Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

“This number can be said to be huge.”

After hearing Sun Yuqing's words, the other three were somewhat shocked.

Although I knew a lot about the Japanese army before, this was the first time that the number of Japanese troops was stated so intuitively.

"Although the Japanese army had previously mobilized and built up a good reserve force, with such a huge number of people, the Japanese army has already begun to draw on the reserve force."

"According to intelligence, the 108th Division is currently being formed as a reserve force of the Japanese Army."

"Now, both the army and the navy, which are doing relatively well, are frantically expanding their forces."

"Even if the Japanese have a lot of reserves, they can't withstand the current withdrawal. The only troops the Japanese army can withdraw now are from the rear reserves."

"So if the 108th Division is composed of reserve troops, I'm afraid the 758th Regiment will have a very difficult time fighting this time."

“But the reserve force is different!”

"If we were to encounter other troops, this reserve division might really need three months to recover its combat effectiveness. However, the 758th Regiment is not a new recruit regiment, and its equipment is not bad. I don't believe we can't defeat a group of Japanese soldiers who have just entered the battlefield!"

"They all have a head on their shoulders, so if a bullet hits them, it'll still pierce a hole!"

Sun Yuqing threw down the pencil in his hand, marked the troops just now on the map and said.

"The Japanese army is currently suffering heavy losses in the Battle of Wuhan. As long as we can survive the Japanese attack next year, the Japanese will basically be unable to organize a decent large-scale mopping-up attack again."

After listening to Sun Yuqing's words, several people instantly understood the current situation.

With the end of the Battle of Wuhan, it was difficult for the Japanese army to organize a large-scale cluster attack like the Battle of Wuhan.

At the same time, except for the terrain in southern Hebei in the north, if hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops really rushed into southeastern Shanxi, they would probably not be able to make a single splash in the entire Taihang Mountains.

The south still has the help of the Japanese naval guns, but what help can the mountains in Shanxi have, except for planes? Let the Japanese heavy artillery brigade go into the mountains. Thinking of this possibility, several people immediately laughed.

After listening to Sun Yuqing's explanation, Cheng Cuilin also began to understand.

The current situation is that both sides are holding on, and it depends on who will give up first.

Moreover, given the current strength of the Japanese army, the quality and combat effectiveness of the newly formed 108th Division may not be comparable to those of the Japanese army's regular forces.

If we distinguish them by numerical values, the first Type A division of the Japanese Army has a daily score of 10 points, and the newly formed divisions generally have a score of around 8 points.

However, as the number of small-scale divisions increases and special divisions are subsequently formed, their numerical scores will be around 7 points.

Later, when the reserve forces began to be drawn on a large scale, many conscripts had already been transferred from the reserve forces to the reserve forces, and their combat effectiveness scores were between 5 and 6 points.

But with regular recovery training and combat during these days, the score will rise to 6 to 7 points.

As for the troops that followed, it was later explained that they were no longer worth watching.

In contrast, the only two Chinese military forces that can reach 10 points are the Teaching Corps and the Tax Police Corps that previously belonged to the National Government.

Then there are three German-equipped divisions that can reach 9 points.

Except for some elite troops, the combat effectiveness of many troops hovers around 6 points.

Although the current Tainan Military Region has undergone expansion this year, the main regiments were expanded by drawing troops from local regiments.

The soldiers of these local forces basically have at least half a year of actual combat training.

In terms of actual combat capability, except for the previous 10 veteran main regiments that could reach 7 points, most of the troops that were upgraded from local regiments to main regiments are currently around 6 points.

Currently, the 393rd Brigade and the 396th Brigade are both expanded by drawing local regiment troops from the original main force regiment. Their overall equipment and strength are about 7 points, which is enough to deal with the 108th Division which is still in need of training.