"Your Excellency, Captain, we will use artillery fire to force the Chinese to hide in the building, while our army waits for now?" the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel asked tentatively.
"The materials of our Imperial Japanese Empire are precious, how can they be wasted in vain?" Jiro Wakiita glanced at his regimental deputy and replied calmly.
"Your Excellency, Captain, what do you mean?" The Japanese Lieutenant Colonel heard the hidden meaning of his superior's words very keenly, and continued to ask in a hurry.
This is an unspoken rule in the officialdom. Although the boss only gives the beginning, it does not mean that the subordinates can help him analyze his intentions clearly.
As a subordinate, you can be very strong in execution, but you must not be too smart. Yang Xiu is a lesson learned from the past.
Based on this alone, Wing Deputy Makino Shun, who basically manages logistics and has a very low presence, is a very wise deputy wing captain, leaving all opportunities to show his abilities to his superiors.
When you are very wise and explain the confusion of your "confused" subordinates, this is the time when you have the most sense of presence for the superior.
It's just like during a meeting, the boss opens and closes the rostrum, and a group of subordinates hold small notebooks, write a few words whether they understand or not, and have a look of enlightenment on their faces.
Isn't it true?
In fact, most of them were thinking the same thing as the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel at this time: You can make some nonsense if you want, but please hurry up!
"Makino-kun, have you read the Chinese morning newspaper?" Jiro Wakiba asked expressionlessly.
"The Chinese claim that there are more than 800 defenders in the building, with a strength of nearly six infantry companies." Makino Jun nodded hurriedly. "But I highly doubt that this is a data deliberately released by the Chinese. Perhaps, there will be more troops inside. This one
The commander of the Chinese army is extremely cunning."
"Yes, our military cannot base the accuracy of intelligence on the opponent's self-exposure. The so-called suspicion formation is nothing more than this.
According to the many heavy firepower points exposed by the Chinese yesterday, they have accumulated at least one infantry regiment in the building." Jiro Wakita nodded slightly, very satisfied with the "wisdom" of his subordinates.
At this time, whoever jumps out and says that the Chinese only have 800 people, the Japanese colonel can fight with him. What are you talking about! What are you talking about! 800 people? 800 people can defeat a complete infantry regiment of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Looking for teeth all over the ground? You are humiliating the Imperial Army.
It must be an infantry regiment, or not.
Not to mention the need for unified thinking within the 36th Infantry Regiment, even the division and regiment headquarters must agree, for the sake of the Imperial Army's face.
"Makino-kun, do you know that our army has been shelling for more than two hours? How many shells have been fired by our four mountain cannons and six infantry cannons?"
"Mountain artillery has fired more than 300, and infantry artillery has fired more than 500!" Makino Jun, the deputy commander of the regiment, did his homework very solidly and reported the approximate data without hesitation.
"What about the opponent?"
"The Chinese have been shooting at us for nearly half an hour. Although it is not as powerful as our army, the mortars can fire at least fifty shells, and the machine guns can never be less than a hundred rounds." The Japanese Lieutenant Colonel thought for a moment.
, giving an approximate value.
"In half an hour, they had a total of four mortars, firing about fifty shells, with an average of about twelve rounds per gun, which means it only takes three to four minutes to fire one shell." Jiro Wakiba calculated the data and reversed it.
Shen asked.
"Makino-kun, what do you think is the biggest key to our Imperial Army's victory in this war?"
Makino Jun probably didn't expect that his boss could go so far and make a huge turn to the key point of the entire battle. He thought carefully for a while before answering: "The Imperial Army is well-trained and has experienced hard battles. China's sky is already
Only the imperial eagle soars..."
"Makino-kun, with your talent and knowledge, you shouldn't just fool me with some clichés." Jiro Wakita was obviously not satisfied with his deputy's slippery answer, and shook his head with a slight sigh. "Actually, in my opinion, this battle
Victory is not due to our army being too strong, but because of the Chinese people’s own problems!”
He turned his eyes back to the distance and continued to talk to himself: "Our army has fought with the Chinese no less than ten times in this battle, and we are already familiar with their combat characteristics.
It is true that their military strength is nearly three times that of the empire, but except for a few elites, most of them have extremely poor equipment and unsatisfactory technical and tactical levels. The only thing worthy of praise may be that their fighting will is much stronger than you and I imagined.
To a certain extent, it can make up for their lack of combat experience.
But this is not the main reason for its failure.
Because there is one thing that fighting will cannot make up for: logistical support.
Including those elite troops, they possess German-style ordnance that is the envy of our army, but their logistical support is almost ridiculously poor.
With their heart-stopping heavy artillery, the bombardment will stop immediately after a certain period of time, not because they don't want to bombard, but because their logistical supplies are unsustainable.
Especially after the empire completely gained control of the air, their poor logistics became even worse. They could only use night transportation, but that amount of transportation was only a drop in the bucket.
Tell me, how can an army with guns and artillery but no bullets and shells win the war?"
"Your Excellency, Captain, are you saying..." Makino Jun's eyes lit up in a cooperative manner.
That means: Boss, is there a plan? I’m waiting for your wisdom to illuminate my whole being.
“So, based on my experience with the Chinese military and the Chinese’s recent struggling counterattack, I can already conclude that the ammunition reserves in this building will not be sufficient even if the Chinese have tried their best to reserve them.
Calculated based on the strength of an infantry regiment of the Chinese, 800 rounds of artillery shells may be their limit." Jiro Wakita narrowed his eyes and said confidently.
"Your Excellency, the captain, you really have nothing to miss!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel made a perfect realization, and promptly raised a clear doubt that his superiors could fully explain:
"But, based on the performance of the Chinese commanders in the past two days, why are they so stupid to fight with our army? Even if it is only half an hour."
"So, Makino-kun, you don't understand the Chinese people well enough." Wakitajiro sighed slightly, but there was a hint of amusement in his eyes.
"Yesterday we shelled the warehouse building, but they held back and did not launch a counterattack. They only opened fire when the infantry was dispatched. That was the most normal tactical behavior.
The flag they raised was shelled this morning, but it was hard for them to be beaten passively like yesterday. Why?
Because it is just like our united flag, Makino-kun, will you be willing to protect it with your own life?"
"Hi! I understand what your Excellency, the captain, means." Makino Jun bowed his head heavily.
"That is their spiritual totem. They would rather waste precious ammunition than defend it to the death. The Chinese people with such awareness are terrible."
"Terrible? It's fair to say it's scary." A hint of ferocity flashed across Jiro Wakiita's face.
"However, this is the battle for the rise of our Yamato nation. No matter how stubborn the enemy is, no matter how stubborn the resistance is, they will howl under the iron heel of the empire. They are destined to fail."
"Hi! Please give instructions on the next battle, Captain."
"Therefore, I asked the artillery squadron to continue bombardment. Firstly, the loud noise and smoke produced by the bombardment were used to cover up the civil engineering work of the engineers; secondly, it was to provide fire cover for the infantry who had finished their rest.
After another hour of shelling, the 2nd Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Infantry Brigade each sent an infantry squadron, five 89 tanks and three 94 tanks reinforced by the division headquarters to attack the building.
There is no trick to deal with such an opponent. We can only crush him from the front with absolute strength!" Jiro Wakiba ordered with a hint of determination on his face.
The Japanese lieutenant colonel's lowered eyelids were full of shock. He finally understood his superior's tactical intention.
