Rise From Eight Hundred

"One hundred thousand Springfield rifles, fifty thousand M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles, fifty thousand Thompson submachine guns, five hundred thousand MARK2 grenades, and five million rounds of various bullets!" This is the order that Tang Dao placed with the little foreign girl through a secret radio station.

Among them are the Garand, the main rifle equipped by the US Army, the old Springfield rifle that has been eliminated, and the Thompson submachine gun that was developed in 1930 and was only equipped in large quantities after the start of World War II.

The firearms developed by American cowboys were far less famous than those of the German Empire and the Bear before the war, but after the war started, people found that the Americans were more pragmatic, and the performance of the firearms they developed was not much weaker than that of the German Empire and the Bear, and they were cheaper and easier to maintain, and they were also very adaptable to harsh environments such as temperature, humidity, and dust.

Tang Dao took into account that the more brutal battlefield behind enemy lines would be opened on a large scale, and the Japanese army would sweep villages more frequently. While increasing a large number of troops to deal with it, the demand for rifle grenades would increase significantly.

The 10,000 rifles exchanged from the stingy old man were not enough even for southern Hebei. It was unknown when the order for a German-equipped division from Krupp would be delivered. The only people who could purchase and transport weapons on a large scale were the Americans.

"We can't transport such a large amount of weapons and equipment to your battlefield through northern China!" The little foreign girl was stunned by this huge order worth millions of US dollars, but she still called Tang Dao sincerely. Just from the existing transportation routes, Tang Dao had already done its best to get the food it needed before. It was undoubtedly a pipe dream to transport this huge batch of weapons to Handan and other places under the eyes of the Japanese.

"Go through the Bear Country, then enter our Xijiang Province, and then to Shaanxi Province. Someone from our side will contact the Bear Country in advance, and we will place an order with their military factory for 2,000 anti-tank rifles that have been developed and are ready to be equipped with troops! We will also pay for the transit fee, and they will be happy to accept it.

In addition, we will pay all the costs incurred during the transportation process in full!" Tang Dao quickly replied to the little foreign girl and gave another transportation route.

Nowadays, the Japanese have blocked China's East China Sea, an important offshore sea, and basically cut off the possibility of direct sea transportation, but the Japanese cannot completely lock up China's vast land.

China now has two important land channels for obtaining external materials, one is from Myanmar, which borders Yunnan Province, and the other is the Bear Border bordering Xijiang Province.

But the southwestern border is too far away from North China, and the mountain roads are rugged and difficult to travel. It is unknown when this batch of weapons will be delivered.

The best route is to reach Anxian County where the 80th Army is located from Xijiang Province, and then cross the Yellow River to transport this batch of weapons and equipment to North China in the way of ants moving.

The Japanese have long been dissatisfied with the Russians. Since May, the Japanese Kwantung Army has repeatedly attacked the Nomonhan area. If nothing unexpected happens, the Russians will use tanks and planes to teach the arrogant Japanese a lesson in Nomonhan.

At this time, someone proposed to transport a large number of weapons and equipment to China through the border. Even if the Russians have muscles in their heads, they will be happy to clap their hands!

What's more, there are orders for 2,000 latest anti-tank rifles and supporting ammunition. They are not loans, but penicillin drugs. It would be strange if the Russians disagreed.

In Xijiang Province, the 80th Army will naturally negotiate with them. Even if it is not for the anti-Japanese plan, Xijiang Province will not make it difficult for them just for the sake of money.

It should be about half a year before this batch of weapons and equipment arrives in North China.

By then, 200,000 American guns will be deployed in various bases behind enemy lines, which will be able to make the Japanese and puppet troops who went to the countryside to sweep the countryside cry.

The anti-tank rifles that Tang Dao wants to order from the Mao Bears, which have not yet been officially equipped to the troops, are really not used to fight against the Japanese small tanks. The Type 94 and Type 89 tanks that the Japanese are currently using in large numbers on the Chinese battlefield are just chickens. 7mm heavy machine guns and 20mm machine guns are enough.

These anti-tank rifles were prepared by Tang Dao for the Japanese army to build a large number of artillery towers to block the bases in the future and carry out the so-called "cage tactics".

The fundamental reason why the artillery towers and deep trenches caused huge losses to the 80th Army is that the 80th Army is seriously lacking in straight cat guns, and it is simply impossible to penetrate the artillery towers made of blue bricks and concrete.

