Huang Yu, who was hundreds of kilometers away, didn't know that Neji Okamura was planning another large-scale raid on the sixth division of Yizhong.
After accompanying the deputy commander-in-chief to see the first air force unit of the Eighth Route Army, Huang Yu returned to the special forces station that night.
This raid on Taiyuan was the first time the Eighth Route Army used tanks and armored vehicles on a large scale on the battlefield.
It was also the first time that the Special Forces Group participated in actual combat after its establishment.
Although more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles were brought back, the problems exposed by the armored battalion during the battle must be solved.
Zhou Tao, commander of the chariot battalion, was full of excitement.
In the battle of Taiyuan, although the tank battalion sacrificed several armored soldiers, the results were huge.
Six tanks made a long-distance attack on Taiyuan City and brought back a total of 22 tanks, 16 more than when they set out. They could easily form five tank platoons.
In this way, the chariot battalion under his command is completely full!
Huang Yu didn't want to interrupt Zhou Tao's good mood, but the tasks assigned to him by the deputy commander were too tight.
Within three months, the special forces regiment will be fully equipped with combat effectiveness and can join other troops in attacking Tianjin Pier.
This battle is different from the Taiyuan raid.
There are more Japanese and puppet troops operating around Tianjin, and the tank troops are also very powerful. There are also a large number of artillery and naval guns to launch attacks on the tank battalions at any time.
If the troops are not well trained, they will definitely suffer heavy losses in the Tianjin raid in the future.
"Zhou Tao..." Huang Yu woke up the armored battalion commander who was daydreaming.
"Captain...what's going on?"
Zhou Tao was still immersed in the joy of the expansion of the armored battalion, and did not notice the change in Huang Yu's expression.
"What do you think of the armored battalion training?" Huang Yu asked calmly.
"Very good..." Zhou Tao replied blurtly!
"As long as they don't collide with the Japanese armored forces, the armored battalion can definitely easily sweep through their infantry regiment!"
"If the infantry regiment against you is equipped with a large number of anti-tank guns, what chance does the armored battalion have of winning..." Huang Yu continued to ask.
Zhou Tao was silent.
The armored battalion was established for a very short time, and the only time it fought with the Japanese with real swords and guns was the just-concluded Taiyuan raid.
The Japanese army used anti-tank guns extensively in battles.
But the armored battalion did not perform well.
Facing the Japanese anti-tank guns, the tanks and armored vehicles dispatched by the armored battalion were helpless.
As long as a tank is targeted by an anti-tank gun, there is a 80% chance that it will be destroyed. The tank under his command will not even be able to hide, let alone fight back.
The smile on his face was instantly replaced by solemnity. He looked at Huang Yu and said with an embarrassed look: "If the Japanese army is really equipped with a large number of anti-tank guns, we don't even have a 50% chance of winning."
Huang Yu continued: "I will continue to ask you a question in another way."
"If a regiment of little devils is replaced by a reinforced regiment of the Eighth Route Army, our armored battalion is replaced by a Japanese tank brigade."
"The two sides are facing an unprepared encounter. What chance does the Japanese chariot brigade have of winning?"
Zhou Tao hesitated for a while before saying: "At least 80%..."
"Their armored troops are very powerful..."
"Firing artillery during the march can guarantee a hit rate of more than 60%."
"They will also use snake-like movements to avoid anti-tank guns during the raid, but their vehicle-mounted machine guns and vehicle-mounted artillery are not affected at all, and they can hit wherever they need to be."
"Even if we are equipped with ten anti-tank guns, at most ten tanks of the little devils will be destroyed. At that time, we will still have to fight against their steel behemoths with flesh and blood."
Huang Yu was quite satisfied with this answer and continued to ask: "Do you see the gap between us and the Japanese army now?"
"I tell you the truth..."
"When the deputy commander-in-chief left the base area, he gave a special military order to the special forces..."
"Combat effectiveness must be fully formed within three months..."
"There will be a big battle waiting for us."
"In that battle, the special forces group not only had to face a number of Japs several times their own, but they might also have to go head-to-head with the Japanese tank troops and engage in a tank battle."
“The tank battalion must seize every opportunity to train.
"I've trained everything from snake-like movements to firing cannons during sports."
"We didn't have fuel before... we didn't dare to train desperately."
"This raid on Taiyuan brought back more than a dozen trucks of fuel... which can definitely support the armored battalion's high-intensity training for three months..."
Seeing Zhou Tao nodding, Huang Yu continued to explain...
"Except for large-scale tank battles, infantry must accompany tanks in other battles."
"This Taiyuan raid also included infantry accompanying tanks in the attack. Regardless of the infantry or tanks, the battlefield performance was not very good, and there were even cases where tanks were disconnected from the infantry."
"This is a fatal blow to us. I will never allow the same thing to happen in the next battle."
"In order to practice infantry-tank coordination as soon as possible, starting from tomorrow, the assault battalion will train with you."
"The artillery battalion will also join you for training in two months."
"At that time, it was infantry, tank and artillery collaborative training."
"In the future, on the battlefield, the special forces will be a sharp knife and a fist force for the military division."
"Wherever the bones are strong, they will rush forward."
"Specially serve as a vanguard for the main force, tearing holes..."
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At the Sixth Army Division Headquarters, Chief of Staff Liu Sen suddenly broke in and panted to report before he could stand still.
"Commander..."
"The underground party sent the last urgent information!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops operating around the military subdivision suddenly captured young men on a large scale in the enemy's war zone..."
"The Japanese and puppet troops also spread out in regiments, scattered around the base area, and assumed a posture of attacking us at any time..."
Kong Jie's mind was full of doubts, and he analyzed the information while reading it.
"Is the little devil crazy?"
"None of the 50,000 elite Kwantung Army troops are our match."
"The total number of Japs gathered around us now is only thirty-five thousand."
"Including the puppet troops, there are less than 50,000 people, and their combat effectiveness is not comparable to the previous Kwantung Army."
"Only this small number of troops dare to attack us..."
"Neiji Okamura is not afraid of losing his wife, losing his troops, and losing the more than 30,000 people he has worked so hard to gather!"
Liu Sen immediately answered: "I can't figure out the real purpose of the Japanese army..."
"Although Neji Okamura has gathered more than 30,000 elite troops around us, he has not sent many weapons and ammunition."
"Their existing ammunition reserves are simply not enough to support them in carrying out a large-scale raid."
"But the Japanese army has once again launched a massive attack on our base area... It's so contradictory, I can't understand it..."
Kong Jie looked at the information in his hand and suddenly asked: "Do you know the purpose of the Japanese army's large-scale recruitment of young people in enemy war zones?"
"Exactly how many young men they want to recruit..."
"Will the Imperial Association Army be formed in the name of recruiting young men?"
"There are not enough Japanese puppet troops to join us. This is a common method used by the Japanese army to deal with us. We must guard against it!"
Liu Sen shook his head and replied: "Still checking..."
"The underground party has arranged for many people to sneak into the young men recruited by the Japanese army. News should come back soon."
