bookrandom Chapter 572 Since everyone agrees, there is nothing to hesitate about. Let’s begin the barbecue oper
Chapter 572 Since everyone agrees, there is nothing to hesitate about. Let’s begin the barbecue oper
Lin Zhenhua was speechless. He did not expect that his little action would be seen by Li Yunlong. He stood up reluctantly and said, "Old Li, when it comes to military command, I really can't compare with you three. You can't think of any good ideas. Do you think I have an extra head than you? Don't leave all the problems to me. I'm not much smarter than you!"
"I do have an immature idea for the current predicament, but the cost of doing so is too high. If I hadn't really run out of options, I wouldn't have said it out loud!"
When Li Yunlong heard that Lin Zhenhua had a solution, he urged anxiously, "College student, stop talking about these useless things and get down to business. Tell us what your solution is. As long as the troops can reduce casualties, we will accept it even if it costs a huge price!"
Ding Wei also echoed, "College student, stop playing tricks and hurry up and tell us your solution. Let us discuss the problem. If there is a problem, we will solve it. The most important thing is to eat up the damn Aoki Division. The casualties of the troops cannot be too great. As long as we can solve this dilemma, we are willing to pay any price!"
Kong Jie and Zhao Gang also looked at Lin Zhenhua with curiosity, wanting to hear what tricks he had. Looking at the anxious eyes of the crowd, Lin Zhenhua did not continue to keep them in suspense, and said in a serious tone: "Everyone, today's offensive battle has poured cold water on us. Even though we have the advantage in weapons and equipment, we still suffered more than 2000 casualties. This was unimaginable before."
"After receiving this number of casualties, I was also very shocked. This battle also woke me up. I have been talking about air-ground integrated warfare before, but due to the strength of our air force battalion, this tactic is difficult to implement. However, after equipping armored units on a large scale, we have also deeply realized that without the protection of air fighters, the battlefield survival rate of armored units is very low. They can only rely on raiding the enemy camps at night and dare not show their heads during the day."
"In today's offensive, we lost 26 tanks and 36 armored vehicles. This loss doesn't sound big, but the key is that the armored forces we had high hopes for didn't achieve any results at all, and didn't even take down a one-meter position. This shows that there are huge problems with our tactics today. If we really fight the devils to the point of consumption, we can definitely afford it, but even if we succeed in the end, I'm afraid there won't be many people left!"
"In order to reduce the casualties of the troops, I decided to launch a large-scale bombing operation. We will use carpet bombing on the positions defended by the Japanese to kill the Japanese hiding in the positions. We will use all the explosives and bombs we can use to blow the Japanese up. Only in this way can we effectively reduce the casualties of the troops."
"Faced with our heavy bombing, the devils will have no problem holding out for 2 to 3 days, but those puppet troops don't have such strong endurance. The first step we need to take is to separate the devils and the puppet troops. It would be best if we could make the puppet troops defect in the middle of a battle. Even if the puppet troops don't defect in the middle of a battle, they can just run away secretly. We need to weaken the devils' strength to the greatest extent possible. At least in terms of numbers, we need to have an absolute advantage."
"Originally we had enough time to do this, but the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army launched a large-scale counterattack at noon today, and we have to go and help as soon as possible. This means that we must completely wipe out the Aoki Division within two days, and we must also gather the armored forces and prepare to launch an armored assault on the Japanese reinforcements that are coming to reinforce them, completely disperse them, and then eat the Japanese bait to completely eliminate the external threats to our base!"
Li Yunlong slammed his fist heavily on the map on the table, and said with a firm face: "College student, I agree with your proposal. If you need any support, just ask, I will fully cooperate!"
Kong Jie did not object as he did before, and immediately agreed: "College student, as long as your method can reduce the casualties of the troops, it is just some explosives and bombs. We can afford it. We can also take this opportunity to show our strength to the devils, so that they won't miss us every day."
Ding Wei couldn't think of a better solution. As for whether Lin Zhenhua's solution would work, he wasn't sure. He could only give it a try. He also cast a vote in favor.
As for Zhao Gang, he rarely interfered in military command. In addition, Lin Zhenhua was the temporary commander-in-chief. He had the same idea as Ding Wei. No matter whether this method was useful or not, he would try it first to see how effective it was, and then make the next decision!
After getting everyone's support, Lin Zhenhua immediately contacted Maoershan Airport and gave the bomber unit an order for a night bombing.
