Now that we have decided to attack by force, we naturally need to make a careful battle plan.
Although the battles during the four days had shown that in such a tough battle, the tactics that he and his subordinates racked their brains over together would basically result in death.
But today is different than before.
The defenders in Sihang Warehouse no longer have one infantry company.
Yes, although the Hokkaido fishermen estimated that nearly 50 warehouse defenders were killed in the battle, Wakitajiro wanted to spit on him, but based on the number of Chinese soldiers in the concession provided by intelligence personnel, as well as the number mentioned in previous intelligence
The total strength of the Chinese army was calculated on paper for half an hour.
Finally, an approximate number of people was deduced. The current number of troops in Sihang Warehouse will never exceed 120.
This was the number of people killed in the battle that he painfully deduced based on the number of Chinese wounded soldiers. It was a heartbreaking number of about 20 people.
Determining this number means that the battle loss ratio between his 36th Infantry Regiment and the Chinese defenders will really be fixed at the shameful ratio of 50:1.
But he must swallow this shame if he doesn't want to be further humiliated.
120 people is the establishment of a conventional infantry company in China. At least one third of the people need to be allocated to operate machine guns, heavy machine guns and mortars. Without these heavy firepower, the strength of 120 people will be one more.
times, he has nothing to hesitate, he can just use his troops to attack.
Assuming they have such heavy firepower, they can only have two infantry platoons at most to participate in the battle, but they have to maintain defense on three sides, so their troop strength is naturally stretched.
If the three sides attack together, the Chinese will definitely suffer extreme pain in terms of force distribution.
It has to be said that Wakiitajiro may have been confused a lot of the time, but as an old soldier, he has a 80-90% accuracy on the current status of the warehouse defenders, not to say 100% accurate.
The only mistake was the estimate of the number of casualties among the warehouse defenders.
He thought too much.
The number of soldiers who died in the warehouse defenders was eight that made the Army Lieutenant Colonel heartbroken, but it was a single-digit number that caused all the Japanese troops in Songhu to lose their dignity.
Because, in the four days of battle of the 36th Infantry Regiment at Sihang Warehouse, more than 800 Japanese infantrymen were killed on the spot alone, not counting those who were seriously injured and could basically give up treatment.
The actual battle loss ratio actually reached an incredible 1:100.
Although this kind of battle loss ratio has not reached a height that has never been seen in the ancients, it definitely exceeds the record set by the old madman Nogi Nogi Nogi.
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In the warehouse, Tang Dao and Lei Xiong were also racking their brains to reasonably allocate their limited forces.
First, determine the highest command authority.
Originally, Lei Xiong, as a senior company commander and newly promoted to the rank of major, was one level higher than the captain Tang Dao and served as the supreme commander. No one had any objections.
But Lei Xiong refused, and in front of one of his platoon leaders and six squad leaders, he announced that the current top commander of the warehouse was Captain Tang Dao, the commander of the first company.
Everyone, including him, must obey Tang Dao's command. Anyone who violates this will be subject to military law.
Although in front of the chief of staff of the division, everyone took off their collar badges to show that they had become ordinary people, not to mention that they were still soldiers at heart. In fact, no one felt that they had really left the army.
That was for Westerners to see, and almost all officers and soldiers thought so.
Naturally, everything remains as usual.
Lei Xiong gave way to Tang Dao. Not to mention that the two platoons of the first company had no objections, and even the machine gun company had no objections.
Because Tang Dao is a strong enough warrior, both in terms of individual soldiers and the art of command.
The essence of human beings is still beasts.
If you want to survive in the cruel natural environment, you must rely on the strong. This is the law of nature.
After obtaining command authority, the natural next step is the distribution of troops.
Tang Dao's two infantry platoons plus him and two guards, a communications corps with a total of 70 people, Lei Xiong's machine gun company left a total of four heavy machine gun groups, a machine gun platoon and two mortar squads
, plus a baggage squad, there are 60 troops in total, and the total strength is 130 troops.
There were 10 more troops than the highest number expected by the Japanese colonel, but as the Japanese colonel envisaged, if this small number of troops wanted to defend a large four-row warehouse, the distribution of troops would be a big problem.
In terms of heavy firepower, because 4 heavy machine guns and 4 mortars have been withdrawn with the main force, fortunately, the two mortar squads and the baggage squad were left behind to carry the few artillery shells. In this case
, although there are only two mortars, the shells are enough.
For the two Maxim heavy machine gun teams, in addition to a main shooter, an assistant shooter and an ammunition hand, the other two people will fully serve as light machine gun shooters in the soldier squad, and the other two machine guns will not have heavy machine guns.
With a team of ten people, all of them will naturally serve as light machine gun shooters and assistant shooters. In this case, all the troops in Tang Dao's infantry platoon can be mobilized to serve as front-line infantry.
