Mukden Garrison Command.

Under Gao Jianwu's initiative, after half a month of intelligence preparation and sand table production, the Grand Brigade Commander, Gao Jianwu, Ding Wei, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and others began a simulated sand table war game deduction.

"The Blue Force has a maritime combat force consisting of 4 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 7 cruisers, 15 destroyers and several naval aviation units of the Pacific Fleet.

and the 25 fighter squadrons of the 15th Air Group of the RAF Far East Air Command, consisting of more than 300 Hurricanes and Spitfires, plus 4 bomber fleets, consisting of 50 Lancaster bombers.

to form an absolute sea and air superiority in the Malay Peninsula."

"On the Blues side, 200,000 troops have been assembled.

Among them, the main part is organized into the 14th Army, under the jurisdiction of the 15th Army (5th, 7th Indian Division, 81st West African Division), 4th Army (17th, 20th, 23rd, 26th Indian Infantry Division and 254th Indian Tank Brigade), 33rd Army (2nd Native Infantry Division, 36th Indian Infantry Division), and then the 19th, 25th Indian Division and 50th Tank Brigade, under the command of Far East Command.

The basic establishment of each infantry division consists of 3 infantry brigades and 3 artillery regiments and support units, with an establishment of about 13,600. 36 18-pounder (84 mm), 36 4.5-inch (114.3 mm) and 48 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-tank guns with artillery, as well as 3 brigade-affiliated anti-tank companies. and a divisional tank cavalry regiment with 28 light tanks and 44 armored carriers each.

Each tank brigade is composed of three tank battalions and one infantry battalion, each main tank battalion has four tank squadrons, and the squadron is subordinate to four detachments, each detachment is equipped with two "Sherman" tanks and two "Firefly" tanks, and the main tank brigade has more than 190 battle tanks.

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Each corps also had a heavy artillery regiment with 16 6-inch (152 mm) howitzers, and a heavy artillery regiment belonging to the army group, with 16 8-inch (203 mm) howitzers.

The army has more than 700 tanks of various types, more than 500 armored transport vehicles, and more than 1,400 artillery pieces, and the army also has absolute superiority in firepower.

With the 4th Army as the main force on the Western Front, the Blue Army formed the Eastern Front Group with the 33rd Army, the 19th and 25th Indian Divisions and the 50th Tank Brigade to assume the main force of the attack on the eastern front of the peninsula.

In the first phase, the Blue Army took advantage of the Pacific Fleet's sea and air superiority, and the Royal Marines first took the two outlying islands and ports of Blue Kawi and Georgetown as naval bases and supply ports, which could receive a steady stream of logistics supplies from South Asia and Australia.

The defenders of the islands of Langkawi and Georgetown each had no more than two garrison regiments, only one battalion of 75-mm mountain artillery and one company of 105-mm howitzers, and in the face of the double pressure of bombardment from the air and naval artillery attack, the port positions were expected to be saturated in no more than two hours, losing all artillery and most of the heavy machine gun fire."

Li Yunlong acted as the attacking side of the blue army on the large sand table model, and Ding Wei, who acted as the defense of the red side, began the war game deduction.

Li Yunlong took the lead in the start.

"On the red side, the national army is currently divided into 4 military regions, with 80 garrison regiments, 15 artillery regiments, 7 air defense battalions, 4 Japanese aircraft tank battalions as the main force in the field, and 20 reserve regiments, with a total strength of more than 300,000.

Each of these garrison regiments consists of three infantry battalions, one battalion of four 75 mm mountain guns, one company of six 90 mm/81 mm mortars and one company of six heavy machine guns, each with a strength of approximately 2,500 troops.

The reserve regiment consisted of three infantry battalions and a heavy machine gun company of four mortars and six heavy machine guns, roughly the same number as the garrison regiment.

