EBE Chapter 716: Don’t think too highly of yourself. He doesn’t even look down on our weapons.
Chapter 716: Don’t think too highly of yourself. He doesn’t even look down on our weapons.
Asaka Hiderei pointed her finger at the map and looked at the people who had gathered around her and drew a circle at that location.
"That thief, Matsui, reacted quickly after learning his rear was about to be attacked. He used a battalion to contain the attacking 58th Division. He then withdrew his main force two kilometers and took control of several relatively advantageous high ground. These high ground allowed him to coordinate his attacks, while his tanks and armored vehicles were positioned high above us. If we were to attack, we wouldn't know how many would die."
Sano Tadayoshi nodded. "Yes, this is different from the south. In the south, we have bushes and trees as cover, but this place."
He looked out through the bunker. It was a vast expanse of earthy yellow. Although there was a small amount of vegetation, it was impossible for soldiers to hide. If tanks and armored vehicles went out, they would crash into the enemy's flat-fire artillery.
Shen Xin tutted his words beside him: "They are on those hills. Let's use poison gas bombs to poison them to death."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people stared at Shen Xin as if she were a monster.
"What...what's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Didn't we do that often in the past?
"Sister Shen Xin." Zhao Xiang Xiuling blinked. "The terrain here is complex, with ravines everywhere, and the wind is unpredictable. If we use poison gas bombs, we might end up killing our own people instead of the enemy. That would be a serious crime."
"It seems that we can only use stillness to overcome movement." Neither side can fight, so now, we can only wait.
"Even if we have to wait, we should at least know what his purpose is."
"The purpose is very simple. Mei Jing Meijiro wants to attack from the center, using the Matsui League as bait to attract Yamashiro's main force in Shaanxi, and then completely wipe them out in this area."
Zhou Weiguo had not yet figured out why the other party agreed, but Okamura Neiji, who was far away in Changsha, understood it instantly when he learned that the Matsui Regiment did not break out in time and there was no support from the troops behind.
Meijing Meijiro wants to do something big.
But the question is, can you do it?
Although most of the Shancheng army is still like a puddle of mud, what Shancheng uses to deal with him this time are all the elite forces of the Central Army. In addition, there is also a Northwestern cavalry.
The Central Army is well-equipped, followed by the Guangxi Army. Although the Sichuan Army has poor weapons and equipment, these people are not afraid of death and will fight you to the death with a single word of "damn it". The Northwest Army is quiet, but the sabers in their hands and the skills they have learned from living on horses since childhood will make the cavalry of your Chahar Detachment know what pain is.
The blood-red sun hung in the west, and the whole room looked faintly bloody.
Okamura Neiji stood by the window, gazing at the round sun and sighing. "The setting sun is blood-red. Mei Jing Meijiro's actions will ultimately lead the Matsui Regiment to ruin. Just wait and see. Before long, the blood of the Matsui Regiment's soldiers will dye the northwestern land red like today's setting sun."
"Your Excellency the General is truly compassionate and far-sighted. I really admire you." Nanzō Yunko, who was sitting next to him, put down her teacup and said.
Okamura Neiji turned his head and glanced at her; "It's not that I'm sympathetic, but that Mei Jing Meijiro is really not suitable for leading troops. His best choice is to engage in government affairs."
"Yes, I agree with the General on this point. However, the General does not need to worry. The Matsui Regiment is not without a way out."
way out?
They still have a way out.
The 4th Cavalry Division kept an eye on the Chahar Detachment, unless the cavalry of the Chahar Detachment could tear open a gap, but the possibility of this was not very high.
"There's no way out. They're surrounded like an iron barrel."
"No, General, they still have a way out, because they met Zhou Weiguo."
Okamura Neiji was stunned for a moment, then laughed. "Yeah, I'd forgotten. Mei Jing Meijiro, that idiot who's not good at commanding troops, gave a quarter of the 2nd Army's heavy weapons and mechanical equipment to the Matsui Regiment, making it highly mobile, whether attacking or supporting from both sides. That's true, but they were deployed on the front lines."
Yamadajima smiled bitterly. "It's not his fault. Who could have imagined that the enemy would not only attack, but also directly penetrate and circumvent? Even from the beginning, he probably didn't consider the issue of air superiority."
"Do you think that Zhou Weiguo gave them a chance to live because he had his eyes on the weapons and equipment in his hands, just like the Nakamura Brigade back then?" Nanzō Yunko asked when she heard something was wrong with the two men.
Okamura Neiji came and sat down opposite her; "Isn't it?"
Nanzō Yunko shook her head slightly. "That's partly the reason, but it's not the most important. General, have you forgotten that his independent regiment simply despises our weapons?"
Okamura Neiji sighed, looking at the ceiling with a rather sad look. "Yeah, with the tough Northern Soviet tank production line and the equipment for an armored division from Berlin, Yamashiro prioritized supplying it to his independent regiment. Naturally, he looked down on it."
Damn, since when did Shancheng start to look down on the empire's weapons?
However, from another perspective, I am afraid no one would look down on sacrificing firepower density and protection capabilities in order to achieve the purpose of saving costs and resources.
Damn, I don't know what those old guys were thinking back then. They actually used cost-saving measures on the military. Not only did they use them, they also promoted them.
The key point is that they are still lame. The main restriction is on the army, while the navy is building a large number of ships.
"Although we privately say that the Empire's military development is not going well, Shancheng is actually worse off than us. A few months ago, they couldn't even produce heavy weapons. But with the Empire's troublemakers messing around, they were able to get a free production line."
"We should never have gone north." Okamura Ningji suddenly felt that the empire seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and this quagmire was Yamashiro.
This bottomless quagmire will completely destroy the empire.
"Times shape everything. The situation at the time was already a critical juncture between the Navy and the Army vying for resources. Coupled with Zhou Weiguo's instigation, a northward advance was inevitable." Yamadajima said this fairly, then looked at Nanzō Yunko. "You just said Zhou Weiguo would let the Matsui Regiment go. How do you interpret that?"
Nanzō Yunko glanced at the map across from her, then slowly spoke, "Actually, the principle is very simple. It can be summed up in just one sentence."
"One word?" Okamura Neiji and Yamadajima looked at each other and then at Nanzō Yunko: "What words?"