"Liu Haishan, tonight's bombing operation will continue all night, and we must continuously drop bombs on the enemy's positions. This operation will use the top-secret Operation Plan No. 6. I have issued an emergency task to the arsenal. They will deliver the gasoline barrel bombs to the airport as quickly as possible. Today we are going to serve the enemy a big dish and let them taste the feeling of being roasted by fire."
"The name of the operation is Grilling the Japs. The operation will take place tonight and tomorrow. The bomber unit must complete this operation at all costs. It is now 8:16 p.m., and we must be ready to attack before 9 p.m., and we must start dropping bombs on the Japs' positions at 16: p.m."
"Zhu Zi, immediately dispatch a heavy artillery company to me, and also dispatch a batch of incendiary bombs. Use the fire from the exploding shells to provide target guidance for the bomber troops."
Under Lin Zhenhua's arrangement, the independent regiment air force battalion mobilized a total of 18 bombers and launched a night bombing operation against the enemy's positions. Junichi Aoki, who was unprepared for this, kept urging the headquarters to send reinforcements as soon as possible. After a full day, no reinforcements arrived, which made Junichi Aoki very angry.
"Baga Yalu! The Zhangzhuang stronghold is only a day's journey away from here. Even if the marching speed is slow, we should have arrived by now, but we haven't even seen the shadow of the Black Vine Squadron. Where the hell did these damn bastards go?"
"And the Kuroki Battalion in Ping'an County just set out from the county this afternoon and will arrive at Xiaosongling tomorrow night. As for the reinforcements from Fu'an, they just left their base. Are these damn bastards going to watch my Aoki Division being wiped out by the enemy?" Jun'ichi Aoki cursed angrily.
Ichiro Tada didn't dare to go up and persuade him again. He was scolded after just saying a few words. He could only wait until Junichi Aoki had completely vented his anger before he could go up and say a few fair words.
Junichi Aoki vented his anger for half an hour before he sat down on the stool with a dejected look on his face. Seeing Junichi Aoki's wooden eyes, Ichiro Tada couldn't help but persuade him, "Your Excellency, the reason for the various places is not that they don't want to come, but the main reason is that they can't march faster even if they want to."
"There are three main reasons. The first is that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army launched a large-scale counterattack against our 12th Army. The commander had to mobilize the main force to intercept it, which resulted in the withdrawal of one-third of the 12th Army's troops. Even the puppet army, which we despised, was withdrawn by half."
"This has caused the commander's troops to be stretched thin, and he can't provide more troops to assist our Aoki Division. It is difficult to repel the attack of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in a short period of time. I think the two sides will form a confrontation, which will last between half a month and a month."
"The second reason is that the reinforcements need to mobilize supplies before they set out. Previously, in order to besiege Li Yunlong's armored regiment, we consumed a large amount of combat supplies. This means that the reinforcements must collect combat supplies before they set out, so that they can come to support our Aoki Division."
"The third reason is a practical one. In order to block the enemy's armored forces' attack, we dug up most of the roads in the entire Jin Province, which made the march of the reinforcements extremely slow. It usually takes only one day to march from Zhangzhuang to Xiaosongling, but now it takes two and a half days to get there. This is not intentional by Lieutenant Colonel Hei Teng, but the roads full of trenches really affect the march of the troops."
Jun'ichi Aoki suppressed his inner resentment. He knew that what Ichiro Tada said was true. It would be easier for only personnel to pass through the trench, but it would be extremely difficult for vehicles transporting ammunition to pass through the trench. This time the Japanese could be said to have lifted a rock and stabbed their own foot. This made Jun'ichi Aoki feel that his center-blooming tactic had become a complete joke.
Similarly, Lin Zhenhua's armored assault tactics also became a joke. He originally planned to use armored assault tactics to eat up the enemy's reinforcements. But after understanding the actual situation, Lin Zhenhua had to admire Shinozuka Yoshio's trick. The armored forces in his hands were completely locked up and could only be used as mobile firepower points.
"Tada, send another telegram to the headquarters, asking them to urge reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible..."
As soon as Jun'ichi Aoki finished speaking, the humming sound of an engine was heard in the sky. He immediately looked up and vaguely saw the bombers in the sky with the help of the moonlight. Without bothering to ask for help from the headquarters, he immediately issued an air defense order.
"Bagayalu! Sound the air raid alarm immediately!"
"The searchlight squadron will immediately shine its searchlights at the enemy bombers, and the anti-aircraft gun squadron will immediately return fire!"
"Order all troops to immediately enter the air-raid shelters for air defense, and the light and heavy machine gun positions to immediately open fire into the air to prevent enemy bombing!"