Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1285 Comparison
The information was put on the desktop of Li Qiwei, the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, a few days later.

Li Qiwei didn't take this telegram seriously at first. At this time, he was so busy making a plan to attack Sicily that he didn't care about what happened to the Huaxia Advisory Group. He even forgot about Huaxia's formation of an airborne force Cleaned up.

The problem of attacking parachute Sicily was mainly that Hans had two armored divisions on the island.

As we all know, the main fear of the airborne troops is the enemy's armored forces.

This is mainly because the airborne troops do not have heavy equipment, but the enemy's armored forces can quickly rush to the airborne site, so they can start a "massacre" against the airborne troops.

What's more frightening is that the airborne troops can't airborne on the mountains and hills... because the casualties caused by airborne directly on the mountains and hills are likely to be unacceptable, and even if the airborne is successful, it is difficult to gather troops to form a combat force.

But if the airborne landed in a flat area, it would undoubtedly be hit by Hans' armored forces.

After much deliberation, Li Qiwei thinks that the only option is to airborne at night... The enemy's tanks have no combat effectiveness at night, and the marching speed of half-track vehicles and armored vehicles will also be limited. On the contrary, the night can provide a good cover for Yingjiang's airborne troops .

But the problem is that it is quite difficult to airborne at night, and Sicily often has strong winds at night.

When Li Qiwei was hesitant and didn't know what choice to make, the staff officer reminded him: "General, Captain Huaxia Derek's telegram needs your reply!"

(Note: Li Qiwei's military rank is Brigadier General at this time)

Li Qiwei took a look at the telegram, and said impatiently: "I will deal with China's affairs with you in the future and reply!"

"Yes, General!" The staff officer answered and was about to leave with the telegram.

But Li Qiwei seemed to have seen the words "break up the establishment training" at that moment, so he frowned and called the staff back again.

"Wait!" Li Qiwei stepped forward to take the telegram from the staff officer and read it carefully, and found that what he saw was indeed true, and the ongoing training of the Eighth Route Army was to "break up the establishment".

Li Qiwei also thought about this kind of training before, but unfortunately this kind of training is too demanding for the commander, and Yingjiang's troops are all recruits with no combat experience... Although the 82nd Infantry Division, the predecessor of the 82nd Airborne, was a Troops that have existed since World War I, but few have ever fought.

In this case, the result of disrupting the training will only be a mess.

If the training is a mess, how useful is it on the battlefield?
Therefore, Li Qiwei can only take one step at a time. He intends to practice the tactics of the fixed formation first, and then conduct a few trainings with scattered formations before the battle to let the soldiers adapt.

but……

Li Qiwei asked the staff officer: "The airborne troops of the Eighth Route Army were able to break up the training from the very beginning? How is the training going?"

The staff officer replied: "From what Captain Derek has learned in the past few days, their training seems to be ideal! Captain Derek said that they are a group of veterans with rich actual combat experience. The soldiers have high obedience and the quality of the commanders It’s also quite good, and with the implementation of the military rank system, even if the organization is broken up, it can quickly form combat effectiveness!”

In fact, there were some things that Captain Derek didn't say, because he was too embarrassed to say it.

After Captain Derek found out that the situation was not what he thought, he led his military advisory team to train with the airborne troops of the Eighth Route Army for a few days.

It turned out that these so-called Yingjiang paratroopers could not keep up with the training rhythm of the Eighth Route Army paratroopers:

Mountaineering and parachute jumping early in the morning. Immediately after the parachute jump, it is a five-kilometer cross-country fully armed. After the five-kilometer cross-country, the non-stop construction of fortifications starts tactical training, followed by shooting, laying mines, anti-tank, and blasting. At night, the commanders concentrate on studying or discussing Command experience...

After a few days, Derek and his party were almost exhausted. From then on, the so-called Yingjiang airborne troops in this line of high-minded and arrogant no longer dared to underestimate the Eighth Route Army airborne troops, let alone Wang Xuexin.

After reading the telegram, Li Qiwei was silent for a while, and then said to the staff: "Ask Captain Derek, if our army meets the Eighth Route Army airborne troops on the battlefield, which side does he think will win!"

The answer to this question did not have any suspense for Derek. He replied without thinking: "It is undoubtedly the Eighth Route Army, General!"

Derek then listed the following reasons:

"First of all, no matter what situation the Eighth Route Army is in, one squad or less, they can form combat effectiveness and know what they are going to do.

And we... If there are three or five people, they are likely to hide somewhere until the end of the battle. "

Capt. Derek, as part of the 82nd Airborne Division, knows exactly what soldiers think: unless a commander forces them, or threatens to court martial them, they don't want to go into battle But how to avoid this damn battle.

This is fundamentally different from the Eighth Route Army, and it cannot be practiced on the training ground.

However, it can be said that Captain Derek did not understand the 82nd Airborne Division. More than three or five of them would hide, and more than 200 people would hide in order to avoid this war.

It’s not surprising that this happened. This war didn’t hurt Ying-chan, especially because the enemy was Hans... The devils even attacked Pearl Harbor and annoyed Ying-chan, but Hans fought against Europe, Africa, and bears. .

Now let the eagle sauce soldier fight Hans...

The soldiers don't have the same hatred as the devils, and they are still fighting on the land of other countries, so they can hide as much as they can, and the most important thing is to go back alive.

The Eighth Route Army is different, their hatred for the devils is unforgettable, they have only one goal and that is to drive the devils out of China, even if they sacrifice their lives for this goal.

Therefore, the mental state of the two after entering the battlefield is completely different.

"Secondly," Captain Derek continued: "You may not believe it, General! But as far as I know, the Eighth Route Army seems to have a complete and mature tactical theory for parachute operations! This allows their airborne troops to quickly form an army and form a fighting force."

"On the other hand, our army!" Captain Derek said helplessly, "I used to think that our army had also formed combat effectiveness, but after seeing the airborne troops of the Eighth Route Army, I think we are far behind! I even think...we have not yet Get ready to go into battle, General! Otherwise, this is likely to be a tragedy!"

Li Qiwei looked at Derek's report and didn't know what to say.

Could it be that his ten months of painstaking efforts were all in vain?
(End of this chapter)