Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 208: The Rotten Defenders

There is a reason why the army morale wizards are so excited. Although the border area is in a semi-blocked state, the acquisition of intelligence has not been affected at all.

 Thanks to the excellent intelligence network, the boss knew about the outstanding performance of aviation rockets in the Battle of Nomenkan.

 Before the birth of rockets, aerial bombs and cannons were the main weapons used by aircraft for ground attacks.

 Of the two weapons, the cannon is more accurate but less powerful. Unless it is a specialized ground attack weapon, it cannot cause effective damage to solid targets.

 Although aerial bombs are powerful enough, they are difficult to aim and their use efficiency is low.

Even though some aircraft can use dive bombing to improve accuracy, this method of bombing has high requirements on aircraft performance and driving skills, and it is difficult to popularize on a large scale.

 During the battle with Xiaori, the north mounted aviation rockets under the wings of the Yi-15 and Yi-16 fighter jets.

Not only did they achieve good results in the air, they destroyed many enemy planes, and they also stunned the Japanese on the ground.

 After the war, the Kwantung Army also specially collected the remains of its own fighter planes and tanks. The astonishing destructive power made them think that the north had developed an aircraft gun with a caliber of 40 mm or more.

Now Huang He leads the Border Region Weapons Experimental Research Bureau to advance the fine tradition of our military by firing aviation rockets by more than ten years.

 Since our own air force has such advanced weapons, everyone is naturally happy from the bottom of their hearts.

“Xiao Huang, I remember you just said that our Type 41-1 aviation rocket doesn’t have a name yet, right?”

“How about we call it the red sun? The rising of the red sun on the one hand indicates that we will walk out of the night and towards dawn, and on the other hand it indicates that it will bring a devastating blow to the enemy like the scorching sun in the sky!”

As soon as the name "Red Sun" came out, it was immediately widely recognized by everyone present, and it also saved a lot of brain cells for a certain naming waste.

In the end, the decision was jointly made by Desperate Fox, Army Morale Wizards and Huang He, and the name of the Type 41-1 aviation rocket was officially determined.

 In the following period of time, all students completed the assessment projects.

 In addition to the first four, 287 comrades passed the test, with a pass rate of an astonishing 97%.

While more pilots would be better, there are currently not enough fighter jets. Huang He was almost worried to death. He secretly made a decision in his heart to go to the Military Industry Bureau to shake people after the meeting.

 Be sure to give each soldier his own car before the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain begins.

 After the assessment, there was a group photo session. Because there were too many pilots, everyone was divided into six batches to take photos separately.

The Desperate Fox and the Army Morale Wizards sit at the front, followed by the Director, Principal Chang and Huang He, and finally the trainees standing or standing on stools.

"Comrades! The sky over the motherland! I leave it to you!"

“Persist in the war of resistance to the end! Fight and die for the country! It is extremely glorious!”×291

 The outstanding graduates of the first border aviation school are about to go to the battlefield.

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The time came on May 5th. Early this morning, the director brought a correspondent to the Border Area Weapons Experimental Research Bureau.

As soon as the car stopped, he jumped out of the passenger seat. After briefly exchanging a few words with the comrade on duty at the door, he rushed into the door carrying a radio on his back.

Arriving at the door of the office, the director kicked open the door, quite like a commando.

“I’m really convinced by you! Look at your wretched place, I can’t contact you for any big issues!”

“I carried the radio station to you, and also transferred a correspondent to send a telegram if something happens in the future! If I come to you again, I will be like a dog. If you don’t know, you will think that I am your deputy.”

Looking at the other person panting, Huang He quickly stood up and poured a glass of water. He didn't say anything, just stood aside and waited silently.

As expected, I took a short rest. The director immediately started talking about today's business. He took out a piece of paper and a map from his pocket and said:

“This is the telegram sent by the Ideological Crusaders in the morning. The pressure on the southwestern capital is a bit high. Today they have officially requested help from our Eighth Route Army.”

“But the tone is so **** disgusting, and the whole telegram looks very unlucky.”

“If the troops were not strong enough now, I would be the first to object to sending troops!”

Having known the director for so long, Huang He saw him swearing at someone for the first time. He picked up the telegram on the table and read it carefully. After a while, he frowned and squeezed out the word "Sichuan".

The other side is still using the same old tricks, asking for reinforcements from its own side out of righteousness.

It can be said that there is no progress at all. It is just that sending troops will consume your strength, and if you don’t send troops, the power of public opinion will make you stink.

