Naturally, Private Tojo knew the structure of the Chinese Army Corps very well.
A regiment of the Chinese ** Corps ranges from several hundred to several thousand men, and is at the same level as the Japanese Army Regiment in terms of organization.
But an elite regiment of the Japanese army can defeat an elite Chinese division alone.
The main reason is naturally that the Japanese army is better equipped and the combat literacy of Japanese soldiers is higher than that of Chinese soldiers.
There was actually a regiment in the Chinese army with better equipment than the Japanese army and higher combat quality than the Japanese soldiers.
Its paper strength is even much stronger than the 1st Division, the most elite Japanese army.
It is said that the Eighth Route Army has more than 100 regiments. If they all have this kind of equipment and level, wouldn't the Imperial Army in China...
Seeing Tojo Hideji's slightly horrified expression, Okamura Neji immediately knew that he had exaggerated a bit, and quickly explained: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister Lu, there is only one regiment like this in the Chinese Eighth Route Army, not all regiment-level units.
They are all of this size, and there are also two regiments of 10,000 people, but they are nothing to be afraid of. The most troublesome one is the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
Tojo Eiji breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What do you want Okamura-kun to say?"
"Although, there is only one such regiment in the Eighth Route Army now." Neji Okamura said in a deep voice, "but there is intelligence that the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is actually a test unit established by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. If the New Regiment succeeds, then the Eighth Route Army
All regiment-level troops will have the same number of troops as the new regiment, and the weapons and equipment will be as good as the new regiment. By then..."
Okamura Neji's serious nonsense.
Just like intelligence revealed that he, Neji Okamura, was actually a senior agent of the Eighth Route Army.
Anyway, it was Schrödinger's information, and Tojo Hideji couldn't verify it.
Tojo Hideji's heart suddenly lifted up after he had just put it down.
An ordinary new regiment of the Eighth Route Army can defeat the 10th Division of the Kwantung Army's elite Class A Division.
If the Eighth Route Army has more than 100 regiments, each with a strength of 30,000 men, and equipment of the same level as the New Eighth Route Regiment, then what else can the Locust Army fight?
Even if the Locust Army has 100 Class A divisions, they probably won't be able to defeat them.
But it is a pity that the Japanese army only has 17 Category A divisions, and as the war wheel advances, the combat effectiveness of some Category A divisions has dropped sharply.
Moreover, Tojo Hideji knew that Okamura Neji was not being alarmist and that this kind of thing might really happen.
Because the Eighth Route Army has external aid channels.
Tojo Hideji's expression was uncertain at first, and then he asked: "What suggestions do you have, Okamura-kun?"
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister Lu." Okamura Neiji said, "My suggestion is to eliminate the New Regiment as soon as possible in response to the Eighth Route Army's experimental plan. As long as the New Regiment can be eliminated, there is a high probability that the aid channels behind the Eighth Route Army will no longer exist.
Continue to assist the Eighth Route Army."
Tojo Eiji frowned slightly and shook his head.
Said: "The strategic focus and goals of the Locust Army have been transferred to Southeast Asia, and the Navy is preparing to launch an offensive in the Pacific. Currently, there are no troops and combat materials available for you to mobilize to attack the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
Okamura Neiji pushed up his glasses and said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister Lu, you don't need to mobilize too many troops and combat materials. You only need to give me one division, and I will be sure to severely damage or even eliminate the new regiment!"
"Okamura-kun is so confident?" Tojo Hideji looked at Okamura Neji as if he were looking at a fool, "Even the 10th Division was defeated and suffered heavy losses. If I give you one division, you can defeat the new one.
Your North China Front probably still has seven or eight divisions, why haven't you been able to destroy the new regiment?"
Neji Okamura sounded awkward: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister Lu, even the Class A divisions are no match for the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, let alone those second-line divisions of the North China Front. I am talking about the 1st Division."
Tojo Hideji narrowed his eyes: "The 1st Division?"
"Yes, the 1st Division!" Neiji Okamura said, "My idea is to use the 1st Division as a test unit for the Locust Army, equipped with more artillery than the new regiment, equipped with hundreds of submachine guns and
Semi-automatic rifles were put into the battlefield in northwestern Shanxi to deal with the new regiment."
"The Locust Army can make submachine guns." Hideji Tojo asked: "Where did the Locust Army get the semi-automatic rifle?"
"On the battlefield in northwestern Shanxi." Okamura Ningji replied, "The 10th Division achieved a partial victory and seized more than 10 semi-automatic rifles from the Eighth Route New Regiment. The empire's ordnance department can study and imitate them."
During World War II, the Japanese army also developed semi-automatic rifles.
That is, a Type 4 semi-automatic rifle.
The prototype gun is based on the 1 Galand semi-automatic rifle captured by the US military on the battlefield during the Pacific War.
"Oh?" Tojo Hideji's eyes lit up slightly.
But soon, Tojo Hideji thought of many things.
Before World War II, the old people in the military who participated in World War I and even the Russo-Japanese War were still immersed in the glory of the past and stubbornly believed that "one shot, one hit" rifle was the most reliable firearm for infantry.
Accordingly, the Japanese army attaches great importance to the assassination of infantry.
The "spirit of Bushido" and the "bayonet-seeing-red" tactics became the traditional spirit of the Japanese Army infantry and continued to flourish until they participated in World War II.
