Rise from the sword

Chapter 451 Out of range!

Bang Chi Bang Chi Bang Chi...
Along with the white smoke column soaring into the sky, the unique sound of the train also spread to the members of the special team.

"Prepare."

Wang Gensheng gave a low drink.

Beside him, the detonator unscrewed the safety cover, revealing the red detonation button, and lightly pressed his finger on the button. He stared at the locomotive that had emerged in the distance, and adjusted his breathing gently.

Hold your breath.

It's now····
The detonator let out a huff in his heart, and pressed the button in his hand.

boom····

boom····

Two packs of explosives weighing [-] kilograms exploded at the same time, and gunpowder smoke enveloped the locomotive instantly. With the spread of the shock wave, train parts such as rails, spikes, iron wheels, and even connecting rods scattered.

The front of the car was hit by an explosion, and while the base was scattered, the rails were naturally emptied, and the front of the car overturned directly to one side, plowing a long trace on the ground, and the subsequent carriages were also pulled to the ground. Gliding on the ground for a long distance.

"idiot···"

"Help···"

In the train, a series of shouts and calls for help sounded from several passenger cars.

Just as the train carriage stopped, the devils in the carriage were still in shock and were about to open the carriage to escape, the detonator pressed the second red button again.

boom boom boom

At the position where the train overturned, the explosion sounded again, and six streams of gunpowder smoke rose and spread at the position where the carriage stopped.

Nearly four years of experience have given the special team a wealth of experience in bombing trains. Coupled with long-term cultural knowledge learning, they can even accurately predict the stop position of the train after it derails based on the speed and terrain of the train.

"withdraw."

Before the smoke cleared, Wang Gensheng retreated with his men.

"Pity."

Before leaving, a team member looked at the train with bombed parts flying around, and sighed with regret.

There was a lack of steel in the regiment. The steel for such a large train was almost 200 tons, which was enough for the steel factory in the regiment to last for half a month. But this time, their special team came here, and they were unable to bring the train back.

"Hey hey..."

Wang Gensheng chuckled:
"That's not necessarily the case. It's impossible to get all of them, but this devil's train will definitely have some steel in the steel factory in the regiment."

The team members on the side blinked their eyes when they heard this sentence, and somewhat understood what the captain meant.

The special team left, but the devil patrol not far away was stunned and furious, especially the captain in charge of the inspection, who was stunned on the spot.

He just checked this place!Nearly a thousand people in his brigade checked repeatedly several times.

"Ba Ga, hurry up and save someone."

But after all, he is the captain, and he soon realized that now is not the time to look for the reason. Lieutenant General Dacheng, the chief of staff of the North China Front Army, is still in the train. If something goes wrong with this guy.

When he frantically ran towards the explosion point, the captain felt a vague pain in his abdomen.

Taiyuan.

First Army Command.

"Nani?"

He who was reading the telegram from Ping'an County stood up suddenly, stared at the staff officer who had just come to report with his eyes wide open:

"Can you say that again?"

While speaking, Gibbon was trembling all over.

Although the staff officer's report was very clear, and Gibbon could hear it clearly, deep down in his heart he didn't believe it, or could not believe it.

For the safety of the chief of staff, Gibbon mobilized almost all his forces, dispatched all the troops around the railway, guarded and patrolled day and night, and ordered the troops to conduct a carpet search within one kilometer of the railway before the train passed by.

It's all like this, and there is still a problem?

"The train from Peiping was attacked by an explosion, and the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, Lieutenant General Ojoto Sanji, was crushed."

The staff officer bowed his head and repeated the contents of the telegram again.

"idiot···"

Gibbon kicked the headquarters table away:
"Who is responsible for the safety of the accident site? Let him commit seppuku!"

"Major Ohno has executed himself to thank the Emperor."

The staff officer bowed his head and said.

Gibbon was sluggish on the spot, full of anger and aggrieved, and was gagged in his mouth. After a long time, he could only curse fiercely:
"waste!"

Although he was cursing, Gibbon felt a little regretful in his heart.

No, it should be very regretful.

Because of the large-scale military expansion, there is a shortage of officers at the imperial brigade level. An experienced brigade captain just died like this, and he committed suicide by caesarean section, which made Gibbon very distressed.

Being able to commit suicide and apologize shows that this is an officer who is loyal to the empire and full of passion and fanaticism for jihad. He is exactly the officer that the empire needs at present.

But whoever was in charge of the stage had a problem, he would kill himself by harakiri, and Gibbon could only swallow his heartache silently.

