After the bullet matter was resolved, a big stone that had been hanging on Wang Xuexin's heart finally fell.
Although Wang Xuexin said it was easy when he came to Monrokov, in fact Wang Xuexin also had a sense of urgency when it came to bullets, or should I say, the Eighth Route Army had to do with bullets.
The reason is that the Eighth Route Army only truly possesses the AK47 if it has the intermediate power to bomb it. The significance of the AK47 to the Eighth Route Army is not only the basis for attacking the Northeast, but also the guarantee for holding the defense line...
Although most of the Eighth Route Army's defense line consisting of three mountain ranges are mountainous areas that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are still two breaches that are easy to attack: the gap between Daqing Mountain and Luliang Mountain and the gap between Luliang Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain.
Recalling that many previous battles actually took place in and around these two gaps, such as the battle for Yuncheng and the battle for the Daqingshan Iron and Steel Plant.
The reason why these two gaps are still "contested" is because the Eighth Route Army is not secure, and the Japanese can still use various tactics, means or equipment to attack and occupy them.
Once these two gaps are occupied, a large number of Japanese soldiers will pour into the base area to attack the Eighth Route Army in depth.
This is obviously not conducive to the long-term development of the Eighth Route Army.
But now...
If the Eighth Route Army had the AK47 and could produce its own guns and bullets and ensure its supply, would the Japanese dare to have any illusions about these two gaps?
A division?
Or two divisions?
Or is it "human-operated missiles" or "fighter bombings"?
None of these actually work.
Because no matter what kind of equipment it is, no matter how the enemy bombs, in order to occupy the gap in the end, one thing must be done: infantry occupation.
The infantry occupation will face a serious problem: Can the Japanese bolt-action rifles match the Eighth Route Army's AK47?
In other words, do the Japanese and the Eighth Route Army dare to compete with the Eighth Route Army?
In the past, the Japanese still had the capital to "fight" with the Eighth Route Army.
Because the Japs are well-equipped and have high military quality, one Japs can kill three or more Eighth Route Army soldiers. The Eighth Route Army only has a few hundred thousand soldiers in total. As long as the Japs grit their teeth, they can still defeat the Eighth Route Army even if they can sacrifice one hundred thousand Japs soldiers.
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Therefore, it was not that the Japanese were unable, but that they were unwilling to spend such a large force on the Eighth Route Army when they were in a hurry to use troops.
The situation is a little different now.
Because of the change in the strategic goals of the Japanese, their strategic focus has shifted to China, and the strategic goal of the Japanese is to conquer the entire territory of China as quickly as possible, stabilize the war situation in China, and use it as a base to fight against Eagle Sauce in the future...
At this critical moment, the Japanese would be able to part with these 100,000 Japanese soldiers.
This was one of the reasons why Wang Xuexin was secretly anxious. He sometimes thought that when the Japanese mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops from the mainland to carry out the "Operation No. 1" plan, their goal was not to open up the north-south communication lines if they were not stubborn troops, but to open up the north-south communication lines.
It is to eliminate the Eighth Route Army...then what will happen?
When the time comes, the recalcitrant troops will definitely sit back and watch the excitement. Can the Eighth Route Army alone be able to withstand the Japanese encirclement and suppression?
Only now does Wang Xuexin finally feel relieved.
In the past, if a Japs could fight three or five at a time.
Now, after the Eighth Route Army is equipped with AK47, not to mention three or five, two or three can defeat one Eighth Route Army soldier is pretty good... You must know that the AK47 is a piece of equipment that is called a "guerrilla artifact" in modern times.
So in comparison, the Japanese still want to destroy the Eighth Route Army, so you should weigh it and see if you have the courage to spend all your troops to "fight" with the Eighth Route Army.
If you have the courage to fight, if you finish fighting, you will be waiting for the country to perish.
If you don’t have the courage to fight, you will eventually lose your country.
In other words, the Japanese have the right to choose, but the final result is the same.
What Wang Xuexin considered, Okamura Neji on the other side also thought about.
In fact, Okamura Neiji considered this after confirming that the Eighth Route Army had a repeating rifle... This was a matter of strategic direction. Of course, Okamura Neiji, a senior commander, had to consider this.
Shinozuka Yoshio was a little strange when he saw Okamura Neji's ashen expression. He asked: "General, this is just a gun. Even if it is a repeating gun with excellent performance, it is just a gun."
A gun. If the Eighth Route Army does not have sufficient military quality, does it mean that this gun cannot exert much combat effectiveness?"
Okamura Neiji did not answer, because it is too early to say this now, and all discussions about this rifle of the Eighth Route Army are just speculation.
The most important thing he has to do now is to confirm this matter and understand the performance of this new rifle of the Eighth Route Army.
Thinking of this, Okamura Neiji immediately ordered: "Order the mainland advance team, the special operations brigade, or the reconnaissance troops of various ministries... Whenever possible, if there is an opportunity, we must find a way to seize a few of these new rifles and bullets, complete
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"Yes!" Yoshio Shinozuka responded.
It is not difficult to do this, because this kind of rifle has been equipped with a certain scale in the Eighth Route Army. All the Japanese have to do is to pick a few loopholes from this scale to attack, and quickly evacuate after seizing it...
Wang Xuexin has no intention of keeping this aspect secret.
Because thousands of rifles have been equipped to the troops and put into the battlefield, it is almost impossible to avoid being captured by the Japanese. This is probably more difficult than driving the Japanese out of China.
The Japs did it. They were obtained when the 59th Division withdrew from the Eighth Route Army's defense line... At that time, the Eighth Route Army was chasing the Japs' deserters with all their strength. As the speed increased, small units would inevitably be left alone. At this time, they were unexpectedly disguised as civilians by the Japs.
The mainland advance team made a sneak attack.
Although the Eighth Route Army relied on the advantage of its repeating rifles to block the enemy's attack, several repeating rifles still fell into the hands of the Japanese.
Soon, these rifles were sent to Okamura Neiji's headquarters.
When Shinozuka Yoshio saw this kind of rifle, he scorned it. He pulled out the magazine and showed it to Okamura Neji and said: "Your Excellency, this rifle is fed by a thirty-round magazine and can be fired continuously.
Can the production of the Eighth Route Army guarantee such a consumption of ammunition? I think it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to equip such rifles in large quantities!"
Okamura Neiji sighed and replied: "Why do they need a large amount of equipment?"
Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned and thought: If it is not equipped in large numbers, what is the point of developing this rifle?
But after thinking about it, Yoshio Shinozuka understood what Neji Okamura meant.
The Eighth Route Army is on the defensive side. The difficulty and focus of their defense are the two gaps between Daqingshan Iron and Steel Plant and Yuncheng.
In other words, the Eighth Route Army only needs to equip the defenders of these two gaps with such repeating rifles and ensure that these troops have ammunition.
The imperial army will either enter the mountains to fight the Eighth Route Army, or face this kind of rifle.