At 9 o'clock in the evening, Chen Hao, Xia Xingyu and others came to the hill and saw lines of guard officers and soldiers holding torches outside the guard camp at the foot of the hill, silently conducting night battle training.
Li Wei, the commander of the First Corps, observed for a long time and said with appreciation: "The guards are indeed well-trained, and their night fighting capabilities are even better than the most elite soldiers of our First Corps."
"Of course the Guards are there to protect the principal's safety. The officers and soldiers are all elites from various military units, and the training is the most arduous. Therefore, the Guards are the strongest in every aspect." Lu Liwei, deputy commander of the Guards Of course.
As he was speaking, a group of more than 500 Guard soldiers strode past in front of everyone. They were lined up neatly and were conducting late-night mountain road marching training.
The commander of the Guard Corps, "Magic Guard" Huang Congli, said loudly: "Commander Li, this time the Chinese and Indian reorganized divisions were able to annihilate the Japanese 7th Regiment because they launched a surprise attack at 3 o'clock in the morning before dawn, and achieved complete annihilation of the Japanese army." record. Therefore, we in the Guards pay more attention to night combat training."
"Well, since there is a slight gap between our army and the Japanese army, in order to avoid excessive casualties, we must rely on night battles to win." Li Wei nodded and responded: "After I return, I will continue to strengthen the night battle training of the troops so that I can conduct raids at night in the future. The Japanese army achieved better results than the Chinese and Indian reorganized divisions."
Chen Hao smiled and said: "While we are not fighting the Japanese army yet, we can let the soldiers sleep during the day and conduct silent night fighting training at night. When the war starts, the soldiers will be almost able to adapt to night fighting."
After a pause, Chen Hao asked the officer beside him: "Do the soldiers have any big difficulties when they conduct night combat training?"
Ye Lisen, chief of staff of the First Corps, said thoughtfully: "Principal, during night combat training, soldiers will always be injured and accidentally injured, resulting in a sudden increase in non-combat attrition of soldiers.
Furthermore, many soldiers reported that they could not see clearly what was in their field of vision during night combat training. Some soldiers simply said that they couldn't see anything at night and couldn't follow the training. "
Chen Hao replied: "Injuries or accidental injuries are unavoidable in night battle training. Little Japan is very strong. In order to avoid the situation of killing one thousand enemies and damaging eight hundred, we have to train to death."
Chen Hao continued as he walked down the mountain: "As for the soldiers' reaction that they can't see anything at night, someone has already responded to this problem and it will be solved immediately. You don't have to worry."
Everyone is busy asking how to solve this problem.
Chen Hao said confidently: "I have long ordered the doctors at the medical school to research drugs for the treatment of night blindness, and now they have been successfully developed. At the same time, I also ordered people to plant a large number of carrots. In the next few months, all The officers and soldiers have to eat cooked carrots every day. I believe that soon the soldiers will have sharp ears and eyes, and they can fight vigorously at night."
After returning to the camp at the foot of the mountain and having a good sleep, Chen Hao convened a military meeting with officers above the regiment level early the next morning.
Before the meeting began, Chen Hao ordered a telegram to be sent to the Chinese and Indian reorganizers, instructing them to clear the area where the Japanese army was about to arrive. Not only would the Japanese army not be left with any food items, but even the Indonesians who could work would not be allowed to the Japanese army.
After the military meeting began, Ye Lisen, chief of staff of the First Corps, first analyzed the strength of the Japanese army to the senior officers of the People's Liberation Army based on the report sent by the Chinese and Indian reorganization divisions.
The report of the Chinese and Indian reorganized divisions pointed out that the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment of the Japanese Ninth Division have extremely high individual quality.
When the Japanese army charges, most of the soldiers will not charge forward blankly. They basically bent over and walked in a zigzag curve, which made shooting very difficult for the officers and soldiers of the Chinese and Indian integrated divisions.
¡°Moreover, the Japanese soldiers still maintained a distance of 8 to 15 meters between individual soldiers, and there was no situation where the Indonesian army swarmed forward and charged in a dense formation.
With the firepower suppressed, it would be difficult to hit the Japanese army unless they were special warriors with very accurate marksmanship.
The Chinese and Indian reorganized divisions, which are not equipped with heavy machine guns and artillery, would not be a match for the Japanese Seventh Regiment if they had not continuously adopted "conspiracies and tricks." Of course, without the early morning raid by special forces, it would have been impossible to destroy the Japanese Seventh Regiment.
Chief of Staff Ye Lisen completed the analysis of the actual combat power of the Japanese army and reminded the commanders not to underestimate the Japanese army and to conduct night combat training after returning to the army.
Finally, Xia Xingyu, deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army, spoke and pointed out that the Japanese army came to fight from afar and had difficulties in supplying supplies. After its main force arrives, it will inevitably strive for a quick victory in order to consolidate the existing territory more quickly, attract domestic people to come to reclaim wasteland, and gain colonial benefits.
In view of this, the various units of the People's Liberation Army must not let the Japanese army get what they want. All units must try their best to entangle the Japanese army so that the Japanese army is trapped in the battlefield of Borneo and unable to extricate itself, gradually consuming the effective strength of the Japanese army and the recovering and developing national power
At the same time, it was snowing heavily in Tokyo, Japan.
The cold weather made the Japanese military and political officials who were paying attention to Borneo even more eager to win this treasure land without cold winter as soon as possible.
Knowing that the Lanfang Republic had sent an army of more than 70,000 people to the Pontianak line, Emperor Meiji hurriedly summoned Prime Minister Katsura Taro, Ito Hirobumi, Yamagata Aritomo and Saionji Konobo to hold a meeting of ministers to discuss how to respond. Of the policy.
Regarding this unfavorable news, Yamagata Aritomo, the father of Japan's modern army, welcomed it and said with a sneer: "Your Majesty, after destroying the Indonesian Anti-Foreign Army, we still have to find excuses to invade the territory of Lanfang Republic. Since this This time they come to us by themselves, we will kill them all together."
"Yes, for the majesty and credibility of the Empire of Japan, and for the sake of regaining the honor of the Imperial Japanese Army, those who cause trouble for the Empire of Japan must be severely punished." As a proud disciple of Yamagata Aritomo, Prime Minister Katsura Taro first agreed. road.
Ito Hirobumi frowned and shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, gentlemen, before the Lanfang Republican Army dispatched this force of more than 70,000 people, they were able to fight the Indonesian Anti-Foreign Army near Pontianak. , indicating that the Lanfang Republican Army can at least deal with more than 2 divisions of our army.
If we start a war with the Lanfang Republican Army at the same time, we will have to send at least two more divisions. However, just a few years after the Russo-Japanese War ended, the strength of the Japanese Empire had not yet recovered. If more than two divisions could be sent to conquer the entire Borneo and seize the fertile land and property of Borneo, it would still be barely possible. acceptable. However, if after increasing the number of troops, we fall into another trap, the gains will outweigh the losses.
Therefore, we should now make peace with the Lanfang Republic first, and then go to war with the Lanfang Republic after destroying the Indonesian Anti-Foreign Army. "
After listening to Ito Hirobumi¡¯s words, everyone including Yamagata Aritomo nodded.
The ministers discussed for a long time and decided to send three more divisions to Borneo while negotiating with the Lanfang Republic to quickly eliminate the elusive Indonesian anti-foreigner army. And be on guard against the Lanfang Republican Army, which is close at hand and ready to move. .