Chapter 959 Difficulties of Long Shengzu
The difficulties faced by Dragon Rosezu were much greater than those of his younger brother. Diennei approached Thailand, which made Japan's guardians much more severe than Myitkyina.
Secondly, it is easier for the Japanese army to deploy troops as soon as they fight than Myitkyina. These Japanese troops fighting in Southeast Asia are mostly elite troops in the Japanese army, and heavy artillery in the deep mountains and forests are difficult to exert too much power for a while.
Various unfavorable factors overlap, resulting in the offensive failure of Dragon Ropezu. How can this failure make Dragon Ropezu, who graduated from the French Saint-Sil Military Academy, the General Class of the Army University, and the 4th Class of the General Class of the National Defense University, willing to be?!
"Uncle Bocheng, please take the people down and repair them first. I'll rush for it myself to see if I can find the flaws of the slut..." Long Shengzu is no longer the "teacher" who graduated from a famous school in history but does not have much practical skills.
In this time and space, Long Shengzu followed his brother and younger brother served in the Korean War Zone of the National Defense Forces for nearly a year. He was so angry that he had experienced many years of gunfire.
"Teacher-in-chief cannot..."
"It's okay! Uncle Bocheng, I'm not not going to the battlefield." Long Shengzu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "The little boys on the Korean battlefield are much more cruel than those here, so I can't do anything to do with me. Don't worry!"
Yang Hongguang wanted to say something, but he could only sigh at Long Shengzu's face. He knew that the second young master's temper was as tough as Chairman Long's, and the decision was that even eight cows could not be pulled back.
"Or... the troops will retreat and I will accompany you to the position!" Yang Hongguang gritted his teeth and said to Longshengzu. The Longshengzu was stunned and then smiled.
"Uncle Bocheng, you are still worried! Forget it. Then I'll ask you to accompany me." Long Shengzu knew that this was Yang Hongguang's kindness. Although it was not necessary in his opinion, since he had this intention, don't refuse. Otherwise, it would hurt his heart.
In fact, the battle between Dragon Rope Ancestor has performed well until now. The guards here are a brigade of the Japanese army, with a total of more than 8,000 troops.
With the name of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle", Japan convened here and trained many locals as their Imperial Army. With the assistance of these Imperial Army, they were able to build a large number of fortifications based on the terrain.
The mountains are high and the forests are dense. Unless the Dragon Rope Ancestor has an extremely large number of artillery and terrifying base shells like the ones in later self-defense counterattacks, the losses will not be less if they want to eat the Japanese army in one bite.
After many battles with the National Defense Forces, the Japanese army no longer built fortifications like before. According to the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese General Staff began to set new fortification standards.
These standards played a great role in the Shanghai Battle. If the National Defense Force had not developed the "mace" heavy rocket-boosted bomb at an emergency, and Shanghai could not dig too deep fortifications, the direction of the battle might have turned into the War of Attrition as Shinroku Hata thought.
But the situation here is different. The Japanese army also built a large number of fortifications here. In the early days, because the Southwest Military Region was not prepared, it did not launch an attack on Dien Bien.
This gave the Japanese army a lot of time to gradually improve their fortifications and understand all the terrain structures nearby. Since Diennei will form huge wēixié on the core of the Japanese army, namely Thailand, Annan and other places, it is extremely concerned about the Japanese army here.
"Ruan Sang, you and your troops performed very well this time! I will send a report to the General Command to ask for your contributions." The brigade commander Yoshii Yii looked at Nguyen Phuc in front of him with satisfaction. The member of the Annan Ruan Dynasty royal family on the position just now fought very bravely, which made Yoshii Yii very satisfied.
The current ruler of Annan is the Annan Nguyen Dynasty originating from Nguyen Phuc Ying. The current Nguyen Dynasty king is the thirteenth heir Nguyen Phuc, with the reign of "Baoda".
