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

Chapter 368: To attack Ping'an County, we must calculate the time difference and evacuate befor

"Old Xing, you must increase the intensity of night patrols. I will give you 60% of the vehicles in our base. You will start patrolling the key areas of the base around the clock. If you find any suspicious people, shoot them immediately. Don't be soft-hearted. The damn Japanese spies are very active these days."

"There have been several assassination attempts in our base area, and two battalion commanders and three company commanders have been killed. The situation is already very serious. We must take drastic measures at this time to let the Japanese know that we are not easy to bully. Only in this way can we stabilize the base area!"

Li Yunlong took the anti-inflammatory medicine handed over by Ding Wei, swallowed it with tea, calmed down, and continued: "Cooperation with the 358th Regiment can proceed. Now our situation and Chu Yunfei's are not good, and we really need to stick together for warmth. Besides, with Chu Yunfei's help, our material procurement can be completely handed over to Chu Yunfei, and the medicine can be used for trading, but we don't want cash, we can use materials of the same price to offset it!"

"While Chu Yunfei is carrying out the New Year's Day offensive, we can't sit idle. We have to take advantage of this opportunity. The enemy's bombing has dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the troops in the base. Now we urgently need a big victory to prove ourselves and tell the soldiers below that we are capable of confronting the enemy head-on, so as to win the hearts of the troops and the people in the base!"

"I proposed to attack Ping'an County before, but Lao Zhao opposed it, so it didn't come to fruition. Until now, I still haven't given up. I think we also need to launch a New Year's Day offensive and launch an attack on Ping'an County to retaliate against the Japanese bombing in recent days. We can't be cowards, because that will only make the Japanese look down on us, and it will also make the soldiers below look down on us. This battle will have to be fought sooner or later, and it's better to fight early than late. The sooner the better!"

"Besides, I've said before that I, Li Yunlong, will be in charge of military affairs. As long as the battle starts, every single one of the regiment must obey my command. I compromised once last time, and I will never compromise again this time. No matter how much it costs, we must take down Ping'an County and remove this thorn in the side of the Japanese!"

Li Yunlong once again proposed to attack Ping'an County. This time, Zhao Gang did not stand up to oppose it. The main reason was that the casualties among the military and civilians in the base area were too great in the past three days. Even Zhao Gang was furious and wanted to seek revenge on the Japanese.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Zhao Gang did not stand up to oppose. They had initially been quite critical of the attack on Ping'an County, but two consecutive days of bombing by the Japanese made them change their minds. The current situation was already very dangerous, and they had to establish their prestige and reputation. Only in this way could they rally the hearts of the army and the people in the base area.

"Old Li, I also agree with you to attack Ping'an County, but we can't be in a hurry about this. We have to arrange people to investigate first, and also prepare a combat plan to take Ping'an County with the least loss. There is one more thing we can't forget, that is, the Japanese air force is like a sword hanging over our heads. We must be prepared to be bombed by the Japanese bomber groups." Ding Wei pointed to the location of Ping'an County on the map and reminded in a serious tone.

Kong Jie did not keep silent either. Looking at the location of Ping'an County, he said in a worried tone, "Old Li, Ping'an County is very important. If we attack here, the nearby devils will definitely come to support us. I just took a closer look. There are more than 10,000 devils nearby. If we attack Ping'an County, it will be like stirring up a hornet's nest. If we can't quickly win and take Ping'an County, then there is no need to fight this battle."

"We must take Ping'an County within two days, and use another two days to seize the Japanese's supplies in Ping'an County. We must also leave another three to four days for retreat. If we really count it, we must complete this battle within ten days, otherwise we will be in danger of being surrounded by the Japanese."

Li Yunlong was very concerned about Kong Jie's reminder. His expression became serious and he replied in a solemn tone: "Old Kong, you are absolutely right. We don't have much time left from the attack to the retreat. We must launch the attack after the snow. Only in this way will it be very difficult for the Japanese reinforcements to arrive in a short time. We can just take advantage of the time difference and escape from the Japanese encirclement."

"The reason why I called the college students here this time is because they told me that the semi-automatic cylinder production line that our arsenal secretly developed has completed the production of all the parts and can be assembled starting tomorrow. With this production line, the engine problems that have been bothering us can be completely solved, and we no longer have to worry about the production of engines."

Lin Zhenhua also said at the right time: "Since Lao Li brought up this topic, let me explain in detail. This semi-automatic cylinder production line has a very strong production capacity and can greatly increase the production capacity of our current engines. Originally, we only produced 200 engines per month, but now we can increase our production capacity by 900 times to engines per month."

