bookbashuk #237 - Walking the dog on the grassland
#237 - Walking the dog on the grassland
Border Region.
Disposable RPG-80 rocket launchers were produced in rows. Compared to steel RPG rocket launchers, these plastic-cased disposable rocket launchers could be produced faster. Plastic parts were easier to process. After implementing a comprehensive assembly line, the scale of the factories in the Border Region could be made larger and larger.
The change in production methods not only improved the level of quality control but also greatly improved production efficiency.
"Are they all being sent to Saibei?" Jiang Chongjing asked Staff Officer Ye, who came to inspect the work.
"Yes, all of them are being sent to Saibei. The fighting in Saibei is in full swing. The Seventh Route Army is short of means to restrain armor. They will be very passive when facing the Japanese armored vehicle attacks," Staff Officer Ye explained.
"Our troops have RPG rocket launchers to contend with, but the Seventh Route Army currently has almost no means of restraint. This won't do. We can't let our allies be helpless in the face of the Japanese armored forces."
These matters were gradually exposed as the Japanese tank brigade appeared on the grassland.
The tank unit of the Border Region has not yet made an appearance. Only a battalion of M3 tanks has secretly crossed the Yellow River to the north and is lurking near Qingcheng.
However, in the Ulanqab League, the only reliable weapon against the Japanese tank brigade on the front line is the RPG rocket launcher.
The Seventh Route Army has even fewer, with only a few 37mm anti-tank guns.
And they are old equipment with not much ammunition.
Therefore, the Seventh Route Army sent several representatives to the Border Region to discuss this matter.
Currently, 50 RPG rocket launchers were first provided to the front line of the Seventh Route Army for emergency use. However, relative to the troops of the Seventh Route Army, this was a drop in the bucket. Therefore, after the disposable rocket launchers came out, the staff headquarters, after discussion, decided that allocating a batch of disposable RPG-80s to the Seventh Route Army would be more conducive to resisting the Japanese tank brigade's attacks.
Because this rocket launcher has greater power and a longer range.
On the grassland, the combat space is more vast, and the frontline infantry can only rely on trenches to approach the Japanese tanks.
However, at the same time, the artillery and machine guns on the tanks are also a fatal threat to the rocket launcher operators in the trenches.
RPG rocket launchers must be used in cooperation by two people. In terms of the environment for implementing attacks, it is much more limited than disposable RPG-80 rocket launchers.
After all, the RPG-80 rocket launcher, which can be fired well by one person, can be used to dig a hole in the grassland to hide oneself, and then take the opportunity to give the approaching Japanese a soul-penetrating shot. This kind of kamikaze-like tactics.
Is a magic weapon for the weak to turn defeat into victory.
The Seventh Route Army is also very good at doing this kind of thing.
Under such circumstances, using the RPG-80 to achieve a one-for-one desperate fighting method, the Japanese tank brigade has 2 tank regiments, each tank regiment has a total of 65 tanks and gun tanks, including 36 Type 97 modified medium tanks, 18 Type 95 light tanks, and 11 Type 1 gun tanks.
Counting up, a tank brigade has 130 various types of tanks.
It doesn't sound like much. If you try to deal with it at all costs, you can complete the task of a one-for-one limit by sending out about 200 kamikaze team members.
This time, there are a full one hundred disposable RPG-80 rocket launchers.
For the Seventh Route Army, adding the previous RPG rocket launchers, at least 30 or more frontline companies can be equipped, ensuring that each company has 5 rocket launchers facing them. For the current intensity, this configuration is enough to contend with the Japanese tank brigade.
Currently, in Saibei, the Seventh Route Army and the Saibei Military Region support each other. In fact, the main combat power is still relying on the powerful 107 artillery corps' high mobility and firepower coverage to maneuver.
On the Saibei battlefield, after the 107 fire raid gave the Japanese a firepower coverage and wiped out the pursuing Japanese cavalry squadron.
On the grassland, the main positions are now defended by the Seventh Route Army digging trenches. The Saibei Military Region is mainly composed of 4 cavalry regiments and 2 cavalry-based 107 artillery corps, which are doing their best to roam around the periphery to fight guerrillas, and seize the opportunity to rush up and give the Japanese a wave of firepower coverage.
Although there are many Japanese cavalry squadrons, they also want to solve the external threat by using cavalry against cavalry, but it is a pity that almost none of these cavalry squadrons can return after chasing them out!
The cavalry of the Saibei Military Region is not only equipped with 56 semi-automatic rifles, but the latest 56 assault rifles have also been quickly sent to the grassland for replacement. The powerful firepower on horseback is comparable to everyone holding a machine gun.
This directly confused the Japanese cavalry who rushed up to fight with sabers. It was agreed to compete in skills, but how did it suddenly become a competition in firepower? Under the overwhelming firepower coverage, the Japanese cavalry had almost no power to parry.
