Rise from the sword

Chapter 468 Target: Ichiro Hirata!
"What are you going to do?"

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong.

After the combined command of the first-level troops of the third regiment company, the strength of the independent regiment increased greatly. The fierce battle on the front line, the defense of the base area, and the spread on the two wings contained about half of the troops.

For example, capture an important county and cut off an important line of communication.

But exactly what to do and how to do it is a question.

If we attack Ping'an County in advance, we must use all our forces to expose the new 105 long-range howitzers, 160 mortars and other new heavy weapons, which will cause the devils entrenched in Ping'an County, Pan County, Yu County and Niangziguan Railway Station to be vigilant. .

According to intelligence, there are more than [-] devil recruits here, and the number is still increasing rapidly.

All hope of completing the big tank business is here.

That general hospital, [-] tons of medicines, and the follow-up price tag made Political Commissar Zhao very jealous.

The road from Gecun to Ping'an County has not yet been built, and the combat effectiveness of the armored battalion has not yet formed. The independent regiment does not have enough appetite to eat these more than 2 devils.

If you want to scare these devils away, it will be a big loss.

"Ping'an County cannot be moved, and the 160 mortars and 105 howitzers cannot be exposed for the time being. Otherwise, the devils in Ping'an County will be alerted, and the loss outweighs the gain."

Li Yunlong opened a map of northwest Shanxi and pressed his finger on a point:
"I plan to do something here."

Zhao Gang looked with his eyes, and his tone was a little surprised:
"Heyuan County?"

His partner's decision is always beyond everyone's expectations.

"Yes, Heyuan County."

Li Yunlong continued:
"Although the Zhengtai Railway does not pass through Heyuan County, there is also an important road leading directly to Taiyuan. Moreover, the terrain around the county is flat, with many rivers and fertile land. A small iron mine is very important to the First Army."

"Occupying here, even if Gibbon does not step down, it is almost the same, and it can greatly expand the base area and open up the channels for ordinary people to enter the base area."

The political commissar nodded and asked:

"How strong are the devils in Heyuan County?"

He agreed to the plan to attack Heyuan County.

Zhao Jiayu's base areas are all mountainous, with few plains and very barren land. Occupying Heyuan County is conducive to the development and construction of the base area, expanding the food production in the base area, and expanding the channels for ordinary people to enter the base area.

There is no urgent need to expand the amount of self-produced grain, but it is urgent to get more people into the base areas.

Except for the construction brigade, the base area also organized 10,000+ migrant workers to build, mine, build roads, open up wasteland, etc., but Boss Chen has more and more food supplies that have not yet been delivered, and the total has exceeded 35 tons up.

In the case of very sufficient supplies.

The larger the population, the faster the base area will be built, and the water conservancy facilities such as aqueducts that have recently been vigorously constructed are more troublesome than road construction and require a lot of manpower.

Li Yunlong continued:
"Heyuan County is 27 kilometers away from Zuojiabao, where the Xinyi Regiment is stationed. There are continuous mountainous areas in the middle, and only two horse paths pass through. Although we have not shown any tendency to expand to Heyuan County, the little devil is also very vigilant. In addition, the other side of Heyuan County is the garrison of the [-]th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, so the military strength of Heyuan County is not weak."

"The devils have stationed a gendarmerie brigade and a garrison brigade, with a total of 500 people. The commander is Ichiro Hirata, the captain of the gendarmerie brigade."

"But there are no heavy weapons, and the fortifications are very ordinary."

"The ones that can quickly support Heyuan County are the Fu'an devil garrison, there is a regiment over there, and there is Taiyuan. I guess Yoshimoto should send the Yoshino regiment to reinforce."

"The devils in other places, hmph, when they come over, I should be digging a grave for Ichiro Hirata."

If it was the New Regiment period, even if the troops were over [-], it would take at least four or five days for him to fight Heyuan County. Over time, there would be great changes. But now, the troops have strong firepower and changeable tactics. From the beginning to the end of the battle, Up to two days.

"500 people, reinforcements from two regiments."

Zhao Gang nodded calmly.

