With the support of the Dragon's Tooth Squad's twenty-seven tanks, the battle was almost one-sided, and a large number of Monkey's troops were strafed by machine gun fire at the beginning of the tank turn. With a breakthrough of machine guns, all kinds of support firepower such as mortars and individual bazookas were beaten very badly.

Later, when they reacted, the large forces of the People's Liberation Army began to rush up again.

The PLA is inferior in equipment to them, has not fought in more than ten years, is inferior to them in combat experience and quality, and even inferior in equipment! In particular, they have experienced great chaos, the chain of command is chaotic, there is no rank, the soldiers cannot find who to listen to in the fierce firefight, and even the training of these PLA is lacking.

However, the PLA's fearlessness to death, as well as its large numbers, are far from being comparable to monkeys.

At 11:35 a.m. on December 16, 1977, the first large-scale battle on the Western Front of the Republic ended in ten hours.

Seven divisions of the regular army attacking troops, crippling the 345th Monkey Division, destroying most of the heavy equipment of the 316A Division of the Monkey Army Banner Force, and another elite heavy division, the casualties of the other side are unknown, but they will definitely be worse than the Republic Gang's side.

The artillery of the Republic is far more ferocious than the American army, which the monkey has been doing for more than ten years.

Capturing the enemy's tanks close to three companies, and directing the artillery to destroy the lurking artillery positions and armored units hidden in the primeval jungle, such a credit is actually a squad that has not completed its training!

Moreover, the team was only sixty people.

"Such a miracle is something we could never have imagined. Especially those two positions of shelling. We have sent troops to guard the equipment in those areas, and at the same time to encircle the regular monkey army hiding in the woods. The opponent's 316a division is history! Very good! "Face the tired Dragontooth Warrior. Commander Yang Dezhi did not hesitate to praise.

Especially with these more than 20 tanks captured by the other side, they can completely form a tank battalion!

These things are much more advanced than the 59 tank.

Don't say anything else. Just the 125 caliber barrel is much larger than the 59 caliber of the 100 tank equipped by the Republic.

These leaders don't understand anything else, but looking at the caliber of the cannon, they can still distinguish the power.

"Report chief, these are what we should do! The Republic has cultivated us in order to carry out such figures, to deliver devastating blows to the enemy's strategic targets, so that they will never dare to be enemies of the Republic! Chen Dashan's mood was not high at this time, and a bullet in Wang Feng's chest pierced the lobe of his lungs. It has already been sent by helicopter to the General Hospital of the Southern Yunnan Military Region in the rear.

This is something they have to do with such privileges. The rest of the wounded soldiers were in the rear field hospital.

Such huge casualties were not expected by the leaders.

"Very good, you have lived up to the motherland! Let's go and rest first. We will rest for two days in these two days, and then prepare to launch the next round of attacks......" Commander Yang didn't say anything, just nodded and asked Chen Dashan to take his troops to rest.

In a situation like this, it is best to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, but it is a pity. The casualties of the Republican ** team were simply too great.

The automatic fire of the monkeys was too bad, especially when attacking the enemy's position, many officers led the charge, which increased the casualties.

The casualties of the 39th Division were the heaviest, and their most elite 114th Regiment was basically disabled. More than 1,000 people, including the regimental commander, 328 people died. The injuries were basically all, and there were more than two hundred seriously wounded among them!

Such casualties. It also highlights the situation with the army on the side of the republic.

In the second line of defense of the monkeys, there are many more regular troops who have fought a lot of real battles.

"This fight. Everyone played heroically and completed the offensive more than a day earlier than we expected...... All of our cadres at and above the regimental level have a meeting here to sum up the experience of this battle. Any idea why I chose to hold this meeting at the division headquarters of the 39th Division instead of the front finger? Commander Yang said with a serious face.

At the beginning of the praise, no one was happy.

This was bought in exchange for the lives of warriors.

"The 39th Division fought bravely, this should be reported to the General Staff and the Military Commission for praise!" The casualties on the entire Western Front, the 39th Division accounted for a third!

"This is still an attack, and a regiment will be crippled!"

These words, like a knife, Song Mingcheng's face turned red when he was said, and he didn't dare to raise his head to argue.

They are still continuing the previous dispatch, large-scale group charge, fighting with human lives, and using human lives to pile up the enemy's forward positions!

"Song Mingcheng, let's talk about it! Your experience as a division commander deserves to be promoted across the board. Share your experience with everyone so that everyone can learn from it. On the entire Western Front, even your 39th Army is the most heroic, and the main regiment can be crippled by the enemy! And that's still with artillery support! Speaking of which, Commander Yang directly named Song Mingcheng.