"According to my estimation, after the official production, the production capacity may not be so high, but it can reach 800 engines per month. I plan to put into production two semi-automatic cylinder production lines, and we can produce 1600 engines per month. Of course, I am talking about single-cylinder engines. If we produce multi-cylinder engines, the production efficiency will decrease."

"Take the aviation air-cooled engines we are using now as an example. Even if we specially make a semi-automatic cylinder production line for it, we can only produce a maximum of 200 engines per month. If we want more, we really can't produce it. However, this production capacity can already meet our current needs. At least when we have enough engines, the production speed of fighter jets can be rapidly increased. It is not a problem to increase it by 2 to 3 times."

"With a large number of single-cylinder engines, we can equip a large number of three-wheeled motorcycles. The production of three-wheeled motorcycles is very easy. A large number of castings are used, and the production speed can be said to be very fast. Originally, I planned to use shaft drive, but now our base can't spare machine tools to produce drive shafts, so we can only change to chain drive."

"If I work at full capacity, it will only take half a month for me to produce 500 tricycles, which can transport 2000 soldiers, equivalent to two and a half battalions. If I can delay it for longer, I will be able to produce 1200 tricycles by early February, which can transport six battalions of soldiers at a time, and completely transform our infantry into motorized infantry!"

Li Yunlong knew Lin Zhenhua understood his thoughts as soon as he heard it, and laughed happily, "College student, you are really a worm in my stomach. I will give you 20 days to produce 600 three-wheeled motorcycles for me. Together with the three-wheeled motorcycles we already have in our base, there will be absolutely no problem to make up 800 three-wheeled motorcycles, which is just enough to transport four battalions of troops at a time. If we squeeze in, it will be no problem to transport five battalions."

"By transporting them in sections, we can complete the transfer of troops and supplies in just three nights, and arrive at the outskirts of Ping'an County like a divine army descending from the sky. If we launch a surprise attack on the Japanese without any preparation, we can succeed on the same day if we are lucky. Even if we are unlucky, we can definitely take them down in two days. Even if the Japanese send bombers, it will be useless because the anti-aircraft guns in our hands are not to be trifled with."

"College student, you have two things to do next. Put aside the radio station matter for now. The first thing is to focus on producing three-wheeled motorcycles to solve the problem of insufficient transportation capacity in the base. The second thing is to focus on producing anti-aircraft weapons. Don't worry about performance at this time. As long as we can produce a large number of anti-aircraft weapons in a short period of time, it will be fine even if it can only last for five or six hours. If the firepower is not enough, we can make up for it with quantity. I really don't believe that if everyone has an anti-aircraft gun, we can't scare away all the Japanese bombers!"

Li Yunlong's last words reminded Lin Zhenhua. He slapped the table heavily and said with surprise: "Old Li, you just reminded me that the Japanese like to bomb our base at night, especially in the past two nights. They have achieved considerable results and caused huge losses to the soldiers and civilians in the base. It is too cold at night. We are in the air-raid shelter and have no warm clothes. The young and strong can still bear it, but the old, weak, women and children can't hold on at all. Many people sneaked back home."

"After the people went home, we did not implement a blackout. In addition, the Japanese spies and some traitors in our ranks pointed out the direction of the bombing to the Japanese, which caused our losses to be even more severe than the first day. At night, you can't see the foggy poisonous gas. Unknowingly, many people and soldiers fell into the trap. This is a very painful lesson."

"Old Zhao, you have to persuade the people in the base to stay in the air-raid shelter. We will provide their food from now on. We also need to find a way to transfer all the cotton quilts and cotton clothes we use for emergencies and distribute them to the people for use in the air-raid shelter."

"As for dealing with the Japs' night bombing, I've come up with a good idea, which is to light fires in many open areas to lure the Japs' bombers to bomb. We want to spread the flames throughout the base so that the Japs can't find their real target. After several bombings in a row, the Japs will find that they can't achieve the expected effect at all, and they will stop the night bombing. At that time, we can complete the supply by transporting supplies at night to ensure the supply of supplies in the air-raid shelter."

"In addition, during the day, we can also set up more fake targets. I will do this myself. I plan to make some fake cannons and tanks, and then make a few A-class fighters and transport planes. During the three days of bombing by the Japanese, we lost six bombers. Fortunately, these bombers are twin-engine. If we lost even the four-engine transport planes, I would be so angry that I would curse!"