Taiyuan.
First Army Headquarters.
"The main force of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi went north?"
When Yoshio Iwamatsu heard the news, his eyes narrowed slightly.
It was expected that the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the 129th Division, would move northward, but the fact that the main force of the Eighth Route Army's 129th Division actually moved northward still made Yoshio Iwamatsu unable to sit still.
Although the 129th Division only has one division number.
However, according to intelligence, the main force of the Eighth Route 129th Division alone exceeds 100,000. With the militia reserve forces included, the total force may be close to 200,000.
In addition, the Eighth Route Army obtained a number of military production lines and some artillery from abroad.
Judging from the battle that took place when the main force of the 129th Division moved north in the last battle in northwest Shanxi, the artillery firepower displayed by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army was comparable to that of the First Army.
Yoshio Iwamatsu had a headache.
Although the Japanese army copied many aspects of its military construction and military rank system from Germany, the Japanese army basically had an advantage over the Chinese army in terms of strength and firepower.
For example, one squadron of the Japanese army corresponds to one company of the Chinese army, but in most cases, one squadron of the Japanese army can press and rub one company of the Chinese army on the ground.
Another example is that one brigade of the Japanese army corresponds to one battalion of the Chinese army. In many cases, even one brigade can easily defeat a regiment of the Chinese army.
but.
The Japanese army's strength advantage did not apply to the Eighth Route Army.
There are actually more than 100,000 people in one division of the Eighth Route Army.
A brigade of the Eighth Route Army has tens of thousands of people. Another example is that the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is just a regiment, but it actually has more than 20,000 people. Its strength is comparable to that of a Class A division of the Locust Army.
Now, a division of the Eighth Route Army actually dares to challenge the First Army of the Imperial Japanese Locust Army.
Just outrageous.
The key is that the First Army can only defend and cannot counterattack. The commander of the First Army is being a coward...
"Hi!" the intelligence staff officer who reported the report said in a positive tone, "The main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is approaching the Baijin defense line, and another group of the Eighth Route Army is heading north along the Heliao Highway."
The North China Front had no fighter planes and bombers. The main force of the 129th Division could march in broad daylight without any scruples. Even the artillery units did not have to worry about being bombed by Japanese fighter planes.
Such a swaggering march was naturally unable to hide from the Japanese intelligence network.
However, the main force of the 129th Division went north this time. Just like last time, the main purpose was deterrence. There was no need to hide their whereabouts. They told the Japanese that your Eighth Route Army Grandpa was here.
"The Eighth Route Army is looking for death."
"Commander, this is an opportunity for our First Army. I suggest that the 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade be dispatched immediately to defeat the 129th Division, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, in one fell swoop."
"By the way, expel the Eighth Route Army from southeastern Shanxi."
Chief of Staff Hanatani Masaru's tone is very arrogant. He has always been the main attacker.
"Miyazaki-kun, what do you think?"
Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at Masao Miyazaki, the deputy chief of staff on the side.
"Your Excellency, Commander."
Masao Miyazaki said: "Right now, the fierce fighting in northwest Shanxi is going on, and the Locust Army's mopping up troops are not attacking smoothly. I think the First Army should not take the initiative, but focus on defense. On the one hand, if the Locust Army attacks northwest Shanxi, If it doesn’t go well, General Okamura will probably mobilize troops from the First Army to continue to reinforce northwest Shanxi. On the other hand, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is now strong, and the First Army will definitely suffer heavy losses if it takes the initiative to attack. We should wait for General Okamura to solve the Shanxi Army. The Eighth Route Army in the northwest will then turn around and concentrate superior forces and firepower to completely eliminate the 129th Division in Southeast Shanxi."
Masao Miyazaki is defensive.
Hanatani Masaru asked: "Does Miyazaki-kun think that the First Army of the Locust Army cannot defeat the 129th Division?"
"Of course we can defeat it," Masao Miyazaki said, "But as I said just now, if our First Army can defeat the 129th Division, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Since there is a better way, why use Locust Army soldiers? Are you going to fight for your life?"
Hua Guzheng asked again: "Isn't it good to deal with the 129th Division and the Shanxi North Eighth Route Army at once?"
Masao Miyazaki said: "That is good, but it is difficult to say whether the five divisions of the Locust Army can solve the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi."
"Don't say anything." Yoshio Iwamatsu said coldly, "Kanatani-kun, immediately send electricity to the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade along the Baijin Line and withdraw to Taiyuan for defense."
The 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade combined have more than 10,000 people, and there is a high probability that they will not be able to defeat the main force of the 129th Division.
Taiyuan's 41st Division was deprived of an infantry regiment to attack northwestern Shanxi.
However, the attitude of the Central Army is unclear, and it may cross the Yellow River north to attack Zhongtiao Mountain, so the 41st Division may have to withdraw its troops to support the 33rd Division.
If the First Army and the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army started fighting at this time, the situation would not be good, so Yoshio Iwamatsu decisively chose to avoid the 129th Division for the time being.
"Hi!"
Hanatani really wanted to fight with the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, but since Yoshio Iwamatsu decided to defend, he had no choice but to obey orders.
Immediately, Hua Gu began to draft a telegram and asked the guards to hand it over to the communications room for sending.
At this moment, Yamamoto Kazuki walked in with a saber on his shoulder, with a serious expression on his face. Miyazaki Masao and Hanatani were expressionless. Both of them didn't like this guy a little bit.
Kazuki Yamamoto has strong military capabilities and has his own unique views and insights on military matters, but he doesn't know much about the world and always pretends that others owe him 100 gold bars.
"General, are you looking for me?"
Yamamoto Kazuki's footsteps clicked and he bowed his head to Iwamatsu Yoshio.
