Chapter 419 Li Yunlong: Iron can build a dark fortress
Li Yunlong was moved when he heard that positional warfare could cause three times as many casualties to the Japanese as his own, but he did not nod immediately.
As Kong Jie said: Only if the position is repaired and can withstand Japanese aircraft and heavy artillery attacks, can the troops cause heavy casualties to the Japanese army in the blocking battle. Otherwise, they will kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000...
He defeated his wife and defeated his troops.
Then he turned his attention to Huang Yu and asked with a serious face: "Xiao Huang, you are really sure to build a blocking position that can withstand heavy artillery and aircraft bombing!"
Huang Yu looked into Li Yunlong's eyes and replied with a serious face: "Report to Commander Li... My idea is to build four blocking positions on the only way the Japanese must pass..."
"Two of the blocking positions are to deal with one group of Japanese and puppet troops that we want to annihilate, and the other two blocking positions are to deal with the other two groups of Japanese and puppet troops respectively, preventing them from reinforcing the ambush battlefield and giving us enough time to fight the war of annihilation!"
Li Yunlong did not relax because of Huang Yu's assurance.
The impact of this battle is too great. A little carelessness may lead to the destruction of the entire New Second Regiment and the loss of the base area in northwestern Shanxi.
He had to see the evidence before he would believe what Huang Yu said.
Staring at him, he continued to ask: "I blew up a machine gun bunker built by little Japs with cement..."
"It's very strong. The shells from the mountain artillery can leave at most a trace the size of a bowl mouth. Even if the explosive pack is placed outside, it won't be able to blow up the kid inside!"
"If you want to destroy it, you must send the explosive package to the bunker and detonate it from the inside..."
"If we want our positions to withstand the indiscriminate bombing of Japanese heavy artillery and aircraft, we must build a large number of permanent firepower points and use a large amount of cement..."
"I don't know about your base area... I only know that there is very little cement in the base area of the New Second Regiment. It was smuggled back from enemy-occupied areas and the Jinsui Army before the Japanese and puppet troops blocked us!"
"It would be great if we can add up to five cars!"
"This amount of cement can't even build five permanent bunkers, let alone build four blocking positions at once!"
Ding Wei smiled bitterly and answered: "The new group is almost the same!"
"Cement has always been a strategic material controlled by the little devils. Ordinary people can't buy it even if they want to!"
"The cement in my hand was either captured or brought back from the Jinsui Army. The total does not exceed ten carts..."
"If you save some money, you should be able to build ten permanent bunkers!"
Kong Jie finally said: "The Independent Regiment has a little more cement... It was mainly captured from the suppression of the puppet army and the Japanese attack. Plus the cement purchased secretly, we should be able to collect twenty carts, but it is not enough for us at once."
Build four blocking positions!”
After saying that, he stared at Huang Yu and asked, "Xiao Huang..."
"The amount of cement we have is limited. Your idea of using large quantities of cement to build a permanent bunker will definitely not be realized!"
Huang Yu shook his head, looked at the three captains and said confidently: "Captains, don't worry..."
"If you don't have that diamond, you can't do the porcelain work. Since I dare to use four blocking positions to block the Japs, I am absolutely sure to build a sufficient number of permanent firepower points!"
"Cement is just an auxiliary material for building these bunkers. Thirty trucks are enough!"
Li Yunlong immediately asked: "Permanent fortifications can be built with other materials, why didn't I know?"
"It can be repaired with rails!" Huang Yu explained in a blurt!
"A four-meter-long rail weighs several hundred kilograms..."
"Dozens of steel rails are arranged side by side as the top cover of the bunker, and a layer of steel rails are crisscrossed on top. The weight alone weighs tens of thousands of kilograms. Not to mention mountain artillery shells and heavy artillery shells can't even destroy it!"
"There is a railway passing through our base area. He stripped it all. He could collect tens of thousands of them..."
"We will use steel rails to build bunkers. If two floors are not enough, we will pile up 30%..."
"No matter how poor a bunker is made of steel rails, it is still made of iron. It will definitely be stronger than a bunker made of cement..."
Li Yunlong already agreed with this method in his heart, but he still did not let go. He looked at Huang Yu and said expectantly: "You should have a lot of rails here... Why don't you try building a bunker with rails now? Heavy artillery is ready anyway!"
"As long as it withstands the heavy artillery attack, it will be no problem to take one or two rounds of bombing!"
Kong Jie looked at Huang Yu at the same time: "The regiment headquarters does have a lot of steel rails, which are all ready to be used to make bayonets!"
"If you think it's okay, take them all!"
Huang Yu is a resolute person and immediately accepted the order: "Commanders, please rest assured!"
"I promise to build the bunker you want tomorrow night..."
At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, Yoshio Iwamatsu was listening to the chief of staff report on the real situation of the First Army!
It was quite different from what he learned from the documents...
The most obvious thing is that the opponent's strength is far stronger than the data record.
The document states that the Independent Regiment, New First Regiment, and New Second Regiment operating in northwestern Shanxi are all regiment-level establishments. Normal analysis shows that the strength of these three regiments will not exceed 5,000...
Combined with their situation of being short of guns and ammunition, it would be good to have three to four thousand men in these three regiments.
The reality is quite the opposite.
The Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment operating in northwestern Shanxi are indeed all regiment-level establishments, but their total strength has long exceeded 10,000 people.
Other troops were not even equipped with rifles, so many soldiers had to fight on the battlefield with cold weapons. The Independent Regiment and the New Regiment operating in northwestern Shanxi were not only well-equipped and had sufficient ammunition, they were also equipped with three real artillery battalions.
The First Army was rarely equipped with several heavy artillery pieces.
This is also a very important reason why his predecessor Yoshio Shinozuka lost to them many times.
The more Yoshio Iwamatsu heard, the uglier his face became. He was secretly glad that he asked Neji Okamura to second two divisions before taking office.
Otherwise, given the current strength of the Shanxi First Army, it would be really difficult to kill them in a short time.
Taking a deep breath to calm down as much as possible, he looked at the chief of staff and continued to ask: "What is their current situation!"
"I heard that Commander Yoshio Shinozuka drove hundreds of thousands of victims to their base area, taking the opportunity to consume their food reserves and restrict their development..."
"It's been a few months, it should be working!"
"Ha Yi!" the chief of staff introduced quickly.
"Intelligence shows that the independent regiments, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment operating in northwestern Shanxi, have not recruited new soldiers for a long time!"
"In order to reduce the rate of food consumption, they also formed hunting and fishing teams in the base area..."
"The training volume of the troops has also dropped due to lack of food...they have to eat wild vegetables every other day..."
"The rations for the hundreds of thousands of victims are getting less and less. If they hadn't taken away all the young people among the victims in advance, these victims would definitely mess up the base area because of hunger and plunge them into civil strife!"
