Chapter 574 - 574 Strategic Shift
Even if the Self-Defense Forces are not a national army in name, they are only "national civil servants with weapons", but they are still quite effective compared to ordinary Truth Army. The fact that the Truth Army was able to seize the military base in Luzi was related to Qi Yiming's covert support, but it was not so easy for the Truth Army to expand its gains again.
Although the Self-Defense Forces were seriously affected by the Ebola virus, the Japanese government, which is not short of money, urgently ordered a batch of three-defense suits from the United States and China, although they are relatively cumbersome to use, they can provide better protection for the Self-Defense Forces, and at least the Self-Defense Forces are psychologically more stable and will no longer worry about contracting the virus at any time.
And the Ebola virus is not airborne, so soldiers don't need to fight with bulky oxygen tanks, which has allowed Japan's Self-Defense Forces to regain a lot of combat capability after implementing a higher standard of three-defense combat manuals.
After seizing the Nerima base, Shoko Asahara developed a contempt for the Self-Defense Forces and an over-expansion of confidence, and he later decided to attack the Kisarazu base, the main base of Japanese Self-Defense Force helicopters. This time the APRA mobilized more forces, in addition to more than 200 regularly trained FRA soldiers, as well as a number of improvised rabble, totaling nearly 1,000 men.
It's just that unlike Aokimoto's previous plan of sneak attack, the battle to capture the Kisarazu base commanded by Akira Asahara's henchmen was very hasty and layman, and he didn't consider the actual situation. Because the Truth Army received a lot of heavy armaments from the Far East, in addition to firepower such as RPGs and mortars, it even brought imitations of Chinese 107 rocket artillery. The deputy commander, who did not understand military affairs, felt that he had 1,000 fighters in his hands, while Kisarazu only had 3,500 Self-Defense Members, and he ordered the heavy firepower of the Truth Army to line up and fire artillery from outside the base toward the base.
The salvo of dozens of artillery pieces towards the Kisarazu base is quite sound and light, especially the Chinese 107 fire is accumulated, and the swarm of rockets is very beautiful and enjoyable, and even some soldiers of the Truth Army have not paid attention to any tactical movements, and actually gathered together to watch the artillery.
The only meaning of this round of shelling is the so-called deterrence, and the deputy commander thinks that he can make the SDF people tremble with a single shelling, and then surrender to them, so there is no such thing as watching and shooting, just a blind fight. Naturally, this kind of shelling did not produce any actual combat effect, but instead caused the Self-Defense Forces in the Kisarazu base to react. Moreover, the base is an army aviation base, and although it is not staffed, there are still a considerable number of helicopter pilots and fighters.
The command staff of the Kisarazu base reacted quickly and sent several helicopters to get up with Vulcan cannons, mini-cannons, and so on. Qi Yiming's support for the Truth Army, just as he supported the Glorious Path and other guerrillas before, provided a lot of RPGs, crossbows, and avant-garde missiles that could be used for air defense, and the Truth Army that attacked this time naturally also carried a certain number of individual air defense missiles. However, when the helicopters volleyed in the air and condescendingly attacked the Truth Army with ferocious firepower, they were in a hurry and had no time to take out individual anti-aircraft missiles to counterattack.
Originally, the regular units of the Pratra Army, which had received several months of military training, still had this in mind, but as soon as the rabble saw casualties, they immediately became chaotic and seriously affected the operations of the regular army, and even made the formation of the Pradria in a state of great confusion and unable to continue fighting. At this time, some fighters in military jeeps and light armored vehicles rushed out of the Kisarazu base at the right time, and they relied on armored vehicles to attack the unprotected artillery and other infantry of the Truth Army, directly forming a one-sided scene.
In this battle, the Truth Army was completely defeated, and Asahara Shoko and the Shinrikyo people also recognized how many pounds and taels the Truth Army had. When the aggressive attack on the base of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces was finally stopped, Shoko Asahara summoned Aoki Moto, and other cadres who really knew military affairs, and held an enlarged meeting to discuss how the Pratra Army should develop next.
Herberts, who has become a core foreign cadre of Shinrikyo Religion, concluded: "Now that military action should be subordinated to our missionary needs, the spread and expansion of the Ebola virus is still the main theme of Japanese society, and it is also the part of the Japanese government that worries the most. ”
Katsu Takahashi was also skeptical: "Does Mr. Herberts mean that we want us to negotiate peace with the authorities?" The authorities will not agree. ”
"It's not like a peace treaty or something like a peace treaty, and it's true that as you said, the Japanese government will not pay attention to us if we don't show our own strength. So we still have to fight the SDF, but this conflict must be on a limited scale, and at the same time, it must be premised on maintaining its own strength, and it must make the SDF suffer so that the authorities understand that we are not so easy to defeat. After that, there is a good chance that we can get a substantive acquiescence in the peace talks, and the authorities can't do anything about us, and we can also take the opportunity to increase our influence in a big way. ”
Akira Asahara couldn't help but nod and said, "The growth of Shinrikyo is our core work, and there is no problem with this. ”
He turned his head and asked, "How are we going to deal with the Self-Defense Forces now, the strength of the Self-Defense Forces is much greater than ours, and I am afraid it will take a lot more trouble to maintain the current situation." ”
The military defeat of several of Asahara's henchmen also made Asahara Shoko understand that he can't be suspicious of capable people in this regard, and can only let people who really know how to participate in it, otherwise Shinrikyo will be ruined and he will be finished.
Aoki Motomichi said: "We have a military strength of less than 3,000 men at full strength, and the actual quality of these people is much lower than that of ordinary national regular troops, and they are scattered all over Japan, and it is difficult to unify them. I agree with the strategy proposed by Mr. Herberts, and we also have the strength to fight the Self-Defense Forces. In a frontal war, we should not get involved, and if the Self-Defense Forces attack us, we will withdraw and preserve our strength. And when the Self-Defense Forces are negligent, we launch a surprise attack. We can rely on the complex topography of the city and the determination to scorched earth to maneuver with the Self-Defense Forces in the city, but the Self-Defense Forces are very lacking in urban warfare capabilities, and with a large number of people presence, it will be difficult for them to use their weapons. Moreover, cities are the core of the country's economy, and becoming a battlefield will inevitably lead to the destruction of cities and serious economic damage, which the authorities will not be able to afford sooner or later. ”