Meng Fan limped to find Xia Yuan. He didn't say any words of gratitude, just two words of 'thank you'.
"You are still arrogant." Xia Yuan laughed and scolded Meng Fan. This guy is always so proud. It is not easy to hear words of thanks from him.
Meng Fanlao touched his dirty hair and limped away. The defeated soldiers were extremely happy, while Xia Yuan and Long Wenwen felt heavier. They gathered together, looked at the surrounding slopes, and were making calculations.
Tonight's vigil.
Long Wenwen said: "The Japanese will not give up. The airport has been lost. They will definitely attack the airport again tonight."
Xia Yuan mentally compared the little Japanese devils with the Yankees. Both had their merits. During World War II, the Yankees were very fierce in fighting, but not in the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. The war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea was not a war to protect the country.
The definition is wrong. Many soldiers in the US military are students and have low fighting spirit.
The Japanese were very ferocious. They lost their human form and had very good tactical coordination. They did not have as much firepower as the Yankees. However, with their powerful infantry and strong individual soldier qualities and tactical coordination, they were able to perform more difficult tasks than Xia Yuan.
imaginable combat effectiveness.
The tactical coordination of the defeated soldiers was not good. Even after more than ten days of three-three training, if you want to achieve the effect of the three-three system like that of the Volunteer Army, it will not work without one or two months of rigorous training.
If the Japanese army wants to attack, with the current combat effectiveness of the defeated Japanese army, it is estimated that they will have to pay a lot of casualties if they want to repel the Japanese attacks one after another.
"If we really go head-to-head with the Japanese, we will probably pay a lot of casualties. The terrain of the airport is pretty good, and we have a lot of people. The Japanese will attack tonight with at most three squads and one company of soldiers. We should make good use of the surrounding areas.
terrain.”
Xia Yuan told Long Wenwen that the Japanese troops in the rear were already empty, and tonight's attack would not be too violent. The defeated troops seemed to be a passive party, but if they were carefully arranged and turned from passive to active, they could reduce the number of defeated troops.
Soldier casualties.
It is true that offense is the best defense. The casualties of defense are huge, but the initiative to attack lies with one's own side. You can arrange tactics as you like to reduce the casualties caused by the attack.
"Turn passivity into initiative." Long Wenwen looked at him: "Are we going to leave the airport and fight the Japanese in the forest?"
"Our army is not good at fighting in the forest, and in positional warfare, our army lacks the support of heavy firepower. The Japanese are equipped with individual grenade launchers, which can effectively attack our army's heavy firepower. Therefore, whether it is
Whether fighting in the forest or fighting in a position, we will always suffer. Our only advantage is our strength and firepower."
Half a battalion's strength, more than 300 men, was already a considerable fighting force in the empty rear of the Japanese army, and they had four heavy machine guns.
There are three Type 92 heavy machine guns, one Maxim heavy machine gun, and the basic rifles equipped by the soldiers are carbine rifles, Sten submachine guns, Thompson submachine guns, and seven or eight various light machine guns supported by the US allies and British allies.
The firepower configuration, except for the lack of heavy artillery, is no less than that of ordinary elite troops. In addition, these defeated troops are all veterans of the battlefield. Who among the survivors has no real ability, and the ability to save lives is on the battlefield.
All above are top notch.
If you think about it carefully, they actually have an advantage here.
"Operations in the forest will only limit our heavy firepower advantage, and the Japanese grenades and mortars can cover all directions. Neither the forest nor the position will be affected, so on the one hand, the operation in the forest will
Limiting our strengths is equivalent to taking advantage of the enemy's strengths and relying on the airport to build firepower points and fortifications to annihilate the invading Japs."
Xia Yuan had an immature idea in his mind, "They are all veterans and their combat effectiveness is very impressive. We should give full play to their strengths. The terrain of the airport is pretty good. On the slope there, we can go up there."
Build a machine gun position with trenches as bunkers around it, and maybe we can make a funnel so that the little Japs can get in but not get out."
Long Wenwen looked at Xia Yuan, glanced at the airport in front of him, and asked: "Tuanzuo, you already have a way to deal with it."
