PFC Chapter 208 The exercise begins
Chapter 208 The exercise begins
"Long time no see, Commander Lao Xi."
"Mr. Cixiu, you are too polite."
In a magnificent room in the city of Xi'an, several high-ranking officials from the Kuomintang and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army gathered together and had a great conversation.
"Commander Lao Xi, this time the Eighth Route Army invited our two sides to watch the battle. What do you think is the purpose?"
Ci Xiu held a glass of red wine, shook it, looked at Lao Xi and asked.
"hehe."
Lao Xi smiled faintly: "The purpose is nothing more than deterrence by force."
"Deterrence by force?"
At this time, a laugh was heard, and a spirited man walked over.
"What can those peasants do to intimidate us?"
"Commander Bo is so arrogant!"
Lao Xi took a puff of his cigarette and said slowly: "The Eighth Route Army is different now than before. We have bombers, gliders, light and heavy machine guns, and everything in between!"
"Hehe, having more weapons doesn't mean anything."
Bo Ling waved his hand nonchalantly: "Could their weapons and equipment be as powerful as the Japanese?"
"But they just wiped out an entire division of the Japanese army in Shanxi."
Lao Xi narrowed his eyes and looked at Bo Ling and emphasized.
"It's just a division!"
Bo Ling smiled and said, "As far as I know, that division is the result of the efforts of all officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi."
"Hundreds of thousands of people, fighting against tens of thousands of people, and fighting so hard, I think it's nothing more than this."
"Haha, I forgot."
Lao Xi shook his head and said with a smile: "Bo Ling just finished commanding the Changsha Battle."
"Not only did they block the attack of six Japanese divisions, but they also caused more than 40,000 Japanese casualties. Naturally, they looked down on the Eighth Route Army's small achievements."
"Don't forget, the Japanese army also sent more than 100 planes and more than 300 ships."
"Under such circumstances, our General Bo still stubbornly blocked the Japanese attack."
Cixiu on the side added with a hint of pride.
"Haha, yes, yes, yes."
Lao Xi nodded repeatedly: "It seems that during this military exercise, I still have to put the party and the country first!"
"Hahaha."
Cixiu was very happy that Lao Xi surrendered. He immediately said, "When you arrive in Hanzhong, you just need to follow my instructions and I will make sure you can rest assured."
"Then I'll borrow your good words!"
Lao Xi said with his hand.
After the two parties reached an agreement, the time quickly came to February 2th.
On that day, the Kuomintang and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army formed a military inspection team and headed towards the Hanzhong Plain together.
Hanzhong City, the birthplace of Yang County's "Confident in Thought".
"Hahaha, welcome, welcome. I didn't expect you would go through so much trouble to bring people here to conduct military exercises!"
Ci Xiu brought a large group of people and stood at the gate of Yang County to welcome the newly arrived Eighth Route Army.
"Haha, what is Commander Ci talking about?"
Commander Lin patted the newly made leather gun case on his waist and said: "We hold guns. Although the world is big, we can go anywhere."
"Hahaha, Master Lin is still so sharp-tongued!"
Ci Xiu laughed and asked, "Everyone, since you are the ones who want to conduct military exercises, when are you going to start?"
"It's already started."
The elegant man who was in charge of leading the team looked at Ci Xiu and the others and explained.
"The location of this exercise is set at the Han River ferry not far away. You can go and watch it now."
"what!"
Ci Xiu was shocked. The Eighth Route Army troops had already arrived, but he didn’t even know it!
Thinking of this, he glared fiercely at the Yang County garrison commander in the crowd.
"hey-hey."
The garrison commander smiled awkwardly and lowered his head: "This soil is really earthy!"
"Humph."
Ci Xiu snorted coldly, turned his head, and forced an ugly smile: "Since your army is ready, let's set off!"
"it is good."
Soon, the Kuomintang people in jeeps and the Eighth Route Army soldiers on horseback rushed towards the Han River ferry.
On the way, looking at Ci Xiu and others sitting in the jeep, shaking their heads leisurely, Commander Lin caught up with the elegant man and gave him a suggestion.
