The guard placed the two cups of tea in front of Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama.
"Nushan-kun, the first batch of three columns of supplies allocated by the front army to the first army has set off."
Yoshio Shinozuka extended his hand, made a gesture of inviting tea, and said: "Since the Shotai Railway has not yet been repaired, these three military trains will stop at Baoding and Changshan. After the Shotai Railway is open, the military trains will then drive to Taiyuan. .”
Three military columns contained 3,000 tons of supplies, while the Japanese Army's 94 trucks could only transport up to 1.5 tons in one trip.
If such a huge amount of supplies were transported by truck, it would have to be transported until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that railways are the blood and lifeblood of the devils. The devils rely on railways to transport the weapons and ammunition needed for plunder, and they also rely on railway transportation to transport the plundered resources away.
"Your Excellency, Commander, is worried..." Kusuyama Hideyoshi instantly guessed Yoshio Shinozuka's thoughts and asked, "Will the Eighth Route Army take the opportunity to rob the military columns?"
"Yes." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, with a worried tone: "The Eighth Route Army's intelligence is so powerful that it is almost pervasive. It shouldn't be difficult for them to obtain the intelligence on the military ranks."
From the failure of the secret service team to attack Daxia Bay, to the destruction of the observation group and the 9th Brigade, to the bombardment of Niangziguan, which caused the Japanese army to lose a major general and a lieutenant general, a regiment suffered heavy losses...
All of this is top-secret information, but the Eighth Route Army can learn about it in advance every time, which shows the Eighth Route Army's powerful intelligence capabilities.
The Japanese army knew nothing about the Eighth Route Army, but the Eighth Route Army seemed to have a God's perspective. How to fight this battle?
Even if the Japanese army is well-equipped and has high-quality individual soldiers, it will not take any advantage.
"Your Excellency, Commander, understands the Eighth Route Army." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said with certainty: "I dare to say that the Eighth Route Army will definitely be interested in this batch of supplies."
"Oh?" Shinozuka Yoshio was surprised, "Kusuyama-kun thinks so too?"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said:
"In the past, the Eighth Route Army may have had no intelligence or lacked strength, so they rarely thought about transporting military columns of the imperial army."
"Now the strength of Shanxi Southeast Eighth Route Army is not what it used to be. It already has the strength to fight an infantry brigade of the Imperial Army head-on."
"It's not too difficult for the Eighth Route Army to rob military columns."
"According to past experience, the Eighth Route Army will definitely receive the information and take action. After all, once this batch of supplies is successfully transported to Taiyuan, the Eighth Route Army's life will not be easy."
Although the 9th Brigade was completely wiped out, Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama agreed that the Eighth Route Army could win mainly by relying on intelligence and air support.
The Eighth Route Army only has the 385th and 386th brigades, especially Li Yunlong's unit, which has some combat effectiveness, and other units are not worth mentioning.
Moreover, Yoshio Shinozuka thought Li Yunlong had been promoted to division commander, which shocked him. Later, after investigation by the intelligence department, it was found that Li Yunlong was not promoted to division commander of the Eighth Route Army, and is still only a regiment commander.
Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief. You are just a regiment leader. The imperial army will eliminate you sooner or later.
At that moment, Shinozuka Yoshio said worriedly: "I'm just worried about this. Kusuyama-kun, do you have any suggestions?"
If only before the Hundred Regiment War launched by the Eighth Route Army, Yoshio Shinozuka wouldn't be so worried.
Because the former Zhengtai Railway had gun towers or strongholds built every 1.5 kilometers, it was not easy for the Eighth Route Army to rob military trains.
Now, although the Zhengtai Railway is almost completed, without those gun towers and strongholds as eyes, the Eighth Route Army can take action wherever they want.
It's impossible to guard against it.
"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I have an immature idea."
Shinozuka Yoshio's expression changed and he said, "Kusuyama-kun, it doesn't matter if you say so."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi then said: "The most likely place for the Eighth Route Army to take action is the section from Jingxing County to Jinzhong of the Zhengtai Railway, which is about 180 kilometers of railway line."
"The forces we can now use include the 14th Brigade, the 18th Brigade and the 4th and 5th Infantry Regiments of the 2nd Guards Division."
"A total of 18 infantry brigades are all used as mobile brigades. We only need to station these 18 infantry brigades on the Zhengtai Railway at intervals of 10 kilometers."
Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes lit up slightly: "In this way, no matter where the Eighth Route Army takes action, they will be surrounded and attacked by at least two brigades of imperial troops within half an hour. The longer the time goes by, the greater the strength of the imperial army's arrival. The more there are, the Eighth Route Army will have no choice but to give up.”
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "Every military train will increase its troop strength, and then apply to the North China Front for a Type 94 armored train to escort it to ensure that the train can hold on for at least half an hour if it is attacked."
"What's more, even if the Eighth Route Army wiped out all the imperial troops escorting the military train in half an hour, they destroyed the Type 94 armored train."
"It will take at least 2 to 3 hours for the Eighth Route Army to move 1,000 tons of materials."
"Within these two hours, at least two regiments of elite imperial troops will be able to arrive at the scene of the incident."
"Under the pursuit of two elite regiments of imperial troops, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to escape with thousands of tons of supplies."
Yoshio Shinozuka followed Kusuyama Hideyoshi's thinking and said: "Because they are stationed on the railway, the supply of these 18 mobile brigades is also very simple."
"We can also put up smoke bombs, such as revealing false news to the Eighth Route Army, which will make the Eighth Route Army work in vain."
