"Uemura, we've got a foothold."

"So,"

"Do you want to expand the mountain horse road between Yang Village and Shang Village?"

"Or is it a while?"

At the headquarters of the Independent Regiment, Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong discussed the next step of the Independent Regiment.

"Not yet."

After hesitating for a moment, Li Yunlong shook his head.

At present, the independent regiment belongs to a transport company, with 300 men and 600 mules and horses.

Thanks to the excellent new mules and horses, when the camel transports 45 tons of materials, it can go back and forth twice a day on the mountain horse road between Yang Village and Shang Village.

This capacity is enough for independent regiments.

If it really doesn't work, you can still gather the whole regiment of 1,500 mules and horses for emergency transportation.

As for the 50 tons of grain consumed every day for militia training, the wheelbarrow transport team composed of more than 2,000 militiamen, as well as the transport teams in various base areas, can fully meet the demand.

Once the recruitment of manpower begins, the construction of a mountain road between Yangcun and Shangcun will be carried out according to the width that can pass two horse-drawn carts, which is a huge amount of work.

There was no manpower.

Second, it will attract the high-intensity attention of the devils, and even send troops to attack and harass, as well as sweep.

"Are we ready?"

Zhao Gang asked suspiciously.

The brigade commander sent the old Red Army from the headquarters and distributed 120 independent regiments, of which 80 were mainly used for the training and management of 50,000 militia units, although they were also directly under the independent regiments.

The separate regiment was actually divided into only forty.

However, it has also done the independent regiment a great favor, filling the vacancies of battalion and company officers and regimental headquarters staff officers, and in addition to the high-intensity live-fire training in recent days, the four main battalions have basically formed combat effectiveness.

It can even be said that the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment reached a peak.

Although there can be a relatively large improvement in the follow-up, it will be a slow trend, which requires long-term training and a certain intensity of actual combat to form.

"We're ready."

"But the Taiyue base area is not ready."

Li Yunlong explained.

The independent regiment can deal with the devils.

However, except for the independent regiment, other troops, as well as the base areas of the Taiyue Military Region, were not prepared.

"When will you do it?"

Zhao Gang asked.

In order to expand this nominally mountain horse road, which was actually built in accordance with the rules of the highway, Zhao Gang has even been using the knowledge and experience of the seven masters of the boss Lu for nothing.

It has even devised a set of project management systems suitable for the base areas to improve efficiency and reduce waste.

"Next month."

Li Yunlong replied.

Next month.

He was able to change a set of equipment for all the regiments of the Taiyue Military Region, so that in addition to the body cannons, the light firepower of each main regiment reached 1.5 times or even twice the number of devils of the same number.

At that time, even if the devil comes to a brigade or even a garrison division and enters the base area, it will be able to quickly drive the devil out.

Try to avoid the devil's destruction of the base area.

Only then can they use Brother Lu's material resources to start building a base area.

"Okay."

Zhao Gang nodded.

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April 24th.

Morning.

"Nishino-kun."

Yang Spring.

The 29th Brigade, the captain of the mountain ball wing, Yamaqiu Osa, spoke in a serious tone, and said to Captain Nishino, the squadron leader of the Nishino squadron:

"This support is an order from General Shinozuka."

"Be vigilant, during the march, if you encounter an ambush on the Tuba Road, organize a defense on the spot, and immediately notify the wing headquarters, and the First Army Air Force will send planes to reinforce your squadron."

"Hey!"

Captain Nishino is a standard brain-dead mid-to-low-level officer.

Brainwashed by bushido, he only has locusts and imperial jihad in his head.

In the eyes of these devils, whether it is the Eighth Route Army or the high-level of the empire, as long as they dare to block the holy war process of the empire and the locusts, they must be completely eliminated without mercy.

As long as all the enemies of the empire are killed, then the holy war of the Taitian Locust will naturally be successful.

There are pros and cons to everything.

This group of people is the most powerful subordinate of the devil locust, but they are also the lingering ghost that haunts the entire Japanese high-level.

"Captain, don't worry."

"I'll be cautious when I pass through dangerous sections."

But to be able to become a captain, the basic military literacy is still there, he has learned about the battle report of the annihilation of the Kawazu squadron and the Dahe squadron, and knows that there may be sufficient ammunition for the Tuba Road now.

Once the opponent gathers superior forces and launches an encirclement and ambush on a section of the road that is easy to set up ambushes, even his Nishino squadron may be in danger.

Although the Imperial Samurai is strong, it is impossible to defeat ten with one after the eight roads have sufficient ammunition.

"You don't need to be too nervous."

Shanqiu Dazuo finally smiled and said:

"After all, the Dirt Eight Road is just the Dirt Eight Road, even if you have weapons and ammunition, you don't dare to confront most of the empire head-on."

"Once Tubalu dares to ambush, the locust army will let them know this."

"Hey."

Captain Nishino's tone was equally confident.

Recently, there has been no rain in Shanxi, and it is clear and cloudless, and on his way to the army, the aviation unit can arrive in 40 minutes at the earliest.

The marching routes were all on the road, and the farthest distance in the surrounding counties was only 35 kilometers, and the brigades could reach it in one to two hours after receiving the telegram.

