Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 436 Blitz!
"The preliminary plan is almost done."

"But before the attack begins, we must first resolve the logistics supply of the 14th Division."

Captain Li chuckled and said.

These days, he sent out the regiment's reconnaissance company and the Sharp Sword Squadron to scout the Japanese in Anhua and Heyuan counties.

Not to mention that all the movements of the Japanese were under his control, Li Yunlong already had a pretty good understanding of the Japanese defense.

He also knew that the Japanese had sent a large number of reconnaissance troops towards Ping'an County.

These Japanese reconnaissance troops were outside Jiangjunling, Majiapo and Shaohukou and could not enter the heart of the base.

In fact, the best time to attack the 14th Division is when the 14th Division has not yet established a firm foothold and its defensive fortifications have not been fully built. That is the best time to attack.

However, the new regiment also needs time to prepare for the attack, especially after a major battle.

and.

Li Yunlong had to ensure that after defeating the 14th Division, the New st Regiment would still have enough strength to deal with the Japanese attack on northwestern Shanxi.

"Logistical supplies?"

Zhao Gang has been at the grassroots level of the army these days and is not familiar with some situations in the regiment headquarters.

"Yes."

Li Yunlong nodded, his lips curled up slightly, and he took out a telegram and handed it to Zhao Gang:

"Boss Lin sent me intelligence this morning that the first batch of 14 tons of combat supplies from the Japanese 500th Division will depart from Taiyuan in two days for Heyuan County in northwestern Shanxi."

After reading the detailed itinerary on the telegram, Zhao Gang's eyes lit up: "Great, how much did the devils pay for it?"

"Price for 200 Japanese pigs."

Li Yunlong raised his lips and said, "I've already secured this batch of combat supplies. Even God can't hold it back. Once we've robbed the enemy of their supplies, we'll launch an attack on the 14th Division."

According to intelligence, the 14th Division currently has less than two base amounts of ammunition.

This means that at present, the 14th Division has an average of about 200 bullets per Japanese infantryman, 3000 bullets per machine gun, and about 200 shells per cannon.

“It’s a good price.”

Zhao Gang nodded. The military train that ambushed the Japanese could kill at least 200 of them, and the account could be settled directly.

Li Yunlong asked, "Old Zhao, you've been doing ideological and political work in the various battalions and companies these past few days. How's the morale of the troops?"

Morale is the soul of an army. High morale can significantly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, enhance the sense of cooperation, and increase the courage and self-confidence of the soldiers.

The spirit of drawing the sword that Li Yunlong has always advocated is essentially morale, which can also be called fighting will.

If the morale of an army is high, then it will be able to win battles. If the morale of an army is low, then whether it can win battles remains to be tested, and it can even be said that it is basically impossible to win battles.

"The morale of the troops is very high," Zhao Gang nodded. "Most of the soldiers are fighting on the battlefield for the first time, but they haven't developed any psychological problems. A small number of soldiers do have some problems, but after education from the instructors, political instructors, and other military and political cadres, the psychological problems of the soldiers have basically been resolved. Moreover, this time I went to the grassroots level of the troops to do in-depth and detailed political and ideological work on the problem of 'arrogance caused by victory.' Some of our comrades, after winning a few battles, think that the Japanese are no match for them and think they are the best in the world. In response to this phenomenon and problem, I specially convened a meeting of the political cadres of each company and battalion and asked them to return next year to deal with ideological work on this issue in the troops. At present, this unhealthy trend in the troops has been promptly corrected. Currently, the morale of the troops is high, and they remain lively and cautious."

High morale helps reduce the incidence of psychological problems in the military and maintain the mental health of soldiers.

"good."

Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction.

Zhao Gang is worthy of being the political commissar. Even Li Yunlong, an old revolutionary, admires his political and ideological work.

Li Yunlong could naturally do this kind of work, and he could do it no worse than Zhao Gang.

Just a few words can make the soldiers roar.

But after all, a person's energy is limited. To manage so many people, Li Yunlong also has to receive goods and formulate an attack plan, which he cannot handle alone.

"Who should lead the troops to ambush the Japanese army train?"

Li Yunlong took out a map of Tongpu Road and pondered it.

"Commander, let me lead the First Battalion and the Motorized Battalion and ensure we bring back all 500 tons of combat supplies."

Zhang Dabiao asked for battle with a sharp look in his eyes. Boss Lin had already canceled the offer of using the Japanese price tag in exchange for a giant helicopter to transport supplies.

