In fact, in order to reduce his own casualties, or for other reasons, Major Yasuhiro Takada asked these plainclothes teams to take the lead in this kind of regular combat, especially this kind of critical battle, even if they had a geographical advantage, but This is a practice that is quite harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself, or perhaps it is more appropriate to call it killing with a borrowed knife.
Unlike the puppet Manchukuo army, which has received a full set of Japanese training and is quite good in terms of training level and weapons and equipment, these armed agents can still make up for it if you ask them to carry out sap attacks, carry out sneak attacks, and spy on intelligence. At most, they can set fire to the enemy's rear, hunt down a few stragglers and wounded soldiers to disturb the morale of the army, or make a sneak attack on the enemy's headquarters, which is still enough.
But if you want them to do such a frontal charge, let’s not talk about whether these people can play the role you want them to play. They themselves don’t have that ability. Moreover, most of Cui Sihu’s subordinates have different tactics. The level can simply be described as tofu dregs.
The top brass of the Japanese army are not that stupid. They can pull out a detective team from the police department, which is trained like a regular field army, and they can fight. If these Manchus, who are in important positions such as provincial capitals, turn against them, it will be bad luck. It is very likely that the first one is me. The principle that people who are not my race must have different minds is not only understood by the Chinese, but also by the Japanese who are well aware of Chinese culture.
It is true that most of these people have good marksmanship, especially those who are former horse bandits who have been licking blood from their swords for many years. Their marksmanship is quite accurate. Their years of working as bandits have given them a deep understanding of the mountains and rivers of Rehe. The terrain is also unusually familiar, especially the paddock. The Chifeng area was once their base camp in the mountainous area. No one is more familiar with it than they are.
Which mountain road here can lead to Chifeng, which mountain road can lead to the north, which mountain road can go south, these situations seem to be in their minds. This time, the reason why Takada Yasuhiro's troops can avoid the fierce battle on the front line , did not arouse the alertness of the troops advancing forward, mainly relying on these guys.
However, most of these people have never received formal military training at all. In fighting, they don't have much other than bullying the small number. They can get out of the war. They mainly rely on ruthlessness. As well as the keen sense of smell developed by many years of being a bandit, as for his military capabilities, they are basically a bunch of idiots.
As for those who were born as thugs, their so-called ability is to bully others with strength or to bully others with more power. They may be good at fighting, but if they are asked to fight, they do not have that ability. And a few of them who are from the old Northeast Army, although they can Some tactics.
But for these veterans, they are good at making a fortune on the battlefield. It is simply impossible for them to fight to the death and fight to the death. The most important thing is that these people have a very big characteristic, that is, they are quite powerful. People who are afraid of death and are willing to betray their ancestors for their own glory and wealth, and people who are willing to be others' lackeys, will not cherish their own lives, even though under the bayonet of the Japanese army, they have to bite the bullet and launch an offensive.
These plainclothes teams, who basically did not understand tactics, did not even have a tactical formation when they launched a charge, so they rushed forward in a swarm without knowing how to use tactics. Of course, this was when the defenders did not fight back. , and in a situation where life is the first priority, as soon as the opponent fires a shot, he will immediately lie on the ground unable to get up.
Being stabbed to death by the Japanese bayonet will happen in the future. If you don't bow your head, you will be unlucky now. It doesn't matter if they lie down. The Japanese soldiers who use their bodies as cover behind them and supervise the battle are all exposed at once. He became a living target under the gunfire from the opposite side and suffered serious losses.
If Takada Yasuhiro uses such a person to lead the battle, wouldn't he be asking for trouble? If his attacks fail continuously, he can't blame others. In fact, he never knows, no matter what his thoughts are for this tactical layout, but This kind of layout is undoubtedly a waste of time that is very precious to him.
If he had deployed all the Japanese troops to attack instead of using plainclothes troops who had not received formal military training as scapegoats, he would have taken advantage of the fact that before discovering that the commanding heights were lost, the number of defenders in the north of the village was not very large, and his tactical intentions had not yet been fully exposed. Previously, there was a time lag before the main force in the village came up with reinforcements. With the combat effectiveness and tactical level of the Japanese army, it was not impossible to storm into the village in one fell swoop by providing artillery support.
And although the firepower on the opposite side is not strong, lacking automatic firearms such as machine guns, and the firepower density is relatively weak, three consecutive attacks failed. In addition to his excessive desire to find a scapegoat or a borrowed knife to kill, and the poor coordination of the plainclothes team, even In addition to being a hindrance to a certain extent, there are also several other factors that were the main reasons for the failure of these Japanese and puppet attacks.
Although the opponent only has two machine guns and no heavy machine guns, the accuracy of its volley fire is frighteningly high. At close range, the power of the volley is no less than that of a light machine gun. Although the defenders are veterans, they are absolutely powerful. The number is not large, but at such a close distance, the shooting accuracy of the volley gun is high.
Second, although the opponent's firepower is not strong, the number of grenades is sufficient. After the battle started, the tactics adopted were quite clear. Use a volley of guns from 50 meters away, and when you enter 50 meters, you will be hit with grenades. Rain, and the rain of grenades thrown was not only abundant in quantity, but also all exploded in the air, resulting in an explosion range with almost no dead ends.
