Chapter 465 Large-caliber heavy artillery specializes in dealing with dissatisfaction!
Heyuan County.
Jingguan Ren suddenly stood up from the chair and looked at the communications staff officer who reported:
"The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army is suspected to be equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery?"
His tone and expression all expressed doubts about the communications staff officer's words.
The new regiment is equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery. How is this possible?
He had the same idea as Hanatani Masaru. The 36th Division had been blocking the New Regiment. How could the Eighth Route Army obtain large-caliber heavy artillery? And through what channels were they transported to the base area?
You must know that large-caliber heavy artillery is no better than mountain artillery and 105-caliber howitzers. Mountain artillery can be broken down and transported by mules and horses, and 105-caliber howitzers can be pulled by mules and horses.
Large-caliber heavy artillery has high requirements on roads, and its maneuverability requires the use of large trucks to tow it.
If the Eighth Route Army is really equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, how will the problems of roads, trucks and gasoline be solved?
"Hi!"
The communications staff officer said: "Yes, it's a pity that the reconnaissance plane lost contact when taking photos at low altitude for confirmation. It was probably shot down by the new group."
The reconnaissance plane flew over Heyuan County, and Jingguan Ren also heard the roar of the plane.
Unexpectedly, only half an hour had passed before I heard such news.
Jingguan Ren asked: "The reconnaissance plane detected this thing, are there any other cases?"
"According to observers' reports, a small group of troops from the Eighth Route Army surrounded all the thickened bunkers and gun towers, but no fighting occurred."
The communications staff officer said: "Also, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi is heading north in two groups. One group is on the Baijin Line, with at least 50,000 people, and the other group is at Yuliao Kilometers, with at least 30,000 people! In addition, there are
Intelligence shows that the Central China Army in Yu Province is making preparations to cross the Yellow River north."
"Commander Yansong ordered that our department must strengthen its defenses to prevent the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army from taking advantage of the loophole."
Iwamatsu Yoshio narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, his eyes were deep and his mind was spinning rapidly.
Something is really wrong with this situation.
Is the decisive battle about to begin?
In a decisive battle with the First Army of the Imperial Army, does the Chinese army have the strength?
There are two brigades stationed on the Baijin Line. The 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 41st Division are stationed in Taiyuan. Recently, a lot of permanent fortifications have been built around Taiyuan.
The main force of 50,000 Eighth Route Army wants to capture Taiyuan? Wishful thinking!
Also, relying on the rabble of the Central Army to dare to attack Zhongtiao Mountain is simply asking for death.
Jingguan Ren, who had fought with the Central Army for two years, knew very well the combat effectiveness of the Central Army.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander." Ishikawa Zhi said, "Taiyuan and Zhongtiao Mountain are too far away from us. Now our attention should be on Li Yunlong and the New Regiment."
"According to the information provided by the reconnaissance aircraft observers, it is quite possible that the Eighth Route Army will be equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery."
"The Eighth Route Army first surrounded the artillery towers and bunkers with small groups of troops, but did not attack them."
"Then, the large-caliber heavy artillery maneuvered along the road and used its large caliber to knock out the thickened bunkers and gun towers one by one."
"The thickness of the bunkers and turrets is only 2.5 meters. If the new regiment spares the shells, they can definitely take down the bunkers and turrets."
After a wave of cutting corners, the thickness of the bunkers and turrets was drastically reduced, and the use of steel bars was also insufficient, which led to a reduction in defense.
If the bunkers and turrets are pulled out by the heavy artillery of the New Regiment, the ordinary reinforced concrete bunkers and turrets around the county will definitely not be able to stop the New Regiment.
After hearing Ishikawa's analysis, Iguchi Ren's face suddenly turned gloomy: "Ishikawa-kun, do you have any good suggestions?"
Ishikawa Water Control Road: "My suggestion is to withdraw all the imperial troops in the ordinary bunkers and gun towers around the county town into the county town, retaining the manpower to carry out offensive and defensive operations in the county town."
