As for the formation of the Chinese army, Tojo's senior soldiers are naturally well aware.

A regiment of the Chinese army ranged from a few hundred to several thousand, and was on the same level as the Japanese wing in its establishment.

However, an elite wing of the Japanese army can single-handedly challenge an elite division of China.

The main reason is, of course, that the Japanese army is more well-equipped, and the combat quality of the Japanese soldiers is higher than that of the Chinese soldiers.

There was actually a regiment in the Chinese army, which was better equipped than the Japanese army and had a higher combat quality than the Japanese soldiers.

Its strength on paper was even much stronger than that of the 1st Division, the most elite of the Japanese army.

It is said that the Eighth Route Army has more than 100 regiments, and if they are all of this kind of equipment and rank, then the Imperial Army in China is not ......

Seeing Tojo Hideji's slightly frightened expression, Okamura Ninji suddenly knew that he had blown it a little too much, and hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency Lu Xiang, there is only one regiment like this in China's Eighth Route Army, not all regiment-level units have this scale, and there are two regiments with a scale of 10,000 people, but there is nothing to be afraid of, the most troublesome is the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army." ”

Hideki Tojo breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What exactly does Okamura-kun want to say?" ”

"Although, now there is only one such regiment in the Eighth Route Army." Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice, "But there is intelligence that the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army is actually an experimental unit of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, if the new regiment is successful, then all the regimental-level troops of the Eighth Route Army will become as many as the new regiment, and the weapons and equipment will be as good as the new regiment, and then ......."

Okamura Ninji is serious nonsense.

Just like there is intelligence that shows that he Okamura Ninji is actually a senior agent of the Eighth Route Army.

Anyway, it's Schrödinger's intelligence, and Tojo Hideji can't verify it.

Hideji Tojo's heart, which he had just put down, suddenly lifted it again.

The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army can defeat the 10th Division of the Kwantung Army's elite A Division.

If there are more than 100 regiments of the Eighth Route Army, each regiment is at the level of 30,000 people, and the equipment is at the same level as the new Eighth Route Regiment, then what else will the Locust Army fight?

Even if the locust army had 100 divisions, most of them would not be able to defeat them.

However, it is a pity that the Japanese army only has 17 divisions and regiments, and as the wheels of war advance, the combat effectiveness of some divisions and regiments has dropped significantly.

Moreover, Hideki Tojo knew that Okamura Ninji was not alarmist, and this kind of thing was likely to happen.

Because the Eighth Route Army had external aid channels.

Tojo Hideki's expression was cloudy at first, and then he asked, "What do you suggest?" ”

"Your Excellency Lu Xiang." Okamura Ningji said, "My suggestion is that in response to the experimental plan of the Eighth Route Army, the new regiment will be eliminated as soon as possible, as long as the new regiment can be eliminated, then the assistance channels behind the Eighth Route Army will most likely not continue to aid the Eighth Route Army." ”

Tojo Hideji frowned slightly and shook his head.

said: "The strategic focus and objectives of the Locust Army have been transferred to Southeast Asia, and the Navy is preparing to launch an offensive in the Pacific Ocean. ”

Okamura Ninji pushed his glasses and said, "Your Excellency Lu Xiang, you don't need to mobilize too many troops and combat materials, you only need to give me a division, and I can be sure that I will inflict heavy damage or even destroy a new regiment!" ”

"Okamura-kun is so confident?" Tojo Hideji looked at Okamura Ningji as if he was looking at a fool, "Even the 10th Division has been defeated, with heavy losses, if you give you one division, you can defeat the new regiment, you still have seven or eight divisions in the North China Front, why didn't you eliminate the new regiment?" ”

Okamura Ningji's tone was awkward: "Your Excellency Lu Xiang, even the First Division is not the opponent of the new First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, let alone those second-line divisions of the North China Front, I am talking about the 1st Division." ”

Tojo Hideji's eyes narrowed: "The 1st Division? ”

"Yes, the 1st Division!" Okamura Ninji said, "My idea is to use the 1st Division as a test unit for the Locust Army, equipped with more artillery than the new regiment, armed with 100-type submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles, and put it into the battlefield in the northwest of Shanxi to deal with the new regiment. ”

"Submachine gun locust army can be made." Hideki Tojo asked, "Where did the locust army get its semi-automatic rifles?" ”

"In the northwest battlefield of Jin." Okamura replied, "The 10th Division achieved a partial victory, capturing more than 10 semi-automatic rifles from the Eighth Route New Regiment, which the Imperial Ordnance Department could study and imitate. ”

During World War II, the Japanese army also developed semi-automatic rifles.

That is, a Type 4 armor semi-automatic rifle.

The prototype gun is a reference to the M-1 Garland semi-automatic rifle that was captured on the battlefield by the U.S. military in the Pacific War.

"Oh?" Tojo's eyes lit up slightly.

But soon, Hideji Tojo thought a lot.

Before World War II, the old and decrepit gang of those who participated in World War I and even the Russo-Japanese War were still immersed in the glory of the past, stubbornly believing that the rifle with "one shot and one hit" was the most reliable firearm for the infantry.

Accordingly, the Japanese Army attached great importance to the spurting of the infantry.

The tactics of "bushido spirit" and "bayonet red" became the traditional spirit of the Japanese Army's infantry, and continued to carry forward until participating in World War II.

It's like opposing a large number of submachine guns.

