Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 223 Receiving and Sweeping!
"By the way, Brother Lin."

Li Yunlong seemed to remember something and asked, "What about the price of another production line?"

The two had agreed to cooperate when they were in southeastern Shanxi. After they successfully robbed the Japanese military train, Boss Lin would provide them with a weapons production line.

The profit from this weapons production line was also counted among the weapons and ammunition handed over by Li Yunlong.

Therefore, the headquarters sent a telegram stating that all the weapons and ammunition obtained in exchange for killing the Japanese devils this time could be kept in the Jinzhong base and did not need to be handed over.

"It's a production line that can produce 50 Bren light machine guns per month, along with some raw materials."

"Here's a picture of the light machine gun."

Lin Feng took out a stack of photos and handed them to Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong took it and looked at it. The Bren light machine gun in the photo looked somewhat similar to the Czech light machine gun.

The biggest difference is that the Czech light machine gun has a straight magazine, while the Bren light machine gun has a curved magazine.

Li Yunlong handed the other photos to Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, Zhang Dabiao and others.

Lin Feng reminded: "Behind the photo are the performance data of this light machine gun."

When everyone turned over the photo, they saw that the bullets used by this light machine gun were the same as those used by the Czech light machine gun, Mauser rifle and Maxim rifle, and the caliber was also the same as that of the Zhongzheng rifle and Min-24 heavy machine gun.

However, he can use 25-round trapezoidal magazines, 30-round curved magazines and 100-round double-layer magazines, which greatly enhances the firepower sustainability.

In addition, according to the data, the range and accuracy of this light machine gun are slightly better than those of the Czech light machine gun.

"There are also five steam generators and two tunnel boring machines."

"I plan to arrange for the delivery to be made at noon tomorrow, directly to the top of Hongyadong."

Li Yunlong was delighted: "Thank you very much, Brother Lin! I will send a telegram to my superiors and ask them to prepare for receipt of the goods."

Although I don't know what a tunnel drill is, it sounds very powerful.

Hongyadong really needs this thing, but Hongyadong is so small that it can't accommodate too many production lines.

If the entire Hongyadong mountain is hollowed out, it can accommodate a medium-sized arsenal, which can provide logistical support for the troops and prevent bombing by Japanese aircraft.

Next.

Lin Feng and Li Yunlong discussed some issues such as the receipt of grain and other details and matters, and reminded Li Yunlong that the Japanese might attack the Jinzhong base in the near future and that he should make preparations for counter-mopping up in advance.

Then Lin Feng said goodbye and left. Li Yunlong and everyone personally saw him off before returning to the woods of Xujia Village.

Looking at the big mules and carts filling the woods, and the carts piled high with weapons and ammunition, I almost laughed my mouth off.

Li Yunlong looked up and saw that the woods were dense and it was impossible for the Japanese reconnaissance plane to discover the weapons and ammunition in the woods.

Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Da Biao!"

Zhang Dabiao, with a machete on his back and a sharp look in his eyes, walked over quickly and straightened his body: "Yes!"

Li Yunlong said, "You lead a battalion to protect this place. No one is allowed to approach."

Zhang Dabiao: "Yes!"

Li Yunlong said again: "Lao Kong, Lao Ding, let's go to the regiment headquarters to discuss the distribution of weapons, ammunition and food, as well as the issue of counter-mopping up."

"Okay!"*2
Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie walked towards the regiment headquarters arm in arm.

The three brothers are as close as a pair of pants.

……

Taiyuan.

Japanese First Army Headquarters.

Seiji Kazuki and Takayoshi Tanaka were playing chess with dark circles under their eyes.

"Tanaka-kun, how is the battle plan for attacking southeastern Shanxi going?"

"Commander," Tanaka Takayoshi reported with a slight bow, "the operational plan has reached its final stages."

Although the battle plan is almost complete, it is still too early to launch the attack.

It takes a lot of time to mobilize combat supplies and troops, not to mention that the Zhengtai Railway is now under threat.

"General."

Intelligence staff officer Lieutenant Colonel Iida Eiichi walked quickly into the commander's office, holding a stack of intelligence information in his hand, and reported to Kazuki Seiji and Tanaka Takayoshi:
"It has now been confirmed that the Eighth Route Army troops that attacked Meng County and ambushed the Locust Army's column were Li Yunlong's troops!"

Last time, Iida Eiichi was almost hacked to death by Kazuki Seiji, so he exerted all his strength, mobilized all the Japanese intelligence networks in Shanxi Province, and finally found out some things.

"Li Yunlong even invented a coded telegram to mock me, do you still need to tell me this?"

Xiangyue Qingji looked dissatisfied.

Tanaka Takayoshi also frowned: "Iida-kun, after so many days of investigation, this is all you found? Iida-kun, I think you can change your name. It should not be Iida Eiichi, but should be Rice Bucket Eiichi." "Hi."

Facing Tanaka Takayoshi's ridicule, Iida Eiichi showed no dissatisfaction at all. He just said "Hi" and continued to report:

"Currently, intelligence has discovered that Li Yunlong has led his troops to the area north of Zhengtai Road and west of Beitongpu Road, establishing a so-called Jinzhong base with a total strength of approximately 5000 men!"

