Rise from the sword

Chapter 175 This is a problem!
Taiyuan, inside the headquarters of the First Army.

"General."

A staff officer is making a daily report to Yoshio Shinozuka:

"The three supply military trains have already set off. At present, the railway has completed the maintenance of two main roads, which can ensure the unimpeded flow of the military trains. It is expected to arrive at Taiyuan City Railway Station the day after tomorrow."

"Three brigades of the Mongolian Army, with a total of 900 troops, have set off and will arrive in Jinzhong County in five days."

"The local telegram said that ten new aircrafts have been inspected and are expected to arrive in Taiyuan in [-] days."

"A message from Lieutenant Commander Iwago Hideji that by dismantling other aircraft parts, the airport has assembled five fighter planes that can be put into combat."

"..."

"Yo Xi!"

Sitting on the chair, Shinozuka Yoshio nodded frequently, with a delighted expression.

These are all good news.

The big attack on the Eighth Route Army is about to start, but his First Army is seriously short of troops. After the coordination of the North China Front Army Command, the Mongolian Army will send him a regiment with a total of three infantry brigades to support him, which can greatly relieve him. shortage of troops.

The soldiers and horses went ahead without using food and grass, and all the ammunition supplies he applied for for the upcoming battle were also allocated, and they had already been loaded and transported.

After the flying brigade was destroyed by Li Yunlong, although the aviation brigade in the first sentence could not restore its previous size in a short time, five usable fighters were repaired, and ten new fighters were dispatched from the mainland.Fifteen planes, plus the partially repaired Taiyuan Airport, the Flying Brigade of the First Army has recovered part of its combat effectiveness.

"Hi."

The staff officer folded his legs, put the folder in his hand on the table, turned and left the headquarters.

Yoshio Shinozuka stood up with his hands behind his back, looking at the map hanging on the wall, thinking about the upcoming big attack.

The furrowed eyebrows indicated that he was not in a good mood at this time.

As Kazuki Yamamoto said, today's Shanxi First Army is more than enough to attack the Eighth Route Army troops.

Even if the opponent unexpectedly grows to nearly 40 people, the simple number of people has lost its meaning in the current war situation. Yoshio Shinozuka is confident that even if all the hundreds of thousands of troops are assembled and face a decisive battle, he An army can be easily defeated, and even hundreds of thousands can be wiped out easily.

but.

Wanting a decisive battle is just his wishful thinking.

People will not fight him at all.

The opponent's troops are hiding in the mountainous forests and in the countryside. Soldiers are no different from farmers at ordinary times. It's like he has been looking for the independent regiment for a long time, but in the end he still can't find where the opponent is.

No one can be found, so how can we fight?

In the past few years, he had gathered troops to attack the opponent's base many times, but every time his army attacked, the opponent would fortify the walls and clear the fields, bury food, destroy bridges, and repeatedly harass small groups of troops, and then look for opportunities to sneak attack on the imperial army's supply troops or scattered A small group of troops consumed the strength of the imperial army and forced the imperial army to retreat.

You know, to maintain a large army marching in the mountainous area, people eat horse chews, and the consumption of supplies is not a small amount. The empire is inherently short of resources, and the imperial army's inventory can't last long at all. So every time it fails.

The final result is that in just a few years, the opponent unknowingly grew to 40 people, and even fought a hundred-regiment war. The empire was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

After learning from the pain, Shinozuka Yoshio decided to give full play to his advantages.

Since the opponent is not his opponent at all in a frontal battle, he will disperse his forces, more dispersed than before. The first army will use three regiments as the core main force to maneuver around the base area, and the other troops will be divided into half a squad. The opponent's base area interspersed, destroying their villages, destroying their farmland, robbing their livestock, killing the people who supported them, and making them lose the basis for persistence.

Once the opponent mobilizes troops to block or try to destroy the troops entering its base area, the attacked will defend on the spot, and the core wing will immediately go to support, and the surrounding counties will also send troops to support, forcing the opponent to either fight decisively or allow him to destroy the base area.

With the support of the three brigades of the Mongolian Army, the problem of insufficient troops has also been alleviated, which is barely enough.

However, there is a key point to this tactic.

That is, the troops interspersed in the opponent's base area must be able to resist the attack of the troops assembled by the Eighth Route Army for at least two days.

