At night, Yoshimoto woke up.

At that time, his face was pale, his pupils were dim, and there was no trace of blood on his lips.

Yoshimoto was born in 1887, and now he is an old devil who is nearly sixty years old, and his body and bones are naturally not as good as before.

Seeing the commander wake up, a ghost military doctor examined for a moment, and then breathed a long sigh of relief:

"Just rest for a few days."

This sentence made Yamamoto, who had been waiting, sigh quietly in his heart.

The reason why he is waiting here is not because he is worried about Yoshimoto's safety, in fact, Yamamoto wishes that Yoshimoto Sadashi is dead, and in this case, maybe General Shinozuka will be able to return.

After looking at the developments during this period of time, as well as the information received from the Independent Regiment recently, Yamamoto became more and more certain that General Shinozuka's theory was correct.

We must concentrate our efforts on eliminating Li Yunlong as soon as possible, regardless of the cost.

How long will it take for the previous large-scale law and order war with 60,000 troops to end?

It's less than three months!

In the battle of Shouxian, the strength of the independent regiment that had suffered heavy losses had been completely recovered, and even exceeded, according to the information he had, Li Yunlong's independent regiment had a total strength of more than 6,000 people, counting the recruits in training.

It's comparable to a full brigade in the Empire.

And it is still rapidly expanding the army.

Looking at that posture, I'm afraid I don't plan to expand the army to 10,000 before I stop.

In addition, it can be seen from the losses of this bombing that Chen Fan has obviously increased his support for Li Yunlong, and the frequency of new weapons has increased, and the number of weapons has also increased.

According to the report of the returning pilot, he summed up some intelligence.

The independent regiment's air defense was extremely strong, with about 100 large-caliber heavy machine guns, 50 20-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and as many as 20 40-caliber antiaircraft guns, adding up to 170 anti-aircraft firing points, 100 more than expected.

And no wonder the bomber fleet suffered such losses.

In just a few months, the air defense force has developed to such an extent that, according to General Yoshimoto's plan, it is necessary to wait for the arrival of the newly formed divisions in the country, first clear the countryside on a large scale and undermine the stability of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, and then organize an integrated division to launch an attack on the independent regiment.

It will take at least four to six months for this set of plans to be completed.

At that time, how powerful should the independent regiment, which was expanding its army frantically, be?

Yamamoto knew that Li Yunlong not only organized a large number of people to build roads, but also frantically excavated fortifications and bunkers, digging layer after layer along the mountainous area where his base was located, and almost every hill had a solid civil position.

I think that at the beginning, the 10,000-strong army attacked Shou County for so long.

Then, half a year later, in the face of the multi-level and large-depth bunker fortification group in the base area, as well as the strength of more than 10,000 people, there are two regiments around to support, sufficient weapons and ammunition, light firepower is stronger than the imperial army, and the artillery is not inferior to the independent regiment of the imperial army, a full-formed division of more than 20,000 people, I am afraid that it is not ······

But Yamamoto knew that he was just a big sa, and he was soft-spoken, so he could only suppress the suspicion in his heart.

When the military doctor left, he said a few words to Yamamoto, who was in charge of intelligence:

"Your Excellency Yamamoto, General Yoshimoto's health is currently okay and he will recover in a few days, but the general is fifty-six years old after all, and if there is bad news in the near future, it is best to inform the general separately."

"Two or three times is fine, if there are too many, the general is afraid..."

The military doctor also knew the current situation, the guerrillas were jumping up and down, all kinds of disturbances, and the law and order in the occupied areas of the First Army was extremely bad, and there was no bad news for General Gibbon, I am afraid it was not realistic.

But fortunately, General Yoshimoto's situation is actually okay, after all, he is in a high position, and his body is still there, as long as it is not this kind of impatient situation, two or three more times, there will be no big problems.

"I see."

Yamamoto nodded calmly, but under those eyes, his heart was overflowing.

The strength of the independent regiment has recovered, and it is even stronger than before, will Li Yunlong not make trouble? It is impossible, and he is sure that in the future, Li Yunlong will definitely have a bigger move and be more destructive.

