Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 151 Intelligence!

The 5st Brigade of the Japanese 21th Division, led by Itagaki, went to the Xuzhou battlefield.

The Battle of Xuzhou began in January 1938.

During this period, the main force of the Japanese army in Shanxi Province also took the lead in launching an attack on southern and western Shanxi.

In order to attack and contain the Japanese troops attacking southern and western Shanxi, the 129th Division and the 115th Brigade of the 344th Division coordinated to launch an attack on the Japanese troops in the Yangquan to Jingxing area of ​​the Zhengtai Railway.

The New 1st Regiment also sent a battalion to attack the Japanese on the Zhengtai Railway.

At present, the expansion of the new regiment has basically been completed. There are many new recruits in the unit, and they are still in the training stage and have almost no combat missions.

The New 1st Regiment was also intensifying its training because Boss Lin had sent intelligence that the Japanese army was gathering and preparing to attack southeastern Shanxi.

The Eighth Route Army was also mobilizing the masses, formulating combat plans, and making preparations to crush the Japanese attack.

The air in southeastern Shanxi is filled with the smell of gunpowder.

At this moment, Boss Lin sent someone to deliver a piece of information.

"The Japanese are going to transport the equipment and raw materials from the Taiyuan Arsenal outside the Great Wall?"

Shangzhuang Village.

At the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment, Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes after reading the intelligence.

Taiyuan Arsenal, Fengtian Arsenal and Hanyang Arsenal were the three major arsenals in the Republic of China.

When Yan Laoxi retreated, he did not order the bombing of the Taiyuan Arsenal, leaving behind most of the equipment and raw materials for manufacturing guns, artillery and ammunition at the Taiyuan Arsenal. Only a small part of the equipment and raw materials were transported to southern and western Shanxi, and a large number of weapons and ammunition were left to the Japanese.

The Japanese used these weapons and ammunition to equip their puppet troops.

Most of the equipment and raw materials left behind could be used to continuously manufacture guns, artillery and ammunition for the Japanese, which became bullets and artillery shells fired at Chinese soldiers and civilians.

"This old man Yan is such a jerk. He didn't even blow up the Taiyuan Arsenal. Isn't this just giving weapons and ammunition to the Japanese?" Zhang Dabiao also cursed.

"The Taiyuan Arsenal is Yan Laoxi's favorite. He probably wouldn't want to blow it up."

Political Commissar Zhong also finished reading the telegram and felt that the intelligence was so detailed. He thought that Boss Lin's intelligence capabilities were far superior to those of the Eighth Route Army's underground staff.

The Taiyuan Arsenal had a large amount of equipment and raw materials, which could not be transported in a short period of time.

The Japanese planned to take advantage of the attack on southeastern Shanxi to transport the first batch of equipment and raw materials along the Zhengtai Road to Shimen City, then to Beijing, and finally to the Northeast.

The detailed timetable and escort forces of the Japanese military trains transporting equipment and raw materials are provided in detail.

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes and said, "We have to do this. Even if we can't transport the equipment and raw materials, we have to blow them all up. We can't let the Japanese take them away."

The first batch of equipment and raw materials, weighing as much as seven or eight hundred tons, was transported by a military train, and was protected by a squadron of troops and two armored vehicles.

The Eighth Route Army mainly

Zhao Gang analyzed: "If we ambush the Japanese troops transporting military equipment and raw materials on Zhengtai Road, the Japanese troops attacking southeastern Shanxi will return to support us. In this way, we may be able to crush the Japanese attack on southeastern Shanxi."

"not that simple!"

Li Yunlong took the intelligence information in his hand again and nodded with a serious expression.

"This batch of equipment and raw materials is like gold ingots to our Eighth Route Army, but it is nothing to the Japanese army."

"The Japanese only sent two armored vehicles and one squadron of troops for escort, which shows that they don't attach much importance to this batch of equipment and raw materials." Zhao Gang nodded. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of tons of equipment and raw materials in the entire Taiyuan Arsenal, these hundreds of tons of equipment and raw materials are indeed nothing.

However, at this critical juncture, the Japanese army sent a special train to transport equipment and raw materials, as well as a squadron and two armored vehicles, which shows that these equipment and raw materials were of relatively good quality.

However, it was not realistic to ambush the military train and force the main force of the Japanese army that was attacking southeastern Shanxi to return to support the Zhengtai Railway.

"Seize or blow up this batch of equipment and raw materials. Boss Lin will provide us with military equipment and raw materials. It will be a long-term business."

"We have to do this no matter what."

Li Yunlong's eyes showed his desire to get rich.

Although Boss Lin did not specify what specific military equipment and raw materials he would provide.

But Li Yunlong was sure that Boss Lin’s military equipment and raw materials were better than those of the Taiyuan Arsenal, and even better than those of the Japanese.

It is better to rely on yourself than on others. The headquarters will never rely on an outsider to supply all the weapons and ammunition of the troops.

The troops will inevitably develop their own arsenals. If they can obtain these military equipment and raw materials, they will be able to produce weapons and ammunition for the troops continuously.

Political Commissar Zhong nodded and said, "We have detailed intelligence. As long as the Japanese military train arrives on time, with the current combat effectiveness and equipment level of the New 1st Regiment, we only need to dispatch one battalion to easily destroy this Japanese military train."

"But how to take away the equipment and raw materials is a big problem."

It is easy for arsenals to produce raw materials for weapons and ammunition, but the military equipment can weigh several hundred kilograms or several tons.

The Eighth Route Army was not equipped with vehicles and could not pull these military equipment at all, let alone several hundred tons.

Even if we use large mules to pull military equipment, we can't pull much, and we still have to face the pursuit of the Japanese.

"If we can't take it away, we'll blow it up. If we can't get it, the Japanese won't be able to get it either."

Political Commissar Zhong was reluctant to part with the equipment and raw materials, and Li Yunlong was also reluctant to do so, after all, they were tired of being poor.

But Li Yunlong is open-minded. If he holds on to Boss Lin, he will make a lot of money in the future.

Political Commissar Zhong nodded. "Our regiment's mission is to move to the area north of Zhengtai Road and hide there. This is a good opportunity to destroy this enemy train. We can dispatch an entire battalion without even reporting to our superiors."

In response to the attack of the main force of the Japanese devils, the Eighth Route Army's plan was to use part of its forces to clamp down on other Japanese troops, and concentrate its main forces to seek opportunities to annihilate one Japanese army.

Along with the New 386st Regiment, the Independent Regiment of the th Brigade also moved ahead of the enemy to the area north of Zhengtai Road to hide in the air.

The troops have begun mobilization and are coordinating with local party organizations to mobilize the masses and carry out various preparatory work such as clearing the fields and building fortifications.

In addition, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was also prepared to contain the Japanese army.

Li Yunlong nodded, but his plan did not stop there. This time he wanted to join forces with Kong Jie to do something big.

Unfortunately, Lao Ding’s New Third Regiment had to move to the area north of Shexian with the main force of the 385th Brigade to hide and wait, otherwise it would have been much more exciting to join forces with Lao Ding.

Li Yunlong also thought more about it. The Japanese used more than just the Zhengtai Railway to transport military equipment and raw materials out of Shanxi Province.

Military equipment and raw materials could also be transported to Datong via Beitongpu Road, and then transported to Beiping along Pingsui Road.

Only when Li Yunlong led the New 1st Regiment to rob the Japanese military trains and blow up or seize military equipment and raw materials could they obtain military equipment.

Li Yunlong thought that the New 1st Regiment had to find a new base that could threaten both Beitongpu Road and Zhengtai Road.

(End of this chapter)