The next day.

Early morning.

Stone Gate.

Headquarters of the 27th Division.

"Sandao-kun."

The division commander Mido Mazuo was answering the phone, and on the other side of the phone, it was Tada Jun, commander of the North China Front:

"In this battle, the focus is not to eliminate the main force of the 386th Brigade, but to find the enemy's material transportation channel, and then cut off this channel."

"Hey!"

Mido Mafu bowed his head, but his expression was full of arrogance.

True

The 386th Brigade has recently acquired a large amount of weapons and equipment, and its strength is very strong.

However, his 27th Division was a second-class field division, and its equipment and firepower level were comparable to those of the first-class division at the beginning of the war.

How can the people of the Republic of China deal with it?

Even if the equipment catches up, the level of command, combat experience, and the quality of soldiers are the core factors that widen the gap in combat effectiveness.

And

His division was armed with 105 guns, real 12 Imperial 91 105mm howitzers.

So in Mido Mazuo's heart, this time he not only wants to find the forces that dare to provide weapons, ammunition and materials to Tubalu, but also to teach this guy who dares to fight the locust army a cruel lesson.

It is also necessary to annihilate the main force of the 386th Brigade.

Let this group of earth and eight roads know that the locust army is not incapable of dealing with them, but it is unable to spare time and troops.

"When can you start attacking?"

Tada asked.

"The offensive is expected to start on July 20th!"

Mido replied.

"Good."

"I'm waiting for your good news."

Tada hung up.

"Liao County!"

"Yu County."

"Hum huh..."

Putting down the phone, Mido Mazuo came to the map, looked at Liao County in the Taiyue Mountains on the map, and then looked at Yu County, the two county towns that were captured by the Eighth Route Army not long ago.

A string of sneering sounds sounded.

This time, he divided his troops into two routes, and with absolute strength, he went straight into the hinterland of the Taiyue base area to completely wipe out the biggest unstable elements of the locust army in North China.

···

Meanwhile.

Yang Spring.

Kazuki Yamamoto, who was heavily armed, took his special forces to the battlefield where the chief of staff and the deputy chief of staff were attacked for the second time.

The chaotic personnel transfer of the 29th Brigade stationed in Yangquan has nothing to do with Yamamoto, who came this time to investigate the communication capabilities displayed by the Eighth Route Army in the ambush battle.

"At the time."

Tominojima is reporting to Yamamoto.

Lieutenant Funoshima, the former squad leader of the Sakata Wing, was wounded in Cangyunling, was wounded in the stronghold of Liao Town, Liao County, and subsequently escaped from the annihilation of the Yamashima Wing as the squad leader.

Because of his status as the squad leader of the former Sakata United, his luck was much better than that of the man, and he was not only reinstated, but also went to work in an elite squadron.

This unit is precisely the squadron that escorts the chief of staff and the deputy chief of staff.

"I'm in charge of pre-reconnaissance."

Tominoshima spoke eloquently and logically:

"When I passed through here, I searched the two wings, and I personally led people to reconnoiter the right flank, that is, the location of the artillery position on Tuba Road at that time, but I didn't find any traces."

"How often will the squadron headquarters arrive after you pass?"

After asking a few of Tominojima's soldiers to confirm the details, Yamamoto continued to ask Tominojima.

"Half an hour."

"Half an hour."

Yamamoto raised his eyebrows:

"So short?"

In half an hour, more than 100 people with hundreds of shells entered the position to deploy an ambush, even if they surveyed the terrain in advance, they were very hurried, unless there was timely communication.

"Your Excellency."

Tominoshima's tone was solemn:

"I suspect that there is a walkie-talkie for timely long-range communication on Tuba Road."

The little devil has walkie-talkies.

The Type 94 transmitter, which is used for timely communication with artillery, has a theoretical communication distance of up to 10 kilometers.

This thing is not very technical.

But the theory is the theory, because the technical level is not up to par, in a slightly more complex terrain, not only the actual communication distance is only five kilometers, the failure rate is extremely high, and the output is also low.

Completely unable to meet the needs of artillery units.

Therefore, the devils generally lay field telephones for artillery communications.

"I see."

Yamamoto's tone was solemn.

He inspected the lost Dirt-8 roads during the battle, as well as the weapons and equipment that had been captured.

Although only light weapons.

The Type 38 rifles equipped by the Eighth Route Army, as well as the Type 89 grenadier cartridges, are significantly stronger than those produced by the Empire itself in terms of accuracy and reliability, and after inspection by military experts, it can be confirmed that in addition to the similar design, the weapons equipped by the Eighth Route Army, whether in terms of materials or manufacturing technology, are much ahead of the Empire.

now

After light weapons and ammunition, Dohachi seems to have acquired very advanced communication equipment, which is also much ahead of the Empire.

That's not a good thing.

Once the lack of the equipment system is made up for in the Tubalu, it is really possible to fight the locust army head-on.

"Let's go back."

With a wave of his hand, he motioned for Tominojima to leave, and Yamamoto Kazuki's solemn face did not diminish in the slightest.

Next he's going to Pear County.

To investigate the battle in Lixian, the Eighth Route Army suspected of displaying 60 mortars with a range of more than two kilometers, and 82 mortars with a range of more than five kilometers.

If this information is also true.

With long-range light mortars and instant communication radios, with a little training, it won't be long before the Tubalu Army can fight head-on with the Locust Army in the mountains.

···

That night.

Liao County.

