Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Command of the North China Front.

After the communications staff officer reported to Okamura Ninji, Seizo Yusue just walked in.

"Commander!"

Seizo first lowered his head, and then looked at the smile on Okamura Ninji's face, revealing a hint of surprise in his heart.

How long has it been since Your Excellency the Commander smiled?

At least a month, right?

Since Michiichi Miyano, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, was killed in a bombing near Baoding, Okamura Ninji's face has not been smiling, and after the Xinzhou Campaign and the Northwest Jin Sweeping Operation began, Okamura Ninji often frowned and had a gloomy face.

"You're here, you're just in time."

"A telegram was sent from the Northwest Front Command of Jin, and the offensive of the new regiment of the Eighth Route was contained."

Okamura Ninji handed the telegram to Seizo Arisue with a smile on his face.

Although Okamura Ninji has always been moody, this time it was really happy from the bottom of my heart.

Seizo Yusue picked up the telegram and read it, and his tone was surprised:

"The 10th Division used the tactics of the Eighth Route New Regiment to deal with the New Regiment and eliminate more than 500 people in the New Regiment in one morning?"

Then, Seizo Arisue looked at Okamura Ninji and asked, "The 10th Division used the tunnel and anticline tactics?"

"That's right!"

Okamura Ninji said happily: "As long as the 10th Division is not defeated by the Eighth Route New Regiment and holds the road for the New Regiment to flee eastward, then it will only be a matter of time before the Eighth Route New Regiment and the common people of China in its defense area are wiped out."

In fact, Okamura Ninji also thought of using tunnel and anticline tactics to deal with the new group.

But Jiro Ishikawa and Moritake Tanabe of the front command also thought about it and took the initiative to report, so he did not give such an order.

In Okamura Ninji's opinion, I have to say that this tactic is indeed powerful.

At present, the biggest advantage of the new regiment of the Eighth Route as the attacking side is artillery firepower, and once the artillery firepower advantage is weakened or even lost, then the new regiment will have no advantage.

Yusue Jingsan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "The battle has finally turned in favor of the locust army."

"Five more days at most!" Okamura Ninji was in high spirits, but his tone was very indifferent, "The five divisions will be able to form an encirclement of the new regiment, and when the time comes, Li Yunlong and the new regiment will be able to taste the power of the iron rolling sweep!"

As he spoke, Okamura Ninji's eyes narrowed as he stared at the map.

The other four divisions were also fighting hard, and were storming the last line of defense of the New 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment, which would be broken through in two or three days at most.

According to Okamura's estimates, after the Eighth Route Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment were defeated, they either retreated along the Yellow River or came over to join the New First Regiment.

Okamura Ninji prefers the latter.

Because the 8th Independent Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment were each equipped with a cannon with the number of artillery wings.

The Eighth Route Army was frightened, and it was definitely reluctant to let go of these cannons, and it was likely that they would come along the highways and horse roads with baggage to join the new regiment and flee to the north.

"Commander, it's not just Li Yunlong and the new regiment."

"There are also Ding Wei's new second regiment and Kong Jie's independent regiment, even if they can't be wiped out all this time, they will be greatly damaged, and they will not be able to threaten the locust army in a short period of time."

"No!" Okamura Ninji said, "This time, I'm going to wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route in the northwest of Jin!"

"Also, order the First Army to defend it to the death!"

"Pay close attention to the movements of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route in the southeast of Jin, the Wei Lihuang Central Army, and the Jin Sui Army in Luliangshan."

"Just in case these guys make trouble at a critical moment."

"After destroying the Eight Roads in the northwest of Jin, we will go back and slowly solve them!"

"Hey!" There was Sue Seizan and the communications staff officer Qi Qi Qi.

……

At the same time.

In the northwest of Shanxi Province, a new regiment

Regiment headquarters.

Zhao Gang was not there, Li Yunlong, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou were all staring at Chen Feng with expectant eyes.

Weapons that can increase the speed of attack and greatly reduce the casualties of fighters are too much needed for the new regiment now.

"What weapon?"

Li Yunlong asked hurriedly, his expression also showing a look of great interest and expectation.

Produced by Boss Chen, it must be a high-quality product.

It seems that our Lao Li is going to mention new equipment again!

Boss Chen said that he has a weapon there, which means that the new regiment does not have it yet, and it must be a new weapon and equipment.

"I'm talking about this new weapon, it's called the Spitfire." Chen Feng said, "As the name suggests, it is a tank that can breathe fire, which can be used against the infantry, pillboxes and turrets of the devils."

"Spitfire?"

Li Yunlong, Xing Zhiguo, and Wang Dehou looked at each other, none of them had heard of such a tank.

In their understanding, a tank is all about firing artillery and machine-gun fire, directing infantry to charge, breaking through and capturing enemy positions.

"Didn't Camp Commander Sun tell you? They learned and used this tank when they were studying at military bases overseas." Chen Feng saw the three of them with such expressions and said.

Li Yunlong said, "I haven't heard Sun Desheng say this."

"Consultant Chen, how is this business calculated?"

"How many Spitfire tanks can you provide?"

Time is pressing, and Li Yunlong doesn't have time to ask deeply, no matter what the performance of this Spitfire tank is, let's get it first.