"Of course, the heavy machine gun position built on the slope in front is the bait. That position is a very good position. We placed the heavy machine gun on it, hid the broken troops on the left and right sides, and rushed from the heavy machine gun position to the bait. As long as we
When the Japanese attack that machine gun position, the prey will take the bait, and the left and right wings can form a wall, forming a funnel shape with the machine gun position on the slope."
Xia Yuan told Long Wenwen the general plan, "As long as you take people with you and block the only exit of this funnel, which is where they come in, this Japanese army will not be able to escape."
Long Wenwen had a clear look on his face, "Tuanzuo, your plan is absolutely brilliant. But I don't think we need to arrange manpower for both the left and right wings. After all, the British are also our allies, right?"
Xia Yuan also had a bright mind. He knew what Long Wenwen was thinking, and a smile appeared on his face: "Okay, I understand."
"The group is wise." Long Wenwen said with a smile.
The old gentleman commander was still in contact with the commander of the expeditionary force to determine the identities of the two people. Little did he know that he had been targeted by the dirty guy Long Wenwen.
Xia Yuan asked Shi Lai Shi La to lead the dragon to build a machine gun position, and found a few broken soldiers to serve as machine gunners and deputies. He arranged two squads of more than 20 soldiers on this slope to serve as bait.
Xia Yuan directed them to dig trenches and anti-artillery fire points. "The Japanese used small-caliber grenades. The fire points piled up with logs and sandbags can withstand such small-caliber artillery shells, but if the caliber is too large, the anti-artillery fire points
It will still be blown up, but it will be enough. The Japanese infantry do not have such large-caliber guns, and they themselves attack by surprise."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The safety of the defeated soldiers still needs to be taken care of. The defeated soldiers used logs to lay across the trenches, piled up a layer of earth-filled sandbags on top, and then
Bury it with soil, and a field fortification is ready.
Such field fortifications can withstand small-caliber mortars and grenades, effectively protecting the defeated troops inside the firepower point. Due to time constraints, only four such firepower points were built, each with a heavy machine gun and three
Two deputies and two squads of soldiers are scattered around the slope in a three-by-three system. They will serve as bait.
The British were on their right. Xia Yuan and Long Wenwen went to observe the fortifications built by this group of British. They were quite crude and the number of anti-artillery fortifications was very small. They probably knew that they were going to retreat and did not build too many.
Field fortifications.
Long Wenwen scolded: "These British guys are pinning their hopes on us again. They think that when the Japanese devils come, we will help them block it, so that they can take advantage of the gap between us and the Japanese devils to retreat. This is
The British guys’ usual tricks have deceived so many of us, damn it.”
Long Wenwen had complaints in his heart, but he did not deal with these British guys. After all, they supported the expeditionary force with a lot of weapons and equipment, and they also contributed a lot of strength to the domestic resistance war. The so-called strength was to support the Kuomintang weapons and equipment.
Only in the later stages did the Kuomintang's weapons and equipment gradually catch up.
"They are doing nothing here, enjoying the benefits, and want to use our strength to secure the airport. If they are not put to use, we will really be sorry for the sacrifice of the expeditionary force soldiers."
Xia Yuan turned off his eagle eye and said to Long Wenwen: "Let's go back. The location chosen by the British is really good. It's easy to defend but difficult to attack. No wonder they want to give us that warehouse. That location is the best location for a night attack.
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It has to be said that the British people's abacus was really good. They had thought out all the plans and routes for their retreat as much as possible, and even arranged for their group of defeated troops to take the most vulnerable to the night.
The place where they attacked was given to the rout regiment to hold on to.
Xia Yuan discovered this after comparing the positions held by the British army and the defeated soldiers. It must be said that these British guys made a very good calculation.
Long Wenwen scolded the British guys as white-eyed wolves who feed unfamiliar people. He didn't think about how to deal with the Japanese, but only thought about how to deceive his teammates.
Xia Yuan was also helpless about this. The reason why the Japanese were so rampant in Burma was largely due to the British. As early as when the Japanese launched a war against Burma, the Kuomintang government had proposed to Yingjun to provide reinforcements to Burma.
The idea was rejected by the British army.
The British were thinking that once the Chinese troops entered Burma, they would probably take away their colonies, so they did not agree to the Kuomintang government's request to send troops to Burma. Then the war in Burma was defeated, and the British army fled all the way.
