Chapter 1482 Lone Ranger

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In general, the artillery regiment is subordinate to the division.

The number of artillery in the artillery regiment varies with the size of the division.

Some Japanese division artillery regiments contain 48 artillery pieces.

The artillery regiments of the lower-level divisions contain 36 artillery pieces.

In the lowest-level artillery regiments, there may be only 24 artillery pieces.

The standard field artillery regiment has 2,322 people.

There are two main types of artillery:

75mm mountain artillery and field artillery;

105mm howitzer.

Compared with the artillery regiment, the heavy artillery regiment under the heavy artillery brigade has higher specifications.

The reason is simple. The heavy artillery brigade, like the division, is a relatively independent combat unit.

And, in a sense, the status of the heavy artillery brigade far exceeds that of the division.

Specifically, whenever the island country gathers several divisions together to form a front army, it often assigns a heavy artillery brigade to this front army.

A standard heavy artillery brigade includes two heavy artillery regiments.

30 to 40 150mm heavy cannons, 20 240mm heavy mortars, and 10 Type 96 305 caliber heavy howitzers.

Some heavy artillery brigades are also equipped with 3 to 6 320mm mortars.

In fact, let alone this kind of heavy artillery brigade and artillery regiment, the firepower of a simple Japanese infantry battalion can far exceed that of most Chinese brigades, even Chinese divisions.

It is conceivable that once the Chinese troops face the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, how tragic the ending will be.

Looking at this long column of troops, Ye Tian frowned and thought of the Lanfeng Battle.

In February 1938, the island country's North China Front Army attempted to go south and join the Central China Expeditionary Force.

Unwilling to accept this outcome, the Chinese government army launched a fierce battle with the devils in the area centered on Xuzhou, which was the Battle of Xuzhou.

In May 1938, the Battle of Xuzhou came to an end.

At this time, the devils began to clean up the mess and stabilize the occupied area as soon as possible.

However, the 14th Division led by Kenji Doihara jumped out, intending to chase the retreating Chinese troops to the west.

Upon learning of this military intelligence, the Chinese Supreme Command was furious.

Without any hesitation, the Chinese Supreme Command issued a battle order to encircle and suppress the 14th Division.

Considering that the 14th Division has more than 30,000 people and its combat effectiveness is not ordinary, the Chinese Supreme Command took out 150,000 troops for this purpose.

At that time, everyone thought that so many people encircled the enemy's 14th Division and should be able to eat it.

Unfortunately, the ideal is full and the reality is very skinny.

Although all the participating troops were desperate and took a wave of active attacks, they were still encirclement and suppression battles.

However, in the end, the Chinese side still suffered a disastrous defeat.

Most importantly, in order to escape the counterattack of the 14th Division, the Chinese troops had to dig up the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou.

As a result, a large area near Lanfeng became a flood area.

Naturally, many civilians were forced to drown.

On the other hand, the 14th Division, as a mechanized unit, could not move at high speed in the flood area.

In fact, it was the muddy terrain of the flood area that allowed the Chinese troops to escape the counterattack of the 14th Division.

In this battle, more than 100,000 people were killed and wounded, and the 14th Division, together with the Japanese troops who came to reinforce, suffered more than 30,000 people.

Most importantly, with the end of this large-scale battle, the island country finally connected North China and Central China.

Therefore, the end of this battle marked the beginning of the Wuhan Battle.

The tragic defeat of this large-scale battle, in the eyes of those who do not know the truth, can be regarded as a laughing stock for the Chinese army.

Moreover, this joke has been passed down to this day.

150,000 soldiers worked together to encircle and suppress, but they failed to defeat the 30,000 Japanese who were alone and deep in the enemy's territory!

If this is not a laughing stock, what is it?

In fact, these are all misunderstandings based on the premise of not knowing the truth.

Perhaps, the senior commanders of this battle, such as Xue Yue, Gui Yongqing, Huang Jie and others, had some problems in battlefield command.

However, the most important reason for the failure of the Chinese side is that the gap in heavy firepower between the two sides is too large.

Unlike ancient cold weapon wars, modern wars not only look at the number of people, but also the intensity of heavy firepower of the warring parties.

The 14th Division is an old-fashioned Class A division with a standard four-unit system.

It has four infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, and many other affiliated units.

This is not to mention that when the 14th Division invaded Henan to the west and south, the island country headquarters also assigned it many temporary troops.

This includes the Second Field Heavy Artillery Brigade!

In addition, there is the Third Independent Artillery Regiment, the Fifth Independent Machine Gun Battalion, the First Independent Armored Vehicle Squadron, the Fifth Mortar Battalion, and two Anti-aircraft Artillery Squadrons.

In particular, this Field Heavy Artillery Brigade actually has four artillery regiments under its jurisdiction!

In this way, in the Battle of Lanfeng, the 14th Division counted its own artillery regiment and the five artillery regiments assigned to it. The 14th Division actually had six artillery regiments!

The amount of information here is too much.

To be precise, this Japanese division has already surpassed the total heavy artillery strength of the 2 million Chinese troops!

On the Lanfeng battlefield, the artillery firepower of the 14th Division was dozens of times that of the Chinese army.

The most important thing is that in the early stage of the battle, the 14th Division was still the defensive party.

As we all know, in the offensive and defensive battle, even if the strength and firepower of the two sides are almost the same, the defensive side has a great advantage.

What's more, the firepower of the 14th Division can easily crush the Chinese side.

As the attacking side, China naturally has to bear the heavy firepower of the 14th Division again and again.

Therefore, this led to the defeat of the Chinese side.

In fact, let alone the Chinese troops, even the American troops in the Pacific War were also very difficult to deal with troops like the 14th Division.

And there is another premise, the heavy firepower of the American troops can easily crush the Japanese troops.

With his mind wandering, thinking about these, and looking at this long military train, Ye Tian's expression was extremely colorful.

Without any hesitation, Ye Tian decided to deal with this military train.

That's not all, Ye Tian also thought of a series of battle plans.

In the early stage of implementing these battle plans, that is, when dealing with this military train, Ye Tian will act as a lone ranger.

Lurking in the must-pass place of this military train, staring at this military train that is getting closer and closer, Ye Tian narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Da Da Da..."

Under Ye Tian's close attention, the devils on the top of the military train carriage actually operated the Type 92 heavy machine gun and suddenly started blind shooting!