"It's a pity, if there are 30,000 or 50,000 people..."

"Thirty or fifty thousand? It's enough to have 20,000 or 30,000 yuan!! ”

In the headquarters of the front line, looking at the national defense officers and soldiers who were withdrawing from the defense line, Yin Changheng and Jin Yunpeng, who were standing beside Cai Yi, sighed.

"As long as there are 20,000 or 30,000 people, they can be used to attack the flank of the Yue army, or simply outflank Huang County and directly cut off the bridgehead of the Yue army..."

"yes..."

"If this is the case, it is not impossible to directly eat the nearly 100,000 horses of the Yue army..."

After listening to Yin Changheng and Jin Yunpeng's words, some other generals and colonels in the headquarters also said the same.

It's just that despite saying this, the generals and officers present all know that this is actually a very difficult thing.

This is because there are only more than 200,000 troops in the entire National Defense Force, of which the original National Social Army still accounts for more than half of the number. Of course, this is nothing, the most important thing is that the time for Yan Guang to unify the whole country is still very short.

In this very short period of time, although Yan Guang has been extremely strong and has overwhelmed the warlords of other provinces, this does not mean that these warlords are convinced. After all, in the past, these warlords were local emperors, and the appearance of Yan Guang brought great damage to their interests.

Therefore, although there are almost more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the National Defense Force who can fight the Yue Army, in order to ensure local stability, Yan Guang has to distribute some of them to various places, and the other part is deployed in the Yanjing Military Region and the Nanjing Military Region as reserves, and this part can only be called up when the situation is already extremely bad.

Otherwise, if when Yan Guang transferred all his troops to Shandong, those warlords who were originally dissatisfied with Yan Guang because of the damage to their interests suddenly launched an army rebellion in the local area―――――― this kind of thing, even if it was just a spark, it would be easy to set the prairie on fire, if there were really two or three, or even more provinces to stand up, then Yan Guang would fall into a situation of internal and external difficulties, and at that time, Yan Guang's fun would not be ordinary... In other words, there are very few troops that Cai Ye can call on now, otherwise, as long as Cai Ye can have another 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, he can attack the flank and even the rear of the army, so that they can't take care of each other.

It's a pity that now Cai Ye can only call on more than 10,000 mobile troops, if these more than 10,000 people are allowed to attack the flank or rear of the Yue army―――――― the advantage of the Wehrmacht over the Yue army is only in equipment, especially in heavy equipment, as for some other places............... What kind of tone should be used to evaluate the level of roads in China during this period?

Without the support of heavy equipment, let more than 10,000 men and horses go to the flank to attack the Yue army, or simply outflank the rear of the Yue army?

You must know that with the same equipment and the same strength, except for a few troops, most of the Wehrmacht is no match for the army. Moreover, the army stationed in Huangxian County almost has a division, although this division has suffered heavy losses after many battles, but it is still heavy, and it is impossible for more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to be left at the level of less than 10,000 people, right?

Letting the troops of an infantry division attack Huangxian is purely looking for death.

And if you divide the troops from the existing forces, you must beware of the Terauchi Masaki... Therefore, now Cai Ye can only go head-on with the temple Zhengyi, while looking for fighters, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements―――――― Yan Guang has already issued a mobilization order, and the two provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou are mobilizing reserves.

But... Only these two provinces have been mobilized... Yan Guang operated in Sichuan and Guizhou for many years, and not only purchased a fairly lucrative family business in these two provinces, but also perfected the relatively modern military service system. Therefore, if soldiers are needed, Sichuan, which is rich in population resources, can provide a large number of soldiers to Yanguang at any time―――――― but there is no time and quality guarantee... As for the other provinces except Sichuan and Guizhou, because Yan Guang has only been in charge for a short time, the military service system has only just begun. Therefore, for the time being, they cannot be counted on... This is true of both Yunnan and Yuan Shikai's Beiyang.

