War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 128: Running is not shameful!
"Hahahahaha!"

Xu Chaoyang smiled happily: "Commander Li, my combat experience is accumulated with the lives of soldiers. If you let these two sentences seduce me, do you think my immediate superior will risk military law and fight you to the death?"

After Xu Chaoyang said this, he immediately understood why the generals with integrity would rather be trapped in the enemy camp and curse than live in disgrace. In their hearts, they not only have loyalty to their "lord", but also awe for the undead on the battlefield.

"Who is your immediate boss?"

Xu Chaoyang straightened his chest immediately and said proudly: "Bingcheng, Yang Jingyu."

"No wonder."

Li Haidan left without saying a single word, as if Yang Jingyu's name had some special meaning.

Xu Chaoyang turned around and shouted to Yang Jingyu: "Old Ma, we have to clean up quickly, the Mongolian brothers have already woken up!"

Yang Jingyu immediately sat up straight from the ground. His surname was indeed Ma, but Xu Chaoyang had never called him Lao Ma.

Yang Jingyu gave a look to Wang Tianhao who had just sat up. Wang Tianhao shouted to the others, "All platoons, assemble immediately and be ready to go at any time."

"Chaoyang, what's going on?" When the troops stood up and gathered, Yang Jingyu walked towards Xu Chaoyang, and Xu Chaoyang handed over the book in his hand.

"Look, this shows the devil's ambition for the whole of Asia."

As he described Li Haidan, he explained, "Although we have entered Inner Mongolia and have escaped from the Northeast, the devils here are still difficult to defeat."

Xu Chaoyang pointed at the book in Yang Jingyu's hand and said, "It contains the drill manuals and regulations that the Japanese army should have. It states that Japanese soldiers need to undergo a full year of training before they can be sent to the battlefield. The training results of this year include the first five months of basic infantry tactics training, which includes field training under extreme weather and terrain conditions, mainly training endurance and night combat capabilities under extreme weather conditions."

"The next phase will be infantry comprehensive capability training, which includes coordination training from the smallest unit to the regiment level, infantry-artillery coordination training, etc."

"The purpose of this training is to increase each recruit's overall perspective."

The more Yang Jingyu listened, the uglier his expression became. Finally, he sighed, "No wonder when our machine guns sounded, all the Japanese turned their heads around at the same time, like flies seeing shit!"

"When our people heard the machine guns, they all shrank their necks!"

Xu Chaoyang continued, "Yes, in Tailai, all the Japanese officers were killed by Lao Baturu, but the Japanese army was still able to organize an orderly attack and completely destroy our killing zone. This is the effect of long-term systematic training."

“In addition to this, they also have daily forced marches and tactical movement training;”

"During this training phase, the requirement for new recruits is to be able to shoot 400 rings with a Type rifle at meters!"

Yang Jingyu finally understood how so many soldiers died. 400 meters, ten shots, eighty rings. The horror of these numbers put together was like the dust on the ground in front of Xu Chaoyang that was constantly stirred up by bullets when he picked up the machine gun outside the mountain village. It was a feeling that the god of death was watching you shooting, ready to take you away at any time.

Of course, this refers to the shooting results on stationary targets in an interference-free environment, not the results on the battlefield.

The problem is that the Japs' battlefield performance was also not bad. In the midsummer of 1932, no one would dispute that their individual soldier quality was world-class.

"Altai, ask your men to free up a horse. Chaoyang and I have something to talk about."

Xu Chaoyang and Yang Jingyu rode the same horse. After Li Haidan and his group led the large group to set off, they crossed the river and began to head deep into the grassland.

"Chaoyang, you and Li Hai were chatting about the Japanese, why did you suddenly call me Lao Ma?"

Xu Chaoyang sat on the horse's buttocks and told Li Haidan about his poaching: "We don't know each other, no matter what the other party's motivation is, it's better to be on guard."

“They saved our lives…”

"Are you overthinking this?"

Xu Chaoyang laughed and scolded, "Put your worthless kindness in your trouser pockets. It smells bad."

"piss off."

Xu Chaoyang really wanted to explain all of Japan's characteristics and tactical features to Yang Jingyu in one day, but how could it be explained in just a few words when it took them so many years to develop a system?
He could only try his best to explain what the Japanese infantry tactics were; what kind of tactics they would use under what kind of tactical reconnaissance; and how they could use tactical penetration with a small number of troops and use their weapon advantages to repel a force with a numerical advantage but inferior weapons...

He even told a case, but Xu Chaoyang told the case in the form of the Japanese army's 'daily training', and attributed the origin of the case entirely to Li Haidan, insisting that someone else told him.

