My Bright Sword Logistics Career

Chapter 215 The artillery fire that swept through the Zhengtai line!

"Commander."

Beiping, a staff officer rushed in in a panic, and reported to Naozaburo Okabe in the same flustered tone:
"The Zhengtai Line, the northern section of the Tongpu Line, the northern section of the Pinghan Line, and all the strongholds around the railway were heavily attacked by guerrillas."

"All strongholds request tactical guidance!"

"Nani!"

Naozaburo Okabe stood up suddenly, his eyes widened, and he looked at the staff officer reporting with disbelief on his face:

"What did you say?"

For him, the commander of the North China Front Army, this news was so explosive that the first time he heard it, he was unbelievable and unbelievable.

One of the fundamental tasks of the base camp for the North China Front Army is to ensure the smooth flow of the railway lines within the jurisdiction.

The entire section of Zhengtai Line, the entire section of Tongpu Line, the northern section of Longhai Railway, the southern section of Pinghan Line, Baijin Railway, Jiaoji Railway, etc., have a total length of thousands of kilometers of railway lines.

The devil plans to plunder the resources and wealth of North China through these lines of communication, so as to support war with war.

Therefore, for the North China Front Army, attacking the Eighth Route Army was not to eliminate the guerrillas, but to maintain local law and order and ensure smooth communication lines.

This is why,
The North China Front Army, with a total strength of more than 30, could only mobilize less than [-] mobile troops to deal with the crisis in the Jinzhong Basin and the southern section of the Tongpu Line.

Because a large number of troops are scattered and stationed around the railway line, these troops cannot be mobilized over long distances.

And now, Jisaburo Kobebe received the news,
The entire Zhengtai Line, the northern section of the Tongpu Line, and the northern section of the Pinghan Line, these three railway lines with a total length of more than [-] kilometers, have all the strongholds around the railways been attacked? !

And it's heavily armed!
All bases are applying for tactical guidance!
Inside the Locust Army, because of face problems, the request for help was embellished as a request for tactical guidance.

In other words, the Tuba Road dispatched a total scale of troops that surpassed the Hundred Regiments Battle, carrying nearly a hundred heavy artillery pieces, and launched a fierce attack on nearly a hundred strongholds at the same time.

And it's an elite force.

Otherwise, it is impossible to call for help from all bases.

"The Zhengtai Line, the northern section of the Tongpu Line, the northern section of the Pinghan Line, and all the strongholds around the railway were heavily attacked by guerrillas."

"The guerrillas are generally equipped with 105-caliber heavy artillery that can shoot directly, and easily destroyed the peripheral fortifications of the strongholds, as well as the theme of the strongholds. The garrisons in each stronghold are asking for tactical guidance!"

The staff officer repeated the news and elaborated on one detail.

For the devils, especially the army, the 105 caliber has already belonged to the heavy artillery.

"Every stronghold is under heavy attack!"

Jisaburo Okabe felt his heart stopped for several seconds, and he even had an urge to stop beating.

"how is this possible!"

"how can that be!"

Even though the staff answered many times, Naozaburo Okabe still couldn't believe it.

Although from the counties in the Jinzhong Basin, Tuba Road was still able to retreat in an orderly manner in the face of the attack of the locust army, he vaguely felt that Tuba Road's strength was beyond his imagination.

It is very likely that there will be a backhand,

For example, attacking the west by attacking the east, attracting the main force of the Locust Mobile Corps to go to the Jinzhong Basin, and attacking the railway line.

He also made a timely remedy and called back two infantry brigades urgently.

However, in the Jinzhong Basin, the four counties where Tuba Road was stationed heavily, and the sporadic battles with the locust army around the basin, the number of troops used was already six figures starting with the second.

Such a force is no less than the scale of a hundred regiments.

Considering the terrifying amount of ammunition projected by the opponent and the difficulty in supplying supplies in the mountainous area, a huge logistics transportation force is bound to be required.

It's no less than a six-figure scale either.

They still have the ability to dispatch troops no less than the size of a hundred regiments on a railway line that is more than 1000 kilometers long, and attack nearly a hundred strongholds at the same time?

In just a few months, the troop strength has doubled?
and,

Combat power has not dropped too much?
Is this possible?

Okabe Naozaburo still couldn't believe it.

He thought that Tubalu's strength would exceed his imagination, and he also made a high estimate in his heart. After all, that group of people is a guy who can deliver nearly a million mortar shells a day.

But never expected,

Tubalu's actual strength still far exceeds his expectations, which he has tried to overestimate as much as possible.

Last year, how long had it been since the so-called Hundred Regiments War started?

Less than half a year!

In such a short period of time, the strength of Tuba Road has doubled, and it still maintains a very good overall quality.

Even in the combat meeting, he said over and over again that the Tuba Road defended by Wen County and Heping County was filled with a large number of recruits with poor quality, but Jisaburo Kobe knew it in his heart.

The grassroots soldiers of the Tuba Road really lack combat experience, but those grassroots company and platoon officers, as well as a large number of artillery crews and machine gunners, are of very good quality.

Otherwise, Ping County and Wen County wouldn't be able to defend for so long, or they wouldn't be able to exert their huge firepower.

Giving even more artillery to a mob is useless.

But how is this possible?

How can it be?

In contrast, every guerrilla attacking a stronghold is equipped with a 105-caliber heavy artillery, and this heavy artillery can also shoot armor-piercing projectiles directly, although it is also heavy news.

It is equivalent to the guerrilla heavy artillery has been devolved to the regiment level.

But it basically did not attract the attention of Naozaburo Okabe.