But this is also normal, after all, in the past, no matter which warlord did not have much spare money, if there was really a shortage of soldiers, it was enough to recruit troops directly or simply capture strong men. Who would formulate a military service system like Yan Guang?

Fortunately, Sichuan's population resources are abundant, plus a Guizhou... In terms of population alone, these two provinces can already be comparable to the entire Yueben, although there is no way to guarantee the quality...―――――――――― there is no way to find it in terms of troops, so it must be found elsewhere..."What happened to Xu Tianchuan's side? ”

Hearing Cai Yi's faint voice, the adjutant on the side hurriedly replied.

"A slight loss, but much less than expected..."

The air force of Xu Tianchuan suffered a lot of losses in the whole bombing. Originally, there were more than twenty Muromets bombers left, and this time the fraction was simply removed, and only twenty remained.

As a result, Xu Tianchuan's national defense air force strength has been weakened to a limit... However, compared with the expected losses, this loss is actually not large..."Later, he sent a telegram to Xu Tianchuan, asking him to use incendiary bombs to bomb the Yue army on the defense line in multiple batches...", Cai Ye looked at the position of the Yue army again. "We must recapture the two lost lines of defense as soon as possible..."

"Understood!"

When Xu Tianchuan received Cai Yi's telegram, he was extremely bitter... At this time, he was still at Laiyang Airport to comfort the pilots who had just flown back.

It was at this time that Cai's telegram had already arrived.

Although this matter was agreed upon by Cai Ye and Xu Tianchuan a long time ago, looking at Cai Yi's order to dispatch the Air Force on the telegram, Xu Tianchuan seemed to have eaten a yellow lotus.

These said, although the prestige of the Wehrmacht Air Force is far and wide, even with the main fighter of the Wehrmacht Air Force Ilya. The fame of the Muromets bomber has also spread through ―――――― gossip, and in recent times, many people have gone to Sikorsky, but there are no Russians.

At the same time, many Allied countries began to negotiate with Sikorsky to introduce Iriya. The topic of the Muromets bomber.

As for the Germans ... Germany is still at war with Russia on the Eastern Front, and wants to negotiate with Sikorsky to bring in Ilya. Muromets bomber? This eighty percent is out of play. However, the Germans have a good relationship with Yan Guang, so now the Germans are still talking about the introduction with Yan Guang.

As for the remuneration that needs to be paid... Of course, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and you need to be paid for whatever you do.

Only by this time, the routes connecting China and Germany had been completely blocked by the British. If the Germans want to buy it with marks, Yan Guang is not rare, and they want hard currency, right? But it couldn't be shipped at all―――――― and now the most enjoyable people to play with submarines in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans were the Germans, who naturally knew how many British ships there were on the surface ... As for using the reparations that China owes in the past... The Germans believed that if they offered to forgive the reparations, they would exchange it for Ilya. With the drawings of the Muromets bomber, it is very likely that the Chinese will directly break off diplomatic relations with Germany, or even by declaring war on the Allies, to exempt those many amazing reparations... In the end, there was no way, the Germans had to exchange technology for technology ... And what came out was the technology that Yan Guang had been longing for.

Say, the armor on the Bavaria-class battleships ... This is Yan Guang, no, to be correct, it should be what Sa Zhenbing and Wei Han and others have been longing for for a long time, although Yan Guang also wants this technique, but it is definitely not as good as those above.

Armor on Bavaria-class battleships ... In recent years, with the funding of Yan Guang, the smelting technology of Qijiang Iron Works has made great progress, and there is no problem in producing steel and armor for general battleships, and even for the production of battleships―――――― of course, battleships are also to be divided into generations, Qijiang Iron Works can indeed produce armor for battleships, but the surname can and the quality is... As for why Qijiang Iron Works can progress so fast? It is definitely impossible to study slowly on his own, but Yan Guang spent a lot of money to buy smelting technology, and at the same time introduced a large number of foreign engineers... If this is the case, the smelting level of the iron plant cannot be improved, then Yan Guang will strangle the person in charge of the iron factory.