This is equivalent to a half-full brigade, which is indeed powerful, but for today's independent regiment, it is nothing to fear.Not to mention the garrison brigade, and the gendarmerie brigade with similar combat effectiveness.

As for the reinforcements, two companies of troops were randomly sent out, plus the battalion's 120 mortar fire support. After building a solid position, there is no problem in blocking it for a day or two.

"What are you going to do?"

Zhao Gang continued to ask.

A county, with its city walls and fortification system, is not so easy to take down. Of course, with the current strength of the independent regiment, it is not difficult to storm Heyuan County, but Zhao Gang feels that Li Yunlong will definitely not storm.

"I sent soldiers from a battalion of reconnaissance companies to investigate. Because of the gendarmerie system, Heyuan County's security is very lax. It is easy to sneak in, and it is not difficult to enter with weapons."

Li Yunlong exhaled loudly:
"It's October, and the ghosts in Heyuan County should go out to clean up the countryside. I plan to repeat the same old trick after the little devils go out."

"Ha ha····"

Zhao Gang smiled and nodded.

The Independence Regiment once captured Shou County. Li Yunlong meant to use the same tactics used to capture Shou County to deal with Heyuan County. He laughed because of the idiom of repeating old tricks.Recently, Lao Li's cultural level has skyrocketed.

However, the level of swearing has also increased fucking, and I don't know where I learned so many weird swearing words.

"What if Gibbon doesn't step down after we occupy Heyuan County?"

Zhao Gang asked suddenly.

The capture of a county seat, and it is an important county seat, is indeed a major mistake for the devils, and the possibility of Gibbon's resignation is very high.

After all, the Shanxi area was not just the Zhaojiayu base area. After the troops were fully equipped, the base area in the center of the Taihang Mountain had become an iron barrel, and the devils could not penetrate it at all. These problems were all on Gibbon's head.

But it's just a possibility, not a guarantee.

"After this battle is over, the total number of kills should exceed [-]. The new large-caliber mountain cannon can be unlocked, so give him more fire. Anyway, the devil planes have not come to bomb recently, and it is useless to keep Taiyuan Airport. .”

Li Yunlong snorted.

The devils hadn't bombed Zhaojiayu's base for a long time. According to the information sent back from the headquarters, the planes at Taiyuan Airport were still there, but the pilots had been transferred away, and it seemed that there had been no fuel and bomb replenishment for a long time.

"Ha ha····"

Zhao Gang laughed out loud.

At this moment, a staff officer ran in from outside the door.

"Leader, political commissar."

Staff Report:
"Just now, two Devil reconnaissance planes scouted the tank training camp at low altitude. One was shot down by anti-aircraft guns, and the other escaped after a low-altitude patrol."

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong immediately looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise.

What is this kid trying to do?

After the Independent Regiment displayed a large amount of anti-aircraft artillery fire, it had been a long time since the Little Devils made low-altitude reconnaissance, let alone low-altitude reconnaissance in the tank training camp in the key air defense area.

A guard company soldier walked in:

"Regimental Commander, Political Commissar, we have caught three devil spies sneaking close to the tank training camp."

"It seems."

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes:

"The little devil is eyeing our tanks, and he is afraid that we will use the tanks to attack at night."

Tanks are offensive weapons with strong passability, and they can climb up ordinary hills directly.

The little devil's fourth position is very close to the end of the road. After fighting for so long, the terrain between the road and the devil's position has been cleared. The tank can climb up the hillside directly. Of course, the speed will be very slow, and it can only When used as a semi-fixed turret, its mobility is greatly reduced.

But even so, the independent regiment can easily capture the outer positions of the fourth position with the help of tanks, and obtain a counterattack position for the artillery. Tank guns can easily destroy machine gun bunkers, and thick armor can block machine gun bullets.

Of course, the loss of the tank will be relatively large during the period. In the night environment, it is easy to be blown up by the little devil's meat bomb charge.

"We have to find a way to make the kid feel at ease about our tank."

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes.

He didn't want the tanks to be wasted between the mountain positions.

"It's simple."

Political Commissar Zhao said with a smile:

"Didn't we destroy 25 tanks during training? It's enough to let the little devils know. The devils will think that our lack of experience in tank use has caused a large number of tanks to be damaged, so they will lower their vigilance."