Xu Hu, the commander of the new third regiment, sat on the city wall, looking at the vast headquarters transport team carrying bags of white flour, corn, lard, and canned meat in the distance, and then looked down at the Liao County fortification map in his hand.

According to headquarters intelligence,

This time, it was the 27th Division of the Devils who came to sweep the base area.

A whole division!

There were more than 23,000 devil soldiers, including four infantry wings, an artillery wing, a cavalry wing, an engineer wing, and a baggage wing.

The strength is far greater than the current 386th Brigade.

Although I was unhappy, the troops had obtained so many advanced weapons, why were they still so bad.

But Xu Hu also had to admit it.

Even if the independent regiment with 5,000 men and better weapons and equipment and the 27th Devil Division had a hard-fought battle, it would definitely be the 386th Brigade that lost.

Although the Separate Regiment has twelve of the latest 120 mortars.

But the Devil's 27th Division also had twelve 105 howitzers.

As for the more than 200 latest 82 and 60 long-range mortars equipped with the whole brigade, they cannot play a decisive role in the field battlefield at the division and regiment level, and the superiority in firepower of light weapons is limited in the battlefield at the division and regiment level.

Of course

If the battlefield is placed in the mountainous area, the entire strength of the 386th Brigade is concentrated, and more than 50,000 militia units are used as supplements, the 27th Division of the Devils can be located outside the base area.

It can even inflict heavy damage on the 27th Division of the Devils.

But the 386th Brigade also has to pay a huge price, and the casualties will not be less than those of the devils, or even more.

The problem of the 386th Brigade lies in the lack of time to adapt to the new weapons and the insufficient command ability of officers at the grass-roots company and platoon levels, which makes it impossible to bring into full play the full combat effectiveness of the current equipment system.

The 386th Brigade still needs time to grow.

And after the 27th Division of the Devil was crippled, it could quickly pull out a 28th Division and 29th Division.

Even, the 5th Division!

But what about the Eighth Route Army?

There is currently only one 386th Brigade!

Therefore, the superiors decided not to fight the devils head-on, and still adopted the tactics of the enemy advancing and retreating, the enemy stationed in us to disturb, the enemy tired and I fighting, and the enemy retreating and chasing after me, and fought guerrilla warfare with the devils.

But after all, this is not the same as it used to be.

Today, the strength of the 386th Brigade has been greatly improved.

Therefore, according to the plan of the brigade headquarters, the new third regiment and the fourth battalion of the independent regiment should rub the devil's spirit fiercely in Liao County.

At present, Liao County has a total strength of 3,500 troops, including 2,000 from the New Third Regiment, 1,000 from the Independent Regiment, and 500 reserve supplementary militia units under the command of the New Third Regiment.

It is expected that the troops of the devils attacking Liao County will have two infantry wings, an artillery brigade, and more than 8,000 devil soldiers.

The ratio of enemy strength is more than two to one.

If you want to prevent it and teach the devil a lesson, you need to work the fortifications.

"Has the timber from the Independent Regiment been transported?"

It was stationed in Liao County for more than a month, during which the New Third Regiment vigorously built a lot of fortifications, but in the face of the attack of the Devil Division with 105 heavy artillery, it was a little insufficient.

It's not that the quantity is not enough, but the quality is not good.

Due to the lack of supporting wood, there is not much wood near Liao County, and it is impossible to dismantle the wooden beams in the homes of the common people to build fortifications like the preserved fruit troops.

It is mainly timber transported from Yang Village.

There are only 50,000 square meters of timber per month in the Taiyue base area, which sounds like a lot, but the demand for wood in the base area is also huge.

Wood is needed to build houses, soldiers' dormitories, training grounds, canteens, etc., wood is needed to build roads, and wood is needed to build fortifications.

50,000 tons is not enough for the Taiyue base area.

In order to save wood, the fortifications of Liao County are generally based on the defense of the devil's 75 mountain cannons as the standard.

Now it needs to be doubled down.

"The convoy has arrived in Liao County."

"Fifteen hundred coarse pine trees in all."

The chief of staff of the new third regiment replied.

"Good!"

Xu Huzhi advised:

"We must hurry up the construction of fortifications, and work in two shifts day and night."

"Tell the soldiers that they must be built according to the quality of the design, and the better and stronger the fortifications, the smaller our casualties will be, and the greater the casualties to the devils."

"Yes!"

The chief of staff of the new third regiment immediately went to carry it out.

····

After arranging the work.

Xu Hu went straight to the camp of the Liao County Independent Regiment.

At present, there are 1,000 independent regiments in Liaoxian County, but there are only four battalions in terms of establishment.

Is it an infantry battalion of an independent regiment with a strength of 1,000 men?

No!

It's this time...

Came to the camp, entered the underground ammunition depot, and looked at the four huge 120 mortars in the warehouse, as well as boxes of 2,000 120 mortar shells weighing a total of 16 kilograms.

The Separate Regiment sent a heavy artillery battery over.

"Assert ······"

Xu Huzhi let out a hideous laugh that belonged to the villain.

What if the number of troops is more than doubled?

What if the devil has a plane?

And what about the devils with 105 howitzers?

He also had heavy artillery, still four heavy guns, and two thousand heavy artillery shells.

In addition, six 82-mm long-range mortars belonging to the four battalions, as well as twelve 82 mortars belonging to the new third regiment.

Although it is an old 82 mortar with a range of only 3.5 kilometers, its power is not inferior to that of a long-range 82 mortar.

With this family background, let alone blocking the devil for three days, even if it is a week, there is no problem.

(End of chapter)