Rise from the sword

Chapter 438 Endless emergency calls!

Taiyuan.

First Army Command.

"Yamamoto-kun, we must strengthen the monitoring of the movement of the independent group. Similar intelligence mistakes will never be allowed to happen again."

Yoshimoto Sada expressed considerable dissatisfaction with Yamamoto's intelligence work.

The Independent Regiment, which the First Army focused on, used more than 3000 troops to carry a large number of transport vehicles to the Zhengtai Railway during the daytime. He did not receive any news about such a huge operation, and the first-line troops waited for the opponent to arrive near the railway line. Reported up.

This made Gibbon very angry.

"Hi."

Yamamoto bowed his head with a sincere expression, an attitude of admitting his mistake and resolutely changing it.

But my heart is full of complaints.

Still strengthened?
Now the entire intelligence system of the First Army revolves around the Independent Regiment.

Half of the professional intelligence personnel are lurking near the Independent Regiment, collecting all kinds of information about the Independent Regiment day and night, trying their best to secretly buy people from the Independent Regiment, and some even enter the so-called construction brigade with makeup, and move bricks for the Independent Regiment, just to get a first-hand information.

The reconnaissance aircraft squadron of the flight brigade is the same. As long as the weather is suitable for flight reconnaissance, it will go to the airspace of the independent regiment for reconnaissance and filming.

After knowing that Li Yunlong had a radio station, the telecommunications monitoring department also began to monitor the telegrams of the independent group with all their strength, and even spent a huge cost to secretly set up a radio monitoring station in Ping'an County.

As a result, what came back were the extremely boring clear-coded telegrams and voice calls from the three regimental leaders.

Did you smoke today?What kind of cigarettes are you smoking?Have you been drinking?What wine did you drink?

At first, Yamamoto thought it was some kind of password, and he recorded each one to summarize the rules. Later, he realized that these three guys are really just idle and boring, but they still have to hold their noses and record every day.

Once confidential information is involved, the other party either uses passwords to communicate or communicates manually. The password management of the Eighth Route Army is very strict, and the update frequency is very fast, which is extremely difficult to crack.

In addition, the radio station used by Li Yunlong is also very advanced, with fast frequency modulation, many communication channels, and even some kind of voice encryption technology. The other party's radio station operators are also very experienced, so monitoring is very difficult.

The only function this radio monitoring station has played so far is that a forward monitoring point received a call before the crash of two reconnaissance planes not long ago, and learned that the air defense firepower of the independent regiment has been greatly strengthened, equipped with a large number of double or even quadruple 40 Anti-aircraft guns, otherwise the news would not be sent back at all, and the radio transmission distance on the reconnaissance plane is not enough.

It's already like this, how can it be strengthened?

"However, after this battle, Li Yunlong will know that he can jump up and down in the northwest of Shanxi, not because he is so strong that the imperial army is helpless, but because he can't get enough strength to destroy him for the time being."

Gibbon smiled and spoke confidently.

There are more than 5000 people against more than 2000 people. Although most of them are recruits, they are also recruits who have undergone military training for several months. There is absolutely no problem, when the plane takes off after dawn, Li Yunlong will pay the blood price for his arrogance.

"Hi."

Yamamoto bowed his head to agree, but couldn't help complaining in his heart.

Is there any difference between these two?

Jingle Bell····

At this moment, the phone in the headquarters rang, and Yoshimoto answered the phone leisurely. The call was from Yu County Shimagawa Colonel. After a while, Yoshimoto's face froze, and the corners of his mouth gradually disappeared:

"Nani?"

"A train transporting grain and ore was stopped by Li Yunlong?"

After hanging up the phone, Gibbon cursed:
"idiot."

It doesn't matter about grain and ore, it's just that much for a train, Gibbon doesn't care.

It will take a while to replenish.

But the locomotive that was stopped will definitely be blown up by Li Yunlong. The locomotive and the carriage are probably gone. lack.

After being blown up, it can only provide parts for other locomotive maintenance.

Oh, by the way, the rails damaged by Li Yunlong had to be replaced.

Gibbon couldn't help rubbing his forehead.

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Yu County.

Inside the headquarters.

"Hey···"

Colonel Shimagawa hung up the phone, touched his face with his hand, and sighed helplessly.

A train full of ore and grain, plus a locomotive and ten carriages, the loss is not small, plus the rails, he would not be able to escape if he was scolded afterwards, or he would have to be slapped.

Yes, a slap, not one.

Although the problem is not with him, who made him the person in charge of the security of Zhengtai Railway in Yu County?The problem was his jurisdiction.

