Kong Jie reminded: "Old Li, you must not be careless when facing the Japanese Army's Type A Division."
"After we crossed the Yellow River, the main force of the 115th Division ambushed the Japanese supply troops of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division at Pingxing Pass. It was only a narrow victory, and the casualty ratio was almost 1:1."
"You must know that most of the soldiers who participated in the Pingxingguan battle have gone through 25,000 miles, and their fighting will and ability are extremely strong."
"And the opponent was just a baggage force, and they fought so hard. It can be imagined that the regular field troops of the Japanese Army's Class A Division were more powerful."
The 5th Division is one of the standing divisions of the Japanese army, known as the Steel Army. It participated in almost all wars of aggression against China: the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Chinese Anti-Japanese War.
The 21st Brigade, which is affiliated to the 5th Division, is the elite of the Class A Division and is known as the flower of the Army.
However, most of this flower of the army was annihilated by the Fifth Army of the National Army at Kunlun Pass. Even the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, was killed. More than 85% of the non-commissioned officers above the rank of Cao Commander died.
The total strength of the Japanese Army's Type A Division is more than 28,000.
Li Yunlong estimated that there are currently more than 20,000 people in the new group, and when this business is done, the new group will be able to expand to nearly 30,000 people.
The Japanese A-type division has tanks, armored vehicles, large-caliber heavy artillery, and even air support.
It's hard to say whether the new regiment has tanks. You have to ask Boss Chen first, but there are large-caliber heavy artillery and air support.
The Japs have logistical supplies, but the New Regiment also has airdrops.
Li Yunlong was really not afraid of driving head-on with a Japanese A-type division.
But the crux of the matter is that the Japanese army will definitely come with more than one division.
The main reason is that Li Yunlong has won too many battles in the past year or so. Kong Jie is afraid that he will be too arrogant, so he reminds him like this.
"Old Li, what Commander Kong said is right, we must make preparations early." Zhao Gang also said with a solemn expression.
Li Yunlong chuckled and said: "Of course we have to prepare early. In fact, from the day we set foot in northwest Shanxi, we, Lao Li, have been thinking about this matter."
At that time, the Battle of Taiyuan had just ended, and the headquarters of the Japanese First Army was taken away and Yoshio Shinozuka was killed.
Li Yunlong expected that the Japanese army would retaliate wildly, so in addition to his daily work and study, Li Yunlong had been thinking about counter-mopping up plans.
But what Li Yunlong didn't expect was that instead of waiting for the Japanese army to clean up, the Japanese 36th Division waited. Moreover, after the 36th Division arrived in northwest Shanxi, it still carried out a blockade there.
This gave the New Regiment an opportunity to develop and grow. The New Regiment expanded to 15,000 men and severely damaged the Japanese 36th Division in another battle.
"Oh?" Ding Wei suddenly became interested and asked, "Old Li, have you figured out anything?"
Li Yunlong said: "Don't tell me yet, let me figure something out."
"I estimate that the enemy's attack this time will be quite large, with at least four divisions or more."
"The Japanese will definitely attack from the north, east and south of northwest Shanxi."
"Drive our Eighth Route Army and the common people in northwestern Shanxi to the west toward the Yellow River."
"When we are about to reach the Yellow River, we will send out planes to blow up the ferries and ships along the Yellow River, so that the little devils can drive us all into the Yellow River."
"Lao Li's analysis makes sense." Kong Jie nodded and said, "If I were Neji Okamura and Yoshio Iwamatsu, I would do the same thing!"
In fact, if the Eighth Route Army abandons the common people in the face of Japanese raids, it will not be difficult to break through with the Eighth Route Army's fighting will and organization.
The difficulty is to protect the people and break through the encirclement at the same time.
After Okamura Neiji came to power, he implemented a public security strengthening campaign and implemented the three-guang policy for the soldiers and civilians in the Eighth Route Army base area.
In the original drama, the independent regiment led by Li Yunlong suffered two-thirds of the casualties during the May Day raids in order to protect the people during the breakout.
Facing the Japanese raids, the Eighth Route Army not only had to fight the Japanese, but also protect the safety of the people.
The Eighth Route Army would not be like Principal Chang who, in order to delay the Japanese attack, would not hesitate to burst the embankment and drown nearly a million civilians, leaving millions of people displaced.
Ding Wei asked: "Lao Li, what is your anti-mopping up plan?"
"I haven't made a specific anti-mopping plan yet," Li Yunlong said, "but I already have preliminary ideas."
"what idea?"
Li Yunlong said solemnly: "This time our counter-mopping up will focus on positional warfare and mobile warfare."
"Northwestern Shanxi is mainly mountainous, which is very suitable for tunnel and reverse slope operations."
"In this attack on the 36th Division, more than 4,000 tons of cement and steel bars were seized."
"In addition to digging tunnels along the path that the enemy must pass through, we must also build more bunkers. The bunkers will be built according to the devil's standards in order to delay the enemy's attack and consume the enemy's vitality."
