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Chapter 511 Three trump cards!

Northwest Shanxi.

Zhaojiayu.

It was only about a month before the Japanese army raided, and the atmosphere in the Northwest Shanxi base became more and more tense, and the regiment headquarters was no exception.

At the new regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, and Wang Dehou are formulating an anti-sweeping operation plan at the regiment headquarters.

"report!"

A voice sounded outside the door.

Li Yunlong: "Come in!"

Li Changshun, with a sniper rifle on his back, walked in quickly and gave a military salute: "Report, Li Changshun has returned from a reconnaissance mission!"

Li Yunlong patted Li Changshun's shoulder and said with a smile, "How is it, Li Changshun, did the reconnaissance mission go well?"

"Very well!" Li Changshun smiled slightly, "Commander, this task is too simple, why don't you send me to kill Yoshio Iwamatsu, this old devil's head is probably worth two battalions of tanks."

"See what you can do!"

The corner of Li Yunlong's mouth twitched: "Why don't you say to kill Neji Okamura and the locusts of the little devil? If you want to kill these two old devils, let alone tanks, we have aircraft and warships. "

"Stop talking nonsense." Zhao Gang asked, "Li Changshun, hurry up and report what you found."

Li Chang said by the way: "Yes, political commissar, according to our reconnaissance, as expected by the regiment leader, the devils have no plans to rebuild the Xincheng Airport outside the north of Taiyuan City for the time being, but increased protection for the Wusu Airport outside the city south. "

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, nodded and said: "It seems that the devil's plane wants to launch at Wusu Airport, and when the raid starts, it will take off from Wusu Airport and bomb us."

As the saying goes, strike first to be strong and then suffer disaster, Li Yunlong naturally couldn't just watch the soldiers being bombed by devil's planes.

Then, Li Yunlong asked again: "Have you found a place where you can bombard the devil's airport?"

"Found it!" Li Changshun smiled again, and spread out a portable map, "We searched around Wusu Airport in the past few days, and finally found a suitable location for bombarding Wusu Airport."

Afterwards, Li Changshun pointed to the map and said, "To the northeast of Wusu Airport, there is Wujin Mountain. There are no villages for several miles around here. They sneak past at night. As long as you are careful, you won't be discovered."

Although since the Battle of Taiyuan, the devils have strengthened their defenses around Taiyuan.

But Wujin Mountain is more than 13 kilometers away from Taiyuan City.

In addition, Wusu Airport is more than 10 kilometers away from Taiyuan.

Therefore, Wujin Mountain is not within the devil's defense range.

However, in order to avoid being discovered by the devils, it takes a long detour to reach Wujin Mountain.

Li Yunlong picked up the scale and measured it on the map. He was pleasantly surprised to find that Wujin Mountain is only 7 kilometers away from Wusu Airport.

"Haha, the straight-line distance between Wujin Mountain and Wusu Airport is only 7 kilometers." Li Yunlong grinned, and threw the scale and pencil on the map. "This is within the range of our 75mm mountain gun."

Zhao Gang also nodded and said: "Although the effective range of the 75mm mountain cannon is short, it is relatively light and can be disassembled for transportation, making it easy to maneuver."

Chief of Staff Wang also said: "One more thing, our regiment has a lot of 75mm mountain artillery. Sending some out will not weaken our artillery firepower too much."

"It's not too late for this matter." Xing Zhiguo also said, "If you wait for the devils to transfer all their troops to Shanxi, it will be difficult to handle."

At present, Xinyituan has controlled most of the Beitongpu railway and highway.

The devil intends to transport supplies to Taiyuan and Datong from the Zhengtai Highway and Pinghan Railway, so there is no plan to retake the Beitongpu Highway and Railway for the time being.

However...after the Japanese army has made a large-scale deployment of troops to Shanxi, it will definitely regain control of Beitongpu Road, because the devils will go north along this road to attack the base areas in Northwest Shanxi.

Li Yunlong first looked thoughtful, then nodded: "It is indeed necessary to act early. First, order the 1st Company of Engineers to dig a hole. After the hole is dug, the shells and mountain artillery will be transported there."

There are cars to help transport personnel, artillery shells and mountain guns for nearly 100 kilometers, and the efficiency of this project can be greatly improved.

As for the Datong Airport, after Duan Peng returned, he took people to reconnaissance in person, but he has not returned yet.

Most likely, the Devil's planes will be launched at Datong and Wusu airports. At that time, as long as the airport is bombarded from a long distance, the airport runway and the Devil's planes will be blown up, which will greatly reduce the pressure on the Eighth Route Army's battlefield and increase the odds of fighting against mopping up.

After Li Changshun finished his report, he paid a military salute to several people, then turned around and walked outside the regiment headquarters.

At the same time, Li Yunlong called Huang Zhiqiang, the engineer battalion commander, and assigned him a task.

At the same time, arrange for a car platoon from the car battalion to be transported to a location about 27 kilometers away from Taiyuan.

The engineer company went to Wujin Mountain along the small road overnight. The route of the small road, Li Changshun and the others had already marked the route on the map when they were scouting.

After a battle with the 36th Division, the Xinyi Regiment expanded again.

The guard company was expanded into a guard battalion, the engineer company was expanded into an engineer battalion, and the automobile team was also expanded into an automobile battalion.

The guard battalion and engineer battalion are not reinforced battalions, but ordinary battalions, with more than 400 people in each battalion.

