My Bright Sword Logistics Career

Chapter 268 First Army, Extinct!
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North of Taiyuan.

Tongpu line direction.

The Yoshino Alliance is breaking out along the mountain road.

As the mobile wing of the First Army, the Yoshino Wing had a total strength of 4000 at its peak, including an artillery brigade, a cavalry squadron, three infantry brigades, and a heavy squadron.

The entire alliance has more than 60 trucks of various models.

As we all know, the Japs are seriously short of cars due to insufficient industrial capacity. Therefore, among the Japs combat troops, those who can be equipped with a large number of cars are all elite.

But at this time,
The elite infantry unit of the locust army was scattered scattered on the mountain road on the side of the Tongpu line, like a group of ants, chaotically breaking out in the direction of the Mongolian army stationed in the north.

between formations,
From time to time a cannonball falls,

Even though the devils had tried their best to spread out their formation, due to the dense shells, some devils were still hit by shells from time to time, were thrown into the air and then fell off the cliff.

"idiot!"

Looking at the rear, the shells falling like raindrops, the Yoshino Regiment Captain's teeth were about to be gritted.

He didn't understand why he wanted to break through?

Since we know that the enemy has many troops, powerful firepower, and advanced weapons, why should we force a breakout?

There were more than 4 support troops on the Tongpu line, and they didn't even get through the first line of defense. Instead, they suffered heavy casualties.As for the Zhengtai Line, it was almost surrounded and wiped out.

Under such circumstances, how to break through?
Yoshino has been in the army for more than [-] years, and he has never encountered such an outrageous order.

Continue to stick to Taiyuan, isn't it good?

Relying on Taiyuan's solid fortifications, abundant material reserves, and the complex terrain of Taiyuan City, 10,000+ people from the Republic of China, it is definitely not a problem to continue to stick to it for a month.

Although...it will eventually be defeated by Tuba Road.

No way, Tuba Road is really powerful.

With the support of advanced weapons and sufficient logistics, the Tuba Road is far superior to the locust army in terms of air force, artillery, or ground infantry. Coupled with its huge force,
And the siege artillery that appeared in Yangquan,

Taking Taiyuan is only a matter of time. Not a single one of the more than 5 imperial warriors of the First Army can escape.

but,
At least the glory of Bushido can be preserved.

Prove the glory of the Imperial Locust Army.

Instead of being like now, like a lost dog being chased by the Tubal guerrillas, he didn't dare to fight back.

Yes,

At this time, only some scattered artillery units of the Tuba Road were chasing him, and there were not many troops.

After all, the direction they were retreating at this time was the mountain road, far away from the Tongpu line.

"Baga...Order..."

Just when Yoshino was furious and was about to lead the team back to destroy the pursuing artillery units, the chief of staff of the regiment quickly stopped him, persuading him in a bitter voice:
"Your Excellency, Captain, it is an order from the headquarters to disperse and break through!"

"This is an order from the headquarters!"

"idiot."

Yoshino immediately calmed down.

It’s not that the Chief of Staff’s persuasion had any effect.
Instead, his troops stopped for a short while, and the shells in the rear became even denser.

Also, the Taiyuan First Army retreated from the mountain road in a scattered and light manner, abandoning all the heavy weapons that could be discarded. At this time, he only had a few Type [-] infantry cannons in his hands.

Yes,

The Yoshino Regiment, the elite mobile regiment of the First Army, only had a few Type [-] infantry artillery in their hands at this time.

Not many shells yet,
If you want to fight back, you can only take the infantry to surround the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army in the rear.

But this will definitely take a lot of time,

Then, he will be overtaken by the Tuba Road siege troops and easily wiped out.

If we were to defend the city, Yoshino would definitely resist tenaciously.
But now the main force of the alliance has withdrawn, and has jumped out of the first encirclement of Tuba Road. Although the loss is not small, there is also hope of retreating.

Although he wasn't afraid of death, he didn't want to die casually either.

Yoshino, who had calmed down, could only continue to retreat forward, completely ignoring the Eighth Route Army artillery units pursuing behind him and the falling artillery shells.

of course,

Mainly because I can't manage it.

No time to manage.

otherwise··
"Report."

At this moment, the striker sent a telegram:

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, we have discovered the enemy's main force five kilometers ahead."

"idiot."

Taking out the map and looking at it, Yoshino's expression immediately changed.

Five kilometers ahead is the place he must pass through and cannot be bypassed, so...

"attack."

Without hesitation, Yoshino ordered the troops to attack.

···
"General."

"Why break out?"

At the headquarters of the dispatched army, a staff officer couldn't help asking Hata Junroku, his tone full of confusion.

He also didn't understand why the base camp had to force the First Army to break through?
It is better to give up all heavy weapons, spread out on mountain roads, and break out of the encirclement.

Among the more than 5 people of the First Army standing in Taiyuan, how many people can be withdrawn?
Twenty thousand?

Or ten thousand?
The rest was simply sent to the mouth of the Eighth Route Army for nothing.

The Eighth Route Army in North China, especially in the mountainous areas of Jindi, is not easy to deal with.

