After Okamura Neiji realized that the Eighth Route Army was launching a full-scale attack, he immediately made two adjustments to his tactics.

In fact, it cannot be said to be an adjustment, but a deployment made by Neji Okamura after the Eighth Route Army carried out the Hundred Regiment Campaign last time, which is the so-called dynamic defense... Use reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance along the railway line, and once the enemy situation is discovered, vehicles will be dispatched to maneuver

The troops quickly rushed to their destination for defense.

It should be said that Okamura Neiji's approach was correct. Under the double unfavorable conditions of insufficient Japanese troops and "offense is greater than defense", it is extremely difficult for the Japanese to hold the railway line. Mobile defense is the only feasible way. This is consistent with Takami

His dynamic defense in North Africa was similar, and it can even be said that I learned from his dynamic defense.

Okamura Neiji even conducted several drills for this purpose, and the defensive effect seemed to be quite good. The mobile defense troops reported one after another to repel the Eighth Route Army's attacks.

This made Okamura Neji feel a little more loyal, thinking that he had finally won a victory in the confrontation with the Eighth Route Army.

But the next second, Okamura Neji sighed and said to Shinozuka Yoshio: "When did we start to feel complacent about gaining a partial advantage over the Eighth Route Army! Isn't this a shame? It's you, me,

What a disgrace to the empire!"

Shinozuka Yoshio was speechless, or it could be said that he didn't know how to comfort Okamura Neji.

What Neji Okamura said was the truth. Before this, the imperial army had always crushed the Eighth Route Army with absolute strength.

Although there is often nothing that can be done against the Eighth Route Army, that is just because the Imperial Army is not adapted to the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare in mountainous areas. In plains, quasi-security areas, non-security areas... Needless to say, security areas are areas that the Imperial Army can absolutely control.

At that time, even the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, which were the non-security areas of the empire, were attacked whenever they wanted. The imperial army was always looking for the main force of the Eighth Route Army for a decisive battle.

But now, the Imperial Army has become accustomed to being evenly matched with the Eighth Route Army. Now, as a general, Okamura Neiji is complacent just because he has taken advantage of it. This is really frustrating!

Yoshio Shinozuka wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. He just straightened up and said: "Under the leadership of the general, we will successfully defeat the enemy!"

Okamura Neiji was noncommittal, "This is just a meaningless cliche. It's obvious that even Shinozuka Yoshio has lost confidence."

This is not a good thing. You must know that this guy Shinozuka Yoshio has always thought that he can lead the imperial army across China!

However, Okamura Neiji didn't say anything. He just ordered with a stern face: "Order the armored train to attack!"

"Yes!" Yoshio Shinozuka responded and passed on the order.

Okamura Neji turned his sharp eyes to the map. He hoped to win this battle with an absolute advantage in exchange for the confidence of the imperial army.

And this absolute advantage relies on these two armored trains!

Okamura Neiji does have the possibility to achieve this goal by relying on armored trains.

The reason is that the Japanese Type 94 armored train is equipped with two Taisho 14 or 105mm caliber heavy artillery. This heavy artillery has a range of 15 kilometers, and its driving speed can reach 60 kilometers per hour, so it is possible to move from one position to the other.

The ability to quickly repel or even kill a large number of enemies, and then quickly move to another location to join the battlefield, is much greater and faster than the mobile firepower of a car.

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In addition, the armored train also has two Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft guns that can shoot flatly, and 10 Type 92 7.2mm heavy machine guns, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

The Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance and guerrillas called it the "Iron-armored Hedgehog," while the Japanese called themselves the "Death Chariot," meaning a chariot used to harvest the lives of enemies.

Okamura Neiji gave an order, and two armored trains located in Liangningmei and Chenjiazhuang slowly drove out from the hiding warehouse. Then one train patrolled the northern section, and the other was responsible for the southern section.

Neiji Okamura naturally has his own reasons for such allocation, or it can be said that he is well versed in the use of armored trains... The characteristics of armored trains are large firepower and fast maneuvering speed. If they are put together, firepower will appear. If there are too many people and they are exhausted from going back and forth, of course they should be divided into two parts and each should be responsible for a section.

But it is also this approach that allows Wang Xuexin's plan to have room for maneuver. Otherwise, two armored trains are jammed between the railway tracks from Jiangyangfu to Yuncheng. It is also impossible to drive the train to Yuncheng.

Wang Xuexin was not aware of the danger at this time, and he was very satisfied with the current battle situation.

The first is the war in Jiangyangfu.

Wang Xuexin originally thought that it would take at least two hours to end the battle. After all, the new regiment sneaked into the enemy-occupied area in disguise. Fighting deep into the enemy-occupied area has a characteristic: there is not much equipment and ammunition that can be carried, and box guns are mainly used... …long guns are not easy to hide.

But in fact, the battle ended in less than an hour, and the Japanese did not have any doubts about "moving machines". This can be seen from the Japanese soldiers desperately protecting the railway. If they guessed that the Eighth Route Army was going to transport machines, they should take the initiative to blow up the railway. .

This bought more than an hour for the plan and improved the success rate of the plan.

On the other hand, even Wang Xuexin estimates that it will take more than two to three hours to move the machine, maybe even longer. After all, it requires manpower to carry it, and there are not many people in the Eighth Route Army who know how to dismantle the machine.

Facts have proved that Wang Xuexin thought too much...

After the labor uprising in Jiangyangfu, they immediately became effective assistants to the Eighth Route Army.

You must know that these workers deal with these machines every day, and many of them even do the work of maintaining the machines. They usually disassemble, disassemble, and assemble the machines. Now, dismantling the machines is of course a trivial matter.

So in just one hour, 80% of the textile factory, compressed biscuit factory and canning factory were dismantled. If this continues, it will only take two hours to complete the task.

But of course, if you have time, pack more until the train is full.

As for attacking traffic lines and the Japanese's dynamic defense... Wang Xuexin didn't care much. These were actually just to distract the Japanese, not the purpose.

If Okamura Neiji knew this, he would be afraid that a mouthful of old blood would spray onto the ceiling... They were complacent and thought that they had finally gained an advantage, but in the end they fell into the enemy's trap!

The actual battle went more smoothly than planned. This was something Wang Xuexin did not expect. He vaguely felt that there would be some surprises in it.
Chapter completed!