Anti-Japanese Jedi Player

Chapter 344 The Unstoppable Guerrilla
"Everyone tell me what to do?"

"Regarding the recent guerrilla attack on the railway line"

Beiping, a meeting room of the Japanese army. The newly arrived General Tanaka Hisashi, who was in charge of railway safety, stood at the highest seat, his eyes swept across the meeting room, and his tone was serious.

In front of him, a group of devil officers who were at least the brigade commander of the major general sat downcastly on the chairs, all of them lowered their faces, their faces were mournful, and they dared not speak.

"Lieutenant General Hitomi Shuzo, please tell me about the situation we are facing recently"

The top general pointed to a fat lieutenant general at the front of the conference room.

"Hi!" The lieutenant general who was called down helplessly stood up, hid the helplessness on his face, and turned serious. He opened the notebook in his hand and said:

"Recently, the railway line we are in charge of has been attacked by guerrillas again, and the railway has been greatly damaged. The extent is far beyond the repair capacity of the railway maintenance team."

"Therefore, in the past half month, the railway transportation capacity has been greatly affected. The number of trains sent to the front line has been reduced from [-] trains per day to seven trains per day. The materials in the rear cannot be transported to the front line. The headquarters of the front line have sent reports many times. Inquiring about transportation safety matters, the base camp is also urging us to resolve this matter as soon as possible.”

Lieutenant General Hitomi Xiuzo explained the seriousness of the problem directly through the data in a concise and concise manner.

The Japanese army now has more than 350 million troops on the front line. Even in normal times, they need to consume [-] trains of supplies every day. During wartime, the consumption of supplies will double to at least [-] trains per day.

There are two supply lines for the front line to obtain materials. One is through the naval transport ship in Shanghai, and then transported to the front line by rail. The second is the railway group connecting North China with Shandong and Northeast industrial base North Korea.

The first article transports very little material. The navy itself is fighting in Nanyang, so the transportation capacity is insufficient. Moreover, the air force of the Eighth Route Army around Shanghai is harassed from time to time. In addition, the surrounding guerrillas destroy the railway. During peak hours, the number of trains transported every day is no more than ten. Therefore, the transportation of front-line materials depends almost entirely on their three main-line railways.

Seven trains a day, this amount of supplies is not enough to feed more than 300 million troops on the front line.

He then went on to emphasize the seriousness of the matter.

"Currently, the Eighth Route Army in the enemy's so-called base area is preparing for a large-scale counterattack. It wants to occupy the land opened up with the blood of the imperial warriors. Moreover, with the support of foreign forces, the enemy's firepower is very strong, and wars have broken out in some areas. The front line is at this time. A time when there is an urgent need for a large amount of supplies”

"If we guarantee the effective supply of materials, then..."

Having said this, everyone's faces turned serious, and they had already deeply understood the seriousness of the matter.

In normal times, it's okay to have problems with the railway for a short period of time. In fact, there is no shortage of food and supplies on the front line. If there is no battle, then it is no problem even if there is no supply of supplies.

But now, the war is about to break out, and the more than 300 million troops on the front line are ready to fight the enemy in a battle that will determine the final direction of the war. If the transportation of the railway cannot be guaranteed at this time, if the battle on the front line fails due to lack of weapons and ammunition, then the people here , all have to apologize.

No one can escape!
Hearing this, the newly arrived Tanaka Jiuyi frowned deeply.

He arrived yesterday to replace the former General Takashi Sakai who had just been dismissed by Omoto, so he didn't know much about the situation here. He only knew that the current transportation situation was very serious, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

The occupied area they are in charge of is designed with three railways, each of which is double-track, with a designed transportation capacity of 130 trains per day, capable of transporting a large amount of materials from North Korea and Northeast to the front line.

But now it can only maintain the transportation volume of seven trains per day, which can almost be said to be abolished.

"Talk about the specific situation. Why can the guerrillas cause so much persecution to the railway line when there are more than 200 million escorts?" He asked Xiangren Shuzo.

Regarding this question, he was extremely confused. The guerrillas only had a few hundred thousand people at most, they were not regular troops, and lacked organization. How could they cause such huge damage to the rear guarded by 10 million troops?
Also, why not wipe out all the hundreds of thousands of guerrillas at once?