If there is anger from above, he has to be beaten obediently, and he even has to applaud loudly.

"Order the first, second, and fifth brigades to rush to the scene of the incident as soon as possible to expel the Eighth Route Army that damaged the railway."

Shimagawa gritted his teeth.

The locomotive must have been destroyed, and the rails must have suffered losses. Judging from the ability of the opponent to steal the rails last time, the loss of the rails may not be small, but if the teams can rush to the vicinity of the incident as soon as possible to drive the independent group , then he can recover some losses and save him a few slaps.

"Hi."

The staff of the headquarters rushed to send the report.

At the same time, a staff officer ran in, holding a telegram in his hand:
"Boss, urgent call from the front line."

"urgent telegram?"

Shimagawa frowned.

Urgent calls are never good.

According to the time, the troops he sent have not yet arrived at the scene of the incident, so the telegram sent to him at this time should be blocked by the enemy, but Li Yunlong has a total of more than 3000 people, how many can he send to stop him?

How can you send an urgent call?

"Read!"

Shimagawa looked at the staff officer who had just entered.

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Yu County leads to Chawan, towards Yejia Village.

Under the night.

Three brigades, a total of [-] devils marched along the railway.

The devil commanders of these three brigades are obviously veterans, and they are well versed in the strength of the independent regiment. Apart from marching cautiously, the formation is also quite targeted.

Even during the march, the 2000 devils advanced in skirmish lines in units, and the intervals between the units were very wide. This formation can minimize casualties when facing artillery cover.

At the front of the team, a large number of livestock moved forward with flat sledges to clear landmines.

On the two wings, the cavalry reconnaissance devils spread to 900 meters away from the formation, and explored all possible ambush on the flanks.

The three artillery squadrons with a total of eight mountain cannons are in the rear of the team.

boom boom boom

Along the way, from time to time, the mines preset by a battalion reconnaissance company were detonated.

"This little devil is really..."

Listening to the marching situation of the devils reported by the reconnaissance company, and looking at the detonated mines, Zhang Dabiao clicked his tongue.

The devils obviously assembled in a hurry. Judging from the speed of the march, they got the death order for the fastest support, but even so, the preparations were still very sufficient and very targeted.

Livestock demining, marching in a large skirmish line to reduce shelling casualties, and cavalry units on both wings to investigate and prevent ambushes.It is completely in accordance with the routine of the independent group.

"But..."

Zhang Dabiao snorted, and his face suddenly became murderous:
"Prepare."

"Fire."

As a flashing signal bomb lifted into the air, a total of thirty mortars of various calibers fired at the same time, and more than three hundred rounds of shells of various calibers rained down on the devil's team every minute.

boom boom boom

A series of explosions rose suddenly in the formation of the devils, and the shock waves were mixed with shrapnel as they swept across, harvesting the lives of the devils around them efficiently like a sickle.

Facing such ferocious artillery fire, even the devil team of the big skirmisher line suffered heavy losses in the first place.

The night obscured the gunpowder, but it also made the explosive fireworks brighter.Illuminated by the fireworks from the explosions one after another, one can see the devils being blown up or even smashed to pieces.

"Nani..."

The commander at the rear of the devil's team stared at the sudden burst of violent artillery fire, and was stunned for a while before saying Nani in extreme horror.

The firepower of this artillery far exceeds that of a regiment of the imperial army, and as far as he knows, the enemy they face is only about 3000 people, and the maximum number of people they can send to stop him is 500 people.

Is the firepower of this independent regiment so fierce?

There are six heavy mortars, right?There are also more than a dozen medium-caliber mortars...
Are half of their troops artillery?

Watching the movements on the battlefield, Commander Guizi guessed the amount of enemy artillery fire, but this made him even more unbelievable.

He has long heard that the artillery fire of the independent regiment is very fierce. He also experienced that he was blocked by two 120 heavy artillery fire once before. This time he is also fully prepared to deal with the fierce artillery fire. The new divisions from China have all carried out defensive shelling train.

But the raindrops of shells in front of him still far exceeded his expectations, and also exceeded the coping capabilities of his troops.

The old devils who have experienced actual combat are okay, they immediately searched for cover to avoid the flying shrapnel, but the new devils, although they have had corresponding training, the explosive fireworks rising around them, like the explosion shock waves rushing from all directions, made it impossible to The Shaoxin devils ran around like headless chickens.

The devil recruits recruited during this period, the quality of the soldiers themselves is not good, and those assigned to the railway garrison division are still relatively poor among them. The hasty expansion of the army has greatly reduced the training time of the recruits. This situation is normal.

