"The new 105 howitzer technology is more advanced, and the more advanced the weapon, the more difficult it is to master.

"At present, the troops are still dominated by 75 Bofors mountain guns."

"A hundred, plus the bottom row of extended-range shells, is enough at the moment."

Li Yunlong made a decision on two new weapons:

"As for the 84 recoilless gun."

"This is a good thing, it can be used by a single soldier, the personnel and machine gun configuration are similar, it can be anti-tank and anti-pillbox, it is very suitable for offensive operations, and then we want to launch an attack on Ping'an County, the troops are urgently needed."

"But this is a new thing, the use of the tail flame also has a certain danger to their own people, first to the elite troops small-scale equipment, a platoon equipped with three, and wait for the troops to understand the performance before general equipment, and further decentralization."

Ding Kong and Zhang Dabiao all nodded in agreement.

The people here are all veteran officers, from the machine guns of a regiment that could be counted on one hand, to the current machine guns are popularized in squads, and mortars are distributed to platoons, battalions, and regimental artillery to provide fire support anytime and anywhere.

The deepest feeling of everyone is.

With any new weapon, the troops need a process of adaptation.

For example, an infantry squad that has never had a machine gun is suddenly equipped with a machine gun, and it takes a while to get used to it before it can play the role of this machine gun.

However, actual combat can speed up this process, and the recoilless gun is a direct-fire artillery, which is easy to operate and use, and the troops can quickly get familiar with it and play a role.

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he spread out a map of the vicinity of Ping'an County, and the topic changed:

"Our offensive this time is dignified, and it is clearly in front of the devils, and we plan to open up a passage to the base area and threaten the Zhengtai Railway."

"Even the specific route is very clear, starting from Gecun, build a road to Ping'an County, and then occupy Ping'an County, and use Ping'an County as a base to cut off the Zhengtai Railway."

"The highway has been built for fifteen kilometers so far, and it is only five kilometers away from the front line of the devils."

The crowd listened quietly and smiled.

The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has been fought for so long, and for the first time, the troops did not hide the purpose of the battle at all, and made an upright move, ready to wrestle with the devil head-on, and fight hard power.

This feeling is comfort.

Li Yunlong continued:

"The little devil prevented us from getting the passage out of the base area, and started from Ping'an County, and built a total of four defensive positions, each of which has a solid group of semi-buried civil engineering fortifications."

"The devil's intentions are also very clear, relying on strong positions, preventing us from opening passages, and advancing slowly, and then using long-range artillery fire to hit my base area."

"Also."

"From the beginning of July to the present, the little devils have been carrying out large-scale infiltration and penetration, on the one hand, it is to train troops, on the other hand, it is to see that we are a mountainous area, the terrain is complex, and it is impossible to completely blockade us, using light infantry infiltration and interspersed tactics, entering our sabotage base areas, and even cooperating with the front-line troops to flank and completely break through our defense line."

After speaking, Li Yunlong smiled and waited for Kong Jie and Ding Wei to speak:

Ding Wei didn't speak, squinted his eyes slightly, and kept pondering. Zhang Dabiao didn't speak, looking at the map on the table.

The conference room was quiet for a while, and Kong Jie frowned:

"What else can you hesitate about, just hit it out."

"Our current strength, the strength of the army, the advantage of firepower, it is not easy to fight."

"Judging from the intelligence, the little devil has only four long-range artillery, and the model is most likely a 92-type 105 cannon, not to mention the new 105 howitzer we are about to get in hand, even if it uses the Bofors mountain gun, it can be easily suppressed."

"The big mules and horses with mountain artillery maneuvered to within thirteen kilometers of the position, and just set up a posture to bombard, can't a hundred guns beat four guns?"

"As for those fortified positions and bunkers, 160 mortars are artillery at a time, slowly advancing, and at the same time building roads, the devils have no strength to resist at all, and the county seat of Ping'an County is also, the position on the city wall can't stop 42 kg of shells at all, anyway, we have enough ammunition."

Li Yunlong had already informed the two of them that they had newly arrived with the quota of 3,000 tons of weapons and ammunition.

"As for the infiltration of devils, this is really difficult to guard against."

