Li Yunlong thought about it carefully, and had to say that Chu Yunfei's words were very reasonable.

Once the Eighth Route Army captures Chengde and Jinzhou, let alone the implementation of the No. 1 battle plan, it will be a big problem for the main force of the Devil's Kwantung Army to even enter the pass.

"It's a beautiful idea."

Wang Dehou said, "But I'm afraid the implementation will not be so smooth."

"Once we concentrate our forces to attack Jinzhou, the devils around Shenyang will definitely swarm."

"And our main force must clear the devils and puppet army from Shanhaiguan to Huludao in order to reach Jinzhou."

Before, Li Yunlong and the others did not think about attacking Jinzhou.

The geographical location of Jinzhou is unique.

Backed by the mountains of western Liaoning, facing Liaodong Bay, Jinzhou is located between the mountains and the sea to form a long and narrow plain with a length of 150 kilometers and a width of about 10 kilometers.

The southern end of this plain starts from the Shanhaiguan Pass of the Great Wall of China, and the northern end is the city of Jinzhou, which is geographically known as the Western Liaoning Corridor.

The West Liaoning Corridor is a passage connecting the Northeast and all parts of the Guannai, and Jinzhou is like the throat of the entire West Liaoning Corridor.

Therefore, in ancient history, the Central Plains Dynasty repeatedly used troops and had to control the Jinzhou line.

Advance can pass through Liaodong, retreat can defend North China.

In short, if Shanhaiguan is an important pass into the Northeast, then Jinzhou is the throat for the Eighth Route Army to enter the Northeast.

Chu Yunfei looked at the map carefully and carefully studied it with a magnifying glass, but there was still no way to capture Jinzhou.

There are two Devil B divisions in Jinzhou, and the combat effectiveness of these two divisions is nothing to the Eighth Route Army.

However, it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to capture Jinzhou in a short period of time, and the main force of the devils can be reinforced at any time.

Li Yunlong also looked at the map and said, "Jinzhou will be recovered sooner or later, but Ruth has to go step by step, let's recover Shanhaiguan and Huludao in this battle, and then recover Jinzhou in the next battle."

When the words fell, Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou, Xing Zhiguo and Chu Yunfei agreed.

"Chief of Staff." Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou, "You immediately take the staff to quickly formulate a battle plan."

Then, Li Yunlong looked at the communications staff officer again: "Immediately call back to the second squadron of the Sword Brigade and ask them to reconnoiter immediately, which is suitable for the landing position of the large army and the position of the paratroopers to land in the air, but we must pay attention to safety."

The beach shore of large-scale regular landing operations and the position of paratroopers airborne require reconnaissance in advance by special forces with sharp swords.

Otherwise, if trucks, heavy artillery and tanks cannot be driven onto the road after the landing of a large army, or if the paratroopers are parachuted on top of the devil's head, it will be very bad.

"Yes!"

After the communications staff officer finished recording the telegram and handed it to Li Yunlong for personal signature, he hurriedly left with the folder.

……

Changchun.

No. 557 Xinfa Road, Headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

"Yamamoto-kun, please have tea."

Umezu Mijiro saw Yamamoto Kazuki walk in, so he said with a smile.

Kazuki Yamamoto put the Major General's sword on the table, knelt down across from Mijiro Umezu, and took a sip of his teacup.

Umezu Mijiro got up and came to a huge sand table, and Kazuki Yamamoto got up and walked to his side.

"Shanhaiguan." Yamamoto Kazuki's expression moved, "Your Excellency, Heal West Corridor?"

"That's right!"

Umezu Mijiro nodded and said, "This sand table is the Liaoxi Corridor, according to Yamamoto-kun's suggestion, I have ordered the Fourth Army to adjust ***."

While speaking, Umezu Mijiro planted the small flags representing the 123rd Division, the 149th Division, and the Fourth Army Headquarters in Jinzhou on the sand table.

The 119th Division and the 131st Brigade were still stationed on the Shanhaiguan line, and the 80th Brigade was stationed at Huludao.

Later, Umezu Mijiro drew out the small flags of the 135th Brigade and the 136th Brigade of the representatives near Liaoyang and Anshan

, transferred to the direction of Jinzhou.

However, the small flags of the two mixed brigades were only planted in the middle of the departure place and Jinzhou, indicating that the two mixed brigades were still halfway through.

