coobybook Chapter 372 I don’t intend to continue to endure and act like a coward. It is imperative to attack P
Chapter 372 I don’t intend to continue to endure and act like a coward. It is imperative to attack P
It was January 1942, 1, and there were only twenty days left until the Chinese New Year. However, there was not a single New Year atmosphere in the base. The people had to go to the air-raid shelters every day to avoid the Japanese bombing and return home at night. The same days had passed for half a month, and there was no smile on everyone's face. They were running back and forth all day long.
These days of hiding from place to place will soon be over. After these days of full production at the arsenal, 30 Thunder fighters have been produced and hidden in secret hangars, waiting to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese bomber group.
Xiaozhaozhuang, the location of the underground air defense command headquarters.
After these days of recuperation, Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua have recovered and their daily activities are no longer affected. Heshang and Duan Peng have also fully recovered and are once again responsible for protecting Lin Zhenhua's safety.
"College students, we have been cowards for more than a month. We must quickly restore the reputation of our independent regiment. Otherwise, the reputation of our independent regiment will be completely ruined by the Japanese in the northwest of Shanxi."
Li Yunlong was the first to open up. After waiting for so long, he finally saw the opportunity, and he would not let it go easily. He wanted to use the action of attacking Ping'an County to once again make the independent regiment famous in northwest Shanxi.
Before, the Japanese had been saying that the independent regiment was a coward and that he, Li Yunlong, was a turtle. This made Li Yunlong very angry, but he was busy resolving the crisis in the base and had no time to seek revenge on the Japanese. Now that the crisis in the base has been resolved, he can finally put the matter of attacking Ping'an County back on the agenda.
Zhao Gang did not jump out to object this time. Instead, he agreed with a look of approval: "Calculating the time, our independent regiment has not fought against the Japanese for nearly half a year. The entire northwest of Shanxi may have forgotten that there is an anti-Japanese force like our independent regiment. It is indeed time to correct our reputation and dispel the Japanese rumors that our independent regiment has surrendered to the Japanese!"
"The arsenal has been working overtime these days, so let the college students explain it to us so that everyone can have a better understanding of it!"
Lin Zhenhua took over Zhao Gang's words and said with a smile on his face: "Let me tell you a good news first. The radio has been successfully produced. The communication range of small radios can reach 25 kilometers, and the communication range of large vehicle-mounted radios can reach 180 kilometers. The small radio is equipped with a communicator, which can realize communication within a range of 20 kilometers. The communication distance of large vehicle-mounted radios is only 80 kilometers. Beyond this distance, the noise of the call is too loud and it is always intermittent. The effect is really too poor. It can be used for early warning at critical moments."
"The arsenal has now produced one large vehicle-mounted radio and six small radios. After testing, the results are very good. Our long-distance communication problem has been completely solved. I have also compiled the code book in advance, so there is no problem with confidential communication."
"Our radio is still a single-frequency radio, and its anti-interference and anti-decryption capabilities are relatively weak. Once we upgrade to a frequency-hopping radio, communications will be more secure. However, this will take half a year to resolve, and it cannot be done in a short period of time."
Lin Zhenhua's news made everyone present very excited. With the communication radio, the reconnaissance team could go to farther places and transmit the reconnaissance information in time.
Seeing everyone so happy, Lin Zhenhua also felt proud. He knocked the table heavily with his tea bowl to attract everyone's attention, and then continued: "Our base is developing a secret weapon, which is a ground early warning radar that can be used to detect the Japanese fighter planes. I wanted to manufacture this weapon a long time ago, but we have been unable to solve the production problems of electron tubes and transistors, so I was forced to stop the development."
"We have now completed the mass production of electron tubes and transistors. It is time for radar weapons to be launched. We expect to complete the manufacturing of the first radar prototype in two months and put it into use in mid-April."
Lin Zhenhua wanted to brag more about the power of radar, but Li Yunlong lost interest after listening to two sentences. The main reason was that radar could not directly cause casualties to the Japanese like machine guns and artillery. It could only serve as an early warning and was not taken seriously by Li Yunlong and others.
Lin Zhenhua did not continue to talk about the radar, but directly turned to the topic that everyone was most concerned about. He said excitedly: "After a month of full production, we have produced 900 three-wheeled motorcycles and another 160 Manniu self-propelled artillery vehicles."
"The Bull self-propelled artillery vehicle did not adopt a tracked design this time, but a wheeled design. It can carry twin anti-aircraft guns of less than 60 mm, 75 mm mountain guns, the Japanese Type 160 infantry guns, and our heavy mortars. It can move and fire at any time, and its mobility is very strong."
"A total of 36 Thunder fighters have been produced. Six of them were damaged by Japanese spies and have to be repaired. It will take about three days. By then, we will truly have a fighter squadron, instead of just a name like before."
