In fact, a single field heavy artillery shell is enough to turn a field tank with much stronger protection than the bean combat vehicle used by the Japanese army into a pile of scrap metal, and the Inner Mongolia Military Region does have more than 30 field heavy artillery, but the entire Saibei region is in the initial stage of primitive desolation and poverty, except for the endless prairie, others can be described as extremely scarce, and no one is willing to spend huge energy to build infrastructure in this era, including Han Yunhua. Therefore, although Han Yunhua's department has dozens of powerful field heavy artillery, it cannot be used, because if the heavy equipment such as field heavy artillery does not have good transportation support, then those things are cumbersome, and they cannot provide timely fire assistance to the troops. Because of this, Han Yunhua had to come up with the idea of creating this kind of bulky giant mine to deal with the Japanese army's tank troops.

It is not uncommon for the Eighth Route Army to seize some powerful artillery in the past few years, but because the Eighth Route Army is generally stationed in the mountainous and rural areas with relatively backward transportation, it is extremely difficult for people and horses to get out of the mountains, and once the caliber of the artillery exceeds 75mm, it is not very suitable for the Eighth Route Army, that is, the weapons and equipment such as ordinary mountain artillery and field artillery cannot be used on a large scale. Therefore, after the Eighth Route Army eliminated the Japanese army, it could only endure the pain and blow up these weapons and equipment that were finally captured.

Some people say that since they know that the backward infrastructure construction on their territory will affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, why not improve the infrastructure in the defense area? This is not to say that the troops of the Eighth Route Army, including Han Yunhua, do not attach importance to the issue of people's livelihood, but that the biggest and most important historical task of the Chinese in this era is not how to improve their living standards, but to find ways to achieve national independence even at the cost of tens of millions of lives and completely expel Japanese imperialism from China. More importantly, both the Inner Mongolia Military Region and Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government, which is the most powerful force in China, are now well aware of one truth, that is, China is still far behind Japan in terms of overall strength, and the mechanization capability of its troops cannot be compared with that of Japan's real elite.

Therefore, the more developed the city is and the better the infrastructure, the more unfavorable it is for defense, while the Japanese mechanized troops can quickly break through, and the mobility of the Chinese army is not as good as that of the Japanese army, so the more developed the infrastructure, the better the transportation facilities, the faster the place will fall, but those places with imperfect infrastructure and many poor mountains and bad rivers are more conducive to the defense of the Chinese army, and can become a base for the Chinese army to continue to counterattack. Therefore, neither the Nationalist Government nor Han Yunhua of the Inner Mongolia Military Region will spend energy on infrastructure construction, and will even automatically destroy the transportation facilities in places that are vulnerable to the surprise attack of the Japanese mechanized troops, so as to block the Japanese attack.

But obviously the power of this giant mine is far beyond everyone's expectations, just more than 50 giant mines arranged into a mine array to blow up the entire Japanese tank brigade into flying ashes, more than 300 devils did not even leave a complete corpse, and the whole road is completely destroyed, there are huge earth pits everywhere, and the small bridge is only a few lonely wooden stakes, and the rest has become sawdust flying everywhere.

The violent explosion in front obviously attracted the attention of the large troops of the Ninth Brigade five or six miles away, and Major General Kunisaki Noboru immediately felt a deep uneasiness when he heard such a violent explosion, and at the same time his face was full of fear. Ordinary soldiers may not know what this means, and some soldiers even excitedly think that this is the movement of the powerful chariot troops, and a few soldiers shout loudly that when their large troops arrive at the battlefield, they may only be able to serve as a cleaning force on the battlefield, and the Chinese army may have been defeated or even completely annihilated.