The artillery regiment usually consisted of 2 battalions of 75-mm mountain artillery (field artillery) and 1 battalion of 105-mm howitzers, of which 3 artillery regiments were armed with 36 150-mm howitzers, and the anti-aircraft battalion consisted of 1

It is composed of two 25-mm anti-aircraft cannons, with a total of more than 880 barrel guns and more than 500 mortars.

The four Japanese tank battalions have more than 100 Type 95 and Type 97 tanks. There is no air force or navy, only a coast guard consisting of more than 10 patrol gunboats.

In terms of firepower, it is absolutely at a disadvantage." Ding Wei followed Li Yunlong's words and began the defensive operation of the red side.

"Due to the disparity in strength, the first stage. First, the main forces withdrew from the big cities, leaving the cities along the eastern and western coasts, and dispersed into battalions and regiments for mobile operations.

On the two islands of Langkawi and Georgetown, the main forces of our red side retreated back to the mainland to retain the living forces, leaving the battalion-level troops, and scattered them into companies and platoons to fight guerrilla warfare in the mountains in the central part of the islands, harassing and exhausting the Blue Army."

"Due to the small depth of the peninsula, the main force of the Red side left more than 20 garrison regiments and 10 reserve regiments to move into the mountains and jungle movements and guerrilla operations to contain the blue army and ensure that it could not be effectively occupied in the vast mountainous areas. Before the war, the rest of the main forces were all transferred to Dutch Sumatra on the other side of the strait to focus on defense.

As the island is not owned by the Blues, there is relatively no reason for the Blues to attack, leaving room for the Reds to turn around and grow."

Ding Wei responded to Li Yunlong's attack with a comprehensive retreat, and from the perspective of the strength of the scene, Ding Wei's strategy of exchanging space for time was not too problematic.

"In the second stage, the blue army will attack on the east and west fronts, due to the abandonment of the red side, the blue army's east and west lines are progressing rapidly, and it is expected that the occupation of the coastal and highway cities along the east and west lines will be completed in one month, and the contact battle will give the red side 3 to 5 regiments of casualties.

As the main force of the Red side was not annihilated, the Blue Army adopted an important nodal defense, that is, the central city was garrisoned by divisions and brigades, the 17th Indian Infantry Division was stationed in Palivan, the 20th and 23rd Indian Infantry Divisions and the 254th Indian Tank Brigade were stationed in Kualalon (Geelong), and the 26th Indian Infantry Division was stationed in the Lion City. The 26th Indian Infantry Division was stationed in Gualadin, and the 19th Indian Infantry Division was stationed in Kuantan.

The 33rd Army, the 15th Army and the 50th Tank Brigade formed two mobile combat corps, of which the 33rd Army and the 50th Tank Brigade were stationed in Batu Ga, and the Kualalong garrison was responsible for clearing the northern area, and the 15th Army was stationed in Johor Province and was responsible for clearing the southern area.

The size of the troops dispatched for each sweep shall not be less than one integrated division, with direct support from the Navy and Air Force.

Among them, with the 254th Indian Tank Brigade and the 50th Tank Brigade as the core, one armored transport vehicle infantry brigade is mixed into two mechanized combat corps, which carry out key strikes within a range of 200 kilometers in a single day, and destroy the red troops at or above the regimental level within the region.

In the early days, the concentration of the Red Army's troops was relatively high, and through the search of reconnaissance planes, it is expected that the Red side will lose 5-8 regiments in the early stage of the clearance, and reduce the centralized scale of the Red Army's combat units."

Li Yunlong already has a deep study and actual combat experience in long-distance attack operations of the mechanized corps, and his trick is directly close to the soft underbelly of the red side, lacking air support and effective means to confront tank troops.

Ding Wei, the brigade commander, Kong Jie and others were suddenly lost their temper by the tactics of Li Yunlong's two mechanized combat corps.

At this stage of the war, it is not surprising that half of the troops remaining on the peninsula have lost half, after all, all of them have fallen into disadvantage in terms of combat strength, and the early red troops have not been severely beaten, and commanders at all levels will not attach great importance to the value of guerrilla warfare, and there should be many commanders who choose the method of fighting to the death.

