Rise from the sword

Chapter 512 Analysis of the situation, prayer with Yamamoto!

March NO.15.

Taiyuan.

Major General Yamamoto Kazuki was sitting on a chair at the side of the headquarters, watching the telegram handed over by Yoshio Shinozuka, with an indescribably strange expression on his face.

Defensive battle not long ago.

Ping'an County was lost, and Pan County was lost. Including the reinforcements sent by General Shinozuka, there were more than 2 imperial warriors in total, and even two-thirds of the heavy artillery of the First Army's Heavy Artillery Wing was lost.

Soldiers and equipment are heavy losses.

He commanded an unprecedented defeat, which can be called the biggest defeat in the history of the imperial army in the North China battlefield.

But in this news from the base camp, there was no intention of questioning him at all, and he just mentioned the loss of the three regiments supported by the First Army in the past and the heavy artillery regiment of the First Army.

It occupies less than one-tenth of the entire telegram.

however.

The remaining nine-tenths were more, it was actually a compliment, praising him for collecting so much food and fuel for the empire, praising him for keeping the Zhengtai line, and then a small criticism that they lost the Tongpu line.

Yamamoto felt that it was outrageous.

"General."

Yamamoto sighed, and said to Shinozuka Yoshio at the side:

"The empire is..."

For a moment, Yamamoto vaguely sensed something, but the news in the telegram was really beyond his expectations, and Yamamoto's brain was a little insufficient.

Lost the Tongpu line, lost most of the occupied areas of Shanxi, and counting other places, this time the cumulative number of the first army is close to [-]. Such a big problem, so few words that are not painful?
"This Jin Province should have been abandoned."

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone was very calm:
"Operation No. [-] is about to begin. The current main strategic goal of the empire is to ensure the mainland communication line. The loss of Jin does not have much impact on the overall strategy."

Just now, Shinozuka Yoshio and Yamamoto talked about the content of the No. [-] battle, of course, it was limited to the part he understood.

"so."

Yamamoto nodded:
"For the empire and the base camp, Jin is not important, not even as important as tens of thousands of tons of fuel and 10,000+ tons of grain."

"Correct."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded.

"What's the use?"

Yamamoto really didn't understand, he asked:

"General, with the current situation in the empire, what is the use of doing this? Even if we can open up the mainland communication line, so what?"

This is what Yamamoto has been unable to understand. Even if the mainland transportation line is opened up, so what?The defeat of the empire is set, and it is impossible for the world to have the situation that the empire hoped for. The European allies are being attacked from both sides, and failure will happen sooner or later.

"Yamamoto-kun."

Looking at his proud subordinate, Shinozuka Yoshio said leisurely:
'The defeat of the empire has been decided, and this is a situation that no one can change. '

Yoshio Shinozuka said it directly, which surprised Yamamoto

Yoshio Shinozuka continued:

"But how to fail, this is a question. Failure like Italy, like Germany in the last European war, is absolutely unacceptable to the high level of the empire and the emperor."

Yamamoto nodded.

The initiator of the war was tried as a war criminal and lost all rights. This is absolutely unacceptable to the empire, the emperor, and a general in the base camp.

Not to mention that there are still a large number of fanatical junior officers in the country.

The empire is far from reaching its end, and even the emperor dare not mention surrender now.

"So, the current idea of ​​the empire is to strive for a decent failure."

Yoshio Shinozuka continued.

"Is that possible?"

Yamamoto still didn't understand.

The so-called decent defeat refers to forcing the United States to stop its offensive, and it refers to making the United States realize that the cost of continuing to fight is too high to win, but judging from the attitude shown by the United States, this is absolutely impossible.

"It is absolutely impossible for the United States to accept the conditional surrender of the Empire."

Yamamoto's tone was decisive:

"They will only accept the unconditional surrender of the empire, otherwise they will land on the mainland of the empire."

This point, even for him, can be easily seen from the president's many public statements. Although the people in the base camp are stubborn, they are not fools.

"Not necessarily."

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Kazuki Yamamoto, with a tone of dunno teaching:

"In today's international situation, although Germany is facing the pincer attack of the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union, the defeat is certain, but the domestic alliance is not monolithic, especially between the United States and the Soviet Union, there are huge contradictions."

"Once Germany is defeated, the huge differences between the United States and the Soviet Union will inevitably lead to conflicts."

