Rise from the sword

Chapter 498 Their respective predictions!
Chapter 110 Eight

February [-]nd.

Ping'an County, inside the Japanese Army Headquarters.

Kazuki Yamamoto sat on the teacher's chair with a stack of information in his hand, closed his eyes and meditated, at this moment, Ito Kotaro walked in suddenly.

"General Yamamoto."

Ito's tone was serious.

As the person in charge of the fuel collection plan, Ito can enter Yamamoto's headquarters directly without notification.

"Ito-kun."

Yamamoto opened his eyes, put down the information in his hands, and spoke softly.

In just one month, Yamamoto discovered that this Ito was indeed a talented person. After this person was in charge of fuel collection, not only fuel, but also other materials collected in Pan County increased a lot.

"General."

Ito said solemnly:
"I suspect that the fuel oil may have been deliberately released by the independent group, and the person in charge of the warehouse should have been instructed by Li Yunlong."

"The amount of fuel is too much, it's not normal."

"Ah."

Yamamoto nodded:
"I've noticed that too."

In just one month, he collected nearly [-] tons of fuel oil. It is absolutely impossible to say that Li Yunlong did not find it, and the ratio is also very interesting. The ordinary [-]-mark gasoline is only a few hundred tons, and the rest is high-quality heavy oil.

The Army does not have the need to consume a lot of heavy fuel.

The independent regiment also did not have machinery and equipment that consumed heavy oil.

As for high-grade aviation gasoline, there is indeed, and the quality is extremely high. The 130-grade high-purity gasoline directly made the fuel experts here red-eyed, but they only gave one bucket.

Such a huge amount of fuel oil and such an outrageous amount of heavy fuel oil is obviously abnormal.

Li Yunlong seemed to be using materials to attract the power of the empire on purpose, otherwise, as long as he cut off the Zhengtai Railway, the imperial army of Ping'an County would have to retreat.

"Then what should we do?"

Ito continued to ask.

"Continue to trade."

Yamamoto sighed:

"You can take as much fuel as they offer, and the machinery and equipment from Nanyang will continue to be delivered. Tell me directly if you don't have enough food stamps."

This feeling of knowing that the other party is a trap, but having to jump into it, is terrible.

Yamamoto was helpless.

Can only be helpless.

After he handed over the fuel, and more and more, the empire's support immediately rose to a higher level.

The long-awaited combat anti-aircraft guns have arrived, and twelve of them have been given at once. The long-range cannon brigade has been enhanced, from one brigade to two brigades, and the ammunition has also been adequately replenished.

The ammunition he stored in Yu County was a thousand tons. Of course, this was the total weight including bullets, grenades, grenade grenades, shells and packaging.

The rate at which recruits are offered has also been increased.

And Li Yunlong only got to see some machinery and equipment, scrap steel, and some food coupons issued by themselves.

On the face of it, the imperial army has earned blood.

Some seized useless machinery and equipment and some scrap steel were exchanged for nearly [-] tons of fuel, which was very profitable.But the other party can continue to produce fuel, and the amount has increased, so it doesn't look like a loss.

However, there is no way to stop now.

"Hi."

Ito bowed his head and said yes.

Turning around, hooking the corners of his mouth, Ito left the headquarters in a happy mood.

"Notify the captains, and General Jia Zuo to come to the meeting."

After Ito left, Yamamoto said to the staff with a gloomy face.

There has been no fighting recently, and the high-level devils in Ping'an County quickly gathered at the headquarters.After the arrival of the last new captain of the Heavy Artillery Corps, Yamamoto spread out a map of the surrounding area of ​​Ping'an County on the table.

"The current situation is dire."

Like his words, Yamamoto's tone was serious:

"Li Yunlong and his independent regiment are ready to launch an attack."

"This time the enemy is strong."

"Its soldiers are more elite than the imperial army, its weapons are more advanced than the imperial army, its firepower is several times stronger than that of the imperial army, and its logistics supply is superior. Our only advantage is that we have a little more troops than the opponent."

Hearing Yamamoto's speech, the new heavy artillery unit Kazukuma Jono felt very uncomfortable.

He is new here, and even though he has been here for almost a month, he still hasn't adapted to the situation in Ping'an County.

In just a few years, it was like a reincarnation.

The situation between the Imperial Army and the Tuba Road was completely reversed. The firepower of the Tuba Road troops was far superior to that of the Imperial Army, so that the only advantage of the Imperial Army was the number of troops.

But even if he was extremely unwilling in his heart, he had to admit it.

What General Yamamoto said is obviously a big mistake.

At this moment, the Royal Army of Ping'an County has a heavy artillery unit, with a total of fifteen Type 105 35 cannons, 75 Type 47 mountain guns, fifty Type [-] mortars, and about thirty Type [-] infantry guns , twelve [-] anti-tank guns.

And the enemy.

That is, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side.

As far as they know, there are more than 150 105 long-range cannons that are more powerful than the Type 105 cannon and have a longer range, more than fifty 120 mountain cannons, and more than two hundred [-] large-caliber mortars, six Larger caliber mortars.

