Rise from the sword

Chapter 529 Li Yunlong: Set him a small goal first, to wipe out [-] devils at once!

mid-may.

Central Henan area.

Luo|Yang!
Neiji Okamura stood at the corner of the city wall, looked at the dilapidated city, and then at the dilapidated Beijing-Han Railway in the distance, and sighed deeply.

There were frequent accidents in the battle of Yuzhong, but overall the battle seemed to be going smoothly.

In just one month, the North China Front Army led by him completely completed the scheduled plan and opened up the southern section of the Beijing-Hanzhou Line, even a week earlier than expected.

You know, before the war started, he was bombed by the Independence Regiment and destroyed the Yellow River Bridge, which delayed the attack for three days.

If you look at the record, it seems to be an unprecedented victory. The attack was postponed, and the task was completed ahead of schedule.The base camp also sent commendation telegrams many times, praising his command of the Central Henan Campaign.

However, only Gangcun himself, who has experienced the whole battle, knows what was covered up by this great victory.

The 15 attacking troops still have a total strength of more than 14. On the surface, the reduction in personnel is less than [-]. The loss is not large.

But in fact, in this battle, the total casualties of the troops led by him reached more than [-], and nearly [-] were broken and missing.

The reason for such a huge loss is that the flying troops of the Independent Regiment almost dispatched more than 1 attack aircraft and dropped more than [-] tons of ammunition during this month.

When Danggang Village saw this data, it was outrageous.

You know, the empire's bombing of Chongqing has dropped nearly [-] tons of bombs in total.

Although air firepower could not affect the overall situation of the battle, the attacking imperial army also suffered huge casualties in the face of such intensive air support.

The reason why the army has only reduced by five or six thousand on the surface is that there are a large number of recruits to replenish the loss, the formal training method established by Kazuki Yamamoto, and a large amount of food and cotton, so the cost of recruiting recruits is extremely low.

But the officer has no way of rapid prototyping.

And compared to downsizing, the more serious problem is the huge loss of weapons and equipment.

Especially heavy equipment, heavy artillery, etc., which cannot be replenished quickly, and a large number of logistics transport vehicles have been lost. The current capabilities of the empire may not be replenished within a year.

The actual combat capability of the current North China Front Army is at least [-]% lower than before the Central Henan Battle.

"General."

At this time, a major general came over.

"The maintenance engineering team, the engineering brigades have arrived, but because the materials are not in place, the maintenance of the railway cannot be carried out at present."

"Ah."

Okamura Ningji nodded silently.

The purpose of the No. [-] operation was to open up the mainland transportation line, and the Battle of Yuzhong was part of it. The purpose was to open up the southern section of the Beijing-Hanzhou line. At this time, the goal has been completed, and the next No. [-] operation has nothing to do with them.

But it's useless to just get through. They have to use it. Next, they need to repair the Beijing-Han line that was destroyed in the war.

During the hundreds of thousands of battles, the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway was severely damaged. In addition to the bombing of more than [-] sorties, the southern section of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway is almost completely unusable today, requiring massive repairs on rails and sleepers.

But is the current empire still able to repair it?

Then there is the occupation of Changheng Liugui. The imperial army alone will dispatch more than 30 troops and consume a huge amount of supplies. Even if it can win, but in the end, the empire still has the strength to repair and maintain the mainland communication line?

How should Li Yunlong deal with the air threat?

Once the Tuba Road entrenched in Shanxi expands, how should it be dealt with?Can the so-called circumcontinental traffic line be guaranteed at that time?

Okamura Neiji withdrew his gaze and walked towards the dilapidated city.

At the same time, he snorted coldly.

The empire mobilized more than 50 troops, deduced for more than half a year, and mobilized a huge amount of supplies, at such a high cost, that in the end, an unusable line of communication was opened up.

"General."

At this moment, a staff officer ran over:
"The Tuba Route used [-] troops to attack Da|Tong, and it has been breached so far. All the members of the two regiments of the Mongolian Army stationed there were killed, and the two generals, including Lieutenant General Shangsen, also died."

"According to intelligence, the other side is still increasing troops to the north."

"Big|same"

Neji Gangmura was stunned for a long time after hearing this.

The First Army is increasing its troops crazily, with a total strength of more than [-] and close to [-]. Although it lacks heavy weapons, the opponent still has the strength to attack Datong. This shows that the guerrillas are stronger than they imagined. more powerful.

"Hey···"

Finally, he sighed deeply again.

