Rise from the sword

Chapter 338
Taking advantage of the departure of the main force of the devils in Yangquan, Li Yunlong decisively dispatched the mobile force of an independent regiment, and the cavalry battalion attacked the surrounding area of ​​Yangquan. .

For a time, a large number of artillery towers and military depots were destroyed.

Helpless, Yoshio Shinozuka could only order the No.30 triple team to withdraw.After all, it is still doubtful whether there is any gold matter, and if Li Yunlong is allowed to continue, Yangquan may be abolished.

Seeing the return of the devil reinforcements, Sun Desheng twisted the accelerator, turned his head and ran.

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Yangquan.

Outside a blockhouse five kilometers away from Yangquan City.

Shinji Kozuo hurried back with his two brigades, but did not return to the headquarters. The 33rd Regiment immediately rushed to the nearest artillery tower that was attacked.

Looking at the blockhouse in front of him that hadn't collapsed, his eyes widened and he fell into a long period of sluggishness.

Beside him, the other ghosts had the same expressions.

At this time, the gun tower they were looking at was a new gun tower.

Because of the failure of the cage tactics, and because the Eighth Route Army invented the mortar flat-firing technology, and finally, the Eighth Route Army recently appeared a large number of [-]-type infantry artillery. The order from the headquarters of the North China Front Army required all places to strengthen the artillery towers and increase the defense against shelling. ability.

Although there is a wing stationed in Yangquan, it is not taken seriously here, so the superior only came with an order and no support mission materials.

Even though there is a serious shortage of materials such as cement and steel bars, the devils in the gun towers everywhere have tried their best for their own safety. Fire bricks, coal ash, large bluestone bricks, glutinous rice sticking, multi-layer reinforcement, or directly outside Reinforce a layer of wood or earth bricks to block deadly shelling.

Mortars are not a fortified weapon in the first place. As for the Type [-], their destructive capabilities are limited. The reinforced turrets are not bad. Even smaller turrets will not collapse after one or two shots, and even larger ones. The gun towers can completely resist these two weapons.

The gun tower in front of me was not too big, but it was not small either. Inside it was stationed a full squad of imperial troops. The outer layer was reinforced, the inner layer was made of stone bricks, and the outer layer was multi-layered with wooden boards. According to common sense, even if the enemy uses the [-]-type infantry artillery, it will be difficult to break through in a short time.

In reality, the gun tower has not been captured, and a few locust troops can be seen outside picking up the wreckage, but...
"How is this going?"

After reacting, Shinji Kozuo pointed to the gun tower in the distance, his tone full of disbelief.

At this time, the original cylindrical blockhouse was in disrepair for a long time, and the surface was covered with potholes and holes, especially where the shooting holes were, and the bricks were broken and fragmented, as if someone had repeatedly hit it with a sledgehammer. The sharp-eyed Koza Shinji even saw the blood stains at the shooting holes.

what happened?
What weapon was this attacked by?

"United Captain."

Seeing the person coming, the leader of the devil squad who had been cleaning up the wreckage outside the gun tower burst into tears.

"How is this going?"

"How could this be?"

Shinji Kozuo pointed to the gun tower and asked again.

"It's the Eighth Route Army."

"They used a very powerful heavy machine gun, and the bullets..."

Speaking of this, the devil captain shuddered suddenly, and then said incoherently: "It can directly break the outer wall of the gun tower, smash people into pieces with one shot, and..."

Listening to the squad leader's incoherent and fearful narration, everyone understood the attack not long ago, and vaguely felt the squad leader's fear.

The enemy quickly maneuvered to the outside of the gun tower on a dozen motorcycles.

Seeing the enemy, the devil squad leader immediately organized a response, closed the suspension bridge of the gun tower, and then set up a machine gun at the shooting hole to prepare for the enemy's attack.

But unexpectedly, the opponent was completely different from the previous attack. They just advanced to a position of more than 100 meters, then set up a heavy machine gun, and fired directly at the gun tower.

The bullets hit the gun tower one after another.

Although it was not directly penetrated, facing the shooting of that kind of heavy machine gun, the blockhouse was like an old turning head, and it was smashed piece by piece in the face of repeated hammer blows.

