Rise from the sword

Chapter 418 The gap is not only in weapons and equipment!
Peiping.

North China Front Army Command.

noon.

The guard at the door watched the former commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka rush into the headquarters, but left the headquarters angrily half an hour later, his face was full of anger and helplessness.

He glanced sideways at the headquarters and saw Commander Okamura and Lieutenant General Sanji Okito, the chief of staff. The guard quickly retracted his gaze and put on a posture of not squinting.

"This Shinozuka Yoshio..."

Inside the headquarters, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sanji Kiyoto snorted coldly:
"Humph."

"In order to deal with a mere regiment-level force of the Eighth Route Army, they actually persuaded us to abandon some non-important lines of communication and cities, mobilize more than [-] troops, and apply for reinforcements from a brigade and regiment from the Mongolian Army and the Kwantung Army to form a joint offensive force. .”

"It's just ridiculous."

Thinking of Yoshio Shinozuka's proposal just now, Sanji Okido became furious.

After cursing a few words angrily, Sanji Oshiroto still felt puzzled, and cursed again:
"In the last public security war, if this idiot hadn't mobilized more than 1 troops to attack Shou County privately, and was blocked for a month without making any progress, the situation in North China would definitely not be as corrupt as it is now."

The newly promoted chief of staff blamed Shinozuka Yoshio for the failure of the previous raid.

"Shinozuka-kun is indeed too excited."

Okamura Ningji gave his chief of staff a meaningful look.

As the commander of the North China Front Army, he knew very well that the [-] extra troops, including the heavy artillery, that were sent to attack Shou County were all mobilized by Yoshio Shinozuka himself, even if the First Army did not attack Shou County and was not obsessed with dealing with it. Li Yunlong, the size of the troops involved in the mopping up will not change.

"As for Li Yunlong and the independent group."

Sanji Okito didn't notice Neiji Okamura's eyes, and he was still furious: "A mere regiment-sized army bombarded Taiyuan Airport several times under the eyes of the First Army, which is entirely due to Yoshio Shinozuka's incompetence. "

"The Taiyuan Airport was shelled for the third time not long ago, also because of loopholes in his original security measures."

"Damn it."

In order to get rid of the blame, Yoshimoto Zhenyi arranged the reason for the third shelling of Taiyuan Airport on Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Since Shinozuka-kun has left the position of commander, don't discuss this matter."

Okamura Ningji shook his head and left the topic.

After Okito Sanji left, Okamura Ningji sat alone in the headquarters, lost in thought.

As the superior of the First Army, the North China Front Army will naturally not focus on a regiment-level force of the Eighth Route Army. In his opinion, a regiment-level force is not very destructive to the entire North China region. What he needs to do is Develop an overall strategy.

Therefore, Gangcun Ningci has never paid close attention to Li Yunlong and his independent group, and even the mysterious forces that provided Li Yunlong with weapons and supplies did not pay much attention.

Even though that Chen Fan was mysterious and abnormal, the intelligence department of the entire empire tried their best, but they failed to investigate any clues.

The other party only provides supplies, weapons and ammunition to one regiment, which means that its own strength is limited, or the transportation channels are limited. Otherwise, it can be free to support and provide supplies, weapons and ammunition to the entire guerrilla army. Only in this way can it pose a fatal threat to the North China Front Army .

It can be inferred from this that this matter has little impact on the overall situation, and it is not to be feared as a whole.

The development of the general situation cannot be resisted by a regiment of thousands of people.

This Li Yunlong only needs to be handed over to the next level of troops to deal with.

This was Neiji Okamura's previous thoughts. Even after the Battle of Shou County, the independent regiment showed amazing fighting power, his thoughts did not change in any way, but what Yoshio Shinozuka said just now made him unable to help appearing a little bit. shake.

Li Yunlong built roads in his so-called base area, greatly expanded his army, and planned to establish a stable rear base area... If no interference is made, the independent regiment will eventually develop to a strength comparable to an imperial division, or even a full armor Kind of division.

He didn't believe what was said later, thinking that Yoshio Shinozuka was too nervous.

How strong is a full-staffed Empire Class A division?Neji Gangmura knew very well that he had been the head of the Second Division before.

But this success has aroused his attention to Li Yunlong.

Recalling the situation in recent years, he had to admit that although that Chen Fan only provided weapons, ammunition and supplies for Li Yunlong and his independent regiment, the rest of the guerrillas had also been strengthened.

