"Do you have any details?"

Isamu Yokoyama hurriedly asked.

The Changheng operation under his command was about to enter a critical stage, the army had completed its initial deployment, and was about to launch an attack on Chang and Sha, and if the independent regiment really established an airfield in his rear, then his offensive plan would have to be greatly changed, at least halved in size, or even suspended.

This is not the central Henan region.

Although the preserved fruit troops he faced at this time still had various problems, such as overlapping commands, fighting separately, and lack of supplies, they were much stronger than the Tang Corps in Zhiyu, and their troops were also larger, which should not be underestimated.

If you don't pay attention, it can go wrong.

Once this group of troops has large-scale air support, the level of the battle in central Henan, like locusts, hundreds of sorties a day, hundreds of tons of ammunition fall on the heads of the locust army, let alone win, his hundreds of thousands of troops are afraid that they will be severely damaged.

"An investigation is ongoing."

The staff officer bowed his head and replied.

"Yaga."

Yokoyama Yong glared angrily on the spot and scolded:

"The enemy is building airfields in the rear, and the intelligence services are not clear in detail?"

"Waste, a bunch of waste."

"Is this how you are loyal to the Emperor?"

After a series of scolding, Isamu Yokoyama still felt uncomfortable in his heart, feeling that he was holding a breath in his heart, unable to spit it out, unable to swallow.

It's very aggrieved.

This is also normal.

During this time, although the allied forces under his command were successful in the Battle of Changheng, the actual progress of the campaign was far behind the planned progress, which was completely different from the Battle of Central Henan.

Moreover, the expected annihilation of the main force of the preserved fruit has not been completed, and the other party is very slippery and has never given him a chance.

He had always been extremely anxious.

At this time, the appearance of the independent regiment aircraft completely crushed his Taishan.

In the end, stimulated by irrepressible anger, he walked up and slapped the staff officer, turning the staff officer 720 degrees, twisting the staff officer to the ground, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding.

"Hey."

The staff officer hurriedly got up, wiping the corners of his mouth while continuing to bow his head.

The staff officer was bitter.

This incident was due to the unfavorable work of the intelligence section and the mistake of the special high-tech department, and as a result, he was slapped in the face, but he had nowhere to say anything. I could only swallow this beating silently.

"Order the Intelligence Section to start investigating immediately, within three days, within two days, I want detailed information."

Yokoyama is murderous:

"Otherwise, I will personally report this to the Prime Minister."

"Hey."

The staff officer's voice trembled, but he was also greatly relieved.

The independent regiment belongs to the Eighth Route Army, and unlike the preserved fruits, the intelligence department of this group is not easy to get, but it is much easier to investigate than that 'Chen Fan'.

······

After the staff officer left.

Isamu Yokoyama held his Emperor's Imperial Katana and paced back and forth at the headquarters, occasionally looking at the battle map on the table and the information gathered by the Intelligence Department, his eyes contemplative.

He was thinking.

In deduction.

Is it possible for the Independent Regiment to intervene in the Battle of Changheng?

He had long been concerned about Li Yunlong, and he also knew the situation of the independent regiment very well.

Normally, it is impossible for the Independent Regiment to intervene in the Battle of Changheng.

Li Yunlong's territory was far away in Shanxi, more than 600 kilometers in a straight line from the Changheng region, and during this period, it was not so easy to provide support across complex areas, and the restrictions on logistics and supply made it impossible for his army to provide large-scale support.

Moreover, its main force was attacking the Mongolian army, encircling the First Army, and at most sending small forces to harass it.

No matter how strong the so-called special operation is, the impact on a battle of hundreds of thousands of people is almost zero.

Unless Li Yunlong can kill him Isamu Yokoyama, there are several wings around his headquarters, and there are heavy troops around him, and the guard unit has also received anti-special operations training from members of Yamamoto's special squad, so it is impossible to be approached by a small group of troops.

Airplanes are okay, and the Air Force is notoriously long-handed.

However, Li Yunlong's nearest airport, Jincheng Airport, is more than 700 kilometers away from the Changheng area in a straight line, and this distance cannot be interfered with unless it is a long-range heavy bomber.

There is no information that Li Yunlong has long-range heavy bombers.

Thinking of this, Isamu Yokoyama rubbed his forehead, and he felt a little headache.

Herein lies the problem.

Theoretically, it is impossible for Li Yunlong to intervene in the Battle of Changheng.

However, Li Yunlong, who has emerged since Sakata Nobuzhe was killed, has shown again and again that this person has never played cards according to common sense and cannot speculate on him with conventional ideas.

This guy has done nothing, and none of them can be thought of by common sense.

Therefore, for this person, it is better to believe that he has it.

