Rise from the sword

Chapter 365 Li Yunlong is courting death!

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Inside the headquarters where Shinozuka Yoshio is.

"General."

A staff officer reported the situation to him:

"So far, the gates and fortifications of the city wall in Shou County have been destroyed by the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the surrounding fortifications have basically been cleared by the 33rd Regiment. They are currently attacking the gates."

"Yo Xi."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, with a satisfied tone:

"It's progressing well."

Then, he asked casually:
"How about the casualties?"

The attack on Shouxian County, which Li Yunlong had prepared for a long time, would definitely result in heavy casualties. Yoshio Shinozuka was prepared for this from the beginning, so he brought in a full [-] puppet troops as cannon fodder.

Two to one with the imperial army.

This amount is enough to waste Li Yunlong's ammunition, but it will not in turn put pressure on the imperial army.

"casualties."

The staff officer paused, then changed his tone before continuing:

"So far, the Ninth Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Association Army has suffered more than 30 casualties, and the No. 450 Third Infantry Regiment has suffered 280 and seven casualties, including [-] in Yusha."

"Nani?"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned suddenly.

Although he had expected it in his heart, the casualty was still a bit beyond his expectation.

It was only half a day before the war started, and the Ninth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army had a total of more than [-] people. For the servant army, minor injuries were not counted, that is to say, the casualties were close to half.

The casualties of the 33rd regiment were not small, with a total of 450 casualties, and Yu Sui had reached two squadrons.

You know, this is the outer battle. When attacking a county, the most troublesome thing is the battle for the streets in the city. The most casualties are the city streets. Yoshio Shinozuka knows this very well.

So, how many casualties will the next urban battle have?
"The independent regiment has strong light firepower, and its forward position is very strong."

Yamamoto spoke. He personally went to the front line to observe the actual situation before, so he knew the whole story:

"They use squads as the most basic infantry unit. There are about ten people in each squad. Each squad is equipped with a machine gun. The head and deputy squad leaders are equipped with submachine guns. The firepower is much stronger than that of the Empire. There are also a large number of 60 mortars. A large number of military casualties were caused by mortars."

Yamamoto's tone was slightly mocking.

He has always been committed to persuading the country to change the army's weapon structure, equip a small number of submachine guns, or equip semi-automatic rifles, and increase the number of mortars to enhance the fire support capabilities of frontline troops. The range and accuracy are too poor.

As for the lack of supplies, it’s not that the whole army is re-equipmented. Occupying Northeast Korea, the resources are sufficient. Moreover, the improvement of the Imperial Army’s strength will also help maintain the stability of the occupied area and provide the Empire with more supplies.

However, others spoke lightly, and no one paid attention to him.

This time, facing the Guofu and the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, the Empire's [-] Gaga [-] machine guns can still support, but now facing the independent regiments with light firepower comparable to the top European and American troops, the gap in weapons is revealed.

"The principal and deputy monitors are equipped with submachine guns?"

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Yamamoto with a surprised tone.

This was the first time he heard the news.However, he had to admit in his heart that the effect was very good. The submachine gun had a fast rate of fire. Compared with the pistol, the range could be greatly increased, which could greatly enhance the firepower of the infantry squad.

"It should have been equipped not long ago."

Yamamoto explained.

The corner of his mouth twitched, Yoshio Shinozuka changed the subject:
"Didn't you find the opponent's artillery position?"

He is very clear that all countries in Europe and the United States are equipped in this way, especially the bear in the north, but for the empire, it is simply unrealistic. The old stubborn would not agree.

He was referring to the 82 mortar positions.

Compared with light weapons, mortars are what he is worried about. The increased firepower of submachine guns can at most increase the casualties of the empire, but mortars can cause heavy casualties to the empire.

For example, this time, most of the casualties were caused by 60 mortars. The mortar has a fast rate of fire and strong firepower. Due to its unique nearly vertical ballistic trajectory, the range of damage to infantry is much larger than that of the same caliber barrel gun. There are also more fragments.