For example, there are a large number of grenades, 82 mortars, and greatly improved bullet supplies in the guerrillas, as well as a small number of [-]-type infantry guns and shells, and a large number of German grenades.

These things are not much in general, but they do have a rather troublesome effect on the situation.

For example, the artillery towers built by the empire today must be built according to the highest standards, so that they can withstand the bombardment of the Type [-] infantry artillery, or they will be bombarded and collapsed as soon as they are repaired.

If Li Yunlong is really allowed to establish a stable rear base, although this is impossible, no matter whether it succeeds or not, the overall strength of the guerrillas will be strengthened, and the law and order in North China will also be affected.

"Come on."

Gangcun Ningci called a staff officer.

Although it was impossible to listen to Yoshio Shinozuka's suggestion, he still decided to give Yoshimoto Sadaichi some assistance to strengthen the strength of the First Army so as to better deal with Li Yunlong...
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at the same time.

Zhao Jiayu.

Independent regiment.

Zhao Gang is busy every day. Since the regiment began to build the base area, he has gradually become a manager. Leader Li Da thinks it is troublesome, saying that he is not educated, so he assigns Zhao Gang to manage the deployment and management of the entire regiment's materials and personnel.

"political commissar."

A guard platoon soldier came to report: "The logistics department sent more than 20 workers and masters, look..."

"Directly arrange to go to the repair shop behind."

Zhao Gang replied without raising his head.

After Zhang Wanhe learned that Boss Chen had left behind a technician, not to mention super skilled, and that he taught the technology in a down-to-earth manner, he sent people to learn technology wave after wave. Zhao Gang was also happy to see the success. It is very beneficial to the future development of the army.

"Yes."

The guard platoon soldiers saluted and left.

Looking at the backs of the guard platoon soldiers outside the door, Zhao Gang suddenly had an idea. Now the regiment headquarters guard platoon has more than 150 people. It is a bit too much to call the platoon true. It is time to upgrade the guard company.

"Let's talk about it when Li Yunlong comes back."

Shaking his head, Zhao Gang planned to wait for Li Yunlong to come back before talking about military affairs, mainly decided by Li Datuan.

Zhao Gang continued to concentrate on dealing with things.

"Political Commissar Zhao."

After a while, another person ran in. Judging from his clothes, he was a young cadre:
"There is something I want to report to you."

"whats the matter?"

Zhao Gang put down the pen in his hand, looked at the panting look, got up and poured a cup of tea.

"People who sign up to build roads today..."

This young cadre was not polite either, he was really thirsty, and after taking a sip of water, he said:
"Some second devils are here, and there are people who have worked for devils before."

"Among them, there are even people from the Ping'an County Devil's Security Team. These people have been arrested first for the time being."

"Look..."

"Have these people done anything outrageous before?"

Zhao Gang asked.

The second ghost and the puppet army would come to sign up for the road construction, which Zhao Gang had expected for a long time.

The minimum wage is six catties of fine grain per day. This wage is not low. It must be very attractive to those puppet soldiers who are not high in status and dawdle at the bottom. In the previous discussion with Li Yunlong, the two had already decided that as long as It's not the kind of traitors and puppet troops who have committed the most heinous crimes. They can take advantage of this to divide part of the puppet army.

After all, some people joined the puppet army and became second devils because of life.Another part is because of the threat of devils.You can't kill them all with one blow.

Only those hardcore traitors, those guys who took advantage of the devil's arrival to do bad things, need to be completely eliminated.

"No."

"I asked the nearby villagers about this."

The tone of the person who came was very certain: "The few people who came this time were from the neighborhood before. They were just the most ordinary soldiers in the devil's security team. This time they sneaked out from Ping'an County."

"Then let's stay, and the salary will be paid according to the regulations."

Zhao Gang nodded and said:

"These people ask the guards to pay more attention and don't let them cause damage."

"Yes."

The visitor nodded, drank the tea in his hand, and left.

After a while, Chu Yunfei came over.

"Captain Chu."

Zhao Gang took the initiative to greet him, smiled and said the scene:
"Is it comfortable to live in our independent group? Please forgive me for the poor hospitality."

Hearing Zhao Gang's words, Chu Yunfei couldn't help the corners of his eyes twitching, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

Before, Zhao Gang's self-pity on the surface, but his secret display left a lot of shadow on him, and it may take some time to get rid of it.

