"Let me lead the team to Taiyuan to kill two devil major generals?"

Hearing the order of the captain, that is, Wei Dayong, Duan Peng's tone was full of disbelief.

Although he is relatively good, whether it is shooting, or various tactical actions individual skills, he is among the best in the special squad, but individual ability is one thing, and command ability is another.

He's been in the army for a few months.

Let him lead the team to Taiyuan alone to carry out the mission, does this flower monk want to trap him again?

Duan Peng was very vigilant.

The last time he was slapped and stunned, he remembered it deeply and unforgettable, and he inquired afterwards that this flower monk had also been slapped three times by the big man.

"It's fine."

Looking at Duan Peng, who was cautious and cautious, there was no Duan Peng when he first came, and the monk was very satisfied.

If this gang just joined the army, this task, it is estimated that they will not hesitate to go next, and even make a military order or something, and if they don't kill these two devils, the major general will come to see them.

Sure enough, something like a thorn is honest with a beating.

"Are you alright?"

Duan Peng was even more suspicious and vigilant.

As a member of the special squad, he heard the regiment commander say that the two devil major generals are a big deal, and the price is not low, and if he lets go of the regiment commander, he is estimated to be so angry that he will cut people.

"This mission, you take someone to give it a try, you command, even if you fail, it doesn't matter, the head of the regiment has agreed to this matter."

The monk waved his hand:

"Anyway, someone has a cover."

The task was handed over to Duan Peng, it was his decision, and he even asked the regiment commander for this, and he also got the support of the regiment commander, the special squad leader, there are many talents, but in terms of command ability, this newcomer is really talented.

"Who's going to do it?"

Duan Peng continued to be puzzled.

Although the devil is declining, there are still more than 50,000 people in the First Army, even if most of them are new recruits with poor weapons and equipment, but it is not something he can deal with more than a dozen special squad fighters.

Not to mention going to Taiyuan to kill two devil major generals.

"If your mission fails, the air brigade will send planes to bomb the devil's convoy."

Monk Wei's tone was calm.

The first army of the devils is only left with the Zhengtai line, all the movements are controlled by the troops, and there are only a few roads that the devil officers can take, even if they fail, it doesn't matter, the bomb trucks will be in the bottom.

"Okay."

Duan Peng suddenly came with confidence.

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A day later.

That is, March 29th.

Taiyuan, where the headquarters of the First Army is stationed.

"Is this true?"

The two major general officers, one of whom came from the base camp, that is, the country, thought that he was sent by the headquarters of the dispatch army, and the main responsibility of the two was to investigate the situation of the First Army and Jin in detail.

Although the base camp doesn't care about Shanxi, even if it is lost now, it will not affect the overall situation.

However, a unit that can defeat the First Army and annihilate nearly 30,000 imperial troops in one battle cannot help but be ignored by the devils, and the No. 1 operation is imminent, and the North China Front is about to attack Henan under the leadership of General Gangcun, and the outcome is unpredictable.

Therefore, they are here to assess whether the current strength of the First Army can contain this group of troops and let the rest of the Imperial Army do their best to carry out Operation No. 1.

But Yoshio Shinozuka's first sentence made the two imperial major generals exclaim in unison.

"Yes."

"At present, the First Army is completely unable to maintain the Zhengtai Railway, and it may be wiped out by the Tuba Road at any time."

Yoshio Shinozuka had a solemn face and explained in a serious tone:

"Including the garrisons in Yuxian, Yangquan and other places, the total strength of the First Army is 63,000 people, but most of them are new recruits, with insufficient training, lack of actual combat experience, and a serious lack of heavy weapons and ammunition, which is not enough to support a large-scale battle."

"As for the enemy, not to mention the troops in other places, Li Yunlong alone has more than 50,000 troops, more than 400 heavy artillery pieces of more than 100 calibers, 200 tanks, 10 aircraft, and large-caliber siege artillery."

"Not to mention that there are more than 100,000 other troops, and this group of people is not badly equipped."

The two major generals fell silent in unison.

They knew that the situation in the First Army was serious, but they did not expect it to be so dangerous.

Once the enemy attacks, not to mention the Zhengtai Railway and the surrounding cities, even the First Army may be completely annihilated.

"Then why didn't they attack?"

"And."

One major general is even more incredulous:

"You've collected so much supplies?"

