bestfiction Chapter 218: Passive defense is not as good as active attack. Let's launch a counterattack at n
Chapter 218: Passive defense is not as good as active attack. Let's launch a counterattack at n
"To be honest, anti-tank guns are useless to us. Using anti-aircraft guns to deal with tanks can completely achieve the goal, and the effect is very good. If I hadn't ordered the three kids to resist the infantry's attack for you, that Japanese tank wouldn't have been able to get within 500 meters of the position!"
"The anti-aircraft artillery company joined the battle a little late today, otherwise we could have achieved greater results. Although we are equipped with a large number of German equipment, our fighting style is still the old-fashioned one, and we have not brought out the true strength of these equipment at all!" Lin Zhenhua criticized mercilessly.
Lin Zhenhua asked in a serious tone, "Old Li, as the military commander of our independent regiment, you are not qualified to command this battle. Don't think that our troops' combat effectiveness will be greatly improved just because we have German equipment. In fact, if we really count, our equipment in today's battle is better than that of the Japanese, but we encountered several dangerous situations in the middle. Doesn't this explain the problem?"
"As soon as the enemy's tanks came out, we were a little panicked. If it weren't for the help of the anti-aircraft artillery company, we would have to prepare a suicide squad to blow up the enemy's tanks, and the 37mm anti-tank guns we had were gathering dust in the warehouse. You know, the 37mm anti-tank guns once achieved very good results in the Battle of Songhu, but in our hands, they became a pile of scrap metal. Isn't the lesson of this incident profound?"
Lin Zhenhua did not say anything too serious. He knew that Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang should be able to hear the hidden meaning in his words. The expression on Li Yunlong's face became more and more gloomy. Lin Zhenhua was right. Li Yunlong had been too optimistic about the situation these days. He thought that with the equipment of a division, he could easily stop the Japanese attack. He even did not take the Japanese seriously and became arrogant. The battle this morning woke him up and made him understand where his shortcomings were.
When it comes to the use of German equipment, Lin Zhenhua definitely knows more than him. Li Yunlong asked directly: "College student, while the battle has just ended and the Japanese will not launch another attack in the short term, please tell me about these German equipment so that I can understand them well. Only in this way can they exert their greatest power in the next battle!"
Lin Zhenhua knew that what he said just now had an effect. He replied in a serious tone: "Old Li, let's talk about the 98k rifle and the Japanese's Type 98 rifle first. In terms of power, the k rifle bullet is more powerful than the Type rifle bullet, but its recoil is greater. The difference in accuracy between the two is not that big. In comparison, the rifles in our hands are better than those of the Japanese!"
"Let's talk about artillery. The range of both sides' artillery is about the same. With the help of extended-range shells, our artillery range is slightly greater than that of the Japanese. However, the extended-range shells are limited. We have used up half of them today. The difference in the range of the artillery between the two sides is not that big!"
"But in terms of the number of artillery, we have far more artillery than the Japanese, about 1.5 times the number of the Japanese. But the results we have achieved are not as good as we imagined. This has a lot to do with the technology of our artillery. There is no good way to solve this problem for the time being. We can only increase the number of training and actual combat, and gradually narrow the gap between the two sides!"
"The reason we were able to destroy four of the Japanese 105mm heavy artillery today was mainly due to the use of extended-range shells. Otherwise, we would probably not be able to destroy even one of the Japanese medium artillery today, and our own artillery losses would be about twice that of the Japanese."
"In terms of mountain artillery and mortars, the gap between us and the Japanese is really huge. The mountain artillery is protected by the gun positions, but even so, we still lost two. We lost 81 36mm mortars. From this point, we can see how powerful the Japanese artillery is!"
"According to my observations on the battlefield, the enemy's artillery losses should be around 20 pieces. This is nearly a two-fold difference, which is very worthy of our vigilance!"
"During this artillery battle, there were problems with my command. The calculated data could not be transmitted to the artillery position in the first time. This has a lot to do with our battlefield communications. Every order must be transmitted by the soldiers of the communications squad. We should connect the battlefield telephone to each artillery position and set up an artillery command center. But we don't have these, which makes it impossible for our artillery battalion to exert its true strength!"
"Anti-tank guns are deployed directly to the front-line positions, but we have never trained our soldiers on how to use them. Even if we give them the anti-tank guns now, I don't think they will be able to use them!"
"And the most important thing is gas defense. We have been emphasizing this, but we have never really paid attention to the storage and production of gas masks. Until now, we have not set up a gas mask production line to produce a large number of gas masks. Instead, we have been conducting gas defense drills with a fluke mentality. If we continue to fool around like this, there will be big problems!"