Compared with Tuba Road, which has doubled in size in less than half a year and has not yet collapsed in combat power, this is nothing at all.

and,

He can understand getting a large amount of equipment. It was aided by others, although the locust army still doesn't know how it was transported.

He can also understand that there are a large number of outstanding grassroots officers. After a few years, the Tuba Road can also accumulate a lot of talents. It is not particularly difficult to gather these elite officers.

But he couldn't understand the large number of elite artillery crews.

An elite gun crew, even the Empire, needs at least two years of training time, and it has to be a genius.

As for the doubling of the troop size in less than half a year...

He couldn't understand it even more, and couldn't accept it.

"General, what should we do?"

Looking at the commander who was struggling because he couldn't believe it, the chief of staff reminded him.

After taking a deep breath and forcing himself to calm down, Naozaburo Okabe looked at the huge map of North China, and after a long, long time, he gave an order in a blank tone:
"Order the troops stationed in various places to immediately support the surrounding strongholds according to the predetermined plan."

"Hi."

Looking at his commander, the chief of staff opened his mouth, but in the end he only said hi.

This command obviously cannot solve the current problem.

The guerrillas came fiercely. Every part of the more than 1000-kilometer railway line was in jeopardy. A large number of bridges and strongholds were destroyed.

But at present, the mobile forces of the North China Front Army are all in the Jinzhong Basin, and the remaining troops are evenly scattered along the thousands of kilometers of railway lines and important cities.

In the case of widespread attacks,
Either it was too late to support, or, no reinforcements could be dispatched at all.

After the chief of staff left, Naozaburo Okabe slumped on the chair, his eyes were blank, and he muttered to himself:

"impossible··"

"how can that be!"

"···"

····
"how can that be!"

On the other side, Ishihara Waner also looked at the information that was just delivered to him, and stood up abruptly.

Compared with Naozaburo Okabe, who had commanded high-intensity battles for nearly a month and was stimulated by the heavy casualties of the locust army, and was highly stressed, Ishihara Wanji was calmer at this time.

So he can feel the incredibleness of these help telegrams.

on the same day,
On more than 1000 kilometers of railway lines,
At the same time launched an attack on nearly a hundred strongholds,
Moreover, in every stronghold, superior elite troops were dispatched, carrying heavy artillery to launch a strong attack, using ferocious cannon fodder, easily destroying the defense system of the locust army, making the locust army clumsy and unable to effectively support.

The enemy's artillery fire swept over more than 1000 kilometers of railway lines at the same time, and destroyed a large number of railway tracks.

The battle report pointed out that the guerrillas generally used mortars to destroy railways and rails remotely, and some even fired hundreds of 82 mortar shells on a small section of railway bridges.

Actions of this magnitude,
There are extremely high requirements for a force's military strength, command ability, and logistics ability.

The latter, that is, logistical capabilities, is the most critical point.

Even if the locust army occupies the entire railway line, important cities and roads around the railway, and has built a complete logistics supply system for decades, it is almost impossible to organize an operation of this scale.

How did Tubalu do it?
Admittedly,

They received foreign aid and a large amount of supplies,
The troops were also expanded at an incredible speed, more than doubled in just half a year, and the quality of the soldiers and officers was beyond everyone's imagination.

but,

This time, including support troops, they dispatched more than a hundred troops from the lowest squadron to the highest wing level, across several provinces, on an area of ​​one million square kilometers, on a railway line with a length of one thousand kilometers, Attack at the same time.

Moreover, in the battle, it showed a very high density of firepower.

Its logistics preparation work is unparalleled and huge.

What the guerrillas can rely on are only those newly built mountain roads that have not been built for a long time, and some small four-wheeled trucks called jeeps with a load capacity of about one ton.

And, some Pelton horses.

Using this transportation system, tens of thousands of tons of materials were transported from Shitouwan in Yangcun to every battlefield in North China.

Is this possible?

Relying on this transportation force to meet such a huge military demand?
Moreover, during this period, the guerrillas also met the material needs of the six-figure troops in the Jinzhong Basin, as well as the daily consumption of up to one million rounds of mortar shells.

Is this possible?

This is absolutely impossible.

Ishihara Waner was determined in his heart.

But the facts are right in front of our eyes, and the artillery fire that swept over more than 1000 kilometers of railway lines cannot tolerate any denial.

The guerrillas are even rich enough to use mortars to destroy the Imperial Railways on a large scale. This is not something that can be done with sufficient materials.

So··
"They have ways and means to solve material transportation that we don't know, and they are extremely efficient."

Ishihara Waner took a deep breath, his face extremely solemn.

This problem is more troublesome and threatening than the guerrillas obtaining huge supplies.

No matter how much material there is, it is useless if it cannot be transported to the troops or to the front line.

Just like the empire's previous battles against preserved fruit.

In fact, the mainland produced materials that barely met the needs of the war, and the materials were also transported to the coast by sea.

However, because the battle line was too deep, the supply line was long, and the empire lacked sufficient land transportation capacity, these supplies could not reach the frontline troops, and the frontline troops had to stop attacking.

And the Eighth Route Army guerrillas...

Not only are there sufficient supplies that can be wasted casually, but there are even ways to transport sufficient supplies to the frontline troops in a timely manner even in mountainous areas.

Once this force is fully grown...

It doesn't take too long. Judging from this year's time, it can be as short as two years, as long as three to five years, and it will be able to have the strength to confront the Imperial Army head-on.

At that time,
Not to mention the Tongpu line around Jindi, the Zhengtai line will be lost.

Even the North China region, and even Manchuria, where the empire has been operating for more than ten years, cannot hold on.

Thinking of this, Ishihara Waner only felt cold sweat running down his back.

(End of this chapter)