"Your Excellency the Admiral!"

Seeing that General Umezu Mijiro really listened to his advice, Yamamoto Kazuki bowed his head and said.

General Umezu Mijiro won't reuse me Kazuki Yamamoto, right?

Thinking of this, Yamamoto Kazuki couldn't help but feel excited, and the thigh of Umezu Mijiro was definitely much stronger than Okamura Ninji.

Looks like I'm going to have to put on a good show.

Borrowing the thigh of Umezu Mijiro and promoting to general as soon as possible, at that time, there will be an opportunity to reform the tactics and equipment of the Imperial Army.

This holy war has a chance of victory, otherwise...

Umezu Mijiro waved his hand, he had actually wanted to arrange it like this for a long time, but Yamamoto Kazuki just made this suggestion.

Umezu Yoshijiro then asked, "Yamamoto-kun, do you have any suggestions for the Fourth Army's rainproof arrangements?"

Yamamoto Kazuki has fought with the new regiment for several years and is well aware of the horror of the new regiment, so he said: "There is no danger to defend in the western Liaoning corridor, and the Fourth Army can only complete the task by setting up multi-level anti-tank trenches, large defensive positions in depth, and wide and wide ones."

Yamamoto sighed in his heart, after this battle, I am afraid that the Fourth Army will not be completely annihilated, and I am afraid that it will also be disabled.

"Yo Si." Umezu Mijiro nodded, similar to the order he had given to the Fourth Army.

Taking a deep breath, Umezu Mijiro asked in a leisurely tone, "Yamamoto-kun, you are the unit that has fought against the Eighth Route Army for the longest time in the entire Kwantung Army, do you think the Imperial Army and the Eighth Route Army are stronger or weaker?"

This is the main reason why Umezu Mijiro called Yamamoto Kazuki today, and the two talked secretly.

As for heavier than Kazuki Yamamoto?

Umezu Mijiro didn't think about it so much, at the moment, the Kwantung Army's main force of six or seven hundred thousand elites, and the base camp is still increasing, and many generals and adjutants of the Kwantung Army are not worse than Yamamoto.

"Which is stronger or weaker than the Imperial Army or the Eighth Route Army?"

After graduating from the Imperial Army University, going to the Imperial Munich Military Academy for further study, and after several years of war in China, Yamamoto Kazuki only thought for a moment and replied: "Your Excellency, with all due respect, I think the Eighth Route Army is stronger than the Imperial Army."

At present, the Japanese army and the squadron are only fighting on land, so Umezu Mijiro did not ask the navy, and when Yamamoto answered, he tacitly did not return to the navy.

After a pause, Yamamoto Kazuki added: "The strength of the Eighth Route Army is much stronger than that of the Imperial Army."

"Oh?"

Hearing this answer, Umezu Mijiro was not angry, but said curiously:

"Tell me why you came to this conclusion."

Umezu Mijiro not only asked Kazuki Yamamoto about this question.

Including Yukio Kasawara, Toshitoshi Kinoshita, and Junhisa Ikeda, among others, were all asked this question by Umezu Mijiro.

The answer he got was surprisingly unanimous: although the Eighth Route Army was strong, in terms of overall strength, the Imperial Army was even better.

According to intelligence, the main force of the Eighth Route Army is only worth more than 1 million people.

The total strength of the Japanese Army at present in China has exceeded 1.4 million, plus the troops on the Caoxian Peninsula, Treasure Island, Southeast Asia and the mainland, the total strength is about 3 million, and there are three or four million reserves, with a total strength of at least 7 million.

Who is stronger, the Japanese Army or the Eighth Route Army, but Umezu Mijiro maintained a dialectical attitude, and today finally let him hear a different answer.

"Hey."

Kazuki Yamamoto first bowed his head, then raised his head and said:

"Your Excellency, it is not complicated to judge the strength of an army, it can be easily judged mainly by the following points."

Seeing that the other party had the intention of reusing himself, Kazuki Yamamoto took out what he had learned all his life:

"Fighting spirit, weaponry, combat discipline, fighter skills, command ability and logistical supply."

Umezu Mijiro nodded and listened carefully, compared to the opinions of other generals, Yamamoto's thinking angle was more peculiar.

