Li Sijin, Hou Zhigang and Xue Laoyao each led a platoon to monitor the movement of puppet prisoners of war and store supplies. The main force of the Sichuan Army did not have time to help move supplies because they had to quickly build a defense line outside the station to prepare for the Japanese.
A large force counterattacked. After all, it was impossible to move all the supplies at the station quickly.
The Nanxun Highway and the Nanxun Railway are almost parallel. Considering that the Japanese have artillery, cars and armored vehicles, they will definitely attack along the highway. Therefore, the 799th Regiment focused its defense on the Nanxun Highway. Not only did it go five miles, but also
A full battalion was also placed in the front position.
Leng Tiefeng became an adviser to the first battalion and was responsible for actual command.
The reason why Zhao Baishi sent the three battalion commanders Li Sijin, Hou Zhigang, and Xue Laoyao to supervise the puppet troops' transportation of supplies was actually to move the three of them away decently, because Zhao Baishi knew his three brothers better than anyone else.
With their abilities, there is absolutely no problem asking them to serve as platoon leaders and charge into battle, but asking them to command a battalion to fight in positional battles with the Japanese is not a problem. Otherwise, it will not only harm themselves, but also harm the brothers in the battalion.
Leng Tiefeng was different. He actually studied at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Although the U.S. Army was not that powerful in the world at that time and was not even qualified to carry shoes for the German army, West Point Military Academy was still quite good and very good.
It trained a number of famous generals and achieved outstanding results on the front line during World War II.
What's more, Leng Tiefeng's record in the Dameishan Independent Regiment is there.
Zhao Baishi handed over the command of the 1st Battalion to Leng Tiefeng without hesitation. In fact, according to Zhao Baishi's original intention, he wanted Xu Rui to directly command the 1st Battalion. However, Xu Rui had just woken up and he could not be allowed to command while injured, so he could only
The next best thing was to hand over the command of the first battalion to Leng Tiefeng, who graduated from West Point Military Academy.
Leng Tiefeng was not polite either. There was nothing to be polite about. At present, they and the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army were like grasshoppers on a rope. If Jiujiang could not be defended, the more than a thousand Sichuan Army veterans of the 799th Regiment would surely die.
Undoubtedly, they may not be able to escape, especially now that Xu Rui is seriously injured and has difficulty moving, making it even harder to break out of the encirclement.
Therefore, saving the Sichuan Army means saving oneself, and Leng Tiefeng is clear about this.
It is true that more than a thousand members of the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army are veterans, and they are all rich in combat experience. This is also true, but to say how good they are in positional warfare is a bit exaggerated. Their attainments in positional warfare,
Not to mention compared with the independent regiments, even compared with the Central Army, it is obviously far behind.
Therefore, Leng Tiefeng had to start with step-by-step instructions on digging trenches.
"The soil dug out from digging trenches should not be spread everywhere, but should be piled up to the front of the trench and compacted. In this way, as long as a trench is dug one meter deep, it can provide a cover of one meter and two meters!"
"Where are the bomb craters? The front edge of the trench must be dug to avoid bomb craters!"
"If you don't dig a hole to avoid the bombs, you will know how powerful you are when the kid's grenades are thrown in."
"That's not how bombproof holes are dug. If you dig them so high and so wide, the enemy will blow you down with one shot."
"Who asked you to build heavy machine gun fortifications here? The little Japs' small cannons are very accurate. If you build heavy machine gun fortifications here, aren't you giving food to the Japanese? If you have to tear it down and start over, you will definitely build heavy machine gun fortifications.
Don’t be greedy for a wide range of shooting, you must ensure your own safety, do you understand?”
"How to ensure your own safety? You've got an idea."
"You all come here, come here, I will briefly explain to you the structure of the side firing point."
"The so-called side firepower is opposite to the frontal firepower. Frontal firepower strikes the enemy from the front, while side firepower strikes the enemy from the side. Because the side firepower avoids the front, although it loses a considerable width of firing range,
But at the same time, it also avoided being damaged by enemy artillery support firepower."
"If we have superior artillery or superior aviation, of course we don't need flanking fire."
"If we have enough reinforced concrete machine gun bunkers, of course we don't need side fire."
"The problem is that we have neither aviation nor artillery, nor reinforced concrete cover, so people can only rely on flank fire and have no choice."
"Flanking firepower, because it sacrifices the range of fire, is easy to be blasted by enemy infantry, so mutual firepower protection is needed. Seeing that there are no two hills in front, the heavy machine gun position is built on
On the reverse slope of the mountain, we can protect each other and effectively avoid the threat of Japanese artillery."
Under Leng Tiefeng's step-by-step guidance, the first battalion's fortifications were finally repaired as expected.
When the main force of the Jiujiang Japanese army led by Yoshimoto Teiichi appeared on the highway, the defenses of the 1st Battalion of the 799th Regiment had been basically completed. There were a total of three front and rear trenches, which cut across the Nanxun Highway and extended to the mountains on both sides of the highway.
, the trenches are equipped with bomb holes and bomb craters, and shelters have also been built.
At this moment, Leng Tiefeng and Zhao Baishi were lying in the shelter, looking out through the observation hole.
