Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 283 Seven and a Half Roads of Determination
After Ren Zhong received the news that the Japanese Eighth Division, the First Division and the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade had been destroyed, he immediately contacted Staff Officer Ye and asked the headquarters to inform the world immediately!

Ren Zhong knew the power of the fuel-air bomb and had no doubts about winning this battle, but he did not expect the brigade commander to be so good at seizing opportunities and to have the final say on the entire battle on the first day.

This sudden surprise gave Ren Zhong hope.

"Staff Officer Ye, we can start our plan to win over the 35th and a half Route Army immediately. After informing the whole nation, immediately inform the th and a half Route Army of the brief situation of the battle in your name. Tell them how many troops of the Suiyuan Army will arrive in Pingbei lightly equipped within three days. Our army is willing to rearm according to the standard of a Type A regiment and support the th Army to immediately launch the Rehe Campaign."

"At the same time, the main force of our Saibei Military Region will do its best to capture Shanhaiguan. We must annihilate all the Kwantung Army that has left the pass! To this end, you can order the Air Force to advance north to Zhanghuan Airport and cooperate with the Saibei Military Region to capture Shanhaiguan and defend this place!"

The Japanese are not stupid. After suffering a severe blow and realizing that there is no possibility of winning the war, they can escape overnight.

For Ren Zhong, letting the elite Kwantung Army go would be the worst outcome of this battle.

The Japanese soldiers who have escaped from the border must be sent to heaven in an orderly manner and turned into fertilizer for North China. This is the treatment they deserve.

"It's very difficult, but we must overcome all difficulties to achieve it." Staff Officer Ye had long been aware of Ren Zhong's idea, so after receiving the battle report from the brigade commander, he also thought of this problem.

But now things happened suddenly. With the strength of the Saibei Military Region, it was easy to suddenly capture Shanhaiguan, but it was extremely difficult to defend the pass under the enemy's crazy attacks from the front and back.

It's an uphill battle.

There are still 700,000 Japanese soldiers in the Northeast! There are also many planes and tanks, of course, these are deployed separately in the vast Northeast.

At most, only three or five divisions could be gathered and rushed to Shanhaiguan in a few days.

It's a bit difficult, but not impossible.

For the Eighth Route Army, they had fought many epic battles, and when it came to seizing opportunities, Staff Officer Ye was not much weaker than the brigade commander.

Therefore, Ren Zhong's suggestion was a natural choice for Staff Officer Ye. The main reason was that the strength of the North was not up to par in the short term.

"As for attacking the reinforcements, I have a plan," Ren Zhong walked to the front of the map and said to Staff Officer Ye, "This is a long and narrow area, and the enemy can't launch a frontal attack on a large area. When the time comes, we can use aerial reconnaissance to figure out the Japanese's deployment, and then we can use rocket-fuel bombs to carry out long-range strikes on the Japanese cluster! We are not afraid of them coming in large numbers, but we are afraid of them coming in small numbers!"

Ren Zhong's eyes flashed with brilliance. "If the Seventh Route and a Half agrees with our plan, we can immediately concentrate the Suimeng Autonomous Army, the Jin-Cha-Ji motor vehicles and the elite main forces of Jin-Cha-Ji, and form a mechanized mobile attack cluster on the northern line with the main forces of the Saibei Military Region. We can concentrate about 3 troops to march at night, avoid the large strongholds of the devils along the way, and go straight to Shanhaiguan to capture it!"

The Pingbei base is about 500 miles away from Shanhaiguan. With the speed of mechanized advancement, the road from Pingbei to Shanhaiguan is unobstructed, and the army can arrive in seven or eight hours at most. The Eighth Route Army is advancing at lightning speed, and the current defenders of Shanhaiguan are simply unable to withstand the attack of this group!
There is no doubt that success will come.

The most important thing is how to keep it.

Therefore, the second wave must use seven and a half routes to break through Rehe and create a situation of attacking the Northeast from Rehe.