"Chief, do you think we should talk to Minister Zhao about researching some jeeps?"
"Why, do you want to take a car?"
The elegant man glanced at Master Lin and asked with a smile.
“There!”
Teacher Lin scratched his head and said, "I just think that in some situations, riding in a car is more appropriate than riding a horse."
"It was fine if we didn't have the conditions before, but now we have them, there's no need to ride horses for everything!"
"Haha, what you said makes sense."
The elegant man thought for a moment and said, "What you said, I will go back and discuss it with the chief and the others."
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Han River Ferry.
"The troops on both sides of the battlefield, those near the Han River, are using Japanese weapons, while the other side is using weapons we made ourselves."
On a high platform, Commander Lin pointed at the two troops in the distance and introduced the Kuomintang and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
"How will they fight later?"
Ci Xiu, who was observing through a telescope at the side, asked curiously.
"I have no idea!"
Commander Lin smiled and explained: "In order to ensure authenticity, both sides will try their best to win this battle, so there is no such thing as how to fight."
"Well, it's better to be real, it's better to be real."
Cixiu nodded repeatedly in agreement.
A moment later, the Eighth Route Army, which was ready, began to attack.
First, three Taihang Type 1 medium tanks led the way, followed by armored vehicles and infantry.
This scene stunned Ci Xiu and others.
"When did the Eighth Route Army also launch tank charges?"
"92 Infantry Gun, fire at the heads of those three tanks."
The commander of the Japanese army in charge of defense, Wang Sancai, saw the tanks coming and immediately gave orders to his men.
"Yes."
"Bang, bang."
Two Type 92 infantry guns accurately hit the front of the tank, causing it to explode.
"This sound?"
Hearing something wrong, Bo Ling quickly asked, "Commander Lin, you didn't use blanks?"
"Some of it is useless!"
Commander Lin smiled and said, "We also want to see if the enemy's infantry guns can penetrate our tanks."
“You are so confident!”
Bo Ling muttered a few words, raised his telescope and continued to look.
The tank that was hit continued to move forward without any pause.
"Hiss~ What a strong defense."
Everyone was shocked as they were hit head-on by a 70mm high-explosive shell without even a pause.
This would be simply impossible on the Kuomintang's tanks.
"Heavy machine guns, anti-tank guns, infantry guns, keep bombing."
Seeing that the infantry artillery had no effect, Wang Sancai became anxious and quickly gave orders to his soldiers.
Suddenly, heavy machine guns, anti-tank guns, and infantry guns fired at the Taihang Type 1 medium tank.
The waves of smoke blocked the view.
"Haha, all of them are live ammunition."
Bo Ling looked at Master Lin with a gloating look on his face: "Aren't you guys too careless?"
"With this firepower density, even the Japanese Type 97 medium tanks would be forced to retreat!"
"Hahaha, Commander Bo, you must be joking. The Japanese Type 97 tank is not even worthy of being compared with our Type Taihang tank."
Commander Lin pointed to the battlefield in the distance and said, "If you don't believe me, just take a good look."
Looking in the direction of Commander Lin's finger, I saw that the tank that had just been covered by fire was completely intact except for some black bullet marks.
Now Ci Xiu and the others were even more surprised, and looked at the restarted tank in amazement.
"What kind of tank is this? Why is it still fine after being hit so many times by 70mm high-explosive shells?"
"hehe."
Commander Lin smiled and did not explain. Instead, he waved to the bugler beside him.
"Didi didi..."
Hearing the horn, the armored troops that were about to attack the Japanese position stopped and retreated without hesitation.
"What does this mean, Master Lin?"
Ci Xiu asked curiously, "You were about to win, why did you let the troops retreat?"
"Haha, Commander Ci doesn't know anything."
Commander Lin explained: "It is unfair to rely on armored forces to win, so we plan to switch to infantry units and attack again."
Everyone was speechless after hearing this reason. If you win unfairly, then don't let the armored troops go!
You just have to show us the terrifying defensive power of your tanks, right?