There are about 10,000+ Eighth Route Army troops in Shanxi, and half of them are regular troops, that is 7 to 1 people. According to the opponent's ability to assemble troops, interspersed troops need to persist for two days under the attack of more than [-] people from the Eighth Route Army.

Originally, there was no problem with this. As long as half a brigade of the imperial army did not directly enter the opponent's ambush pocket or fall into a disadvantageous terrain, the opponent would not be able to eat it within two days.

However, an accident happened recently!
Thinking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio subconsciously rubbed his head.

His head started hurting again.

This guy is a big problem.

It would be great if the number of troops could be doubled, so that a full brigade could be dispatched.

"General."

At this moment, Kazuki Yamamoto walked in: "What do you want me to do?"

Earlier, Shinozuka Yoshio ordered Yamamoto Kazuki to come to the headquarters.

"Yamamoto-kun."

Yoshio Shinozuka pointed to the battle plan on the table.and stated his concerns.

Kazuki Yamamoto read the combat report in his hand, and then looked at Yoshio Shinozuka, who was frowning. The corners of his mouth curled up and he smiled confidently.

Part of this battle plan is his military philosophy, which makes old devil Yamamoto very proud,

"General, there is no problem with this battle plan. We can completely disperse our troops into half a brigade to sweep across the opponent's base area, completely destroy their base area, destroy their food, houses, and destroy the material basis for survival in the opponent's base area."

The old devil Yamamoto's tone was extremely confident, and he talked with eloquence:

"As for what you're worried about, it's actually not a problem at all."

"The so-called Li Yunlong Independent Regiment has indeed wiped out one and a half brigades of the empire, but you already know the situation at that time. It is more of luck that the opponent can achieve such a result."

"In this battle, the main reason for the defeat is the failure of the commander of the imperial army, Lieutenant Commander Ozawa Taizumi."

"He was attracted by the defensive position of the Eighth Route Army in front, ignored the two wings, and fell into the unfavorable terrain and was surrounded by Li Yunlong, and he hadn't even launched the defense of the two wings. fail."

"This is also the root cause of the empire's defeat at the hands of the Eighth Route Army in recent years. The troops have fallen into a terrain disadvantage, such as the battle at Pingxingguan and the battle at Xiangtangpu."

"Adversary is very good at taking advantage of the terrain."

"I think, as long as the troops entering the opponent's base area are vigilant, avoid marching in dangerous terrain, and supplemented by air force reconnaissance, once they find something is wrong, they should immediately occupy the superior terrain and build strong fortifications to defend."

"With the fighting power of the Eighth Route Army, it is absolutely impossible to break through the half-battalion positions that occupy the terrain advantage and have solid bunkers and field fortifications within two days."

"Furthermore, the opponent is good at sabotage warfare, but not at fortified warfare. With the main force on the periphery waiting for reinforcements, it is impossible for the opponent to gather heavy troops to encircle and suppress the troops that broke into the base area."

What Kazuki Yamamoto said is reasonable and well-founded.

"What Yamamoto-kun said is absolutely true."

Hearing the old devil Yamamoto's analysis, Shinozuka Yoshio's frown instantly relaxed.

Yup!

With the fighting power of the imperial army, coupled with the solid fortifications, the Eighth Route Army lost its terrain advantage. Even if they recently had the Type [-] infantry artillery, it would be impossible to take down it in a short time, and they would suffer heavy casualties.

For the solid and scattered field fortification system, the power of the Type [-] infantry artillery is seriously insufficient.

Moreover, knowing that the main forces of several regiments on the outskirts were ready for help at any time, the opponent did not dare to concentrate their forces to destroy his half-battalion that broke into the base area.

otherwise···
Let them take a look at the power of the main force of the first army.

Shinozuka Yoshio flashed sharply.

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Yang Village.

Independence Corps.

"How about the recent situation?"

Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang who came back from a meeting at the headquarters.

"So far."

Zhao Gang said so, but his brows were tightly furrowed:

"However, you really hit the mark."

"This battle has gone much smoother than expected. Many regiments and bases in various places have exceeded the scheduled tasks. For this reason, the battle in many areas lasted much longer than planned."

"trouble."

Commander Li Datu muttered, "There is nothing we can do about it. We don't have enough communication capabilities. We can't notify each unit of orders from our superiors in time, and we can't keep track of the situation of each unit."

