All gods, the lord who started with the bright sword

Chapter 130, the heavy military meeting of the Japanese army
The atmosphere at the Japanese army headquarters in Yangquan was extremely oppressive.

In the past, the military officers who showed off their might were cautious, not even daring to pant for breath.

Commander Youzuka Yoshio leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes tightly to calm down the restless and angry emotions in his heart.

Fiasco, another fiasco.

He hadn't heard any good news that day.

All bad news.

After a long time, he asked in a deep voice, "Can any of you tell me how to fight this battle now?"

There was no sound in the room, and all the officers were concerned about it, as if it had nothing to do with them.

Of course, this cannot be said to have nothing to do with them, but because they have nothing to do.

According to the news sent back by the captain of the Yamashita Regiment, the Eighth Route's reinforcements are at least one division, and their combat effectiveness is similar to that of the Eighth Route's elite troops surrounded by them.

The important thing is that this eight-way group carried two heavy artillery regiments, and a round of internal and external attacks caused the Yamashita Wing to lose an infantry brigade.

The heavy artillery brigade suffered heavy losses and had almost no ability to continue fighting the enemy.

You must know that the predecessor of the Yamashita United was the Sakata United, and its combat effectiveness was at the forefront of the First Army.

Such a strong army was beaten into such a state by the Eighth Route Army. Who can stop the Eighth Route Army?

By Yoshida United?

Their regiment has been beaten down to two half-disabled infantry brigades. If they continue to fight, the entire formation of the regiment will be wiped out.

Do you rely on the Duojing Regiment of the Ninth Brigade?
Their alliance has not participated in the battle before, and they are a new force. The combat effectiveness of more than [-] people in the entire alliance is not bad.

But they can withstand a few rounds of heavy artillery attacks, and can they retreat under the onslaught of tens of thousands of elites?

If they can't stop them, who should they send?
Three infantry regiments, one mobile brigade and one artillery brigade, adding up to more than [-] people is already more than two-thirds of the troops that can be assembled around.

More than [-] imperial association troops were able to use landmines as cannon fodder, but they could not be counted on in a war.

If all the troops are really pressed up, once the battle is defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Can't we win if we press all the troops up?
Such an optimistic question, they would not have thought about it a day ago, but they would definitely think that Balu would not dare to fight them decisively.

Nowadays, even the most arrogant guy can hardly maintain such an optimistic attitude when seeing the news of defeat one by one.

Major General Yamashōtaro, the head of the [-]th Brigade, said with a dark face: "Commander, there is an old saying in Huaguo, that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

The situation of the Eighth Route Army is quite different from before, whether it is densely equipped weapons like submachine guns, short-range direct-firing artillery, or even heavy artillery with a scale of up to two regiments.

These weapons are situations that we did not know before and could not have anticipated at all.

The weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army have been completely changed, and its combat capabilities can no longer be judged based on past experience.

I think the top priority should be to avoid decisive battles, but to concentrate on intelligence and understand why the Eighth Route Army has undergone such major changes. "

He didn't say a single retreat, but what he said was all retreat.

There are two infantry regiments in the Fourth Brigade, and now the combined number of people is not enough to make up one infantry regiment.

If the fight continues, he, the brigade commander, will become a bare-bones commander.

Takasaki Hideo, the captain of the Mobile Brigade, withdrew from the frontline battlefield and came to the meeting without thinking about cleaning up.

His face was blackened by the gunpowder smoke, he gritted his teeth and said:

"If you want me to say that for the officials of the Eighth Route Intelligence Department, they should all commit seppuku and apologize to the Emperor.

Balu is equipped with so many direct-aiming recoilless guns, but they didn't understand it.

As a result, my entire tank squadron was destroyed on the way to charge the enemy.

Those bastards, they take full responsibility for this. "

In the East Asian battlefield lacking anti-war artillery, a mobile brigade equipped with twelve tanks should have been invincible.

But in this battle, he was beaten back to his original shape all of a sudden.

Chariots, artillery, and transport vehicles were all lost.

There are only half of the combatants left, and the resources and time consumed to restore the original scale are not a small number.

It's no wonder Takasaki Hideo is not angry.

On the opposite side of the long table, Kazuki Yamamoto had a stern face and felt uncomfortable.

He also served as the adjutant of the Eighth Route Army's intelligence department, and he was also responsible for the ineffective investigation of the Eighth Route Army's intelligence work.

