How many men did it take to defeat a Japanese division?
From the Songhu battlefield to the Jinling defense battle, the officers of the 88th Division fought against the Japanese army a lot.
Defeated a Japanese division...
If the exchange ratio between the two sides is five to one, if you want to defeat a Japanese division...a group of brigade commanders exchanged glances with each other.
All officers who had fought in the Songhu battlefield and the battle on the homeland defense line were a little helpless. Zhu Chi calculated carefully, took a breath and said,
"To defeat a division, even if it's a Type B division with 24,000 people, I'm afraid it would take... ten to fifteen divisions."
There is no way that one division of the Guo Army is about 13,000, and there is a gap between the quality of the soldiers and the supporting firepower.
"Haha, whether the fifteen divisions can be defeated is still a question. Do you know how many people the Principal Zhang of the Parachute School had when he defeated the 101st Division?"
As soon as he said this, several officers exchanged glances. Except for the people from the supplementary brigade later, no one knew that Zhang Sixing had supplemented the Eighty-Eighth Division with thousands of men on the homeland defense line. At that time, Principal Zhang
Only more than 3,000 people were taken away.
The commander of the 260th Brigade licked his lower lip with his tongue and said with some uncertainty,
"More than 10,000 people. He took away more than 3,000 people and left us with several thousand people. I think it must be around 10,000 people."
What everyone didn't expect was that Gao Zhisong actually laughed teasingly again,
"Here we are, I talked to Principal Zhang's adjutant, Lieutenant Hansen. In that battle, they could only fight more than a thousand people at first, and then they gradually gathered some people. Then Principal Zhang led his people to bypass the enemy's front line.
, when attacking the enemy's heavy artillery force, almost two thousand Jing'an troops were gathered, and less than four thousand actually participated in the battle. In fact, there were still a lot of people who were just behind the logistics battalion to make home-made weapons."
"Five thousand people defeated a Type B division of the Japanese army. This... how is this possible?"
The brigade commander and the commander of the supplementary brigade looked at each other one by one, showing disbelief.
Gao Zhisong shook his head and said seriously,
"I don't know either. Anyway, some of the troops who defeated us also participated in the battle against the 101st Division, but most of the time they just stayed on the main position as a cover and did not fight at all."
Speaking of which, Gao Zhisong glanced at Zhu Chi, who had a stiff expression, and said,
"Destroying the 101st Division is nothing. Remember the night air raid on the Japanese on the defense line. Principal Zhang led the air force to do it. If Commander-in-Chief Tang had not ordered Niu Shoushan to retreat, the local Sixth Division would have
The regiment didn't even dare to attack and went around. As for the 114th Division in front of us, three cavalry squadrons were killed in a night attack, and the first squadron took out a squadron of infantry..."
This time, not only the new officers, but also Zhu Chi also widened their eyes in surprise.
"Brigadier Zhu, I think we should take this opportunity to go to the parachute school's position to see why the Japs didn't attack there. I'm also very curious. The other thing is to ask Principal Zhang whether we should attack at night.
How should we conduct a night attack?"
After hearing Gao Zhisong's words, Zhu Chi completely let go of his plans to attack alone at night.
To be honest, he was really a little unconvinced by the young German major, but when faced with his record in a night attack, he couldn't be convinced. On the battlefield, whoever had a better record spoke louder.
After reaching a consensus, Gao Zhisong, Zhu Chi and Wu Qiujian, the commander of the supplementary brigade, went to the parachute school position together and agreed to return before dark.
At this moment, in the command post of the paratrooper school, just like a few nights ago, Zhang Sixing had just polished his weapon and was ready to attack.
Zhang Sixing didn't like the three visiting people very much.
In other words, he didn't like all the officers above the regiment in the Guo army very much, because he claimed to be a senior officer, but when he spoke, he lacked the straightforwardness and boldness of a real soldier.
Most of the people were businessmen, politicians, and soldiers, each accounting for one-third. Excessive calculations also made the support and coordination of the various units in the defense of Jinling difficult and unorganized.
In other words, the entire Guojun official system is like a rotten durian, with an even more rotten smell.
It was a pity that he had to socialize a bit when facing three visiting brigade commanders.
"Guys, I'm going to launch a night attack soon, so if there is any tactical discussion, you have half an hour."
After all, it is no longer as simple as it was at the beginning to penetrate the Japanese army's front.
"Principal Zhang, these are Zhu Chi, the commander of the 262nd Brigade, and Wu Qiujian, the commander of the Supplementary Brigade. These two troops are newly reinforced, and we want to launch a night attack together..."
"If you want to launch a night attack, you can, but you only need a pistol team equipped with swords and grenades. Then..."
Zhang Sixing's eyes lit up. He had long wanted to deal with the 114th Division in front of him. Unfortunately, he only had one reconnaissance company at his disposal. He originally hoped that the reconnaissance battalion of the 264th Brigade would act together, but unfortunately they fought too hard, so
There is no proposal.
Now when I heard that he was walking towards the battle map first, seeing that the three of them didn't seem to be in the state yet, he called out,
"Come here and look at the map."
When the three brigade commanders arrived at Zhang Sixing's side, they were surprised to find that Zhang Sixing was using a Japanese military map. As for Guojun's military map, it was not detailed enough and full of errors.
"What we are facing is the enemy's 114th Division, and their 6th Division is on the right. However, they are on the defensive in our direction. The most troublesome thing at the moment is that the 18th Division and the 3rd Division are behind us.
Division. Last night we discovered some members of the Japanese Third Division. Brigadier Gao, you should pay attention, the bloody battle is about to begin."
The three major generals looked at the combat terrain in front of them in a daze. All the signs on it were in Japanese, and they could only see the general terrain clearly.
Regardless of the three major generals looking at each other, Zhang Sixing continued to point at the battle map.
"Now the 114th Division has also learned the lesson. Except for the troops who attacked the 264th Brigade overnight, the rest of the troops are huddled in solid positions. One position is stationed with a squadron, and there are only a few minutes between each position.
to 500 meters. The entire position is completely wrapped in barbed wire and minefields, making it difficult to enter.
Moreover, at night, all logistics units, including the logistics units, lived in bomb-proof caves, and no one lived in tents at all. Everyone also wore gas masks, and all the artillery fire airships above their heads were launched into the sky. This was the final
Disgusting stuff.
This is where we attacked the Japanese baggage train last night, but those people were the Japanese baggage train of the Third Division. That is to say, since last night, troops of the Japanese Third Division have been entering one after another. Brigadier Gao, you guys
Be careful."
Looking at the place pointed by Zhang Sixing's finger, it was already about ten kilometers behind the Japanese front. The three major generals all widened their eyes in surprise, wondering how Zhang Sixing knew that information.
Listening to Zhang Sixing's detailed introduction, they didn't understand how Zhang Sixing mastered so much information.