Patton shrugged and spread his hands before Clark realized that Patton was not directing the battle. How could he possibly know what method the other party used to annihilate these troops?!

"Let's wait. Since the troops on the right wing have failed, they will withdraw soon." Patton said to Clark: "We only need to ask after a while and we will know what the situation is."

At this time, a burst of white smoke also appeared from the troops on the left wing. It was obvious that the left wing also failed. Clark's face became very ugly, and the three-way attack did not win all the way.

Instead, they were all defeated, which was unacceptable to Clark. He couldn't understand how the other party defeated these troops. After all, these troops can be said to be the elite troops of the current US military.

The attacking force consisted of one armored division and two infantry divisions. The opposing force's defending force was only one Japanese infantry division. Clark really couldn't figure out how he defeated his own force.

The exercise ended after just over four hours, and the result was a complete defeat for the US military. With the assistance of air superiority, ground armor and heavy artillery, the US military still failed.

When Clark returned to the headquarters, he learned that the U.S. artillery position during the exercise was penetrated by the opponent's troops and killed. The headquarters during the exercise was also attacked and suffered heavy losses. This made Clark even more embarrassed.

After receiving the results of the exercise, all the US military generals stopped talking. They smoked cigarettes silently and looked at the battle report without saying a word. The battle report stated what measures the general on the opposite side had taken.

"My army is organized according to the division-level organization of the Japanese army. In other words, from weapons to personnel, it should be similar to the current Japanese army organization." The gunman is now very relaxed and content, and those who originally had eyes on the top of their heads.

The U.S. military generals above are silent now.

"According to the establishment of the Japanese army, each division has three regiments. There is also a field artillery regiment, a reconnaissance regiment, an engineering regiment, a transportation regiment and a communications regiment."

"According to the standard, there are 3,800 people in a regiment. In other words, there are about 20,000 people in a Japanese division. I am using a division, which is 20,000 people." After a pause, Master Pao said

He smiled and said: "Don't think that I used too much artillery. In fact, the Japanese army's artillery was no less than what I used."

"According to the capture, analysis and intelligence we collected from the battle with the Japanese army, each division of the Japanese army will have an artillery regiment. This regiment is generally equipped with fifty-four 75mm mountain guns or field guns. Generally, each regiment

Equipped with at least six 70mm-caliber Type 92 infantry guns."

"At the same time, each regiment also has an anti-tank squadron, equipped with four 37mm anti-tank guns." After a pause, the gunner said with a smile: "This is roughly the artillery equipment of the Japanese army."

"As for the infantry, basically every squad has a light machine gun. Heavy machine guns only appear at the brigade...that is, at the regiment level. The Japanese heavy machine gun squadron usually has eight to twelve heavy machine guns."

As he said that, Gun Ye shrugged and said: "So, I did not increase the number of troops specifically for this exercise. The weapons I used were almost all based on the equipment currently in service by the Japanese army. Of course, you don't have Japan's 6.5-caliber weapons."

As the machine gun, I had to use your 7.62 caliber light machine gun."

Marshall, who had been silent, looked at the three artillery pieces and suddenly said: "Okay, so what we want to know is are the Japanese army's fortifications really that strong?! Also, how did you come up with the idea of ​​using mountain artillery and infantry artillery to bombard tanks?

!”

The gunner smiled. He said to Marshall and others: "This is not a difficult matter. Your tank's armor is 37mm thick and cannot be penetrated by an anti-tank gun. So if I want to penetrate the tank, I must use a large gun."

caliber artillery."

Everyone now understood that the commander had placed the artillery on both sides of the position specifically to ambush the US tanks! At this time Clark spoke.

"General, what I want to know is how come there are self-propelled artillery in the Japanese army?!"

Hearing Clark's words, the gun master smiled. He said to Clark: "As early as 1932, Japan was already developing self-propelled artillery. However, they felt that it was not of much use at that time, so they did not completely adopt it.

Come out and use it.”

Historically, in 1932, according to the requirements of the Military Ministry, Mitsubishi Corporation developed the Type 95 heavy tank based on the Type 91 heavy tank, and completed four prototypes in 1934.

Since the performance of the Type 95 heavy tank did not significantly improve compared to the Type 89 medium tank, and the cost increased significantly, the Japanese military lost interest in heavy tanks. Therefore, Mitsubishi based on the results of negotiations with the military, two of the models were

The vehicle was modified, and this was Japan's first self-propelled artillery.

The two self-propelled artillery prototypes based on the Type 95 chassis are both equipped with a 100mm cannon. Their firepower is relatively strong compared to the self-propelled artillery of other major armies in the same period.