The question is, is it too much to attribute all the factors of defeat to their intelligence department?
He thought to himself: "These guys, who have lost a battle, don't look for problems from themselves, but blame others, it's really disgusting!

It seems to say that knowing that the Eighth Route Army is so powerful, they can beat it.Waste is waste, no matter how many reasons you find, it is waste. "

In the old Yamamoto, maybe he would speak out his heart in front of everyone, and offend people all at once.

Now he has grown a lot, but he is just complaining in his heart.

The Chief of Staff of the Ninth Brigade, who was present at the meeting, found that Commander Youzuka Yoshio had no obvious statement, so he tentatively expressed his opinion:

"Commander, from the perspective of the strategic situation, the enemy and the enemy have already fought an anxious war of attrition.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route are a group of farmers who put down their hoes. They can easily make up a lot, and they are worthless when they die.

But the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army are cherished and precious, and should not be wasted in such a war of attrition.

The most urgent task is to figure out the source of the eight-way weapon.

Let the enemy continue to be armed like this, and it won't be long before Shanxi will have no shelter for our First Army. "

The Japanese army has always regarded ordinary soldiers as consumables, as a string of numbers on the death list.

The reason why he came up with this at this time was that he saw that the situation was not good, and he didn't want the Duojing Regiment of their Ninth Brigade to get into troubled waters.

Youzuka Yoshio took a deep look at him, and frowned even deeper: "Yamamoto, what do you think?"

Kazuki Yamamoto knew that the commander would ask him, and he had already thought about it: "General, we don't know how many such elite troops the Eighth Route Army has.

The opportunity on the battlefield has been lost, and there are not many cards in hand, so it is unwise to continue playing at this time.

I think they should be ordered to withdraw at night, and prepare for the next opportunity. "

Rational analysis, saying what you have, is indeed his consistent style!
Youzuka Yoshio glanced at Yamamoto in relief.

As the commander, Yoshio Youzuka knew very well that this battle would not go on, but the guys under his command were as slippery as mud eels.

Say a lot of right things, but don't say the key retreat.

As the commander, can he take the initiative to retreat?
Of course not, of course someone needs to raise it first and pass a step out, so that he can go down the donkey.

In any case, it will not damage his reputation as a commander.

Youzuka Yoshio publicly agreed with Kazuki Yamamoto's views, and praised two sentences to set an example for others, and then ordered to send a report to the frontline troops.

Order them not to get entangled with the Eight Route Army, and alternately cover and retreat with each other.

The officers present were relieved to understand that there was no need to continue fighting.

The bad news came one after another today, and they have completely lost their confidence in fighting.

It is the most decent way to retreat before the situation is out of control.

The meeting is halfway here.

Youzuka Yoshio continued to say in a deep voice: "Who can tell me, what is the current situation of the Eighth Route's combat troops, and whether our Great Japanese Imperial Army can defeat them?"

The room fell silent again.

If you want to talk about the current situation of the Eighth Route Army, it is a long story for children without mothers.

Compared with others, Takasaki Hideo, who just came down from the front line, has the most say.

With a face blackened by the gunpowder, he got up and said: "The Eighth Route Army commander's style of play is still the same as before.

The quality of the soldiers has not improved significantly, and their marksmanship is generally very poor, far inferior to the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Their fighting power has changed drastically, and I think the main reason is the weapons..."

Hideo Takasaki described his experience on the battlefield in detail.

The Eighth Route Army, which has the ability to strike with artillery fire, will carry out artillery coverage and suppression before attacking.

The number of light and heavy machine guns and the number of bullets fired have been significantly improved.Basically, they have reached the same level as their Japanese army, and some are even slightly better.

The most critical thing is the change of ordinary infantry.

Takasaki Hideo said aggrievedly: "According to my observation, all the ordinary infantrymen of the Eighth Route Army were equipped with submachine guns.

Although their marksmanship is not very accurate, not as good as Yamamoto's special forces team members, but they can't stand the bullets and the firepower is so dense!
When rushing to a close range within 300 meters, those submachine guns are no less than a light machine gun.Our soldiers are holding single-shot bolt-action rifles, which cannot be resisted at all. "

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but think of the scene of the soldiers of the imperial army who wanted to fight the enemy with bayonets on the battlefield during the day, and were swept down by the submachine gun in the hand of Balu.