Originally, Annan was a Chinese vassal state seized by France, but after the outbreak of the war, especially after the outbreak of the European war, Japan entered Southeast Asia without hesitation.
But the Japanese did not just use this blockade to fight as in history, do not expel the French rule, or even contact Baoda.
Instead, they acted quickly, and the ambassador Hengshan secretly met with Baoda. They said something like "Asia is the Asia of Asians" and "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle Co-existence and Prosperity".
It encouraged Baoda to expel the French. After all, after all, Vichy France is also a member of the Axis powers. It is not easy for Japan to take action on the surface, but if Vichy France cannot control Annan, then Japan will have a reason to take action.
In fact, Baoda also had the idea of reforming and making progress. Unfortunately, the French who ruled here did not want to see this. In 1932, Baoda proposed reforms to his "master" the French ended in bleakly within half a year.
In this situation, Baoda naturally had no good impression of the French. The Japanese showed their powerful strength, which hit it off with Baoda's intention to get rid of France.
On the afternoon of the same day when I met Baoda in Hengshan, Baoda convened six ministers and princes and nobles, and at the same time issued the Declaration of Independence to the public, announcing the abolition of the unequal treaty signed by Annan and France in 1884 and breaking from France's protection.
At the same time, Annan announced that it would establish an independent country and join the "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle" led by Japan, and decided to cooperate with the Japanese government.
Vichy France had no choice but to do anything about this, while the Japanese took over the French's rights with peace of mind. Chen Zhongjin, a relatively pro-Japanese scholar, was appointed as the first prime minister after maintaining independence.
"I dare not! General Yoshii praised it. These are things that Fukuyong should do." Nguyen Phucheng was very qingchu's identity and status, and he could not compare with Yoshii no matter what.
"Yo Xi! You have suffered a lot of losses this time. Let's take it down and repair it first." Yoshii was very satisfied with Nguyen's cautiousness and was very helpful to his respect.
"Please tell Prince Qiang Di that our great Japanese Empire will never lose to his friends. As long as we do our best for us, we will give him what he wants."
What the Japanese made in Annan was to prepare for both hands. On the one hand, they supported Baoda as their spokesperson. On the other hand, they did not give up contact with the princes of the Nguyen Dynasty. Among them, the one they considered the most valuable was Prince Qiangdi Nguyen Phu Dan.
There is no reason why the Japanese chose Nguyen Phuc. In terms of identity, Nguyen Phuc is the direct descendant of Nguyen Phuc Jing, son of Emperor Kalong, Nguyen Phuc Yingying. And his strong father Nguyen Phuc Ying Ruo was twice designated as a candidate for the puppet emperor by the colonial government.
As early as 1906, Qiang Di, who had a strong sense of independence, launched the East Travel Movement with Pan Peizhu, calling on Vietnamese people to study in Japan and investigate strategies for revitalizing the country.
Even Qiangdi himself used pseudonyms such as "Lin Deshun" and "Nan Ichiho" to cover up their eyes and enter the Tokyo Zhenwu Military Academy. However, Qiangdi's identity was not hidden from the Japanese, and they had discovered it long ago.
In fact, Japan has been coveting the Annan region occupied by France, where rice is ripe three times a year and land where rubber can be grown.
Subsequently, with some people's intentional or unintentional push, Qiang Tee and Inuyasu, Matsui Ishione, Kashiwara Fumitaro, etc., all of them had contact with powerful Japanese figures. Since then, Qiang Tee has received Japan's funding and commitments.
"Thank you, General! I will convey these words to the prince!" Nguyen Phuc Yong was very excited. This was the closest opportunity for Annan to be independent.
After the signing of the Second Anfa-Shue Treaty in 1884, Annan officially became a French colony, Annan never stopped its movement to resist colonialism.
The Xiangxi Uprising, the Ludang Uprising, the Xiongling Uprising, the Bating Uprising... and so on all caused huge casualties in the French colonial army at that time. But these uprisings eventually failed. This time, even the Ruan Dynasty drove the French out without spending a single shot and an ammunition. This made many people see the dawn of Annan's victory in independence.