It is a pity that the Japanese did not pay attention to it at that time. If history goes by the history, these self-propelled artillery will not be remembered until the Japanese were beaten to the ground in Nomenkan.

But the emergence of Tu Menghu completely changed history. Japan took out self-propelled artillery earlier and conducted special research. At the same time as the 1997 reform, the new Type 97 self-propelled artillery was also released.

The Japanese self-propelled artillery is based on the Type 97 tank chassis and develops a "gun tank" that can carry 75mm or larger caliber artillery. It is responsible for providing fire support for armored forces and dealing with some targets on the battlefield that cannot be destroyed by tanks.

"After their tanks were defeated by us, they began to think about how to restrain our Tiger tanks. It was under such circumstances that the '97 Type 75mm Gun Chariot' was born." As he spoke, the gunner shrugged and faced

Clark said: "In fact, some of your M3 tanks in the Philippines were destroyed by the Japanese '97 Type Artillery Tank'."

After saying that, the gun master smiled and said to Clark: "Fortunately, the Japanese army does not have many such artillery tanks now. Judging from the number they have appeared in Southeast Asia, they should have produced less than eighty. The reason why they do not

On the one hand, they have too few resources. On the other hand, these are experimental equipment."

Marshall's face turned ugly. He heard the implication of the gunman's message: The Japanese army now has Southeast Asia, and resources are no longer a problem. In other words, the US military is likely to encounter many such artillery tanks in the future.

The Japanese are not stupid. They will naturally consider changing their way of thinking after suffering losses on the battlefield. Of course, this process is very slow. For example, historically, the Japanese army was defeated by the Soviet army with a sea of ​​tanks at Nomenkan in 1939.

Although they requested the development of an artillery tank a few months later, it was actually completed in 1941. It was tested for another two years and was not put into service until 1943.

However, only four of this new type of weapon appeared in the Philippines, which was an important resource for Japan at that time. Of course, four one-type artillery tanks could not meet the defense requirements.

When the Japanese reacted and sent more Type 1 artillery tanks, they were sunk by US military transport ships on the way. As a result, these artillery tanks were made with so much hard work, but they failed to be used on the battlefield.

Inflict damage on the U.S. military.

The last batch of artillery tanks were left on the Japanese mainland, trying to be used when the US troops landed. Of course, the US troops did not land. They surrendered themselves.

These artillery tanks became trophies of the US military, and one of them was sent to the US military for display at the Aberdeen Tank Museum in Maryland.

"Will these self-propelled artillery be equipped to the armored forces?! Then what I want to know is, why do they appear in your infantry division?!"

Tu Sanpao shrugged in an American style and said to Marshall: "The Japanese are not fools. They already dispatched the '97 Type Artillery Chariot' during the Battle of the Philippines, so there is no reason to use it the next time they fight you."

This kind of chariot is hidden in the snow."

"I am only equipping these self-propelled artillery pieces according to the number of artillery pieces in the Japanese division, which is already very polite." The gun master shrugged: "As for its speed, you don't have to doubt it. Its speed is three meters per hour.

Eighteen kilometers. Enough for me to destroy your front troops before moving to attack the right wing."

Clark had a sullen face, walked slowly to the map behind Tu Sanpao, drew an arc with his finger, and said in a deep voice: "Then what's going on with this encirclement?!"

"The Japanese army is very good at interspersed and encircled operations. There is no doubt about this." Sanpao was already a little impatient. He looked at Clark coldly and said: "The British Bai Sihua has already suffered this loss. Yamashita Fengwen only used 50,000 people to ride.

Bicycles surrounded and surrounded them, wiping out all of Bai Sihua's 140,000 men."

"Although I think Bai Sihua should be renamed Idiot, I have to admit that Yamashita Fengfumi is indeed very capable. And Yamashita Fengfumi's combat method is also a typical Japanese combat method of breakthrough, insertion, encirclement, and annihilation."

Tu Sanpao looked at Clark coldly, giving Clark goosebumps. Only then did he realize in shock that this General Tu was no ordinary person! In his hands, the lives of more than 100,000 Japanese soldiers were contaminated!

Like the general's son, he is also an out-and-out killer! Patton looked at Clark, sighed helplessly and said: "General, what about the fortifications?! I took a look at what you built

The fortifications are indeed difficult to break through..."

"There is no need to ask about the fortifications." After explaining for a long time, Mr. Pao was already very impatient.

"We have tried to attack the fortifications built by the Japanese in North Korea, but even the Tiger tanks have difficulty breaking through. Our heavy artillery bombardment has little effect on their fortifications. If we attack them forcefully, we can only use human lives to fill them."

Gun Ye paused and said to Barton: "Although I really want to smash these fortifications directly, I always feel that there is a better way."
Chapter completed!