When Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou heard this, their eyes lit up slightly.

Boss Chen's secret messages are generally operational information, or business information.

But it's all unimportant operational information, as well as small business information.

For general important operational intelligence and big business information, either Boss Chen personally came to the new regiment, or sent Yan Shuangying to carry the lockbox.

Boss Chen gave every piece of information to the new group, and Li Yunlong attached great importance to it!

"Telegraph me."

Li Yunlong received the telegram from the communications staff officer.

The communications staff officer then turned around and left, and Li Yunlong took the telegram and read it.

After reading the content of the telegram, Li Yunlong's expression couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"Commander?" Seeing this, Wang Dehou asked curiously, "What information did Boss Chen send us?" ”

Li Yunlong handed the telegram in his hand to Wang Dehou: "Boss Chen got reliable information, the devil invented the four-type anti-tank rocket launcher, this kind of bazooka is powerful, the range is 30 meters, the armor-piercing thickness is 150 mm, he asked our tank troops to fight carefully." ”

Wang Dehou took the telegram and looked at it, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned:

"The devil's Taijun happy stick, this is evolution?"

Wang Dehou was right, the devil's Taijun Happy Stick has indeed evolved.

However, the devil was also forced by the Eighth Route Army.

The devils here are the devils in another time and space, and they are the first to study the Type 4 anti-tank piercing mines.

After the Type 4 anti-tank piercing mine was studied in advance by the devils, it was given a taste to the North China Front, and the main forces of the devils such as the First Army and the Mongolian Army were basically equipped.

However, it is a pity that the tanks of the Eighth Route Army destroyed by the Type 4 anti-tank piercing mines can be counted on one hand.

And now the number of tanks in the Eighth Route Army has increased, so the devil's anti-tank weapons have been forced to evolve.

Taijun Happy Stick is the name that Boss Chen gave to the devil's four-type anti-tank stabbing mine.

"Then now, it shouldn't be called Taijun Happy Stick, it should be called Taijun Happy Tube."

Li Yunlong smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his tone was joyful.

The devil's new weapon, Boss Chen said on the telegram, is called the Type 4 anti-tank rocket launcher.

It is certainly stronger than the Type 4 anti-tank mine, but compared to the Bazooka, it is far from the Bazooka in terms of range and power.

If the devils research out the Bazooka bazooka, then the tank troops of the Eighth Route Army will be more dangerous.

After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "But we still have to pay attention to it, our Leopard tank turret and gun shield armor are 100 mm, this weapon can still penetrate our tank armor." ”

The Devil's 47-mm anti-aircraft gun, using armor-piercing shells, can only penetrate 70 mm of armor at a position of about 500 meters.

"Yes, I'll give an order to all tank units later, telling them to pay attention to guarding against the devil's Type 4 anti-tank rocket launchers."

Wang Dehou said with a slight expression.

Li Yunlong nodded, handed Boss Chen's secret telegram to an operational staff officer and put it away, and then set his eyes on the precise map on the table.

Regarding this battle, Boss Chen did not provide much information, nor did he have a defensive battle plan for the devils.

Li Yunlong didn't know if it was Boss Chen's senior spy lurking in the North China Front Headquarters, and he was arrested or what the reason was.

However, it is not a big problem, although there is no battle plan of Okamura Ningji, but with the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army today, the firepower of the devils attacking the North China Front has overflowed a lot.

Of course.

At present, the troops of the Eighth Route Army are not yet able to give full play to the full strength of these equipment.

The reason for this is that the unit has expanded with a large number of new recruits, and these recruits have been trained for about four months, and have even conducted large-scale simulated actual combat and live-ammunition training in large corps.

Training and actual combat are two different things, especially the actual combat of a large corps is similar to a meat grinder.

It is to kill people, and many people are to die.

But it's not a big problem, there are many more people who want to die from the devil than from the Eighth Route Army.

……

Shimen City.

Japanese Front Command.

The 11th, 56th, and 40th Divisions of the Japanese Army were stationed here.

The 11th Division participated in the Battle of Songhu at the beginning of the war and was then transferred to Manchuria for garrison.

The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori, was also one of the culprits of the Jinling Massacre, and led the advance team of the 3rd Division to participate in the Jinling Massacre.

"Report, the commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Ninji, sent an urgent telegram!"

In the headquarters, Takashi Takashi was looking at the map with a magnifying glass, and the communications staff officer was holding a telegram in his hand, and walked in quickly to salute and then said.

"Read!"

Takamori did not look up, continued to stare at the map, and said with a wave of his hand.

"Hey."

The communications staff officer held the telegram and read:

"According to reliable intelligence, the Eighth Route Army is mobilizing combat materials and conducting pre-war mobilization, and the new regiment of the main force of the Eighth Route Army will launch an offensive in the near future, and order your troops to prepare for battle!"

