"Baga Yalu." Lieutenant General Yokoyama Shizuo, commander of the Kwantung Army's 5th Front, gritted his teeth and said in a ferocious voice, "Immediately call the Southern Manchuria Command and request the implementation of the second set of combat plans."
"Hai." Colonel Makino Shiro, the chief of staff of the 1st Front Army, suddenly lowered his head and immediately took the order.
There are a total of three combat plans formulated by the Kwantung Army's South Manchurian Command. Plan No. 1 is a conventional combat plan, which uses absolutely superior artillery firepower to cover the engineers to destroy the anti-tank trenches of the squadron. After the engineers open the gap, they can then invest
The absolutely superior armored cluster crushed the resistance of the Chinese Army with an overwhelming force and seized the Jinzhou Bay landing site.
In addition to the No. 1 combat plan, the Kwantung Army also formulated two other backup combat plans.
Plan No. 2 is actually a night battle plan. As for Plan No. 3, it is even more cruel. The Kwantung Army's South Manchurian Command also euphemistically calls it the "Jade Broken Plan". In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a suicide attack, ordering the officers and soldiers of the Puppet Manchuria *** and
The Kwantung officers and soldiers carried sandbags on their backs and charged desperately, using their lives to fill in several tank passages from the anti-tank trenches.
Now that Plan No. 1 was frustrated, Shizuo Yokoyama decided to adopt Operation Plan No. 2.
Once night operations were implemented, the Kwantung Army's aviation and armored forces were completely blinded, because the fighter planes and tanks of this era did not have night thermal imaging sighting equipment and did not have night combat capabilities at all. However, similarly, the Chinese Army's
It is also impossible for the Air Force and Army Aviation Forces to implement fire countermeasures.
The heavy artillery groups on both sides also do not have night-time thermal imaging observation equipment.
After losing the ground reference, it will be difficult for the heavy artillery group to implement accurate fire coverage. The most it can do is to cover the enemy's deep positions with large-scale artillery fire according to the pre-calibrated shooting elements. However, such artillery bombardment is basically meaningless.
, because the enemy's fortifications in deep positions are not so easy to destroy.
To put it simply, once night operations are implemented, the heavy equipment of the Chinese and Japanese armies will basically become decorations, and the two sides will return to relying solely on infantry for decisive victory. At that time, the two sides will not compete for the firepower and performance of heavy equipment.
And logistical support capabilities, but light firepower and the infantry's tactical literacy and fighting will.
The forward position of the 8th Army.
The night was hazy, and there was dead silence on the battlefield. Captain Liu was sitting in the trench with his eyes closed and concentrating. As a veteran with rich combat experience, Captain Liu knew deeply that the quieter the battlefield, the more powerful the enemy's attack. Look,
The Kwantung Army knew very well that attacking during the day would not bring any benefits, so they decided to attack at night.
Suddenly, three red flares suddenly shot out in the night sky ahead!
The officers and soldiers of the 3rd platoon who had just changed defenses instantly stood up and entered the combat position as quickly as possible. Captain Liu also entered the observation post immediately. The communications soldier carrying a walkie-talkie also quickly stood up and looked nervous.
Following up, two illumination bombs suddenly bloomed over the position, instantly illuminating the entire battlefield as bright as day.
"It's a feint attack." Captain Liu only glanced at it and said to the communications soldier who was following him, "Let's rest for now. There is no need to call for artillery support for the time being."
The flare was quickly extinguished, but there was still no movement from the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side.
The entire battlefield fell into deathly silence again, and the Japanese soldiers also retreated to the trenches one after another. Some smoked, some chatted, some sat on the ground in a daze holding steel guns, and some looked at the photos of their lovers with flashlights and giggled.
, Captain Liu's nerves became more tense than ever, and he remained at the observation post without leaving.
Captain Liu, who has rich experience in night fighting, has realized that the Japs are really going to fight at night.
Sure enough, after about ten minutes, three red signal flares were heard from the Japanese position opposite. The Japanese soldiers in the trench responded quickly and were about to enter the fighting position.
, but Captain Liu strode out of the observation post and shouted coldly: "Go back, what are you doing?"
As expected, the Japanese army was feigning an attack again. They only saw signal flares rising into the air but no attack was ever seen.
The four illumination bombs that were continuously launched from the *** position were extinguished one after another, and the entire battlefield fell into darkness again.
The tense nerves of the *** soldiers began to relax again, but Captain Liu lit a cigarette, smoking silently, and counting the time silently. If nothing unexpected happens, in another fifteen minutes, the people on the opposite side will
The little devils are about to launch a real attack silently, which is what they did in Mandalay.
Ten minutes passed. Captain Liu put out his cigarette butt and immediately said to the guard beside him: "Give me the order and prepare to fight!" Captain Liu's order was quickly passed on orally, and the 3rd Platoon who received the order
The officers and soldiers entered the fighting position one after another, and the bolts of heavy machine guns, light machine guns, submachine guns and automatic rifles were also opened one after another.
At a certain moment, Captain Liu turned around and shouted: "Flare bombs!"
