Rise from the sword

Chapter 465 Everyone has trump cards!

After the war, the two sides died down, and the front line resumed the previous fierce battle.

The two sides are still pouring new recruits into the front line.

But there have been some changes.

Both the devils and the independent regiment found that this battle was becoming more and more difficult to fight.

Two and a half months of hard work, the enemy's nighttime raids and infiltrations have made the defensive positions built by the independent regiment more perfect, and the security system of the forward positions has also matured. The devils want to approach quietly, or find weak points to infiltrate , is increasingly unlikely.

Commanders at the battalion, company and platoon level are proficient in anti-osmosis tactics, and they are also familiar with how to use actual combat to sharpen recruits. While training efficiency is greatly improved, they can also effectively avoid problems caused by lack of experience in recruits.

But war is mutual, and progress is mutual.

After two and a half months of continuous infiltration at night, the little devils' night interspersed tactics have become more and more handy. The devils officers also have full experience in how to sharpen and select elite soldiers from second-class inferior soldiers through actual combat.

And those devils who escaped from the fierce firepower of the independent regiment either had mental breakdowns, or thoroughly comprehended the spirit of Bushido and became real old devils.

And the two sides are still fighting fiercely.

a few days later.

Yuxian Railway Station.

Bags of sealed and packaged white sugar were loaded into the truck, and bags of grain were transported to Shijiazhuang via the Zhengtai Railway, and then to Peiping.

"Two thousand tons of high-quality white sugar?"

Hearing the news reported by the staff officer and seeing the samples handed over together, Neiji Okamura stood up directly.

As a commander of the North China Front Army, with 10,000+ people in hand, he shouldn't be so surprised that he loses his composure with a mere [-] tons of supplies.

But this is white sugar.

It is the strategic material of the empire, which is urgently needed in the local area, and is an important material that can stabilize the domestic situation.

Now the price of white sugar in the empire, the regular market has disappeared, the black market price is [-] times the price ten years ago, and there is still a price without a market, which shows how scarce it is.

Moreover, the white sugar in front of me is of high quality and has sealed moisture-proof packaging. The minimum shelf life is two years, and the price will be higher.

Also.

The white sugar was collected in several counties around Ping'an County in ten days, and flowed out from the base of the Independence Regiment.

Because of the existence of the imperial garrison, all counties were controlled by imperial merchants in key livelihood industries, key factories, and other businesses were basically monopolized by the empire, but the collection of [-] tons of white sugar in just ten days is enough to illustrate the flow of supplies from the independent regiment as much.

It also shows that the abundance of supplies of the Independent Regiment is beyond his imagination.

White sugar was also an important and rare material in the Republic of China. Such a large amount of outflow, either because the independent regiment had too much white sugar to use up, or it indicated that there was a problem with the management of its base.

Gangcun prefers the latter.

The production of sugar is much more difficult than grain.

"We should increase the dispatch of troops to Ping'an County and increase the pressure on that independent regiment."

The new chief of staff, Major General Takahashi, suggested.

Ten days, [-] tons of sugar, the income is very high.Let alone food.

"Correct."

Gangmura Ningji nodded.

The garrison in Ping'an County not only solves the food consumption by itself, but does not need the front army to provide it, and even has the spare power to provide food materials and important strategic materials sugar in reverse, which really surprised him.

The No. [-] operation is imminent, and the main force cannot be dispatched, but there is no problem with recruits or newly formed domestic troops.

After this batch of supplies entered the mainland, he could also persuade the base camp to send more recruits.

As far as the empire is concerned, sending these low-quality recruits to the front line is beneficial and harmless. It can not only release the domestic anti-war pressure, but also reduce domestic material consumption.

As for basic weapons and equipment, military uniforms and weapons, the weapons and ammunition consumed in Ping'an County are all light equipment, which can be satisfied by the arsenal in the northeast.It has little impact on the No. [-] operation.

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end of September.

Ten days have passed since the last large-scale battle.

Over the past ten days, fierce battles at night on the front line have continued, but no large-scale battles have occurred. Both sides have consciously controlled the scale of the battle, silently accumulating strength, and preparing for the next large-scale battle.

