Rise from the sword

Chapter 599 16.
"Really won?"

On the second day, when he saw the joint commendation order from the locust and the base camp to the independent No.15 brigade, Chengde's devils newly appointed the commander of the 'Northern Army', Kotaro Hattori had a wonderful expression on his face.

Confuse!

Horrified!

puzzled!

According to the detailed battle report.

On the right wing of Dingzhou, the locust army participating in the battle this time is the No.70 Ninth Regiment plus two independent brigades. The total strength is about 900 people.

All are 130 tanks, accompanied by about 125 armored vehicles, attacking under the cover of [-] [-] howitzers, followed by about [-] to [-] infantry.

Although I don't know what kind of independent regiment the No.15 brigade encountered, but on his side, every time they attack are new troops, rookies who have just come out of the training camp.

The No.15 brigade relied on 700 people, relying on explosive kits, relying on Type 47 anti-tank mines, relying on a few mountain guns, and a few [-]mm anti-tank guns, repelling an attack of the same scale.

It also wiped out a large number of enemies and seized dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as artillery and a large number of light weapons.

And his 'Army of the North'.

The Northern Army, formed in response to the Eighth Route Independent Regiment's attack on the Northeast, needs to dispatch a division-sized force, that is, 5000 people, to deal with an enemy attack of the same size, and it also needs the support of another division. .

The total force is [-].

You have to rely on the position to barely hold it.

wrong.

After paying heavy casualties, they survived until the opponent retreated.

The gap was so big that he couldn't understand, imagine, or believe it.

"How the hell is this done?"

Hattori frowned deeply.

This kind of thing must be an accident, and it is impossible to reproduce it again, but even so, he can't even imagine how it happened.

Moreover, when this kind of thing happened, there was such a huge gap in the results, even if there was no possibility of duplication.

He will also meet with the base camp, and even scolded by the locust, scolding him for being incompetent. If he still can't improve his current situation and win one or two battles, he will be dismissed.

"After the detailed battle report comes out."

Hattori said to his chief of staff:
"Send it to me immediately."

"Hi."

Chief of Staff should be.

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"I see!"

at the same time.

After reading the detailed combat report of the Dingzhou right wing jointly written by brigade commander Tsutomu Tanaka, regimental commander Daisuke Marukawa, battalion commander Tani Kakuki, and Maruo Shigeru, Yamamoto showed a stunned and admiring expression.

He understood why Dingzhou Right Wing could achieve such a shocking record.

According to the detailed 'battle report'.

At the beginning of the enemy's occupation of Shijiazhuang, Qin Tanaka began to plan how to repel, defeat, and even severely damage the armored forces of the Independence Regiment.

In order to achieve this goal, he made careful planning and a lot of preparation work.

First of all, he teamed up with Daisuke Marukawa, Kikuki Tani, Shigeru Maruo, etc., senior officers with experience in fighting against the armored units of the Independent Regiment many times. He went deep into the various brigades, squads, and detachment levels to investigate the details of the battlefield in detail and analyze the shortcomings of the Independent Regiment. .

Finally a few people found out.

The independent regiment has advanced equipment, sufficient supplies, and its overall firepower is more than ten times that of the Imperial Locust Army. It also has good communication on the battlefield. The radio station is almost universal to the company and platoon level. Coupled with the steady and steady style of fighting, it seems that there are almost no loopholes.

But after digging deeper.

Compared with the terrifying firepower, abundant supplies, and huge armored clusters are the most critical factors for the independent regiment to win again and again, the locust army, which lacks effective anti-tank weapons, cannot stop the attack of the armored clusters at all.

It's just that these armored forces require a large number of technicians to operate, and talents are the biggest problem for Eight Roads.The Republic of China, an agricultural country, simply could not provide such a large-scale talent.

In the same way, although the technical personnel requirements of artillery are not as high as that of tank soldiers, it is not something that farmers who have just come out of the fields can master.

This is the biggest problem of the independent group.

The senior management of the independent regiment is very aware of this problem, but the talent problem cannot be solved in the short term. In order to quickly exert the strength of the armored force, they can only choose dogmatic training troops and mechanized training tactics.

Although it enabled the troops to exert the power of the armored cluster, there was also a fatal weakness.

It is these dogmatic trainings, and during combat operations, they also behave dogmatically, lack experience, cannot effectively respond to ever-changing battlefield situations, and are prone to mistakes.

Of course, the senior management of the independent regiment also knew about this situation, so they formulated a steady and steady strategy, slowly advancing, training the troops in actual combat, and training grassroots officers, so that the troops can thoroughly master advanced weapons and equipment.

But such a short period of time, coupled with the fact that the troops are still expanding at a high speed, is far from enough.

As long as we address this shortcoming, we should adapt measures to local conditions in battle, use terrain and local tactics, disrupt battles, engage in chaotic battles, and gradually disperse the offensive troops of independent regiments, resulting in disjointed armor forces, failure of artillery support, or other accidents.