Li Yunlong's troops were eyeing a tiger, and the Tuba Road was ready to go in Shanxi. The First Army was like pigs and dogs put in a cage by others, ready to be slaughtered at any time. The opponent even used a lot of fuel to deliberately lure the empire to increase its troops.

Just like the old Chinese saying - fatten up before killing!

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Yuzhong District.

Somewhere in a Western-style mansion.

"General."

A staff officer in American military uniform walked in and reported to a Brigadier General inside the room:
"The Henan-Central Battle has ended, the southern section of the Beijing-Hankou line has fallen, and the Japanese army has opened up the entire Beijing-Hanzhou line."

The staff officer's tone was very respectful.

As a staff officer, he is naturally very clear that recently, General Shi and Chang Shenkai have had many conflicts, which have intensified, but the latter is the leader of a country after all, and if the two fall out completely, General Shi will definitely be transferred back to China in the end.

Then, the position of chief of staff will fall on General Wedemeyer in front of him.

"A bunch of trash."

Wedemeyer snorted coldly.

At the beginning of the Yuzhong battle, they expected many results, and guessed who would win, but they just didn't expect that they would lose so quickly.

Although the candied fruit troops were getting worse day by day, the Japanese were also in decline, and the two sides were evenly matched. This time they lost so thoroughly.Although the movement of the Japanese was much larger than expected, it was not the reason for losing so quickly.

After all, the reason is that this candied fruit is too wasteful.

The staff officer continued to report:

"At present, the Japanese army is concentrating troops on the Hunan-Guangxi Railway, and it seems that they plan to attack Hunan-Guangzhou..."

"Xianggui Railway..."

Weidemei snorted coldly and looked at the staff officer:

"Can they hold it?"

"Impossible, the odds are slim."

There was no hesitation in the staff's tone.

Peeping the leopard in the tube.

Judging from the performance of the Guofu troops in the Henan-Central Battle, it can be seen that the preparations for Guofu were seriously insufficient, the combat effectiveness of the troops was low, and the command was inefficient. It is conceivable that the Hunan-Guangxi Railway must also be unable to defend.

"A bunch of trash."

Wedemeyer cursed again.

This time, he was really angry.

It doesn't matter if he failed in the battle of Yuzhong, and it has nothing to do with him as an American general. Anyway, the Japanese are doomed to fail.

However, there are a large number of air force bases and airports around the Xianggui Railway, which will be important bases for long-range bombers to bomb the Japanese mainland in the future. If the preserved fruits are lost here, it will have a great impact on the strategy of the United States.

Now I finally bought explosives and fuel from others, but the airport is gone.

"With this group of trash, do you still want to take back the land rented by the UK?"

Wedemeyer gave a final sneer.

Originally, the president was still hesitating whether to support the appeal of preserved fruit, but now, hum...
"General, what shall we do then?"

asked the staff officer.

"What can we do?"

Wedemeyer asked back.

The staff officer was silent.

They are only Americans and have no actual command of ground troops. It is not unreasonable for the conflict between General Shi and the top leader of Guoku to develop to this day.

"correct."

Wedemeyer changed the subject:

"After the investigation, who provided the materials, weapons and ammunition for that group?"

As he said that, Wei Demai flashed sharply.

He is a hardcore anti|Soviet faction, and has always been very vigilant against the expansion of that force.Now, in the hinterland of the Republic of China, there are actually forces that provide those people with a huge amount of supplies, and even support the industrial system, which makes him very vigilant.

Moreover, that group is still providing the Japanese with heavy oil in exchange for machinery and equipment. Although the Japanese strictly keep it secret and did not mention it in the telegram, at least tens of thousands of tons per month.

"There is no further information at this time."

The staff officer replied:

"However, we are jointly investigating with British and French intelligence agencies."

"very good."

Weidemei nodded, very satisfied.

No one in the world can hide from the joint investigation of Britain, France and the United States.

"General."

At this moment, a staff officer ran in:
"They launched an attack on Da|Tong, dispatched dozens of tanks and hundreds of cannons, wiped out the two Japanese regiments, and are still mobilizing more troops to continue their attack northward."

"What is the total strength of the First Army in Taiyuan?"

Wedemeyer frowned.

He hoped that the preserved fruit would be strong, but he didn't want this group of people to be strong.

"According to the deciphered telegram, there are about 7 people, and it is planned to expand to 10 people, but there is a lack of heavy weapons."

The staff officer replied.

"Is it that strong?"

Weidemei frowned even deeper.

Those guys are enemies.

mortal enemy!

He even planned to persuade the president to support the fruit to eliminate that group after killing the Japanese.

　The next chapter is noon tomorrow
　　I'm really sorry for the end of the year...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)