To be honest, this technology was originally unwilling to be provided by the Germans.

Merely... Although Germany has the second strongest navy in the world, the gap between the second power and the first power is really some... For this reason, the German Navy also had to find another way to deal with the British. In the past, the Germans aimed at submarines, intending to use them against the British. However, the Longkou Bay World War I National Defense Air Force was in the limelight, and its results shocked the world... If the German Navy could repeat it a few times, even just once, it would be able to bring the British closer a lot.

And Ilya. The Muromets bomber played a significant role in land warfare, especially the 500-kilogram bomb, no matter how strong the fortress or fortification was, it could not resist this level of bomb.

Compared with these, the originally valuable armor technology has become less valuable.

Moreover, the relationship between China and Germany has always been friendly, and before the outbreak of the war in Europe, it was no different from its quasi-allies, and now it is at war with the members of the Entente. The sale of armor technology to China would not have any impact on German interests in the eyes of the Germans.

Eventually, under the combined influence of the army and navy, Germany sold armor and some other technology that China desperately needed. And in exchange, China will bring Ilya. Muromets bombers, of all calibers, including flat-firing mortars, grenade launchers, and a rapid-fire 30mm rapid-fire gun.

Although China is not particularly developed in aviation technology and can only be ranked second-rate, the application of aircraft and other aircraft, under the influence of Yan Guang, China is absolutely first-class.

Since the Air Force is valued, then the air defense cannot but be attached to it together.

Therefore, at the same time as the establishment of the Air Force, the Sichuan Arsenal had also begun to develop and design several types of weapons for air defense.

For example――――――, the 12.7mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun is actually a modified Makqin heavy machine gun that can be used for both high and flat purposes.

There are also rapid-fire guns of 30mm caliber, which can be used both on land and sea, both for flat fire and for air defense. However, this is mainly for equipping naval vessels, after all, as an anti-aircraft weapon, the 30mm rapid-fire gun in weight is not suitable for the army to carry. And if it is fire support, it is enough for the army to have mortars and 37mm infantry guns.

In addition to the above two caliber anti-aircraft weapons, there was also an anti-aircraft gun of 75mm caliber.

This was proposed by Yan Guang to the designers of the arsenal after referring to the 88mm anti-aircraft guns of later Germany.

This type of anti-aircraft gun can be used not only for air defense, but also for anti-armor... With a caliber of 75mm, it can easily destroy all the armor during the European War―――――― which is actually enough for the 12.7mm Maxim.

Regarding the problem of anti-aircraft guns, in fact, Yan Guang also considered one step in place, and simply made an 88mm one. It's just that now the Wehrmacht uses 75mm caliber mountain artillery and field artillery. Adding one more caliber of artillery, even anti-aircraft guns, will increase the complexity of logistics.

Not to mention the 75mm caliber anti-aircraft guns or anti-tank guns, which are enough for at least 20 years of use in the future. By the time 20 years later, tanks like the Tiger, King Tiger, KV or IS appeared, and anti-aircraft guns and so on would have been updated long ago.

After all, it is impossible for an anti-aircraft gun to be used for 20 years in a row ... As for air defense?

To be honest, for the aircraft of this era, the 12.7mm caliber heavy machine gun is already overkill. As for the 30mm anti-aircraft guns? That's just excessive! 75mm anti-aircraft guns? In this day and age, at least during the European war, there was almost no need to play... Therefore, even a 12.7mm heavy machine gun can arrange a tight enough firepower network for the Wehrmacht... And with these technologies, it seems somewhat fair when exchanging with Germany...―――――――――― although in recent times, the prestige of the Wehrmacht Air Force has spread far and wide, along with the Fokker aircraft used by the Wehrmacht Air Force and the Ilya . The Muromets bombers were in the limelight. But the current Defense Air Force, in terms of strength, is not as good as three percent before the war... So if he could, Xu Tianchuan really didn't want the Air Force to go out again.