"Brother Zhao is being polite."

Chu Yunfei cupped his fists in return, and then quickly changed the subject:

"Chu came here this time to ask you a question, Commissar Zhao."

Chu Yunfei used Zhao Gang's title.

"As long as it can be answered, I know everything."

Zhao Gang also straightened his face.

"The strength of your regiment is indeed very strong. Those weapons and equipment are very advanced, far surpassing my [-] regiment. After a while, when the recruits are trained, their combat effectiveness will be comparable to that of a devil's brigade or even more."

Chu Yunfei spoke seriously:
"But we all know that the Shanxi First Army alone has more than 2 Japanese troops, and there are more than [-] Japanese troops stationed in the entire North China region. In terms of overall strength, we have an absolute disadvantage."

"This situation cannot be restored by one or two troops."

"Indeed."

Zhao Gang nodded in agreement.

"So, I want to ask..."

Chu Yunfei paused and raised his tone:

"What if the Japanese army mobilizes a full division of troops to cooperate with aircraft and tanks to attack your regiment's base?"

"I think that even after another half a year, your regiment will not be able to withstand the attack of a full-stacked Japanese army division. A battle of this scale. The rest of the troops will not be able to lend a helping hand."

"At that time, the roads and bases that your regiment worked so hard to build will become the spoils of war for the Japanese army."

After visiting during the day, Chu Yunfei already knew that the independent group was not only building roads, but also organizing land reclamation, building canals and reservoirs to divert and store water, as if they planned to use Zhaojiayu and the surrounding tens of kilometers as a stable base for operation and construction .

This made Chu Yunfei wonder why the independent group would not be afraid of failure after investing such a high price?

"The road can enhance the combat effectiveness of the devils, but it can also enhance the combat effectiveness of our independent regiment, which is equal to both parties."

Zhao Gang chuckled with a confident tone.

"really."

Chu Yunfei nodded.

The independent regiment has cars, six mountain guns, a large number of 82 medium mortars, and many 120 heavy mortars. The road can greatly enhance the mobility of the artillery and increase the convenience of supplies.

"Regimental Commander Chu should know that more than three months ago, our independent regiment blocked the attack of [-] Japanese troops carrying heavy artillery in Shou County with a single regiment. After paying [-] sacrifices, we wiped out [-] Japanese troops. Little devil, and retreated to Zhaojiayu with the main force."

"It has been more than two months since the defense of Shou County. Our independent regiment has initially recovered its strength, and our regiment is still expanding in size and strength."

At this point, Zhao Gang's tone suddenly became confident and murderous:
"Nowadays, a large number of Japanese troops have been deployed to participate in the battles in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, and the rest of the troops have been restrained in the lines of communication and various cities. It is impossible to organize enough troops to attack our bases in a short period of time. It will take at least four months to half a year."

"When the devil gathers enough troops to launch an attack on my base area, then my independent regiment will definitely become stronger, and the defensive positions in the base area will also be completed. Then, how much will the devil have to pay to drive the independent regiment away from here? "

"Regimental Commander Chu needs to know that there are two friendly troops on the two wings of our independent regiment, and their strength is not much worse than that of our independent regiment."

"Hum..."

Here Zhao Gang sneered:
"Even if the devils pay a huge price and occupy the current base of my independent regiment, so what?"

"Change another place as a base, and continue to fight the devils."

Hearing this sentence, Chu Yunfei was suddenly stunned.

He suddenly realized one thing. In the Battle of Shouxian County and the subsequent retreat, the Independent Regiment killed 700 people, reaching half or more. In a month, he fully recovered.

Even, morale is still high.

It's nothing short of a miracle.

Can it be done if it is changed to the [-] regiment?
Can it not collapse or even maintain combat effectiveness with half of the staff reduced?And recover strength in more than two months?

Impossible.

More than half of the independent regiment was not casualties, but attrition.

The so-called attrition means being captured, dying or missing.

His bodyguard might be able to do it, but the regiment never could.

"Thank you, Commissar Zhao, for clarifying Chu's confusion."

Chu Yunfei lowered his voice a lot.

He suddenly realized that, I'm afraid, not only in terms of weapons and equipment, but even officers, soldiers, and the entire army, the [-]th Regiment was still far behind.

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Also at the same time.

Along the Zhengtai Railway.

Li Yunlong looked up at the sun hanging above his head, then waved his hands:

"Set off."

(End of this chapter)