"Yamamoto-kun, are you here?"
Iwamatsu Yoshio looked calm, picked up a piece of telegram from the table, and said to Yamamoto Kazuki:
"Yamamoto-kun, the weapon you led the special team to snatch from the Eighth Route Army is very important to the Locust Army. That weapon has been sent to the Tokyo Ordnance Research Institute."
"You have made great contributions this time, and the base camp has decided to promote your rank to major general."
"Congratulations, Yamamoto-kun."
Although Yamamoto Kazuki doesn't understand the ways of the world, Iwamatsu Yoshio likes to be a hard worker.
Since Kazuki Yamamoto took over the defense of Taiyuan, he has successively uncovered the intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Underground Party, the National Army Juntong and Yan Xishan lurking in Taiyuan City.
In addition to his contribution in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain and the robbery of the Bazooka rocket launcher, he was finally promoted to major general.
"Thank you, General!"
Yamamoto Kazuki's eyes flashed slightly, he lowered his head to thank, then reached out to take the letter of appointment, and glanced at the content of the letter of appointment, which only showed military rank and no position.
He was a little disappointed, and thought that the base camp would let him become a brigade commander, so that he could fight with the Eight Route New Regiment with real swords and guns to avenge Commander Yoshio Shinozuka.
Yamamoto Kazuki's classmates have long been promoted to generals, but he is still a left-wing military officer, mainly because the topics he studies are too biased.
But Kazuki Yamamoto has never regretted it. The Second World War was a broad stage. Special forces from various countries had already demonstrated their skills on the battlefield. How could the history of special operations of the Japanese Locust Army be blank?
Of course, Yamamoto Kazuki knew very well that Yoshio Iwamatsu must have given him all the credit for snatching the new weapons of the Eighth Route Army.
"Congratulations, Yamamoto-kun!"
"Congratulations, Major General Kazuki Yamamoto."
Hanatani Masao congratulated Miyazaki Masao. Although he didn't like this guy, his superficial skills should still be in place.
Yoshio Iwamatsu said: "Experts from the Ordnance Department are doing research. It won't be long before the Locust Army can imitate that kind of anti-tank weapon. By then... the tanks of the Eighth Route Army will be nothing more than scrap metal."
A year later, Yoshio Iwamatsu and Kazuki Yamamoto looked at the anti-tank weapon that looked like a toilet plug and fell into deep thought.
But that’s all for another day.
…
Northwest Shanxi.
Dagu Town.
After the Japanese's fifth attack failed, they did not launch their sixth attack.
The new regiment and battalion quickly cleaned the battlefield and counted the casualties.
The Japanese army's fifth attack resulted in more than 130 new casualties in the first battalion.
Thanks to Li Yunlong's quick response, the heavy artillery battalion, the 1st artillery battalion, including the 1st battalion fired mortar salvos on reverse slopes to block the artillery fire, preventing the Japanese follow-up troops from coming up.
The Japs suffered nearly 300 new casualties.
Several militiamen carried two stretchers, on which lay two wounded Japanese soldiers, and passed by the headquarters of the New Regiment.
Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Chen Feng and others just came out of the headquarters and saw two Japanese soldiers lying on a stretcher, kicking and biting the militiamen and tearing off bandages.
Li Yunlong immediately became angry: "Damn it, you are so shameless, ask these bastards what they want to do?"
"Report to the head of the regiment!" said a translator: "The Japanese said, sir, please let us die!"
Li Yunlong immediately became happy when he heard this: "What you said is quite a man. I am worried about how to send you a ride. You bastards have to waste two stretchers from my militia squad. For such a request to die, I will usually help him, and it will be convenient for everyone."
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"Lao Li, don't mess around." Zhao Gang quickly reminded.
"Don't worry, we, Old Li, understand." Li Yunlong looked at Chen Feng and said, "Consultant Chen, these two devils are yours."
Li Yunlong was in the Eighth Route Army and could not kill these two Japanese.
At the Battle of Xingkou, Li Yunlong's regiment captured five Japanese soldiers alive, and those five Japanese soldiers also begged for death. Li Yunlong killed the five Japanese soldiers on the spot, received a major demerit, and became deputy commander.
But Chen Feng is not the Eighth Route Army, so there is no problem if he takes action.
If these two Japs were quiet, Li Yunlong would spare their lives. After all, Japs soldiers in the Class A Division were not easy to catch alive.
But the two Japs wanted to die, and Li Yunlong had no choice but to comply with their demands.
Seeing that Zhao Gang had no objection, Chen Feng took out his pistol and shot one of the two Japs in the head.
The first time he killed someone, Chen Feng felt very good. After all, he was killing a Japanese, so he felt only pleasure and no guilt at all.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were both secretly surprised. Boss Chen looked like a novice from the technique, but his calm expression didn't look like he was pretending.
"Brother Chen is good at shooting."
Leader Chen was very happy to satisfy Boss Chen's dream of killing Japanese soldiers, and the business relationship became stronger in the future.
Chen Feng stared at the light blue panel of the system to see if the system would reveal anything good.
"Ding!"
The system prompt sounded, and the corner of Chen Feng's mouth curled up slightly, but after seeing what the system exploded, the corner of Chen Feng's mouth froze.
"Congratulations to the host for killing two Japanese soldiers. We have obtained information: The Japanese heavy artillery regiment will arrive in northwest Shanxi in five days. Please contact the employer as soon as possible. The price of destroying the Japanese heavy artillery regiment is..."
Chen Feng almost lost his mind.
Sure enough, Li Yunlong is the real father of the system. The devils killed by labor and management, why don't they reveal something to labor and management?