As for recoilless guns, 82 and 60 mortars, there are too many of them, and there is no way to count them.

Oh, by the way, there are almost a hundred tanks.

There is no need to compare shells. It is conservatively estimated that the other party fired at least [-] tons of shells last month.

Is this how many times the difference?

Obviously, the difference in firepower is more than ten times, or even twenty times.

What a fart this battle is!

Yamamoto didn't notice Kazuma Kino with a frustrated face, he continued to say in a solemn tone:

"Although the road from Gecun to Ping'an County has not been opened, the road from Zhaojiayu to Heyuan County has been built, and it is a four-lane road that can accommodate armored troops."

"Li Yunlong must use Heyuan County as his base and rely on armored forces to attack Ping'an County, Pan County, Yu County and other places."

"There are few mountains between Heyuan County and Ping'an County, and the terrain is flat and open, which is very suitable for armored forces and heavy firepower. Facing the independent regiment with more than [-] tanks and hundreds of heavy artillery, we have no chance of winning in a frontal field battle. "

The voice fell, and the headquarters was quiet.

I don't want to admit it, but it's true.

Although there are more than [-] imperial troops around Ping'an County, there is no chance of winning against Li Yunlong and his independent regiment head-on. The gap is too great.

"Don't be depressed."

Yamamoto looked around and continued:

"The difficulty is only temporary. The empire is currently mobilizing forces, and soon there will be a large army to deal with Li Yunlong. What we have to do this time is to defend the three counties of Pan County, Ping'an County, and Yu County, and ensure the smooth flow of the Zhengtai Line."

"It's not difficult at all."

The gap between the enemy and ourselves is huge, but Yamamoto is still confident.

"Hi."

The rest of the people said 'hi' one after another, forcibly boosting their morale.

"I order."

Yamamoto's tone was serious:

"The garrisons in Pan County, Yu County, and Pingan County have built multi-layered and deep positions on various traffic arteries, passes, and commanding heights, dug tunnels, excavated anti-tank trenches, and built anti-tank bunkers."

"Although the strength is not as good as that of the enemy, this time, we have enough supplies and food. Next month, [-] new recruits will arrive, and the strength is also very sufficient."

After handing over the fuel, the status of Ping'an County has been improved again. Not only has the speed of troop replenishment increased, but even weapons and ammunition are much better than before. After all, the little devil is far from reaching the end of his rope
"Among the three counties, Pan County, which is the closest to Heyuan County, is more than 70 kilometers away. We can completely rely on solid fortifications to block the attack layer by layer and consume Li Yunlong's offensive power. If we lose positions during the day, we can regain them at night."

"When necessary, an elite brigade can be sent to cut off its supply line."

"Although Li Yunlong has advanced weapons and equipment and is powerful, but the time for him to obtain these advanced equipment is too short, so he will definitely not be able to exert his full strength."

"Pay attention to digging more hidden trenches, and then organize blasting death squads to hide in them, waiting for an opportunity to blow up enemy tanks."

"Hi."

Hearing some orders and analysis from Yamamoto, the morale of the headquarters immediately improved.

If Li Yunlong is only blocked, it seems that the chances of winning are not small.

The Imperial Army of Ping'an County, because of its morale master General Yamamoto, and sufficient food and supplies, the morale is very abundant, and there are many loyal warriors who sacrificed their lives for the locust.

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the next day.

Zhao Jiayu, head of the Independent Regiment.

Li Yunlong is also calling a meeting of high-level independent groups.

Zhang Dabiao is reporting:

"Excluding the troops guarding Heyuan County, Zhaojiayu, Gecun and other places, in mid-February, there were one armored battalion, five artillery companies, and nine infantry battalions, totaling 700 troops."

"There are 150 tanks, 105 armored vehicles, 300 160 artillery pieces, 240 6 mortars, and [-] [-] heavy mortars."

"In addition, there are 5000 people in the transport brigade, [-] ten-wheel trucks, [-] half-track transport vehicles, and [-] big mules to participate in logistics supplies. The ammunition prepared is [-] tons."

"By the way, there are seven attack planes."

After Zhang Dabiao finished speaking, everyone felt a burst of relief.

Over a hundred tanks, hundreds of artillery pieces, tens of thousands of tons of ammunition, and planes, all of these sounds very exciting.

Li Yunlong pointed to the map around Ping'an County on the table, and said directly:

"We are going to attack Ping'an County. The news of Pan County will definitely not be hidden from the little devil. I reckon that the little devil has already started to prepare."

Everyone nodded.

The Independent Regiment is blatantly eyeing Ping'an County, and the bombardment of the devils' positions has also begun to weaken recently. After all, the crazy shelling in the past two months has trained enough elite artillery crews, and the little devils have also gained experience from the bombing. The effect is very good No, there is no need to continue shelling.

In this situation, unless the devil is a fool, it can be seen that the independent regiment is about to launch an attack.

"The old devil Yamamoto still has some skills, and we have suffered a lot from him."

