Chapter 22 Support for the Battle of Northern Jiangsu (Fourth update! It’s a little late!)

Chapter 22 Support for the Battle of Northern Jiangsu (the fourth update is a little later)

Opposite the Chaoyang Front, the Japanese trenches have also begun to be excavated. Large-scale wars are not like fighting and rushing up, but trench wars. Since the Japanese army is preparing to engage in a battlefield battle here, they must have sufficient preparations. Infantry trenches and artillery positions must be carefully set and carefully built. Moreover, the artillery positions are also in the rear, about ten miles away from the main battlefield. Although this range is within the shooting range of the opponent's heavy artillery, the threat is very small.

"Hundred miles, Xiaozhun, the Japanese army is approaching, but they are building trenches deep. Why is this?" Deng Sen looked at the combat map. The actions of the Japanese army made him a little confused. According to his ideas, after the Japanese army arrived, they would definitely attack. Japan would definitely not be able to compare with him. They were fighting overseas, and the cost was huge.

"According to the movements of the Japanese army, the Japanese army may be preparing to surround the points and attack aid, or conduct decisive battles on the battlefield to defeat the troops on our first line of defense, so that the rear will be absolutely safe in the future attacks." Zhang Xiaojun felt that the Japanese army was thinking this way, but they had no choice but to fight with the Japanese army's strategy.

"I think the tactics of oiling on the front line, although it is inevitable, can also achieve our tactical goals. Weary Japanese army, defeat the Japanese army's front, fight on the second front, and drag it to winter. At that time, we will fight locally and provide abundant supplies. The supply of Japanese troops will inevitably be more difficult, especially after the East China Sea freezes in the late winter, the Japanese army's supplies will be almost gone, which means we have to persist in four months and four months to carry out trench defense wars, and do everything possible to do all our strength.

Arrange the militia troops in the rear and can withstand some wars. In short, as long as the first wave gives the Japanese army a considerable casualties, the military weapons in the rear will continue to be produced. In addition, it is raining in winter. As long as our mechanical troops carry out several armed attacks, the Japanese army's advance will be blocked. At that time, they will either negotiate or withdraw, otherwise they will only die in the ice and snow. "Jiang Baili's analysis of the war is extremely meticulous, and even predict the subsequent development of the war.

But Dengson knew that these tactics were all done with the flesh and blood of soldiers. The soldiers who had just joined the army now were soldiers, all of them were farmers who had just put down their hoes. After a period of training, they might be able to fight with local armed forces, but on a large-scale battlefield they could also be used as cannon fodder.

"How is our military factory producing now? The steel plant can already provide steel, right? "Dunson no longer discusses war. As long as there is no big problem, there will be no mistakes. Can there be problems? It is almost impossible. Japan can send so many troops to the maximum extent. The Japanese government can't stand it for two to three months of the war, so he is not worried about Japan's increase in troops. Besides, Yuan Shikai is now strong, but most of them are new recruits, and their training is much lower than the Iron Blood Army. If you really fight, Dengson's 100,000 reserves can curb him; as for the ** Party, the ** Army, which has now expanded to 400,000, has also received the support of the great powers, and the great powers will keep China in a split state. However, the military ideological training is backward and has the influence of Dengson, so the ** Army is not worth worrying, so he is very relieved.

The only thing that made him feel embarrassed was the industrial plan. He was originally planning to invest in industrial and commercial funds, because the war cost most of the money, and the purchase of materials alone was nearly 10 million pounds, and the post-war pensions required millions of pounds. In other words, the Iron Blood Army had to spend 15 million to 20 million to fight, and it was a battle that only lost but not earned.

"Now military factories are fully producing, and there are many young people joining, with two thousand people. According to the assembly line production method you mentioned, the production speed is not slow. The only disadvantage is that most workers' technology is not up to standard and still need to be trained. The steel plant has just produced steel, but it can meet our needs. As for the development of private industries, we have squeezed out some steel and given it to use it. This month, the automobile factory has produced 30 cars, and the results are still good, but the engine needs to be imported." It is almost ridiculous to produce 30 cars in a month, such as the United States, but for northern Anhui, which has just started industry, this is great news. This marks that the Iron Blood Army's future military civilian vehicles can be produced by themselves, but the engine is indeed a weakness. Fortunately, there is no technological blockade in this era, and when Diesel arrives, there will definitely be some.

