Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

After two days of fierce fighting.

"Yamamoto-kun, why hasn't your combat team taken action yet?"

In the command center, Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsubara asked Yamamoto Ikki with a grim expression.

"The aviation unit hasn't arrived yet."

Yamamoto Ikki's expression regained its composure.

Although the Soviet army's firepower was many times stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army.

However, Yamamoto Ikki also discovered a problem that the Soviet army had in combat.

That is, the Soviet army's use of ammunition was far inferior to that of the Eighth Route Army.

Many of the Soviet artillery shells and aerial bombs missed the Japanese positions.

Although the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells were often covered by artillery fire, they were extremely accurate, as if they had eyes.

Moreover, the Soviet army's infantry and tank coordinated combat capabilities were relatively poor.

The overwhelming number of tanks rushed over and were completely disconnected from the infantry behind them.

This allowed Japanese anti-tank guns and human bomb attacks to destroy Soviet tanks.

However, it would take at least a squadron of soldiers, or even more, for the soldiers of the North China Front Army to destroy an Eighth Route Army tank.

Suddenly, Yamamoto Ikki's face darkened and he thought of something terrible.

If the Eighth Route Army had this equipment of the Soviet Army, how terrifying would its combat effectiveness be?
If the locust army had these equipments of the Soviet army, its combat effectiveness would be stronger than that of the Soviet army.

It’s all because of those old weapons experts in our country’s weapons department, they can only provide the locust army with such outdated weapons!

Of course, even if the Soviet army used this miraculous tactic, the 23rd Division would not be able to withstand it.

Now it depends on whether the air force can bomb the Far East Soviet Commander Zhukov.

Not long after, news came from Captain Goro Kodoka.

Six Type 6 bombers and four Nakajima fighters flattened the Soviet headquarters.

"Yoshi."

"Order the troops to counterattack immediately!"

Michitaro Komatsubara loudly gave orders to the chief of staff.

"Hi."

Colonel Toku Okamoto looked excited and quickly went to convey the order.

The last remaining manpower of the 23rd Division, more than 6000 devils, launched an all-out counterattack on all fronts, with only a dozen or so remaining cannons providing artillery cover.

But unfortunately, the Japanese infantry lacked the cover of tanks and were instead stopped by barbed wire, field fortifications and artillery.

The Japanese soldiers were knocked to the ground one by one by machine gun fire, and the heavy artillery shells exploded a large area, but the Japanese soldiers still continued to advance.

It was just like the scene when the Japanese army attacked the Russian Port Arthur fortress.

Then, the Soviet tanks attacked, and the Japanese suffered heavy casualties and were forced to retreat.

In the next two days, Michitaro Komatsubara, who refused to believe in evil, organized two more attacks, but failed both times.

But at this time, the Soviet army had already completed the encirclement of the 23rd Division.

In desperation, Yamamoto Ikki had to lead the special forces team to cover the breakout of the 23rd Division.

Although Yamamoto's special forces and the 23rd Division Headquarters successfully broke through.

However, the main force of the Japanese 23rd Division was surrounded in the Gobi Desert.

After a day of fierce fighting, more than 23 Japanese soldiers of the rd Division were all killed by the Soviet army.

Including the several reinforcements of the Soviet Army in the Far East and the puppet troops killed by the Soviet Army, the Japanese and puppet troops lost more than 40,000 troops this time.

The Soviet-Mongolian army also won a bitter victory, with nearly 2 casualties, which was also a heavy loss. "What a pity, it was just a little bit..."

"idiot!"

Yamamoto Ikki angrily drew out his colonel's sword and chopped off the head of the Soviet prisoner in front of him.

According to the prisoners' confession, the first special operations group led the aviation force to blow up the Far East Soviet Army Headquarters.

The Japanese air force destroyed a high-power radio station and a group of staff members in the special forces.

but.

At that time, Zhukov was not in the headquarters tent, but in the front-line command post, directing the battle.

Yamamoto Ikki felt that his luck was a little bad, but there was nothing wrong with his idea of ​​special operations.

