After understanding this, the development of the situation has been roughly determined: overall it is improving, and victory will eventually be achieved, but the process is still tortuous, and at the same time, we cannot have too much hope for the cooperation of the stubborn troops in the war.
Based on this, when we return to the Yuncheng battlefield, we can see clearly:
The Japs on the north bank of the Yellow River will not be surrounded. The Japs can rely on the natural dangers of the Yellow River to resist the stubborn troops in the south, and they can also use the plains to defend against the Eighth Route Army in the north.
Therefore, Zhongtiao Mountain is still in danger of being surrounded by the Japs, but the Japs may not dare to act rashly due to the new changes and lack of troops, equipment, etc.
At this time, Okamura Neji was frowning at the map at the military headquarters.
Okamura Neiji originally planned to gather his strength to launch an attack on Yuncheng, and then fight all the way west to the Yellow River to complete the siege of Zhongtiao Mountain.
He believed that the Eighth Route Army's capture of Yuncheng was both a pressure and an opportunity for the empire.
Pressure is that the growth and expansion of the Eighth Route Army surprised Okamura Neji deeply.
It is not uncommon for an army to have some equipment. From time to time, the stubborn army will also have some tanks and even aircraft and warships. These equipment are much more advanced than the tanks owned by the Eighth Route Army.
Even if the Eighth Route Army owns T34, it is nothing.
After all, the war in this era cannot be controlled by just one or two pieces of equipment. Modern war should be a systematic war.
For example, the Eighth Route Army has T34s, but these T34s are likely to become targets of imperial aircraft because they have no air cover.
In addition, the empire can also use superior artillery to destroy these T34s. After all, the Eighth Route Army only has ten T34s.
What surprised Ningcun Okamura was that the Eighth Route Army was able to formulate a reasonable combat plan as soon as possible after receiving these equipment and maximize the role of these equipment.
For example, use T26 to attack Yuncheng.
Another example is using T34 to raid the reinforced tank regiment.
Yoshio Shinozuka guessed: "Your Excellency, this may be the role of the Bear Advisory Group! They know how to use these tanks..."
Okamura Neiji shook his head and replied: "No, Shinozuka-kun! Have you studied the Battle of Nomenhan and Hans' attack on the Bear?"
With a handsome face, Shinozuka bowed deeply and replied: "Shame on you, my subordinates didn't do any research!"
Shinozuka Yoshio's mission was to deal with the Eighth Route Army in North China. He believed that the Eighth Route Army's tactics had nothing to do with the war between Nomenhan and Hans and Mao Xiong... These were modern regular warfare and were different from the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare.
Okamura Neji doesn't think so.
"The tactics are all the same!" Okamura Neiji said: "What's more, the Chinese army also has a lot of equipment from Mao Xiong."
Then Okamura Neiji continued: "If the stubborn army's tactics of using tanks came from Mao Xiong, there is no doubt about it, because like Mao Xiong, they used chariots as an auxiliary to the infantry and dispersed them among the troops. But the Eighth Route Army...
Their use of tanks is more like Hans!"
"What?" Yoshio Shinozuka was surprised: "General, did you say, 'blitzkrieg'?"
Okamura Neiji nodded, casually threw a few telegrams in front of Shinozuka Yoshio, and said: "T26 tanks, they use cars to carry infantry to follow, which ensures that T26 can penetrate as quickly as possible.
Yuncheng, during which the 37th Division sent troops to intercept many times, but suffered heavy losses due to intelligence errors or accidents. There were even cases where troops drove cars to chase enemy tank troops..."
Yoshio Shinozuka understood it when Neji Okamura said this.
He used to think that these "accidents" were just "accidents", but now when he thought about it and compared it with Hans's "Blitzkrieg"... he realized that it was a quick attack with full knowledge of the enemy's intelligence, so that the enemy was not well prepared due to lack of intelligence.
Various "accidents" occur for various reasons.
Therefore, this "accident" was not just a problem of insufficient training and preparation, but was artificially created by the enemy's rapid maneuvering and the suddenness of the battle.
"And T34!" Okamura Neiji continued: "They use motorcycles to carry infantry to follow, which also ensures that the T34 troops can attack as quickly as possible and break through our army's defense line, so our army's tank regiment, and
The artillery regiment... was defeated so miserably and so quickly! They were defeated by the enemy before they could barely react!"
Yoshio Shinozuka was convinced.
He had never thought of this before, but now Okamura Neji analyzed it and found that it was indeed exactly the same as Hans' "Blitzkrieg".
If there is any difference, it is that Hans uses the air force to conduct forward reconnaissance. They will implement airdrops at key locations such as bridges and transportation hubs to ensure that the tank troops can pass quickly.
The Eighth Route Army did not have these conditions and therefore could not do it.
"That is to say..." Yoshio Shinozuka looked incredulous: "The Eighth Route Army conducted a localized 'blitzkrieg' in Yuncheng?"
Okamura Neiji nodded and sighed: "Therefore, it is impossible for the Wooly Bear Advisory Group to use this tactic. Of course they who were beaten by this tactic did not know the essence, otherwise there would not be so many
A tragic failure and mistake! If what I expected is correct, this is probably the hand of that little Northeast! Although I don’t know why he understands this, he has already given us too many surprises!”
Yoshio Shinozuka also agreed with Okamura Neji's guess.
Because this was too strange. Apart from Xiao Dongbei, he couldn't think of anyone else who could use "Blitzkrieg" on this land.
That’s why there is a saying, “The one who knows you best is actually your enemy.”
The formations and tactics used by Wang Xuexin during training were considered normal by the Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Or it can be said that the soldiers can't understand it. Anyway, it's just a tank in front with soldiers following behind. It's not a big problem. How else can we fight like this?
On the contrary, it was Neji Okamura who carefully analyzed and compared the tactics used by Wang Xuexin, and then he saw the secret behind it.
Then Okamura Neiji squinted his eyes and said: "It's just that Xiao Dongbei ignored one thing. Once he stays in a certain position, he loses the advantage of 'blitzkrieg', and then our opportunity comes!"
This is correct. In addition to being fast, Hans's "Blitzkrieg" is more importantly about attacking, attacking and attacking again.
Because only by attacking can you maintain the advantage of "offense is greater than defense", and you can continuously defeat the enemy during maneuvers and disrupt the enemy's rhythm. Once you stop, you will inevitably be surrounded by the enemy and then fall into a war of attrition in a sea of people.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army stopped at Yuncheng and Zhongtiao Mountain.
Okamura Neiji's first reaction was to concentrate his efforts on capturing Yuncheng and surrounding Zhongtiao Mountain.
However, at this moment, the staff reported to him with a telegram: "Your Excellency, General, our army has declared war on Eagle Sauce. The staff headquarters ordered us to suspend all large-scale operations and concentrate our strength and resources to march overseas!"
"What?" Okamura Neji's eyes widened in shock. He couldn't believe that the empire actually declared war on Taka-chan at this time.