Rise from the sword

Chapter 443 Li Yunlong has no heavy artillery!
late may.

In the northwest of Shanxi, in the mountainous area more than 100 kilometers east of Heyuan County.

The line of sight extends from the bottom of the mountain, along the winding but apparently newly leveled bridle path, one can see that a village is located in the middle of the mountain, and the terrain of the village is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There are militiamen with guns on guard at the entrance of the village. If you look closely, you can see a circle of fortifications around the village.

This is the headquarters of the 772 regiment.

Inward from this village is the core base of the Taihang Mountains.

"Captain."

A regiment member walked into the regiment headquarters and said to the regiment leader Cheng Shifa:
"The first battalion, the second battalion, the artillery company, and the cavalry company have assembled."

"it is good."

Cheng Shifa, who was looking at the map, nodded in response.

Although the devils rarely organized large-scale raids after last winter's big raids, they have increased the frequency of village clearing operations to strengthen their rule over the occupied areas, compete for guerrilla villages, and harass villages in base areas, and their methods have become increasingly cruel .

They not only killed the people in the base areas, robbed their property, burned down houses, and even destroyed farmland, etc., in an attempt to destroy the agricultural production in the base areas.

In response to this movement of the devils, the troops also made adjustments. The base regiment and other troops were broken up into pieces and scattered around the edge of the base area to help the grassroots fight against the devils and at the same time develop and strengthen the team.

However, due to the sufficient strength, the main regiments did not break up into parts, but were concentrated and stationed as a reserve team to support the base areas at any time.

This time, Cheng Shifa received the order to go to a fringe base area to support the base group there to drive out the devil's Qingxiang troops.

"Regimental Commander, this time the devils dispatched two brigades, totaling more than 900 devils. Although this group of devils is a newly formed division, their combat effectiveness is not as good as the previous devils. Is it enough for us to dispatch two battalions?"

In the regiment headquarters, the first battalion commander's tone was worried.

The two battalions of my own regiment plus the artillery company and the cavalry company have a total of 400 people. Even with the base regiment over there, there are only 500 people. Compared with the two brigades of devils with nearly [-] devils, the first battalion commander is a little uncomfortable. rest assured.

"enough."

Cheng Shifa replied without raising his head, and continued to look at the map, thinking about the tactics for the next few days.

The first battalion commander didn't speak anymore, and not long after, another soldier walked in:
"Regimental Commander, the ammunition transport team from the Logistics Department has arrived down the mountain."

"Haha."

Cheng Shifa finally raised his head and laughed loudly:
"First Battalion Commander, let's go, let's meet him."

The group immediately went to greet them along the bridle path. Not long after they left the village, they saw a convoy coming from the direction of Taihang Mountain. Twenty or so carts pulled by mules and horses drove along the bridle path to the regiment headquarters.

"Chief Cheng, here is the list."

After the transport team arrived at the station, the company commander in charge of the escort gave Cheng Shifa a list:
"The second-generation border area produced 7.92 hand grenades, [-] grenade grenades, [-] [-]-point mortar shells, [-] rounds of reloaded [-] bullets, and [-] [-]-horse rifles."

"It's been hard, it's been hard..."

Leader Cheng smiled and thanked, while directing the soldiers to carry weapons and ammunition.

The first battalion commander also understood why his regiment commander was only planning to send two battalions of troops to deal with nearly a thousand devils. With this batch of ammunition and a two-to-one troop strength, it was indeed worthy of the devils.

After the transport team left, Commander Cheng and the First Battalion Commander began to look at the newly transported weapons and ammunition at the same time.

It is said that not only has the output of weapons at the headquarters arsenal been greatly increased recently, but the quality is also much better than before.

"The eighty-one horse rifles are all brand new."

The first battalion commander touched the newly arrived rifle with a happy tone.

As the main regiment, the superiors directly distribute weapons and equipment, and the priority is very high. Therefore, the 772 regiment is the first unit in the entire army to realize that all members of the army have a gun.

After solving the problem of quantity of weapons, it is natural to start paying attention to the problem of quality.

The Bayi-style horse rifle began to be produced three and a half years ago. At that time, Li Yunlong was still the head of the Xinyi regiment, and Sakata was still alive. The 772 regiment was equipped with this gun in the second year.

The first battalion commander has a great say about this gun.

He has used this gun for a long time.

To be honest, this kind of gun made by the devil's rail steel in its own arsenal is really not good except that the bayonet is not weaker than the Sanba Dagai.

Because it is handmade, the quality of the guns produced by different workers is different, but even if the quality is relatively good, the accuracy is okay at the beginning, but after shooting more than 100 bullets, there will be a serious drop in accuracy, and the firing pin will also change. Soft failure, the effective range is only 200 meters.

These two problems were really not a problem three years ago.

