nashuaworldcup Chapter 888 This is a blatant scheme, an unsolvable blatant scheme.
Chapter 888 This is a blatant scheme, an unsolvable blatant scheme.
"Not to mention the Ma Sihuan rifle currently in service with the Eighth Route Army, its overall performance is at least 30% better than our Type 38 rifle, which is simply unbelievable."
“Our firearms experts analyzed the captured Ma 4 Ring rifles and found that the parts were made of top-quality steel. You should know that this level of steel is used to make artillery in China. Using it to make guns would be a huge waste.”
"Rifles aside, the most crucial thing is the light machine gun that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with. One drum magazine can hold 100 rounds of ammunition. This simply overturned the history of light machine guns internationally. Its firepower output is even more powerful than our Type 92 heavy machine gun."
"The most outrageous thing is that the Eighth Route Army could basically equip a squad with one gun, and bullets were like they were free."
"Our army has now abandoned the 'pig charge' tactic that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Under this dense firepower, any concentrated charge is suicidal."
Upon hearing this, Sakai asked curiously, "Since this light machine gun is so good, and our troops at the front must have captured some, why not have the experts from the Ministry of Military Industry replicate this excellent light machine gun to improve the strength of our troops?"
Faced with this question, Mizukusa Isamu simply rolled his eyes and replied irritably:
"This weapon is good, but it consumes too much resources. It is made of high-quality steel, and its caliber is completely different from our standard weapons."
"As you probably know, most of the steel in the country is currently supplied to those idiots in the navy, and very little is allocated to our army."
"Now, industrialized countries in Europe and America are equipping their forces with powerful submachine guns, but our army is still using bolt-action rifles, which puts us at a natural disadvantage."
"In the past, we could seize a lot of raw materials from China, but now it's becoming increasingly difficult."
"For example, in the past, if we robbed ten yuan, we would only spend four yuan at most, which would be very profitable. Now, the cost has reached eight yuan, and sometimes even more than twelve yuan, which is a losing proposition."
“Especially in the Eighth Route Army base area, we used to be able to enter easily even as a battalion, but now, let alone a battalion, even a brigade or division dares not enter easily, otherwise there is a great chance that we will not be able to return.”
At this point, the two fell silent. The situation was developing faster and faster. Not to mention low-level agents like them, even high-ranking agents like Doiyuu and Yoshio Shinotsuka faced the same dilemma.
The Japanese army hasn't launched any offensives against our base for several months. Instead, a large number of guerrillas have emerged in the areas they occupy.
Our guerrilla units were well-equipped with superior weaponry and ample ammunition, especially high-explosive grenades and new-style landmines, which tied down a large number of enemy mobile forces and also consumed a significant amount of the Japanese army's combat supplies.
This attrition is continuous, and the enemy needs to stockpile various supplies in advance if they want to launch a major campaign. However, they also need to use a large amount of combat supplies for defense in the face of our regular troops' frontal attacks and guerrilla harassment. This is equivalent to getting caught up in a war of attrition between the two sides.
In any case, we are also adopting a tactic of slowly recovering lost territory, and will not engage in a decisive battle with the enemy for the time being.
The Japanese won't get any advantage over us, so they'll definitely try to pick on the weaker targets, such as the defense zones of the Nationalist government's central army and various local forces.
Once war breaks out between the two sides, they will definitely purchase a large amount of our weapons and equipment. If an army's supply channels for weapons and equipment are controlled, it will basically have no other ambitions.
When the time comes to confront them, they will naturally know what to do.
This is an open and unsolvable scheme.
For example, the Jin-Sui Army, after purchasing a large amount of steel, copper ingots and cloth from our base area, has greatly improved its military production capacity and its combat effectiveness has been restored.
In terms of light weapons, in addition to their own use, the Jin-Sui Army also sold a large number of them to other local troops, which made them quite a bit of money.
However, precisely because of this, they have become deeply integrated with our base. Once they can no longer buy raw materials from us, all military industrial enterprises will immediately cease production.
As a result, the entire Jin-Sui Army quickly moved towards our side and basically cooperated with our actions.
Once the Japanese can no longer break through other defenses, they will ultimately have no choice but to plunder the weaker Southeast Asia.
A robber is a robber after all. If the opponent is too powerful and the loot is too little, he will quickly change his target and rob those forces that are easier to rob.
Japan has always had an island mentality and has historically lacked strategists with a long-term vision. Knowing only small manners but not the greater good is the most accurate assessment of them.
To put it bluntly, they are taking advantage of China's century of decline to ride on the back of their former suzerain state and act arrogantly. As soon as we recover, we can easily crush this clown.
After a long while, the paddy field finally spoke softly:
"These things are for the higher-ups to consider. We little people should just do our jobs well. Otherwise, if the higher-ups blame us, we'll all have to commit seppuku."
"I came to Zexian this time on the orders of Commander Xiaozhong, to lead all the intelligence personnel to try to blow up the hydroelectric power station not far from the county seat."
"Industry now requires a lot of energy. Without electricity, most machinery and equipment cannot operate. To build a similar hydroelectric power station, it would take at least two months, which would greatly weaken the opponent's logistical support capabilities."
"We'll secretly set off tonight to conduct surveying near the hydroelectric power station. Once we get the coordinates, the mission will be complete."
At this point, Sakai thought of a possibility, his eyes widened, and his tone was full of excitement.
"The higher-ups are planning to solve this problem with airplanes. That's a brilliant idea. All we have to do is drop a few heavy bombs from our army aviation unit, and this little problem will be solved."
"Moreover, even if the Eighth Route Army needs to rebuild later, we can send planes over again. We'll see whether they can rebuild faster or we can bomb them faster."
At this point, the old Japanese soldier even stood up and cheered, clearly having absolute confidence in his own aircraft.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. Our air force has been established for a very short time. Although we have clashed with enemy aircraft a few times, we have won a great victory.
However, the Japanese high command was also quite cunning; they certainly wouldn't publicize such a shameful thing, especially not to the lower-ranking soldiers.
Until now, most of the soldiers in the small country have no idea that we have built a powerful air force equipped with a large number of state-of-the-art aircraft.
Let alone the Japanese soldiers, even our own soldiers, apart from a limited number of units that received air support, most of them didn't know anything about it.