Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Twelve kilometers away, the remnants of the 108th Brigade.

During the pause in the artillery bombardment in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, Taketa Aihara, who was ordered to do so at the critical moment, had successfully gathered the remaining troops and could launch the attack only after reinforcements from the rear were in place.

However, the current state of their regiment is extremely poor, with only two-fifths of the original nearly 3,000 combat personnel remaining.

The equipment rate of barrel artillery is even less optimistic. The number of mountain artillery, field artillery and Type 92 infantry artillery that can be scraped is less than fifteen. This is the result of salvaging as much as possible.

 To use the professional terminology of a certain 7+ coloring game, that is, the yellow and green bars of the army are on the verge of bottoming out, and they will disappear if they are hit hard again.

"Baga! Why are there only these artillery pieces left? What on earth do you do for food!"

"With these rags alone, how can you expect me to fight against that Republic man named Nie? Their artillery shells are more than the number of people in the regiment. Do you want the warriors to commit suicide?"

 “Keep collecting, we need more heavy weapons!”

Aihara Taketa's roar made all the low-level officers present silent.

 However, the strict hierarchical system within the Japanese army did not allow them to have the courage to resist the temporary supreme commander.

What's more, after the war started, everyone with a bit of military insight realized that one's own side had fallen into the enemy's trap.

The feeling that they could successfully capture the enemy's leader if they worked harder was completely a dream weaved for them by the Eighth Route Army division commander.

 If you want to survive now, you must naturally collect as much military supplies as possible, otherwise you will not be able to fight a war at all.

 After several squadron leaders left, Taketa Aihara’s adjutant stepped forward and suggested:

"Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, with our current strength, it is almost impossible to complete the tasks assigned by the division commander. If you and I want to securely occupy the top spot in the regiment, we must make sufficient contributions."

“In my humble opinion, it is better to send some infantry to test the Eighth Route Army’s firepower, and then use the heavy weapons we have on hand to counterattack as much as possible.”

“In this way, it can not only shorten the artillery gap between the enemy and ourselves, but also help subsequent reinforcements launch attacks.”

As soon as these words came out, Taketa Aihara fell into silence at first, and then he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and accepted the adjutant's suggestion.

 Today's 139th Regiment is basically in a state of half-death. But as long as the 110th Division is not destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, it will definitely be supplemented by troops from the North China Front after the war.

This means that, in a sense, the remaining soldiers can become the capital for one's promotion.

After all, as a person with an ordinary background and no background, the rank of lieutenant colonel is already the limit of his military career. If you have an opportunity to leapfrog your class before you, you will naturally do your best to seize it.

"good!"

“Give me the order to attack the Eighth Route Army positions ahead after all levels of troops are ready!”

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 Five minutes later, the 139th Regiment, taking the squadron as a unit, cautiously began to advance towards the Yuanping area.

At the same time, the artillery positions in the rear are also standing ready. Once the infantry detects high-value targets, they will concentrate fire as soon as possible.

Suddenly, the Japs at the front of the queue noticed something strange. They raised their heads in horror and looked at the sky in the distance. There was a battle formation of twin-engine fighter jets.

 “Enemy plane! Hidden!”

 “Our whereabouts have been discovered by the Eighth Route Army! Get ready for battle!”

It turns out that the handsome warrior left a big psychological shadow on the Japanese. After all, this thing used a fire to directly destroy the command system of his own brigade.

However, what all the infantrymen did not expect was that the twin-engine fighter jets in the sky did not attack them.

In the past, the aerial cannons that could beat people to pieces and the aerial bombs that could take away a squadron with one shot were not among the vanguard.

This situation made Takea Aihara, who was behind, frown. He put down the telescope in his hand and said with a puzzled face:

“What on earth is the Eighth Route Army doing? Immediately dispatch the field air defense troops and try to shoot down those attack aircraft.”

Before he finished speaking, a strange scream suddenly came from the distance. Although he didn't know what it was, the old devil still raised the telescope in his hand immediately.

