Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Operations Department of the North China Front Command.

Okamura Ninji, Tanabe Moritake, Miyano Michiichi and other devil officers looked at the loudspeaker-like weapons on the table and fell into deep thought.

This bazooka was brought from Taiyuan by a special plane arranged by Yoshio Iwamatsu and escorted by a center-left man.

"The Eighth Route Army used this weapon to break through the reinforced concrete bunkers and turrets of the imperial army?"

Looking at the weapon that resembled a big horn in front of him, Okamura Ninji's expression and tone were as puzzled as Iwamatsu Yoshio.

"Hey!"

"Although it is very light in weight and looks simple, according to Yamamoto Daisa, this weapon is as powerful as a 105mm howitzer. ”

"Daizo Yamamoto?" Michiichi Miyano looked stunned and asked, "Is it Yamamoto Kazuki Daizuo?" ”

The devil bowed his head and said, "Yes!" This weapon was snatched from the Eighth Route Army led by Yamamoto Daizuo himself. ”

"Oh?" Okamura Ninji was surprised together, "Miyano-kun also knows Yamamoto Daizo?" ”

Miyano said: "At the headquarters of the First Army, I met with Yamamoto Daizo. ”

"Yamamoto Kazuki Daizo is a top student at the Imperial Army University, and he went to Germany for further study, specializing in special operations."

"I was impressed by the elite force he had under his command."

"Although Yamamoto Daizo failed to behead the capital of the Eighth Route Army several times, Yamamoto Daizuo was an excellent soldier and was deeply favored by General Shinozuka."

Okamura Ninji nodded, it seems that this Yamamoto Kazuki does have something, and even Iwamatsu Yoshio, Shinozuka Yoshio and Miyano Michichi praised it.

Then, Okamura Ninji looked at the center left: "I will arrange a special plane, you escort this weapon to the mainland, and you must personally hand it over to the Ordnance Department." ”

"Hey!" The devil is on the left.

Then, with a wave of his hand, several guards walked in, took away the bazooka and rockets, and the devil left after him.

After the devil guards and the devil left left, only a few high-ranking Japanese officers such as Okamura Ninji, Tanabe Moritake, and Miyano Michiichi were left in the war hall.

Tanabe Moritake, a staff officer of the North China Front, said: "Your Excellency, your Excellency, the aviation scouts have been conducting reconnaissance in the northwest of Shanxi Province in the past few days and have discovered some new situations. ”

"What's new?" Okamura asked.

Tanabe Shengwu said: "The new 1st Regiment, the 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province have started to build a large number of positions on the key roads into the bandit area. ”

As he spoke, Moritake Tanabe took out some black-and-white photos from the folder under his arm and handed them to Okamura Ninji.

He just entered the war hall to report the matter, but Okamura Ninji's eyes kept on the bazooka sent by the First Army, and he didn't have time to report yet.

Okamura Ninji picked up the photo and looked at it.

All of these photos were taken by reconnaissance planes at high altitudes, and they look a little unremarkable, but you can distinguish the civil trenches and other fortifications in the photos.

There is no way to let the Japanese reconnaissance planes reconnoiter the situation in the base areas.

Although the anti-aircraft firepower of the new regiment is strong, after all, it does not have air supremacy.

However, it was precisely because of the anti-aircraft firepower of the new regiment that the devil's reconnaissance planes did not dare to reconnoiter at low altitudes.

The devil's reconnaissance plane can only take pictures from a high altitude, so the devil only knows that the Eighth Route Army is building fortifications, but he doesn't know the details.

As for the weapons, ammunition, and food that Chen Feng transported to the base area, they were usually carried out at night, and the devil's reconnaissance plane did not detect them.

"Li Yunlong also knows that he is afraid?"

