Before leaving, Xia Yuan told them that there would be death or life if they went there.
Then more than 30 people left, leaving only about 80 people. Xia Yuan also kept his promise. Each of the people who left was issued a 38-type gun, five yuan, and thirty rounds of ammunition.
Those who are willing to stay are those who are willing to follow Xia Yuan to death.
They all knew in their hearts that they might not be able to come back alive this time, and everyone was ready to sacrifice at any time.
Wang Yaowu readily agreed to Xia Yuan's request, and then took him to the headquarters. Inside the headquarters, there was a very simple sandbox model that clearly marked the current defense lines of each unit of the 51st Division.
The flags of the enemy and our troops were planted on the sand table model. The national army's flags and unit numbers were clear, but the Japanese army's unit numbers were missing. Some flags did not have unit numbers. It seemed that there was a lack of information about the Japanese army's unit numbers.
There are large and small houses near the Songhu battlefield and Luodian, all of which are named after the surname plus the family house.
There are several Lijiazhai alone, such as Shenjiazhai, Zhujiazhai, Tianzhai, etc. Such houses are different from villages. Most of the villages are built with mud, while the houses use relatively solid brick and tile structure walls.
It can withstand several small-caliber grenade bombardments, but it cannot withstand larger-caliber mortars.
But it's better than nothing.
"The focus of the Japanese attack is on the alleys. They want to carry out street fighting in the houses, which is very detrimental to us."
Wang Yaowu used a stick to light a house area directly in front of the 51st Division: "This is the center of gravity of the Japanese army's attack. Street fighting is brutal. It interferes with the enemy, but it also interferes with us. The enemy can use the houses as cover.
, set up the grenade launcher, and after they determined the location of our machine gun firepower point, they would use the grenade launcher to attack our machine gun firepower point. Four ordinary grenade shells could blow up our machine gun firepower point. The Japanese army
The attacks in the past few days are not violent at all, but they are quite fierce even if they are not ranked among the best. They used a method like insects eating leaves, eating away at our position bit by bit."
Xia Yuan listened carefully, his eyes paused on the sand table, thinking, and nodding.
Wang Yaowu was worthy of being a famous general. In just a few days of fighting, he had a thorough understanding of the Japanese offensive methods.
Is the plain area conducive to starting a war? Yes, it is good for the Chinese army and good for the Japanese army.
What is beneficial to the national army is that there are few bunkers in the plains. In plain position battles, the Japanese army cooperates with infantry and artillery, or infantry and tanks. They can withstand the Japanese artillery fire. When the Japanese approach the position, the soldiers can conduct a short-distance battle.
Rapid fire, then attach a bayonet, and fight the Japanese with bayonets.
In this way, the deficiencies caused by weapons, equipment and firepower can be greatly reduced.
What is beneficial to the Japanese army is that the Japanese army can maximize the advantages of infantry-artillery coordination and infantry-tank coordination, and the machine gun firepower of the Chinese army is also completely under the control of the flat-fire artillery.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, the Japanese army has sufficient troops and firepower.
The Battle of Songhu has been going on for more than a month, but the strength of the Japanese army on the Songhu battlefield has not increased. The strength of the two divisions is still the strength of two divisions. The Japanese army in Luomian is the 11th Division, Wusongkou
The Japanese army is the third division, and Japanese reinforcements are still on the way.
In these days of fighting, the Japanese army suffered a lot of casualties. Fighting on the plains was beneficial to the national army but not to the Japanese army.
Therefore, the focus of the Japanese army's attack was on the defense zone, using small forces to attack the large forces of the National Army, using the cover of ruins to get close to the National Army's forward positions, using grenades to attack the National Army's positions and fire points, and using insects to eat leaves.
, bit by bit encroaching on the national army's positions.
The individual quality of the Chinese soldiers is not as good as that of the Japanese army, their combat capabilities are not as good as that of the Japanese army, and their weapons and equipment are not as good as those of the Japanese army. The effect of this move is very significant. Under the slow attack of the Japanese army, the position of the Chinese army is gradually improving.
It was lost and also caused huge casualties to the Chinese troops, while the Japanese troops suffered very few casualties.
This gave the commanders of the national army a headache. Facing the Japanese squad with company-level troops, they were completely unable to defeat them. Casualties increased day by day, and their positions were gradually eroded.
