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Because the situation of the Battle of Hakodate was somewhat special, only a small number of the logistics troops of each division crossed the sea with the large army, and the rest were still left on the opposite island of Honshu.

Even so, Japan has invested more than 200,000 troops in the Hokkaido battlefield, but the current war situation is very unfavorable to the Japanese side, will Hokkaido become a forward base for the Chinese to go south? Or is it Japan's first step in driving the Chinese out of the sea, depending on the outcome of the Battle of Hakodate?

The Japanese are stepping up the transportation of troops, and they hope to be able to put more troops into it, so as to ensure that after the battle begins, the Japanese army can gain a huge advantage, or at least make up for its own shortcomings.

The Chinese Empire was also not idle, although the geographical location was not as good as Japan's, but the capacity between the two sides was also very different.

On May 25, when the Japanese side had hoarded 16 divisions and more than 200,000 Japanese troops in Hakodate, the Chinese Empire on the opposite side was basically ready.

Cai took a train from Shanghai to Vladivostok, and then followed the last troops to Hokkaido. Cai was appointed commander of the former enemy command. He was responsible for the first large-scale battle since the landing on the Japanese mainland, but in fact, Cai's task was only to coordinate the deployment of various troops, offensive coordination and other tasks.

When exactly to start fighting and how to fight, these are all up to the first division.

In these ten days, the Chinese Empire also sent a lot of troops to Hokkaido, including the 36th Army, the 7th Marine Division, the 109th Armored Division, and the 22nd Army, which was later reinforced, and an airborne regiment.

But in fact, only part of the troops of the 36th Army could be called up and put into the Battle of Hakodate, about the size of only one division, all of the 109th Panzer Division, four divisions of the 22nd Army, as well as the 1st Division and an artillery division, and only eight divisions in total could be used for this battle.

Compared with the 16 divisions of the Japanese army, the number of troops on the Chinese side is still very disadvantaged. If only compared from paper data, the Chinese are not very likely to win the war.

However, if we compare the actual situation of each unit, it is not difficult to find that as long as the Chinese do not make trouble themselves, the probability of winning the war is far greater than that of the Japanese.

In the former enemy headquarters, Cai Yi stood in front of the sand table, the Japanese place name is a little difficult to remember, not very conducive to combat, in order to ensure the smoothness of the combat arrangement, so on the map will mark out the various areas, all the numbers on it are replaced, and the obvious terrain as the junction.

"Inform the artillery that, according to the original plan, jump bombing of the predetermined area will be carried out in twenty minutes." Cai Ye ordered towards the staff officer.

Artillery jump-type bombing, which mainly refers to the fact that when the No. 1 area is bombed, it directly crosses the No. 2 area or the No. 3 area to attack the second, third, or fourth area targets in the rear, and the area that is directly jumped is called jump bombing.

This request was requested by the First Division yesterday, and as for the purpose, Cai Ye had already guessed seventy-seven-eighty-eight, so he didn't care too much, just asked people to record the combat order, and then went to cooperate with the task of the First Division.

Although both of them are both major generals, and Cai Ye is a young general that the emperor values more, but here, Cai Ye's status is still far inferior to that of Loudi, the commander of the first division.

On the front line, in the headquarters of the 1st Division, the 109th Armored Division was placed under the jurisdiction of the 1st Division, don't look at the 109th Armored Division, but when it comes to the 1st Division, it still has to rest, not that the 1st Division can do it over the Armored Division, but the mission on the shoulders of the 1st Division makes them have to obey.

'......Boom'

The rumbling sound of cannons pierced the silence of dawn, the cannonballs crossed the sky, collided violently with the air, and the piercing sounds produced by the battle came one after another, making people uneasy.

A violent explosion flashed not far ahead, orange flames rose into the air, bursts of violent explosions, huge shock waves, mixed with a large number of gravel shrapnel were passionate, and countless unsuspecting Japanese soldiers were instantly stunned by this sudden artillery fire and did not know what to do.

At the same time that the Japanese army was at a loss, the officers and men of the 1st Division not far from the opposite side launched an attack on the whole line, which was also one of the new tactics experimented by the 1st Division, which was to fight in tandem with artillery and artillery.