The most important thing is that the independent regiment really has a lot of shells, and the shot is to shoot at full speed to cover the shelling.

"No, Li Yunlong's 82 mortars were not dispatched."

It was Yamamoto who responded.

"Let the artillery units be ready to destroy enemy artillery positions as soon as they are discovered."

Yoshio Shinozuka accentuated his tone.

According to intelligence data, Li Yunlong is equipped with at least twelve 82 mortars. This kind of mortar is powerful, comparable to 75 field guns, with a fast rate of fire and a good range. , enough to cut off a brigade, a great threat to the imperial army.

Fortunately, the weight and reminder of this 82 mortar is much larger than that of the 60 mortar. It requires a solid launch position and takes a long time to prepare.

"Hi."

Yamamoto nodded yes.

"It seems that mobilizing heavy troops to eliminate Li Yunlong this time is the right choice."

In the end, Shinozuka Yoshio spoke with emotion.

Letting a regiment with the light firepower of top European and American troops run wild, how much pressure will it bring to the empire's sweep?Aren't those blockades worn in one bucket like paper?The mopping up troops are still in chaos?
"General, Li Yunlong seems to intend to rely on urban street fighting to consume our army."

Yamamoto reminded suddenly.

"Yamamoto-kun, I know that very well."

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone is full of confidence:
"Street fighting can indeed drag the battle into a situation of attrition, but this county is not an important town with a concrete structure. It is just a small county in the territory of the Republic of China. The strongest structure is only masonry."

"The 75-caliber mountain artillery can cause destructive damage to its buildings, let alone the division-level heavy artillery."

"Without the complex environment brought by the building, what does Li Yunlong use to consume the imperial army?"

"Li Yunlong is courting death."

"Hey, the general said so."

Seeing his general's swearing tone, Yamamoto was too embarrassed to continue to refute.

From his point of view, Li Yunlong must also be aware of this weakness. The opponent has been preparing for so long, so he must deal with this weakness. The 150 artillery is indeed very powerful, but as long as it is strong enough, the civil bunker can resist it. As for the 240 heavy artillery , There are not many shells.

"Have you noticed any other movements of Li Yunlong?"

Shinozuka Yoshio continued to ask.

After studying Li Yunlong for so long, he is naturally very clear that what Li Datuan is best at is interspersed penetration, and is good at mobile warfare, so he arranged a cavalry regiment to guard the artillery positions, and the offensive command headquarters were also set up very concealed and had a large number of troops. guard.Don't give Li Yunlong any chance.

"No.".
Yamamoto's tone confirmed the response:
"Before the war started, I set up observation posts in a radius of more than ten miles around Shouxian County, and found no trace of any troops."

"Yo Xi."

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone became more and more satisfied. He looked at his watch and said, "Order all the ministries to stop attacking, strengthen the defensive positions, prevent the independent regiment from attacking at night, and continue attacking tomorrow."

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Following Yoshio Shinozuka's order, the No.30 triple unit, which failed to attack the city gate, did not launch an attack, but built a defensive position around the city gate, and deployed a large number of observation posts.

The open space outside Shou County was full of devils and corpses of puppet soldiers that were too late to clean up. At this moment, snowflakes fell from the sky again, and the ground was covered with white snow after a while.

"It seems that the little devil is not going to attack tonight."

Looking at the little devil's camp in the distance, Zhang Dabiao clicked his tongue, feeling a little pity.

Seeing the appearance of the little devils charging one after another during the day, he thought that the devils would come back at night, and he also thought that when the devils attacked at night, they would prepare more mines to greet the little devils.

"The little devil is not stupid."

On the side, Wang Gensheng curled his lips: "Here we are more familiar with the terrain than the devils, and our firepower is stronger than the devils. In this snowy day, if we come to attack at night, the devil's artillery is blind. Aren't they here to seek death?"

"Pay attention to strengthen the guard posts and plant more mines."

After instructing the defenders, Zhang Dabiao took Wang Gensheng to the regiment headquarters behind.

