In fact, Lieutenant General Bunzaburo Kawagishi at the headquarters of the 20th Division in Shijiazhuang was almost crying without Liu Lang wielding a big mallet and beating him hard.
The 40th Infantry Brigade could not be contacted in any way, and the entire unit seemed to be swallowed up by the mountains of China, silently. This made Bunzaburo Kawagishi anxious and also had extremely frightening thoughts that appeared in his mind from time to time.
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Could it be that the 40th Infantry Brigade was annihilated by the Chinese?
Although this possibility is so small that even Kawagishi Bunzaburo himself couldn't help but laugh a little at himself for being too unfounded. Not to mention the poorly equipped "Tuba Road", even the Chinese Central Army's well-equipped army, not a single army
With military strength, who dares to say that they can annihilate an infantry brigade of the Japanese Empire?
However, the infantry brigade has lost contact for four hours, and the reinforcements from Jingxing County are still halfway there, at least 20 miles away from the ambush location reported by Liangfu last month. Although he repeatedly requested
The reinforcements arrived at the battlefield at a faster pace and immediately reported the situation of the 40th Infantry Brigade to the division headquarters. But he also knew that in less than two hours, they would drag 2 infantry cannons and 2 mountain cannons temporarily reinforced to them.
The infantrymen were determined not to reach the battlefield.
The two 94 reconnaissance armored vehicles temporarily allocated to them from the battle vehicle brigade defending Jingxing County are faster than the infantry. However, the battle on the Jiuguan front line has shown that the Chinese have twin-mounted machine guns that can hit armored vehicles, but they do not have infantry.
Without cover, the 94 reconnaissance armored vehicle can only become a living target for the Chinese. They can only stumble on the mountain road like the infantry.
As for reconnaissance planes in the air, don’t think about them for at least five hours. After all 24 fighter planes of two squadrons that took off from Yangmingpu Airport to support the 40th Infantry Brigade crashed, the commander of the 38th Aviation Wing almost lost his life.
He committed suicide by disembowelment to express his gratitude to the Emperor. It would be faster for them to send reconnaissance planes to the battlefield because they were already in a mess. It would be faster for the division to directly send infantry spearheads.
The Niangziguan and Jiuguan front lines have been unable to open up the situation due to the tenacious defense of the Chinese. An infantry brigade that had high hopes for a roundabout attack was now surrounded by the Chinese and there was no news. It can be said that this morning, for Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo
, it was an extremely torturous morning.
If there had been a software for counting steps in that era, this Japanese Lieutenant General would definitely be the best in his circle of friends. He had been pacing in the office all morning, looking at the division commander and staff officer who was similar to the role of a messenger.
I feel a little dizzy.
But he had nothing to do. The 108th and 109th divisions, a total of one and a half divisions under the command of the 20th Division, had already pursued the retreating Chinese army southward five days ago, implementing the southward roundabout strategy formulated by the division commander. They are still hundreds of miles away from Shandong.
miles of distance.
Now, the available troops of the North China Expeditionary Army's Western Front Corps are all the 20th Division. By this time, almost the entire army has been dispatched, and those left behind in Shijiazhuang are just an engineering regiment. If the Chinese send an infantry division to attack
, I guess everyone has to open a way north.
All they can do now is wait and wait for news about that idiot Utsuki Yoshio of the 40th Infantry Brigade.
The Japanese army is waiting, but Qigen Village cannot wait.
After the future military god finally made up his mind to play with Liu Lang for a long 20 minutes, the battlefield was basically cleaned up.
In addition to leaving the first section of the independent regiment's supply company and the first section of the 386th brigade's supply battalion to accommodate the seriously wounded and protect the captured supplies, the independent regiment and the entire 129th Division set off and headed straight to the six miles west of Ceyu Town to meet the 3,000 Japanese invaders who came for reinforcements.
This time, the two military and political officers of the 129th Division brought the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade, the 685th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade, the 686th Regiment, the teaching regiment directly under the division, a total of 4 infantry regiments, as well as two divisions, the guard battalion and the cavalry battalion.
Directly under the battalion, the number has reached 9,000, plus the independent regiment here and the two infantry regiments of the 386th Brigade and the 772nd Regiment, minus the nearly 200 people who died in the battle and the 300 people who were seriously injured and unable to participate in the battle, there are as many as 5,000 people who can still participate in the battle.
, with a total strength of 14,000 troops, which is stronger than a fully equipped infantry division.
Absolutely strong troops and horses.
Even the usually cautious future military god had a smile on his face.
If in the past, even if he had led 15,000 men against 3,000 Japanese invaders, he would have had to carefully consider how to fight the battle. But now, all he thinks about is how to fight the battle as quickly as possible.
Finish this battle.
In fact, he has never had such a strong strength. The 20 or so captured light and heavy machine guns were divided into a quarter of the 386 brigade, and the remaining three-quarters were allocated to the three infantry regiments and teaching regiments of 769, 685, and 686.
The group's heavy firepower instantly doubled compared to before.
1,700 Japanese-style rifles, each rifle is equipped with 100 rounds of ammunition and is evenly distributed to five infantry regiments. Each infantry regiment is allocated more than 300 rifles. It is almost possible to completely re-equip an infantry battalion and increase the lethality of the infantry.
When it reaches above 350 meters, it is much stronger than the old Hanyang sleeve.
Those who get the 38-type rifle are basically veterans. As long as they are given more than a dozen shooting opportunities, they can fully master the shooting skills of the 38-type rifle. The ambush of 3,000 Japanese invaders just provided them with a practical test.
Gun opportunity.
The combat effectiveness of the five infantry regiments has increased by at least 50%.
