Taiyuan.

Smack.

Hearing the news reported by the intelligence staff officer, Yoshio Shinozuka's whole person instantly stiffened like a sculpture, and the Go sunspot in his hand also fell straight to the ground, and then rolled all the way to the staff officer's feet before stopping.

The Eighth Route Army, which attacked the Xiaoshi Squadron of the Kwantung Army, was Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong actually ran to the periphery of Taiyuan with his independent regiment and annihilated one of his squadrons!

How is this possible?

How dare he?

A series of horrors and anger surfaced in Shinozuka's mind, and finally the Japanese lieutenant general who controlled the First Army in Shanxi took a deep breath and asked the staff officer in as calm a tone as possible:

"Is the news true?"

Yoshio Shinozuka immediately doubted the accuracy of the news.

After the attack, he ordered the Staff of the First Army to conduct a large investigation of the scene.

According to the report obtained by the General Staff, from the distribution of corpses on the battlefield and the traces of battle, it is inferred that the reason why the Koishi squadron was completely annihilated had a great deal to do with the command error of Sano Koishi, and the first time after the ambush occurred, the troops under his command charged the enemy's ambush position, and the whole army suffered heavy losses and lost the ability to resist in a narrow area, and was finally completely annihilated.

Like those who died in front of the trenches in World War I.

And the ambushers had a lot of firepower.

Based on the large number of craters left on the battlefield, it is speculated that the so-called Eighth Route Army had at least two mortars of 82 caliber or more, as well as four 60 mortars. More than 300 rounds of 82 mortar shells were fired, as well as more than 60 mortar shells of more than 1,000 rounds, and more than 300 German-made M24 grenades were used. It is impossible to count the bullets because some of the shells were recovered, but it is estimated that there are more than 50,000 rounds.

In just over an hour, the ambushed troops had already consumed more ammunition than the consumption of a small battle division of an infantry brigade of the Imperial Army. The density of light fire was three times that of the Imperial Army's brigade.

Judging from the amount of ammunition consumed, Yoshio Shinozuka has always suspected that the uniforms worn by these troops in the military uniforms of the Eighth Route Army are nothing more than camouflage to disguise their true identities.

It was really hard for him to imagine that the Eighth Route Army could have this kind of firepower density.

If the Eighth Route Army had this firepower, it would not take too much, and only half of the troops would have been able to maintain a public order situation in North China that would be at least ten times more severe.

"Hi, the accuracy of the message has been confirmed."

The staff officer bowed his head and replied:

"The intelligence comes from Yan Xishan's General Staff, and Yan Xishan has issued a clear announcement, and it has also been confirmed by the Eighth Route Army, so it can be determined that the news is completely true."

"And..."

Speaking of this, the staff officer paused, lowered his voice and continued:

"According to the battle report received by Yan Xishan's headquarters, the casualties of Li Yunlong's troops in the battle did not exceed two hundred!"

"I see!"

Nodding, Yoshio Shinozuka didn't care that there were only two hundred casualties. In his opinion, this must be a propaganda figure, and the actual casualty figure must be much larger than two hundred, and according to propaganda convention, the casualty number here should be the number of casualties.

After all, the Xiaoshi squadron is the elite field squadron of the Kwantung Army, and after many actual battles, the combat effectiveness is not weak, the other party chooses a close-range ambush, and the position is laid out very close to the road, and it will be counterattacked by the Xiaoshi squadron at the first time, and the casualties of the root itself can never be only two hundred.

"Li Yunlong!"

Taking a deep breath and looking at the chessboard on the table, as well as the expressionless Kazuki Yamamoto on the other side, Yoshio Shinozuka shook the katana in his hand, suppressing the urge in his heart to pull out the knife and cut the chessboard.

He narrowed his eyes, and a hint of fierceness flashed:

"Has the Intelligence Department found where Li Yunlong's ministry is?"

"Not yet!"

The staff officer responded quickly: "The Shou County area is very mountainous, and the surrounding terrain is very complicated, and the intelligence personnel we sent have not yet discovered the location of Li Yunlong's department, but according to the investigation of plainclothes, a large number of people from nearby villages have joined the Eighth Route Army, and it can be determined that there are a large number of Eighth Route Army stationed in the surrounding area, more than one regiment." ”

Who doesn't know that there are a large number of Eighth Route Army around Shou County, does this still need to be confirmed?

What I want is where Li Yunlong is!

The staff officer's nonsense made the corners of Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes jump, and the anger in his heart burned, but after all, Yamamoto was on the other side, and he wanted to maintain face in front of his subordinates, so he suppressed the anger in his heart:

"Intensify the investigation!"

