The soldiers in the security regiment were all quacks who licked blood from their swords. No one was willing to show their cowardice in front of everyone. They all screamed and wanted to fight the Japanese to the death.

Even though there are Hou Ping and Lei Donghai who are afraid of war, they are afraid of being laughed at and dare not show it in public.

Looking at the three melons and dates in front of him, Datou felt a little helpless. He knew that these people were all new recruits who had never been on the battlefield. Even though they were shouting more happily than anyone else at the moment, if they really went to the battlefield, they would wet their pants.

indefinite.

Regardless, this can be regarded as increasing the strength of half a platoon, which is better than nothing.

Everyone worked together to unload the grain. Wei Dayong asked Guide Du to bring the drivers back to Wuhan safely. He also wrote a note explaining the general situation here. Guide Du brought the note to his eldest brother Wu Tianhua.

Watching the drivers driving the bullock carts back the way they came, Wei Dayong handed Datou his pistol back to him: "Let's go! Let me see what the Japanese regular army is capable of!"

Just when Datou was about to say something, he heard the sudden sound of artillery fire on the hilltop. From the sound, it was the Japanese field artillery speaking.

Datou's face changed and he called everyone: "Quick, quick, quick! The Japanese are suppressing artillery fire, and a new round of attack is about to begin. We must speed up to catch up to support, otherwise once a certain front is broken, the situation will be different."

It’s out of control.”

The group of people stopped talking and hurriedly ran up the mountain.

As Wei Dayong ran, he paid attention to the surrounding topography and recorded it in his mind.

This place deserves to be called Iron Saw Ridge. Looking around, there are endless jagged mountains everywhere. Highland No. 2 is the most prominent tooth of this iron saw.

With the wind blowing at his feet, Wei Dayong ran at the front of the team, and soon reached the top of the mountain.

The defense line of the 305th Regiment is located on the rolling ridge, with a frontal length of about one kilometer, and can be roughly divided into three parts. Among them, Highland No. 2 is the top priority of defense, and the two slightly lower ridges on the left and right.

It is the fire support point of Gongwei No. 2 Highland.

Wei Dayong saw that the top of the mountain looked like dry rivers, with many trenches dug crisscrossing them. The soldiers of the 305th Regiment were hiding in these trenches.

At this moment, artillery shells flew like raindrops from a place beyond the reach of Wei Dayong's eyes in the south of the mountain. They landed on the top of the mountain and exploded, throwing up large swaths of soil, sometimes mixed with the bodies of national soldiers.

Wei Dayong noticed that the enemy's artillery shells landed very accurately. Almost all of them exploded on the top of the mountain, and few of the shells flew over the ridge to the uninhabited area on the northern slope.

Obviously, the gunners who operated the Japanese artillery were well-trained and had very rich combat experience.

If the 305th Regiment sticks to the front line of the ridge, once it encounters the opponent's precise shelling, it will cause a large number of combat casualties.

By this time, the people behind had already caught up.

Due to the continuous sound of explosions, Wei Dayong had to shout in the ear of the commander of the group at the top of his voice: "The enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, we can't bear it like this."

The big head glared and roared: "What? Do you want us to be deserters? I tell you, Highland No. 2 cannot be lost! Otherwise, the entire 74th Army's front will be shaken."

The situation was urgent, and Wei Dayong had no time to talk nonsense. He squatted down with his big head, picked up a dead branch, and drew a big "∧" on the ground.

Datou looked at the other party in confusion.

Wei Dayong explained: "Look, this represents the ridge of the No. 2 Highland."

He used branches to draw two arcs on the character "∧" from left to right, both at the lower left. The end point was one at the highest point of the character "∧", and the other one went over the highest point and fell diagonally outward.

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"These two lines are the two ballistic trajectories of the cannon. Our current troops are concentrated at the top, so we have suffered a lot of artillery damage."

Wei Dayong used a branch to poke hard at the upper right side of the word "∧", near the vertex: "The Japs' tactics must be to bombard them with artillery fire for a period of time, and then charge with infantry. If we attack when the Japs fire,

, withdraw our troops to this blind spot of enemy artillery fire, and leave only some observation posts on the position. When the artillery fire ends and the Japanese soldiers come up, we can re-enter the position, so that we can avoid unnecessary sacrifices to the greatest extent."

Datou was dumbfounded when he heard this. He had climbed up from Datou Soldier step by step and had not entered the military academy for systematic study, so he did not know some new tactics.

He looked at Wei Dayong like a monster, making him feel a little scared: "Are you really from the security team? How do you know this?"

What Wei Dayong is talking about is the famous infantry anti-slope anti-artillery tactic, which was widely used by the German army during World War II. In the latter part of World War II, the Japanese also used this tactic extensively when they faced the indiscriminate bombing of the Americans on the Pacific Islands.

Of course, it was the Volunteer Army who really promoted this tactic and made it world-famous during the Korean War, using reverse slopes and tunnel tactics to make the Americans lose their temper.

But at that time, this tactic was still new to the relatively backward Chinese army.

These are the military knowledge Chu Yunhai taught Wei Dayong.

Hearing this question from Datou, Wei Dayong replied: "Of course I am from the security regiment. My master taught me these, and they are called infantry anti-slope anti-gun tactics."

Datou had long seen Wei Dayong's bald head under his military cap, and guessed that the other party should...or was once a monk, and asked curiously: "Which temple still teaches these things?"

Wei Dayong shook his head: "It's not the master in the temple. The master who taught me this is a senior officer in the Chinese army. According to him, this is a commonly used method of warfare in the German army, but only a few people in the country know about it."

Datou suddenly understood and said: "If you have a chance next time, you must introduce me to you as my master."

While talking, this round of Japanese artillery fire had stopped, which was the signal for the infantry to launch an attack.

Datou didn't have time to talk to Wei Dayong anymore, so he rushed forward with everyone, jumped into the trench, and then moved forward along the chest-high traffic trench.

Wei Dayong saw many national soldiers along the way. They all stood up from their lying positions, shook off the clods of soil on their heads, and entered the position to prepare for the battle.

Soon, Wei Dayong followed Captain Datou to the edge of the ridge. He lay on the ground and looked down, and saw a group of Japanese soldiers in shit-yellow uniforms lining up at the foot of the mountain, ready to go.

A man who looked like a Japanese squadron leader was mobilizing his subordinates before the war.

Datou introduced: "The Japs on the opposite side were the Kono Regiment of the 106th Division. Their combat effectiveness was terrifying. This battle lasted for three days. More than half of my soldiers were killed or injured. This position was also lost twice. They both took advantage of the weather.

Black, send death squads to take back the position. Now my military strength can hardly support this front, so I came up with this strategy. I want to keep you people, and it takes only a moment."

Wei Dayong nodded and asked, "Does your regiment have no artillery?"

The boss smiled bitterly: "The few artillery shells stored in the regiment have been used up a long time ago. The military department said that it will take half a month to distribute the subsequent artillery shells. Damn it! If we continue to fight like this, in another half month I'm afraid the Japanese will be ready.

Just take Jiujiang City."
Chapter completed!