As he said that, Nguyen Phuyong respectfully saluted to Ji Jing and took his men out of the position. Nguyen Phuyong, Nguyen Phuyong, you can only hear the name and know the relationship between them.
Nguyen Phuyong is the loyalty of Nguyen Phuyong, and he is also a member of the royal family. In Nguyen Phuyong's view, Nguyen Phuyong is more suitable to become the emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty than Phuyong. At least Nguyen Phuyong once worked hard to get rid of the French rule of Annan. He was not as obedient as Phuyong.
"General, does the Empire really want to give these Southeast Asian monkeys independence?!" Mihara-sei, chief of staff of the brigade team, hesitated: "Once these people become independent, they will definitely be disobedient..."
"This is just a carrot hanging in front of the donkey's face, so that they can pull the mill." Yoshii sneered and raised his telescope and looked at the position. He said, "Is it better to have these people die for us than to let the warriors of the empire take the risk and be stronger?"
"Hay! Your brigade commander, you are very insightful!" Mihara Hsu was convinced. How good it would be for these people to be cannon fodder! It would be better than letting the warriors of the empire fight to the death, right?!
"I never thought these Japanese had any good intentions. The reason I cooperated with them was because we were too weak!" Several hours later, Nguyen Phuc-yong met Nguyen in a secret stronghold.
It has to be admitted that Prince Qiangdi Ruan Phu Dan has a good skin. Although his skin is a little darker, he has a tall figure and a pretty face. His years of wandering around and his birth in a noble family gave him a different temperament from ordinary people.
"In my eyes, the Japanese and the French are no different. They are all bastards trying to colonize Annan! They are also the objects we must expel!" Nguyen Phucshan said in a deep voice: "But we do not have this power now. So, we need to rely on them..."
Nguyen Phuc Yong nodded and lowered his body humbly. He also knew that this is not the best time to resist the Japanese and resist Baoda. Now Baoda has just announced the abolition of the unequal treaty with the French, which is the time to have the highest reputation.
Moreover, Baoda has the support of the Japanese. If they act easily, what Ruan Phucdan and others will get will be failure. Even such failure will give them no chance to turn over.
"Fuyong, what we need now is patience. Wait patiently..." Qiang Di did not say something to Ruan Phuc.
"As long as the time is right, we will be able to rise! At that time, no matter Baoda or the Japanese, there will be no good results!" Qiang Di said, and suddenly stood up excitedly and shouted: "That was the time when our Annan was truly independent!"
"I wish to follow Your Highness!!" Ruan Phuyong knelt down excitedly and said loudly.
At this time, Long Shengzu and others were wearing gay clothes and slowly touching the Japanese position ahead. This was the method Long Shengzu learned from the National Defense University. Although the Southwest Military Region has been adapted, it is not possible to train qualified scouts overnight.
Yang Hongguang followed Long Shengzu like this. He watched the second young master carefully observe the Japanese position. After a while, several soldiers lurking with Long Shengzu slowly left the grass under Long Shengzu's gesture.
Back at his position, Long Shengzu hurriedly entered the command center in front of the formation and frowned and began to write and draw on the map. After a while, he outlined a firepower map of the Japanese position.
"This... division commander, how do you know how those gangsters were arranged?!" Yang Hongguang was shocked. He was also looking at the structure of the Japanese position just now, but he had no way to make a complete picture like Dragon Rope Ancestor without training and the Korean battlefield.
"Uncle Bo Cheng. These are all the skills I have earned on the Korean battlefield." Long Shengzu smiled openly and was very proud.
"To be honest, these sluts have good skills. But there are only a few moves that go back and forth. We can still figure it out as long as we have observed it."