However, Major General Noboru Kunisaki, who has rich combat experience, knows that the kind of bean chariot equipped with the Great Japanese Imperial Chariot Unit cannot make such a big movement, and it seems that it is the field heavy artillery with very little equipment of the Empire that can make such a huge sound, but there seems to be some subtle differences. Moreover, the entire Ninth Brigade is not equipped with such a big guy, so its own troops are not equipped with such weapons, so it cannot create such a huge movement, so the earthquake-like noise just now was made by its own opponent. …,

Moreover, as far as Major General Kunisaki Noboru knows, in the last general battle, in addition to the loss of a large number of infantry, the empire also lost many technical arms, and the most heart-wrenching thing for the top management of the empire was the loss of a cavalry group composed of more than 15,000 people and a field heavy artillery brigade. This field heavy artillery brigade was the first field heavy artillery brigade formed by the empire, and it was equipped with more than seventy field heavy artillery pieces.

Since the end of the war, the top of the empire has issued a supreme order to the intelligence department, ordering the intelligence department in North China to investigate at all costs how the field heavy artillery brigade was destroyed, and whether the weapons and equipment were captured or blown up by the Chinese army. The veterans in the imperial army judged that with the current conditions of the Chinese army, it seems that it is not possible to use the weapons and equipment of the field heavy artillery, which is very powerful but requires strong logistical support, and even if the Chinese army wants to use these big guys, the soldiers of the entire field heavy artillery brigade are not muddy, and they will not give the Chinese army this opportunity. Even if the strength of Han Yunhua's department was strong at that time, and the troops led by Ushijima of the empire had no hope of breaking through, according to the regulations of the army, these powerful weapons and equipment must be blown up and must not be left to the enemy, so the vast majority of the army elders thought that the field heavy artillery had been blown up.

However, to the horror and helplessness of the imperial leadership, after several months of reconnaissance, Tegaoke finally found out the specific details of the destruction of the 20th Division and the demise of the field heavy artillery brigade. It is inconsistent with the fact that everyone thinks that the Niudao Group, which is composed of 30,000 or 40,000 infantry, artillery, engineering and other arms, was surrounded by Han Yunhua's troops, and after the Niudao Group broke through hopelessly, it fought a final decisive battle with the main force of Han Yunhua's department, and then was annihilated by the cunning and cruel Demon King of China.

However, after that, Ushijima did not order the soldiers to fight the final main decisive battle with Han Yunhua's subordinates, but ordered the troops to surrender to the Chinese army unexpectedly, and he himself used his own command knife to take his own life. In addition to some of the warriors who were loyal to the Japanese Empire, the vast majority of the soldiers of the Ushijima group also chose to exchange their lives for loyalty, and chose to surrender in humiliation. Therefore, at that time, almost all the weapons and equipment brought by Ushijima's department became the trophies of the Shina people, of course, including all the field heavy artillery of the first field heavy artillery brigade, so it is possible and conditional for Han Yunhua's department to use the heavy equipment of field heavy artillery.

Now the sound of such weapons is heard from the front, which is very detrimental to the 9th Brigade. Major General Kunisaki Noboru was shocked, and then ordered with some trepidation: "Xiaolu, order the troops to immediately speed up the march and rush to Jiajiaying, all the cavalry of the brigade and regiment are concentrated for use, immediately order the cavalry troops to go to the direction of Jiajiaying to search for news of the chariot brigade, and let them report immediately if there is a situation." Leaving a brigade to protect the baggage, the other troops immediately advanced lightly, and after an hour I wanted a large army to rush to Jiajiaying, otherwise I would be punished for disobedience. ”

Although Sergeant Xiaolu agreed very smoothly, but in his heart he sweated for the field troops, Your Excellency the brigade commander is crazy, there is still a distance of ten kilometers from Jiajiaying, and the road of ten kilometers is not far, usually as long as the soldiers rush at the speed of a rapid march, they should be able to arrive in an hour, but the time is a little tight. However, the troops are not in Beiping, where the roads are flat, and still less in Japan, where there are asphalt roads everywhere, but in the North China region, where the roads are narrow and the Chinese guerrillas are infested from time to time, it is almost impossible to complete the task of marching 10 kilometers in an hour. You must know that in the first two days, their marching speed was only about 40 kilometers a day, and the marching time was 11 hours a day.