Yoshio Shinozuka said in a cold tone: "Order the intelligence department to investigate this matter with all its might!" ”

"Hey!"

The familiar words made the corners of the staff officer's mouth twitch, and he lowered his head in response.

The intelligence department has just transferred the intelligence personnel who are investigating the surrounding areas of Shou County away, and they have to go back again in just a few days. went around in circles, but still came back to investigate Li Yunlong.

After speaking, the staff officer lowered his head and glanced at the intact table, and a trace of surprise flashed in the staff officer's heart... This time, the commander didn't draw his knife to cut off the table, carefully avoiding the chess pieces under his feet, and he left the headquarters quickly.

"Yamamoto-kun, what do you think?"

After the staff officer left, Yoshio Shinozuka's mood calmed down a little, he took out a sunspot and continued to stare at the chessboard, and asked Kazuki Yamamoto, who was still expressionless on the other side.

"General, with all due respect, you are too nervous about this matter."

Kazuki Yamamoto still had a paralyzed face, and his tone was mocking: "A mere Eighth Route Legion-level unit, a small squadron-sized imperial army, has little impact on the war. ”

"Yamamoto-kun, why do you think so?" Yoshio Shinozuka responded in an interested tone.

He was a little surprised.

The strength shown by the enemy is also worthy of attention in any case, sufficient weapons and ammunition, surpassing the light artillery firepower of the Imperial Brigade, and this guy actually looks disdainful.

Yamamoto's tone was as mocking as ever, and the corners of his mouth hooked:

"Judging from the battlefield of the jade crushing squadron of Xiaoshi, the enemy uses weapons and ammunition of very high quality, all-copper cartridge shells, and the warhead has a lead core, which is definitely not something that only people can produce, their so-called Chongqing rear base is not good, only Europe and the United States have the ability to produce weapons of this quality, so this batch of weapons from the other side should be secretly imported."

"As for the source, the empire's blockade of the rear is not strict, which can be seen from the last Yangquan incident, their convoys can swagger through the imperial army garrison without being discovered, and the empire has not completely cut off the external passage of the Republic of China, and the Yunnan-Burma highway is still open to traffic."

"But there will definitely not be too many of them, and it is impossible for a large-scale convoy to avoid the eyes of the Empire."

Speaking of this, Yamamoto Kazuki sneered, and the mockery in his tone became more and more intense:

"However, a farmer is a farmer after all, even if he has good weapons, he can't change his essence, and he actually consumes high-quality weapons and ammunition in a meaningless ambush war."

"It's ridiculous!"

After reading the investigation report, Kazuki Yamamoto was extremely contemptuous in his heart.

This Li Yunlong's department is obviously the elite of the Eighth Route Army, the best weapon, the most sufficient ammunition, these more than 1,000 shells, presumably have been supplied separately and centrally by the entire Eighth Route Army, and the other troops are afraid that there is not a single artillery shell, right?

And the other side actually took out this limited maximum force to ambush a mere squadron, and even the firepower in the battle was obviously partially overflowing and unreasonable, wasting firepower in vain, which is extremely ridiculous.

If it's him...

Thinking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto looked at Yoshio Shinozuka, and his eyes flashed sharply...

If it were him, he would definitely target the headquarters of the First Army, send a small force to secretly kill Lieutenant General Shinozuka, and at the most should be to sneak attack the airfield of the First Army's flying squadron, instead of ambushing a squadron.

It's like a person with a little bit of family who can't wait to come out and show off.

Stupid and ridiculous.

"Yamamoto-kun is reasonable·····

Shinozuka Yoshio naturally didn't know that what Yamamoto Kazuki was thinking about in his heart at this time was how to lead the special forces to break through the defense line of the First Army and secretly kill him, he nodded, and suddenly felt very reasonable.

He has also seen the wreckage of weapons and ammunition collected on the battlefield, and the quality of those shells, warheads, and shrapnel steel is obviously a high-quality product, and it is difficult for the empire to manufacture it, and only which countries in Europe and the United States have the ability to manufacture it.

It is absolutely impossible for that person to possess such weapons and ammunition in large quantities.

"Moreover, Commander Gangcun's battle plan has begun to be fully launched."

Thinking of the new tactics against the Eighth Route Army that were about to be executed at full speed, Yoshio Shinozuka finally smiled: "Cement, steel bars and other materials have all been put in place, and the Eighth Route Army will become a caged bird this time." ”

······

The 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army was stationed.

Chu Yunfei looked at the newly arrived order, covered his forehead, and his face was full of helplessness.

"Tuanza, what are the orders of the superiors?"

Sun Ligong on the side asked curiously.

