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Chapter 269 Li Yunlong's New Opportunity

Apart from the railway line, there is actually only one realistic way to get to Qi and Lu.

To get to Jiaozhou from Jizhou, you can only take the north bank of the Yellow River, bypass Puzhou and Pingyuan, then cross the river in Jizhou and take the Jiaoji Line, which is the main road.

Since the south bank was flooded by the breach of the dike and turned into a yellow flood area, basically no vehicles can pass through.

As a result, the task of Li Yunlong and his iron triangle became quite difficult, as this area was the core area of ​​the Japanese's key defense. If time was not tight and the task was not heavy, they could have adopted the Jizhou model to develop all the way there.

But now there is not so much time to explore them one by one.

As the route was more than 1,500 miles long and mechanized marches and combat had to be maintained, the pressure of transporting logistical supplies was extremely severe. In addition, a batch of heavy weapons and mechanical equipment had to be exported to the Qilu base. Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie planned for a long time and felt that this task would be very difficult with the strength of three brigades alone, even with the support of the main force of the Qilu base.

Because once the Japanese knew the inside story, they would definitely destroy it at all costs. In this situation, the three mechanized infantry brigades would not be able to open up a route of more than a thousand miles to escort a large amount of supplies to the north.

three days later.

"How about it, have you figured out this operation?" the brigade commander asked his three generals.

"I understand. Our mission this time is not only to receive supplies, but also to transport a large number of weapons and equipment to help completely open up the situation in the Qilu base area and completely isolate the Japanese in the entire Qilu area." Ding Wei replied.

"Secondly, we will also help the Qilu base area build its own basic military industry system and send a batch of factory equipment and skilled workers from the Jin area for steel smelting, chemical explosives and ammunition manufacturing."

Ren Zhong originally just wanted to transport the equipment back to Taiyuan, but after some planning by the General Staff and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, this simple task became not so simple.

The attack of the Iron Triangle has become a strategic task, which takes into account the important mission of opening up the channel with the Qilu base area, connecting the Qilu base area with the Ji Zhong base area, opening up the internal connection of the Qilu base area, cutting off the Jiaoji Line, and developing the military-industrial system of the Qilu base area relying on the triangle area of ​​Fengcheng, Zibo and Beihai.

Fengcheng has steel and Zibo has oil. Although they are buried deep, the border area has now mastered the technology of drilling deep wells of more than one thousand meters. This time, they were brought to Zibo to start secret exploratory mining. Of course, the information on these mineral resources has very clear regional markings from Ren Zhong.

"So has your battle plan been formulated now?" asked the brigade commander.

This long-distance raid is a very severe test for the mechanized infantry brigade. Compared with the previous simple infantry combat, the combat of the mechanized infantry brigade is much more complicated now. Apart from anything else, those oil-guzzling soldiers are difficult to serve.

"Commander, our plan has roughly taken shape.

From the north bank of the Yellow River to the north of Jeju, we established a general supply point in the small town of Qihe.

On the one hand, it is the center of action, and at the same time, it is close to the Gimpo Line and Jeju.

Taking into account the complexity of our operation, we plan to choose Jiaoji Line and Jinpu Line for transportation as much as possible. In this way, this central supply station will undertake the task of capturing the northern section of Jinpu Line in the future during this operation.

But we cannot expose our target before receiving the supplies.

Therefore, Qihe also serves to confuse the Japanese, making them think that we want to use it as a base to attack Jeju. Our vanguard can seize the bridge of the Jinpu Railway by a surprise attack, and then lay wooden planks to allow the convoy to cross the Yellow River from the railway bridge.

Then we bypassed Jeju and joined the main force of the Qilu base in Zibo with the supplies. We then cooperated with the main force of the Qilu base to capture Zibo and Beihai, giving the Japanese the impression that we were operating the Qilu base and completely seizing Qilu, forcing the Japanese in Qilu to close the city and defend it, making it convenient for us to temporarily control the entire Jiaoji Line through guerrillas.

Then, at the agreed time, we would go straight along the Jiaoji Line with the main force from Qilu all the way to the port, eliminate all the Japanese strongholds along the line, occupy the entire island city, and annihilate the main force of the Japanese island city. Before the Japanese could react, we would immediately pick up the supplies and transport them back north.

As for whether to stay in the island city in the future, let the Qilu base decide for itself.

Qilu now only has the 12th Japanese Army, which is dispersed in various cities and is basically the largest group at the brigade level, which is no match for our army. If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese in Qilu will basically have no way to resist in the three battles we launched. If the Japanese in Jeju dare to show up, we will kill them directly.

In this case, the Japanese in Qi and Lu will no longer be a threat.

Otherwise, if we attack the city, Jeju has been occupied by the Japanese for a long time, and considering the supply of weapons and ammunition of our army, it will be difficult to attack as smoothly as we did in Jizhou.

