Chapter 404 Independent Regiment: Where do you think the Japanese will attack first?

Chapter 404 Independent Regiment: Where do you think the Japanese will attack first?

"Captain Yang, according to your calculations, how many more anti-aircraft guns should be added to complete the air defense mission for the Ping'an Industrial Zone and the entire Ping'an County?"

Yu Ye put down the gadget he was putting together, looked in the direction of the artillery battalion commander Yang Xing, and asked seriously.

Hearing Minister Yu's question, Yang Xing lowered his head and pondered for a long time before he said solemnly, "Minister, our anti-aircraft guns cannot form an anti-aircraft firepower network at the current density.

If the Japanese only had a few dozen planes, we could still rely on the terrain advantage to ambush and attack. But now, in order to protect Ping'an County, I'm afraid we are at an absolute disadvantage.

Moreover, once the size of the enemy aircraft increases, there will inevitably be great differences between aircraft at different altitudes and levels, and our time fuses may not work so well.

Minister, if we really need to defend the Ping'an Industrial Zone, I can only say that we need to add at least 200 more anti-aircraft guns. Our entire artillery battalion is determined to defend the safety of Ping'an County!"

Yang Xing looked into Yu Ye's eyes and said seriously.

Yu Ye saw a hint of determination in the depths of Yang Xing's eyes. He understood that Yang Xing was definitely not talking casually, but was planning to use his own life to defend Ping'an County. If necessary, he was going to sacrifice his own life and the lives of the entire artillery battalion to attract the enemy's firepower and give his teammates a chance to shoot down their planes.

This solution sounds extremely tragic.

Yu Ye would not accept or allow such a thing to happen.

Before I came, the Independent Regiment and even the entire Chinese army were being bullied by the Japanese planes. After I came, the Japanese planes were still bullying me. So, didn’t I come here in vain?

"200 anti-aircraft guns, right? I'll give them to you! In two months, I'll give you all 200 twin anti-aircraft guns.

In addition, I have also arranged for you some artillery shells that are more suitable for shooting down Japanese planes.

I have only one request. Train enough gunners who can use anti-aircraft guns within these two months. Is that a problem?"

In front of all the officers of the independent regiment, Yu Ye also signed a military order for himself.

"no problem!"

Yang Xing stood up and saluted Yu Ye.

"Captain Yang, I have another request for you. The soldiers in our artillery battalion are all trained by us with great effort. It is not easy to train them. Don't easily exchange your lives with those beasts of the devil.

They don’t deserve it.”

Yu Ye said seriously.

"Yes!"

The atmosphere was originally quite relaxed, but after this discussion, it suddenly became serious.

For two months, we were almost naked in front of the Japanese air force, which was a great pressure.

"Old Zhao, you just told me so much about the latest situation. Do you have any specific information that can tell us whether the enemy will attack the Eighth Route Army or Zhongtiao Mountain next?"

Realizing the pressure brought by the large-scale mobilization of the Japanese, Li Yunlong also began to take it seriously. Only by predicting the Japanese's next move could the independent regiment respond in a targeted manner.

Those who need to evacuate should evacuate, and those who need to defend should defend.

"Based on the current intelligence, we are still unable to analyze who the Japanese will target next. However, based on the information we have so far, the Japanese in northern Henan are also beginning to take action.

There was no unusual movement from the Japanese in Hebei.

Therefore, in my personal opinion, it is more likely that the Japs will attack Zhongtiao Mountain.”

Zhao Gang made his own judgment based on the intelligence he obtained.

After hearing what Zhao Gang said, others also began to judge the possible direction of the Japanese's combat based on the existing information and their own experience.

This is actually a manifestation of our military democracy. Before the war, everyone communicated fully, and in this process some grassroots officers were able to develop some strategic awareness.

In fact, including Lao Li, the high-intensity combat and massive information gathering during this period, as well as the discussions among several leaders of the independent regiment, have greatly improved Lao Li's strategic vision.

Before, Lao Li was at best a tactical master, but he was actually quite lacking in strategy, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to lead the team in charge so often.

But after being exposed to the world for a period of time, Lao Li has changed a lot and his vision has greatly improved.

"As Lao Zhao said just now, I will analyze it from my perspective. I personally think that Okamura Neiji's target is still Zhongtiao Mountain. At least their primary target is still Zhongtiao Mountain.

Without saying too much, this time they have mobilized more than 200,000 devils, it is impossible for them to just focus on our tiny piece of land.

Even though we caused quite a bit of trouble to the Japanese some time ago, to them we are temporarily like a piece of psoriasis, which they can’t do anything about but is not fatal.

If I were Ningci Gangcun, I would first wipe out the 200,000 Nationalist troops in Zhongtiao Mountain, and then come back to deal with the Independent Regiment. "

Li Yunlong made an analysis from his own perspective, which was at least logically self-consistent, and many people nodded in agreement.

Then, several other battalion commanders also expressed their opinions, and almost everyone believed that the Japanese should target the National Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.

Yu Ye himself actually believed that it was more likely that the Japanese would attack Zhongtiao Mountain. It was not because of any military considerations, but because he believed that the Japanese were a country lacking resources. Shanxi was very important to the Japanese, and there were a large number of national troops stationed in the mountainous areas of southern Shanxi, which had posed a great threat. The Japanese would definitely find a way to pull out these nails.

Furthermore, in another timeline, the Japanese launched the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain in 41, which means that Yu Ye had already predicted the answer to this question in advance.

"Since everyone has reached a consensus, there is still one question: should our independent regiment participate in this battle?"

Li Yunlong looked around and asked this question.

Ok?

Yu Ye suddenly felt that Lao Li was growing very fast. Has he already considered such high-level strategic issues now?

"Old Li, whether we join the war or not should be a question for the commander and the division commander to consider, not for us to consider, right?"

Zhao Gang reminded them at the right time, everyone was just doing military simulations, did you really put yourself in the position of commander and division commander?