"Your Excellency, we have tried to wipe out the guerrillas many times and thought of many ways, but to no avail." Hitomi Xiusan shook his head and began to talk about the experience that made him sad.

He is a veteran officer of the Japanese Army's North China Front Army in the rear security operations. He has been in charge of the guerrillas since the beginning of 38. In the past six years, he has been fighting wits and courage with the guerrillas.

The past few years can be said to be his bitter history.

"Guerrillas generally operate in mountainous areas and rarely enter the plains. They mainly attack our army's lone train or a small group of troops to resist the imperial army's control of villages and countryside. Help the guerrillas, when our large troops enter the mountains to encircle and suppress them, they will be broken up into pieces and scattered among the villagers. Under the cover of those only people, we can hardly completely eliminate the guerrillas."

"Even if pressed, few people will report the guerrillas. Moreover, even if some of the guerrillas are captured and eliminated, new guerrillas will appear soon."

Hitomi Shuzo is talking about the time at the beginning of the battle.

At that time, he suppressed the guerrillas, and every day he lined up troops to rampage. When he saw Chinese who looked like guerrillas, he immediately arrested them, just like his favorite sentence.

I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.

At that time, although the guerrillas often did bad things, organized people to rob the empire's supplies from time to time, and attacked and killed those who surrendered to the empire, but as long as he made a move, they could fight back. The guerrillas at that time had poor weapons. Poor training, almost no combat effectiveness, beating, scolding and killing, any team of him can rampage in their so-called base area.

It's just that he couldn't completely wipe out the guerrillas.

Wild fire, in spring!
"The so-called guerrillas are those who resist. As long as there are people, there will definitely be guerrillas. Then kill all those who dare to support them, kill the relatives of the guerrillas, or directly kill their entire village. people"

Tian Jiuzhong interrupted with a cold tone.

He is not a good stubble, he has no concept of cherishing life in his mind at all, he does not know how many North Koreans died under his hands in North Korea, it can be said that there are blood and bones.

"Four years ago, we learned about the successful method you invented"

Looking at the murderous new general, Hitomi Xiusan continued to pat the horse quietly, and continued.

"At the beginning, the effect was good. Some people were afraid of reporting the guerrillas, and some people quit the guerrillas, but there are still a lot of diehards supporting the guerrillas."

"Besides, as soon as we went to the countryside to encircle and suppress them, they hid in the mountains, and there was no way to kill them all"

"Hiding in the mountains, then burn their homes and destroy their fields, leaving them homeless and without food to eat. If anyone dares to help them, they will all be burned and killed." Tian Jiuzhong's tone remained the same. cold.

In North Korea, there were countless people who resisted, but he killed countless guerrillas in North Korea, and he found a way to deal with these people at his fingertips.

"At that time, they weren't afraid of these..." Renjian Xiusan said with a wry smile.

'Not afraid, how is it possible? '

Tian Jiuzhong frowned, calling it impossible.

"They can take away food, livestock, clothes and quilts. It is very difficult to clear the mountains, but they can't take away the houses and the fields. If they lose the fields, the guerrillas will naturally fend for themselves."

Without food, people still have the strength to resist?If there were such diehards, they would all starve to death.

"People with bases transported them grain," Hidezo Hitomi explained the reason.

Hearing this, Tian Jiuzhongyi, the general who never changed his expression, immediately froze.

He was stationed in North Korea before, and fought against the Eighth Route Army on the front line for the first two years. Because the troops under his command suffered heavy losses in the offensive operation more than a year ago, he was promoted and promoted to general, but lost the command of the troops , was recently activated because of its previous excellent counter-guerrilla experience in North Korea.

Therefore, he naturally knew how abundant the food and supplies of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas were.

He doesn't know how much food the Eighth Route Army's base areas have, but even without large-scale military operations, they can maintain the consumption of more than 300 million troops by relying only on smuggling, robbery, and search and suppression around the base areas, and at least a monthly It can transport 150 million tons of food supplies to the mainland, and sometimes even 300 million tons per month.

Coupled with the looting and private purchases in other areas, the Japanese army in China can get more than 15 tons of food supplies almost every day.

