The Japanese army didn't speak Chinese well, but because the independent regiments had popularized Japanese language training, they somewhat figured out the reason why the Japanese army had advanced soldiers so far into the mountains.
It turns out that Li Deng Xingyi was really cautious enough. After suffering heavy losses on the Jiuguan front line for several days without making any progress, he paid more attention to the protection of the flank positions of the 77th Regiment. In the past, the reconnaissance vanguard was only 800 meters away from the main position.
Now it is required to reach 2000 meters.
After personally experiencing the combat power of the Independent Regiment, the Japanese colonel was extremely afraid of the Independent Regiment, fearing that the Independent Regiment would outflank Luo Wenyu like he did with the Eighth Division.
It's just that the Japanese colonel probably didn't expect that Liu Lang's appetite was much bigger than he thought. From the moment he arrived in Shanxi Province, his target was the entire 20th Division, not his small 77th Regiment. He wanted to make a sneak attack in a roundabout way.
What was being poked was not the small anus of the 77th Regiment, but the exposed large anus of the 26th Artillery Regiment, two infantry regiments on the eastern Shanxi front.
The reason why these two people went to sleep 700 meters farther than the warning distance required by their captain, the reason why the Xiong Si almost died made the old monkey couldn't help but laugh.
The recent war was so cruel that even the infantrymen of the 77th Infantry Regiment, who were not afraid of death and screamed every day to be loyal to their Emperor, were a little frightened. The so-called fear of death is just an appendage based on victory after victory.
Spiritual products, when they failed again and again and the bloody corpses of their companions were carried down from the flames of war one after another covered with white cloth, they also began to miss the beauty of life.
In other words, the 77th Regiment, which had been beaten head-on by the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment for several days, was no longer the 77th Regiment that came to Jiuguan with great vigor. In addition to the loss of troops, this morale
It has also reached its lowest level.
But these two people, with the idea of being further away from the main position and having less chance of being sent as cannon fodder, started from yesterday afternoon and left the designated area posts and headed deeper into the mountains. As for going back in the future.
How to explain to the commander? Although the Japanese army did not explain in detail, they must have prepared excuses such as getting lost.
To put it bluntly, these two are just two deserters.
"See? As long as I'm not afraid of death, the little devils are! Lao Zhou, your death was not in vain." The old monkey, who was still hanging by his arms, raised his head, his eyes glistening.
After all, his brothers' death was not in vain. They also frightened the stubborn little Japanese. Not only did they not dare to attack as before, they even wanted to escape.
Lin Hao, who had been standing next to the old monkey, winked at Tudou on the other side, whose eyes were also red. Tutu's eyes flashed with fear, and he quietly pulled out his military thorn and stabbed the kneeling Japanese soldier straight through his back.
The Japanese soldier was instantly killed without even a few twists of his heart in just a few seconds.
This was already a great pleasure for him. Compared with his companion who was suffocated to death by Xiong Er biting his throat, he was already much luckier.
Killing him was not entirely due to hatred. The first battalion, which was executing roundabout tactics, had no energy to capture prisoners.
After reporting the situation to the commander of the infantry company leading the team, the entire army sped up even more, and the signal that the Japanese army was about to run became increasingly obvious.
Finally, before artillery fire resounded through the Japanese positions in Jiuguan, three infantry companies of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment arrived at the designated position.
This area can be regarded as the mountainous area before entering the vast Taihang. It is somewhat similar to the location of Jiuguan. The mountains are not too high, and the highest altitude is only 70 or 80 meters. The mountains are not particularly steep, and they are also stone mountains.
The tops of hillsides are dominated by shrubs and small trees.
Moreover, there are many hills and they are endless. There are many ravines between the hills and they are covered with weeds and shrubs. It is easy for people to walk there, but it is difficult for people to drive.
But even if you want to leave, if someone attacks from the mountain, even if you throw a stone down, the person will be killed.
In other words, if you want to hold on to a gully that can be walked through, you only need to hold on to the commanding heights of the hills that are not far apart on both sides of the gully.
It would be easy to say if there was only one road. Let alone the hundreds of people in the independent regiment's first battalion, it was just an infantry company. The Japanese army, which lacked heavy artillery and firearms, wanted to open a road and escape. In just a few hours, they had to pay several times the casualties of the defenders, no matter how hard they tried.
impossible.
However, the mountains here were already doomed. There were many ravines through which the Japanese army could choose to flee, at least five or six.
In this case, the battalion can only divide its troops. However, it cannot blindly divide its troops. Otherwise, if the Japanese army seizes the weakness, divides and surrounds the battalion, and concentrates its superior forces to defeat each one, it will turn an adventurous and courageous blocking battle into one.
It has become a joke about putting meat into the tiger's mouth.
