Chapter 1, Post-War
The Japanese army and the combined army, the two sides held each other in this nameless place for half a month, until December 1.
During this period, you came and went, and on such a piece of land less than ten kilometers long, a total of millions of tons of shells were smashed, and the shells were piled up like a mountain, not the previous analogy, but really a mountain, a mountain that was completely made up of shell shells, and it was yellow.
However, the shells dropped by the Japanese army were less than one-tenth of what Lu Qiang threw down. Because the Japanese army thought that on the Chinese battlefield, heavy artillery was almost useless except for attacking the city, and the 92 infantry artillery could handle it, and there were not many Chinese/army mortars, so they did not prepare many shells. On this land, the Japanese army ran out of shells for the 150mm gun the next day, resulting in the 150mm heavy gun being dumbfired, and the 105mm gun was not powerful enough, so the Japanese army had to work overtime to bring another batch, and it was destroyed in less than half a day, so the Japanese army's 150mm heavy gun has always been intermittent and did not play much role, and the rest of the time the 105mm gun fired.
And Lu Qiang's side, relying on the support of the system, the 152mm artillery is not to be smashed down like money, the devil throws one shot, I will throw ten rounds, the 107 rocket artillery acts as a company-platoon level support artillery, and the 82 recoilless gun has been assigned to the squad level. The firepower was so fierce that it frightened several masters and commanders of the Japanese army, and they shouted that this battle could not be fought, and Okamura Ninji, who had been preparing to continue westward and southward, had to stop. The Nanchang raiders also stopped, and several master regiments stopped advancing and stayed in their current positions. Because all the logistics are concentrated on that small piece of land, ammunition and shells are constantly being transported upwards. And the other divisions did not dare to go for reinforcements casually, they wanted to prevent the Chinese/army from counterattacking.
Fortunately, the Chinese/army did not take the opportunity to counterattack, because the bald head of Chongqing ordered that the group army was forbidden to attack, and they were strictly held in place. The purpose is very simple, the sandpiper and the clam compete for the profit of the fisherman, he wants to be the fisherman, take advantage of the life and death of the Japanese army and the old man, and then send troops to attack the disabled division, and take the credit to himself.
No matter what this bald head thinks, anyway, the four divisions of the Japanese army are crippled, and they can only replenish new recruits, or be assigned to other divisions and regiments, and each wing has been exhausted.
The 21st Division was the worst, because they went to attack Dawang, which caused them to be bombed by planes every day, and the division commander Washizu Yuhei was not experienced enough, and gave wrong orders several times, resulting in heavy losses for the Japanese soldiers in front.
At present, except for a few clerks, there are less than 2,000 people who can fight. It was bombarded by 130mm cannon artillery in the morning, pushed by the opponent's 400 tanks in the afternoon, and there were air raids from time to time, all of which were new recruits of the 21st Division, and they were inexperienced and had no heavy fire support, which was miserable. The blood of the Japanese army soaked the ground in front of the fortifications red, and the flesh crushed into mud by the tracks was mixed with the mud after the snow was hydrated, and the ground became dark red. The cracks in the tracks of the tank were full of minced meat and mud, and even a tank had a intestine dragged on the track, and I couldn't bear to look at it directly, and the result was that that night, none of the people of the tank regiment ate ate and vomited when they saw the meat, and in the following month, they were uncomfortable when they saw the meat.
The Japanese army suffered heavy losses, and the losses of the combined army were not small, 27,800 people, only less than 10,000 remained, especially the Fourth Army, which fought to the death. The Japanese army was all scared, and the puppet army that was forced to come up ran away when they saw them, and they were really scared.
Lu Qiang's people survived more, excluding artillery and logistics personnel, 12,300 people survived, and 52 of the 200 tanks were destroyed, some of them were blown up by the 92 guns, some were fought hard by the Japanese army, and some were covered and destroyed by artillery. However, these survivors are all veterans, bringing more than 4,000 people, two-thirds of whom are recruits, but they have experienced such a big war that can be ranked among the best in Europe, and under the leadership of veterans, they can be regarded as veterans.
Such a battle can be said to be the largest battle after World War I (although the country/army often has hundreds of thousands of hundreds of thousands of people, but in the eyes of Europeans, it is all a small fight), all kinds of artillery of different calibers, up to 152mm howitzers, down to 40mm gun grenades, the movement of artillery explosions, 20 kilometers away can be felt, the soil on the ground, turned over layer after layer, there are many Japanese corpses under each layer, and the ground is red under a few meters.
For this battle, there are also many people in foreign countries who are staring, but they only dare to stand at a distance, they are afraid of being hit by deviating shells, so that the fun will be great.
