My Bright Sword Logistics Career

Chapter 223 The Locust Army Needs Tanks!
Taiyuan.

"General, this is an order from General Gangcun."

The staff officer handed over a telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio.

"Ok!"

Shinozuka Yoshio, who was wearing glasses, nodded, and immediately took the telegram, but he didn't ask the staff to read it, but read it by himself.

The telegram was very short. After reading it for a few seconds, Shinozuka Yoshio narrowed his eyes.

At present, the First Army has followed the order of Gangcun Ningci to abandon the peripheral counties, shrink the defense, and rely on important towns such as Taiyuan to build multi-layered ring fortifications.

Be prepared to stick around for a long time.

During this process, some things went beyond Yoshio Shinozuka's expectation.

Most of the counties abandoned by the First Army were occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and a small part was taken by the Central Army. As for the Jinsui Army, none of the counties were occupied.

The truth surprised Shinozuka Yoshio.

Later, after detailed research to find out the reason, after he scolded the old fox, he could only feel more dignified.

It turned out that the strength of the Eighth Route Army was so strong that these different internal military forces voluntarily made concessions.

He expected to cause internal disputes in the Republic of China through the retreat, and even the splash did not arouse.

Even the Central Army took the initiative to avoid conflicts with the Tuba Road, and most of them voluntarily gave in.

This is not only what a strong military can do, what is needed is comprehensive capabilities.

For the locust army, this is not good news.

In the next few days, watching the fortifications rising from the ground in the surrounding counties of the First Army, and the patrolling troops of the Tuba Route, Yoshio Shinozuka felt more and more heavy.

The Eighth Route Army really surrounded the First Army.

and,

He didn't even give up the door.

As long as the locust army shows up, it will be greeted by mortars.

Just like shells don't need money.

He asked the staff to make detailed statistics. Around the First Army, the [-] counties occupied by the Eighth Route Army fired no less than [-] mortar shells every day.

It is true that Shinozuka Yoshio is jealous and envious.

The First Army is poor now!
There are more than 7 locust troops, including the [-]-type infantry artillery, there are more than [-] artillery pieces of various types, but the total number of artillery shells is not [-] rounds.

Most of them are Type [-] infantry artillery.

The reason why the Type [-] artillery shells were used was that during the previous battle in the Jinzhong Basin, the Type [-] infantry artillery was really useless because of its range of less than three kilometers.

Even the 60 mortars of the Eighth Route Army can suppress it.

Basically no chance to make a move.

Or get killed right away.

right now,

General Gangcun asked him to send troops to test the strength of the Eighth Route Army garrisons around the First Army in order to judge the changes in the strength of the guerrillas after most of the artillery was dispatched to participate in training.

"like··"

After reading the recent combat report and carefully studying the casualties, Yoshio Shinozuka realized it at this time.

It seems that although the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire has been fierce recently, the hit rate is indeed much lower. The actual casualties of the First Army are very low, which is obviously the effect of the novice artillery team.

"Order···"

According to the order, after letting the front line organize troops to test the attack, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly realized something.

Even if the Eighth Route Army mobilizes a large number of artillery crews for training, resulting in most of the artillerymen of the frontline troops being inexperienced and new gunners, and their quality is reduced, but so what?

At present, people stick to the city, block all traffic lines, occupy the commanding heights, surround the first army, and build a ring of fortifications, and bombard the Yuan by default.

Mortar visual shooting is much simpler than grenades, and even a novice can quickly master it.

The First Army, which lacked supplies, could only stand by and wait for reinforcements.

Can't do anything!
Even if the First Army put all their eggs in one basket and launched an attack at the same time as the North China Front Army in an attempt to open up communication lines, the Eighth Route Army had enough reserves to restore the situation in time.

Moreover, the ghost knows if this group of people has any advanced weapons hidden.

It's no wonder that people dare to transfer the artillery crew to focus on training at this time.

This is to see that the locust army is powerless in the near future.

···
the next day.

Jinzhong, a peripheral city of Taiyuan.

noon.

boom···

Violent explosions continued to rise in the surrounding area.

Even with the maximum skirmisher line, even if the entire brigade is separated and the infiltration attack is carried out in units of small groups, in the face of such fierce shelling, one locust warrior after another is still affected by the explosion.

It flew, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Some even fell apart directly.

Like a rag doll being played with by a brat.

The charge of the enemy's shells is actually not large, but the quality of the explosives is better than that of the Locust Army. Even 60 mortar shells are comparable to four Imperial grenades, and the shock wave can easily blow up the Locust Army.

More locust warriors stopped suddenly on the way to charge, and then fell to the ground gushing blood.

It was hit by shell fragments.

Compared with the high-speed shock wave, the fragments scattered at high speed are the real damage of the shell.

After all, the explosives actually only account for two to three percent of the weight of a cannonball, and the remaining [-] to [-] percent are metal projectiles, not to mention that the enemy's cannonballs are also prefabricated into fragments.

Fragmentation is generated more efficiently.

"idiot··"

Seeing the locust warriors fall one after another on the way to the charge, the lieutenant, one of Tu Duo, who led the charge himself, couldn't bear it any longer. After a roar... he ordered the troops to start retreating.

He is not afraid of death,

The locust army is not afraid of casualties.

