Zhao Gang could not put down the helmet in his hand, and then asked: "Lao Li, the deposit is only 5,000 helmets, how do you plan to divide it?"
At present, the total strength of the new regiment is more than 23,000.
The seven divisions combined have more than 15,000 people, and the main force has more than 8,000 people.
When the new regiment first arrived in northwest Shanxi, after the Battle of Taiyuan, the main force only had more than 6,000 people.
However, because the business earned a lot, Li Yunlong expanded the main force by three battalions.
They are the 2nd Artillery Battalion, the Air Defense Battalion and the Heavy Artillery Battalion. The newly expanded ones are almost all air defense units and artillery.
The main force was expanded by about 2,000 people in total, all of whom were recruited from the original county brigade. After the county brigade was converted into a training camp, more than 2,000 militiamen were added.
Even if all 5,000 helmets are distributed to the main force, the number is still not enough.
"Let's equip the main infantry battalion first." Li Yunlong thought for a while and said.
The four main infantry battalions have a total of more than 4,500 people. They are Li Yunlong's trump card. They were brought out from southeastern Shanxi and have experienced major battles such as the Battle of Taiyuan, the heavy damage to the 37th Division, and the 2nd Guards Division.
Naturally, good things must be equipped first.
However, as long as this business is completed, the new group will have a helmet.
Moreover, the price of dismantling a thickened and reinforced turret and bunker is five times that of an ordinary reinforced concrete turret and bunker. Such a business cannot be found even with a lantern.
Li Yunlong was also very glad that Chen Feng chose him, otherwise he would still be living a miserable life and wouldn't have the solid family background he has now.
Zhao Gang said: "Since we have decided to give priority to equipping the main infantry battalion, we can now order each battalion to receive helmets based on the number of heads."
Li Yunlong nodded.
He immediately called Chief of Staff Wang at the regiment headquarters and ordered each main infantry battalion to send people to the warehouse to collect the helmets.
Each warehouse is very hidden and has a telephone line with the regiment headquarters. If there is any abnormality, you can contact the regiment headquarters at any time.
These warehouses are filled with food, weapons and ammunition, which can be said to be Li Yunlong's lifeblood, so Li Yunlong naturally protects them.
Spare American weapons and ammunition for 3,000 people, three bases of shells and bullets, and nearly 3,000 tons of food.
These are the solid financial assets Li Yunlong has accumulated.
"In addition, these flamethrowers must be sent out as soon as possible for veterans to train."
Li Yunlong's eyes were deep. He thought a lot at this moment and said:
"After taking away the thickened and reinforced bunkers and gun towers, we can attack the 36th Division. This time, I want to eat the 36th Division."
According to intelligence, the 36th Division has not yet replenished its troops after more than 3,000 people were killed by the New Regiment.
If the thickened and reinforced bunkers and gun towers can also be removed this time, it is conservatively estimated that the 36th Division's Japs No. 2000 can be killed.
Then half of the combat troops of the 36th Division were basically killed by the new regiment. By then, only more than 5,000 Japanese combat troops will be left. These more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers will have to defend three counties.
Of course, there is also a mixed brigade of puppet troops, with more than 3,000 people.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese logistics troops cannot be underestimated.
When the 115th Division was at Pingxingguan, it used all its strength to launch a sudden attack on the unsuspecting Japanese 5th Division's logistics and supplies troops with sufficient ammunition and extremely favorable terrain. ….
He only had a slight upper hand, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred to himself.
When Li Yunlong led his troops to attack the three counties of Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng in southeastern Shanxi, the logistics troops of the 37th Division carried weapons and fought street battles with the Eighth Route Army, which also caused a lot of trouble to the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, when attacking the county seat, the Japanese baggage regiment, engineering regiment and logistics troops must also be taken into consideration.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Japanese's logistics troops is not as good as that of the combat troops, their combat effectiveness and fighting will are definitely much stronger than that of the puppet army.
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With the addition of the Independent Regiment and Ding Wei's New Second Regiment, with a huge advantage in strength and weapons, they can defeat the 36th Division.
Of course, wars are often not just based on paper strength, otherwise the weaker party will just surrender. There are many factors that determine the outcome of the war.
Li Yunlong still had to make careful plans on how to kill the 36th Division with the minimum cost of casualties.
Zhao Gang worriedly said: "What if the Japanese have completed the mobilization of materials and troops during this period and are ready to raid our new regiment's base area? We will finish the 36th Division with the front foot, and the Japanese will come to sweep the rear foot. The troops will be exhausted. , I’m afraid it will be difficult to block the Japanese attack.”
"It shouldn't be so fast!"
Li Yunlong thought carefully and said: "On the one hand, the Japanese army has just finished the Zhongtiao Mountain battle and has consumed a lot of combat materials. On the other hand, the Japanese army's strength in Shanxi is no longer enough to support the sweep of our Eighth Route Army base areas. It is necessary to mobilize combat materials and troops. Time, coupled with the arrival of troops and equipment, often harassing the railways, it is now difficult for the Japanese to transport combat supplies."
During the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese North China Front assembled more than 100,000 troops and prepared supplies for three divisions.
However, only 1.5 divisions received battle supplies into the hands of Japanese soldiers.
Another 1.5 division battle supplies were blown up under the order of Yoshio Shinozuka.
The Japanese Navy lived a happy life with all kinds of resources, but the Japanese Army lived a life of tightening their belts.