As he said that, Long Shengzu frowned and said, "It's not easy to deal with... After these gangsters suffered losses, their defenses were obviously much tighter. Uncle Bocheng, look here, here, here, and here. There must be a bunker group."
"The two places of 321,435 are high and form horns. The firepower of the high ground is very good. And I saw it just now. They should have made a large number of anti-aircraft holes and connected to the tunnel..."
Dragon Rope Ancestor kept explaining to Yang Hongguang. After explaining it bit by bit, Yang Hongguang suddenly realized why he lost so badly, and why his second young master asked to come to the position to take a look.
"Teacher Commander, the Japanese have arranged so well, so how can we fight?!" Yang Hongguang looked at the dense fire points on the map and couldn't help but feel a headache.
In fact, Dragon Rope Ancestor is also very troublesome. If you understand it thoroughly, it does not mean you know how to fight. This Japanese defense method is a turtle shell-like defense method.
The combination of high and low firepower and the connection between each other's tunnels even if you try your best to highlight a point, the result is also blocked by the cross-fire of the Japanese army.
Those who rushed up were equivalent to going to die. Moreover, after the Japanese learned that the National Defense Force had tanks, they paid special attention to the elevation setting of fortifications. There was nothing wrong with Shanghai, but there were not many other mountains in Annan.
A huge problem for tanks to rush up is that they are elevation angle. During the charge, it is easy to expose their most vulnerable chassis.
The Japanese have suffered from tank losses in Shanghai. Long Shengzu absolutely believes that they can modify the fortifications for this and will definitely increase anti-tank equipment for this.
"There are only three ways to fight this kind of position. One is to fill it in without paying any life. At least you have to pay more than three times more casualties than these gangs to get it."
Yang Hongguang's eyes twitched straight when he heard this, what a guy! I don't know if there are many Japanese troops in the entire division now, even if there are, it will definitely not reach more than three times the strength.
"The second method is to work hard. If you don't rush to attack, you can only rush out some Japanese fire points and castles, cross the firepower, and then let the artillery clear the target point and bite them down a little bit." Long Shengzu threw the pen on the map and sighed: "This way, the casualties are smaller, but it takes a lot of time."
"What about the third method?!" Yang Hongguang asked anxiously, but Long Shengzu smiled bitterly when he heard this. After a while, he said: "The third method is to directly use shells to smash them with bullets without hesitation. If they can't be smashed, use explosives to explode."
Yang Hongguang was stunned when he heard this. What kind of combat method is this? But as Long Shengzu said, a look of nostalgia appeared in his eyes.
"When we were in North Korea, we were fighting like this. The fortifications set up by some of the sluts' strongholds were not worse than here. We were fighting at that time and were constantly blowing. Airplanes and artillery bombs, and even the soldiers carried explosives packs and exploded them one by one. They were blown down..."
"Gudu~" Yang Hongguang swallowed his saliva. He had been to the National Defense University for further study. Therefore, he also went to the Martyrs' Cemetery to listen to those battle stories, but this was completely different from hearing people he was familiar with told such stories.
"In this way, the soldiers can sacrifice less. But I guess our logistics will not be able to support this way." Long Shengzu's words made Yang Hongguang nod. At that time in North Korea, almost the entire occupied area was the people in the occupied area connecting the logistics of the National Defense Forces to make supplies.
After reading the war report, Yang Hongguang knew that even this was the case, it would only barely provide the consumption of the National Defense Forces. If the Southwest Military Region fought like this, the logistics would definitely be exhausted.
The stretching mountains and jungles largely limit the logistics capabilities. Even the entire division's consumption is almost impossible to supply.
If you fight in the North Korean way, your shells will be exhausted for up to five days. It will not be sustainable at all.
"Uncle Bocheng, let's take a look!" Long Shengzu looked at the marked Japanese firepower points on the map and gritted his teeth: "During this period, we focus on consumption and testing. Don't launch an attack easily and maintain combat effectiveness. I'll find a way for the rest..." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!