Day 2.

Early morning.

The newly renovated Taiyuan First Army Aviation Brigade airfield.

Five Type 97 light explosives were pushed out of the hangar and parked in a row on the empty stands, fully loaded fuel trucks were parked next to the planes, maintenance mechanics were conducting final inspections of the planes, and in the ammunition depot on one side, dozens of devils pushed small carts loaded with bombs slowly towards the planes.

On the other side, there are five devil pilots who are conducting combat simulations.

In order to eliminate the special squad of the Independent Regiment that made him very troublesome in one fell swoop, Yoshio Shinozuka used his greatest strength, five Type 97 light explosive planes, which would carry more than 1.5 tons of aviation explosives to bomb the 'station' of the special squad.

Preparations proceeded quickly.

An hour later.

The pilot was already sitting in the driver's seat with goggles on, the propeller began to rotate slowly, the shooter in the back seat was also fastened with a seat belt, and three bombs hung under the belly of each plane.

On the airport control tower, a staff officer of a flight brigade is introducing Kazuki Yamamoto, who came to supervise the battle:

"The maximum bomb load of our Type 97 light explosion is 400 kilograms, but this is the maximum bomb load, which will affect the range, but the combat radius is relatively close this time, so each aircraft has a 250-kilogram bomb and two 50-kilogram bombs, a total of 350 kilograms."

Yamamoto also learned about aircraft operations because of the relationship between special operations, and after nodding, he asked:

"What about navigation?"

The biggest problem with army bombing, especially in this mountainous terrain, is navigation, at least a distance of more than 100 kilometers, and it is a mountainous area that is difficult to distinguish, at a glance it is full of mountain slopes and peaks and valleys, separated by a few hundred meters in the air, the devil knows where the target is, it is difficult to find a specific target, and even if there is a map, it is very easy to bomb wrong.

"There are no problems with navigation, yesterday's reconnaissance plane has already drawn up a navigation route, has already marked the bombing target with photos, and this time it is the pilot who carried out yesterday's reconnaissance mission to lead the pilot."

In this regard, the Taiyuan First Army Aviation Brigade naturally had been prepared for a long time.

"Yo Si."

Nodding again, Yamamoto looked at the five planes drawn out on the runway in turn, especially the five machine gun shooters in the back seat, the corners of his mouth moved, and finally he didn't speak.

Why, to bomb an Eighth Route Army, and bring a machine-gun shooter?

Wouldn't it be possible to save some weight to load explosives?

Or maybe you can save some fuel?

Are you still worried about being intercepted by opposing fighter jets?

Why don't you just send fighter jets to escort it!

When Yamamoto complained in his heart about the rigid behavior of the flying team, the five planes had already flown into the air, and after gathering in formation, they flew towards the distant destination.

During this period, the staff officer of the flying group, who did not notice Yamamoto's expression, continued to talk:

"In order to ensure the one-time destruction of the target, the five light explosives will carry out intensive and continuous attacks, both at ultra-low altitude and continuous bombing, without giving the enemy time to escape and evacuate, in order to kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent."

"Yo-shei, yo-shei."

Yamamoto nodded expressionlessly.

Although he disdained the rigid system and sluggish command of the aviation brigade, he also believed in his heart that there was nothing wrong with this operation.

Where the terrain, he has also seen, straight canyon terrain, high mountains on both sides, very hidden, but also led to a very concentrated, bombing efficiency is very high, five bombs totaling more than 1.5 tons, is enough to annihilate more than half of the independent regimental special squad.

In the information transmitted back by Zhu Ziming, it was determined that in the near future, the special team will have been training in the base, and there is no need to worry about the target leaving.

After leaving the airport, Kazuki Yamamoto returned to his small headquarters, then knelt down on the table, looked at the map above, and began to think about a question

"Where to go?"

According to the latest order of the North China Front, he will organize three special teams of an experimental nature, each with about 30 to 40 people, to go deep into the so-called base areas of the Eighth Route Army to carry out sabotage warfare.

Previously, there were two, but this time it has been promoted to three, which shows that the attention of the superiors to the special operation has further increased, and Yamamoto has taken out a twelve-point spirit.

Whether or not the great cause of special operations can be popularized and extended to the entire army of the Japanese Empire, or even to change the operational situation in the Republic of China and even in East Asia, depends entirely on this sabotage war behind enemy lines.

Yamamoto's heart was full of pride.