The two machine guns were the only powerful weapons in the warehouse that could compete with Japanese tanks. After discussion with Tang Dao and Lei Xiong, they decided to place one on the front of the building to deal with Japanese tanks attacking from the front, and the other mainly on the front.
Unless the Japanese tanks on the left and right wings are close, machine guns will not be deployed to support them.
The reason is very simple. There are large natural gas tanks in the concession on the right wing. If the Japanese army deploys a large number of armored forces here, the defenders will definitely fight back with mortars and machine guns. If there is a slight deviation, the natural gas tanks will be turned into fireworks.
At that time, will Westerners put this crime on that head? By this time, China has nothing to lose. It is absolutely possible to kill a pig without fear of boiling water, but the Japanese may not be able to do it! Who wants to win the fight by themselves?
, and a basin of feces was thrown at me, right?
The Japanese, unless absolutely necessary, will not deploy particularly strong armor on this side.
Two heavy machine guns, one on each wing of the warehouse for defense; six light machine guns, two on each side; two mortars, which can only be maneuvered and carried inside or on the roof of the building by the mortar squad
position to attack the Japanese troops.
It can be said that in terms of heavy firepower, although Tang Dao has racked its brains, it is still at least half weaker than before.
However, fortunately, there are two MG34s donated by the mysterious boss, which are "cute" that lead the crowd in the Sino-Japanese battlefield with high speed of fire.
This thing built by the Germans was so advanced in the East that many soldiers had never even heard of it, let alone used it. Naturally, it could only be made by the current commanders of the two warehouses, Tang Dao and Lei Xiong.
Become the main shooter.
Facing the Japanese army's doomed large-scale attack during the day, Tang Dao also gave up his rifle. No matter how good the sniper is, can he shoot 15 bullets in one second?
Of course not.
But MG34 can.
Theoretically, the belt-fed MG34 can fire 10,000 rounds in half an hour as long as there are enough barrels to replace.
The MG34, which weighs less than ten kilograms, can be carried by an ordinary soldier, let alone fierce men like Tang Dao and Lei Xiong.
The MG34 has good mobility, and the two commander-level main shooters will naturally have to work harder. There will be "fire leaders" walking over there to act as firefighters.
At this time, no one suggested stupid things like saying that the commander could not go to the front line and what to do if he died.
This is a fight to the death, a decisive battle. Not to mention the major and captain, even Chief of Staff Zhang is here, I am afraid he will have to go to the battlefield himself with a pistol.
The two infantry platoons, Leng Feng originally fought to defend the front, but the always cautious veteran Youzi was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic this time. He blushed and refused to give in, saying that the first floor was originally his third platoon's position, and Leng Feng, the second-floor platoon, was
It's better to defend the two wings.
Leng Feng was almost so angry that he challenged veteran Youzi to a duel.
In the end, it was Tang Dao who slapped the simple conference table to pieces, suppressing the two infantry platoon leaders' active "seeking death" quarrel.
There are two infantry platoons with a total of six infantry squads. Each of the two platoons has an infantry squad on both wings. They basically use submachine guns and shell guns, combined with a heavy machine gun and a light machine gun to focus fire at close range.
The baggage class of the machine gun company was divided into half, each responsible for helping the two wings throw grenades from the roof of the building. When the Japanese army reached a distance of 50 meters, if necessary, Lao Hei would bring a few soldiers who were good at throwing grenades to support them.
The front of the warehouse is still the main defensive battlefield, with three floors, and a total of four infantry squads, two on the first floor, one on the second and third floors.
Although there are no heavy machine guns to dominate the formation, there are four light machine guns, ten submachine guns and eight shell guns, and the light firepower is not much different.
What's more, there are two MG34s and a Sulotong machine gun filling the formation!
The night turned from dark to light, but the commanders of both China and Japan stayed awake all night, planning how to make their opponents bleed out after dawn.
The army lieutenant colonel and army major general in the concession were also not sleepy at all. They were invited to watch the battle during the day in the little old man's observation bunker.
The Army lieutenant colonel, who did not enter the bunker but stared at his former position, had been standing motionless in the cold autumn night for a full hour.
The sky is getting brighter.
Eyebrows are covered with frost!
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PS: Today some book friends said that Chapter 140, which I once said, can end the Battle of the Four Elements Warehouse, but Fengyue has to say sorry. Fengyue overestimated herself. Because the final climax of the Battle of the Four Elements Warehouse has just begun, it is probably still
It takes more than ten chapters to end. Feng Yue accepts the criticism. You can use your monthly tickets to kill me! Woohoo! Feng Yue has shouldered the burden.
Also, on the anniversary of May 12th, that year, Fengyue, who had been a father for only two years, burst into tears in front of the computer looking at the photos of several rows of children’s schoolbags on the news.
My Chinese people have gone through many hardships, no matter man-made disasters or natural disasters, and have never surrendered. Thirteen years have passed, and the country is picturesque! This chapter commemorates that heart-breaking moment.