In March, the First Army provided nearly 40,000 tons of heavy oil and nearly 200,000 tons of grain. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a situation of being pressed and beaten.

"It's a business, and it's a conspiracy."

Yoshio Shinozuka sighed.

For these oil and food supplies, the empire brought a large number of machinery and equipment from Southeast Asia, including a complete set of machinery and equipment for a large coal mine, which was imported from Germany.

This set of equipment is very advanced, worth millions of dollars, and the empire originally intended to use it for its own use, but it was still used by the navy to change fuel.

In other words, the other party sold heavy oil at a standard price, $2.5 a barrel. This batch of equipment alone has replaced more than 100,000 tons of heavy oil, of course, because of the large weight of the equipment, it is delivered in batches, and the fuel is naturally delivered in batches.

After the navy tasted the sweetness, it worked even harder to loot all kinds of equipment from the occupied areas, and some equipment seized from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and even some equipment seized from the Yunnan-Burma Highway was also used to exchange fuel.

He thought it was outrageous.

Like, it seems, the feeling that the Imperial Army is working for someone else?

······

At the same time.

Zuojiabao, the original new regiment station, is now the core area of Zhao Jiayu base.

Here, mountain valleys are dotted with brand-new houses, roads, fields and canals.

At this moment, the fields are full of ordinary people working hard, and the first generation of big mules are pulling the self-produced ploughs and rakes in the base area to cultivate the fields.

Between the houses, there are flocks of cows, sheep, chickens and ducks, children playing, and faintly, the sound of neat reading can be heard. Between the highways, the same first generation of mules pulled the tire carts galloping between the highways. On the board car, there are bags of fertilizer produced by the Heyuan County Fertilizer Factory.

At this time, Kong Jie and Zhao Gang came here.

"The new coal mine equipment is very advanced."

Kong Jie smiled:

"German goods, and the production is not long, almost not used, very complete, and so all installed in place, can achieve a daily output of 50,000 tons of coal, is expected to reach a maximum production capacity of more than 300,000 tons per day."

"As for the issue of talents, after we publicized the victory of Ping'an County, many young people and technicians rushed over, and there is no shortage of technical talents here."

In today's Republic of China, there are really a lot of mining talents, and many of them have rich work experience and can be put into work immediately.

"Not bad."

Zhao Gang nodded.

Steel plants need to consume a lot of coal, and it is expected that the power plants to be built in the future will also consume a lot of coal, and you can't always rely on diesel generators.

Moreover, it is very close to the machinery factory established in Zhao Jiayu and the steel plant near Ping'an County, and the transportation is also very convenient.

"Speaking of which."

When Zhao Gang was about to leave, Kong Jie suddenly asked:

"What have you been doing with the Americans lately?"

Kong Jie was a little curious.

The last time I did business with the United States, I earned tens of millions of dollars, which alleviated the problem of insufficient funds for the troops at one time, and also allowed the Americans to train pilots and ground crews, making a lot of money.

"To buy big mules, Americans need 10,000 big mules."

Zhao Gang said with a smile.

"How much do you offer?"

Kong Jie asked curiously.

He knows it now, and the goods in front of him, don't look at the usual Sven Wen, but his heart is dark.

"It's not expensive."

Political Commissar Zhao smiled:

"A big mule is the price of a Jimsey 10-wheeler truck."

"Ahem..."

Kong Jie almost didn't come back at that time.

Just a Jimsi truck?

This kind of truck, he knows very well, although the performance is far inferior to the ten-wheeled truck given by Boss Chen, the horsepower is not comparable, the load is incomparable, and the durability is not comparable, but the appearance is similar and the price is expensive.

"The Americans agreed?"

Kong Jie continued to ask.

This is obviously slaughtering Americans like fat sheep! Although the price is all over the place to pay back, the final price will definitely not be low.

"They'll agree."

Zhao Gang smiled confidently.

"Yes."

Kong Jie thought about it and nodded.

He knew how important the big mule was, and now it was March, and under the reimbursement of the tank business, there was no shortage of ten-wheeled trucks and half-track armored vehicles of the independent regiment, only the drivers and machine logistics personnel were missing.

But even so, on the front-line battlefield, the main force for the transportation of ammunition and materials is still the big mule.

The terrain of the battlefield is complex, and in many places, not to mention trucks and large jeeps, it is difficult to even drive tanks, especially in important positions such as commanding heights, and large mules can carry nearly 200 kilograms of ammunition and easily climb up, as long as the soldiers can carry combat equipment, the big mules can basically get on, except for special squads, of course.

