Army Staff Headquarters every once in a while. However, he didn't need to think about it, and today's news would not be good news.

The situation in his First Army garrison was in a mess. The Eighth Route Army was wreaking havoc everywhere, railways were pulled out, roads were dug, artillery towers were bombed, and the garrisons in various places were either restrained or exhausted. Even the garrison in Shou County was trapped, which is a shame.

The situation in other North China regions will not be much better than him.

"From late August to the present, the Tongpu Railway, Pinghan Railway, Jinpu Railway, and Beining Railway have been attacked by the Eighth Route Army for many times. The cumulative number of damaged railways has reached [-] kilometers, and the strongholds and bridges around the railways have also been attacked on a large scale. , At present, the transportation of the four railways has basically been paralyzed, and even the maintenance work is difficult to carry out because of the obstruction of the guerrillas.”

"During the period, the garrisons in counties and strongholds around the railways encountered large-scale resistance from the Eighth Route Army troops on the way to rescue. The opponents showed unexpected scale and combat effectiveness. Almost all support troops were restrained, and few troops arrived on time for rescue. success."

"..."

Sir, Yoshio Shinozuka listened to the staff's report without the slightest emotion, his complexion gradually darkened like the bottom of a pot.

The situation was much worse than he expected.

A long time ago, he predicted that the Eighth Route Army troops in the base area would launch a counterattack. After all, with the implementation of cage tactics, the size of the opponent's troops exceeded expectations, and there was obviously still room for counterattack.

But when the counterattack came, its scale, duration, and destructiveness were far beyond his expectations.

Just a rough estimate, the other party sent 10,000+ regular troops, and 10,000+ militia troops launched countless sabotage battles, not only pulled out a large number of gun towers, but also destroyed most of the railways in North China. Now the North China Front Army In the occupied area, there are only a few lines that are still passing, and the transportation capacity has almost decreased to less than half of the previous one.

Most of the turrets were gone, and the cage tactics failed completely.

Moreover, it is easy to damage and difficult to repair.

It is estimated that it will take three months to repair all the railways and bridges, and it will also consume a lot of money and materials, because those beggar guerrillas, like Tuhaha, who have never seen the world, almost dug away everything, the rails, Sleepers, even foundation stones...

It can be said that the entire North China Front Army has been wiped out for nothing in the first nine months of this year.

What's more, those Eighth Route Army that infested like rats had no intention of stopping at all.It's been a month and the destruction continues!If it is repaired during the day, if you don't pay attention at night, the railway will be destroyed again.

I am afraid that this year, the railway transportation will not recover.

After a moment of silence, Yoshio Shinozuka's expression returned to normal, and he waved his hand to signal the staff to leave.

After taking a deep breath, calming down the anger in his heart, he turned his head and looked at Kazuki Yamamoto, with a cold tone:

"It seems that we still underestimated this group of mud-legged people hiding in the mountains. Their strength is beyond our expectations."

During the words, the killing intent was awe-inspiring.

"There are expected and unexpected."

Kazuki Yamamoto still had a cold and paralyzed face, without the slightest expression of surprise:

"The Eighth Route Army's counterattack and the failure of the cage tactics have already failed since the moment they miscalculated the opponent's strength, but in just over three years, the army has expanded from 5000 to nearly 40 troops..."

"The speed of this group of mud-legged expansion troops is really amazing!"

Speaking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto couldn't help but sarcastically praised, and then he said with a sneer:
"However, it is not a good thing for the troops to expand too fast."

"Without an industrial foundation, they can't even be self-sufficient in weapons and ammunition. Although there is some foreign support, it is just a drop in the bucket. In three years, the troop has expanded by more than eight times. This speed obviously exceeds the material supply capacity of the Eighth Route Army. Combat power will inevitably drop significantly.”

"This can be seen from the situation of the blocking battle. Although the opponent has a large number of people, the casualties of our army's support troops are very low."

"Besides, the greater the number of troops, the greater the consumption."

"With their poor supply ability, it won't take long before they will definitely fall into a long-term period of weakness!"

"By the time···"

After the words closed, Kazuki Yamamoto's eyes flashed sharply.

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, with a slightly relaxed expression:
"Yamamoto-kun is right. Such an army, no matter how large it is, is not enough to be feared."

This is also the reason why Shinozuka Yoshio was able to quickly suppress his anger even though he was angry.