Speaking of this, Grand Master Kong frowned.

Having played guerrilla warfare for so many years, he knows very well that the terrain in the mountainous areas northwest of Shanxi Province is complex, and it is fine during the day, so he can detect and respond in time, but once it is night, especially at night in complicated weather, it is extremely difficult to guard against the infiltration of light infantry.

And it's really not bad for the little devil to play this trick.

Not to mention that there is also Yamamoto on the other side, this master of special operations.

"Hey, hey..."

Li Yunlong was about to speak, when Ding Wei suddenly smiled sinisterly:

"We are located in the mountainous area of the northwest of Shanxi, the mountains are dense, and the main traffic arteries are garrisoned by the main force, and the only choices the devils can choose are those mountain trails, or go over the mountains to come in."

"We can't keep these lightly armed troops out..."

"But after entering the base area, it is not difficult to find out."

Hearing this, Kong Jie nodded:

"Our base areas are connected by roads, there are vigilant militia units in all villages, and there are also guard posts on many hills, and it is very simple to find out, but it will be too late to find out, and the devils will definitely cause damage to the ghost base areas when they come in."

"Not necessarily."

Ding Wei snorted coldly:

"Now Boss Chen's side, the radio has been released, let's issue a radio to the reconnaissance soldiers at the commanding heights guard post, once the devil is found to have infiltrated the troops, immediately notify the regiment headquarters, after confirming..."

Speaking of this, Ding Wei's tone suddenly raised:

"We'll tell the tank troops to go and destroy them immediately."

"yes, we still have armored troops."

Suddenly, Kong Jie's eyes widened.

It has been more than two months since the tank arrived, and he has completed basic training, and he has gone to see it, although it is still a little unskilled, it has initially acquired combat capability, and is currently cooperating with the infantry intensive training.

With the mobility of a tank, it can rush to the battlefield as soon as possible.

It is absolutely impossible for the devils who infiltrate to carry anti-aircraft guns, and I am afraid that they will not be able to carry much explosives, at most they will be Type 92 or mortars.

The fuse of the Type 92 infantry artillery shell can only scratch a little skin unless it hits the tail of the No. 4 tank with side plates, and the mortar is also, and there are also cannons on the tank.

The passage of tanks, some mountains can be climbed directly, and with the protection of the accompanying infantry, the little devil does not want to approach with an explosives bag.

Isn't that?

Where do the little devils run!

"Hahaha..."

Grand Master Li laughed proudly:

"Our brother Chen is much richer than the little devil."

Suddenly, the four people in the regiment headquarters were full of smiles, and everyone seemed to think of the scene of the devil's lightly armed troops finally infiltrating and then being run around by the tank troops.

"Also."

After laughing for a while, Ding Wei took a deep breath, looked at the map of Northwest Jin on the table, and lowered his voice:

"I suggest that we don't take the initiative for the time being, but focus on passive defense."

"How?"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes and became interested.

Ding Wei continued:

"Now our total strength, plus the recruits in training, is almost 35,000, and the construction brigade is still providing high-quality recruits from afar, although after actual combat training, the recruits mature relatively quickly, but there is still a lot of room for improvement."

"Moreover, the expansion of the army is too fast, and some problems have also arisen, and it will take time to strengthen political and ideological education and strengthen military discipline."

Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Zhang Dabiao all nodded in unison.

The three of them have all led the army for so many years, so they naturally know that their unit can have extremely high efficiency and combat effectiveness, and ideology and military discipline are one of the cores, and military discipline must be strictly grasped, and cultural knowledge must also keep up.

Otherwise, a grain of rat droppings will spoil a pot of soup.

Moreover, the situation in the base area is actually very grim now, a large number of ordinary people have poured in, bringing a large number of people at the same time, it has also brought risks, and it is very difficult to manage, and the devil spies and some guys are also deliberately sabotaging.

"Also, don't you think it's strange?"

Ding Wei propped his hands on the table and raised his tone:

"We have carried out construction with such fanfare in the northwest of Shanxi, set up explosives factories, arsenals, and expanded the army to tens of thousands, seriously threatening the safety of the Zhengtai Railway, and millions of people have flowed to us."