Ping An County.

A Japanese training camp.

Yamamoto walked in with his special agent team.

After passing through layers of guards, the group finally came to a flat ground, where about [-] devils were training.

From the sturdy posture and movements of these devils, as well as the unified [-]-type cover, [-]-type machine guns, grenades, mortars and other equipment, it can be seen that this must be an elite force.

"Master."

Seeing Yamamoto, the devil who was directing the training at the top hurried over to salute. The devil's armband showed that this person was a major.

"Saito-kun."

Yamamoto nodded in response, his tone satisfied.

Major Saito in front of him is the new leader of the first combat team of the Yamamoto Special Forces, and he is also the leader he is most satisfied with.

There are two reasons. First, this person has good abilities, not inferior to the previous captains. Second, this person has lived for a long time. He is the longest-lived leader of the first team in the history of the Yamamoto Special Forces.

"How is the current training situation?"

Yamamoto continued.

The troops in front of him are the decisive battle troops he prepared.

All are veterans, honed from the front line, veterans loyal to the empire, equipped with the best weapons, trained by his special agents, and taught special operations.

In Yamamoto's vision, when the time is right, that is, the imperial army in Ping'an County has enough troops and supplies, he will launch a full-scale attack on the front line. At the same time, this elite force will use 500 troops as a unit to pass through the flanks Infiltrate into the base area of ​​the independent regiment, carry out sabotage, cut off the supply channel of the independent regiment, and cooperate with the frontline troops to eliminate the independent regiment troops on the position in one fell swoop.

"Very smooth."

Saito said confidently:

"These people are elite warriors of the empire, and they can quickly comprehend the essence of special operations."

"Yo Xi."

Yamamoto was also satisfied.

This situation is actually very normal. The devils here are all old devils who survived the fierce firepower of the frontline independent regiment. Every devil has at least seven frontline battle experience.

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a few days later.

Independence Corps.

Sun Desheng, who finished working in the machinery factory, went to the tank training camp with Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Cheng He.Kong Jie was originally invited, but the head of Kong University has been busy with the construction of factories in the base area recently, so he did not come.

It has been [-] days since the troops got the tanks, and today is the day to test the training results of the tank troops.

A group of people passed the sentry post and entered the tank training camp. The preparations here have been made well. The nearby hills are guarded by anti-aircraft artillery. The soldiers of the anti-aircraft battalion have already entered the artillery positions. On the ground, 45 No. Smoke means the engine has started.

In front of each tank, a five-man team was lined up.

In the rear, there is a company of more than 500 soldiers lined up neatly. Most of the soldiers in this company are equipped with submachine guns.

In front of this formation is a training field set up according to the actual battlefield, with long slopes, pits, bunkers, ditches, forts, anti-tank piles, wooden rakes erected on the side, and 'enemy' troops.

"let's start."

Li Yunlong often comes here, and even participates in the training of tank troops many times, so there is no nonsense, and he gets straight to the point.

Now that the base area is developing rapidly, everyone is very busy, so there is no need to waste time on a few nonsense.

"Yes."

Sun Desheng ran into a tank crew and shouted loudly at the same time:

"boarding."

After the voice fell, 45 tank vehicles entered the tank together, and at the same time, the infantry company behind also entered the fighting state.

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Amid the suddenly intensified low roar of the diesel engines, 45 tanks rushed out in unison, and the rear infantry followed closely behind the tanks, or on the two wings. The two sides cooperated tacitly and advanced all the way to the front.

Encountering the enemy machine gun fortress, the tank gun fired and destroyed it, covering the infantry behind. Before passing through the trench, the infantry cleared the trench under the cover of tank fire. After the battle, the troops moved on.

During the period, the tanks also climbed big slopes, descended steep slopes, passed through dangerous and narrow roads, stopped and fired at high speeds, avoided the sudden appearance of anti-tank guns on the side, etc., and rehearsed all possible situations on the battlefield .

It is different from Li Yunlong's familiarity with tank troops.

Ding Wei has recently been busy with recruit training and studying how to reduce casualties on the front line. He rarely came to see the tank training. He only came a few times in the early days when the tank unit was still young.