A turret or bunker is like a fire-breathing turtle. It has high enough defense, and can block the width of nearly 2 miles on both sides with machine guns and rifles. With this as a node and deep trenches that can pass cars and motorcycles, it can divide the plain and block the flexible and mobile 80th Army!

Tang Dao has no ability to build thousands of anti-tank guns or infantry guns for the 80th Army, and these guns are extremely heavy, ranging from more than 200 kilograms to more than 400 kilograms, which can become a burden when the troops are transferred.

This anti-tank rifle developed by the Russian bear weighs 2 kilograms. A strong soldier can carry it and run. The bullet with a caliber of 5mm and an initial velocity of up to 1010m/s can penetrate a 25MM thick steel plate at a distance of 500 meters, and can completely shoot through a turret with bricks and stones as the main body.

If a few anti-tank rifles like this are mounted in front of a turret, Tang Dao can completely imagine the pale faces of the Japanese and puppet troops in the bunker.

There is no need to charge forward and blast it at the cost of lives. With dozens of armor-piercing shells fired, no one can resist in such a broken fortification that has been beaten like a sieve.

Of course, this is all the work of the insidious Japanese devil Xiaoci in the future. Now the Four-line Regiment and the 80th Army have to deal with the fierce counterattack of the idiot Duo Tianjun.

Without waiting for the stingy old man's Jin-made rifles to arrive, more than 2,000 stock rifles from the Four-line Regiment arrived in southern Hebei. Instead of issuing them to the new recruits, the guns and bullets were first given to the militia platoons in each village, with an average of 10 guns and 2,000 bullets per militia platoon.

There were enough bullets, not because the militia had to shoot a lot of enemies, but because the Tang Dao required them to start training immediately.

No matter whether they are recruits or militiamen, they are essentially farmers who have just put down their hoes. There is no luck in war. Not everyone has a good enough shooting talent. Even Niu Er in the past was scared to the point of peeing his pants when he heard the sound of gunfire during his recruit period. He couldn't help but close his eyes in fear when shooting the enemy.

A large amount of live-fire training is the basis for a soldier to shoot the enemy at a distance of more than 100 meters.

All villages and mountain strongholds in southern Hebei started a full-staff training operation around late May!

Under the guidance of the 80th Army, the Fourth Regiment, and the Southern Hebei Office, the common people and the regular army continued to improve the tunnels and walls, and also began to dig trenches between villages on the plain.

The trench is one meter deep and one meter wide, allowing people to move quickly in the trench one by one while crouching!

The function of this kind of trench is similar to the traffic trench on the battlefield. It can be used as a trench for defense in normal times. When the situation is favorable, the troops stationed in the villages can use it to gather and surround the Japanese army; when the situation is unfavorable, they will naturally use the trench to evacuate and enter the village and tunnel to fight the Japanese army again.

At first, it was just excavation around the villages. When the villages were connected, it would become another man-made miracle during the war.

The Japanese counterattack now, but if they wait for a while, the trenches crisscrossing in the fields alone will make them dazzled, not to mention the secret tunnel exits that may go around and shoot at their backs at any time.

The militiamen practiced a lot of live ammunition. In the early stage, each gun was equipped with 200 rounds of bullets, which could provide 5 people with 40 rounds of live ammunition each. With the day and night rush of the Sihangtuan Military Factory, more than one million rounds of bullets were transported to southern Hebei.

On average, each militiaman has a record of firing more than 100 rounds of bullets, which is really a terrible number.

You know, in the middle of 1938, even the regular army of the 80th Army only had 10 bullets per soldier, and many soldiers had no record of firing 10 bullets until they died in battle.

But now, only half a year later, even the militiamen who have not yet been enlisted have fired hundreds of bullets in the training grounds in the fields.

Perhaps because of the live-fire training of 100 bullets, every militiaman will not be able to shoot and kill the Japanese at a distance of 150 meters, but at least when the Japanese attack, they can also assist the regular army at a distance of 100 meters to pose a great threat to the Japanese.

To some extent, the 80th Army's Ji'nan Division, which has expanded to 20,000 troops in Ji'nan, plus the Four-Line Regiment with 9 regular infantry companies and 6 recruit companies totaling about 6,000 people, plus 260 militia platoons totaling about 30,000 militia troops, the Chinese side has 40,000 soldiers who can fight.

