Bright Sword Military System

Happy Lantern Festival, brothers!

--------------

Kawata's special contingent was forced to fire, and Major General Fujiki sent a telegram to order Kawata to attack Yanmen Pass immediately.

In fact, it can't be regarded as forced, because Kawada will open fire no matter what... Come here, even if you know that this battle is not as easy as you imagined before, even if you know that there are many dangers, wouldn't it be the whole army to retreat without firing a single shot? the laughing stock of

So even without Major General Fujiki's order, Kawada would launch an attack.

And Kawada believes that if you want to fight, you must be ruthless: while the artillery fires to suppress the enemy artillery, the main force of the special contingent should launch an attack on Yanmen Pass.

Otherwise, when the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army calms down, it only needs a few guns to provide artillery fire cover for Yanmen Pass, and the task force will suffer heavy casualties.

There is nothing wrong with Kawada's thinking. Before that, he had already analyzed the situation in front of him:

Although the enemy deployed artillery fire in the high ground, although they are condescending and occupy a favorable terrain, they are likely to be few in number and lack ammunition.

The reason is simple, the highlands around Yanmen Pass are very steep and some even have no mountain roads.

Even if there are mountain roads, how much manpower and time will it take for the Eighth Route Army to transport large-caliber artillery and shells up there?

So Kawata came to the conclusion that the Eighth Route Army's artillery and shells must be limited.

Kawata believes that under such circumstances, the special contingent should go all out, so that the limited artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army cannot take care of both ends.

Therefore, as soon as the north gate of Yanmen Pass was opened, there was great momentum. The two artillery regiments poured a large number of artillery shells towards the high ground on both sides of Yanmen Pass, and shot all the positions suspected of being hidden by enemy artillery after the observations of the previous artillery observers. The squad bombed the walls of Yanmenguan.

Then Kawada waved his hand forward, and the chariot formation that had been prepared for a long time "rumbled" towards the Yanmen Gate. Behind the chariot was a group of devils who had already mounted bayonets. They were all murderous like wolves and tigers. Staring at Yanmen Pass, which was blown up in thick smoke, he waited to rush in and start a killing spree.

However, just when Kawada was full of confidence, suddenly bursts of artillery fire came from the highlands on both sides, and dozens of shells flew across Kawada's position with piercing howls and flew towards the artillery position behind him...

As soon as the gunfire sounded, Kawata realized that something was wrong: the enemy's artillery was not only a few as he had imagined, but dozens of them.

With so many cannons and shells, how did the Eighth Route Army transport them to the high ground?

Then there was a chaotic sound of "booming", and the shells exploded precisely in his artillery position under Kawada's incredible eyes. There is no power to parry.

Kawata couldn't believe what he saw. He found that the Eighth Route Army didn't test fire!

Can you shoot so accurately without a test shot?

What guns did they use and what eyes did their artillery spotters have?

how can that be!

However, this was just the beginning. After the artillery regiment was suppressed, the whistling sound of the shells suddenly turned and slammed into the chariot regiment that was attacking Yanmen Pass. …. At this time, the chariot formation was slowly climbing along the road towards Yanmen Pass, when a sudden burst of shells immediately smashed the neat formation into pieces.

The tanks used by the devils are all Type 122 and Type [-]. How can these tanks withstand the old three [-]mm caliber shells? If they hit directly, they will explode into parts and fall apart on the spot...Usually there will be no damage to tanks with grenades The reason for such a large power is that the grenade is a collision fuze, which also determines that the grenade often explodes outside the tank when it hits the tank.

The problem is that the shell of the M30 howitzer weighs 55 kilograms, and the devil's tank has a thin layer of skin, especially the top armor... The top armor of the Type 6 is only [-] mm, which is almost a layer of iron that can be pierced by a machine gun.

As a result, the grenade of more than [-] kilograms hit directly from the top with huge speed and momentum, so it no longer exploded outside the tank, but penetrated into the tank and exploded.

The power of the grenade coupled with the instant detonation of the shells inside the tank, the entire tank was blown to pieces, and these pieces would also be turned into countless shrapnel, sweeping down a large area of ​​infantry following and nearby.

Even if the shells didn't directly hit the Devil Tank and blow it up nearby, it couldn't bear it. A considerable part of the flying shrapnel could penetrate its side and rear armor, so the engine was pierced, the tracks were blown off by the shock wave, The tank soldiers were injured by shocks, blasts, etc., and in a blink of an eye, more than half of a tank regiment was lost.

Not to mention the devil infantry, who were bombed all over the ground, with limbs missing and bloody, and bleeding from the seven orifices. There were screams and wailing everywhere in the thick smoke.

Kawada Daizuo was stunned at the time. He didn't expect that the elite troops he had formed would be defeated before even seeing the enemy. Not long ago, he thought that with these troops, he could take down the army without any pressure. Yanmen Pass.

Kawada Dazuo didn't know what to do with the situation in front of him. At that moment, he had completely lost his confidence in victory.

If this is a losing battle, how else can he command?

retreat?

I'm afraid they will be held accountable for disobeying orders.

attack?

That is to let all his subordinates, including himself, die meaninglessly!

No matter how he chooses, Kawata will not end well.

In the end, Kawada thought that he should save the lives of his subordinates, so he gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat.

Objectively speaking, Kawata's command is much better than that of Fujiki on the other side.

Major General Fujiki may have stayed in Taiyuan for too long, or maybe he thought that a division captured Yanmen Pass with a sledgehammer, so he didn't pay attention from the beginning, so he didn't find any "abnormalities" of the Eighth Route Army in this battle. , He only knows to constantly command the artillery to counterattack and at the same time order the infantry to attack Yanmen Pass.

Not to mention the losses of the Fujiki Division, the number of casualties and injuries was much greater than that of Kawada's special contingent.

Although people are decisive in war, if there is a generational difference between the equipment of the opponent and that, it cannot be solved by manpower.

The only information that Fujiki could give Okamura Neiji was: "The enemy's artillery fire is very fierce, and their artillery is condescending. It is difficult for our army to fight against them. Our army has suffered heavy casualties! Ask for reinforcements, ask for reinforcements!"

The really useful information was obtained from Kawada.

To be precise, what Kawata gave was not a report but doubts:

"I don't understand how the Eighth Route Army could transport so many artillery pieces and shells to the high ground in such a short period of time! Moreover, these artillery pieces may have been well covered and fortified, because even if our artillery hits the target, it cannot be destroyed. Knock it out!"

"I can't figure out why the artillery of the Eighth Route Army can accurately shoot shells into our artillery positions without test firing!"

"Mark the coordinates?"

"Impossible! If the coordinates are calibrated, our artillery will not even have a chance to fire!"

After Neji Okamura heard these reports, he naturally connected it with the strange incident in Zhangjiakou.

Ningji Okamura squinted his eyes and said: "I'm afraid, this is another new equipment of the Eighth Route Army! And it's not just at Yanmen Pass!".

Expeditionary soldiers remind you: remember to collect after reading