However, all this is beyond the control of a small sergeant, after all, he is just a small member of the communications team, and it is just that he was fortunate to be valued by His Excellency the brigade commander and transferred to his side as a small person to convey orders, and all he can do is to convey the orders issued by the brigade commander to the captains of each wing word for word.

After receiving the order of Major General Noboru Kunisaki, the entire Ninth Brigade jumped for a while, and then the soldiers of each wing left some useless things on their bodies, including what marching water bottles and dry rations, as well as some ammunition, to the baggage troops behind, and then the soldiers trotted up under the command of various middle and lower officers. …,

Although every soldier was very dissatisfied with this order from His Excellency the Brigade Commander, but after all, an order is an order, how many complaints do you have, but as long as it is an order issued by the superior, it must still be carried out, so soon all the soldiers ran up consciously or unconsciously.

The commanders of the various wings of the 9th Brigade themselves did not understand this order of His Excellency the Brigade Commander, even if the soldiers in front did not go well, even if the attack of the Yamaguchi Brigade was frustrated, but wasn't the Chariot Brigade already up, even if there was a Chariot Brigade that would not be able to destroy the China troops for a while and a half, it should still be more than enough for self-preservation. Like all the soldiers, all the middle and lower-ranking officers of the Ninth Brigade dared not speak out, and besides, they themselves had war horses to ride, and they didn't need them to run away with the soldiers, so these wing commanders and captains just complained in their hearts, and they still didn't do anything at all.

But soon the shocking and disturbing news came from the front, the tank brigade was wiped out by the Chinese army, which was actually equipped with such strategic equipment as field heavy artillery, and also quietly transported at least one wing of field heavy artillery to the front line, which caught the tank brigade by surprise.

After receiving the report from the cavalry troops, Major General Kunisaki Deng's face suddenly turned like dirt, the loss of an entire tank brigade is not something that he can afford as a small major general brigade commander, if he doesn't take Zhangjiakou down this time, then when the accounts are settled after the autumn, I'm afraid that the commander of the major general's brigade will be the end. However, Major General Kunisaki Noboru is not afraid that the base camp will now take down his brigade commander, and changing generals in battle is a taboo in the army, which will not only cause a rapid decline in the morale of the soldiers, but will even cause a major rout because the new generals do not understand the battlefield situation. Therefore, Major General Kunisaki Noboru is now thinking about how to save his image in the eyes of his superiors rather than thinking about how to take responsibility, after all, as long as the Ninth Brigade performs well in the next major battle, he may be promoted. Besides, all of this was done by that damn guy on Ushijima, and he was just a black pot for the dead ghost, and everyone knew where those field heavy artillery in the hands of the people came from.

What he wants to do most now is to rush to the front line battlefield and happily fight a decisive battle with the Chinese troops, and then completely defeat the invincible Han Yunhua's troops, and the 38th Division will come to Zhangjiakou City with all kinds of troops, and return the important city of North China to the control of the imperial army.

Not to mention that Major General Kunizaki Noboru urged the troops to speed up the march like crazy, and Shangguan Qing at this time was also pacing around the temporary headquarters with an uneasy look. Whether those giant mines can be effective, whether they can blow up the thirty or forty tanks of the Japanese army is related to the next battle, even if there are ten tanks left in the Japanese army, it is not something that the first brigade can withstand at this time.

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"Come in"

After a small soldier came in, he immediately gave Shangguan Qing an extremely standard military salute, and then said loudly with a little joy: "Report to the brigade commander, the commander of the reconnaissance company, Company Commander Wang, has returned and is outside."

"Let him in immediately, hurry up" Shangguan Qing interrupted the guard's words, with his current mood, he didn't want to listen to the guard's rambling in front of him at all, what he wanted to know now was whether his tactical arrangement was successful or not, and whether there was a chariot unit to destroy the devil.