However, the special forces' decapitation operation angered Zhukov.

The Japanese soldiers of the 23rd Division, who had the opportunity to be captured and sent to Siberia to mine and grow potatoes, were all killed by the Soviet army in the Gobi Desert.

Afterwards, the Japanese Kwantung Army wanted to gather troops and go to Nomonhan to regain ground, but was stopped by the headquarters. The Japanese army no longer dared to provoke the Soviet army, and the Soviet and Japanese sides returned to the negotiating table.

……

After the Nomonhan Campaign ended, Lin Feng compiled the events of the Nomonhan Campaign into information and sent it to the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang asked the combat staff to create a battlefield simulation sand table based on the information, and the two began to conduct deductions.

The results of the sand table simulation were not much different from those of the Battle of Nomonhan.

Even if Li Yunlong commanded the Japanese army and Zhao Gang commanded the Soviet army, it would only cause greater casualties to the Soviet army and would not change the final outcome of the battle.

Because of the terrain in Nomonhan, Li Yunlong's guerrilla tactics were basically useless.

"It seems that the strength of a unit should be reflected in its strong firepower." Zhao Gang said with emotion.

"Damn, that Zhukov kid really fought a rich war." Li Yunlong said with envy, "More than 10 mechanized troops, 18000 tons of artillery shells, 6500 tons of bombs, 7000 tons of fuel, 4000 tons of food and 4000 tons of supplies, and 3000 trucks."

"500 tanks, 350 armored vehicles, 550 artillery pieces, 515 aircraft!"

"If our Eighth Route Army had these equipments, coupled with Boss Lin's logistical support, we could have directly swept through the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army!"

Zhao Gang also nodded: "Although the Soviet army won this battle, it also paid a heavy price in casualties."

"This is somewhat inconsistent with the Soviet army's equipment. Normally, the Soviet army has this equipment, compared with the Japanese army's equipment."

"According to reasoning, a ratio of 1 to 10 casualties between the Soviet and Japanese armies would be more normal."

Li Yunlong also agreed with this point. Despite having a comprehensive advantage in land and air, the Soviet army fought this battle a bit roughly.

Of course, there are also things we can learn from the Soviet Army in terms of coordinated operations between its various arms.

However, the outcome of the Nomonhan Campaign had little or no impact on the Eighth Route Army, and ultimately Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang's discussion returned to the situation in North China.

Zhao Gang said, "According to the latest intelligence, the Japanese are planning to build fortresses in Yanggao and Jingxing counties. Should we send troops to stop them?"

"Let's not worry about the Japanese building a fortress for now," Li Yunlong said, staring at the map. "The most important thing now is to deal with the Japanese in Taiyuan. According to Brother Lin, as long as our B4 howitzer battalion can form combat effectiveness, the Japanese fortress will be nothing to fear."

Moreover, if we destroy the Japanese fortress, the reward will be very generous, which Li Yunlong is also looking forward to.

"The Japanese in Taiyuan aren't idle either," Zhao Gang said. "Shinozuka Yoshio is stockpiling food, ammunition, and other supplies. He's also dispatching soldiers, civilian laborers, and engineers to the outskirts of Taiyuan, working day and night to build a large number of field fortifications and blockhouses."

"It seems that this old devil, Shinozuka Yoshio, wants to have a strategic decisive battle with us in Taiyuan."

Li Yunlong frowned slightly and suddenly felt a little tricky.

The First Army still has several divisions and brigades with tens of thousands of Japanese devils.

These devils relied on the bunkers and artillery towers outside the city, as well as the street fighting inside the city. If the Eighth Route Army really attacked Taiyuan, they would definitely cause tens of thousands of casualties to the Eighth Route Army.

The bunkers and watchtowers outside the city can be knocked down one by one with cannons, but street fighting is difficult and can only be fought at the cost of one's life.

Now Li Yunlong is urgently considering the question: how should he fight the battle to attack Taiyuan in order to reduce the casualties of the main force? (End of this chapter)