Then, Jin-Cha-Ji organized fresh troops to move eastward for support, and the troops from northern Shanxi moved eastward to fill the gap left after the main force of Jin-Cha-Ji was dispatched.

One thing after another, we blocked the Japanese invaders' escape route!
Staff Officer Ye understood Ren Zhong's idea, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. Although it was a bit risky, it was definitely worth it!

In particular, Ren Zhong's guarantee could use rocket-fuel-air explosives to launch long-range strikes against the enemy's heavy troop clusters in the northeast, which eliminated half of Staff Officer Ye's worries.

If we just deal with the enemy inside the Great Wall, the Saibei Military Region plus the main force of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei will have no problem blocking the Japanese for half a month!

After all, the brigade commander and the division commander have strong troops and horses, and they can't just sit and wait for the Japanese to escape easily.

Now that the brigade commander has launched the general offensive, the division commander has already heard the news and has cut off the Pinghan Line, blocking the escape route to the north through the Pinghan Line.

Although the Hebei Plain is open and easy to travel, the main road along the Pinghan Line is still suitable for the passage of heavy weapons. The detour through the middle route of Hebei is no longer as easy to travel.

They have to take detours and march everywhere. Given the current situation, there is no way they can outrun the Eighth Route Army's Mechanized Infantry Brigade!

Leaving aside big guys like T-34 and M3 tanks, the mechanized infantry brigade is now much lighter than the Japanese artillery regiment. Whether it is towed 107mm artillery or 75mm mountain gun, vehicle-mounted 107mm artillery, they can go any road that trucks can go!

The mobility of this weapon is completely improved to a higher level than that of the Japanese 105mm heavy artillery.

In this case, how could the Japanese run faster than four wheels with just two legs?!
There is almost a 99% chance that the Japanese soldiers will be chased and beaten by the division commander and the brigade commander! So as long as the escape route to the north is blocked, none of the Japanese soldiers from the Kwantung Army who entered the pass will be able to escape!
"Has the Eighth Route Army become so powerful now?" Qingcheng, the Seventh Route Army and a Half, looked at the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

"Commander, the Eighth Route Army is indeed different from what it used to be." The trusted intelligence officer next to him said.

"The new weapon they produced has a deadly strike force against dense formations. It is not clear what kind of weapon it is, but the telegram said that the killing range is amazing. The killing radius of one rocket is as high as 50 meters! Currently, no weapon can be compared with this weapon. It is said that the Eighth Route Army used this weapon to attack the Japanese mainland before, and 5 rockets destroyed half of the Japanese city!"

The intelligence officer reported all the information he had to the Seventh Route Army.

"Zhiwu, do you think we should side with the Eighth Route Army now?" Qiluban suddenly asked a heart-piercing question.

Of course, those who can stay by his side and assist him in military affairs are all his absolutely trustworthy confidants.

"Commander, to be honest, we actually have no choice," intelligence staff officer Liu Zhiwu said sincerely.

"The chief must know more about the development of the border region than I do. Although Zhiwu is not talented, he has studied in Japan and has some experience. In Zhiwu's opinion, the border region's industrial technology has surpassed the Japanese. The converter steelmaking technology alone is a new technology that is unique in the world today. I heard from experts that compared with the previous steelmaking technology, the efficiency has been directly improved several times. This has increased the productivity of the steel mill in Jiuyuan, the border region, several times at once, and now it can produce one million tons per year!"

"Commander, this steel mill has a capacity of one million tons. There is another large steel mill in the border area of ​​Jin that is comparable to Jiuyuan, Northwest Steel! These are high-quality steel mills that can produce guns and cannons. As for the small steel mills that use traditional blast furnaces to produce pig iron and wrought iron, there are countless of them. I have also built a lot of these small blast furnaces in Wuyuan, so the commander is naturally aware of the productivity."

"In terms of steel production alone, the border region has surpassed the best period in the history of preserved fruits, and even surpassed the Northeast occupied by the Japanese."

