All gods, the lord who started with the bright sword

Chapter 332, The Philosophy of War
"They have already entered the city, you have done a good job, and the victory belongs to us."

Chen Hao was very pleased when he got the news that the chariot troops had entered the city of Mandalay. This was the best result he expected, and he admired Long Wenwen who led the team.

Chen Hao changed the topic: "But I want to give you two pieces of advice."

Long Wenwen replied respectfully: "Tuan Zuo, tell me, I'm listening!"

The overall blitzkrieg tactics were born out of Chen Hao's ideas, and could not be separated from his specific guidance.

At this point in the war, Long Wenwen has been completely conquered by Chen Hao's command strategy, and he will obey no matter what the group says.

The chariot troop had been established for less than half a month, and the training at the grassroots level was all simple operations. No one, including Long Wenwen, had ever commanded a chariot troop in a serious manner.

Although Chen Hao is not a professional in this field, he knows more about it than others.

Chen Haoyu said earnestly: "A tank is a weapon that needs to be protected, and a single tank will die miserably.

Only the front of the main battle tank is very hard, and the small-caliber guns on the side and rear can penetrate it, and the attack on the top is even more impressive.

The same is true for infantry combat vehicles, so arrange tasks so as not to leave them alone, focus on protecting the safety of the rear wings, and pay attention to threats from above. "

Long Wenwen listened to it, and responded without thinking: "I remember the group seats, don't worry, I won't let you down."

These two suggestions were just like timely rain, and they played a guiding role in the subsequent battles.

The Japanese army did not dare to confront the infantry tanks head-on, and often tried to block the road, forcing the tanks to be unable to advance, and then rushed out from hidden corners to attack the rear and flanks of the tanks.

The soldiers who received the order in advance were on guard against similar situations.

With a well-thought-out countermeasure in mind, unnecessary casualties and losses will not occur in the rush.

"Tuan Zuo, Mandalay has been captured, and the enemy headquarters has been destroyed. Should we still fight the enemy head-on?" Meng Fanle asked curiously.

After destroying the enemy's heavy artillery, the chariot troops went after a detour.

But the frontal battlefield did not stop, so under the bombardment of rockets and under the cover of a tank company and thirteen infantry tanks, three infantry companies were still attacking the Japanese positions.

From Meng Fanle's point of view, now that the enemy is already in the urn, is it necessary to pay a higher price for them?
This question is very appropriate.

Chen Hao turned his head and asked him: "It is indeed the worst for the Japanese army now. They are surrounded in a sense. Do you think they will surrender?"

"Certainly not now." Meng Fanle replied without thinking.

The fog of war has been completely lifted in front of the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

On a position with a length of five kilometers in front and a depth of six kilometers, the Japanese army deployed a dissatisfied infantry regiment, about more than 3000 people.

Two heavy artillery brigades and two field artillery brigades add up to about 3000 people.

Even under the repeated bombardment, the losses were not trivial, the artillery of the heavy artillery brigade was destroyed, and the enemy's existing troops that could be mobilized were at least four thousand and five.

surrender?

With the virtue of the Japanese not crying when they don't see the coffin, how could it be?
Staff officer Wang Yunshan also had a question: "Tuan Zuo, the Japanese army is surrounded by us here, let alone other things,
Thousands of people eat horse chews a day is a big number, and they can't last a few days without logistics.

Either starve to death, surrender, or break out. It is estimated that [-]% of them choose to break out.

Then we can easily harvest them in a stance, and naturally save the loss caused by a hard attack.

After all, we have fewer troops, and it is difficult to replenish them for the time being. If we lose one less, it is better to lose less. "

If the war is to do business, of course, the lowest cost must be used to obtain the highest income.

Chen Hao answered his question with a rhetorical question:
"Time has dragged on for a long time, won't the enemy reinforce?"

Wang Yunshan was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he nodded sincerely.

At this time in the whole of Myanmar, except for the Sichuan Army, the [-] Japanese army has no decent opponents. so
The British were driven to India, and some of the Chinese Expeditionary Army withdrew to the country, and some were chased into the Savage Mountains, struggling to go back.

The Sichuan Army did not have any allies to support it.

After defeating the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army, the Japanese Army can also dispatch No.18 Division, 33 Division, and 55 Division.

They can immediately deploy more troops to form a double-team situation against the Sichuan Army.

How many nails can one person drive?
With a regiment of 3000 people, against an army of [-].

Even if Chen Hao is Zhang Liao, the Japanese army with a strict command system is not Sun Shiwan.

Fortunately, the situation was not so bad. The [-] Japanese army was scattered all over Myanmar, and it was impossible to gather all of them in Mandalay immediately.

Then Chen Hao was left with every opportunity to defeat them.