There are about 600 vehicles in a car regiment, and the 200 cars in a car battalion are almost the same as the number of cars equipped in a car battalion.

The four main infantry battalions each expanded to more than 1000 people, and the strength of each main infantry battalion was greatly strengthened, reaching more than 2000 people.

The more than 4000 people who joined the four main infantry battalions were all elites selected from the teaching battalions and various divisions.

Coupled with all the excellent weapons and equipment from foreign manufacturers, sufficient training and actual combat ammunition, and first-class food, there will be no problem that the combat effectiveness will decrease due to the increase in the number of people.

Since the three regiments in Northwest Shanxi severely damaged the 36th Division and wiped out more than 1 enemy devils and puppet troops, the reputation of the New First Regiment, Independent Regiment, and New Second Regiment has been completely established in Northwest Shanxi.

The propaganda department of each regiment does not have to go to the countryside to promote it in person. The young and middle-aged men who join the Eighth Route Army to fight devils every day almost break through the threshold of the recruitment office of each regiment.

There are even talented people who have walked hundreds of kilometers to the Xinyi Regiment to join the army and fight devils.

However, the Eighth Route Army strictly screened the young and strong who came to join the army. In addition to being qualified in terms of physical fitness and age, they must also be introduced by acquaintances and folks, so as to prevent the devil's spies from being mixed into the team.

The teaching battalion and each sub-district also recruited soldiers from the militia, and each military sub-division maintained more than 2000 troops.

Although the combat effectiveness of the troops of each military division has declined, the troops of each division after a big battle are equipped with sophisticated weapons and equipment.

Each division is pulled out separately, and its combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of the old main force of the Eighth Route Army.

The new regiment received 500 tons of American equipment, but this time Li Yunlong did not rush to expand because it was too late.

For a month or so, the recruits had too little training time, and this time the enemies were all elites. Sending them to fight would undoubtedly mean that the recruits would go to the battlefield with first-class weapons and equipment to die.

Subsequently, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou, and Xing Zhiguo began to discuss and formulate an anti-sweeping operation plan.

"Old Zhao!" Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang: "Think about it differently. If you were the commander of the Japanese army that the devils raided our base area this time, how would you choose to formulate a battle plan?"

Although Zhao Gang was working as a political commissar, he had his own unique views on the military, and he was not a mere scholar.

Zhao Gang looked thoughtful when he heard the words, and then said: "If I were the commander of the devils, I would attack them one by one."

Li Yunlong then asked: "Break down one by one, how do you say?"

Zhao Gang pointed to the map and said: "Look, our Xinyi Regiment is in the central part of Northwest Shanxi, Kong Jie's Independent Regiment is in the north, and Ding Wei's New Second Regiment is in the south. The three bases are closely connected. I will concentrate the superior forces to attack first. New Second Regiment and Independent Regiment."

"Your method won't work." Li Yunlong said, "If you concentrate the superior force to attack one regiment, the other two regiments will run away, and at most you can only cripple this regiment, and you cannot wipe out all of them."

Zhao Gang thought about it carefully. With this method of attack, the Japanese army was able to drive the three regiments out of Northwest Shanxi, but it couldn't hurt the vitality of the three regiments, and the Eighth Route Army could still lead the people away.

As soon as the army of devils leaves, the Eighth Route Army and ordinary people can make a comeback.

Zhao Gang asked back: "Then if you are the supreme commander of the devils, how do you plan to fight this battle?"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes: "Brother Chen gave us a piece of information when he delivered the goods that day. The Japanese army mobilized no less than five divisions in their raid on our base area this time, and one of them is a Type A division. If there are five divisions, why attack them one by one, and attack from the north, south and center at the same time, and push us all into the Yellow River from three directions."

"It's interesting." Chief of Staff Wang folded his arms and asked, "Then how do you arrange your troops?"

"It's very simple." Li Yunlong said, "It is recommended to arrange two second-line divisions in the north to sweep from north to south, and two divisions in the south to sweep and advance from south to north. Before long, our troops and masses will be driven to the banks of the Yellow River."

Zhao Gang's tone was surprised: "Use a Class A division to deal with our new regiment? Is it possible?"

"The devils don't know the true strength of our new regiment."

After a pause, Li Yunlong said with disdain again: "This little devil thinks that the Type A division is invincible in the world and has no opponents in the Chinese battlefield. I guess the devil commander will definitely send the Type A division to deal with us."

Currently, Li Yunlong has three trump cards in his hand.

The first trump card is a bright card, that is, the Heavy Artillery Battalion. Although the establishment is at the battalion level, the scale has exceeded the standard of the National Army Heavy Artillery Regiment.

The second trump card is the configuration of 2 tank battalions, 64 medium tanks and light tanks. As long as the devil's plane can be killed, the coordination of infantry and tanks and artillery tanks can definitely move sideways.

Moreover, the medium tanks equipped by the new regiment can be called heavy tanks in the Chinese battlefield, while the light tanks are medium tanks.

At present, the tanks are in place, and the tank crews are just waiting for them to return after studying the cost.

The third trump card is also the most powerful trump card, a support opportunity of 30 bombers and 10 fighter jets, if used properly, it can guarantee to kill a Japanese army.

With three trump cards in hand, Li Yunlong really wanted to meet the Japanese Army's Type A division head-on.

(End of this chapter)