Bang Bang

With the white plume of smoke rising into the sky, the characteristic sound of the train was also transmitted to the members of the special team.

"Ready."

Wang Gensheng let out a low snort.

Beside him, the detonator unscrewed the safety cover, revealing the red detonation button, his fingers lightly pressed on the button, and he stared at the locomotive that had emerged in the distance, gently adjusting his breathing.

Hold your breath and concentrate.

It's now...

The detonator let out a groan and pressed the button in his hand.

Boom...

Boom...

Two packages of explosives weighing 100 kilograms exploded at the same time, and the smoke of gunpowder instantly enveloped the locomotive, and with the spread of the shock wave, train parts such as rails, road spikes, iron wheels, and even connecting rods scattered in all directions.

The front of the locomotive was hit by an explosion, and at the same time that the base was scattered, the rails were naturally emptied, and the front of the locomotive overturned directly to one side, plowing a long mark on the ground, and the subsequent carriage was also pulled to the ground, and also slid on the ground for a long distance.

"Yaga..."

"Help..."

In the train, several passenger cars rang out with a series of shouts and cries for help.

Just as the train car had stopped, and the devils in the car were in a panic and were about to open the car to escape, the detonator pressed the second red button again.

Boom Boom...

At the position where the train turned, the explosion sounded again, and six puffs of gunpowder rose and spread at the place where the carriage stopped.

With nearly four years of experience, the special team has rich experience in bombing trains, coupled with long-term cultural knowledge learning, so that they can even accurately predict where the train will stop after derailment according to the speed and terrain of the train.

"Withdraw."

Before the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, Wang Gensheng retreated with his people.

"It's a pity."

Before leaving, one of the team members looked at the train where the bombed parts were flying around, and sighed with some pity.

There is a shortage of steel in the regiment, and the steel of such a large train is almost more than 200 tons, which is enough for the steel mill in the regiment to last for half a month, but this time their special team came over and did not have the ability to bring the train back.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Wang Gensheng smiled:

"That's not necessarily, it's impossible to get it all, but this devil train will definitely have some steel in the end to the steel mill in the regiment."

When the team members on the side heard this, they blinked their eyes, and somewhat understood what the captain meant.

The special squad left, but the devil patrol team that had not left far away not far away was stunned and thunderous, especially the captain in charge of the inspection, who was even more stunned on the spot.

He's just checked this place! His brigade of nearly 1,000 people repeatedly checked it several times.

"Baga, go and save people."

But after all, he is the captain, and he quickly understood that now is not the time to find the reason, and Lieutenant General Dacheng, the chief of staff of the North China Front, is still in the train, if something goes wrong with him.

As he ran frantically towards the explosion point, the captain felt a vague pain in his abdomen.

Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the First Army.

"Nani?"

He was reading the telegram from Ping'an County, and he stood up suddenly, his eyes widened, and he stared at the staff officer who had just come to report:

"You say it again?"

As he spoke, Gibbon trembled.

Although the staff officer's report was very clear, and Yoshimoto heard it clearly, he didn't believe it in his heart, or he didn't dare to believe it.

For the safety of the chief of staff, Yoshimoto mobilized almost all the forces around the railway, dispatched all the troops around the railway, patrolled day and night, and ordered the troops to conduct a carpet search within a kilometer of the railway before the train passed.

It's all like this, and there's still a problem?

"The train from Beiping was bombed, and Lieutenant General Miharu Oshido of the Front Army was shattered."

The staff officer bowed his head and repeated the contents of the telegram again.

"Yaga..."

Gibbon kicked the table of the headquarters:

"Who is responsible for the safety of the accident site? Let him commit suicide by seppuku! ”

"Ohno Shaosa has cut himself to thank the emperor."

The staff officer bowed his head and said.

Gibbon was stunned on the spot, his stomach full of anger and grievance was gagged, and after a long time, he could only scold fiercely:

"Rubbish!"

Although he scolded in his mouth, Yoshimoto regretted it a little in his heart.

No, it should be very regrettable.

Because of the great expansion of the army, there is now a great shortage of officers at the level of the Imperial Brigade, and a captain with rich experience died like this, and he committed suicide by caesarean section, which made Yoshimoto very distressed.

Being able to commit suicide and apologize shows that this is an officer who is loyal to the empire and full of passion and fanaticism for jihad, which is exactly what the empire needs at present.

But whoever is responsible for the stage where there is a problem, who will commit suicide is what he said, and Yoshimoto can only swallow his distress back silently.

