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Chapter 496: New Regiment Formation!
Shanxi
Taiyuan.

North China Front Army First Army Command.

Kazuki Yamamoto walked into Yoshio Iwamatsu's office with a saber in his hand.

Behind Yamamoto was the signalman Koga Goro, who carried a bazooka on his shoulder and held a rectangular ammunition box under his arm.

"General, Yamamoto lived up to his mission and led a special agent team to snatch the big horn anti-tank weapon from Eight Routes."

In front of the rectangular table, Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head first, then stood up straight, without any fluctuation in his voice.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was writing a letter to Yan Xishan again, and he raised his head after hearing Kazuki Yamamoto's voice, and then turned his gaze to Goro Xiaolu behind Kazuki Yamamoto's side.

To be precise, what caught Yoshio Iwamatsu's attention was the bazooka carried by Koga Goro.

Yoshio Iwamatsu asked: "Is this the anti-tank weapon with the big horn?"

"Yes, General!"

Kazuki Yamamoto waved his hand, Goro Goro stepped forward and put the bazooka on the long table.

Then he placed the rectangular ammunition box next to the rocket launcher on the table and opened it, revealing a rocket in the ammunition box.

Yoshio Iwamatsu could tell that there should be 3 rockets in this ammunition box, but 2 of them had been consumed.

"Yamamoto-kun has worked hard."

After a word of praise, Yoshio Iwamatsu leaned closer to observe the rocket launcher, and then took a look at the rocket launcher.

Yoshio Yanmatsu had a doubtful tone: "This thing can penetrate the tanks and reinforced concrete bunkers of the Imperial Army?"

The Type 37 500mm rapid-fire gun currently equipped by the Japanese army is an anti-tank gun that can penetrate a 40mm thick steel plate at a distance of [-] meters.

However, the Type 37 600mm rapid-fire gun weighs more than [-] kilograms.

Yoshio Iwamatsu picked up the bazooka in front of him, weighed it with his hands, and it weighed more than 10 kilograms, and it could be operated by one or two people.

"Yes, General!" Kazuki Yamamoto said, "I saw with my own eyes that a Eight Route Army with this weapon pierced through the reinforced concrete gun tower of the imperial army, and none of the imperial army inside was spared. Its power is comparable to that of a 105mm howitzer. It’s easy to operate and only needs two people to operate.”

This time Kazuki Yamamoto led a special agent team to rush to catch the Eighth Route Army's fish and it didn't go well.

Although the fishing was successful and the bazooka was snatched, it was just in time for the Eighth Route Army to launch a major attack.

On the way back to Taiyuan, Yamamoto led the secret service team to encounter the main force of the Eighth Route Army many times.

This time I went fishing in southeast Shanxi, and the secret service team lost another eight members.

How powerful is it?
Yoshio Yanmatsu's eyes flashed sharply. It seems that some time ago, the reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers in Northwest Shanxi were destroyed by this weapon.

It is destructive to tanks and can also destroy reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers. It is as powerful as a 105mm howitzer.

More importantly, it is easy to operate and carry, and only two people can operate it. The old devils who have been in the field can see the value of this anti-tank at once.

"Yoshi!" Yoshio Iwamatsu said, "Yamamoto-kun, you have made great contributions to the imperial army this time, and I will make a contribution to General Okamura for you. I will arrange to send this weapon and shells to the Ordnance Department of the base camp as soon as possible. , experts in the production of firearms from the Ministry of Ordnance will disassemble and imitate it."

"Thank you General!"

Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head first, and then asked: "How long will it take to successfully imitate it and put it on the battlefield?"

Kazuki Yamamoto, who participated in the Battle of Nomenkan, still has lingering fears about the torrent of steel from the Soviet army.

An important reason why the Kwantung Army did not dare to attack the Soviet Union was because they were afraid of the torrent of steel from the Soviet Army.

If the Japanese army had hundreds or thousands of these anti-tank weapons in the Nomenkan Battle, the outcome of the battle would have been very different.

"That's hard to say." Yoshio Iwamatsu said, "It takes half a year at least, and a year or two at most. This weapon looks very simple, and it shouldn't be difficult to imitate it."

"I hope that the officials of the Ordnance Department can imitate this new weapon as soon as possible." Kazuki Yamamoto said: "This time I went to the southeast of Shanxi to perform missions. The secret service team exchanged fire with the main force of the Eighth Route Army several times. I made a major discovery."

"Oh?" Yoshio Iwamatsu asked with a look on his face, "What important discovery did Yamamoto-kun make?"

Kazuki Yamamoto said: "A year and a half ago, the Eighth Route Army's firepower was sparse, lacked training, and its tactical command was primitive. Apart from its commendable will to fight, such an army was vulnerable. During the high-speed exchange of fire, I found that the Eighth Route Army’s equipment was much better than before, its firepower was also fiercer than before, its ammunition was sufficient, and its tactics were well coordinated.”

"Some elite units are equipped with automatic fire such as submachine guns."

"Even the battalion and company-level troops, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, are equipped with heavy weapons such as mortars and infantry artillery."

"The Eighth Route Army is changing in all aspects, whether it is the number of troops or weapons and equipment, and its combat effectiveness has increased exponentially."

"But the equipment of the imperial army is still the same, the 11-type rifle, the [-]-type heavy machine gun, the Taisho [-]-year light machine gun, grenades, and even the newly produced [-]-type submachine gun is reluctant to equip a large number of them."

"With all due respect, Your Excellency General, the Eighth Route Army has been changing and its combat effectiveness has been improving."

"However, the First Army and even the North China Front Army have been standing still, and even the combat effectiveness of some divisions and brigades has dropped significantly compared to the Imperial Army in 1937."