So far, the opponent has only carried out sabotage and blocking warfare, mainly destroying railways, roads, artillery towers, etc., and rarely fought head-on with the imperial army. Although the damage to the roads and railways was huge, the loss of personnel was very small.

Moreover, the North China region is very important, and this battle has completely exposed the opponent's strength, which will attract further attention from the local headquarters.When the imperial army adjusts, it will inevitably be an unprecedented large-scale sweep.

"However, we must not allow the other party to continue to develop. We must completely eliminate them, regardless of the cost."

Shinozuka Yoshio narrowed his eyes behind his round glasses, full of murderous aura.

In just over three years, it has grown from more than 4 people to nearly 40 regular troops and militia troops, causing almost devastating damage to the occupied areas. If the Eighth Route Army completely digests these troops, the situation will be even worse .

In case there are a few more Li Yunlong groups...
Thinking of Li Yunlong, Shinozuka Yoshio felt a severe headache.

Damn Li Yunlong, one day, I will chop off your head!

Regarding Li Datuan, Yoshio Shinozuka wished he could eat his flesh and blood.

So far, his Shanxi First Army has only had more than 3000 casualties, of which a little over 2000 were killed and about [-] were injured. Almost [-]% of the imperial soldiers who died in battle died at the hands of Li Yunlong.

Moreover, if it wasn't for Li Yunlong, how could he mobilize Yangquan's 33rd Regiment in advance?The 33rd Regiment was originally used as a reserve team, but was forced to send out to deal with Li Yunlong. As a result, when reinforcements were needed later, he had no soldiers to send.Otherwise, it wouldn't be so badly damaged.

It's all this damn Li Yunlong.

"However, before that, we must first ensure smooth rail transportation."

Taking a deep breath, suppressing the murderous intent towards Li Datuan in his heart, Yoshio Shinozuka said.

Supplies are needed for war, and without railway transportation, the combat effectiveness of the First Army will be greatly reduced. Before launching a large-scale raid, he must first ensure that the supply channels are unblocked.

"I personally led the third independent mixed brigade to go there."

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Kazuki Yamamoto: "You continue to investigate that mysterious man named Chen Fan. During this battle, a small amount of imported equipment appeared in the Eighth Route Army troops, including a lot of mortars. This should be the reason for this." provided by people."

"Hi!"

Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head: "I will go to Yangquan to investigate in person. According to intelligence, this person has been haunted nearby."

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"The devils from Taiyuan are dispatched."

"The leader is Yoshio Shinozuka himself. Currently there is only one garrison in Taiyuan."

The information that Shinozuka Yoshio left Taiyuan was quickly passed on to the independent group.

"Haha, the time is just right."

In the Independent Regiment Headquarters, Li Datuan waved his hand and said excitedly: "He notified the political commissar, Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng, Yan Sheng, and Wang Gensheng to come over."

"Yes."

The guard platoon of the regiment headquarters moved quickly, and within half an hour, all the personnel were assembled in place.

"Is Yoshio Shinozuka dispatched?"

Zhang Dabiao couldn't wait to ask as soon as he entered the door.

The most important thing in the plan to snatch Taiyuan's gold is to send out a brigade of the main force of the First Army stationed in Taiyuan. Otherwise, more than 6000 devils will stay in Taiyuan, and the special team will definitely beat the dogs with meat buns. None of them will come back, let alone snatch the gold. up.

"Yes, the old devil is finally out."

"The purpose of this old devil is the Ping-Han Railway, which has been severely damaged by us, and he can't sit still."

Li Yunlong's tone was emotional.

Although the main regiments have wreaked havoc in Shanxi recently, causing the divisions of the First Army to be scattered and tired of being ordered, but a brigade of the First Army stationed in Taiyuan only operates within a few tens of miles of Shanxi City, which almost made him think that it was gold. The robbery plan is about to be abandoned.

"Great."

Yan Sheng couldn't help but waved his fist at the thought of bombarding Taiyuan's devil airport next, and it would be intensive bombardment, the kind of artillery cover.

"I will personally lead the team for this mission."

Li Yunlong looked around, and finally his focus fell on Zhao Gang, and his tone became serious.

Everyone nodded, no one had any objections, not even Zhao Gang.

The most dangerous task in this mission is the special team, and the other troops are not very dangerous.

