Chapter 1376: Bloody Battle at Purple Mountain (Thanks Again to Junxcxy for the Great Support!)

"Brother Ye, I owe you a favor!"

Seeing Ye Tian's firm attitude, Gui Yongqing had no choice but to follow his advice.

However, out of courtesy, Gui Yongqing did not forget to express his gratitude again.

Then, under Ye Tian's smiling gaze, Gui Yongqing did not hesitate and led his troops to evacuate here urgently.

This time, considering that the teaching corps was well-equipped, Ye Tian did not give them other weapons except for the high-quality unscrupulous cannon.

Of course, Ye Tian had a deep intention to do so.

As far as Ye Tian knew, in the real history of the War of Resistance Against Japan, to be precise, when Nanjing was broken by the Japanese and puppet coalition forces, there were still many arsenals in Nanjing that had not been activated in time.

And in these arsenals, there were all kinds of weapons and equipment.

There were even many heavy machine guns, cannons, anti-aircraft guns and other heavy weapons.

During the real defense of Nanjing, these arsenals were not put to use due to improper command.

Of course, the reason here is attributed to Tang Shengzhi's average command level.

In addition, Tang Shengzhi was still undecided between holding on and retreating.

Obviously, if Tang Shengzhi found that all the outer positions of Nanjing had been lost and had to play street fighting with the devils, and chose to continue to hold on, these arsenals would definitely be activated.

Unfortunately, after discovering that Nanjing City was breached by the devils, Tang Shengzhi still chose to retreat.

Naturally, these arsenals filled with weapons and equipment became the spoils of the Central China Front Army.

This time, compared with the history, the teaching corps still kept the organization that retreated into Nanjing City, and the main force was still there.

For this reason, Ye Tian firmly believed that with the status of the teaching corps, without saying anything, these arsenals must be opened, so that the soldiers can replenish their weapons and equipment again.

Of course, in the spirit of preparing for a rainy day, Ye Tian had already issued an order to the Shenjiying and the Axe Gang.

Once these arsenals are not used by the defending troops, the Shenjiying and the Axe Gang must control them as soon as possible.

The Shenjiying, Axe Gang and the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army are similar, and they are not short of weapons and equipment.

However, most of the Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces are short of various things.

It must be said that the reason why Ye Tian knows the exact location of these arsenals is that he is a time traveler.

The most important thing is that before crossing, Ye Tian often studied the full-scale war of resistance.

Looking at the teaching corps that was evacuating urgently, thinking that at this time, they had suffered less losses than in history, Ye Tian was very happy.

In addition to being happy, in order to respond to the retaliation from the 16th Division at any time, Ye Tian did not dare to neglect it.

Before the teaching corps went far, Ye Tian entered the role.

What made Ye Tian happy was that at this time, the planes of the Central China Front Army and the naval aviation of the Third Fleet had not flown in.

Seeing this, after confirming this fact, Ye Tian made a prompt decision.

No matter what the reason, before the 16th Division launched a retaliation, his side should take action first.

Passive beating is not the style of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

The first to strike is the strongest, and the last to strike will suffer.

Based on these principles, standing on a commanding height, relying on his observation of the entire battlefield just now, Ye Tian quickly locked the target.

The 16th Division is a standard Class A division, one of the 17 standing divisions of the island country before the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance.

This is a four-unit division, with two brigades under its jurisdiction.

Each brigade has two infantry regiments.

Each infantry regiment has three infantry battalions.

And each infantry battalion has four infantry squadrons, a machine gun squadron, and an artillery squad.

And each infantry squadron has three infantry squads.

Each squad with a strength of 54 people has a machine gun squad, a grenade launcher squad, and two rifle squads.

In addition to these standard configurations, the 16th Division also has an artillery regiment, a baggage regiment, an engineering regiment, a cavalry regiment and other troops.

If calculated in this way, the strength of the 16th Division can almost reach 30,000 people.

Of course, if the traitor troops assigned to the 16th Division are included, the establishment of the 16th Division is no less than 50,000 people, or even more.

In Ye Tian's view, the biggest threat to the 16th Division actually comes from the artillery regiment under its jurisdiction.

In Ye Tian's understanding, the strength of this artillery regiment is not ordinary.

Thirty-six 75mm field guns and twelve 120mm howitzers!

On the other hand, many brigade-level units and even division-level units of the Chinese troops are not equipped with cannons.

And in a Japanese battalion with a strength of 1,100 people, it is equipped with two Type 92 infantry guns.

In addition, in terms of the number of heavy machine guns, the Japanese troops are far more powerful than most Chinese troops.

Otherwise, in terms of firepower, a Japanese battalion cannot exceed a Chinese brigade or even a Chinese division.

In addition, the Japanese gunmanship is far more accurate than that of Chinese soldiers.

Therefore, in most battles, although the Chinese troops had a great advantage in numbers, they were often the ones who failed.

If I must describe it, the Chinese troops could only tie when their strength was five times that of the Japanese troops.

If they wanted to severely damage or even annihilate the Japanese troops, the Chinese troops would have to have at least ten times the strength of the Japanese troops.

That's not all. Even if they won, for the Chinese troops, they killed one thousand enemies but lost eight hundred!

Since this artillery regiment is the biggest threat to the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, their existence also greatly threatens the safety of the teaching corps and other troops. Ye Tian has no reason not to destroy them.

If you think of it, you must do it!

Destroying a Japanese artillery regiment is an impossible task for most Chinese troops.

However, for the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, it is very easy.

Based on pre-war observations, based on the many Japanese observation balloons rising in a valley, Ye Tian quickly locked the target.

Then, Ye Tian took out a hundred 88mm anti-aircraft guns from the storage space.

Feeling unsure, Ye Tian pouted and took out the self-propelled artillery modified with a fortress gun.

After completing these operations, Ye Tian immediately entered the role while waiting for the dead soldiers to adjust the muzzle according to the firing parameters of this artillery regiment.

"Boom boom boom..."

Just when the Japanese were about to fire artillery shells at the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army took the lead.

Considering that the 16th Division would definitely go crazy and immediately send tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops to attack him, Ye Tian did not dare to neglect it.

For this reason, when firing at this artillery regiment, Ye Tian played a carpet bombing.