Bright Sword Military System

Umezu Yoshijiro actually saw something more detailed.

He knew that with the current state of equipment, even the fortifications built by the recruits of the Eighth Route Army would be difficult for the imperial army to break through.

This can be concluded from the Battle of Fengtian.

When the imperial army charged towards the Eighth Route Army's defense line, it encountered a blow that the infantry could not bear:
In the air, there were rockets fired by rocket fighter planes of the Eighth Route Army, and occasionally there were strafing shots from helicopters.The ground was suppressed by artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army.If you rush a little closer, you have to face the obstruction of barbed wire and various landmines. When the speed of the infantry is slowed down, the steel balls shot from rockets and directional mines will pour towards them like raindrops...

This is not counting the rifle and machine gun bullets of the Eighth Route Army.

This kind of defense can completely ignore the difference in the quality of the infantry. Whether it is a recruit or a veteran, they will undoubtedly fall on the way to charge.

If anything could break through this defense, it would be with a chariot.

But the tanks of the Empire are so vulnerable to the tanks, rocket launchers and anti-tank missiles of the Eighth Route Army.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army's line of defense was almost impossible to break through, even the line of defense defended by recruits.

Occasionally breaking through, the Eighth Route Army will soon withdraw to the second line of defense and continue to repeat the previous scene.

That is to say, the Eighth Route Army can make many mistakes, and one mistake only makes them lose a line of defense and take a step back. Sometimes the main force of the Eighth Route Army will launch a counterattack to regain the lost position.

But the imperial army, even if it didn't make a mistake, would use a large number of troops to pile up on the enemy's guns.

There is no hope of victory if the fight continues like this.

Therefore, Umezu Yoshijiro hopes to "replace offense with defense".

That is to say, the role of offense and defense was changed with the Eighth Route Army, allowing the Eighth Route Army to attack and the Imperial Army to defend.

In this way, time can be delayed until the navy finishes what they consider to be a decisive battle, and then reinforce "Manchuria".

Secondly, and more importantly, Umezu Yoshijiro believed that this could consume the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

The reason is that if the Eighth Route Army is attacking, it can only use the main force... The recruits have more than enough defense but not enough to attack. They don't know how to cover each other, they don't know how to coordinate infantry, infantry and artillery, and they lack the rhythm to move freely when facing enemy firepower.

If the Eighth Route Army can only use the main force, then the imperial army will get rid of this army first, and the next thing will be much easier, and many loopholes will appear in the Eighth Route Army's defense line.

Therefore, Umezu Meijiro naturally took a fancy to Siping.

It is not surprising that Umezu Yoshijiro would like Siping. This is not only a problem that Siping is a transportation hub, but also that Siping is only more than 100 kilometers away from Xinjing (Changchun).

You must know that Xinjing is the capital of the puppet "Manchuria". If it is taken down by the Eighth Route Army, it will have a great impact on the morale of the Kwantung Army and even the hearts of the people in the entire Northeast.

In fact, this is the devil's obsession. The capital is like a banner or a belief in the devil's mind, just like the so-called "bushido spirit" they believe in. Once the capital is occupied, morale will immediately drop by half.

This is also one of the reasons why the devils attacked Nanjing and started the massacre. They thought that taking down the capital of the recalcitrant army would destroy the morale of the recalcitrant army and even the psychological defense of the Huaxia people, and then Huaxia would surrender.

But this is not the case.

In the eyes of Chinese people, the capital is more of a command center. Although it is important, it has not risen to the level of belief. The recalcitrant army is even ready to abandon Nanjing and move the capital to Chongqing.

Because the devils have this obsession, Xinjing naturally became their must-guard place.

And Siping is the gateway to Xinjing, so it naturally became a must-attack place for the Eighth Route Army.

Then, Umezu Yoshijiro can start his strategy: deploy heavy troops in Siping, build a line of defense and even measure the wind direction and prepare gas bombs in the upwind position.

Once the fight starts, even if the Eighth Route Army has all kinds of advantages, it will still suffer heavy casualties if it breaks through such a line of defense.

Gas bombs are Wang Xuexin's biggest worry.

The devil's line of defense is not invincible.

Devils attacking the Eighth Route Army's defense line is to fight trench warfare, taking human lives to attack the Eighth Route Army's bullets and shells, but the Eighth Route Army's attack on the devil's defense line is not like this. The Eighth Route Army can use tanks to break through forcibly and then quickly intersperse.

The problem is that the devils have poison gas bombs.

Wang Xuexin's first batch of [-] gas masks purchased from Mao Xiong has arrived, but this does not mean that everything is safe.

Toxic gas is absorbed by the skin.

When attacking, wrap the skin of the whole body tightly?

But the tactical movements during the attack, such as crawling forward, can even wear through sleeves and pants, how can it be strict.

What's more, there are bullet penetration, shrapnel penetration, barbed wire hooking, landmines and so on.

Under the influence of the devil's poisonous gas, a trivial injury may turn into a serious injury or even death.

More seriously, the Eighth Route Army lost its offensive initiative:
The Eighth Route Army wore gas masks to attack, and the devils could choose to fight hand-to-hand without wearing gas masks.

If the Eighth Route Army did not wear gas masks, the devils would release poison gas.

Wang Xuexin even thought of fighting flexibly, that is, wearing a gas mask but not wearing it, and then quickly put it on after the devils released the poison gas.

But it also has weaknesses.

What if the devil cheats?
For example, the devils fired colored smoke bombs to make the Eighth Route Army wear gas masks. At this time, the devils launched a counterattack...

Therefore, facing this kind of weapon beyond human nature can be said to be impossible to defend against. The best solution is to hide in the trenches and wear a gas mask to defend instead of attack.

Once the troops are in an offensive state, it is contradictory to a certain extent with the gas mask: after wearing it, it will affect the sight and field of vision, and it is impossible to shoot accurately, because the glass on the mask will refract the light.

This refraction may have little effect on walking, running and other actions, but shooting a gun is "a thousand miles away", even if it is only a little bit off the target.

Therefore, if the devils are prepared to send heavy troops to guard Siping, they must not attack Siping.

Wang Xuexin immediately turned his gaze to another direction, Tonghua.

Fengtian is more than 200 kilometers away from Tonghua, and the forefront of the Eighth Route Army's defense line is about 180 kilometers away from Tonghua. If you fight in this direction... how will the devils react?
Thinking of this, Wang Xuexin ordered: "Order the Hundred Battles Brigade, prepare to march to Tonghua!"

"Yes!" Chen Songyong responded and conveyed the order.

This may or may not be true.

Let's see what choice the devil makes.

With the strength of the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the combat effectiveness at this time, it does not need as many as [-] to fight Siping, and it is completely possible to divide the troops into two or even multiple attacks.