What is even more gratifying is that although the stingy old man is not a good person, he is still trustworthy. The 10,000 Jin-made rifles and one million rounds of ammunition he promised have been delivered to southern Hebei one after another.

With this supplement, all the new recruits of the 80th Army were equipped with new rifles, and the militia was also supplemented with 1,000 rifles.

In addition, Zheng Yunqiu, the unlucky child, also secretly sent 800 rifles to the Guangping County Division.

Some of these guns were privately collected by this guy, some were purchased from his colleagues in the nearby security army at a high price, and some were purchased from bandits in the mountains through personal relationships, and some were even cheated from the Japanese.

Really, the old abacus threatened this guy, "Eight hundred is the bottom line. If you can't get it, just wait for the Japanese to peel your skin and put it at the city gate to dry and fill it with grass!" It really made the child very embarrassed.

Zheng Yunqiu was bad and greedy, but he was mainly greedy for real money. He really didn't dare to hide too many guns.

It is said that for these guns, Zheng Yunqiu, the cunning commander, was almost worried about his hair turning white. He wanted to satisfy the "local bastards" and fool the Japanese. Zheng Yunqiu had racked his brains. His haggard appearance made Kuroda Saburo, who happily accepted a thousand taels of gold from him, feel a little uncomfortable, and he even found a Japanese military doctor to treat him.

"Zheng Sang, I know you want to serve the empire, but you must take care of your body and never stay in bed because of this!" Kuroda Saburo sincerely comforted Zheng Yunqiu.

That was really not superficial work. Kuroda Saburo had been in China for so long and had plundered a lot of gold and silver, but it was the first time that a rich man like Zheng Yunqiu gave a thousand taels of gold at one time.

Kuroda Saburo was reluctant to let his big money father get into trouble. As the acting commander of the 63rd Infantry Regiment, he had to let his big money father live a little longer. It would be great if he could send him a thousand taels of gold at any time.

If Saburo Kuroda knew that the man in front of him not only brought 30 elite Chinese soldiers into the city privately, but also provided a secret tunnel for more than 200 elite Chinese soldiers to enter the city and chop off the head of his regiment commander, he would I will not regret my kind words to Zheng Sang.

Probably not. Without Zheng Yunqiu's "thoughtful" help, the Colonel and the captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion were both surprised. How could he act as the captain of the 63rd Infantry Regiment with the mere captain of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, even if he was just a captain? An infantry regiment that lost its regimental flag.

"My subordinates are currently working hard to rebuild our security army infantry battalion and serve the empire!" Zheng Yunqiu's righteous words of 'devoting his life to the empire until his death' were so righteous that even he almost believed it.

Or should we say that the highest level of deceiving others is to first deceive yourself?

Therefore, Saburo Kuroda, who was deeply moved by this, applied for more than 600 guns of various types for his security army infantry battalion with a wave of his hand, and allowed Zheng Yunqiu's security army to expand to 800 people.

As everyone knows, Zheng Yunqiu here brought Major Kuroda Saburo to his outer courtyard with tears of gratitude to taste his concubine's kung fu. Zheng Yunqiu, who had received the gun over there, turned around and sent 300 of the firearms to the countryside. In the designated area, the white hair on the head has faded a lot.

This is how the fortress was breached from the inside. The guy Saburo Kuroda wanted to entrust him with important tasks was a big hamster. Here he gave him money and women, and there he gave him guns?

After the Battle of Panzhai, the morale of the military and civilians in southern Hebei soared. Not only were there nearly a hundred regular troops stationed in each village, the militiamen also had 50 men and 30 guns, almost as many as an infantry company.

Moreover, because of the simple ditches connecting the villages, it only takes 40 minutes to gather more than 700 Chinese soldiers.

Because there is an exercise like this on average once a week. A village lights a beacon fire, and the five surrounding villages can rush to the battlefield in 25 minutes at the fastest and 40 minutes at the slowest.

The fastest way for the people to evacuate was that it only took 10 minutes for all the people to leave the village without being surrounded by the Japanese army.

Even in Tang Dao's headquarters in Zishan, there are two huge 3D sandboxes, one each for the cities of Handan and Xingtai. The location of each village on them is marked. Through the infantry company headquarters stationed there, Tang Dao can clearly judge all the movements of the Japanese army and make tactical instructions.

