Chapter fifty-ninth you stand talking without back pain
Liu Yihu was a veteran when the Jidong Military Region was established, and his fighting style was naturally that of the Jidong Military Region. He believed that since it was the vanguard of the Japanese army, it must be lightly armed and not carry too many heavy weapons. Since everyone is If it's half a catty to eight ounces, there's nothing to be afraid of.
Therefore, the tactics formulated by Liu Yihu were actually based on Jia Xinzi, adopting a frontal blockade, using machine guns and landmines to kill the Japanese troops, and at the same time, implementing tactical counterattacks based on squad and platoon levels on the flanks to disperse and contain some of the Japanese troops as a whole. Tactics, strive to inflict maximum damage to the Japanese vanguard, weaken the Japanese offensive strength, and lay a good lead for subsequent operations.
Feng Haishan proposed to use the existing fortifications to focus on close combat and try to get entangled with the Japanese army to avoid heavy firepower damage. Feng Haishan's tactical purpose was very clear, that is, based on the existing troops, as much as possible Adopt delaying tactics to hold back the Japanese troops day by day. While holding back the Japanese troops, try to preserve as much strength as possible.
The troops at hand are limited. When facing superior enemy forces, using squads and platoons as the organization to launch counterattacks is likely to cause relatively large casualties to oneself. Since the strength of the two sides, especially the disparity in firepower, is better not to fight head-on. Especially when the Japanese army still has a large number of follow-up troops.
Both of them rely on their own experience to command operations, and the huge difference in actual battlefield conditions inside and outside the pass also makes the experience of the two people far different. Compared with Feng Haishan, who has less experience in frontal combat, Liu Yihu What I am better at is this kind of frontal blocking battle.
Feng Haishan's growth experience was the same as that of the Eighteenth Group Army. From the day he was born, he did not know what firepower superiority was. He was accustomed to the guerrilla tactics of "when the enemy advances and we retreat, and when the enemy retreats, we advance" and did not advocate fighting. A head-to-head battle like the one Liu Yihu mentioned, especially under the current situation where there is a huge difference in strength and firepower between the enemy and us.
Colonel Asakawa Tetsuo, who was afraid that the division commander would pursue him for delaying the fighter plane, naturally would not give the two people too much time to quarrel to make a decision. He had not yet waited for the two of them to come out with a result and decide who had the final say. , the Japanese forwards have arrived at the outskirts of Jiaxinzi.
Hearing that the Japanese forwards had arrived, the two people who were having a heated argument looked at each other, ended their quarrel in unison, and rushed to the front line. The Japanese army moved very fast. As soon as the two arrived at the front line, Colonel Asakawa couldn't wait to launch. Probing attacks.
Watching the Japanese troops that had formed a battle formation and quickly pounced on at least one small group of Japanese troops with agile tactical movements, they also carefully observed several Type 92 heavy machine guns and two Type 92 heavy machine guns and two Type 92 heavy machine guns serving as cover behind the Japanese charge formation. Liu Yihu put down the telescope in his hand, turned around and said to Feng Haishan beside him: "Old Feng, you can see it, the Japanese only have a few Type 92 heavy machine guns and two infantry cannons. There are no What heavy weapons."
"The remaining crooked handles and grenade tubes are nothing. They are nothing. If we are in a place with complex terrain, I am really afraid that these grenade tubes will bring us some trouble. In this flat terrain Come on, I'm afraid of him. This scene is not even a trivial matter compared to the blockade battle involving planes and heavy artillery at Jiangjunshi Line last year."
"The artillery only has two 92-inch infantry guns, no mountain artillery, no field artillery, no heavy artillery with a caliber above 100 mm, and no mortars, which are most lethal to trenches. The artillery poses no threat to us. But it won’t be too big, but the Japs’ heavy machine guns are quite accurate, so it’s a bit troublesome.”
After that, regardless of how Feng Haishan reacted after hearing what he said, he picked up the walkie-talkie behind the correspondent who was following him and directly gave an order to the two company commanders: "One Are you going to rush to fire, wait for the Japanese troops to enter the minefield, and then fire with platoon guns? No light or heavy machine guns are allowed to fire without orders. Tell the soldiers below to aim for me, and try to use platoon guns to knock down half of them. , I want to see how these little devils hide in the minefield."
Feng Haishan, who had a hot temper, was very dissatisfied when he heard the order issued by Liu Yihu, and rolled his eyes at the previous words, but did not interrupt his tactical arrangements until Liu Yihu put down the radio in his hand. After speaking, he said: "Let me tell you, Lao Liu, these Japanese are not simple at first glance. Judging from the tactical formation, you can tell that they are veterans."
"Did you know that the 11th Japanese Infantry Division is an old standing division of the Japanese army, and these Japanese soldiers who look like veterans at first sight have fierce and accurate technical and tactical movements, and superb marksmanship. Their hand-to-hand combat ability, which they have always relied on, is even more ferocious. Inside the pass, sometimes the firepower of one of our squads cannot suppress a single Japanese. In hand-to-hand combat, it takes three of us to replace one Japanese."
"Many times a regiment cannot defeat a squadron of Japanese soldiers in a head-on battle. Not to mention fire cover, even rifle shooting, we have never taken advantage. This group of Japanese veteran soldiers has very good military quality. In addition, The Type 38 has excellent performance, and it is often lethal even five to six hundred meters away. We only have two companies on hand, so don’t be too confident."