Kazuki Yamamoto continued to talk:

"First of all, the fighting spirit, which can also be said to be the fighting will, is that the fighting will of the soldiers of the Imperial Army can rank among the top two in the world."

"Since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, few Japanese soldiers have surrendered on the battlefield."

"And the fighting will of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army is not inferior to that of the soldiers of the Locust Army."

"Two years ago, in order to snatch the Bazooka anti-tank rocket launcher of the Eighth Route Army, I led a special team to attack a small and unknown unit of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi.

"That's right." Speaking of this, Umezu Mijiro deeply agreed, "The fighting spirit of the mud-legged people in the Eighth Road is indeed powerful, a guy named Yang Jingyu, in the ice and snow, running out of ammunition and food, actually fought alone with a large number of locusts, and fought for several days and nights before being killed by the locust army, and when the locust army cut open this person's stomach, they found that this person's stomach only had dry grass, tree bark and cotton wool, and no grain in his stomach."

This incident was shocking at the time, and even Umezu Yoshijiro, who was the commander of the Kwantung Army, had heard about it.

Although Yang Jingyu is not the Eighth Route Army, he is the same group as the Eighth Route Army.

For the fighting spirit of the Eighth Route Army, Umezu Mijiro and Yamamoto Kazuki both highly recognized and gave the highest evaluation.

Kazuki Yamamoto continued:

"Next is weapons and equipment, three years ago, the Eighth Route Army, which had never seen the world, was composed of peasants, and it was not an army at all, it was dressed in tatters like a flower child, and it was worried when it came to winter, and their government did not even give them cotton uniforms, and it was considered first-class equipment to have a captured 38 rifle, and most of the soldiers still used this inferior weapon made in Hanyang, the accuracy of this rifle is extremely poor, jamming is a common thing, and the ammunition is still extremely lacking, and it can't fit five bullets without format..."

"But now..."

"The Eighth Route Army already has the world's first-class equipment: a large number of tanks, planes and heavy artillery, even semi-automatic rifles and fully automatic firearms, are gradually becoming popular, but what about the Locust Army? At present, bolt-action rifles are still being used, Your Excellency, the equipment of the Locust Army and the equipment of the Eighth Route Army are currently expanding in geometric multiples. Letting the Locust Army fight against the Eighth Route Army, which has a modern combat system, with a Type 38 rifle, is tantamount to sending the outstanding soldiers of the Locust Army to death."

Kazuki Yamamoto took the opportunity to disss a wave of Japanese ordnance officers in a vague manner.

"The weapons of the locust army are indeed inferior to the Eighth Route Army."

Umezu Mijiro nodded, not denying:

"However, the strength and tactics of the Locust Army can narrow the gap between the Locust Army and the Eighth Route Army, and even make up for the gap."

"It was no problem a year or two ago." Kazuki Yamamoto said in a deep voice, "But I'm afraid I can't do it now!"

"Why can't you do it now?" Umezu Mijiro asked.

Yamamoto Kazuki said: "According to a large amount of comprehensive intelligence and analysis, the military assistance obtained by the Eighth Route Army was obtained by defeating the locust army and generals."

"The Eighth Route Army has almost completely annihilated the First Army and the North China Front, and according to previous experience, after winning the North China Campaign, the Eighth Route Army will inevitably receive more aid than all in the past, and the troops equipped with modern heavy weapons are likely to exceed 700,000 people."

Umezu Mijiro nodded silently.

According to the experience of the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army in the past year, the battle loss ratio between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army was about 10 to 1.

This means that it takes 10 elite soldiers of the Japanese army to kill 1 soldier of the Eighth Route Army.

It's simply unthinkable.

In other words, to take out the 700,000 Eighth Route Army equipped with modern weapons, the Imperial Army needs to pay the lives of 7 million elite soldiers!

In this way, the group of people in the national government may really want to reap the benefits of the fishermen.

Listening to Yamamoto Kazuki's analysis, Umezu Mijiro became less and less optimistic about the No. 1 battle plan.

After all, the base camp of the No. 1 battle plan has only prepared more than 1 million people, but according to estimates, it will take 7 million people to eliminate the Eighth Route Army.

How can this be fought?

"Actually, you don't need to worry, General."

