Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 228 Nothing more than that!

Taiyuan.

Inner castle
"General."

Intelligence staff officer Eiichi Iida walked into the First Army headquarters.

"Iida-kun."

Kazuki Seiji was staring at the map on the wall with a frown on his face. When he saw the stack of photos in Iida Eiichi's hand, his expression changed slightly:
"Have you found any new information?"

Seeing that it was a photo, a hint of anticipation appeared in Kazuki Seiji's eyes.

Could it be that they have discovered the missing military train of the Locust Army?
The military train, equipment, raw materials and rails weighed more than 2000 tons. Kazuki Seiji guessed that these things must be near the Shotai Railway.

"Hayi!"

Iida Eiichi lowered his head and handed the photo over with both hands:

"Intelligence personnel have brought good news. The main force of the New 1st Regiment has been discovered in Mengxian County. We can conclude that the New 1st Regiment's headquarters and Li Yunlong are in Mengxian County."

A hint of disappointment first appeared on Kazuki Seiji's face, and then his eyes lit up slightly.

The missing military train was not found, but Li Yunlong and his troops were found, which was also great news.

The Japanese intelligence system is indeed impressive.

After Iida Eiichi was scolded last time, he mobilized all his elite intelligence personnel to continuously infiltrate the Jinzhong base.

Even though the three regiments in the Jinzhong base area tried every possible means to defend themselves, the mountainous terrain was complex and the three regiments had just arrived, so they had insufficient defenses in many areas. In addition, many civilians had been evacuated, and most of the Japanese intelligence was captured or killed. However, a merchant bribed by the Japanese secretly took photos near the county seat of Mengxian.

Although the reconnaissance plane also took photos over Meng County, the photos taken from a long distance were very blurry. One could only see that there were Eighth Route Army troops stationed in Meng County, and the Eighth Route Army was building trenches and other fortifications outside the city.

The photos in my hand appear to be clearer, and I can even see the trenches and foxholes outside the city wall, as well as the flag of the Eighth Route Army on the city wall.

The staff officer at the side handed over a magnifying glass, and Kazuki Seiji used it to clearly see the large characters on the flag. The smaller characters were unclear. "Yangquan Special Forces Regiment, what unit is this?"

"General."

Iida Eiichi reports:

"This is the honorary title awarded to the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters after their last attack on Yangquan. Li Yunlong and the New 1st Regiment were awarded a collective first-class merit."

The honor of the New 1st Regiment was announced to all officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and it was not difficult for the Japanese intelligence personnel to find out about this title.

"First-class collective merit?"

Xiangyue Qingsi's eyes suddenly became sinister.

In the Battle of Yangquan, the military train was robbed, the 39th Brigade was completely wiped out, and the brigade commander Yoshito Takagi was killed in action.

Li Yunlong and his New 1st Regiment won the honor by stepping on the corpses of the Locust Army.

"Li Yunlong? New 1st Regiment?"

Xiangyue Qingsi sneered again, and then he said sternly:
"Order, the 6th Flight Squadron immediately prepares to bomb Meng County, using..."

Having said that, Kazuki Seiji paused slightly before continuing.

"Use conventional aerial bombs to bomb the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

Seiji Kazuki wanted to use white phosphorus incendiary bombs to burn Meng County into ruins.

but!

Once the Mengxian County seat is burned to ruins, it will be worthless. Li Yunlong and the New 1st Regiment will most likely abandon the county seat and go into the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare with the locust army.

In this way, the locust army would have to work very hard to eliminate Li Yunlong and the New 1st Regiment, and it might even cause a lot of casualties.

After all, guerrilla warfare is the Eighth Route Army's forte.

"General."

Iida Eiichi remembered that the New 1st Regiment shot down several planes of the Locust Army last time, so he couldn't help but remind them:
"During the last battle at Lubei Village, three Locust Army planes were shot down. This regiment has a certain air defense capability."

"I know this."