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Sanji Okito's death didn't cause much disturbance. When the news reached Yamamoto's ears, his expression didn't change much. No, Yamamoto even slightly raised the corners of his mouth, feeling a little happy.

This chief of staff was not on the right track with him. Yamamoto had secretly wondered whether this person would be killed by the Eighth Route Army on the way here, but he did not expect it to come true.

In the situation of the Empire and the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army is very suitable for special operations.

He quickly put the news aside, thinking about the current situation in his heart.

According to investigations, the independent group has already begun to take action. The engineering team of more than 1 people gathered in Gecun, the nearest village to Ping'an County, and began to build roads. From the analysis of the scene, it seems that the other side intends to build a wide and solid multi-lane trunk road to Ping An County.

This shows that Li Yunlong is bound to win Ping'an County.

Now the overall strength of the enemy is strong and we are weak. Li Yunlong has more than [-] troops, sufficient weapons and ammunition, and well-trained, while he has only [-] imperial troops, including a large number of recruits.

He must brace himself to deal with Li Yunlong's attack and not let him get an exit, otherwise once the Zhengtai Railway is completely cut off, the First Army will be completely abolished.

The Zhengtai Railway is the lifeline of the First Army and an important supply channel.

"Master Yamamoto."

At this time Shinji Kozu walked in:

"Frontline intelligence, a large number of troops of the Independent Regiment began to build positions in the area eight kilometers in front of the No. 4000 stronghold, with a strength of about [-] people."

In order to block the way out of the independent regiment, the locust army in Ping'an County prepared to build a large number of solid fortification groups. Each fortification group has two thickened half-buried civil fortresses. For reinforcement, a mixture of coal ash and stones was even used. and a small amount of cement.

In order to build these fortifications, Yamamoto broke his heart.

Originally he planned to recruit civilians to build it, but there were really not many people in Ping'an County, and most of them were attracted by the independent regiment, and went to the Eighth Route Army base to work and work, and even more than half of the puppet troops ran away. This made Yamamoto very helpless. The locust army can build it by themselves. Fortunately, the recruits are easy to handle, and the position is built quickly and of good quality.

However, considering vigilance and precautions, only a small part of the imperial army can build fortifications. There is a serious shortage of manpower, and there is also a lack of materials. Finish.

"No. [-] stronghold?"

Yamamoto walked to the map, looked at the position of the No. [-] stronghold, and asked Shinji Kosa to mark on the map the position that the independent map was building.

"What is Li Yunlong planning to do?"

Looking at the position of the position, Yamamoto frowned.

Stronghold No. [-] is the furthest from Ping'an County, [-] kilometers away from the county seat, and even [-] kilometers away from the nearest road.

According to his estimation, Li Yunlong should take the lead in launching an attack before his position is completed, destroying or delaying the construction of his position, and he is also ready to deal with it.

In the plan, the No. [-] stronghold is a stronghold that is about to be abandoned. It is used to delay Li Yunlong's attack and buy time for the construction of the following fortifications.

However, building a position seven kilometers away from the No. [-] stronghold and putting on a defensive posture greatly exceeded Yamamoto's expectations.

"It should be the engineering team protecting the road."

Shinji Koza speculates:
"Although our fortifications have not been completed yet, the defensive positions surrounding the fortifications have been preliminarily established, and defensive positions or artillery positions have also been deployed on various highlands. Li Yunlong knows that it is difficult to attack by force, so he plans to build roads first, and then rely on wide roads, Send large forces to advance slowly."

"Is that so?"

Yamamoto frowned.

He can obtain the information of the independent regiment, so Li Yunlong, who is a local snake, can easily obtain his information.

No matter which direction it is speculated from, Li Yunlong should launch an attack as soon as possible. The opponent has superior military strength and firepower. Taking advantage of his unsteady foothold, it is the most sensible choice to attack across the board and advance to Ping'an County to occupy the road near the county seat.

unless·······
"What advice do you have?"

After thinking for a while, Yamamoto looked at Kosa Shinji.

Kazuki Yamamoto is very self-aware, he is good at special operations and intelligence, but in such a large-scale situation, he is really not as good as Shinji Kozuo, who has been struggling for several years as the captain of the regiment.

"Send a small force to attack its road construction team, or attack its base."

Kazuo said without hesitation.

"The success rate is very low."

Yamamoto is familiar with this and has the right to speak:
"The Independence Regiment obviously took precautions against our attacks. Their workers came out to work during the day, surrounded by a large number of security forces guarding them, making it difficult for small groups of troops to approach. They all withdrew to the interior of the base area at night, and there was no chance of an attack."