So······

Yamamoto looked at Yoshimoto with a faint look in his eyes.

Just when Yamamoto's eyes flickered, Yoshimoto's face finally regained a little ruddy.

"Any other news?"

This was the first thing Yoshimoto said after he recovered a little.

Yoshimoto still cherishes his little life, the imperial hegemony has not yet been completed, and the First Army still has a lot of things for him to deal with, and he can't die yet. If there's any bad news, we'll have to see it later.

"Nope."

The staff officer's answer relieved Yoshimoto.

After sitting up, taking a breath, his face further regained a little blood, and then he drank some more water, and after a long sigh of relief, Yoshimoto finally regained his strength, he walked to the headquarters, and said to Yamamoto, who was following him:

"Summarize today's battle for me."

"Hey."

Yamamoto immediately handed Yoshimoto a folder, which was a report and details of the incident that he had summarized.

Yoshimoto sat in the Taishi's chair, spread out the documents on the headquarters table, and thought about what to do while reading them.

Li Yunlong did three things today.

The first piece.

Two 120 heavy mortars were used to bombard the Panxian barracks, and during the shelling, which lasted for half an hour, hundreds of shells were fired, which blew up the Panxian garrison barracks, causing casualties to a squad and damaging a lot of ordnance.

It was the least devastating, a squadron of ordnance, a squad of casualties, a drizzle of the First Army.

But the question is, according to previous experience, since Li Yunlong used it once, there will definitely be a second time, so how should Li Yunlong deal with Li Yunlong's next shelling of the garrison camps in various counties of the empire?

There are mules and horses with extremely high camel load capacity and mobility, which means that with the independent regiment as the center, the imperial army barracks and other facilities within a radius of 150 kilometers are under Li Yunlong's artillery fire.

Yaga, so many shells from them!

At this point, Yoshimoto, who didn't think of a way to deal with it for a while, reached out and rubbed his forehead, and he could only curse in his heart.

More than 300 rounds of heavy mortar shells, at fifteen kilograms per shell, is also half a ton. Just to bombard the camp of a county garrison brigade, he was reluctant to do this.

He didn't understand, even if someone provided ammunition, but it was not produced by himself, Li Yunlong was willing to waste it so much!

He then flipped through the pages and looked at the information and information on the next event.

The second thing.

The Independent Regiment dispatched six long-range mountain guns to bombard the Niangziguan Railway Station of the Zhengtai Railway, causing the railway station to stop, and the train could not be stopped for two days, and even a locomotive under repair was damaged, and there were some losses in personnel.

This thing is actually similar to the first one, they are all shelling imperial army facilities, but the artillery is different, the railway station is a mountain artillery ten kilometers away, which is more difficult to defend against, and there are more shells fired.

Then, he still didn't quite understand that although the railway station was an important facility of the Empire, the simple bombardment did not cause much damage. The damaged station building can be repaired in two days, and it will only take half a day to restore traffic, as for the locomotive that is being repaired, it is an accident. The railway station was well fortified, so there were very few casualties, and the garrison suffered almost no losses, except for a few maintenance workers and a railway mechanical engineer.

Nearly 600 shells were wasted for this, what did Li Yunlong think?

However, if Li Yunlong came to bombard the station several times a month, it would really be a very troublesome matter, and if a train transporting goods stopped in the station during the bombardment, it would be a big trouble.

Seeing this, Gibbon's hand rubbing his forehead suddenly stopped, and then flashed sharply, and said to the staff officer on the side:

"Order the garrisons of the counties and move the barracks to populated areas."

"Order, the newly arrived brigade in China will go to the railway stations of the Zhengtai Railway to strengthen the defense, and in addition, recruit the people from all over the railway station to widen the protective trenches along the Zhengtai Railway."

"I see if Li Yunlong dares to continue the shelling."

Yoshimoto's tone was grim.

"General Takami."

Yamamoto's eyes lit up slightly.

Recently, their biggest headache is Li Yunlong's stealing of railroad tracks, which has the most serious impact on railway traffic.

For this reason, he went to the scene to investigate, and according to the analysis of the remaining rail incisions, Li Yunlong should have a kind of rail cutting equipment that can quickly cut off the rails, which gave the independent regiment the ability to quickly carry the rails.

