"Report!"

May 25th.

The headquarters of the mountain island wing, Yu County.

A staff officer ran into the command:

"The brigade reinforcement brigade and the baggage transport team have been settled."

"Yo Si."

The staff officer's report made Yamashima Osa feel good.

With a semi-infantry brigade of 500 troops reinforced and 50 carts of heavy supplies, he could send a full-fledged infantry brigade with a total strength of more than 1,000 troops to Shangcun to destroy the local Tubalu.

At the same time, the Kamimura stronghold was established to complete the task of extending the actual control of the headquarters to the depths of the Taiyue Mountains.

presumably

He commanded the Shandao Wing to complete the important task of penetrating deep into the hinterland of the Taiyue Mountains, blocking the north-south communication of the Taiyue base area of the Eighth Route Army, and dividing it into two.

Major generals can be expected.

"Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong!"

"I really should thank you!"

Yamashima Osa couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart.

Adjutant, general.

The difference between one word and one word is worlds apart.

Adjutants, even if they are Dazuo, are only mid-level officers, and generals, even if they are brigadier generals, are also high-ranking officers, although they are only the threshold of high-ranking officers.

The status and influence of the two are completely different.

How!

Dazuo will at least be a moat, I don't know how many imperial soldiers' dreams of generals have been blocked, and how many Dazuo have tried their best and exhausted their favors, but they have not been able to break through this moat.

Throughout the nearly 50 years of the Imperial Locust Army, only one-sixth of the Dazuo was promoted to brigadier general while he was alive, and most of them were adjutants with backgrounds.

Actually,

The number of major generals in this period has nothing to do with him at all.

Sakata Nobuzhe and Hirata Masaji, these two are almost the designated major generals, the former commands the elite infantry wing of the B-class division and has outstanding combat achievements, and the latter is the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front Army and holds an important position.

And he, on the other hand, is just a garrison infantry wing of a garrison division.

But

Both of them were killed by Li Yunlong!

So it was his turn!

He really needs to thank Li Yunlong!

"After killing Li Yunlong, put a stick of incense on his grave!"

Yamado Daisa pondered in his heart.

Sakata was arrogant and boundless, and actually set up the headquarters at a position only a little more than a kilometer away from the front line, giving Li Yunlong a chance, but he wouldn't.

"Captain, Liao County Emergency Electricity!"

At this moment, a communications soldier ran into the headquarters in a panicked tone.

"Urgent?"

Yamashima Osa was stunned:

"What's the matter?"

···

Half an hour later.

Yang Spring.

The headquarters of the 29th Brigade is stationed.

Inside the headquarters.

The brigade commander Kotani Matsubara stood up violently, looked at the communications staff officer in front of him, and his tone was full of disbelief:

"What did you say?"

"On the way to reinforce the Xiazhuang stronghold, the Beijing Brigade stationed in Yangquan encountered a heavy ambush by the Eighth Route Army, and 421 people, including the captain Beijing Ming Box and the three squadron leaders, were shattered, and all artillery and heavy machine guns were destroyed."

"The Xiazhuang stronghold was also broken and occupied by the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and only five of the squadrons stationed there, including the squadron leader, successfully broke through, and the rest of the staff were shattered!"

The staff officer repeated the report he had just received, then bowed his head solemnly and handed the paper report to Kotani Matsubara.

According to the regulations of the Locust Army, in the telegram, when there is an adjutant's jade, it is necessary to bow solemnly and slightly.

"It can't be!"

Kotani Matsubara forgot to bow solemnly and slightly, he shouted loudly, and then snatched the report, read it several times, and still found it difficult to accept:

"What's going on?"

"How is this possible!"

Kotani Matsuhara's eyes widened at the boss.

A squadron is counted.

How can a brigade be hit hard?

Moreover, it is a reduction of more than 400 people, the captain and all the squadron leaders are broken, and all the heavy weapons are lost, and the establishment of the brigade that has been beaten will be revoked!

Annihilation, so to speak!

Even if a large number of troops are sent to surround it, Kitai Nakasa is also a veteran captain with rich combat experience, and once he senses that something is wrong, he will inevitably find a suitable position to wait for reinforcements.

Unless Kitai Mingbox is stupid enough to enter the dangerous area alone.

But not long ago, according to the routine report of the Yuxian Mountain Island Wing Headquarters, the Beijing Brigade was slow to march because of the attack of the Eighth Route Army, so it was impossible for it to enter the ambush circle carelessly, right?

"It's not clear."

The staff officer shook his head:

"I have sent someone to Liao County to investigate the details."

"But..."

"According to the remnants of the Beijing Brigade that were withdrawn from the Xiazhuang stronghold, as well as the oral report by telephone of Nan Kami and others."

After taking a deep breath, he slowly spat out two words:

"During the highway alert advance, the headquarters of the Beijing Brigade encountered a large number of large mortar groups with a power comparable to mountain artillery, and the enemy fired tens of thousands of shells, and then sent heavy troops to raid and attack.

Although the new 82 mortar has a range of only 3.5 kilometers, the weight of the shell is 4.5 kilograms, which is only two kilograms lighter than the devil's 75 mountain artillery.

In the eyes of the devil soldiers, it is already a heavy artillery.

After all, the Beijing Brigade is only a garrison brigade, and the devil's third-line infantry, a brigade is only equipped with a Type 92 infantry gun.

"Tens of thousands of shells!"

Kotani Matsubara subconsciously didn't believe it.

Cry wolf.

Exaggerating hostility.

No army can avoid it.

Even if it's an army of locusts!

