Although this German-made LG18 infantry gun weighs slightly heavier than the 92 infantry gun, the firing range is only half of the favorite 41 mountain gun of the Kannai troops. However, according to the battlefield environment in which the troops in the Guannai were located, it was more effective than ordinary mountain artillery. In particular, the rate of fire is extremely fast, and it is still quite useful for the Kannai troops who like to fight ambush warfare.

Therefore, this infantry gun is equipped in large quantities in the Guannai troops. Even the Yan'an Arsenal, which relied on the equipment and workers of the Taiyuan Arsenal, and the Arsenal of the Headquarters of the Eighteenth Group Army and the Jin-Cha-Ji Arsenal, which were relocated to Zhangjiakou, have stopped producing all mountain and field shells.

The armament of mountain artillery shells was transferred to the northeast to be supplied entirely by the northeast, and all the production capacity was dedicated to the manufacture of shells for this artillery, as well as for the 92 infantry guns and 82 mortars. The infantry artillery received by the Anti-Japanese Federation was basically transferred to the troops in the Guannai, and they were not equipped with their own equipment.

Because this infantry gun is a standard regimental artillery of the German army, each regiment is equipped with six, and two reconnaissance battalions directly under the division. The amount of equipment is very large, the amount captured by the Soviet army is also quite large, and the number received by the Anti-Japanese Union is also very large. Several newly formed brigades of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region are equipped with this kind of artillery as a standard brigade direct support artillery.

The general 92 infantry artillery has basically begun to be withdrawn from the main force, or it has been delegated to the regimental level as a support artillery. The 92 infantry artillery was quite powerful enough to deal with field fortifications. However, for the large and small watchtowers and pillboxes of the Japanese army in various base areas, the power is still a little too small.

Especially after the end of last year's campaign, the Japanese army began to surprise and strengthen its fortification groups in various base areas. Even a few shells appeared, and it was difficult to destroy a Japanese pillbox. The various base areas in North China are mainly mountainous areas. Under a lot of terrain, the mountain artillery is a bit bulky.

Even the 41-type mountain cannon is a bit bulky in many cases. Therefore, this German-made infantry gun, even if it is slightly heavier than the 92 infantry gun, is very popular because its weight is much lighter than that of the Japanese-made mountain gun. After removing the armor shield, the weight is much lighter.

The difference in the battlefield environment is also destined to be this kind of German-made infantry artillery that is not popular among the Anti-Japanese Union. When the main mountain operations were carried out, as well as the offensive operations, they were mainly dealt with by semi-permanent fortifications such as pillboxes and watchtowers scattered throughout the mountainous areas of Shanxi and Hebei. In ambush warfare, the popularity of the North China battlefield, which pays more attention to the rate of fire, is much higher than that in the Northeast.

In the strategic plan of the entire Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, these newly formed brigades were formed as Chahar garrison forces. Before this battle, it was also used as one of the strategic general reserves of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region for this battle. It is very much valued by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and in addition to the Japanese weapons temporarily equipped with light equipment, artillery is still equipped according to the establishment of the old troops.

Therefore, the equipment of these brigades, although light weapons, is still mainly based on Japanese weapons that have been eliminated by the old units. But the number and performance of the artillery, quite good. The five-kilogram high-explosive grenade of the German-made infantry gun was also quite effective against the Japanese army's fortification group. It is more appropriate to transfer these brigades south to take over the battle on the battlefield of Lügongbao.

However, Yang Zhen did not completely let go, but chose to let Du Kaishan leave a reinforced battalion on the front line of Lugongbao. Although the 66th Brigade of the Japanese Army was almost ineffective, the Lügongbao line was in its rear after all. The new troops are inexperienced, and if this Japanese army is allowed to find a crack and come out, it will make a big disturbance in the heavenly palace.

received Yang Zhen's order to temporarily stop the final settlement of the Japanese army on the front line of Lugongbao, but Du Kaishan was confused. The last order also urged him to speed up his movements, and this one ordered him to suspend his attack. For the time being, the first line of Lügongbao was encircled but not attacked, and the battlefield of Lügongbao was prepared to be handed over to the brother troops.

What exactly does this number think? Also, this is the brother army again? Aren't the troops of several fraternal troops around the area equipped for the Anti-Japanese Federation already on the front line? Number one, where did this come from? It's just that although Du Kaishan is confused, Yang Zhen's order still has to be carried out.

When the brother troops who were quickly moving south from the periphery of Beiping by railway arrived, Du Kaishan looked at the brother troops from military uniforms to soldiers, almost a new water, and shook his head speechlessly. It is true that the remaining Japanese troops on the front line of Lügongbao have reached the verge of collapse. But after all, it was the Japanese army, so let this new unit practice, is there something like that?

It's just Yang Zhen's order, and he doesn't dare to disobey. A little unsure of the front line of Lugongbao, which was only 18 kilometers away from the location of Yang Zhen's former commander, Renqiu, after handing over the position with the commander of the Jicha Military Region who led the team south, as well as a brigade in the vanguard, and gave a detailed account of the battle situation.

A main regiment commander who had been in charge of front-line command was specially left behind, with a reinforced battalion and a tank company as a mobile force, and deployed in Changfeng, northeast of Renqiu. In accordance with the order, he quickly led his headquarters south to Dusheng between Cangzhou and Shahe Bridge, preparing to meet the key counterattack that the Japanese army might form on the Eastern Front.

After taking over the Lügongbao battlefield, the headquarters of the Jicha Military Region considered that the Lügongbao battlefield was less than 20 kilometers away from Renqiu County, the general headquarters of the entire central Hebei front. Considering the Japanese army in front of them, although there is less than one infantry brigade left, the combat effectiveness is where it is after all.