Although the general's move to requisition and mobilize only the people to widen the protective trenches on both sides of the railway, although it could not prevent Li Yunlong from stealing the rails, the protective trenches several meters wide could create trouble for transportation, buy time for the imperial army responsible for railway safety, and reduce losses.

Moreover, with the existence of a large number of people, Li Yunlong did not dare to bombard the railway station casually, unless they could do it regardless of the lives of civilians, if this was the case, it would be a good thing for the First Army.

Yoshimoto also smiled, satisfied with Yamamoto's compliment.

After that, he flipped to the last sheet of the document and looked down.

The third thing.

Of the fifteen warplanes that bombed the base of the Independent Regiment, only eight survived.

Li Yunlong once again surprised his expectations.

The independent regiment under his command had a strong air defense capability and a large number of air defense weapons, far exceeding his expectations, and when he was caught off guard, nearly half of the 15 bombers that went to bomb were lost, and seven pilots were also lost.

At this point, Yoshimoto frowned again, stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, and after a long time, he sighed deeply:

"Order the flying group to suspend the bombing of the Separate Regiment station."

One hundred anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, fifty 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, and twenty 40-anti-aircraft guns, such intensive anti-aircraft fire, meant that every time the dive bombers bombed, they would lose a lot of money.

The Independence Regiment has moved all the granaries underground, and the ammunition depots are all underground or in cave-like buildings, and the bombing effect is very small, and other than that, there are no important bombing targets, and if the anti-aircraft fire is not strong, it is acceptable to spend bombs and fuel to bombard its base areas, causing panic and destroying buildings, as well as killing and wounding people.

But now, it is not worth spending precious planes and bombers, as well as pilots, for this.

······

Zhao Jiayu, independent regiment.

Under an oil lamp.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang sat at the table together.

"After this bombing, the little devil will definitely not continue to send planes to bomb our base area, because it is not worth it."

Zhao Gang's tone was calm:

"Our independent regiment has no targets worth the devil's expense of planes and pilots to bomb."

"Indeed."

Li Yunlong nodded, continued to look at Lao Zhao, and waited for him to say his plan.

This matter is not difficult to solve, or even very simple.

Set up a target for the devils, a decoy, so that the devils are reluctant to give up the bombing, such as building an outside material warehouse, or even an armory, although the independent regiment will have to suffer some losses in the face of the bombing, but in the end it will definitely be earned.

"However, using important targets such as granaries or warehouses to tempt devils, the scale is small, and the devils are reluctant to come, and we have a relatively large loss if the scale is large."

Zhao Gang paused, his face distressed.

The first bombing, although he still made money in the end, but every time he thought of the hundreds of tons of grain that were not burned, he felt distressed.

This made the corners of Li Yunlong's mouth twitch:

"I can't bear the child to trap the wolf!"

"It's reluctant to use children to work and capital."

Zhao Gang snorted, then turned out a report from the repair institute, pointed to the report and said:

"Attract wolves, we can use sheep."

"Sheep?"

Li Yunlong raised his eyebrows.

Independent regiment, in addition to important material warehouses, are there any other targets that can attract devils? Repair shop? This thing is much more precious than supplies, or is he Grand Master Li?

"The headquarters arsenal is expanding the Bayi type horse rifle, you know?"

Zhao Gang suddenly changed the topic.

"Zhang Wanhe told me that now there are 500 pieces of output per month, and in a few months, it can be increased to 1,000, and the quality is much higher than before, the rifling has been improved, and the accuracy has been improved, hehehe, because of this, he also invited me to drink!"

Li Yunlong was naturally very clear, and there was even a little smug in his tone.

The arsenal was able to expand the production of horse rifles, and their independent regiment took the lead, and the machine tools snatched from the devil army, as well as the high-quality machinery and equipment given by Brother Chen in the follow-up, were the fundamental reasons why the arsenal was able to mass-produce the Bayi horse rifles.

"By far the biggest problem facing the arsenal is the serious lack of hardness of the firing pin, which often breaks down after a short period of use."