Anyway, now there is no shortage of tank crews in the new regiment.

Of the 300 tank cadets who went to the military base to study, 250 were tank crews and the other 50 were maintenance personnel.

After the tank broke down, the required repair parts and materials were arranged by Boss Chen to be transported by air, and these personnel were responsible for repairing and maintaining.

Of course, after three months of training, these personnel have just started, so Chen Feng specially arranged three maintenance masters to be stationed in the new regiment to help with maintenance on the one hand, and impart experience on the other.

These 50 maintenance personnel are also trained to drive tanks, and can also drive tanks to fight the enemy when necessary.

"The Spitfire tank can be swapped from a 150mm howitzer to a 203mm heavy howitzer, and it can be delivered to your door within four hours," Chen said.

Li Yunlong hurriedly asked, "How many Spitfire tanks can one howitzer be exchanged?"

Needless to say, Li Yunlong knew that if he wanted to change the Spitfire tank, he would definitely use the batch of 150mm howitzers and 203mm heavy howitzers that had not yet been delivered.

There is no free lunch in the world, and Grand Master Li, who is well versed in the way of a businessman, naturally understands this truth.

The Spitfire is not a cabbage, and you have to pay a price to get it.

Chen Feng replied, "One 150mm howitzer can be exchanged for one Spitfire tank, and one 203mm heavy howitzer can be exchanged for three Spitfire tanks."

When Li Yunlong heard this, he quickly calculated in his mind that the price was quite reasonable, and it was even a small profit.

1 150 mm howitzer for 1 Spitfire tank is definitely not a loss.

But Li Yunlong was a little reluctant to exchange 1 203mm heavy howitzer for 3 Spitfire tanks.

In the battle of Miaoergou, a total of 20 150-mm howitzers and 10 203-mm heavy howitzers were earned, and the head of the headquarters had already sent a telegram Wishing you prosperity.

Although the head of the headquarters did not explicitly ask for it, Li Yunlong knew very well that he had to hand over half of this batch of howitzers to the headquarters.

So, in the end, the new regiment was able to receive 10 150-mm howitzers and 5 203-mm heavy howitzers.

At present, the new regiment already has 31 150-mm howitzers, which is already the size of a heavy artillery regiment, but not even 1 203-mm heavy howitzer is not equipped.

I don't know where the next chance to earn a 203-mm heavy howitzer is.

And this time only 10 Spitfire tanks, shown

However, it was not enough, not to mention that there might be losses in the battle, the devils built thickened pillboxes and artillery towers on three roads, and 10 Spitfire tanks were far from enough to attack the 10th Division.

Replace the other 10 150mm heavy guns with Spitfire tanks, I wonder if the head of the headquarters will agree?

Li Yunlong only thought about it for a moment, and knew that the head of the headquarters would definitely agree.

Now is the critical moment for the survival of the new 1st regiment, the new 2nd regiment and the independent regiment, what are 10 150-mm howitzers? Will the head of the headquarters not know the severity?

However, Li Yunlong can't make decisions about this matter without authorization, and he needs to ask the headquarters for instructions.

Immediately, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou and said, "Chief of Staff, you immediately prepare a telegram to explain the situation, and apply to the headquarters to replace the 10 150mm howitzers that are ready to be handed over to the headquarters with 10 Spitfire tanks, and when the battle is over, these 10 Spitfire tanks will be handed over to the headquarters together with 1 tank battalion."

The headquarters is in the southeast of Shanxi, and now the new regiment is in the northwest of Shanxi, separated by a distance of several hundred kilometers.

It is obviously unrealistic to drive the tank from the northwest to the southeast of Jinjin, because it has to pass through a large area of devils' defense areas.

Therefore, Li Yunlong has already discussed with Chen Feng, and Chen Feng can use a large helicopter to transport all the tanks to the southeast of Jindong.

"Yes!" Wang Dehou received the order, hurriedly drafted a telegram, handed it to Li Yunlong for signature, and asked the telegraph operator to quickly send it to the headquarters.

About 20 minutes after the telegram was sent, headquarters called back.

As Li Yunlong expected, the headquarters really agreed to Li Yunlong's request, and judging from the time of the telegram, the head of the headquarters didn't even think about it, and directly agreed.

Even the head of the headquarters said in a telegram that Li Yunlong could replace the 203-mm heavy howitzer with a Spitfire tank at his discretion.

Although he guessed the thoughts of the head of the headquarters, after reading the content of the telegram sent by the headquarters, Li Yunlong was still slightly relieved in his heart.

He looked at Chen Feng and said categorically, "Advisor Chen, I have decided to replace 20 150mm howitzers and 2 203mm heavy howitzers with Spitfire tanks!"

If you want to play, you can play big, and this time Li Yunlong decided to change to 26 Spitfire tanks.

Although he had never seen the Spitfire Tank, and even Boss Chen did not provide the data of the Spitfire Tank, Li Yunlong still chose to believe Boss Chen unconditionally.

After replacing 2 203-mm heavy howitzers with 6 Spitfire tanks, there were a total of 8 heavy howitzers, so that there were 4 more in each of the headquarters and the new regiment.

"No problem!" Chen Feng smiled slightly, "I'll arrange for the delivery to the door."

(End of chapter)