Rise from the sword

Chapter 597
Since the rise of the Independent Regiment, the devils have formed a system after repeated failures.

Every time, when the battle with the independent regiment fails, the staff department and TGK will join forces to implement the battle report, block it heavily, and repeatedly refute the rumors to avoid hitting the morale of the troops.

For example, the First Army was wiped out.

In the propaganda, the First Army had already voluntarily retreated in the Shanxi area because of the lack of necessity to occupy it. The Taiyuan Campaign was just a retreat battle of a C-type division.

But this time the victory battle report suddenly appeared, and the devil was a little at a loss for a while.

unbelievable.

Fortunately, Yamamoto's brain melon seeds are good.

He immediately sent a number of cronies to Dingzhou to confirm the authenticity of the battle report, but the results of capturing 25 tanks, 125 armored vehicles, and [-] [-] artillery pieces still made him seriously suspicious.

how can that be!

Even if the news was brought back by multiple investigators from his special team, Yamamoto could hardly believe it.

It's just too unreal.

Later, he personally went to the front line of Dingzhou to confirm.

It was already eight o'clock at night when Yamamoto saw the seized equipment and some of the 'enemy' corpses that had been disposed of.

After confirming the accuracy of the news, Yamamoto did not dare to delay at all. He also reported the battle report to the base camp as soon as possible, and started to celebrate the victory.

At the moment when materials are scarce, the only effective solution for the locust army to improve morale is to award medals-a few copper medals that cost almost no money, and they can give blood to the troops with their mouths, and the duration is relatively long.

Lieutenant Tojo also got the news of the victory half an hour later. He immediately put aside the ongoing headquarters meeting and sent the news directly to Isamu Yokoyama in the south and Kotaro Hattori in the northeast.

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"Nani?!"

Chengde, when he heard the news of Dingzhou's big victory from the base camp, Hattori Kotaro's face was full of disbelief:

"The No.15 brigade repelled the attack of more than 100 tanks with one wing and two brigades."

"how can that be?"

As the commander of more than a dozen divisions around Chengde, he has fought dozens of times with independent regiments around Chengde. When it comes to independent regiments, Hattori Kotaro thinks he has an absolute right to speak.

According to the rich combat experience he has accumulated in the past month.

When more than 100 tanks from the Independent Regiment attack, there must be more than 100 armored vehicles carrying infantry to follow up at high speed. Generally, armored vehicles will be one-third more than tanks, and more than 100 artillery pieces will provide fire support. Finally, there will be more than [-] infantry follow up.

Including the tank crew, the total strength is about 500.

The Dingzhou battle report is displayed.

Participating in this battle were the No.15 Brigade, the No.70 Seventh Infantry Regiment, and the Fifth and Seventh Battalions of the No.70 Ninth Infantry Regiment. A Type 5000 caliber anti-aircraft gun. It has been proved in actual combat that this kind of artillery cannot penetrate the tanks of the Independent Regiment at all.What can be used is the four-type anti-tank stab mine.

The only heavy weapons are a few of the latest Empire 105 mountain cannons.Although this new type of mountain gun is powerful, it has a short range, low accuracy, and is difficult to conceal. Moreover, it is not equipped with armor-piercing projectiles, so it cannot pose an effective threat to tanks.

The battle area is around Baoding, which is a flat terrain, which is very suitable for the armored forces to exert their strength.

Disadvantage of troops!

Equipment disadvantage!

Supply disadvantage!

Terrain disadvantage!

Unless the commanders of the independent regiment are useless and abandon their armor and rely on infantry to fight, it is absolutely impossible to fail.

With the opponent's armor strength, even if the troops divide their troops and go deep into the ambush circle of the imperial army, as long as they rely on tanks as a strong fortress, they can easily hold out until the reinforcements arrive and win the victory.

The locust army, which lacked effective anti-tank weapons, could not get close to the tanks at all in the face of the fierce squad firepower of the independent regiment.

Is the commander of the independent regiment stupid?
More than a month of blood and tears told him that the other party was not only not stupid, but also very cunning.

"Also launched a counterattack, defeated the attacking troops of the independent regiment, and captured dozens of tanks and armored vehicles?"

Seeing this, Hattori Kotaro sneered even worse, and even laughed outright.

Until now, he has not been able to capture a single tank, an armored vehicle, or a single artillery piece. Relying on its superiority in armor and firepower, the Independent Regiment fought steadily and steadily, making his elite First Division helpless.

Let alone a No.15 brigade.

"impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

Hattori Kotaro's tone was decisive:
"This must be another fake battle report."

"This group of idiots, when they make up false information, can't they move their stupid heads and make up a decent story?"

Beside Hattori Kotaro, a group of devil generals and staff officers also nodded in agreement.

They all think this, this battle report is absolutely fake.

Any army has a 'tradition' of reporting and adding results, even the elite Japanese Locust Army is no exception.