"If things go on like this, I'm pessimistic about the imperial army's security battle in North China."

Upon hearing this, Yoshio Iwamatsu paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his eyes revealing his thoughts.

In the past, the Eighth Route Army had poor equipment, used inferior weapons, and was extremely short of ammunition. It was probably considered first-class equipment to capture a 38 from the Japanese army.

The Eighth Route Army did not dare to fight the Japanese army head-on. In the case of a frontal battle, the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army's battle loss ratio was about 1:3.

However, the Eighth Route Army seldom fought the Japanese army head-on. Most of them used sneak attacks and ambushes, and the Japanese army suffered greater losses than the Eighth Route Army.

But since the Eighth Route Army was well equipped, the losses of the Japanese army were much greater than those of the Eighth Route Army.

Even the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, such as the Battle of Baozishan, was able to achieve an astonishing battle loss ratio of 1:8 with the Japanese army.

This is an exaggeration compared to the Japanese army's 1:5 battle loss ratio with the national army on the frontal battlefield.

The staff officers of the First Army estimated that the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army should be the most effective unit in the entire battle order of the Chinese army, not one of them.

Its combat strength is close to that of the Japanese A Division.

The quality of the individual soldiers of the new regiment is weaker than that of the soldiers of the Japanese Type A Division, but the individual equipment of the new regiment can make up for the deficiency.

Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded: "What Yamamoto-kun said is very correct. Such troops are indeed terrifying. We must not allow them to continue to develop. We must completely eliminate them, regardless of the cost. Order, will mobilize 3 divisions from Manchuria to enter the customs to deal with Li Yunlong and Xinyi regiment, one of them is a Type A division."

"First deal with Li Yunlong and Xinyituan in the northwest of Shanxi, and then deal with the Eight Routes in the southeast of Shanxi!"

"This battle will be commanded by General Okamura himself!"

"Yoxi!" Kazuki Yamamoto's eyes flashed sharply, "With Admiral Okamura commanding the Class A Division to take action, Li Yunlong must not live long."

"However, before that, there is one thing that needs your secret service team to investigate."

Taking a deep breath and suppressing his fear of Li Yunlong and Xinyituan, Yoshio Iwamatsu said:
"The imperial army built more than 100 thickened bunkers and artillery towers around the bandit area of ​​the Xinyi Regiment in the northwest of Shanxi. After completing these fortifications, the soldiers approached the city of Heyuan County, and you sent a combat team to infiltrate Northwest Shanxi for on-the-spot investigation, and find out the matter as soon as possible!"

"Hi!"

Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head: "I will send the first combat team to Northwest Shanxi to investigate."

……

Leader Li was very busy these days. He was scouting the terrain in Northwest Shanxi on the spot, and started arranging the positions of tunnels and bunkers.

The soldiers of the main battalions and divisions were not idle either.

Each battalion organized ordinary people to dig tunnels and build thicker bunkers according to the situation at each intersection entering the base area.

The bunker built by the Xinyi regiment is different from the bunkers and gun towers of the devils except for the shooting holes.

The bunkers and gun towers of the devils are often exposed on both sides of the road, while the bunkers of the new group are camouflaged, with tunnels dug inside and connected to the tunnels in the mountain.

Once the battle is not going well, the soldiers in the dark fort can retreat along the tunnel.

Moreover, there are generally two to three dark fort guard horns, forming side fire and crossfire with the tunnel.

Regardless of whether it is the main road or the small road entering the base area, Li Yunlong is ready to build tunnel positions and bunkers, blocking the attack layer by layer, and first consume the vitality of a wave of devils.

However, Li Yunlong is also very clear that no matter how powerful the tactics and fortifications are, there is a way to crack them. I am afraid that these fortifications will not be able to stop the advance of the devils.

It is a high probability event to be invaded by devils into the base area. At that time, the common people will definitely be organized into the mountains to fortify the walls and clear the fields.

See if there is a chance to lure the enemy deep and wipe out another division.

If there is no chance, send some troops to break out to the periphery, cut off the devil's food supply, and the devil will retreat after a short time.

What Li Yunlong was really worried about was how the common people would survive if the devils and puppet troops took away all the food in Northwest Shanxi.

It's time for Sword Squadron to expand.

Select the best fighters from more than 2 people in the regiment to enter the Sword Squadron for training.

In addition, the main infantry battalion of the new regiment must be expanded as soon as possible. Now the number of troops in each division of the new regiment is about 2200.

The main infantry battalions only have more than 1000 people, and they need to be expanded to about 2000 people.

Setting more than 2000 people in each district is also an experiment of Li Yunlong. Although the organizational system is relatively bloated, it is also impossible.

He only had the establishment of a regiment, but now the new regiment has more than 2 people in the regular main force alone.

If it is set up according to the number of 400 people in a battalion, then he must have at least 50 battalion commanders, 50 deputy battalion commanders, and 50 instructors to allocate so many people.

But in that way, the organizational system of the army will become more bloated, not to mention that Li Yunlong does not have so many battalion commanders, deputy battalion commanders and instructors.

According to the performance of the troops of each division in this battle, Li Yunlong felt that 10 companies per battalion was suitable for the current organizational system of the new regiment, including 8 infantry companies and 2 artillery companies, and each battalion had about 2000 troops.

The Xinyi Regiment is a special combat unit, and the deployment of troops obviously cannot follow the conventional organizational system.

When it came time to command the battle, Li Yunlong could just take these battalions as regiment command.

Li Yunlong was inspecting the terrain somewhere, and when he received the news from the regiment headquarters that Boss Chen had arrived, he was overjoyed and hurried to the regiment headquarters in a jeep.

(End of this chapter)