He deeply felt the progress of the tank unit in front of him, or the rebirth.

Every tank is moving smoothly, which makes it possible to see the driver's superb skills. When passing through the appearance of only one car wide, there is no accident. Every tank is like being measured with a ruler. , passed precisely.

There are also those deep pits, large high slopes, and long steep slopes. Ding Wei, who has experience in stance three-jumping, also knows that these terrains are a test of stance skills. A flameout occurred.

Ding Wei knew very well that three months ago, this group of people had never touched a tank, and even their experience in driving other mechanical vehicles was at most one year.

It is hard to imagine that in just three months, it has improved to such an extent.

Moreover, whether it is an emergency response to a short-range target or a long-range named shelling, the tank has shown a very high accuracy.

"Yes, the training effect is very good."

Head Ding Da sincerely praised.

In just three months, it has reached the level where he can go to the battlefield today, which is simply unbelievable.

At the same time, this also shows that the logistics team of the independent regiment has basically mastered the tank maintenance technology, otherwise these tanks would not be able to perform high-intensity maneuvers for up to one and a half hours without any problems.

"Hey hey..."

Leader Li smiled with satisfaction.

"How did you train?"

Cheng He, the battalion commander of the new regiment on the side, couldn't help asking.

Three months, from an absolute novice to a proficient tank team, is simply unimaginable.

Ding Wei also looked over, he was also a little curious,

"How did you train?"

Leader Li smiled, pointed to the tank troops re-arranging in the distance and said:
"The 45 tank groups here, each of which has a tank driving mileage of at least [-] kilometers, and more than [-] live ammunition shots."

"No wonder..."

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Ding Wei was deeply moved.

Minimum mileage of [-] kilometers.

Boss Chen's No. 330 tank is much more advanced than German engine technology. The 48-horsepower diesel engine is fuel-efficient, with high reliability, sufficient power, and large torque. The maximum speed on the road is 36 kilometers per hour, and the maximum off-road speed is [-] kilometers.

Considering the service life of engines and other machinery, as well as the physical strength and fuel consumption of the crew, tanks generally do not run at maximum speed.

The tank training ground has gravel roads and dirt off-road roads for training. The construction brigade mobilized tens of thousands of people to quickly complete the construction. I am afraid that the training is rarely driven on a dedicated training road. Everything is based on actual combat and runs directly in the field. The terrain in the field is complex and the actual driving speed is slower.

Calculated in this way, during the training period, the average speed of the tank should be about 25 kilometers per hour.

The minimum driving distance is 45 kilometers, that is to say, these [-] tank crews have driven [-] hours in real vehicles in just [-] days, and the minimum daily driving training in real vehicles is more than [-] hours.

"But this training consumes too much."

Zhao Gang said:
"In 25 days, 490 tanks, 370 seven engines, more than 500 gearboxes, more than [-] tons of scrapped tracks, and various other parts were scrapped, all of which filled up two large warehouses gone."

"At present, we have only ninety tank crews participating in the training."

"Such a big consumption."

The corner of Ding Wei's mouth twitched.

There are masters in the logistics team, as long as it can be repaired, it will definitely be repaired, and Boss Chen's tanks have ample spare parts. Even so, so many tanks, engines and gearboxes have been scrapped.

With such training, it is estimated that only the richest Americans in the world can play.

Fortunately, it wasn't that Boss Chen's guarantee doubled, and all the consumption could be reimbursed, otherwise I would be so distressed.

"correct."

Ding Wei suddenly lowered his voice and asked:

"How many tanks do we have now?"

"In addition to the harvest from the Luliang mountain area, and the two devil warships that were killed before."

Li Yunlong knew that Ding Wei asked this question because he was asking how many devils the independent regiment had killed since the beginning of the tank business, so he replied:
"A total of 800 people."

In order to complete the tank task, the independent regiment attacked from all directions, not only fighting fiercely with the devils in Ping'an County on the front line, but also dispatched a large number of small units to expand the base area and support other armed forces in enemy-occupied areas.