The artillerymen who had been prepared for a long time calmly stuffed the illumination bombs into the mortar's barrel. With only two bangs, the two illumination bombs roared into the sky, and immediately bloomed with a dazzling light in the sky.
Then he descended slowly with a parachute, and in an instant, the dazzling light illuminated the entire battlefield as if it were daytime.
By the bright light of the flares, the Japanese soldiers were surprised to find that a large group of Japanese soldiers had silently touched the northern edge of the anti-tank trench under the cover of the night.
The dazzling reflection under the light almost blinded the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.
"Japanese, the little devil is coming up!"
"Beat, beat to death these little naughty little devils!"
The Japanese soldiers roared instantly and fired fiercely at the same time.
In an instant, the bullets fired from Browning heavy machine guns, Czech light machine guns, Thompson submachine guns and Garand rifles had intertwined into a dense crossfire net, and the Japanese soldiers who were charging forward at full speed were struck one after another.
They fell to the ground, and the remaining Japanese soldiers quickly fell to the ground, set up their machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles and started shooting at them.
Within ten seconds of the exchange of fire, rows of mortar shells roared from the opposite side and exploded one after another on the *** position. For a moment, the *** position was filled with flames and shrapnel. Although
Even with the cover of the trenches, the Japanese officers and soldiers fell into a pool of blood one after another, playing with cannons. No one could play with the little devils!
Today's Kwantung Army's light firepower is really not an ordinary abnormality. Each infantry squad is equipped with two mortar teams, each team is equipped with two 60mm caliber light mortars, and each infantry squadron is equipped with a specialized
The fire support team is not only equipped with 4 Type 92 heavy machine guns, but also equipped with 4 90mm caliber light mortars.
There were only two squadrons of Japanese troops on the opposite side, but they had 8 heavy machine guns and 32 mortars!
Similar to the situation during the day, not long after the two sides exchanged fire, the enemy was suppressed by absolute firepower.
However, the Kwantung Army's infantry firepower configuration style is obviously deformed. It is a typical nouveau riche style of firepower configuration after being poor and scared, because no matter how powerful the light firepower is, it is vulnerable to heavy firepower.***
The light firepower configuration of the Kwantung Army is far inferior to that of the Kwantung Army, not because it cannot afford the equipment, but because it is not necessary.
As soon as the signal soldier called, a whole battalion of 18 vehicle-borne rocket launchers quickly arrived at the position.
Compared with individual shoulder-launched rocket launchers, the caliber of vehicle-mounted multiple rocket launchers is slightly larger, reaching 120mm, and the barrel is longer, so the range is much longer. It can hit as far as 2,000 meters away, although it is still unable to match the
Compared with the range of artillery such as anti-tank guns, the light firepower used to suppress enemy infantry is more than enough.
Suddenly, rows of rockets were fired at the Japanese position opposite. In an instant, the Japanese position opposite became a sea of fire. Under such dense firepower coverage, the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side could not find it at all.
Without any hiding place, they were either killed by shrapnel from grenades or burned alive by napalm bombs.
By the time the Kwantung Army's heavy artillery group carried out retaliatory artillery fire according to the daytime calibrated firing range, the Japanese vehicle-mounted multiple rocket launchers had already withdrawn to their deep positions and hid in underground bunkers reinforced with reinforced concrete. **
*Underground bunkers built in deep positions may not be able to be destroyed even by heavy artillery with a caliber of 200mm or more.
Jinzhou, Kwantung Army South Manchuria Headquarters.
The long dark night finally passed. Umezu Yoshijiro stayed up all night and stayed in the combat hall. However, what came back from the front was bad news one after another. Dozens of regiments of the 3rd and 5th Fronts took turns to go into battle, and they devoted themselves to the battle.
The accumulated strength of the troops has exceeded 100,000, but they all failed and failed to destroy even a small section of the anti-tank trench!
The rocket launchers of the Chinese *** team react too quickly and their lethality is too great!
At this point, the No. 1 and No. 2 combat plans formulated by the Kwantung Army have actually failed!
Although the decisive battle has just begun, and there is still plenty of time left for the Kwantung Army, both Umezu Yoshijiro and the commanders of all front armies and infantry divisions have already made it very clear that if they do not decisively change their tactics, they will continue to use the same tactics.
If we continue to fight against the Chinese *** team, the final result will still be failure.
Is it true that we can only adopt the No. 3 combat plan? Umezu Yoshijiro couldn't help but feel miserable.
If the corpses of officers and soldiers from the Kwantung Army and the Manchurian Army were really used to fill the anti-tank trench, how many people would have to be filled in to create a passage for the tanks to move forward? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand? Or maybe
Millions of people? In other words, even if all the more than two million officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army were filled in, there would still not be a way to survive?
In addition, is there really no way to do it at a lower cost and with better results?
At this moment, Umezu Yoshijiro missed Okamura Neji so much. It would be great if Okamura-kun was here. With his wisdom and superb tactical command ability, he must be able to easily cope with the current crisis?