Rise from the sword

Chapter 454 What tank should I want?
"Squadron leader?"

A small team leader who was traveling with him looked at the smiling head of his family, a little confused.

Why are you still laughing?
And laughing happily!

A squadron faced an enemy of the same size. In just half an hour of fighting, 21 people were missing and ten were injured. Calculated, the casualties were nearly one-fifth, and the reduction in personnel also reached one-sixth.

In this kind of place, missing is equal to broken jade.

And judging from the battle just now, the independent regiment's firepower is stronger than before.

All of them were replaced with that kind of machine gun with a terrifying rate of fire, and the artillery was also strengthened. The size of a squadron was actually equipped with three small-caliber mortars, and the bullets and shells seemed to be free of money.

"Ohara-kun."

Quickly retreating towards Ping'an County, the squadron leader Devil looked at his confidants and said earnestly:
"Because our goal has been achieved, the loss is within an acceptable range."

The captain of the ghost squad was stunned for a moment, silent in his heart.

The purpose of this operation is to let the recruits see the horror of the independent regiment and the cruelty of war. This has been achieved. Judging by the appearance of these recruits, they must be extremely vigilant in future operations.

as well as.

Quickly weed out the most unqualified batch of recruits.

This was also achieved. Among those who disappeared, except for the two pioneers in charge of scouting, the rest were the worst group shown in the previous training, with stupid brains, slow movements, or poor health.

but.

In a small-scale contact battle, one-fifth of the casualties and one-sixth of the casualties were still within the acceptable range. Then, how much are the senior officials of the First Army prepared to pay for dealing with the independent regiment?
"And... there are unexpected gains this time."

The corner of the squadron leader's mouth continued to curl up.

"Windfall?"

The squad leader asked curiously, he really didn't see it.

"We sneaked to the position 300 meters in front of the opponent's position this time, and we only suffered more than 30 casualties."

The squadron leader's tone was brisk.

It was only then that the squad leader remembered that in the previous battle, their squadron was in a very bad position, everyone was exposed to the opponent's firepower net, and the recruits were also extremely slow to react, and their movement during the subsequent retreat was no different from that of the target , but even so, there were only more than 30 casualties.

After preventing the suppression of the firepower of the grenade, the reaction of the opposite position was too strong, and the firepower was almost chaotic in an instant.The commanding officers who outflanked the two wings were also inexperienced and chose the wrong route, and the soldiers were the same, otherwise their casualties would be doubled.

this means···

"There are also a large number of recruits deployed by the independent regiment on the front line, basically without any actual combat experience."

The leader of the devil squadron said word by word.

The captain finally smiled.

This is good news.

Compared with the happiness of the devil's lower-level officers, the company commander Xu Husheng was almost furious, with a ferocious face and saliva splashing on the ground.

"What do you eat?"

"The devils have touched 300 meters in front of the position. If it weren't for the warning mine, I'm afraid everyone, including labor and capital, would have gone to see Hades tonight?"

"Dark Whistle, how many times have I told you that the dark whistle must be arranged carefully, and you must not be careless. Don't you have long ears?"

"..."

In front of Xu Husheng, a group of low-level military officers looked ashamed, their heads drooping deeply.

After scolding for a long time, Xu Husheng took a breath and stopped.

The expansion of the troops is too fast, and they are basically rushing ducks to the shelves. Many squad leaders who originally managed only a dozen people were directly expanded to nearly [-] people... they are still squad leaders.

Even some of the 60 mortar gunners are rushing ducks to the shelves.

It's normal to have problems.

Fortunately, it is a small problem.

Thinking in his heart, but Xu Husheng continued, this time his saliva was directed at the new fighters:

"And you."

"The recruits have been trained for three months, have they all trained on dogs?"

"Look at what kind of battles you're fighting?"

Thinking of the battle that this group of recruits fought just now, Xu Hu, who came from Kong Jie's time, was angry and didn't fight anywhere.

"Let you free your hands and feet to fight and fire freely, not to let you waste bullets. Even if you don't aim carefully, you can still shoot at the devils. It's good for you, except where there are devils, you can shoot everywhere."

"There are still two wings outflanking..."

After scolding for two hours without repeating a word, Xu Husheng stopped.

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The next morning.

Inside the Japanese Army Headquarters in Ping'an County.

"How was it last night?"

Yamamoto walked into the headquarters and asked Shinji Kosa.

Last night was the first time to act, and Yamamoto was still very concerned.

"Casualties totaled 430, 250 did not return, and 240 of them were recruits."

Shinji Kozawa replied.

"250 people."