"Your Majesty the Locust is on board, and the Great Japanese Locust Army is on board!"

"Commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Ninji!"

After reading the telegram, the communications staff officer stood with his hands in his hands and bowed his head slightly to listen to instructions.

Hearing this, Takamori raised his head, took the telegram from the hand of the communications staff officer and read it, and then his face suddenly showed a solemn look.

Like the commander of the 9th Division, Kiichiro Higuchi, when Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori first arrived in North China, he was disdainful of the Eighth Route Army, believing that the locust army was invincible and invincible.

However, the 9th Division suffered heavy losses in the Dongshan area of Zhangjiakou, and directly taught all divisions and regiments, including the 11th Division's newly arrived devils in North China, a lesson.

The combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army is far beyond the expectations of the devils.

Takamori knows very well that this battle will be a bad battle.

It is possible that the 11th Division will be completely annihilated.

"Inform the commanders of all wings, as well as the commanders and chiefs of staff of each division to the headquarters for a meeting!"

Takamori Takashi's face became more and more solemn and said to the communications staff officer.

"Hey."

The communications staff officer bowed his head, turned around and walked away quickly.

There has been no war recently, and the division commanders, chiefs of staff, and wing commanders of each division and regiment quickly gathered at the command headquarters, and when the last 11th Division Cavalry 11th Wing Commander Hasegawa Kanji Nakasa arrived, Takashi Takamori glanced at everyone with a serious look.

"I just received a secret telegram from General Okamura, commander of the North China Front Army, that the Eighth Route Army is about to attack!"

"The main force of the Eighth Route Army attacking the Locust Army this time is a new regiment."

Like what he said, Takamori's expression and tone were also serious:

"That is, Li Yunlong's troops, for the Eighth Route Army, everyone must have heard of it, so I won't introduce it more."

"The most elite troops of the Eighth Route Army are about to launch the most fierce offensive against us!"

"The enemy is very strong, with a large number of heavy artillery, heavy tanks, and even a lot of aircraft, and the firepower is at least 10 times stronger than the Locust Army, and the number of troops is also more than that of the Locust Army!"

"Our only advantage..."

Takashi thought about it carefully, it seemed that the locust army had no advantages, and the all-round disadvantage was crushed.

Hearing Takashi Takamori's speech, including Lieutenant General Seiichi Aoki, commander of the 40th Division, and Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe, commander of the 56th Division, the chiefs of staff of the two divisions and the commanders of each wing were visibly short of breath.

The Eighth Route Army is about to start attacking, and Li Yunlong is coming!

Unlike the 11th Division, which had just arrived in North China, the 56th Division and the 40th Division had been severely beaten by the Eighth Route Army in North China.

The Eighth Route Army was very heavy, even if the 40th Division and the 56th Division were not the key targets of the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, the attacking 40th Division and the 56th Division were not the most elite units such as the new 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the 40th Division and the 56th Division were still beaten by two-thirds of the casualties, and almost all of their heavy weapons were lost.

Although the base camp has replenished the 40th Division and the 56th Division with troops and weapons and equipment.

However, many of these soldiers are recruits who have only been trained for less than half a year, and their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with those veteran elites in the past.

What's more, the 40th Division and the 56th Division were not the strongest troops of the Eighth Route Army such as the New First Regiment last time.

This time, the 40th Division and the 56th Division will most likely face the strongest new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

This time, I am afraid that it is not as simple as being severely beaten, and it is impossible to make sure that the two divisions will be completely annihilated.

It is not easy to use the 11th Division of the A Division, and the Eighth Route Army has not fought with the A Division.

The 1st Division, the 5th Division, the 10th Division, and the 9th Division, weren't they all Class A divisions, and they were all beaten by the Eighth Route Army?

Either they were wiped out or they were hit hard.

Even the 9th Division of the First Division did not even see anything from the commander of the Eighth Route Army, and was severely damaged by the air force of the Eighth Route Army, which was called 'the greatest shame of the Japanese Locust Army'.

In terms of individual soldier quality, except for the new 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, as well as a small number of troops of the 386 Brigade.

Even the individual quality of the second-line division of the Locust Army is the main force of the Eighth Route Army, not to mention the soldiers of the permanent division.

But.

The Eighth Route Army had a large number of heavy artillery, tanks, and even fighters and bombers, and the firepower of light infantry and light artillery was also extremely strong, with a difference of more than ten or twenty times in firepower between the two sides.

What a?

However, the chief of staff of the 11th Division and the commanders of the wings still looked the same.

Although they are all very aware of the strength of the Eighth Route Army, after all, they have never fought the Eighth Route Army head-on, and they still feel that they are very strong.