However, when he really started to think about it, he realized that things seemed to be more tricky than he expected.

Very, very tricky.

Raid warfare behind enemy lines is only a small part of the special operations system he has studied, and it is also the simplest part.

A special squad of dozens of people, going deep behind enemy lines without being detected, couldn't be simpler.

The dense jungle and rugged mountain roads make it impossible to block, and no amount of lookout posts can detect small units that march at night, and are good at concealing small forces.

Therefore, Yamamoto speculated that these three weakened special teams would not have any problems going deep into the enemy's base area, and even, as long as they moved fast enough, they could come and go freely without fear of the enemy's encirclement.

But the question is, after arriving at the opponent's base area, what to attack?

Attack behind enemy lines, destroy important facilities such as enemy transportation points, such as traffic nodes, highway bridges, railways, etc.

But.

Destruction of bridges?

The base areas of the Eighth Route Army are all in the mountainous areas, there are no big rivers, people don't need this thing at all, and when they encounter small rivers, they generally wade directly over, or a single-plank bridge, or just go there, just take a detour.

What's the use of him sabotage?

Destroy highway nodes.

Isn't this exactly what the Eighth Route Army is going to do?

If he destroys highway nodes on a large scale, I am afraid that the Eighth Route Army will give him a certificate of merit. He was wanted by the top brass of the Imperial Army.

Sabotage of railways.

They don't have it.

Thinking about it, Yamamoto's gaze fell into a daze.

However, after all, he was an elite devil, and after taking a deep breath, he began to think again.

The main purpose of the sabotage war behind enemy lines is to destroy the enemy's important strategic points, and the Eighth Route Army obviously has no strategic points, but those arsenals and factories are counted. But it is impossible for him to enter the enemy's mountain arsenal, where there must be heavy guards, and the army goes, and before he gets close, the enemy retreats. It can only be empty.

But a strategic location doesn't have to be a location, it can be something else·····

After a long time, Yamamoto's eyes suddenly froze.

At the same time, he also set his sights on the other side of Shou County.

In the first battle, you must not be able to pick the most difficult place, so you can't go to Li Yunlong's territory, Yamamoto is very forced in his heart, Li Yunlong's independent regiment is very strong in combat effectiveness, and it has the strength to annihilate his weakened version of the special squad.

What is the old saying called, persimmons pick soft pinch.

Therefore, this time, Yamamoto decided to put a team on the other side of Shou County, it is said that where is the unit where Li Yunlong once stayed, called the new regiment, which is also the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Then, the other was thrown into a garrison called the New Second Regiment.

As for the third branch, because the decision was too late and the troops were not yet in place, it would take some time to complete the formation.

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The other side of Shou County.

A new regiment.

Recently, Ding Wei's small life has been very good.

Although he is adjacent to two county seats, the devils in Shou County do not go out, and the devils on the other side have limited erosion of his base area, the pressure on the new group is very small, and the base area has almost no loss, and even because the devils in Shou County have shrunk, they have expanded a lot.

For this, he was also praised by his superiors.

He was given the title of a model cadre group and a model base area, and called on other key regiments to learn from Ding Wei.

As soon as the days were clear, Ding Wei began to drum up his new regiment, began to prepare for the expansion of the army, began to learn from Li Yunlong, and developed the army into a brigade of more than 2,000 people.

After all, looking at the world, the regiment-level troops should have a scale of more than 2,000 people, and his less than 1,500 people is wrong.

Grand Master Ding was full of pride in his heart, and he also thought in his heart, although it was impossible to be like Li Yunlong, he could hardly shake or even defeat the full formation brigade of the Devil A Division Regiment, after all, he did not have any material supplies from Boss Chen, but it was no problem to deal with a second-line division flying full formation brigade, that is, such as the Yamazaki Brigade, and defeat it directly one-on-one after encountering it, right?

His new regiment is not badly equipped.

Machine guns, not popularized to squads, but one and a half squads with one machine gun is still no problem, and rifles are not lacking at all. The artillery company also has two 82 mortars and four 60 mortars, which are not weak, but there are fewer shells and they have to be used sparingly.

Because he also participated in the battle of the last robbery of the devil army, the grenadiers of the headquarters arsenal have been issued in place, he is the first to equip them, and there is no shortage of grenadier ammunition, and the arsenal has allocated a part, and Li Yunlong doesn't like this thing, almost all of the captured ones have been taken by him, and the ammunition depot has a lot of stock.