He said: "In fact, when the Japanese army was training, they rarely trained to completely destroy the enemy on the battlefield. But when they used the geographical detection of our country by their ancestors and had an accurate map with a scale of 1:25000, the advantage of tactical insertion was instantly reflected." "Everyone knows that the Japanese army's tactics are artillery bombardment and infantry charge, and artillery bombardment after infantry charge, but how many people know the details?"

"Where did the Japanese artillery's accuracy come from?"

"Is their naked-eye observation really better than the existing troops on the land?"

of course not!

The accuracy of Japanese artillery comes from observation balloons. They will launch observation balloons 20 kilometers away from the battlefield. If they are fighting in the field, the observation balloons will be hung on a tethered vehicle weighing five tons to ensure the safety of the observation balloons after they are launched.

The observers on the observation balloons are the eyes of the artillery. They will report data through the observation balloons equipped with telephones. This kind of observation, combined with high-powered telescopes (existing), is much more accurate than a hasty glance when a reconnaissance plane flies over.

This is why the Japanese artillery accuracy is far higher than that of domestic forces.

In this situation, after the artillery bombardment, the infantry can of course charge forward. The individual quality and accuracy of the Japanese infantry will make it impossible for the positions bombarded by the artillery to launch any decent counterattack. With backward weapons and equipment and backward tactical awareness, retreat is a natural thing.

Can the Japanese let you retreat so easily?

will not.

They will judge whether the battle can be fought the moment the two armies come into contact. As long as they see signs of victory, they will immediately send a small force to go around the rear. This small force will use the advantage of the map in their hands to wait on the road where our army is about to retreat. Once they find the retreating soldiers, they will immediately use the advantage of firepower to attack the rear, turning their retreat into a rout.

Doing so not only prevents the withdrawn troops from returning to the battlefield after a short rest, but also destroys the confidence of the soldiers. Once morale drops, the battle cannot be fought at all.

What if there is a deviation in the interception?
This small force would quickly return to the battlefield and use its weapon advantage to form flanking firepower. When the Japanese army on the battlefield charged, the troops responsible for defense on the position would inexplicably suffer flanking attacks, thus completing the change from blocking to pincer tactics.

Yes, at this time, the Japanese army could rely solely on their weapon advantage rather than their numerical advantage to launch a pincer attack against the poorly trained local troops. A simple artillery bombardment followed by an infantry charge allowed them to use a variety of tactics.

So, how did the organized local troops respond?
It's a bit embarrassing to say it. First of all, we don't have high-precision maps. Secondly, after the local artillery of the local forces observes and determines the position of the enemy's artillery position, they need to report it layer by layer. Some local armed forces even have to report it to the division headquarters, and then the division headquarters will command the artillery operations. By the time the shells are fired, the food will be cold.

Xu Chaoyang even felt that the reason why Li Haidan was able to win several battles in Tongliao was because he had learned lessons in this regard.

Most of his troops were cavalry. Whenever they were fighting in the field, they would charge forward and shoot, then ride away. This would make it difficult for the Japanese artillery to know where to fire.

On the vast grassland, Li Haidan himself didn't know in which direction to lead his troops after riding and shooting. Naturally, the Japanese army had no way to intercept them, let alone launch offensive flanking fire.
It was not until 1942 that Japan added descriptions of "defense" tactics to its military manual. At that time, facing the cavalry's archery charge, they really couldn't react and know what to do.

As the horse swayed on horseback, Xu Chaoyang expounded on what he knew in long paragraphs. When he finished speaking, the sky was already filled with sunset glow. The troops led by Li Haidan walked into a world surrounded by green grass. When the wind blew on the grassland, the green grass on the surface immediately fell with the wind, making people feel relaxed and happy.

"Chaoyang, why haven't we encountered what you said?"

Yang Jingyu didn't disbelieve Xu Chaoyang, nor did he think that this statement was untrue, he just hadn't seen it.

Xu Chaoyang had an unwilling expression on his face: "What we are fighting with the Japanese is not a war at all. Maybe to the Japanese high-ranking officials, it's just dealing with some mobs."

"As for the little damage we caused to the Japanese army..."

"Do you think Okamura Neiji would care whether his two squadrons were defeated? At most, he would just scold his regiment commanders and ask why their men were so useless."

Yang Jingyu didn't want to listen: "Isn't this still a war? So many of my people died..."

"This is certainly not a war. None of the battles we fought were against the Japanese army when they were fully prepared."

This is why Yang Jingyu wanted to ride a horse with Xu Chaoyang. He was really afraid that the soldiers’ enthusiasm would be killed after hearing these words.

"So if we encounter such an organized Japanese army, how should we fight?"

When Yang Jingyu asked this question, Xu Chaoyang immediately asked back: "Fight?"

"You want to fight this Japanese army regiment with observation balloons and world-class individual quality?"

"Of course I'm running!"

He patted Yang Jingyu's shoulder in front of him and said, "Trust me, run, it's not shameful."

(End of this chapter)