"But the little devil only brought some new recruits to confront us, there are no veteran troops, and only the North China Front is dealing with us, and the situation is much easier than we expected."

"No matter how insufficient the little devil's troops are, they won't be able to draw out tens of thousands of people, right? The entire Chinese army is not less than a million troops. ”

"What does that mean, you say?"

After speaking, Ding Wei looked around at several people.

"Explain."

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes:

"The little devil has more important military operations, and your previous speculation was right."

"Yes."

Ding Wei nodded and said with a smile:

"Now the Americans are going to build airports in Guilin and other places, and they are ready to use this place as a base to bomb the devil's homeland."

"The threat to this devil is much more serious than ours, at most we will undermine the security of the occupied areas and cause loss of territory, but if the Americans are allowed to bomb the mainland, I am afraid that their locusts will be angry, and the cabinet will have to resign en masse."

"In that case, then let's take this opportunity to take the next big flag."

Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Zhang Dabiao all looked over and listened quietly to Ding Wei as he continued.

Ding Wei pointed to Ping'an County on the map and said, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked:

"It's not difficult to guess the intentions of the little devils, they have too many fronts, they don't have enough troops, and the formation of new troops is too slow, so let's train our troops, let the troops take shape quickly, and then wait for enough troops to launch a general offensive and take us in one fell swoop."

"But we're also improving."

"And we have Boss Chen, there is a huge population in the base, and the strength is much faster than the devil, and recently the superiors will send a group of grassroots officers and cadres, it is estimated that in another half a year, we can have more than a hundred tanks of armored troops, hundreds of artillery artillery clusters, and elite combat units that exceed the total strength of the First Army at its peak."

"The longer the time, the greater the gap in strength between us and the devils in the northwest of Jin."

Ding Wei's eyes narrowed:

"After the devils in Ping'an County shelled the road repair team, we first showed weakness, took advantage of the situation to suspend the continued extension of the road, and then launched a small-scale attack, and put on the attitude of advancing to the range of the Bofors Mountain artillery and destroying the devil's artillery position."

"The little devil knows very well the mobility of our mountain artillery, and it will definitely not allow us to get the forward artillery position, and it will definitely bite the position and not retreat, and the front line will once again fall into a state of fierce battle."

"Let's move forward slowly, and the extended-range shells, as well as the new 105 howitzer and the 160 heavy mortar, don't rush to show it."

"While tempering the troops, put pressure on the devils, and then appropriately release some benefits, food, and fuel to attract the devils to continue to increase their efforts."

"When the time is ripe, that is, when the devil launches a big war in the south, we will take the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack, occupy Ping'an County, Pan County, Yu County, and even Niangziguan Railway Station in one fell swoop, and the troops will go as far as Taiyuan."

"At that time, there were definitely a lot of devils in several counties, maybe we had a chance to get that large general hospital·····"

"Do you want to..."

Li Yunlong's eyes exploded:

"Catch a net full of big fish."

"Yes."

The corners of Ding Wei's mouth were hideously hooked:

"Perhaps, there will be a better price in the back, and there will be opportunities."

"I'll see it."

Kong Jie was the first to speak.

"I also agree with Captain Ding's plan."

Zhang Dabiao raised his hand in agreement.

"Then it's decided."

Li Yunlong also nodded.

Subsequently, several people worked out a more detailed battle plan with the regimental staff officers, and Chenghe of the new regiment also participated, and it was not until about nine o'clock the next night that the plan was completed.

On the third day, when Ding Wei and Kong Jie left the Independent Regiment, Ding Wei was so contemplative that he almost fell while walking.

"Commander."

Chenghe couldn't help but ask:

"What are you thinking?"

Since last night, he has seen that his head has been thinking about something, but from the loose brow, it is not a serious problem, but a very interesting thing.

"My plan is to cut off the Zhengtai Railway and occupy the counties of Panxian, Ping'an and Yuxian."

Ding Wei's tone was quiet:

"But, Li Yunlong, this dog thing, give him two divisions, he dares to hit Taiyuan."

"Shhh

Chenghe took a breath of cool air, a little incredulous:

"It can't be."