He is a powerful squadron of the Empire, could it be that he can't hold out for forty-five minutes under the Eighth Route Army?

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Meanwhile.

"Wang Xikui."

In Yang Village, Li Yunlong called the sniper duo of the second battalion.

Wang Xikui and Liu Shun of the second battalion and the second company.

This is based on the military concept heard from Brother Lu's mouth, and the precision shooting teams set up in each company can move freely, but are subject to the control and direct command of the company commander.

The aim is to snipe important targets, such as devil officers, as well as grenadiers and heavy machine gunners.

Wang Xikui, who has outstanding marksmanship, Liu Shun, who has keen observation and the best tactical action in the whole regiment, is the first group formed by the independent regiment.

It was also the first experimental group of the Independent Regiment.

"Here."

"Here."

Wang Xikui and Liu Shun arrived quickly.

At this time, Wang Xikui was holding a 98k rifle with a quadruple scope.

The guns and ammunition produced by the system's precision manufacturing process, combined with a quadruple non-adjustable scope, this 98K has an effective range of 800 meters.

And Wang Xikui also showed his super high shooting talent, for more than half a month, he has thoroughly exerted the mechanical performance of this 98k, that is, can accurately hit targets 800 meters away.

As for the 98k with a short barrel at a distance of eight hundred meters, even if it is aimed, the bullet walk does not support an accurate hit, and a certain amount of luck is required.

"Prepare yourself and set off to stop the Nishino squadron coming from Yangquan."

Li Yunlong laid out the order.

This time, the annihilation of the Nishino squadron could not be an ambush.

Even if a rat is tripped several times in one place, or in the same way, it will not make the same mistake again, let alone a devil.

Therefore, Li Yunlong's tactic this time was to encircle and annihilate.

The specific battle process is dispersion, division, encirclement, and annihilation.

First, with ferocious firepower, the devil squadron is scattered, so that the devil squadron leader loses all command of the troops, so that it is impossible to gather troops to defend or launch a counterattack, and then the company is a unit, cut into the battlefield, divide and surround the scattered devils, and finally annihilate.

One of the simplest truths.

A chopstick breaks when it breaks, and if you want to break a chopstick, you have to pay a big price.

A full-fledged squadron of devils is guarded with the help of suitable natural positions, even if an independent regiment goes up together, with the width and depth of a squadron's position, it is impossible to take it in less than three or four hours.

But if it is a small group of devils, with the help of the position, the independent regiment can pull out a battalion at will, and it can be completely wiped out within an hour.

The same ten-to-one ratio of forces, but the result was completely different.

So the point is to break up the devils.

The devil suffered two losses, and this time it must have been a scattered march in a cordon formation.

Although the firepower of the independent regiment has recently increased, and the number of mortars in the whole regiment is a hundred, the 60 mortars are too powerful and the range is not enough, and they are not capable of covering the marching formation of a reinforced squadron of devils.

Wang Xikui and Liu Shun, this time the task was to harass, exhaust and provoke the devils, forcing the devils to have to shrink the formation slightly, to the extent that one battalion plus an artillery company, more than thirty more than 60 mortars could cover all of them.

"Yes."

"Guaranteed to get the job done."

Wang Xikui's tone was confident.

If it was last month, Wang Xikui would have no bottom on this mission.

In terms of marksmanship, Wang Xikui dared to say directly that except for the political commissar, no one in the whole regiment was his opponent. This is true whether it is a fixed target, a moving target, or a quick reaction shot.

He also has a lot of experience in attacking devils.

But Wang Xikui is in his forties after all.

More than 20 years of Orion career, plus he has to work in the field on weekdays, and he lives in poverty, his physical fitness is very poor, and his intuitive reaction is that he is 1.7 meters tall, but his weight is only more than 100 catties.

There is explosiveness, but stamina is really not good.

A rapid march of thirty kilometers can kill him, and a forced march will collapse even in an hour.

And this mission, we have to start from Yang Village, pass through Shangcun to Hexian, a mountain road of nearly 200 miles, and then continue to attack the devil Xiye squadron to force it to concentrate its forces.

The physical exertion is extremely high.

Fortunately, after more than a month of full meals, there was oil and water in his stomach every day, and in just one and a half months, he gained more than 16 pounds, and his weight came to 125 pounds.

Endurance is also greatly improved.

Now he can do it.

"Whether the independent regiment can annihilate the devil Nishino squadron this time depends on you."

After listening to the regiment leader's instructions, Wang Xikui and Liu Shun brought the copied map.

A mule was also received from the regimental stable.

Wang Xikui brought his sniper rifle, and Liu Shun brought his submachine gun, a box of ammunition, as well as a grenadier, twenty grenadier grenades, as well as dry food, water bottles, and a marching blanket for capturing the devils.

Then put all the baggage and burden, as well as some corn as mule and horse fodder, put it on the back of a mule and horse, and drove along the mountain horse road to Hexian.

The Devil Nishino Squadron, which marched on foot, needed to carry its own baggage, marching 30 kilometers every day, and no matter how soon it was, it would fall behind, and even its combat effectiveness would decline.

Wang Xikui and the others did not carry weight, and the mules and horses were better than the devils, and they could march fifty kilometers in a day.

Counting the time, you will arrive at He County at the same time.

(End of chapter)