The entire Jinan, under Tang Dao's careful design, is like a huge military camp. No matter whether the Japanese army is planning a big war or a small raid, Tang Dao can carefully deploy its troops.

The reconnaissance company, the mountain infantry company, the guard company and the cavalry company, the four elite companies serve as the mobile force in his hands, and can project forces to as far as a hundred kilometers away and as close as 10 kilometers away at any time.

Of course, once all four companies are dispatched, it almost means that they will at least engage in infantry brigade-level combat with the Japanese army. The Eighty Group Army's southern Hebei division also has two elite infantry battalions as the general reserve team.

Once the Japanese want to play a big game, the two major military leaders in southern Hebei are not afraid. In two days, they can organize 20,000 regular troops and 5,000 militiamen to rush to any battlefield.

However, Duo Tianjun, who was far away in Pingbeicheng, and Shinozuka Yoshio, who had received military orders and returned to Handan, could think of their opponents as if they were able to spread the beans into military tactics. In just one month, they expanded the size of their troops. Double.

After nearly three days of secret discussions between these two people and Saburo Okabe, the chief of staff, the three cobblers finally came up with a strategy of "snatching the snake from the grass and luring the snake out of its hole" to see the big from the small.

The so-called "snatching the enemy" is nothing more than continuing to implement the "extermination tactics", using infantry squadron-level raids on villages 5 kilometers away from the county seat, and forcing out the 80th Army and the Fourth Army Regiment by completely killing villages and households.

If the 80th Army Group and the Four Lines Regiment dare not come out, then the massacre will continue until the Chinese people surrender and no longer support the 'Tuba' and the Four Lines Regiment.

On the contrary, this achieved Duo Tianjun's original intention of formulating this tactic, which was to completely conquer the vast rural areas of North China both mentally and physically.

And if the 80th Army Group and the Four Lines Regiment dare to come out, then mobilize heavy troops to encircle them and kill them.

Although the focus of the Japanese North China Front is still on the front lines of southeastern Shanxi and Zhongtiao Mountain, there are still up to 100,000 regular troops and more than 60,000 security forces in the rear to protect the security of the occupied areas. It is still possible to mobilize 20,000 troops into southern Hebei. Arrived.

Originally, the 10th Division had 4 infantry regiments and 12 infantry brigades. In Zhongtiao Mountain, one of them was severely damaged and the whole army was wiped out. Panzhai was severely damaged by 2 infantry brigades, leaving only 8. The strength of the troops was obviously not up to expectations. .

After thinking about it, Duo Tianjun was forced to turn his attention to the 4th Division's Daxiong Yunsuke Infantry Brigade, which was resting in Baoding.

It is said that the 4th Division is not very effective in combat, but it performed well in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. Even if the supplies and supplies were destroyed, it is true that they did not let Yuncheng fall.

Can this infantry brigade be asked to assist the 10th Division?

Unexpectedly, as soon as Big Bear Konosuke heard that he was going to carry out the "Ember War", he immediately made it clear that he was a real soldier and would never do anything to civilians. If he had to issue a military order to force him, he would join the military. The court defended itself.

Commander Duo Tianjun, who was inexplicably scolded, almost had a heart attack. If he had not had a trace of rationality left, he would have sent this Osaka vendor who could not see the situation clearly to the military court.

Unfortunately, the commander of the 4th Division also has a big boss behind him. If he makes a fuss, he may be able to suppress the other party, but if the other party bites the record of the battle of Panzhai, the face of the new commander of the North China Front Army will also be trampled on the ground.

After losing the battle, it is not tough to speak, and the commander is no exception.

Facing a rolling meat like Okuma Yukinosuke, Duo Tianjun finally took a step back. After they arrived in southern Hebei, they were responsible for cooperating with the 10th Division and the main force of the Chinese. The "Ember Destruction War" was mainly carried out by the 10th Division.

"The bumpkin from Sendai, who doesn't understand tactics at all, will command blindly!" Major General Okuma Yukinosuke cursed and led his infantry brigade of more than 7,000 officers and soldiers to set out from Baoding in early June and marched towards Handan.

This walk lasted for half a month!

The speed of marching 40 miles a day made Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio in Handan City feel like he was going to die.

But the angry Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio didn't know that the 7,000 Osaka vendors he had been waiting for would completely screw him over.