bookcurios Chapter 282: Sword Pointing to Linfen
Chapter 282: Sword Pointing to Linfen
Wang Meng immediately returned to the military fortress and met with Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Lin Shubing.
Everyone quickly reached a consensus to replace the useless Hans with an expert who would be useful to the development of southern Shanxi.
Soon Wang Meng drew up a list, which of course included the top Jewish scientists in Germany. The most important thing was that he included a name on the list:
Heisenberg.
A famous nuclear weapons expert.
Wang Meng took the list with an expressionless face, found Hans, and spread the list in front of him.
"Mr. Hans, this is the list of people we need, and this person is the most important!"
Wang Meng moved his fingertips to Heisenberg's name and tapped it gently.
"Mr. Hans, perhaps you should know his identity. It may be difficult for you. But didn't your research produce any results?"
Hans took a breath and looked at Wang Meng in surprise.
"how do you know?"
"Hey, doesn't it take more than ten tons of uranium to make a secret weapon? Since you can't make it, why not give it to us!"
Hans showed an embarrassed expression, indicating that it was a bit difficult.
"You know, Chief of Staff Wang, this is top secret, it may not be that simple!"
"Really? Then I'll tear up this list?"
Wang Meng pretended to tear up the list, but was stopped by Hans.
"Maybe I can give it a try!"
Hans was finally defeated and asked Wang Meng to help contact Nicholas in Country M, and then went to France to pass the information back to Germany.
What follows is a long wait.
But Yamamoto Ikki was not so lucky. Under the chairmanship of Jia Guidi, Yamamoto Ikki was publicly tried and eventually sentenced to death by shooting.
Yamamoto Ikki, the pride of the First Army, was shot in public by the Independent Column. Shinozuka Yoshio was so angry that he didn't sleep a wink the whole night.
But he was a little exhausted now. After all, with his current strength, it was a bit of a pipe dream to fight against hundreds of thousands of elite independent columns.
However, Li Yunlong of the Independent Column began to prepare for the spring offensive, ready to gradually clear out the counties and towns occupied by the Japanese around Pingshun.
"Commander Li, I think we should first clear out the Japs west of Pingshun to ensure the safety of our rear areas!"
Wang Meng pointed to Linfen, located west of Changzhi and north of Yuncheng.
"Well, I agree with Chief of Staff Wang. After all, Linfen is the closest to our Yongji Yellow River Bridge. If they cut off our passage to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, then the gasoline in Qingyang can only be transported by transport planes, which are too slow. I'm afraid our mechanized troops will have to stay at home!"
Li Yunlong nodded, Linfen was indeed a serious threat.
Linfen was originally the territory of Kenjiro Keiichiro Miura, where the 59th and 60th Infantry Brigade were stationed.
After Keimiura Kenjiro was killed in three battles with the Independent Column, the original 59th and 60th Brigades were also annihilated.
However, Linfen’s strategic location is extremely important because it controls the throat of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. At the same time, because of its extremely rich mineral resources, it can provide resources to the Japanese invaders continuously.
Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka once again drew key personnel from various units and mobilized troops from the mainland, and finally reorganized the 50th Brigade and the 60th Brigade, with a total strength of more than 1200 people.
步兵第59旅团：独立步兵第82、83、84、85大队。
步兵第60旅团：独立步兵第86、118、119、120大队。
At the same time, as Linfen was the largest city closest to the Independent Column, Yoshio Shinozuka organized a large number of puppet troops, more than 20,000 in total, to cooperate with the Japanese troops and guard the area around Linfen.
"We have just attacked three of their counties. I suggest launching an offensive immediately while the Japanese are still struggling to recover! Our goal is to capture Linfen and the surrounding counties!"
"Yes!"
The independent column immediately convened a combat meeting at the division level and above.
The three armored divisions, the three infantry divisions, and the independent column's direct troops all arrived at the military fortress's large operations conference room.
"Old Ding, Old Kong, and Old Xing, I see you all look very happy after eating so much. Did you have a good Spring Festival?"
"It's OK. We eat well and wear good clothes, but we haven't fallen behind in training!"
"That's right, Lao Li. We've seen the two divisions of the armored forces fight several battles, but we've been sitting idle. The eggs are almost hatched!"
The honest man Xing Zhiguo now has a strong army and can't hold back any longer.
"Old Li, I'm afraid you didn't just gather us together to see if we've gained weight, right?"
Li Yunlong saw that everyone was getting impatient, so he decided not to keep it a secret and just spoke seriously.
"How's your armed police force doing?"
Some time ago, when Wang Meng was soliciting military flag plans from various troops, he also issued the organization plan for the armed police force.
The armed police border defense force is deployed with one battalion in each county town, with separate organization for key defense areas. It is under the dual command of the independent column and the government represented by Jia Gui, and is mainly responsible for defense within the defense zone.
The Armed Police Engineering Corps is organized into a regiment with nearly 2,000 people, 300 pieces of engineering machinery and more than 100 vehicles. It is mainly responsible for large-scale engineering construction, camp construction and fortification construction.
Lao Ding and others patted their chests loudly, saying that they could hand over the defense area at any time and then go to the front line immediately.
"Okay, let's announce the military flag first!"
Wang Meng took out the military flag plan, and sure enough, the plan submitted by Wang Ming from the special forces team was unanimously approved because he completely copied the military flag before the time travel.
Simple, elegant and clear.
After Wang Meng displayed the military flag, he immediately gained the recognition of all the personnel.
Wang Meng awarded the Air Force flag to Lu Tianlong, and the Army flag was awarded to the six combat divisions and directly affiliated units. The Navy flag was temporarily kept by the independent column.
The flag of the Armed Police Force was awarded to Jia Gui in military uniform.
Li Yunlong then announced the combat order.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Infantry Divisions advanced northward and encircled Linfen.
The 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions also advanced northward to put pressure on Taiyuan, relieve the pressure on Linfen, and gradually capture the outer county towns, the more the better.
The 1st Armored Division served as the general reserve and closely monitored the enemy forces in Xinxiang and Zhengxian.
The Aviation Division and the Flying Tigers were directly commanded by the Independent Column Headquarters and provided air support to each division.
After the deployment is completed, each division is ready to go for a big fight.
Especially for the three infantry divisions, this was their first battle after joining the independent column and a token of their allegiance.
At this time, there was only one person who was unhappy, and that was Wang Chengzhu from the artillery regiment.
Now they have all become division commanders, and he is the only one still staying in the position of regiment commander.
He is not a fan of officials, but who doesn't want more equipment? With weapons and equipment, you can speak more confidently!
"Commander, I can't figure it out!"