Chapter 1034

"Pass my order, all troops should prepare for battle from now on. Once you encounter a German attack, you must stick to your defense and resist the German attack with all your strength."General Shoudai in the temple ordered

"Hi, Commander!"All the generals answered one after another.

General Juichi Terauchi and the generals of the Southern Army knew very well that the firepower and even armored combat power of the Third Reich Army were much stronger than those of the Eastern Army. In the field, if you want to defeat the Third Reich It will be very difficult for the army. Therefore, they can only hold on to their positions and cities and fight against the Third Reich Army in defensive operations. In this way, they may be able to win. No matter how bad it is, they can still withstand the Third Reich. army attack

"Your Excellency, Commander, our Army Air Force has been completely devastated. Next, the German air force will definitely bomb us on a large scale. This must be guarded against!"Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Iimura Tsumugi reminded me.

General Touichi Terauchi nodded repeatedly:"Order all units to do a good job.Make empty preparations and dig more air raid shelters"

"Hi, Commander!"The generals responded one after another, but they seemed a little aggrieved.

With the Army Air Force suffering heavy losses, they were unable to compete with the Third Reich Air Force for air supremacy and could only defend passively. Using the limited number of Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns resisted the bombings of the Third Reich Air Force and hid in air-raid shelters.

You know, in the early days of the war, the Japanese Army's aviation fleet was very powerful in the entire Far East and Nanyang battlefields. The entire Far East and Nanyang regions, No country has a decent air force at all. So it is easy to let this piece of sky fall under the control of the Toyo Army Air Force.

When the Toyo Army attacks, it often receives strong air support. During their bombing And under the fierce bombardment, few troops can withstand it. Even if they can barely hold on, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses. So that in the next battle, they will not be able to withstand the Japanese attack. It can be said that in the Far East, and Nanyang regions, the Toyo Army occupies absolute air superiority and firepower superiority. This is also one of the main reasons why the Toyo Army is invincible and invincible in the Far East and Nanyang regions.

Among them, the Toyo Army has strong combat effectiveness, and the soldiers are fighting The reason why they were brave and not afraid of death. But on the other hand, it was because of the absolute advantages of the Toyo Army in terms of weapons and equipment.

However, when facing the Third Reich, these advantages of the Toyo Empire Army suddenly disappeared. Saved. In the face of the powerful air force and artillery fire of the Third Reich, the firepower of the Toyo Army became insignificant. Next, their troops will struggle amid the fierce bombing of the Third Reich Air Force and the fierce artillery shelling of the Army. I don’t know How many people will be killed? It is very difficult to say whether it can withstand the attack of the Third Reich.

On April 8, 1944 AD, the Third Reich Tianzhu Army Group officially launched its attack on the Southern Army of the Eastern Empire Army Prologue.

Two fighter aviation groups, four dive bomber wings, two medium bomber wings, and two ground attack aircraft wings of the Third Reich Air Force stationed in Tianzhu began to launch fierce bombings on the Southern Army's defense lines..

Although the Southern Army was already prepared, most of the soldiers hid in the bomb shelters.

However, due to the lack of materials and the large number of forced local Tianzhu natives as laborers, these bomb shelters built could not be very strong.

Under the bombing of the Third Reich Air Force, a large number of these air-raid shelters were blown down. A large number of Toyo Army soldiers hiding inside were buried alive in these air-raid shelters. At the same time, the fortifications on the Toyo Army's defense line were also destroyed. Many were destroyed during the bombing.

The five infantry groups of the Third Reich Army began to attack Lucknow, Kanpur, Nagpur, Chhindwara and other places where the Southern Army of the Eastern Army was mainly stationed.

Tianzhu The four indigenous army groups each deployed 80% of their troops to fight with the Third Reich Army Group. In other words, out of the eight million Tianzhu indigenous people, a full 6.4 million people embarked on the march. The battlefield.

If the combat effectiveness of these Tianzhu natives were not so rubbish, the Third Reich would already have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.

"boom! boom! boom!"

The heavy artillery of the Third Reich Army began to launch violent bombardments on the Japanese Army's defense line. One shell after another hit the Japanese defense line hard. Amidst the violent explosions, the defense fortifications on the defense line were continuously bombarded. Destroyed.

Two heavy artillery brigades and two rocket launcher brigades were split and strengthened for the attacking troops. So that the Toyo Army was facing extremely fierce firepower from the Third Reich Army in these four important cities at this moment.

"idiot! This is a heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 200 millimeters! Damn the Germans, did they actually invest such large-caliber heavy artillery in the field?"A Toyo Army officer gritted his teeth and said.

You know, the commonly used artillery of the Toyo Army is just 75mm mountain cannon or field artillery. Howitzers with a caliber of more than 100 mm are already considered heavy artillery. As for heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 150 mm , which are only equipped by several independent heavy artillery brigades. Heavy artillery with a caliber of 200 mm or more is often used as coastal defense artillery, and field infantry is not equipped at all. So much so that it is now being bombarded by heavy artillery from the Third Reich Army. , these Japanese people were all frightened to death.

"There are not only heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 200 mm, but also many with a caliber of more than 150 mm. And heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 millimeters abounds. The gap between us and these Germans is actually so huge!"Another officer was a little lost.

Although many Japanese officers knew that the combat effectiveness of the Third Reich Army was unmatched in the world. But similarly, there were also many Japanese soldiers who were not convinced. In their view, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army was unmatched. It is not weak either, not much worse than the Third Reich Army.

However, now that the two sides have just fought, they really feel how big the gap between the two sides is. In terms of artillery alone, the Third Reich The Army can completely crush them. In addition, the Third Reich Air Force has already occupied the air superiority and continues to carry out indiscriminate bombing. You don’t need to think about it. By the time the Third Reich Army’s ground troops launch an attack, the Toyo Army has already The losses have been heavy.

How will we fight this battle next?