"I mentioned before that we would develop new fighter jets, but due to our current processing capacity, the prototype of the new fighter jet has not been completed yet, so we have to continue to produce the Thunder fighter jets. Our air fighter squadron adopts a three-four system, with a squadron of three fighter jets, a squadron of nine fighter jets, and a squadron of four squadrons with 36 fighter jets. In fact, we also need to prepare 12 spare fighter jets, but our current production capacity has reached its limit and we can no longer expand production. We can only produce so many."
In fact, there is one more thing Lin Zhenhua didn't say, which is that the production capacity of fighter jets will not continue to increase, but may decrease. The main reason is that the stockpile of rare metals has been used in advance, and the stockpile will become less and less in the future. Once all used up, the manufacture of high-strength aluminum alloys will become a problem.
"The production of our tanks and armored vehicles has not been going smoothly these days. Since we don't have many rare metal reserves, we can only use them in the most important places. The reserves of special armor steel have been completely consumed. Now we are using ordinary armor steel. After carburizing and purification, its strength and toughness have been improved. Compared with the special armor steel with rare metals added, the performance is 30% lower."
Lin Zhenhua poured a bucket of cold water on everyone at the right time, allowing everyone to calm down from their heated heads. He was particularly good at making things difficult for everyone. He would just tell everyone a piece of good news and then immediately tell everyone a piece of bad news, making everyone's hearts beat up and they wanted to stand up and beat Lin Zhenhua up.
Perhaps seeing the ill intentions of the crowd, Lin Zhenhua quickly changed the subject and said, "We now have sufficient reserves of various military supplies. The lost anti-aircraft weapons and machine guns have now been fully replenished, and the production of ammunition has also returned to its original capacity. It's time to attack."
Li Yunlong slammed the table heavily and said directly: "Since no one objects, let's start the war preparations immediately. We will launch an attack on Ping'an County on February 2st, capture Ping'an County within two days, and return to the base after five days."
Li Yunlong set a timetable, took out the battle plan he had prepared in advance, and said in front of everyone: "This time, we will dispatch 13 battalions to attack Ping'an County. We will use all the three-wheeled motorcycles, armored vehicles and tanks in our base to transport troops. We will be able to transport them in place within three nights."
"It is too difficult to transport heavy artillery. The roads outside are too muddy and difficult to walk on. This time we will not use heavy artillery. Instead, we will use the Thunder Fighter Squadron to carry out bombing and air support missions."
"College students have improved the Thunder fighter. Two 50kg bombs can be mounted under the belly of the aircraft to bomb the enemy's city walls. In addition, we also carry 30 160mm heavy mortars, which are definitely enough to give the enemy a hard time. We can use them as heavy artillery."
"As for the rocket launchers that everyone had high hopes for, they can't play a big role in the siege. They can only be used to clear the Japanese and puppet troops on the periphery. I estimate that two salvos will be enough!"
"This time, I will personally lead the attack, using seven battalions with nearly 6000 troops to launch the main attack on Ping'an County. Lao Kong and Lao Ding will be responsible for commanding the remaining troops to block the enemy's reinforcements for me. Lao Zhao will be responsible for logistics and transportation, Lao Xing will be responsible for watching over the house, and the college students will be responsible for commanding the fighter squadron. This time, we will all go out to win a great victory before the Spring Festival to celebrate the New Year!"
The battle plan in Li Yunlong's hand was not drafted by him alone. Ding Wei and Kong Jie also participated in it. The reason why the two did not compete with Li Yunlong in the attack on Ping'an County this time was mainly because Li Yunlong had been too frustrated recently. The two wanted to let their old comrade vent his anger in a friendly way and be a blocking force for once. But next time they encounter such a good thing, the two will definitely compete for it and will never let Li Yunlong get all the benefits.
The battle plan was recognized by everyone present, and they immediately began to mobilize troops and supplies. They were to set off the day after tomorrow evening, so time was still very tight.
After acquiring the radio station, Li Yunlong remembered the code book left by Sun Ming last time, and immediately went to the telegraph room and asked someone to send the telegram in his hand to Chu Yunfei to see if the two sides could fight together this time and catch the Japanese off guard.
Chu Yunfei, who was having lunch, put down his chopsticks, took the telegram handed over by Chief of Staff Fang Ligong, and read it carefully. After briefly reading the first three lines of the telegram, Chu Yunfei hurried to the map and checked it carefully. He had a bold idea in his heart and punched Ping'an County heavily.
Fang Ligong was also surprised when he saw Chu Yunfei's actions. He asked curiously, "Captain Chu, is Li Yunlong planning to attack Ping'an County?"
Chu Yunfei replied seriously: "Brother Ligong, you are right. Li Yunlong is going to attack Ping'an County in the near future. He wants me to support him and seize the opportunity when the Japanese troops are weak to do something big!"