In the period when the shooting discipline stipulated that each main regiment could only fire a maximum of [-] rounds per battle, riflemen could fire more than [-] rounds a year, and only elite veteran shooters could do it. It may be equipped with self-made carbine, which is a good three or eight caps that were seized.

In the same way, soldiers equipped with this self-made horse rifle can only shoot within 100 meters, and the range of 200 meters is not a problem.

However, in recent years, the output of bullets in the arsenal has increased greatly. Up to now, the daily production of reloaded bullets has exceeded [-] rounds, and the self-produced bullets have also exceeded [-] rounds per day, and it is still increasing rapidly.

As bullets became richer and shooting discipline was relaxed or even canceled, the problems with these guns became apparent.

For a time, this kind of gun became the object of disgust among soldiers.

Fortunately, a month ago, the armory produced the Bayi-style horse rifle modification. It is said that the design of the new gun was jointly designed by the original designer and a mechanical master from the independent regiment, and the production capacity has reached [-] pieces per month.

The first battalion commander of the new gun had tried it half a month ago.

The quality has been greatly improved, the accuracy will not decrease within a thousand rounds of bullets, and the effective range has also been increased to more than 300 meters. The firing pin will not suddenly become soft, and there will be no various glitches. It is easier to use than before. smoothly.

It's not as good as the devil's [-] cover, but it's much better than the old sleeve made by Hanyang.

In general, it is a very good gun, very suitable for equiping troops.

"This second-generation grenade made in the border area looks a lot better than before. It has prefabricated fragmentation grooves, and each of them is similar."

Cheng Shifa held a new grenade in amazement.

In the past, all the projectiles in the border area were hand-cast from clay molds, with various shapes, some like a ball, and some like a pine cone. Now the second generation of the border area in hand is like carved out of a mold.

"This looks like it was made by the grenade assembly line."

The first battalion commander also held a grenade and exclaimed:

"I heard that it is filled with potassium tungsten explosives, which are no less powerful than yellow explosives. Mortar shells are also filled with this kind of explosives."

"Hey hey..."

Cheng Shifa laughed triumphantly:

"With these guys, can't I drive away those two new devil brigades?"

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Taiyuan.

Inside the First Army Headquarters.

Although they didn't sleep all night, Yamamoto and Yoshimoto were full of energy, or because of the huge pressure, they didn't feel sleepy at all.

The two were discussing a very urgent issue at this time.

"Yamamoto-kun."

Gibbon put his hat back on over his gray hair:

"How do you think the First Army should deal with Li Yunlong now?"

Having been in the upper echelon of the empire for so long, Gibbon knew very well that although he called General Okamura and even Commander Hata Toshiroku to inform these two of his superiors of the actual situation, even if it worked, It also takes a while.

It varies from one month to three months.

During this period of time, he can only find a way to carry it through.

"General."

Yamamoto immediately said:

"With Li Yunlong's current strength and his attitude of hiding in the mountains and not coming out, it is impossible to completely eliminate him with the strength of the First Army. We can only wait for the decision of General Gangcun or General Hata Jun-six."

"What we have to do now is first to ensure the smooth flow of the Zhengtai Railway, and secondly to limit the development of Li Yunlong as much as possible."

"In less than half a year, this person has developed to such an extent. If there are a few more months, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to deal with."

At this point in the topic, both Yamamoto and Yoshimoto twitched their teeth and looked enviously at the same time.The human resources of the Republic of China were too abundant, and good soldiers could be recruited casually. If the empire had such abundant human resources, how could it be in such a situation.

"How to do?"

Gibbon's question is succinct.

"Although Li Yunlong's independent regiment, as well as the new first regiment and the new second regiment around him are very powerful, and troops of the same size are not weaker than the empire's second-line elite divisions, or even permanent divisions, with high mobility and strong firepower. .”

"But they are light infantry after all."

Yamamoto spoke confidently:

"Light infantry has a fixed disadvantage, that is, their ability to attack fortifications is poor. Although the 120 heavy forces equipped by Li Yunlong are powerful and can destroy ordinary civil engineering works, they are powerless against reinforced semi-buried civil engineering bunkers."

"Li Yunlong is not equipped with real heavy artillery. I have confirmed this through the intelligence department, and it can also be seen from the fact that Li Yunlong did not attack the county seat. He does not have large-caliber heavy artillery, otherwise he would have attacked Pan County long ago."

"We can use that against him."

Saying so, Yamamoto spread out a map of Northwest Shanxi, pointed to Ping'an County and Pan County on the map and continued:

"The new wing that will arrive next week will be transferred to Ping'an County and Pan County, and then center around these two counties, build semi-buried civil bunkers at the commanding heights near the main traffic arteries around them, and arrange artillery fire inside, Block Li Yunlong's access to the Zhengtai Railway."

"The mountains and forests are complex and there are many small roads. We can't block small groups of troops, but large troops, especially large troops with carriages, can pass through only a few roads, and we can completely block them."