After successively wiping out the pursuing Japanese cavalry, even the dull Japanese knew that sending out cavalry was like a meat bun beating a dog, and there was no result at all.
Even if the Japanese are not clear why the grassland cavalry is so fierce, the bloody lesson is more useful than anything.
Although each division of the Kwantung Army has a cavalry regiment, and the brigade level also has a cavalry squadron, it can't stand to have a cavalry squadron wiped out every time it goes out. If the cavalry units are constantly lured away and bled like fishing!
I am afraid that before the Japanese reach Qingcheng, the Japanese cavalry squadrons will basically be exhausted.
However, if the cavalry squadrons are not sent out for patrol, the safety of the large troops will be even less guaranteed.
On the grassland, the cavalry units come and go like the wind, and are more flexible than the tank units.
After reducing the patrol alert of the cavalry squadrons, the Japanese large troops suffered several rounds of 107 fire coverage strikes. Before they saw the enemy, the Japanese had lost several thousand troops, which made the Kwantung Army entering the grassland almost go crazy!
Before the formal decisive battle has even begun, the Eighth Route Army's cavalry regiment, with the artillery regiment, began endless harassment and attacks. The cavalry regiment acted as a bodyguard along the way, and fiercely beat the attacking Japanese cavalry squadrons.
Even two cavalry squadrons were concentrated to launch a surprise attack, and they encountered more Eighth Route Army and Seventh Route Army cavalry units! I don't know what kind of communication method these local Eighth Route Armies used to contact each other on the vast grassland. In as little as half an hour, or as long as an hour or more, new cavalry units would inevitably rush out to respond.
Compared to the Kwantung Army, the opponents' cavalry units on the grassland are more numerous! Moreover, the knights' horsemanship is also more sophisticated.
They can even use a kind of rocket launcher on horseback to launch an attack!
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For Okabe Naozaburo, this is the second dark period in his life.
The first time was when the Saibei Military Region attacked Jiuyuan last time, and joined forces with the Seventh Route Army to drive him out of the grassland.
Now these grassland cavalry are simply like tireless robots, bombing during the day and bombing at night. Although it may only be a salvo of 2 107 artillery or a salvo of 4 107 artillery at a time, they often run away after a few minutes of hitting a wave.
It's like an assassin's strike and a long escape, but no one can stand it, such a salvo is 24 or 48 heavy bombs!
Falling on the marching queue or the encampment, that is an indiscriminate coverage and killing range of tens of thousands of square meters.
Even if the accuracy is a little worse, under such a large coverage range, a company, or even a battalion, may be gone.
How can the Japanese stand it?
Of the three-way army that the Japanese attacked, the Japanese who advanced all the way along the grassland are now in the worst situation.
Okabe Naozaburo has been enduring the harassment and attacks of the Seventh Route Army and the Saibei Military Region. This is because the tank brigade is behind and did not follow the train to the grassland, but relied on its own mobility to rush to the grassland.
Faced with the mobility of the cavalry, the infantry has no way to deal with the cavalry on the grassland.
However, with the arrival of the tank brigade, Okabe Naozaburo's confidence has greatly increased.
In the temporary command post, Okabe Naozaburo began to study and plan with the staff headquarters on the map, constantly researching the activity range of the grassland cavalry and the defensive positions of the Seventh Route Army. Faced with the cavalry of the Saibei Military Region, since it is impossible to defeat them by simply sending out cavalry, then there is no need for cavalry duels. Just let the armored units fight the cavalry.
Using steel to contend with flesh and blood is the real solution.
The Japanese thought so. On the grassland, tanks are invincible.
However, the arrival of the Japanese tank brigade had already fallen into the eyes of the Grassland Allied Forces. The Grassland Allied Forces sent out elite scouts to continuously track and scout every move of the tank brigade.
As the Border Region sent 100 new RPG-80 rocket launchers to the front line, the Seventh Route Army was greatly encouraged after listening to the introduction, and the fear of the tank brigade suddenly disappeared by more than half.
They secretly sent these weapons to the front line and equipped their most elite battalions and companies.
For the Seventh Route Army, as long as the Saibei Military Region and the Suimeng Autonomous Army can silence the Japanese heavy weapons, he has a 70% chance of winning this battle.
At this time, the tank battalion of the Saibei Military Region had just reached the position of CHEYYQQ.
When the tank battalion arrived here, a cavalry regiment wandering on the grassland was ordered to meet the tank battalion. Here, the tank battalion was resupplied and rested, and the small problems discovered along the way were urgently repaired.
According to the forward search and positioning of the Saibei Military Region's communications reconnaissance team, coupled with the reconnaissance of the scouts, the Saibei Military Region has basically confirmed the approximate location of the Japanese Okabe Naozaburo's command post.
The first task of the Grassland Tank Battalion, like the tank battalion of the brigade commander, has already aimed at the Japanese command post and is preparing to launch a fatal blow.
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