Chengde.

Inside the headquarters of the Japanese army.

Kotaro Hattori and the captains of his division are in a meeting.

"In this operation, the Eighth Route is menacing, the enemy has advanced weapons and equipment, a large number of aircraft, tanks, and heavy artillery, and the logistics supply is sufficient, and in terms of strength, we are absolutely inferior."

In the meeting, Kotaro Hattori was the first to show his compulsion.

Although the Imperial Japanese Army was proud and blessed with the spirit of bushido, it always looked down on the troops of the Republic of China, believing that the other side was not only poorly equipped, but also demoralized and incompetent.

It's just a bunch of garbage.

But the First Army, the North China Front, spent several years, paid hundreds of thousands of casualties to accumulate the lessons learned, and the report of that battle. Kotaro Hattori can still see it.

Those who can serve as the first division may be arrogant, arrogant, and look down on people, but there is no need to say much about ability, no need to say much about IQ, and no need to say much about vision, and they can still recognize reality.

"And the enemy is increasing troops at a high rate, and the gap between our strength and the enemy will get bigger and bigger."

Hattori's tone is serious:

"Therefore, I decided to launch a night raid to surprise the enemy's warehouses, destroy the enemy's weapons and equipment, annihilate its main forces, destroy the railway communication lines, and completely solve the crisis in Chengde."

Although the mouth is cautious and cautious, the action seems to be cautious, but Hattori's tone is big and boundless.

This old devil intends to solve all problems at once.

He looked at the two Wing Commanders, the Wing Commanders of the 49th and 57th Wings, veteran Wing Commanders of the 1st Division, who had rich command experience and outstanding military achievements, and had received personal commendations from the Emperor.

The soldiers under the command of these two wings are not the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers of the miscellaneous divisions, but carefully selected, after half a year of recruit training, and after several years of actual combat tempering.

Strong physical fitness, rich combat experience, well-armed equipment, high bushido spirit comprehension, and strong morale.

It is the first choice for this night interspersed attack mission.

"In this battle, you must be very energetic and vigilant."

Hattori admonished.

"Hey."

The two division commanders bowed their heads and stood upright and responded loudly.

"The enemy has tanks, I will give you the latest magnetic anti-tank mines, Molotov cocktails, new 47mm anti-tank guns."

Hattori paused, raised his tone and continued:

"However, according to the battle of Ping'an County, magnetic anti-tank mines can penetrate armor on the front and flanks and can effectively destroy enemy tanks, but 47 mm can only penetrate the sides, tail, or destroy tracks."

"Molotov cocktail combat effect unknown."

"Be careful when you fight."

At the end, Hattori's tone was full of regret.

After the appearance of tanks in the independent regiment, the empire was ready to study a new tank gun, and the caliber was set at 75 mm, because the technical reserves were insufficient, and there were problems in the research, and it was originally intended to seek help from the allies.

But now...

"Hey."

The tone of the two co-captains was noticeably lower.

The enemy has not only tanks, but a large number of tanks, a huge number of them. Densely packed, swarms of tanks.

It's the same as not asking for money.

And the armor is thicker than the Empire's tanks, the firepower is fiercer than the Empire's tanks, and the speed is faster than the Empire's tanks.

And their weapons are only Molotov cocktails, magnetic grenades and other close-range anti-tank weapons, as well as a small number of 47-mm anti-tank guns that cannot defeat the Eighth Route Tank from the front.

Even at night, the battle was difficult.

The flares of that gang are notoriously numerous, and they attack at night, and the advantage is not much greater than that of daytime.

Hattori continued:

"The enemy has night vision devices that can detect our movements at night, and we can't detect them."

"According to the intelligence collected by the special high-tech personnel, this kind of night vision device uses infrared illumination that is invisible to the naked eye, and then observes infrared light through special equipment, and the principle is similar to that of a searchlight."

Although there is no way to know how far away, because of the wide spread of infrared equipment, the devil still found a little information about the night vision devices equipped by the troops.

"Since it's a searchlight, there will be a lot of blind spots, so try to move in the blind spots when marching."

"Hey."

The tone of the two co-captains was still bitter.

They also know that there are blind spots for the enemy's night vision devices.

But the searchlight, the light source, the pillar of light, and the irradiated area are all visible to the naked eye, and this infrared lamp cannot be seen by the naked eye, so how to avoid the blind spot of the field of vision.

The two looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

The commander of his own division said every day that the commander of the Republic of China blindly commanded regardless of reality, and he turned out to be the same.

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Opposite Chengde.

Ping County.

The station of the independent regiment led by Ding Wei.

The warehouse door is opened. A new tracked tractor slowly drove out of the warehouse gate with black smoke from the tail engine exhaust pipe and a new gun hanging from the towing hook.

The size of the gun, which was several times larger than that of a tank, the unprecedented thick barrel, the tracked gun mount, and the engine at the tail of the gun mount, all proved that this gun was a real land-based heavy gun.

"New 305 howitzers, a total of twelve."

The storekeeper's voice was as calm as ever:

"It's all here."

"Plus three thousand shells, twelve spare barrels."

