Masaki Tatsuo originally wanted to use this battle to prove that he was right and use this battle as an example to wake up those stupid radicals, but the facts gave him a slap in the face.
Masaki Tatsuo was puzzled. The imperial soldiers were superior to their opponents in both quality and quantity. Even the equipment he disdained was more advanced than the enemy's, but they could not break through the enemy's defense line.
Not only was it impossible to break through, but the troops suffered heavy casualties as a result. Up to now, they had suffered more than 500 casualties, nearly one-third of the total force.
If the casualties of the previous tank troops are added in, the casualties are already close to half.
"What is going on?" Masaki Tatsuo roared at his subordinates: "You are soldiers, the most elite warriors in the empire, but you can't defeat a group of militiamen, a group of rabble with hoes and sickles in their hands!"
No one dared to speak.
The subordinates all know that although the enemy does not hold hoes and sickles as the major said, but if compared with the tanks and armored vehicles owned by the imperial army, this is indeed the case.
Apart from……
After a while, the staff officer cautiously replied: "Major, the main ones are the 'spray bombs' and 'shot mines' in the hands of the enemy. Once they attack, they will attack with high density in a short period of time. We don't even have time to fight back."
If not, then..."
"Stop talking about new equipment!" Masaki Tatsuo interrupted the staff officer unceremoniously: "This is just an excuse! If we talk about new equipment, will our new equipment be less than the enemy's? Tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft...
And the enemy only has two so-called 'new equipment' and scares you like this! Can you win a battle only when the enemy has nothing?"
The subordinates could only lower their heads and respond "Yes!" without even daring to refute even a single word.
They couldn't refute it, because the facts were indeed as the major said. Compared with the equipment, the imperial army was definitely no worse than the enemy.
Therefore, they did not understand why they could not annihilate the enemy after fighting hard for a day.
What the Japanese don't know is that the battlefield is never a simple comparison of strength, quality and equipment, but a battle of wits and courage between the enemy and ourselves.
For example, the Japanese are good at aircraft, artillery, and tanks, and they have also formed a relatively complete industrial system. If the Eighth Route Army continues to engage in these things, it will definitely fall behind and be beaten.
The Eighth Route Army wants to develop equipment to destroy these things, and it also strives to be simple, easy to produce, and easy to control.
This is a bit like a traffic raid.
Building a track, a bridge, or a tunnel is difficult and requires a lot of money, but blowing them up may only require a dynamite pack.
In the same way, it is difficult to produce a tank, but it only takes one rocket to blow it up.
Because of this, if our rivals are producing aircraft carriers, we should concentrate on developing Dongfeng Express... When Dongfeng Express matures and has the ability to ensure its own safety, it will not be too late to slowly develop aircraft carriers.
The same was true for the Eighth Route Army at this time.
To be precise, Wang Xuexin's thinking direction of developing military industry was completely misaligned with that of the Japanese. As a result, an asymmetric differential competition was formed in different dimensions. This was the reason why the Japanese were so embarrassed.
Just as Masaki Tatsuo was reprimanding his subordinates, a communications soldier came forward and reported: "Major, Lieutenant General, your Excellency's phone number!"
The caller was Okamura Neiji. He was shocked that the Masaki Brigade had not been able to break through the enemy's defense line for more than ten hours. It was dark again at this time, which meant that the Masaki Brigade would once again lose the advantage of fire support from tanks and armored vehicles.
, Okamura believes that at this time it is more important to act steadily and not to mess up the position.
Therefore, Okamura Neiji bypassed all levels and directly called Masaki's brigade and explained: "Masaki-kun, our reinforcements are temporarily restrained by the enemy and cannot arrive in time. Please cooperate with Shigegawa's tank troops to contain them."
Keep the enemy at bay and don't let them escape, do you understand?"
"Yes!" Masaki Tatsuo stood up and replied: "Don't worry, I won't let them escape! I'm very sorry, very sorry!"
Okamura Neji's tone was so calm and not harsh at all, which made Tatsuo Masaki's hair stand on end.
Masaki Tatsuo heard something about Okamura Neji from his division commander Adachi Twenty-three:
"If the teacher's tone is surprisingly polite, don't think that he is not angry. The reason why he doesn't show it is just because he feels there is no need to care about the dead!"
Therefore, when he hung up the phone, Masaki Tatsuo stood there for a long time, thinking over and over what Okamura Neji said several times, even chewing every word carefully.
In the end, Masaki Tatsuo believed that this was probably because Okamura Neji was completely disappointed with himself, so much so that he no longer expected Masaki's battalion to break through the enemy's defense line, and only asked to "contain the enemy and prevent him from escaping."
Masaki Tatsuo closed his eyes in frustration.
The future is worrying!
After many years of management, he was finally promoted to the rank of Major, but unexpectedly, it was burned down here.
At this time, a burst of fierce gunfire suddenly came from the direction of the battlefield, and then a staff officer came in and reported: "Your Excellency, Major, Yata Squadron has been violently attacked by the enemy. It seems that the enemy is going to break out at night!"
Masaki Tatsuo was refreshed and secretly thought that this might be his last chance.
So he immediately gave the order: "Order, all troops brace up, the time for the decisive battle has arrived!"
Just as Wang Xuexin guessed, Masaki Tatsuo placed the chariot troops at the front to launch the attack.
This is inevitable.
If you want to quickly pursue the enemy or compress the enemy's living space, you must use tanks and engineers to clear mines in the front.
At this time, Wang Xuexin was waiting for the Japanese to come up in the dark cave, or to be exact, in the Type 97 tank.
The driver is a monk, located on the right side of the front of the vehicle.
This guy finally got his wish, and he was humming a little tune proudly while sitting in the driver's seat.
The machine gunner was transferred from the First Battalion, named Liu Gang, nicknamed Gangzi.
It is said that he has been shooting machine guns for more than two years, and he has a clear grasp of all kinds of Japanese machine guns. He can dismantle and reinstall various machine guns with his eyes closed.
As soon as he got into the left front side of the tank body (next to the monk's driver's seat), he touched the handle of the machine gunner and said: "Type 89, what a good thing!".
The gunner was a veteran, and he and the commander Wang Xuexin were squeezed into the same turret.
Wang Xuexin shined his flashlight at Laojiu and asked, "Do you know how to fix this?"
Laojiu raised his head and replied: "As you said, aren't the cannons all the same? What don't you know?"
After tossing it around for a few times, I finally got it right.
Li Yunlong directed the soldiers outside to seal the cave entrance.
While the entrance to the cave was not completely sealed, he shouted to Wang Xuexin: "Xiao Dongbei, remember this! We will use the sound of cannons as a signal, and you will come out as soon as the cannons are fired! Don't be impatient!"
Wang Xuexin responded, but in his heart he was thinking, when the shooting starts...who will know who fired it?
But there is no other better way, so I can only make do with it!