At this stage, it is best for us to avoid attacking cities in Qi and Lu. Taking Zibo, Beihai and Daocheng is basically the limit of the ammunition we can bring. "Ding Wei analyzed. "Weapons and ammunition are indeed a problem. After coordination with the headquarters, the Rogue Eagles can supply us with up to 20 tons of fuel, 105 100mm howitzers and 75 3000mm mountain cannons, and more than artillery shells to serve as a containment for our army." After listening to Ding Wei's words, the brigade commander nodded and said.

"Considering this condition, can we take over the entire peninsula?"

And this thing?

Ding Wei pondered for a while and shook his head.

"No, we still don't have the confidence to take over the cities occupied by the Japanese on the coast of the peninsula in the short term. On the one hand, they have the support of the Japanese navy, and we have no naval force. Facing the Japanese warships' naval guns, we have almost no effective counterattack power. On the other hand, the ammunition does not allow us to carry enough light and heavy weapons and ammunition. Now our standard weapons and ammunition cannot be replenished in other places."

"However, if we leave this batch of weapons to the local main force, we can form 5 heavy artillery companies and 17 mountain artillery companies. Relying on this batch of weapons, we can gradually conquer cities from Zibo and Beihai, and at the same time, we will speed up the construction of our own artillery factories to solve the problem of ammunition supply. If there is no other interference and only the Japanese th Army, we can take over the entire Qilu area in a year at most."

Ding Wei said.

The main force of the Qilu base area now has no less than 100,000 troops, and the local armed guerrillas are at least twice as many as the main force.

Even without Ren Zhong's interference, the Qilu base could have launched a major counterattack in 1945 with its own strength in the historical time and space of the main world, dividing and eating up the Japanese invaders in Qilu, and ultimately only a few large cities with strong defenses such as Jeju and Daocheng were left.

It became the strongest base at that time.

However, in this time and space, although the strength is similar to that in history, it is much inferior in comparison. Not to mention Jin, the brigade commander's subordinates are much stronger than the entire Qilu base.

But relatively speaking, the strength of the Japanese in Qilu has been weakened as always. After transferring a division into the Sixth Front Army, the main strength of the Japanese in Qilu is now two guard divisions and three independent brigades, plus a small number of several thousand Japanese Marines in the port.

If the Qilu base had not lacked heavy weapons, they would have been beaten to death long ago.

As a corner of North China, Qi and Lu are about the same in importance as Jin, and the strength of the defending Japanese is also about the same.

Therefore, the brigade commander wanted to use the power of Li Yunlong and his three mechanized infantry brigades to wipe out the Japanese. Strategically speaking, they were not so sensitive to the overall situation in North China for the time being. As long as the Japanese could keep Jeju and the Jinpu Line, they could endure for the time being.

Unfortunately, it is just as Ding Wei said, the reason why the mechanized infantry brigade is so powerful is because of its powerful firepower with sufficient logistical support!

Now that the mechanized infantry brigade is about to attack, the tank battalion's T-34 heavy tanks are restricted and it is impossible for them to appear. It is because of this long-distance raid that it is too difficult to provide support for the tanks. Li Yunlong and his men will not attack the cities along the way, but will take the detours. The Japanese will basically not be stupid enough to come out and die.

Only the attack on Zibo, Beihai and Daocheng would be a tough battle.

However, for a battle of this magnitude, two companies of M3 tanks would be enough.

After the attack practice outside Jizhou City, the coordination between infantry and tanks has become very proficient. There are two companies of M3 tanks following, and their number is not large, at most their speed is a little slower. They attack from one direction, which does not affect the effectiveness of the tactics.

The only downside is that the M2 tank's fuel consumption is also incredibly high.

"What are your thoughts on the coordination among brother units?" The brigade commander listened, was silent for a while, and then asked.

"Qihe supply station, this supply station cannot be small in scale. At the same time, in order not to expose our intentions, we request the Jizhong Military Region to concentrate more than three main regiments to support us. After we take Qihe, we will immediately enter Qihe to build a large-scale stronghold, pretending to attack Jeju, concealing the purpose of our action and guarding our retreat."

"At the same time, we will also leave behind a batch of weapons, ammunition and fuel to provide us with necessary supplies on the way back. This batch of supplies can follow our main force and be handed over to the Jizhong brother troops for custody when we arrive in Qihe.

Although according to the plan, we will receive fuel supplies from the transport fleet after arriving in Jiaozhou, we will not receive ammunition supplies due to the different standards.

In Qilu, we can get the help of the main force of Qilu to safely cross the Jiaoji Line, but after crossing the Yellow River, we have to rely on ourselves and the main force of the Jizhong Military Region. I suggest that the Jizhong Old Eighth Regiment be supplemented with 8 companies of 107 rocket launchers to enhance their field mobile heavy firepower. "

"As for Qilu, with the 19 artillery companies sent by the Allies, that's enough for two artillery regiments. Next we just need to equip them with 5 or more Type A regiment main forces, and then we will have a way to attack the enemy."

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