As the saying goes, rain and dew come equally, and the guard battalion and the cavalry battalion, which actually had few horses and only empty frames, were not in vain. The weapons support they received were the submachine guns and shell guns that Liu Lang brought when he came to Shanxi this time.
The Suomi submachine gun is the standard equipment for sergeants of the independent regiment. Officers above second lieutenant and special forces are equipped with "Black Star" pistols. Liu Lang did not lose a large number of obsolete machine guns and shell guns, and specially used ten three-bungee vehicles from the baggage company.
The seeds were shipped to eastern Shanxi.
Firstly, it can build relations with the national troops on the front line by sending weapons, and secondly, it can be given to the friendly 129th Division.
Nearly 200 submachine guns and 200 shell guns with a faint blue luster were placed in front of the two battalion commanders. The eyes of the two future general-level officers of the Republic were straightened. If Liu Tuanzuo hadn't been able to dodge quickly, he would have probably
He was hugged by these two bears and took a bite.
Liu Lang planned to ask for the IOU, but he had no intention of "asking for a kiss"! Well, before he could ask for the IOU, Lang Tuanzuo ran away. So far, he only has one IOU from Lieutenant General Daya in his hand.
, which makes Lang Tuanzuo feel a little sad.
However, what made the future general and other infantry commanders jealous was that Captain Liu "just happened" to encounter the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 686th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade and the 686th Regiment's Transport Battalion while standing on the roadside, a battalion with large teeth.
Chang He and a battalion commander with a dark face stopped to pay attention to the fat man. The wealthy fat man not only held the two of them for at least two minutes, but also gave them away.
Each of these two received twenty submachine guns and 4,000 rounds of ammunition as a greeting gift.
Is this a bitch okay? Not to mention that the other infantry regiment commanders almost rushed up and snatched away the submachine guns that the two young battalion commanders happily accepted. Even the two parties involved were confused.
They were able to get twenty submachine guns for free just by looking at the legendary young fat captain who looked a bit like an acquaintance. It was completely pie-in-the-sky rhythm.
Little did they know that the person they had been chatting with for a long time did not have a certain resemblance, but was actually the cunning and wealthy fat man Liu Shang who blinded others.
It was time for them to mix twenty submachine guns. If they hadn't taken the initiative to pay attention, a certain fat regiment leader who originally only wanted to meet the younger version of the old man he hadn't seen for a long time didn't know how to pull them over during the rapid march and talk nonsense.
Give me some gifts by the way!
Although these two may be very good in the future, at this time, they are just a major, and Liu Lang is a colonel. Even if they are asked to chat, they can only answer questions patiently. Although those questions made them a little stunned.
This person knew a battalion-level unit like theirs very well. Not only did he know the two of them very well, he even knew the name of Comrade Yang Hongman. Isn't this guy a big spy sent by the government? If not
Seeing the future general standing next to Fatty Liu, eyeing a submachine gun eagerly, the two men almost refused Fatty's gift on the spot.
In the end, in line with the principle of not eating the meat delivered to their door, the two of them put away their submachine guns and ran as fast as they could. If they didn't run to the boss, Captain Yang, for help, the forty submachine guns might have been laughed at.
The future general whose smile hides a knife has had his beard cut off.
Liu Lang is Liu Shang, and Liang Daya and Liu Yaozu are his old friends. Who else knows better than the future general who knows the inside story about pretending to meet by chance and giving gifts?
We must have a good relationship with Liu Tuanzuo! If nothing else, just talking about the blue and blue flowers and tricks is enough to make anyone want to become a good friend with him. The future general made a decision secretly in his heart.
Liu Lang was also very happy.
The old man has done quite well. Now he has changed from the chief of the munitions section of a regiment to the battalion commander of the brigade and transportation battalion. As long as he continues to develop at this pace, he will take another step forward in the future and become a leader like Lieutenant General Daya next to him.
There is absolutely no problem with founding a lieutenant general.
What makes Liu Lang even more happy is that the young version of Grandma did not go out with the main force of the 686 Brigade this time, but stayed in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. This also reduced a lot of risks and was much stronger than before in time and space.
Of course, no matter who Liu Lang gave weapons to, the 129th Division was ultimately cheaper. The future military god just laughed at Liu Tuanzuo's behavior of spreading favors everywhere. As the highest military officer, he only cares about his own troops.
Strength improvement.
In addition to these rifles and machine guns, what really transformed the 129th Division was the artillery.
Although the three infantry guns and four mountain guns were temporarily assigned to the independent regiment artillery battalion for use, he had never seen the "three-bounce" roaring on the mountain road as if walking on the ground. The carriage contained enough six guns for a day of fighting.
Hundreds of artillery shells.
With these seven cannons and 600 rounds of artillery shells, the future military god can guarantee that not only will the 3,000 Japanese invaders be unable to escape, but he will also be able to reduce the casualties to less than 700. As long as the more than 10,000 troops occupying the commanding heights have cannons to knock out the Japanese
With light and heavy firepower, not to mention using guns, one person can drown them with just a spit of spit.
And Liu Lang was not idle after giving the gifts.
The company organized a baggage company to simply dispose of and carry away nearly 80 empty gasoline barrels that had run out of fuel. This made the officers of the red army a little confused. Could it be that Liu Tuanzuo was going to the field to build a position? This
Could it be said that a battle would last for several hours?
But this time, Liu Lang just smiled and said nothing about the purpose of the empty gasoline cans. Even if the future general was curious, he would not say anything.
This thing is his secret weapon, especially for setting up ambushes in the crisscrossed Taihang Mountains. It is perfect for using it.
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PS: I recommend the new book "The Iron-Blooded Military Industry of the Anti-Japanese War" by the author of the military group. Travel through Chengtuba Road to start a military industry and see how Tubal Road fills up the military industry skill points.