Zhao Gang has a lot to say about this matter. It's not that they don't value gas masks, but they really lack raw materials such as rubber, which is a scarce resource for the independent regiment. Li Yunlong had finally bought more than a ton of rubber from the Yushugou market, but then he had to deal with the material transportation and rat extermination operations. All these things happened at the same time, and he really couldn't spare any extra manpower to do this.
In addition, Lin Zhenhua had said before that he wanted to use these rubbers to produce tires for armored vehicles, which made Zhao Gang feel suspicious for a moment. In addition, they found gas masks among the materials traded by the Third Reich and thought they could get gas masks for a division. There was no need to produce gas masks at all.
"College student, it's not that we don't take this matter seriously. We just didn't think that General Bella didn't provide enough gas masks. To be precise, General Bella made a mistake with the supplies and gave them to us as medicines. They are all sulfonamides, which are more valuable than gas masks, but are not what we urgently need right now!" Zhao Gang quickly interrupted.
When Lin Zhenhua heard the news, he didn't know what to say. He really didn't expect such a big mistake to happen. The gas mask turned out to be sulfa. If you calculate it, the price paid by General Bella was really not small.
"Old Zhao, first find a way to get 500 gas masks from Zhang Dabiao, plus the 600 gas masks in reserve. In this way, we will have 2100 gas masks, which is enough to deal with the battle tonight!"
"While we still have plenty of time, I will immediately start the renovation of the artillery battalion. Lao Li will hurry up and formulate a defense plan for the evening. No matter what, we must hold our ground and never let the devils set foot into our base!"
Li Yunlong had a rough idea in his mind, and he told them his plan for tonight directly in front of them.
"Lao Zhao, college student, I just thought about it carefully and now I have an idea in mind! Now that we have better weapons and equipment than the Japs, we must make use of the weapon advantage. According to my estimation, the Japs suffered such a big loss this morning, and the next target will be to deal with our heavy artillery. The Japs are likely to withdraw fighters from other places and launch an air strike against us within two days. We will not have many opportunities to use our heavy artillery next time!"
"Therefore, I plan to launch a counter-attack against the Japanese first. If the Japanese don't want to use poison gas bombs against us, we will blow up their poison gas bombs first and let them have a taste of the poison gas bombs themselves! This time, we will mobilize all the heavy artillery in our hands, even the anti-aircraft guns, and directly launch a wave of cluster bombardment on the Japanese. I want to see how long the Japanese can hold out!"
"Bring out all our trucks and armored vehicles to help us pull artillery. Tonight we will rain down shells on the Japanese and drive them away from Xiaoyun Mountain. It would be best if we could drive them to Erchaling. We can deploy anti-aircraft guns nearby in the mountainous area, and with the cover of the mountains and forests, our heavy artillery will come in handy!"
"The reason why I withdrew the troops from Ercha Ridge before was because of the terrain restrictions there. The Japanese could easily attack from both sides. With our current strength, there is no place to defend at the other fork in the road. We have also walked through the other road many times when we were pulling equipment. It is basically all flat and open land, with no strategic location to defend. If we are really attacked from both sides, we won't be able to hold out for two days!"
Lin Zhenhua did not expect that Li Yunlong actually planned a counterattack. This plan was really very bold. If it could really cause the Japanese to be defeated, maybe unexpected results could be achieved. With the help of armored cars and armored vehicles, a blitzkrieg could be launched against the Japanese. As long as a large number of the Japanese's manpower could be consumed and the base of the independent regiment could be defended, there was still a great chance of success.
"Old Li, your plan has a very high chance of success. The Japanese would never dream that we would launch a counterattack against them. If we use our armored vehicles to cooperate, we can expand the results of the battle. All personnel participating in the counterattack tonight must wear gas masks. Two battalions must stay behind to defend the positions. We must send out at least four battalions to fight this counterattack tonight!" Lin Zhenhua said excitedly.
Zhao Gang also felt that a counterattack could indeed break the current unfavorable situation. As long as the puppet army could withdraw from the battle, the pressure on the independent regiment would be much less. The total number of troops dispatched by the Japanese this time reached more than 20,000, which put a lot of pressure on Zhao Gang. If he could eliminate half of the Japanese troops, he would be more confident in defending the base.
"Lao Li, I support your combat operation tonight. If you need any cooperation, just let me know! The 37mm anti-tank guns will be transported to the frontline soon. After a simple training by college students, they should not be delayed and will participate in tonight's operation. In tonight's sneak attack, the anti-tank guns will be very effective against the Japanese tanks!"