Sending battalion-level units up, the street fighting is already quite cruel, and the Japanese mortars can be used better, causing huge casualties to the troops with shelling, and then even greater casualties to drive away the Japanese. Although they hold on
Although the Japanese troops lost their positions, the casualties were greater than the company's casualties in blocking the Japanese army, and they simply could not withstand such consumption.
The company was no match for the Japanese squad. Although the battalion could defeat them, they suffered huge casualties. In this way, they fell into a deadlock again.
"The combat level of Ghost is the first I have encountered in many years of military service. If you can lead a platoon of soldiers to touch the Japanese positions and cause such heavy casualties to the Japanese soldiers, then you can lead a company and withstand the enemy."
Japanese attack."
Wang Yaowu put down his stick and said: "Commander Chen told us that the position has been lost and the country has fallen. If we take a step back, we will be the sinners of the country. Brother Xia, I will give you the greatest support. Whatever you need, I will give you whatever you need."
Xia Yuan took a deep breath and said, "My task is to watch this area?"
"Yes." Wang Yaowu nodded and said: "This housing area is the focus of the Japanese 22nd Regiment's attack. Most of them are in small units. Currently, there is only one company of our army standing on this position. Early in the morning
, the Japanese army began to attack. So far, I have dispatched two companies to increase the number of troops, but the position is still facing loss, the situation in each street is complicated, and we cannot compete with the Japanese army. The result of repeated battles is that people
Many people died, and the position was lost."
Regarding the battle situation on the front line, all the division commanders of the 51st Division have fallen into silence since the current situation. They are unable to fight again and again, and they have to keep sending troops to fight.
Not to mention how frustrating it was.
"Soldiers are not a problem, as long as they can prevent the Japanese army from advancing."
Wang Yaowu's requirements were not high. After understanding the actual situation, he found that the Japanese army's offensive mode was similar to the refueling tactics adopted by the volunteers at Shangganling. However, Shangganling was limited by the heavy firepower of the US military and the scope of Shangganling was too small.
Sending more soldiers will only increase casualties. We can only increase the number of troops in each tunnel in squad, platoon and company units.
The combat tactics used by the Japanese army are similar to the tactics of refueling, but if you think about it carefully, you can understand that the Japanese army knows that the quality of individual soldiers of the national army is far inferior to theirs, and they can completely streamline their forces and use small forces to deal with the national army. In this way, casualties are reduced.
It can also cause greater casualties to the national army.
He also thought of what Lei Gong, the instructor of the 7th interleaving company, said, "The 7th company used its own heavy casualties in exchange for our army's small casualties."
The Japanese army adopted this strategy.
After understanding the Japanese army's strategy, Xia Yuan began to think about how to deal with this type of Japanese attack.
"Do you have any ideas?"
Xia Yuan stared at the sand table model and said, "I have an idea, but I don't know if it's feasible."
"What do you think? Tell me about it?"
After Adjutant Sun came back, he not only told him about Xia Yuan's combat capabilities and strong individual soldier skills, but also had a unique perspective on the overall situation, rich combat experience, and rich command experience.
Wang Yaowu also knew this. It can be seen from the documents given by his superiors. The documents stated that a small group of troops named "Ghosts" attacked the Japanese positions at night, and not only broke through the Japanese fire blockade in a very short period of time,
, and quickly resolve the battle and evacuate the position before the arrival of Japanese reinforcements.
There are also small groups of troops in the rear to support them. At the same time, when they retreat, some soldiers will stay along the way to cover and keep track of them, advancing layer by layer, and retreating layer by layer.
There may not be many observations in a short period of time, but since this ghost army appeared on the battlefield, the surrounding troops will quickly send out scouts to contact them every time they hear the sound of gunfire. However, the other side has not passed.
Explain more about the origin, but their attack mode has already been figured out by them.
It can be seen that Xia Yuan is a talented person who leads troops in war.
Wang Yaowu was very interested when he heard that Xia Yuan had an idea.
Xia Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "The Japanese army's attack mode is simple, and its purpose is also very simple, which is to exchange for our greater casualties with the smallest casualties. When our casualties become more and more serious, their goal will be achieved.
A house or a street will gradually be captured by them, and the large troops behind them will follow up to stabilize these captured positions. If we want to counterattack, there will be large troops behind them watching, and we will rush over.
I fell into their scheme again."
