Although Mu Qinghe was the highest-ranking officer in the detachment that came to participate in the battle at the 3rd Regiment of the 156th Brigade, he was not the leader. The leader of this detachment was Li Hu, who also had the rank of lieutenant, but he was assigned to the 19th Route Army.
The task of military liaison is just left to Mu Qinghe.
The first team has only three instructors in this small unit: Li Hu, leader of the third rifle team, Liu Hei, the machine gun team leader, and Zhao Da, the artillery team leader. They lead two machine gun squads, an infantry squad and a mortar team of the second team.
The artillery squad and four signal soldiers.
Since he came to the battlefield for training, Mu Qinghe, as the company commander, could only participate as an ordinary soldier and obey Li Hu's command.
Of course, Mu Qinghe would not have any objections. Zhaojiaqiao's combat experience told him the difference between the battlefield and the training ground, and made him understand his own shortcomings. This time he came to learn with an open mind, not to mention that the kings of soldiers in the first detachment were originally them.
When I first joined the army, all the instructors were dissatisfied.
Li Hu has an introverted personality, and the old brothers all know that he is a boring gourd who doesn't talk much.
When they arrived at the position, they dispersed all the soldiers as Zhou Wen had planned. Liu Hei took two machine gun squads and was sent to the 2nd company position in the middle. Zhao Da took the mortar squad to the 3rd company position on the left.
I took Mu Qinghe and 10 people from the infantry squad and stayed in the 1st company position on the right wing, which was the most advanced position.
It's so simple and crude. There is only one request, try to kill the enemy while protecting yourself. Not much else to say. Anyway, Liu Hei and Zhao Da are now experts in their respective fields, and they know what to do.
Next, Li Hu did not exchange more greetings with Captain Zhong. After confirming the shooting positions of more than a dozen people, they each took out their engineers to shovel and work. The trenches were deepened and the anti-gun holes were deepened and thickened. It was completed in half an hour, and then
He called everyone together, once again explained some precautions during battle, and asked everyone to repeat them, then they all took their places, hid and rested on standby.
It was still dark when the mercenary group was working. Captain Zhong and the other officers and soldiers of the 1st Company only knew that they were reinforcing their positions. They also felt that these soldiers were really afraid of death, knowing that the 1st Company was already holding on to this position.
For several days, we had withstood the crazy attack of the Japanese army the night before yesterday, and the defensive position had been reinforced many times, so why use these people in vain.
By the time it was dawn, everyone was convinced at first sight, not to mention the shooting holes built with countless large sandbags, or the anti-gun holes that were neatly designed and obviously deeper than before.
That trench was dug so deep and wide that most people couldn't reach the shooting hole even if they were standing, but they had several identical sandbags placed under their feet. They could shoot by stepping on them, and they could use them as stools to sit on when resting. When it rained,
There is no need to sit on wet mud.
They are all veterans who have been in the war. When they saw the position pattern dug by the mercenary group, they immediately thought of the benefits of this design. At that moment, they imitated the pattern. Captain Zhong immediately ordered the entire company to follow this pattern.
After reforming the model, he humbly asked Li Hu for advice when he didn't understand something. Of course, Li Hu would not hide his secrets, and the two of them started to get acquainted with each other after going back and forth.
When daylight came, the relationship between the mercenary regiment and the officers and soldiers of the 1st Company became more harmonious. Why? They had breakfast, and dozens of canned meats were sent over. Do you think the relationship could still be bad?
By the way, Li Xiaohou from the 1st company, who once went to steal the ammunition of the mercenary group, saw Li Hu and the others coming up last night, but when he saw that Li Hu was leading the team, he felt a little guilty. Why? He was killed by Li Hu at that time
If a thief is caught on the spot and sees the person who caught the thief, can you say that he has a clear conscience?
But the more he felt guilty, the more trouble he became. Captain Zhong ordered him to come and help the soldiers of the mercenary group. One was because the 1st company had eaten dozens of cans and had no gifts in hand, so he could only give them.
A little more manpower is needed.
Another Li Xiaohou in the 1st company is just a new recruit carrying ammunition. Although he carries a brand new Thompson submachine gun on his back all day long, in fact, except for a few shots during training, he has never fired it in combat.
Where's the gun? But he's familiar with the people in the mercenary group. It's easier to get things done if you're familiar with him, right?
So Li Xiaohou could only coy and come over with a red face, but when he and Li Hu reported the report, they were dumbfounded. Why? The two of them couldn't understand each other. Li Xiaohou had just arrived in Shanghai from Guangdong not long ago, and he
I stay in the military camp all day long, and I can't even understand what I say in official dialect.
Li Hu grew up in Henan. Although he followed Zhou Wen to many places, Li Xiaohou was confused by the word "I" when he opened or closed his mouth.
So the two chatted for a while. The tiger told the monkey, and the monkey pointed to the tiger. The brothers around him couldn't help laughing. Finally, after basically understanding what the other party meant, Li Hu smiled and pressed Li
The little monkey sat down, took out a can from his backpack and pried it open with a dagger. He also took out a steel spoon and stuffed it into his hand. He gestured and said: "Eat, I think you must have not eaten enough just now."
Of course, Li Xiaohou hadn't eaten enough. He didn't even remember how many days it had been since he had eaten meat. What he had just been given was only a few spoonfuls, which was not enough to fill a mouthful.
Not polite at the moment, he picked up the spoon and started eating with a smile.
At this moment, Mu Qinghe, who was in charge of the observation, shouted loudly: "The enemy is coming up."
Li Hu didn't even think about it and shouted: "Anti-gun!"
He conveniently grabbed Li Xiaohou, who was still swallowing, and retracted into the anti-bomb hole next to him. Sure enough, a "whoosh-whoosh" sound came from the sky, and in an instant, the ground rose up.
Several exploding fireworks, Li Hu felt that the shock of the explosion was not too great, and he knew that it should be the Japanese 70mm caliber 92 infantry artillery that the scholar said.
Li Hu felt that the enemy's bombardment was not very intensive. He heard that there were only a few infantry cannons firing. He immediately signaled Li Xiaohou not to move, then he walked out of the bomb hole and took out his binoculars to look outside.
Li Xiaohou has adapted to the battlefield environment very well. Regardless of the "rumbling" explosions above his head, he squatted in the safe anti-gun cave and still ate the cans in his hands. He just felt that no matter what he ate, it was extremely sweet. Unknowingly,
I finished half the can of meat, and suddenly I thought of my old squad leader who was as friendly as my elders, so I couldn't bear to eat anymore, and thought about leaving half the can for the old squad leader.
At this moment, he heard Li Hu's voice: "Standard 300 meters, horizontal and wind, free fire." Although he didn't understand it, he guessed that the Japanese were about to start fighting. He quickly put down the can in his hand and went out.
Anti-bomb hole. We Cantonese people can't be bad guys, so I went up and fired a few shots. Usually I'm under the supervision of the old squad leader. Today it's better, no one is in charge, Li Xiaohou thought.
He didn't understand Li Hu's order, but Company Commander Zhong in the distance did. He frowned and said to himself: "If you shoot these young guys at 300 meters, isn't that a waste of bullets? I guess little Japan doesn't even stop."