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There are only three types of heavy transport aircraft produced and developed by Xinhua, namely Y-3, Y-8 and Y-9.

Both the Y-9 and Y-20 were only produced and put into service in the 21s. Needless to say, their prices are both over one million, which is ridiculously expensive.

Only the Y-75, which completed its first flight in 8, can be equipped to the troops in large quantities.

However, the transport capacity and internal transport warehouse volume of the Y-8 are neither too high nor too low, although the maximum payload reaches 20 tons.

However, its transport compartment is 13 meters long, 3 meters wide and 2.5 meters high, making it impossible to transport main battle tanks.

Even the Type 63 armored vehicle had to have its anti-aircraft machine gun removed before it could be barely fitted in, and only one vehicle could be fitted.

But there is no other way, this is the only option!

So Xu Le hurried to Lashio Airport and purchased 40 Y-8 aircraft.

Including the 20 aircraft transferred from the Shanxi Province Transport Regiment, a total of 60 aircraft are helping with transportation, which can transfer two infantry battalions at a time.

As for the tanks, they could only drive back to Kunming at full speed and then take the train to the front line.

"Commander Wang, the task of stopping the Japanese advance is now on you. Make sure to stop the Japanese outside the mountain city area before the main force arrives!"

Wang Yuji's face was also extremely heavy. The Tang Dynasty had never been so dangerous.

"Marshal, please rest assured that the 1st Aviation Brigade will complete the mission to the death."

Soon, under his personal leadership, a J-7 fighter squadron, two attack aircraft squadrons, and two light bomber squadrons set off one after another, flying towards the mountain city loaded with ammunition.

Xu Le has already discussed with Commander Jiang to temporarily assign the two military airports in the eastern part of the mountain city to the Xu family army, and no one is allowed to interfere.

In Shanxi Province, the heavy bomber brigade also gave up the bombing of the Japanese Kwantung Army camp and headed to central China to support the battle!

This time, it can be said to be another national mobilization since the Battle of Shanghai. All the troops that could be mobilized gathered in the eastern part of the mountain city almost at the same time.

In the early morning of December 12, Xu Le arrived at the Shancheng military airport in an Apache helicopter, and the guard company immediately blocked the surrounding area.

Xu Le directly purchased a large number of aerial bombs, rockets, PL-1 missiles and fuel.

This time he did not feel sorry. All air-to-air combats were equipped with Thunderbolt missiles to quickly destroy enemy aircraft!

At noon, several flight squadrons arrived at the airport one after another. After refueling, they took off again and rushed to the front line.

In the afternoon, the 176st Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the 1th Armored Division arrived one after another. Before the tank troops arrived, their Type 86 infantry fighting vehicles had to be used as tanks!

"How's the situation at the front?"

In the command operations room, Xu Le asked Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone.

Commander Xue received a secret message from Commander Jiang, and the subsequent defensive operations would be mainly carried out by Xu’s army. If Xu Le needed anything, the entire war zone must cooperate unconditionally.

This was the first time he met Xu Le, and he felt a lot of emotions in his heart. This legendary god of death looked younger than he had imagined.

"Marshal Xu, the Japanese currently have about 40 troops deployed, attacking the mountain city from the north and south, respectively from Yichang and Zhangjiajie."

Xu Le didn't care how many Japanese soldiers there were. He just wanted to know what confidence the Japanese soldiers had to attack the mountain city surrounded by mountains.

"I heard that the Japanese have deployed a new type of tank? Have you captured any? I want to know the detailed data of this tank!"

"Yes!" Commander Xue took out a piece of paper from a folder and handed it to Xu Le: "In order to analyze the enemy's tanks, our army almost sacrificed an entire regiment, and we were lucky enough to bring back one. The general data is on it!"

The tank weighs approximately 12 tons, and its main weapon is a 37mm tank gun. The average armor on the front of the vehicle is 30mm, the armor on the sides and rear is 25mm thick, and the turret is close to 40mm.

In terms of protection performance and firepower, it is average, or even backward.

But when Xu Le saw the power, he was shocked, because its maximum speed could reach 40 kilometers per hour, but its endurance was short, only a little over 100 kilometers.

