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Then Wang Xuexin ordered the ground troops to attack the Japanese.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army has assembled fifteen regiments, including the independent regiment, in the Daqingshan area... Most of these regiments are the main regiments equipped with Springfield rifles. They are also equipped with rocket launchers, 50 cannons, and ghost cannons.
, and even each regiment also carries a rocket launcher battalion.
In comparison, Li Yunlong's independent regiment looked very shabby. Because his troops were previously transferred from Yuncheng, all their heavy equipment was left in the south, including rocket launchers and the like.
This made Li Yunlong inevitably complain a few times during the war: "Damn it, Lao Zhao, can you tell your superiors? The rocket launcher thing was spread from our independent group. People say that the disciples of the church will starve to death. If this is the case,
I admit it. But now the apprentice has a rocket launcher and we, the master, don’t have it. When others hit us, we can only stare. Do you think this is ridiculous?"
Zhao Gang was wearing leggings, and he replied without raising his head: "I obey the organization's arrangements, and I'm still thinking about the rocket launcher! Besides, it's snowing now. If you have a rocket launcher in your hand, what's the use of it? Can you fire it?"
Do you want to go up? Can the cannonballs be transported up? Or should you, Li Yunlong, find a few people to carry them up?"
Li Yunlong thought it made sense when he heard it.
Although the rocket launcher can indeed be carried... This is the characteristic of the rocket launcher. It can be easily disassembled. For example, the rocket launcher can be disassembled and mounted on two wheels, and then it can be dragged around with human or animal power. If this is not possible, the barrel can be removed.
I took it apart piece by piece and carried it on my back.
The problem is that it is difficult to carry your own supplies and ammunition when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow. If you add rocket launchers to this, it will become an extra burden.
Sure enough, most of the rocket launchers in the hands of other troops were abandoned on the road... This thing requires high logistics capabilities, and when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, no one can have better logistics capabilities, including the Japanese.
These fifteen regiments did not go directly to attack the Daqingshan Iron and Steel Plant.
Five of the regiments marched east along the Daqing Mountains from the north, and five regiments marched eastward across the Luliang Mountains from the south.
The remaining five regiments, including the independent regiment, proceed from the small road and go straight to the steel plant, Daliang Village and Shangwanfeng.
In short, this battle is about insertion and encirclement... The main force is the five regiments led by the Independent Regiment. Once they can successfully penetrate and capture several positions in the steel plant, they will block the passage between Daqing Mountain and Luliang Mountain.
If the Japanese invaders pass through the steel plant and penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, a division and five puppet regiments will be surrounded in Daqing Mountain, and there will be no escape within the Luliang Mountain defense line.
This is the benefit of the tactic of interspersed and encircled.
In fact, this is not just as simple as surrounding the enemy, but a kind of "attack instead of defense".
Originally, if a Japanese division and puppet troops penetrated deep into the Eighth Route Army's defense lines, it would be very difficult for the Eighth Route Army to defend them or drive them out.
Because of the principle of "offense is greater than defense", the Japanese can launch an attack from any point. If the Eighth Route Army defends one side, the Japanese can attack there.
For the Eighth Route Army, even ten times the number of troops would not be enough to hold on.
But Wang Xuexin didn't even look at the Japanese and puppet troops who broke into the defense line. He focused his attack on the front line of the steel plant.
Then the devils got into trouble:
If we do not return reinforcements, once the front line of the steel factory is occupied by the Eighth Route Army, the logistic supply line of the imperial army will be cut off. How can we fight the Eighth Route Army without supplies in this ice and snow?
If they return for reinforcements, wouldn't they give up this great opportunity to break into the enemy's defenses and kill all parties? They also plan to attack directly to Toishipo Airport to occupy the ground!
Seizing the airport from the ground is very tempting for the Japs, because it means that the Japs can directly land fighters and bombers on the newly captured airport, and even transport V1 missiles to the newly captured airport, and then use the airport as a base to launch further
Attack the Eighth Route Army's Liyuan Airport.
However, all this was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army's counterattack.
Okamura Neiji originally wanted to bite the bullet and let the 59th Division continue to advance... because only if they occupied an airport could the Eighth Route Army Air Force's living space be further reduced.
But after hesitating for a while, Okamura Neji finally chose to give up.
If it were before, he would definitely take the risk.
But today's Eighth Route Army is no longer what it used to be, and if you are careless, the entire army may be wiped out.
Therefore, Okamura Neiji could only order the 59th Division to return for reinforcements, and the steel plant must be defended to ensure the empire's next attack.
On the other hand, Okamura Neji also realized that the time had come for a decisive air battle with the Eighth Route Army...
The 59th Division needs air superiority. Without air superiority, on the one hand, their combat effectiveness will be affected due to lack of supplies, and on the other hand, they will be attacked by the Eighth Route Army from the air.
Under the circumstances, Okamura Neiji did not believe that the strength of one division could withstand the siege of the Eighth Route Army.
"Yes!" Kono Shinta nodded and said, "General, you are ready!"
If possible, Okamura Neiji would also convert air-to-air missiles like the S1 into manned ones.
However, firstly, the S1 is small in size, and secondly, the weight that the fighter aircraft can carry is limited, so the idea of changing the S1 to a manned pilot is not realistic.
Therefore, S1 can only be produced and equipped according to the technology given by Hans.
Shinta Kono has full confidence in S1, because after all, it is Hans's technology... Although the Eighth Route Army also has similar air-to-air missiles, and they were successfully developed earlier than Hans, the industrial capabilities of the Eighth Route Army are much worse than Hans.
Therefore, Kono Shinta naturally thought: the Eighth Route Army's air-to-air missiles should be rougher and less accurate.
Of course there is reason to think so.
The Eighth Route Army can be creative and innovative, but the industrial foundation and production technology require time to accumulate, and progress cannot be made suddenly by relying on creativity.
Therefore, it’s fine if Hans hasn’t been produced yet. Once it is produced with this technology, S1 will definitely be better than X1.
What Shinta Kono didn't know was that at this time, the Eighth Route Army's air-to-air missiles had already developed into the improved X2.
Okamura Neji is not as optimistic as Kono Shinta.
Because he has had too many such experiences, he, a person who admires Western culture, also has doubts about his position.
But Okamura Neji had no other choice.
Because he knew that in order to seize air supremacy, fighters would eventually have to fight head-on.
Otherwise, if the imperial army continues to hide like this, fearing that the enemy's new fighter jets will not dare to join the battle due to their superior performance, it may ultimately affect the outcome of the entire battle or even lead to the collapse of the entire empire.