After Shou County, inside the regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong was looking at the map on the table, when he saw Zhang Dabiao coming back, he raised his head and asked:
"How is the situation ahead?"

"good."

Zhang Dabiao nodded: "The devil's 150mm heavy artillery is really powerful. A shot down on the solid dirt ground will leave a one-and-a-half-meter bullet crater, but the tunnels in our city can withstand it."

"Hey hey..."

Li Datuan suddenly became proud:

"Fortunately, labor and management have the foresight to dig the tunnels in the city deep enough, otherwise this time it will be really troublesome."

Shou County is not an important town, but a small county town, mostly of masonry structures, which cannot defend against heavy artillery from the devils, so Li Yunlong dug a large number of tunnel systems from the beginning, and the troops were hidden in the tunnels, waiting for the enemy to come in before rushing out to attack.

In this way, the broken bricks can also consume the impact of the shells and weaken the vibration to the tunnel. Anyway, there is no one on the ground, and the flying bricks can't hit anyone.

Unless the little devil doesn't distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, let's bomb together.

"Captain, what if the devils destroy the house?"

The monk asked a question at this time.

"Hey hey..."

Leader Li cast a contemptuous glance at the monk, and smiled mockingly: "How many houses are there in Shou County? How many shells would it take to knock down all the houses? The shells didn't come from the wind."

"And our soldiers are all in the tunnel, even if the house collapses, it can be used as a bunker."

The monk touched his head and did not speak again.

"Let the soldiers have a good rest tonight. I'm afraid the little devil will get serious tomorrow."

Li Yunlong looked to the north of Shou County on the map and said.

The information has already been sent out, and the north is the ammunition depot of the Independent Regiment, so the little devils will definitely bombard the north, and then mainly attack the north of the city.

"Counting the time, Yansheng and the others should arrive in Taiyuan tomorrow night."

Zhao Gang's words immediately made the eyes of everyone in the regiment light up.

Everyone was looking forward to Yoshio Shinozuka's expression after Taiyuan Airport was bombarded again.

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When Shou County was besieged by heavy troops, other base areas were attacked.

Nearly [-] troops, [-] puppet troops, such a huge force, even if [-] were attracted by Li Datuan, the rest of the base areas were also threatened by heavy troops, and they were forced to break through and transfer.

Among them, the bases of the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment were also taken care of by the devils.

After all, in the eyes of the devils, from the perspective of equipment, these are the absolute main forces of the two Eighth Route Army, and they must be greeted emphatically.

A mountain forest.

"Captain."

Cheng He reported to Ding Weihui: "We have broken through the devil's blockade."

'Damn it. '

Hearing this sentence, Ding Wei breathed a sigh of relief, his body almost went limp.

After taking a few breaths, Ding Wei cursed and said:

"Sent two full-staffed devils to chase labor and capital, and there are always planes in the sky. Thanks to doing business with Li Yunlong and making some money, otherwise the three blockades would be really hard."

Recalling today's battle, Ding Wei felt lingering fear.

There are three blockade lines set up by the devils in front of him, and there are two large groups of devils chasing troops behind him, and there are a large number of second devils. The form is extremely dangerous. If you don't pay attention, once you are entangled by the devils, you can only disperse and break through.

"Yeah, the scale of the devil's raid this time is unprecedented. Fortunately, we have good weapons."

Cheng He also had lingering fears.

"However, the devil plane is a problem."

Cheng He looked at the sky and frowned.

The Xinyi regiment broke through three blockade lines in a row, but even so, they still did not jump out of the devil's encirclement. One reason was to protect the common people. The speed of the troops was not fast, and the other was the devil's planes for reconnaissance. Inside.

There is also the strafing of the Devil's plane, which also caused a lot of casualties to the Xinyi regiment.

The only two heavy machine guns in the regiment are still too few to protect the sky of the entire regiment, after all, the plane is too flexible.

"There's nothing the devil can do about it."

Ding Wei also sighed, and continued: "Let the soldiers rest well, I'm afraid it will be another day of bad battle tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)