Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 629 Brother Yunlong, I'll deposit 2 oceans with you first. Get your equipment first, an

The Japanese who rushed to the scene after hearing the news missed the best opportunity. When they arrived at the battlefield, the battle had already ended and all the troops had withdrawn to Ping'an County, leaving the Japanese with nothing. Hirata Kojiro was so angry that he started cursing on the spot for a full quarter of an hour before he retreated with a look of unwillingness on his face.

Li Yunlong saw Hirata Kojiro's ugly appearance through the artillery sighting equipment, and laughed so hard that all the wrinkles on his face disappeared. Seeing Li Yunlong so excited, Lin Zhenhua was very curious, and climbed up to take a look, and couldn't help laughing out loud. The joyful atmosphere infected Chu Yunfei, who also came to the artillery sighting equipment, took a closer look, and couldn't help laughing.

The three of them laughed for a full ten minutes before they stopped. It wasn't because they had low sense of humor, but they had been extremely nervous in the past few days. When they suddenly relaxed, they felt much more refreshed.

"Brother Yunlong, I really can't give you the equipment of that battalion right now. Here is a silver note of 20 oceans. I'll keep it with you first. I will redeem the equipment of this battalion first. After this war is over, I will buy another battalion of equipment and give it to you as a thank you for saving my life!" Chu Yunfei said with a dignified face.

Li Yunlong didn't expect Chu Yunfei to be so understanding. Before, Lin Zhenhua said that Chu Yunfei was ignorant and would never agree to his conditions. Even he didn't expect Chu Yunfei to be so polite. In the future, he would have to find a way to get closer to Chu Yunfei and get more benefits from him.

"Brother Yunfei, since you have said so much, if I refuse, it would be like throwing your face on the ground. I, Li Yunlong, have always been sincere to my friends and will never let my friends lose face. I will take this 20 yuan first. When this war is over, you can use the equipment to buy it back."

"College student, stop looking around. Captain Chu doesn't need this little money. Don't judge him by your mean mind. I've told you before that when it comes to generosity, no one can compare to Brother Yunfei!"

Just as Lin Zhenhua was about to refute, Li Yunlong got straight to the point, and said with a serious look of concern: "Now let's talk about business. The engineering company has already pushed two trenches with bulldozers. Every gate of Ping'an County is blocked by trenches and connected to the outside world by suspension bridges."

"Originally, we planned to arrange some soldiers to garrison outside the city, but due to the tight time, we simply did not have time to dig fortifications. Relying solely on the six bulldozers of the engineering company is completely inadequate. I propose to withdraw all soldiers back to Ping'an County and use the cement that Lao Zhao brought earlier to urgently build fortifications."

"I have arranged for the soldiers to get busy. It is estimated that the construction of the fortifications will be completed in two hours. We can put it into use after the cement dries. We have dug a lot of air-raid shelters in Ping'an County before, and they can be put to use this time. My suggestion is to immediately arrange for people to repair the damaged air-raid shelters and pile up some sandbags to reinforce them. They will be able to withstand the bombing of the Japanese small-caliber bombs."

Chu Yunfei felt that there was nothing to add about Li Yunlong's arrangement. He looked at Lin Zhenhua, wanting to hear if Lin Zhenhua had any different opinions.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Zhenhua said with a worried look on his face: "Old Li, if we withdraw all the troops to the county town, the Japanese bombers will bomb a large area, which will cause our casualties to increase sharply. I suggest that we open up three outer defense lines, use bulldozers to push out three trenches overnight, and then use tanks to crush them and use them directly as positions."

"Each line of defense must have a communication trench, connecting the three lines of defense. If any line of defense has problems, we can send troops to support it at any time. According to my estimation, the Japanese will not launch an attack tomorrow morning. After all, only the Japanese vanguard has arrived now, with a total strength of more than 4000 people, which can not pose a threat to us at all."

"The Japanese sent out two divisions this time, plus three puppet army divisions, totaling 55000 people. Their strength is 2.5 times ours, but their firepower is not as strong as ours. This is our only advantage at the moment. I now suspect that the Japanese air force has more fighter planes than we thought, otherwise the Japanese air force would never passively avoid fighting. The reason they did this was to deliberately show weakness and lower our vigilance."

"I have to say, this move of the Japanese is really powerful. They really tricked us. Up to now, we know nothing about the strength of the Japanese air force. We have no idea how many combat aircraft the Japanese have. This is what worries me the most. I have ordered the air force regiment to be ready for battle at any time. The arsenal has also trial-produced a prototype of the Hurricane fighter. It is expected that the first prototype will be successfully trial-produced in three days. If there are no problems, it will be equipped to the troops immediately, and the arsenal will also start large-scale mass production."