Under the assignment of Ye Zifei, who personally led the team, the three infantry companies were divided into three defense areas with the character character. The firepower between each infantry company can provide support to each other. If you want to attack one of the positions
, the Japanese army would be attacked by firepower from at least two hilltop positions. Moreover, the position setting of each company was also particular.
For example, the first company established positions on the two hills in front of the middle breakthrough. An infantry platoon was stationed on each hill. The other infantry platoon cooperated with the firepower platoon to provide fire support and established a position on the rear hill 300 meters away. This is enough to ensure that
The fire platoon's heavy machine guns and 60-guns provide fire cover for their flanks and rear wings. Moreover, because the 60-guns have a range of up to 1,500 meters, they can cover most of the battlefield area, whether it is through a forced semaphore or maybe a signal.
With the usable individual radio communication device, the 60 troops deployed in all combat areas can also be concentrated to cover a certain place on the battlefield for artillery bombardment.
If the Japanese army really dared to go all out and concentrate their forces against one of the points, then they would probably face a concentrated artillery bombardment of at least 16 60-gun guns. Although each gun only carried 10 rounds of shells due to the urgent march, it was no longer as rich as before.
However, the Japanese army is not as strong as before, right? In this poor place, they can carry heavy machine guns even if they are ruthless, let alone heavy mountain artillery and infantry artillery.
The infantry platoons of each infantry company were still intensively building fortifications in the combat areas divided by the battalion headquarters meeting. The artillery fire from the Jiuguan Pass exploded, and the sound was so loud that it could be heard for ten miles. The battalion headquarters also quickly issued orders.
, the Japanese army positions are being bombarded, and if nothing goes wrong, the Japanese army will flee soon. Originally, only 50% of the battles will be in contact with the Japanese army, but now it has reached 80%.
The mountain forest is about four miles from the road, not too far, but not too close either. Carrying nearly ten kilograms of firearms, ammunition and various equipment on the two-kilometer mountain road, it would take thirty or forty minutes to walk there without even thinking about it.
In addition, the Japanese troops came from the Jiuguan position four or five miles away. At most, the Japanese troops would arrive in an hour.
The officers and soldiers naturally worked more energetically. Not only did they know that a full-scale counterattack was about to take place, but more importantly, it was about to be a bloody battle. The stronger the fortifications were, the greater the chance of survival. No one wanted to fight at such an important moment.
Death in a battle. It’s not that they are particularly afraid of death, but that they all want to live to taste the joy after victory. What’s more, Liu Tuanzuo often said: Only by surviving can you kill more Japanese soldiers. Talk about death lightly.
It is also irresponsible to the country and nation.
The officers and soldiers of the independent regiment may be less afraid of death than many people, but they are also more "fearful of death" than many people.
It is said that it is repairing fortifications, but in fact it is just filling the four sacks that everyone carries with them with earth and building them up. These sacks are also necessary things that each officer and soldier of the independent regiment carries with them. Like ammunition, they are used every time after the war.
It will be replenished quickly and bundled with the individual engineer shovel that everyone must have.
Don’t underestimate the role of sandbags. The soil in most sacks can basically withstand the penetration of 7.7mm bullets from Japanese heavy machine guns. As long as the grenades of the Japanese grenades do not explode accurately behind the sandbags, shrapnel and shock waves will basically be able to withstand it.
The people hiding behind could not cause fatal damage. After several battles, this seemingly inconspicuous sandbag saved the lives of many soldiers.
The three men of the third infantry squad, led by squad leader Houhou, were also desperately building sandbags. However, they were not on the main position of the infantry company, but on an isolated mountain three miles away from the main position.
The solitary mountain chosen by the old monkey is steeper than other mountains. It is difficult to climb up. However, the mountain is high enough and you can basically see the surrounding area of seven or eight miles. As an observation point, the room is the most suitable.
Moreover, there are many strange rocks on the top of the mountain. If the enemy only relies on shooting with guns, the environment here is the most conducive to defense. Moreover, 400 meters away from the mountain, there are basically cliffs and dead ends.
In other words, the 1,000-meter-long blocking defense line deployed by the entire independent regiment infantry battalion ends here. If the Japanese army wants to enter the mountainous area through this, they can only fight, otherwise they can only transform into monkeys and follow
Climb over the cliff.
However, the rugged mountains are destined to be unfavorable for human passage. As long as you are not too stupid, you will generally not pass through the valley full of rocks that cannot be settled. Otherwise, the first battalion will not abandon this place as a position. The Japanese army chose
The chance of passing here is really very small.
Of course, as a location responsible for providing reconnaissance information to the main position, this should not be a blocking position. Just for safety reasons, the three men of the third infantry squad still continued their old profession of infantry, digging barren hills on the top of the mountain.
Soil, set up a blocking position at a suitable location. If the Japanese army came here, the three of them naturally couldn't just watch the little Japanese sneak into the mountains and escape.