The Army Base Camp has mobilized enough combat materials for the First Army, but received very little in return. The Eighth Route Army was beaten back steadily, and even Taiyuan was captured.
Especially last time, one thousand tons of combat supplies were stolen by the Eighth Route Army. Yoshio Shinozuka was called the captain of the Eighth Route Army's transportation brigade.
Some senior Japanese army officials proposed not to mobilize too many combat supplies to the First Army.
As for the current strength of the First Army, one division is guarding Taiyuan, one division is guarding the Central Army's counterattack in southern Shanxi, one division is guarding the Yangquan front line, and one division is guarding the New Regiment.
No matter which division is mobilized, it may affect the whole body.
That's why Yoshio Iwamatsu felt that the troops were greatly insufficient, and he did not dare to launch a raid easily, because judging from previous battles, if the troops were not fully prepared, the troops would be severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army accidentally.
Because the Eighth Route Army Arsenal has mortar and infantry artillery production lines, many troops are equipped with mortars and infantry artillery.
Almost all the brick and stone gun towers on both sides of the railway could not withstand the attack of infantry artillery.
This made it easier for the Eighth Route Army to attack the railways. After destroying the railways, they could just leave and come and go like the wind, which gave the senior officials of the First Army Headquarters an extremely headache. ….
Zhao Gang nodded: "That's true. If the Japanese can mobilize troops and combat materials in a short period of time to launch a raid on us, they won't spend a lot of time building reinforced and thickened bunkers and gun towers."
In the first round, ordinary reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers were used to blockade the new regiment.
Immediately afterwards, they did not hesitate to waste manpower and financial resources to build reinforced and thickened bunkers and gun towers around the new regiment's base area.
This clearly tells Li Yunlong that the Japanese army will not launch a raid on the New Regiment in a short time.
As for the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi, the Japanese will not easily provoke them. Today's 129th Division has already replaced shotguns with cannons. The main infantry alone has 100,000, and there are more than 10 artillery regiments. In addition to having no air superiority, the equipment is better than that of the Japanese. , coupled with the arsenal, they were barely self-sufficient in bullets and grenades, and the Japanese army could not defeat them if they assembled three or four divisions to mop up the enemy.
"But this matter cannot be rushed." Zhao Gang said, "We have to take a long-term view and formulate detailed combat plans and plans."
Li Yunlong said: "Don't worry, I'm measured!"
The New Regiment ate up the 36th Division and killed Jingguan Ren. This was a big deal, so Li Yunlong would naturally be cautious.
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"Germany blitzes the Soviet Union? A full-scale attack?"
Peking, No. 3 Iron Lion Alley, Okamura Neji suddenly stood up after listening to the communications staff member read the telegram.
His eyes twinkled.
"Hi!" the communications staff member paused, "This is a telegram just sent from the base camp. The base camp has verified it with Germany and it is true."
"Yoshi, yosey, yosey."
Okamura Neiji paced back and forth in the conference room with his hands behind his back, saying "yes" three times in a row, which showed that he was in a very good mood at this time.
"Call the chief of staff over immediately!" Neji Okamura ordered.
"Hi!" The communications staff member put his feet together, nodded in response, and turned to leave.
A few minutes later, Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe walked in quickly and walked up to Okamura Neji: "General, are you looking for me?"
Tanabe Moritake succeeded Miyano Michichi as the chief of staff of the North China Front in March.
The original deputy chief of staff, Masabu Hirata, was shot dead by Zhao Gang at Niangziguan.
"Tanabe-kun, take a look at this telegram."
Tanabe Moritake picked up the telegram and read it, then his pupils suddenly shrank and his face changed slightly.
"Tanabe-kun, what do you think?" Okamura Neji asked calmly.
"Germany finally took action against the Soviet Union. This was expected. However, I did not expect Germany to move so quickly and the Germans to be so decisive." Moritake Tanabe put the telegram back on the table and said.
"Yes!" Neji Okamura sighed, "Since the Soviet Union occupied a large area of Poland and sent troops to occupy Bisabilaya in Romania, Germany will definitely take action against the Soviet Union."
Although Germany's industrial capabilities are currently among the best in the world, Germany's industrial sector also has a weakness, that is, Germany's domestic oil production is astonishingly low.
After the Soviet Union occupied Romania's Bessarabia region, Romania's oil-producing areas came under a serious threat from the Soviet Union, which alarmed Germany.
In order to solve this problem as soon as possible, Germany even gave up some of its interests in Western Europe.
Tanabe Moritake flashed his eyes and said: "The current international situation is changing rapidly. Germany will definitely invite the Empire of Japan to move north to attack the Soviet Union. General, do you think the base camp will move north?"
At present, the only troops that can go north to cooperate with Germany's attack on the Soviet Union are the Kwantung Army.
However, the Kwantung Army was bombed in the battle to test the strength of the Soviet Union at Nomenkan, which caused the Japanese army to have a great fear of the Soviet Union.
Coupled with the long supply line and difficult road transportation in the uninhabited land of Siberia, Okamura Neiji believed that the base camp would not be stupid enough to actually let the Kwantung Army attack the Soviet Union.
"probably not!"
Okamura Neji shook his head.
Tanabe Moritake said: "Then, if the base camp does not choose to go north to attack the Soviet Union, the pressure on the Kwantung Army will suddenly decrease. Perhaps the base camp will agree to withdraw troops from the Kwantung Army to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army."
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