What's more interesting is that many officers hated this 'tradition' deeply, but they often lied about their military achievements.

At the beginning of the war, this kind of situation was actually rare, but now, with the rapid expansion of the locust army, a large number of recruits and low-quality officers have entered the army, and there are more and more cases of false battle reports.

It's almost become a common phenomenon.

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at the same time.

Hengyang.

Yokoyama Yong also received the news.

"With the strength of a wing, defeat the attack of more than 100 tanks in the plain area?"

Because he had never fought head-on with the ground troops of the Independent Regiment, Yokoyama did not have too much doubt about this news, but just felt that things might not be that simple.

As the commander of the current stage of the No. [-] Operation, he has used tanks to fight in groups, and has easily defeated the Republic of China troops several times his own in the plains several times, and his own casualties were extremely small.

So he is well aware of the strength of the armored force.

He also knew that the tanks of the Independent Regiment were much more advanced than those of the Empire, and the firepower of the infantry was several times that of the Empire.

This is only possible unless the commander of the independent regiment made a fatal command error, such as dispersing the armor and disjointing the troops, causing the tank to lose the protection of the infantry and go deep into the formation area.

Moreover, a victory does not explain anything.

Failure is the regular record of the Imperial Locust Army against the Independence Regiment.

"Fifteen tanks, 25 armored vehicles, and seventeen 125 howitzers were also seized?"

Looking at the follow-up results, Yokoyama frowned even deeper.

Defeat is fine, but so many weapons and equipment have been seized. The number of these tanks and armored vehicles is comparable to that of an imperial armored regiment. This record is absolutely abnormal.

It is only possible if there is a major mistake in the independent regiment.

It is absolutely impossible to appear a second time.

But thinking of this, Yokoyama Yong had an idea in his heart.

Nothing lingers.

Li Yunlong and his independent regiment, that is, the Eighth Route Army, developed really fast, as if in a trance, they developed from the original peasant army to today's mechanized army.

If you want to speed, you can't reach it.

Such a fast development speed will inevitably bury many hidden dangers.

A mechanized unit composed of tanks and armored vehicles requires a large number of professional and technical personnel to provide combat effectiveness. They must have technical personnel who can drive tanks, repair tanks, and maintain tanks.

Although the Republic of China is a country with a large population, it is definitely not a country with a large number of talents. Most of the people in this country are illiterate, and even the technical talents are several levels behind the empire.

In such a country, if a mechanized army suddenly appeared, it would be difficult to control.

A group of half-understanders, who were still digging with hoes a few days ago, just learned how to shoot, and let him drive tanks and armored vehicles on the back foot, and the troops were commanded by a group of officers who had never been in contact with mechanized troops. The situation is not surprising.

So·····
Could it be that the fighter force of the Independent Regiment in Song County at this time, the more than 350 fighter force, is also like this?

Strong on the outside but dry on the inside?

Pilots are several times more difficult to train than tankers.

The more Yokoyama thought about it, the more he felt that this was very possible.

The Republic of China lacks talents, but after so many years, it has accumulated a little bit. It is not difficult to train some pilots from it. You can see one or two from the fruit of the mountain city, and a flying force has also been formed there.

But that is the gathering of talents from all over the country, as well as the support of the Americans.

However, Li Yunlong's army is not orthodox and lacks the appeal of talents. Recently, the Americans retreated and the fruit began to decline. Only then did they recover, and many talents came to join them.

Such a force has formed an elite pilot force of hundreds of people, Thaksin, but according to TGK intelligence, the number of pilots in this force is at least 2000.

least!
In such a short period of time, so many pilots have been developed, and according to some detailed information, many of these people were trained by themselves, and they never read books when they were young.

Imperial pilots must at least have a high school education!
Such a person, after a period of training, may have no problem flying a transport plane or an attack plane.

It may not be so easy for a fighter that needs intense maneuvering to fight against enemy fighters.

In this case.

The empire's current plan to seize air supremacy may have a high success rate.

"Yo Xi."

In such an instant, Yokoyama saw hope again.

His current strength is increasing, especially with the addition of a large number of Class A divisions, his combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger. If he can regain the air supremacy, then there may be hope for the No. [-] operation.

As long as they have air supremacy, the independent regiments in the Songxian area are not invincible.

"General."

Suddenly, a staff officer walked in:
"The Pine County Independence Regiment is marching south."

"How many troops?"

Yokoyama's tone was unusually relaxed.

Seeing hope, although he is not very sure, he will not be completely desperate anymore.

"The total force cannot be detected."

The staff officer shook his head:

"But investigators found that there were about 150 tanks in its ranks."

While speaking, the staff officer marked some of the known information on the map.

"150 tanks?!"

Yokoyama looked at his combat map.

On the map, the Independence Regiment from Songxian County, heading south, followed that route, and it was easy to see their destination - Changchang!
(End of this chapter)