Looking at the backs of Niu Er and several special forces soldiers disappearing quietly into the darkness, a satisfied smile appeared on Liu Lang's face.
Not only did the training team established more than a year ago play a role, but he also ordered each battalion and company to conduct monthly strategic and tactical training lectures for second lieutenant officers and above.
The young second lieutenant in front of him, who was just a boy from a farm family five years ago, can clearly describe his strategic intentions, which shows that he made a very correct choice in choosing Yu Xiancheng as the captain of the special operations brigade. These young officers who have experience in special operations,
Each may be qualified to serve as the chief officer of grassroots combat troops.
If there is a big war and there are too many casualties among junior officers, they will be the most reliable alternate commanders.
This is actually one of Liu Lang's biggest achievements in the past five years.
Soldiers are easy to recruit. Throughout northern Sichuan, the county security corps established with huge financial resources are the most powerful source of soldiers.
However, officers with actual combat experience are rare. A tiger leading a group of sheep may defeat a group of wolves, but even if a sheep leads a group of wolves, the most likely choice is to eat grass roots.
Liu Lang's purpose was to train thousands of independent regiment officers and soldiers into hundreds or even thousands of officers. Even if he died in the continuous wars in the future, and the battalion commanders of each battalion died in the battle, the independent regiment's
The new recruits have been exhausted and the veterans have died. As long as these officers are still there, the Independent Regiment will not fall.
Just relying on the spirit of killing the enemy's horse-hide corpses to defend the country is not enough, you must also have the ability to contend with the powerful Japanese invaders. The base and arsenal left by Liu Lang in Guangyuan can provide a steady stream of weapons, and the Huashang Group he founded, a money-drawing monster, can provide a steady stream of weapons.
The military resources, coupled with the ability of these young officers to continuously learn and improve, as long as the two regiments of the Independent Regiment and the Northern Sichuan Security Regiment are not wiped out at once, the Independent Regiment will always be at the forefront of the Anti-Japanese War.
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Of course, Liu Lang had that confidence, and the Japanese army did not have the ability to wipe out two regiments with a total of 7,000 people in one battle.
Although Niu Er's vision was quite limited, what he said was exactly what Liu Lang had in mind.
Tactical deception? Encirclement and reinforcements?
No, the goal of tactical deception is not to attract the Japanese troops from the Niangziguan front line, but to protect as much baggage as possible. The encirclement point is not to bring reinforcements, but to fight the Japanese troops who have abandoned Jingxing County and fled. As long as they
Leaving Jingxing County, they are just a piece of meat on the chopping board, and they can be cut into whatever they want.
A radio wave was sent from Fulule Ridge and had already traveled 20 miles east of Ceyu Town. The 771st Regiment and the teaching regiment marching with the 129th Division, which was marching in a hurry, stayed at the same place for ten minutes after receiving Liu Lang's message.
The two infantry regiments turned around on the mountain road. The entire army was lightly armed. Except for carrying six mortars and enough mortar shells, all heavy equipment was left on the mountain road. Along the direction of Chaiyu Town towards Shimen, local hunters
Under the leadership of the guide, the entire army gathered their companions and disappeared into the mountains and forests.
The rest of the troops continued to rush towards Jingxing County along the mountain road. The large army of nearly ten thousand people held up torches like a giant dragon, stretching for more than eight miles. If Harada Shinichi from Jingxing County saw this scene, he would faint from fear.
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The strength of the Chinese army attacking his Jingxing County seat far exceeded that of an infantry division. It exceeded the strength of his men by more than ten times.
The independent regiment's three infantry battalions, plus the young man battalion and the artillery battalion, numbering more than 2,000 people, all rushed to the Snowflake Mountain area to assemble before 10 o'clock.
About 400 people from the two Blue Army squadrons of the Zhuangding Battalion were left behind to guard more than 300 three-wheelers. The rest of the people all set off on foot towards Jingxing County, which was six miles away and all the lights were darkened.
The officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion accompanying the infantry did not use pack horses this time. Instead, they carried the disassembled mountain artillery pieces and mortars manually. The artillery shells were handed over to the 400 men of the strong men battalion who served as their ammunition handlers and part-time guards.
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This time, except for the infantry battalion, all the elite of the independent regiment came out, and there was no infantry to guard them anymore.
There are three infantry battalions, the Bayonet Battalion is responsible for the east gate, the Death Battalion is responsible for the south gate, and the Rock Battalion is responsible for the west gate. The regiment headquarters is located in the middle with the artillery battalion, responsible for commanding the overall situation and providing artillery support to the three attack points.
The small town of Jingxing, which never crosses more than 2 kilometers from east to west, is almost entirely within the firing range of the artillery battalion stationed on a hill 800 meters away from the city gate, whether it is a mountain artillery with a range of six kilometers or an 82 mortar with a range of 2,500 meters.
Once again, the cold-faced Deputy Zhang of the regiment was left in charge of the regiment headquarters. Liu Lang, along with two personal communications soldiers and a guard platoon, followed the death camp heading to the south gate and arrived at the woods 500 meters away from the south gate.
The Japanese army was very wealthy. On the 800-meter-wide city wall, they set up two large searchlights, one on the left and one on the right of the city gate. They staggered with huge light beams and shot the ground hundreds of meters away, from the city wall to the woods.
Although it is not a perfect sight, it is extremely difficult to quietly sneak into the effective range of a rifle and shoot at the Japanese troops on the fortifications on the city wall.
