Invincible from the sword

Chapter 317 Japanese Army Tactics

This is not only the case with the Ninth War Zone.

Li Delin's fifth war zone also did not have enough troops.

no way.

Time is too tight.

The only good news now is that the strength of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army is not yet fully in place.

However, according to Dai Chunfeng's intelligence, the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army had already arrived in Xuzhou.

In this case, the Japanese army now has two and a half divisions around Xuzhou.

One of the Third Division was stationed in Hefei.

The [-]th Division and the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army are in Xuzhou.

The remaining Japanese troops are also advancing towards Xuzhou intensified.

Because large areas of North China, Central China, East China, and Northeast China have been occupied by the Japanese army.

Especially along the railway line.

Therefore, the Japanese army mobilized its troops very quickly.

Originally, Chen Cixiu's idea was to let Tiger Cub's troops attack before the troops of the Central China Dispatched Army of the Japanese Army reached Xuzhou.

But now it seems that it is enough.

There are only a few troops in the Wuhan area now.

These armies all fought all the way from Changsha.

After the second battle of Changsha, these troops need to rest and reorganize.

Currently in Wuhan, there are the Fourth Army, Tenth Army, No.20 Army, Eighth Army, and Zhang Lei's Temporary First Regiment.

It turns out that other troops in the ninth theater have now crossed the Xinqiang River.

According to Chen Cixiu's order, these troops stopped advancing and stood by for orders.

The No.19 Group Army has also set off from Nanchang and is advancing towards Wuhan.

Before Chen Cixiu came to Wuhan, the old man in Shancheng had already set the general tone for this battle.

It means defending Wuhan and not fighting in Wuhan.

It is necessary to fight the Japanese army on the outskirts of Wuhan.

Strive to block the Japanese Central China Dispatched Army at the outskirts of Wuhan.

The idea was approved by all.

The old man in Shancheng, it's rare for him to be smart for a while.

But the problem is that now he has no information on the formation of the Japanese army.

How to defend, this is a big problem.

Regarding how the Japanese Central China Dispatched Army would attack, Chen Cixiu's own thinking was that the Japanese army's greatest possibility was to concentrate its troops out of Xuzhou, pass through Hefei and Taihu Lake, and go straight to the fortress of Tianjia Town.

Then go west along the Yangtze River.

After all, geographically speaking, the terrain east of Wuhan is relatively flat.

It is very suitable for the deployment of mechanized troops of the Japanese army.

And for their national army, defense is very difficult.

Therefore, Chen Cixiu's idea is to put the main force of the army on the front line of Hefei and Taihu Lake.

The area north of Wuhan is the defense line of the fifth theater.

There are 23 Li Delin armies with 50 troops.

It is not so easy for the Japanese army to break through.

Moreover, he put the main force of the ninth war zone on the front line of Hefei and Taihu Lake. In case the Japanese army attacked fiercely, the troops in the fifth war zone could be reinforced in time.

But for this plan, many people have expressed different views.

This made Chen Cixiu feel a little uncertain.

This time he brought Tiger Boy and Zhang Lei over, because he just wanted to hear their opinions.

Tiger Boy said to Zhang Lei: "Zhang Lei, since Chief Chen asked, why don't you share your opinion?"

Zhang Lei is also welcome.

He directly said to Chen Cixiu: "This time, the island country was also caught off guard.

Otherwise, they would not be in such a hurry to form the Central China Dispatch Army again.

In the two Changsha battles, the Japanese army lost four divisions in Hunan.

In Myanmar, six divisions were directly lost.

Such a loss caused the entire strategic plan of the island country to suffer a huge setback.

And now Wuhan is in our hands.

If the island country does not increase its troops, not only Wuhan, but the entire central China will be recovered by us.

In this case, the advantage of arriving in the East will be greatly reduced.

So this time, the Japanese army will definitely increase its troops in large numbers.

For island countries, only by occupying Wuhan can they maintain tremendous pressure on the mountain city.

Due to insufficient troops, the island country has urgently formed [-] divisions.

But the combat effectiveness of these divisions is very rubbish.

Field combat ability is not strong.

I estimate that most of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army formed this time should be drawn from the Japanese North China Dispatch Army and the Kwantung Army.

After all, the divisions with combat effectiveness are basically here.

The newly formed divisions can only be used as garrison divisions.

Of course, this alone is not enough.

The Central China Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army is at the same level as the North China Dispatch Army.

In this case, their strength will not be less than 30.

30 troops against our 130 million.

The strength of troops is almost one to four.

Judging from the combat effectiveness of our troops, our strength is about the same as that of the Japanese army.

Although our military strength exceeds 100 million, most of the troops are relatively poorly equipped.

There are four main forces in the ninth theater.

Among them are two Su Armed Forces and two American Armed Forces.

But in the Fifth Theater, there are only two main forces, the First Army and the Seventh Army.

