GBP Chapter 298 Preparation before the war
Chapter 298 Preparation before the war
Changchun, Kwantung Army Headquarters.
"Okamura-kun, I already know why you're here!"
The Japanese soldier Umezu poured a cup of tea for the Japanese soldier Okamura, returned to his chair, sat down, and gave a bitter smile.
"The headquarters promoted me from commander of the Kwantung Army to commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, but the price was that a large number of Kwantung Army troops were withdrawn to the south."
"Last year alone, three Type A divisions were withdrawn from our Kwantung Army. I heard that in order to defeat the U.S. military in the Pacific, the headquarters is preparing to withdraw at least 13 main divisions from the Kwantung Army."
Hearing this, Okamura Guizi silently drank a sip of tea and spoke slowly.
"The headquarters asked us to fight southwards and force the Nationalist government to surrender, and at the same time asked us to hold North China and pin the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi."
"hehe."
Okamura laughed sarcastically: "The guys in the General Staff only know how to look at the map and give us orders. They don't take into account how big China is or how ruthless the Eighth Route Army is!"
"The Eighth Route Army is about to launch the next offensive. I asked the headquarters for support, but the headquarters only told me to defend, defend, and defend again!"
After saying this, the room fell silent, and after a while, the Umezu devil spoke.
"I can't help you with the troops, but I can transfer half of the chemical weapons and staff of the Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department to you!"
"grateful!"
The devil Okamura stood up, bowed and left silently.
After returning to Peiping, after checking the defense matters of various units, Okamura thought about it, made a phone call, and called the commander of the Mongolian army over.
"Commander, what's the matter?"
The commander of the Mongolian Army, Ichiro Nanada, who felt uncomfortable being stared at by the Okamura devil, twisted his chair and asked in a low voice.
"Qiantian-kun, what do you think of the current Eighth Route Army?"
The devil Okamura withdrew his gloomy gaze, looked towards the direction of Shanxi, and asked in a calm voice.
"Forehead......"
Nanata Ichiro was a little unsure of what Okamura meant. After hesitating for a while, he replied, "Very impressive!"
"So last year, the year before last, the troops stationed in Mongolia chose not to confront the Eighth Route Army head-on?"
Okamura turned around and said in a deep voice: "The Mongolian Army is responsible for the destruction of the First Army!"
"Don't say that, Okamura-kun!"
Nanata Ichiro couldn't bear the responsibility of putting such a big blame on him right at the start, so he stood up immediately with a grim look on his face.
"When I took office, the Eighth Route Army was already very powerful. When they counterattacked Shanxi, I sent people to help, but they were blocked back. There was nothing I could do!"
"Haha, don't be impatient, Nanata-kun!"
Seeing that intimidation had no effect, Okamura walked over, pushed Nanata Ichiro back into his chair, and comforted him.
"The Eighth Route Army issued a statement to start a counterattack, which made me unable to eat or sleep well every day, so it was inevitable that I said the wrong thing!"
"Ok!"
Nanata Ichiro's expression eased a little: "Commander, it's better not to make such dangerous jokes!"
"hehe..."
The Okamura devil did not answer, but returned to his chair and said seriously: "Nanada-kun, the Eighth Route Army is about to counterattack. According to the information I have collected, they are organizing troops and may attack us tomorrow."
"This time I ask you to mobilize most of your forces to attack Baotou and Shanxi at all costs when the Eighth Route Army enters Hebei."
"this......"
Ichiro Nanada was a little hesitant, for he was afraid that he would be killed instantly by the Eighth Route Army as soon as he showed his head.
"Don't forget, the goal of the Eighth Route Army is to drive us out of China, and Inner Mongolia is also their goal."
"If the North China Front Army fails, your troops stationed in Mongolia will have to face the 800,000-strong Eighth Route Army alone!"
Okamura emphasized: "And don't forget, no matter what, your troops stationed in Mongolia are under the jurisdiction of my North China Front Army!"
Hearing this implicit threat, Nanata Ichiro had to nod in agreement: "I understand. I will gather the troops when I return and wait for orders!"
"Yoshi!"
When the devil Okamura saw that Ichiro Nanada had surrendered, he smiled with satisfaction.
.............
In a newly opened bomb factory in Ningxia.
"Minister, according to the drawings you gave me, this mine called Broadsword has been made."
Blacksmith Wang handed a curved mine to Zhao Tianyang: "According to your design, this mine is 216 mm long, 38 mm wide, 124 mm high, weighs 1.58 kg, and is charged with 628 grams of TNT high explosives."
"It uses an electric lighter, and the shell is made of plastic fiber, which contains 700 steel balls."
Zhao Tianyang took the mine, looked at the words "enemy" on it and smiled. Since he traveled through time, the grenades and mines they used were all black powder grenades and mines.
At best, you can mix it with some high explosives and make it into a double-base grenade.
As for offensive grenades and defensive grenades, I had never even heard of them.
Whether it was the Eighth Route Army or local troops, they all used black powder grenades. The reason for this was simply because they were cheap.
Two words are enough to guarantee it!
Because of its simple manufacturing process, almost every military region has opened its own grenade assembly plant.
As a result, everyone in the Eighth Route Army can carry five or six grenades and use them without any regrets.
Now that conditions were good, it was time to make some changes, so Zhao Tianyang transferred blacksmith Wang from Huangyadong to Ningxia to build this bomb factory.
Specialized in the production and development of grenades, mines and other explosives for individual use.
The first product of this factory was the relatively simple Broadsword Mine.
The principle of this type of mine is also very simple, which is to detonate explosives on a thick steel plate. The powerful thrust of the explosives will shoot the steel balls inside it out in a fan shape.
Well, the defense must like this thing!
"Not bad!"
Zhao Tianyang carefully put the mine back: "Let's continue to improve it. In addition to electric ignition, we also need pull-type, trip-type, pressure-type, and delayed-type ignition devices."
“These are easy!”
Blacksmith Wang touched his head and said, "We just need to adjust the detonator and the method of starting the fire. I can get the technicians to do it in two days."
"Haha, okay!"
Zhao Tianyang nodded: "Then I won't bother you anymore, just do your job well!"
After that, he took out a few drawings and said, "These are several types of grenades I designed, corresponding to different combat scenarios, you can also study them!"
"Okay!"
Shanxi.
Hebei Planning Headquarters.
"Currently, the Central Committee has prepared the First, Third, and Fourth Columns for us, with a total of 21 people!"
In front of the map, Commander Lin, who had just taken office, pointed at the map and said, "The Central Committee asked us to leave Shanxi and enter Hebei to test the reaction of the Japanese."
"Although it is just a test, we must fight well. Shijiazhuang and Handan, these two big cities are our targets!"
"As long as we take these two cities, we will have a forward base in Hebei."
"Handan is easy to deal with. The Japanese have deployed a division in Wuan."
An Eighth Route Army officer looked at the map and said, "Shijiazhuang is a bit difficult to deal with. The Japanese not only have a division and two garrison brigades there, but also a flying squadron. It's not easy to deal with!"
"Then we should attack Wu'an first, draw out the devils in Shijiazhuang, and then send people to launch a surprise attack on Shijiazhuang!"
Commander Lin smiled and said, "This time our troops are five or six times the enemy's, so we have a lot of room for maneuver!"
"What if the Japanese send troops from other places to support us?"
"Wouldn't that be better?"
Commander Lin looked at the Eighth Route Army officer who was speaking: "I actually hope that they can fight a decisive battle with us in Hebei!"