Seeing this situation, Captain Guizi prepared to organize a counterattack to suppress the opponent's shooting, but the terrifying heavy machine gun completely suppressed the machine gun in the firing hole. Even the thick bulletproof steel plate could not stop the powerful bullet.

Not only the narrow shooting holes were smashed piece by piece, but the machine gunners who were about to shoot were also smashed to pieces. If it weren’t for the timely support from the brigade left behind in Yangquan, his gun tower would have been smashed into a sieve...
"Is there a collection of warheads? Show me."

After listening to the team leader's report, Shinji Koza's pupils shrank.

The enemy was equipped with a large-caliber heavy machine gun. He had heard about this for a long time. The Type [-] tank in the brigade of the Fifth Division was destroyed by this kind of heavy machine gun.

But this kind of gun can also be used to deal with gun towers?And can it directly smash the outer wall of the gun tower?

Can it still be used?
This was something he hadn't thought of.

Although the team leader was so frightened that his three souls were paralyzed, he still quickly found a few warheads.

Holding the warhead handed over by the squad leader, Shinji Kosa just touched the warhead with his fingers, and suddenly felt his teeth sore.

This is a hard alloy armor piercing bullet...
If he remembers correctly the knowledge he learned in the military academy, the warhead in his hand at this time is a tungsten alloy warhead, a special alloy armor-piercing bullet that even Germany, even Europe and the United States are reluctant to use casually.

This thing is not only difficult to produce, but also very expensive. Even the Japanese Empire and the Navy are reluctant to use it.

Damn it, who is supplying Li Yunlong with weapons and ammunition?

"Report the information here to General Shinozuka."

After a while of silence, Shinji Kozawa said.

"Hi."

A staff officer bowed his head and should be.

'Lieutenant Captain, shall we go to the next stronghold? '

The captain on the side asked.

Shinji Kozawa fell silent for a moment.

According to the information obtained from here, the enemy has dispatched motorcycles this time. Although there are not many, only fifteen, each carrying three people, but the firepower is extremely strong. Each motorcycle has a machine gun on it, and There are also two heavy machine guns that can threaten the gun tower.

This group of people attacked the blockhouse, but did not launch an attack. They fired heavy machine guns, destroyed the blockhouse, killed the locust army inside, and quickly evacuated when the reinforcements came.

It can be predicted that during the period when he was out on a mission, most of the blockhouses around Yangquan were attacked and shot by such large-caliber heavy machine guns.

"Where is the next pawn station?"

Shinji Kozawa asked.

He still decided to check the situation at the military depot.

Different from the gun tower.The military depot is actually a warehouse for storing collected materials and troops.This time, too, there was an attack.

"Three kilometers away, there is a military station over there with two teams stationed. According to the report, there was also an attack there, and a battle broke out."

There are many locust army garrisons around here, but the staff thought about it and decided to go to a place with more troops, so that the losses should be less.Or, you might hear good news.

But what the staff didn't know was that he chose the worst location.

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Taiyuan.

"How is the situation in Yangquan?"

Yoshio Shinozuka asked Kazuki Yamamoto.

Li Yunlong took advantage of the main force of Yangquan to leave, and sent mobile troops to attack Yangquan, and caused a lot of damage to Yangquan. He ordered Yamamoto to count the losses in Yangquan and judge the combat effectiveness of the troops sent by Li Yunlong.

"It's a huge loss."

Yamamoto cut to the chase:
"There are a total of twelve gun towers, three military depots have been attacked, and all the main structures of the gun towers have been damaged."

"This time, the Eighth Route Army didn't gather troops outside the gun tower and launch an attack like before. Instead, they used large-caliber heavy machine guns and armor-piercing bullets to destroy the gun tower structure and kill the imperial army inside the gun tower."

"This also led to the serious loss of the imperial army this time. The current statistics have not been fully counted. There are about a hundred imperial army Yusui in each artillery tower alone."

"Large-caliber heavy machine gun?"

Shinozuka Yoshio rubbed his forehead.

He naturally knew that the machine gun Li Yunlong was equipped with cost him a lot.

The failure of the Fifth Division's brigade's attack was largely due to this weapon, and the loss of his three planes was also due to this machine gun.

Yamamoto continued:

"In addition, in this battle, the enemy also used a new type of machine gun."