Just like being opposed to equipping a large number of submachine guns.
Hideji Tojo estimated that even if a semi-automatic rifle was developed, the decrepit military officials would probably oppose equipping the army infantry with semi-automatic rifles.
But if a model army is built and achieves great results, then those old officials in the military department will have nothing to say, right?
It takes a long time to independently develop a semi-automatic rifle. If it is an imitation, it will not take long for a copycat to be produced.
"Okamura-kun." Thinking of this, Tojo Hideji said: "I will seriously consider this matter."
"Thank you, Mr. Lu Xiang!"
Okamura Neji stood up and lowered his head, preparing to turn around and leave.
Seeing Tojo Eiji's expression, Okamura Neji knew that he was attracted, and now he just had to go back and wait for the news.
Tojo Hideji advocates the use of force to resolve the incident in China as soon as possible, so his behavior is radical and fanatical, and he will most likely agree to this plan.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Ishihara faction emphasizes that the invasion of China must be encroached on in stages, step by step.
Therefore, Ishihara Kanji was squeezed out of the core management of the Japanese Army.
As for the almost total annihilation of the 3rd Brigade, the robbery of 5,000 tons of combat supplies, and Li Yunlong's clearly coded telegram calling him the captain of the Eighth Route Army's transportation brigade, Okamura Neiji had already explained it to Tojo Hideji.
"Okamura-kun, please wait a moment."
Tojo Eiji called Okamura Neji and said:
"Those guys from the Ishihara faction recommended Lieutenant General Hisao Tani to Commander of the North China Front to His Majesty Tianchu."
Okamura Neji narrowed his eyes, turned around, lowered his head, then turned and walked out.
Hisao Tani led the 6th Division to commit heinous crimes during the attack on Jinling.
In order to avoid being condemned by world public opinion, the Japanese headquarters transferred Hisao Tani to the Home Defense Force to serve as the commander of the Central Army. In 1939, he was enlisted in the reserve force.
According to his seniority, Hisao Tani should have been promoted to general in 1940 and served as the commander of a certain front army.
Okamura Neji suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart.
Because of the failure of the mopping up campaign in northwestern Shanxi, although Tojo Hideji still supported him, Tian Locust was already dissatisfied with him.
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Northwest Shanxi.
Dagu Town.
Since the end of the counter-mopping campaign in northwestern Shanxi, the headquarters of the new regiment has been in Dagu Town.
Moreover, Li Yunlong plans to set up the regiment headquarters in Dagu Town from now on.
The transportation here is convenient and there are fortifications, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Zhaojiayu Airport was blown up by Japanese bombers and will no longer be usable. Because the Japanese know that there is an airport there, even if the airport is rebuilt in the future, it will definitely be taken care of.
About five kilometers away from Dagu Town, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang re-selected a location to build the Dagu Town Airport.
At present, Boss Chen has arranged for planes to airdrop materials for the construction of the airport.
Like last time, deputy leader Xing Zhiguo is mainly responsible for the construction of the airport.
"Captain."
"All 5,000 tons of combat materials have been transported from Datong Airport to southeastern Shanxi by Boss Chen's transport plane."
In the headquarters of the new regiment.
Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong with a smile on his face.
"So fast?"
Li Yunlong's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly when he heard this. It was so comfortable to have a transport plane.
Although I expected it to be fast, I didn't expect it to be so fast.
It only took 5 days to transport all 5,000 tons of combat materials to southeastern Shanxi.
Originally, Li Yunlong planned to take a transport plane to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Southeast Shanxi to meet with the head of the headquarters.
However, since Li Yunlong had returned to northwestern Shanxi, political commissar Zhao Gang went to meet with the head of the headquarters on behalf of Li Yunlong. Zhao Gang has now returned to northwestern Shanxi.
Based on the calculation that each transport aircraft transports 10 tons of combat materials in one round trip, one round trip is one sortie, which requires about 500 sorties.
This time, Boss Chen provided 40 transport aircraft. Each transport aircraft only needs to fly a dozen times in total, averaging 2 to 3 flights per day.
"It's really fast!" Wang Dehou said with emotion, "I hope we can earn transport planes and fighter jets soon."
"Plane?" Li Yunlong's tone was full of expectation: "It should be soon!"
The top flight cadets who go to overseas military bases to study are about half a year away from graduation.
Li Yunlong estimates that Boss Chen will provide aircraft business in about half a year.
Otherwise, wouldn’t there be no use for student pilots after graduation?
If the pilots of the Eighth Route Army were equipped with Boss Chen's fighter jets, they would no longer have to worry about being bombed by Japanese planes.
in addition.
The second batch of tank trainees will soon graduate and return.
At this moment, the radio in the inner room of the regiment started buzzing.
Li Yunlong walked forward quickly, holding the microphone to his mouth in one hand and the receiver to his ear in the other, and asked: "Who is that?"
Since Boss Chen provided unlimited batteries, Li Yunlong's radio phone has been on 24 hours a day.
After a while, Chen Feng's voice came to Li Yunlong's ears: "I am Boss Chen, am I Boss Li?"
"I'm Boss Li."
Li Yunlong looked slightly happy. Boss Chen took the initiative to contact him, probably because he had new business.
As expected by Captain Li, Chen Feng's voice rang in his ears again.