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The death of Sanji Oshido did not cause much turmoil, and when the news reached Yamamoto's ears, his expression did not change much, no, Yamamoto even had the corners of his mouth slightly hooked, and his mood was a little happy.

This chief of staff is not on the right path with him, and Yamamoto had secretly wondered if this person would be killed by the Eighth Route Army on the way here, but he didn't expect it to come true.

In the situation of the empire and the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army was too suitable for special operations.

He quickly put the news aside and thought about the current situation.

According to the investigation, the independent regiment has already begun to move, and the engineering team of more than 10,000 people gathered in Ge Village, the nearest village to Ping'an County, and began to build a road, and from the analysis of the scene, it seems that the other party intends to build a wide, hard and solid multi-lane trunk road to Ping'an County.

This shows that Li Yunlong is bound to win Ping'an County.

Now the overall strength of the enemy is strong and I am weak, Li Yunlong has more than 15,000 troops, sufficient weapons and ammunition, and is well-trained, while he only has 8,000 imperial troops, among which there are a large number of recruits, even if he has.

He must brace himself and deal with Li Yunlong's attack, and not allow him to get an exit, otherwise once the Zhengtai Railway is completely cut off, the First Army will be completely abolished.

The Zhengtai Railway was the lifeline of the First Army and an important supply channel.

"Yamamoto Daisa."

At this time, Shinji Kosa walked in:

"Front-line intelligence, a large number of troops of the Independent Regiment began to build positions in an area close to the area eight kilometers before the third stronghold, and the size of the force was about four thousand people."

In order to block the way out of the independent regiment, the locust army of Ping'an County organized a large number of strong fortifications, each of which had two thickened civil and semi-buried fortresses, and even used a mixture of soot and gravel and a small amount of cement for reinforcement.

In order to build these fortifications, it broke Yamamoto's heart.

Originally, he planned to recruit people to build, but there were really not many people in Ping'an County, most of them were attracted by the independent regiment, and went to the base of the Eighth Route Army to work and work, and even the puppet army ran more than half, which made Yamamoto very helpless, so he could only let the locust army build it himself, but fortunately, the recruits were easy to call, and the construction of the position was very fast and the quality was good.

However, considering the vigilance and precautions, only a small part of the imperial army was able to build fortifications, and there was a serious shortage of manpower, coupled with a lack of materials, and a large amount of work, so far the fortification group was far from being completed, and even the main structure was not completed.

"Stronghold Three?"

Yamamoto walked over to the map, looked at the location of Position 3, and then asked Shinji Kosa to mark the position on the map that the Independence Map was building.

"What is Li Yunlong going to do?"

Looking at the position of the position, Yamamoto frowned.

The No. 3 stronghold is the farthest stronghold from Ping'an County, fifteen kilometers away from the county seat in a straight line, and even eleven kilometers away from the nearest highway.

According to his estimates, Li Yunlong should take advantage of the fact that his position has not yet been completed, and take the lead in launching an attack to destroy or delay the construction of his position, and he is also ready to deal with it.

In the plan, the No. 3 stronghold was a stronghold that was ready to be abandoned, which was used to delay Li Yunlong's attack and buy time for the construction of the fortifications behind.

However, the opponent's position was seven kilometers away from the No. 3 stronghold and put on a defensive posture, which greatly surprised Yamamoto's expectations.

"It should be an engineering team to protect the road."

Shinji Kosa speculated:

"Although our fortress fortifications have not yet been completed, the defensive positions around the fortifications have been preliminarily completed, and defensive positions or artillery positions have also been deployed on various heights.

"Is that so?"

Yamamoto's brow was still furrowed.

If he can obtain the information of the independent regiment, then Li Yunlong, as the head snake of the land, can naturally easily obtain his information.

No matter which direction he speculated, Li Yunlong should launch an attack as soon as possible, the opponent's superiority in strength and firepower, while his foothold is not stable, it is the wisest choice to advance the whole line to Ping'an County to occupy the road near the county seat.

Unless·······

"What do you suggest?"

After thinking about it, Yamamoto looked at Shinji Kosa.

Kazuki Yamamoto is very self-aware, he is good at special operations, and he is good at intelligence, but in this large-scale situation, he is really not as powerful as Shinji Kosa, who has been in the position of wing captain for several years.

"Send small forces to attack their road repair teams, or attack their bases."

Kosa said without hesitation.

"The success rate is low."