Yamamoto's subsequent words attracted Shinozuka Yoshio's interest again.

"What new gun?"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, feeling his headache getting worse.

The appearance of each new weapon means that Li Yunlong's strength has increased, which means that the price to be paid for exterminating this person will be greater.

"Without knowing the specific appearance, I cannot determine the specific model."

Yamamoto paused, then continued:
"However, when two teams of a military depot were supporting a gun tower, they encountered enemy resistance. The enemy sent 15 people carrying five light machine guns to organize defense. According to their combat reports, the new machine gun should be a light machine gun. Extremely fast, about twice as fast as the Bruns."

Although Yamamoto's tone was calm, there was still envy in it.

As a person who usually plays with submachine guns, Kazuki Yamamoto has always wanted to reform the imperial military, equip soldiers with automatic firearms, or equip troops with submachine guns to increase the short-range

"Twice the rate of fire..."

Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly felt his teeth a little sore.

Although according to the theory of weapon experts, the best rate of fire of a machine gun is around [-], for example, the best shooting stability, such as saving bullets.

But after fighting in North China for so long, Yoshio Shinozuka knew very well that on the battlefield, what soldiers hope for most is that the machine gun fire as fast as possible, and the more bullets the better.

Except for logistical units.

"How about the loss of that military station?"

Out of nowhere, Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly asked this question.

"Two teams, with a total of [-] people, launched three attacks, the last of which was a group attack."

Yamamoto was expressionless:

"Jade Broken 37 people, 25 people were injured, more than half of the casualties."

Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly fell silent.

Fifteen people against one hundred and seven people, although it is not clear how much the other party lost, but even if they were completely wiped out, it would still be a big defeat.In the case of an absolute disadvantage in numbers, and the opponent still won the battle, then the key factor for the imperial army's failure was the five ultra-high-speed light machine guns.

"..."

Shinozuka Yoshio rubbed his forehead and sighed.

"General."

Yamamoto spoke suddenly:
"Now the Independent Regiment has acquired Shou County, and we are temporarily unable to regain it. Although the First Army has a large force, our occupied area is too large, and the force dilution is too serious."

"Moreover, there is still a serious shortage of supplies."

"According to General Gangcun's intention, he will not organize a large-scale raid on the Eighth Route Army in the area occupied by the First Army for at least half a year. Therefore, I think we should leave this independent regiment aside for the time being and let it use Shou County as its main target." The center continues to grow."

"We are temporarily shrinking our defenses, stockpiling supplies, collecting intelligence, and accumulating strength."

"When General Gangcun launches a large-scale raid, he will be able to dispatch heavy troops with heavy artillery to completely eliminate Li Yunlong at once."

After thinking for a while, Shinozuka Yoshio nodded:
"Well, you're right."

After all, the First Army is only a unit under the command of the North China Front Army. Its main purpose is to maintain law and order in the surrounding areas of Shanxi, and to deal with the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army.

This is also the main reason why he has been planning not to deal with Li Yunlong, but has been powerless.

In the case of the First Army, even a brigade with more than 5000 troops is difficult to organize.

But if it is the mopping up organized by the North China Front Army, then more and stronger troops can be organized.

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The matter of the Huaihe Devils' navy gold being robbed gradually became more and more popular over time.

There were fewer rumors about the discovery of the gold transport team. The bandits and bandits went back to their homes, and the national government troops also returned to their camps.

The fourth men, who had been fishing for devils in troubled waters, sighed secretly when they saw the chaos gradually disappearing.

To be honest, they were very interested in the matter of gold at first, but later found that whether there is gold or not, this matter is a good thing.

The devils mobilized wantonly, some of the devils in the gun towers even mobilized in full force, they took advantage of the opportunity to pull out many devil gun towers, and took advantage of the chaos to ambush several devil transport teams, a small group of troops, and gained a lot.

All in all, it's a profit.

It's a pity, but the devil's chaos is gone, and there is no good opportunity, so I can only retreat and look for another opportunity.

Of course, the intelligence departments of various forces, including the government and the devils, are still investigating the whereabouts of the gold and who did it, but they still have no clue.

On the ninth day, at night, Wang Gensheng finally returned with gold.

(End of this chapter)