bookrandom Chapter 203 I don't believe that even with a division's equipment, I can't repel the
Chapter 203 I don't believe that even with a division's equipment, I can't repel the
With the concerted efforts of Lin Zhenhua and other two people, the large-scale transport operation in the rain continued for five days before all the weapons, equipment and machine tools were transported back to the base. On the last night, the rain that had lasted for seven days finally came to an end.
"College students, this is the last truckload of ammunition. As long as we pull this truckload of ammunition back to the base, this large-scale transportation operation will finally be successfully completed!" Zhao Gang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said while panting.
"Old Zhao, the college student's plan this time was damn accurate. I'm really afraid that the rain will stop halfway. According to the emergency telegram sent by the brigade commander, the Japanese have mobilized more than 386 people to attack our independent regiment, and even raised the banner of attacking the th Independent Regiment!"
"In order to reinforce us, the brigade commander ordered Lao Ding and Lao Kong to dispatch a battalion each to reinforce us. It is estimated that the two battalions will arrive in three days. This time, I have to thank Lao Ding and Lao Kong very much. They took such a big risk and each dispatched a battalion of troops. They are worthy of being my old comrades-in-arms. They can be relied on at critical moments!" Li Yunlong said with emotion.
Lin Zhenhua was not as optimistic as the other two. It was not easy to defeat tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, not to mention that they had fire support from air fighters. This made it difficult for the independent regiment's artillery to exert its true power. Heavy artillery above 105 mm could only gather dust in the warehouse. At most, they could bombard the Japanese positions at night. During the day, they really dared not show their heads.
Lin Zhenhua replied worriedly: "Lao Li, Lao Zhao, the heavy rain will stop soon. Once the sky clears up, the Japanese will send out bombers to attack our base. We must hurry back to the base to deploy air defense. After solving the air defense problem, we will discuss how to repel the Japanese attack!"
Lin Zhenhua did not say much at this time. The most important thing now was to transport the ammunition back. In fact, he did not want to give up these eight mountain strongholds, but this time the Japanese had mobilized more than 10,000 people. These eight mountain strongholds could be used to resist the small Japanese forces, but if they were really used to resist the large Japanese forces, it would be a pipe dream.
At Lin Zhenhua's urging, the large force set out from Heiyunzhai again and rushed towards Zhaojiayu. They arrived at Zhaojiayu around eight o'clock in the evening. After arranging the soldiers to unload the supplies to the designated place, Li Yunlong and three others came to the regiment headquarters and began to deploy the next air defense operations.
"College student, can you explain the situation first? Can that weather forecast bottle accurately predict tomorrow's weather?" Li Yunlong asked hurriedly before everyone had a chance to catch their breath.
Lin Zhenhua took out the weather forecast bottle, looked at it carefully, and replied in a serious tone: "Old Li, judging from the weather conditions reported by the weather forecast bottle, this heavy rain will soon turn into light rain. I estimate that the sky will clear up by noon tomorrow. If the Japanese are faster, they will launch a bombing operation on the base tomorrow afternoon!"
"Since it has rained for several days in a row, the ground is quite slippery, which will greatly reduce the power of the Japanese bombs. Even the poison gas is not as powerful as before. This is mainly because the moisture content in the air is relatively high, which can dissolve part of the poison gas on a large scale. This is indeed good news for us!"
"But now it's July, and the weather is getting hotter. I estimate that the temperature will rise sharply the day after tomorrow, and the ground will be dry in two or three days. I think the Japanese will choose to bomb the day after tomorrow, but it's hard to guarantee that they won't bomb tomorrow, which will cause us huge psychological pressure!"
Zhao Gang agreed with Lin Zhenhua's judgment and said, "Old Li, I think the college students' analysis is very reliable. We have almost a day to prepare. This heavy rain has had a great impact on the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the base. Some houses even collapsed. Fortunately, there were no casualties!"
"How to conduct air defense operations next is indeed a big difficulty. Although we now have sufficient weapons and ammunition, and a regiment of anti-aircraft weapons, to be honest, our independent regiment has such a large base. It is impossible to rely on the anti-aircraft firepower of a regiment to stop the Japanese planes outside the base. Besides, we don't have that many anti-aircraft forces to use. These are very realistic problems. All we can do now is the air defense of key areas!"
Lin Zhenhua interrupted, "Lao Li, Lao Zhao, I don't agree with air defense in key areas. It will only make air defense more difficult. If the Japanese can't break through the air defense in our key areas, they will target the common people for revenge. I think we might as well arrange all the anti-aircraft firepower on the front line. The Japanese have only two ways to attack our independent regiment so far. One is through the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold, and the other is through the mountain road of Heiyun Village. Apart from that, they can only go through the back mountain. The last time Yamamoto's special forces came here, they got away with it and were beaten and fled by us. But we have to guard against it!"