As for the bullets, how can Grand Master Ding live his life? There are still more than 100,000 rounds of stock!

After a period of army expansion and training, the new regiment finally became a large regiment with a number of 2,000 people.

However, after the number of people increased, Ding Wei began to feel the pressure.

The regular army of 2,000 people, and even a cavalry company among them, eats horses every day, and the consumption is really a lot, in order to ensure combat effectiveness, it is necessary to strengthen training, and it has to increase the supply of food, which is a huge pressure on Ding Wei.

"Commander, our situation is not good."

At the regimental headquarters of the new regiment, the commander of the first battalion, Cheng He's tone was full of worry: "There is not much grain in the warehouse, and the people in the base area can't help much. ”

"How much longer?"

Ding Wei frowned deeply.

"If you follow the current consumption, at most, three months."

Chenghe smiled bitterly.

In order to ensure the effectiveness of the troops' training, the new regiment has increased the amount of food, so the per capita food consumption of the troops is higher than before.

"Three months."

Tapping his fingers on the table, Ding Wei looked thoughtful.

The solution to the grain problem is nothing more than to open up sources and reduce expenditure.

Open source.

There is no way to base the area.

The population here is not large, and the weather has been bad recently, the harvest is not good, and there is no way to provide more food, and the people themselves are not living well. As for the devil's side, the little devil is also very well learned, and he hardly gives a chance to attack the convoy, and the occasional capture is only a drop in the bucket.

Throttling.

It is only possible to allow the troops to reduce their rations, and then to weaken the intensity of training.

Grand Master Dante was very unwilling.

The more troops, the higher the requirements for training, and only after long-term training can combat effectiveness be brought into play. Once the intensity of training is weakened, the combat effectiveness of the troops will decline to a certain extent.

The reason why Li Yunlong's independent regiment can have such a strong combat effectiveness is that training occupies a large factor, compared with the weapons and ammunition provided by Boss Chen, and even the factors that affect the combat effectiveness of training are not bad at all.

Then, we can only find a way to open source...

"Continue to maintain the current consumption, food problem, I will find a way."

After saying to Chenghe, Ding Wei narrowed his eyes and set his eyes on Li Yunlong's territory on the map.

Every time the signal soldiers went to the independent regiment, they could have a meal there, the fine grain tube was full, there was oil and meat, and there were a lot of them, and even when they came back, they gave two big white flour buns fried with meat and oil to eat on the road, highlighting a landlord's grandfather as a pie.

Every time the independent regiment contacted the mission, the guard platoon rushed to go, and almost fought for it.

Therefore, there must be enough food on Li Yunlong's side, and that Boss Chen must have provided this kid with a lot of food.

But what to get in exchange?

Touching his chin, Ding Wei fell into thought.

Li Yunlong's things are not so easy to take, he just received two heavy machine guns from others, and now he comes to ask for food, this unprofitable guy will definitely not give it to him, even if he is spoofed.

After thinking for a while, he said:

"Someone, go and call Wang Chengzhu over."

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Separate regiments.

Regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong is holding an operational summing up meeting.

"At present, the expansion plan of our regiment's 4,000 troops has been completed, and the three battalions, a total of 12 infantry companies, have conducted more than three actual combat training around the Huting stronghold, and the training results are remarkable."

Zhang Dabiao took the lead in reporting:

Moreover, during this time, we also assisted the guerrillas around the stronghold of Huting and regained a large number of previously lost bases. ’

"However, yesterday more than 300 devil reinforcements came to the stronghold of Huting, and they are currently gathering troops to launch an attack on the base area over there, seeking a decisive battle with us.

"The little devils over there are not weak in combat effectiveness, if we are at a disadvantage in terms of troops, there is a great possibility of losing the battle, so if you want to continue to conduct actual combat training, you must act with two companies or strengthen the company."

"Make sure we have a military advantage with the devils."

"After all, seventy percent of recruits still have a great impact on combat effectiveness."

"Let's stop."

Li Yunlong said: "Let the fighters take a break, sum up their experience, and as for the actual combat, we will talk about it after a while." ”

Zhang Chi has a degree, Grand Master Li still understands, he has been fighting continuously for more than a month, and he should stop and let the soldiers digest and digest it well, and train for a period of time to make up for the shortcomings.

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao nodded.

He also felt it was time to stop.

At this time, suddenly, the iron communicator on Li Yunlong's waist rang.