Therefore, after the New 1st Regiment robbed the Japanese military train, they could not use Boss Lin’s giant helicopter to send it directly to the headquarters.

However, the new regiment is now equipped with more than one thousand large trucks, each of which can carry 4 tons at a time. All the large trucks of the new regiment can carry 4 tons at a time.

To transport 500 tons of combat supplies, one vehicle company is enough.

"Row."

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Da Biao, I'll give this mission to you. When you finish the work, we can attack the 14th Division together."

The First Battalion has the strongest combat effectiveness, the most veterans and elite soldiers, and the best weapons and equipment. It is the only infantry battalion in the New First Regiment with a total strength of more than 2,000.

If the New 1st Regiment is the ace of the Eighth Route Army, then the 1st Battalion is the ace of aces.

Zhang Dabiao pointed at the map and said, "Commander, if we head towards Beitongpu Road from Jiangjunling in Ping'an County, we will most likely be spotted by the Japanese scouts of the 14th Division."

"That's easy," Zhao Gang said. "Why don't we just send the Blade Commando and the Reconnaissance Company to kill the Japanese scouts?"

Zhang Dabiao said, "Commissar Zhao, doing this will definitely alert the enemy."

Li Yunlong nodded thoughtfully and said, "Once the Japanese scouts are killed, the Japanese in the 14th Division will definitely notice the problem and will most likely send the 500-ton military train carrying combat supplies back to Taiyuan."

"Then we have to take a detour." Zhao Gang stared at the map and pointed at it, saying, "From Pianguan County to between Shuo County and Ningwu County."

"That's right." Li Yunlong nodded, and Zhang Dabiao thought so too.

According to the map, this route is more than 100 kilometers long.

If the soldiers marched on foot, it would take at least two days to reach the target area.

But if they take a large truck, at the speed of 20 kilometers per hour on the mountain road at night, the troops can arrive in just six or seven hours.

Zhang Dabiao said: "Our motor battalion has more than 360 large trucks, each of which can carry 30 soldiers. A battalion of infantry and weapons and ammunition only needs 100 large trucks. In addition, to carry 500 tons of captured combat supplies, only 150 large trucks are needed."

"This time, we will need to deploy about 250 large trucks to ambush the Japanese army train on Tongpu Road."

"Okay." Li Yunlong nodded. "The Japanese army train will arrive in Shuozhou the night after tomorrow. Once you're ready, you'll lead your troops out tomorrow night. Your first battalion will have plenty of time to scout the terrain and set up an ambush."

"Yes," Zhang Dabiao said, "I will lead the battalion's reconnaissance platoon to Tongpu Road for reconnaissance, and the instructor will lead the march."

"Okay," Li Yunlong agreed, "but you must pay attention to safety. Although there are no Japanese troops larger than a battalion there, there are Japanese and puppet army patrols, and even armored patrol cars."

Zhang Dabiao: "Yes."

After discussing the ambush plan, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong and asked, "Old Li, what is your plan for attacking the 14th Division?"

After a chuckle, Li Yunlong's tone suddenly became fierce: "This time, let's give the 14th Division a blitzkrieg."

Zhao Gang and Zhang Dabiao's eyes lit up: "Blitzkrieg?"

The first use of blitzkrieg was on September 1939, 9, when the German army launched a blitzkrieg against Poland, demonstrating the efficiency and power of blitzkrieg.

But it was only April 1939, half a year before the German army used blitzkrieg for the first time.

However, this tactic was mentioned in a very valuable military theory book that Boss Lin gave to Li Yunlong. Both Zhang Dabiao and Zhao Gang had studied it.

Li Yunlong said clearly: "Blitzkrieg is to make full use of the speed advantage of aircraft, tanks and mechanized troops to defeat the enemy by surprise, and use mechanized troops to quickly cut off the main force of the enemy to achieve the desired effect."

"The core of its tactics are: speed, surprise, and concentration. In military operations, these three elements are both strategy and tactics."

"Strategically, it is coordinated and comprehensive, and tactically, it is ingenious and flexible."

"We fully utilized the speed advantage of modern warfare tools such as aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles, and motorcycles to strike the enemy at lightning speed beyond the opponent's reaction speed."

"hey-hey……"

"We can't afford a large-scale blitzkrieg, but a small-scale blitzkrieg is enough to teach the Japanese a lesson!"

After hearing Li Yunlong's words, several staff officers in the regiment headquarters all looked admiring.

(End of this chapter)