At two o'clock in the afternoon, Xia Zilong arrived outside Xinghe County with more than 100 tanks and 500 people.
The remaining 100 or so Japanese soldiers looked out through the short city wall. When they saw so many tanks and cannons, they were all terrified.
"Bagayalu, where did the enemy come from? With their current strength, the squadron leader and the others might have already gone to Jiu Duan Ban!”
Xia Zilong did not ask them to surrender, nor did he waste any time talking to them. Instead, he fired the self-propelled howitzers at the city wall.
This kind of self-propelled howitzer could be fired at any time as long as it stopped. Therefore, by the time the Japanese in the city reacted, the shells would have already hit their city walls.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The continuous artillery fire hit the city wall. In less than a few minutes, the city wall of this small county could not withstand it.
With a rumble, a large number of them fell, raising waves of dust.
Tie Guozhu was standing on top of Little Mantou's turret. When he saw the city wall collapse, he immediately used the command radio to issue an order.
"Everyone, charge!"
The medium-sized tanks took the lead, the light tanks followed, and the infantry could only follow behind in a scattered manner.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Da da da…"
The sound of gunfire intertwined, and the small county town suddenly became lively.
Xia Zilong waited outside the city for a long time. After about an hour, someone came to report that the county was completely occupied.
Xia Zilong was very happy. He waved at the self-propelled artillery and logistics vehicles behind him and said,""Enter the city!"
Tanks and cars rumbled into the city, but there were no welcoming crowds, flowers, or applause.
The battle just now came too suddenly. Many people immediately ran home to hide.
At this moment, they heard the sound of gunfire stop. They carefully looked out through the crack in the door.
A crack suddenly opened in a restaurant, and a person peeked out from inside.
"Shopkeeper, what's the situation outside?”
"Sigh, what else can we do? We've killed people in the war again! Here they come, oh my, so many iron turtles, cannons, and cars. However, they didn't use any flags, so no one knew who they were.”
The customer who was drinking and eating here retorted,"How can there be no flag? Shopkeeper, you probably can't recognize me, right?”
"How is that possible? I don't care if it's the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, the Jinsui Army, or the national army, who wouldn't recognize it?”
"Then which faction do these people outside look like?”
"None of them! Good heavens, they actually have such good equipment. I'm afraid that even the imperial army, ah no, the Japanese, are not as good as them, right?”
Similar discussions were happening in other parts of the county.
Xia Zilong entered the county town in broad daylight and then drove a large number of tanks, artillery, and cars into the city, which was an eye-opener for these people.
After entering the command center in the city, Xia Zilong officially announced that he had taken over the county.
He opened the system to take a look. Originally, he only had a few hundred thousand in funds. After two consecutive battles and the original county, it immediately soared to more than 40 million.
The two battles had earned him about five million yuan, and the county town had earned him more than 35 million yuan.
"Aiyaya, it's so good to have a territory! Now, it could be said that having a mine was not a big deal. Only territory was the best!”
Xia Zilong was even more interested in expanding his territory. A small county like this already had 40 million yuan. Wouldn't it be a few billion yuan if he took down a province?
Just as he was feeling happy, Tie Guozhu walked in.
"Marshal, the county town has been cleared. Not a single one of the Japanese was left alive. They captured dozens of their policemen, officials appointed by them, and traitors. In addition, they also seized hundreds of thousands of dollars and dozens of guns.”
"Mm, that's good! Remember, only dead ghosts are good ghosts!”
"Yes, as long as we meet them in the future, they will definitely become good devils!”
After Tie Guozhu finished speaking, he brought up another matter.
"Marshal, the news of us taking over the county town has probably been sent out by them.”
"Is that so?" Xia Zilong frowned. This was not a good thing!
His current strength was still too weak. If the other party attacked on a large scale, he would only turn them into good devils!
"In that case, let's expand our army!”
"How much do you plan to expand, marshal?" asked Tie Guozhu.”
Xia Zilong said," Replenish your armored division first. Then, recruit soldiers from all over the county. The more, the better."”
"That's great!" Tie Guozhu was so happy that he almost jumped up.
According to their discussion, the size of a tank division was huge.
210 medium tanks, 160 light tanks, 48 155mm howitzers, 50 anti-tank guns, 10 anti-aircraft guns, 30 anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns.
There were also cannonballs, fuel, and other daily supplies. There were more than 2,000 vehicles.
Right now, they only had a few medium-sized tanks, but they were severely lacking in other equipment.
"I will give you 130 medium tanks, 140 light tanks, and 38 howitzers.
For the anti-tank cannon, the No. 3 Assault Cannon and the 75mm Tank Cannon would be enough for now.
For the 20 anti-aircraft guns, he would use the Bofors Dual 40mm Anti-aircraft Gun. If it was not enough, he would add the 75mm Anti-aircraft Gun.
There are also 10 Oricon 20mm anti-aircraft guns, which should be enough for your anti-air defense!”
Tie Guozhu nodded repeatedly. As someone who came from the system, he knew the performance of these weapons like the back of his hand.
He knew that the weapons that Xia Zilong had chosen for them had excellent overall performance. All he could do was applaud and cheer!
Xia Zilong said,"That's not enough!" The traffic environment here is too bad. I'll give you some bypass trucks, bulldozers, maintenance vehicles, and so on.
In any case, there are more than 2000 vehicles in total. This should be enough to ensure your marching and fighting!”
"Good, good, good. The more, the better!" Tie Guozhu nodded excitedly.
Xia Zilong rolled his eyes at him and said,""Of course you think it's good, but if this continues, the money in my purse will be gone before it can even warm up!”
Nearly 400 tanks and armored vehicles cost him nearly 8 million.
There were also more than 1000 auxiliary vehicles of various types. Although the unit price ranged from a few thousand to ten thousand, it still cost him nearly ten million.
This was just barely enough to equip them. There was also their training and subsequent combat preparations. There were only about 15 million left for the infantry and air force.
Mechanization was simply burning money. Without money, one could not play with it.
Even though the Japanese had a few tank divisions and exploration teams, they were not completely mechanized. They were also filled with many horse and baggage teams.
Just the fuel consumption of more than 2000 cars was very considerable. Ordinary countries really couldn't afford it!
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