Shanxi, also known as Jin Province, saw numerous battles during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Of course, it also attracted the main force of the Japanese Imperial Army.
This included the 35th Division, 36th Division, 37th Division, 41st Division, and a large number of independent mixed brigades, with a total force of over 150,000 soldiers!
Itahara Seishiro was appointed the temporary commander. He had previously served as the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, and he was a friend of Prime Minister Tojo, promoting the Tripartite Pact negotiations among the Axis powers.
Itahara Seishiro was known as a heavy weight, and he had a deep understanding of the land of Yanhuang.
Itahara Seishiro said, "Are you all ready?"
The division commanders under his command, their eyes sharp, looked at him with admiration and responded, "Ready!"
They believed in General Itahara's abilities because he had once swept through Jin Province.
After the division commanders left, Itahara revealed a furious expression.
His famed Steel Army, the 5th Division, had already been annihilated by the Red Alert army.
Itahara Seishiro knew Yanhuang too well. It was vast and rich in resources, and losing it would mean a complete severance of the future for Japan!
Unwilling to accept defeat!
Unwilling to accept defeat!
The Japanese Empire had a small island area and a large population, struggling to provide even enough food, let alone industrial resources!
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Compared to Itahara Seishiro, who was unwilling to accept defeat,
Lin Zheng was very happy.
Lin Zheng's Red Alert base had a barracks that could produce conscripts.
Conscripts were soldiers mobilized by the country during wartime. They were cost-effective, only needing 100 funds.
Their basic weapons were either the PPSh-41 submachine gun or the sdk assault rifle.
They wore heavy leather armor, gas masks, and carried ammunition belts around their bodies!
From their appearance alone, they looked extremely fierce and formidable!
The conscripts also reflected a nation's mobilization system, encompassing conscription, recruitment of citizens, economic and political manpower, etc. Lin Zheng had over 120,000 conscripts participating in the war.
The Red Alert base produced replicas of T51 and T60 tank divisions... Katyusha divisions. After all, fighting the Japanese didn't require overly powerful tanks.
Both sides were locked in a 80-kilometer-long battlefront around the Fenxi, Fenyang, and Pingyao areas...
Whistling sounds...
Katyusha rocket launchers, mounted on trucks, could launch 16 rockets at once!
A division-sized Katyusha unit could launch thousands of rockets at once!
The Katyusha rocket division, in its full form, displayed a level of firepower comparable to World War II, with a glorious glow filling the sky like a sunset!
Roaring sounds...
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Itahara Seishiro was shocked: !!!
He used binoculars to look at the trajectories of the Katyusha rockets in the sky.
Almost all the Japanese soldiers were stunned.
The explosive rain fell upon the Japanese positions.
The Japanese positions shook violently, and the ground was flattened by a meter.
Itahara Seishiro asked, "These are rockets!?"
"Rockets... they are that powerful? The entire frontline has collapsed!"
Itahara Seishiro stared in disbelief.
The Japanese military relied on heavy artillery. When fighting in Yanhuang, they used heavy artillery to sweep the battlefield, but the intensity of their warfare couldn't reach World War II standards.
Itahara Seishiro was witnessing World War II-level firepower!
Devastating and earth-shattering, unstoppable!
Hellish World War II-level firepower!
The battlefield was littered with tens of thousands of Japanese corpses, many dismembered. The vast ground was filled with corpses!
Whistling sounds...
Roaring sounds...
Another barrage of Katyusha rockets fell!
The 35th Division and 36th Division, with over 50,000 soldiers combined, suffered devastating blows. The elite units were reduced to ashes.
As time passed, the 37th Division and 41st Division fled north, ignoring Itahara Seishiro's orders.
The remaining independent mixed brigades retreated into the northern mountains.
Itahara Seishiro still couldn't comprehend how he had been defeated so disastrously. The 150,000 Japanese troops gathered in Jin Province had suffered over half casualties. He realized the terror of the Red Alert army...
To date, he had yet to see the Red Alert army's T51 and T60 tanks in action!
"The main force hasn't even deployed, yet they've completely crushed the Japanese army with just artillery! This is the European... World War II scale from the military textbooks. Am I fighting a fake World War II?"
The Red Alert army's land forces were now engaged in mop-up operations, pursuing and destroying the remnants of the Japanese forces. They were now experts at this task!
Cleaning up a battlefield involving over 100,000 soldiers took time, sometimes days, sometimes even half a month.
From the Fenxi area and Pingyao area, they swept across the flatlands and reached Taiyuan in Jin Province!
Under Yan Laoxi's development, Taiyuan had built dozens of arsenals, with a population of over 100,000 citizens within the city.
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Red Alert Base
Office
Lin Zheng once again met a familiar figure.
Yan Laoxi... his image often appeared in films and historical accounts. Yan Laoxi was one of the warlords of the Republic of China, a significant political figure known for his political maneuvering!
Lin Zheng asked, "So, you mean you will consider me your leader from now on?"
Yan Laoxi nodded frantically!
Yan Laoxi understood that his fate was completely in Lin Zheng's hands, as he, a Jin Province warlord, couldn't possibly stop Lin Zheng.
Yan Laoxi asked, "I, Yan Laoxi, have some doubts. How can we proceed with industrial companies, railway construction, infrastructure development, modern industrial development, and benefit the people?"