As long as they are in the present of great losses, they will accept reality.

"The remnants of the Red side have further dispersed their operations, realizing guerrilla warfare in the jungle and replenishing ammunition and supplies with ammunition and supplies in the form of small-scale smuggling from Sumatra.

Carry out large-scale night raids on major communication arteries, counter-reconnaissance warfare and sparrow warfare against Blue Army posts.

Relying on a reliable mass base of rubber plantations and banana plantations, close to the vicinity of the city, a protracted guerrilla war was waged against the small units of the Blue Army, so as to disperse the operation and continue to increase the casualties of the Blue Army.

Due to the large number of tropical jungles on the peninsula, the Blue Army could not completely exterminate the Red side that scattered guerrillas.

Red will hold out in the jungle.

At the same time, mass protests began to be staged in the occupied areas."

The strength of Ding Wei's counterattack was limited, and after discussion among the people, if there was no external interference, this guerrilla war could be carried out for at least five years or more before it could achieve remarkable results, and the guerrilla war could carry out more than 10 effective actions every month, and if two or three hundred people were annihilated by the blue army, it might cause two or three thousand casualties in the blue army in a year, and of course, considering the combat strength of both sides, the casualties of the red side would not be less than that of the blue army.

If it can continue, with more than 10,000 casualties in the Blue Army in five years, there is no hope of destroying the Red side, then the war will basically return to the negotiating table.

"The Blues began to strike at Sumatra, the Pacific Fleet tightened the blockade of ships coming and going through the strait, and the Air Force began to strike at Sumatran military targets.

At the same time, the joint Dutch army launched a joint operation, and the 15th Army and the 50th Tank Brigade were dispatched to cooperate with 3 to 5 divisions of the Dutch army and a task force to carry out landing operations in Sumatra.

The coalition forces were divided into two routes, one landing from Dumai and the other landing from Kualadan, and the first strategic goal was to occupy the shores of the strait, cut off military support to the peninsula, and at the same time occupy the Sumatran oil fields.

Due to the strong port fortifications, the coalition forces broke through most of the port fortifications after more than a month of bombardment, and then the landing force forced the landing with the support of aerial bombardment and naval artillery.

The bombardment and naval artillery destroyed the artillery support of the Red side, and the landing force faced the counterattack of the Red ground forces, completed the shoal landing at the cost of an infantry brigade, and after transporting artillery and tanks ashore, the Red side could only retreat.

In these two positional battles, the Red side invested no less than six regiments in the infantry and at least two artillery regiments in the artillery, and the battle ended with the Red side losing all the artillery and more than half of the infantry."

Li Yunlong's assumption is not groundless, the progress of the war is very likely to become a dispute between multiple subjects, and to this extent, Huang Qingyuan and the others may have to face more enemies.

"In the face of the Blues' aggressive offensive, the Reds withdrew from the coastal cities of Malacca and retreated into the mountains and the West Coast, which the Blues could not control for the time being.

Sumatra Island is about 1,700 kilometers long from north to south and 200 kilometers to 300 kilometers wide from east to west.

Taking advantage of the continuous concentration of immigrants, there are more than 10 million Chinese in Sumatra, and more than 7 million other races in total, with a dominant population and laying the foundation for the continuation of the war.

If the Blues leave the coastal area and pursue into the mountains, they will continue to attack the Blues by means of guerrilla warfare by attacking lines of communication, harassing logistics supplies, and attacking rising troops in night battles.

Taking into account the superiority of the Blue Army's air force and artillery fire, the war was introduced into the tropical jungle area as much as possible to reduce the impact of the Blue Army's air superiority.

Due to the long-term trend of the war, in order to ensure the strategic initiative, the Red side used a large area of tropical rainforest as a living space, and through the complex and changeable tropical rainforest terrain and climate, the Blue Army's clearance work would not be feasible.

At the same time, of course, the tropical rainforest is also a huge test for the red side, so it is necessary to train the ability of small units at and below the regimental level to survive in the complex and dangerous environment of the tropical rainforest.

