Then, Kong Jie began to arrange combat deployment.
Before arranging the battle, Kong Jie first asked the soldiers to gather some important weapons at hand.
Firearms and equipment that are damaged and temporarily unusable are not counted.
At this time, the team left to stop the Japanese pursuers included eight Japanese Taisho 11-year-old light machine guns, four Type 89 grenade launchers, three Type 97 sniper rifles, and two of them were from the commando reconnaissance team.
Team leader Mu Mu captured the two sniper rifles in the prisoner of war camp, but Mu Mu was not participating in the war, so he kept the two sniper rifles.
In addition, there are more than 50 grenades and more than 40 grenades.
Each of the soldiers carried five or six of the captured Type 38 rifles. The soldiers from Class 7 took some away while covering the students' departure, and left some behind.
As for the German-made MP38 submachine guns carried by the commando members, the standard is not included.
There are more bullets. This time, both the commandos and the soldiers of Squad 7 carry quite sufficient ammunition. In addition, coupled with the seizures along the way during the previous breakout,
The soldiers are temporarily safe from ammunition and can provide a relatively long-lasting supply of ammunition for a small-scale enemy war.
After gathering the firearms and equipment, Kong Jie began to assign tasks.
Before assigning the task, Kong Jie said this, "In this blocking battle behind the gentle slope, we have a great terrain advantage. When we were blocked at the bottom of the gentle slope by the enemy's machine gun and grenade fire, we felt so suffocated.
I think you all know the feeling of humiliation."
"Now it's the little devil's turn to feel aggrieved."
"The terrain of the gentle slope in front of us is very unique. If you want to pursue the students and soldiers evacuating behind us through this road, the only way for those little devils to go is through the gentle slope."
"Of course, both sides can also make detours, just like how I sent Xizi and Ye Min to lead a detour and sneak attack on the Japanese machine gun fortifications."
"Besides, unless the little devil goes around a little further and runs an extra dozen or so kilometers, by the time the little devil goes around, our students will probably already be drinking hot water in the base area."
"So the defense points in the current gentle slope blocking battle are very simple. There are only two points. One is the fire suppression on the front of the gentle slope, to prevent the Japanese troops from breaking through the gentle slope. The second one is from both sides. Beware that the Japanese will choose to detour like us and attack from both sides.
Sneak attack!"
"Each of the two wings is equipped with two light machine gun firepower. Our team now has a total of twenty-three people, and each of the two wings is divided into four people. Cao Zheng is responsible for one side, and Ye Min is responsible for the other side. Choose the appropriate team members, remember them, and set up deception in advance.
Lei, make preparations and never let the little Japs come up from the flank."
"Yes!" Cao Zheng and Ye Min stood up and responded, then began to select people from the team.
"The fire blockade on the gentle slope's center line is under my personal command, equipped with four light machine guns. We still have fifteen combatants on the center line, but there are two of them. Lao Zhenghe's howitzer is responsible for the grenade position behind, and there are still two.
We need to spare two more people to urgently cooperate with Lao Zheng and the howitzer to suppress the grenade fire, so in fact, we only have eleven combat personnel."
"But it's enough. The main fire blocking point is about 200 meters away from the gentle slope. The grenade canister is slightly farther back. The grenade cannon firepower points and the light machine gun firepower points are dispersedly arranged."
"The task of the grenade is not only to provide artillery strikes at any time to help block the Japanese on the front of the gentle slope, but also to provide artillery fire to support the teams on both sides as needed."
"Hua Hua and Cao Zheng, ensure that both flanks can maintain sign language command communication with the grenade positions. For specific communication plans, you can find the howitzer and Lao Zheng."
"Yes!" Wang Hua, the leader of the assault team, nicknamed Sparks, and Cao Zheng, the leader of the firepower team, responded.
"As for the construction of the light machine gun fortification, remember it well and try to hide under the roots of the trees. There are some big trees behind our gentle slope that can be used as cover. The two Japanese machine gunners were directly fired by the howitzers because they were too exposed.
Kill them. As for the two Japanese machine gunners hiding under the roots of the tree, it was only after the commando team came up behind them that they were killed."
"We can't make this mistake."