"Yes, Not Bad."

Gibbon couldn't help but nodded.

This idea is very good. He is not afraid of a small army, but he is afraid that Li Yunlong will lead a large number of people to steal the rails.

"in addition."

Yamamoto's tone became more and more confident:

"We use these fortifications as our forward bases, and continue to send troops the size of squadrons to harass Li Yunlong's base."

"It can not only train the newly formed brigade in the country to quickly form combat effectiveness, but also affect the development of Li Yunlong's base area, forcing him to mobilize his forces to deal with the attack of small groups of troops from the empire."

"There are solid semi-buried bunkers, and Li Yunlong lacks heavy-duty offensive weapons. We are completely invincible, and we can advance, attack, retreat, and defend."

"Yo Xi."

Yoshimoto was pleased with Yamamoto's idea:
"Just do as you say."

"Hi."

Yamamoto made a timely request:
"A small group of troops in the mountains harass the battle. This is a project of special operations. The members of my secret service team are very proficient. I want to transfer some of the members to the newly formed wing to command the battle. Please allow the general."

Yamamoto naturally did not forget his lifelong goal, to promote special operations.

"can."

Gibbon naturally understood what Yamamoto meant, and he didn't stop him.

Afterwards, the two immediately summoned the staff of the First Army, began to draw up a detailed combat plan, and mobilized supplies to Ping'an County and Pan County.

In order to prevent accidents, Gibbon also planned to strengthen the requirements for semi-buried civil bunkers, and by the way, strengthen the fortifications of the two counties of Ping'an County and Pan County.

"What if Li Yunlong has heavy artillery that can destroy half-buried civil bunkers?"

Finally, Gibbon suddenly asked the question.

What happened last night taught Gibbon a lesson, never underestimate Li Yunlong, just because you didn't notice it doesn't mean he didn't.

"General, I have also considered this point."

Yamamoto's tone is still confident:

"A heavy artillery that can destroy a semi-buried civil bunker requires a caliber of about 150. A light artillery of this level weighs about three tons, and its mobility is extremely poor."

"Even if Chen Fan provided it to Li Yunlong, it would be difficult for him to move to the county seat on the mountain road. Unless Li Yunlong can build the road to the vicinity of the imperial army's position."

"Even if it reaches the forward position, its effective range is relatively short. For example, the German 150 infantry artillery has an effective range of only [-] kilometers, which can be easily suppressed by the Imperial Mountain Cannon."

Gibbon said nothing more.

After the arrival of the new wing of 4000 people, together with the three mobile brigades near the Zhengtai Iron Depot, the total strength of Pan County and Pingan County will reach more than 7000.

If the Eighth Route Army built a road to the county seat, or within a few kilometers of the fortresses stationed by heavy troops, then there is no need to fight, and they should commit seppuku.

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Ping An County.

What happened last night has reached the ears of the three captains here.

"A force of 1 men, more than a hundred mortars of various calibers, including more than [-] large-caliber mortars."

Seeing this data, even the top leader of Pingan County, who is grumpy and full of Bushido spirit, and Nakasa Toto, who is holding a full-staffed brigade, has teeth shaking for a while.

His Ping'an County is now full of only 1 imperial troops, but the Eighth Route Army with [-] troops on the opposite side, with strong firepower and tyrannical combat effectiveness, is definitely not an opponent.

Although Doto is reckless, he is not stupid.

"We need to strengthen our defenses."

The second-in-command, Yamada Nakasa, holding a brigade of more than 600 people, said in a flustered tone:
"Don't go out of the city in the near future, and the building patrol team outside the city will not go out, and strengthen the fortifications around the county, and the city wall must also be reinforced. In case Li Yunlong attacks the county, we can hold on longer until the reinforcements arrive."

Yamada has rich experience in fighting against Li Yunlong, and he knows very well that there is nothing that Li Yunlong dare not do.What if Li Yunlong suddenly wants to fight the county seat? With 1 troops, it already has the power to attack the city.

"Yamada-kun is right."

Doto nodded yes.

Although there were three captains, all of whom were lieutenants, only Tato and Yamada spoke in the headquarters. As for Masaki, the whole process was quiet and only agreed mechanically after the other two captains made their decisions.

At this moment Masaki was thinking about one thing.

Not long ago, Li Yunlong sent artillery to bombard the patrol squadron of Ping'an County. Unfortunately, it was his squadron again, and the loss was not small.

After two heavyweight losses, his current squad, including him, is exactly 250 people.

Two hundred and five.

As far as Masaki knows, in China, this number is very unlucky, so Masaki has always felt flustered and uneasy recently, and he always feels that something dangerous will happen.

　This chapter seems to have a problem with logic?

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　　Read the next chapter tomorrow morning, God knows when it will be finished.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)