"Isn't this great? Before, we were afraid that the Japanese would use a trap to attack them, so we didn't dare to attack them with all our strength. Now we don't even need to show off, and we can just fight them head-on."
Xu Zhiqin worriedly said: "But the 1st company deployed in the first position is under great pressure."
Zhao Changshu's defensive position in Fenghuang Mountain adopted a light-in-the-front and heavy-in-the-back deployment. He only sent one company to defend the first line of position. The purpose was to give the Japanese army the impression that the defenders' defensive power was not very strong, and to tempt the Japanese army to attack with all their strength.
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Even in Meng Yuting's plan, some positions could be abandoned in the early stage, so that the Japanese army could see hope and then attack with all their strength, leading to a large-scale melee between the two sides.
This can offset part of the Japanese army's long-range firepower advantage, especially the advantage of the Japanese aviation force.
Think about it, if both sides control part of the position and the enemy and our forces are intertwined, will the Japanese aircraft still dare to drop bombs?
Now the model brigade is not actually worried about the Japanese artillery. The power of the Type 38 field gun with a caliber of 75 mm is just that. As long as the fortifications are deep enough and the important firepower points are reinforced with thickened templates and part of the steel, it is very difficult for the Japanese artillery shells.
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But the Japanese bombs are different. Not to mention the 500-pound bombs carried by heavy bombers, even the 100-pound bombs that ordinary fighter jets can carry cannot be tolerated by ordinary fortifications. 100 pounds is equivalent to 45 kilograms, which is equivalent to one
A 155mm howitzer shell is powerful enough to destroy a reinforced concrete fortress.
Therefore, Meng Yuting's ultimate goal is to give up part of the position and compete with the Japanese repeatedly, so that the Japanese can continue to increase their troops to the mountain.
But now it seems that there is no need to give in. The Japs' posture is to attack with all their strength as soon as they arrive, because Zhao Changshu observed that behind the two Japs squadrons, there are more Japs entering the offensive position.
But this way, the 1st company in the first position is in some danger. If they don't fight back the Japanese attack, they can't retreat even if they want to.
Zhao Changshu stood up straight and said: "There are no unchanging tactics in this world. Since the Japanese are not playing tricks with us, there is no need for us to hide them. We will use the first position as the first battle between the two sides."
On the battlefield, order the 2nd and 3rd companies of the 1st Battalion to be ready for support at any time."
Xu Zhiqin said: "The first position is 200 meters away from the top of the mountain. If we are afraid of the enemy's artillery blockade, the losses of the 2nd and 3rd companies during the movement will increase!"
There is some truth in Xu Zhiqin's worries. The first position was just a bait to lure the Japanese, and it would have to be abandoned sooner or later. Therefore, the communication trenches between the position on the top of the mountain were only two narrow passages only for personnel to pass through, just to prevent the Japanese from occupying them.
Instead, they used the communication trenches to attack behind the positions.
Now Xu Zhiqin observed that both communication trenches were blown to pieces by Japanese artillery, and the supporting troops were inevitably exposed to the threat of Japanese artillery.
Zhao Changshu looked at Xu Zhiqin's mother-in-law worrying about this and that, and sighed in his heart. This general was still too rigid and did not realize that this was a national war, a life-and-death war. It was a taboo for a general to be hesitant. The reason why he
This is what I fear when I personally go to the forward position to take command.
He raised his voice and said: "Don't you dare to fight if there are losses? Since it is a war, and we are fighting against the most vicious little devils, our model brigade is going down on itself, and everyone must be prepared to sacrifice."
"Besides, Zhiqin, have you forgotten the soil work we have been training for a long time? Let the 2nd and 3rd companies dig on the spot immediately. Isn't it difficult to build a 200-meter traffic trench?"
When Xu Zhiqin heard this, he slapped his forehead in shame, how could he have forgotten about it.
At first, he didn't think much of the soil work training arranged by Zhou Wen, but now it was time for him to use it.
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When Meng Yuting originally deployed the first defensive position, he considered that even if he planned to give up, it must be done in strict accordance with geotechnical standards. One was to protect the safety of the troops, and the other was to confuse the Japanese troops and prevent them from becoming suspicious.
Therefore, even after half an hour of shelling by the Japanese army, and the front-line position was still the focus of Japanese artillery, the losses of the 1st company stationed on the position were not significant.
After the Japanese artillery fire stopped, Pan Rengui, the 1st company commander who was hiding in the artillery cave, shook off the dust all over his body, bent down and ran out, loudly ordering: "Others, don't move, to prevent the little Japs from shelling again."
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And he himself looked down the mountain through the gaps in the sandbags that were scattered in all directions at the edge of the trench.
I was shocked when I saw it. I saw shit-yellow figures shaking at the bottom of the mountain. They formed three skirmishing lines and were driving towards the mountain at a leisurely pace, although they were obscured by the smoke coming from everywhere.
Part of the sight was blocked, but Pan Rengui could still basically judge the strength of the Japanese army.
Damn, this little devil is working hard when he comes up. There are 400 people there at first glance, that's two squadrons.
Because his line of sight was blocked, what he didn't see was that there were densely packed bayonets and helmets shaking in the trenches dug by the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain. This was the Japanese army preparing for a follow-up attack.
"Everyone is ready to fight, the little devil is coming." Pan Rengui's voice became a little hoarse due to nervousness.
Even a veteran like him who had participated in countless civil wars felt his scalp tingle when he looked at the gleaming bayonets of Little Japan and the locust-like formation.
You must know that the person opposite is a kid. There have been many rumors about the kid in recent years, but most of them are talking about how tough and cruel the kid is, even if the instructors from the teaching corps have repeatedly taught them how to deal with the kid.
tactics, but when I actually came to the battlefield and saw these little Japanese with their backs bent and slowly moving forward, their eyes and expressions were all visible, I felt relaxed and a little scared.
This is the first time these Shanxi men have fought against the Japs. Can they beat the Japs? No one is sure.
At this time, I saw people emerging from the anti-gun holes on one side of the trench and lying down on the edge of the trench.
Pan Rengui became anxious and ran along the trench while shouting: "Don't lie down, don't show your head, the observer will report the distance, and don't expose the heavy machine guns and mortars."
At this time, the commanders of the 2nd and 3rd platoons were also loudly reminding the soldiers under them.
"No one is allowed to show his head. The rifleman observes, and others check the weapons. Don't let the chain fall at the critical moment."
"What about you, Jia Laoer, why are you standing so high? Do you want to get shot?"
These officers were selected carefully by Zhao Changshu and Zhou Wenjing, and they still remembered the instructions formulated by the instructors during the original training.