It was no longer an evenly matched battle, but a unilateral crush and massacre.

In the impression of most Japanese military officers, the Eighth Route Army was dressed in tatters, and some even dressed as peasants.

Some of the weapons in their hands are fairly modern rifles, and the other part are broadswords and spears that were only used in the last century.

If such enemies hadn't often come out to make troubles and developed so fast, the Japanese army would not have paid much attention to them.

Hideo Takasaki's description made those officers in the meeting room who had never been to the frontline battlefields or saw the scene of the exchange of fire with the Eighth Route Army realize how radically the Eighth Route Army had changed.

From a group that couldn't even have one rifle in hand, it turned into an army that was equipped with all submachine guns.

That's something that even the imperial army can't afford.

In the afternoon, many wounded officers were sent down from the front line. Major General Yamasho Taro went to offer condolences in person, and learned about the situation on the battlefield from those people.

"What he said is right, the infantry of the Eighth Army has indeed changed a lot, and the key point is that the artillery has also undergone huge changes.

In the past, they didn't have any artillery. A so-called main force group only had a poor mortar.

But the two main regiments that exchanged fire with us today are equipped with a battalion of large-caliber howitzers.

It directly caused our artillery to be counter-suppressed, and the infantry suffered a lot of casualties under the lack of good anti-cannon shelters.

You all know what has just been reported from the front line. The two heavy artillery regiments of the Eighth Route launched an attack and destroyed our heavy artillery brigade quite easily.

This... There are too many doubts, and it is impossible to judge without intelligence support.

It can only show that when the enemy has such artillery fire, our army lacks sufficient countermeasures, and it may be difficult to win on the battlefield. "

Shan Shengtaro's argument has been supported by many military officers.

The cannon is called the king of war, but it is not blown out.

Two heavy artillery regiments and two heavy artillery battalions can destroy nearly half of the ground fortifications by launching a random attack on a position, causing a large number of casualties to the personnel on the position.

Not to mention the changes in other weapons of the Eight Routes, these cannons are enough to affect the balance of victory in the entire war.

The entire First Army of the Heavy Artillery Wing could not gather one, and it was impossible to use artillery to produce artillery.

The Chief of Staff of the Ninth Brigade asked: "What's the situation over there with the plane, is it really impossible to destroy the artillery of the Eighth Route?"

He doesn't know much about the situation yet, but in fact, there are many people who have the same idea as him.

It is easier for aircraft to find artillery positions in the air, and a random bomb dropped in the air can deal a very serious blow to the eight-way heavy artillery unit.

Maeda Yuki of the Bomber Squadron sighed and said helplessly:

"It's not that we don't want to do it, but the enemy's anti-aircraft weapons are too evil. They can launch a shell that chases the aircraft, and no matter how we dodge it, we can't dodge it.

Today we have had half a dozen aircraft destroyed, not even the most nimble fighters have been spared.

According to the experience observed so far, only when the aircraft maintains an altitude above 3000 meters can it not be destroyed by the enemy's strange weapons.

However, it is difficult to talk about the accuracy of the bombing of more than 3000 meters. For the eight-way artillery, it is tantamount to scratching the itch and cannot achieve significant results. "

His detailed answer made everyone understand the suffering of the flying team, not that they didn't work hard.

The firepower of the infantry was inferior to that of the Eight Routes, and the firepower of the artillery was also suppressed by the Eight Routes. The most advantageous aircraft, because of the mysterious anti-aircraft weapons of the Eight Routes, could not play its due role.

Their Great Japanese Imperial Army is actually inferior to the Eighth Route Army in every way?
Such a result made all the officers in the conference room extremely depressed, and the only thing that remained silent for a while was the sound of breathing.

The second question raised by the commander, can their Imperial Japanese Army beat the Eighth Route Army?

Now the result is obvious, it is not as good as the Eighth Route Army in every way, of course it can't beat it.

Yoshio Youzuka knew the answer in his heart, but he didn't say it out and continued to demoralize.

A series of failures should have made them realize that they must take the enemy seriously, and they should not be arrogant when fighting against the Eighth Route Army in the future.

"The time limit is one month. Next, the intelligence department must find out the source of the eight-way weapon, and we must not let this situation continue to spread."

【pigeon】

(End of this chapter)