"The military trains of supplies arrived at Jingxing County Railway Station from Changshan and Baoding and stopped. The departure time was decided temporarily so that no one knew the departure time of the train."
"No matter how powerful the Eighth Route Army's intelligence is, it is impossible to know in advance the information about the military train's departure from Jingxing County."
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "In addition, each mobile brigade sends a small team of soldiers to search and patrol along both sides of the railway every half hour to prevent an ambush from the Eighth Route Army."
"Look, Commander, a complete defense plan has been made."
"As long as the plan is implemented properly, a division will receive its share of supplies and a ton of them will arrive in Taiyuan."
"Yoshi!" Shinozuka Yoshio said happily, "Kusuyama-kun's plan is not to say flawless, but at least it is impeccable."
"Your Excellency, Commander, is very complimentary." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said in a modest tone, "This plan was made by me and Your Excellency, Commander."
Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "Kusuyama-kun, you continue to make the battle plan for the spring sweep. This time, I will have full command of the deployment of the mobile brigade and the transportation of materials."
"Hi."
…
The half-month period has arrived, and Chen Feng came to Yangcun as invited.
But this time, he brought not only Yan Shuangying, but also the widowed sister.
The sentry at the entrance of the village recognized Chen Feng and immediately let him go.
Chen Feng, Yan Shuangying and Widow Sister rode into Yangcun.
Many soldiers have seen Chen Feng and Yan Shuangying, but this is the first time the widowed sister has appeared.
She has blond hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a black leather jacket that outlines her figure. She has sharp eyes and a beautiful expressionless face. She has pistol holsters hanging on the left and right sides of her thin waist. Above the holster, the pistol handle is exposed, which is obvious to everyone at a glance. This foreign woman is not easy to mess with.
It was the first time in their lives that the soldiers of the new regiment saw a foreign woman, and their eyes almost fell out.
The soldiers who were training were so fascinated that even the queue was in chaos...
"Haha, Brother Chen!"
At the entrance of the new regiment department, Li Yunlong received a call from the village sentry, and he and Zhao Gang came out to greet him.
Before anyone could reach the door, Commander Li's loud voice and his unique voice came out.
At this time, Chen Feng, Yan Shuangying and Widow Sister walked to the door and just got off their horses.
Seeing Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang walking out, Chen Feng held his hands in his hands: "Brother Li, Brother Zhao."
"Brother Chen..."
"Huh?"
Li Yunlong glanced behind Chen Feng out of habit. There was actually a foreign girl beside Brother Chen today.
Based on the position of this foreign girl, Li Yunlong judged that she should be Brother Chen's bodyguard.
Zhao Gang also cast a surprised look.
Chen Feng said: "Brother Li, Brother Zhao, let me introduce to you, this is my bodyguard widow sister."
The widowed sister then looked at Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang and said in plain Chinese: "Sir Li, Mr. Zhao."
"Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you."
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang bowed their hands to the widowed sister.
Li Yunlong was not too surprised when a foreigner appeared next to Chen Feng. He had seen a foreign male bodyguard beside Chen Feng, but he didn't show up later and didn't know what he was doing.
Li Yunlong looked at Chen Feng, with a smile and eyes that all men knew.
It seems that Brother Chen has no shortage of women around him, and he is really not bragging.
No wonder Brother Chen refused to let me, Old Li, get him a Japanese girl. It turns out that Brother Chen likes European and American style girls, and she is also a widow.
Interesting...
"Brother Chen, please come in quickly."
While Captain Li was thinking, Zhao Gang had already made a gesture of invitation to Chen Feng.
"Brother Chen, please." Commander Li also said hurriedly.
Yan Shuangying and the widowed sister were waiting outside the courtyard gate.
Li Yunlong, Chen Feng and Zhao Gang walked into the regiment headquarters together.
As soon as he entered the inner room of the regiment headquarters, Chen Feng saw that the Kang table was already filled with good wine and food.
Chen Feng was not polite and sat cross-legged on the kang.
Chen Feng and Zhao Gang were still drinking, and Li Yunlong was drinking water.
After drinking for three rounds, Li Yunlong said: "Brother Chen, the Garand semi-automatic rifle you gave me is indeed easy to use, but it is not suitable for my cavalry. It is a bit heavy and the magazine automatically ejects after the bullets are fired. No. It’s good for fighting on horseback, brother, do you have a solution?”
Chen Feng looked thoughtful when he heard this. This was because he was negligent. He only wanted to provide the strongest firepower to the new regiment, without considering the actual situation.
"There is a solution." Chen Feng nodded, "I have a semi-automatic rifle here that is more suitable for cavalry."
"The M1 carbine weighs only 4.6 kilograms. It is 6 centimeters shorter and 2 kilograms lighter than the Japanese Type 44 rifle. It should be very suitable for cavalry equipment."
"The ammunition capacity is 15 rounds, and the range and accuracy are quite suitable for cavalry."
"In addition, soldiers from the artillery battalion, machine gun battalion and heavy machine gun battalion of your regiment can also be equipped with this M1 carbine."
At present, most soldiers in the artillery battalion, machine gun battalion and heavy machine gun battalion are not equipped with guns, and only a few soldiers are equipped with pistols.
This is indeed a hidden danger. Once attacked by enemy troops, they will not even have the basic ability to defend themselves.
This m1 carbine weighs only 5 kilograms at most with bullets, which has little impact on the weight of the soldier.
Suitable for equipment.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes.
Commander Li smiled sincerely and said: "Brother, I have paid 1,500 in advance for this carbine, and I have also paid 1,000 Yunlong knives in advance."
(There are readers who really want to see the widowed sister. Here she is.)
