Chapter 175: Asakawa Masaru Has Many Flags Behind Him

This new laboratory is much larger than the previous one, so Li Yunlong couldn't find Huang He's room after wandering around for a long time. Instead, he was discovered by Wang Dexing who was working.

"Captain Li! What a rare guest! We haven't seen each other for a while since you tested the new weapon last time."

"You are here to see the deputy minister today, come on, I'll take you to his office."

Although Wang Dexing is just a guard, he has always been eager to have the opportunity to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy, so he is very enthusiastic about the front-line generals, not to mention that Captain Li is a former colleague.

After a lot of twists and turns, the two finally arrived at their destination. The moment Huang He saw Li Yunlong appear, the corners of his mouth and eyes couldn't help but twitch a few times.

Soon, the iconic laughter resounded in the room.

"Haha! Old Huang! I missed you so much!"

"You are such a heartless guy! You don't even go to the New Second Regiment's base when you have time. Our Political Commissar Zhao has always wanted to communicate with you."

"Thank you so much for the paratroopers! I'll try to get you a Japanese woman in the future!"

The relationship between the two is naturally beyond doubt, not to mention that it was Huang He who proposed the paratroopers. This time, in addition to visiting his friends, Li Yunlong also came to personally thank his fellow villagers.

Judging from the current situation, they really see each other less and less.

Next, Commander Li will become the head of the paratroopers, and he may go into some mountain valley for secret training. And Huang He will go to the rear, and the two are not even in the same province.

"Okay, we are all grown men, why are you being polite? Forget about the Japanese women, you, Li Yunlong, keep them for yourself. I don't want to be hunted down by the brigade commander."

"I see that your eyes are a little strange! Are you interested in my treasure again?"

In fact, Huang He really misunderstood Li Yunlong. He came to the logistics department this time to receive the new artillery under the order of the brigade commander.

Unlike the previous infantry light weapons, even the smallest caliber anti-aircraft guns are inconvenient to transport.

At this time, the first army of the devils was in a highly tense state again. The connection between the three major bases was not as easy as before. These treasures could only be digested by the 129th Division temporarily.

The first wave of ten anti-tank guns and ten Miss 75s have been assigned to the 386th Brigade by the division commander.

The brigade commander considered that a certain bastard would not have a few days to jump around in the army, so he let Li Yunlong have a try.

"Look at what you said. We don't know when we will meet next time. You are really heartless."

"But I see there is a bottle of Fenjiu in your cabinet. Would you consider giving it to me as a farewell gift? Anyway, you don't drink much."

After talking, Li Yunlong took out a map from his arms.

Although the Yellow River was not in the battle sequence, he was still very concerned about everything happening on the front line.

After looking at the map, he could only curl his lips helplessly at the current situation of the devils.

The map shows the situation and territory of both sides. Now the little people are hiding in various counties, pretending to squat and hold on.

In the first and second stages, the Eighth Route Army already had experience in siege. But this is all based on the premise that it must be pressed all the way to force the devils to have no reinforcements.

Otherwise, the enemy's mobility is too high and it is easy to be counterattacked.

This time, Shinozuka Yoshio obviously received a death order. He did not act without people. Now he is ready to fight the Western Front.

The Eighth Route Army felt like they were trying to scrape the meat off a grasshopper's leg, and they had no idea where to start.

"Hey, our offensive capabilities are still not strong enough. Let me hold back for another three months, and by the end of the year I will have all the main regiments carry two French Misses."

"After the transportation problem is solved, we can also get a few artillery regiments to play with."

The mortars currently widely equipped by the troops are not suitable for offensive operations, after all, the initial velocity of this thing is too low and it is difficult to penetrate solid fortifications.

Theoretically, the Japanese do not need reinforced concrete. Simple anti-gun covers made of logs and sandbags can effectively reduce the lethality of weapons such as mortars.

The Japanese's defensive capabilities are already very strong, but they did not need to focus on defense before.

According to Zhukov's words, that is the strongest soldiers and grassroots officers, but they are equipped with senior generals who are like stupid pigs.

But recently their senior generals have become much smarter, and it seems that they have been beaten into new skills by the Eighth Route Army, and their ability to squat and defend is getting stronger and stronger.

Without artillery support, the soldiers have no way to deal with the Japanese who are defending.

"Yeah, let's not talk about big cities like Taiyuan. That's the headquarters of the Japanese, and it's hard to fight."

"But now Yushe, Liaoxian and Yangquan can't be fought. The Japanese have rebuilt a lot of semi-permanent fortifications there, and it's annoying to see them defending like a dog."