Kazuki Seiji nodded, and looked at Iida Eiichi with a satisfied expression:

"I've read the battle report. The main reason three planes were shot down was because the Locust pilots were caught off guard. Low-altitude dives, strafing, and bombing are strictly prohibited during this bombing. Bombing must be at least at medium altitude."

"Li Yunlong is extremely cunning." "I mainly want to see if the troops in Meng County are really the main force of the New 1st Regiment."

At that time, the highest commander of the Japanese army in Shanxi Province was Yamashita Tomoyuki. The military train arranged by Yamashita Tomoyuki was robbed, and Kazuki Seiji read the battle report with the intention of laughing at the joke.

But unexpectedly, even though he learned from Yamashita Tomoyuki's lesson, the military train he personally arranged was still robbed.

Moreover, this time the Eighth Route Army's robbery was even more ruthless. They directly robbed all the military trains, equipment and rails. It was even more excessive than the medieval pirates!

"Hayi!"

Iida Eiichirō's face showed just the right amount of admiration.

"Your Excellency General."

After a pause, Iida Eiichi reported another piece of intelligence: "According to the intelligence personnel, the people in many villages in the Jinzhong Military District of the Eighth Route Army have disappeared. It seems that the Eighth Route Army has transferred them. The information about the 20th Division sweeping the Jinzhong Military District may have been known to the Eighth Route Army."

Xiangyue Qingji's face changed slightly. This was something he had not expected. The Eighth Route Army acted quite quickly.

After thinking for a moment, Xiangyue Qingsi said coldly: "It doesn't matter. It's just a few hundred thousand unruly people. As long as the main force of the Eighth Route Army is still there, it will be fine."

……

More than an hour later.

A bombing formation consisting of more than ten fighters and bombers carried out medium-altitude bombing on Mengxian County.

Rumble…

The huge explosions were deafening. One after another, huge explosions swept up shrapnel and soil all over the sky. The mushroom cloud turned into a column of smoke that shot straight into the sky. The entire Meng County was shaking.

Da da da…

Boom boom…

The new recruit battalions and machine gun battalions of the new 1st regiment were not willing to be outdone. They set up light and heavy machine guns and machine guns and opened fire fiercely on the Japanese planes.

In an instant, accompanied by dense and continuous gunfire and machine gun fire, visible bullet chains rose into the air, as dense as an orange-red spider web.

A few minutes later, one Japanese plane was shot down and two Japanese planes were damaged. They flew back to Taiyuan under the cover of the remaining Japanese planes.

Although nine out of ten defenses are effective, under the dense anti-aircraft firepower network, the Japanese planes could not avoid losses even if they carried out medium-altitude bombing.

The Eighth Route Army also suffered some casualties, and several machine gun and machine artillery fire points were destroyed.

……

"Division Commander."

Yangquan, Japanese 20th Division Headquarters, Communications Staff Report:

"Just now, Lieutenant General Xiangyue, commander of the First Army, sent a telegram."

some days ago.

Under the protection of a regiment, the commander of the 20th Division, Ushijima Tsunemi, and the commander of the 39th Brigade, Hirata Kenkichi, came to Yangquan to command the mopping-up operation.

On the way to Yangquan, Ushijima Tsunemi and Hirata Kenkichi were afraid of being ambushed, so they changed their itinerary several times and fought a battle of wits with the air.

"Read!"

Ushijima Tsunemi was in the war room, staring at the map with a magnifying glass without even raising his head.

"Hi."

"It has been confirmed that the headquarters and main force of the New 20st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army have built defensive fortifications near Mengxian County. Order the th Division to launch an attack on Mengxian as soon as possible to eliminate Li Yunlong and the New st Regiment."

"His Majesty the Locust is on board!"

"The Japanese Locust Army is onboard!"

After reading the telegram, the communications staff officer bowed his head and stood with his hands behind his back.

"The New 1st Regiment and Li Yunlong are in Meng County?"

Ushijima Tsunemi raised his head, a smile forming on his lips:
"It seems that I overestimated Li Yunlong. He is nothing special."

(End of this chapter)