The Japanese attack was very fierce. Faced with the Japanese attack, the troops of the 386th Brigade could only grit their teeth and block it step by step, sending small groups of troops to continuously harass the Japanese.
Liu Gen did not pay attention to the battle on the front line. He knew that the combat effectiveness of each regiment of the 386 Brigade was enough to delay the Japanese advance. The most important thing now was to find a suitable artillery position. Only in this way can he launch an attack on the Japanese.
It is not the character of the 386 Brigade to give full play to the combat effectiveness of the artillery team. It is not the character of the 386 Brigade to be beaten all the time. Liu Gen believes that it will not be long before the brigade commander will gather the strength of the various units of the 386 Brigade to deal a harsh blow to the Japanese.
Coupled with the decisive first column that is about to arrive, and the county brigade and district teams that are constantly coming in this direction, if they really want to take the initiative to attack the Japs, as long as they find the right opportunity, they may not be able to make the Japs suffer a big loss.
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After finding several suitable artillery positions, Liu Gen took the soldiers of the artillery team into action. These places were good, but the artillery team still needed to make certain modifications to them before they could become suitable artillery positions. At least.
A qualified artillery position needs to be able to quickly transfer the artillery team. Like in the independent regiment, Liu Gen divided the artillery team into two units. The mountain artillery has a longer range and can be placed in the rear, so that when the transfer is carried out,
, can also be more relaxed. Mortars and infantry artillery are placed close to the front line by Liu Gen to ensure that they can support the front line at any time.
In order to prevent the artillery position from being discovered by the Japanese, Liu Gen and his soldiers cut down a lot of branches to hide the artillery position. At the same time, Liu Gen was constantly observing the Japanese who were constantly attacking, and learned from other soldiers
From his mouth, Liu Gen also roughly knew the location of the Japanese artillery. But he could see that the Japanese artillery was very cunning. They did not attack with all their strength, but only part of the artillery.
In several battles, the Japanese artillerymen were killed by the Eighth Route Army artillery, which made the Japanese more vigilant. They did not want to make the same mistake again.
After knowing this, Liu Gen realized that the battle with the Japs might not be that easy. The Japs' artillery was hiding its power to ensure that it could launch a counterattack as soon as possible after being attacked. The Japs were exposed.
If you want to kill the artillery directly, you need more than five mortars to fire. If there are too few, it will be difficult to pose a threat to the Japanese artillery.
After realizing this, Liu Gen took the artillery soldiers into action again. They dug cat-ear holes in the artillery positions to ensure that the soldiers could have a hiding place during the artillery battle with the Japanese. But Liu Gen and others
People could not find steel to support the Mao'er Hole, so they could only use simple wooden boards. This meant that the Mao'er Hole was in danger of collapse due to Japanese bombardment.
But even so, Liu Gen could only choose to do this. This would at least allow the soldiers to have a hiding place. As long as they were not directly hit by the Japanese shells, the soldiers hiding in the cat's ear holes would still have a high chance of surviving.
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The mountain artillery position at the rear, under Liu Gen's order, also dug Mao'er holes, and they were ready for an artillery battle with the Japanese. When digging the Mao'er holes, the soldiers of the artillery team were extremely serious.
Don't dare to be negligent. As artillerymen, soldiers know the dangers of artillery battles with Japanese soldiers, and cat-ear piercings are related to whether they can survive the artillery battle.
As for whether to give up the idea of artillery battle with the Japanese, none of the artillery soldiers had thought about it this way. After training for so long, the artillery soldiers also wanted to prove themselves and prove that the artillery team has sufficient combat effectiveness, even in the face of the Japanese.
Artillery and artillery teams also have the power to fight! Of course, whether to engage in an artillery battle with the Japanese still depends on the decision of the brigade commander.
After arranging the artillery positions, Liu Gen led the soldiers to study the possible hiding places of the Japanese artillery. He needed to let the soldiers make certain preparations in advance. Liu Gen did not directly express his speculation. After the soldiers discussed it,
, and then expressed their guesses. The soldiers did a good job and guessed several locations that were the same as Liu Gen, but there was one location that they did not expect.
"Captain, it's impossible for the Japs to hide there, right? The last place you mentioned is less than 500 meters away from the front line. Isn't it too risky for the Japs' artillery to be in this position?" Yungui looked at Liu Gen, a little confused.
He asked in confusion.
Liu Gen looked at the other soldiers in the artillery team, and could see obvious doubts in the eyes of the other soldiers. They did not believe that the Japanese artillery would be in that position. With the combat effectiveness of the Japanese artillery, there was no need to take risks, and once the Japanese artillery was in
At that position, as long as the 386 brigade units take the initiative to launch an attack and advance five hundred meters, they will be able to see the Japanese artillery. This risk is too great.
"Do you all think so?" Liu Gen asked, looking at the soldiers of the artillery team.
The soldiers of the artillery team looked at you and me, and they all fell silent. This was almost their common thought. The Japanese artillerymen were not fools, so how could they place the artillery positions in that position?
Among the soldiers, Zhang Jun raised his head and was silent for a moment. He took a step and said loudly: "I think you are right, captain. The Japanese artillery is very likely to be in this position. It is even said that the Japanese artillery is 70%
The odds will be there.”
"What do you know?"
"That's right, Zhang Jun, don't talk nonsense."
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Seeing Zhang Jun speak, the other soldiers of the artillery team couldn't help but speak. In their opinion, Zhang Jun said this completely because he wanted to please the captain Liu Gen. To Zhang Jun, the soldiers of the artillery team didn't have much
Although Zhang Jun has changed a lot during this period, it will undoubtedly take longer for the soldiers to accept Zhang Jun again.
"Quiet! Is this how you treat your teammates? Isn't Zhang Jun a member of our artillery team?" Liu Gen's cold eyes swept across the soldiers, making them look stern and afraid to say anything more.
Liu Gen turned to look at Zhang Jun and said, "Zhang Jun, please tell me your opinion on why the Japanese artillery is in that position."
The soldiers looked at Zhang Jun again. After being scolded by Liu Gen, they naturally did not dare to say anything. The soldiers looked at Zhang Jun. They wanted to see what Zhang Jun could say, but only a small part of it.
The soldier lowered his head and began to think about why the Japanese would set up the artillery position in that position. If Liu Gen's speculation is successful and the Japanese artillery is really in that position, then it can only mean that this position can bring more advantages to the Japanese.
, and allow the Japanese artillery to regain its combat effectiveness.
"Captain, I didn't expect this location at first, but I finally understood it after you pointed it out."
"Look, everyone, the location pointed out by the captain is only about 500 meters away from the front line, and the terrain here is suitable for hiding the Japanese artillery positions. And the most important thing is that once the Japanese artillery positions are established at this location, then the Japanese artillery
Artillery fire can cover the surrounding area, and it can easily hit the rear of our Eighth Route Army, cutting off our retreat."
"The Japanese have great ambitions. Not only do they want to advance towards the base area, they also want to keep our 386th Brigade here!"