"Old Zhao has followed my orders these past two days and taken out all the raw materials in stock, further increasing the production capacity of fighter planes. Next, we will fight a war of attrition with the Japanese. Every air battle will result in the loss of a large number of fighter planes, and it will be much easier for us to replenish them than the Japanese. As long as we can consume all the fighter planes in the hands of the Japanese air force, we can regain air supremacy on the battlefield. That will be the time for us to truly fight back!"

Li Yunlong could not help but remind him: "College student, you have to ask Lao Zhao to produce more tanks and armored vehicles. They will definitely be used during the counterattack. The Japanese have very few anti-tank weapons and cannot resist our armored forces. As long as we gain air superiority on the battlefield, we can launch an armored assault on the Japanese and defeat them."

"The terrain near Fu'an County is very conducive to mechanized marching. The terrain near Shuiquan County is slightly worse, with 70% of the terrain being conducive to mechanized marching. When the time comes, we will concentrate all our armored forces and launch an armored blitzkrieg against the Japanese, eating up all the Japanese outside the county in one go, and then we will focus on taking over the county!"

Chu Yunfei and Lin Zhenhua nodded repeatedly after hearing Li Yunlong's battle plan. They supplemented the shortcomings of Li Yunlong's plan. In less than an hour, a complete battle plan was formulated. For the sake of confidentiality, this battle plan was not issued. After being remembered by the three people, it was destroyed in advance to prevent leaks.

The Takahashi Division, which arrived in an emergency according to the order of the Taiyuan Command, arrived half a day late. It was not until the evening of September 9 that the Japanese eastern attack group arrived.

The Japanese Lieutenant General Imai was in charge of commanding the eastern attack group. He did not launch an attack immediately after arriving, but let the troops rest for a day. When the soldiers' physical and mental strength had recovered, he ordered a general attack at six o'clock in the morning on September 9.

"Everyone, there was a leak in Operation Zero at the last minute. The enemy escaped before the encirclement was closed. This will cause great trouble to our subsequent encirclement and annihilation operations. The commander ordered us to eliminate these two enemy forces at all costs. The main task of our eastern attack group is to capture the three towns occupied by the enemy, Zhangzhuang and Xiaozhangzhuang in Ping'an County."

"Mr. Qingmu, you are to lead a brigade of troops, plus the 22nd Independent Division, to attack Xiaozhang Village. You must capture it within six days!"

"Takahashi-kun, you are leading a division of troops to attack Zhangzhuang. I will only give you six days. If you fail to take it within these six days, you will have to commit seppuku to apologize!"

"Ping'an County is under my charge. We must work together to wipe out all the enemies on the eastern route before October 10. When I came here, I signed a military order to the commander. If I fail to complete the mission, I will apologize directly!"

The three felt a huge pressure. They did not expect that Lieutenant General Imai would issue a military order. This caught them off guard and they all became silent. In order to win Lieutenant General Imai's support, they stood up and expressed their determination, and Lieutenant General Imai nodded repeatedly.

After sending the three away, Lieutenant General Imai called over Kojiro Hirata and others and carefully inquired about the details of Ping'an County. When he learned that the total number of troops stationed in Ping'an County reached 10,000, his face became solemn.

"Thanks! Fortunately, you guys reminded me, otherwise I might have underestimated the enemy and might have suffered a major setback. Your previous proposal was indeed very bold, but the effect was also very great. I agree that you should secretly carry out the Pandora Plan and turn Ping'an County into a dead city for me."

Hirata Kojiro and his men came forward to guarantee that Pandora's Box would be opened tonight, which would definitely cause great trouble to the defenders of Ping'an County. In order to show his support for them, Lieutenant General Imai decided not to attack Ping'an County tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and to send troops in to finish the job after the Pandora Plan was successfully implemented.

At midnight, dozens of Japanese soldiers who received orders from Kojiro Hirata secretly crawled out of the cellar, took out the buried jars from the cellar, took out one glass bottle after another, and opened the bottle mouths one by one. They did not have any protection when doing this, and soon these Japanese soldiers showed symptoms. They secretly mixed into the crowd, and Pandora's box was opened.

At the same time, the same actions occurred in Zhangzhuang and Xiaozhangzhuang, and a carefully planned crisis began!