"That's good, notify the arsenal. Now stop the production of heavy machine guns first, and make every effort to produce rifles, grenades and mortars. We are at a disadvantage in firepower and must offset the Japanese army with quantity. Unfortunately, mortar shells have not been developed until now and we cannot produce production difficulties." Mortar shells are a problem, because Dengson only remembers the basic shape and does not know how to design the interior and material structure. He always uses 60 mm caliber shells as mortars, which are too small.

"Understand" a civilian behind him immediately got the order and then left the conference room.

"I think the head of state should hit the garrisons from three places to Chaoyang, and at the same time, let the 11th and 21st divisions be transferred to where they are. They must resist the Japanese army for half a month, and then retreat to the second war zone under the cover of the SS. So now we must take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army is mobilizing supplies and send all the materials needed for combat. The most important thing is that the engineers carry out construction work behind them, expand the original five trenches to hundreds of trenches of thirty miles, and turn dozens of miles around into battlefields, so that every trenches of the Japanese army will face a new trenches for every trenches that are broken through." It is very simple to dig trenches with enough personnel, and more than 30 trenches of ten meters apart, two meters in width and one-seven meters deep in one day, hitting four engineer regiments of the entire Iron Blood Army. Trenches of nearly ten miles can be dug every day, connected within the trenches, and resisting the enemy step by step, and the Iron Blood Army soldiers are also enough.

"What you mean is to fully excavate the Chaoyang to Ninghai section to offset the Japanese firepower advantage with layered trench warfare? Well, this idea is very good. At this time, I can only do this. This can not only reduce the casualties of the troops, but also give the Japanese army greater resistance." Deng Sen thought about it and was surprised to find that this method could actually play an unexpected role. The Japanese army may not have too much psychological pressure to break through five places, but what would they feel when they finished killing a hundred trenches?

"Yes, although these ten methods can seriously affect the morale of Japanese soldiers and offset the Japanese firepower advantage." Jiang Bai nodded. He had just come up with an idea. Although it was stupid, it was definitely very useful.

"Okay, transfer all the engineers to Chaoyang now, and the front-line troops gathered towards Chaoyang, and the 11th Division and the 21st Division also went there." But the order signed immediately, this idea of ​​inspiration, caused a great loss to the Japanese army later.

On the Chaoyang Front, one day later, all the engineers arrived, and tens of thousands of laborers followed and excavated, which was much faster.

"What are the engineers behind this? Why are they digging trenches?" War is imminent, and all the soldiers have arrived within the trenches on the front line, but they don't understand that the trenches have been dug, and even if the other two divisions arrive, they can still install them. What is the use of the trenches in the rear?

"Who knows that" the veterans shrugged, obviously they didn't understand.

"The ladder tactics are mainly about continuous resistance, so we must carefully divide each trench, that is, the 12th Division defends the first trench, the 13th Division defends the second trench, the 14th Division defends the fourth trench, the 21st Division, and the 5th trench. During the battle, if it cannot be resisted, immediately push into the rear to rest and carry out wheel tactics." According to the combat order signed by Dengson, all troops must strictly carry out this kind of wheel defense, and it also stipulates that for every front, defense for more than one day, you must retreat, rest and replenish personnel, and 30,000 reserve soldiers are in their rear trenches, and must remain basically full.

"It's the commander-in-chief" all the generals stood up one after another. Li Ran was the commander-in-chief of the first war zone, and he was responsible for everything here.

"Ueda-kun, what are the Chinese people doing?" The dust raised behind the Iron Blood Army puzzled the Japanese generals, as if they were doing fortifications, but didn't the Chinese team already have trenches?

"Hai... His Highness, the prince, cannot guess. They can only wait until the hot air balloon team arrives to investigate clearly." They could not see clearly the situation behind the first trench, so they could not determine what the Zhong** team was doing.

"No matter what the Chinese are doing, the first wave of offensives tomorrow must be launched, so that these Chinese people below can know that the dignity of the Great Japanese Empire cannot be offended. You must know that we have been here for a few days. The military has urged the war to start. The sooner the war is over, the less pressure we will have." To engage in a large-scale war, Japan can only adopt a quick battle, because the finances are really unable to support it.

"Hai, Your Highness the Prince will launch a fierce offensive at noon tomorrow. Please rest assured." Ueda Yuzawa understood the current situation of the military headquarters. The cabinet originally did not agree to launch a war now, so it is necessary to attack tomorrow and defeat the enemy on the first front of the Iron Blood Army within a week.

Chapter 22 Support for the Battle of Northern Jiangsu
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