Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1414 Consumption of Ammunition

Although Okamura Ningji ordered the suspension of the offensive in the direction of Datong, he still maintained the offensive posture in the direction of Yanmenguan.

This is not because Neiji Okamura is not reconciled, but Neiji Okamura has the same idea as Kawada: "The Eighth Route Army deployed artillery on high ground, and even deployed dozens of them. The shells must be limited!"

As for Datong, Neiji Okamura did not dare to make such a plan.

Datong is a city with a railway station and an airport. No one can guarantee how many shells the Eighth Route Army has stored in the city.

Out of this consideration, Okamura Ningji implemented "different treatment" for Datong and Yanmen Pass: Datong was encircled but not attacked, and a force was sent to reinforce Yanmen Pass.

It's just that Neiji Okamura made a change in the direction of Yanmen Pass: he called Kawada Dasao to promote him to major general and handed over the command of Yanmen Pass to him, including Major General Fujiki's 103rd Division, and added an artillery regiment A brigade and a brigade of infantry were commanded by Osamu Kawada.

Dazuo Kawada, who was beaten to disgrace at Yanmenguan, thought he would be dismissed and punished, but the telegram that arrived unexpectedly promoted him to major general. A cannon fire blasted into the sky.

Neiji Okamura then sent another telegram: "Kawada-kun, our army should adopt a strategy of consuming the enemy's ammunition rather than a forceful attack in the battle at Yanmen Pass. Do you know what to do?"

Kawata immediately responded: "Yes, please rest assured, Your Excellency, I will definitely win Yanmen Pass, and thank you for your kindness!"

"One: Avoid sending chariots, armored vehicles and other vehicles to the battlefield, and instead attack with pure infantry!"

Both Shinta Kono and Yoshio Shinozuka knew that Neiji Okamura was right.

Why is Yanmen Pass unimportant?
It is related to the question of whether the imperial army can get in touch with Taiyuan. If the Yanmen Pass fails to win the 103rd Division, it will not be able to pass on the other side, and the supplies and materials from Taiyuan cannot be directly transported to the front line and put into the battlefield...

Kawada Osa put aside his doubts for the time being. He got in touch with Fujiki's 103rd Division and made three adjustments to the attack.

The secret weapon of the Eighth Route Army is too terrifying. It actually allows artillery to accurately suppress the imperial artillery.

It is unprecedented for Ningji Okamura to give up his strategic purpose at the beginning of the battle just like today in his military career.

But instead of aiming at the enemy's artillery, we aim at Yanmen Pass...

Using pure infantry to attack does not seem to care about the lives of soldiers. In fact, it does not make any sense to send chariots and armored vehicles to the battlefield under artillery fire... Their armor will not protect the soldiers but will become shrapnel that kills the infantry. That being the case, why send chariots and armored vehicles to die?

Unexpectedly, Okamura Neiji replied: "No, Kawada-kun, Yanmen Pass is not important anymore, your task is to find the answers to your questions, understand?"

Major General Fujiki gritted his teeth and scolded: "Isn't this letting our artillerymen die? Our artillerymen hit the Yanmen Pass and didn't fight back, so the enemy artillery can safely target our artillerymen?"

However, what is the point of winning Datong after paying heavy casualties?
If this continues, I'm afraid I will become a polished commander before I finish defeating the Eighth Route Army!
What's more, the strength of the Eighth Route Army is still fighting and conscripting, and it can almost be said that it will never be exhausted.

More importantly...

If this continues, the imperial army is almost equivalent to the Eighth Route Army fighting without artillery, and the imperial army has no air supremacy... This is not a question of Datong, but that the imperial army will be driven out of China.

Just like the Eighth Route Army often said, "Don't take one city and one place as gain or loss."

Osaku Kawada did not guess wrong on this point. At this time, Okamura Ningji can be said to have given up on winning Datong.

These major generals can understand it, and the third point of scattered artillery fire can also be understood, which is also to reduce casualties when bombed by the enemy.

But Neiji Okamura is also very helpless, if he can, he is not willing to do so!

Could it be that Your Excellency the General has given up trying to seize Datong?

Needless to say, the infantry should be dispersed as much as possible. This is to reduce casualties under enemy artillery bombardment.

"The Eighth Route Army's secret weapon!" Neiji Okamura said to Kono Shinta and Shinozuka Yoshio: "The Eighth Route Army's secret weapon is the key! If we don't know what it is, we will be absolutely passive in any battlefield in the future , even if Datong is captured, it will soon be taken back by the Eighth Route Army!"

Major General Fujiki said this partly because of his psychological imbalance: he was originally in command of Kawada at Yanmen Pass, but after a battle, he became the command of Kawada, and Kawata also appeared to be inactive during the battle, while Fujiki Thinking that he has been fighting bravely and suffering heavy casualties, Fujiki can't figure out why this is the result!
But because it was Neiji Okamura's order, Fujiki didn't dare to refute, so he could only give the order while complaining.

The Eighth Route Army knew this kind of tactics, so how could Ningji Okamura fall into this pit... Everyone was defeated, so what's the use of occupying the city and land?Even if it is the strategic Datong!
Can the empire recruit soldiers from these cities and lands?
Maybe it's possible, but the recruits are all puppet troops who can't fight and will turn their guns at any time!

Therefore, Neiji Okamura can only choose to preserve his vitality, especially at this time when the imperial soldiers have not been sufficiently replenished due to large losses due to long-term combat.

These three strategies of Mr. Kawada are reasonable.

"Three: Artillery should be used in a dispersed manner and built fortifications to make good shelters, and should not target the artillery deployed by the enemy on high ground, and concentrate the artillery fire at Yanmen Pass!"

However, Neiji Okamura, as a strategic commander, knew the situation of the imperial army at this time.

If Okamura Ningji tried his best to transfer all the troops to Datong, it is still possible to capture Datong and take Yanmenguan. After all, the imperial army has assembled four or five divisions, and they are all battle-tested troops transferred from the south. regular army.

Kawata replied "yes", but in fact he didn't quite understand what was going on.

So there is no doubt that the secret weapon of the Eighth Route Army is much more important than Datong.

"Two: The infantry should be as dispersed as possible when attacking!"

What Fujiki didn't expect was that it was precisely his act of "sending death" that made the Eighth Route Army artillery embarrassing.

When the Devil artillery bombed Yanmenguan, the artillery detection radar could indeed detect the position of its artillery.

But because the Devil's artillery is used in a scattered manner, and the artillery of the Eighth Route Army has errors, it is impossible to say that every shot is accurate, so it takes five or more shells to destroy a Devil cannon.

At the same time, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army had to provide artillery cover for the Yanmen Pass, so the consumption of the artillery shells increased gradually...

(End of this chapter)