After Yuan Xinglong left Jing Guoyong, he repeatedly analyzed the commander's instructions and found that two were very important. One was to use his brains in fighting, and the other was to make great achievements in this battle.
Unfortunately, the combat area assigned to Yuan Xinglong's regiment is in Changxing County. The enemy of Changxing is the 225th Regiment, the main force of the 113th Brigade of the 117th Division of the Japanese Army. The entire regiment has more than 3,800 people and has a direct artillery brigade (12 75mm guns).
mountain artillery and 16 70mm infantry guns).
In addition, in order to cope with the sudden attack by the national army, the 117th Division also stationed a tank squadron and four Type 95 tanks in Changxing.
Because Changxing was the front line of the confrontation between the Japanese army and the Chinese army, its fortifications, bunkers, trenches, etc. were not only very standardized, but also very strong.
What is different from other places is that the Japanese army in Changxing does not send troops to patrol the controlled area at any time like the Japanese army in other places. Instead, it basically huddles in fortifications and bunkers to prevent the attack of the national army at any time.
Yuan Xinglong's "Wartime Reconnaissance Regiment" is not a standard marine regiment, but just a light infantry regiment. Obviously, a light infantry regiment that does not even have a 75mm mountain gun and an armored fighting vehicle wants to hide this one in a hard shell.
The turtle was severely injured, which was a bit whimsical.
Yuan Xinglong felt that he was somewhat unlucky. Such an enemy could be defeated by simply sending a marine regiment or division, so why bother with reconnaissance and harassment?
However, Yuan Xinglong also knew that the superior leaders had their own considerations. His mission was to reconnoiter and disturb the enemy, and to find opportunities to annihilate the enemy. There was absolutely no price to pay for this.
However, Yuan Xinglong is not a person who gives up easily.
At 3 o'clock in the morning on the 21st, Yuan Xinglong led a group of more than 3,000 people to a bamboo forest near Hongxingqiao Town, about 10 kilometers away from Changxing County. He immediately ordered the temporary 1st Battalion Commander and the former 1st Company Commander Guo Cheng to lead the team to attack the surrounding area of Changxing.
Conduct reconnaissance in villages and towns.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Guo Chengxian's battalion returned to Hongxing Bridge one after another. Comparing the map of Changxing, the deployment of the Japanese 225th Regiment was immediately clear.
The troops of a Japanese regiment were not all stationed in Changxing County, but were distributed in the towns and villages around Changxing, guarding Changxing in all directions.
The specific deployment of the Japanese army is as follows: Hongxing Bridge in the south is stationed with a reinforced squadron of Japanese troops; Yanggongchang in the west is also stationed with a reinforced squadron of Japanese troops; and the northeast is close to Taihu Lake and Huzhou, with 1 Japanese army stationed in each.
A small group of Japanese soldiers.
The main force of the Japanese army was stationed in Changxing County.
However, no matter which side of the Japanese army, they all have complete trenches, fortifications and solid bunkers. It is very difficult to defeat them; if they do not fight, they will not be able to reach the foot of Changxing City.
"Everyone, tell me, what should we do?" Yuan Xinglong summoned all the "battalion commanders" and held a Zhuge Liang meeting to pool their efforts.
"It's definitely not possible to hit hard."
"I think we can make a sneak attack in the dark."
"This... should be the task of the main force."
A few guys said something to each other, and the central meaning was: Changxing is not easy to fight!
"Captain, if we are forced to knock on the bunker, I think it will be very difficult. Because we don't have direct-fire guns or armored fighting vehicles, we can't get close to the bunker, and many of our methods will not be used. However, we
We can also think of some ways, such as the Hongxing Bridge. The Japanese bunkers are mainly in the area facing the south at the entrance of the town. If we pass through the side of the town and then turn back to attack the Hongxing Bridge, although it is still unrealistic to capture the bunker.
, but it is easier to capture the town." Guo Chengxian said.
"If you can't take the bunker, what's the use of taking the town?" another person retorted.
"Haha, Guo Chengxian, you really have it. Okay, let's do it like this." Yuan Xinglong immediately understood what Guo Chengxian meant. As long as the Hongxing Bridge is captured, the situation will be open. As for those bunkers, they are completely
"Dead objects", if you ignore them, they are of no use at all. If the Japanese army dares to attack them, then what's the use of the bunker?
Yuan Xinglong saw that there were still people in the crowd who had not figured it out, so he ignored it and directly issued an order:
The 1st Company of the 4th Battalion went to the direction of Changxing and Huzhou to be on guard. If any Japanese move towards the Hongxing Bridge, report their size, equipment and marching speed to the regiment headquarters in a timely manner, and do not alarm or disturb the enemy. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Companies of the 4th Battalion were ambushed at
Between Changxing and Hongxing Bridge, be ready to annihilate the enemy reinforcements from Changxing at any time; the 1st and 2nd Battalions are ambushing between Huzhou and Hongxing Bridge, ready to annihilate the enemy reinforcements from the direction of Huzhou. The 1st Company and 2nd Company of the 3rd Battalion are ready to raid Hongxing.
Xingqiao, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Company, and 4th Company serve as the reserve force of the entire army.
"Haha, the leader is going to surround the area for reinforcements!" After listening to Yuan Xinglong's arrangement, people who didn't understand before also understood.
"Any more questions?" Yuan Xinglong asked.
"No more." everyone replied.
"Captain, I have a question." 2nd Battalion Commander Chen Guiting said.
"What's the problem?" Yuan Xinglong asked.
"It's good to surround the area and call for reinforcements, but what if the Japanese don't come out?" It turned out that Chen Guiting was worried that his work would be in vain.