The storekeeper of the independent regiment, selected from the soldiers of the regimental headquarters guard battalion, was subordinate to the regimental headquarters and only received direct orders from Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong.

"Haha..."

Looking at the heavy artillery in front of him, Ding Wei couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

This is the real heavy artillery.

305 mm caliber, twenty-eight times body tube, tracked base, maximum firing range 18 km, automatic pitching and bomb delivery mechanism, grenade weight 300 kg, armor-piercing shell weighing 350 kg, total weight 50 tons.

Although there is now an air force that can call for bombing support anytime and anywhere, and even has more than a ton of heavy bombs, as well as ground-penetrating bombs that can deal with all pillboxes, the army is less urgent about heavy artillery.

But...

Artillery is still the soul of the army and the courage of the army.

Moreover, the artillery will not be affected by the weather, will not be affected by time, and the fire support will be anytime, anywhere, and the continuity is much better than that of the aircraft.

Although this thing is a little heavier, the maneuverability is difficult, and the weight of fifty tons makes it necessary to build bridges and strengthen the surface when passing through some places, but now that there is a full-track tractor with a 500-horsepower diesel engine, the maneuverability is not a big problem, as for being slower, what does it matter if the heavy artillery is slower.

What he has now is time to play slowly with the devil.

"The fifth battalion of artillery, set up these twelve guns, and give the devil's position a little color first."

Ding Wei ordered with a smile.

"Yes."

Behind him was an artillery battalion commander excited.

Heavy artillery!

"There are also 50,000 tons of cement and 8,000 tons of steel bar."

The storekeeper continued.

"Okay."

Ding Wei couldn't help but shout.

With cement and rebar, he was able to quickly build strong fortifications and build permanent fortified bunkers.

And this kind of bunker is not only faster to build than civil bunkers, the structure is strong, but also the shooting range is much better.

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Mountain city.

"What kind of shoes are these?"

After finishing the training, Cai Jiheng, who came out to walk around during the holiday, looked at the brand-new rubber shoes in the store, a little flustered and a little surprised.

He was amazed at the price of the shoes in front of him, and the quantity.

As a pilot, although he is a pilot of the Republic of China, his income is also very expensive, he does not like bars, but likes to walk around the small neighborhoods of the mountain city.

He likes to look at the people at the bottom of the war.

So, he is very familiar with this street.

The shoes in front of me are new products that have never appeared before, and in terms of material, they are rubber soles and canvas bodies.

Rubber cloth shoes.

This kind of shoe technology appeared abroad a long time ago, and the rubber sole makes it very durable, suitable for long-distance walking, and it is not a problem to use it for five or six years.

Although it is not very breathable and easy to smell feet, it is not a big problem.

A pair of sturdy and durable shoes, a pair of shoes that can be used for five or six years, a pair of shoes that can be worn to go up the mountain to chop wood without fear of spikes, not afraid of sharp rocks, the common people need it too much.

But before the country did not have the ability to mass-produce such shoes, the capital and technology were not good.

Therefore, the quantity of domestic production is small, the price is expensive, and it is even more expensive than the imported from abroad, which is not at all something that ordinary people can consume. But these shoes are only needed by ordinary people.

So the position is awkward.

The price of the cloth shoes in front of him was only one-fifteenth of the import, and the quantity was extremely large, and he saw a large number of neatly piled up in the corner of the store for people to choose.

At this price, in this quantity, even the most ordinary family can buy one or two pairs for use.

Although it is a small thing, although it is just a pair of shoes, it is also beneficial to the country and the people. If it is produced in its own country, it is even better.

"Say what kind of liberation shoes are."

The shopkeeper knew Cai Jiheng, and he replied with a mouthful of white teeth:

"Came in from over there."

"Cheap, you either?"

"Two pairs."

Cai Jiheng was interested, he knew that that there was that side, and the high-level of Guozhu hated that place very much, although his brother was also a general and was also responsible for supervising the war in the Changheng region, but he didn't hate that side at all, and he still longed for it.

According to the grapevine, there are a large number of planes over there, as well as fuel, and pilots can fly vigorously every day without worrying about aircraft wear and tear, parts loss, and fuel consumption.

This has a fatal attraction for pilots, especially those who yearn for airplanes like him.

According to the 100,000 tons of aviation fuel and 10,000 tons of bombs that the gang provided to the United States, plus some photos published in the grapevine newspapers, this is very likely to be true.

If it weren't for the fact that his brother was a war overseer, with a special position and a special identity, he would have defected over there a long time ago.

Anyway, the heavy bombers of the Americans have recently been withdrawn to the European region, and the support for the Chinese and American air forces has been greatly reduced, so it is not interesting to bring this kind of force.

"It seems that it is true..."

Looking at the shoes in his hand that are better quality than foreign rubber-soled shoes, Cai Jiheng squinted his eyes:

"That guy is really developing industry, and it's technologically advanced and huge."

Although the shoes in the hand seem simple, they cannot be manufactured without a relatively complete technical equipment for the rubber industry.

meanwhile

The official residence of the Americans.

Wei Demaier also looked at the information in his hand, his eyes were gloomy, and his brows were deeply furrowed:

"Giant Tire Factory..."