Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The location where the independent regiment fought happened to be where Li Yuexuan and his team had walked past, and they had walked past it more than once! Therefore, Li Yuexuan had a topographic map of this area in his memory, which could be zoomed in and out, comparable to a street view map.

After reconstructing the battle process, Li Yuexuan summed it up in three sentences: the majority bullies the minority; the equipment crushes the Japanese; the elite soldiers bully the new recruits.

In this battle, although the total number of the Japanese puppet troops from Heshun was close to 3000, the independent regiment plus the new regiment had more than 3500 troops, which was more than 700 more combat power than the Japanese puppet troops! This is the case of the majority bullying the minority! With more people, even if both sides fight with bayonets, we still have the advantage in numbers!

Let's talk about equipment crushing the Japanese. Although the independent regiment's battle report did not mention the specific equipment problem, there was a sentence in the battle report that our heavy mortar artillery platoon took the lead in launching a bombardment on the Japanese artillery positions, and extended to the north and south sides. This sentence alone shows that Li Yunlong and his men have heavy mortars and no shortage of ammunition!

If there is no shortage of ammunition for heavy mortars, then there will naturally be no shortage of bullets! The independent regiment was ordered to support the headquarters, so before the battle, could Minister Zhang not have given them enough ammunition? You know, this year, the headquarters arsenal has built two sets of bullet processing assembly lines, which has more than doubled the daily output of bullets! Yes, it is really an assembly line, a physical sense of assembly line production...

Whether it is the independent regiment or the new regiment, the equipment itself is not bad. There are many semi-automatic equipment, assault rifles, Qi Lali light machine guns, and Min Er Si heavy machine guns are more than enough! There are also grenade launchers. Each squad has a grenade launcher combat group, and each platoon has a rocket launcher combat group. With such a level of equipment, it is overwhelming in terms of firepower to deal with the Japanese puppet army holding bolt-action rifles!
The most important point is that the veterans bully the new recruits. This is really important!

Let's talk about the Japanese first. They set out from Heshun and belonged to the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade. This brigade was attacked so many times, and thousands of people were wiped out many times. How many veterans could there be in the team? As for the puppet army? ? Among those who came from the Central Army, even if there were veterans, they were just veterans and ruffians. Do they have combat effectiveness?
Let's talk about the soldiers of the independent regiment and the new regiment! These soldiers may have some new recruits in them a month ago, but after the Jizhong breakout, the new recruits are no longer called new recruits! In the Jizhong breakout, the devils set up three blockade lines, but there were also patrol teams in the middle of the blockade lines, and fighting was happening almost at any time!
For a soldier who can fight with the main force all the way, even if he didn't kill a single devil, the combat experience of breaking through alone is enough for him to grow up! Besides, the proportion of new recruits in these two regiments is not large. The majority are veterans who have served for several years! These veterans are even more fierce!

For example, when new soldiers fight with Japanese soldiers with bayonets, due to their training and physical fitness, five or six new soldiers can’t beat one Japanese soldier. However, after these years of battlefield experience and daily training, these veterans can fight with Japanese soldiers with bayonets one on one or even two on one. The more powerful ones can even beat 27 with one bayonet! This is the difference!

Therefore, Li Yuexuan was not surprised that this battle was won easily, not surprising at all!
Then, Li Yuexuan also analyzed the current situation of the Eighth Route Army. At present, the Japanese are the biggest threat to the Eighth Route Army, and their strength is still there, and their troops are still strong. This is the number one enemy! The second is the diehards of the preserved fruit, including the bald man, who are trying their best to put the Eighth Route Army to death.

It is precisely because of these two external factors that the development of the Eighth Route Army is limited, and its expansion is blocked. It can only maintain the existing bases! The output of these existing bases, especially food, can barely maintain the existing manpower consumption, which also limits the surge in the number of Eighth Route Army. Especially after this year's sweep, the Eighth Route Army will suffer a lot of casualties, and the base will also lose some, and it needs to recover.

Let's talk about northern Shaanxi. Although they are carrying out the mass production campaign there and have achieved some results, it is too far away for southeastern Shanxi! Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst!

In addition, Xi'an City has been garrisoned by more than 100,000 elite troops of Hu Zongnan's Central Army, who are always heading north. The pressure can be imagined! Although they can get some assistance from the Russians in the form of penicillin and other supplies, the amount of assistance is a drop in the bucket compared to the assistance provided by the Russians to the preserved fruits.

Fortunately, what we want is industrial equipment and technical support, which provides the foundation for development! Moreover, there is no shortage of resources in the surrounding areas of northern Shaanxi. There are coal, oil and other resources around, which can still support industrial development! However, time is very important. Factories cannot be built with a breath, and workers cannot be randomly pulled to work. It takes time...

Of course, it cannot be said that there is no good news. With the construction of arsenals in southeastern Shanxi and other places, the Eighth Route Army is not short of weapons, and ammunition can also be solved to a certain extent, which provides a material basis for development! After the completion of this raid, the surviving soldiers have become veterans, and there is a human resource basis for the development of the army!

With these two foundations, as long as we stabilize the current situation in the next period of time, use one or two years to accumulate assets and train soldiers, then the time for counterattack will come! In addition, the Japanese will gradually lose on the external battlefield, will be pressed and rubbed by the Eagle Sauce, and will also be counterattacked by the expeditionary force in Southeast Asia... In short, the Japanese will withdraw some troops from North China to the south or to the Pacific.

At that time, it was a good time to vigorously develop, expand territory, increase military strength, seize strongholds, and eliminate the enemy's living forces...

In a word, the current situation is not suitable for Zhang Yang. We still need to develop here, work hard on our internal strength, strengthen training on the basis of the existing forces, add more and better weapons, and improve the combat effectiveness of the existing forces! When the time comes, it will be a good time for a full-scale counterattack!

In fact, to deal with the Japanese troops in North China, the Eighth Route Army does not need too high-tech weapons systems! Being able to solve artillery and firearms is the basis for victory! If there are some armored forces and air defense systems, it will be even more perfect!
Well, these are just Li Yuexuan’s random thoughts when he can’t sleep at night. He can only think about them and at most implement them in the Pingdong base.

Others? That is what the central and headquarters leaders need to consider. Li Yuexuan believes that such a result could be achieved under such difficult conditions in the original world, and now the conditions are even better, so... (End of this chapter)