Zhao Gang is very clear.

The training mode of the independent regiment is the only one, and there is no semicolon.

With Boss Chen's double reimbursement finale, as well as the master's technology, a large number of spare parts, and a large amount of fuel, the independent regiment dared to be so crazy. The training without loss, the consumption during the training was greater than the battle damage.

A total of [-] tank crews, in just two months of training, if the weight of the parts is calculated, almost [-] complete vehicles will be scrapped, and one crew will be reimbursed.

And fuel.

45 crews have completed 60 kilometers of training, and the rest have a minimum of two to three thousand kilometers. The total mileage exceeds [-] kilometers. The off-road fuel consumption of tanks is quite a lot. One can imagine how much it consumes.

This is something no country can do, and military expenditures simply cannot afford it.

Neither does Europe.

Don't even think about the little devil.

"There are also those soldiers who were injured during training, just let the devil know."

Zhao Gang added.

Tank training is accompanied by a certain degree of danger. Overturning can easily cause tank soldiers to be injured, not to mention the crazy training of the independent regiment. Fortunately, Boss Chen has done a very good job of tank protection measures.

"good idea."

Li Yunlong was very satisfied.

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"What exactly are Li Yunlong and his group of Tubalu planning to do?"

In the Japanese Army Headquarters in Ping'an County, Kazuki Yamamoto frowned.

He found that the development of the situation was beyond his expectation.

After the locust army counterattacked in Ping'an County last time, the Independence Regiment stopped building the road to Ping'an County according to his prediction, and began to launch continuous attacks in an attempt to occupy the front-line artillery positions.

However, the scale of the counterattack was small, and the attack was piecemeal, far from the comprehensive attack he had speculated.

Let him be uncertain of the follow-up intentions of the independent group for a while.

In addition, Li Yunlong also took the initiative to relax material control, sold a large number of important materials such as grain and sugar at low prices, purchased scrap steel, machinery and equipment, and recruited talents.

It made him even more confused. He didn't know what the group of Tuba roads hiding in the mountains were doing?
The enemy is currently tens of thousands of imperial troops gathered in Ping'an County, Pan County, Yu County, and Niangziguan Railway Station area. Although they are all recruits, they should not be underestimated. Is it possible that Li Yunlong dared to concentrate his main forces on military production and economic construction? superior?

If you can't guess your opponent's thinking, you can't respond, which makes Yamamoto, who is used to strategizing, very annoyed.

Tobaji... Shinji Kozuo squinted at Kazuki Yamamoto.

If Li Yunlong's army is Tuba Road, then what is the Ping'an County Imperial Army with half the firepower?
"Li Yunlong should be looking for a way to break through the front line."

Shinji Koza thought for a while, then said:

"In the previous battle, Li Yunlong's attack was blocked by the strong position in front of the fourth stronghold."

"They were unable to break through the forward position to strengthen the machine gun position against the mortar defense under the suppression of artillery fire. Not long ago, they used the [-] infantry artillery at night, but the shooting range and obstacles in front of the position have been cleared. The oversized Infantry guns were unable to maneuver into proper firing positions."

"That's why Li Yunlong has been carrying out small-scale attacks, testing our army's defensive positions, and researching targeting methods."

"As long as the fire support of the long-range cannon is not affected, our side will be invincible. However, if Li Yunlong dispatches tanks at night to attack at any cost and uses siege mortars, then the fourth stronghold..."

Having said that, Shinji Kozawa paused, but did not continue.

In the deduction of the two, once the independent regiment dispatched tank troops to attack, and dispatched the siege large-caliber mortars that had been hidden all along to destroy the thick and half-buried solid bunkers on the stronghold, they might not be able to defend.

The tanks in front of the fourth stronghold can barely maneuver, and the advantage of long-range artillery fire at night will be weakened.With the cover and firepower of tanks, the independent regiment can completely break through the forward positions.

Of course, under the counterattack of the imperial army, the independent regiment definitely suffered a lot of losses.

The problem is that once the forward position of the fourth stronghold is lost, the long-range artillery position will be within the range of the enemy's artillery fire, losing the advantage of artillery fire, and the fourth position will inevitably fall.

