Time passed coldly and constantly.

The day is fleeting.

The vanguard of the new regiment was the first to arrive at the forward position south of Baoding of the Japanese army, and exchanged fire with the devils and the puppet army.

However, the vanguard of the new regiment was only a feint.

After only a brief exchange of fire, the troops of the new regiment retreated.

Because at this time, the main force of the new regiment was still on its way.

The strength of the devil and the puppet army around Baoding is more than 300,000.

The new regiment was added to the troops of the Central Hebei Military Region, with a total strength of about 200,000 troops.

This was a medium-sized large-scale corps campaign.

A battle like this can't be ended in three or two days.

"Report to the regiment commander, the vanguard has exchanged fire with the devil puppet army, and the vanguard has withdrawn."

In the regimental headquarters of the new regiment, a staff officer reported to Li Yunlong.

Around the regimental headquarters, the battalions were encamped according to orders and plans, and the dense army green tents were supported as far as the eye could see.

This army green tent is also from Boss Chen.

Under normal circumstances, the tents of the Japanese army are white, and the tents provided by Boss Chen in the past are also white.

However, as a regular Chinese field army unit, the tent naturally has to be in line with the battlefield.

The weight of the new tent has not increased, but the fabric is of better quality, quality and waterproofing.

Of course, in order to prevent the sneak attack of the devils and the puppet army, several new regiments of heavy synthetic battalions were placed at the forefront.

At the same time, sky reconnaissance planes were constantly reconnoitring the Japanese positions.

"Did the reconnaissance plane find anything?"

Li Yunlong nodded and asked immediately.

Wang Dehou replied: "At present, it has been discovered that the enemy has built complete civil fortifications, as well as a large number of anti-tank cones in front of the position, and there are also large minefields, and a lot of mines and anti-tank mines should be laid. ”

"Anti-tank cone?"

Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed slightly.

The anti-tank cone was used by the devils when they attacked Taiyuan.

But the devils in Taiyuan are short of materials, and they don't have much of this stuff.

After a few rounds of heavy artillery coverage, the anti-tank cones of the devils were blown up.

However, the devils of the North China Front, apparently with more concrete supplies, built a large number of anti-tank cones in front of the defensive positions to block the attack of the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong had studied the "Theory of the Great Corps' Great In-depth Campaign," and was naturally no stranger to this anti-tank cone.

The anti-tank cone is a triangular pyramid cast from concrete, and the exact point is a triangular prism, but it is placed horizontally, so most people say that it is a cone, which is about half a meter high.

A triangular pyramid arranged at a certain distance to form a large area of net-like positions, but not necessarily a regular triangular pyramid, which is mainly forged with mixed soil.

It is primarily used to hinder tracked tank vehicles.

The principle is that when the tracked tank vehicle touches the anti-tank cone, because the front end of the land is slippery, and the power of the tracked tank vehicle is fierce.

Therefore, the tank car easily slides from a plane of the anti-tank cone to the low top of the anti-tank cone.

When the tank slides to the top, it is easy to get stuck on it because the bottom of the tank is not slippery.

At this point, the anti-tank cone is like a jack, and even if you push it down, it still has a pointed cone pointing upwards and hindering the tank's progress.

Such cones are usually lined up in a very long, large area, so that the enemy must clear this difficult thing.

Therefore, some tanks are also equipped with a dozer blade to facilitate combat and remove obstacles.

Anti-tank cones were widely used in the high-attrition wars of World War II.

"That's right, it's the anti-tank cone." Wang Dehou nodded, "Although the devil's anti-tank cones are an obstacle for other troops, it is not difficult for our new regiment to break these anti-tank cones." ”

"We have at least three ways to break the anti-tank cone."

"The first way is to wash the floor with aerial bombs and blow up all these anti-tank cones."

"The second way is to wash the ground with shells and blow up these anti-tank cones."

"The third method is to send sappers to blast and blow up these anti-tank cones with explosives, but when the sappers are working, the devils will definitely open fire, so that our sappers will suffer heavy casualties, so this method will be forgotten."

Although the Eighth Route Army had strong air support and strong artillery firepower, it could use artillery shells and aerial bombs to wash the ground of the devil's position.

But in the end, tank and infantry units were needed to rush up and occupy positions.

Then you have to solve these annoying roadblocks first.

Zhao Gang nodded: "Then you can only use the first and second methods." ”

Now that the troops are equipped and have sufficient combat materials, it is naturally not necessary for the soldiers to risk their lives to clear minefields and explode.

In a self-defense counterattack in another time and space.

Many scout fighters just used their bodies to roll the enemy's minefield and make a passage for the large army and died heroically.

With this condition at the moment, it is naturally impossible for the fighters to roll the enemy's minefield with their bodies.

Xing Zhiguo also said: "This is the idea that the devil should fight, without spending a single shot, it can consume a large number of shells of our Eighth Route Army." ”

Li Yunlong smiled: "The devil's wishful thinking is wrong, our new mess does not have many other things, that is, there are many shells and aerial bombs, order the scouts and reconnaissance planes to immediately draw the devil's anti-tank cone area on the map, and then order the artillery and air force units to carry out artillery shells and aerial bombs to wash the ground of the enemy's anti-tank cone area." ”

The reserve of heavy artillery ammunition of the new regiment was 7 bases.