They saw that the Japanese army was trembling under the fire of the Chinese/army artillery, and their personal thoughts were different, while the British and French were wondering whether to suppress it and prevent China from developing too fast. Germany, on the other hand, wondered if it had chosen the wrong ally, and that it should not have chosen Japan. The Americans thought that the Japanese had fought so badly and were going to buy resources again, so what price was appropriate? Mao Xiong was thinking about when the little brother would have such powerful equipment, if the little brother became powerful, how could he, the boss, still be the boss, and send a special commissioner to find out the source of their equipment.
People in various countries have different thoughts, except for some foreign tabloids that have published on some small pages, other newspapers have not explained anything except for a few sentences, and even the domestic newspapers have not published them.
The main reason why the domestic newspapers did not publish the newspaper was because of a certain bald head, which pressed the major newspapers and did not want them to report, and some small newspapers did not have branch newspapers in such remote places, so they did not know what was going on at the time, so they could not report it.
Nearly 3,000 corpses were transported back and pulled by car, each with corpses piled up. The corpses of the Fourth Army could only be buried on the spot due to insufficient conditions, tens of thousands of pits were dug, and the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers were put into the pits one by one for burial. As for the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, in the name of humanitarianism, Lu Qiang let them take them away by themselves, so as not to stink if they stay here.
A large cart of corpses was pulled back, and a sense of sorrow shrouded the head of Dawang Village, many people stood at the head of the village, hoping that their children could come back, but when they saw a cart of corpses pulled one after another, their hearts suddenly cooled half.
In this battle, although Lu Qiang's losses were not small, compared with the Japanese army, it was only a drop in the bucket, four divisions and tens of thousands of puppet troops and the Japanese troops from the surrounding counties added up to nearly 100,000 people, and the Japanese army has not lost so many people since the invasion of China. Therefore, the Japanese base camp was furious. At this time, Emperor Showa sat in the first place with an expressionless face, looking at the war minister and the navy minister who were arguing below, the navy scolded the army for being a bunch of red deer, nearly 100,000 people, but they couldn't even defeat the enemy who was twice as small as themselves, and they lost tens of thousands of people in vain, and all four divisions were crippled. The army said that the steel was robbed by the navy, resulting in their combat vehicles being covered with iron, almost paper paste, the number of tanks, the number of artillery, the number of shells, the quantity and quality of bullets, are not comparable to the other side, and the other party's army is stubborn, not because the imperial soldiers are not strong, but because the other party is too powerful, and the navy has robbed all the shares of steel, and they have no resources to make weapons.
The Army blamed the Navy for its strong share, and the Navy scolded the Army for being a herd of red deer, as well as leftists who looked at each other coldly. Both sides scolded and scolded, and began to roll up their sleeves, about to beat people, at this time Emperor Showa, who was sitting in the first place, couldn't stand it, this is his own palace, and he has to repair things by himself if he breaks things, "Okay, stop it." ”
The emperor had spoken, and they couldn't help but listen, so they put down their rolled up sleeves, glared at each other fiercely, and returned to their positions. "Since the army said that the navy will steal your share, then the next batch of upcoming steel will give you half more." As soon as Showa said this, the naval ministers quit, and when they were about to speak, Emperor Showa continued, "But the next time you fail again, the share of steel will be deducted by three-quarters, and you only need to keep some production bullets and shells." ”
As soon as Emperor Showa finished speaking, a minister of the army immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise! The Navy was not given a chance to speak at all, and the Minister of the Navy blushed and glared fiercely at the Minister of War who spoke.
This time they got half of the share of steel, it was a bonus, originally they thought it would be a good thing not to be deducted, but they didn't expect to be able to get some from the mouth of the navy, but their task is also heavier, and they grabbed the next share, so they must come up with some achievements before the next distribution of shares, otherwise, the future share will be deducted, which they can't accept, so they must work hard to get something out.
Tank, Type 89 Type 94 is no longer good, to be discontinued, Type 97 tank artillery power is insufficient, redesign a new tank, 47mm tank gun power is not enough, on the Chinese battlefield, and do not know that country (it seems to be a big bear) tank comparison, the result was extremely miserable, their own 47mm gun can not penetrate the opponent's armor at all, and the opponent's tank artillery is about 75mm, or long-barreled, one shot can penetrate his tank, 94 Douding tank can be pierced, Therefore, it is necessary to get a new tank, and the caliber must be at least 75mm, because the 70mm 92 infantry gun can sometimes barely penetrate it, so the minimum caliber of the artillery must be 75mm, otherwise it will not be able to penetrate the tank of the woolly bear in the future, and it can only be abused. The plane, which was abused by the other party's plane, did not know how it was made, and according to Yukimura, there was no propeller, and it seemed to be advancing by reverse thrust, and it was extremely fast, but it was extremely noisy. Without propellers? That's all the wrong way, the propeller is the right way, so the Japanese designers fell into the cycle of reducing the weight of the plane and increasing the engine power, and according to their ideas, the final design of the aircraft is not the zero type, it is not far off.