I only have one update today due to something happening, I will make up for it with three updates tomorrow!
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However, in the end, Ding Wei is still very close and sparse.
To be precise, Ding Wei did not expect that the Japanese would be so heartless and completely disregard the people of the Northeast... Ding Wei always thought that the Northeast was an area controlled by the Japanese for more than ten years, and the Japanese should take this into account in order to control the Northeast in the future.
A little bit about the feelings of the people in Northeast China.
But the Japanese didn’t think so...
The battle against Siping was commanded by Umezu Yoshijiro.
At this time, Umezu Yoshijiro had already vaguely felt that the Mao Xiong was just pretending to distract the Imperial Army, and that it was the Eighth Route Army, not the Mao Xiong, who was actually attacking.
The reason is very simple. At this time, the Eighth Route Army has captured Siping and occupied the transportation center of "Manchukuo". If Mao Xiong wants to fight, this is the best time for them to take action... Because of the fall of Siping, the empire's equipment, food and other strategies
All transportation of supplies will be affected, and the Imperial Army's operations will fall into complete passivity.
But until this moment, Mao Xiong still did not attack. Not only did he not attack, the intensity of his exercise was also decreasing.
This is enough to illustrate the problem: Mao Xiong's millions of troops are just a show.
At this time, Umezu Yoshijiro turned around and paid attention to the internal battle situation, and was surprised to find that the Eighth Route Army had surrounded the Kwantung Army in such a short period of time and had grown stronger... One hundred thousand Eighth Route Army troops had turned into three hundred thousand, and they were still growing.
of increase.
Is it okay to continue developing like this?
The use of poison gas bombs was Umezu Yoshijiro's decision at this moment. He hoped to cut through the chaos quickly and strangle the Eighth Route Army in the cradle.
To Umezu Yoshijiro's surprise, the poison gas bombs used in the East Port direction not only failed to work, but caused heavy casualties to the Imperial Army.
At this moment, the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked Siping, and Umezu Yoshijiro immediately thought of the Eighth Route Army's intentions.
"They want to use Siping anti-gas bombs!" Umezu Yoshijiro looked at the map and said: "It is indeed a good move. This place is also very suitable for mechanized troops to defend, and our army's tanks..."
Umezu Yoshijiro didn't even think about what to say next. He never imagined that one day the imperial army would be crushed by the Eighth Route Army, whether it was tanks, artillery or even fighter planes.
Therefore, although Siping is an important place, it is the place where the imperial army has the weakest defense. The city walls are only repaired symbolically to keep out the people.
There is no other reason. This place is suitable for mechanized troops to fight. At that time, only the imperial army could be called mechanized. The Chinese army was not worth mentioning compared with the imperial army in this aspect.
In this case, do the imperial troops need to defend Siping?
What's more, Siping is still in the hinterland of "Manchukuo"!
Who could have imagined that one day the Eighth Route Army would become the dominant force in mechanized forces and occupy an absolute advantage.
Therefore, Siping became an excellent defensive position for the Eighth Route Army: it could not only block the traffic of the imperial army, but also protect against gas bombs, and it could also perfectly combine mechanized troops and infantry to defeat more with less.
However, since Umezu Yoshijiro thought that the Eighth Route Army used Siping to fight gas bombs, how could he let the Eighth Route Army occupy Siping so easily.
Qin Yanzaburo, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, said: "Your Excellency, General, we can mobilize armored trains to cooperate with the army's attack!"
Umezu Yoshijiro shook his head: "The Eighth Route Army with artillery detection radar is not something that armored trains can deal with!"
The armor thickness of the armored train can only block bullets but not artillery shells.
But of course Qin Yansanlang also thought of this, and he replied: "Your Majesty General, the armored train can move at any time, and the speed is much faster than the artillery. It should be able to evade the Eighth Route Army's artillery detection radar!"
This idea is somewhat new.
Armored trains are indeed faster than ordinary artillery and safer than them.
When ordinary artillery is about to move, there is a process of closing and mounting the artillery, and it is done on a highway.
The reaction speed of the Eighth Route Army's artillery detection radar is much faster, so the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells often come over before the Japanese artillery can quickly divert them.
But the armored train is different. This thing can keep the locomotive running at all times. After firing a few shots, it will immediately speed up and leave, and then fire a few more shots... and so on. Even if the Eighth Route Army has artillery detection radar, it will be difficult to deal with this kind of "guerrilla attack".
tactics”.
Another point is that the armor of the armored train can protect against bullet fragments to a certain extent. Even if some shells hit the car body, they will not be able to cause damage to the personnel inside.
Umezu Yoshijiro nodded after hearing this and said: "You can give it a try, not to mention we can also use it with poison gas bombs! When our army shoots away the gas bombs, it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army artillery to fight back!"
However, Umezu Yoshijiro soon thought of a question: the Eighth Route Army was scattered among the four civilians. Even if the armored trains regained the advantage in artillery, where was the focus of the artillery attack?
"It can only be used as an auxiliary!" Meizu Yoshijiro said: "It still cannot determine the outcome of the war!"
"Then, what else can play a decisive role?" Qin Yansanlang asked.
A trace of evil flashed in Umezu Meijiro's eyes, and he said: "Huogong, Qin Yanjun, Huogong! We are going to turn the entire Siping into ashes!"
Umezu Meijiro's words shocked Qin Yanzaburo.
Fire attacks are definitely useful, and poison gas bombs can force the Eighth Route Army back into civilian houses and prevent them from coming out, at least until the poisonous gas dissipates.
At this time, if the imperial soldiers entered the city under the protection of gas masks and set fire to it, the Eighth Route Army would fall into full passivity:
If you go out to put out a fire, you will be injured by poisonous gas.
If you don’t come out to put out the fire, you will be burned to death!
However……
Qin Yansanlang said: "General, will doing this... cause a chain reaction?"
Umezu Meijiro understood the meaning of Qin Yanzaburo's words.
Today the imperial army set poison and set fire in Siping, will they do the same thing in another place tomorrow?
You must know that these Northeastern people were in principle "submissive people" at this time. They had been under the control of the empire for more than ten years without any problems. Even at this time, many people were informing the empire and sending information about the Eighth Route Army.
Under such circumstances, the empire actually used such despicable means to burn Siping into ashes?
That’s one hundred thousand people!
In this way, will the people and puppet troops in other cities in the Northeast rebel?
If you follow the Japanese, you will die anyway, so why should you follow them?
It's better to follow the Eighth Route Army and fight the Japanese to the death, there is still a glimmer of hope!
But Umezu Yoshijiro will tell you this strategy, and he has already thought of a countermeasure.
Umezu Yoshijiro said enigmatically: "That was the fuel warehouse of the Eighth Route Army that was hit by our army. Do you understand?"
Qin Yansanlang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes! The Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops are defending Siping. Their tanks and half-tracks require a lot of gasoline. The gasoline was hit by our army and caused a fire!"