Being able to do things repeatedly for so long without overturning the car, Chief Li Datuan has an extremely keen grasp of the situation and has an extremely keen sense of smell.

In the good news that came frequently from all over the place, he saw a bad breath.

This time the big counterattack was indeed fruitful, and it could be called the most in the army since the War of Resistance, but it was also the longest battle in the army.It started in August and now it is the end of October.The fighting has been going on for more than two months.

For more than two months of fighting, even with the current material reserves and transportation capabilities of the independent regiment, it is difficult to bear, let alone other bases and other regiments.It is conceivable that the other bases and base groups must have been exhausted, the troops were exhausted, and even seriously overdrawn, and they are still supporting them now, all relying on this one-stop effort.

Once the qi dissipated, it would be good to have time to recuperate, at most it would be a bit of a pain, and it would be really troublesome if the devils took advantage of this opportunity to raid.

"The superiors are also aware of this situation, but there is no good way."

Zhao Gang sighed:

"Our army has developed too fast in the past few years. The quality of the soldiers has declined too much. The main regiment is okay. The biggest problem is some core regiments. Many officers in it have not received formal training. When the situation is good, it is fine. Once If you encounter setbacks, I'm afraid it's..."

"There are good and bad!"

Li Yunlong's eyes flashed brightly: "The rapid expansion of the army has the advantages. Without so many people, we can't make such a big noise. As for the current lack of training of the troops."

"As long as you get through this stage, the rest will be elite troops."

Leader Li's tone at this time was full of sternness.

In times of war, very means.

Just like the previous independent regiment, when a large number of new recruits were expanded, the combat effectiveness of the troops dropped sharply. However, after a month-long strangulation of Heshou county devils, nearly 300 actual battles, and the loss of nearly [-] people, the entire regiment was completely reborn. Even more so than in the past.

"Yes, there is good and there is bad."

Zhao Gang took a deep breath and said something to himself.

His tone was equally harsh.

If you don't have time to train troops, you can only speed up through some means.

"Is there any movement from the devil?"

Li Yunlong asked.

The army did this once, the railway was pulled out, the road was dug, and even the airport was bombed. The losses were heavy, and the devils definitely couldn't swallow this breath. They didn't need to think about it, they must be planning a big move.However, he has limited channels to understand the overall situation, and can only understand it through the headquarters.

"Not so good."

Zhao Gang said:

"Yoshio Shinozuka put in a lot of effort this time."

"He dispersed the First Army and maneuvered around our base area with three reorganized regiments. Some were stationed in nearby county towns, and some moved along the road, and then sent a large number of mobile brigades into the base area."

"These small units are about half a brigade in size. Unlike before, they don't seek a decisive battle with us. Instead, they sweep through the base areas, destroying food crops, destroying houses, and doing a lot of damage to the base areas."

"Bases around the country are organizing troops to stop them, but..."

Zhao Gang didn't continue talking.

After several months of great battles, with the supply capabilities of the Eighth Route Army, how many troops are still capable of fighting?Even if it is the main force group, it is enough. At this time, it is extremely difficult to stop the devil's army. You don't need to think about it. Either the army has lost a lot, or the base area has suffered a lot.

"such a pity."

Li Yunlong sighed.

Their independent regiment is still very effective, and they can also send some troops to support other bases.

But the problem is.

After being supplemented by an artillery squadron and an infantry squadron, the Shouxian devils in front of him became bolder, made small moves frequently, and had frictions with the independent regiment many times, causing losses on both sides.

And because the Xinyi Regiment has not returned from the outside, now the Independent Regiment has to face the Shouxian devils alone, and there are not many troops that can be deployed. Moreover, with the mobility of the troops, the devils' army is dispatched, and there are regiment-level troops on one side. , he can't help much.

Moreover.

Behind Yang Village, only a few tens of kilometers away is the headquarters arsenal and the field hospital. There is absolutely no room for loss here. The two main regiments that were previously arranged in the middle were transferred to perform other tasks. He must not move at this time.

Otherwise, the devil would take the opportunity to break through his line of defense, and the consequences would be disastrous.

Although Li Yunlong likes to make troubles, he also wants to send troops to eat up the small troops sent by the little devils. Even half a brigade dares to go rampant in the base area and overestimate their capabilities.

But also know when to do something.

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