"When we are almost exhausted, we will lure the enemy deeper and concentrate our main force to destroy the Japanese."
Unless absolutely necessary, Li Yunlong really didn't want to leave northwest Shanxi and Zhaojiayu. After all, the airport, arms warehouse, and grain warehouse of the New Regiment were all here.
Although the land in northwestern Shanxi is barren and water is scarce, the people in northwestern Shanxi are very nice and the people support the work of the Eighth Route Army.
"This tactic is very good!" Ding Wei nodded in praise. He knew the power of tunnel tactics. In the Battle of Baozi Mountain, more than 1,000 troops wiped out more than 3,000 Japanese troops.
If a thickened reinforced concrete bunker is added to form a crossfire, the power would be extremely powerful.
At the moment, not only the New Regiment, but also Ding Wei's New Second Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment have sufficient ammunition.
You can definitely fight positional battles with the Japanese. If the machine gun has enough bullets, if not enough, you can even drop it by air.
Gone are the tactics of firing three or five bullets and then rushing forward to engage the Japanese in hand-to-hand bayonet combat.
Kong Jie said: "Old Li, you have so much cement and steel bars here, there is no problem in building a thickened bunker, but Lao Ding and I don't have cement and steel bars."
Ding Wei's defense area is in the south of northwest Shanxi, and Kong Jie's defense area is in the north of northwest Shanxi.
Li Yunlong's defense area is in the middle of northwest Shanxi, close to the Tongpu Railway.
"Didn't Lao Li just seize more than 240 mule carts from the Japanese?" Ding Wei said, "Just use mule carts to transport cement and steel bars to us."
Although there are no roads in the three base areas, there are horse trails and mule carts can pass through.
Li Yunlong said: "You have also seen this thickened bunker. It is not an ordinary bunker. The materials required are several times that of ordinary reinforced concrete bunkers. The cement and steel bars I have are only enough for what I have here."
Kong Jie was immediately dumbfounded and asked hurriedly: "Then Lao Ding and I will only use those tunnel tactics?"
Although the soldiers of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are studying the book on tunnel and reverse slope tactics, they have not yet practiced it in actual combat.
"Don't worry, we are on the same boat now, and I, Lao Li, will not treat you badly."
After eating a large piece of meat, Li Yunlong said again: "I will get credit from Boss Chen, advance a portion of the cement and steel bars, and deliver them to you both by airdrop."
"Oh?" Ding Wei and Kong Jie were surprised and happy when they heard that they could get credit and advance materials, which made them very happy.
At this moment, the decoder of the new regiment came in with a telegram in his hand, gave a military salute, and then said: "Report to the commander of the regiment, telegram from headquarters!"
Li Yunlong took the telegram from the telegraph operator and read it. The decoder turned and left, and everyone stopped discussing.
After reading, Li Yunlong looked at Ding Wei and Kong Jie: "Haha, Lao Ding, Lao Kong, I want to congratulate you on getting rich!"
Ding Wei and Kong Jie hurriedly looked at each other, and then looked at Li Yunlong. Kong Jie asked eagerly: "Old Li, tell me clearly, how can Old Ding and I get rich?"
Li Yunlong then said: "The head of the headquarters commended our three regiments in a telegram. We made 1,000 tons of weapons and equipment from this business. In order to cope with the Japanese army's raids on the base areas in northwestern Shanxi, the head of the headquarters gave 500 tons of weapons and equipment to you two.
In addition, the head of the headquarters also ordered our new regiment to launch a large-scale attack on the Tongpu Railway in the near future."
The eyes of Ding Wei and Kong Jie quickly lit up, and Ding Wei hurriedly asked: "Is it American equipment?"
"Of course it's American equipment."
The corner of Li Yunlong's mouth curled up slightly. This batch of equipment was going to be handed over to the headquarters anyway. The head of the headquarters gave this batch of equipment to Ding Wei and Kong Jie. Li Yunlong was also happy for them.
Moreover, after this batch of American equipment was given to Ding Wei and Kong Jie, in the future, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment would have to listen to Li Yunlong's command to replenish their ammunition.
Because Lao Li can reimburse them for weapons and ammunition.
When Kong Jie heard this, he immediately said happily: "Haha, American equipment, Old Ding, we two are really rich this time!"
Ding Wei also smiled and said nothing, but from the upward curve of the corners of his mouth, you could see how happy he was at the moment.
Although the weapons and ammunition equipped by the new regiment are not all American equipment, they are mainly American equipment. The firepower must be as powerful as possible. It would be a lie to say that Ding Wei and Kong Jie are not envious of them.
And 1,000 tons of weapons and ammunition can equip almost 15,000 troops.
Half of the weapons and ammunition can provide a force of 7,500 troops. If divided into half, Ding Wei and Kong Jie can each obtain weapons and equipment of more than 3,200 troops.
