Chu Yunfei naturally didn't believe Li Yunlong's nonsense.

He has just come from Dagu Town, where the situation of the new regiment and battalion is very good.

Not only are jeeps and trucks equipped, a little motorized, but also automatic firepower.

You told me to pay a big price, and you haven't recovered yet?

Chu Yunfei glanced at Li Yunlong obliquely, and his expression seemed to say, I'm embarrassed to break you.

"Brother Yunlong, I'm serious." Chu Yunfei said: "After eating the 36th Division of the Japanese Army, all the combat captures and honors of Chu can be dispensed with, and all the credit will go to the new regiment." ”

"Then what is Brother Chu trying to do?"

Li Yunlong's eyes showed a look of doubt, this Chu Yunfei is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he doesn't believe that Chu Yunfei will help the Eighth Route Army fight.

Chu Yunfei said with a smile: "Brother Yunlong, I won't tell you, Chu loves American equipment, and after the matter is completed, the brother only needs to send Chu a certain American equipment battalion." ”

Li Yunlong's eyes showed a touch of vigilance, in his battle plan, he did not put the 358th Regiment in the national army, and Li Yunlong did not trust them.

Li Yunlong snorted: "Brother Chu rarely comes to a new group once, brother has a little thin wine, please be sure to appreciate it." ”

"You don't have to eat." Chu Yunfei stood up and said, "Brother Yunlong, I really want to cooperate with you to eat the 36th Division, I hope Brother Yunlong can seriously consider it and leave!" ”

Li Yunlong arched his hand: "Brother Chu, go slowly!" ”

Then, Chu Yunfei, Sun Ming and Fang Ligong walked outside.

Li Yunlong sent it to the entrance of the regiment department.

When they came to the entrance of the village, Chu Yunfei and the three of them got into the jeep of the new regiment and went in the direction of Dagu Town under the escort of the soldiers of the first battalion and one company.

Zhao Gang came back from the inspection of the troops, and just saw the back of Chu Yunfei at the entrance of the village, so he immediately turned around and walked quickly towards the village.

Walking into the inner room of the regiment headquarters, seeing Li Yunlong pondering the battle plan again, Zhao Gang asked, "Lao Li, I just saw Chu Yunfei at the entrance of the village?" ”

"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded.

"Chu Yunfei, what is he doing here?" Zhao Gang asked.

Li Yunlong immediately explained Chu Yunfei's intention to partner with the new regiment to eat the 36th Division and change the battalion of American weapons and equipment.

"Did you promise him?"

Zhao Gang looked stunned, he estimated that Chu Yunfei should have guessed something, so he came to the door to cooperate.

"How can you say yes?"

"It's okay to want other things from our Lao Li, but it's not okay to beat me with the idea of American-style equipment."

Grand Master Li's head shook like a broken wave, and his thoughts were clear.

Not to mention the US equipment of a battalion, it is not even the US equipment of a company.

Fighting devils is his duty and obligation as a Chinese soldier, and our Lao Li is not his Chu Yunfei's superior, so why should he be given American equipment and equipment?

Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that after Chu Yunfei and the others found out, the information that the new regiment was going to eat the 36th Division would be leaked.

However, it is obvious that Grand Master Li is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it is impossible for such a big matter to be revealed to Chu Yunfei in advance.

"Where is the battle plan?" Zhao Gang asked.

Next, the two of them whispered in the inner room of the regiment headquarters, gradually perfecting the battle plan.

……

Peiping.

No. 3 Iron Lion Hutong, the headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese Army.

Commander Okamura Ninji and Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe are discussing the international situation.

The communications staff officer walked in with a telegram in his hand, and said with a pause: "Report to the commander, chief of staff, this is a telegram just sent from the base camp!" ”

"Give it to me!"

Without asking the communications staff officer to read the contents of the telegram, Okamura Ninji took the telegram from the communications staff officer's hand.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the communications staff officer shook his head and walked out.

Then, Okamura Ninji picked up the telegram and read it, and then his eyes sank slightly, and his face changed.

"Your Excellency, what happened?"

Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe asked in a low voice.

Okamura Ningji said quietly: "The base camp rejected the application for transferring elite divisions from the Kwantung Army to Shanxi to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Nani?" Tanabe Moritake was incredulous, "How is this possible, the outbreak of a full-scale war between the Soviet Union and Germany, the Soviet Union's forces in the Far East will inevitably move part of it westward, and the pressure on the Kwantung Army will be greatly reduced, and at this time, it is completely possible to mobilize the strength of one or two permanent divisions and regiments to Shanxi to deal with the Eighth Route Army." ”

As soon as the words fell, Tanabe Moritake seemed to think of something, and asked incredulously: "The base camp rejects the request... Is it to go north and attack the Soviet Union with Germany? ”

Okamura Ninji nodded, looking worried: "The cabinet does have this plan, and the base camp is ready to implement the 'Guan Special Exercise Plan', and is ready to wait for the Soviet Far East Army to move to the west to more than half, and then launch an attack with superior forces." ”

The so-called Guan special exercise plan is the Kwantung Army's special exercise plan, that is, the plan to prepare for the attack on the Soviet Union.

In this way, not only will the base camp not be able to draw troops from the Kwantung Army to reinforce North China, but North China may also draw one or two divisions to reinforce the Kwantung Army.

This made the North China Front, which was already insufficient, even worse.

In addition to the strength of troops, the base camp also had to mobilize a large amount of war materials for the Kwantung Army, and even less for the North China Front.

Okamura Ninji and Tanabe Moritake carefully analyzed how many troops would be needed if the Japanese army attacked the Soviet Union.

It was concluded that at least 25 divisions were needed.

