Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 449 The army presses the territory

Wang Meng did not interfere with Lin Shubing and let him do it on his own.

After the convoy drove away, only Sun Saner remained there.

"Sun Saner, why are you still here? What's the matter?"

Sun San scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Sir, what do you mean by that? If I can help you destroy the den where the Japanese make counterfeit money, you will compensate the losses of the villagers. What do you think?"

Wang Meng slapped his forehead again, he actually forgot about this matter.

"Okay, but it's not that simple. You can return the money to them, but what about your sin?"

"Sir, just return the money to the villagers in our village. I know how big a mistake I made. I will report to the prison by myself later!"

"Hahaha, I'm just kidding! Sun Saner, let me ask you, are you willing to work with our independent column?"

Sun Saner seemed not to hear Wang Meng's words clearly, and leaned forward with his head tilted.

"Sir, what did you say?"

"What's the matter? Your ears don't work well anymore? I mean, if you are willing to work with our independent column, you can join our special agent training class and continue to stay in the Black Hawk Gang and lurk! Try to join the Military Control Commission!"

"So we are considered as members of the independent column?"

"Of course!"

"I am willing!"

From then on, the Independent Column had driven another nail into the periphery of the Military Control Commission.

After dealing with the counterfeit money issue, Wang Meng returned to the military fortress to take a good rest.

"Old Li, is Old Zhao not going to come back after he left? We two take turns on duty every day and it feels like we are suffocating!"

"Just be happy, kid. You can go out for a walk these days. I'm like a donkey if I go there every day. This combat command room is like a millstone. I'm tied here and can't move at all!"

Wang Meng looked at Li Yunlong's frustrated expression and felt distressed for a second.

Li Yunlong, who was the regiment commander, could still move around and occasionally go to the battlefield himself, carrying Lao Zhao on his back, to have fun.

But now it’s different. As the supreme commander of the independent column, he often stays in the combat meeting room to coordinate and command.

"Okay, I'll be on duty tonight and tomorrow too, so you can go back and accompany Sister Xiuqin!"

Li Yunlong's old face turned red, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Let's be honest. I'm going home to rest, not to miss my wife. Don't spread rumors, or I'll punish you!"

"Okay, go quickly!"

Li Yunlong cursed as he left the house, and finally strolled around the military fortress and the military industrial fortress before he felt comfortable going home, lest anyone gossip about him rushing home as soon as he got off work, ready to pick up his wife.

Wang Meng leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, hoping that the Japanese wouldn't cause trouble today so that he could have a peaceful night.

But what are you afraid of?

Around eight o'clock in the evening, Li Yiming, who was in charge of intelligence, hurried over with a telegram.

"Chief of Staff, the squid has appeared, and we have important information!"

Wang Meng shuddered, jumped up from his chair, and immediately took the telegram.

It turned out that today the news that Colonel Yamamoto Kenzo of the Toho Research Institute had been killed reached the First Army and the Chinese Front Command. Okamura Neiji was furious and immediately launched a plan to counterattack Taiyuan, code-named: Plan No. 1.

Squid, who has been promoted to deputy chief of the Confidential Section 2 of the General Staff of the North China Front Command, has already obtained the total strength of the Japanese troops.

The newly formed 100th and 200th Tank Divisions assembled in Mongolia, each with Tiger tanks and Panzer V tanks.

The Kwantung Army selected three flight divisions and reorganized them with the few remaining aircraft of the North China Front Army. They were renamed the First, Second, and Third Flight Divisions of the Front Army, each with 120 aircraft.

In addition, the 30th Army, the most powerful unit of the Kwantung Army, was drawn from it, consisting of the 39th Division, the 125th Division, the 138th Division, and the 148th Division, with a total of more than 100,000 Japanese devils.

Wang Meng was extremely shocked when he read the telegram. This was an unprecedented large-scale army approaching.

Wang Meng immediately calculated the military strength he had in his mind.

There were seven armored divisions, each with thirty Tiger tanks and sixty Panzer V tanks, totaling two hundred and ten Tiger tanks and four hundred and twenty Panzer V tanks, which was basically a one-to-one ratio with the Japanese.

There are seven armored divisions plus one infantry division. All divisions are composed of four regiments, with an average of more than 15,000 people in each division, which is similar to the Japanese.

However, Wang Meng still had two airborne regiments, an artillery division, plus scattered direct troops, and his military strength was similar to that of the Japanese.

至于飞机方面，航空师有五个战斗机大队、两个轰炸机大队、两个运输机大队，还有一个侦察机中队，共有150架F6F地狱猫、30架B-17空中堡垒轰炸机、60架C-54空中霸王运输机以及10架F4F-3p侦察机，比小鬼子少了一些。

Judging from the enemy and our own strength alone, the independent column has the advantage in firepower and its weapons and equipment are also ahead of the Japanese, but the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army is generally higher than that of the North China Front Army, so it is a bit too early to talk about victory now.

In addition, the independent column had another important disadvantage, which was that the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army behind it could not be fully trusted.

If the fighting in the front gets intense and the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army lose their minds and disregard national justice and attack their backyard, then his armored division will be laid low.

Without further ado, Wang Meng ordered Li Yiming to continue contacting Wuzei and make sure to find out the Japanese troop deployment so that he could make targeted deployments.

"Call Commander Li Yunlong and ask him to return to the combat command room immediately!"

Ten minutes later, Li Yunlong hurried back to the command center.

"Mengzi, I haven't even laid down yet when you called me back home. What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Wang Meng shook his head apologetically. After all, he didn't want to disturb Li Yunlong, he was really forced to do so.

"Old Li, look at this!"

Li Yunlong took the telegram handed over by Wang Meng, and his face became increasingly ugly.

"The Japanese think too highly of us! With hundreds of thousands of troops coming over here, plus the North China Front Army that has been eyeing us covetously nearby, this is enough to give us a hard time!"

"Well, conservatively speaking, there are at least hundreds of thousands of troops, which is enough for a major battle!"

"Order all armored divisions, infantry divisions, aviation divisions, artillery divisions, airborne regiments, and all directly affiliated units to immediately enter combat readiness! Tanks and armored vehicles are ready to move out at any time, and planes are ready to take off at any time!"

"Yes!"

After the combat mission was issued, Wang Meng immediately told Li Yunlong his concerns frankly.

"Old Li, will the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army stab us in the back?"