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

Chapter 503: Plague is so terrible. It cannot be touched or seen. It is really puzzling!

Zhao Gang replied with a serious face: "Under the leadership of Lao Ding and Lao Kong, the base should not have any major problems. The militia cannot be mobilized. The college student just said the reason. The Yamamoto special forces are too honest. This is completely unreasonable. We must be more cautious."

"We are now in a standoff with the Japanese. It will be difficult for the Japanese to win a large-scale ground attack before our fortresses are destroyed. What we should be concerned about is the threat from the air. Radar can indeed provide us with a lot of help in early warning of fighter planes, but if we want to truly defend against the Japanese fighter planes, we can't rely on radar alone. Only by relying on our trinity air defense means can we effectively deter the Japanese air force."

Li Yunlong said with a serious face: "I also agree with the college student's suggestion just now. What really worries me is not the Japanese air raid or the relocation of Yamamoto's special forces. After all, these are just for show. As long as we remain vigilant, it will be difficult for the Japanese to take advantage of us."

"But the plague is like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark. Once it spreads on a large scale in our base, the consequences will be truly disastrous. It is very likely that our base will become an uninhabited area. I guess this should be the ultimate goal of the devils. Otherwise, the devils would not have poisoned our base again and again. What's more terrifying is that this kind of thing cannot be touched or seen, and it is very difficult to prevent it even if we want to."

"In order to prevent the plague, our base launched a vigorous rat-catching operation, catching tens of thousands of rats alone. At the time, I thought it was completely unnecessary, but now it has been proven that the college students were fully prepared for a rainy day. Fortunately, we have caught most of the rats, otherwise the plague would have spread to our base long ago."

"I have nothing to worry about when we attack Taiyuan. With the strength of our armored regiment, we can definitely catch the Japanese off guard. We marched for a day and a night without encountering even a single Japanese patrol. The traces of the road we passed through were washed away by the rain. I don't think the Japanese would ever dream that we would set Taiyuan as our next target."

"I have been thinking about how to get long-range information for a whole day and have formulated a strict battle plan. What we need to do now is to reach Taiyuan City in the shortest possible time. It would be best if this rain continues for two or three days. By then, we will only have one or two days to reach Taiyuan City. We can completely shoot down the Japanese fighter planes in Taiyuan Airport when the Japanese are completely unprepared."

"To be honest, if we don't take down the Japanese Taiyuan Airport, I will have to sleep with one eye open. If we hadn't set up a trap in advance last time, and the Japanese air force was too arrogant and didn't take us seriously, the armored regiment would have suffered huge losses."

When Lin Zhenhua heard Li Yunlong mention the Japanese air force, he had a lot to say. Especially after learning that there were only 28 fighter planes left in the air force battalion, he became more and more worried.

"Old Li, our air force battalion is not as strong as you think. The last victory was a narrow one. If it hadn't rained later, forcing the Japanese air force reinforcements to return, our ambush would have become a joke, and the final result would have been a reversal of victory and defeat."

"The armored regiment has no ability to fight back against the Japanese air force. Our existing anti-aircraft firepower is simply unable to cope with the large-scale Japanese air force raids. We can't ignore the Japanese air force just because we got a little advantage last time. If a fight really breaks out, we really won't be their opponent. The reason why we still have the power to resist now is very simple, that is, our pilots are very brave, and there is a fight among the Japanese air force."

"I told you before that the Japanese army and navy are like enemies. They completely treat each other as enemies. This is not just in name, but they actually do this. According to the intelligence we have obtained, the 12th Aviation Division supporting the Japanese 16th Army this time has two naval aviation brigades and one army aviation brigade under its command, and the commander is a naval aviation brigade."

"The two sides didn't like each other to begin with, and the old devil Sato was eager to establish his own prestige, so he almost killed Ichiro Fujita. I'm not making this up. Chu Yunfei told us before, and you guys couldn't believe it at the time. You thought that even if there were conflicts between the devil's army and navy, they wouldn't cut off one of their own arms. Even a fool wouldn't do such a stupid thing!"

"But facts speak louder than words. If we have time, we should tease the enemy's army and navy aviation forces. Even if we have to fight, we should focus on the enemy's navy aviation forces and deliberately let the enemy's army aviation forces go. Maybe we don't need to take action, and they will start fighting on their own."

