Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

"Brigade Commander, what are you talking about? You can't decide what to do with the Japs. Brothers, you can sleep as long as you have enough food and drink. You must have confidence in the brothers on duty. Isn't that what you told us before? Anyway, we can sleep without orders."

One of his battalion commanders said nonchalantly.

Sleeping on the battlefield has become a common occurrence for them.

If you can't fall asleep next to a machine gun, your morale on the battlefield will be very low.

If your spirit is low on the battlefield, you will be careless, and even the slightest carelessness may cost you your life.

"I underestimated you. Let's stick to the old rules. You don't have to get up without orders. Rest as much as you can. Brothers, hurry up and disperse."

Guo Shaoqiu was very satisfied with his comrades. The 72nd Army had already established a battlefield rest plan. No matter where you are, as long as your squad leader doesn't kick you up, it means you have no combat mission. You can rest as needed, even if you can't sleep, just close your eyes and rest.

But if there is a combat mission, you must move as fast as a rabbit, quickly crawl out of your sleeping bag, and then run to the nearest combat location.

Japanese Urayasu Expeditionary Force Headquarters.

"The newly formed Pujiang First Brigade, based on the former Southeast Asian Overseas Chinese Volunteer Corps, cooperates with the Pujiang Police Department's Public Security Brigade. If all are assembled, their total number will reach over 16,000. Furthermore, several armies are coming from the north, and their combat effectiveness will be even stronger. They haven't assembled yet, but even this part has already captured Luodian..."

Major General Yamada, Chief of Staff of the Pujiang Expeditionary Force, was describing the situation around Luodian to the senior officers of the expeditionary force. When the news of the fall of Luodian came, many generals thought they had misheard. After all, they had just celebrated the victory for less than half an hour, and it had been taken back?

"I heard that during today's battle, their artillery deployed 155mm howitzers. This will put enormous pressure on our frontline combat units. Furthermore, they possess a large number of 100mm and 120mm mortars, whose caliber is so large that it exceeds our troops' ability to withstand them. With our current infantry and mountain artillery, we simply cannot suppress them."

Taro Ito, the new commander of the 3rd Division, frowned and said that this was originally the position defended by his men. Now, not only was an infantry company directly defeated, but the 3rd Division was also criticized for not having much offensive or defensive capabilities, and it took them several days to take Luodian.

After we took it, we couldn't even hold it for half a day before it was taken back by the enemy. So what exactly is the ability of your Third Division?

He had to take this opportunity to point out some special facts, such as the heavy howitzers possessed by the enemy. From the perspective of the entire Pujiang Expeditionary Force, this was also something worthy of attention.

Currently, Japan has more than six divisions participating in the war, but even so, the number of troops equipped with 155mm howitzers is pitifully small.

Apart from the artillery regiment, no other army has it.

However, Japan's heavy artillery units did not dare to show up. Whenever they showed up, they would always be captured by the 72nd Army's Air Force. Often, before they could start to pack up, bombs had already fallen from the sky. Japan's industrial production capacity was too far behind that of Western countries. The 155mm howitzer could already be called a strategic weapon. If they suffered too much loss in Pujiang, they would not be able to replenish it.

So when the Luodian area was bombarded today, the Japanese heavy artillery troops did not say a word because it was still daylight. If they had opened fire, the planes of the 72nd Army would have smelled the scent and come, and the entire Pujiang Expeditionary Force would have no heavy artillery troops tomorrow.

"Commander, I think these are all excuses. We are very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Army. Perhaps the Pujiang First Brigade is strong, but we can adopt a roundabout strategy to attack the Dragon Army around Luodian, and then surround the entire Luodian..."

Said Takahashi Tanimoto, commander of the 11th Division.

This guy has always been dissatisfied with the 3rd Division taking the main attack. Since you have received the main attack mission, you should just fight well. But you can neither take the city nor defend it, and you still want to act like the big brother within the Pujiang Expeditionary Force. Why?

Although this guy was not respectful enough to the 3rd Division, the method he proposed was still acceptable. If they continued to attack the army defending Luodian, many people would not have the confidence to do so. However, attacking these peripheral troops would inevitably feel like picking the soft persimmon. Moreover, these peripheral troops were not easy to fight. After so many days of fighting, there were many armies with more than 50% casualties, but few armies withdrew from the battle. They all gritted their teeth and continued to fight, which also caused a lot of losses to the Japanese side.

"Commander, I disagree with Mr. Takahashi's opinion. If our Japanese army can only attack some weak units, then do we have to go around the 72nd Army on the battlefield? I beg the headquarters to support me. I will personally lead the 3rd Division to retake Luodian."

Division Commander Ito stood up and said.

He must defend the glory of the Third Division and must not lose it in his hands.

"Lord Ito is right. We cannot compromise on this."

"The Third Division is the Empire's ace unit. With the reinforcements from other units, we will surely win the battle for Luodian."

Within the Pujiang Expeditionary Force, the 3rd Division still has a lot of market share. When their division commander Taro Ito expressed his position, he immediately received a lot of compliments.

Taro Ito also nodded with a smile, and at the same time looked provocatively at the 11th Division next to him.

Takahashi Furumoto crossed his legs. He had long known that the Third Division had many followers. After all, it was a top-ranked club, but my Eleventh Division was not much worse.

"Very good. This is the aspiration the Imperial Army should have. I will assign the tank company and the heavy artillery regiment to you. At the same time, the Canggu Regiment and the Inoue Regiment of the 11th Division will also be placed at your disposal."

General Matsui, commander-in-chief of the Pujiang Expeditionary Force, was also very satisfied with the 3rd Division. After all, he had once served as the commander of the 3rd Division and was unwilling to see his old troops decline.