"In less than half an hour, only five casualties..."

"This is the biggest turret in the neighborhood..."

The commander of a company of the new second regiment looked sluggish and muttered to himself in a low voice.

The other battalion and company commanders didn't look much better, and at a glance, their faces were black. Especially the soldiers of the first battalion of the new second regiment, who originally planned to come, were all dumbfounded.

The gap is just too big.

The battalion and company commanders are experienced in combat and know exactly what recruits need to do.

Therefore, during the period of the formation of the New Second Regiment, the most was training, and targeted training was carried out for various situations.

Rapid marching, attacking, defending, trench digging, response to sudden attacks on the station, long-term and high-intensity training every day, and even several actual battles in the later stage, coupled with the previous three-month training in the teaching regiment, in the eyes of many battalion and company commanders, the main regiment does not dare to compare, but the new second regiment and other old cadres of about a year old, there is not much difference.

These gaps, as long as one or two actual battles, can catch up.

This is also the main reason why they dare to prepare to fight the devil's turret.

But looking at it now, it seems that they are still too far away. It has only been a little more than a year since the formation of the Independent Regiment. Moreover, Li Yunlong took over the independent regiment for less than half a year.

This commando of the independent regiment, in terms of combat skills and spiritual morale, has a faint shadow of the time when the army was reorganized and started. Coupled with sophisticated and abundant weapons and equipment, there is still something beyond in strength.

"This gap is so fucking big!"

Eventually, after a long silence, a company commander held back a foul word.

can walk idly in the rain of bullets, can assault hundreds of meters and always be methodical, this kind of elite warrior, given another year of training time, can not do. It's not something that can be achieved by training alone.

This foul remark also alleviated the situation of everyone's collective blackening.

"In actual combat, only in actual combat, and many times of actual combat can produce this kind of elite."

The third battalion commander of the new second regiment who came back to his senses spoke categorically.

Everyone nodded silently.

Only from the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood, the smoke and rain of gunpowder can this kind of elite soldiers climb out, just like the ones experienced by the group of top elite soldiers when they just set off a few years ago.

"Regiment commander, let's start too, the big artillery tower is not good, but you can use the small artillery tower to practice, or block the support troops of the devils, a prepared defensive battle, with the help of fortifications, the casualties will be much lower, and it can also make the soldiers familiar with the battlefield."

Comments were made.

No training can replace actual combat.

"Haha, okay."

Kong Jie's tone was satisfied.

This is what he wants to see, after knowing his own shortcomings, he will catch up and make faster progress.

However, there is still something missing...

Looking around, Kong Jie said to the entire battalion and the battalion commanders of the companies:

"You all know that not long ago, the Independent Regiment annihilated a devil brigade of more than 500 people in Shou County, and in a month and a half, the Independent Regiment annihilated a total of 1,000 devils, and the devils in Shou County did not dare to leave the county."

The heroic deeds of the Independent Regiment of Grand Master Li have long been hyped up by the propaganda department, which has greatly boosted the morale of the various base areas, and the soldiers of the new regiment are familiar with it.

"So, do you know the casualties of the Independence Regiment itself during this period?"

Kong Jie changed his tone.

This sentence aroused strong interest from everyone.

Destroying nearly a thousand devils, pulling out almost all the turrets around the base area, and even beating the devils out of the county, how much price does it take to achieve such a record?

"The first battalion of the Independent Regiment who came to our side to pull out the devil's turret, their strength was 690 two months ago, and now, including those who stayed behind in the Independent Regiment, there are only 370 people left in the entire first battalion."

Kong Jie said this number, which he inquired about from Zhang Dabiao yesterday.

All that's left is... Three hundred and seventy people.

Nearly half of the staff has been reduced.

The soldiers of the first battalion and the commanders of the battalions were silent again.

It remains that this means that those who are not within this number will not return to the first battalion of the independent regiment, either sacrificed, or seriously injured and disabled, there is no other possibility.