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong had a hard time enduring it. When they think about it now, they still find it hard to believe. They never thought that the Japanese could do such a bizarre thing. They could only sigh in admiration.

After a two-hour rest, the armored regiment began to march quickly again. The bright lights cut through the darkness, illuminating the road for the vehicles. The rain in the sky was drizzling, and there was no sign of stopping. The drizzle made the Japanese patrol retreat halfway, so they did not notice the armored regiment marching quickly on the road.

The Japanese had built dozens of strongholds of various sizes along the highway network. Lin Zhenhua, who had long been aware of this, used bombers to bomb these strongholds at the beginning of the war, causing considerable casualties to the Japanese. This forced the Taiyuan Command to withdraw all the Japanese soldiers stationed in the strongholds along the highway and arranged a group of puppet troops to guard them.

The puppet soldiers were afraid of being attacked by the air force battalion, so no matter how loud the noise was, they would not look outside, and acted as if nothing had happened. The humming sound of the engines of a large number of vehicles had already awakened the puppet soldiers in the strongholds on the nearby roads, but no puppet army company commander reported it, and they pretended not to hear it and continued to sleep soundly in the strongholds.

The armored regiment passed through one stronghold after another with great danger. On the night of the 30th, it left the highway and took the third planned route. Without any rest, it continued to march towards Taiyuan city.

At seven o'clock in the morning on the 31st, the armored regiment stopped near Huaishuling. Under Lin Zhenhua's command, they quickly leveled out a piece of open space to provide a landing area for the transport aircraft formation.

"Lao Li, first arrange for the tanks to go back and forth twice on the road to compact the ground. Then fill the more than 30 oil drums we brought with water and flatten the road. The transport aircraft formation will arrive in another hour and a half. We have to speed up. This is the last time we will replace the engine before the war. No matter what, we must complete the replacement before noon tomorrow. On the morning of June 6, we must launch an attack on Taiyuan City on time."

"Lao Zhao, you must immediately arrange for the kitchen staff to prepare meals to ensure that the soldiers can always have hot meals. You must also hurry up and make some fried cakes for dinner. You must also make three days' worth of pancakes and add more salt to them so that they don't get spoiled easily. We have almost finished our compressed biscuits and there isn't much canned beef left. We need to give the soldiers a good meal before the battle. I have asked the transport plane to find a way to deliver a big fat pig to us. Stew it tonight so that the soldiers can have a good feast."

The forced march in the past few days has consumed a lot of food. The reason is very simple. The road is difficult to travel on, and they have to get off the carts from time to time, which is very physically demanding for the soldiers. They have to replenish food every two hours, which makes the food consumption much faster than Lin Zhenhua expected.

"Heshang, Duan Peng, each of you will lead a team to guard the surrounding area. You must be careful and don't let the Japanese take advantage of the opportunity."

Under Lin Zhenhua's arrangement, everyone acted quickly. It took one hour and 15 minutes to level a large open space, and then spread the waterproof cloth they brought with them on the mud puddle to cover the mud. After a simple runway covered with waterproof cloth was built, the transport aircraft formation arrived overhead and began to land.

As transport planes landed safely one after another, Lin Zhenhua and others, who had been worried, finally put their worries aside. The landing transport planes opened their hatches immediately, and the soldiers quickly unloaded the engines and pushed the transport planes aside.

The Air Force Battalion dispatched 68 transport planes carrying thousands of engines. Before leaving, they took away more than 800 abandoned engines and replenished a batch of fuel for the Armored Regiment. The transport plane formation that completed the first delivery quickly began to return. At 92 pm, another batch of engines and fuel were delivered. This time, the fleet was larger, with a total of transport planes.

"College students, the sixth replenishment of fuel and engines has been completed. In another half an hour, the engines of the aircraft will be fully installed. When we leave this time, we will take away all the remaining 100 Japanese prisoners. When we come back next time, we will bring you more canned beef and compressed biscuits." Hao Dazhuang said with a smile on his face.

"Da Zhuang, please pay attention to safety when the transport plane formation returns. We should not need supplies again in the next five days. Your most important task at present is to ensure your own safety. I estimate that the Japanese bombers will bomb the base soon. You must be careful and never let the Japanese conspiracy succeed!" Lin Zhenhua advised worriedly.