In recent days, the mercenary group has not taken any major actions, mainly because they have not found suitable fighters.
Now that the Japanese troops have gathered heavily between Lengkou and Dushan, it is still risky to rashly attack their supply lines. Moreover, since the Japanese artillery positions were bombarded, it is now a time to be very vigilant. Anyway, the days are still long.
There is no need to fight hard now.
He simply sent out several reconnaissance groups to detect the Japanese mountain artillery and field artillery positions, and then asked the artillery of the Model Brigade to counterattack.
In addition, Zhou Wen's main attention is not on the main position of Phoenix Mountain now.
Phoenix Mountain is now guarded as tightly as an iron barrel by the Model Brigade.
Today's model brigade has become richer after acquiring the mountain artillery and field artillery captured from the Japanese mixed 14th Brigade. If mortars are included, it already has hundreds of small and medium-caliber artillery pieces, as well as Li Han
The existence of the two 105mm howitzers, a strategic killer, firmly took the initiative in the artillery battle with the Japs.
Moreover, after the battle of annihilating the 14th mixed brigade of the Japanese army, the morale of the nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Model Brigade was lifted, and they began to have the spirit and sense of honor of a strong army. This is what Zhou Wen hopes to see most.
You must know that China's history of humiliation in the past century and a series of amateur performances in foreign wars have caused most Chinese soldiers during this period to lose the spirit and temperament of being indomitable and sharing the same hatred against foreign enemies.
Especially for the vast number of grassroots officers and soldiers, as soon as they hear that they are Japanese and Westerners, everyone becomes angry and they think they are invincible. They are innately less courageous. In addition, the equipment is rudimentary and the military quality is poor.
The gap formed a psychological implication of invincibility.
Once faced with a Jaap, the superior officer is often timid and the soldiers are afraid. As long as someone shouts, everyone will turn around and run away.
This is the biggest reason why Little Japan fought from the Northeast to the foot of the Great Wall and was invincible for thousands of miles. It is also the source of shame that hundreds of thousands of Northeastern troops were attacked by tens of thousands of Japanese troops and retreated thousands of miles without even daring to fire a single shot.
However, as long as a series of facts and experiences prove that these little Japanese are born to their mothers, they will still make holes when shot, they will still feel pain, and they will still cry for father and mother. The fear in your heart will gradually disappear.
If we win a few more battles and see the scenes of little Japanese corpses scattered all over the battlefield and fleeing all over the ground, most of the myth of little Japan being invincible will naturally be eliminated.
When the fear of the enemy is eliminated, one's own confidence and morale will naturally increase. As one goes, the spirit and honor of a strong army will grow in this team.
The current model brigade is a unit whose confidence and honor are on the rise. In time, as long as they can emerge from the flames of war and return with countless honors, as long as this unit is not disbanded, they will form their own
With its unique military spirit and military honor, it will become a well-deserved elite and powerful army in this period.
Therefore, Zhou Wen is not worried about whether the Model Brigade can hold the main position of Lengkou. There is a steady stream of logistical supplies from Taiyuan, more advanced and sophisticated weapons than the Little Japs, and solid tunnels and reverse slope fortifications. He also
I wish these troops who had gone through a lot of training could spend more time with the Japanese and accumulate more experience and confidence.
Zhou Wen was concerned about the two highlands east of Lengkou, Cherry Orchard and Baili Mountain defended by the 139th Division of the 32nd Army.
In history, it was after the frontal attack was blocked that the Japanese army used heavy troops to capture Cherry Orchard and Baili Mountain, leading to the loss of Lengkou Pass.
Although one regiment of the 139th Division (historically each had only one battalion) is currently stationed on these two highlands, and there is also a regiment in Jianchang Camp as a reserve team that can support at any time, at the same time, the officers and soldiers of the 139th Division are under Commander Huang's command.
Under the leadership, there is no lack of determination and courage to stand firm.
However, their weapons and equipment and the quality of their soldiers are far behind those of the Japs. Moreover, Zhou Wen is worried that the Japs will simultaneously mobilize heavy troops to launch continuous attacks across the board. With the Model Brigade having too much to take care of itself, the 139th Division only has more than 5,000 troops.
The human strength, even if the logistics supplies can keep up, is worrisome.
Some people here may say that many of the weapons captured by the Japanese during the battles that eliminated the Mishan Brigade and the 14th Mixed Brigade were given to the 32nd Army. Why are they still short of ammunition and food?
In fact, it is impossible for General Shang Zheng to hand over all the captured weapons and ammunition to the 139th Division out of balance considerations. Moreover, the captured weapons have a limited number of bullets and shells. The little devil is not a fool. It is common for him to destroy weapons and throw away bullets before he dies.
In some cases, the bullets captured in one battle may be enough for the officers and soldiers of the 139th Division to fight one or two defensive battles.
If the Japanese attack continuously for several days or even dozens of days, with the current reserves of the 139th Division, problems may arise.
And since the Model Brigade is a guest army and is regarded as a subordinate of General Shang Zheng on the front line, it naturally cannot say much about the internal adjustments of the 32nd Army.
In addition, the 139th Division now has a variety of weapons. The rifles include the newly captured 38 rifles, as well as the Hanyang-made rifles that were previously equipped with old sleeves and Czech style. The bullets include 6.5mm, 7.92mm, 7.7mm, and 7.92mm.
Bullets are divided into round-nose bullets and pointed-nose bullets.
There are even more models of machine guns, including Czech-made machine guns imitated by Shenyang Arsenal and Shanghai Arsenal, Maxim heavy machine guns imitated by Taiyuan Arsenal, and the newly captured Little Devil's crooked light machine gun and Type 92-type heavy machine gun.
So many different firearms require different supplies of bullets, and the 32nd Army is a veritable miscellaneous army. Logistics management is naturally not rigorous. Even Zhou Wen himself feels a headache when he thinks about it, plus their mercenary group has to ensure
Due to the tactical thinking of putting firepower first, differences in weapons and equipment and other internal reasons, we can only appropriately adjust some 6.5mm bullets to the 139th Division.
The Model Brigade is Marshal Yan's army. It is up to Marshal Yan to decide what to give.
Therefore, Zhou Wen is ready to shift the focus of the mercenary group's next phase of operations to the area defended by the 139th Division. As long as he helps the 139th Division firmly hold the two highlands of Cherry Orchard and Baili Mountain, the entire Lenkou Pass defense line will become the 6th Japanese enemy.
The millstone of flesh and blood of the division.
It can be said that Zhou Wen's current judgment on the entire battle situation coincides with that of Yamada Guiura, the commander of the Japanese 12th Brigade, who wants to find a new way.
It can be seen that when a local war reaches a stalemate, there are not many proactive tactics that the enemy and we can adopt to seek change. They are nothing more than attacking in the east, attacking in the west, outflanking, and breaking through the center. In the end, the true strength of both sides will compete.
But just when Zhou Wen was about to lead the mercenary group to move west, a piece of news brought back by the reconnaissance team made him temporarily change his mind.