"This is a very good question. If the Japanese don't come for reinforcements, it's just like a field training. But are you still worried that the two companies of the 3rd Battalion won't be able to take those bunkers?"
It turned out to be like this. Everyone finally understood that if the Japs wanted reinforcements, Yuan Xinglong would surround them for reinforcements; if the Japs didn't come out, then slowly build up bunkers. As long as the National Defense Forces broke into the interior of Hongxingqiao Town, they could always find the Japs' weaknesses.
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At the south gate of Hongxingqiao Town, the Japanese erected three bunker-shaped bunkers. These bunker-shaped bunkers were built very quickly. Half of them were underground and only half were exposed on the ground. Obviously, the National Defense Forces would not destroy this bunker.
It is impossible to break into Hongxing Bridge from a semi-dark bunker.
However, at the north gate of Hongxing Bridge, the Japanese only built a bunker and a sentry tower about 10 meters high.
An hour later, the 1st and 2nd companies of the 3rd Battalion, led by battalion commander Xie Yuyao, came to a dense forest outside the north gate of Hongxing Bridge.
Changxing was also occupied by the Japanese army in history, but later it was the location of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region of the New Fourth Army. There are no big mountains in Changxing, but there are many mountain forests and bamboo forests, and they are all large and large, because the cover of these trees is very conducive to the movement of the troops.
When the Japanese occupied Changxing, they could actually only control large towns and traffic arteries. But for the wartime reconnaissance regiment, a light infantry regiment without heavy weapons, the Japanese could not control it at all, because there were countless small roads that could pass through or bypass it.
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"What do you two think?" Xie Yuyao asked after watching the two company commanders observe with telescopes.
"The Japanese bunker has gun holes and blastholes in three directions. In addition, there should be fortifications built on the top of the bunker. This one is a bit like a hedgehog. It is not easy to fight." said the 1st company commander.
"Battal Commander, I have an idea." The 2nd Company Commander glanced at the 1st Company Commander and then said, "We can use these bamboos to make bamboo rollers with a diameter of about one meter. The soldiers can push the bamboo rollers forward.
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"Okay! This is a good idea! Make a few more bamboo rollers and roll them out at the same time so that the Japanese don't know which one to aim at! In addition, gather all the machine guns of the two companies to block the muzzle and muzzle of the bunker.
They fired continuously and blocked the exit of the town to prevent any Japanese from coming out; two companies of mortars were ready to bombard the top of the bunker to prevent the Japanese from establishing positions on the bunker!" Yuan Xinglong said all the tactics that came to mind in one breath.
come out.
"In addition, our mortars can also fire smoke grenades in front of the bunker to disrupt enemy shooting or shelling." The 1st company commander added.
"Okay, take action immediately." Having a mature idea, Xie Yuyao also became excited.
Although bamboo is hollow inside, its bamboo fiber has very good toughness. A bullet can penetrate one bamboo or two bamboos, but it is very difficult to penetrate three bamboos. A bamboo roller with a diameter of 1 meter,
How many bamboos should be thick, at least 20, and the bamboo rollers are rolling forward. Even if the enemy shoots with a machine gun, it is impossible for every shot to hit the same place. Therefore, the enemy must shoot
It is almost impossible to wear a bamboo roller.
The reason why this strategy is feasible is that the Japanese engineering experts have helped a lot. Perhaps, in the view of the Japanese engineering experts, the bunker is built in this semi-underground style, which is particularly strong and can effectively prevent heavy artillery attacks. However, due to its muzzle and cannon
The mouth is too low (less than one meter from the ground). Shoot higher and the bullets will fly into the sky. Shoot lower and the bullets will burrow into the mud. Therefore, Xie Yuyao's method was just right to restrain the Japs.
Except for the soldiers on guard, other soldiers were cutting bamboo to make bamboo rollers. An hour later, six bamboo rollers with a diameter of 1.2 meters and a weight of four to five hundred kilograms were finally completed.
"Da da da..." At exactly 12 noon, the Japanese soldiers in the bunker were preparing to have lunch, when suddenly fierce machine gunfire came from the bamboo forest facing them.
"Enemy attack -" the Japanese reacted quickly, immediately put down the bowl, set up their guns, and began to observe.
However, in the open space two hundred meters across, except for a few slowly moving bamboo rollers, there was not a single person. The Japanese observed for a while before they found all three machine gun positions in the bamboo forest.
"Quick, fire at the bamboo roller. Behind the bamboo roller is the Chinese Army!" The Japanese team leader finally guessed the secret of the bamboo roller.
"Da da da..." The Japanese machine gun also rang. However, as soon as the machine gun fired, a Japanese screamed "Ah" and was hit by a bullet fired from the bamboo forest.
"Deal with the Chinese machine guns first!" the Japanese squad leader ordered.
"Ouch -" Before the squad leader could finish his words, another Japanese machine gunner was shot. In this case, the shot was either on the face or on the head, which would definitely be a serious injury.
"Quick, quick, grenade, load up -" The Japanese squad leader injured two machine gunners in an instant and immediately called for new weapons.
However, under the blockade of up to 20 machine guns of the National Defense Forces, even if the Japanese rifle grenades were launched, they lost their usual accuracy.
"Puff, puff, puff..." The advancing bamboo roller was shot by Japanese machine guns from time to time. However, the bullets hitting the bamboo roller could not hurt the National Defense Force soldiers behind the bamboo roller at all.
"Boom, boom, boom -" the mortars of the National Defense Forces began to fire smoke grenades. Now, the enemy's shooting was even less threatening.