But going on the offensive is pointless.

The enemy occupied all the commanding heights in the surrounding area, and all placed artillery positions.

At this time, his brigade of more than 700 people was being bombarded by more than a hundred mortars of various calibers. Although most of them were 60mm mortars, their accuracy was relatively low, and a large number of shells fell on the periphery of the charge formation.

But the quantity made up for the accuracy problem, and here is a flat and open terrain, the gunner can adjust the landing point of the shells visually, and the continuous falling shells still caused him heavy losses.

And he didn't even have the means to fight back.

The eight mountain cannons of the Wing Artillery Brigade were unable to provide fire support and artillery suppression due to a severe shortage of shells.The Type [-] infantry artillery belonging to the brigade had no chance of firing at all.

If you continue to attack, you will not only face a steady stream of shells falling, but also reach the range of the heavy machine gun.
It can only be a gift to the Eighth Route Army.

Or, he could waste a little ammunition from the Eighth Route Army...but he knew that it was meaningless.

God knows how much ammo they have.

···
at the same time.

West of Jingxing,

A bridge on the Zhengtai line.

Following the order of Neiji Gangmura, the devils of the two brigades attacked the bridge under the cover of eight mountain cannons of an artillery brigade.

At the brigade level, with a ratio of two to one, this is obviously a permanent division of the Devils.

Judging from the actions of these devils,

One by one, the devils leaped between the shelters, sometimes fast and sometimes slowly, their figures were always hidden in the shelters, but they still maintained a large skirmish line, and the formation was still very complete.

Part of it penetrated by detour from the flank,

Even those who walk around the cliff are sensitive in action,
Obviously an experienced devil.

But it didn't help.

On the high ground around the railway bridge, mortar shells rained down like raindrops.

The condescending field of view allows the gunner to visually calibrate the impact point of the shell without relying on the artillery observation post, and does not need to accurately calculate the trajectory based on the coordinate data.

And with enough shells and a long enough range, the gunner has enough time to adjust and explore the feel.

Even if they are all gunners who have become monks halfway, their accuracy is very good.

Relying solely on artillery, the main force of the devils who fought the frontal attack cried for their parents and shouted for their mothers. They were forced to retreat before halfway through the charge.

Later, the devils adjusted their tactics and began to concentrate their forces to attack the hills. However, between the commanding heights, the artillery fire could support each other, and the infantry had an absolute advantage in light firepower. After a few attempts, the devils could only leave a pile of corpses and retreat.

During this period, the devil's eight 75 mountain guns desperately supported the suppression, but faced with the counterattack and suppression of the third artillery battalion of the brigade artillery regiment, the eight 105 howitzers did not dare to show their heads after firing for a short time.

Admittedly,

Most of the gun crews went to participate in the training and improvement organized by Yangcun.

But in the army, there are also a group of people who not only have a very good level of knowledge, but also participated in the three-month modern artillery training organized by the uncle of the system in Yangcun since June last year, and have participated in three months of actual combat in the army.

These people are currently serving in the howitzer units at the division brigade level.

These old gunners, who were taught by super top instructors and fed at least [-] rounds of live ammunition per person, were no less than Devil Artillery in terms of level.

The level is only high but not low, the performance of the artillery is so far away, and the number is still the same, it is strange to be able to fight.

As for the small group of devils who turned sideways and outflanked the rear, don't forget how the army got its start. Now that the firepower is up, the artillery establishment accounts for nearly one-third of the army, but the housekeeping skills have not been forgotten.

Since the firepower of the troops came up, the battle has indeed become more and more comfortable. Most of the time, the devils were repelled by the artillery brothers before they got close to the heavy machine gun fire area of ​​the position.

But gradually, the infantry brothers felt something was wrong.

How did this become a show?
But the devil can't fill it up, and there's nothing he can do.

Now that some devils have finally come up, they naturally rushed up screaming, dividing and surrounding them,
then,

Not a single one was wiped out.

····
That night.

Headquarters,

The summary of the two rounds of small-scale attacks by the devils was sent to the staff room of the headquarters, but this news was circulated in the combat office.

It was just a tentative attack by the devil.

Today, the strength of the army is growing rapidly. More than 700 new three-ton trucks of various models, 500 jeeps of various models, and more than 105 [-] camel-mounted howitzers have gradually entered service in the army.

The base area is also ushering in great development. Two-lane or even four-lane roads are extending at a speed of more than 30 kilometers per day. Millions of fertile fields in the Jinzhong Basin have begun to promote new seeds, chemical fertilizers, and advanced agricultural technologies.

After the base area and troops digest these and their strength increases sharply, it will be time to deal with the devil's first army.

in Taiyuan,
First Army Command
Shinozuka Yoshio looked at the daytime combat report, and after a long silence, he uttered a sentence:

"They've intensified their artillery fire again."

And the North Review.

Inside the North China Front Army Command.

Neji Gangmura looked at the detailed battle report and was silent for a long time. Then, he opened the map to find the location of the battlefield and studied it carefully. He even asked his staff to make a battlefield sand table.

It was not until midnight that Ningji Okamura picked up his pen, took out the paper, and wrote a report:
"The Locust Army in the North China Theater Needs Tanks! "

(End of this chapter)