One battalion is like this, and the other battalions of the independent regiment are necessarily about the same, that is, the independent regiment eliminated nearly a thousand devils and lost nearly a thousand fighters itself.

One life for another.

The fighters were horrified by the huge losses and for the first time felt the cruelty of war from the data. Since its formation, the new 2nd Regiment has only fought a few skirmishes, and its losses have only been about 20.

And the officers thought more.

With a one-to-one casualty rate, with the devil's advantage in firepower and weapon training, this is a complete victory.

However, in just one and a half months, the troops have lost nearly half of their troops. With such a huge loss rate, even if there is a huge victory stimulus, the troops are extremely prone to morale problems, and if one does not pay attention, the troops will collapse. And the independent regiment, at least the first battalion of the independent regiment, not only did not encounter morale problems, but became stronger and stronger, and the soldiers were full of spirit.

That says one thing.

The officer who led this unit was very powerful, very powerful, far more powerful than himself. Not only can it lead the troops to victory, but it can also completely transform the grief and fear brought to the troops in the huge casualties into combat effectiveness.

It's not just a matter of weapons and ammunition.

Kong Jie looked around at the officers of the New Second Regiment with satisfaction, and nodded quietly.

Very good.

The guys finally realized their problem.

Then he shouted:

"Next turret, run to keep up."

"The commandos of the Independent Regiment will stay in our regiment for a month, this month's time, see more, learn more, see how the troops that have eliminated a thousand devils fight, and see the gap between us and others."

"I hope that one day, our new second regiment will also be able to eliminate a thousand devils."

"Yes!"

。。。

The independent regiment also sent a commando team to the new regiment to grab the turret, led by Shen Quan, Yan Sheng and Wang Gensheng, with two hundred people, and the main force consisted of two battalions of troops, with two hundred people, followed by Wang Xikui.

However, the new regiment is an old unit left by Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei's personal ability is also very strong, and the soldiers' morale and combat effectiveness are strong, but he doesn't have much feeling.

Everyone is pretty much the same.

With this floor, the new regiment pulled out the devil turret extremely quickly.

During this period, the Type 92 infantry cannon and sufficient shells made Ding Dawei drool, and he planned to have the opportunity to go to Li Yunlong to rub a door. However, thinking of Li Yunlong's iron rooster character, he could only silently wipe the saliva from the corners of his mouth.

Ask Grand Master Li for cannons and shells, unless you give a price that is difficult for Grand Master Li to refuse, otherwise don't even think about it. And Ding Wei couldn't give Li Yunlong what he wanted, but Li Yunlong had a bunch of things he wanted.

And Li Yunlong of the independent regiment was not idle, after the return of Grand Master Li, he was busy organizing cavalry training and recruiting and training recruits at first, and he had no time to mix with the devils.

However, as the offensive of the new regiment intensified, the new regiment's regional devil turret close to Shou County was pulled out, which began to put pressure on Shou County, Li Yunlong also saw the opportunity, mobilized the second and third battalions to the vicinity of Shou County, and then organized an elite small army to engage in small-scale operations with the devils, constantly raiding and harassing the county seat of Shou County, and also organized and launched a night attack in the county seat.

Grand Master Li gave full play to his insidiousness, and all kinds of means were used together, and with the support of the cavalry that had not been formed for a long time, the hand that the devil had finally stretched out was cut off, and he could only tremble in the turret again.

Even during this period, the devils in a reinforced concrete turret had to abandon the turret because they were surrounded and had no food and water supplies, so they had to abandon the turret when they could not contact the county seat.

So, as the battle progressed, by the beginning of August, the devils in the surrounding areas of the three regiments began to be unable to hold on, and constantly sent telegrams asking for help to the headquarters of Yoshio Shinozuka.

If you don't give reinforcements, you won't be able to hold on.

。。。

"Yamamoto-kun, come and see!"

In the Taiyuan headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka handed the distress telegrams of the three county garrisons to Yamamoto Kazuki.

Yamamoto took the thick stack of telegrams and flipped through them.