"As for weapons, there is no need to talk about them. The arsenals in the border areas are improving with each passing day. There are countless guns and cannons. We can even produce our own cannons, tanks, and fighter planes. This is the capability of the great powers of the world! Although there is still a big gap in production capacity compared to the great powers, it is an indisputable fact that we have already overwhelmed the Japanese in terms of technology!"

"This shows that in terms of technology, there are some extraordinary experts in the border area who are secretly conducting research. It is said that the boss named Ren Zhong has been in charge of the Dawn Research Institute, which now has a scale of over ten thousand people! Looking at the world, this is an extremely large research institute."

"There's no need to elaborate on the troops. The elite Kwantung Army has suffered a great loss when encountering the Eighth Route Army. The First Division and the Eighth Division were among the strongest divisions of the Japanese, but now they are gone without a trace."

Speaking of these two divisions, the Seventh and a Half Route Army raised his eyebrows. You know, the Seventh and a Half Route Army of the Eighth Division had suffered losses at his hands.

At that time, we really used human lives to block the Japanese attack, but in the end we couldn't hold on.

They had to retreat, leaving behind so many sacrificed brothers.

Now, they were defeated by two regiments of the Eighth Route Army overnight. They were defeated in the true sense, because this time the Eighth Route Army used a very peculiar weapon that could burn the Japanese to ashes in a very short time!

Thinking about the Seven and a Half Roads gives me a shudder.

If this kind of weapon becomes popular, there will be no point in having a large number of troops in the future.

One shot destroyed the 50-meter radius. On the battlefield, 50 meters * 150 meters is at least a company's position. Now, one shot can destroy it? !

This weapon can directly eliminate traditional positional warfare from the war stage!
With hundreds or thousands of fuel-air bombs fired at them, a division or an army position could be destroyed in just a few minutes!
Therefore, there seems to be nothing wrong with Liu Zhiwu's opinion.

"Zhiwu, the border area is not in a legitimate position now, so it is unlikely for it to accept us, right?" Qiluban slowly made up his mind, but there were still some problems that needed to be solved.

"Commander, this is not a problem. We are just surrendering, not changing our flags. The border region is also very clear that it is impossible for us to change our flags at this stage. Don't you think the Suimeng Autonomous Army model is enough?" Liu Zhiwu said with a smile, feeling greatly relieved.

That’s right, as one of the organization’s most deeply buried intelligence agents, Liu Zhiwu has always been a top-secret underground intelligence agent in the border area.

“We only need to mobilize all the main forces to Pingbei, re-equip them according to the deployment of the Eighth Route Army, and directly attack Rehe, and then spy on Liaobei. With the talent of the leader, we can attack the Northeast to recover the land. Not only will we be heroes of the world, but we will also lay the foundation for a good position in the future!

As for the name, why bother about it now?"

Seven and a half roads suddenly became clear.

"Zhiwu, you are really my Fu's Zhang Liang and Xiao He reincarnated. It's a pity that I can't be the King of Han. Well, being the King of Qi is good enough. I have a place among the heroes of the world, and my life is not in vain.

Zhiwu, you are right. The next target of the Eighth Route Army must be the Northeast. As long as the main force of our army follows the strategic deployment of the Eighth Route Army to the east, they will naturally know my intentions. Just look at the replacement of weapons and you will know the clues. "

When Staff Officer Ye received a telegram about 35 troops from the th and a half routes heading east to wait for equipment change, he almost thought he had read it wrong. Not only were the main forces of the th Army all there, but the th and a half routes even pulled over the elite city defense regiment from their hometown Wuyuan, indicating that Suiyuan would go all out to recover Rehe and even the Northeast!
"General Yisheng is really straightforward. He went all in. Now, one Minister of Water Resources is not enough to take care of everything." Ren Zhong couldn't help but sigh after reading it.

"What Minister of Water Resources?" Staff Officer Ye asked in confusion.

"Haha, it's nothing, I was just talking nonsense." Ren Zhong said nonchalantly.

Such a big thing is settled!
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