Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 369 Semi-automatic rifle!
Taiyuan.

Japanese First Army Headquarters.

"General."

Yamamoto, dressed in military uniform, respectfully handed a folder to Shinozuka Yoshio with both hands:

"This is the preliminary battle plan I have drawn up. Please review it."

"So fast?"

Yoshio Shinozuka's expression changed. Could it be that the battle plan was made so quickly and was just casually made up?

"I have been up all night for three days."

Yamamoto explained.

"Yoshi, Yamamoto-kun, you've worked hard."

Only then did Yoshio Shinozuka notice the dark circles around Yamamoto's eyes. He nodded with satisfaction and opened the battle plan to read it.

"Not bad!"

After reading the battle plan, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes lit up.

Soon, Shinozuka Yoshio asked again in a puzzled tone, "Mr. Yamamoto, have you confirmed that Li Yunlong's headquarters is in Ping'an County?"

"General."

Yamamoto had a blank expression on his face, and his tone was flat:

"Although there is no definitive evidence, based on intelligence reports from Northwest Shanxi intelligence organizations and photos taken by reconnaissance aircraft, we can conclude that Li Yunlong's headquarters is located in Ping'an County."

"News came from Datong this afternoon: two fighter planes from the 54th Squadron were shot down in the sky near Ping'an County."

"This shows that the Eighth Route Army deployed a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower in Ping'an County."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, basically agreeing with Yamamoto's assessment. "I have a feeling too. Li Yunlong's headquarters is in Ping'an County, but war is no joke. This battle is a turning point for our First Army. We must have accurate intelligence before launching an attack."

Yamamoto thought the commander was being too cautious and conservative, so he said, "Even if Li Yunlong's headquarters is not in Ping'an County, according to intelligence and reconnaissance aircraft photos, there are a lot of Eighth Route Army activities in and around Ping'an County."

"As long as we quickly dispatch troops and launch a surprise attack on Ping'an County, encircling this part of the Eighth Route Army's main force within Ping'an County, we can implement the tactic of besieging the point and attacking the reinforcements, and eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi."

"The Eighth Route Army is just like the Locust Army. Once a unit is attacked, the other units will desperately rush to reinforce it. They will never stand by and watch someone die just to preserve their own strength."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded upon hearing this:

"Yamamoto-kun, you're right. I was a little too obsessed with killing Li Yunlong."

"The monk may escape, but the temple cannot. As long as we surround the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Ping'an County and its surrounding areas, we won't be afraid of them escaping."

Yamamoto's battle plan was to order two divisions and two to three brigades, plus more than 20,000 puppet troops, to launch a lightning-fast attack on Ping'an County.

A part of the main force of the Eighth Route Army was surrounded in Ping'an County, and a division was used to encircle the Eighth Route Army that was attacking Ping'an County.

Then another division and two or three brigades ambushed halfway, surrounded the point and attacked the reinforcements, thus wiping out the main force of the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi in one fell swoop.

Of course, this is just a preliminary plan, and emergency plans need to be improved and formulated.

"I will improve the follow-up plan and emergency plan as soon as possible!"

Seeing that Shinozuka Yoshio agreed, Yamamoto Ikki lowered his head and said.

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded. He was confident in Yamamoto Ikki's ability to formulate battle plans and emergency response plans. Suddenly, as if a thought occurred to him, Shinozuka Yoshio leaned forward slightly and lowered his voice, "This battle plan must be kept confidential. Don't let it get leaked like the last few times, or our First Army will suffer heavy losses again."

Yamamoto glanced around with a wary look, then leaned forward and lowered his voice, like two underground party members meeting. "Please rest assured, General, this battle plan has only been seen by the two of us. It will definitely not be known to the Eighth Route Army's senior spies lurking in the First Army Headquarters. I will later formulate a fake battle plan and send it out to the spies to reveal to the Eighth Route Army."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded in satisfaction. "Yoshi. Go ahead and do it. The Eighth Route Army has already built tunnels and concrete fortifications in northwest Shanxi. I will secretly mobilize troops and combat supplies as quickly as possible to attack northwest Shanxi."

"Hi."

Yamamoto lowered his head, snapped his feet together, and turned to walk out.

……

Northwest Shanxi.

Pingan County.

The new regiment headquarters.

Zhao Gang walked quickly into the inner room of the regiment headquarters. Before he had time to drink a sip of water, Li Yunlong handed him a folder.

"Old Zhao, take a look. This is the latest troop organization and future expansion plan I've drawn up based on Advisor Lin's advice."

After Zhao Gang came back, he took over a lot of work in the regiment, and Li Yunlong had the time and energy to think about more things.

Everyone has different energy levels. Some people can sleep four or five hours a day and still be energetic during the day, while others can sleep ten hours a day and still feel listless.

But everyone's energy is limited. In the past, Li Yunlong could easily manage a small group of more than a thousand people alone, but now he has to manage a large group of more than ten or twenty thousand people, and it is impossible for him to be so busy.

Not to mention managing a large group of hundreds of thousands of people in the future.

"An infantry battalion consists of 1,500 men, consisting of four infantry companies, one machine gun company, and one logistics support company."

Zhao Gang said:

"Old Li, our infantry battalion has 300 to 400 more soldiers than a fully staffed infantry battalion of the Japanese Type A Division."

"That's right. Old Li has carefully studied the organization of the Japanese and the organization of the National Army."

Li Yunlong nodded:
"Old Zhao, have you noticed that the Japanese are very cunning in organizing their army? They're completely modeled after our country's army."

"Yeah." Zhao Gang nodded. "I've noticed this too. A Japanese squad has about the same strength as one of our squads, but a platoon has more troops than a platoon, a squadron has more troops than a company, a battalion has more troops than a battalion, and a regiment has more troops than a regiment."

"Under the same military organization, the Japanese not only have better weapons and equipment than our Chinese army, but also have more soldiers and stronger individual soldier qualities. There's no way we can defeat the Japanese." Li Yunlong came to the conclusion after careful analysis.

Zhao Gang guessed Li Yunlong's thoughts: "So, Lao Li, you want to organize our battalion so that we have more troops than the Japanese, better weapons and equipment, and better individual soldiers, so that our single battalion can defeat an entire Japanese infantry battalion?"

Li Yunlong's eyes were filled with ambition: "If an elite infantry battalion of the Japanese's Type A division can directly defeat a second-rate division-level unit of the Nationalist Army, then in the future, a fully staffed infantry battalion of ours may be able to directly defeat an infantry regiment of the Japanese's second-rate unit."

Zhao Gang nodded. "We are human beings, and the Japanese are human beings too. We all have two shoulders supporting one head. As long as our troops have strong individual qualities, good weapons and equipment, and strong firepower, we can definitely defeat an enemy that outnumbers us many times."

"When our troops are equipped with the new guns that Boss Lin mentioned," Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes. "An infantry battalion can easily defeat the Japanese infantry battalion, but it's still not enough to fight against the Japanese infantry regiment. We need to increase our firepower!"

"What new gun?" Zhao Gang asked with a changed expression.

"Semi-automatic rifle." Captain Li's eyes were full of anticipation. "The kind that can fire continuously. Boss Lin said it has incredible firepower and is very powerful."

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