Of the three county seats, Shou County has the most telegrams for help and is the most urgent, although this county has the most garrisons, but it is facing the most terrible Li Yunlong, as well as the attack of the new regiment, and many people on Heidao are anxious and in a hurry.

The other two were not much better, the garrisons of these two counties wanted to eliminate the troops who dared to storm the turret at first, but the new first regiment and the new second regiment did not have any direct contact with the devils, pulled out the turret and left, coupled with the speed, when the devil support troops came, the turret would have long been left with only a cloud of ruins. Moreover, under the tactics of attacking the east and attacking the west, the first large army feinted to attack a long-distance artillery tower to attract the support of devils, and then the commando team suddenly attacked the artillery tower near the county seat. Almost all the turrets were uprooted.

"Sure enough, the Eighth Route Army obtained a large number of Type 92 infantry artillery shells."

After reading it, Yamamoto Kazuki's tone was still undulating.

This situation was expected by him.

Unless the mysterious person named Chen Fan is found, and then the path of transporting weapons and ammunition is cut off, or the tactics are completely renovated, this situation will be a matter of time.

However, thinking of the mysterious man Chen Fan and the other party's large number of weapons and ammunition, his face suddenly became more and more gloomy.

The three joint operations of the Special High-tech Branch, the North China Intelligence Department, and the First Army Intelligence Department under his command lasted for several months, and no trace of this person was found. This made Yamamoto, who claimed to be an elite, very discouraged.

"Tell me what you think, about the recent battles of the Empire on the North China front." Yoshio Shinozuka spoke calmly.

The three county garrisons asked for help, but he ignored none of them, not because he didn't want to send reinforcements, but because there was really no drop.

The number of guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in North China seems to be much larger than expected, and the resistance force is stronger than they expected, resulting in a serious shortage of garrison troops, weak points are often attacked, and the resilience of the other side is far beyond the North China Front's estimates.

At the beginning, they thought that the other party would gradually weaken after holding out for a month or two at most under such a blockade, after all, the so-called base area is in the countryside, it is an agricultural society, and there is a shortage of materials, but now more than three months have passed, and the resistance in various places is getting stronger and stronger, can you believe it?

It's outrageous.

He didn't understand, how can rural areas afford so many troops? Moreover, the combat effectiveness of this army is not weak.

"With all due respect, General."

Putting aside the unhappiness in his heart completely, Yamamoto Kazuki said in a cold and hard tone:

"The biggest problem of the Imperial North China Front is that the offensive is more than enough, and the defense is seriously insufficient."

"One and a half brigades of our imperial army..."

Speaking of this, Yamamoto Kazuki seemed to think of something, suddenly choked, and after a moment of silence, he continued:

"Any full-fledged brigade of our imperial army can be interspersed at will in the enemy's so-called base area, and they have nothing to do with us, but if they defend in an all-round way, they will inevitably disperse their forces, which will give the other side the opportunity to concentrate superior forces to attack the weak points of our defense."

"And North China, especially the Loess Plateau in Shanxi, where the guerrillas are active, the Taihang Mountains, where the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the poor mountains and bald mountains, the soil is thick and the valleys are deep, it is the most treacherous mountain I have seen, and the transportation of materials here is all carried by people and horses, which is a good place for tourism, if it is a battle, it is a nightmare, especially for the modern army."

"In these mountainous areas, the advantages of our imperial army's weapons and equipment cannot be exerted because of the difficulty of transportation and supply, and the other side does not need too many supplies, so the poor weapons and equipment have become an advantage here."

"They can stay here for a long time, and once our army is too long, the combat effectiveness will plummet."

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded in agreement.

The previous sweeps were all forced to retreat because of the dangerous terrain and the threat of troop supplies from the other side.

"Therefore, our garrison in North China must innovate its tactics."

Hearing this, the corners of Yoshio Shinozuka's mouth twitched.

This guy is here to sell his special operations methods again.

Assemble a large number of small elite units, equipped with sophisticated weapons, and then covertly attack the guerrilla command structure...