But now the Kwantung Army has only 13 divisions, plus 1 division in North Korea, there are only 14 divisions.

Therefore, 11 divisions and regiments had to be mobilized from the mainland and Kannai, and another 6 divisions and regiments from Kannai had to be mobilized as reserves.

In terms of war materials, the Kwantung Army did not have sufficient war materials, and in order to prepare for the war against the Soviet Union, it had to transport a large number of war materials from the Japanese mainland.

Finally, Okamura and Tanabe Moritake concluded:

The war materials in the base camp were not abundant in the first place, and it was not in the interests of the Great Japanese Empire to consume so many materials to fight the Soviet Union in vain.

At this time, the military focus should be placed on the south, and the Soviet Union should take advantage of the weakening of the threat to the north of Japan to strengthen the southward advance of force in order to solve the strategic materials.

"The base camp should not really attack the Soviet Union."

Okamura Ninji said: "There is a high probability that it is just a huge military exercise to scare the Soviet Union." ”

Tanabe Moritake echoed: "Your Excellency the General is reasonable, but the matter of mobilizing troops from the Kwantung Army to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army will be pushed back. ”

"Let's go and let's go."

Okamura Ningji's eyes flashed: "Let's let the Eighth Route Army be proud for a short time, and wait for the end of the imperial army's military exercises outside the Guan, and then it's not too late to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army!" ”

Although there are only 13 divisions in the Kwantung Army at the moment, 7 of them are Division A divisions with a number of less than 20, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

In the opinion of Okamura Ninji and Tanabe Moritake, they only need to draw one or two divisions from the Kwantung Army to the First Army, and the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi can be solved.

First solve Li Yunlong in the northwest of Shanxi, and then solve the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi!

……

"Nani, can't mobilize troops and supplies for the time being?"

Taiyuan.

At the headquarters of the First Army, communications staff officer Takeo Nakamura finished reading the telegram, and Iwamatsu Yoshio stood up reluctantly, his expression gloomy.

The expression on his face was very different from the news he had heard the other day that Germany had attacked the Soviet Union.

At that time, Iwamatsu Yoshio was really ecstatic, thinking that it would not be long before the First Army of the Kwantung Army would be transferred to the First Army, and with it, a large amount of war materials.

However, the ideal is very full, and the reality is cruel.

The operational plan for encircling and suppressing the new regiment is close to being perfected, but the troops and materials are not in place for a long time, and it is now said that it will be postponed for at least one to two months.

This made Yoshio Iwamatsu feel a lot of pressure.

The 36th Division had only been in the northwest of Shanxi for more than a month, and it had lost almost a wing of troops.

If the sweep is delayed for at least two more months, and the situation continues, I am afraid that most of the 36th Division will be eaten by the new regiment.

However, I thought of the thickened and reinforced pillboxes and turrets that the 36th Division was rebuilding.

Iwamatsu Yoshihiro finally breathed a sigh of relief at the bottom of his heart.

Thickened and reinforced pillboxes and artillery towers, even if the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has that kind of new weapon with a big horn, it shouldn't be able to get rid of it, right?

Unfortunately, even though most of China's land and resources have fallen into Japanese hands, there is still a shortage of materials such as cement and steel bars, in addition to cheap labor.

Otherwise, build reinforced and thickened reinforced concrete and pillboxes throughout North China.

Even if the Eighth Route Army was armed with 105 mm howitzers and that new weapon with a loudspeaker, it would not help.

……

Northwest of Shanxi.

Near the county seat of Heyuan.

The first thickened reinforced concrete bunkers and turrets built by the 36th Division have been repaired.

The thickness of each pillbox and turret is about 2.5 meters, and the thickest position can reach 3 meters.

This is a far cry from the 3 meters required by the command, with the thickest point reaching 3.5 meters.

However, cutting corners is the traditional art of devils.

The division commander Jing Guan took the saved materials and applied for another batch of materials, and used them to strengthen the city wall and build barricades and other fortifications in the city.

He knew that Commander Iwamatsu Yoshio was afraid of death and did not dare to come to the northwest of Jin to inspect, so he was relieved to boldly cut corners.

However, Jing Guan also knew very well that these turrets and pillboxes were related to the life and death of the 36th Division, and they should not be careless.

The construction of these new pillboxes and artillery towers was not only used to blockade the new regiment, but also to keep the 36th Division from holding out until the sweep came.

If the newly built pillboxes and artillery towers were also eliminated by the new regiment, then the 36th Division would probably be in danger.

Therefore, after the first batch of pillboxes and turrets were repaired, Jing Guanqian ordered to bring in two 99-type 105mm howitzers to test the defensive capabilities of the new bunkers and turrets.

"Fire!"

As the flag in the hands of the flag commander was reluctantly lowered, the two devil artillerymen pulled the fire rope of the Type 99 105mm howitzer back.

"Boom!"

Because it was aimed at direct fire, the two blasting shells hit the turret in front of them in an instant.

With the sound of two landslides and earth cracks, fireballs and gunpowder smoke rose from the turret.

When the smoke cleared, Izuki and Ishikawa hurriedly stepped forward to watch, and the 105-mm armor-piercing shells only left two small craters in the turret.

Jing Guan looked satisfied: "Such a strong turret and bunker, with the firepower of the new regiment, it is absolutely difficult to break through, even if one is eliminated, the new regiment will have to pay a heavy price, Ishikawa-kun, 200 such bunkers and turrets, how many troops does the Eighth Route need to destroy them all?" ”

Ishikawa Zhisui said: "According to the calculation of destroying a pillbox or artillery tower and losing 100 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route will need to lose at least 20,000 soldiers to destroy it all." ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of Jing Guan's mouth: "Yo Xi! ”