Fortunately, there are enough devil officers. Under the command of veteran officers, the recruits are out of panic.

The devil commander also reacted quickly from the shock:
"The artillery squadron is deployed to suppress the opponent's artillery."

"The first and second brigades launched an attack, and the third brigade made a detour from the flank."

Although the independent regiment's artillery fire was beyond expectations, he had a chance. It was night and he couldn't effectively observe the impact point. The efficiency of the artillery was greatly reduced, and the advantage of firepower would be offset by the night.

As soon as he thought of this, the devil commander found that there were more than a dozen small burning suns in the sky, and the bright white light sprinkled on the ground, illuminating the entire battlefield like daytime.

"Flares."

The devil commander's pupils shrank, and he let out a sound of horror.

"The first and second teams stop attacking, retreat, retreat..."

The moment he saw the flares, the devil commander realized that he must not continue to attack. Otherwise, with the fierce firepower of the independent regiment and a large number of large-caliber flares illuminated, his attacking troops would probably suffer more than half of the casualties in one encounter.

But it's too late.

Zhang Dabiao ordered the fire to be concentrated with a smirk, and immediately, thirty mortars, five large-caliber heavy machine guns, dozens of light machine guns, and hundreds of rifles opened fire on the rushing devil brigade.

Intensive artillery fire and bullet rain enveloped the two battalions of devils rushing up.

There is a lack of solid bunkers around the railway. Although there are gentle slopes beside the railway tracks that can shelter bullets and wide protective trenches, these have no effect on curved mortars, and retreating will be subject to machine gun fire.

The devils fell down in pieces again.

During the period, another signal flare was launched into the air.

The first battalion company, which had been hiding on the flanks, was dispatched, rushing from the side and rear to the artillery position at the end of the devil's team.

In order to avoid the detection of the devils, the company commander Xu Husheng led a company of more than 200 soldiers, circled a big circle, and sneaked to the rear of the devils.

This attack completely disrupted the formation of the devils, and the artillery positions that had just been built were forced to move urgently before they could fire. Fortunately, there were quite a few devils guarding the artillery, and only two of the six mountain cannons were lost. They were all rescued by devils.

"Report to Colonel Shimagawa..."

While controlling the almost collapsed situation, the devil commander sent a telegram to Shimagawa to report the situation.

Relying on the superiority of the troops, the devils retreated, and the situation gradually stabilized. Zhang Dabiao retreated when he saw the situation, and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, and even called the first battalion and one company back.

After all, his main task is to stop the devils, and he doesn't have many troops.

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Inside the Yu County Headquarters.

"I was blocked by the independent regiment, and the opponent's firepower was extremely fierce. There were more than [-] artillery pieces, including six heavy artillery pieces... Our department suffered heavy losses, and the current situation is in a state of anxiety."

Hearing the telegram read out by the staff officer, Shimagawa stood up abruptly, staring at the first staff officer with wide eyes.

Then he snatched the telegram, read it again, and finally believed the news.

"Thirty artillery pieces, six heavy artillery pieces."

Taking a deep breath, Shimagawa struggled to digest the shocking situation.

The troops sent by the Independent Regiment to block the Yuxian reinforcements were equipped with artillery firepower beyond the wing level.

Shimagawa quickly thought of a way to break the situation.

Thirty artillery pieces, although they are all mortars, include six heavy artillery pieces, including ammunition transportation, and at least 500 people are needed, plus infantry, which means that Li Yunlong sent about 500 people to stop his attack in Yu County Troops, in this case, Li Yunlong will not have enough troops to stop the reinforcements from Niangziguan Railway Station, and there are also three brigades with a total of 2000 troops.

"Telephone the garrison at Niangziguan Railway Station..."

It's just that Shimagawa's telegram has not been sent yet, another staff officer rushed in in a hurry:

"Master, Niangziguan Railway Station has been attacked by a large number of Eighth Route Army, about [-] people. The troops supporting Xicun and other subway lines have retreated to rescue the railway station."

"Nani?"

"Where did their troops attack Niangziguan Railway Station?"

Shimagawa roared in disbelief.

Although the independent regiment has more than 6000 troops, more than 3000 people have been dispatched in total. This news has been verified by many parties in Taiyuan, and the imperial intelligence personnel lurking near the independent regiment even took the risk of exposure.

So, where did the two thousand Eighth Route Army attack the railway station come from?

"Master."

Another staff officer rushed in:
"Panxian urgent call!"

　See you tomorrow morning in the next chapter. . . .I can't finish writing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)