Speaking of this, Kong Jie continued: "Previously, we were suppressed by the enemy's firepower at the bottom of the gentle slope. In addition to surprise attacks from both wings, our response methods also included direct firepower counterattacks from grenade launchers, so this is also what we need to be careful about.
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"We can think of it, but the little Japs may not have thought of it. If the Japs attack with direct fire, have you ever thought about how we should respond?"
Hao Daguang looked at the surrounding environment, then pointed at a relatively thick tree not far away and said: "Commander Kong, what do you think of this big tree? There are many branches and leaves in the crown. If our sentry hides
Up there, it’s not easy for the Japs to detect us. We can also see through the gaps in the leaves and see the situation a little further down the gentle slope. Beware of the Japs sneaking up on us with grenade launchers.”
Kong Jie smiled and said: "Old Hao and I thought of going together, so we used this method."
Then, Kong Jie designated a commando to serve as a forward observation post in the tree canopy, using sign language to transmit orders at any time, providing targets for the howitzers and Lao Zheng, so that they could take action in advance before the Japanese grenade launchers were launched.
Remove the enemy's grenade firepower.
After the candidates for the reconnaissance post and grenade launcher are determined.
The next step is to arrange snipers and machine gunners.
Needless to say, the snipers are Ye Min, Wang Xikui, Zhao Gang, plus young student Wen Jie.
You don't need too much rifle firepower. With the four of them here, if the enemy dares to show up on the gentle slope, there will be only a dead end.
The next step is to determine the candidate for the machine gunner, and Kong Jie is also one of the machine gunners.
Because of some structural shortcomings of the Japanese's crooked target light machine gun, in the absence of ammunition hand, the firepower of the machine gun will be greatly reduced, so Kong Jie equipped two of the light machine gunners with ammunition hand.
It's just that we don't have enough ammunition, so we can only provide it for two of the light machine guns.
Kong Jie handed the last light machine gun to Monk Wei, "Monk, during the battle in the mine earlier, your machine gun was very good. Let's compete to see who can kill more Japanese." p>
The monk is actually still a little confused now!
The situation was urgent before, so Kong Jie didn’t think too much and called his name.
Now the monk knew that Commander Kong, who had rescued himself from the prisoner-of-war camp, fought against the Japanese and fought his way out of the siege, was the one he admired from the bottom of his heart. He charged into the Sakata Regiment head-on and fired a shot.
The Eighth Route Army general Kong Jie who destroyed the Bantian regiment headquarters and killed the old Japanese soldier Bantian.
Taking the light machine gun from Kong Jie in a daze, the monk couldn't help but ask: "So you are Kong Jie, the leader!"
Kong Jie was startled for a moment and couldn't help but laugh, forgetting about it.
"Why, it doesn't look like it?" Kong Jie asked.
The monk quickly shook his head and said: "It's very similar. In my mind, Captain Kong Jie is just like you!"
Having said this, the originally very arrogant monk actually asked with some apprehension: "What, Captain, do the words you said before still count?"
"What are you talking about?" Kong Jie pretended to be confused, pretending to understand.
The monk said anxiously: "You are just inviting me to join the Eighth Route Army and your independent regiment!"
"Really? Have I ever said this?" Kong Jie pretended not to know and turned to look at the others.
Howitzer chuckled and said: "No, monk, I never heard the regiment leader say this."
Monk Wei: "..."
Damn it, my intestines are almost turning green!
Kong Jie looked at the monk's anxious look and said happily: "I mean, monk, you are really a fool. You follow our Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese, and you still have to recognize someone. I have invited you two or three times before. I'm stunned.
You refuse to let go, but now you want to join our Eighth Route Army?"
The monk scratched his head and said: "Captain, you didn't say you were Kong Jie before! If you had told me earlier, I would have agreed to follow you, and I wouldn't even be able to chase you away!"
After hearing this, Kong Jie laughed heartily, "Okay, let's do it!"
The monk was stunned for a moment, "Captain, what do you mean by this? Do you agree with me to join the independent group?"
Kong Jie scolded: "You said you were stubborn, but you really got into trouble. You said you called a regiment leader kindly, which made us feel warm in our hearts. Can I not agree?"
"Hey, thank you very much, Commander!" The monk was overjoyed and quickly gave Kong Jie a military salute.