The [-] locust army on the Zhengtai line would have been wiped out if General Gangcun hadn't ordered the troops to retreat in time.The troops corresponding to the Tongpu line were similar. With the support of two heavy artillery regiments, they did not even break through the first line of defense, and even suffered heavy losses, including the heavy artillery regiment.

It is conceivable that the result of the retreat of the first army will not be very good. It is a miracle that 2 people can escape.

"if not?"

Hata Shunroku understood the idea of ​​​​the base camp.

Theoretically, it is the best way for the First Army to stick to Taiyuan.

but··
"What's the point of letting the first army stick to Taiyuan?"

Seeing that the staff officer was still puzzled, Hata Shunroku suddenly asked:
"Consuming the weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army?"

"..."

The staff officer opened his mouth, but didn't say a word.

Now that the war has been fought, the locust army has already figured it out clearly that the Tuba Road weapons and ammunition are extremely abundant, and there are as many shells as there are. The reason why there are only a few long-barrel long-range barrel artillery is only because there are insufficient gunners.

There are a lot of them.

Among them, according to the information from the Xi'an Flight Academy, there are only more than 600 pilots who are training and ready for combat, but there are [-] planes parked in the warehouse airport.

And, there are nearly [-] sets of spare engines and hundreds of thousands of tons of fuel, so that the pilots over there can conduct more than five hours of actual flight training every day.

Every day, lowest!
And without losing a single plane, including training losses, one can be replaced immediately.

The same goes for tanks and jets.

It's not lack of equipment...
but insufficient staff,

This is true whether it is the situation investigated by intelligence agencies or the firepower felt on the frontline battlefield.

What’s even more outrageous is that the new infantry training requires no less than [-] rounds of live ammunition during the twelve-month training period, and the artillery gunner training requires no less than [-] rounds of live ammunition before entering the war.

Yes, according to the latest news, Tuba Road has extended the training period for new recruits to one year.

Although the longer the recruits are trained, the more casualties can be reduced and their combat effectiveness improved.

but,
Throughout the history of world wars, only countries and forces with abundant spare power can do it. As the war continues and the scale continues to expand, it can gradually lengthen the training time for recruits.

For the most part, as the war progressed, the training time for recruits was continuously reduced.

At present, the imperial army has already begun to shorten the time for recruits. In contrast, the Tuba road has been directly extended to one year, which is longer than that of the imperial army at the beginning.

A variety of evidence, all of which prove it.

Consume the weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army?

Meaningless.

"Cause heavy casualties to the Eighth Route Army at the price of annihilation of the First Army?"

Shunroku Hata continued to ask questions.

In the staff department, all the staff were stunned and fell silent.

According to intelligence, the total strength of the current Tuba Road has exceeded the peak size of the dispatched army, exceeding seven figures. Unless the Kwantung Army is counted, the strength of the Huahuang Army is actually not as good as the Eighth Route Army.

Focus, the Eighth Route Army!
Other troops are not included.

And this is combat power.

In the Jinzhong Basin, Yangcheng, Luojiawan, Xi'an and other military training bases, there are still recruits who far exceed the peak strength of the North China Front and are participating in one-year military training.

In the Preserved Fruit Army, a steady stream of grassroots soldiers and officers joined the Eighth Route Army, and even entire regiments joined, and were then sent to recruit training camps for training.

The Eighth Route Army has also continuously transferred officers and soldiers of the main combat force to participate in advanced studies and training.

Tubal Road lacks troops?

Think more.

What they lack is technical arms.

Moreover, if the First Army holds on to Taiyuan as its stronghold, facing Tubal Road with absolute firepower superiority, Tubal Road, which has heavy artillery, aircraft, tanks and sufficient artillery shells, how many casualties can it cause to the Eighth Route Army?

Maybe it's training new troops for Tuba Road.

"so."

Hata Shunroku suddenly sighed and said:
"It is meaningless to stick to Taiyuan."

"It's better to spread out and break out. Even if 1 people can escape, it's still a good thing."

"Now the empire has sufficient resources, and the production of new tanks, artillery, and aircraft is accelerating. When the equipment is ready, it will fight the Eighth Route Army to the death."

"Fuck."

The staff officers of the dispatched army all showed their original expressions.

···
"Surrounded?"

"Almost all surrounded."

"However, there should be a lot of scattered Japanese troops who have escaped, and there are quite a few. I estimate there are five to six thousand."

"Out of the 5 devils, only five or six thousand escaped, that's fine."

Headquarters,

General Staff, a summary of messages.

In the combat conference room, voices came and went.

"Humph, no one could escape."

"When the front line responded to the disastrous defeat of the troops, they suddenly broke through and gave up all their heavy equipment. More than 5 people broke through from the mountain road. Yoshio Shinozuka's move was really unexpected."

"No matter how unexpected it is, it will be in vain in the face of absolute strength."

"really."

At the beginning of June, after half a month of fighting, more than 5 devils of the First Army, which had been entrenched in Taiyuan for several years, were almost wiped out, and less than one brigade of devils retreated to the area where the Mongolian army was stationed.

(End of this chapter)