Kazuki Yamamoto seemed to see what Umezu Mijiro was thinking, and said:

"The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, recruited are all mud legs, many of these soldiers are the first time to touch heavy artillery, tanks and aircraft, the Eighth Route Army's technical arms are seriously insufficient, it will take a lot of time to digest these weapons and equipment, if the Locust Army can launch the No. 1 battle plan earlier, the Locust Army still has a chance to defeat the Eighth Route Army!"

Next, Yamamoto Kazuki analyzed the advantages of the Eighth Route Army in an all-round way on "combat discipline, fighter skill, command ability, and logistical supply".

In addition, Yamamoto supplemented the advantages of the Eighth Route Army in terms of reserve soldiers, military industry and education, population and resources, and national cohesion.

After listening to this, Umezu Mijiro couldn't help but nod his head again and again.

Yamamoto Kazuki, who thought that he was reused by Yoshio Shinozuka, Okamura Ninji, and Mitsuo Nakazawa, does have some ability.

"Since the strength of the Imperial Army is not as good as that of the Eighth Route Army." Umezu Mijiro said, "Then why did the base camp launch Operation Plan No. 1? It would be nice to surrender directly to the Eighth Route Army, so why bother?"

"Because if you don't fight this war, the empire will probably fall!"

Kazuki Yamamoto put it bluntly:

"The strength of the Eighth Route Army is getting stronger and stronger, and perhaps one day the strength of the Eighth Route Army will surpass that of Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States, and the Eighth Route Army is likely to counterattack the empire itself."

"When the time comes..."

Speaking of this, Kazuki Yamamoto did not say any more.

Umezu Mijiro on the opposite side couldn't help but flicker his eyes, and when the time came, the people of the empire would be slaughtered and the city would be scorched, just like the Japanese army invaded China.

As a general of the Imperial Japanese Empire, he definitely didn't want to see such a thing happen.

"So..."

Umezu Mijiro asked in a deep voice, "Now that Yamamoto-kun has identified the disadvantages of the Imperial Army, what can Yamamoto-kun do to change the inferior to the superior?"

It's not hard to find a problem, it's hard to solve it.

The disadvantages of the Imperial Army can naturally be seen by General Umezu Mijiro, who is the commander of the Kwantung Army.

Kazuki Yamamoto began to sell his theory of innovating tactics and equipment: "The Imperial Army has been ill for a long time, and if we want to turn inferior into superior, we must innovate our tactics and innovate our weapons and equipment..."

……

Three days later.

Peiping.

A new regiment.

Regiment headquarters.

The communications staff officer walked into the regiment headquarters quickly and reported to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang: "Report to the regiment commander and political commissar, the second squadron of the Sword Brigade has just sent a telegram that the reconnaissance mission of the landing force has been completed."

"Immediately bring the chief of staff to the regimental headquarters."

Li Yunlong gave the order, and then took the telegram and read it.

As soon as he finished reading the telegram, Wang Dehou walked in quickly: "Commander? You're looking for me?"

"Chief of Staff."

Li Yunlong then handed the telegram to Wang Dehou:

"Wang Yousheng sent a telegram just now, the reconnaissance mission has been completed, your staff department, quickly formulate a battle plan."

Wang Dehou first took the telegram and looked at it, and then his expression was solemn: "Yes!"

Subsequently, according to Wang Yousheng's telegram, Wang Dehou quickly drew it on the map.

The first landing site was in the area of Tianlong Temple in Suizhong County, the second landing site was in Wanghai Temple, and the paratroopers were in the Tashan area east of Huludao, which is only about 10 kilometers from Huludao and about 30 kilometers from Jinzhou.

After that, Wang Dehou said to an operational staff officer: "Xiao Zhang, you should immediately arrange for two reconnaissance planes to carry out aerial reconnaissance in the area of Tianlong Temple, Wanghai Temple, and Tashan in the western Liaoning corridor to see if the first two locations are suitable for landing on the beach, and whether Tashan is suitable for paratroopers to land in the air."

Although Wang Yousheng provided reconnaissance information, but this time

After all, it was the Eighth Route Army's first beach-grabbing landing operation.

Wang Dehou can understand the first two locations, but as the name suggests, Tashan is mostly a mountain, and whether it is suitable for airborne landing still has to be reconnoitred.

In the past, there were no conditions, and many marches and battles only needed to look at the map.

But now that there are conditions, Wang Dehou must ensure that nothing goes wrong.

"Yes!" The combat staff officer stepped forward and walked briskly to the telephone.