Xu squinted his eyes, and Zhou Shiyu, who was lying in the grass with a telescope camouflaged with a camouflage net, adapted to the high intensity of the searchlight and looked at the city wall with a serious face.
Jingxing County is a small town in a mountainous area, with a population of only tens of thousands at its peak. The walls of such a small town are naturally impossible to compare with those of some large cities. The city walls are actually just earthen wall stacks, no more than three people high. Even the so-called city walls
The door is not as powerful as expected. It is only four meters high and six meters wide, which can barely accommodate three carts side by side. Two large wooden doors no more than ten centimeters thick can be blown up with just one shot.
The matter of fragments.
Therefore, when the 17th Division defended the county town ten days ago, it simply gave up the defense of the city wall. Instead, it took advantage of the mountainous geography and used the hills south of the city to form a defense line.
The firepower points made of sandbags on the not-so-wide city wall and at the city gate were clearly visible. Although it was unclear how many troops were defending on the city wall, it was definitely not less than an infantry squad.
Some people may think that by using mortars to blast these firepower points into the sky, the soldiers can invade the city through this open space, but as an increasingly mature commander, Zhou Shiyu would never think so.
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The defense on the city wall will never be less than one infantry squadron, which means that the defense in the south gate area will never be less than one infantry squadron. No commander would be stupid enough to put all his troops into a small area where there is not much
On the defensive city wall, most of the Japanese troops must have built a complete position based on the residential buildings behind the south gate. Once a strong attack begins, it will not only be how much effort it will take for the death camp to pass through this 400-meter-wide open space.
The question of casualties is how long it will take him to clear out the enemies at the south gate.
The combat mission of his death camp was not only to break through Nancheng as quickly as possible and clear out the enemy defenders, but also to provide cover for the Niu Er Special Forces team, allowing them to enter the West City and prevent the eager Japanese army from massacring civilians or even taking civilians hostage.
possible.
In order to deal with this part of the Japanese army as soon as possible, he had to attack the city wall before they could react, and engage in street fighting with the Japanese army as an infantry squad or even an infantry platoon. The special forces team and two infantry platoons could then move along the alley to the west city.
Advance.
Why did he choose to go through the south gate instead of the closer west gate? Zhou Shiyu knew that the west gate was destined to become an important place to contain the main force of the Japanese army. In the short term, they would only attack but not break through. Only when he could completely break through the south gate would the two armies
A combined attack will annihilate the Ximen defenders in one fell swoop.
Before coming, Zhou Shiyu, who had studied the map of Jingxing County many times, had already thought of many plans, including using Niu Er's special forces team to sneak into the city wall for a sneak attack, or an infantry team using explosive packs to carry out large-scale blasting... But now
, under the two large searchlights of the Japanese army that could hide nothing, everything became a daydream.
The five or six black figures walking back and forth on the top of the city carrying three-eight big covers were not blind. It would be easy to deal with them at the same time, but the sound of gunfire would also alert all enemies. Zhou Shiyu frowned.
But Liu Tuanzuo on the side took a leisurely look at his watch.
The hour hand is already pointing to 11 o'clock.
At this time, in this era when there is no nightlife, especially in such a small mountain town, even if you go to a brothel, all the sex you should have is done, and basically everyone has entered a dream.
Even the Japanese army is no exception.
Even if Colonel Harada issued a military order for the whole city to be under martial law before dinner, and ordered the garrison on duty to double the number of soldiers, he could not stop the sleepiness that came with the dead of night.
For example, Japanese First Class Ushio Huoguo was walking mechanically back and forth on the 50-meter city wall with a gun in his hand. Even though he walked very standard, his speed was completely patrol standard. But only when you look closer, you will know
I know that this weird Mr. Ushio has already fallen asleep with his eyes closed, almost snoring and drooling.
Because the troops are constantly being deployed, the number of people defending the city is still so large. The 3rd Squadron of the 6th Squadron of the Baggage Regiment responsible for defending the South Gate has been defending the South Gate for nearly ten days without changing the defense. Although there is no such thing as a whole group of people.
The arrogant infantrymen were unlucky to be sent to the front line to fight the Chinese, but ten consecutive days of tense patrolling also took a toll on these heavy baggage soldiers who most of the time only carried supplies and rarely accepted combat tasks.
exhausted.
In particular, the gangsterism of the fellows in the team is very serious. As a native of Nagano Prefecture, the team leader naturally takes good care of his fellows, and the drudgery of being on duty at night naturally falls to Ushio and other gangs in the suburban villages of Nagano.
On top of the little soldiers whom they regard as mud-legged bumpkins.
Private First Class Ushio, who had not had a good night's sleep for several days in a row, used to be a cowherd boy for the landowner. The cows grazed on the mountains, and he could lie down on the grass and sleep all day long. This lack of sleep was very difficult.
He was killed. Even if His Majesty the Colonel issued a strict order that if the defense failed, he would be punished by military law, he still couldn't resist the wave of sleepiness that came over him!
What's more, Nagano Cowherd Boy took a chance yesterday and went to the county brothel. The first-class soldier who was called a slave by his own people every day got the feeling of a super uncle from a prostitute in China, and he didn't have to pay for it.
I have been in high spirits for a long time and my body has already been exhausted. Now that I can keep on patrol with my eyes closed, it is really a great honor to Shinichi Harada.
The Japanese first-class soldier who could fall asleep while walking didn't know that he might have plenty of sleep in the future.
"Order, Operation Sunset, begin." Liu Lang said to Yao Shisan who was lying beside him.
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