In the vast rain, I saw a huge convoy consisting of dozens of three-wheeled motorcycles, trucks and armored vehicles, driving forward along the road. Behind this convoy, there were dense Japanese infantry following.
Entering, looking from a distance, I saw a long queue of little devils on the road, with no end in sight.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Baishi inevitably became a little nervous.
"You son of a bitch." Zhao Baishi's Adam's apple twitched and he said, "You little devil, you have such a big battle."
Leng Tiefeng said calmly: "It's not a big deal, it's just four infantry brigades at best."
"Four infantry regiments?" Zhao Baishi became more and more nervous, "That's one and a half infantry regiments! Didn't Commander Xu say before that there is only one infantry regiment in Jiujiang?"
Leng Tiefeng said: "I'm afraid even Xingzi and De'an's Japs are here."
Zhao Baishi said: "That's easy to do. We only have one regiment. How can we defeat a Japanese regiment?"
Leng Tiefeng said: "It's now time. If you can win, you have to fight. If you can't, you have to fight. Does Commander Zhao still want to abandon Jiujiang and evacuate with his troops?"
"That doesn't exist." Zhao Baishi shook his head repeatedly, "There is no such thing."
After a pause, Zhao Baishi explained: "I just want to ask, how should we fight this battle?"
Leng Tiefeng said: "It's nothing more than soldiers coming to block it, water coming and the soil flooding it, it's no big deal."
While the two were talking, the Japs' leading convoy had already arrived within a thousand meters. At this time, the Japs also discovered the Sichuan troops on the position, so they stopped moving forward. After a while, the Japs gathered about an infantry squad, carrying brightly-colored weapons.
Bayonet, he rushed towards the position of the 1st Battalion of the 799th Regiment menacingly.
"Young devil, I'm still doing the same thing." Zhao Baishi became calm when he saw this.
Since the Battle of Songhu, Zhao Baishi has fought with the Japanese no less than ten times, and he is quite familiar with the Japanese attack methods. Before starting a formal attack, the Japanese will definitely put in small-scale infantry to conduct tentative feint attacks to find out the Nationalist Army first.
firepower configuration and troop deployment, and then conduct a large-scale artillery bombardment.
After a large-scale bombardment, the Japanese will invest the main force of infantry and launch a large-scale attack.
And if the attack fails, the Japs will carry out another artillery attack, and then throw in infantry again to launch a second wave of attacks. If the second wave of attacks fails, the Japs will not continue to attack, but will send small groups of troops to the Nationalist Army.
The two wings took a circuitous route, preparing to intercept the Nationalist Army's rear and cut off its retreat and supply lines.
The Japanese's offensive routine is based on these three axes, but it is still quite effective in actual combat, especially the third axe, which uses detours on both wings, and has proven to be successful time and time again.
Leng Tiefeng said with a cruel smile: "Commander Zhao, don't worry, with our wolf fangs here, the little devils can't easily figure out our troop deployment and firepower configuration."
After saying that, Leng Tiefeng walked out of the shelter holding the modified Mauser 98k sniper rifle.
Not far from the shelter, there was the first sniper point selected by Leng Tiefeng in advance. This sniper point was hidden under a boulder weighing several tons, with shrubs in front, making it very hidden.
Leng Tiefeng lay on the ground and used his sniper rifle to slightly separate the bushes in front of him.
Soon, the Japanese approaching along the road came into his sight.
At this moment, a small group of more than fifty Japanese soldiers had already opened up the skirmish line, keeping a distance of about ten meters from each other. They were holding bayonets, bent over, and slowly and cautiously moved forward.
According to the provisions of the infantry drill code, the Japanese will not charge before entering a distance of one hundred meters.
Through the sight of the scope, Leng Tiefeng quickly locked onto a Japanese flag bearer with a plaster flag on his bayonet.
The military flag is often the soul of an army, so the flag bearer, like the commander, is a priority sniper target!
Leng Tiefeng first estimated the distance, which was about six hundred meters. At this distance, the trajectory of the bullet would be affected by the air flow, but it was within a controllable range. Leng Tiefeng then used the corner of his eye to observe the branches and leaves of the bushes.
Shake it a little, move the muzzle of the rifle a little to the left, and then gently press the trigger.
When the trigger was pressed to a certain extent, the rifle on the shoulder vibrated violently. At the same time, with a popping sound, a 792-caliber Mauser bullet spun out at high speed and headed towards the front six hundred meters away.
The Japanese flag-bearer roared away. About three-quarters of a second later, a blood hole suddenly appeared on the forehead of the Japanese flag-bearer who was bending forward in the field of vision, and a large ball of blood suddenly splattered from the back of his head.
fog.
The next moment, the Japanese flag-bearer fell back without saying a word.
The sudden fall of the Japs flag-bearer immediately alarmed the Japs nearby. The frightened Japs lay down or squatted down one after another, holding up the 38 cap, and shot at random in front of them. They could only shoot at random because Leng Tiefeng was using
With a rifle equipped with a silencer, the kid can neither hear where the gunfire comes from nor see the muzzle flash.