Li Yunlong has an airfield, a transport plane, and a transport plane that can transport supplies and fly more than 600 kilometers; according to the latest information, the transport planes of the Independent Regiment have appeared in Songxian on a large scale, and the troops of the Independent Regiment have begun to expand the airfield in Songxian.

Songxian is only about 300 kilometers away from the Changheng Theater in a straight line.

If Li Yunlong supplies supplies by air, an airport will be established near Songxian...

Thinking of this, Isamu Yokoyama felt that his head hurt even more.

Logically, he couldn't do that.

Jincheng Airport is more than 600 kilometers away from Songxian County, and the cost of relying on transport planes to transport materials to meet the scale of a field airfield that can interfere with hundreds of thousands of troops is unimaginable.

Air freight is the most expensive of all transportation, and it is not a little bit high.

However, Li Yunlong and the independent regiment under his command cannot be speculated with common sense, and the behavior of this person is the same, the independent regiment is incredibly well stocked, and it is unreasonable to be sufficient.

If it is an independent regiment and it is Li Yunlong, this is entirely possible.

According to the performance of the aircraft of the Independent Regiment in the Battle of Henan-Zhong.

The kind of aircraft called "bomb trucks" has a large bomb load, can carry more than two tons of bombs in one sortie, has a long range, and can support more than 200 kilometers with a full load, and can even support 350 kilometers away with a light load.

If this person uses Songxian Airport as a base and establishes a field airfield, he only needs to maintain the scale of seventy planes, and he can completely affect the direction of the Battle of Changheng. His current plane is not good enough to deal with the Sino-US Joint Flying Team, let alone the plane of the Independent Regiment.

And.

What if Li Yunlong really has a long-range heavy bomber!

Like the Americans, a bomber with four engines and capable of carrying tons of explosives to fly thousands of kilometers at a time.

With that Chen Fan here, it's entirely possible.

"Hey..."

Isamu Yokoyama rubbed his forehead again and sighed deeply.

An opponent who plays cards with uneasy sense.

It makes him feel tired.

Finally, Isamu Yokoyama put down his katana and picked up the phone:

"Give me the commander of the North China Front, General Gangcun."

Li Yunlong can't deal with him, so leave it to others.

·····

Half an hour later.

Shanxi.

Tai, Yuan, inside the headquarters of the First Army.

"Shinozuka-kun."

Yoshio Shinozuka was answering the phone, and the voice of Gangcun came from the microphone:

"What is the current situation of the First Army?"

Gangmura's tone seemed to be gentle and casual, but if you listened closely, you could hear that there was obvious nervousness.

His North China Front was licking its wounds, recuperating, organizing recruit training, and restoring its combat effectiveness, but because of the lack of supplies, the recovery speed was almost equal to nothing, and he was very busy as a commander, but in his busy schedule, he did not forget to pay attention to the surrounding situation.

He knew very well that there was still a terrifying army entrenched in Shanxi. Once this group of people comes out, it will definitely have an earth-shaking impact on the situation in the Republic of China. Fortunately, there is currently the First Army to contain it.

This time, he asked about Li Yunlong's situation instead of Yokoyama Yong. to judge whether Li Yunlong will intervene in the Battle of Changheng on a large scale.

"General."

Yoshio Shinozuka first sighed, and then replied in an extremely bitter tone:

"The situation in Shanxi is very bad."

"Although Li Yunlong did not launch a military operation against the First Army, his troops had already formed an encirclement of the First Army, and the First Army at this time was like a rabbit falling into a trap."

"As long as Li Yunlong thinks that the time is right, he can completely annihilate the first army."

"Annihilation..."

After Gangcun Ningji heard this word, he was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask:

"You're sure."

The First Army currently has a total strength of 100,000 troops.

Although there is a lack of heavy weapons, although there is a lack of logistical supplies, although most of them are recruits, although there is a lack of officers, although even military uniforms are not fully equipped······ However, this is also a hundred thousand, six-figure troops.

100,000 people!

Not 100,000 pigs.

After Yamamoto's figurative training methods, coupled with an adequate supply of food, the morale of these recruits was very good. As a senior lieutenant general, Yoshio Shinozuka also has strong command ability, and Tai and Hara also have fortresses comparable to battleships.

Tubalu wants to completely annihilate the First Army, although they are very strong, and the elite troops are stronger than the A Division, but I'm afraid it's not that easy.

Pigs can run, let alone people.

Even if the first army can't be defeated, it can escape, it can organize a retreat, and if the independent regiment really launches an attack, then the base camp will definitely not let 100,000 people be wiped out.

"General."

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't bother to explain in detail, and directly qualitative:

"If the Independent Regiment launches an offensive, at least two months, at most four months, including Tai and Yuan, all the troops of the First Army will be shattered, and there is no other possibility."

To see is to believe.

