Chapter 12
"Your Excellency, the warriors have been fighting for a day and are very tired. The reinforcements from the China Army are full of energy. We'll rest for the night and attack the China Army tomorrow morning!”
The advisor Matsushita Tomie said to Takashi Eagle Mori seriously.
Their troops had been fighting for an entire day. The soldiers were very tired, and it was no longer suitable for them to attack.
"What's so scary about a mere Chinese army? Are you still a soldier of the Empire? Pass on my order, fire the special bullets. The first brigade is ready to regroup and attack!”
It was the beginning of the war, and the Japanese looked down on the Chinese army. They were arrogant and had an innate sense of superiority when facing the Chinese army.
I believe many people know that in the early stages of the war, it was common for a Japanese regiment to fight against a Chinese infantry division. In the end, there would often be an infantry division with more than 10,000 people who could not defeat a Japanese regiment with 3,800 people.
Many people knew what special bombs were. They were poisonous gas bombs.
In the history of the later generations, the Japanese's poison gas bombs could be launched as long as the commander signed the document, but this was after the middle of the war.
In the early stages of the war, the release of poison gas bombs did not require the signing of an order from the major general. The infantry regiment was equipped with poison gas bombs, and there was also a special team that specialized in releasing poison gas bombs. Regarding this, he needed to look up the information to find out. Most of the information on Lady Du was compiled after the middle of the war. In the past, when I was writing military articles, I also treated the information on the Goddess as the beginning. It's just that in the past few months, I've settled down and started to reorganize the information. I only realized this when I read the books. He discovered that there was a difference between the information in the books and the information in the Mother. After many rounds of research, he decided to use the information in the books for the initial stage.
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In the darkness, the indistinct figures kept floating in the distance, but they did not get close. They seemed to have always been at a safe distance.
Zhang Wenbin put down his binoculars. In the darkness, he could not see what it was.
At this moment, the soldiers of the First Prefectural Regiment were repairing and consolidating their defensive positions.
Some soldiers ran to the front to set up a mine field to prevent the Japanese from attacking again.
Zhang Wenbin did not dare to guarantee that the Japanese would not attack again. The Japanese in the early stages of the war were famous for their arrogance. A large group of them dared to fight against a no-name division of the national army.
A regiment dared to fight against the infantry division of the national army.
Even though he was the reinforcement now, he wasn't sure if the Japanese were looking down on him.
"F * ck! If he had known earlier, he would have read more about military matters in the future. It would not be to the extent that he could not see anything now.”
Zhang Wenbin muttered in his heart. After all, he was a young lady who had just entered the sedan chair. He was still in a state of exploration of many things on the battlefield.
Suddenly, a few flares rose into the air, and the entire camp appeared in front of the Japanese. The Japanese in front did not move, but Zhang Wenbin had an ominous feeling.
"Men, order the mortars to fire a round of flares!”
Zhang Wenbin immediately shouted when he saw the flare.
What was the configuration of a German Machinist infantry regiment?
The basic configuration of a German Machinist infantry regiment was as follows:
One mortar company, six 82mm mortars.
A small artillery company, six 20mm cannons.
A communications company
A company of spies
Below them were the three infantry battalions.
Infantry Battalion:
One cannon company, six Maxim heavy machine guns, and two 82mm mortars.
The camp had three infantry companies and three platoons.
The basic configuration of the German Machinists, for example, light machine guns. Every German Machinist infantry squad had a light machine gun, and every Japanese squad had a light machine gun.
This seemed to be the same, but each Japanese team had a grenade launcher. The small team with a grenade launcher referred to the regular and special divisions of the Japanese. The other B-type divisions did not have this kind of configuration. They had two grenade launchers per squad, so the configuration was different.
After the light machine gun was the heavy machine gun. In terms of the configuration of the heavy machine gun, the German Machinists could not compare to the Japanese.
A German Machinist battalion only had six heavy machine guns. On average, an infantry company only had two.
A squadron of the Japanese, which referred to regular divisions and special divisions, would have 2-4 heavy machine guns. It seemed similar.
However, in terms of artillery, the infantry company did not have any artillery, including mortars.
A battalion only had two 82mm mortars.
A Japanese squadron would be equipped with two 90mm mortars or two Type 92 infantry cannons. It was easy to tell whether they were equipped with 90mm mortars or Type 92 infantry cannons. Most of the regular divisions were equipped with two 90mm mortars, while the special divisions and B-type divisions were equipped with Type 92 infantry cannons.
Sometimes, when their forces were not strong enough, they would equip one or two Type 92 Infantry Cannons in addition to two 90mm mortars.
The gap between them started to widen. Coupled with the gap in grenade launchers and other weapons, the firepower of the Chinese army was left behind. As for the other non-German Machinists, the difference in firepower was even greater.
Many people in the later generations knew that the Japanese's firepower was stronger than the Chinese army. They said that the German Machinists were similar to the Japanese, but it seemed that the Japanese were still stronger, but they did not know exactly where they were stronger.
In fact, it was in these areas that they were stronger. They could not compare to them in terms of basic configuration.
For a simple infantry squad, their firepower might not be much different. However, when it came to infantry companies and battalions, the difference would widen. Their firepower would not be comparable, and their artillery power would not be comparable.
In addition to the daytime battles, the Japanese had air support. The Chinese air force was destroyed in the early stages of the war, so the national army was in an increasingly difficult situation. In addition, there were other factors, such as the overall combat quality and combat strength of the German Machinists being unable to keep up after they were defeated.
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A few flares also rose into the air, exposing the scene in front of the camp to Zhang Wenbin.
Groups of Japanese soldiers were gathering in front of the position and organizing an offensive formation. This was not the key. Through the binoculars, Zhang Wenbin realized that these Japanese soldiers had something similar to a pig's nose on their faces, so he could not see their faces clearly.
It was Zhang Wenbin's first time on the battlefield. He did not know much about military affairs, but it did not mean that he was an idiot. He was not an idiot.
Looking at the pig's nose, he immediately recalled the records in the later generations. Whenever the Japanese encountered a war, they would use poison gas bombs to open up a path.
"Are the Japanese going to use poison gas?”
A thought suddenly formed in Zhang Wenbin's mind.
"Pass on my order. Everyone put on their gas masks. The Japanese are going to use the gas bomb!”
Poison gas masks. Among all the armies in the Celestial Empire, be it the Generalissimo's Central Army or other local armies, only the German Machinists could equip each of them with a poison gas mask!
Even the Central Army, other than the German Machinists, did not have the privilege of having a gas mask on each of their hands.
The soldiers did not hesitate and immediately took off the gas masks on their waists and put them on.
After about ten minutes, when Zhang Wenbin was still wondering if he was wrong, shells kept falling on their position.
These shells did not explode after they landed. Instead, they emitted sizzling sounds and continuously emitted earthen yellow smoke.
Poison gas bomb!
Zhang Wenbin knew that the Japanese had indeed fired a poisonous gas bomb.
"Pass down my order. No one is allowed to shoot without my order!”
Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Wenbin's mind as he pulled a soldier beside him and said anxiously.
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