 Boom, boom, boom!

In the field of vision of Aihara Butai's telescope, huge fireballs were already rising in the attacking formation of his own unit, and explosions like landslides and earth-shattering were heard almost simultaneously.

At this time, the 139th Regiment had just begun to advance and was still far from the destination of the first stage.

 However, the shelling just now was just the beginning.

 Hongjian designed by Huang He can fire 12 rounds of 122mm rockets at a time. The self-propelled rocket artillery regiment of the headquarters artillery brigade is a three-battalion system with a total of 36 units.

 This means that in this attack, the Japs need to physically carry 432 rounds, which is worth an average of two and a half taels of gold per person.

Soon, the area where the Japanese infantry was located was directly shrouded in gunpowder smoke and dust. However, the law that smoke brings no harm does not apply in reality.

 The thinner wall allows the Red Arrow to increase the amount of explosive filling, so the power of the 122mm rocket is basically the same as that of the 155mm rocket.

 After a round of artillery fire, the 139th Regiment became a thing of the past and disappeared without a trace on the map.

"idiot!"

"What is this!"

In the command post at the rear, Taketa Aihara saw the power of the red arrow with his own eyes through the telescope. Thousands of soldiers were lost in just half a minute. This would be hard for anyone to accept.

 It took a while before the old devil came out of his dazed state. For him, the most important thing to do now is to make up for his mistakes.

 “Get me the division headquarters! Quick!”

“In the attack just now, the Eighth Route Army used the heavy artillery firepower of at least three field artillery brigades. An explosion of that level must be the French GPF155 cannon!”

"Even if we can only destroy a small part, the soldiers of our regiment will not be broken into pieces!"

In the eyes of this book, the basic soldiers of all arms are disposable consumables to a certain extent, not to mention the ordinary infantry of the B Division.

 Otherwise, there won’t be any Kamikazes, Sakura Agents, or Kaiten Torpedoes in the future.

If the total destruction of the 139th Regiment can be exchanged for a dozen GPF155 cannons, then they will have deserved their death.

 After all, there were only six units of this level in the entire army even before the field artillery brigade was abolished. "Hi!"

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After the self-propelled rocket artillery regiment had fired all the ammunition, the artillerymen at the headquarters immediately began to move and prepare to move to the predetermined position for reloading.

Although the Red Arrow is powerful, the reloading time is a flaw, and it is impossible to regain combat effectiveness within a few minutes.

 The 110th Division is equipped with large-range cannons, and if it stays in place, it is likely to encounter artillery counterattacks.

 When the comrades were preparing to retreat, Huang He also closed his notebook and pulled the stunned Lao Cui into the car.

“Remember the sound of the Red Arrow firing just now. After this battle is over, I will show you the photos taken by the artillery school shooting machine. When you return home, you can compare it with Katyusha.

"This thing should not be added to the Lend-Lease Act. As an ally, if you need it, we can sell it at cost price."

“One rocket is tentatively worth eight taels of gold. How about it? It’s a good deal.”

 Obviously, Lao Cui has not recovered yet. Facing the noisy Huang He, this old man couldn't even refute a few words.

Just when Huang He was preparing to continue selling his products, several deafening explosions sounded from the position just now, followed by mud and fireballs flying all over the sky.

 Boom, boom, boom!

It turns out that the artillery of the 110th Division still has two brushes.

Even in an unfamiliar environment without observation balloons, they found the position of the Eighth Route Army’s self-propelled rocket artillery regiment in a very short period of time.

If the comrades had used the 13-ton GPF155 cannon, the attack just now might have caused heavy losses.

 After the first wave of shelling ended, the second wave of five shells fell more than ten seconds later. Compared with the first five rounds, the impact points of these shells are farther away, which is obviously a trial of luck.

 This situation made Huang He's mouth curl up involuntarily.

Faced with the Japanese 105 cannons, the Eighth Route Army could only send close ground support aircraft to crack them.

