"Boss Chen should have a strong team of ordnance production experts."
Li Yunlong sighed with emotion: "After he learned that the Japanese had learned our tunnel and anti-slope tactics, he started to order research on weapons to deal with these tactics. Boss Chen is also very kind to me, Old Li!"
Speaking of this, Li Yunlong looked grateful.
Without Boss Chen, there would be no New Regiment today and no Eighth Route Army today.
Li Yunlong knew very well that the current Xinyi Regiment and the Eighth Route Army had this strength, and they almost entirely relied on Boss Chen.
Of course, it is also inseparable from the heroic and bloody battles of the Eighth Route Army commanders and soldiers.
Zhao Gang nodded: "Boss Chen's ordnance experts should all be at the top level in the world, even more skilled than American and German experts. Otherwise, they would not be able to produce so much advanced equipment."
Tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft, various advanced technical equipment, engineers, pilots, mechanics, and other world-class technical talents.
There are some advanced technical equipment and advanced technical talents that even big countries like the United States and Germany cannot provide.
How did Boss Chen develop?
Zhao Gang also had doubts in his heart, but later he didn't bother to think about it. After all, there was so much work in the group all day long that it was simply too busy.
As long as Boss Chen is sincerely assisting the New Regiment and the Eighth Route Army in fighting the Japanese, what else is there to worry about?
"That's right!"
"I think so too."
Li Yunlong nodded:
"If we can annihilate more than 150,000 enemies in this battle, in addition to weapons that can defeat back-slope and tunnel tactics, we will also acquire other new weapons."
"As for what new weapon it is, Boss Chen hasn't said yet."
Li Yunlong spread his hands and was also very coveted for Boss Chen's new weapons.
However, you have to kill the Japs to get it.
The more Japs you eat, the more weapons and equipment you get, the more advanced they are, and the more Japs you can kill on the battlefield.
This is a virtuous cycle.
Although last time Li Yunlong used ground-penetrating bombs, he cracked the Japanese back-slope and tunnel tactics.
But at that time, the Japanese were immature in using anti-incline and tunnel tactics. There were gaps between each position, so Li Yunlong found the weak points between the Japanese positions and took advantage of them.
After that defeat, the Japanese must have gained more mature experience in this tactic and made targeted changes to the Eighth Route Army's ground-penetrating bombs.
"Hopefully it will be another weapon of mass destruction like Katyusha."
Zhao Gang looked expectant.
The better the weapons and equipment are, the fewer Eighth Route Army soldiers will be sacrificed on the battlefield and more Japanese will be killed.
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Shimen City.
Japanese Army Headquarters.
"Nani?"
"The 12th Infantry Regiment had an encounter with a reinforced regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Ziyun Mountain?"
After listening to the communications staff's report, Lieutenant General Takamori Takashi, commander of the 11th Division, stood up suddenly with an expression of disbelief.
Takamori Takashi's first reaction was, had the ambush plan of the 12th Infantry Regiment been leaked?
But in the midst of the sparks of calcium carbide, Takashi Takamori rejected this idea in his heart.
If the ambush plan of the 12th Infantry Regiment is leaked, then the 12th Infantry Regiment and the Eighth Route Army may not encounter an encounter, but be ambushed or be swept away by the Eighth Route Army's planes carrying aerial bombs.
So what's going on?
"Hi."
The communications staff handed over the telegram in his hand and repeated its content: "The enemy's firepower was very strong, and there were casualties with the 12th Infantry Regiment. Colonel Harada Kiyoko was afraid that there were other main forces of the Eighth Route Army around, so he was ready to give up the ambush plan and turn around.
Entering Shimen City, but the 1st Infantry Squadron is still surrounded by the enemy."
After receiving the telegram and reading it, Takamori Takashi's expression changed slightly.
He quickly walked to the table, and the combat staff beside him quickly put on a precise map of the surrounding areas of Pingshan County. Takamori Takashi quickly found the location of Ziyun Mountain on the map.
Then, Takamori Takashi looked at the map with a magnifying glass.
His expression was slightly startled: "This is the junction of Jingxing County and Pingshan County. From the map, it looks like this place is deserted. Why did a reinforced regiment of the Eighth Route Army appear here?"
Chief of Staff Seio Nishihara looked at the map and then the telegram, and his expression changed slightly.
The old devil smelled something unusual: "General, the situation is not good!"
"Nishihara-kun, do you see anything?"
Takamori Takashi looked at Seihara Seiyo and asked.
Seiyo Nishihara then said in a deep voice: "General, what I encountered with the 12th Infantry Regiment was probably not an ordinary Eighth Route Army unit, but a new regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"
Takamori Takashi nodded, he naturally thought of this.
The 12th Infantry Regiment ranks high among the infantry regiments of Class A divisions in terms of combat effectiveness.
If it can compete with the weak Eighth Route Army, then this Eighth Route Army must be the ace among the Eighth Route Army's aces.
After a pause, Nishihara Masao continued:
"I'm afraid it's not a coincidence that the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army appears in Ziyun Mountain!"
"If my guess is correct, there may be more than one Eighth Route Army unit here. Li Yunlong may want to completely wipe out our 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division."
Takashi Takamori was suddenly startled: "Animate our 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division?"
"Li Yunlong has so many troops?"
