Xu Rui chuckled and continued: "Moreover, we can also think of ways to make the area east of the Fei River muddy, making it more difficult for the Japs to attack. ↑,"
"Make the east of the Fei River muddy?" Ding Li asked confused, "How to fix this?"
Xu Rui said: "Captain Ding, haven't you noticed that due to continuous heavy rains, the water level of Feihe River has already been higher than the horizon? As long as the east bank is dug at this time, the river water will overflow.
The entire area east of the Fei River will be submerged. Once soaked by the river water, the entire area east of the Fei River will immediately become muddy!"
"Yes!" Ding Li's eyes lit up and he shouted excitedly, "Why didn't I think of that?"
Xu Rui added: "At that time, the Japs' heavy artillery couldn't get close to your defensive positions. As long as you put some troops on these dozen hills, the Japs could only throw in the infantry in waves.
If you launch a strong attack in knee-deep or even thigh-deep water, your offensive efficiency will be greatly reduced."
"Yes, yes, yes! In this way, the little devils will not be able to take advantage of the strength and equipment. Even if the little devils come with another division and two more heavy artillery brigades, they will still be blind!" Ding Li hit the knot hard, excitedly
He said, "Sir Xu, thanks to you coming this time, otherwise we really don't know what to do, now it's better!"
Xu Rui waved his hand with a smile, and then said: "However, we cannot rule out the possibility that the Japs will forcibly pull the heavy artillery over and shoot at close range, so you still need to build anti-gun fortifications on the reverse slopes of these hills. While the soil is now loose, you can
Simply cut off the entire back side of these hills, and then set up ladders. When the enemy bombards you, you can hide in the depressions on the back side. When the enemy forces launch infantry attacks, you can go up the ladder to the defensive position on the top of the mountain."
"That's no problem." Ding Li promised, "I'll take someone to do it right away!"
At that time, Ding Li personally led people to repair the fortifications. As Xu Rui said, the soil on these hills had become very loose and soft due to water logging, so it was easy to level the hills. Ding Li divided the group of more than a thousand people into
More than a dozen teams, each responsible for a small hill, started working in full swing.
Xu Rui did not need to continue to supervise the rest of the matter. Xu Rui walked around the position two more times before taking Lei Xiang to the defensive position of Feinan. Feinan belonged to the 2nd Regiment of the Wanzhong Advance Brigade.
As for the defensive position, the terrain here is higher than Feidong, so the water accumulation is not that serious, and the construction of fortifications is relatively smooth.
But Xu Rui walked roughly around the fortifications of the 2nd Regiment of the Central Anhui Advance Brigade, and his brows immediately tightened, because the defenses of the 2nd Regiment of the Central Anhui Advance Brigade were not ideal, or to put it more bluntly, even
It can be said that the repairs are almost the same. In short, the fortifications of the 2nd Regiment still cannot get rid of the bad habits of the National Army!
In essence, the National Army is still an old army and has not got rid of the influence of the Beiyang Army. For example, the construction of heavy machine gun fortifications will only blindly pursue a wider range of fire, so it is often built on commanding heights. In actual combat, such
Heavy machine gun fortifications can easily be destroyed by various types of enemy artillery.
In particular, the Japs' grenades are extremely accurate, and they are even more sure of destroying such heavy machine gun fortifications.
Also, the fortifications only focus on horizontal expansion, but lack deep protection. Once a point is broken through, the entire line of defense will collapse in an instant. This bad habit was most vividly displayed in the Battle of Nanjing, which gave the people
The army also caused the greatest damage!
During the Nanjing Defense War, the National Army Headquarters assembled more than ten elite divisions, relying on Niushou Mountain, Zijin Mountain and Qixia Mountain, to build a seemingly tight defense line outside Nanjing, and threatened to hold on for at least three months.
But in fact, in less than three days, this seemingly indestructible line of defense collapsed.
The basic reason is that the defense positions of each department only focus on horizontal expansion but lack deep protection. Therefore, the Japanese army only needs to break through one point, and the defense lines of the National Army's various departments will be shaken in an instant.
This bad habit of the National Army was not improved until the Battle of Wuhan. Unfortunately, the elite troops of the National Army had already been basically lost by that time. Therefore, even if there were good generals like Xue Yue, they could only do some local work.
Trying to win on the battlefield, but unable to launch a counterattack from an overall perspective and win.
Seeing Xu Rui's frown, Lei Xiang asked in a low voice: "Captain, are the 2nd Regiment's fortifications repaired well?"
"It's not that the cultivation is bad." Xu Rui shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It's that the cultivation is very bad. It's just a mess!"
Lei Xiang was stunned when he heard this.
Xu Rui's words were very rude.
At this time, Luo Feng hurried over with Lei Peng.
Luo Feng said: "Captain Xu, I have been waiting for you to come here. Take a look and see if there are any areas where the defenses of the 2nd Regiment have not been repaired in place. You must point it out. Don't be polite."
