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Chapter 294: 2 Weak Points
294 Two Weak Spots
The Japanese Chief of Staff Tsukada Isao came over and said, "The Special High Section has sent a message.
They already had news about the heavy artillery in Ye Qingshan's hands.
It is said that similar weapons also appeared on the Xuzhou battlefield.
Some damage has already been done to our troops in Xuzhou.
We are not the only ones paying attention to this matter.
The base camp is paying more attention.
A death order has been given to the Special High Police.
At all costs, get this information about the Chinese's heavy artillery.
Moreover, the Chinese Wuhan Arsenal seemed to be secretly manufacturing this strange heavy artillery.
However, the Chinese did a good job in keeping it secret this time.
Our spies tried several times to get information, but failed.
However, the chief of the Special High Section promised that he would send us detailed information in two days.
They have already mobilized the highest-level sleeper spies in Wuhan.
That will definitely lead to success.”
"What? This kind of heavy artillery has also appeared in Xuzhou?"
After hearing this, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane was surprised again.
"So, the Chinese have really mastered the ability to manufacture this kind of strange heavy artillery?"
Matsui Iwane was a little worried after hearing this.
Although, through his observation, he also found that this type of heavy artillery was different from ordinary heavy artillery.
And there are some notable flaws.
However, not to mention other aspects, just talking about firepower.
It is comparable to their heavy artillery.
This alone is a huge boost to the combat effectiveness of the national army, which is seriously lacking in firepower at the time.
If the National Army is really allowed to equip itself with rocket launchers on a large scale.
On the battlefield, it can intimidate the enemy's artillery and prevent them from acting recklessly.
Because the rocket launchers in the hands of the National Army also have the ability to attack them.
At this time, Ye Qingshan had already submitted the design drawings of the rocket launcher to the National Army Command through Chen Cheng.
At this time, the National Army's arsenal in Wuhan had already begun secretly manufacturing rocket launchers.
In addition, the command also set up a special rocket artillery unit.
It was sent to the Xuzhou battlefield for testing.
It can be said that the Japanese will soon find out the secret of the rocket launcher.
Ye Qingshan had known this for a long time.
But Ye Qingshan didn't care, because he hadn't thought about keeping this secret hidden for too long.
Even if the Japanese knew the information about the rocket launcher, it would not be of much use.
At this time, the old Japanese Matsui Iwane had already guessed the performance of the rocket launcher in Ye Qingshan's hand.
It's not such a big secret anymore.
As for the National Army Arsenal, the design drawings of the rocket launcher were leaked.
It doesn't matter.
Because, even if the Japanese mastered how to make rocket launchers.
They won't use it either.
To a certain extent, rocket launchers are really inferior to the Japanese's large-caliber heavy artillery.
After all, rocket launchers can only provide coverage and strike, but cannot achieve precise strikes with a single gun.
This is fatal.
For an island country like the Japanese with scarce resources, it would be a waste of so many artillery shells to carry out a covering strike.
It is absolutely not allowed.
The rocket launcher is just a helpless substitute as Ye Qingshan is temporarily unable to produce heavy artillery.
Of course, if it is in a country with strong industrial manufacturing capabilities and does not care about wasting artillery shells.
The rocket launcher is pretty useful.
Because of the firepower coverage and damage to the enemy, it is indeed very powerful.
"Commander, the 22nd Brigade deserved to lose this time.
They were hit by the Chinese's heavy artillery and attacked from both sides.
Failure is inevitable.
It's just a pity that this is a great opportunity to take over Purple Mountain."
After talking about the rocket launcher, the Japanese Chief of Staff Tsukada Isao next to him read the telegram from the 22nd Brigade.
He also said with a sigh.
Now the situation has returned to what it was before, which is very unfavorable for them.
The old devil Matsui Iwane remained silent, but the expression on his face betrayed him.
The old devil was also very anxious.
Three days had passed since the general offensive began, and they had made no progress at all.
He personally set Purple Mountain as the first strategic target that must be captured.
Haven't gotten it yet.
On the contrary, during these three days, they fought repeatedly with the National Army around Purple Mountain.
Thousands of soldiers were lost.
Such a high casualty rate was hard to believe for the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane.
Now, the thorny issue facing the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane is whether or not to continue fighting at Zijin Mountain.
If he wants to fight, he will need to deploy more troops.
"We still have to fight at Zijin Mountain."
After a moment, the old devil Matsui Iwane uttered these words.
At this time, the battle situation in Nanjing was actually clear to both the National Army and the Japanese.
Zijin Mountain is a strategic location that both sides want.
Unable to capture Purple Mountain, the other Japanese divisions were unwilling to send troops into the city to engage in street fighting with the National Army.
Even if we get in, it will be difficult to win.
Those Japanese commanders on the front line are not fools.
Having already suffered heavy losses in street fighting, they will not go in again easily.
"Hey! The commander is right.
Purple Mountain must be taken.
But I suggest that other divisions also launch an attack.
From other directions, tie down more Chinese troops.
This prevents them from freeing up extra troops to rush to support Zijin Mountain.
For example, let the 13th Division and the 11th Division attack along the Yangtze River from the north and south directions.
Try again to cut off the supply lines within Jinling City.
The supply line on the Yangtze River is also the biggest loophole for the Chinese army in Nanjing City.
As long as their supply lines are cut off, there will be more than just hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in the city.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians were also trapped in the city and unable to escape.
With so many people, the amount of food consumed every day is an astronomical figure.
Our previous reconnaissance plane discovered it when it flew over the Yangtze River for reconnaissance.
There are ships on the Yangtze River every day, transporting various materials back and forth.
If their supply lines are cut off, the Chinese in the city will not last more than a week."
The Japanese Chief of Staff Tsukada Osamu pointed to the Yangtze River again and spoke to the old Japanese Matsui Iwane.
"Yoshi, sure!"
The old devil Matsui Iwane agreed to the chief of staff's proposal.
Because he also felt that it was time to make the several large Japanese armies in other directions move.
Perhaps we can find a breakthrough in other directions.
It can be said that the two biggest weaknesses of the Nanjing National Army at this time were the Purple Mountain in the east and the supply line on the Yangtze River in the west.
Both sides are clear about this.
Apart from attacking these two places, the Japanese could not find any other directions to attack.
Therefore, the focus of the Japanese attacks was repeatedly around these two places.
Even if they fail again and again, they will try again and again.
There was no other way. If they attacked other places, they would not get the desired results.
Going directly into the city and engaging in street fighting was the trap that Ye Qingshan set for the Japanese.
The Japanese must be stupid to get in so easily.
At this time, Ye Qingshan and the old devil Matsui Iwane were like two boxers.
One focuses on the opponent's two weaknesses and the other keeps hitting them.
Each of them tried their best to protect their two weak points, consume the opponent's physical strength, and wait for a counterattack.