As he supervised the training of the artillery unit and selected talents for the entire army, Gu Xun's gaze never left the battlefield.
While the 369th Regiment used grenade launchers and mortars to open up a path for their allies, the island army's encirclement was already on the verge of collapse. The Chinese army had opened up a gap in several directions, and they could only continuously transfer troops from other parts of the encirclement to fill the gap.
The Chinese army, who had occupied the territory and replenished their weapons and equipment, continued to fight with the island army, wearing down the island army's strength.
When the island army's encirclement weakened to a certain extent due to the constant distribution of troops, the four regiments that had been silent for a long time gathered their forces and broke out at the same time.
With the help of the four regiments, the island army's encirclement was completely broken through.
The encirclement had lost its purpose. The island army immediately gathered their forces and retreated toward Jindong.
Although the Chinese army continued to attack and tried to surround the island army, they were still able to break out due to their inferior equipment.
Although the retreating island army was not wiped out, they still suffered heavy losses. It was estimated that they would not be replenished and restored within the year.
It could be said that although the encirclement and annihilation of the island army had failed as expected, the goal of completely crippling them and eliminating the threat had been successfully achieved.
"The disadvantage of our Chinese army in terms of technology and equipment is still too obvious. Even if we have five times the number of soldiers, we still can't stop the island army that wants to escape.”
In the 369th Regiment's headquarters, Gu Xun analyzed the situation as everyone was reviewing the battle that had just ended between Wucheng Town and Fenyang.
"Regimental commander, when we stopped the island army from breaking out, we only sent two people with grenade launchers and machine guns to support them. Otherwise, the results would have been even greater.”one of the officers said regretfully.
Gu Xun shook his head slightly and asked,"
"How big can the battle be? Can we wipe out the island army?"
" Of course not, unless our entire army joins the battle..."
"Those are two Japanese regiments. Our equipment and numbers advantage is no longer obvious. Even if we can really wipe out the island army, our army will suffer a relatively large loss.”
"I understand. Because our army has gathered absolute advantage in equipment or strength in most of the battles, we basically destroyed the enemy's counterattack ability at the beginning of the battle.”
Gu Xun nodded. He wasn't too stupid.
Pointing at the sand table in front of him, Gu Xun explained further,"
" The reason why our army has won so many battles with minimal losses is that we can quickly destroy the enemy's technical equipment with absolute superiority in a certain battlefield and achieve the effect of continuous firepower suppression in a small area.”
"Of course, we have to admit that the reason why our army has not suffered any obvious losses is that all the charging missions are completed by our allies.”
"With our current military strength, we naturally have to avoid going head-on against two regiments.”
Gu Xun pointed the pointer in the direction of Taiyuan City.
" At the same time, what has always made me feel like a fishbone in my throat is that the island army has always kept a portion of the main force and has not entered the battle. This is also the reason why I would rather give up a portion of the battle results to preserve as much of my army's strength as possible.”
"Right now, we can confirm that the three B-type divisions of the North China Front Army have all entered the battlefield. " Among them, there are two in the northwest and one in the southwest of Shanxi. However, the overall situation is very tense. They are being held back by our Chinese army and cannot move.”
"Let's not talk about the losses of the island army for now. There are still three A-type divisions that have not appeared in the battle in Jin Province!”
The words 'A Regiment' were like a huge rock that made all the Chinese soldiers feel suffocated.
The 17 divisions of the island army were the oldest, most well-equipped, and most powerful troops in Japan.
The North China Front Army had jurisdiction over three of them. It could be seen that with the changes in the war, the importance of the island army to the North China region increased day by day.
"Regiment Commander, the island army's rule in the other provinces is not stable. It is impossible for them to send all their main forces to Jin Province.”
Gu Xun asked again,
"Even so, it should be possible to transfer two of the A Regiment to Jin Province, right? Japan had raised so many Huang Xie Army and security guards. They were not just eating for free.”
The regimental headquarters 'focus shifted to how to deal with the threat of the two A species divisions. Gu Xun let them do as they pleased and patiently listened to their opinions.
Meanwhile, in Taiyuan City, Shinobu Kasahara and Shinozuka Masuo were gathering battle reports from all over the world. When they received a report from Fenyang, they could not help but frown.
"Shinozuka-kun, two of the Empire's regiments were surrounded and annihilated by the Chinese army. After successfully breaking out of the encirclement, they basically lost their fighting strength.”
Shinozuka Masuo was silent for a moment before he slowly said,
"The loss of two regiments has caused an obvious gap in the blockade of the empire in the northwest of Jin.”
"More importantly, according to their battle reports, the Chinese army seems to have used a large number of grenade launchers used by our army to gain an advantage on the battlefield.”
"I think that this is very abnormal and unbelievable. We should immediately investigate the situation of the grenade launchers that the dynasty has and the warehouses in various places. It's very likely that there's a mole who sold the dynasty's equipment to the Chinese army!”
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