Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1372 Yangyuan Passage
Kono Shinta was a little anxious because he saw this.

"So!" Neiji Okamura asked back: "Kono-kun, what do you think we should do?"

Kono replied without thinking: "Your Excellency, I think we should at least occupy a section of Taihang Mountain to ensure an exit, so as to avoid being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, and then consider attacking Datong!"

Neiji Okamura was silent for a while, and then asked another question: "Kono-kun, according to your plan, how many troops do you think will be needed for how long?"

Kono stared at the map for a while, and said, "Maybe, three divisions are needed, and it will take two to three months!"

Neiji Okamura shook his head: "No, at least five divisions are needed, and it may take half a year to do it!"

"Five divisions! Do you want so many?" Kono Mata expressed surprise, but his surprise was actually because he disagreed with Okamura Neiji's statement.

Neiji Okamura may have seen through Kono Shinta's thoughts, and then analyzed: "The width of Taihang Mountain is between 100 kilometers and 400 kilometers. Let's calculate it with the narrowest 100 kilometers. There needs to be a division stationed at 20 kilometers, right?"

Kono was taken aback for a moment, he hadn't analyzed it like Neiji Okamura, he just simply felt that the fighting power of the three divisions was enough to defeat the Eighth Route Army stationed in Taihang Mountain.

But now it seems... the troops needed for defense are far beyond what he can imagine.

For example, what Okamura Neiji said just now, it is almost impossible to defend a division every 20 kilometers, because this task requires the establishment of a passage, that is, both sides of the passage need to be defended, even if the 20 kilometers are The flat land will also become 40 kilometers, and the result is that there are only 25 defenses per [-] meters on average.

This is still on flat land. If it is in the Taihang Mountains with an average altitude of more than 1000 meters, magnification of 10 times is considered small.

In this way, it can be defended with this little force?

Can you guarantee that enemy guerrillas will not infiltrate it?
I'm afraid ten divisions may not be enough!

Neiji Okamura continued: "Even if we can hold it, it will take half a year before we attack Datong... Kono-kun, can you imagine what the Eighth Route Army will be like by then?"

Kono was really speechless.

At this time, the main regiment of the Eighth Route Army had been split into two or three regiments for training in one regiment in Taihang Mountains. Over time, although these troops could not develop into the main regiment, their equipment and quality would be improved qualitatively.

How many troops will the imperial army need to take Datong by then?
Kono Shinta realized that his idea was not feasible at all, and he asked Neiji Okamura with a guilty face: "Then, Your Excellency General, how can we ensure the safety of Taiyuan!"

Neiji Okamura shook his head and said, "No, Kono-kun! I think Taiyuan is safe, we don't have to worry about that!"

"Very safe?" Kono looked at the map puzzled, but he didn't think so.

"Yes, it's safe!" Ningji Okamura replied with certainty. He pointed to the two mountain ranges on the map and analyzed: "Lvliang Mountain is 80 to 120 kilometers wide, and Taihang Mountain is 100 to 400 kilometers wide. Yanmen Pass surrounded us on three sides in Shanxi, but..."

Neiji Okamura turned his head to look at Shinta Kono, and asked: "Mr. Kono, do you think it is possible for the Eighth Route Army to attack us across the 80-kilometer Luliang Mountain? Or attack our army from the direction of Taihang Mountain? Their supplies How to guarantee it? From the Sanjiadian arsenal across the Luliang Mountains to the east? Or airdrop by transport plane?"

Shinta Kono suddenly realized with his mouth half open. Just as the imperial army entered Luliang and Taihang and couldn’t transport supplies, the Eighth Route Army also couldn’t let supplies pass through Luliang and Taihang.

Among them, Taihang Mountain may not need to be crossed, but the Eighth Route Army does not have an arsenal in the Taihang Mountain area... In fact, there are, not only the largest arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, which is the famous Huangyadong Arsenal. In addition, there are iron mines on Taihang Mountain. One Liugou Iron Works gradually developed into six iron works.

But these arsenals can only produce very simple weapons and ammunition, such as reloading bullets, [-] small cannons, etc. They are far behind the production line established by Wang Xuexin in the Luliang Mountain area, and in the eyes of the devils, they are almost equivalent to none.

Under such circumstances, what would the Eighth Route Army use to attack Taiyuan?
All the bullets and shells can't keep up, and they rushed to the city wall of Taiyuan with a big knife and a long gun?
Airdropping with a transport plane may be one way, but first, the airdrop may not be able to accurately land on the area controlled by the Eighth Route Army, and second, the ammunition dropped by air is simply a drop in the bucket for an army, especially an attacking army.

This can be proved from the battle of Hans' attack on Stalingrad in history: Hans's air force commander has repeatedly ensured that he can rely on airdrops to meet the supplies of the besieged troops. As a result...

Thinking of this, Kono's nerves were so tense that he relaxed. He didn't like the feeling of being surrounded by enemies, but after hearing Okamura's analysis, Kono felt that Okamura was right. Taiyuan is very safe. If the Eighth Route Army dares to attack Taiyuan, it will kill itself.

"On the other hand!" Okamura Ningji continued: "We need to apply this idea to the Eighth Route Army in reverse! Didn't the Eighth Route Army want to use troops to garrison Taihang Mountain to consolidate the defense line of Taihang Mountain? If we use five divisions, we can't complete it. How can the Eighth Route Army do a short defense? Therefore, if our troops take an offensive in the Taihang Mountains, that is, cross the Taihang Mountains, it will also be much easier than defense!"

This statement is undoubtedly correct. The rule of "offense is greater than defense" always exists, especially for dangerous places like Taihang Mountain.

Although there are many dangerous peaks and important roads in Taihang Mountains, one man should guard the pass and ten thousand people cannot open them, but... who knows which dangerous peaks and important roads the enemy will attack?
If you want to defend all the dangerous peaks and main roads in the Taihang Mountains that are hundreds of kilometers long and more than 100 kilometers wide, how many troops will be needed, how many supplies, how much ammunition, and how much manpower will be needed?
If the Eighth Route Army can't do it, does it mean that the imperial army can pass through the Taihang Mountains, bypass Yangyuan County and enter the Eighth Route Army's defensive circle?
At this time Kono Shinta was a little confused: "Your Excellency, you want to attack Datong through the Taihang Mountains? But what about the supply problem?"

Neiji Okamura said just now that troops passing through the two mountain ranges could not solve the supply problem, but now they are going through Taihang to attack Datong, which sounds inconsistent.

But Neiji Okamura replied calmly: "No, we are not attacking Datong, but cutting off the connection between Yangyuan County and Datong from the rear! Then... completely occupy the Yangyuan Passage!"

(End of this chapter)