"Really won?"

The next day, when he saw the joint commendation order from the locust and the base camp for the 15th Independent Brigade, the commander of Chengde's new devil 'Northern Army', Hattori Kotaro had a wonderful expression on his face.

Doubt!

Horror!

Indissoluble!

According to a detailed battle report.

On the right flank of Dingzhou, the locust army participating in the battle this time was the 79th Wing plus two independent brigades, with a total strength of about 4,900 people, and the scale of the enemy who launched the attack was the same as that sent by the independent regiment opposite Chengde each time.

All were one hundred and eight tanks, accompanied by about one hundred and thirty armored vehicles, attacking under the cover of a hundred 125 howitzers, followed by about four thousand to five thousand infantry.

Although he didn't know what kind of independent regimental troops the 15th Brigade encountered was encountered, on his side, every time he attacked a newly formed unit, a rookie who had just come out of the training camp.

The 15th Brigade repelled an attack of the same magnitude with 4,700 men, explosives packs, Type 4 anti-tank piercing mines, several mountain guns, and several 47-mm anti-tank guns.

It also annihilated a large number of enemies, captured dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as artillery and a large number of small arms.

And his 'Northern Army'.

The Northern Army, which was formed in response to the attack of the Eighth Route Independent Regiment on the northeast region, needed to dispatch a division-sized force, that is, 15,000 men, to deal with the attack of an enemy of the same size, and also needed the support of another division.

The total strength is 30,000.

You have to rely on positions to barely hold on.

Wrong.

It is to pay heavy casualties and survive until the other side retreats.

The gap was so big that he couldn't understand, couldn't imagine, couldn't believe it.

"How the hell is this done?"

Hattori's brow furrowed deeply.

This kind of thing must have been an accident, and it was impossible to replicate it again, but even so, he couldn't even imagine how it happened.

Moreover, when this happens, such a huge difference in results, even if there is no possibility of replication.

He will also meet the base camp, and even the locusts who scold him for his incompetence, and if he is unable to improve his current situation and win one or two battles, he will be removed from his post.

"After the detailed battle report comes out."

Hattori said to his chief of staff:

"Send it to me right away."

"Hey."

The Chief of Staff should be.

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"I see!"

At the same time.

After reading the detailed combat report on the right wing of Dingzhou jointly written by brigade commander Tanaka Ken, wing commander Marukawa Daisuke, group commander Tanikaku Kei, and Maruo Shigeru, Yamamoto showed a sudden and admiring expression.

He understood why the right wing of Dingzhou was able to play such an astonishing record.

According to the detailed 'battle report'.

At the beginning of the enemy's occupation of Shikazhuang, Tanaka began to plan how to repuls, defeat, and even severely damage the armored forces of the independent regiment.

In order to achieve this goal, he made careful planning and a lot of preparation.

First of all, he joined forces with Daisuke Marukawa, Kei Tanijiao, Shigeru Maruo, and other senior officers who had many experiences in fighting with the armored units of the independent regiment, and went deep into the level of each brigade, squad, and detachment to investigate the details of the battlefield in detail and analyze the shortcomings of the independent regiment.

Eventually, several people found out.

The independent regiment was well equipped, well supplied, and its overall firepower was more than 10 times that of the Imperial Locust Army, and the battlefield communications were good, and the radio station was almost as widespread as the company and platoon level, and coupled with the steady and steady fighting style, it seemed that there were almost no loopholes.

But after digging deeper.

Compared with the terrifying firepower and abundant supplies, the huge armored cluster is the most critical factor for the independent regiment to win again and again, and the locust army, which lacks effective anti-tank weapons, cannot stop the attack of the armored group at all.

It's just that these armored forces require a large number of technicians to operate, and talent is the biggest problem of the Eighth Road. The Republic of China, an agrarian country, simply cannot provide such a large scale of talent.

In the same way, although artillery does not have as high requirements for technical personnel as tank troops, it is not something that farmers who have just come out of the fields can master.

This is the biggest problem of the Independent Regiment.

The top of the independent regiment is well aware of this problem, but the problem of talent cannot be solved in the short term, and in order to quickly develop the strength of the armored forces, it is necessary to choose dogmatic training troops, mechanized training tactics.

While this allowed the troops to use the power of the armored cluster, it also showed an Achilles' heel.

It is these dogmatic trainings that have been trained in a dogmatic manner, and during combat operations, they have also behaved in a dogmatic manner, lacking experience, and are unable to effectively deal with ever-changing battlefield situations, and are prone to make mistakes.

Of course, the top level of the Independent Regiment also knew about this situation, so they formulated a strategy of steady and steady progress, and slowly advanced it to train the troops and grassroots officers in actual combat, so that the troops could thoroughly master the advanced weapons and equipment.

But such a short period of time, coupled with the fact that the army is still expanding at a high speed, is far from enough.

As long as we take measures according to local conditions in battle, through the terrain and through local tactics, we will gradually disperse the attacking troops of the independent regiment, cause the disconnection of armored forces, cause the failure of artillery support, or create other accidents.

