Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Saburo Yoshida said: "According to the information collected by the intelligence department, it is true that only the Eighth Route Army attacked the Imperial Army's stronghold this time, and neither the Central Army nor the Jinsui Army participated in it."

Hearing this, Shinozuka Yoshio's face became even more ugly. If there are shadows of the Central Army and the Jinsui Army, it is not enough to fear. If there is no shadow of them, it means that the Eighth Route Army has already quietly , It has grown to a size that can threaten the 1st Army.

The old devil said in disbelief, "With more than 300 battalions and more than 100 regiments, the Eighth Route Army has developed so many troops?"

Saburo Yoshida paused: "Hey! That's right. However, according to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army's equipment is very simple, and there are almost no heavy firepower weapons.

Moreover, the weapons and equipment in their hands are also uneven, not only the equipment of the Imperial Army, but also the weapons and equipment of the Central Army, Jinsui Army, and even some European weapons, as well as those eliminated during the Northern Expedition, and even firecrackers.

Many of them didn't even have guns, and they still held spears and broadswords in their hands. "

"So, generally speaking, although the Eighth Route Army has a lot of troops, it doesn't have too much combat power..."

"Enough!" Yoshio Shinozuka interrupted decisively: "The Eighth Route Army has captured more than 300 strongholds of the Imperial Army, and you still look down on them. What qualifications do you have?"

"Being careless and underestimating the enemy will only make our failure more complete!"

"Hi Yi! I know I'm wrong."

Yoshida Saburo trembled in fright, and hurriedly admitted his mistake.

Shinozuka Yoshio turned his eyes back to the sand table, staring at the strongholds with the small blue flags that were captured by the Eighth Route Army. He looked at the surrounding area for a long time, and then said in a deep voice, "Battlefield information interception? This It’s a new tactical topic that was raised in Europe, and even my Imperial Japanese Army hasn’t learned it yet, but the Eighth Route Army has already learned it, which really surprises me.”

Kazuki Yamamoto stayed abroad at the Munich Military Academy in Germany and learned many advanced European tactical topics.

Among them, the focus is on special operations, and battlefield information interception is a subject in special operations.

Therefore, Kazuki Yamamoto is quite familiar with information interception on the battlefield, and even Yoshio Shinozuka learned about this tactical topic from him.

At this time, Kazuki Yamamoto said: "Your Excellency, Commander, this should be just a coincidence."

"The tactics of the Eighth Route Army are extremely backward. They only know guerrilla warfare and sparrow warfare, and they don't even understand the essence of frontal positional warfare. How can they understand the advanced tactical topic of battlefield information interception that has just been raised? So this must be a coincidence."

"It's just that their strength exceeded the expectations of the imperial army, so that the Zhengtai railway line, the Tongpu railway line, and the Pinghan railway line are flanked by their people."

"That's why the reconnaissance teams dispatched by the imperial army from various strongholds along the line were ambushed without exception and encountered them."

After a pause, Kazuki Yamamoto changed the subject and said in an extremely firm tone: "So, I dare to assert that this is definitely not intentional by the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army has absolutely no awareness of intercepting battlefield information along these three railway lines!"

On this point, Kazuki Yamamoto was right. Neither the chiefs of the Eighth Route Army headquarters nor Wang Chengzhu knew about the combat issue of battlefield information interception.

Of course, it can't be said that they don't understand, at least Wang Chengzhu, who is a modern time traveler and is familiar with history, knows a little bit.

To put it simply, it is information warfare. Whoever has the information will have the initiative on the battlefield.

Take two very famous cases during World War II as examples.

The Japanese army's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was a great success because it caught the US military by surprise, and then almost took the initiative in the entire Pacific Ocean.

However, in the subsequent sneak attack on Midway Island, because the U.S. military intercepted and deciphered the Japanese army’s telegram in advance, and then took precautions in advance, the Japanese army was caught off guard, causing heavy losses to the Japanese army, and then regained the initiative in the Pacific.

Therefore, Wang Chengzhu may not know the term 'battlefield information interception', but he definitely knows this combat topic.

After listening to Kazuki Yamamoto's analysis, Yoshio Shinozuka was not happy, but waved his hands with a gloomy face: "What you said is not important anymore. Because no matter whether the Eighth Route Army has the awareness of implementing battlefield information interception, the fact They have already achieved this effect.”

"So far, we don't know the designations of the participating troops of the Eighth Route Army, the specific strength of the Eighth Route Army, and the next combat intention."

"The so-called strength of more than 300 battalions and more than 100 regiments is just our guess."

"Although the imperial army has the air supremacy, aerial reconnaissance can only be carried out during the daytime, and the effect is extremely limited."

After a pause, Shinozuka Yoshio's face became more and more ugly: "The most helpless thing is that until now we still don't know the strategic intention of the Eighth Route Army. Are they just trying to pull out the outer strongholds, or do they have greater ambitions!"

"If so, what is their goal?"

"Only by clarifying these can we judge where the main force of the Eighth Route Army will appear, and then independently form the 1st Brigade, the 9th Brigade, the 4th Brigade and the 27th Division's mobile units, and the independent 2nd Brigade. The brigade and the main force of the 8th Brigade can launch a targeted attack and deal a fatal blow to the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"

At this time, Miyano Jun, the chief of staff who had not spoken all the time, suddenly said: "Your Excellency, Commander, maybe the Eighth Route Army does not have other greater ambitions and goals."

"After all, the Zhina Tuba Road has always only dared to ambush and harass the imperial army's supply troops, or sneak attack a few small strongholds, and never dared to confront the imperial army head-on."

"This time it's nothing more than a sneak attack on a little more small strongholds. As long as we want, we can take back these small strongholds at any time, or re-establish some."

Shinozuka Yoshio sighed: "It is not difficult for us to take back these small strongholds, and even after the Eighth Route Army captured these strongholds, they only destroyed them, but did not occupy them.

Airmen provide tactical guidance during the day, and we can take back these lost strongholds as long as we send out some random teams. "

Speaking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly changed the subject and asked, "But then?"

"This……"

Jun Miyano was immediately stopped by the question.

Shinozuka Yoshio asked himself and answered: "At night, those Chinese Tuba Roads will surely come to attack again like hungry wolves smelling blood."

"Even if we know, there is no way to deal with it right now."

"Aside from losing another part of the imperial army, there is nothing that can be done."

"China Tubalu even wished we could do this..."

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