Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1217 Tearing Beans

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There is a problem with carrying the train forward. At this time, the main force of the independent regiment is still more than 100 kilometers away from Datong. If the advancing speed of the Eighth Route Army is calculated at a speed of sixty to seventy miles per day, it will take at least three days.

It takes three days for the main force, but if the troops on the trains and armored trains are not blocked, it only takes a few hours to enter Datong.

At that time, wouldn't the main force and the vanguard be out of sync?
As a result, the devils can deal with the vanguard first and then fully defend the main force of the independent regiment.

Wang Xuexin once thought about transporting 2000 troops into Datong at once... After all, the devils used a train to transport 2000 people out of the city. Similarly, it is not a problem to transport [-] people by train.

But Wang Xuexin thought again and again, and still did not choose to do so.

Wang Xuexin considered the following issues:
Can 2000 people enter the city for street fighting to form an absolute advantage over the devil's [-] Kwantung Army and the more than [-] puppet North China security forces?

If not, it will be a situation where the enemy is surrounded and unable to move in the city.

Since ancient times, only the internal and external pincers can make the enemy's army confused, because the devils have to resist the enemy's attack and prevent the enemy from mixing into the city to make trouble.

But now, if there is only chaos inside the city and there is no single soldier outside the city and no heavy firepower to attack the city, the devils can wholeheartedly deal with the "inside"... Will two thousand troops win Datong?
So Wang Xuexin considered another plan. He thought that if he wanted to win Datong, more than 3000 people from the Independent Regiment must attack Datong, and they must attack Datong from both inside and outside. Otherwise, it would be self-defeating and send the troops to the devils .

Wang Xuexin considered one point: the reason why the main force's advancing speed was slow was not because the independent regiment was not fast enough.

After being optimized by Wang Xuexin, the half-track vehicles of the Independent Regiment can run at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour on the road, and the speed of the Sherman tank can reach 38 kilometers per hour.

Regardless of tanks for the time being, as long as there are no devils' mines in front of you or you need to attack fortifications, you can put tanks behind you.

Calculated at the speed of a half-track car, even if you run 40 kilometers per hour, you can reach the city of Datong in about three hours.

The problem is that the road is full of bunkers and gun towers of the devils, and there are high grounds stationed by the devils in between. If the Eighth Route Army advances with conventional tactics, the half-track vehicles must follow the tanks to build the gun towers or build a road with tanks. Only then can they move forward, and sometimes the devils will blow up highway bridges or blow up highways when the Eighth Route Army comes up.

This is the reason why the main force can only advance sixty or seventy kilometers a day or even less.

What if the main force does not block it?
The half-track car can advance along the railway at high speed.

Wang Xuexin calculated the time, and the battle started at two o'clock in the morning. If the battle can be over within one hour, there will be about four hours before dawn... Half-track cars can reach Datong as long as they run at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.

The fact is that it took less than half an hour for the Eighth Route Army to defeat Omori Hirono's troops, and there was almost no time wasted in advancing while fighting.

Based on this calculation, it is more than enough for the Eighth Route Army to reach the city of Datong before dawn. The key is how to avoid obstacles along the way.

The gun towers and bunkers of the devils, the high grounds where the devils are stationed, and the transportation hubs, etc.

Armored trains are used for this, to be precise, the second battalion and monk's reconnaissance company carried by the train.

It is easy for trains and armored trains to pass through these defensive points of the devils, because the soldiers of the second battalion put on the military uniforms taken off from the puppet army immediately after boarding the trains. Because trains and armored trains are combat units, they do not need to pass through the checkpoints. Accept interrogation... If the war situation is urgent and you need to accept interrogation at each checkpoint, the train may not be able to cover the more than 100 kilometers in one night.

This way the problem will be solved.

Every time the train passes a level, it slows down and puts down a group of people.

The number of troops laid down is as little as one squad, such as to deal with a few gun towers and bunkers. One squad is equipped with two rocket launchers and a bursting rifle to attack the enemy unexpectedly, which is enough.

There is at most one platoon, and one platoon is used to occupy the high ground where the devils are stationed.

Devils generally do not have many troops stationed on the high ground, usually a team of about 50 people, and sometimes some puppet troops are added... On the high ground, the devils rarely use puppet troops, because they think it is too difficult to fight tough battles on the high ground. It is unbearable to use, and their presence will increase the risk of falling.

Since the Eighth Route Army hadn't advanced to where they were and it was dark at this time, all the devils were sleeping soundly, and only a few sentries were standing outside.

The reason why the devils are so reassuring is reasonable. They are on the second line, and there is still their own troops ahead. If the Eighth Route Army comes over, they will be reminded by the sound of gunfire.

How could they have thought that the Eighth Route Army had appeared in front of them without anyone noticing on the train.

This is a completely asymmetrical battle. Although the Eighth Route Army may not be as powerful as the devils, they only need to kill the sentry secretly... The monk's scouts are very good at playing this trick, and then all of them touch the devil's trench and shout into it The sleeping devil threw out a row of grenades, and the battle was almost over.

As for the devils guarding the highway bridge and preparing to detonate the explosives at the last moment, it is even less of a problem to deal with.

A few scouts stepped forward to hand smoke a few words, and then seized the control of the highway bridge in their hands suddenly.

To do this, the more important thing is intelligence warfare.

Wang Xuexin marked all the information he could collect, such as which highlands had devils garrisoned, which highway bridges were filled with explosives by devils, etc., all of which were clearly marked on a map, and then let the plane drop the information bottles to the hands of the independent group.

At this time, this map is in the hands of the Second Battalion Commander Guan Dashan. Before the battle, he allocated manpower, equipment, and points to be paid attention to according to the information on the map... For example, whether to annihilate the enemy or prevent the enemy from blowing up the bridge. Whether to stand still until the main force arrives, or to pretend to be the enemy, etc.

After making these preparations, Guan Dashan's command at this time is determined. He only needs to order "a certain unit is ready, slow down and get off the car ahead!" before reaching the destination.

This is a bit like the special forces that Hans used in the "Blitzkrieg" to sneak into the enemy's control and carry out special tasks.

The difference is that special forces like Hans need several years of training to allow them to learn fluent English and even the living habits of the enemy, such as Eagle Sauce's love of chewing gum.

Without such preparations, the Eighth Route Army could only "scatter beans" along the way by train.

(End of this chapter)