Li Yunlong stared at the map on the table without saying a word. He did not particularly agree with the proposals of Zhao Gang and Lin Zhenghua, but the independent regiment was now short of troops. In the battles with the Japanese in recent days, the combined losses of the third and fourth battalions were more than 600 people, which was equivalent to the loss of an entire battalion. This meant that the independent regiment only had six battalions left that could be used for combat, with a total of only about 5000 people. Having to fight against the Japanese with tens of thousands of troops really put Li Yunlong under a lot of pressure!
"Lao Zhao, college student, I just calculated that we can only allocate one battalion of troops for air defense operations, which is the limit of the troops that our independent regiment can allocate! We don't know when Lao Ding and Lao Kong's two battalions will arrive at the independent regiment. We must be prepared for them to be delayed on the way. By then, we may need to face the attack of tens of thousands of devils alone!"
"As for the air defense of the base, I think we should follow the previous plan. We should ignore the initial bombing of the devils and arrange for the soldiers and civilians in the base to evacuate in advance! We will use the anti-aircraft firepower of that battalion at a critical moment. When there is a big gap in our defense, we can only use heavy artillery to suppress the devils' artillery fire, so that we have ample time to plug the gap!"
"For this defensive operation, I plan to establish two blocking lines. Relying on the fortifications and artillery positions we built before, I will arrange two battalions of troops to garrison on each line, and the remaining battalion will be responsible for guarding the base! I plan to order the nearby district squads and county brigades to rush to reinforce us urgently, so that we will have a reserve force that can be deployed at any time. At this time, our independent regiment must not be timid. I really don't believe that we can't repel this wave of attacks by the devils just because we have the weapons and equipment of a division?"
Zhao Gang felt that what Li Yunlong said made sense, and immediately proposed: "I have already ordered Deputy Commander Xing to come back immediately. As long as Deputy Commander Xing can bring back one more battalion of troops, plus the new recruit we recruited before, who has already arrived at the base, we will have two more battalions of reserve troops. In addition, the district squad and the county brigade can also form a battalion. If we count the battalions supported by Commander Ding and Commander Kong respectively, we will have five battalions of reserve troops, with a total strength of about 8000 people!"
"Plus, we are on the defensive, and our military strength is almost the same as that of the Japanese. If we are really determined to defend and hold on to our base, there will be absolutely no problem!"
"As for the security of the base, we can temporarily hand it over to the militia teams in each village. We can even mobilize the children's group to prevent the Japanese from infiltrating the base. We will implement new passwords. Anyone who fails to obey the correct passwords will be shot directly. As long as we persist for more than a month, it will be difficult for the Japanese to break through the defense of our base, and they will have no choice but to withdraw in disgrace!"
Lin Zhenhua did not raise any objections this time. The last large-scale bombing operation had a great impact on the independent regiment's base. When it came to air defense drills, the soldiers and civilians of the independent regiment were all familiar with them, and even the five or six-year-old children were clear about it.
"Lao Li, Lao Zhao, I agree with your proposal. We still have plenty of time. I think we should start preparing for air defense from tonight. After all, this heavy rain has also had some impact on the air-raid shelters we built before. Fortunately, the three cement factories we built before, even though they were blown up by the Japanese, produced a lot of cement before. The cement has not been used up from the last construction of fortifications and air-raid shelters, and the remaining cement can be used for repairs!"
Speaking of this, Li Yunlong could not help but praise: "College student, the reinforced concrete and stone fortifications you made are really damn useful. I tested it a while ago. The 75mm mountain artillery shells only shook off a layer of skin when hitting the fortifications. There is no problem at all with the fortifications inside. Unless the Japanese use heavy artillery and large bombs, they really can't do anything to us!"
Lin Zhenhua rolled his eyes and replied unhappily, "Old Li, when building the fortifications, I used a lot of steel bars and even filled them with a layer of armored steel inside and outside. If they can't even defend against 75mm shells, wouldn't it be a waste of money to spend so much money?"
"We have a small amount of everything in our independent regiment, except for armored steel. Our three smelters are also working day and night. Even if the Japanese bomb hard, it will not have much impact on us. I can quickly lead the soldiers to rebuild the smelting furnace. What really gives me a headache right now is gasoline. The little gasoline we stored with great difficulty before has been used up this time. We can only rely on horse-drawn carriages to transport ammunition from now on!"
"Even our four armored vehicles and tanks are going to be grounded this time. The tanks are still better and can be used as fixed artillery positions, but the armored vehicles are no match for them. We can only hide them and wait until we have oil!" Lin Zhenhua said with some regret.