Only by seeing the current situation in Shanxi with our own eyes can we know how bad the situation of the First Army is.

Saying that the First Army is a duck in Li Yunlong's mouth is actually praising the First Army, after all, there is still the old saying, a boiled duck may fly away, but the First Army has absolutely no way to live.

To put it bluntly, the first army at this time was a wild duck that had been plucked, cut into pieces, braised and put into Li Yunlong's bowl.

Although he prepared a few hard bones, those large fortresses, and the elite wings stationed in the fortresses, stockpiled a large number of supplies, and estimated that Li Yunlong could spend some time knocking out a few front teeth, but this has nothing to do with the overall situation, and in the end, the First Army will still be completely annihilated.

Li Yunlong has good teeth, what about knocking out a few of his teeth? It grew up in a while.

As for retreating, or surrendering.

The base camp did not allow him to retreat, and repeatedly asked him to defend Tai and Yuan to collect fuel for the empire, and Li Yunlong and Tubalu did not seem to be willing to let him retreat, and they sent troops to block almost all the intersections, which could cut off his retreat route at any time.

If you surrender, people don't give you a chance at all, and when you meet, it's a burst of artillery fire, making it clear that you only want to annihilate the imperial army and only want the life of the imperial army.

"Is the situation already so serious?"

Gangcun was stunned for a moment before he said.

"It's worse than expected."

Yoshio Shinozuka's tone was a little shocking:

"Their strength is growing much faster than we expected, and it is roughly estimated that the total strength of the First Army encircling us is not less than 270,000, and it is a unified standard equipment, with more than 2,000 regular troops with more than 75 caliber guns."

"And there are more than 100,000 militia units."

"This group of people is too organized."

It was now the middle of June, and 18 months ago, he had organized 60,000 troops to carry out a sweep of the guerrillas, and now this group of guerrillas had surrounded 100,000 people of the First Army with their backhands, intending to annihilate them all.

Moreover, during this period, the army stationed in Mongolia was also attacked.

Even with an unlimited supply, it's terrifying.

"More than 270,000..."

"Two thousand three hundred barreled artillery pieces of 75 and above (including 82 mortars, 120 mortars)."

Gangcun Ning Ci Nannan muttered to himself, and fell into a stupor for a while.

Even if you don't count the militia troops, this force is more than the number of his North China Front at its peak.

The number of artillery is also crushing the North China Front, and this is still excluding 60 mortars, recoilless artillery data. Even if it is reduced by half, it will surpass the peak of the North China Front.

"Shinozuka-kun."

After being silent for a while, Gangcun Ningci went straight to the point:

"Is it possible for Li Yunlong to intervene in the Battle of Changheng on a large scale?"

The base camp continued to strengthen the First Army, in addition to the fuel thrown by Li Yunlong to attract people, there was also an idea, that is, to let the First Army contain this gang of dirt and eight roads. The longer it is contained, the more time the empire has to respond.

"Large-scale meddling in the Battle of Changheng?"

Yoshio Shinozuka faced this question and fell into deep thought again.

Rational analysis, this is absolutely impossible, Li Yunlong's territory is more than 600 kilometers away from the Changheng region in a straight line, even if he wants to intervene, he can't do it, at most send a small force.

But the problem is that the other party is Li Yunlong.

A person who cannot speculate with common sense, common sense.

Yoshio Shinozuka began to speculate on the phone:

"Li Yunlong wants to intervene in the Battle of Changheng on a large scale, and he can only rely on the air force."

"According to the current intelligence, he does not have heavy bombers, and his main combat aircraft have a combat radius of only about 300 kilometers, so if Li Yunlong wants to intervene in the battle of Changheng, he needs to have an advanced supply base near the Changheng area, and it is a large supply base."

"Although the kind of twin-engine transport aircraft can carry cargo for more than 600 kilometers, the number is limited, the capacity is insufficient, it can only carry five tons at a time, and it is seriously affected by the weather, unless there are more than 200 planes, in order to meet the minimum supply needs of large-scale intervention."

"They don't lack planes, but the separate regiment lacks pilots."

Recently, Yoshio Shinozuka has been doing his best to find out the intelligence of the Independent Regiment, and with the spread of the Independent Regiment, there are some things that cannot be hidden, so he has found out a lot of genuine things.

"Therefore, unless someone provides a pilot for it, it is absolutely impossible for Li Yunlong to intervene in the Battle of Changheng on a large scale."

Hearing Yoshio Shinozuka's analysis, Okamura Ninji nodded frequently, and couldn't help but smile. Sure enough, it was Yoshio Shinozuka who was the most suitable to deal with Li Yunlong.

But the smile quickly disappeared, because Yoshio Shinozuka said faintly again:

"But that's just common sense."

"Based on the experience of the past few years and based on the available information, it has never been accurate to speculate on Li Yunlong's next actions."