Before the war began, he wanted to remove Song Mingcheng, but because of the admonition of Chief of Staff Xia Shijie, and because he was worried that the temporary replacement before the war would have a great impact. For this, Chief of Staff Xia Shijie has been staying here, but this guy still does this according to his old experience.

Such a lesson could have been avoided.

As a commander, it is the most necessary and basic thing to grasp the situation of the troops under his command.

"Commander, I'm also at fault here!" Xia Shijie knew that this time Song Mingcheng was in a catastrophe, and the 39th Division basically lost its combat effectiveness. In the later attack, it is absolutely impossible to take on important tasks. He simply couldn't stop it.

Song Mingcheng can stop him, but he can't stop those regiment commanders and battalion commanders in the forward position.

As soon as those guys' heads were hot, they rushed up on their own.

In particular, the commander of the 115th regiment, just after the end of the shelling, began to charge with his troops, as a result, he buried his own life, and at the same time, the entire regiment suffered more than 500 casualties.

"Our troops are not well trained, which was emphasized at the beginning, many recruits have not even completed basic training, and they have given you orders before the general offensive is launched, so that the recruits should be placed in the rear as reserves, and all of you are based on previous experience, how can you do it in such a state of war? The seven divisions of the entire Western Front army are not as important as the five squads of the dragon's teeth! If they hadn't appeared, would any of you be able to tell me how many more casualties of our fighters would have to pay for the final capture of the enemy's positions? Song Mingcheng, tell me? At the last moment, didn't you already start organizing cadre commandos? Dumb now? Saying this, Commander Yang Dezhi had already stood up with his hands on the table.

The so-called cadre commandos are actually officer death squads.

The 39th Division has always had a tradition of using elite troops to attack the enemy and lay out the line.

As soon as the enemy's lines of defense are broken and the gaps are opened, the war takes a radical turn.

"Commander, I was wrong, I ask for punishment!" Song Mingcheng didn't have anything to say at this time. What else could he do but ask for punishment?

"If you don't ask, I'll have to punish you. From today onwards, you will stop being the commander of the 39th Division and go to the logistics management office! Wait until after the war to deal with the rest! Commander Yang Dezhi's little eyes widened, he still dared to do it, he really thought he couldn't handle it?

Song Mingcheng replied yes in a whisper, and said nothing.

After looking around at the many division commanders, Commander Yang didn't bother too much about this issue.

Today's meeting is to take stock of the lessons learned, so that these guys can remember these lessons and avoid such a situation on a large scale in the subsequent war. All kinds of shortcomings have been exposed, and they must be addressed, otherwise, the casualties on the Western Front will be even worse.

"Commander, our artillery has landed in our own positions several times while providing support. Thankfully, there were no casualties......"

"Commander, we are short on automatic firepower, hope to be able to equip us with more automatic weapons......"

"Commander, many of our soldiers have not undergone rigorous training, and some recruits do not even know the simplest tactical movements, and many soldiers are too frightened to dare to come forward when they hear the sound of artillery......

Many high-ranking officers had already summarized the battle of their troops before coming here, and the various shortcomings that were exposed were summarized here one by one.

To sum up, it is a fact that the troops are not well trained, the automatic firepower is not comparable to that of the other side, the individual support weapons such as mortars are insufficient, and especially the lack of training of artillery, many front-line troops dare not call for artillery support, which is a fact that has to be admitted. The soldier's grenade was thrown not far, which was also caused by a lack of training.

These circumstances were well documented by the scribes, who had to change these issues in the war.

The reason why the Republic decided to fight this battle was to test the real combat effectiveness of the troops.

Once these situations are effectively resolved, the combat effectiveness of the armed forces will be greatly enhanced. Especially now the problem of supply in the later stages, last night's shelling, because of the lack of ammunition in reserve, in the transfer of four artillery clusters to cover the shelling from both sides, the middle six kilometers of the front has become more sparse.

To the rear, there was a shortage of shells in the front-line positions......

The Western Front suffered a loss on the battlefield, but it gave the PLA too much experience and lessons.

The dazzling performance of the Dragon's Tooth Squad made this contrast even stronger.

Commander Yang Dezhi discussed with all the division commanders and chiefs of staff, and decided to carry out the mission from now on, while letting Longya train all their scouts in a centralized manner. In this way, in the later wars, the country will not suffer.

And in the face of those tanks captured by the dragon's teeth, they became the object of discussion in the final meeting.

Everybody wants to equip this thing into their division! (To be continued......)

PS: Brothers, the third watch is coming.

Pass! Keep asking for a monthly pass! Don't be like last time, we still can't keep the top six. As long as it's in the top six, it doesn't matter if it's fifth or sixth.

The gourd wants to keep it!