Yamamoto is familiar with this and has a lot to say:

"The Independence Regiment was clearly prepared against our attacks, and their workers came out to work during the day, surrounded by a large number of vigilant troops, making it difficult for small groups of troops to get close. At night, all of them withdrew to the interior of the base area, and there was no chance of attack. ”

Yamamoto, who is proficient in special operations, knows very well that a sneak attack by a small group of troops pays attention to surprise, and once discovered, it will inevitably be surrounded by the opponent's heavy troops and suffer heavy casualties.

Not to mention the current Li Yunlong troops, the ferocity of firepower is better than that of his special squad, if he attacked Daxiawan back then and encountered the independent regiment at this time, I am afraid that the first combat team will be shattered in less than three minutes.

Sending a small force to attack when the other party is expected is tantamount to delivering food.

"I mean, at night, send a large number of troops to infiltrate a large area."

Shinji Kosa had a serious face and a solemn tone:

"The Independent Regiment does have an absolute advantage in strength, but we should not face too many troops."

He pointed to the map and said:

"Panxian has the strength of an empire and a wing, about 3,000 people, Li Yunlong must send the same amount of troops to deal with it, and the Luliang Mountain area also involves part of its troops, and the remaining two regiments also have to guard against the garrisons in Heyuan County and other places, and they can't send too many reinforcements over, and they also need troops to be stationed in their base areas."

"The Ping'an County to Li Yunlong base area is a complex mountainous area, such a terrain can greatly weaken the firepower advantage at night, more of a short hand, and it is also very convenient to retreat from the complex terrain at night."

"Now most of our men are new recruits, and they are seriously lacking in combat experience, taking advantage of the fact that the independent regiment has not yet established a solid forward position, we continue to repeatedly infiltrate and intersperse with squadrons as a unit to temper new recruits."

"During the training period, the construction of strongholds must be accelerated, and the No. 4 fortification group must be built in advance, and then after the arrival of the four Type 92 105 field cannons of the heavy artillery unit, the No. 3 fortification group will be used as a base to shell the independent regiment to build a road."

"The maximum firing range of the Type 92 105 field cannon is eighteen kilometers, and it is completely possible to carry out artillery bombardment outside the range of the artillery of the independent regiment."

"In advance?"

Yamamoto was stunned.

The No. 4 fortification group was originally planned to be built, 19 kilometers away from Ping'an County, and 15 kilometers away from the base area of the Independent Regiment, but because of the lack of manpower and materials, and the fact that it was deep into the mountainous area, it was troublesome to build, and now it is only a plan.

"Yes."

Shinji Kosa nodded:

"Li Yunlong must have known that the imperial army was building a group of strong fortifications with half-buried bunkers, and he was still in no hurry to widen the horse road to build a high-standard road, and it was a high-standard high-standard road, then..."

Speaking of this, Kozo took a deep breath and raised his tone:

"He must have had a large-caliber siege artillery, and this road was to allow the heavy artillery to advance within range to carry out artillery bombardment of the fortifications."

"Judging from the specifications of the road he built, it may be an antique heavy mortar from World War I, this kind of cannon also starts at a minimum of ten tons, although the range is short, but the power is huge, and it can easily destroy the civil fortification bunkers we are building."

Hearing this, Yamamoto took a deep breath and nodded.

He also speculated before that Li Yunlong may have a heavy artillery, a large-caliber heavy artillery capable of attacking the city.

"Okay."

Yamamoto nodded.

In order to deal with Li Yunlong, General Yoshimoto also made a bloody investment and newly transferred four long-range 105 cannons to Ping'an County. And a wing of the Mongolian army arrived later.

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Meantime.

Katsumura.

Temporary command of the separate regiment.

Zhang Dabiao looked around, looked at the second and third battalion commanders, as well as the regiment commander, and spread out the map on the table.

In this operation, considering that the troops will become larger and larger in the future, Li Yunlong gave up direct front-line command and handed over the command to Zhang Dabiao, who is only coming here to listen to the battle plan.

"We can't hide the eyes of the devils when we build roads, and they can even know the specifications of our roads."

Zhang Dabiao smiled, and his tone was confident:

"Two-lane hardened pavement, the devil will inevitably think that we have heavy large-caliber heavy artillery, and intend to advance through the road and then shell its fortifications."

"Then, the little devils will inevitably obstruct us from building the road, but now they are inferior in strength and firepower, so the little devils will inevitably infiltrate and train troops on a small scale at night, and at the same time occupy the forward artillery positions and destroy our road construction through long-range artillery bombardment."

"The little devil's family is still very rich, and there are more types of cannons than ours."

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Dabiao smiled, and his voice was sinister:

"However, the little devil definitely doesn't want to bring it, we are now using the Bofors Mountain Cannon, which has a range of up to thirteen kilometers with extended range projectiles."