Bright Sword Military System

In this battle, the Yabe brigade was almost completely wiped out, and more than half of the more than 6000 people were burned to death. Those who escaped from the fire were either captured or shot to death by the Eighth Route Army. Only a few escaped from the encirclement.

The important point is that the independent regiment suffered very few casualties in this battle. There were only more than [-] soldiers in the entire army who sacrificed more than [-] soldiers and were injured in the scuffle with the devils. In addition, more than [-] soldiers were burned by fire.

Compared with the results of annihilating a brigade of devils, these losses are almost negligible.

Therefore, the independent regiment has the strength to fight the devils one more time, or even fight two more battles... because at this time, a large number of "self-defense forces" have voted for the Eighth Route Army, and more than 2000 of them have surrendered.

There is still an essential difference between "surrender" and "surrender".

The latter was forced to choose to lay down his arms.

The former took the initiative to contact the Eighth Route Army and choose to take refuge.

Therefore, in principle, the "surrender" troops cannot disarm them, and should treat them as members of the Eighth Route Army... Although this is also risky, it is the same as the "preferential treatment of prisoners" policy. In the future, it will have a great influence on the troops who intend to surrender to the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, in principle, the troops stationed at the steel factory have become more than [-] people. Together with the militia composed of laborers, at least in terms of strength, they are no longer inferior to a brigade of devils.

So, how many troops will the devils have to send to retake the steel plant?

Neiji Okamura was also struggling with this problem. He vaguely felt that the Eighth Route Army was about to hit another nail in Daqingshan, and this nail was probably no less than Yuncheng.

"The Eighth Route Army's move is wonderful!" Looking at the map, Ningji Okamura couldn't help but praise: "Yuncheng can connect Luliang Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain into one, and the steel factory can connect Daqing Mountain and Luliang Mountain together." Integrate into one! In this way, a natural defense line based on natural mountains will stand in front of the imperial army. From then on, the Eighth Route Army can safely develop production within this line of defense, and launch a counterattack when the time is right..."

Thinking of this, Neiji Okamura made up his mind: "No, we must not let the Eighth Route Army complete this line of defense! Kono-kun..."

Speaking of Neiji Okamura, he turned his gaze to Shinta Kono: "How is the paratrooper training going?"

Shinta Kono was taken aback for a while, and replied: "Your Excellency, the airborne troops have only been trained for more than two months..."

"I need them right now!" Okamura replied.

"Attack the steel factory?" Kono Shinta said, "there is a regiment of the Eighth Route Army there, at least several thousand people, while our airborne troops only have 1000 people!"

"No!" Neiji Okamura stared at Dishipo: "My goal is...their airport!"

Kono Mata said "Oh" and nodded slightly.

Neiji Okamura was right. The key point of this battle has always been air supremacy.

Because the imperial army lost the air supremacy... because they were not sure about the strength of the Eighth Route Army's new fighter jets, "Zero War" did not dare to fight easily, which was equivalent to giving up the air supremacy.

And the imperial army couldn't fight a battle without air supremacy, which was the reason for the Yabe brigade's disastrous defeat.

According to this analysis, to solve the problem fundamentally is to surprise the enemy's airport.

Not long after the Eighth Route Army's Dishipo Airport was newly built, there were insufficient fortifications and troops. At this time, it might be a good idea to send airborne troops to surprise the airport.

But Kono Shinta thought about it, and then frowned: "Your Excellency, that is the enemy's airport, and it is an airport with Maokuma's advanced fighter planes. If it is air-dropped, it means that our military transport plane will break into the air above the airport... But can the fighter planes of the Eighth Route Army allow the transport planes of our army to enter?"

"So, we should skydive at night!" Okamura Neiji said: "I believe that these fighter planes of the Eighth Route Army do not have the ability to fight at night!"

"La 5" does not have the ability to fight at night.

In fact, the fighter planes at this time did not have night combat capabilities.

In the actual sense, a fighter capable of night combat means that after the development of radar to a certain stage, it can accurately find and destroy enemy aircraft in the night sky.

A large part of the night combat ability of this era is realized by moonlight and the side-firing and rear-firing machine guns of the deputy shooter.

Therefore, if the transport plane can penetrate the defense at night, there is a high probability that it can fly to the destination.

but……

Kono Shinta objected: "But your Excellency, they have only trained for more than two months, and they have no experience in night skydiving, which will cause them to have a considerable reduction in skydiving!"

"If..." Okamura Neiji said: "Two thousand paratroopers, half of the parachute jumpers, that is, there are still 1000 people. It should be enough to use them to attack the stone slope!"

Hearing what Okamura Neiji said, Kono Shinta couldn't help feeling chills in his heart.

You must know that these were his own soldiers, and they were selected from the elite infantry. Neji Okamura sacrificed them easily... It seems to him that it is not a big deal to lose half of the non-combat personnel.

This kind of ruthlessness was something Kono Shinta had never seen before.

However, Kono really thought about it in detail, and felt that it was indeed possible to succeed.

And it still seems worth it.

Because, this is to exchange airborne troops for an airport full of advanced fighters, and there are also steel factories, which can even disrupt the strategic layout of the Eighth Route Army.

Thinking of this, Kono Mata remained silent.

It was useless to say anything, he knew that Neiji Okamura had made up his mind to take this risk.

This plan may be successful if it is implemented, because Wang Xuexin has been immersed in the defense of the steel plant, but he did not expect the exposure and safety of Dishipo Airport, and he did not expect that the devil's paratroopers would form an army and form combat effectiveness in such a short period of time, let alone Thinking that the devils would carry out airborne at night.

However, Neiji Okamura's plan failed to be implemented in the end.

Because when Ningji Okamura was preparing for the airborne whetstone slope, a communications soldier hurried into the office and handed over a telegram, saying: "Your Excellency, there is news from the country that our navy is at Midway Island and Eagle Sauce is at war. ,lost heavily!"

Ningji Okamura was surprised. The navy never used the words "heavy losses" to describe any battle, even the last naval battle in the Coral Sea.

Now, there will be "heavy losses"?

To what extent do you need to use these four words?

Thinking of Neiji Okamura, he took a look at the telegram, and it read: "Four aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser of our navy were bombed and sunk, 432 military aircraft were shot down, and 5081 people were killed in action!"

Neiji Okamura couldn't help feeling dizzy looking at these numbers.

Although the imperial army and the navy have always been at odds, if the navy loses so thoroughly, it means that Yingjiang will have more resources and supplies to assist China, which will definitely increase the pressure on the army.

Especially... in the future, if the Yingjiang Navy hits the mainland of the empire, the North China Front Army will lose contact with the mainland.

This is by no means a good thing for the Army.