Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

"General, the information in your hand is a blueprint of the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

Yamamoto Ikki then turned his gaze to Shinozuka Yoshio and said.

This time, Yamamoto Ikki sent two groups of people to Ping'an County in northwestern Shanxi.

Thanks to the channels and routes established by the Tobiyuan organization, both groups returned to Taiyuan smoothly.

One of them is Goro Kodoka, and the other is a local spy secretly trained by Yamamoto, which even Goro Kodoka doesn't know.

Xiaolu Goro's mission is to retrieve the arsenal's defense map.

The mission of the other group of spies was to find out the location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters and its buildings.

As for more information, it is impossible to obtain it by relying on these two groups of people.

"Yoshi."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded with satisfaction.

Yamamoto Ikki looked at Takeda Isamu and said, "Your Excellency, when bombing the Eighth Route Army Arsenal, you can also bomb the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. What if Li Yunlong is killed in the bombing?"

Takeda Yong's eyes suddenly lit up. He was now a celebrity in his hometown, and had caught the attention of Tianhuang and the headquarters.

If he could really kill Li Yunlong and accomplish this great feat, then Takeda Isamu would have the opportunity to become the number one figure in the Japanese Air Force in the future.

"Yoshi." Takeda Yong looked at Yamamoto Ikki and said, "Yamamoto-kun, I will include the bombing of the Shinichi Regiment Headquarters in the bombing plan."

"Yamamoto-kun." Shinozuka Yoshio nodded with satisfaction. "Well done! After the mission is accomplished, I will commend you to Commander Tada."

"Thank you very much, General."

Yamamoto Ikki bowed his head with a gleam in his eyes.

Once the bombing mission is completed, I, Yamamoto Ikki, will be promoted to major general.

Yosi...

……

"idiot."

In Peking, inside the North China Front Army Headquarters, Tada Shun felt a breath of anger stuck in his chest.

I couldn't swallow it, and I couldn't spit it out either. It was very uncomfortable.

According to the plan, within three months, the North China Front Army would build a traffic blockade line outside the Eighth Route Army's secondary bases in Hebei Province, Shandong Province, etc., to erode and sweep away the Eighth Route Army in different areas.

However, when the traffic blockade line in the central Hebei region was about to be completed, the troops had not yet entered the bunkers and artillery towers.

The Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei launched a sudden attack and blew up hundreds of brick and stone fortifications and dozens of concrete fortifications in just over ten days.

The blockhouse and artillery tower blockade line built by the North China Front Army at the cost of a large amount of strategic materials was destroyed.

"Reporting to the Commander, the First Army has obtained the Eighth Route Army Arsenal's defense map and has determined the location of the New First Regiment's headquarters."

"Major General Takeda Isamu is about to launch a bombing operation."

Just then, the communications staff came in to report.

Hearing this, Tada Shun took a few deep breaths before his complexion returned to normal.

"Yoshi."

Tada Shun nodded.

Only a few hundred fortifications were destroyed, which had little impact on the overall situation.

The main reason was that they did not anticipate the sudden action of the Eighth Route Army and did not send elite troops to garrison these fortifications. There were only military police and second-line troops. In addition, insufficient manpower allowed the Eighth Route Army to succeed. Next time with this experience, the Eighth Route Army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. This time, the Eighth Route Army also suffered heavy losses.

From this it can be seen that the cage plan was effective, and even the Eighth Route Army had to take the initiative to attack at the risk of casualties.

Judging from the combat reports, the Eighth Route Army troops in these second-level military regions were equipped no worse than the Locust Army.

According to intelligence, these equipments were obtained by Li Yunlong. As long as the arsenal and Li Yunlong were eliminated, the Eighth Route Army would be without logistics. Thinking of this, Tada Shun smiled.

This time, the aviation unit that went to bomb the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal and the New 21st Regiment Headquarters was the st Flying Regiment.

Most of these pilots were elite pilots who participated in the Battle of Northwest Shanxi.

Although more than half of the planes and pilots were lost, the remaining pilots were all experienced in bombing the New 1st Regiment, and there were even two ace pilots.

In addition, a bomber squadron and a fighter squadron were added from the Kwantung Army.

Tada Shun was well aware that the Eighth Route Army's Northwest Shanxi Arsenal had strong anti-aircraft firepower.

It has anti-aircraft firepower comparable to that of a battleship.

but,

Now that Takeda Isamu has the defense map of the Eighth Route Army Arsenal, he can greatly improve the efficiency of bombing.

With the addition of elite air force units, they will definitely be able to take a piece of the Eighth Route Army Arsenal.

……

"Reporting to the regimental commander and political commissar, all arsenal equipment, ammunition, and raw materials have been moved to the underground air-raid shelter."

"More than 4000 anti-aircraft firepower points have been deployed."

At the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment, Zhang Dabiao reported the air defense deployment to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang:

"Over 2500 anti-aircraft fire points have been deployed at the Arsenal."

"In Ping'an County, more than 1500 air defense firepower points have been deployed."

The new regiment's general-purpose machine guns and large-caliber M2 heavy machine guns are all equipped with anti-aircraft tripods.

Not to mention the 20mm machine gun and 40mm anti-aircraft gun, they are also powerful anti-aircraft guns.

At the beginning, Zhao Gang’s idea was to deploy all the more than 4000 air defense firepower points around the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal.

However, after careful deduction, Li Yunlong concluded that if the Japanese air force suffered a setback at the arsenal in northwestern Shanxi, they would concentrate their aircraft to bomb Ping'an County.

Ping'an County has no anti-aircraft firepower, so the property of the regiment headquarters and the county residents will suffer great losses.

Therefore, Li Yunlong ordered the anti-aircraft firepower to be deployed in two places.

"2500 firepower points are enough to protect the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal." Li Yunlong said with a grin.

"The anti-aircraft firepower of the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal is comparable to that of a fleet, and may even be stronger than that of a fleet." Zhao Gang's eyes were burning.

"It's a pity that we don't have large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, otherwise the air defense efficiency would be higher."

Li Yunlong nodded, then said with regret.

Zhang Dabiao's expression changed, and he said, "I saw in the weapons information that Boss Lin sent me that the German army has an 88mm anti-aircraft gun with a long range, great power, and a fast rate of fire. It can also be equipped with an automatic aiming system. I wonder if they can give it to us?"

"Old Li, why don't you ask Brother Lin a favor?" Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong and said, "Equipping an 88mm anti-aircraft gun on an air defense tower is a perfect match."

Li Yunlong said angrily: "Old Li is not that shameless!"

"Just keep bragging, kid." Zhao Gang laughed, "Everyone knows that you, Old Li, are thicker-skinned than a city wall. You always take more than you can chew."

"Nonsense." Li Yunlong said, "Why don't you talk to Brother Lin? He keeps calling you Brother Zhao."

Zhao Gang said, "Do you think I don't want to? My reputation isn't as great as yours. Boss Lin only recognizes you, Captain Li."

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Alright, in order to reduce casualties, I'll ask Brother Lin next time. However, the battle at the Arsenal must be fought well. If we lose, I won't be able to bring this up."

After saying this, Li Yunlong looked at the date again: "Damn little devils, it's been six days since they left Ping'an County, why haven't they taken any action yet?"

Knowing that the Japanese are coming to bomb, the arsenal has now completely stopped production. Every day of suspension means a lot less weapons and ammunition are produced.

If the Japanese didn't come to bomb us soon, the New 1st Regiment would have suffered a huge loss. (End of this chapter)