"It makes me feel like a dog biting a hedgehog, with nowhere to bite. By the way, what is the production capacity of the logistics department now? I asked Lao Zhang before, but he didn't know."

Li Yunlong sat down and poured himself a glass of water.

Artillery is different from light weapons. It not only requires a steady supply of shells, but also requires the guarantee of various parts.

For example, with the high firing rate of Miss 75, if Huanghe doesn't use the military factories in the system to help, Zhang Wanhe will probably have to count his fingers in the future.

And artillery is a technical job. After all, there are only a few soldiers with outstanding talents like Mr. Kongxu. It is difficult to form combat effectiveness without a period of training.

"Don't worry, the logistics department has just moved here. Many production lines have not been settled yet. Comrades are also exposed to the production process of barreled guns for the first time. I can't say for sure about the output."

Captain Li was getting more and more angry as he thought about it. He waved his hand and said stubbornly:

"If they are willing to shrink, then shrink. Anyway, our strength will only get stronger and stronger with stable development. When my airborne troops are fully developed, I will go to Tokyo to enjoy the flowers sooner or later."

After that, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and held it in his mouth under the murderous eyes of the Yellow River.

After lighting it, he took a big puff. Then he looked intoxicated, turned around and looked outside and said:

"When I just came here, I saw the headquarters guard regiment digging trenches outside the logistics department. I heard that this was your suggestion to the deputy commander-in-chief. You are too steady."

The recent successive victories made Li Yunlong a little arrogant. In his opinion, the logistics department was in the rear of the base, and its location was relatively safe.

In addition, a large number of telephone lines were seized in the first phase, and now the communication between units at all levels is very convenient. Not only are there four regiments guarding the logistics department, but there is also a guard regiment to provide security. There is no need to go to great lengths.

After hearing what his fellow villager said, Huang He reached out and snatched the cigarette from his fellow villager's mouth, and said with disdain:

"Can you smoke less and learn from the brigade commander?"

"Those are not ordinary trenches, there are also a large number of anti-aircraft positions. You are about to change your job, can you not always think of yourself as an infantry regiment commander?"

"You took down the Taiyuan Airport yourself, can't you pay attention to the alert circle? Tada Shun will definitely mobilize new planes. What if the logistics department is bombed?"

When it comes to this, the commander Li will understand it immediately. After all, he relied on the gap between the range of the artillery shells and the enemy's alert circle to succeed.

I don't know if it is because of the "discrete industry" that the Japanese in Shanxi Province have not discovered the existence of the logistics department. But the positions that should be there should still be there, and life and death can't rely entirely on luck.

The person in charge of the air defense position is the deputy commander of the guard regiment. He is an old soldier who has walked through the grassland and crossed the snow-capped mountains. His skills in air defense and bombing defense were all trained in special times.

This deputy commander, Han Kegang, has five major requirements for the air defense position, which can be summarized as the five "no sees" of no people, no cannons, no roads, no new soil, and no flashes.

Among them, the camouflage of artillery and bunkers is very important. After all, air defense is a matter of deliberate planning. If the enemy finds it first, it will be a waste of nine out of ten defenses.

The soldiers must first use the newly broken branches of the day to hide the barrel and the gun body, and then cover the surrounding area with leaves.

After that, daily maintenance is required every day. Once the leaves are found to be completely withered, they must be replaced immediately, so that the careful Japanese pilots will not find the flaws.

In order to know which direction the enemy's planes are flying from, Han Kegang set up multiple observation posts on the commanding heights within a radius of five miles, and communicated by phone immediately once the enemy planes were found.

It's a pity that Huang He chose the computer classification research project in order to speed up the progress of scientific research. If you had chosen radio-related research at the beginning, you could have built a radar station now.

The layout of the air defense positions was also dispersed as much as possible to avoid being wiped out by the enemy.

At the same time, important nodes were backed up. If a certain point was destroyed by the enemy, a new team would immediately fill in.

Although the air defense positions were sufficiently camouflaged, he also made some fake fortifications as bait just in case, which could make the Japanese misjudge the position and strength of the positions to a certain extent.

Building such bait fortifications is also a troublesome thing, not as simple as the ugly Chinese taking a wooden stick and painting it to install a machine gun.

It is necessary to camouflage the fortifications to a certain extent so that the enemy believes that it is the real thing, and at the same time, it is necessary to cleverly reveal the flaws so that the enemy can discover the fortifications.

When Huang He saw the air defense positions for the first time, he couldn't tell which direction was the real thing for a while.

