Like a gray tide, the German army smashed the resistance of the Japanese soldiers at an extremely fast speed. In Europe, which had entered the era of automatic weapons and heavy artillery confrontation, the bravery and fearlessness of the Japanese army during the Russo-Japanese War not only made the other party feel psychologically uncomfortable, but the significance was limited... What's more, the Japanese army in the Taisho period was far less dead than the Showa period. When they saw that the German army was surrounded by fiercely aggressive, it was not unacceptable to throw away weapons and surrender.&1t;/p>

In addition to the German army on the front, the German army that was sticking to the support point also became a nightmare for the Japanese army. These soldiers took advantage of the familiar terrain and elusive. Elite special shooters shot opponents in hidden personal covers. A large number of companies used the terrain and counterattacked positions to ambush the Japanese retreating troops. The German defense line, which seemed to have been penetrated, closed again at this moment! A huge encirclement surrounded most of the Japanese army.&1t;/p>

The only regret is that it seems that a general of the Japanese general level does not catch it...&1t;/p>

"The three Japanese divisions were killed and injured and captured about 15,000 to 18,000 people. More than half of the troops did not retreat. As for the artillery destroyed, it was about 6o to 7o gates." The staff officer sent the collected battle report to Major General Hans von Seckert. The latter just nodded slightly and signaled that the latter could go down. Now, he is considering a question, how to write a summary of this battle...&1t;/p>

Major General Seckert's plan was successful. According to the annihilated Japanese troops, it was definitely considered a big victory, but the whole process and the results were still a bit unreasonable... To put it bluntly, Major General Seckert felt that his iron fist hit a rotten cabbage, and then the cabbage turned into a pool of mud. As a warrior, naturally, he would not claim that he was like fighting cabbage... Well, the Japanese army's combat power was too weak, so that Major General Seckert had a feeling that he should have won.&1t;/p>

"The Japanese are not adapted to the European war situation in terms of training and tactical systems. From the highest level to the grassroots units, they have a huge gap with us and Britain and France." Secker thought for a while and picked up his pen and wrote the first sentence.&1t;/p>

"The Japanese lack an understanding of war. They prefer to win by playing some cleverness. They may be useful when facing the Russians. However, on the Western Front, where the troops and firepower are unprecedentedly powerful, this behavior can only lead to heavy failures. Their infantry is full of sacrifice and the will to fight is relatively complete, but the officers above the middle level lack an understanding of battlefield attempts. They did not hesitate to get into the full set I designed, ignoring the experience of Britain and France in these months."&1t;/p>

"The level of the top Japanese troops is hard to say. After all, we did not catch any generals. This is the biggest regret of this battle. I will pay attention to it next time. In my opinion, if the grassroots Japanese troops are equipped with British and French commanders and have enough equipment, it is still quite threatening. However, if the Japanese are allowed to command themselves, it can only be said that within half a year, they will not learn to adapt to the European battlefield!" Seckert finally made an assertion to the Japanese army. Then, the summary of Japan's combat effectiveness ended here. After turning his pen, he began to talk about another question.&1t;/p>

"In this battle, fast, wheeled or light terrain mobile artillery played an important role, which is of great significance to the replenishment of direct aiming firepower on the battlefield and anti-armor combat. Although the Hufeng assault gun is very useful, this powerful weapon has strong offensive and defensive capabilities and off-road capabilities, it also means that it is expensive and rare. Because the Bavarian Kingdom has a small number of troops, their industry is enough to equip the troops with these powerful heavy knights. But the Prussian Legion is different, we need more cheap mobile artillery." Seckert thought of this and paused and continued to write.&1t;/p>

"I personally think that using a cheap chassis, having armor that can defend against shrapnel and machine guns, and equipped with a 77mm artillery tank is of great significance to our future war. The powerful Bavarian armored group has reached the eastern front. We are at a disadvantage in terms of quantity when facing the British and French armored forces. We need to use this large-scale armored unit to smooth out the quantity gap between the two sides."&1t;/p>

"It is also of great significance to distribute this cheap equipment into infantry units. At least they can provide timely and effective direct-aim firepower for infantry. Each of our divisions has a storm commando, and these storm commandoes are used to provide support with towing artillery. These artillery can't keep up with the pace of the troops at all. After breaking through the initial defense line, the attacking troops slowed down their advancement due to lack of fire support."&1t;/p>

"As the main offensive force, it can naturally be allocated to powerful armored units, but limited breakthroughs are not fatal to the opponent. Both sides have a depth of dozens of kilometers, and the opponent has enough time to mobilize troops to block a small number of breakthroughs. If we can add some direct-aid artillery to make some non-key and have certain offensive capabilities, then there will be a very important factor in improving our army's combat effectiveness."&1t;/p>

Surprisingly, Major General Seckert's biggest feeling in this battle was not to recognize the weak nature of the Japanese army, but to have a new feeling after referring to the record of "Kruger's Circus". Originally, the German army also had some truck guns, but most of them had no defense, and most of them were used as curved firepower to support firepower. However, after several months of battle, more and more German front-line officers have now the problem of direct aiming firepower needed by the attacking troops has not been solved......&1t;/p>

In other words, this problem has reached the point where it must be kicked away. At this time, Major General Seckert proposed the idea of ​​a "cheap assault gun". From this point of view, the changes it brought to the German 6th Army are more important than the current Japanese army!&1t;/p>

Is this concept right? Of course it is correct, because there are many tanks with poor protection in World War II, such as the German rhino, a No. 4 tank turret equipped with an 88mm171 anti-tank gun. For example, the Soviet Su-76. In fact, to a certain extent, the American M1O and M36 should also be considered this kind of product. Although the latter has better protection, it is still worse than the Cheetah, Ferdinand, and the Russian Su122, Su1oo and others. These vehicles use medium-sized tank turrets, and relatively low cost (the American TD is not cheap), but because there is a pretty good or even amazing artillery, it is a huge threat to various targets.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!