ebookland Chapter 1035 Thanks to the Brothers
Chapter 1035 Thanks to the Brothers
The information obtained by the intelligence department was correct. After the Japanese increased their troops, they launched a full-scale attack on the entire front on a dark and windy night. Currently, there are nearly 500,000 Chinese troops in the Songhu area, and they have once again entered a state of full-scale war with the Japanese.
However, the Japanese army that attacked this time clearly felt that no matter which Chinese army was in front of them, their firepower had been greatly improved compared to before, especially in terms of artillery, which could easily blow them up. Was this still an army that had not undergone two days of training?
According to the intelligence they had previously obtained, even if Li Shaoyi distributed a batch of artillery to various troops, some of the miscellaneous troops had never seen this thing.
Or there is no so-called artillery unit at all. Even if you distribute artillery to them, these people will be surprised to see the gun barrels and have no idea how to fire.
However, when the Japanese artillery fired, some shells were launched from the opposite positions, engaging in a colorful artillery battle with the Japanese artillery.
What was going on? Did they conduct a surprise artillery training?
Among the entire infantry, artillery can be said to be the only technical branch. If you want to train a batch of them in a short period of time, it is not impossible, but the results will definitely not be good.
The combat effectiveness of the artillery on the Pujiang battlefield is not much inferior to that of the Japanese artillery, and in some cases even exceeds that of the Japanese artillery.
"Listen to the artillery fire on this battlefield. Even if you had killed me two months ago, I wouldn't have believed we had so many artillery pieces. These were all brought from the north by the commander. The Pujiang War Zone was able to fight so successfully thanks to you."
Chief of Staff Zhang said with great admiration that when the Japanese decided to attack with two fists, Li Shaoyi began to suspend the transportation of infantry, and the Air Force specifically transported artillery.
Originally, one infantry regiment was to be transported every day, but after careful consideration, Li Shaoyi felt that the infantry regiment could provide limited help on the battlefield.
After the firepower of each unit was strengthened, although they were unable to launch a counterattack against Japan, they had no problem holding their own positions. The only shortcoming was that there was insufficient artillery support on the battlefield.
So in this situation, Li Shaoyi also made a decision, which was to turn the air-transported infantry into air-transported artillery. Anyway, we have plenty of artillery in the warehouses in Pujiang. We can form a large number of artillery units in the form of artillery companies or artillery battalions, and then scatter these artillery units on various battlefields in Pujiang.
When the Japanese started bombarding us, we were able to fight back at any time.
"What do you mean it's all thanks to me? How could I, alone, have such a vast battlefield? This is all thanks to our brothers, and thanks to the people across the country who support us."
Li Shaoyi put down his telescope and saw artillery fire from the Japanese positions in the distance.
According to Li Shaoyi's original idea, the position should be moved to Jinshanwei, thinking that it was the main attack position, but he did not expect that Japan launched an attack on all positions, which also showed that he had sufficient troops under his command.
Therefore, Li Shaoyi did not move his headquarters to Jinshanwei, but stayed in the war zone headquarters as before, waiting for the Japanese army to attack in full force.
Originally, Li Shaoyi didn't know how to deal with the Japanese's all-out attack. After all, the combat effectiveness of our troops in various positions was quite different from theirs. However, with the efforts of all the staff officers, we found that the biggest gap between us was in artillery.
In response to this gap, Li Shaoyi made the decision to airlift a large number of artillery from the north and scatter them throughout the positions.
Although we cannot suppress the Japanese artillery, we can still engage in an evenly matched artillery battle if you hit me, and in some specific areas, our artillery will still have the upper hand.
"Just as Commander Li said, our Military and Political Department held a meeting overnight. If we can stop the Japanese at Pujiang, then this war will be our victory."
Chief of Staff Zhang brought over a document, which was the minutes of the meeting held by the Military and Political Department last night.
Li Shaoyi strongly agreed with the conclusion reached by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs. The Japanese lost 300,000 troops in Peiping. Judging from the situation in Pujiang, if the fighting continued, the 300,000 troops would only be the beginning.
The loss of more than 600,000 troops in Beijing and Shanghai was a heavy blow to Japan. Now all the veterans in Japan have been sent to the battlefield.
The remaining recruits are currently undergoing training, and many believe that victory may already be within reach.
"I'm not as optimistic as they are. Chief of Staff Zhang should know that the troops we've mobilized to Pujiang have almost completely depleted our main force. However, Japan's advantage over us lies in their reserve forces. The main forces of both sides have already been deployed to Pujiang, and the troops we withdraw will be completely new recruits. Japan also has a group of reserve troops and tens of millions of civilians at home, so it's a bit premature to talk about victory in Pujiang now."
When Li Shaoyi came in the morning, he saw many staff members in the headquarters discussing this document. Some of them even arrogantly believed that victory was about to come, which showed that these people still had not conducted a comprehensive study of Japan.
So we have to encourage when it is time to encourage, and pour cold water when it is time to pour cold water. You people cannot be too optimistic and think that we have already won. At least under the current circumstances, we can only say that we have entered a stalemate stage, and we have entered the stalemate stage earlier than before.
"Captain Li is right. I also think the Japanese won't surrender so quickly. They've been preparing for this invasion of China for many years. This massive conscription in Japan will expand their army by dozens of divisions. And as you said, their reserve forces are much more powerful than ours. But we must also fight hard and try our best to prevent the war from moving inland."
Chief of Staff Zhang had already realized that the two major concessions in Pujiang would not allow them to fight, so the battle could only take place in the Chinese area of Pujiang.
It is extremely beneficial for us to concentrate so many troops from both sides in such a small area. As long as we can block the Pujiang River, their troops will not be able to go to other places, and our people will suffer less harm.
But if Pujiang cannot be defended, the Japanese army will quickly spread to Jiangnan, which will have a profound impact on our tax revenue and other aspects...