Hideki Tojo estimated that even if a semi-automatic rifle was developed, most of those decrepit military officials would oppose the use of semi-automatic rifles in the army's infantry.

But if a model army is created and great results are achieved, then the group of old officials in the military department should have nothing to say, right?

It takes a long time to independently develop a semi-automatic rifle, and if it is imitated, it will not take long to come out of the copycat.

"Okamura-kun." Thinking of this, Hideki Tojo said, "Regarding this matter, I will seriously consider it." ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency Prime Minister Lu!"

Okamura Ninji got up and bowed his head, ready to turn and leave.

Seeing Hideji Tojo's expression, Okamura Ninji knew that he was tempted, and now he just had to go back and wait for news.

Hideji Tojo advocated the use of force to resolve the China incident as soon as possible, so he acted in a radical and fanatical style, and most likely agreed to this plan.

The Ishihara faction, on the other hand, stressed that the aggression against China should be encroached upon in stages, step by step.

So Ishihara was squeezed out of the core management of the Japanese Army.

As for the almost total annihilation of the 3rd Brigade, the looting of 5,000 tons of combat materials, and Li Yunlong's clear telegram calling him the commander of the transportation brigade of the Eighth Route Army, Okamura Ninji had already explained it to Tojo Hideji.

"Okamura-kun, please wait a minute."

Hideji Tojo stopped Okamura Ninji and said:

"That group of guys from the Ishihara faction recommended Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu to His Majesty the Heavenly Locust as the commander of the North China Front."

Okamura Ninji's eyes narrowed, he turned around and bowed his head, then turned around and walked out.

Because Gu Shoufu led the 6th Division to commit heinous crimes in the attack on Jinling.

In order to avoid being condemned by world public opinion, the Japanese base camp transferred Toshio Tani to the local defense force to serve as the commander of the Central Army, and in 1939 he was transferred to the reserve.

According to seniority, Gu Shoufu should have been promoted to general in 1940 and served as the commander of a certain front army.

The sense of crisis in Okamura's heart came up all of a sudden.

Because of the defeat of the Northwest Jin Sweeping Operation, although Tojo Hideji still supported him, the Locust was already dissatisfied with him.

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Northwest of Shanxi.

Big Lonely Town.

Since the end of the anti-sweeping campaign in the northwest of Shanxi, the regimental headquarters of the new regiment has been in Dagu Town.

Moreover, after Li Yunlong, he was going to set up the regiment headquarters in Dagu Town.

The transportation here is convenient, and there are fortification groups, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhaojiayu Airport was blown up by devil bombers, and it will not be able to be used in the future, because the devil knows that there is an airport there, and even if the airport is rebuilt in the future, it will definitely be taken care of.

At a location about five kilometers away from Dagu Town, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang re-selected a location to prepare for the construction of Dagu Town Airport.

At present, Boss Chen has arranged for the plane to drop materials for the construction of the airport in the air.

As last time, the construction of the airport was mainly carried out by the deputy head of the regiment, Xing Zhiguo.

"Commander."

"5,000 tons of war materials have all been transported by Boss Chen's transport plane from Datong Airport to southeast Shanxi."

In the regimental headquarters of the new regiment.

Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong with a smile on his face.

"So fast?"

Li Yunlong's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly when he heard this, it was too comfortable to have a transport plane.

I expected it to be soon, but I didn't expect it to be so fast.

It took only five days to transport all 5,000 tons of war materials to the southeast of Shanxi.

Originally, Li Yunlong planned to take a transport plane to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in southeast Shanxi Province to meet the head of the headquarters.

However, since Li Yunlong had already returned to the northwest of Shanxi, the political commissar Zhao Gang went to meet the head of the headquarters on behalf of Li Yunlong, and now Zhao Gang has returned to the northwest of Shanxi.

According to the calculation of 10 tons of combat material for each transport aircraft back and forth, one round trip is a sortie, which requires about 500 sorties.

This time, Boss Chen provided 40 transport planes, each of which only needs to fly a dozen round-trips, with an average of 2 to 3 sorties per day.

"It's fast!" Wang Dehou said with emotion, "I hope we can earn transport planes and fighter planes as soon as possible." ”

"Airplanes?" Li Yunlong's tone was full of expectation: "It should be soon!" ”

Flight cadets who go to overseas military bases to study for high-achieving students still have about half a year to graduate.

Li Yunlong estimated that in about half a year, Boss Chen's side should provide aircraft business.

Otherwise, after the flight cadets graduate, wouldn't there be no use?

If the pilots of the Eighth Route Army were equipped with Boss Chen's fighters, they would no longer have to worry about being bombed by planes that were afraid of devils.

Other than that.

The second batch of tank cadets is also returning from graduation.

At this moment, the radio intercom in the inner room of the regiment headquarters sounded.

Li Yunlong walked forward quickly, put the microphone to his mouth in one hand and the earpiece to his ear in the other, and asked, "Which one?" ”

Since Boss Chen supplied unlimited batteries, Li Yunlong's radio walkie has been on 24 hours a day.

After a while, Chen Feng's voice came from Li Yunlong's ears: "I'm Boss Chen, is it Boss Li?" ”

"I'm Boss Li."

Li Yunlong looked slightly happy, and Boss Chen took the initiative to contact him, most likely because he had a new business.

Sure enough, as Grand Master Li expected, Chen Feng's voice sounded in his ears again.

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