Rank and file, out of panic, out of fear, and in order to evade responsibility, will subconsciously exaggerate the strength of the enemy and exaggerate the degree of enemy firepower encountered by their own side.

Unless the Beijing Brigade was so badly damaged that it was almost withdrawn from the establishment was fake, or if the North Well was careless and led the troop cluster deep into the dangerous area, there would be thousands of shells, even if there were not tens of thousands.

Only the Eighth Route Army concentrated a large number of 82 mortars and fired thousands of shells, so that the Beijing Brigade suffered such heavy losses, and it was impossible to rely on 60 mortars.

That is, the Eighth Route Army also received a large number of 82 mortars and shells?

Kotani Matsuhara's eyes were solemn.

The 60 mortar was only light firepower, and the Type 89 grenadier that the empire was generally equipped with, there was no absolute gap in performance, it was just an infantry accompanying support artillery.

Once the combat force reaches the brigade level, the battlefield utility will be much worse.

But the 82 mortar, the power is already comparable to the Imperial mountain artillery.

Can be used as an infantry suppression artillery.

Once the Tuba Road is equipped with a large number of troops, it will be a big trouble, which means that even the troops at the brigade level will not be able to march alone in the Tuba Road base area, which will be seriously detrimental to the future sweep.

"Investigate in detail!"

Kotani Matsuhara commanded.

An imperial infantry brigade was almost annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, with less than one squadron remaining, and no one from the brigade headquarters survived.

Kotani Matsubara said in a serious tone:

"Send someone immediately and rush to Liao County by car."

"Order Yamashima Daisa, be sure to submit a detailed combat report by tonight."

"Hey!"

The devil's staff officer immediately went to execute.

···

Following.

Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the First Army.

"The North Well Brigade was ambushed by heavy troops of the Shina Army on the way to the reinforced Xiazhuang stronghold, and 421 samurai Yu Crush, including the captain of the brigade Kitai Ming Box and the three squadron leaders."

After realizing that Tsuchihachi Road has recently obtained a large amount of materials and has become much stronger, Yoshio Shinozuka has calmed down a lot about this news.

There are supplies, and in the mountains, it is not a problem to concentrate superior forces to inflict heavy losses on an imperial brigade.

Wait for him to cut off the source of materials for the Eighth Route Army, and then calculate the general account.

"I know Kitai Nakasa, he is a very good Imperial soldier, graduated from the Imperial Army University, and has a rare cautious character, but I didn't expect to be loyal to the emperor here."

Then he stood up and bowed slightly as a sign of silence:

"Whose hand did it?"

Yoshio Shinozuka then asked:

"Independent Regiment Li Yunlong!"

The staff officer replied.

"Independent Regiment Li Yunlong?"

Hearing this name that had appeared in his ears repeatedly recently, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes suddenly became solemn.

Sakata Daisa.

Hirata was sentenced to be the deputy chief of staff, and the Liao County prisoner of war camp was stationed in the squadron.

Kawazu squadron.

Nishino Squadron.

They all died at the gunpoint of this man.

That's it.

There are losses and wins in battles, and it is normal for the empire to have a co-captain of the god of war who has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and it is normal for Tubalu to have an elite regiment leader.

However, according to the report of the head of the intelligence department of the First Army, He Tian Yuanji, who appeared in the Taiyue Mountains not long ago, it seems that the large amount of food, weapons and ammunition that appeared in the Taiyue Mountains are also directly related to this person.

Something is wrong!

"Yamamoto-kun, what do you think?"

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Kazuki Yamamoto beside him.

As the current deputy chief of staff of the First Army, Yamamoto sent someone to Liao County not long ago, so he could get the news as soon as possible.

"General."

Kazuki Yamamoto has already prepared:

"I'm afraid it's worse than we expected."

"Oh, how do you say?"

Yoshio Shinozuka came to be interested.

"According to the operational investigation report of the Mountain Island Wing stationed in Yu County."

"While traveling by road to the Xiazhuang stronghold, the Beijing Brigade was shelled by an artillery group consisting of dozens of 82 mortars."

"Through the inquiry of the retreating imperial army and the analysis of the crater at the scene, the 82 mortars used in Tuba Road this time not only consumed a large number of shells, firing more than 3,000 shells, but also the power of the shells was greater than the previous ones, greater than the imperial 79 mm infantry guns, not weaker than the imperial 75 mountain guns."

"Huh?"

Yoshio Shinozuka's gaze was three points solemn again.

In the past, the 82 mortars equipped by the Eighth Route Army were equivalent to the imperial 92 infantry guns.

Now there are more powerful shells.

That is, the Dirt Eighth Road received a new 82 mortar of a better performance and received a large number of shells.

For a commander commanding more than 70,000 people, it is not a problem for the enemy to get some artillery and shells, even if Tubalu is heavily equipped with 82 mortars and has plenty of shells, a frontal battle is not an opponent for the locust army.

The real question is, where exactly did these artillery pieces and shells come from?

"And according to the investigation of the scene, as well as the investigation of the surviving soldiers, it was only an infantry battalion of the independent regiment that participated in the attack on the Beijing brigade, and at most a reinforced infantry battalion."

"A reinforced infantry battalion?"

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka's face finally became completely dignified.

Isn't that, about the same strength as the North Well Brigade?

Encircling and annihilating an Imperial squadron with the support of an artillery group, and annihilating an Imperial squadron with the same force with the support of an artillery group, is not a concept at all!

If it is true, then a conclusion can be drawn.

An infantry battalion of the Independent Regiment has a combat effectiveness far superior to that of the Imperial North Well Brigade.

"Go and call the Intelligence Section, Enji Tsukata, come over!"

(End of chapter)