Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 769: The Northeast is such a vast area, and with our limited military strength, it’s just li

The more stable Kong Jie did not remain silent. He knocked on his pipe and continued with a serious expression, "We did underestimate the Japanese's combat effectiveness before. We always felt that after the large-scale expansion of the army and the withdrawal of elite troops, the Japanese's combat effectiveness has declined significantly."

"But from the previous night battles, we can see that the Japanese's combat effectiveness is not as weak as we imagined. Their individual combat effectiveness is still stronger than ours. No one can deny this."

"Most of our troops are new recruits, and there are too few veterans, which has led to a large number of unnecessary casualties on the battlefield."

"We must be vigilant about this. We must not lose our vigilance or even become complacent just because we have more advanced weapons and equipment than the Japanese. This requires special attention."

"Especially in the past few days, I've noticed that the troops below are already showing a state of not taking the Japanese seriously. If we don't pay attention to it, it will have a huge impact on next year's spring counter-offensive. We may even suffer a great loss at the hands of the Japanese, which will affect the plan to retake Northeast China!"

After receiving Kong Jie's reminder, everyone felt that this matter must be paid close attention to. Zhao Gang emphasized with a serious face: "What Old Kong said just now is very reasonable. No matter what kind of army it is, as long as it becomes arrogant and overbearing, it will be the beginning of defeat."

"In our previous counterattack, we only won a small victory, not a major one. Furthermore, that victory was achieved with weapons and ammunition, so there's really nothing to praise about it."

"You have to know that the weapons and ammunition consumed that night were half of the total ammunition consumed in all the previous battles."

"We've only consumed so much ammunition against the Japanese 12th Army. If we were to fight against the Kwantung Army, which has hundreds of thousands of troops, we'd have to pay a huge price in casualties and ammunition to win. Everyone should have an idea of ​​that!"

"Especially you, Li Yunlong. Ever since your family became wealthy, you've been reckless in fighting. You don't even know how to fight economically."

"And college students, I also want to say a few words to you. We don't have enough weapons and ammunition right now. We must not waste ammunition like this in the future."

"I don't want our soldiers to be sacrificed, but we can't kill the Japanese with artillery shells every time!"

"Even if we double the production capacity of all the arsenals in our base, we still won't be able to complete the firepower strike plan proposed by the college students."

"That plan is completely unrealistic. Unless we seize the Japanese arsenal in Northeast China, everything else is just wishful thinking!"

"Not to mention that the food shortage in the future is also our top priority. Once we really conquer Northeast China, we will have to worry about the food and drink problems of tens of millions of people."

"There's another point we forgot. The Northeast is vast. Even if we deploy all our limited military forces, it would only be a drop in the bucket. The most urgent task before us now is to quickly expand our forces!"

"This matter cannot be delayed any longer. We must start preparing for a rainy day now. Otherwise, even if we take back the Northeast, we will fail because we have no troops stationed there!"

Lin Zhenhua nodded in agreement and replied solemnly, "Old Zhao, your opinion is very pertinent. We really need to make some careful plans!"