"Intelligence proves that Li Yunlong does not have long-range heavy bombers, it does not mean that Li Yunlong does not, and according to intelligence, it is speculated that Li Yunlong cannot interfere in the Battle of Changheng on a large scale, nor does it mean that Li Yunlong will not interfere on a large scale."

"So please tell Yokoyama-kun that it's best to be prepared for Li Yunlong's large-scale intervention in the Changheng operation."

Gangcun Ningci:

“······”

Isn't that a bunch of nonsense?

Before Gangcun could complain, Yoshio Shinozuka added:

"However, although the strength of Tubalu is very strong, especially Li Yunlong has realized the mechanization of the troops, the backward infrastructure of the Republic of China makes it impossible to exert its full strength, and it is currently preparing to annihilate our first army, coupled with the distance, the possibility of him interfering in the battle of Changheng is not high."

"Hmm."

Gangcun was a little more satisfied with this answer.

Fair and reasonable.

The 100,000-strong First Army is in front of him, and he doesn't want to destroy it, but supports Changheng from a distance of more than 600 kilometers, no matter how he thinks about it, no one will do it, even if it is Li Yunlong, it is impossible.

"In addition, I will order the intelligence department to investigate whether Li Yunlong has the idea of interfering in the battle of Changheng."

Yoshio Shinozuka said finally.

"Yo Si."

This sentence finally satisfied Gangcun.

In terms of the intelligence investigation of the independent regiment and Li Yunlong, Yoshio Shinozuka, who has been operating in Shanxi for a long time, is much more effective than Tegaoke. Yamamoto's intelligence skills are quite good.

······

At the same time.

"You want to meddle in the battle in the Changheng area?"

Ping'an County.

In the meeting room of the independent regiment.

After formulating the operational steps for the total annihilation of the First Army, Li Yunlong casually put forward an idea, and the jaws of the people attending the meeting dropped in shock.

Intervening in the Battle of Changheng, and it was a large-scale intervention.

"Kong Jie has established an airfield in Songxian County, Jiangxi Province, and the attack planes that take off there can support Changheng operations under light loads, but at this distance, the support is limited, and even if the Songxian Airport is large, considering the limitations of air transportation capacity, it can only provide a low-intensity operation of up to 30 attack aircraft."

"Air support on this scale is a drop in the bucket."

Ding Wei quickly deduced and concluded:

"And we can't send air force observers to the ground, and the air support effect will be very poor."

The Battle of Central Henan is next to the Independent Regiment, plus the 358th Regiment participates in the battle, the Independent Regiment can intervene, but the Battle of Changheng, which is the main territory of the national government, is impossible for the Independent Regiment to send people over.

Not to mention the logistical supply problem.

The Independent Regiment now has two transport brigades and 108 transport planes, which can theoretically transport 500 tons of supplies to Songxian in a day, which is enough to maintain 60 sorties of 'bomb trucks' per day.

However, air transport is severely restricted by the weather, and now it is the rainy season in the south, and the air transport is unstable, and most of the transport pilots are novices, and high-intensity long-distance flights are very prone to problems.

"Yes, regiment commander, the Changheng region is too far away, and our logistics and supply capabilities do not support us to intervene in this battle on a large scale."

The rest of the people also persuaded one after another, including Zhang Dabiao and other elders of the independent regiment.

But among the people who participated in the meeting, only Zhao Gang did not speak, and his expression was very calm.

"Logistical supplies?"

Li Yunlong glanced at everyone in some surprise and said:

"Relying on our own transportation capacity, it is naturally impossible to intervene in the Battle of Changheng on a large scale, but well, our independent regiment already has a base in the south and a warehouse."

Speaking of this, everyone immediately understood.

"Are you going to let Boss Chen come..."

Ding Wei's eyes lit up.

The Independent Regiment could not transport supplies over, but there were people who could, and as many as they wanted. At present, the independent regimental base by the sea is developing smoothly because Boss Chen provided door-to-door delivery services.

As long as there is a base area, which is occupied by an independent regiment, then it can provide door-to-door delivery.

They are limited by their unfamiliarity with Boss Chen, and many times they cannot consider this relationship.

But Li Yunlong held the communicator in his hand and contacted Boss Chen anytime and anywhere, knowing very well that those places could use Boss Chen's power. And, of course, Commissar Zhao.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Li Yunlong smiled:

"I have already contacted Kong Jie and asked him to continue to expand the base area southward, establish a solid base and warehouse near Tongshan County, and build a front-line airfield."

"There are mountains all around, and there are no large troops stationed, which is very suitable for the development of base areas."

"And it's only 300 kilometers away from the Changheng area."

"I've organized the technicians for the construction and are ready to go."

Zhao Gang added.

(End of chapter)