The Japanese no longer carried out useless pig-like attacks, but changed their tactics to scurry around like headless mice in the earthwork tunnels and bunkers on the position.
This tactic of avoiding being hit by direct fire as much as possible and limiting the use of the Red Army's superior firepower has indeed caused certain troubles for the leader's attacking troops.
It is not enough to directly send tanks to charge deep into the position. Considering the crazy fighting style of the Japanese army, pushing the tanks into the faces of the Japanese infantry will inevitably sustain several times, or even ten times the current tank losses.
The Japanese army, which did not care about the lives of the bulky soldiers, only cared about whether they could destroy the tanks. Once the opportunity to destroy the tanks was presented to the Japanese army, all kinds of lifeless suicide attacks were inevitable.
But if there is no tank charge, the battle of infantry clearing trenches and earthwork bunkers will continue.
The heavy fire support they received had weakened, and the infantry units that had been restricted had to face continuous attacks and ambushes by small groups of Japanese infantry that had been reduced to pieces everywhere, regardless of casualties.
As a result, the infantry casualties of the leader's attacking force will increase sharply, which is also to be expected.
As long as the leader's attacking troops continue to attack using unchanged tactics, they will inevitably face such a situation. This is an effective tactical adjustment made by the Japanese army based on its existing combat experience.
Therefore, you should never underestimate your opponent at any time. Even the three-digit Kwantung Army division, which is almost an entire Mariana Trench behind the leader's army in terms of overall combat quality and equipment level, will continue to sum up experience and lessons in the battle.
And learn and progress.
Without sufficient and effective high-quality technical equipment, the Japanese army had no other choice but to make fuss and work hard at the tactical level.
For the current Japanese army, there is no need to think about flexible positional defensive operations, such as the kind of flexible positional defense operations that estimate that the opponent's artillery fire is coming, quickly retreat to avoid the artillery fire, and then rush forward to continue fighting after the artillery fire is over.
It not only greatly shortens the OODA cycle of artillery operations, but also provides faster artillery strike time sensitivity.
The ashen-faced Japanese Lieutenant General's division commander no longer had any hope for the position that was currently being covered by devastating artillery fire and had not yet been substantially occupied by the leader's army.
This feeling of powerlessness that penetrates deep into the soul is far more deadly than the Russian artillery fire, almost destroying the whole person's will and tearing it to pieces.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, this"
"It's over. The Kondo Alliance can no longer withdraw. Prepare to reorganize the defense behind the artillery fire coverage area."
In front of the TOS-1A, whose OODA cycle is already unmatched, and the rounding is directly comparable to the bayonet on a military-level field artillery group.
"Fortunately, the artillery fire strikes so fast, those Japanese devils are definitely doomed now."
Seeing this, Sulovechenko quickly came up to support Alsim and asked questions.
The strong back push almost made Alsim, who was strong and stout, almost unsteady. He barely managed to throw himself to the ground on the spot. He grabbed hold of the trench wall next to him and was able to stabilize his body and enter the Japanese army.
Inside the bombproof cave left behind.
At the same time, in this era when the accuracy of artillery fire is not very good, large-scale heavy artillery fire can easily injure friendly troops. By striking within visual range, the accuracy of artillery fire is relatively improved, the error range is reduced, and the probability of inadvertently injuring friendly troops is covered by large-scale firepower.
Significantly reduced.
What the Japanese army has to face after all is more than just the equipment system of the leader's attacking troops.
The greatest role that TOS-1A plays in the entire equipment system of the Leader Army is to convert the long-range direct firepower covered by army-level artillery fire into medium- and short-range strikes with relatively reliable accuracy within visual range.
At this moment, there are no tactical adjustments by the Japanese army to force the leading army to pay a higher price for the attack. The absolutely overwhelming firepower makes any tactical adjustments pale and ineffective, at least for the current Japanese army.
To be honest, it is quite rare for the Japanese army to be able to come up with such a response under such circumstances, and to increase the casualties of the leader's attacking troops just by tactical adjustments without improving the material conditions.
The chief of staff was shocked when he heard this and his eyes widened, almost in disbelief. The division commander's low voice continued to speak.
There was no order to continue garrisoning troops after the artillery fire ended, and they directly chose to abandon the position in this area, retreat and reorganize their defenses.
Any battlefield comparison is relative and is constantly changing dynamically.
If we look at the current situation in which the Japanese army has been bombed with corpses flying all over the sky, it is not reasonable to say that this is the advance infantry of the leader's attack force, luring the Japanese infantry out of their holes so that they can unleash devastating artillery fire.
It's not impossible.
The chief of staff, who was unable to utter a word after being told by the division commander, had a face full of unwillingness, sorrow and anger, but he also understood the truth and was even more helpless.
"I know you want to send reinforcements immediately after the artillery fire ends to compete with the Russians for control of the position, but that will not serve any purpose except increasing casualties."
It's just that it's hard to come by, and it's hard to grow a brain.
In addition to the mature tactics of "infantry in front, armor holding down the formation", the leader's attack force also has other means of strengthening. The TOS-1A rocket assault tank that has been driven to the front of the battle line is the solution.
The fierce firepower that was no less directly covered by the army's first-level field artillery cluster hit quickly. The interval from firing to explosion was even less than 5 seconds. The extremely fast reaction speed of the artillery strike did not leave any time for the Japanese troops to retreat.
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"The reinforcements can only enter from one main direction. The position covered by such fierce artillery fire has been virtually destroyed. There will be no favorable terrain, and there will be concentrated fire from the Russians in one direction. You know
The consequences of massing a large force in front of the Russians, aren't they?"
"But now, look what the situation is now."
Alsim, who had just broken away from contact with the Japanese army with his combat engineers and retreated, had not had time to turn into the artillery hole. He felt as if his back had been kicked by a donkey.
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The entire battlefield situation was once again reversed instantly by the ruthless destruction.
The chief of staff felt his whole body trembling and couldn't help but lament.
"The reason why we were able to delay the Russian offensive just now and cause the Russians to suffer greater casualties is because our troop deployment was carefully prepared, and all the teams and units involved in the battle were where they should be.
Based on the position, we can attack as advantageously as possible.”
The Japanese army, which had no chance to retreat, was left with the final result of being covered in ferocity on the battlefield where they had just fought the infantry of the leader's army.
The primary purpose of such a quick response and such a short cycle of OODA artillery strikes was to prevent the Japanese troops who might have noticed something was wrong from escaping.
"Hey, are you okay?"
To put it simply in down-to-earth terms, what does it mean to attach a bayonet to a cannon? It is called firing a TOS-1A into the face of the Japanese army.
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"Let the sacrifices of the soldiers be more meaningful! We can no longer afford such huge and useless casualties."
"Why? Why is the gap between us and the Russians so huge? Why on earth is this!?"
Let’s do a little popular science to make it easier for brothers to understand and read.
The artillery OODA cycle is a military term, which refers to the entire artillery combat strike process from reconnaissance to artillery firing, to target destruction and to confirmation of damage effects.
Generally speaking, the shorter the OODA loop is in most cases, the better. The shorter it is, the higher the efficiency of artillery operations. This chapter is a specific battlefield example.