"Commander Xue, where does this power data come from?"

"We led the tank to a dead end, trapped it, and then pried open the hatch to seize it. So the entire tank was almost undamaged, and all the data was obtained by our troops after they drove it themselves. Did Marshal Xu find any clues?"

Commander Xue seemed to be surprised by the performance of this Japanese tank. Even the Type 97 medium tank had similar protection capabilities to this one, but its mobility was much stronger and its number was also very large.

Xu Le shook his head slightly: "Commander Xue, including this tank, what are the weapons and equipment of the Japanese?"

“Excellent, very excellent!”

Xue Yue sighed deeply: "The elite Japanese troops in Central and Southern China were transferred to Shanxi Province and Southeast Asia, and the new Japanese divisions were used to fill the gap. The quality of their individual soldiers is much worse, but something strange happened. Not only did they not have less equipment, but they were even stronger than the elite divisions before!"

Xu Le already knew this in Burma. He thought that only the elite troops of the Japanese were equipped with new weapons, but he did not expect that the ordinary divisions that were subsequently added were also strengthened!

"Commander Xue, what are the enemy's deployments that your army has discovered?"

As the commander of the First Army, Fang Yue naturally came with Xu Le, while Wei Li was responsible for the unified command of Myanmar!

"Bring it up!" Xue Yue shouted softly, and soon several soldiers brought up a pile of weapons, all kinds of them!

"From the tank captured by our army, we learned that the Japanese have developed a large number of new equipment this year. That tank was newly developed this year and is called the Type 2602 Light Tank! It means it was produced in the year of the Japanese Jinmu Era!"

He picked up a rifle and handed it to Xu Le: "This is a captured Japanese Type 2 semi-automatic rifle. The magazine capacity is 10 rounds. You don't need to reload the rifle in the middle. You can fire semi-automatically!"

Xu Le took the rifle and looked at it carefully, and immediately understood that this was not a Type 2 rifle. It was clearly the Type 4 semi-automatic rifle of the previous generation of the Japanese, which was a product of the Japanese imitation of the American M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle.

Unexpectedly, this life happened two years earlier!

"Commander Xue, are the Japanese equipped with this type of rifle in large quantities?"

Xue Yue shook his head: "Not many. The Japanese mainly use Type 38 rifles. I got this gun by luck. A soldier picked it up on the road! Oh, and there's more!"

Xue Yue handed another piece of paper to Xu Le and said, "This is the intelligence that a reconnaissance company of our army found after they found a Japanese artillery position. In the end, they were discovered by the Japanese guard post, and only one person returned with the survey drawings."

Xu Le took it and looked at it again. There was a kind of cannon drawn on it, as well as the approximate data of the cannon!

"The Type 2 120mm field howitzer weighs about 1800 kilograms and has a maximum range of about 14 kilometers."

Xu Le was startled again and asked hurriedly, "Commander Xue, do you know how many guns the Japanese have?"

Speaking of this issue, Commander Xue frowned: "According to what the soldier said, they broke into the position of a full-strength artillery regiment of the devils, and all 36 guns were of this type. This gun is powerful and has a long range. Although it is a bit heavy, the devils seem to have new towing vehicles, so they can transport it to the mountainous area. Our army was defeated in the face of this powerful long-range artillery fire!"

Xu Le couldn't help but fall into deep thought. This cannon had never existed in his previous life. Its range of 14 kilometers had reached the world's advanced level.

Add to that the Type 2 light tank and semi-automatic rifles, and it’s no wonder that the Ninth War Zone was defeated so quickly.

Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, only Xu's army's equipment can compete with it. I'm afraid that the US Army's equipment is not much better at the moment.

"I understand, Commander Xue. I will leave the defense to the Xu family army. I hope you can expand the roads in the rear as much as possible to facilitate the advancement of our mechanized troops!"

Xue Yue was unwilling to be commanded by Xu Le, but he had to obey, so he asked: "How does Marshal Xu plan to defend?"

Xu Le smiled coldly: "Who said I have to defend? The Japanese devils tossed me all the way from Burma, I have to vent my anger! Commander Xue, haven't you heard the saying that the best defense is offense!"