"Ishikawa-kun, what do you mean?"
Jingguan Ren was suddenly shocked: "Will the new regiment attack the county seat?"
"It's not impossible." Ishikawa Jisui said solemnly.
"I think it's unlikely." Jingguan Ren waved his hand and said, "The new regiment only has about 10,000 people at most, and most of them are new recruits. Even if they are equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, the thickened bunkers and gun towers will be removed.
This is the limit of the new group."
In his opinion, the attack launched by Li Yunlong was probably to coordinate the offensive operations of the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army.
However, Ishikawa Hari insisted: "Don't be afraid of anything, just be afraid of 10,000. We must take corresponding countermeasures."
"We must be extremely careful when facing Li Yunlong. Your Excellency, division commander, we must make preparations in advance."
Jingguan Ren narrowed his eyes slightly and recalled that the 36th Division suffered heavy losses at the hands of the New Regiment. Facing Li Yunlong, one should not be careless, so he nodded and said: "The effective strength of the imperial army needs to be preserved, but the bunkers and fortresses around the county town
The artillery towers cannot be given up easily. Only two imperial troops are left in each bunker and artillery tower, and the rest are replaced by the Imperial Association Army. The remaining imperial troops all withdraw into the county."
As Jing Guanren, who has been fighting with the puppet army in southern Shanxi for nearly two years, he knows very well who the puppet army is.
They are just a bunch of losers. Once the situation is unfavorable, they will either run away or surrender without any will to fight.
Facing the Eighth Route Army's offensive, the puppet troops will not be obedient unless you point a gun at their heads.
"Hi!" Ishikawa Zhishui lowered his head and quickly ordered the communications staff to contact the Japanese and puppet troops who had gone out of the city for reinforcements, and to switch defenses with the Japanese in the gun towers and bunkers around the county town.
The main force of the new regiment has already been dispatched, a squadron plus two battalions of puppet troops. Any further reinforcements will be to deliver food to the Eighth Route Army.
If the thickened bunkers and gun towers are removed, the ordinary bunkers and gun towers around the county will definitely not be able to stop the new group's offensive.
but.
The lives of puppet soldiers are worthless to the Japanese, and they are suitable for use as cannon fodder.
At this time, there was only about an hour left before dark. Even if the Japanese discovered that the new regiment was equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, they would not have that time to send planes to bomb.
As for the large-caliber heavy artillery carried by the division commander and brigade commander, they were concealed from the beginning and were not pulled onto the road during the march.
So the Japanese reconnaissance plane didn't see it.
After all, there are trucks towing heavy artillery, and artillery shells and artillery can catch up with the large army at any time.
On the battlefield in northwestern Shanxi, more than half of the thickened bunkers and gun towers have been removed by the Eighth Route Army.
The battle went smoothly, and almost all the Japanese soldiers in the thickened bunkers and gun towers that were taken away were burned to charcoal.
Not long after dark, Ding Wei and Kong Jie sent a telegram saying that all the thickened bunkers and gun towers had been removed.
Immediately, Li Yunlong ordered Ding Wei and Kong Jie to stop the attack immediately and arrive at the designated location to ambush. Li Yunlong was about to encircle the point for reinforcements.
At the same time, Li Yunlong also ordered the automobile soldiers to bring all large-caliber heavy artillery to Heyuan County.
To successfully implement the plan of encirclement and reinforcements, we must put pressure on the 36th Division Regiment Headquarters in Heyuan County and Jingguan Ren.
It made Jingguan Ren feel that if the other two regiments did not reinforce, Heyuan County would be captured by the new regiment.
"Reporting to the commander of the regiment, the telegrams just sent by the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment stated the number of thickened turrets and bunkers that have been pulled out, plus the thickened bunkers and turrets that our new regiment has pulled out."
"After about seven hours of fighting, a total of 110 thickened bunkers and gun towers were removed."
At the temporary command post of the New Regiment, Wang Dehou summarized the data and reported to Li Yunlong with a smile on his face.
