Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 563 From now on, the attack and defense are alien!
Two days later, a piece of information from Boss Lin was delivered to Li Yunlong:
The North China Front Army planned to mobilize a large amount of strategic materials from outside the Great Wall, build fortresses and bunkers outside the Eighth Route Army base in North China, and imprison the Eighth Route Army with railways as pillars, roads as chains, and bunkers as locks.

If the Japanese army builds a cage, the New 1st Regiment will be able to break the cage and capture its fortresses, bunkers and artillery towers, and obtain lucrative business.

When he saw the first paragraph, Li Yunlong immediately started cursing.

But when he saw the second paragraph, Li Yunlong immediately smiled.

According to Boss Lin, no matter whether it is to capture the Japanese fortresses, bunkers or artillery towers, the business will be calculated according to the number and weapons and ammunition will be obtained.

Zhao Gang said after reading the telegram.

"Old Li, our intelligence personnel in Taiyuan have also sent in information."

"The Japanese are constructing large-scale bunkers and artillery towers around Taiyuan. It seems that after the Battle of Northwest Shanxi, the Japanese army in North China will switch from an offensive to a full defensive position."

Li Yunlong nodded: "From now on, we will attack and defend the aliens!"

"Pity."

"Our Eighth Route Army's ammunition and food reserves are too low."

"How about taking a month or two off and launching a full-scale counterattack against the Japanese in North China? The Japanese will use their heads to build bunkers and artillery towers?"

After the two battles of Northwest Shanxi and Taiyuan, both the Northwest Shanxi Military Region and the Southeast Shanxi Military Region consumed a large amount of combat supplies.

No longer able to launch large-scale campaigns.

However, there was no problem with small-scale battles such as attacking Baotou and Wuyuan.

of course,

The Japanese not only consumed combat supplies, but also a large number of veteran elite soldiers. In the short term, the Japanese had no ability to attack in North China.

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes. "The Japanese want to use the Cage Plan to stabilize their base in North China first, and then, when they have sufficient supplies and manpower, they will attack our bases one by one."

Zhao Gang sneered: "It's a good idea, but unfortunately we won't give the Japs another chance."

"Within a month, the reimbursement from Boss Lin, as well as the weapons, equipment, and combat supplies we earned, will all be in place."

"Once this batch of combat supplies arrives, we will be able to completely consolidate our base in northwestern Shanxi."

"Once Chief of Staff Zhang takes over Wuyuan and Baotou, we will control the Pingsui West and Tongpu North railways."

"but……"

"The devil's cage plan may lead to another attack on Pingsui West Road and Tongpu North Road."

"We will not give up an inch of land in northern Shanxi and Suiyuan." Li Yunlong said in a firm tone. With the combat effectiveness of the new regiment, it is no problem to fight against two, three or five Type A divisions alone.

Together with the Independent Regiment and the New Third Regiment, they can easily take on a Type A division each.

Although the Northwest Shanxi Military Region had a hard time fighting against the main force of the entire North China Front Army, don't forget that the Northwest Shanxi Military Region was not fighting alone.

The Southeast Shanxi Base Area and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region were fully mobilized, which was enough to fight a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese in which they were evenly matched or even had a slight advantage.

However, with the current strength of the Eighth Route Army, after fighting this strategic decisive battle, the Eighth Route Army will inevitably fall into a period of weakness.

By then, it is very likely that the Kwantung Army would take advantage of the situation and invade, and Yan Laoxi and Principal Chang would reap the benefits.

Therefore,
Unless all aspects are fully prepared, it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to fight a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese.

but,

Pingsui West Road and Beitongpu Road determine the output of the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal and must not fall into the hands of the Japanese.

"Boss Lin, this information is very important. Forward this telegram to the headquarters immediately." Zhao Gang called Xiao Zhang and gave him an order.

Although the headquarters will discover the Japanese prison plan after a while, the sooner they know about it, the easier it will be for them to make plans.

After all, only Li Yunlong can do business with the Japanese, and the headquarters cannot do it.

However, with the current strength of the 129th Division and the first and second level military regions of the Eighth Route Army, it is not easy for the Japanese to form a cage outside the base area safely.

"Yes!" Xiao Zhang's expression changed and he quickly turned around and left.

At this moment, Zhang Dabiao walked in quickly and said, "Report to the regiment commander and political commissar, the Northern Expedition troops are ready and can set off by train at any time."

“The preparation speed is quite fast.”

Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction. In addition to the originally planned Northern Expedition troops, considering that the Japanese might send out air force reinforcements, Li Yunlong assigned an air defense battalion to Zhang Dabiao.

"This is the benefit of the troop reorganization. The troop assembly efficiency has been greatly improved." Zhao Gang said with a smile.

"It's also thanks to Minister Zhang of Logistics. This guy is really good at logistics. In less than two days, all the logistical supplies and trains needed by the troops were in place according to the staff's combat plan." Zhang Dabiao said.

"The Sharp Sword Squadron sent intelligence that the Sui Army has already taken action. The Northern Expedition troops will set out tonight to launch a blitzkrieg against the Japanese." Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao and said.

The General Staff has already formulated specific combat plans and emergency plans based on the intelligence sent by the Sword Squadron.

In order to prevent the Japanese from sending reconnaissance planes during the day to discover the strategic intentions of the Eighth Route Army, all trains were dispatched at night.

It's a distance of five to six hundred kilometers from northwest Shanxi to Baotou, and it would take at least ten days to walk there.

The fuel consumption of the tanks and the damage to the tanks themselves are also astonishing, but fortunately there is train transportation.

"Yes!"

Zhang Dabiao's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he turned and walked out the door.

"Old Zhao, we can't just sit there idle."

After Zhang Dabiao left, Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang:
"On the one hand, we must increase the construction of the arsenal in northwest Shanxi. On the other hand, our troops must attack southward."

"That's what I was thinking."

Zhao Gang nodded and said, "South of northwest Shanxi and north of Taiyuan, there are still more than a dozen counties in enemy-occupied areas. If each county has 1000 tons of grain, that would mean a price tag of over tons of grain."

"In addition, we can also recapture a large number of county towns and prepare for the future recapture of Taiyuan."

This time, the new regiment will expand by more than 10,000 new recruits, which will be mainly managed by the Recruiting Department. All of them are reliable militiamen, and then the Training Camp will be responsible for their training.

Then, brothers Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang got together and began to discuss the troops' plan to move south.

Although the cavalry column, tank column and some troops went to the Northern Expedition, Li Yunlong still had a lot of troops: two battalions of the artillery column, two battalions of the air defense column, an independent battalion, and a total of four infantry columns of the Jinzhong Military Region.

There are also Kong Jie's independent regiment and Ding Wei's new third regiment.

Such a powerful team is enough to deter and strike the Japanese First Army.

After some discussion, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang unanimously decided that there was no need to rush southward and that they should attack and erode the Japanese territory step by step.

After capturing several county towns, the troops rested and consolidated their base, and then continued to attack southward after gaining sufficient mass support.

They only stopped when they encroached on the area around Yangqu County.

When the time is ripe, we will finally gather our forces, defeat the Japanese invaders of Taiyuan's First Army in one fell swoop, and liberate Taiyuan.

(End of this chapter)