"Although Yuxian is far away from Taiyuan in front of the Zhengtai Railway, if we want to fight Taiyuan, we have to attack along the Zhengtai Railway, then we have to take Yangquan and Xiyang, and cut off the reinforcements of the North China Front."

"This is tantamount to a head-on war with the North China Front······"

"Who knows?"

Ding Wei shook his head:

"I estimate that there will be half a year, at most eight months, and the devils will launch a new round of operations."

"For such a long time, with the support of Boss Chen, the devil can't guess that we can develop to that extent, and we can't guess it ourselves."

Chenghe was stunned and nodded.

Truly.

If six years ago, when he first started fighting devils, he would not believe that one day, a battalion of his would be equipped with nearly 200 machine guns, six 120 mortars, 18 82 mortars, and 54 60 mortars.

······

Compared with the troops, Political Commissar Zhao, who produced a large number of products in the rear, also had a big plan in his heart.

"Commissar."

Shen Quan, the captain of the transportation brigade of the grain warehouse group of the independent regiment, found Zhao Gang and said with a wry smile:

"When will the mules bred by our troops on Minister Zhang's side be good? My convoy is too busy. ”

At the beginning of the year, Boss Chen gave the technology of the first and second generations of big mules, as well as a livestock farm, as well as thousands of well-bred first-generation stallions and donkeys, which can be directly cultivated.

"Is there such a big gap in transportation?"

Zhao Gang was a little surprised.

The automobile transport brigade now has 30 large trucks on 10 wheels, 100 large jeeps, plus the 1,500 mules of Lao Zhaotou, and more than 1,000 new transport board trucks have been built, with a maximum transportation capacity of more than 2,000 tons at a time.

The total number of people is also more than 5,000.

Boss Chen's delivery point is only a few kilometers away from the warehouse, and the board car can go back and forth five or six times a day.

How can there be not enough capacity?

"Commissar."

The corners of Shen Quan's mouth twitched, and he wanted to cry a little:

"Now that the regiment has lifted the restrictions, as long as they hold food stamps and as long as the source is reasonable, they can exchange grain, and the amount of grain going out every day has skyrocketed, from more than 1,000 tons per day to nearly 4,000 tons."

"Although the people who came to exchange food transported it themselves, after Boss Chen delivered the goods, we had to transport it from the delivery point to the warehouse, plus the metal and coal from the machinery factory, the explosives factory, and by the way, the fuel for the tank troops."

"It's just not enough."

"That's right."

Zhao Gang nodded, the recent expansion of the troops, the new big mules given by Boss Chen have been swallowed by the troops, and the quota has also been used to exchange for more important weapons and ammunition, and the capacity of the transportation brigade has stopped growing.

However, the troops have indeed obtained more and more materials, and the machinery factories, explosives factories, and breeding factories are also getting bigger and bigger, and the demand for transportation capacity in the base areas has increased sharply, and the contradiction between power and demand has arisen as soon as it continues.

"The livestock farm at the headquarters will not be slaughtered until at least February next year."

Zhao Gang naturally paid attention to Zhang Wanhe's livestock farm, and knew that his army's high-quality mules would not be slaughtered on a large scale until February next year, so he couldn't count on it for the time being.

"I'll give you another 5,000 people."

After Zhao Gang used the crowd method to solve Shen Quan's problem, he fell into deep thought in the room.

In the future, machinery factories and arsenals will be further expanded, and the demand for transportation in the base area will definitely skyrocket, with a daily demand of tens of thousands of tons.

"Guards."

Zhao Gang called the guards:

"Take me to the machine shop."

He was going to consult the master.

·····

Mid-September.

Early one morning.

On the second line of Japanese positions in Ping'an County.

Four Type 92 105 cannons were towed into the pre-dug position by the tractor, and a group of devils began to lower their pestles, unfold their gun mounts, raise their barrels, and some devils were watching the airship at high altitude to cheer up.

With a firing range of eighteen kilometers, the airship was required to correct the landing point of the shell at high altitude.

After half an hour of busyness, the captain of the devil artillery group gave the order:

"The azimuth is ·····, and the distance is fifteen kilometers······"

As the red pieces fell, the muzzles of the four Type 92 105 cannons burst into flames.