Ammunition stocks for various types of firearms, such as rifles, light machine guns and heavy machine guns, as well as mortars and mountain artillery, are even greater.

What's more, Li Yunlong can also apply for airdrop supplies for the troops at any time.

Not much else, just a lot of ammunition.

Before this expedition, Li Yunlong issued a discipline to the soldiers of the new regiment:

Anyone who saves ammunition on the battlefield will be punished with confinement.

Xing Zhiguo asked: "There is another question, how to solve the devil's minefield?" ”

At present, there is no need to build an airfield, so Xing Zhiguo participates in operational meetings, and sometimes goes to the front line to direct the battle.

"Artillery shells and aerial bombs also have no small effect on minefields."

Li Yunlong thought for a while, and then said:

"Then order the reconnaissance planes and scouts to draw out the areas where the devils are suspected of being minefields, and then order the air force units and artillery units to carry out artillery shells and aerial bombs to wash the ground in the areas where the enemy is suspected of being minefields."

Zhang Dabiao, Lu Yingjun, Wei Dayong, and other deputy regiment commanders who came to attend the combat meeting smiled slightly.

What is the battle of wealth?

It's called the battle for affluence.

Although it is impossible to clear all the mines from aerial shells and artillery shells, they can clear most of them, which can make the soldiers suffer much fewer casualties in the attack.

The first step in the official offensive of the new regiment was to take out the devil's anti-tank cones and minefields.

With the order of the regimental headquarters, scouts and reconnaissance planes quickly went out and began to demarcate the area.

At the same time, the artillery observers, who were responsible for guiding the shelling, went out along with the scouts and began to calculate the firing of the artillery.

……

At the same time.

The regimental headquarters of the new 1st regiment, the general headquarters of the front.

The communications staff officer reported to Li Yunlong.

"Report to the head of the regiment, I just received a telegram from the headquarters that 400 flight cadets have arrived at Taiyuan Airport."

"The head of the headquarters said that you can exchange some planes from Boss Chen, and the headquarters will start to form a new air force."

A few days ago, in order to form a route from Baoding to Xuzhou, Li Yunlong specially recalled the last batch of flight cadets who were studying at Boss Chen's overseas military base.

This group of flight cadets learned flying skills for 10 months at Boss Chen's overseas military base.

Each trainee has 800 hours of flight time and has undergone simulated combat training, and can fly the plane directly to the battlefield.

This batch of flight cadets is the same as before, and the new regiment and the headquarters are divided into half.

That is, the new regiment can be assigned 200 pilots, and the headquarters can also be assigned 200 pilots.

At present, the number of pilots of the Eighth Route Army is almost 650.

Among them, 600 flight cadets were trained at Boss Chen's military base, and 50 were aces and elite pilots of the national army.

In addition, the first batch of flight cadets of the Eighth Route Army Aviation School is about 500 people, and they will graduate in about half a year.

By that time, the pilots of the Eighth Route Army would have exceeded 1 thousand people.

Although it will not be enough to achieve pilot freedom at that time.

However, the situation of the Eighth Route Army's lack of pilots will be greatly improved.

And with

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang's eyes lit up.

The return of this batch of flight cadets came at a very timely time, and it solved the problem of the current shortage of pilots in the Eighth Route Army at once.

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong and asked, "Lao Li, how much plane quota do we have with Boss Chen?" ”

Li Yunlong thought about it carefully and said, "There are about 200 planes. ”

Before attacking North China, Li Yunlong exchanged some B25 medium bombers from Boss Chen, the number of which was 100.

Compared to the A20 attack aircraft and the B29 long-range heavy bomber.

It is clear that the B25 bomber is better suited for medium-range air support combat missions.

After exchanging 100 B25 bombers, Li Yunlong's aircraft quota in his hand was only 200 aircraft.

After the Battle of Shimen City, Li Yunlong exchanged for another 50 heavy strategic transport planes, consuming 100 quotas.

However, the aviation unit of the new regiment, in the skies over the Jinju battlefield, killed the two flying teams of the devils and earned more than 100 aircraft.

As a result, Li Yunlong still has about 200 planes left in his hand.

"Only 200 planes?" Zhao Gang frowned, "We have added 400 pilots, and 200 planes are obviously not enough." ”

With a smile, Li Yunlong said: "Lao Zhao, don't forget, you can also exchange planes for killing the devil infantry." ”

Zhao Gang's eyes lit up slightly, and he thought about it instantly.

Killing 500 devils of the second-tier division can be exchanged for 1 plane, and killing 250 devils of the first division can be exchanged for 1 plane.

Destroying or capturing 1 Devil Plane can be exchanged for 1 Plane.

Kill or capture a Devil Pilot and you'll get 2 planes!

"yes!" Zhao Gang smiled and said, "Last time, we severely damaged the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, and this time we completely annihilated the 11th Division, 40th Division and 50th Division of the Japanese Army, and we made a lot of money." ”

Li Yunlong said again: "There is also a lot of quota in the boss's hand, and this time to exchange the plane, how can I let the boss have some blood." ”

Zhao Gang suddenly smiled and said, "Lao Li, you kid always has the face of a profiteer. ”