Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 250 Sword Master Yoshio Shinozuka!
Kong Jie asked, "So, after our Jinzhong Military Region handed over nine 9mm mortars, we still have nine 120mm mortars left?"

Li Yunlong nodded: "That's right!"

Currently, the New Third Regiment and the Independent Regiment each have one 120mm mortar.

The last time he bombarded Taiyuan Airport, Li Yunlong deployed these two mortars, but did not use their artillery.

That's why Ding Wei and Kong Jie only found out about Li Yunlong's bombardment of Taiyuan Airport now.

Kong Jie said expectantly, "How do we divide these nine 9mm mortars?"

This 120mm mortar is a good thing. Except for its range and accuracy which are not as good as the 105mm howitzer, all other advantages are there.

If a main force regiment is equipped with a 120mm mortar, its combat effectiveness will be qualitatively improved!
李云龙微微一笑：“你们两个团各分4门，加上原先的1门，可以组建1个装备5门120毫米迫击炮的重型迫击炮连。”

'So generous?'

Ding Wei and Kong Jie's eyes were full of surprise!
They thought that Li Yunlong would only give them one 1mm mortar.

After all, this time they each sent out a mortar, and not even any artillery.

Li Yunlong chuckled and didn't explain much.

In the last anti-mopping-up operation, the troops also shot down three Japanese planes, including two bombers and one fighter.

There were two Japanese pilots on each bomber and one Japanese pilot on each fighter, which means that five Japanese pilots were killed in the last breakout.

他已经跟林峰那边谈妥了，击毁1架飞机可以获得1门120毫米迫击炮，击毙1名鬼子飞行员可以获得2门120毫米迫击炮。

This means that Li Yunlong can obtain 13 120mm mortars.

Li Yunlong did not report these 13 120mm mortars and kept them quietly in the Jinzhong Military Region.

After the shelling of Taiyuan Airport, Li Yunlong felt that this thing was really good.

Originally, the new regiment had a heavy mortar company equipped with four 1mm mortars.

After receiving these 13 120mm heavy mortars and artillery shells, the new regiment will have a total of 18 120mm mortars. Li Yunlong plans to set up a heavy mortar battalion and 3 heavy mortar companies, each equipped with 6 120mm mortars.

After forming combat effectiveness, this artillery firepower, hehe...

After a pause, Li Yunlong continued, "Each regiment needs to expand to 4000 troops. Currently, the equipment only allows two people to use one rifle. Don't worry about food. Starting tomorrow, Boss Lin's large helicopter will begin delivering food to your two regiments."

"Including food for the villagers."

"Fellow villagers, please work harder and eat coarse grains. Our team has heavy training tasks, so we have one meal of coarse grain and two meals of fine grains every day."

"For the past six months, apart from a few production tasks like growing sweet potatoes, the villagers haven't had much to do."

"We can't let them sit idle. We need to organize all the young villagers to build airports, reinforced concrete bunkers, artillery towers and other fortifications."

"The more you work, the more you get; the less you work, the less you get; and no work, no gain."

"Don't make the elderly and children work. Our Eighth Route Army will distribute food for free."

"Distribute some food to the families of soldiers who join the army to ensure their livelihood."

"In addition, we will also open our own winery, printing press and newspaper media."

"The highway between our three regiments must be built as soon as possible. Once the soldiers from the Jindongnan driver training class graduate, I will immediately contact Boss Lin to apply for the delivery of armored vehicles and cars."

"..."

After receiving the replenishment of 4 heavy mortars and weapons and ammunition of a main force regiment, Ding Wei and Kong Jie immediately became full of energy.

Next, Ding Wei and Kong Jie spoke along Li Yunlong's lines of thought.

Regarding the sustainable development of the Jinzhong Military Region, the three brothers discussed it for a long time in the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie agreed with Li Yunlong's future combat strategy of the Jinzhong Military Region to maintain its defense.

In addition to wineries, printing houses, etc., the Jinzhong base area will also develop animal husbandry by building large-scale pig farms, chicken farms, duck farms, etc., and Boss Lin will provide livestock pups and breeding technology.

The future combat strategy is to build high walls, store up food, develop the strength of the troops as quickly as possible, and wait until the time is ripe to break the Japanese blockade plan in one fell swoop.

……

Beiping.

Tieshishi Hutong, the headquarters of the North China Front Army.

An officer with the rank of lieutenant general walked into the operations room with a lieutenant general's saber slung over his shoulder. His temples were gray under his military cap and his forehead was wrinkled. He was an old man over fifty years old. He was not tall, but his expression was serious and deep, and he was intimidating without even getting angry.

This person is none other than the swordsmanship master in "Bright Sword", Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Army.

Originally, Terauchi Hisaichi planned to appoint Lieutenant General Umezu Yoshijiro as the commander of the First Army.

Umezu Yoshijiro was recognized by many important members of the General Staff as having a gentle temperament, clear mind, and extreme prudence in his work. He was resolute and decisive in his attitude towards major events. He had made great contributions to the military purge after the February 26 Incident, and the "He-Umezu Agreement" created conditions for Japan's invasion of North China. Therefore, he was deeply appreciated by the Emperor and military personnel.

Unfortunately, Umezu Michijiro was recently ill and was hospitalized. Therefore, Terauchi Hisaichi had no choice but to send Shinozuka Yoshio, who had just been appointed commander of the 10th Division, to Taiyuan, Shanxi, to serve as commander of the st Army.

As for that guy Katsuki Seiji, he was directly abandoned by Terauchi Hisaichi.