Ever since the regiment received the order from the commander, that is, Yan Xishan, he had been silently shaking his head, with a helpless expression on his face.

"Huh..."

Chu Yunfei smiled helplessly: "Chief Yan ordered me to learn the fighting spirit of the Eighth Route Army, and look for opportunities to freely ambush small units of the Japanese army to boost the morale of the anti-Japanese soldiers. ”

"Huh? This..."

Adjutant staff officer Sun Ligong was also stunned and was speechless for a moment.

They are stationed in the city, and there will be no large Japanese troops passing around, and the city also allows them to move under the nose of the Japanese army, this order is really a bit nonsense...

"Still."

Chu Yunfei naturally carried out such a stupid order, their army was all under the nose of devils, and their positions were all facing each other, so let them ambush the devil's troops, isn't this nonsense?

Either they retreat, or they will fight the devil head-on!

After a pause, Chu Yunfei's tone suddenly became solemn: "Annihilating a Kwantung Army squadron in a short period of time, this Li Yunlong is really powerful." ”

"Tuanza, I admit that it is indeed difficult to completely annihilate a Japanese squadron in more than an hour, but the devil squadron that can be completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army within an hour must not be much better..."

Sun Ligong still looked down on this battle and the Eighth Route Army.

"Moreover, their casualties are too much."

Chu Yunfei looked at Sun Ligong and did not speak.

Without actual evidence, without concrete intelligence, any discussion is futile.

"The commander is going to organize an exchange between officers in the near future, so that we can learn the tactics of the Eighth Route Army, and you can make preparations to avoid problems in the regiment after we leave." ’

"At the moment they are negotiating."

Chu Yunfei said: "I plan to go and see Li Yunlong's independent regiment. ”

He was looking forward to this exchange, and he always wanted to see what kind of troops this Li Yunlong and his independent regiment were?

"Shall we all go?"

Sun Ligong was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

······

Although Li Yunlong killed a squadron of devils and received a lot of meaningless rewards, and even Yan Laoxi's telegram was sent to the Independent Regiment as soon as possible, the matter quickly calmed down.

It's just a squadron.

was annihilated in more than an hour, it must be a squadron of waste devils, the kind with the weakest combat effectiveness.

I'll do it too!

It seems that the so-called Kwantung Army is nothing more than that!

This was the idea of most people, even part of the regimental commanders of the Eighth Route Army.

But Lao Li doesn't care, he beats his devils, does his business, and as for the rest, it's his business, and now Li Yunlong is looking forward to the upcoming payment of contemporary times.

Forty tons of weapons and ammunition and fifty tons of canned pork, isn't this what he worked so hard to ambush the devils?

"You're a fart?"

"Isn't it just more than a thousand shells?"

Li Yunlong was scolding Yan Sheng, the commander of the artillery company: "Labor and management will replenish you tomorrow, and all of them will be replenished." ”

Yan Sheng glanced at Li Yunlong, pursed his lips, did not speak, and continued to sigh, revealing a meaning from his expression to his movements - disbelief.

Supplement, where to replenish?

These shells are obviously foreign goods, they are now in the blockade circle of the devils, where are the good shells to replenish, as for the arsenal of their own headquarters, nonsense, where a hundred shells are produced in a month.

He regretted that he had followed the orders of the regimental commander at the beginning of the battle and shelled at full speed.

Now there are only about 30 rounds of 82 shells in the warehouses of the regiment, and there are 100 rounds of 60 shells, which is ten times smaller than before?

Why can't you control your own hands?

It's cool to fire for a while, but it's ····· afterwards

He was already in heartache and couldn't breathe.

"Will labor and management still lie to you?"

Li Yunlong scolded: "The new shells will arrive tomorrow, remember to bring your company to move them." ”

Kicking away Yan Sheng, who was distressed by the cannonball, Li Yunlong looked at the map on the table with a solemn face.

The base area has been calm for too long, and the devils will inevitably make big moves in the near future, there is no doubt about this, there is no need to think much, it is absolutely impossible for the devils to still be dangling behind them by the troops.

Once the devils attack, then the independent regiment must be transferred.

Even if today's independent regiment is very strong, it is impossible to confront the devil head-on, and the independent regiment is still too immature.

However, 40 tons of weapons and ammunition, 50 tons of canned meat, plus food and other materials, have completely exceeded the carrying capacity of the independent regiment, such a huge amount of materials, unless the number of independent regiments doubles, can be carried on the march, let alone carry its own weapons, ammunition, food and other materials.

"Do you want to dig a secret warehouse and hide everything?"

Looking at the map on the table, Li Yunlong thought.