For example, in the Luliang mountain area, the independent regiment sent two real companies, armed with heavy machine guns and Type [-] infantry artillery, to destroy a large number of Japanese artillery towers, killing more than [-] Japanese devils, eliminating a large number of puppet troops, and even occupying several small towns. The county seat has greatly expanded the scope of Zhao Jiayu's base area.

Recently, the construction brigade has started to build the kilometers leading to the Lvliang mountain area, intending to completely connect the other side.

Although there are not so many other bases, they add up to a lot.

"This is the data from five days ago."

Li Yunlong added.

"It's coming soon."

Ding Wei said with a smile.

"Yes, soon."

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang also said at the same time.

The tone of the three of them was full of surprise and joy.

When they first saw the tank business, the goal in everyone's mind was [-] yuan, but it's only been three months, and [-] yuan has been completed.Moreover, the devils in Ping'an County are still sending recruits in an endless stream.

"I'll work harder."

There was a sharp flash in Zhao Gang's eyes:
"Food and sugar, etc., continue to relax control and release more supplies."

"good idea."

Ding Wei agreed.

Zhao Gang is preparing to build a light rail railway, and there is a lot of preparatory work to be done. Ding Wei is also very busy, so the two left first.

"Captain."

Just when Li Yunlong finished the inspection and was about to leave, Sun Desheng ran over:
"Give me more pickup trucks, that's the big Jeep."

"What are you going to do?"

Li Yunlong asked.

"You're not an infiltration troop with tank troops ready to kill the Japs."

Sun Desheng said:
"I have done exercises. Now that the roads in the base area have been reinforced, the tank troops can rush to the battlefield in the first time, but the infantry cannot keep up. Sitting directly on the tanks is easy to fall and crush."

Li Yunlong nodded.

Tanks have narrow vision and are easy to deal with without infantry protection.

Sun Desheng continued:
"Now there are roads in the core area of ​​our base, and the driving ability of the big jeep is guaranteed, and the big jeep can be equipped with heavy machine guns, and its firepower is also good. There are tanks in front of us, so it is not so easy to be destroyed. Besides, the big jeep is our base. After using it for so long, I am very familiar with it, and it is easy to use.”

"Now···"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said:

"Now, do you have the ability to familiarize yourself with a new armored vehicle?"

During the chat with Chen Fan, Captain Li learned about it.

For an armored force, the best configuration is that the main tanks in the front move in to break through the enemy's line of defense, followed by armored vehicles carrying infantry, destroying the enemy infantry to expand the breakthrough, and finally self-propelled artillery fire support, with aircraft in the air to defend the sky and ground fire support .

There is no need to think about the plane, let alone the Zhaojiayu base, even the headquarters, or even the border area, can't gather enough people to play this for the time being, not to mention that Brother Chen didn't provide it.

There are self-propelled artillery, but they are too heavy, and the regiment is temporarily short of manpower and quota.

But armored vehicles, it seems that the conditions are suitable.

"The wheeled armored vehicle has the same engine as the ten-wheeled truck, and the same technology as the No. [-] tank, as well as the gearbox."

Li Yunlong added.

"Wheeled armored vehicle?"

Sun Desheng fell into hesitation.

Tracked tanks are mechanically complex, and it is very troublesome to master and use. The crew must not only have driving skills, but also be proficient in maintenance techniques.

Even with a detailed operating manual, a host of problems arose.

In the past three months, there have been no less than [-] accidents in which the engine was burned because the tank crew forgot to check the lubricating oil, and there were also various problems caused by improper operation.

It can be said that more than [-]% of engines and gearboxes are scrapped due to improper operation.

He was in tears.

If it weren't for Boss Chen's spare parts, gearboxes, and engines, there would be six spares, as well as a large number of maintenance parts, and the master's skills are really good, I am afraid that all the [-] tanks now will be scrapped.

But after such a long time, the logistics personnel have also become proficient, and there are more and more skilled crews. He has also summed up some training experience, and the number of low-level mistakes that lead to serious problems is very small.

"it is good."

Sun Desheng nodded.

Wheeled armored vehicles are much simpler than tanks, so they should be fine.

　Calvin, I forced it out, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)