This is also the reason why the military headquarters and the base camp have no reason to retreat. Once they leave the base area, the food and supplies they can obtain will definitely be greatly reduced, which is unacceptable for the country.

Now the national strength of the empire is booming, the output of steel, three acids and two alkalis, and the output of various important strategic materials have increased significantly compared to before the war, and the only thing that has declined is the grain output. Now almost half of the grain in the country is supplemented by the Republic of China. Once these are lost, The country will collapse immediately.

Couldn't last half a year.

"Then cut off their transportation first and grab all the food." Tian Jiuzhong knocked on the table with a hideous expression.

"The guerrillas did not transport much food each time, and they were transported by mules, horses or human carts in the mountainous areas. It was difficult to ambush and rob. Moreover, the guerrillas also received a lot of weapon support from the base areas at that time."

"We can't attack the guerrillas casually"

Looking at the new general with a ferocious face, for some reason, Renjian Xiusan suddenly felt a lot better. Back then, he was also so angry by the guerrillas that his face was as black as dirt, and he couldn't eat every day.But there is no way.

"Why? Could it be that the Imperial Army can't even beat mere guerrillas?" Tian Jiuzhong frowned.

"The guerrillas are equipped with a lot of light firepower and mortars, and their single-round firepower is even stronger than that of the Imperial Army. They have also undergone professional training, and their combat effectiveness is not bad. A small group of troops can't beat the guerrillas. They have an intelligence advantage in the mountains. Once we When a small number of troops enter their rural base areas, they gather a few guerrillas to launch an ambush against the troops. When the firepower and numbers are not comparable, the small group of troops is often wiped out.”

"Once I send a large army into the mountain, the other party will immediately fortify the wall and clear the field, and all of them will hide in the mountain with food and supplies, and then send small groups of troops to harass them from time to time, and in the end they can only be forced to withdraw."

When Renjian Xiusan said this, he really wanted to express his helplessness, but considering that this is a conference room, he held back.

At that time, he was really helpless. Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, the opponent hid in the mountains from time to time and fired a burst of shelling at the large troops. Although it was a long-distance shelling, few shells hit them, but their large troops had big targets. Moreover, dozens of shells flew over each time the opponent shelled, and some unlucky ones would always be hit.

More than a dozen times a day, from morning to night, they never stopped. They didn't sleep well for more than ten days. The fighting strength of the troops was so low that they had to retreat.

Feeling helpless at that time, he really wanted to kill himself directly.

"Small troops are harassing, why don't you send troops to eliminate these small troops? Besides, small-scale harassment is not a big problem for a brigade, right?" General Tian Jiuzhong said in a dissatisfied tone.

For the suppression of guerrillas, squadrons and small units belong to small units, while large units refer to brigades with more than 500 people, or even regiments with more than 3000 people.A team of more than 500 people will be afraid of a few long-range shelling attacks?

"General, they are using long-range bombardment, a type of 82 mortars to attack the troops at a distance of four to five kilometers. Sending a small group of troops to chase them is easy for guerrillas to ambush in the mountains, but large troops cannot catch up."

Hitomi Shuzo continued to explain. ,

"Moreover, the opponent fires at least [-] rounds of shells each time, usually about twelve times a day."

"Eighty rounds, twelve rounds, where did they get so many shells..." Finally, the general stopped suddenly.

He thought of the amount of artillery fire that one of his divisions faced when they attacked that time more than a year ago, and the dense mortar shells are still fresh in his memory.

After a long pause, Ono changed the subject.

"How guerrillas broke through your railroad patrols"

Before coming here, he learned about the latest defense system of the railway. The construction of a fortress every few kilometers should prevent the guerrillas from destroying the railway. The best defense is offense. Now the offense is almost blocked, and there is no way. What about defense?

Why is it almost useless.

"At the beginning, it was effective. The guerrillas usually need to get close and place explosives around the railway line to blow up the railway line. But recently they used a heavy artillery machine gun to directly bombard the railway line. Cannons can directly blow up the railway.”

After hearing the report, Ono was speechless for a long time.

Five kilometers of long-range bombardment, when the imperial patrol team came, the opponent had already run away, and the small patrol team did not dare to chase casually, otherwise it would be the end of complete annihilation.

(End of this chapter)