Rise from the sword

Chapter 548

Taiyuan.

Inside the First Army Headquarters.

One morning in mid-June.

"New equipment, night vision goggles, no wonder..."

Looking at the telegram passed by Yamamoto in his hand, Shinozuka Yoshio, who was dressed in military uniform and had been promoted to Admiral, had a particularly calm expression, and the corner of his mouth even kept his usual smile.

The independent regiment came out with new weapons and new equipment.

Is this strange?

Not surprising at all.

"Reduce nighttime investigations and suspend all nighttime raids."

He ordered calmly as always.

At the same time that Yangquan has been occupied, Niangziguan Train, Yuxian County, Jingxing, etc. were also breached by the Eighth Route Army at the same time, and even Huolu was also breached by an Eighth Route Army. Today, only Taiyuan Mansion and Shijiazhuang at the beginning and end of the Zhengtai Line are left. .

During this period, the imperial army had more than [-] pieces of jade.

The Shijiazhuang Eighth Road seems not interested, and only sent a few thousand people to garrison the surrounding area. Now the Eighth Road has 10,000+ troops gathered outside the city of Taiyuan.

Like a cat catching a mouse, the Eighth Route Army seemed not in a hurry to launch a general offensive, but leisurely surrounded Taiyuan layer by layer, building positions, and stockpiling supplies, but the small-scale battles between the two sides never stopped.

Battles are mainly at night.

At the beginning, the imperial army could barely split [-]-[-], but gradually, the effect of the night attack became worse and worse, and more and more troops never came back once they went out.

Seeing Yamamoto's telegram, Yoshio Shinozuka finally understood the reason.

"Hi."

The staff officer also conveyed Yoshio Shinozuka's order calmly.

"Contact the country."

Yoshio Shinozuka continued:

"Contact your allies as soon as possible to investigate the principles and flaws of this technical equipment."

"Hi."

The staff officer continued to bow his head.

Afterwards, Shinozuka Yoshio straightened his general uniform and walked out of Taiyuan City.

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Heyuan County.

Independent Mission Airport.

As the first established airport, although it is not long in fact, the construction started in early February, and it has only been four months until now, but the scale of the airport has undergone earth-shaking changes.

position.

From the original industrial area, that is, the shell production line, the fertilizer factory was relocated to the edge of Heyuan County near Shou County, and the original airport was divided into a factory area to accommodate the upcoming new factory.

structurally.

Add large concrete warehouses, close large aggregate hangars, widen and lengthen the airport runway, and strengthen the foundation at the same time.

The construction brigade organized 7 people to build this airport, and used a lot of machinery and equipment. During this period, mountains were opened up, stones were blown up, and the temperament of infrastructure madness began to show.

With the support of huge manpower and materials, the construction of the airport was completed by the end of May.

Quantitative change to qualitative change.

The original Heyuan County Airport has also become an independent air force base.

Beginning in June, the flying units have been relocated one after another.

At this time, the independent air force base was fully operational.

On the runway, accompanied by the hurricane blowing from the propellers, planes loaded with bombs jumped up, and after selecting formations in the sky, they flew towards Taiyuan. On the tarmac, five-bladed propellers began to rotate, gaining momentum Ready to line up for takeoff.

Outside the warehouse, the densely packed ground staff were like ants, pushing bombs one after another, driving fuel trucks full of fuel, and ran to the tarmac.

In the distance from the airport, planes visible to the naked eye flew from the direction of Taiyuan and began to prepare for landing.

Like a swarm of bees.

"complete."

On the tarmac, Huang Quan was doing the final inspection before takeoff. After the inspection, he heard the voice of the ground crew outside and saw the confirmation gesture of the ground crew representative.He gestured back and gave a confident smile afterwards.

Then he started the plane.

clang clang···

With the sound of engine and propeller, the 'bomb truck' under his seat flew into the sky.

After circling several times in the sky, we formed formation with five planes, and then flew to Taiyuan together.

Unlike other formation planes, which were full of bombs and wished to be filled with bomb racks, these six planes only had one long bomb under their belly.

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Outside Taiyuan City.

Yoshio Shinozuka stood on the city wall with his hands behind his back, looking down at the entire city of Taiyuan.

Looking at the Taiyuan City in front of him, this Taiyuan City where he led the First Army to station for more than five years, this city he dominated for four years, (retired for one year) Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes flashed a trace of loneliness.

Recalling how beautiful the First Army was back then.

At that time, a brigade of the imperial army, less than half a brigade, could rampage throughout Shanxi, entering and exiting like no one's land, fleeing in all directions wherever it passed, and the Guofu troops avoided their edge.

At that time, Shanxi was ruled by the imperial army.

Everything changed after Li Yunlong killed Sakata, or more precisely, it changed after Chen Fan came.

The Sakata Alliance was severely damaged, the Yamazaki Brigade was completely wiped out, Taiyuan Airport was bombarded continuously, gun towers were pulled up one after another, each imperial army was wiped out, and Li Yunlong and the Eighth Route Army also became stronger along the way.

Catch up with the imperial army, catch up with the imperial army, and finally surpass the imperial army, far surpassing the imperial army.

Up to now.

Only Taiyuan City and the surrounding [-] troops remained in the First Army, and the rest were wiped out by the Eight Route Army.Even in the whole of Shanxi, there is only Taiyuan and its surrounding areas.

And this place can't last long.

In Yoshio Shinozuka's field of vision, he could see clearly that the position outside Taiyuan City was already riddled with holes and dilapidated, which was caused by waves of bombing and shelling by the Independent Regiment.

While Yoshio Shinozuka was feeling emotional, a new round of attack aircraft arrived.

First there was a piercing whistling sound, followed by a violent explosion. He saw planes flying from the direction of the Independent Regiment and dropping bombs on positions around Taiyuan.

Dense like locusts.

Heavy bombs fell like raindrops, and explosive waves rose up on the positions around Taiyuan like a tsunami. The city walls were blown down and the positions were lifted.

The power of a [-]kg bomb cannot be resisted by a mere civil bunker.

Every time there is a break between attacking the fleet, thousands of independent regiment artillery will fire, not giving the devils a chance to breathe.

"General."

Seeing this scene, the accompanying guards couldn't help urging.

Their place is a city wall. If the enemy opens fire on this place, it will be game over. General Gibbon died under the artillery fire of the Independence Regiment back then.

"Let's go."

Shinozuka Yoshio smiled slightly, followed the guards to the underground command post in a calm tone.

After providing the country with a large amount of fuel and food, his right to speak has also increased steadily, and he has received a large amount of supplies.Even the navy gave some resources to the army in exchange for heavy fuel because of fuel oil and the emperor's personal reconciliation.

Although the resources for the First Army are far less than 10 people, they are more than enough to supply a division.

With sufficient supplies, he began to strengthen the defense of Taiyuan City, built strong fortifications, and built concrete fortresses.

Right now, there is an elite division in Taiyuan City, and it is completely configured according to the equipment of the Class A division. The ammunition and supplies in reserve are enough for 5 people to consume for more than three months.

Although there is a lack of heavy artillery and anti-aircraft weapons, the enemy can only let the enemy bomb indiscriminately, but this is not important.

As long as Li Yunlong can't solve the four three-meter-thick concrete fortifications in the four corners of Taiyuan City, then it doesn't matter.

This place will become an eight-way meat grinder.

For him, Li Yunlong would regret not accepting any orders from the imperial army to surrender, not a single prisoner.

Just as Shinozuka Yoshio walked towards the underground command post, the six bombers led by Huang Quan had already arrived in the sky outside Taiyuan City.

(End of this chapter)