February 1, 1941, Li County, 386th Brigade Headquarters
At the same time that Wang Yue and Director Dai met, a mysterious caravan also arrived in Li County. From the moment they entered the base area, the militia comrades felt something was wrong, but they didn't know why their superiors gave such a caravan to such a caravan. The team gave the green light and allowed them to enter the hinterland of the base.
The wretched-looking shopkeeper of the caravan was also directly introduced to the brigade headquarters. You must know that receiving the caravan and purchasing supplies are not under the brigade commander's control, but today this happened unexpectedly.
"Comrade Brigadier, I'm so happy to see you!" Kurojima Morita, who was wearing a long gown, quickly walked up to the brigade commander, held the brigade commander's hand with both hands, and shook it vigorously. It looked like he was actually there. A sense of déjà vu of a victorious rendezvous. No, it should be the feeling of a comrade who has been lurking for many years seeing one of his own.
"Comrade Kuroshima, welcome back to the base area. Thank you for your hard work!" Brigadier Chen was still very polite to the senior leaders of the Anti-War Alliance, although Morita Kuroshima's joining of the Japanese Army and the Anti-War Alliance was actually his single-handed operation. Yes, but now he is an out-and-out comrade of his own.
"No hard work, we are all working together to overthrow the militaristic reactionary government!" Kuroshima Morita said with a serious face. This is definitely sincere. He is now a man who can lead an entire opposition party. He has a military background and a noble status. In the future, Once Japan is defeated, his stage will be even bigger.
"We discovered that Kazuki Yamamoto is building the Taiyuan defense line, and the organization hopes to obtain specific drawings." The two sat down, and the brigade commander asked with a smile. Yamamoto Kazuki has been building fortifications around Taiyuan like crazy recently, although it seems to be just Repairs were made on the basis of the previous Jinsui Army's fortifications, but no matter how you looked at it, the Japanese's movements were too weird.
"Yamamoto Kazuki feels powerless with the rapid improvement of our army's strength, so he wants to have the ability to maintain the basic strength of the First Army. Here are all the drawings." As he spoke, Kuroshima Morita took a cigarette from his portable cigarette case. A microfilm came out.
Although Yamamoto Kazuki knew his identity, he did not strictly guard Kuroshima Morita, especially this kind of information that could be obtained as long as he spent time. After all, the workers here were all captured strong men, and the troops stationed there They also had to deploy puppet troops.
"Compared with the previous Taiyuan Defense Line of the Jinsui Army, is there a big difference?" the brigade commander asked somewhat worriedly as he handed the microfilm to the intelligence staff officer on the side.
The construction of the city of Taiyuan is very particular. There are dangers on several sides to rely on. The Jinsui Army spent decades building a complete fortification group around Taiyuan. Relying on the terrain, echelon configuration, and combination of light and dark, If it is defended well, even hundreds of thousands of troops may not be able to defeat it.
However, the Jinsui Army on the defensive side was already discouraged during the Battle of Taiyuan, and the Japanese army advanced too fast, so these fortifications did not play their due role. If the defending side were replaced by the Japanese army, the result would really be disastrous. Easy to say.
"The difference is huge. Although the Taiyuan Iron Wall still relies on the previous fortifications, it has been comprehensively strengthened. The previous closed tunnels used anti-corrosion sleepers, and now the rails are reinforced at key positions. Unless it is directly hit by a super heavy artillery , otherwise it may be impossible to destroy; most of the previous core formulas were built with granite and cement, and this time Yamamoto Kazuki even covered the core bunkers with reinforced concrete and poured many auxiliary bunkers with concrete." Kuroshima Morita said with some worry, Yamamoto Kazuki was a little bit stunned. In the middle of winter, the construction of the Taiyuan defense line did not stop. For this reason, cement antifreeze was specially purchased from China.
"Where did they get so much cement? Hasn't the transportation volume of the Shota Line increased dramatically?" the brigade commander asked curiously. They had already figured out the rail matter. It was nothing more than Yamamoto Kazuki stealing it, but the cement thing No, cement has very high requirements for storage and transportation, and it also has a shelf life.
"The Taiyuan Cement Plant has some legacy equipment. Yamamoto Kazuki used those equipment to restore part of the production capacity. At the same time, they also used the information obtained from the base area by the Super High School to build more than 200 egg kilns." Kuroshima Morita said The corner of his mouth twitched unconsciously. The Dandan Kiln had just disappeared a few years ago in Wang Yue's era. It was completely representative of backward production capacity. Not to mention the low-grade cement produced, the quality was unstable. But no matter how many faults there are, it cannot be denied that the things produced are usable cement.
"I see." The brigade commander was also a little speechless. Yamamoto Kazuki was actually imitating the development of the Eighth Route Army. Can you believe it? His first reaction was to strengthen the anti-special and counter-intelligence work in the base area. However, even if he gave up this idea, Jin Province is now full of Eighth Route Army factories. It would be good to be able to prevent enemy sabotage and military threats. As for the enemy's prying eyes, ? There's no way to stop it, okay?
"Kurojima Morita also built large-scale fortifications in the mountains at many commanding heights. He obtained a lot of cannons from the Magic City and placed them in those fortifications. The largest one has a caliber of 203 mm, the smallest one has a caliber of 120 mm, and there is also a 140 mm. 150mm, to prevent our heavy artillery group." Kuroshima Morita continued to introduce.
"Why are the artillery obtained from the devil's capital, and the caliber is so messy?" The brigade commander subconsciously felt that this was wrong, a cannon from the Japanese Army? Isn’t it only 105mm?
"All the military can get are retired artillery pieces, and their performance cannot suppress our 203mm super cannons, so Kazuki Yamamoto is interested in some of the artillery pieces that the army has removed from your country's warships, which were originally sunk The artillery of Jiang's warships, and the shells were found from the warehouse of Gaochang Temple." Kuroshima Morita thinks this is very unexplainable, the caliber of naval guns is simply not comparable to that of army guns, as long as With these artillery pieces, the Eighth Route Army's 203mm howitzers simply can't advance to the attack range, okay?
"It's really difficult to handle." The brigade commander was also a little frightened. This is an absolutely overwhelming advantage, okay? As for the shortage of cannon shells, don’t be ridiculous. The navy’s gunners basically all have the same model. As long as Yamamoto Kazuki can spare the money, he can always get them.
"Not only that, anti-slope infantry fortifications and artillery positions have been built on almost all the highlands of Taiyuan Iron Wall. Even if our artillery is advanced to the attack position, it will be difficult. The complex tunnel group is enough to hide hundreds of thousands of troops, not to mention The entire line of defense is connected, and support can be provided at any time if needed." Kuroshima Morita continued to introduce.