Looking at Wang Dehou's arrangement, Li Yunlong nodded with a satisfied expression.

Soon, the reconnaissance aircraft returned and reported to the staff on what had been detected

The enemy's defenses at the two landing sites were weak, and Tower Hill had neither towers nor mountains, which was more suitable for paratroopers to be airborne.

Wang Dehou then held the battle plan and emergency plan in his hand and reported to Li Yunlong: "Regiment commander, the battle plan has been completed, and the specific deployment of the Chengde battlefield is that the 3rd Heavy Battalion, the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 8th Heavy Battalions of the new formation, the main force of the rotational combat force, will attack head-on, and the heavy paratroop battalion will be airdropped around the rear and flanked, and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of heavy artillery, as well as the 3rd and 4th Rocket Artillery Battalions will cooperate in the operation."

After a new round of reorganization, the new regiment eliminated the original 105-mm and 150-mm howitzers.

Completely re-equipped with 122-mm howitzers and 152-mm howitzers.

Each heavy battalion is armed with 24 122-mm howitzers, and each heavy artillery battalion is armed with 36 152-mm howitzers.

After a pause, Wang Dehou continued: "The battle deployment of the Liaoning West Corridor is that the independent brigade and the 3rd heavy tank battalion of Deputy Commander Chu will attack Shanhaiguan head-on, with the new 1st and 7th heavy battalions as reserves, the 2nd heavy howitzer battalion, the 1st heavy artillery battalion and the 7th heavy artillery battalion, and the 1st rocket artillery battalion and the 5th rocket artillery battalion to cooperate."

The 2nd Heavy Howitzer Battalion, the 203-mm Heavy Howitzer Battalion of the New Regiment, is equipped with 24 203-mm heavy howitzers.

That is, the hammer of a loving father.

At present, the new regiment has a total of 3 heavy howitzer battalions, equipped with 72 203-mm heavy howitzers.

Although the number may not be very large, it is enough to deal with the devils with poor resources.

"The 2nd Heavy Battalion of the main force and the 13th Heavy Battalion of the new formation landed at the beach of Tianlong Temple, and the 6th Heavy Battalion of the main force and the 16th Heavy Battalion of the new formation landed at Wanghai Temple in Huludao, two landing troops, each carrying 2 rocket artillery battalions."

"In both of the above battlefields, there are 2 flying groups to provide air support."

After finishing speaking, Wang Dehou added.

The rocket artillery battalion is the Katyusha rocket artillery battalion, and each Katyusha rocket artillery battalion is equipped with 36 Katyusha rocket artillery guns.

Today's new regiment has a total of 6 main heavy battalions and 16 newly formed heavy battalions, for a total of 22 heavy battalions.

With the exception of the independent brigade of the new regiment, all the new heavy battalions have reached the front line and fought in rotational battles.

After listening to Wang Dehou's ***, Li Yunlong nodded, with a satisfied look on his face.

In the round battle and this offensive operation, basically all the heavy battalions have been taken care of, and in this attack, basically there are main heavy battalions to suppress the formation, and there will be no chain drop.

After listening to the deployment of the chief of staff, Xing Zhiguo, Zhao Gang and Chu Yunfei had smiles on their faces.

Who else is this firepower?

Especially Chu Yunfei, the expression on his face was even more confident.

I set a goal for myself in my heart, this opportunity is rare, this time I must kill this group of Japanese beasts who have exterminated humanity.

Li Yunlong took the folder and looked at the emergency plan and the plan for logistics and supply.

"No problem." Li Yunlong put down the folder, "According to this plan, the battle between Chengde and the Liaoxi Corridor can be carried out simultaneously."

"Yes!"

After a pause, Wang Dehou asked, "Commander, when will our warships and transport ships arrive?"

"Arrived at Tianjin Binhai Port in about three days." Li Yunlong is looking forward to it

"There are 30 transports in total, plus 8 frigates and 7 destroyers."

Zhao Gang asked, "I remember that there were only 5 frigates and 4 destroyers?"

"The number of transport ships has increased." Li Yunlong said, "The number of frigates and destroyers must also be increased, otherwise what if we encounter a devil's submarine? A torpedo kills a transport ship, who the fuck can withstand this?"

Renting Boss Chen's destroyer and frigate to fight, Li Yunlong also made a little money.

……