The deputy commander was able to survive in harsh conditions, and he played the word "stable".

Seeing his fellow villager talking eloquently there, Captain Li was a little dizzy for a while. He stood up and interrupted the other party, then said with great enthusiasm:

"Old Huang! Don't worry! With us protecting you, there will be no problem with the logistics department!"

"Even if some blind little devil gets lucky and breaks into your security circle inexplicably, I will bring the New Second Regiment to support him as soon as possible."

Huang He nodded with some emotion, but when he saw what the other party had in his hand, he said helplessly:

"Put down my wine!"

"Don't say you want to exchange it with cigarettes! I don't smoke! And my wine is much more valuable than your cigarettes!"

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Xiaozi was hit by two large-scale offensives of the Eighth Route Army in a large area of ​​North China.

In order to prevent the situation from further deteriorating and to stabilize the occupied areas as soon as possible.

Under the coordination of the North China Front Army and the Mongolian Army, the devils assembled 40,000 elite troops. They attempted to take advantage of the Eighth Route Army's continuous fighting and lack of time to rest, to attack the main force of the Eighth Route Army and destroy the enemy's base.

At 9:00 am on October 5, 1940, the combat meeting room of the Taiyuan First Army Headquarters.

At this moment, Shinozuka Yoshio was completely different from a month ago. He stood in the middle of the crowd with high spirits.

Today's pre-war meeting is not for everyone. Except for his favorite general Asakawa Masaharu, the others are at least a major general.

After everyone arrived, the chief of staff looked at the clock hanging on the wall, walked to his commander, bowed his head and saluted:

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General, it's almost time, the meeting can start."

Shinozuka Yoshio glanced around with a sharp look, and then motioned everyone to take a seat. The old devil raised his head and walked to the map, his body motionless and posing.

In the room, Iguan Ren of the 36th Division and Kuroki Yuta of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade were a little confused. They didn't quite understand what the commander was going to do, but the two didn't dare to have too many ideas.

Iguan Ren is also a lieutenant general, but he was promoted in August and took over the position of division commander of Maiden. Compared with veteran lieutenant generals like Shinozuka Yoshio, he just won't be beaten.

Not to mention Kuroki Yuta, this major general was promoted on the front line.

"Gentlemen, I have had enough of the insults of the Eighth Route Army for the past month. Starting from 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, we will officially launch a counterattack."

"Mr. Jingguan, are the preserved fruit troops in the Zhongtiao Mountain area still honest? Are there any unusual movements?"

Suddenly being called, Jingguan Ren stood up and began to report.

"Please rest assured, Lieutenant General Shinozuka! The enemies in that area have not shown any unusual movements since taking office!"

"If the opponent just defends, it will be difficult for our three divisions to deal with it. But if the opponent dares to take the initiative to attack, even without our 36th Division, we can defeat the enemy!"

This answer made Shinozuka Yoshio very satisfied. He nodded and motioned to Kusunoyama Hideyoshi on his left to stand up.

"Kusansan, you will preside over this meeting. After all, your ideas are very similar to those of your superiors."

"Hi!"

After Shinozuka Yoshio sat down, Kusunoyama Hideyoshi stood up, holding a wooden stick and pointing at the map on the wall and began to speak.

"Gentlemen, the enemy launched two large-scale attacks on our occupied areas within 41 days starting in August. During this period, we lost most of our transportation nodes and supply lines."

"The enemy even showed signs of breaking out of the cage, which is unacceptable to our North China Front Army."

"With the approval of Commander Tada and Commander Yamawaki, our First Army is responsible for the enemy in southeastern Shanxi this time! We must completely eliminate the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in southeastern Shanxi!"

After explaining the specific combat deployment, the two senior Japanese officers left the headquarters without hesitation. The two of them wanted to convey the specific tactics to the lower-level troops.

Shinozuka Yoshio stood up and walked towards Asakawa Masaharu, and the old Japanese squeezed out an ugly smile to his beloved general.

"Asakawa-kun, your flight team has a heavy mission this time. Each squadron will frequently call for support from the Army Aviation. You must protect yourself and never act at night."

"If fuel allows, do as much reconnaissance as possible to find the enemy's military factories, which are a major concern for our First Army."

"I have submitted your application for promotion. After this war, you will be a lieutenant colonel!"

After hearing the word lieutenant colonel, Asakawa Masahiro showed a very enthusiastic expression. He didn't care that Shinozuka Yoshio had already planted a flag for himself.

"Hey! I will definitely work hard!"

Finished