Behind Shinozuka Yoshio was an officer with the rank of colonel. He had strong features, a blank expression, dark and sharp eyes, and stood straight, but his whole body was tense at all times. This man was none other than Yamamoto Ikki, the captain of the Yamamoto Special Forces.
When he arrived at the door of the operations room, Yamamoto Ikki was stopped by a lieutenant colonel staff officer. Yamamoto Ikki's eyes flashed slightly.

Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Yamamoto-kun, please wait here. I will tell General Terauchi about your special operations."

Colonel Yamamoto Ikki was a talent discovered by Yoshio Shinozuka at the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

This man graduated from the Imperial Army University and further studied at the Munich Military Academy in Germany. He has a special forces team of more than 80 people under his command, each of whom is the elite among the elite.

Most of his classmates have become famous generals, such as the renowned Itagaki Seishirō, and Yamamoto's military rank is the lowest among his contemporaries at the Army University.

The reason was that Yamamoto was not interested in large-scale troop operations. His interest was in studying special operations, an emerging military discipline.

Yamamoto Ikki and his special forces were not taken seriously by the Kwantung Army, so Yoshio Shinozuka asked General Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Kwantung Army, to borrow Yamamoto and his special forces to serve as military advisers to the 10th Division.

This time, Yamamoto Ikki came with Shinozuka Yoshio with the intention of promoting special operations to General Terauchi Hisaichi.

"Hi!" Yamamoto Ikki remained expressionless, "Then I'll leave it to you, General."

The lieutenant colonel said to Shinozuka Yoshio, "General, you have worked hard on the journey. General Terauchi has been waiting for a long time."

Shinozuka Yoshio touched the sword bestowed by the Heavenly Locust at his waist and said, "Please take me to see General Terauchi."

"Hi Yi!"

Led by his lieutenant colonel staff officer, Shinozuka Yoshio met General Terauchi Hisaichi, commander of the North China Front Army, as well as Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Yamashita Tomoyuki and the newly appointed Deputy Chief of Staff Colonel Muto Akira during the battle.

The Expeditionary Force Headquarters had already decided to transfer Machijiri Ryoki to the Expeditionary Force Headquarters as deputy chief of staff, and Muto Akira would take over as deputy chief of staff of the North China Front Army.

After Machijiri Ryoki was killed in the bombing at Taiyuan Airport, Mutō Akira seamlessly took over the position of Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army.

Muto Akira was good at collecting intelligence, and the intelligence and field investigation reports he compiled played a significant role in Japan's invasion of China.

After the fall of Nanjing, this old devil ordered his troops to camp freely in the city of Nanjing, and his troops participated in the Nanjing Massacre.

The atmosphere in the operations room was somewhat solemn. After all, two major generals and 21 pilots had just been killed in a bombing.

After a round of greetings and salutes, Terauchi Hisaichi asked Shinozuka Yoshio how he planned to fight after becoming the commander of the First Army.

Before coming to North China, Shinozuka Yoshio had done a lot of research, so he confidently said: "The threats to the First Army mainly come from the Eighth Route Army in central Shanxi, southeastern Shanxi, northwestern Shanxi, and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, as well as the Central Army in southern Shanxi and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in western Shanxi."

"The strongest among them is the Central Army in southern Shanxi, followed by the Jinsui Army in western Shanxi, and finally the Eighth Route Army, which has the worst equipment and the fewest troops."

"To deal with the Central Army in southern Shanxi, the main policy is to focus on infiltration and attack."

"The Jinsui Army in western Shanxi is passive in combat, and its main policy is to win over people."

"Among them, the Eighth Route Army has the worst equipment, the fewest troops, and the weakest strength, but it poses the greatest threat to the First Army. To deal with the Eighth Route Army, the main tactics are blockades and split-up raids!"

"Once we arrive in Taiyuan, I intend to launch the Jinnan Rectification Campaign, inflicting heavy damage on the superior enemy and forcing the main force of the enemy's central army to retreat to the south bank of the Yellow River."

"Then we will launch the Jinzhong rectification campaign against the Eighth Route Army troops north of the Zhengtai Road and east of the Tongpu Road, and strike at the Eighth Route Army troops near the Zhengtai and Tongpu Roads."

"Finally, we will launch operations in northern and eastern Shanxi to further expand the locust army's security zone in Shanxi."

"General, give the First Army a maximum of one year, and Shanxi's public security will see a qualitative leap forward, which will also play a significant role in clarifying the situation in North China."

In the last sentence, Shinozuka Yoshio spoke with confidence and determination.

"Yoshi."

Terauchi Juichi nodded with satisfaction.

Compared to Seiji Kazuki's lack of enthusiasm for the war, Yoshio Shinozuka's offensive attitude is much more active.

This made Terauchi Hisaichi very satisfied.

Taking advantage of Terauchi Juichi's satisfaction, Shinozuka Yoshio sold him Yamamoto Ikki's special operations.

Terauchi Juichi, however, showed no interest in Yamamoto Ikki's special operations and said indifferently, "Yamamoto-kun's research topic is too biased. With his military talent for researching and commanding large-scale operations, he would have been promoted to major general long ago."

Yamashita Tomoyuki also said: "If we want to conquer China and complete the holy war between the empire and the locusts, we can only rely on large-scale military operations to achieve victory. If a small force of dozens of people can conquer China, then what is the point of having millions of locust soldiers?"

Yoshio Shinozuka walked out of the war room and shook his head slightly at Yamamoto Ikki.

Yamamoto Ikki said with a sad expression: "Thank you, General."

Shinozuka Yoshio then asked, "Mr. Yamamoto, what are your plans next? Are you going to return to the Kwantung Army Headquarters?"

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