A sneer appeared at the corner of Okamura Ninji's mouth, and his tone was disdainful: "When the imperial army soldiers are overwhelmed, he will know what despair is." ”

"That's to be expected." The deputy chief of staff said three times, "The Eighth Route Army can guess that the imperial army will launch a retaliatory operation. ”

Tanabe Moritake smiled arrogantly and happily: "The Eighth Route Army guessed what, but it still couldn't escape the fate of being wiped out. ”

At present, the North China Front has no way to take Li Yunlong, mainly because of the lack of troops, and at present, some of the troops transferred to North China by the Kwantung Army have already stepped on the train, and as soon as the troops arrive to stabilize the lines of communication and then transport the war materials in place, they will be able to completely destroy their base areas.

"But... Don't let these mud legs build fortifications too easily. ”

Okamura Ninji said in a condensed voice: "Tanabe-kun, immediately send the 66th Flying Team that has just arrived to Taiyuan and hand it over to Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu to command, and use it to disturb the progress of the Eighth Route Army's fortifications, remember not to dive and attack at a low altitude, so as not to be shot down by the Eighth Route Air Defense Weapon." ”

The 66th Flying Sentai is part of the 2nd Flying Group of the Kwantung Army and is a bomber flying team.

It is part of the 6th Flying Regiment along with the 66th Flying Squadron, the 70th Flying Squadron, and the 32nd Flying Squadron.

However, the 32nd Flying Squadron last supported the North China Front in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, and was shot down by the anti-aircraft weapons of the Eighth Route Army during the Battle of Taiyuan.

This time, in order to solve the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi, the Japanese army was preparing to mobilize more than 100 aircraft of the main force of the 2nd Flying Group, in addition to mobilizing 3 infantry divisions.

As for why the 66th Flying Sentai was transferred to the command of Yoshio Iwamatsu.

The main reason is that Okamura Ning is now in charge of the sweeping operations in the central Hebei region, and he has no time to take care of the northwest of Shanxi.

"Hey!" Moritake Tanabe bowed his head and turned to leave.

After Tanabe Moritake left, Miyano Michiichi asked expectantly: "Your Excellency, General, when will the iron rolling sweep in the Jizhong region begin?" ”

"The first phase of the operation has begun, but the main event will have to wait a few more days."

Seeing that Miyano Michichi was already a little impatient, Okamura Ninji smiled slightly.

The first stage of the operation was to encircle the iron wall, and the main purpose of the operation was to drive the Eighth Route Army and the common people to a certain area from all directions.

Until the Eighth Route Army and the people are driven to a small area, the elite troops will be sent to roll back and forth to attack until the Eighth Route Army and the people are completely eliminated.

Immediately afterwards, Okamura Ninji said: "At that time, Miyano-kun can take the Hurricane armored train and go to the battlefield to observe." ”

Riding the Hurricane armored train, his own safety was guaranteed, and Miyano Michiichi was in a happy mood: "Then thank you Your Excellency, General." ”

……

A new regiment.

Night.

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou were in the outhouse of the regiment headquarters.

Everyone frowned, brainstorming a plan to kill Miyano Michichi.

Li Yunlong even looked at the information, materials, and maps in his hand over and over again.

The map shows all the forces and terrain leading to Baoding in the northwest of Shanxi, and even the villages and bandit forces are standard in the other atlas.

This map alone is very valuable, and even the military map of the little devil is not so detailed.

The way to let Zhao Gang snipe Miyano Michichi has been denied.

The success rate is too low, and it may not come back.

"Or, it's still the same method as the last shelling of Niangzi Pass, arrange mountain artillery in the distance, and let the sword squadron determine the shooting of Zhuyuan with a precise method."

"Call for long-range artillery strikes, blow up this armored train."

Wang Dehou proposed a solution.

He was deeply impressed by the bombardment of Niangzi Pass by the new regiment, in which Zhao Gang killed the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, Hirata Masatsu, and killed the commander of the 2nd Guards Division, Muto Akira.

At that time, when the news reached the headquarters, almost all the operational staff officers ruled out the correct answer, and only he guessed that Li Yunlong led the new regiment to do it.