Moreover, the equipment of these two main forces is not satisfactory.

So in this war, we still have to be cautious.

The Japanese army has failed in consecutive battles during this period, so this time, the Japanese army is expected to be very cautious in its battles.

But this time, the island country sent Junliu Hata over.

As a general of the island country army, Hata Shunroku has excellent command ability.

And he is now the Minister of War of the island country.

In addition, he is a representative of the Kwantung Army.

This time our battle is not that big.

According to the information passed by our Eighth Route Army, the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army was divided into four corps this time.

They are the Second Army of the Japanese Army, the No.11 Army, the Corps directly under the Central Government and the Aviation Corps.

The strength of the No.11 Army of the Japanese Army consists of five divisions.They are the Third Division, the No.20 Seventh Division, the [-]th Division, the newly formed Sixth Division and the [-]th Division.

This newly formed Sixth Division was drawn from the Kwantung Army.

It was the first division of the Japanese army.

Although it can't be compared with the original Sixth Division, it is also a serious second-level division.

Combat power is still not to be underestimated.

And this [-]th Division is all recruits from the island nation.

Combat power is average.

The Second Army of the Japanese Army has four divisions under its jurisdiction, namely the Ninth Division, the Tenth Division, the No.13 Division and the No.16 Division.

These divisions are all the elite of the Japanese army.

All grade A divisions.

After all, King Nianyan, the commander of the Second Japanese Army, is the uncle of Goutian Locust.

This sticky yellow shit is different.

It can be seen that the bastard King Yanyan still has a very high status in the island country.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to give him four first-tier divisions.

There are also four divisions directly under the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army.

They are the Japanese No.15 Division, No.17 Division, No.18 Division and the [-]th Division.

Among the four divisions, there are three Class A divisions.

In this case, in the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army, only the first-level divisions accounted for eight divisions.

More than half.

Plus more than 300 aircraft and a fleet of ships.

For us, it's a lot of pressure.

According to our intelligence, the attack by the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army should still be divided into two groups.

The Japanese Second Army was responsible for advancing from the north of Wuhan.

No.11 Army is responsible for advancing from the east of Wuhan.

As the commander of the No.11 Army of the Japanese Army, Neiji Okamura is not the first time to command this unit.

For Ningji Okamura, commanding the No. 11 Army of the Japanese Army was not a problem at all.

According to my estimation, this time Okamura Ningji is likely to concentrate his forces to break through from all the way. "

Zhang Lei's words made Hu Zai frown.

Concentrate forces and break through the center...

This style of play doesn't quite fit Okamura Ningji's fighting style.

Tiger Boy and Neiji Okamura have played against each other many times.

Every time Neiji Okamura takes a three-way attack.

Now Zhang Lei says Okamura Ningji will change the tactics.

Tiger Boy really didn't quite believe it.

But since Zhang Lei said so, he must have his reasons.

For Zhang Lei's judgment, Tiger Boy now believes [-]%.

Zhang Lei has fought so many battles, and he can accurately judge the Japanese army's battle plan every time.

This kind of ability, even his tiger boy can't do it.

If this method of attack is really adopted, then their pressure will be much greater.

Just now Zhang Lei said that Neiji Okamura's No.11 Army has five divisions!
When he attacked Changsha last time, although Okamura also had five divisions, but because he had to allocate troops to defend Wuhan, there were not many troops for attack.

But this time is different.

Hata Junliu's Central China Dispatch Army has four divisions directly under its jurisdiction.

These four divisions can not only defend Xuzhou, but can also be used as a reserve team.

Therefore, Okamura Ningji's No. 11 Army and the five divisions can all be invested in the offensive.

Five divisions...

Tiger Boy thought for a while, his First Corps would definitely be unstoppable.

Chen Cixiu was also very shocked.

Although he guessed that the Japanese army would definitely launch an attack from Hefei and Taihu Lake, Zhang Lei's meaning was still different from Chen Cixiu's analysis.

The Japanese Second Army will attack from the north of Wuhan...

This is not a good thing.

Originally, Chen Cixiu felt that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Second Army should be average.

But just now Zhang Lei actually said that the Second Japanese Army actually has four first-class divisions!
I drop mom.

If this is the case, then it's hard to say whether the fifth war zone can hold it.

Four Class A divisions!
The combined force exceeds 10 people.

If it was the garrison of the Japanese army, Li Delin's fifth theater could still fight the Japanese army.

But for the [-] field troops, Chen Cixiu was worried about Li Delin.

Originally, Chen Cixiu thought that the combined strength of his Ninth War Zone and Fifth War Zone was not small.

But when Zhang Lei said this, he immediately lost his mind.

Chen Cixiu said: "Zhang Lei, what are your thoughts on the specific battle?
To be honest, I really can't make up my mind to defend in such a large area from Wuhan to Xuzhou. "

(End of this chapter)