Therefore, Wang Xuexin also focused his attention on steel plants.
This is one of the reasons why Wang Xuexin sent the two most powerful infantry battalions in the independent regiment...the First and Second Battalions to attack the steel plant.
Zhang Dabiao led his troops to lurk in the snow a hundred meters away from the steel plant. The Japanese searchlights swept back and forth from the turret, shining aperture on the snow below through the goose-feather-like snow.
Zhang Dabiao and his men lay motionless waiting for the final order. Although waves of cold air penetrated from the ground and back into their bodies, their hands and feet were numb and numb from the cold.
However, Zhang Dabiao knew that the reason why they were able to lurk about a hundred meters away from the Japanese defense line without being noticed was precisely because of the snow on the ground and the flying snowflakes in the sky.
Because it is snowing in the sky, the field of view of the searchlight is very limited... Compared with rain, snowflakes can reflect light better, so although the Japanese searchlight can barely reach a hundred meters away, most of what it hits is falling snowflakes.
There was nothing visible at all, and the Japanese just wanted to act as a deterrent.
On the other hand, the snow also prevented the Japanese from laying mines.
The way the Japanese laid mines was completely different from the way the Eighth Route Army laid mines during its retreat.
When the Eighth Route Army retreated, they laid mines while retreating. These mines only needed to be effective in a short period of time. Their function was to prevent the Japanese behind them from following up.
But it's different when the Japanese lay minefields around the steel plant.
This kind of mine laying is long-term, hoping to prevent the Eighth Route Army or guerrillas from attacking the steel plant.
However, when it snows heavily in winter, the weight of the snow can detonate mines. Whether it is a pressure mine or a trip mine, problems will arise due to the heavy snow.
Some will not explode because the mine's fuse has been frozen together and cannot be activated.
No matter which one it is, it is a waste for the Japanese. Therefore, after occupying the steel plant, the Japanese only roughly laid a number of mines on the defensive front, that is, to the west of the Eighth Route Army. The other directions were blank.
The first and second battalions were inserted into the steel plant from the north and south directions.
Zhang Dabiao's first battalion was the main force of the attack. His troops sneaked from Daqing Mountain in the north to the north of the steel plant.
The reason why the main force should be placed in the north is because there are many Japanese troops stationed in the south of the steel plant, and the second battalion can only penetrate lightly to avoid being discovered by the Japanese soldiers.
Zhang Dabiao, who was lying on the ground, could hear the "rumble" of Japanese planes taking off from time to time, and sometimes several huge black shadows passed over their heads.
This also gave them good cover... When entering the lurking position, even if they made some noise, it would be covered up by the aircraft's engine.
When Zhang Dabiao saw the Japanese steel factory, he couldn't help but wonder: Why don't the Japanese have a long memory? The whole gun tower of the steel factory came up to defend the enemy who was beaten by the independent group. It couldn't have changed its tactics.
What else? For example, add a few trenches outside, or change the turrets into bunkers...
In the end, the Japanese didn't change anything. There were still gun towers and walls, and even the position of the gun towers didn't change.
If there is any difference, it is that the wall is thicker and has many more perforations... The Japanese seem to want to turn this wall into a bunker.
But, can this thing withstand a rocket launcher?
It’s not like the Japanese didn’t know that the Eighth Route Army had rocket launchers!
What Zhang Dabiao doesn't know is that the Japanese are famous for their dull character in the world. Once they form a certain tactic or style of play, they will quickly form a habit, and no matter what problems they encounter on the battlefield,
The master has become accustomed to using these established tactics and fighting methods to fight against him, even if something goes wrong and he has been defeated by the enemy before.
Because they would take it for granted that the last time the enemy broke through the defense of the steel plant, it was not because of poor tactics and defense, but because something unexpected happened, or because the fighting troops were not brave enough.
Once these tactics were changed, the Japanese became incapable of fighting.
Therefore, the Japanese's so-called strengthening of the defense of the steel plant only meant increasing the strength of the steel plant and repairing and thickening the walls.
Seeing the enemy's defense in this state, Zhang Dabiao became a little impatient and wanted to rush forward and start a fight.
But since there was no order, he could only calm down and wait where he was.
The snow piled thicker and thicker on his back, and eventually it was so heavy that Zhang Dabiao could hardly breathe.
But Zhang Dabiao didn't dare to move or fall asleep.
Others can sleep, but Zhang Dabiao, the battalion commander, cannot sleep.
Because he was worried that he would miss the flare as soon as he closed his eyes... This is what he told the guards.
Actually, the security guard said that he would be woken up in time when the signal flare was launched.
The real reason is that Zhang Dabiao snores like thunder as soon as he falls asleep.
Think about it, this guy is lurking only a hundred meters away from the Japs, and the roar of the plane is coming from time to time. If the Japs hear this snoring, he is probably the only one in the camp who has ruined something big because of his sleep.
Longer.
Therefore, even though his eyelids were constantly fighting, Zhang Dabiao kept biting his tongue and lips to keep himself awake until his lips were bloody.
I don't know how long it took, but finally... three red flares slowly rose in the sky.
Zhang Dabiao jumped excitedly, but as soon as he jumped up, he fell down...his legs were already numb and he didn't have time to cooperate with his jumping movements.
But even so, Zhang Dabiao still waved the box cannon in his hand and ordered: "Comrades, charge!"
"Come on!" the soldiers yelled, getting up from their hiding places and leaping towards the enemy wall.
The first thing to start shooting were the three ghost cannons in the camp... They were homemade ghost cannons using train axles in the arsenal. After they were disassembled, they could be moved wherever they wanted.
This is the right time to build a turret for attacking Japanese enemies.
Just hearing a burst of "boom", several towering turrets next to the wall were hit one after another and burst into flames. Broken bricks and gravel were splashed everywhere in the snow. After a while, they were covered by thick smoke and nothing could be seen.
The next thing that showed off its power was the rocket launcher.
The rocket launcher shooter was lurking at the front of the troops, even though it was a hundred meters away from the wall and beyond the range of the rocket launcher.
But the so-called range refers to the distance to hit the chest target.
The target in front of us now is a wall more than three meters high... As long as the rocket is not blown into the sky by the wind, it can basically hit it if it is hit in that direction.
After a whistling sound, the wall was blown open by rocket launchers.
Some of them fired incendiary bombs, which splashed fuel into the perforations, immediately igniting the Japanese who came to fight from behind the wall.
Then, the Eighth Route Army soldiers rushed in through the gap with AK47s...