Talents asked China for help, and the expeditionary force began to send troops to Korea. However, the British were not thinking about how to cooperate with the expeditionary force to drive away Japan, but how to use the expeditionary force to delay the Japanese army to complete the retreat.
Therefore, in battle after battle, the British began to run away at the beginning of the battle, which exposed the flanks of the expeditionary force to the Japanese guns and led to the defeat of the expeditionary force.
After observing the terrain, the two returned to the warehouse where the defeated soldiers were stationed, and called over the appointed platoon leaders.
Li Wula, A Yi, and several other platoon leaders who later joined the Sichuan Army had all led troops and had experience in leading troops in battles. Xia Yuan continued to use them because he considered that other defeated troops had no experience in leading troops in battles.
, this is Ah Yi's first time on the battlefield, but after all, he was trained in the officer training corps. Even if he has no actual combat experience, at least his military rank is here. Xia Yuan does not intend to give Ah Yi soldiers, but let Ah Yi
Follow, watch, learn, and learn how to lead troops to fight.
"We have taken down the British airport again. The Japanese will not give up. They will definitely organize troops to continue attacking the airport tonight. If we capture this airport, their own planes and fighter jets will not need to fly long distances.
It can quickly support the front line, so the airport is an inevitable target for the Japanese army."
Xia Yuan looked at the platoon leaders in front of him and said in a deep voice: "It's just that the Myanmar War has been defeated at this stage. There is no need to hold on to the airport. But the British guys are still here. If we evacuate, they will call us."
Superior, our heads are not safe, so no matter what, we must hold on to this airport, at least until tonight passes before we can continue our departure."
Ah Yi said: "The British ally is our ally. If we don't fight, our superiors will be blamed. This battle must be fought."
Li Wula said: "Captain, how do you plan to fight? We will listen to you."
Other platoon leaders spoke one after another to express their agreement.
Xia Yuan said: "Since everyone agrees, let me talk about my plan. Judging from the strength of the Japanese troops staying at the airport, the strength of the Japanese troops who attacked the airport at night tonight will not be higher than that of the two teams last night."
Many Japanese troops have been sent to the front to pursue the defeated expeditionary force and the British army, so we are quite lucky."
Xia Yuan looked at Long Wenwen, who put a sketch in front of everyone, "This is the forest, this is the airport, this is the warehouse we are guarding, and this is a dirt slope more than 200 meters opposite the warehouse. Here will be
Station a machine gun fire position to attract night-attack Japanese troops, and your task is to be responsible for guarding the flank, that is, the direction of the warehouse."
"Light the torch from the machine gun position to attract the Japanese army. You will attack the Japanese army from the left flank. I will block the Japanese army's retreat route, form a three-sided encirclement, and eat up this Japanese army."
A group of platoon leaders looked at me and me with disbelief in their eyes. Long Wenwen was actually thinking not of repelling the Japanese troops, but of how to eat them up. While they were surprised, they also felt a trace of sadness in their hearts.
Worry, years of defeats made them fearful of war, and the arrogance of the Japanese army was deeply imprinted in their minds. Although they did not say it, in fact they had no idea in their hearts.
Xia Yuan saw their worries and said: "The Japanese are also human beings. One bullet can kill them. From the empty strength of the Japanese army in the rear, it can be basically inferred that the number of Japanese troops who will attack the airport at night tonight will not be
There were too many, and two hundred people were killed to death, but we had three hundred people, and with the help of British troops on the flanks, we were surrounded on all sides, and it was impossible for this Japanese army to escape."
After a pause, Xia Yuan continued: "Don't forget, the weapons and equipment we have have reached the level of elite troops, even surpassing the Japanese army. We were able to eat 150 people last night, and we can eat them tonight."
Lose two hundred people!"
Ayi stuttered for a moment and encouraged them: "The leader is right. With the help of our allies in England, the victory tonight belongs to us. The victory must belong to us."
The platoon leaders expressed their opinions one after another, but their attitudes were not very firm. They didn't know whether they would win. However, the appearance of Long Wenwen and Xia Yuan gave them a little hope. This hope would only be followed by a defeat.