But now this move is indeed a strategy that kills two birds with one stone. After the north signed a neutrality treaty with Xiaori, the border area was also affected.

After thinking for a moment, Huang He patted the director on the shoulder and said comfortingly:

"Forget it, don't argue with them. Our fight against the Japanese and the Japanese is not for those moths, but for the suffering people."

“And the army itself also has the idea of ​​attacking the First Army of the North China Front. In a sense, supporting the opponent can be regarded as an unexpected help.”

“Although this ally may not be very powerful, it can play a certain role. And as far as I know, there are several good troops on the other side of Zhongtiao Mountain.”

 After hearing what Huang He said, the director nodded helplessly. After receiving the request for help, the border area made several requests and directly ordered the Kongyi Division to make pre-war preparations.

Now that support is a foregone conclusion, military workers like them can only continue production and wait for the outcome of the war.

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 After the director left, Huang He opened the map he had just brought. This map contained enemy dynamics collected by the intelligence department in recent months.

Zhongtiao Mountain is located in the southwest of Jin Province, stretching across the north bank of the Yellow River. The territory is filled with ravines and undulating mountains.

It runs northeast-southwest, with the eastern part being higher and the west part being lower. It is a strategic location in North China with the three mountains of Taihang, Luliang and Taiyue.

This mountain range is bounded by the Fenhe River Valley on one side and the Yellow River on the other. It can be said to be a natural barrier for the three provinces of Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

 For the Chinese army, relying on the Zhongtiao Mountain advance can disturb the enemy and contain the strength of the North China Front. To retreat, you can rely on risks and defend proactively.

With such a good geographical location, it stands to reason that the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain should be very stable. But regarding the upcoming battle, Huang He was pessimistic about the defenders of Preserved Fruit.

 The first reason is that this so-called Oriental Maginot is only superficial, and its real defense capabilities are not even one percent as good as the genuine version.

 Except for some simple trenches, communication trenches and the construction of some fortresses on the front line, it can be said that only superficial work was done in other areas.

Those important military locations such as traffic arteries, passes, command posts, military supply lines, and Yellow River crossings basically lack defense fortifications and troop deployment.

Military advisers laughed out loud after coming to inspect the site. At this level, they still had to encounter the Maginot Line. Although the Maginot Line has been bypassed again, the ground contains armored reinforced concrete machine gun fortifications and artillery fortifications. Even a 420mm mortar can resist two.

 Underground are command posts, food storage rooms, ammunition depots, rescue shelters, power stations, filtration and ventilation rooms, etc.

 The entire defense line has a total of about 5,800 permanent fortifications of various purposes constructed, with a density of 15 per kilometer of frontage. There are also passages connecting the fortifications, which can even be opened to traffic.

This Zhongtiao Mountain is neither dug out nor protected against artillery fire. In a fight with the Japanese, we can only rely on soldiers to support us.

 The second point is of course to change the commander temporarily, which is a taboo for military strategists.

The original supreme commander of the Zhongtiao Mountain Defense Line was a tiger general among the Five Tiger Generals. From the beginning of the garrison in 1938 to March this year, he had been defending it very well, repelling thirteen enemy attacks.

However, because he repeatedly refused to carry out Bald's orders, he was placed under semi-house arrest when he went to the southwest capital to report on his duties some time ago. The person who replaced him was the chief of staff of the Military Commission.

If you can change the point, you can do it, but there is a mother -in -law.

Not to mention that this guy has not fought any big battles so far, his attitude of fighting on two fronts on his first day in office is disgusting. To fight back against the bandits and drive the enemy away, I simply don’t have the ability to do so, and I don’t even want to lose face.

 The third reason is that the micro master came online and directly drained the defenders.

 Originally, the defense line of Zhongtiao Mountain was jointly responsible for the Preserved Fruit Army and the Eighth Route Army. Both were indispensable, and the inside and outside complemented each other.

 One side will resist the enemy's main force from the front, while the other side will fight guerrillas in the enemy's occupied areas to cut off supplies. In this process, the two sides must have exchanges and communication.

Since 1939, the micro-manipulation masters have used the reason that the Japanese have not made much achievements in Zhongtiao Mountain in recent years, and have continuously transferred the main troops from the original defense line.

The most typical example of this is the Fourth Army. Several main armies were successively transferred to the south of the Yellow River. This is the main force of the defense line, and it is simply cutting off an arm.