Almost all the main infantry of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment can be re-equipped.
Now the main strength of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment each have 4,000 people, of which more than 800 people are composed of artillery and logistics personnel.
In addition to the seizures in the battle this time, and a share of the business promised by Li Yunlong.
This time back, both Ding Wei and Kong Jie were able to expand their respective regiments to about 10,000 people.
Thinking of this, Kong Jie picked up the wine bowl and said: "Haha, Old Ding, I want to congratulate you, you are going to be a teacher!"
Ding Wei also picked up a wine bowl and touched it with Kong Jie: "Old Kong, we are all happy, you are going to be a teacher too."
"Look at how promising you are."
Commander Li Versailles said: "You are so happy just now living the life of a division commander?"
"Old Ding and I are already content," Kong Jie said. "There is no comparison with you, Old Li. Now we are living the life of army commanders, and our equipment is better than that of Lao Chiang's Ace Army."
Ding Wei also said: "This man has to compare with others, and he has to throw away goods. There is someone watching behind you, Lao Li. From now on, you, Lao Li, will not be greedy for meat, but we and Lao Kong will not be greedy. All you have to do is give us a sip of soup."
After laughing, Li Yunlong said: "No problem, I will give you two 100 M3 submachine guns each."
This time, if you capture 3 counties plus Datong, you will get another 600 M3 submachine guns.
The stronger the strength of Ding Wei's new second regiment and Kong Jie's independent regiment, the greater Li Yunlong's confidence in winning the counter-mopping operation.
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Peking Airport.
A KI57 transport plane landed slowly on the runway.
The transport plane stopped on the secondary runway, and several ground staff quickly moved the ladder over and placed it in front of the cabin door.
The plane door was pushed open, and Yoshio Iwamatsu stepped out with a document bag under his arm.
Looking at the empty runway, Yoshio Iwamatsu felt a hint of bitterness in his heart.
This was the treatment for a defeated battle. General Okamura did not send a car to pick him up.
However, Yoshio Iwamatsu did not blame Okamura Neji. Who said he was the defeated general?
Lieutenant General Jing Guanren, the commander of the 36th Division, was killed in action, and the 36th Division suffered heavy losses. The failure to lure Yan Xishan to surrender was simply a shame. What qualifications did he have to ride in a car?
At this moment, Yoshio Iwamatsu was preparing to walk to the North China Front Headquarters under the protection of several guards.
However, before Iwamatsu Yoshio could leave the airport, an armored vehicle and two trucks drove over from the airport entrance.
The convoy stopped in front of Iwamatsu Yoshio and others. In Iwamatsu Yoshio's surprised look, Arisu Seizo, the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, got off the armored vehicle.
Iwamatsu Yoshio said: "Yousu-kun, why is it you?"
After the former deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, Masabu Hirata, was shot dead by Zhao Gang at Niangziguan, the man who succeeded Hirata as Masabu Hirata was Yumo Seizo.
However, the military rank of Mo Seizan is Colonel.
Youmo Jing San hurriedly paused and said: "General Yansong, General Gangcun ordered me to come to the airport to pick up the general and take him to the headquarters. I was delayed due to a small matter on the way. Please forgive me, General."
"Come to pick me up?" Yoshio Iwamatsu looked surprised, but at the same time he felt a little moved.
"Hi!" Youmo Jingsan made an invitation gesture, "General, please get in the car!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Arisu-kun." Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded and got into the armored vehicle.
The advantage of armored vehicles is that they are bulletproof. These days, there are also bulletproof vehicles for sedans, but they are very rare.
Then, Iwamatsu Yoshio's security personnel jumped on the truck, and the convoy drove towards Beiping City.
…
The convoy arrived at No. 3 Iron Lion Alley, which is the North China Front Army Headquarters.
After getting off the car, Yoshio Iwamatsu finally came to the office and met Neji Okamura, led by Arisue Seizo.
"Your Excellency, General!" Iwamatsu Yoshio bowed his head to Okamura Neji anxiously, "The defeated general, Iwamatsu Yoshio, has been ordered to report to you."
Okamura Neji raised his head and said with a stern expression: "Thank you for your hard work, Iwamatsu-kun, please sit down!"
"Hi!"
Okamura Neji walked out from behind his desk and sat down face to face with Iwamatsu Yoshio. Immediately, a guard brought freshly brewed tea.
"Your Excellency, General!" Yoshio Iwamatsu said, "The 36th Division suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Northwest Shanxi. Lieutenant General Jingguan Ren's jade was shattered. As the commander of the First Army, I have an unshirkable responsibility. Please punish me, Your Excellency, General."
But Okamura Neiji waved his hand and said: "Iwamatsu-kun, the reason why you come to Peiping this time is not to hold the 36th Division responsible for the defeat, but to discuss how to eliminate Li Yunlong and the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi, and how to wash away the shame of the North China Front Army.