With scattered armor power, it is very easy for the locust army to deal with it.

For example, this time, the reason why a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were seized was because of the shortcomings of the independent regiment's armored unit, lack of driving experience, dogmatic reaction process, and over-reliance on equipment.

By luring the enemy to go deep and repeatedly circling in complex terrain, the armored troops of the independent regiment were forced to maintain high fuel consumption, and eventually the fuel was exhausted. When they replenished fuel, they suddenly launched a counterattack and approached with the help of smoke bombs, thereby annihilating the enemy in one fell swoop and A lot of equipment was seized.

"Tanaka-kun is worthy of being a hero of the empire."

Ito Kotaro, who was also on the side, also nodded in a pretense, and raised a wave of his teammates:

"Although the Eighth Route of the Independent Regiment has such a shortcoming, not everyone can create opportunities to take advantage of this shortcoming."

"really."

Yamamoto nodded in agreement.

Talent is the shortcoming of the independent regiment. Everyone knows this, from the generals of the empire to the low-level soldiers at the grassroots level.

However, the huge armored force, the terrifying firepower, the incredible supply, and the steady and steady strategy still made the empire face the independent regiment like a hedgehog, unable to speak.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible to fight for so long with almost no wins.

Apart from the problem of the independent regiment, this Tian Zhongqin was able to achieve such a record. He carefully investigated the enemy before the battle and carefully planned the battle plan, which is also a crucial reason.

"I will immediately report the situation to the base camp."

Yamamoto put away the documents in his hand.

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Yamamoto's telegram had just arrived at the Prime Minister's Office.

Pine County Airport.

Three transport planes landed slowly, and about thirty people walked out of it.

Among them, there is Huang Quan, one of the heads of the independent regiment, the head of the independent flying regiment, and the person in charge of the flight base in Heyuan County.And the captain of the special team, Wei Dayong.There are also some pilots, judging from the armbands on their shoulders, this group of pilots are the top pilots in the entire army.

The ace of trumps.

This group of guys are all lunatics, and the actual flight time has exceeded [-] hours, the admission ticket for this group of people.You know, it has been less than a year since the formation of the independent regiment flying unit!
Someone once stayed in the air sixteen hours a day for a month.

It can be seen.

"Has all the information been sorted out?"

After getting off the plane, Huang Quan went straight to the command room.

When he opened his mouth, he got straight to the point.

Under the leadership of Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, coupled with the extreme pursuit of speed while ensuring quality, and the influence brought by the master, the independent team and the construction team have developed a vigorous and resolute style.

At this time, only Huang Quan, the head of the flight regiment, Wei Dayong, Kong Jie, and the chief of staff from Song County were the only ones in the combat room.

"It's all sorted out."

It was Kong Jie who answered him. While pulling out a stack of materials, he said:

"According to the information provided by the headquarters, the devils are currently gathering fighter jets, preparing to regain the air supremacy in the Changheng area. The number of aircraft is estimated to be more than 150, and the pilots are all elites mobilized from Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Kwantung Army area."

"The assembly is expected to be completed by mid-August."

"Currently, these planes and pilots are stationed at airports in the Suzhou-Hangzhou area."

"However, this time the little devil kept the information secret and released a lot of false information. Even with aerial reconnaissance, we only found fifteen planes at two airports."

"The locations of the two airports and the fifteen planes, some of which were provided to us by the insiders of the devil."

"As for the location of the pilot, there is no information."

In the era of piston propellers, airplanes were very suitable for hiding, especially fighter jets. A larger house could be hidden, and a piece of lawn could take off, so it was normal not to be found.

"The little devil has also learned to be good!"

Huang Quan snorted coldly.

At the beginning of the Battle of Central Henan, he led the independent flight regiment, cooperated with the special forces to accurately locate, and coupled with the detailed information provided by Boss Chen, carried out large-scale bombing of almost all airports of the Southern Devils, destroying almost all aircraft, killing Lots of pilots.

This also allowed the airports in the Song County area to fly unscrupulously in the early days.

This time, the action of the little devil's concentrated flying group is so covert, it must be because they are afraid of being preempted by the independent group again.

"Our intelligence capabilities still need to be strengthened."

As he spoke, Kong Jie sighed with emotion.

"The development of intelligence forces requires manpower and material support. How long will it take for us to get rich? It's almost normal now."

Huang Quan went on to say:

"As long as we continue to do it, it will definitely get better and better. One day, we will be able to rely on our own intelligence forces to obtain sufficient intelligence."

"really."

Kong Jie nodded. Although there are sufficient intelligence channels at present, the headquarters has never relaxed its intelligence strength construction. He said, he took out a brand new intelligence and said:

"From Boss Chen, we have obtained detailed information on the hideout of the Devil's plane and the residence of the pilot."

(End of this chapter)