The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 1084

Without the advantage in the air, the Japanese army lost one of their three axes!

Therefore, on the ground battlefield, when facing the Celestial Empire and the British Allied Forces, the Japanese army’s performance was quite different from before!

The Celestial Empire’s army, which had changed its equipment and whose weapons and equipment were not inferior to those of the Japanese army, was completely different from the Celestial Empire’s army with simple equipment and weak fighting will that the Japanese army had encountered before.

In the past, they only needed to swing the three axes to stun the opponent and then win.

But this time, after their three axes went down, not only was the opponent not knocked out, but they also swung the three axes at them.

As a result, the Foot Basin Army, which had never been hit by such fierce firepower, was the first to be unable to hold on! After a long time of bullying on the Celestial Empire battlefield, the Foot Basin Army had become accustomed to fighting with the wind, and completely forgot how to fight against the wind!

In fact, because the Celestial Empire’s army lacked heavy weapons such as artillery before, the foot basin army did not need to dig trenches or build fortifications. They only needed to set up artillery positions, then bombard them, and then the infantry attacked and swept the battlefield to win.

However, this approach is courting death when facing the coalition forces with heavy firepower.

On the battlefield, without the protection of solid fortifications, facing the enemy’s artillery attack, it will cost a heavy price!

At the beginning of the war, the Japanese army underestimated their opponents, and as a result, they were taught a lesson by the coalition’s artillery. The entire division that launched the attack was almost wiped out under the joint attack of the coalition’s artillery!

And this result greatly increased the confidence of the coalition forces, and reduced a lot of concerns about the Japanese army!

“”Tsk, I thought the Japanese army was so powerful, but I didn’t expect it to be just like this!”

After seeing the poor performance of the Japanese army on the battlefield, the British generals and soldiers all looked down on the Japanese army.

They were the army that fought the German army head-on on the European battlefield. Although they were not the opponent of the German army, they had fought against the German army after all, and knew what a truly strong army was. The foot basin man in front of them was obviously not one of them!

“There were no Type 4 tanks, no Stuka dive bombers, and even the Japanese artillery had a caliber of less than 100 mm. Compared with the German Gustav cannons with a caliber of more than 150 mm or even 300 to 400 mm, the Japanese artillery was simply harmless!”

“Fighting against such an opponent, there is actually a feeling of happiness!”

The British army compared the Japanese army in front of them with the German army that lived in their hearts and left them with a nightmare-like impression. The Japanese army immediately showed a harmless image!

Indeed, compared with the German army, this Japanese army is too easy to deal with!

After seeing the quality of the Japanese army, the British army was relieved!

Since the Japanese army is so easy to deal with, the battle in Australia should be no problem, right?

Although the troops they sent to Australia are not many, they have the advantage of home court and can recruit soldiers from Australia to join the battle. Compared with the Japanese army that must transport soldiers and supplies from the mainland, their advantage is too great!

The failure of the daytime attack surprised the Japanese army. They realized that the coalition forces in front of them were different from the other armies they had encountered before. The Japanese army is completely different from the coalition forces!

If we still use the previous tactics to deal with them, we will definitely suffer!

So the Japanese army held an emergency meeting overnight to discuss ways to deal with the coalition forces!

Although the weapons and equipment of the Japanese army are not as good as those of the German army, or even the British army, their fighting spirit is definitely one of the best. Even the German army may not be able to defeat them in this regard!

Therefore, after some discussion within the Japanese army, they came up with a solution!

Since the opponent’s weapons and equipment are advanced, it is likely that they will not be able to win in a head-on fight, then it is better not to fight head-on, but to rush up with bayonets and fight hand-to-hand combat! As long as you get close to the opponent, the opponent’s heavy weapons will not be able to play a role. At that time, the Japanese army can rely on tenacious fighting will and excellent bayonet fighting skills to win!

So, in the second half of the night, the Japanese army attacked the front line of the coalition forces. The Allied Forces launched a surprise attack on the positions.

This time the scale of the surprise attack was large and extremely sudden. The Allied Forces, who had just won a victory, had never expected that the Japanese army, which had been beaten so badly during the day, would dare to come at night, so they were caught off guard.

By the time they reacted, a large number of Japanese troops had already rushed over. Their heavy weapons were no longer useful, and the soldiers of both sides began to fight hand-to-hand!

Due to malnutrition, the height of the Japanese people was not high in the 1920s and 1930s. At this time, the average height of the Japanese army was less than 1.6 meters!

This height is actually very disadvantageous in front of the tall and strong Europeans.

However, the Japanese Type 38 rifle is very long. After the bayonet is mounted, the length exceeds 1.4 meters, which makes up for their lack of height to a large extent.

Moreover , the Japanese army’s bayonet technology is really good. Because of the insufficient steel production, the Japanese army’s bullet supply is much less than that of other countries’ armies, which makes the Japanese army like to use hand-to-hand combat to save bullets!

Although the armies of European countries also train to fight, they really don’t use it much in normal times.

With the intensity of artillery and machine gun fire in Europe, the enemy soldiers want to rush over with bayonets.

It’s just a dream, so the bayonet technology is not very useful!

In addition, the coalition forces were suddenly attacked in the dark night, and the whole army was in chaos.

There was no unified command, and the Japanese army was well prepared, and their bayonet technology was better.

So after the fight, the coalition forces were beaten back one after another.

After a night of fierce fighting, the battlefield was full of corpses and blood flowed like a river.

The first line of defense of the coalition forces has been completely occupied by the Japanese army!

In this battle, the Japanese army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, but achieved a brilliant record of annihilating 60,000 enemies. Most of the coalition casualties occurred on the British side.

Their weapons were more advanced, and they underestimated the enemy. They were not prepared enough for the Japanese sneak attacks, and as a result, they collapsed after being attacked by the Japanese, which widened the gap in their defenses and led to a larger-scale rout, which resulted in a large number of casualties.

On the other hand, the weapons and equipment of the Chinese army were indeed inferior to those of the British army, but their bayonet fighting skills were better.

After all, they had often fought with the Japanese army, and they had practiced it.

Moreover, the Chinese army did not underestimate the enemy.

They knew the strength of the Japanese army very well, and they also knew that the Japanese army liked to launch night attacks, so the Japanese attack did not cause much damage to the Chinese army.