This mode of warfare is more dangerous, if the artillery in the rear does not control the time, or shoots at the Yuan, or the infantry in front does not control the timing, then their own shells may fall on their own heads at any time.

In later generations, this set of tactics was a compulsory course that any army must learn, and its principle was to refer to the old tactics of artillery bombardment, in which the artillery bombarded the infantry and the infantry rushed after the artillery bombardment.

In this old set of tactics, in order to prevent the shells from falling on their own heads, the infantry would often wait until the artillery was finished before launching a charge, or the artillery would attack the second line of position, and the first line of position would be reserved for the infantry, so that it could not effectively and completely destroy the enemy's defense line.

The core of the tactics lies in the fact that when the artillery attack is completed, the nearest soldier of the infantry must be within 300 meters of the place of the artillery attack, that is, the artillery will stop attacking, and the infantry will rush to the enemy's position within one minute.

On another level, this tactic is also a blitzkrieg of infantry, which is the same truth.

Wang Qi is an ordinary squad leader in the First Division, when he was in the ordinary army, he was a squad leader, and he stayed in the First Division for two years, and his rank was still only a squad leader.

It is far more difficult to get promoted in the first division than in other units, but the soldiers who go out from the first division are all so sought-after, and it is not a problem to be promoted or anything.

The First Division, like other troops, used the classic three-three tactics, a division of 20,000 people, and 20,000 people were divided into countless small groups, which were combined to form a huge group, and this group could not be defeated in theory, because no matter where you attacked, you could not find his life.

Wang Qi's first soldier in their squad was about thirty meters away from him, and Wang Qi's combat position was in the middle of the squad triangle tactic, which was the eye of the entire squad, equivalent to their headquarters, and the most protected position. (The three-person tactics used to fight the bayonets are different from the three-person tactics of the squad platoon, and the two-three-person tactics form the three-three tactics.) ）

The cannonballs above his head continued to cross the sky, and he could faintly see white wakes, but at this time, Wang Qi didn't have the heart to visit these.

The troops are rapidly charging, and at this time, everyone must be in good spirits.

If there had been no mistake on the part of the artillery, and if there had been no mistake on their side, then at this rate, the artillery would have just stopped shelling when they were about to reach the enemy's position. Because they had already moved to the predetermined position where the charge would be launched in advance.

The battlefield was full of soldiers who were charging down.

If it was a normal situation, the Japanese troops on the opposite side should have released blocking fire at this time, but the Japanese troops at this time were subject to artillery fire, not to mention seeing the enemy troops charging in front of the position, even if they saw it, they could not accurately convey the news, let alone arrange defensive firepower.

Heavy artillery can be called a strategic weapon, not because his destructive power is really great, but his lethality, deterrent power is great, hundreds of heavy artillery shells frantically smashed into the enemy's position, if it is a carpet bombing, then it can be guaranteed that in the area that is bombed, there will never be any living creatures.

There was no reaction from the Japanese side, which was cheaper than the 1st Division's side, and it was still very refreshing to be able to charge forward without resistance, at least in the past, they had not experienced this feeling.

In the headquarters of the 1st Division, the infantry had just launched a charge, and seeing that the current effect was not bad, Loudi was also a little relieved, and turned to the staff officer and ordered: "Inform the 109th Division to divide the troops evenly into two, from Area 1, Area 6, through Area 11, Area 21, Area 31, Area 16, Area 26, Area 36, and finally converge in Area 44, attack all targets that can be seen along the way, but don't be too entangled, Their main task was to break the enemy's lines. ”

The tactics that Loudi let the 109th Division implement are also blitzkrieg, but it is not an authentic blitzkrieg, mainly due to the lack of troops, an armored division here can not play the power of a real blitzkrieg at all, according to the current situation, at least four armored divisions can barely play the essence of the blitzkrieg, divide the encirclement, and eliminate the main force.

But it can achieve the purpose of a surprise attack, attacking the enemy like lightning, although the tactics are not authentic, but for now, it is not much of a problem to scare the Japanese.

In addition, this is an attack on all fronts, and the pressure on the Japanese can be imagined.