When Liu Yihu heard this, he curled his lips and said: "This 11th Division is a veteran division of the Japanese army. It has fierce fighting power. I only defeated them. Last spring, in the battle of Qunce Mountain, we killed them for a whole day." A regiment also killed a bullshit major general."
"A squad cannot suppress a Japanese, and a regiment cannot defeat a Japanese. I have the nerve to say that last year during the autumn battle, General Shi blocked the battle, and when he counterattacked with the strength of a company, he defeated two Japanese in head-to-head combat. Squadron, with one brigade and three regiments, we not only held our position under the heavy artillery of the Japanese aircraft, but also wiped out most of the Japanese division."
Although Liu Yihu's words were true, they almost made Feng Haishan crazy: "Old Liu, you really can't stand talking and it hurts your back. I don't know how bad it is. If you only have five bullets or fifteen bullets, Those who have bullets are the main force. Half of the guns in a squad are so old that they have no teeth left. There are only five light machine guns in a main regiment. Go ahead and give it a try."
"A soldier here carries at least one hundred and twenty rounds of ammunition on his back, and the ammunition at the back is replenished one to one according to consumption. The equipment of your main regiment, the main military region of the Guanneri Army, is not so lavish, and the weight of a brigade The number of machine guns and mortars is more than that of the 129th Division."
"When I first arrived here, I watched some documentary about your battles. How your battles were fought. During the battle, you had a complete range of mountain artillery, light and heavy mortars, and large-caliber heavy artillery. This equipment belongs to the Kuomintang. The Central Military Army has never been so generous."
"If you use the equipment of the Guan Nei army to fight, you try it, and you can wear down most of the division without being bitten by the Japanese. If you try it, you don't have a few bullets on you, and it jams when you hit it. Old gun, what is it like to fight an enemy who is armed to the teeth? Even if you want to fight with a bayonet, what is it like not to have a bayonet? Our 129th Division only has more than fifty bayonets in total. You son of a bitch, stand still. It doesn’t hurt my back to talk.”
Feng Haishan is from Sichuan, and his words are naturally like hot pepper. Feng Haishan, who has a deep affection for his old army, naturally doesn't like Liu Yihu's nonsense words in his opinion. It doesn't hurt to stand and talk. This was something he said very restrainedly.
The Japanese army had entered the minefield, and Liu Yihu, who was focused entirely on the Japanese army, naturally thought that Feng Haishan's words were empty words. When the first mine sounded, he grabbed the transmitter and gave an order: "Don't shoot yet. After all the Japanese troops have entered the minefield, start firing. Remember, light and heavy machine guns are not allowed to fire without orders. In addition, snipers are ready to aim at the Japanese grenade launchers."
Liu Yihu, who was quick-thinking, immediately set a trap for the Japanese army in front of him. He wanted to give the Japanese army in front of him the illusion that the enemy in front of him was a small force. He knew that the hastily set up in front of him would never happen. The minefields were well camouflaged and could not stop the Japanese troops for much time.
The little devil is very stingy. Although he will not clear out all the minefields with artillery fire, the two Type 92 infantry cannons opened up an attack line for the Japanese army in the minefield in a short period of time. In fact, Liu Yi For the tiger, its greater role was to help the Japanese army consume some artillery shells and reduce their load.
Because he saw in the telescope that the two 92 infantry guns of the Japanese army did not carry many artillery shells at all, but he could not understand why these Japanese troops did not follow the usual practice of using horses to carry artillery shells, even heavy machine guns. The gun was put on the shoulder and carried by people.
Even though the height of Wanda Mountain at the junction of Mishan and Baoqing is not too high, the terrain is not too steep, and there is a simple war-ready road built by the Japanese army in the mountains, but carrying this heavy machine gun weighing more than 60 kilograms plus bullets , and there are also artillery shells, which are not too heavy for them to climb over mountains and ridges.
Liu Yihu remembered that the Japanese army equipped heavy machine guns with pack horses. Did he know that when Yang Zhen led the convoy to break through the Japanese brigade, he used grenades to mix the Japanese infantry and cavalry into the pack horses of the brigade plus the horses of the cavalry squadron, which was almost the same. One pot is served.
Yang Zhen's security company has been trained to throw grenades into the window of a car from thirty meters away, and into an area as big as a basketball hoop from a speeding car.
It is impossible not to be targeted by a target as big as a herd of horses, especially since these herds of horses are the key targets specially instructed by Yang Zhen. Although each person in a car only throws one grenade, the total of them is thirty Multiple grenades, more than 90 grenades in three trucks, and nine light machine guns almost killed the horses and pack horses of the Japanese cavalry squadron that were tied together.
Without the packhorse, Colonel Asakawa had no choice but to order each gun to carry thirty artillery shells and heavy machine gun ammunition. He only brought a base number. The rest were all left on the Red Mountain front line with the wounded, waiting for the main force of the division. There is no way, people's carrying capacity is always limited.
Even if the Japanese army is getting stronger, in addition to the weapons and ammunition they carry, which carry an average weight of more than ten kilograms per person, and the people and horses are exhausted after a long march, they cannot carry much if they want to. In order not to uselessly carry them before the main force of the division arrives. In a waste of the precious artillery shells currently available, Colonel Asakawa did not even use artillery cover for the tentative attack by the leading team."