Use the strong combat effectiveness of the Sichuan Army to form a combat advantage in local battlefields.

The Sixth Division of the Japanese Army miscalculated their combat effectiveness, so they ended up like this.

Regarding the strategy of the war, Chen Hao summed up his experience. He wanted to train more commanders who could act independently, so he told everyone in the car to listen.

"Remember, in war, bullying the weak is the kingly way, always bullying the few with the more, and always bullying the weak can win the victory.

The loss of one place and one city is nothing, and the casualties of all troops are not important. The important thing is that the combat objectives must be achieved.

We have the advantages of science and technology, soldiers are more expensive than fine, not much more expensive.To be able to fight against five times the same number of enemies.

In addition, the weapons in the hands of soldiers are mostly self-defense weapons, and the attack still depends on armored forces, air force and artillery. "

Chen Hao's few words pointed directly at the root of war, just like Sun Tzu's Art of War and classical warfare.

Whether it is Meng Fanle, who was lucky enough to go to university, or Wang Yunshan, a staff officer who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, this is the first time he has heard of it.

They were silent, savoring these few words silently in their hearts.

The war that has been remembered and boasted since ancient times is that the less wins the more, the weak wins the strong, and the soldiers are educated to be proud of the weak defeating the strong.

But really right?

It is indeed very good to defeat the strong with the weak, and to defeat the many with the few, but it is not a real master of war.

A true military master is one who does not have any accidents in every battle, defeats an enemy that is easy to defeat, and defeats an enemy that has already been defeated.

A master of military use takes his victories for granted, just like breaking a small egg with a big stone.

Therefore, such masters are often unknown, without wisdom or bravery.

A military master is the kind of person who beats one with ten.

The key to using soldiers well is to create the conditions: use 10 of your own to fight 1 of the opponent, so that you can win every battle and make no mistakes.

A master of soldiers, who specializes in bullying the few with the more, and bullies the weak with the strong, is like breaking an egg with a stone. It doesn't look like a master.

Just in response to what Tuan Zuo said: In war, bullying the weak by the strong is the kingly way.

The primary goal of this battle was to destroy the command center of the Japanese army, so the chariot troops took the risk and detoured behind the frontal enemy to directly attack Mandalay.

Soldiers are expensive and elite are not expensive. Taking advantage of science and technology, the troops are one against five.

The second and third sentences are undoubtedly the best summary.

The last sentence will be understood when you put your eyes on the frontal battlefield.

Before the attack, the rocket launchers of the firepower company attacked the enemy's positions in a saturated manner.

Even the soil on the ground has been turned over, and the fortifications on the position, such as barbed wire, have been completely destroyed.

Immediately afterwards, the infantry chariot took the lead, using its strong protective power to block all the enemy's counterattacks and quickly rushed to the position. The soldiers on the vehicle came down and wiped out the remnants of the enemy along the trenches.

The infantry in the back rushed to the position calmly, joined the battle to wipe out the enemy, and quickly took away a position completely.

Verified the words that the offensive required artillery and armored vehicles.

If it's just infantry attacking, everyone has never fought before, and they have seen and heard it, not to mention the slow speed, the casualties are definitely not small.

In addition, relying on the advantage of the amphibious combat of infantry vehicles and the fact that the battlefield is sandwiched between two rivers, the Sichuan Army took the Japanese positions along the river as a breakthrough.

One attacked and contained from the front, and the other landed on the beach from the river.

The Japanese army did not expect the enemy to attack from the river before, so they did not build any fortifications against the river.

Coupled with being flanked by two sides, even if you stick to it with the determination to die, you can only watch the armored vehicles rush up, and the infantry get off with automatic rifles to kill them.

If a corner position is lost, the adjacent positions will fall into a situation of two sides attacking, and the positions in a line will be shaken.

The Sichuan Army's style of play was like peeling off cocoons, nibbling away at the Japanese positions bit by bit, and eating up the vital forces on the positions.

The key is that in the face of such an attack, the Japanese army has nothing to do with their heads in a hurry.

The best anti-tank weapon is the tank itself, but for ordinary infantry tanks are an insurmountable nightmare.

The gun detection radar locks on, and the artillery quickly destroys it. If the Japanese artillery does not move within 1 minutes after firing, it will definitely be destroyed.

Under such a blow, more than half of the dozens of artillery pieces that had been able to make a big splash before had been lost, and the rest did not dare to show up frequently.

The officers encouraged the Showa boys to be brave imperial warriors.

"Quick, rush up and kill that chariot!"

The Japanese melon grenade cannot be made into a cluster grenade like a wooden handle grenade, but after suffering a loss in the Nomenkai battle, the Japanese army came up with some crooked anti-tank weapons.