This wave of business is really profitable!
The removal of 110 thickened bunkers and gun towers means that 1,100 machine guns were gained in this wave.
What is this concept?
Even if the new regiment handed over half the number to the headquarters, that would still be 550 machine guns!
The corner of Li Yunlong's mouth curled up slightly. Not only did he earn 1,100 machine guns from this business, boss Chen was also responsible for the helmets of a new regiment.
"1,100 machine guns, we will make a fortune!"
Xing Zhiguo's face turned into a chrysanthemum smile.
As a comrade of Li Yunlong's Fourth Front Army, Xing Zhiguo's qualifications are only slightly worse than those of Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie.
But he also fought his way out in a hail of bullets. He had lived a hard life before, but only after joining the New Regiment did he see what it means to be wealthy.
In the past, you were afraid of insufficient firepower, but now you are making the enemy afraid of insufficient firepower.
Li Yunlong carefully calculated, and now the new regiment's bazooka gap is about 560, and each platoon must be equipped with 2 flamethrowers, so the gap is also about 560.
Even if 550 bazookas were earned in this wave, if you want to equip each class with one bazooka and each row with 2 flamethrowers, the quantity is still not enough.
"These weapons and ammunition can be received after the war, but the helmets can be received first."
"The soldiers are waiting to use it."
Captain Li was very calm. He had made such a fortune countless times. Only Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou were so excited.
Taking away all the thickened bunkers and turrets means that this business has been completed, and Boss Chen can provide delivery services at any time.
With the war approaching, Li Yunlong naturally wanted to deliver the helmets to the soldiers.
At present, only the main force of the New Regiment is equipped with steel helmets. The divisional units of the New Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are not equipped yet.
Li Yunlong then looked at Wang Dehou and asked: "Chief of Staff, please calculate immediately, in addition to the main force of the new regiment, how many helmets do we still lack?"
Wang Dehou immediately responded: "I have already calculated it, and there are still 18,600 helmets left."
Li Yunlong nodded and said: "Then adding the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, that's 26,600 helmets."
"You include the soldiers from the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment." Zhao Gang asked, "Will Brother Chen agree?"
"Why don't you agree?" Li Yunlong said, "The New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment each have 4,000 people. Although not all of them came to fight this time, Ding Wei and Kong Jie are under my command, which means that the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are under my command.
In the order of battle of our new regiment, is it reasonable to issue helmets to the commanders and fighters of the new second regiment and the independent regiment?"
Zhao Gang couldn't find a reason to refute, but he always felt that something was wrong.
At that moment, Li Yunlong took out his radio and called Chen Feng. He said in code that the business was completed and he hoped that Chen Feng could deliver the goods as soon as possible. The goods were 26,600 hats.
Chen Feng knew very well what hat Li Yunlong was talking about, but he was a little confused about the number. After Li Yunlong explained, Chen Feng readily agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Li Yunlong said happily: "Haha, Boss Chen agreed. He has arranged the delivery overnight. Deputy Commander Xing will wait for the cars to bring the large-caliber heavy artillery and arrange all the cars to go to the airport to transport the helmets at dawn.
I have to make sure every soldier wears a helmet before!"
"Yes!" Xing Zhiguo stepped forward and responded.
At the same time, the soldiers of the first battalion and the heavy artillery battalion in the front continued to attack and advance.
However, all the thickened bunkers and turrets have been removed, and what remains are ordinary reinforced concrete bunkers and turrets.
In order to speed up the advance, Li Yunlong ordered to directly mount the 150mm heavy artillery, aiming at ordinary bunkers and gun towers and firing directly.
These bunkers and turrets are also commercial, but they are only one-fifth of the thickened bunkers and turrets.
The 150mm heavy artillery exerted its due power. When the high-explosive shells were fired, almost a bunker and a turret were destroyed with one shot.
Large-caliber heavy artillery specializes in treating dissatisfaction!
(End of chapter)
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