The expressions of the commanders of the 40th Division and the 56th Division changed, and Takashi Takamori saw them all in his eyes, and the expressions on his face became more and more solemn.

It seems that the 40th Division and the 56th Division were frightened by the Eighth Route Army.

That's not a good thing.

The officers above the wing commander level were so afraid of the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese officers and soldiers below were afraid of the war.

It is clear that the morale of the 40th and 56th divisions was lost in the last battle.

This sign is very bad, and the morale of a unit will even directly affect the victory of the entire battle.

At present, the North China Front Army urgently needs a victory to boost morale!

"Although the railway and highway from Jingcheng County to Shimen City have been interrupted, it is not difficult to repair the road, and the main infantry force of the Eighth Route Army will definitely rely on armored forces to attack Shimen City."

"10 kilometers east of Shimen City, it is an open area, once the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army enter this open area, the chance of victory of the Locust Army will be very low!"

Takamori glanced at everyone, and he knew that he was conservative in what he said.

But for the sake of face, or to give the 40th Division and the 56th Division a glimmer of hope, Takashi Takamori can only say this.

Facing the luxurious lineup of hundreds of heavy artillery, hundreds of tanks, and hundreds of planes in the sky of the Eighth Route Army.

In open terrain, the troops of the 11th, 40th, and 56th Divisions would have no chance of victory.

Even if Takamori Takashi was conservative, there was still silence in the headquarters.

"But don't be too pessimistic."

Takashi glanced at everyone and continued:

"There are too many records in history in which the weak have defeated the strong, too many to count, and I believe that this time the locust army will definitely create a miracle."

"Hey."

When all the devil officers heard this, they all let out a sigh of excitement and forcibly raised their morale.

"How do you work miracles?"

The commander of the 40th Division, Aoki, had a gloomy face and said in a deep voice:

"The Eighth Route Army is too strong, the Locust Army has no chance of winning at all, if I want to say that the Locust Army should directly abandon North China and retreat to Manchuria!"

Two-thirds of the casualties of the 40th Division were to be transferred back to the mainland for rest and recuperation according to Japanese Army regulations.

However, Okamura Ninji forcibly left the 40th Division and the 56th Division as cannon fodder, which made Seiichi Aoki and Masao Watanabe very dissatisfied.

Takamori Takashi glanced at Aoki Seiichi and said: "There is an old Chinese saying that today you cut five cities, tomorrow you cut ten cities, and then you have to sleep peacefully. In the future, when the Eighth Route Army attacked Manchuria, would the Locusts Army also have to cede Manchuria to the Eighth Route Army? ”

Aoki was speechless for a moment.

Manchuria is extremely important to Japan, and many of Japan's arsenals and other heavy industries are located in Manchuria, so it is naturally impossible to give it up.

"Ying Senjun, what tactics do you have against the Eighth Route Army?"

The commander of the 56th Division, Masao Watanabe, saw that Takashi Takamori had something to say.

"Since the frontal defense is not good." Takashi said, "Then the locust army might as well take the initiative!" ”

Take the initiative?

The devil officers of the 40th Division and the 56th Division looked stunned, but they didn't think about it.

What they thought was that if they couldn't fight, they would run quickly, join the main force in the Pingjin area, and then fight a decisive battle with the large forces of the Eighth Route Army.

"In the past, the locusts army was strong and the Eighth Route Army was weak, so the Eighth Route Army adopted ambush tactics to deal with the locust army."

After a pause, Takashi Takamori continued:

"Now that the Eighth Route Army is strong and the Locust Army is weak, then the Locust Army can also adopt ambush tactics to deal with the Eighth Route Army."

"Ambush the Eighth Route Army?" Watanabe Masao's eyes lit up slightly, and after a little thought, he said, "This is a good tactic, the Eighth Route Army would never have imagined that the Locust Army would dare to take the initiative to attack with inferior troops and firepower." ”

"That's right!"

Ying Senxiao's expression was fierce and cold: "This is called surprise, unpreparedness, now the locust army urgently needs a victory, improve morale, even if it only destroys the vanguard of a few hundred people of the Eighth Route Army, we must fight a brilliant battle!" ”

"Eagle Sen-kun, how are you going to fight an ambush battle?"

Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi also suddenly became interested and asked.

Takashi looked at the map, pointed to the map and said, "The Zhengtai Railway west of Jingcheng County is all mountainous terrain here, and there are many places that can be ambushed!" Even if the Eighth Route Army guessed that the Locust Army would ambush the Locust Army, it would not think that the Locusts Army dared to ambush west of Jingcheng County, and it would definitely be able to catch the Eighth Route Army by surprise. ”

Aoki Cheng narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "Jingcheng County is occupied by the troops of the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong region, how can we bypass Jingcheng County and reach the ambush area?" ”

(End of chapter)