When Li Yunlong spoke, he glanced at Kong Jie.

Kong Jie let out a murderous cold snort, but did not speak.

"I received news from the front that the little devil has built multi-layered deep fortifications, dug tunnels, built ultra-wide anti-tank trenches, and deployed heavy defenses on the only way from Heyuan County to Pan County, Ping'an County, and Yu County. , from the looks of it, Yamamoto intends to consume our offensive power through layers of blocking."

Li Yunlong continued.

"We will also find the right opportunity to send a small group of elite troops to intercept our supply line and attack our transport team."

Ding Wei added:
"Heyuan County is not close to Ping'an County, Pan County."

"Old Ding is right. Kazuki Yamamoto is the best at this. This old devil studies special operations."

Li Yunlong said with a smile.

"It seems that this is a tough battle."

Zhao Gang, who rarely came to participate in the combat meeting, said with emotion.

Although the strength of the Independent Regiment is overall superior, the little devils themselves are not weak, and they have a strong will to fight. Backed by a solid position, they have sufficient troops and supplies. If they really fight, it will inevitably be a bloody battle.

The troops had to advance step by step. During this period, they would encounter many counterattacks by the devils at night. After all, the night would weaken the firepower. The devils have a large number of tunnels, which can well protect themselves from the shelling, and the rear reserve team can provide continuous support.

Of course, the independent regiment with an armored battalion will definitely win in the end, but the loss will not be small, and the time will not be short, because the armored troops are seriously inexperienced, and such a large-scale attack is the first time for the independent regiment.

"If it goes according to the original plan, it will indeed be a tough battle."

Li Yunlong was still smiling.

"What's your idea?"

Zhao Gang became interested in an instant.

When it comes to war, this dog has always had a lot of bad ideas. Hearing this relaxed tone, it is obvious that he already has a good idea in his heart.

"Hey hey..."

Li Yunlong leaned on the table and looked around, then said:
"This time, let's give Shan Yuan a way to return the other side."

"Old devil Yamamoto is good at penetrating and infiltrating. He likes to engage in sneak attacks. Hehehe, we can also do this trick. We can use it no worse than him. When the equipment was poor, we relied on this sap to get by."

Hearing this, everyone laughed out loud.

"Look."

Li Yunlong pointed to the map and said:

"Yu County has the Zhengtai Railway, which is the farthest from our base area, so the devils put supplies, supplies, and reserves here, and transport them to the frontline positions through two roads."

"After the offensive begins, I plan to send the first battalion and the second battalion to intersperse with light clothes to block these two roads and cut off the devil's logistics supply line."

"good idea."

Zhao Gang couldn't help admiring.

By surprise.

Putting aside the biggest advantage of the independent regiment, heavy weapons and high firepower, it unexpectedly infiltrated the devil's position with light equipment, cut off the Japanese army's supply line, and even cut off the Japanese army between the three counties.

"Troop infiltration is no problem."

Kong Jie, who had been silent all this time, spoke:
"But with the strength of one battalion, can it be defended? The first and second battalions have to face the attack of at least 48 devils, and there is no sufficient logistical supplies, no fire support, and it will take at least [-] hours for reinforcements to arrive."

"It won't take that long."

Li Yunlong shook his head:
"The tank force plus the heavy artillery group, we also have 240 heavy mortars, which are enough to destroy the devil's concrete fortifications. After cutting off the devil's supply line and reserve team, we can meet up in 36 hours at most."

"Besides, who said that the first and second battalions have no fire support?"

With that said, Li Yunlong looked at Kong Jie.

The latter suddenly realized:
"Yes, we have an air force with seven attack aircraft."

Heyuan County Airport is only [-] kilometers away from the first battalion and the second battalion's infiltration and interception of the highway. Even if it is fully loaded with [-] tons of explosives, the attack aircraft will only need about half an hour to arrive.

With air support, the battle would be very easy, and the two battalions would just have to hold their positions at night.

"Hahaha···"

Li Yunlong immediately laughed triumphantly:

"We also have an air force, and the plane is more advanced than the devils, and the ammunition load is more than that of the devils."

"Unfortunately, the number of pilots is not enough, otherwise..."

Leader Li hummed regretfully.

If the number of pilots is enough, where is it necessary to fight like this?

The air force directly intercepted the devil's supply and reinforcements, and then the tank troops cut off, and the follow-up infantry and artillery followed up to clear the devil's positions everywhere.

As for the tunnels, just pour gasoline into them and ignite them, and it's over. If it doesn't work, just seal them with concrete, and seal one by one.Anyway, the independent group is short of everything now, except for supplies.

"Just right."

Li Yunlong continued:
"The new rifles have also arrived. Let's start with the first battalion and the second battalion."

"The new rifle is really nice."

Zhao Gang immediately took over the topic:

"Light weight, strong and durable, high precision, fast rate of fire, suitable range, and low production difficulty. Boss Chen also gave me the technical information. I am planning to organize mass production."

　Probably not tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)