 But today is different. The M1936 of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has a range of 20 kilometers, which can definitely catch the enemy by surprise.

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“Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, do you think the information reported by the 139th Regiment is true?”

“I don’t believe that the Eighth Route Army already has such strength with three field heavy artillery brigade-level artillery units. They are not from the north, and there is absolutely no way they have such a strong industrial base.”

“In comparison, I think the enemy must have used some trick!”

In the forward command post, the major general chief of staff of the 110th Division was putting forward his ideas to Iimorinuma.

Although he had just seen with his own eyes what happened to the vanguard, the old Japanese still refused to believe that the Eighth Route Army had hundreds of 155mm heavy cannons.

Let’s not talk about the weight of those things, which are more than ten tons. What kind of carrying capacity is needed to move freely in Jin Province.

Let's just say that if the Eighth Route Army really had this kind of strength, it would have been able to overwhelm the entire North China Front Army long ago. There would be no need to use any tactics to lure the enemy deeper.

 The words of his chief of staff made Iimorinuma nod with satisfaction.

Whether it is the GPF 155mm cannon or any other messy heavy weapons, they must have been hit by their own artillery fire.

 Unless your Eighth Route Army develops a 155mm self-propelled artillery, then I will consider myself unlucky!

“Okay, let’s notify the artillery positions and ask them to move quickly.”

“Although the Eighth Route Army’s air force is still carrying out preparation work at the airport, we still have to be careful to avoid any losses due to a moment of negligence.”

 Facts have proven that Shanxi is a rather evil place. The more you fear, the more likely it will come.

As soon as Iimorinuma's order was conveyed, several artillery shells flew past with a whistling sound in the sky, followed by a muffled thunderous explosion.

 At this sight, the old devil immediately jumped up from his stool.

 The firepower of our own artillery is inherently inferior to that of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region of the Eighth Route Army. If the large-caliber artillery position was knocked out, he would have to consider retreating now.

Thinking of this, he grabbed the phone himself and began to shake the handle vigorously.

“This is the command post! Report the situation of the artillery position immediately! What happened over there!”

The communications soldier on the other side of the phone was about to report, but a 105mm artillery shell directly cut off the phone line, forcing him to suppress his words.

While the two were trying to talk, another round of artillery shells flew towards the artillery position of the 110th Division.

Amidst the loud explosion, a cannon was hit right in the bullseye, and a dozen Japanese artillerymen around it were directly blown into pieces of meat flying in the sky.

The Japs who have survived to this day have very high personal military abilities and qualities. They knew in the first round that the location of their own artillery positions must have been leaked.

 But these heavy artillery are the division’s trump card, and the artillerymen are unwilling to give up and dare not give up.

Even at this time of life and death, they still want to move with heavy artillery.

But the large-caliber cannon is not a gadget like the Type 92 infantry gun. After it was dismantled, several artillerymen directly carried it away.

  The 105mm cannon fixed at the gun emplacement would be impossible to move away within a few minutes.

 With skill, the headquarters artillery brigade can fire more than a dozen salvos. With the help of artillery school shooting machines, the Japanese had to be buried with heavy artillery even if they didn't want to die.

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 The perspective returns to the forward command post of the 110th Division again.

　　After learning that the heavy artillery unit he had carefully cared for was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, Iimorinuma immediately slumped down on the stool in the communication room, and even looked ten years older.

 After losing a regiment and all large-caliber artillery, the Japanese lieutenant general had already begun to think about retreating. There are only a dozen 75mm mountain and field guns left, so why should we fight against the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region?

 But at this moment, the Major General Chief of Staff on the side exclaimed, as if something terrifying had appeared.

 “Your Majesty Lieutenant General! Something bad is happening!”

“Tanks! Lots of tanks! We’re surrounded!

 After luring the enemy deep, it is natural to surround and annihilate them.

 It took so much effort to lead the 110th Division to the decisive battle site, so naturally it must be wiped out as much as possible! (End of chapter)