Yamamoto, who is proficient in special operations, knows very well that surprise attacks by small groups of troops are very important. Once they are discovered, they will inevitably be surrounded by heavy troops from the opponent and suffer heavy casualties.

Not to mention that the current Li Yunlong's troops have more ferocious firepower than his special squad. If he attacked Daxia Bay back then and encountered the independent regiment at this time, I am afraid that the first combat team will be completely destroyed in less than 3 minutes. Member jade broken.

Sending a small group of troops to sneak attack when the other party expected it is tantamount to delivering food.

"I mean, at night, sending a large number of troops to infiltrate a large area."

Kozu Shinji looked serious and spoke solemnly:
"The independent regiment does have an absolute advantage in military strength, and its firepower is stronger than that of the imperial army, but we should not face too many troops."

He pointed to the map and said:

"Pan County has an empire and a unit of troops, about 3000 people. Li Yunlong must send an equal number of troops to deal with it. Some of his troops are also involved in the Luliang mountain area. The other two regiments also have to guard against the garrisons in Heyuan County and other places. Too many reinforcements have been sent over, and they also need troops to be stationed inside the base."

"The base areas from Ping'an County to Li Yunlong are all complex mountainous areas. This kind of terrain can greatly weaken the advantage of firepower at night. It is more of a hand-to-hand combat. It is also very convenient to retreat at night in complex terrain."

"Most of our subordinates are now recruits, with serious lack of combat experience. Taking advantage of the fact that the independent regiment has not yet established a solid forward position, we continue to repeatedly infiltrate and penetrate the squadron as a unit to temper the recruits."

"During the training period, the construction of strongholds must be accelerated, and the No. 105 fortification group must be built in advance, and then after the arrival of the four [-]-type [-] field cannons from the heavy artillery unit, the No. [-] stronghold base will be used to bombard the independent regiment to build roads."

"in advance?"

Yamamoto was taken aback.

The No. [-] fortification group was not planned to be built in the original plan. It is [-] kilometers away from Ping'an County and [-] kilometers away from the Independence Regiment base.

"Correct."

Shinji Kozawa nodded:
"Li Yunlong must have known that the imperial army is building a strong fortification group with half-buried bunkers, and he is still not in a hurry to widen the horse road and build a road, and it is a high-standard road, so..."

Having said that, Jiazuo took a deep breath and raised his tone:

"He must have a large-caliber siege artillery. This road is to allow the heavy artillery to advance to the range and start shelling the fortifications."

"Judging from the specifications of the road he built, it may be an antique heavy mortar from World War I. This kind of cannon starts at a minimum of ten tons. Although the range is short, it is powerful and can easily destroy the earthwork bunker we are building."

"Although the Type 105 [-] field cannon has a maximum range of [-] kilometers, the No. [-] stronghold is [-] kilometers away from the front position of the Independent Regiment. It is completely possible to launch shelling outside the range of the Independent Regiment's cannon."

"But the opponent's artillery is highly mobile, and we must extend the safety zone for long-range cannons."

Hearing this, Yamamoto took a deep breath and nodded.

He also speculated before that Li Yunlong may have heavy artillery, a large-caliber heavy artillery that can attack the city.

"it is good."

Yamamoto nodded.

In order to deal with Li Yunlong, General Gibbon also spent a lot of money, and newly transferred four long-range 105 cannons to Ping'an County.And there will be a wing of the Mongolian army arriving later.

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Simultaneously.

Gecun.

Temporary Headquarters of the Independent Regiment.

Zhang Dabiao looked around, looked at the second battalion commander, the third battalion commander, and the head of the regiment, and spread out the map on the table.

In this battle, considering that the army will become larger and larger in the future, Li Yunlong gave up direct front-line command and handed over the command to Zhang Dabiao. He came here just to listen to the battle plan.

"We can't hide the eyes of the devils when we build roads. They can even know the specifications of our roads."

Zhang Dabiao smiled and spoke confidently:

"The two-lane road is hardened, and the devils will definitely think that we have heavy and large-caliber heavy artillery, and plan to advance through the road, and then bombard its fortifications."

"Then, the little devils must prevent us from building roads, but now their strength and firepower are at a disadvantage, so the little devils must infiltrate and train troops on a small scale at night, and at the same time occupy the forward artillery positions, and destroy our road construction through long-range bombardment."

"The little devil's family is still very rich, and there are more types of cannons than us."

"Hey hey..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Dabiao chuckled, with a sinister voice:

"However, the little devil would never have imagined that our Bofors Mountain Cannon now has a range of up to [-] kilometers with extended-range bullets."

　Refresh, changed a lot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)