The big mule did not have to worry about being scared away by the explosion, and the shells exploded around him, and he did not panic at all. Maintenance is also simple, consumption is small, 100 kilometers of dozens of catties of grass and fodder on the line, through human nature, you can follow the team, almost no care, automatic follow.

Short-distance transportation, transportation in complex terrain on the front line, large mules are indispensable, and after use, it is impossible to leave.

Anyway, for the Americans, 10,000 trucks, it's really not expensive.

"Then, I also talked to the Americans about a business, and it was a more interesting business."

Zhao Gang's tone was a little mysterious this time.

"Business?"

Kong Jie was stunned:

"What business?"

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The next day.

That is, March 30th.

American proper.

"A livestock, a truck? Or a military truck? ”

Hearing the offer, I thought that the major general of the logistics department jumped up directly and scolded:

"Those yellow-skinned monkeys, do they think the United States is a fat sheep?"

The previous technology of more than 20 million dollars to buy artillery shells made him very dissatisfied, and he kept scolding and saying that the United States should not spend so much money because of its blood loss, even if the front-line troops were very satisfied with the elastic performance of this artillery.

Lieutenant General Doyle, who was in charge, did not change his face when he heard the price, and he asked calmly:

"On the Italian front, how was the feedback to these big mules?"

"The evaluation of the front line is."

The clerk replied quickly:

"Perfect comrade-in-arms."

"The perfect comrade-in-arms?"

Lieutenant General Doyle paused for a moment.

Comrades-in-arms, plus perfection, this evaluation is not ordinarily high, just 300 big mules, can get such an evaluation, it is conceivable that those mules caused a sensation on the front line.

After a pause, the clerk continued:

"In fact, what is needed on the front line is 30,000 heads, and the people are still needed, and more will be needed in the future, and the British are also very interested and are preparing to contact each other."

"Before, for the distribution of those 300 heads, a regiment on the front line even fought."

"This is a frontline report."

At the same time, the clerk handed over a thick report.

There was a collective silence in the conference room, including the previous Major General and Lieutenant General Doyle, who quietly looked at the report in their hands, looked at the battle examples, and the role played by the big mule, with horror in their eyes.

Judging from the feedback from the front, the performance of this big mule is excellent, and it does not even have to be worse than the truck, and the asking price seems acceptable.

"Let the people over there negotiate with them."

Lieutenant General Doyle continued:

"Try to keep the price as low as possible, and then buy a little more."

"Yes."

The clerical staff nodded.

"So, next to the topic."

Lieutenant General Doyle continued:

"Or about the guerrillas, they say, can provide us with aviation fuel and bombs for bombing the Japanese mainland?"

Lieutenant General Doyle asked incredulously.

"Yes."

The clerical staff nodded:

"Including aviation gasoline, lubricants, bombs, all of them are provided by the other side, but we need to pay the corresponding expenses."

"Ridiculous."

The major general who had mocked before suddenly came to his senses:

"Do those monkeys know what high-grade jet gasoline is? The B29 bomber uses aviation gasoline instead of the fuel used by cars and trucks, and it is a miracle that they can make grenades and artillery shells in their little industrial facility. ”

"Has the troops tested it?"

Lieutenant General Doyle's tone remained unchanged.

The plan was to start the bombing of the Japanese mainland in June, because of the lack of stable transportation routes, and then the transportation of explosives was difficult. And the consumption of B29 bombers is very large.

It would be great if the other party could provide it.

The clerk continued:

"They provided bomb and fuel samples."

"After testing by the front-line troops, the fuel label and purity fully meet the requirements of the B29 bomber, and the bombs are also complete, incendiary bombs, submunitions, ordinary bombs, and they are still loaded with black sorkin explosives."

The scolding major general shut up.

Lieutenant General Doyle continued to ask:

"How much can they offer?"

The B29 bombers consume more than a dozen tons of fuel at a time, three or five tons of bombs, and the first batch of sixty-six bombers needs to consume more than 1,000 tons of fuel and hundreds of tons of explosives.

"They said that in April, 100,000 tons of high-grade aviation gasoline could be supplied, and 10,000 tons of bombs could be supplied."

The clerical staff officer closed the folder in his hand:

"In May, we can double that quantity and guarantee the quality."