Although Xiong Er couldn't help much, he pushed hard with his two front legs and managed to pull away less than half the bag of soil. Xiong Four was a good helper. The four bear paws with sharp claws stretched out were easier to use than a military shovel. You must know that this
But even the bamboo rats hiding under the bamboo roots can dig out their masters to feast on. With the help of these two guys, even if the old monkey is still hanging on his arms and has only one hand, it will be better than twelve sandbags piled up everywhere.
Other troops arrived faster.
The reason why Lao Houhou, Lin Hao, and Tudou appeared here was because they strongly requested a fight.
In that fierce battle a few days ago, the infantry squad that suffered the most losses in the whole battalion was none other than Lao Monkey's infantry squad three. Nine people were killed in the battle and three were seriously injured. Only he, Lin Hao, the precision shooter, and one who was no longer a recruit were left.
Potatoes for three people.
The third infantry squad with only three people left had been asked to repair at the rear field hospital, but seeing that all the infantry company brothers were dispatched, and even the battalion deputy sent someone to the field hospital to second Xiong Er Xiong Si to participate in the battle, the old monkey sat
Can't stand it any longer.
As a veteran, Old Monkey knew instinctively that there was going to be a battle. Previously, the second platoon belonging to the third squadron never went to the battlefield, so the three of them were just repairing in the rear, but now the three infantry companies are all on the battlefield.
, then it would be shameful for them to stay in the rear.
The loss of the Third Infantry Squadron is heavy, but it does not mean that the organization of the Third Squadron has been abolished. There are still three people who can fight! And if the Third Squadron is not here, then the combat tasks that should have been assigned to the Third Squadron will have to be assigned to the platoon.
Other infantry squads in the squadron did it. And it is not that other infantry squads did not suffer losses. For example, the fourth infantry squad also lost five people and seriously injured three others. There were only seven people left in one squad. Two of the fingers of the fourth squad leader Hei Pidan were injured.
The skin of the cannonball was peeled off, and they just used it to repair it in the back without saying anything!
And the person who was sent to second a wolf and a bear happened to be the second platoon leader Cen Changqing. The old monkey said this in a hurry. It makes sense when you think about it. During the Battle of the Great Wall, let alone a squad with three soldiers left.
One person, just one person, is still holding on to the position! So he agreed to return to the team with the third infantry squad, which had only three people left.
However, the young platoon leader still didn't want the third infantry squad to be downsized again, so he gave the three of them a relatively easy job. He took Xiong Er and Xiong Si to be responsible for the reconnaissance and surveillance of the large army. If there really was a fight.
If so, stay away from the hail of bullets.
But the three old monkeys were working hard to set up a blocking position. They didn't really think that they were just scouts following a wolf and a bear to pick up holes, and they retreated on their own initiative when they encountered the Japanese army.
Of course, the old monkey is not blind. He has his own reasons for establishing a blocking position. Even if there are only three of them in the infantry squad, there is no squad with light machine guns and rocket launchers as fire support, but there is a submachine gun and a rifle with a scope.
The firepower team composed of a sniper rifle and a semi-automatic rifle is not weak. Lao Monkey's Somi submachine gun is enough to take on the important task of suppressing firepower within 200 meters. Lin Hao's sniper rifle is responsible for calling out firepower points 300 meters away. The Tudou semi-automatic rifle
The rate of fire of ten bullets in ten seconds can also effectively suppress infantry.
As for the heavy firepower, each person carries 4 grenades and throws them from the mountain. Although the power is not as powerful as the 60-meter artillery shells, it is still no problem to kill the fast-moving little Japs.
What's more, the incomplete trio is really not just three people now, but also has two helpers!
Since he knew that he had been assigned a reconnaissance mission and could not go to the battlefield with his brothers to fight against the enemy, the old monkey was more cautious. Since there was a powerful bear like Xiong Si, there was nothing difficult to do. The free labor was not wasted.
!
After using a pack of beef jerky "spicy strips", Xiong Si happily "succumbed". A backpack containing 1,000 rounds of submachine gun and semi-automatic rifle bullets plus 20 grenades became Xiong Si's small schoolbag.
For a bear, carrying a load of twenty kilograms is really almost the same as carrying nothing at all.
If it weren't for this guy's habit of holding his head and rolling down the mountain, Tudou would have had the urge to hang seven or eight personal grenades on his little vest.
The bear with a row of individual grenades hanging all over his body was probably not only the Japanese who were frightened when they saw it, but even Liu Tuanzuo felt so sick when he saw it!
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PS: Today the college summoned party members and cadres who had no classes to go to poverty alleviation sites. They donated money and materials and had to work. It is estimated that it will be 6 pm when they come back. Fengyue wrote a 4200-word chapter last night. I will update it today.