The result was just as he expected.

"That's a way to do it."

Li Yunlong didn't look up, and continued to stare at the map on the table: "Last time, we used 26 mountain guns to blow up the armored train of Niangziguan and the devil, if we want to shell long-range this time, we need at least 12 mountain guns and hundreds of shells, but... This is a mountain artillery battalion, we are 300 kilometers away from Baoding, but it is not easy to get through. ”

Although the new regiment was armed with howitzers of both caliber 105 mm and 150 mm.

The howitzer is much more powerful than the mountain artillery, and it is an excellent choice for shelling armored trains, but the howitzer is too demanding on the road, and many sections of the road have to pass through the devil's defense area, and it is impossible to bring it through.

Only by dismantling and transporting the mountain artillery can it be possible to bring the mountain artillery over.

But the risk is very high, after all, the team of a mountain artillery battalion, even if the mountain artillery is dismantled and transported by mules and horses, the target is very large.

Zhao Gang put forward an idea: "If we ask Boss Chen for help, ask him to arrange for the plane to transport the mountain artillery and shells to the vicinity of Baoding at night and drop them, and our artillery will be lightly armed, set up a mountain artillery position before dawn, and wait for the devil's armored train to come, and then open fire to kill it." ”

"With my relationship with Boss Chen." Li Yunlong said, "I asked him for help, he shouldn't refuse, and these mountain cannons will be blown up directly after use, and you can also ask Boss Chen for reimbursement after completing the business." ”

Although the new regiment now has more than 80 75-mm mountain guns, these 12 mountain guns are also the size of a mountain artillery battalion.

But then again, even if he doesn't get reimbursed, if he can exchange these 12 mountain guns for 2 tank battalions, Li Yunlong is naturally willing.

It was Xing Zhiguo who spoke, and his tone was worried: "This is a long-range artillery bombardment, although the artillery coverage is very effective, but I am afraid that the accuracy cannot be guaranteed." ”

"What if the first few rounds of shelling failed to blow up the tracks, and the armored train just started?"

"In addition, even if a mountain artillery battalion shells from a distance, I'm afraid there is no guarantee that Miyano Michichi will be killed."

"You can get the Sword Squadron to plant explosives on the railroad tracks." Wang Dehou said, "When the devil's armored train comes, blow up the railroad tracks in front and behind, so that the armored train of Miyano Michiichi will not be able to run away, and can only be covered by our mountain artillery." ”

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, as if he had caught something.

He picked up the materials and watched them repeatedly, studying the devil's Type 94 armored train.

Why don't you blow up the armored train and blow up the railroad tracks, wouldn't that be a fart off your pants and a superfluous move?

Then, Li Yunlong said categorically: "No need for mountain artillery, let's directly plant explosives on the railroad tracks and blow up his shit!" ”

"Planting explosives?"

Everyone looked at Li Yunlong and was slightly stunned.

Xing Zhiguo said: "Such a big armored train, if you want to blow it up, I'm afraid it will take at least hundreds of kilograms of high explosives, and the railway will generally have Japanese patrols, and our people don't have so much time to bury explosives, and hundreds of kilograms of explosives are not easy to bury on the tracks." ”

Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou nodded, both feeling that what Xing Zhiguo said made sense.

"You don't need hundreds or thousands of pounds of explosives."

Li Yunlong pointed to the photo materials on the table and said: "You see, this Type 94 armored train has a total of 8 carriages, and the old devil Miyano Michiichi will definitely be in the command car, we just need to blow up the command car, although the sides and above of the devil's armored train are steel plates, but the structure at the bottom is a wooden plank, which cannot withstand the shock wave of explosives at all." ”

"It's still the old way, let the sword squadron plant explosives, then detonate it with wires, and retreat immediately after blowing up the command car."

Zhao Gang thought about it carefully, felt that this method was more reliable, and his eyes lit up: "Haha, you still have more ideas than Lao Li!" ”