Hearing what Luo Feng said, Lei Peng was even a little unconvinced.
Like Ding Li, Lei Peng also admired Xu Rui very much, but he was still very confident in the defenses of the 2nd Regiment because he built them completely in accordance with the requirements of the infantry drill, and in some details, the 2nd Regiment
The fortification specifications are even stricter than what is stated in the infantry drill.
For example, the requirement in the drill code is that you can bend down to pass through the traffic trenches, but in the main traffic trenches of the 2nd Regiment, as long as you are under 1.8 meters tall, you can walk straight without worrying about being hit by stray bullets.
Lei Peng's creed has always been high standards, strict requirements, and striving for perfection in everything he does.
Xu Rui nodded when he heard this. He had no intention of being merciful in the first place, and he was even less polite now. He said: "Commander Luo and Commander Lei, the defenses of the 2nd Regiment must be demolished and rebuilt. As for the current fortifications,
I don’t want to vent your anger, I’m afraid I won’t be able to stop even the little devil’s attack for half a day.”
"Can you push it down?" Luo Feng was stunned when he heard this.
Lei Peng immediately became anxious and said: "Sir Xu, I strictly followed the requirements of the Infantry Drill Code. The standards were even stricter than those in the Drill Code."
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because you built the fortifications in strict accordance with the infantry drill code that you have to start over from scratch, because the infantry drill code of your Central Military Academy, inherited from the infantry drill code of the Beiyang Army Baoding Military Academy, has lagged behind this era.
We can no longer keep up with the pace of today’s military!”
Before Lei Peng could refute, Xu Rui then said: "If you are still unconvinced, just talk about the heavy machine gun fortification under our feet. If you build the heavy machine gun fortification on the top of this hill, the field of view will be broadened. Shooting
The world is better, but it is also more convenient for the little devils, who only need one grenade to blow up your heavy machine gun into the sky!"
Lei Peng was speechless. He wanted to say that the Japs' grenade might not have a chance to advance within five hundred meters, but in fact, he knew better than anyone else how powerful the Japs were. If he wanted to prevent the Japs' grenades from approaching five hundred meters,
Within 100 meters, it is simply wishful thinking, but as long as the Japanese grenade comes close to 500 meters, what Xu Rui said will become a fact.
Xu Rui continued: "If you take a closer look at this section of your fortifications, without this heavy machine gun, your section of fortifications will immediately lose its support. If you look at your entire fortifications again, the Japanese will only
Once you break through this point, your entire defense line will collapse! From here on, can your regiment still be able to defend it?"
After hearing this, Luo Feng imagined what Xu Rui said and suddenly took a breath of air.
Lei Peng's face also turned a little pale, because he found that Xu Rui was not alarmist. If he really wanted to fight, the possibility of the situation described by Xu Rui was very high!
However, Lei Peng was still a little dissatisfied and said in a low voice: "Then how should we repair this fortification?"
"Fortifications should be built like this." Xu Rui drew out his bayonet, squatted down and drew a line on the ground, then pointed at the line and said, "This is the Feiwu Highway. Your 2nd Regiment just needs to hold on to this highway.
, so there is no need to pull out such a wide defensive front. Do you, as a regiment, still want to block all the circuitous routes of the Japanese? There is no need to block those that cannot be blocked. If the Japanese want to use circuitous routes, just let them do so. You guys
As long as the Feiwu Highway is firmly blocked, the Japs' heavy army will never be able to bypass it, and Feicheng will not be in danger."
Lei Peng said: "What should we do if the little Japanese detours from both sides and intercepts us from behind?"
Luo Feng nodded with deep understanding. If the Japanese took a detour and then intercepted behind them, wouldn't they be attacked from both sides?
"This is exactly the second point I want to make." Xu Rui nodded and continued, "Shrinking the front and blocking the road is only the first point. The second point is depth protection. Your three battalions should not
Instead of placing them in one word, they should be arranged in steps from front to back, so that they can echo each other and protect each other."
After a pause, Xu Rui continued: "This is a large-scale defense deployment. Now let's talk about the specific layout. Your heavy machine gun firepower points must not be placed on the top of the unprotected mountain, but should be placed on the side of the mountain.
, and then use two side-firing fire points to form cross-fire to protect each other. This can not only effectively prevent the Japanese's frontal attack, but also effectively avoid the Japanese artillery strikes."
"More side firepower?" Luo Feng said solemnly, "I should have thought of it earlier. In fact, during the Battle of Songhu, we suffered a big loss from the little Japanese's side firepower. At that time, during the battle at the North Railway Station, one of our brigade's
Because the battalion went deep alone, it was violently shot by Japanese side fire, and the entire army was eventually destroyed!"
"Yes, compared to frontal firepower, side firepower is not only about the same power, but the survivability is significantly stronger!" Xu Rui continued, "So, unless there are solid permanent fortifications to rely on, never build heavy machine gun firepower
On the front side, because that doesn’t help at all.”
