"To sum up, the Japanese army's defense is quite tight, and if our army wants to capture the enemy's high ground, we must do our best."
Zhang Wei told his views on the defense of the Japanese army on the Luotang Heights in the command post of the 200th Division, from the general defensive arrangement of the Japanese army to the firepower allocation, Zhang Wei did his best to show what he saw and thought in a short period of time to the two senior officers of the 200th Division.
As for the various shortcomings of the 200th Division in the attack, Zhang Wei held back for the time being, first talked about the advantages and defense of the Japanese army, and then talked about the shortcomings of the 200th Division, so that it could be accepted by the two officers in front of him.
Division Commander Dai nodded and said: "Yes, the Japanese army's defense is indeed very tight, in the past few days of attack, our 598th Regiment attacked the Luotang Heights, and the 600th Regiment fought on the Jieshou Heights, and the enemy built quite a lot of fortresses and trenches on the high ground with favorable terrain, and the barbed wire fence you mentioned is also the same, the Japanese army set up two or three layers of barbed wire outside the fortress and trenches, we blew it up during the day, and the Japanese army immediately repaired it at night or when the attack was intermittent, which was very tricky. ” Division Commander Dai was very satisfied with the results of Zhang Wei's analysis of the Japanese army, and the lessons and lessons of the battle over the past few days were reflected in Zhang Wei's analysis; Zhang Wei had already carried the results of annihilating a large group of the Japanese army, and now he quickly and accurately analyzed the defense system of the Japanese army, and Division Commander Dai, who was bent on victory, had a better impression of Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei questioned again: "The Japanese army's construction ability is so strong that it can quickly restore the barbed wire."
"It's planes, every day Japanese planes come to bomb them, and there are planes that come to drop them, and our army has also picked up the things that have been dropped, including grain and ammunition, as well as barbed wire, construction equipment, and fortifications that we have bombed, and it is very convenient for them to recover."
Zhang Zhige, chief of staff of the division, said.
"I see."
Zhang Weixin said, no wonder there are so many barbed wire on the high ground, and the Japanese rely on airdrops to replenish them, and they can make up as much as they blow up; when the infantry of the 200th Division attacked, although the Japanese army's light and heavy machine gun firing discipline was very good, they fought without scruples after firing, and they didn't need to care about ammunition at all, and they all pointed to the airdrops.
As for the anti-aircraft firepower of the national army, Zhang Wei did not have to think about it, the Fifth Army only had an antiaircraft machine gun company attached to the army, and I heard that the Guangxi Sui Administration transferred an antiaircraft artillery company to the Fifth Army to cover the air and also shot down the Japanese planes.
However, a mere company, with four guns at most, could not constitute effective anti-aircraft firepower at all, and could not fundamentally curb the Japanese bombing and airdrops, and the Japanese airdrops were mostly carried out when it was dark, and the role of anti-aircraft weapons was greatly reduced.
The good cooperation of open space and land gave the Japanese defenders in Kunlun Pass, who were not very many, a very big advantage.
"So this battle is not easy to fight, the Japanese army has a geographical advantage, the brothers have fought bravely enough, this day, the Japanese bombing, it is almost dark, they will be airdropped, the consumption can not be consumed, the Japanese defenders are all complete, anti-aircraft artillery, mountain artillery, all have, yesterday, the army transferred a company of chariots, with the infantry attack, the ironclad chariot is powerful enough, but not long after rushing to the high ground, it was called the devil's flat-fire cannon to be destroyed, and one remained on the high ground."
Zhang Zhige said with some anger, in his words, he thought that the Japanese army's defensive strength was very strong.
Zhang Wei looked at him expressionlessly, the chariot left on the high ground, Zhang Wei also saw it, the entire tank was pierced by rapid-fire guns, and more than one shell was hit, and the engine cover of the chariot was knocked off.
It can only be said that without looking at the coordination of infantry and tanks, the level of the Fifth Army's simple use of tanks also needs to be strengthened, and on this kind of mountainous terrain, tanks are actually used to attack on the high ground, and the impact and firepower of the tanks, as well as the speed advantage, are almost offset by the terrain.
In front of the Japanese army's anti-aircraft guns, a tank that climbs a hill, has a slow speed, and has poor firepower is naturally a good target for shooting Judging from what Zhang Zhige said, most of the officers of the Fifth Army lacked understanding of the use of tanks, and although the Fifth Army was equipped with quite a lot of tanks, many officers did not really understand the basic points of mastering the use of combat vehicles.
Armored equipment can be obtained from various sources, charioteers can be trained, and the skills of repairing chariots can also be learned in mechanized schools, but how to make good use of these chariots in large quantities is not easy, and these senior officers of the Fifth Army, who have only received a simple basic infantry tactical education, obviously failed to use these chariots well.
On the combat of chariots, Zhang Wei did not understand the deep-seated things, but based on the advantages and common sense of later generations, he at least knew that the chariots should not be allowed to feint and attack the Japanese positions on the rugged mountainous terrain.
Zhang Wei first finished talking about the defensive configuration of the Japanese army, and when he saw that the fire was almost over, the topic also changed to the 200th Division.
"Two commanders, the Japanese army has finished speaking, our brothers of the 200th division also have many deficiencies in the attack, I think that this is the attack formation of the infantry, the brothers are more than brave, but the tactics are not enough, the formation is too dense, the casualties under the Japanese machine gun fire when charging are too great, second, the attacking brothers are accompanied by insufficient firepower, although the artillery bombardment before the attack is fierce, but the artillery and machine guns that have no cover during the attack rely on the light weapons in the hands of the infantry, it is difficult to suppress the Japanese army."
After Zhang Wei finished saying this first sentence, Chief of Staff Zhang Zhige was no different, and Division Commander Dai also listened with a heavy face, so Zhang Wei let go and said.
"The flanks of the Japanese army are very tight, and there are machine gun firepower in the saddle and auxiliary headquarters of the high ground, and they must not fire until our brothers are approaching, so the flanks also need to be paid attention to by the brethren, and they must not be patronized by the front and ignore the flanks, but must be taken into account at the same time."
Zhang Wei started from the shortcomings of the infantry of the 200th Division, and extended to the problem of artillery coordination with the rear, including the poor coordination of infantry charge and artillery bombardment, the lack of timely artillery support for the front-line infantry, and the insufficient suppression of the Japanese artillery behind the high ground.
Zhang Wei poured out all these big and small problems and defects. ：。
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