At the same time, the original infantry weapons arsenal should be broken into parts, and a small arms and ammunition arsenal should be built in the mountainous area in the central part of the island to support the self-sufficiency of light weapons and ammunition for the surrounding troops.

In addition to the local mining and production of raw materials, the arsenal also has to carry out large-scale overseas raw material supply, and use fishing boats, speedboats, and so on to counter the blockade in small quantities and at multiple frequencies.

Train the main force in sports warfare, cover up the whereabouts of the movement through the tropical rainforest, and quickly concentrate forces to launch a decisive battle in a local area at night once the troops on the blue army side are isolated and isolated.

The main field forces must have the ability to march more than 100 miles day and night, so that they can concentrate troops within a radius of 100 kilometers in two or three days, and can concentrate at least three to five regiments in a cluster, and can carry out night attacks on the leading units of the blue army's outstanding brigades.

Through guerrilla warfare and movement warfare, the constant attacks on the Blues forced the main forces of the Blues to retreat

Some of the cities along the coast."

Ding Wei's response made Li Yunlong frown, according to the restrictions of the blue army, the blue coalition army that can land on Sumatra Island is about 8 divisions at most, which is an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops.

If the Red side is scattered, it will not be easy for the Blues to catch the traces of the Red side forces in 470,000 square kilometers of land.

Since the Chinese have an absolute advantage on the island, the red side has enough supporters to provide food and other essential supplies to survive.

As for weapons and ammunition, through scattered small arsenals, it is possible to ensure the basic supply of rifles / machines, grenades, mortar shells, etc.

Huang Qingyuan and his men had long planned to be self-sufficient in light weapons, and the machine tools and equipment for the production of infantry weapons and ammunition were scattered in at least dozens of places on the island, each of which could supply the consumption of one or two regiments.

This weapon-making network is simply not something that the Blues can destroy in the short term.

Therefore, for the endless attacks of the blue army, even if Li Yunlong has air superiority, he can call for air support during the day, forming an absolute suppression of the red troops, but now that Ding Wei does not appear in the daytime, it is a night battle and a melee method, and the superiority of the air force is equivalent to being abolished.

Li Yunlong thought for a long time before he further gave the next combat strategy.

"The Blue Army has formed a rapid reaction attack group, with brigades and regiments as the basic units, and trained locals have been sent to the front line to conduct reconnaissance and find arsenals and red force positions.

Through a large amount of intelligence work, the Red Side's garrisons and arsenals will be identified, and then the rapid response attack group and the air force will be dispatched to gradually destroy them, because it takes a lot of time for intelligence personnel training and reconnaissance, this tactic is expected to take two years to establish intelligence personnel and networks, and will not be caught by surprise in the early stage, and secretly collect intelligence.

On the bright side, the troops still confuse the Red side by maintaining the tactical aspect of the focused sortie.

In this way, the Blue Army can destroy more than 50 percent of the Red side's supply of weapons and ammunition and field units in at least three years.

By concentrating tracked personnel carriers and light tanks, and introducing American jeeps as a tool for high mobility of the troops, the rapid reaction strike group is able to intersperse the movement capability of 200 to 300 kilometers of rural roads in a single day, and counter movement warfare with movement warfare."

"And what about the timeline of the two sides now? How long has the war been going on since it is in this white-hot state?" Gao Jianwu asked.

His question seems to be irrelevant, but Li Yunlong reacted that the battle on the Malaysian Peninsula in the early stage had to be stalemate for at least two years, and after landing in Sumatra, it would take at least three or five years to really see some results, that is to say, the war has been fought to the present level, and it has been five or six years for the short and seven or eight years for the long.

The Grand Brigade Commander's eyes flashed, "In other words, even without our direct participation, Huang Qingyuan and they would be able to hold out until the final victory, and it would be difficult for the Blue Army to support such a large-scale war in the Far East for so many years. Neither the casualties nor the military expenses of the war can support it."