The battalion headquarters, rather than a headquarters, was a ruin, a building that had not completely collapsed. A large piece of tarpaulin was pulled out to form the headquarters of the third battalion. I don’t know where Liu Youcai found a table.
Yu Yang sat at the head of the table, followed by Liu Youcai, and the company commanders and platoon commanders of the three companies.
There are no units directly under the battalion. Now the three battalions combined have only three companies and nothing else. Yu Yang gave everyone a cigarette and then slowly said: "There are two main things to call you here. One is weapons and ammunition.
We have already come down, and each company will send people over later to take away their weapons and ammunition, as well as some other supplies, which will be sufficient!"
After Yu Yang finished speaking, the company commanders of the Eighth Company and the Ninth Company had smiles on their faces. With the weapons and ammunition arriving, they could confidently hold their positions.
"The second thing is to discuss the mission of our third battalion. Our mission is to defend the eastern part of Luodian. Look at the map!"
Yu Yang pointed at the map behind him. This was a detailed map drawn by Yu Yang after his own observation and discussion with Liu Youcai and others. It was much more detailed than the map distributed by the Kuomintang army itself, including the collapsed houses one by one.
records are included.
"Our defense line is nearly one kilometer long, but our three companies combined have less than 500 people. We all spread out and defended separately, which gave the Japanese a chance to defeat them one by one!"
"The Japanese don't even need to defeat them one by one. The Japanese only need to break through the defense line of any one of our three companies. It is difficult for us to defend the entire line, so I called everyone together to brainstorm and see if there is any good way to hold the position.
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Everyone is staring at the map and thinking. The problem they are facing now is indeed as Yu Yang said. The defense line is too long. Here is the position of the 7th Company in the afternoon. There is a river that naturally blocks the Japanese's advance route. Luodian is not an ancient city.
, there is no ancient city wall to hinder the progress of the Japanese. Within one kilometer, as long as the Japanese want to come in, they can walk in from anywhere.
Old Zhao looked at the map and pointed at several roads on the map: "The distance between these roads is about more than a hundred meters. I think we can set up some firepower points high on the sides of these roads. If
If the Japanese advance from here, you can ambush them. The three points on the map, here, here, and here, are the best ambush points!"
Yu Yang nodded, recorded this suggestion, and looked at the rest of the people.
Wang Fugui, commander of the Ninth Company, touched his chin, stood up, and walked to the front of the map: "Batalion Commander, our Ninth Company stayed here all afternoon today, and we found that the structures of the buildings in Luodian on the edge of the town are relatively strong.
, we can block this area overnight and force the Japanese to enter the town from our defense zone!"
"But what if the Japanese attack and dig at the same time?"
The eighth company commander immediately rejected the proposal, but Yu Yang still wrote the suggestion down. The ninth company commander's method was actually very close to Yu Yang's idea.
"I think we can focus on defending some areas, and then we can proceed after the Japanese attack..."
In five minutes, after Yu Yang listened to everyone's opinions, he slowly closed his little notebook: "Well, everyone's ideas are good. First of all, it's a good idea to find you. You can lead a class
, look for a high point to establish a machine gun position, remember, do not fire easily at the machine gun position, you must wait until the Japanese have completely entered the ambush circle before firing!"
After Yu Yang finished speaking, he pointed to the entire east side of Luodian: "The defense line is too long and we can't hold it all, but we can give up some places. Look here, here, and here. In the end, these streets converge.
They are together, so we will move the front line back a hundred meters. In this case, the area we need to defend will be greatly reduced. I calculated that there are only two streets!"
"Of course, the rest of the locations are not necessarily safe. We must also pay attention to these ruins, but we can leave something behind to give Little Japan a taste of what a trap is!"
The terrain of Luodian is actually not too complicated. It is surrounded by rivers on three sides. The roads in the city are in the shape of a rice, and eventually converge to the location of the ancestral hall. What Yu Yang said about retreating a hundred meters is to defend at the intersection of several roads.
In this way, the defensive area of the third battalion was greatly relieved, and all limited troops could be concentrated without worrying about the Japanese soldiers breaking through the defense line with superior strength.
"Battal Commander, if we want to retreat, can the regiment agree?"
"I will report to the regiment. You guys from the Ninth Company should defend the area around the tea house. Let a row of soldiers hide on the flanks. Don't fire when the Japanese attack. After the exchange of fire with the Japanese, a row of soldiers will make a surprise attack from the side.
Japanese, this method can only be used once, do you hear me?"
The Ninth Company Commander stared at the map, nodded, and agreed to Yu Yang's plan. Yu Yang turned his head and pointed to another area: "The Eighth Company will guard the restaurant area. The terrain here is a little more complicated. You guys need to defend it."
When traveling, be sure to pay attention to the location of the ruins on the side and don’t let the Japanese touch it from there!”
Finally, Yu Yang looked at Wang Hao: "The task of the Seventh Company is relatively heavy. You belong to the reserve team. At the same time, we will dig some fortifications overnight tonight and set up some traps to make it impossible for Japan to come back!"
The defense plan was laid out and the meeting was dismissed immediately. Yu Yang was not sure when Little Japan would attack and did not dare to leave these people at the headquarters for too long. The weather outside was bad. Although it was not suitable for fighting, who knows if Little Japan would go crazy.
Choose this time to attack.
Yu Yang rubbed his brow vigorously, tired, too tired. It is easy to command a company to hold the position, because there are only so many people in a company, and the battle line will not be too long, but a battalion and a company are completely different.
There is too much to worry about.
Reserves, supplies, support, and other factors must be taken into consideration. Yu Yang has also read a little books and understands some things, and there is John to help. Otherwise, Yu Yang probably would not have even completed the reorganization of the Seventh Company.
"Wang Hao, you lead people to lay mines in this area. If the Japanese fail to attack, they will definitely want to attack from other positions. You place the mines here scattered, so that the Japanese do not dare to advance quickly. Give us
Time to prepare!”
Wang Hao took a puff of cigarette and nodded: "Well, I think there are still some explosives that are useless. I want to make some simple traps so that little Japan will not dare to pass through these ruins easily. By the way, if there are enough mines,