Moreover, no one can guarantee that Chen Fan will provide Li Yunlong with long-range artillery. After all, he has provided tanks, and long-range artillery is not as valuable as tanks.

But prepare the attack plan in advance, because the material reserve and the mobilization of troops will take a month's preparation time at the earliest, that is, it will start in November, which is already the limit.

Just when the two were frowning, a staff officer from outside came in and handed them a telegram.

"Yo Xi."

After quickly reading the telegram, Yamamoto's brows immediately relaxed, and he couldn't help shouting "Hello".

"The Independent Regiment is the German Panzer IV?"

Jia Zuo finally read the telegram, he frowned first, he didn't understand how Tuba Road got the ally's No. [-] tank, but the follow-up content also made him couldn't help shouting "Hello", and even laughed out loud:
"More than 20 tanks were completely destroyed? Many armored soldiers who participated in the training were treated in the hospital?"

Although it is not clear how many tanks Li Yunlong has, but without fighting, he lost more than 20 tanks in such a short period of training alone, and there were also a large number of training injuries, which shows that the opponent does not understand tank operation at all.

That Chen Fan should have only given the tank, but didn't teach how to use it. As a result, the group of idiots fiddled with it and broke it all.

"A beggar with good equipment is still a beggar."

The corners of Yamamoto's mouth curled up, his tone was joyful and full of sarcasm.

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Just when Yamamoto was in a rare happy mood.

In the 772 regiment, Cheng Shifa set off again with his troops.

"First Battalion, Second Battalion, Third Battalion, Artillery and Infantry Company, assemble!"

Raising his voice, Captain Cheng held his head high and his chest high this time, in high spirits.

Naturally, he has a reason to be proud.

As the first unit to be replaced in the entire base area, the 772nd regiment is currently the best equipped unit except for the weird one of the independent regiment.

There are 2000 people in the whole regiment, with a total of three infantry battalions. They are uniformly equipped with self-produced Mauser rifles. Worse.The machine gun is equipped to the squad, and it is also a unified Czech style modification, which is better than the devil's crooked handle and abducted handle.Throwing grenades are also common up to the platoon level.There are even three [-]-point mortars imitated by the Taihang Mountain Arsenal at the first level of each battalion.

Moreover, there is also an artillery company equipped with four 82 mortars, the same model as the independent regiment, and each shell is equipped with half a base, that is, forty.The most important thing is that the 82 mortars and shells are all produced by the Taihang Mountain Arsenal, and they are filled with potassium tungsten explosives, which are no worse than yellow explosives.However, due to the low production of fuzes, the supply of shells is relatively small.

In addition, there are two [-]-type mountain cannons and one hundred shells.It is said that these two mountain cannons are also self-produced, but Cheng Shifa is not clear about the specific situation.

"Call the cadres at the battalion and company level to come over for a meeting."

Cheng Shifa called three battalion commanders and began to assign tasks:
"Our target this time is the devil's railway."

With the corners of his mouth raised, Cheng Shifa's words overflowed with murderous intent:
"According to intelligence, tomorrow night there will be a train full of food and supplies passing the railway in front of our base, and the other two basic regiments will also act with us."

"This time, we will lie in ambush on the mountain ten kilometers away from the railway, and after the frontline scouting fighters have identified the devil's train, we will attack directly."

In the end, Cheng Shifa clenched his fists hard.

storm·····
storm.

All the cadres at the battalion and company level felt a numbness rushing from their backs to their foreheads.

Before they knew it, the troops had become so strong that they could directly storm the railway guarded by devils!

"Set off."

Cheng Shifa waved his hand and led the 772 regiment to the railway dozens of kilometers away.

the same day.

Under the night.

The new regiment is based in Zuojiabao.

Under the personal leadership of Li Yunlong, the seven infantry companies of the Independent Regiment, with a total strength of 4000 and [-] troops, quietly gathered here. At the same time, three temporarily formed artillery reinforcement companies and three transport companies also arrived together.

Each artillery company is equipped with 120 8 mortars, and each company has a transport company responsible for transporting shells.

(End of this chapter)