And now Renqiu County, which is the location of the entire Jizhong front-line headquarters, has only two infantry companies and one armored car platoon in the entire guard force. It is difficult to form a strict deployment around the entire Renqiu County. A regiment was dispatched into Renqiu County to strengthen the defense of the entire Renqiu County.

Although Yang Zhen did not agree with his approach, at the insistence of the boss, he finally chose to agree. The boss, who was about to return to Beiping, thought that the guard troops in Renqiu County were too small, and Renqiu County was too far from the battlefield, and he was not worried about Yang Zhen's safety, so he insisted on transferring a regiment to the vicinity of Renqiu.

The boss's intentions were good, and the commander of the Jicha Military Region did not discount his execution of the order. The regiment he transferred was also one of the regiments with the best combat effectiveness among the three brigades in his hands. After this regiment was stationed in the vicinity of Renqiu County, Chai Shirong, the deputy chief of staff who was responsible for coordinating with Yang Zhen and presiding over the work of the front command, shrank the guard unit of the Anti-Japanese Federation to the county town and only served as the core guard.

But when something unexpected happens, it's often inadvertent. The anti-union guard unit shrank into the inner line and handed over the outer guard work to this regiment. But this unit has not been engaged in guard work, and the only experience in guarding is probably to keep guard posts at the station. And although he has completed the full training, he has no actual combat experience.

The regiment's commander and political commissar were readjusted from the local armed forces, and he served as the head of the original local armed forces in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and he had rich experience in counter-sweeping operations. However, there is basically no experience in such large-scale operations. Although one was born in an old army, he had never served as a military cadre.

These two themselves do not have rich practical experience. Crucially, the two are not familiar with the United Nations forces. None of the cadres at all levels, including those who formed this regiment, had direct contact with the anti-coalition forces. It can be said that the fraternal force of the United Nations is unfamiliar from top to bottom.

The most important thing is that no one thought of it, including Yang Zhen. Just when Chai Shirong arranged for the Jinchaji troops to be transferred from the original guard troops. Just northeast of Renqiu County, in an inconspicuous village less than twenty miles away, there is a small army that no one knows about all the troops around Renqiu.

This troop of about 300 people is dressed in anti-union uniforms all over the body. The weapons in his hands are all serious anti-union 40-type rifles, 40-type light machine guns, and the German-made M35 steel helmets that are currently being equipped on a large scale by the Anti-United Nations are also wearing on their heads.

It's just that there is some disharmony that the suppression weapons carried by this team are actually two Japanese army-standard Type 92 heavy machine guns. Moreover, all the officers wore not only imitation Tokarev pistols of the anti-union system, but also sabers that only the Japanese army still wears in the entire army in the world.

Judging from the military uniforms on this small unit, as well as the weapons and steel helmets it is equipped with. At first glance, it can almost be said that 100 percent will make people think that this is a reinforced company formation unit of the Anti-United Nations. However, judging from the Type 92 heavy machine gun that it was equipped with, which was not equipped by the Anti-United Nations, and the sabers worn by the officers, it was clear at a glance that this unit was definitely not a unit of the Anti-United Nations.

No, the army lurking in this small village that is only twenty miles away from Renqiu County is disguised by the Japanese army. Moreover, this Japanese army is not an ordinary Japanese army, but a special operations force formed by exchanges between the North China Front and the Kwantung Army after last year's battle.

The Kwantung Army, which had repeatedly suffered heavy losses from the anti-Japanese special reconnaissance forces in the northeast battlefield, finally felt the fishy smell after eating 100 beans. Using some of the experience gained from the fight between a number of Japanese troops and the anti-union special forces, a special operations force was also formed.

For this unit, the Japanese army base camp attaches great importance to it. Organize all aspects of the Japanese army to study on the side of the Kwantung Army. In the Battle of '42, the Japanese North China Front, which also suffered heavy losses, was personally taken under the leadership of Okamura Ninji. Based on the Mashiko Advance Brigade, which played a huge role in sweeping the major base areas in North China during the 41-year sweep and brought great losses to the headquarters of the 18th Group Army, a unit at the level of an infantry brigade was formed.

Okamura Ninji attaches great importance to this unit, which has a brigade structure and is also the first real special operations force of the North China Front. At the time of formation, a group of elites were specially selected. With Mashiko Hara as the captain, during the sweep of North China the year before, Lieutenant Mashiko Shigeo, the squadron leader of the 223rd Wing who performed exceptionally well, was promoted to Shaozo and served as the captain.

Fighting against the Mashiko Advance Team, although the performance was not as eye-catching as the Mashiko Advance Team, it forced the Taihang Military Region Command at that time to transfer several times, and the squadron leader of the 224th Wing, Lieutenant Okawa Momoyoshi, was the senior combat staff officer of the captain. At the same time, on the basis of the trophies from last year's battle in northern Jin, plus a batch of trophies from the Kwantung Army that had been fighting with the Anti-United Nations for many years and had been captured, all the trophies of this unit were replaced with anti-United Nations standard equipment.

He personally came forward to negotiate with the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, and transferred a group of officers from the Kwantung Army who had fought against the special forces of the Anti-United Nations in the Northeast Battlefield to train them. And use the experience gained by this so-called Mashiko Stand Up Team in the 41 year sweep. In addition to the experience of the Kwantung Army, certain adjustments were also made to the training program.

When this special force was formed, in addition to the original Mashiko and Okawa Advance Team, who were used as the backbone, were transferred into a formation. In accordance with the characteristics of this unit, all veterans who have been fighting in North China for more than two years have been recruited from various divisions and regiments in North China. Some members of the secret service system, as well as some traitors who are familiar with the major base areas in North China.