"Furthermore, the terrain around Shimen City and Zhengding is all flat and flat. Our 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division can retreat towards Pingjin at any time."
"Why did Li Yunlong annihilate us all?"
The terrain around Shimen City and Zhengding is the key to the Japanese army being able to retreat at any time.
Therefore, Takamori Takashi didn't panic at all before, but now after hearing Seihara Seio's analysis, Takamori Takashi suddenly panicked.
"Division commander, don't forget that to the east of us, there is also the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong Military Region. The last time we participated in the total annihilation of the 110th Division and other troops, it was this Jizhong Military Region force."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Nishihara Seio pointed at the map and analyzed:
"If the Eighth Route Army sends a large number of light infantry troops from the south and north of Jingxing County, they will penetrate and encircle them in the direction of Shimen City and Zhengding."
"The Eighth Route Army of the Central Hebei Military Region is surrounding us from the east."
"The main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army attacked frontally from the direction of Jingxing County."
"At that time, our 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division will be completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army."
As Seihara Saifu spoke, he used his fist to draw a circle around Shimen City and Zhengding on the map.
If this is the case, then the 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division will be made dumplings by the Eighth Route Army.
With the strength of the Eighth Route Army, it would not be difficult to defeat three of their divisions.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, fortunately the Eighth Route Army's encirclement has not yet formed. You should immediately order the 12th Infantry Regiment to retreat."
"In addition, the main forces of our 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division should abandon Shimen City and Zhengding at any time and move closer to the main forces in the direction of Pingjin."
Seio Nishihara pushed up his black round glasses and suggested with a solemn expression.
"Immediately issue a retreat order to the 12th Infantry Regiment, and then report the encounter between the 12th Infantry Regiment and the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, as well as our speculations, to the North China Front Army Headquarters."
Takashi Takamori nodded and gave the order.
"Hi."
Seihara bowed his head.
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"Baga, why is the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness so strong?"
On the Ziyun Mountain battlefield, Colonel Harada Kiyozo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Even Colonel Harada Kiyozo had overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army.
But the 12th Infantry Regiment still didn't get the slightest advantage.
Before the war with the Eighth Route Army, Colonel Harada Kiyoko scorned the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness, believing that the Eighth Route Army could only rely on aircraft, tanks and heavy artillery to destroy the First Army.
The infantry of the Eighth Route Army was vulnerable to a single blow.
The infantry of the Locust Army's Class A Division are invincible in the world.
But in a real head-on encounter with the Eighth Route Army, Colonel Harada Kiyozo was sweating profusely.
His 1st Infantry Group, 2nd Infantry Group and 3rd Infantry Group all launched a wave of charges towards the Eighth Route Army's encirclement of the 1st Infantry Squadron.
However, they were all repulsed by the opponent's fierce firepower. The Eighth Route Army's combat skills and fighting will were beyond the expectations of Colonel Harada Kiyoko and all the Japanese.
In order to rescue the surrounded 1st Squadron, the 12th Infantry Regiment instead rushed in with hundreds of men.
Since the establishment of the 11th Division and the 12th Infantry Regiment, we have never encountered such a powerful enemy!
Likewise, after more than an hour of fierce fighting.
The 26th Battalion of the New Regiment also suffered hundreds of casualties at this time, but the casualties were smaller than those of the 12th Japanese Infantry Regiment.
"Captain, the situation seems not to be good."
Adjutant Takahashi Saburo said solemnly:
"The Eighth Route Army seems to be deliberately leaving the 1st Infantry Squadron undefeated, and attracting our troops to rescue the 1st Squadron. It seems to be stalling for time."
"Takahashi-kun, what do you mean..."
Colonel Harada Kiyozo's face darkened:
"This Eighth Route Army is holding us back while we wait for the main force to arrive!?"
Saburo Takahashi lowered his head and said: "If nothing else happens, this should be the case. We must immediately turn towards Shimen City and Zhengding!"
"Then the 1st Infantry Squadron..."
Colonel Harada Kiyozo said hesitantly.
At this moment, a telegraph soldier just finished translating the message, put down his earphones, walked over quickly, and reported: "Report to the company commander, the division commander ordered us to retreat immediately!"
While speaking, the telegraph soldier handed the telegram in his hand to Colonel Harada Kiyozo.
Colonel Harada Kiyozo took the telegram, read it, and immediately issued an order: "Send the order, all troops should immediately stop attacking, return the same way, and turn towards Shimen City!"
"Hi."
Saburo Takahashi was about to turn around and deliver the order.
At this moment, a sharp and piercing whistling sound sounded in the sky. The whistling sound came from far to near.
"Captain, be careful!"
With quick eyesight and quick hands, Saburo Takahashi pinned Colonel Harada Kiyozo to the ground.
An American 75mm artillery shell produced by the system landed near the headquarters and exploded.
Colonel Harada Kiyozo and Takahashi Saburo escaped, but the Japanese telegraph soldier who came to report was not so lucky and fell into a pool of blood.
At the same time, more whistling sounds rang out in the sky, and dense artillery shells rained down in the direction of the 12th Infantry Regiment.
Amid the overwhelming sound of explosions, smoke suddenly filled the air and shrapnel flew across the sky.
Not long after, there were dense gunfire sounds all around, like exploding beans.
Saburo Takahashi looked miserable: "Captain, our team seems...to be surrounded."