With scattered armored forces, the locust army is very simple to deal with.

For example, this time, the reason why a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were captured was the shortcomings of the armored units of the independent regiment, the lack of driving experience, the dogmatic reaction process, and the over-reliance on equipment.

By luring the enemy deep and repeatedly circling in complex terrain, the armored units of the Independent Regiment were forced to maintain high fuel consumption, and finally the fuel was exhausted, and when they replenished fuel, they suddenly launched a counterattack, approaching with the help of smoke grenades, thus annihilating the enemy in one fell swoop and capturing a large amount of equipment.

"Tanaka-kun deserves to be called a hero of the empire."

Kotaro Ito, who was also on the side, also pretended to nod suddenly, and lifted a wave of his teammates:

"Although the Eighth Route of the Independent Regiment has such a shortcoming, it is not possible for anyone to create an opportunity to take advantage of this shortcoming."

"Indeed."

Yamamoto nodded approvingly.

Talent is the shortcoming of the independent regiment troops, which everyone knows, from the imperial generals to the grassroots and low-ranking soldiers.

But the huge armored forces, the terrifying firepower, the incredible supplies, and the steady strategy still make the empire face the independent regiment like a hedgehog, and there is no way to say it.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been fought for so long, and there were almost no wins.

In addition to the problems of the independent regiment, the reason why this Tanaka Ken was able to achieve such a record was also the reason why he carefully investigated the enemy before the war and planned the battle plan carefully, which was also a crucial reason.

"I'll immediately report the situation to the base camp."

Yamamoto put away the papers in his hand.

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Yamamoto's telegram had just arrived at the Prime Minister's Office.

Songxian Airport.

Three transport planes slowly landed, and about thirty people came out of it.

Among them, there is one of the heads of the independent regiment, the head of the independent flight regiment, and the person in charge of the Heyuan County flight base, Huang Quan. and the captain of the special squad, Wei Dayong. There are also some pilots, judging by the armbands on their shoulders, this group of pilots are the top pilots in the whole army.

The trump card of the trump cards.

This group of guys, all crazy, has more than 3,000 hours of flight time, and this group of people is the admission ticket. You must know that the flight unit of the independent regiment has been formed for less than a year!

There used to be people who stayed in the air sixteen hours a day for a month.

It can be seen.

"Is all the information organized?"

As soon as he got off the plane, Huang Quan went straight to the command room.

He speaks to the point.

Under the leadership of Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, coupled with the extreme pursuit of speed under the condition of ensuring quality, as well as the influence of the master, the independent regiment and the construction brigade have developed a vigorous and resolute style.

At this time, there were only Huang Quan, the commander of the flying regiment, Wei Dayong, Kong Jie, and the chief of staff near Songxian in the war room.

"It's all sorted out."

It was Kong Jie who answered him, and while pulling out a stack of materials, he said:

"According to the information provided by the headquarters, the devils are currently assembling fighter jets to regain air supremacy in the Changheng region, the number of aircraft is estimated to be more than 150, and the pilots are all elites mobilized from Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and the Kwantung Army region."

"The assembly is expected to be completed in mid-August."

"At present, these planes and pilots are stationed at airports in the Suzhou-Hangzhou region."

"However, this time the little devil's intelligence was kept secret, and a lot of false information was released, even if aerial reconnaissance was used, we only found fifteen planes at two airports."

"These two airports, as well as the locations of the fifteen planes, some of them were provided to us by the devil's insiders."

"As for the location of the pilot, there is no intelligence."

During the piston propeller period, airplanes were very suitable for hiding, especially fighter jets, a larger house could be hidden, and a lawn could take off, so it was normal not to be detected.

"The little devil has also learned to be obedient!"

Huang Quan snorted coldly.

At the beginning of the Battle of Central Henan, he led the independent regiment flight regiment, cooperated with the special forces to accurately locate the situation, coupled with the detailed information provided by Boss Chen, carried out a large-scale bombing of almost all the airfields of the southern devils, destroyed almost all aircraft, and killed a large number of pilots.

This is also the reason why the airport in Songxian area can fly and transport unscrupulously in the early stage.

This time, the little devil's concentrated flight group's movements were so hidden, it must have been afraid of being preempted by the independent regiment again.

"Our intelligence capabilities need to be strengthened."

As he spoke, Kong Jie sighed with emotion.

"The development of intelligence forces requires human and material support, how long will it take for us to become rich? It's almost normal now. ”

Huang Quan continued:

"As long as we continue to do it, it will definitely get better and better, and one day, we can rely on our own intelligence power to obtain sufficient intelligence."

"Indeed."

Kong Jie nodded, although there are ample intelligence channels at present, the headquarters has never relaxed its intelligence force construction, and as he spoke, he took out a brand new piece of intelligence and said:

"From Boss Chen's side, we have obtained detailed information on the hiding point of the devil's plane and the pilot's residence."