 In fact, the real reason is very simple. It is nothing more than the tacit cooperation with the Eighth Route Army, frequent exchanges between the two sides, and the closely connected transportation lines that can directly reach the base area.

 But it is clear that this level of micromanagement is not the limit. Over the next two years, the defenders changed defenses constantly.

 All the main forces of the Second Army and the Fifth Army, the 17th Army and the 76th Army of the 14th Army and the 36th Army were all gone.

In other words, the troops that had been working hard in Zhongtiao Mountain for three years have been replaced from the top commander of the theater to the front-line combat officers and soldiers.

Although two armies and some miscellaneous troops were pieced together with a total of 200,000 people, even a military illiteracy knew that the defensive strength of the Eastern Maginot was not as good as before.

These new troops who have changed their defenses are not only poorly equipped and poorly trained, but also have low combat effectiveness. They have not even understood the terrain.

 Even if it were replaced with a genuine Maginot Line, it would probably be penetrated by the Japanese due to internal problems.

 According to intelligence, the Japanese have been increasing their troops and transporting river crossing equipment southward every day since April. It seems that they are going to cross the Yellow River at Fengling.

Logically speaking, a normal commander would definitely send a large number of troops for reconnaissance to see what the enemy’s motives are so that he can formulate corresponding defensive strategies.

But the chief of staff of the Military Commission is good. He gave three plans with a slap on his head.

 The first plan is to retreat the main force to the south bank of the Yellow River and directly consolidate the river defense.

Even if we retreat without a fight, we will be stabbed in the back by the people across the country. But Haolai can be regarded as preserving their strength and benefiting themselves at the expense of their allies, which is in line with their style of conduct.

 The second plan is to strike first before the enemy is ready to break his offensive.

This is a real man's choice. If we can cooperate with the current Eighth Route Army and Jinsui Army, there is a high probability that we can defeat the six Japanese divisions and achieve a great victory.

 Although it is difficult, it is not impossible to try.

 The third plan is to use mobile tactics, change the internal line into external combat, and rely on terrain to block attacks.

 This style of play is also good. It is a tactic that Tiger General has been using for three years. Although the current defenders are not very good, they are at least capable of fighting.

 But the result is based on intelligence. The defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain didn't choose any of them, they just spread their forces evenly along the entire defense line and set up the ancestral one-word long snake formation.

The defense line is a full three hundred miles long. With no roads, no horses, and no air superiority, such a deployment is clearly a passive posture.

Moreover, the deployment of troops is too unreasonable. The eastern section of the defense line is deep and wide. Even if it is raided, space can be exchanged for time, and the pressure on the defensive troops is relatively small.

The situation in the western section is just the opposite. The depth there is narrow and once a battle begins, it will be a decisive battle. The Fourth Army, which used to have the strongest combat effectiveness, is here.

Theoretically, the troops capable of fighting hard should be deployed in the western sector, but the Chief of Staff of the Military Commission placed the most passive troops at the most critical position on the defense line.

What's more, as a later traverser, Huang He knew a situation that even a border area didn't know, that is, at this time, the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain were already exhausted due to military supply problems.

Each unit was short of food and combat preparation materials, especially the Fifth Army in the western sector, which was facing a military-wide famine.

The food collection ability of the preserved fruits itself is not very good, not to mention that priority must be given to replenishing the direct lineage. The miscellaneous army is inhuman compared to the central army.

For the few grains, they have to send the team to the ferry to the Yellow River.

 The farthest forward position is a full 100 miles away from the ferry, and there is a high possibility of enemy attacks on the road.

Hence, the defenders immediately moved forward. Not only did they sell the few weapons and ammunition, they even started a lollipop business in the military camp.

In order to survive, the commander of the Fifth Army could only watch as his business grew bigger and bigger, and military discipline became worse and worse.

 A good military camp was made so smoky that it looked like a market. Many of the people who came in to do business were traitors, and even the Japanese spies could come in and out freely in the later period.

As a result, Xiaoli was very clear about the deployment of the Fifth Army, and knew the locations of the headquarters, communication center, hospital and arsenal.

 Once a war breaks out, the defender's command system will most likely collapse. The enemy's special high-tech department in charge of espionage activities was dumbfounded. He had never seen such an easy mission.

Huang He pinched his brows and then hung the map on the wall. In such an unbearable environment, now we can only wait and see how the deputy commander-in-chief can turn the tide.

   This situation is really speechless

 (End of this chapter)