For example, the three-type anti-tank grenade, the overall shape of the grenade is conical, consisting of a cover wrapped in linen, a fuze, a steel cone and explosives.

When the head of the thrown anti-tank grenade hits the surface of the tank, the fuze at the tail will be triggered due to inertia, and eventually the entire grenade will be detonated.

But it's like a grenade exploding on the side of the armor, lacking armor-piercing ability, and its painless power is not satisfactory.

There is also a Showa man's happy stick-anti-tank thorn mine.

A conical mine body is installed at the front end of a long pole, and there are spikes at the very front end. The user holds the long pole and stabs the armor of the tank.

This shape and combat method can not help but make people suspect that it is a weapon that has traveled through the cold weapon era, and it has been dubbed a very appropriate name-throwing and thundering.

The combat method of stabbing thunder is exactly the same as the "blade assault" advocated by the Japanese army.

The Japanese soldiers first hit the armor vigorously in a horizontal state, triggered the fuze, detonated the mine body, and then destroyed the target.

Due to the use of the instant fuze, the user simply does not have time to exit the blast kill zone.

A soldier in the Japanese army once asked how he could survive the explosion of an anti-tank bamboo pole. As a result, he was pressed to the ground by a Japanese officer and beat him for half an hour.

But the power is not bad.

According to Japanese military tests, when the stabbing mine hits the target at an angle of 150 degrees, it can penetrate 100 mm of homogeneous armor plate, and when the impact angle is [-] degrees, the thickness of the armor is also [-] mm.

Although the stabbing thunder is powerful enough, it can only be effective if it is within one or two meters of the Sichuan Army infantry chariot.

Just like Chen Hao's advice to Long Wenwen: "The single tank will die a miserable death!"

Now that you know that, of course you are prepared. The infantry fighting vehicles on the battlefield are never alone. Whether it is the infantry on board or the heavy machine guns from the rear, they will provide cover.

Holding a nearly two-meter-long stabbing mine, the Japanese soldiers who shouted "Long live" would be smashed into a sieve as soon as they appeared in the field of vision, and they could not rush forward at all.

No matter how powerful the stab thunder is, it will not be effective if it cannot be hit.

"Chief of Staff, the Fourth Squadron's position has been lost, and the Fifth Squadron's position is threatened by a double attack. Do you want them to give up their position and retreat?"

In the forward command post, a staff officer asked for instructions with a telephone in his hand.

The chief of staff of the wing took a look at Ichiro Kawaguchi, the leader of the wing who was stunned like a wooden pile, and now he had to make a decision: "Let's withdraw, first shrink the troops."

The telecommunications section chief walked in: "Chief of staff, the division headquarters sent a telegram that the enemy tank troops attacked Mandalay, and the division commander and headquarters have been transferred.

The chief of staff of the division said that it is up to our regiment to decide whether to stick to it or to break through. If you need support, please contact the headquarters. "

As soon as this news came out, everyone in the busy forward headquarters stopped their actions.

Think at the speed of the enemy chariot, it should have gone by now.The enemy's tank troops did not stab them from behind, and it seemed that their temptation was not strong enough.

So now they are considered abandoned.

Even if the rescue command sends reinforcements, they probably won't last until then.

Suddenly a clever ghost said:

"Chief of Staff, the enemy tank troops are going to attack Mandalay, and they can't take care of us at this time. This may be our only chance to break through and retreat."

This sentence woke up everyone. There were wolves in front and tigers in back and rivers on both sides. They subconsciously thought that they were surrounded.

Tigers hunt more valuable targets, leaving a window period.

The Japanese army once collected some ferries to transport supplies, and now they can retreat across the river.

However, it must be done quietly, and the enemy's chariot must not be discovered, otherwise it will be chased and fell into the river to feed the bastard.

Seeing the hopeful eyes of everyone, the chief of staff of the regiment sighed heavily: "My [-]th regiment can't just shed blood and tears here for a meaningless position.

We must preserve our vitality in order to fight again in the future and wash away the shame! "

That's an elegant way of putting gold on your face. If it sounds ugly, you can't beat it. Let's withdraw quickly.

This withdrawal, in addition to leaving a group of people who died in the rear, completely sold thousands of logistics personnel in Mandalay City to the Sichuan Army.

Chen Hao's goal of launching a blitzkrieg has been achieved.

The attack was launched in the early morning, with a total attack distance of 150 kilometers. In the evening, it entered the city and took down the second stage target.

Such a speed is simply appalling, and even the Germans who first invented the Blitz were amazed when they heard it.

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the back waves beat the front waves to death on the beach.

Taught the apprentice to put down all the master's allies.

(End of this chapter)