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Text Chapter 348 The Eighth Division¡¯s New Tactics

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    After nearly ten hours of anxious waiting.  [.Com text] Finally received a call back that Yi Liangpin arrived on time. While Wang Guangyu and Chen Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, they immediately sent a report to Yang Zhen who had rushed back to Yilanzhu Mountain to report that Yi Liangpin had successfully returned to his position.  Case.

    After receiving the telegram from Wang Guangyu, Yang Zhen, who seemed calm on the surface, but in fact his heart was still hanging, breathed a complete sigh of relief.  The Sixth Division's retreat was cut off. The next step depends on the performance of Wang Guangyu and Chen Hanzhang on the front line.  Although the plan has been going well so far, for Yang Zhen, this is just the first step in a long march of thousands of miles.

    Previous victories do not mean they can be maintained in the future.  Before the outbreak of the Pacific War, no one could share the pressure.  No one can even cooperate with him. Although the containment of the Japanese army, especially the Kwantung Army, on the battlefield inside the pass is not small, this containment is limited.  Beiman is too far away from the pass.

    And in Yang Zhen's heart, there is still an idea that makes him somewhat uneasy, but he cannot express it.  His arrival has changed the course of history and the fate of too many characters.  Will the Pacific War break out as scheduled as we know in history?  Yang Zhen didn't feel confident at all.

    If the Americans did not join the war, once the Soviet-German war broke out, all channels for purchasing foreign supplies would be cut off.  Without the ability to sustain large-scale and sustained military production, how long can we persist?  Without all the necessary supplies such as steel, gasoline, and various military raw materials, is there really any hope of completely defeating the Japanese army?

    He changed the situation of the Sino-Japanese war, but he could not change the situation on the European battlefield.  The German army, which had achieved great victory in the Western European battles, may have now begun to move eastward.

    Although I have now laid down a large base area, my troops have also increased from two to three hundred people when they broke out from Harbin the year before last to the current field troops of nearly 100,000.  Artillery, armor, and aviation are complete.  Although the armored force and aviation force are still training, it is only a matter of time before they enter the war.  But these are still far from a complete victory over the Japanese army.

    There is no weak force in the Japanese army. This is Yang Zhen¡¯s first impression after traveling back to this era and fighting against the Japanese army.  The fact that I have been able to reach this day, from a few hundred people at the beginning to a well-equipped army of more than 100,000, is not so much because the actual combat effectiveness of the army exceeds that of the Japanese army, but rather because of my own efforts, plus a third of luck.  Two points of foresight.

    Although the Kwantung Army took itself very seriously at the beginning because of the incident with Unit 731.  But it didn't fundamentally change his impression of himself.  The initial underestimation of the enemy, coupled with a series of tactical mistakes that he accurately grasped, led to today's situation.  But this definitely cannot be said to be that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is poor and vulnerable.

    No matter which unit of the Japanese army I encountered, its tenacious fighting spirit, strong technical and tactical skills, strong tactical command ability, and high individual soldier quality were rare in my two lifetimes.  At least the ones he encountered in later generations, whether they were special forces from foreign armies or some so-called hegemonic countries, Yelang was arrogant and thought he was the best army in the world. None of them could compare.

    Even the fourth division, which is known as the weak persimmon, has high quality of its individual soldiers and junior officers, which is difficult to compare with other armies.  The reason why they are called soft-legged crabs is not because of their poor military literacy, but because of their weak will to fight.

    "The reason why I have reached this point is not because the military quality of my troops truly exceeds that of my opponents.  In many cases, there are many reasons that determine victory or defeat on the battlefield. Just like a few years later, even at the end of World War II, the overall quality of the Soviet army was still unable to compare with that of the German army, but it still won the Soviet-German war.

    No matter when, if you look down upon this powerful opponent whose failure has certain inevitable factors, accidental factors also account for a large part, you will pay an unimaginable price.  Even a small oversight on your part in every battle may ruin the hard-won situation.

    Sometimes there is a lot of pressure, which is motivation, but most of the time it is still pressure.  When later generations read the biographies of the Liberation War, they always disagreed with the description that the commanders of the major field armies during the war were highly nervous and often suffered from insomnia.  At that time, the four major field armies were not full of talents. With capable subordinates, did the coach still have to work so hard?

    But when he was actually on the scene, Yang Zhen realized that this was not something that his subordinates were unable to do.  A big battle, from planning to implementation.  Think about the position of every column, division, and even the march route.  After every battle, Yang Zhen felt exhausted.

    Standing on the top of Zhushan Mountain, looking at the blazing fire on the southern horizon and the faint sound of dense artillery, Yang Zhen knew that it was a brigade launching a strong attack on the Japanese Sixth Division.  Tonight is the entire Western FrontThe most critical night of the game, whether your follow-up plan can be achieved depends on how you occupy it tonight.

    After pondering for a long time, Yang Zhen finally decided not to interfere and let Wang Guangyu and others fight tonight.  What I should learn now is the ability to control the battle situation, rather than replace those front-line column commanders and brigade commanders to command a tactical-level battle.