"At that time, the situation in the empire may turn around."

"Is that possible?"

Yamamoto was still in disbelief.

Even if there are conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union, they will put aside the conflicts first, destroy the empire first, and then deal with it further.

"Of course it is possible."

Yoshio Shinozuka spoke confidently:

"As long as the empire shows enough strength in the next battle, the Americans will see that continuing to attack, or even landing on the empire's mainland, will pay an unbearable price, then..."

Having said this, Shinozuka Yoshio paused, and then said:

"The empire sandwiched between the United States and the Soviet Union can usher in a turning point."

Yamamoto fell silent for a moment.

He thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt that this was really possible.

The national structure of the United States is different from that of the empire. As long as the empire holds the mentality of a broken jade, resolutely resists, and lets the Americans know that attacking the mainland will cost at least a million deaths, the United States will inevitably hesitate.

Then, with the help of the contradiction between the United States and the Soviet Union, then...
There is still hope for the empire to fail gracefully, and even keep some of its profits.

"So, Base Camp means..."

Yamamoto looked down at the last line of the telegram in his hand, and said that he would continue to increase troops and provide supplies such as weapons and ammunition, and would continue to bring in various machinery and equipment, but he needed to increase the collection of fuel and food.

"Strengthen the vigilance of the Zhengtai Line and increase the amount of materials collected."

Shinozuka Yoshio said every word:
"Before Li Yunlong decided to drive us out, he opened his mouth and swallowed the poisonous candy he gave."

Shinozuka Yoshio is very compelling.

Now Li Yunlong's strength, together with those guerrillas, has no problem in taking down his lair. If he doesn't do anything now, he probably thinks he doesn't have enough numbers, and continues to use supplies to attract more imperial troops and annihilate them together.

Although he didn't know the point of doing so.

"Hi."

Yamamoto bowed his head.

"correct."

Yoshio Shinozuka finally said:
"In a few days, the headquarters of the dispatched army will send a major general over, and the base camp will also send a major general over to investigate the situation of the First Army. Let's try to strengthen security."

His tone was helpless.

"Hi."

The corner of Yamamoto's mouth twitched.

He understands the helplessness in General Xiaozuka's tone, Li Yunlong's grasp of Jin is much better than that of the First Army, and even what happened in Taiyuan may be known first.

According to the news from the telecommunications department, there are more than 100 radio wave points found around Taiyuan.

There are more radio stations than the First Army.

But they were helpless, knowing that it was a spy, they didn't even dare to do it.

Because the intelligence personnel of the guerrillas were lurking in the caravan transport team, once they made a move, the flow of materials would be suspended instantly, and if they stopped for a day, at least thousands of tons or even tons of materials would be lost.

Anyway, the First Army has nothing to keep secret.

Not to mention the Chen Fan who provided the confidential information.

If the other party wanted to kill the two major generals who came to investigate, they might not be able to protect them.

He is proficient in special operations and can almost achieve absolute protection. He can prevent snipers from approaching, arrange routes, and avoid pre-ambushed mines, but the opponent has planes.

Dozens of tons of heavy explosives were dropped at one time, and then the machine guns fired, and no protective measures were used.

I hope Li Yunlong is not interested in these two major generals.

Yamamoto prayed silently in his heart.

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"Yangquan is in front of you."

In Xiyang, Zhang Dabiao stood on the almost complete city wall, holding up his binoculars and looking into the distance. Beside him, a battalion commander spoke eagerly:
"Shall we go on the offensive?"

Although the troops fought all the way from Heyuan County, they didn't have much fun in the mountains. There were indeed many devils and puppet troops along the way, but basically the devils fled before the artillery coverage was over.

Especially in Xiyang, when the devils saw them coming, they all retreated to Yangquan.

outrageous.

"No."

Zhang Dabiao shook his head:
"Part of the main force is stationed in Xiyang, and the other part is dispersed to control all the surrounding villages. In short, except near the Zhengtai line, as long as the rest of the place can be obtained, all of them will be taken."

Yangquan is the main hub of the devil's Zhengtai line. Now there are more than 2 devil soldiers here. Of course, he is really not afraid to fight, but now is not the time to fight. The devils put in more troops and made dumplings all at once.

"Yes."

Although it was a pity, the battalion commander still carried out the order.

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March 25th.

Ping'an County Hospital.

Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei had a brief meeting.

"This hospital is good."

Dean Liu, who came from Taihang Mountain, looked at the busy construction site in front of him, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't notice the three people approaching behind him.

With this hospital, many wounded who had no choice but to be sent to Hong Kong in the past can be treated, and the effect is even better, especially those top medical experts, who are helping them in a timely manner, completely making up for the shortage of top domestic medical technicians. insufficient.

"Old Liu, how soon will it be put into use?"

Behind him, Li Yunlong asked.

"Five high-power diesel generators have been installed, and some equipment has been debugged, and patients can be received at night."

Dean Liu's tone was excited.

The construction materials and wooden floors given by Mr. Chen are all ready-made. Under the construction of the skilled workers of the construction team, the construction speed is very fast.

It is his lifelong dream to have such a hospital, and now that the dream has been realized, he must make good use of this hospital to treat the wounded and sick, and train more medical talents for the country.

"it is good."

Li Yunlong and others nodded in satisfaction.

With this hospital, there is no need to find ways to send seriously injured people abroad in the future.Tens of thousands of tons of various precious medicines, plus medical kits, there is no need to worry about medicines for a long time.

Dean Liu didn't continue to chat with the three of them, and continued to invest in the construction of the hospital.

And the three of them didn't stay in the hospital any longer. They got into a big jeep and drove towards the steel factory that was being built. The driver was Zhao Gang's guard.

"Old Zhao, how long will it take for this steel plant to go into production?"

Li Yunlong asked.

"In half a year, it can be initially put into production."

Speaking of the new steel plant, Zhao Gang's tone was indescribably weird.

After they selected the site and leveled the land, Boss Chen took a week to deliver the steel plant equipment directly to the predetermined location. Simply put, it was a steel plant that rose from the ground within a week, and the main equipment was basically installed. All right.

Next, they only need to build auxiliary transportation facilities. Under the leadership of fifty new masters, let the workers familiarize themselves with this steel plant, and prepare raw materials such as iron ore, coke, lime, and the power plant. You can start production.

"So fast···"

The corner of Ding Wei's mouth twitched, and then decisively changed the subject:

"How about the production capacity?"

"Can rails, locomotives, and carriages be mass-produced?"

Hearing Ding Wei ask this question, Li Yunlong also listened carefully.

In follow-up planning, this is important.

At present, the Tongpu line is already owned by the army, but the devils did a large-scale damage to the railway before they retreated. It is estimated that it will take three to four months to repair it. This is still under the condition that the raw materials are sufficient and the foundation is not damaged. Down.

Boss Chen provides steel rails directly, and produces spikes, sleepers, etc. by himself.

The main reason is that the army lacks iron depot talents, engineers, and skilled railway workers. Of course, this can be cultivated slowly, or it can be poached from the government.

But Boss Chen doesn't have locomotives and transport carriages, and he can't always rely on others, he has to do everything by himself.

With sufficient trains and carriages, the independent regiment has the ability to attack from a long distance, and the whole regiment can go all the way north, or even east, to the core of the devils.

Otherwise, tens of thousands of troops, or even hundreds of thousands of troops, with hundreds of thousands of kilometers, relying on trucks to be responsible for logistics, the equipment is enough. When the tank business is over, there will be 10,000+ ten-wheeled trucks, which is adequate. But there are not enough drivers and maintenance personnel for machinery and equipment.

"no problem."

Zhao Gang spoke confidently.

Although the scale of Zhaojiayu Machinery Factory is not large now, the technical level is really not low. It is really not difficult to manufacture high-power steam locomotives, and what is produced is still a high-horsepower steam locomotive equipped with a small water tube boiler. It has high horsepower and strong traction. It can pull several thousand tons, and the speed is still fast.

Several people were talking while inspecting the steel plant.

As for the safety of the steel plant, there is no need to worry at all.

The headquarters sent several pilots again, and now there are as many as 20 pilots in the independent regiment flying brigade. Together with the anti-aircraft artillery unit, they can protect the sky around Ping'an County.

While several people were walking and chatting, a staff officer ran over:
"Head, Taiyuan Telegram."

"I found a group of devil officers arriving in Taiyuan, led by two devil major generals."

　A hair of water...

　　I asked the editor about the problem of not being able to read the chapter, and there is really no way to do this.

　　It is a miracle that this book is alive!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)