Soon a slightly embarrassed soldier was brought in, and the person who came was in good spirits, even a little excited, but physically did not support his extreme excitement and seemed to tremble a little. Seeing Shangguan Qing, the visitor excitedly gave Shangguan Qing a military salute, and then said quickly: "Report to the brigade commander, the mission has been successfully completed, all the enemy's forty-three chariots have been destroyed, and the more than 200 devil infantry accompanying the army have all seen the king of Hades, and one person was injured in our reconnaissance company, and he was shocked to the brain by the shock wave of the explosion, but there is no danger to his life, Wang Dashan, the commander of the reconnaissance company." ”

"Okay, very good, Dashan, your reconnaissance company has made a great contribution this time, if we defeat the ninth brigade of the little devil this time, your reconnaissance company will be the first merit, and when the battle is over, I will personally ask you for credit, and then let Commander Han Yunhua personally wear a big red flower for you." Okay, you go down and rest first, look at your embarrassed appearance, when you came in, you scared me, thinking that the mission had failed hahaha" Shangguan Qing laughed loudly. …,

Wang Dashan looked himself up and down, and found that he was covered in dirt, there was frozen mud on his legs, and his head was like weeds. Wang Dashan smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "The place in Xiaoqiao is too wet, we stayed underground for one night, and we were almost frozen to death by it in the winter. The image is almost a little bit, the commander said that the flower cat and the black cat can catch the mouse is a good cat, and the image is good, and the image is not the same as fighting devils. Isn't that the case, Brigadier? ”

"Hehehe, what a big donkey Yang, didn't he tell me last time that he had no wine, why did he suddenly make five catties of high-grade liquor, hahahaha, that guy must still have stock, no, I'll look for him" Shangguan Qing is good wine, especially high-grade liquor, but the high-grade liquor captured by the troops in combat generally has to be handed over to the medical team for alcohol, and he is not a big brigade commander who is not good at robbing the wounded of life-saving wine, so every time he goes to the headquarters of the military region for a meeting, he always has to go to the commander to ask for some high-grade liquor back.

The regimental commander Yang in Wang Dashankou is Yang Shilang, the commander of the first brigade and the first regiment, and he is a veteran soldier who has been in the army for more than 20 years, and although he is only 38 years old now, he has a full 21 years of military experience, and is one of the oldest qualified officers in the Inner Mongolia Military Region. It's just that because Yang Shilang has always served in the Kuomintang troops such as the Yunnan Army, the Sichuan Army and even the Central Army, even if he was later absorbed by the Red Army, he will not be reused, after all, many years of experience in the Kuomintang army have completely polluted Yang Shilang into a veteran oilman, and with his complex composition, no one dares to use him, even Han Yunhua only promoted him to an infantry battalion commander and did not dare to promote him again.

But Shangguan Qing really favored Yang Shilang very much, and after serving as the commander of the first brigade, he transferred Yang Shilang to his first brigade, and also promoted him to the commander of the regiment. And Yang Shilang is also very grateful to Shangguan Qing, and although Yang Shilang is very uninterested in orthodox combat command methods, he knows a lot of wild tactics when fighting, which just makes up for Shangguan Qing's shortcomings, so Shangguan Qing is also more interested in Yang Shilang.

And Yang Shilang also has a unique stunt - winemaking, Yang Shilang, who lives in Guizhou, has been an apprentice in the Moutai Distillery since he was ten years old, and has been working for seven years, after arriving in North China, he fused the brewing methods of the northern Erguotou and Guizhou's Moutai, and even allowed him to brew a super Erguotou of up to 65 degrees. However, because brewing requires a lot of food, Yang Shilang himself only occasionally brews a little alcohol when the alcohol in the army runs out, and secretly drinks a little by the way, of course, he doesn't dare to swallow it alone, or needs to offer some ...... to the commander of the brigade from time to time.