Yamamoto breathed a sigh of relief.

The loss of 250 people on the first day was completely within his acceptable range, even much smaller than his estimate.

As expected, the number of downsizing on the first day should be between [-] and [-].

After all, this was the first day, and it was the first time for the recruits to go to the battlefield, and the recruits he received here were the poorer ones in the second class, mixed with a lot... waste, nearly one-third In the past, even the minimum requirements for third-class soldiers could not be met. This time, these wastes were mainly eliminated, and Yamamoto didn't feel bad at all.

Moreover, the death of these wastes has a little value, so that those who survived have seen the cruelty of war, raised their vigilance, and gained growth.

With this actual combat experience, the losses in the future will be much, much smaller.

"The firepower of the independent regiment has strengthened again."

Shinji Kozawa continued:

"All the light machine guns used by the squad were replaced with German-style general-purpose machine guns. The squadron-sized troops were equipped with three 60-caliber mortars, two American large-caliber heavy machine guns, and the number of submachine guns also increased."

General-purpose machine guns and M2 heavy machine guns have been out for so long, and Yamamoto naturally figured out the model.

After finishing speaking, Shinji Kozuo sighed deeply, looking very lonely.As an officer who has fought against the Eighth Route Army since the second year of the war, the current situation makes him very uncomfortable.

At the beginning, the firepower of a random squadron of the Imperial Army was twenty times that of a company-level army of the same level as the Eighth Route Army. Now, they have not only caught up, but even surpassed it. The other troops don’t know that the light firepower of Li Yunlong’s independent regiment is already the emperor’s. Twice the size of the army.

Outrageous!

It's just too bad.

"..."

Yamamoto was also silent.

He knows more. Up to now, the empire has no idea where these damned weapons come from!

"There is another piece of good news."

Kazuo changed his tone:
"Judging from the response from the front line, the Independent Regiment seems to have deployed a large number of recruits on the front line, with very poor combat experience. Almost all the squadrons encountered were independent regiment recruits."

"I see."

Yamamoto nodded suddenly.

He also wondered why only 250 people were lost, and he finally understood here.

"Then continue tomorrow night."

Yamamoto's tone was gloomy.

"Hi."

Koza Shinji bowed his head and said yes.

"Let this group of people become proficient as soon as possible."

Yamamoto looked at the map on the table.

"After one and a half months, the long-range cannon unit will arrive, and the Mongolian army's regiment will also arrive at about the same time. We will launch an offensive at that time to block Li Yunlong's road."

"Hi."

Koza Shinji bowed his head and said yes.

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Gecun.

Inside the Temporary Headquarters of the Frontline of the Independent Regiment.

"How was last night?"

Li Yunlong asked.

In the first battle after the large-scale expansion of the army, Captain Li was still very nervous. Almost two-thirds of the recruits were crammed into each company participating in the battle, which had a great impact on the combat effectiveness.

"not bad."

Zhang Dabiao said in a relaxed tone:
"Not a single position was breached tonight, and no devils infiltrated in. The devils left behind 230 seven corpses."

"There were 50 casualties in total, 19 people were sacrificed, and five were seriously injured. There was a problem with the security layout of one position, and it was touched by the devils. Although they were beaten back, the troops on the position suffered relatively large losses."

"good."

This data made Li Datuan quite satisfied.

The complex mountain defense line tens of kilometers wide, a large number of recruits poured in, the commander was inexperienced, it was normal to have problems, no devils infiltrated, only one position had an accident and it was good.

"The devil will definitely continue to infiltrate at night."

Li Yunlong said:
"Pay attention to strengthening the defense, and don't let the devils infiltrate."

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao saluted.

"Take advantage of this opportunity to train more elite shooters, machine gunners, and gunners. Don't worry about ammunition consumption. Use more bullets and shells."

Li Yunlong continued to exhort.

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao continued to answer.

"More than 230 devils..."

"Hey hey..."

In the end, Li Datuan gave a hey smile:
"Da Biao, call the political commissar and Sun Desheng, let's go together and figure out which tank to choose..."

There are dozens of tanks in the list, all of which are available from various countries. There are a lot of light, medium and heavy tanks. Li Yunlong has been hesitating about which tank to choose, even after discussing with Zhao Gang, there is no result.

Tanks have a high degree of technical complexity and high integration, and they are completely different from cannons and machine guns, so they need to be carefully selected.

So he planned to call Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao, and Sun Desheng together to discuss.

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao's tone immediately improved several points.

Tanks...

　I'll write more tonight, I'm going to get down first.

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(End of this chapter)