In the division commander's office of the 200th Division, Commander Du and Zhang Wei sat opposite each other at the desk, on which was placed a map of the eastern Henan region.

Zhang Wei first recounted the entire process of the battle in eastern Henan to Commander Du, who, as Commander Du said, could not read much useful in the telegram.

"Sir, this is the general process of my Yudong Corps besieging the enemy's 14th Division, about half a month, until the enemy raided Kaifeng, my Kaifeng defenders' Eighth Army retreated, resulting in a wide opening of the back road."

"Our army has been fighting fiercely for several days, the offensive has weakened, and with heavy casualties, it was forced to retreat, but the enemy's Tufei Yuan Division was also heavily damaged by our army."

Zhang Wei gave Du Yuming a complete account of the siege of the first phase of the Battle of Eastern Henan, including the various situations known to Zhang Wei, as well as the battles in which the preparatory battalion personally participated, the battle of the river dam, and the offensive and defensive battles against the enemy's 59th Wing.

"In this way, our army is really in vain, and as soon as the Kaifeng back road is lost, the siege cannot continue." Chief Du said.

Zhang Wei nodded: "Yes, but our blood has not been shed in vain, and the enemy army has also suffered heavy losses." ”

"Sir, the most important thing for our army in this battle is the experience in small battles, including the battle of small units and the use of combat vehicles." Commander Du's eyes lit up, what Zhang Wei is talking about now is what he wants most, the national army's tank use level is very low, lack of experience, the same is true of the 200 division, there are a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, but there is not much combat experience.

"Tell me about it!" Chief Du's eyes lit up and pushed Zhang Wei to a cup of tea.

Zhang Wei was not polite, took a sip, and continued. "Sir, in this operation, our army's old problems still exist, the quality of the troops is too poor, the soldiers and grass-roots officers are poorly organized, the brave are too brave, the cowardly are too cowardly, the organization is chaotic, the command orders can not always be carried out to the end, and the implementation to the end, most of our army's Henan East Corps are troops that retreated after the Nanjing War, there are too many recruits, and many people have not even completed the basic individual combat training, and they are not as useful as they should be."

"Hmm" Chief Du snorted, without much reaction, what Zhang Wei said is true, but it is the same as not talking about it, compared with the Japanese army, the quality of the national army is low, almost everyone knows it, just like the strength of a child is not as good as that of an adult, it is purely a matter of common sense, a general statement.

"The quality of the soldiers can only rely on training, there is no way, in addition, after entering this battle, for our 200 division, there are two things that urgently need to be improved, the first is the command of grassroots officers, and the second is the ability to cooperate between infantry and tanks."

"In this combat effectiveness, our battalion captured a lot of fragments of the Japanese army, and on the captains and even second lieutenant officers, we searched for a complete, high-precision topographic map of the eastern Henan region, which is much more accurate than the map of our army."

"It can be accurate to the distribution of each village, on the other hand, the map of our army is full of errors, not only a matter of intelligence, almost all the grassroots officers of the Japanese army have the ability to read and use maps, our army should not think about it, many platoon commanders are illiterate."

"Moreover, many Cao commanders of the Japanese army can search for infantry drill manuals and basic infantry combat textbooks, how many grassroots officers in our army can master these most basic things?"

"Compared with soldiers, we feel that there is an urgent need to strengthen the education of officers, especially since our division has just become an army, and we should do more to improve the command ability of company and platoon commanders at the grassroots level, which can greatly make up for the low fighting quality of soldiers."

Chief Du nodded thoughtfully, the quality of the Japanese army's grassroots officers and sergeants is famous, in fact, although the quality of the Japanese soldiers is high, it is only relative to the national army, and it is not irreparably high.

Taking the standing division of the Japanese army as an example, in peacetime, its equipment and personnel were not sufficient. The source of the Japanese army's troops comes from the divisional and regimental districts to which each division belongs, and the divisional and regimental districts will conduct military training for civilians in their subordinate areas, and when there is a need in wartime, they will recruit soldiers on a large scale in the divisional and regimental districts to complete the personnel structure of the corresponding divisions and regiments.

When many Japanese soldiers were officially conscripted, they fired only a few dozen rounds of bullets a year, and many soldiers who were in standing service would not shoot much more live ammunition.

Therefore, the shooting skills and combat qualities of many soldiers of the Japanese army are stronger than those of the national army, and they are far from terrifying.

Zhang Wei also read some jokes on the Internet in his previous life, saying that the Japanese soldiers hit moving targets without missing bullets, and they can also swim and attack targets 300 meters away, and they can hit every 100 shots, depicting the Japanese soldiers as gods of war, all of them are fucking bullshit!

If the Japanese army could really feed every soldier to bullets, I am afraid that it would have been possible to prosper together in Greater East Asia and conquer the world long ago.

The real strength of the Japanese army lies in the fact that the soldiers have a certain cultural quality, have undergone basic training in peacetime, and have a complete and complete mobilization system.

The excellent quality and command ability of officers and noncommissioned officers at all levels have supported the skeleton of the troops, and every officer at the grassroots level is skilled in his work and has a strong ability to adapt to changes on the battlefield.

On the other hand, in the national army, the reinforcement of soldiers is basically grasped from the rear, the cultural quality is basically zero, and they do not even recognize the Arabic numerals on the ruler, so it is very difficult to train them into qualified soldiers.

In terms of the officer class, the officers at all levels of the Japanese army are basically graduates of military academies and have complete education and service experience, while on the side of the national army, there are few grassroots officers who can completely memorize the infantry drill code, and there are not enough military cadets at all, and more are platoon commanders and company commanders who are promoted from grassroots soldiers and ranks.

Many people can't even do a good soldier or an excellent squad leader, so how can they lead a platoon and a company well?

The situation of middle and high-ranking officers is also not optimistic, and a regiment commander of the Central Army, who was born in the Huangpu lineage, was basically in his thirties when he sat in the position of regiment commander according to the normal pace of promotion.

The commander of the Japanese army wing at the same level, when he became the captain of the Dazuo wing, was mostly 50 years old, and he had served in the grassroots units for much more time than the officers of the national army.

Of course, the command and dispatch ability were stronger than those of the officers of the Nationalist army, and in the study of military schools, the level of education and time received by the Japanese officers was far greater than that of the Chinese officers.

Japanese soldiers with a certain level of education and basic training, under the leadership of high-quality officers and non-commissioned officers, will naturally burst out with combat effectiveness far exceeding that of the national army.

The ability and quality of officers at the grassroots level are extremely important to the army all the time, and the soldiers of the national army basically rely on arrest, and most of them are illiterate, and there is no other way but to train with their lives.

What Zhang Wei meant was that he hoped that starting with the officers at the grassroots level would improve the command ability and military quality of the company and platoon commanders at the grassroots level, which would be of great benefit to the combat effectiveness of the troops and would also be a way to improve them relatively quickly.

It is easier to improve the abilities of junior officers than to teach a group of illiterate soldiers to know numbers and to be proficient in the use of weapons.

"I understand what you mean, many platoon commanders of grassroots companies in our army are from the army, and their command ability is indeed poor, and those who graduated from military schools also have many shortcomings." Chief Du said in a deep voice.

"Division, I suggest that the grassroots officers be educated and trained, focusing on the basic infantry drill and the basic infantry tactics of the platoon and company, which is considered the basic knowledge, but unfortunately many people can't even grasp this well, and urge them to lay a solid foundation and fight the Japanese army in order to respond in time."