NIP #161 - Crisis in Yangcun
#161 - Crisis in Yangcun
If Ren Zhong hadn't felt much from the previous breakthroughs, the breakthroughs in electronics were truly exciting for him.
The successful laboratory preparation of ferrite permanent magnets, transistors, and basic components like capacitors and resistors ignited Ren Zhong's hope of breaking away from the main world's dependence in the field of electronics.
All along, whether it was the radio stations in the Bright Sword world or the basic circuits of machine tools, the required electronic components had to be replenished by Ren Zhong bringing goods, which greatly limited the production capacity of these products.
After all, there are too many aspects to cover now, and the items that need to be brought over simply can't be scheduled!
As everyone gets started later, not to mention things like tanks and airplanes, as long as new controlled equipment is put into production, it will be inseparable from these electronic components.
The miniaturization of motors cannot be separated from permanent magnets. The Electronic Engineering Research Center has completed laboratory preparation in more than half a year, which has put the self-sufficiency of electronic components on the agenda. The Red Star Electronics Factory of the Dawn Research Institute came into being!
Although it is still just a framework, the twelve cave factory buildings are still being planned, and some of the corresponding equipment is waiting for him to design and manufacture, and some have to wait for Ren Zhong to bring the goods.
By May, everything was developing in the direction Ren Zhong expected.
Except for one thing.
Li Yunlong's side was not doing well.
As time entered May of '41, no one expected that the little devils would ignore the Eighth Route Army, which had caused them significant losses, and instead suddenly concentrated 100,000 troops within a few days to fiercely attack the Jin-South Zhongtiao Mountain defense line!
The little devils divided their troops into several routes and launched a full-scale attack on the GuoBu's seven armies (80, 3, 17, 43, 15, 98, 9) consisting of 16 divisions, totaling approximately 180,000 people, defending the Zhongtiao Mountain area in Jin-South. Using a "penetration breakthrough" tactic, they used the gaps between the defense zones of the GuoBu army to penetrate and advance, occupying the GuoBu Yellow River ferry in Yuanqu, eastern Zhongtiao Mountain, in just about 21 and a half hours, completing the outer encirclement in 35 hours, and the inner encirclement in 40 hours.
This time, the little devils acted decisively, attacked extremely fiercely, and after careful planning, the various units cooperated tacitly, completing the pre-war deployment plan to seize key points in less than 48 hours!
On the other hand, the GuoBu's generals were at odds, and General Junru, who had a good relationship with the Eighth Route Army, was constrained by various parties, and the battlefield situation took a sharp turn for the worse!
GuoBu and General Junru, who had just returned to the First War Zone, had to urgently request assistance. As the saying goes, 'If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold.' The Eighth Route Army headquarters responded quickly, dispatching the main force to carry out sabotage with all its strength, intending to cut off the enemy's logistics supply lines such as the Tongpu Road, Zhengtai Road, and Pinghan Road.
However, the little devils had already taken precautions this time, with brigade-level field troops patrolling along the road. The dispatched troops not only faced strong enemies, but the little devils also secretly sent out the Ninth Mixed Brigade and the Fourth Mixed Brigade, strengthening them with an artillery battalion, and, in cooperation with the Second Division of the puppet army in Jin, went straight to the Daxia Bay Eighth Route Army base headquarters!
Among them, the Ninth Mixed Brigade, which had just completed its recovery, mainly attacked the Yangcun line defended by the Independent Regiment!
At this moment, the main force of the Independent Regiment, the First and Second Battalions, had just moved out to carry out sabotage operations on the Zhengtai Road on the outer line.
Only the Third Battalion was left to defend.
"Political Commissar Zhao, the Anping observation post reports that the little devils have suddenly dispatched a large number of troops and are rushing towards our base area. According to preliminary observations, the little devils have at least one battalion, equipped with at least two artillery companies, and a puppet army regiment following them."
Yangcun Independent Regiment Headquarters.
Zhao Gang, who was in charge of Yangcun, did not expect that Anping would have problems so soon after Li Yunlong and the others had just moved out.
He stared at the map, his brow furrowed.
"Battalion Commander Wang, do you judge that this group of little devils is from the Anping County Gendarmerie or from outside? Why hasn't our insider sent any news?" Zhao Gang said to Wang Huaibao, the Third Battalion Commander, who was on the side.
"Political Commissar, I don't think it's like the Anping Gendarmerie; they don't have so many artillery pieces." Wang Huaibao looked at the map and said after a little thought, "Moreover, the timing of this group of little devils is very coincidental. It just so happens that our main force is out. I'm afraid the little devils have deliberately planned it. I don't think we can take it lightly."
"I also guess that the little devils are probably not only targeting our Yangcun. This time, the little devils suddenly launched an attack in Jin-South. It is impossible that they did not consider the impact of our army. According to the latest intelligence, the main regiments of our army have encountered strong resistance from the little devils when they went out to sabotage. Basically, each large stronghold has more than one battalion of devils, equipped with a considerable number of artillery pieces to confront our army.
This had never happened before.
"Calling Number Two, calling Number Two!" A voice suddenly came from the walkie-talkie again, "Number Two received, please speak!" Zhao Gang pressed the talk button on the walkie-talkie, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
"Number Two, the insider risked his life to send a message that the Ninth Brigade of the little devils entered Anping last night. Now, the one that set off is the 36th Independent Infantry Battalion of the Ninth Brigade of the little devils, the Yoshino Battalion. The remaining little devils of the Ninth Brigade are reorganizing and preparing to move out."
After a pause, the voice from the observation post suddenly came again, "I saw the second wave of troops dispatched by the little devils! The news has been confirmed. The Ninth Brigade of the little devils is being dispatched in batches!"
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"Received, Eagle One, please pay attention to safety and continue to observe!" After listening, Zhao Gang responded, his face becoming extremely ugly! The current situation is really too bad.
Wang Huaibao was also stunned and did not expect that his guess just now would be confirmed in the blink of an eye.
"Battalion Commander Wang, immediately order the emergency evacuation of personnel from all villages in the front line. The militia teams will assemble into small teams and go up the mountain to carry out sparrow warfare. Do not confront the little devils head-on! In addition, the four mortar squads of the Third Battalion, Battalion Commander Wang, will take them to the mountains to carry out guerrilla warfare and look for opportunities to take out the little devils' artillery team."
If the little devils came with one battalion, Zhao Gang would still have the confidence to fight head-on, but if a brigade came, Zhao Gang would no longer rush in without thinking.
After all, the Third Battalion and the nearby militia guerrillas combined have only more than 600 troops. Now, each militia guerrilla team has about thirty to fifty people, and each person is equipped with at least one rifle. At least one team also has a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, two grenade launchers, and a base number of grenade launcher grenades. Each person has at least 50 rounds of ammunition and 4 grenades.
Thanks to Yangcun, the strength of a nearby militia guerrilla team is not much different from the weapon equipment of a regular army infantry platoon. What is lacking is battlefield experience.
However, precisely because of this, it is obviously impossible for the militia guerrillas to fight positional warfare, so Zhao Gang decisively gave up the plan to let the guerrillas fight positional warfare and directly went up the mountain to fight sparrow warfare!
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