Wang Yaowu nodded deeply and said: "You are right. I previously ordered a battalion of the 301st Regiment to counterattack the Japanese troops who occupied the position. They paid huge casualties and failed to defeat them. This way of advancing the Japanese troops
, there is nothing we can do.”
Adjutant Sun added on the side: "We used mortars to bombard the Japanese army, which also caused a lot of casualties, but the mortars did not have enough shells to support a longer bombardment."
Artillery shells are also a huge problem.
They looked at Xia Yuan, wanting to know how Xia Yuan dealt with the Japanese army.
Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly and said: "There is basically no way to break this method of the Japanese army. Unless our individual soldiers' quality, combat capabilities, weapons and equipment can keep up, we may still have a certain chance."
"This is an impossible thing." said one of the officers.
"Yes, since there is no way to crack it, let's learn from the Japanese army's method. We will also use squads as a unit to deal with the Japanese army."
"Learn from the Japanese Army!?"
It's not that they haven't thought about Xia Yuan's idea, but to learn from the Japanese army, they must have the same conditions as the Japanese army. Otherwise, if they fight over, they will just kill the Japanese army.
"This method is not advisable. We have tried it, but the result is only increased casualties. Our soldiers are no match for the Japanese army." said the chief of staff.
Wang Yaowu stretched out his hand to stop everyone's discussion and said: "Keep talking."
He knew that Xia Yuan must have something hidden.
"We just don't have to go head-to-head with the Japanese. This housing area is so big, and the Japanese army attacks with a small force. How many houses and streets can they attack? If they attack a little, then I will lead people to avoid the opponent's attack direction.
Go to his flank to harass him. If he pursues me, I will lead my men to retreat immediately and continue to circle around."
Xia Yuan said: "The Japanese army has so many troops, and if we go around them like this, they can't do anything to us. If they disperse their troops and occupy houses and streets, then I will concentrate my troops and break through a little bit. Division commander, if the Japanese troops attack us, then
The initiative is in our hands."
This idea has a bit of a guerrilla feel, and it is also Xia Yuan's experience based on guerrilla fighting.
Compared with the Japanese army, the Chinese army lags far behind. If tactics are still as rigid as before, then there is basically no hope of victory in this battle.
If the combat plan that Xia Yuan thought of was implemented more flexibly, it would be possible to solve the current problems faced by the national army. Once there are problems with cooperation, they will still face the same problems as before.
The next step is to discuss the details of the battle. Guerrilla warfare can be summarized in sixteen words.
When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue.
Applicable to the current combat environment.
"The Japanese army attacked with a small force and was unable to control the entire front. We also used a small force to contain the enemy with guerrilla tactics. In this way, you can imagine how much time the enemy needs to waste if he wants to occupy the position. It is enough for us to delay until evening
.”
Xia Yuan's plan was very simple, that is, to delay and delay the Japanese army from occupying the position until night, and the Japanese army would stop attacking.
He first wanted to tell the core essence of the battle plan to the officers of the 51st Division, especially Wang Yaowu. When he heard Xia Yuan's thoughts, he felt that a door was slowly opening in front of him.
Xia Yuan's idea surprised Wang Yaowu. He said happily: "What we want is this effect. If it can be applied, it can be extended to the whole army. If the Japanese army attacks with a small force, then we will have a countermeasure."
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Next, is practice.
Xia Yuan will lead his new company into the housing area and fight against the Japanese squad.
"Next, it's up to you. I'll give you artillery support."
"The artillery support will not be supplemented. The Japanese army just dispatched a small team. There is no need." Xia Yuan waved his hand, turned and left the division headquarters. He was going back to prepare.
"Xia Yuanzhen is a general. If he is used well, he can produce unexpected results in battle." Wang Yaowu was filled with emotion, "Such a talent should stay in the 51st Division. Old Sun, you have done a good job.
"
Adjutant Sun said with a smile: "Thanks for setting off early today. Not long after I went there, the 56th Division, the 58th Division, and the 11th Division all came over. It seems that they are all here for this matter."
"I heard that our commander also asked the 67th Division to go there," the chief of staff said.
"The Japanese army launched an attack on the positions of the 67th Division early yesterday morning. Lao Li did not seize the opportunity. However, wherever Xia Yuan went, as long as it is beneficial to us."
Wang Yaowu clasped his hands behind his back and said, "The next step is to wait for good news to come back from the front line."
After thinking for a while, he couldn't sit still.
"I want to go to the position of the 301st Regiment!"