Chapter 77 Railway
Kenji Ikegami thought about it for a long time and believed that the best way was to move the train station to the city.
In fact, this should not be said to be the "best way", but the "only way".
Asakawa Toe analyzed this matter one by one:
"Major General! If we want to prevent the enemy from firing injecting bombs into the railway station, we must clear the six kilometers of the railway station and build a defense line. Although Yuncheng has sufficient troops, it is not enough to build another defense line outside the city!"
"Besides, it is not safe to build a defense line. The Eighth Route Army guerrillas can still concentrate their forces to break through from one point or carry out sneak attacks."
“But if we move the train station into the city… I think it will be much better!”
"We don't need to add additional troops and fortifications. The bunkers outside the city and the Yuncheng walls can become natural and strong protection!"
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Kenji Ikeg thought about it and asked, "Is there enough space in the city?"
"Of course!" Asakawa replied: "After the retreat of the Jinsui army, there was a weapon manufacturing station, and they had already emptied the equipment. It was a good railway station, and we even had many vacant warehouses! As for the labor force, we can mobilize the people of Yuncheng. It is estimated that it will take only a few days to transport the materials into the city and build a new railway!"
Kenji Ikegami was eventually convinced because it sounds like a savvy but no harm.
After all, it was a strategic material for the Zhongzhao army. If something went wrong, the Ninth Mixed Brigade, which was originally neglected by its superiors, would not have a day to turn around. The brigade commander may even be asked to have a caesarean section.
Therefore, Kenyoshi Ikegami dared not neglect. He immediately ordered: "Kun Asagawa, you are fully responsible for this matter. Let's start building railways to transport supplies immediately!"
"Yes!" Asakawa Toyoe responded with a sigh of relief.
Asakawa is the old subordinate of Kenyoshi Ikegami. Asakawa knows Ikegami and knows that this brigade commander has always been eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tit-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not-not
If it were in the past, Kenji Ikegami would not only not move to the railway station, but also pulled troops out to the periphery for a large-scale mobilization.
In the words of Chishang, it is "the best defense is offense", so he will consider turning the railway station into an unmanned area and burning out all the houses and vegetation that can block the view in one go, so that it can more conveniently find the enemy who will attack.
But now Ikegami has accepted Asakawa's suggestion.
Asakawa thought, this might be the reason for the shame on his back. Even Ikegami had to deal with it carefully!
Asakawa was very quick to do. He worked as a construction company before joining the army, and these were just small things to him.
The railway line enters the city from Xiaobei Gate... There were originally two city gates in the north gate, one was the north gate and the other was Xiaobei Gate.
(Note: After the liberation of Yuncheng, the small north gate was renamed "Guangfu Gate", and the soldiers were not sure whether this gate was still there)
In this way, there is no need to dig holes in the city wall, which saves time and does not damage the solidity of the wall.
There is no big problem with demolition of houses along the city.
When the Jinsui army fled, many people were taken away. At least half of the houses were vacant in the city, and only the people along the route had to be vacant.
The problem is the railway line outside the city.
The railway line outside the city will pass through many anti-tank trenches, three bunkers and a gun tower.
However, Asakawa's idea was the same as Kenyoshi Ikegami. He believed that the possibility of the Eighth Route Army coming to attack Yuncheng, which had complete work was almost zero.
Since this is the case, what is the point of a bunker and a gun tower?
Especially the anti-tank trenches... The Eighth Route Army does not even have tanks, and the anti-tank trenches will only cause trouble to their own army!
So Asakawa didn't think much about it, and used a ruler and pencil to draw a new railway line on the map. As long as it was a defense facility passing by, it would either be filled or destroyed.
The Independent Regiment had already arranged intelligence personnel to watch, and the Independent Regiment immediately received the news as soon as the Yuncheng Railway started.
Li Yunlong took a pen and stroked along the construction direction on the map, and said happily: "It's done, the Japanese are going to build the railway from Xiaobei Gate into the city! What a fool, I finally got fooled!"
Zhao Gang drew a line on both sides of the railway line and looked at Wang Xuexin worriedly: "If you fill in 20 meters on both sides of the left and right sides, this passage will be more than 40 meters wide, is it enough for tank combat?"
Wang Xuexin looked at it and replied: "Absolutely!"
Zhao Gang was still a little worried and asked: "What if the Japanese blocked this passage with artillery fire?"
Li Yunlong replied without thinking: "Didn't the Jinsui Army have artillery fire? The Japanese's artillery fire will be handed over to them!"
"This is not possible!" Zhao Gang stood up and tapped the map with his pen and said, "It's not a joke to fight Yuncheng. For such an important task, we cannot pin our hopes on others. What if the Jinsui Army lost its chain at a critical moment?"
Later, I found out that this matter was really accurate. The Jinsui Army was ulterior motives to participate in the war... Who is Yan Laoxi? How could he make the Eighth Route Army feel better?
Li Yunlong thought about it and thought it was right. After thinking about it, he replied indifferently: "Don't we still have rocket launchers? Now there are hundreds of rockets! If the Jinsui Army doesn't work, we will fight by ourselves!"
"Rocket launcher cannot be used!" Wang Xuexin said: "At least it cannot be hit in the city!"
"It's right!" Zhao Gang immediately reacted: "In this case, the Japanese artillery soldiers are mostly located in the city, and our rocket launchers are not accurate. One by one, one to hit a large area. This piece of shells is not allowed to kill and injure many people in Yuncheng. Therefore, they cannot hit the city, they can only hit targets outside the city!"
Li Yunlong said "this" and said helplessly: "This is not OK, that is not OK, what do you think you should do?"
"Maybe there is another way!" Wang Xuexin said.
"What method?" Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang asked at the same time.
When Wang Xuexin told them this and this, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang nodded repeatedly to agree.
The news that Yuncheng was going to build a railway into the city soon reached its headquarters.
The leader laughed happily when he received the news: "The Japanese have been fooled by Xiaodongdong again this time! This is a way to attack our tanks!"
The chief of staff staring at the map also said happily: "Yes! As soon as this road is opened, there are not many problems with the bunkers and artillery towers outside the city. Look, the bunkers, artillery towers, wire mesh and anti-tank trenches outside the city were originally linked to cover each other to form a strong defense system. As soon as this railway line enters, it is like a knife slashing the defense system, forming a wide and straight gap, and the 'linked' is broken from here!"
The head of the leader agreed: "That's right, we can use this gap as a breakthrough, quickly expand the results of the battle and then capture Yuncheng!"
After thinking about it, the leader coincided with the question that Zhao Gang was worried about: "It's... can the Japanese artillery be suppressed! Our tanks are not too many, and they are all treasures! The loss is too great and it will be difficult to fight in the future!"
Chapter completed!