Chapter 518: The Eighth Route Army's waist is thick
In Liuzhen, it is another season when "the beauty of April in the world is over, and the peach blossoms in mountain temples are beginning to bloom." After Chu Xiong returned to the base area from the headquarters, he began to be a good boy and practiced "internal strength" in the paradise of Liuzhen.
It has been more than a year since the victory of the counter-mopping campaign at the end of 1939, and the Japanese seem to have forgotten the existence of Liuzhen;
Xiao Zhuoyi was busy with everything, so he selectively forgot about a small place like Liuzhen, and other Japanese soldiers wisely did not mention it in front of him.
Without the concern of the Japanese, Liuzhen gradually became a "Peach Blossom Land". Without wars and excessive taxes, the people would live and work in peace and contentment!
More and more businesses have settled in the town, and the rent of shops on both sides of the main street has almost doubled, but demand still exceeds supply.
There is no other commercial tax of 15% in the entire Hedong;
The most important thing is that when doing business here, there are not so many chores. As long as you pay the tax as required, there will be no other charges for the rest.
The public security is surprisingly good. There are almost no rogues. The Eighth Route Army patrols and maintains law and order every day. They treat the common people in a friendly manner and there is no phenomenon of asking for money.
After adding more than 120 fresh blood, the Tigers Special Warfare Group increased its number to 365 and was still organized into three squadrons;
Each squadron has 120 people and has 3 squads, each with 40 people;
Each team has three squads of 13 people, and there are exactly 40 people including the team leader.
The special operations team is the smallest tactical unit that independently performs combat tasks, including two assault squads and a fire squad;
The firepower squad is equipped with a single-barreled 107mm rocket launcher, a gun crew of 4 people, and normally carries a gun and 2 artillery shells;
It is also equipped with two 40mm rocket launchers. Each 40mm rocket launcher gun crew includes 2 gunners and 2 ammunition handlers. The ammunition handler is equipped with a submachine gun and 3 magazines.
When going out on a mission, some personnel from the other two groups will help carry 4 107mm rockets according to the mission needs, which means that a team can carry up to 6 107mm rockets and 12 40mm rockets.
Each team also has 2 snipers, and the others are submachine gunners.
This kind of firepower configuration is completely different from the previous combat methods of special operations forces, which revolve around 107mm rocket launchers;
The purpose of special attack operations is to successfully fire out six 107mm rockets. The attack distance is generally between 500 and 1,500 meters. This distance can be said to make it difficult for the defender to defend against it. This has some shadows of later guerrilla warfare.
The training is carried out in a model where the old lead the new, and Chu Xiong personally organizes the training, which lasts for three months;
The first two months were spent training tactics in the high mountains of the old camp, which added the application tactics of single-barrel rocket launchers and 40-mm rocket launchers. This is not difficult, it is just a matter of awareness.
In the last month, there will be training in Liuzhen, which is actual combat training. Using Japanese soldiers to train soldiers, you cannot train real special forces on the training field!
Of course, Chu Xiong's selfishness is also mixed in this, and the battle of Zaoyi is about to begin;
In another time and space, in this battle, General Zhang, the commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, sacrificed his life for the country. He was the highest-ranking commander who died during the Anti-Japanese War.
General Zhang has always been a patriotic general that Chuxiong respects very much, and the 33rd Army is a heroic force. Starting from the Great Wall War of Resistance, from Xifengkou all the way to the Jianghan Plain, they were present in almost all fierce battles and bitter battles.
It is a collective of heroes;
It was also because of someone's cunning and blind command that a main division of the 33rd Group Army was completely wiped out. General Zhang was also shot several times and died heroically.
Chu Xiong was really not sure about rescuing this main force, but there was still hope of using special operations to penetrate into the fighting area and assist General Zhang, who happened to have trained the Tigers.
They say there are no tigers in the mountains, but two months have passed and a new tiger has emerged from the mountains!
In early May, blocking positions of the 173rd Division of the 84th Army of the Guangxi Clan in Tongbai Mountain, Central China
A few days ago, on May 1, the Japanese Eleventh Army gathered the 3rd Division, the 13th Division, the 39th Division, and 3 infantry brigades and 1 mountain artillery brigade of the 6th Division as the backbone.
More than 100,000 elite troops including the Ikeda Detachment launched an attack on Caiyang with the intention of encircling and annihilating the main force of the fifth theater.
The national army rushed to the battle and suffered heavy losses. In order to avoid greater losses, General Li ordered the main force of the Fifth Theater Zone to break out from the gaps in the Japanese encirclement, and the elite 173rd Division of the Guangxi Army was responsible for the rear cover.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Japanese once again launched a fierce shelling on the blocking position of the 173rd Division. Since the Japanese used division-level heavy artillery, the hastily built fortifications of the 173rd Division could not withstand the bombardment of the heavy artillery. Sections of trenches were collapsed, and groups of warriors fell to the ground.
In a pool of blood...
At the 173rd Division headquarters, Commander Zhong looked anxious. They had been holding on to their position for a day and a night, and the main force had not yet broken out to encircle them. He could only continue to grit his teeth and persevere.
The phone rang, Commander Zhong grabbed it, and the third regiment leader's crying voice came from the other end:
"Master, the Japanese artillery fire is too fierce. More than half of my regiment has been killed or wounded. Leave some seeds for our regiment!"
Master Zhong opened his eyes wide and shouted loudly:
"The main force hasn't broken out yet, and I haven't received the boss's order to break out. For the main force, let alone your regiment, we can't take a step back even if we wipe out all the 173rd Division!
This is an order, if you dare to take a step back, I will treat you as a deserter and kill you!"
When the third regiment leader heard this, he became anxious and shouted loudly:
"Master, you'd better keep your bullets to fight the Japanese. None of us Bagui children were shot as deserters. I can't afford to disgrace this person!"
Once the Japanese are beaten away, just remember to erect a monument for the Third Regiment!"
After the third commander finished speaking, he directly put down the phone without waiting for Commander Zhong's reply, turned around and yelled at his adjutant:
"Adjutant Liu, gather those who can still hold a gun at the regiment headquarters and join me to reinforce the position!"
The position of the Third Regiment had been completely destroyed by the Japanese artillery fire. The position was filled with figures wearing khaki military uniforms and Tony-style steel helmets. They all fell in the face of the Japanese artillery fire and bullets.
Tens of meters away, thousands of Japs from the 18th Infantry Regiment of the Third Division rushed up almost stepping on the artillery points. These old Japs from the standing divisions had unusually high tactical literacy;
The firepower is fierce, the team cooperates skillfully, and the individual combat capabilities are outstanding. The sparse gunfire on the third regiment's position cannot stop their attack at all, and the position is in danger...
"Ta-ta-ta..."
"boom!"
"Brothers, fight! If you fight with the idiots, you will have someone to support you to death!"
After the second battalion commander finished shouting, he fired a shot at the Japs. Unfortunately, the Japs were too smart and missed;
Gunfire like fried beans rang out again on the position. This was the final firepower output of the three regiments. There were more than 300 people left in one main regiment, which could not stop the charge of thousands of Japanese.
The first battalion commander died, the third battalion commander was injured, less than a third of the dozen company commanders were still alive, and the squad and platoon commanders were all lost...
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
In the last thirty meters, the Jaap launched a sprint, and the Rendanhu on his nose could be clearly seen!
"Brothers, kill!"
The second battalion commander picked up a rifle with a bayonet and jumped out of the trench with all his strength. Behind him was a group of Bagui soldiers.
Chapter completed!