    After making up his mind, Yang Zhen turned around and took a cigarette from Xiao Huzi behind him and lit it, but he didn't take a puff.  Just watching the rising smoke and listening to the faint sound of artillery coming from the south, I was constantly thinking about the next move of the Japanese army.  Especially Wang Guangyu's next specific actions after completing the southern Yilan campaign.  Should we go east to penetrate the Japanese troops in Muling, or go west to participate in the battle against the 14th Division?

    After thinking for a while, Yang Zhen realized that he was used to thinking about problems on the map, and he really didn't feel comfortable leaving the map.  Although he took Du Kaishan to almost all the areas where the Japanese army faced off in the south last winter, all the terrain was basically in Yang Zhen's head.  But Yang Zhen was still not used to leaving the map.

    After stubbing out the cigarette that he had not smoked, Yang Zhen turned around and walked down the mountain back to his headquarters.  As soon as he entered the headquarters, he saw a staff officer coming over and handing a telegram to Yang Zhen: "Call on the 1st and 3rd. The situation on the Western Front has changed, and the Japanese army has made new movements."

    When Yang Zhen heard Guo Bingxun¡¯s telegram, he quickly took it and read it carefully. Then he walked to the map and looked at the new Japanese troop movements that the staff had mapped out.  The Japanese army on the western front actually quickly deployed six infantry squadrons and two squadrons each of artillery and tanks from the 11th Division in Mishan within six hours, and attacked Tao Jingfei from the south flank who was blocking the Eighth Division.  The troops attacked fiercely.

    Although with the assistance of his old partner Du Kaishan, Tao Jingfei now has four and a half regiments, but facing three Japanese regiments plus six infantry squadrons, as well as superior ground and air firepower, he is under unimaginable pressure.  After nightfall, although the Japanese aviation forces retreated, the Japanese army increased their front-line heavy artillery equipment.  Two 240mm heavy artillery pieces were even brought in.

    Although the range of this heavy artillery is not as good as the Japanese 150mm howitzer, the rate of fire is slow, not to mention the size and bulkiness.  But its destructive power is extremely high. One cannonball can level an entire hill to the ground.  The Japanese army used this heavy artillery with the long-range 105 cannon and 150 howitzer to specifically suppress Tao Jingfei's depth.

    While using artillery fire to block the reinforcements of the follow-up troops, relying on the superior strength and firepower, chariots were used to cover the infantry on the defenders' front-line positions, and repeated and sustained attacks were carried out across the entire front regardless of priority.  The intensity of its attacks did not diminish even at night.  Trying to lead the way with one point, breaking through one point, causing the entire defenders to collapse, and then using long-range artillery fire to eliminate the defenders on the way to retreat.

    The Eighth Division was very vicious.  They knew that the opponent in front of them was resisting tenaciously to ensure the safety of their main force fighting in the south of Baoqing and east of Boli.  As long as their superiors don't give orders, and they don't even fight to the end, they will never dare to retreat.  And no matter how the opponent fights, there is only one main combat purpose, and that is to ensure the safety of the flanks of the Baoqing battlefield.

    After discovering this idea of ????the opponent, the Japanese army deployed its main heavy artillery firepower to suppress the opponent's depth.  Use long-range firepower to deal massive damage to enemies in depth.  The task of supporting infantry operations was handed over to the division's mountain field artillery and the newly transferred three field artillery squadrons and two mountain artillery squadrons.

    There are only a few roads from the junction of Baoqing and Mishan, where the Eighth Division's attack was launched, to the main battlefield in the southwest of Baoqing County.  These two Type 96 240mm heavy howitzers with a range of more than 16,000 meters, and the Muling Heavy Artillery Regiment deployed in full force are equipped with the Type 150 cannon with a range of more than 18,000 meters.  co-operate.  A fire network was built between Tao Jingfei's front line and the depth.  And from time to time, precise strikes are carried out against the identified deep deployment of troops.

    At the beginning, Tao Jingfei, who had no precautions and had never even seen such heavy artillery, suffered great losses under the bombardment of such heavy artillery.  Arranged in a trapezoidal shape, Tao Jingfei and his two companies responsible for in-depth defense were razed to the ground by the Japanese 240mm heavy artillery along with the hillocks they were holding on to.  The two companies suffered all casualties under the huge destructive power of the 240mm heavy artillery shells.

    After nightfall, Tao Jingfei's pressure not only did not ease, but actually increased with the arrival of the two 240mm heavy artillery.  The connection between the front-line positions and the depths was almost completely interrupted, and all wired telephones were paralyzed.  If not, every company on the front line is equipped with a walkie-talkie.  I am afraid that by this time, Tao Jingfei has lost contact and even control over the front-line companies.

    Under repeated attacks by Japanese infantry and artillery tanks, the frontline troops suffered more casualties than during the day.  In order to reinforce the front line positionsUnder the long-range fire blockade of the Japanese army, Tao Jingfei could only adopt small and multi-batch reinforcement methods to reinforce front-line positions in companies or even platoons.  Even so, the losses were heavy. Often after a company went up, there was not even a single platoon left by the time they reached the designated location.  The rest were shot off along the way.

    In desperation, Tao Jingfei, who was already a little weakened and unable to hold on, could only send a telegram to Guo Bingxun, asking for at least one regiment of reinforcements to be transferred within ten hours, or for the entire army to send troops to the enemy during the Japanese artillery fire.  Retreat a distance of three to five kilometers.

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