Zhao Gang said:

"And this problem can be easily solved by our repair office."

"That's right."

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up:

"That master has already assembled a small electric furnace, although it lacks added elements, it can already produce a very small amount of high-quality steel, and there are too few barrels to make, we have to wait for us to complete the new business, Brother Chen can add elements to us, but it is no problem to make small parts such as firing pins."

"But what does this have to do with the devils continuing to bombard our regiment?"

Li Yunlong then frowned:

"The repair institute is our lifeblood, and we can't put it out for the devil to bomb."

"Of course I know that."

Zhao Gang suddenly changed his words again:

"One more thing, we still have an important problem, the production of explosives is seriously insufficient, and the black powder is not very powerful, which is not suitable for loading grenades and bombs."

"We can't solve this for the time being."

Grand Master Li frowned:

"There are restrictions on changing explosives on Brother Chen's side, it's too cost-effective."

Then Li Yunlong watched Zhao Gang dig out the intelligence information of this new business, because there was still a month and a half left, he also read the business requirements and the attached information, and planned to discuss with Zhang Dabiao and Wang Gensheng how to complete this business in a few days.

"In this intelligence information, Boss Chen gave a business deposit."

Zhao Gang flipped out a stack of papers.

"This is..."

Li Yunlong raised his eyebrows, took the information and looked at it.

In fact, at the beginning, there was a deposit for every business, but then Brother Chen didn't talk about it.

"Means of production of potash explosives!"

After taking a closer look, Li Yunlong exclaimed in surprise:

"Tung oil, salt water, lime····· We can buy these raw materials ourselves, and there are a lot of them, give this information to Zhang Wanhe, and our problem of insufficient explosives will be solved. ”

"I've already sent one to the logistics department."

"But it's not that simple."

Zhao Gang poured cold water:

"There is no equipment to produce this thing in the arsenal, and it is estimated that it will take at least a year and a half to complete the production line, and it is estimated that it will be two years smaller when it can be produced."

Without waiting for Li Yunlong to speak, Zhao Gang continued:

"But, we can produce."

"Huh?"

Li Yunlong looked at it in surprise.

"I've shown it to the master."

Zhao Gang smiled:

"Master said that there is a specific manufacturing process in the data, as well as equipment requirements data, he can use gasoline oil drums and some spare parts of ten-wheeled military trucks, plus make some tools and equipment by himself, in half a year, can assemble a production line with a daily output of five tons of explosives."

"However, after all, this production line is patchwork, relatively scattered, with large site requirements, manpower requirements, and frequent maintenance, and must be maintained by the master himself."

The master was given by Brother Chen, and although he listened to his requirements to do things, he would not leave the independent regiment.

"Then let's do it immediately, we lack everything, but there is no shortage of people, and the number of people in the construction brigade has increased."

Li Yunlong instantly understood Zhao Gang's thoughts,

An explosives factory with an annual output of more than 1,000 tons, a gun parts factory, the eyes of the little devils are red.

Moreover, the parts factory is small, it is not easy to bomb, and the explosives factory is scattered, as long as the important steps, as well as the finished products and important raw materials are put into the cave, and the rest is released for the devils to blow up.

If it's blown up, repair it, repair the house, it's just a stack of bricks, how simple it is!

"Hey, hey, hey..."

"With this explosives factory, you are not afraid that the little devil planes will not come to bomb."

"It's a bit of a pity, it takes half a year to assemble."

Li Yunlong tsk, tsk, tsk.

The raw materials for the production of this explosive, he can get together in a month, and there are a lot of them, tung oil, many people grow this thing at home, and it is very cheap, salt, there are salt wells and salt fields in the base, and there are more limes.

·····

At the same time.

Nameless peaks.

Ding···

"Destroy three Devil Barracks and destroy a squadron of ordnance. Price code: Grain···· Materials: 1 ton"

"Partially destroyed the Niangziguan Railway Station, destroyed a steam-pulled locomotive, killed nine technical soldiers, including a senior railway engineer, and destroyed 70 meters of railroad tracks. Price Code: Grain ····· Quota: 150 tons."

"Another: comes with a set of simple production equipment for potash explosives."