When they arrived north of Zhengtai Road, the three regiments of Ding, Kong and Li deliberately concealed their numbers. Naturally, the Japanese intelligence personnel did not know the details of these three regiments and thought they were the main force from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and were not to be feared.

However, after the attack on Mengxian County, the noise was so loud that the number could no longer be concealed.

Of course, there is no point in continuing to conceal the number. After the two battles on the Zhengtai Railway and in Mengxian County, the Japanese must have known that the tough Eighth Route Army had arrived in that area.

"What?" Kazuki Seiji's face darkened. "Jinzhong base?"

After the Eighth Route Army established the base areas in Northwest Shanxi, Southeast Shanxi, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Southwest Shanxi, it also established a base area in Central Shanxi?

Tanaka Takayoshi's eyes immediately turned to the map, his expression slightly changed. "Commander, this isn't good. The Eighth Route Army established the so-called Jinzhong Base Area, specifically to target the Zhengtai Railway and Beitongpu Railway of the Locust Army."

Zhengtai Road and Beitongpu Road are two extremely important blood transfusion arteries for the Japanese.

The combat supplies needed by the Japanese army in Shanxi Province needed to be replenished through Zhengtai Road or Beitongpu Road.

The military equipment, raw materials, food, coal mines, iron ore and other resources plundered by the Japanese army in Shanxi Province, the mobilization of troops, and the transportation of wounded soldiers back to their country all needed to pass through Beitongpu Road and Zhengtai Road.

In the past, the Eighth Route Army guerrillas occasionally harassed and destroyed the two transportation lines, but now the Zhengtai Railway and the Beitongpu Railway are under serious threat from the Eighth Route Army in the Jinzhong base area.

If the Eighth Route Army cannot be dealt with, whether the Zhengtai Railway and Beitongpu Road can be opened to traffic in the future will not be decided by the Japanese army, but by the Eighth Route Army.

"These Eighth Route Army thugs are so annoying!"

There was a murderous intent in Katsuki Seiji's words.

Tanaka Takayoshi turned to look at Iida Eiichi and asked, "How's the investigation going on regarding the missing military train?"

"Chief of Staff, I'm sorry," Iida Eiji nodded, "I haven't found any information on this yet!"

In the archives of the First Army, this military train, which transported equipment and raw materials for the manufacture of Czech light machine guns, was placed in a separate folder.

The document was named 'The Vanishing Military Train'.

Because of this, Seiji Kazuki and Takayoshi Tanaka have suffered from sleepless nights for several nights.

Even if I managed to fall asleep, I would suddenly wake up, wondering how the Eighth Route Army had managed to take away the railroad tracks and the two entire military trains.
It feels like ants are crawling all over my body.

feeling bad.

How could thousands of tons of stuff just disappear out of thin air?

Xiangyue Qingsi snorted coldly: "Waste!"

Tanaka Takayoshi waved his hand and said, "Continue the investigation and find out Li Yunlong's headquarters as soon as possible."

After investigating the location of Li Yunlong's command headquarters, Tanaka Takayoshi planned to send an air force unit to directly bomb the area and behead Li Yunlong.

"Hi."

Iida Eiichi suddenly lowered his head, placed the intelligence information in his hand on the chess table, turned around and walked out quickly.

The two men had no intention of playing chess and picked up the intelligence materials to read.

After a while, after reading the intelligence data, Tanaka Takayoshi said in a deep voice: "Commander, it seems that the battle plan to attack the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi needs to be postponed."

Fighting requires supplies. Without railway transportation, the combat effectiveness of the First Army will be greatly reduced. Before launching a large-scale offensive, it is necessary to first ensure that the supply channels are unobstructed. Otherwise, if the supply is insufficient, the Eighth Route Army may not be eliminated, but will suffer heavy losses instead.

The First Army's attack on the main force of the Second War Zone and the Central Army in southern Shanxi also required a large amount of combat supplies.

Kozuki Seiji nodded. "Before launching an attack on the main force of the Eighth Route Army, we must first ensure the smooth flow of traffic on the Beitongpu and Zhengtai Railways. Tanaka-kun, you will lead the General Staff to quickly formulate a battle plan to attack the Jinzhong base area, eliminate Li Yunlong, and recapture Mengxian County."

"Please rest assured, Commander."

Tanaka Takayoshi's tone was sinister:
"To wipe out the several thousand Eighth Route Army troops in the Jinzhong base area, only one division is needed."

"It just so happens that Lieutenant General Ushijima Nozomi will soon be assigned to the 20th Division. The 20th Division and Li Yunlong are old rivals."

"Yoshi!" Kazuki Seiji agreed cheerfully, "We can let the 20th Division eliminate Li Yunlong, destroy the Eighth Route Army's Jinzhong base, and wash away the shame of the 20th Division at the same time!"

"Also, an investigation into the First Army must begin immediately!"

Kazuki Seiji looked at Tanaka Takayoshi:
"The Eighth Route Army was able to ambush the Locust Army twice in succession while transporting military equipment and raw materials amidst numerous military trains. Someone must have leaked the information."

"Hi."

Tanaka Takayoshi lowered his head:

"I will personally investigate this matter. There should be no problem with the headquarters. The problem may be at the train station. Someone provided information to Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army."

(End of this chapter)