These grenades are not made by the Guannai Eighteenth Group Army Arsenal and are made of black powder as raw materials. They have low lethality. Many of them are home-made grenades with one explosion and two petals. Instead, they are made by the Anti-Alliance Arsenal using TNT explosives as raw materials and are extremely lethal. The power of these grenades is far beyond the grenades made by the Kanai troops. Even compared with the Type 97 grenades equipped by the Japanese army, they are much stronger in terms of power and reliability.
In addition to the grenades made by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, there is also a batch of Soviet-made grenades that were looted when Wang Guangyu led a team to loot the warehouses of the Soviet troops stationed in Mongolia. These Soviet-made grenades are known for their large size and powerful power. Although the Soviet-made RGD Type 33 grenade with a powder content of 200 grams is a bit bulkier, its power is even higher than that of the anti-Union grenades.
Except for some of these grenades, which were airlifted by the advancing army before they left the border, the rest of the grenades made by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and Soviet-made grenades were originally brought over by Yang Jicai and handed over to the advancing army's staff officer. In view of the fact that the various troops currently have relatively sufficient ammunition, and the troops have begun to disperse, they have been temporarily hoarded at the headquarters and have not distributed all of them.
Later, before the deputy commander and chief of staff led the front line to advance eastward, all the forward troops under consideration had been deployed, and the headquarters could not move for the time being. The equipment of the guard regiment was relatively poor, the strength was relatively weak, and the enemy situation in the entire Jehol area was very low. It was complicated. In order to increase the firepower of the headquarters' security force, part of it was allocated to the security regiment.
After receiving this batch of grenades, the guard group not only replenished the troops, but also stocked up a large number of grenades at various points in the village. The quantity can be said to be quite sufficient. There are thousands of them in the defense fortifications in the north of the village alone. In the case of insufficient other firepower, these grenades were sufficient in quantity and most importantly powerful, and they became important supporting firepower in the hands of the defenders.
Moreover, due to the shortage of guns and artillery, even the necessary bullets cannot be used to sustain a necessary battle. Among the ammunition produced by the company, the only hand grenade with a simple structure that can barely meet part of the needs has long been the only one in the Guan Nei Eighteenth Century. The main supporting firepower of the group army.
Therefore, these troops of the Eighteenth Group Army in Guan Nei play with grenades much more smoothly than the Anti-Japanese Alliance with full firepower. In terms of the use of grenades, among all the armies in the world, there is probably no army like the Eighteenth Group Army. Attention, and flexibility.
There is no way. When the firepower is too weak, this can be regarded as a certain lethality, and it does not require too much training. The most important thing is that the weapon can be partially self-sufficient. It has always been the most important weapon of the 18th Army, and it is also the most capable. Secured weapons.
Otherwise, during the Anti-Japanese War, the various units of the 18th Army would not have compiled so many songs to praise this thing that is at most a tactical weapon in other countries. Hand grenades are a treasure. This song is only for the 18th Army. Being able to sing, of course there is a love for this weapon, but it is undoubtedly more of a helplessness.
The defenders who are very skilled in handling grenades do not need any special instructions at all. When throwing grenades, they always pull the string and then pause for two seconds before throwing. Coupled with the terrain and the power of the grenade, its lethality It is conceivable that, coupled with the volley of gunfire, it is no wonder that the Japanese and puppet troops were not unlucky.
In the third attack among several attacks, the Japanese and puppet troops, with full cover of light and heavy machine guns behind them, even rushed to less than 30 meters from the entrance of the village, but they were still bombed back by a hail of grenades. This tactic seems very simple, but it is the most troublesome for the Japanese and puppet troops. At least for now, it is also the most effective and beneficial tactic for the defenders with poor firepower.
In addition to these two tactical points, what troubles Takada Yasuhiro and his men is that although they have captured two commanding heights overlooking the entire village, the terrain from the foot of the mountain to the north of the village is a It's not big, only a few hundred square meters, but it's quite a long and narrow piece of flat land between mountains.
In other words, although the distance from the foot of the mountain to the entrance of the village is not long, except for the grass that cannot even cover the feet, it is almost unobstructed. Even the most basic small ditch cannot be found. The dispatched The attacking force was unable to find a hiding spot when launching the charge. In addition, the front of the attack was relatively narrow. As a result, Yasuhiro Takada's men suffered heavy casualties from the enemy's grenade rain and volleying tactics.
And although the opponent is not too nervous about the defense outside the village, he still puts a lot of effort into the defense of the village. All the houses in the entire village near the entrance of the village, as well as the stone walls of the unique courtyards in northern China are all used, and these are connected together. The wall provided the defenders with a ready-made defensive position, making this small village an obvious stronghold.
Although the Japanese and puppet troops had the advantage in terms of firepower, all three consecutive attacks were repelled. Although the casualties of the first batch of Cui Sihu's plainclothes team who launched the attack were not many, the casualties were enough for this guy who didn't have much money. It's quite annoying.
As for the Japanese infantry squad that launched the first round of the attack, it suffered two-thirds casualties. Although this loss was far from being a serious injury to the Japanese and puppet troops in the north of the village, it was still considered a loss. It was so disastrous that Yasuhiro Takada was furious when he saw the attacking troops being hit back by another hail of grenades.