Chapter 239 Good Things Come with Time

It was late at night, accompanied by bright lights and a harsh roar, a train was speeding from north to south like crazy.

The train had 39 carriages, nearly a thousand meters long, carrying a Japanese field artillery regiment.

In the carriage, in addition to nearly 3,000 Japanese, there were also a similar number of military horses.

In addition to people and horses, there were 48 cannons and matching shells.

Among them, 36 were 75mm field guns or mountain guns.

The other 12 cannons were more powerful, with a caliber of 120mm!

It was obvious that the destination of this artillery regiment was the interior of the country, and it was a killer weapon specially prepared by the Japanese to provoke a full-scale war and achieve the final victory.

The highest combat unit of the Japanese was the front army, which had a varying number of divisions under it.

In fact, this setting was not normal.

In normal times, the division was the highest unit of the Japanese army.

Regardless of the level, there are several different types of regiments in the Japanese divisions:

Such as the most common infantry regiment, cavalry regiment, engineer regiment, logistics regiment, artillery regiment, etc.

Among them, the artillery regiment is the most powerful in terms of status and tactical role.

In the history of the War of Resistance Against Japan, because China was weak and could not afford to buy and use heavy weapons, many troops had few or no heavy machine guns, let alone cannons.

This also created a phenomenon that in most cases, the Chinese army could only passively take the beating in the face of the bombing of the Japanese artillery.

Therefore, with the overwhelming firepower advantage, before each large-scale battle, the Japanese would first launch a wave or several waves of artillery bombardment.

After the artillery bombardment, the Japanese would let the infantry charge when they felt it was almost done.

Artillery bombardment, infantry charge, and the Japanese military literacy were extremely high, so in most cases, the Japanese would win.

Of course, there is another important reason for the victory of the Japanese, but it is tactical.

When defending, many Chinese armies focus on long-line defense, ignore in-depth defense, and neglect to form a reserve.

Although such defense can take care of a large area, its shortcomings are also prominent and serious.

If one point is breached and cannot be filled up as soon as possible, the devils will take advantage of the opportunity to divide and surround the Chinese army, thereby severely damaging them.

Moreover, because of their good physical fitness and fast running speed, the devils are very good at outflanking.

Of course, after all, the devils rely heavily on artillery.

Generally speaking, at the beginning of the battle, the devils often let the artillery speak.

In the history of the War of Resistance Against Japan, it is not a joke that a battalion of 1100 devils beat a Chinese division with thousands of soldiers.

The reason is very simple. A battalion of devils has two 92 infantry guns with a caliber of 70 mm.

In contrast, the Chinese army has few or no heavy machine guns.

When the two sides meet, the result can be imagined.

The night is getting deeper, but the train is still speeding.

Except for the Japanese soldiers on duty on the top of the carriage, most of them were resting and sleeping.

However, because he was very excited and wanted to make meritorious service and receive medals as soon as possible, Colonel Matsui Kudai was still awake.

Artillery had a high status among the Japanese, and the status of artillery officers was even higher.

In fact, in terms of status, artillery had a higher status than cavalry.

Because of the vigorous promotion of militarism and the spirit of Bushido, the Japanese attached great importance to cavalry.

Although cold weapons were somewhat outdated, many Japanese still liked to use cold weapons - sabers to speak, and they enjoyed the feeling of chopping the enemy with swords.

So, a strange phenomenon appeared for foreigners.

Many high-ranking islanders, such as those from samurai families and even royal family members, flocked to join the cavalry.

In fact, in modern combat, using the advantage of fast speed, cavalry can also play the role of surprise attack.

Moreover, in developed Europe and the United States, cavalry is evolving into armored troops.

To strike the enemy to the greatest extent, it is still necessary to rely on more powerful artillery.

In addition, the high-ranking Japanese soldiers joined the cavalry, which actually had a deep intention.

Their main purpose was not to chop the enemy with a knife, but to gild themselves so as to facilitate promotion.

Artillery has very high professional requirements, much higher than cavalry.

If you can ride a horse and train tactics for a period of time, you can become a cavalryman.

However, artillery is too theoretical and requires a long time to learn.

Therefore, although they know that it is easier to make merit in the artillery unit, many high-ranking Japanese soldiers still choose to join the cavalry.

"Yo... Xi!"

Staying in the special single room of the regiment commander, enjoying the tenderness of the two nurses accompanying the army, drinking the sake brought from his hometown happily, thinking that he will soon be able to make merit, Matsui Kudai is very happy and happy.

Matsui Kudai didn't know that death was slowly approaching him!

After leaving the city, in order to hurry up, he found that there was no one around, and when running, Ye Tian once again used his peak level.

According to Ding Yuanrong's suggestion, he quickly came to a commanding height, looking at the railway bridge at the foot of the mountain, Ye Tian smiled.

This bridge is more than 2,000 meters long, and there is no water underneath, but a deep ditch of several dozen meters.

Ye Tian planned to attack the bridge when the military train passed by.

Ye Tian's target was the middle of the railway bridge, or more precisely, a load-bearing pillar below the middle of the bridge.

In order to ensure success in one fell swoop, Ye Tian wanted to have some double insurance.

If the pillars were tied with explosives in advance and then bombarded with the Type 92 infantry gun, it would definitely be successful.

So, Ye Tian went down the mountain like lightning.

Intelligence showed that there were two squads of Japanese soldiers defending on both sides of the railway bridge.

If you want to tie the explosives in the shells to the pillars, you must first deal with the 26 Japanese soldiers on one end.

What made Ye Tian depressed was that he thought he could easily approach the bridge head in his nightgown, but he didn't expect an accident.

A mobile killer - an armored train drove over, and for some reason, it stopped.

In addition, I don't know if it was a routine or intentional, the armored train behaved very strangely, as if it was facing a great enemy.

Dozens of searchlights scanned back and forth!

Dozens of heavy machine guns on it also repeatedly fired around!

In addition, the six railway guns in the train were also unwilling to be lonely!

In this situation, Ye Tian's head was full of question marks, and he was quite depressed.

Damn it!

Did the operation leak out! ?

Impossible?

Except for Ding Yuanrong, no one knew I would come?

His handle is still in my hand. Doesn't he want to live anymore and still want to be implicated by the devils?

Shaking his head, thinking of Ding Yuanrong's clear eyes, Ye Tian quickly ruled out this possibility.