In fact, during the previous discussion, Li Datuan also wanted to go, and his personal ability is completely fine. Usually this guy trains with the special team, and the 20-meter-high climb is easy, but Zhao Gang disagrees with life and death, including monks. , Zhang Dabiao and others disagreed, and after it was useless to show off the leader's airs, Li Datu had no choice but to give up.

In the end, Li Datuan decided to act with the artillery battalion.

Although you can't go in to grab gold, it's quite exciting to bombard the devil's airport.

"The firepower company of the first battalion is assigned to the cavalry battalion to strengthen the firepower. You are responsible for covering the special team to leave the city wall. You must suppress the firepower of the devils in the bunker at the gate of the city." Li Yunlong said to Sun Desheng:

"The big mule is also assigned to your camp. Take care to protect it. You are not allowed to lose a single piece of gold. If you lose a single piece of labor, you will be sold to make up for it."

"Guaranteed to complete the mission."

Sun Desheng's hoarse voice was full of confidence: "Leader, you can take care of it. Our battalion has been training hard for more than ten days for this mission. If something goes wrong, I will come to see you first."

"Hey hey..."

Li Yunlong was very satisfied, and then he said to Zhang Dabiao:
"Zhang Dabiao, you select 120 veterans with good shooting skills from the regiment to form a reinforced company, and then equip more machine guns from the warehouse, so that an average of five people have a machine gun, and the rest of the soldiers use [-] guns. Bring more shell guns, bullets and grenades, and this company will move with the artillery company."

The artillery company lacks self-defense capabilities and needs a company with strong firepower to protect it. After all, this time the artillery company is playing guerrilla with the devils.

"it is good!"

Zhang Dabiao nodded.

"As for yourself..."

"Are you acting with the special team this time?" Li Yunlong continued to look at Zhang Dabiao.

"Hey hey..."

Zhang Dabiao's smile is full of the taste of Captain Li: "I am the deputy captain of the special team. Of course, I will act with the special team. Don't worry, leader, I will definitely get back a ton of gold from the devil."

"Okay, stay safe."

Li Yunlong nodded in satisfaction.

Although Wang Gensheng is a good scout and hand grenade is a unique skill, he is still a little worried about leading a small team to sneak into Taiyuan to snatch gold. With Zhang Dabiao joining, he is more at ease.

"Yansheng, I will ask Huang Baowang to send you [-] big mules later. This time, try to bring as many shells as you can. I want the devil's airport to taste what it's like to be covered by artillery fire."

Li Yunlong's eyes were fierce.

Facing the Devil's plane, Chief Li Datuan decided to use ruthless measures to bombard him to death.

Fortunately, after pulling out the devil's gun tower, the independent regiment newly arrived with more than 100 big mules, which has enough transportation capacity, otherwise his artillery coverage plan would not be able to be achieved.

"Yes!"

Yansheng responded loudly, his mouth couldn't close his smile.

Sixty big mules, plus the artillery company's own carrying capacity, his artillery company can carry two thousand rounds of 82 mortar shells at a time. This time, he will blow up the devil's airport to pieces and blow up all the planes .

"Everyone acted on time according to plan."

Finally, Li Yunlong looked at the mechanical watches in the hands of Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng, and himself. Considering that the troops outside could not contact the special teams in the city, Commander Li equipped each commander with a watch:
"Five minutes after the devil's truck transporting gold departed, the artillery company opened fire first to attract the devil, and then the special team snatched the gold near the city wall, and then signaled for the cavalry battalion to respond outside."

Finally, Li Yunlong briefly emphasized the planning process.

"If an accident occurs during the mission, signal it immediately, and if it is really not feasible, abandon the mission."

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

"Monk, are you following the special team or me?" Li Yunlong looked at the monk who was listening in a daze.

"I, let's follow the special team, there is no shortage of people."

The monk touched his head.

"it is good."

Of course Li Yunlong knew that the monk valued that it would be easier to kill the devils and there would be fewer people to rob.

"By the way, commander, why don't we snatch the devil's army column on the way?" The monk suddenly asked another stupid question.

"There is a part of the carriage on the devil's military column that has been modified and equipped with armor. There are three heavy machine guns on it, and there are at least three armored vehicles accompanying the military column for protection." It was Zhao Gang who answered the monk.

"Armored Train Car..."

"At least three armored vehicles!"

After the monk muttered in a low voice, he immediately lowered his head.

Three armored cars plus armored compartments, excuse me, when I didn't say...
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