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

"Uchiyama-kun, you're from the Imperial Headquarters, and you studied abroad in the United States. You should know more about the new fighting styles of the world's armies than the rest of us. Do you have any suggestions for the current situation?"

After taking his seat, Division Commander Takahashi turned and praised a young man next to him. This man was the combat staff officer from the headquarters who had just arrived in Pujiang. Although his rank was not high, being only a major, his life experience was very rich.

Although he was already called a child prodigy in Japan when he was a teenager, he later received sponsorship from a large family and became the son-in-law of this large family. His life was on the rise.

Then, it was as if he had been blessed with luck. He almost always ranked among the top in every exam. He was sent to study in Europe when he was a teenager. What he learned covered many fields such as industry and military. Among the younger generation in Japan, he was one of the few intellectuals.

Some senior military officers within the Japanese headquarters also appreciated him.

Many articles have been published before, and some foreign military organizations highly praise it, so it is by no means just a pretty vase. Everyone present also knows that Chief of Staff Uchiyama, who came from the headquarters, has some tricks up his sleeve.

"Your Excellency, the current situation in Luodian is such that our current forces are definitely insufficient. This is an internal calculation I made. If we want to capture Luodian, we must achieve an 8:1 force ratio, or even 10:1 is possible."

This guy really made everyone open their mouths wide. He usually keeps a low profile and always speaks the truth.

In fact, everyone present understood that the 72nd Army was completely different from other Dragon Country armies. This had been proven on the northern battlefield: if you don't have a 5:1 ratio of troops, don't start a war. If you don't have an 8:1 ratio of troops, don't think about getting away unscathed. If you don't have a 10:1 ratio of troops, don't think about winning.

This is a data that has been proven on the battlefield, and the people present should have accepted it, but their narrow national pride made them unwilling to admit this fact, especially on the Pujiang battlefield.

There are more foreigners here, and there are more foreign journalists. Even if they win with an 8:1 military force, it is not a victory for these arrogant Japanese officers.

"The Empire has stepped up its support for the Pujiang battlefield, but judging by the current situation, it's unlikely we'll be able to secure sufficient manpower. According to the Intelligence Department, the Pujiang First Brigade has nearly 2 men, plus some reinforcements from the north. Based on the numbers you mentioned, how can I possibly mobilize 20 troops?"

Division Commander Takahashi said with a wry smile.

As the commander of the 11th Division, he was considered to have some ability within the Japanese Empire and he had seen the situation on the battlefield. If he wanted to take Luodian without 20 troops, it was not that there was no way, but to hang explosive packs on all the people and continue the Banzai charge.

Of course, there is only a certain probability of doing this. There are too many snipers in the enemy army. Once an ordinary soldier is equipped with a scope, he becomes a sniper.

People in the Japanese army couldn't understand this. Optical lenses were so expensive. Even with the foundation of European powers, it was impossible to install scopes on so many soldiers. But the 72nd Army did it. Money can make the world go round, and money can make you the boss on the battlefield.

They also thought about capturing a batch of them on the battlefield to improve our soldiers' long-range attack capabilities, but the problem was that at the last moment, the enemy soldiers would rather destroy the scopes than hand them over to the Japanese.

This was like the last belief in their hearts. Several times, there were seriously injured Dragon soldiers who were obviously dead, but they still exerted all their strength and turned themselves and the weapons in their hands into ashes.

Many Japanese saw this scene and screamed in anger. In addition to screaming, they also had to hide their fear. If all the Dragon Country soldiers were like this, they would rather die together than have any form of negotiation with the Japanese. How could such a country with so many people be conquered?

"Then there is another way. We can concentrate all our forces and launch attacks on both sides. We should try to semi-encircle Luodian and then use all our forces to attack day and night."

Seeing the look on Division Commander Takahashi's face, Staff Officer Uchiyama knew that what he had thought before was correct.

The imperial army is now too cumbersome, and face is more important than the actual battlefield. It is impossible to mobilize 10 times the number of troops to participate in the attack.

If this is really the case, then the other battlefields in Pujiang should be abandoned, as this will trigger a new round of counterattacks by the Longguo army.

After hearing what Staff Officer Uchiyama said, a smile appeared on Division Commander Takahashi's face again, and he walked to the front of the map to look at the troops on both sides of the Pujiang 1st Brigade.

Although they are all German-equipped divisions of the Central Army, compared with the three ace divisions, these German-equipped divisions have greatly shortened training time in addition to the same weapons and equipment. These weapons and equipment were all purchased from Li Shaoyi, and they only had half a year of training time before the war, so their combat effectiveness is incomparable.

Division Commander Takahashi looked at the map for a long time, but in the end he said nothing. He then strode out of the meeting room and went upstairs to make a phone call. Everyone present knew that it would be impossible for our two divisions to take over Luodian. We could only request additional assistance.

The number of 8 times or 10 times is definitely not enough, but it must be at least about 5 times, which means there must be an army of 10. Otherwise, if you want to take over Luodian, isn’t that a dream?

General Matsui, commander of the Pujiang Expeditionary Force, could not sleep late at night. The disastrous defeat in Luodian was like a sharp knife. He did not care about the lives of those 8,000 people.

For him, every day is a decision to send people to their deaths, and 8000 is not a lot.

What he was worried about was that the battle situation in Luodian would not progress. Luodian would be like a nail nailed there, making it impossible to attack other places. If we bypass Luodian, according to the combat capability of the 72nd Army, our rear would be easily disrupted by them.

And according to the information he received, yesterday afternoon, transport planes of the 72nd Army flew over the battlefield and provided airdrop support to the Luodian defenders.

In fact, there is no need at all, but there are still similar drills, which means that the 72nd Army has realized that Luodian is likely to become an isolated island...