What's more, the weapons used by the Air Force now are not conventional bombs of the past, but extremely cruel "incendiary bombs". If possible, Xu Tianchuan would definitely stop the Wehrmacht from using such weapons.

It's a pity that he can't, and besides, he doesn't have this right.

Moreover, although there is a great deal of controversy within the Wehrmacht about the use of "incendiary bombs," on the whole, there are still many people who support it. After all, the Air Force is also a soldier, and soldiers rarely consider whether their weapons are cruel or not, they only think about one thing, that is, whether their weapons are sharp enough..."Since it is the meaning of the chief of staff, then, let's do it..."

When he said this, Xu Tianchuan's heart was full of bitterness... Xu Tianchuan was bitter in his heart, but the pilots under him were not necessarily.

Although some pilots have been complaining, believing that if this continues, the existing strength of the Air Force will be lost at all, and all of them will be lost in the mission.

But the remaining pilots felt that it was their duty to carry out orders as soldiers, not to mention that they were still defending their homeland and country.

For the sake of the country, for the nation, even if the entire Air Force is sacrificed, what does it matter?

Just ask for a little seed for the Air Force... So under the order of Cai Yi, the National Defense Air Force soon went out again.

When the remaining fleet of the National Defense Air Force flew over the Japanese army, almost all of them, who had already seen or experienced the power of the "incendiary bombs," took refuge in the air-raid shelters of the defense line, praying that the air-raid shelters could defend against the attacks of the "incendiary bombs―――――― although they may not be effective, they are much stronger than being directly exposed to the outside.

The air raids soon ended ... Because of the heavy losses of the Defense Air Force, there were not many "incendiary bombs" dropped during the air raids. Therefore, the vast majority of the officers and soldiers who hid in the bomb shelter survived in the end, but those who happened to be within the range of the "incendiary bombs"... As many of the surviving officers and soldiers began to extinguish the flames on the positions and search for the survivors, they suddenly found that many of the bomb shelters that were supposed to have many people were gone.

And when they walked into the air-raid shelter, in addition to the scorching air, there was only a large number of officers and soldiers who were in great pain... If the bomb shelters had worked, they wouldn't have killed so many people during World War II, North Korea, and the Vietnam War... After the incendiary bomb fell on the position of the Japanese army, it exploded violently very quickly.

After the explosion, because the vast majority of the Yue troops had already taken refuge in the bomb shelters, except for a few unlucky ones who were still outside, during the first wave of attacks, the Yue troops on the position did not suffer too many casualties... Merely... The incendiary bomb can not only form a circle of flames to splash around after the explosion, and then emit a high temperature of about 1000 degrees, but also burn the object on the adhesion for a long time.

The most important thing is that an incendiary bomb can burn the air, or the oxygen in the air, after exploding, and at the same time release a large amount of carbon monoxide, which can suffocate people within a certain range... It is said that the officers and soldiers hid in the air-raid shelter, and indeed did not let them die under the burning of incendiary bombs, but that only made their death easier―――――― compared with being burned to death by incendiary bombs.

Damn, you can't escape the pursuit of death after all.

After the dissection by the military doctor, it was found that all the officers and soldiers in the air-raid shelter had died of suffocation.

This incident made the officers and men of the Chinese army understand that even if they hid in an air-raid shelter, they might not be able to escape the pursuit of the "incendiary bombs."

While looking at the corpses that had been carried out one by one, the officers and men who were standing at the entrance of the air-raid shelter and watching did not know what they were feeling in their hearts at this moment. Looking at the corpses that were carried out, these officers and soldiers discovered for the first time how cruel the war was.

And at this moment, Cai Ye, who was in the headquarters, was also planning how to drive the expeditionary force out of the sea... Today, the morale of the Wehrmacht has been raised, and the expeditionary force has hoarded almost 100,000 troops on the Shandong Peninsula. For Cai Yi, this is the best time to drive the Yue army into the sea... Let alone...

(To be continued)