Xie Changan cheered up the exhausted soldiers: "Brothers, just hold on and you'll be fine if you get past the front."
Taiwan's new recruits lack exercise. From the march, we can see the obvious difference between them and the veterans. It's not that their physical strength is poor. The most important point is that they lack the kind of willpower and the kind of dedication. Complete the task, be able to grit your teeth and persevere to the end, forgetting that you are a human being,
Racing with a car. Although the speed of this car is not very good, it is still much faster than the No. 11 bus. It is the first time for many recruits to participate in such a difficult battle. This kind of battle is different from the concentrated superior force they have experienced before. Encircling and annihilating a small stronghold of the Japanese army is completely different from a police post. The sight of dense Japanese soldiers approaching in skirmish formations with shining bayonets is really shocking. Thinking that you might be stabbed by one of the guns During the war, many soldiers were frightened from the bottom of their hearts.
The specific steps of the ambush are classified and only officers of a certain level know about it. The soldiers don't know when they will be chased and run for their lives. Some people even suggested that instead of running away like this, it is better to go back and fight with the little devil.
Being closer to "Xiaowokan", there is no need to keep this ambush point secret. When Xie Changan said these words, the morale of the Fourth Regiment immediately improved. The soldiers learned that there would be friendly forces ahead to help. They intercepted the enemy and even beat him up hard. They all felt much more relaxed and their steps became brisk.
"Catch up, catch up." Matsushita Muxiu poked his head out of the window from time to time and shouted to the trucks in front and behind him. Four wheels can run faster than two legs. The figures of the Chinese people in front were clearly visible. As long as they If we push harder, we can catch them, and then it will be a massacre. "His Majesty the Emperor is still too friendly to the Taiwanese, which is why today's situation is caused. Today we have to teach them a lesson and let them feel Only in this way can they return their hearts to the empire." He said this to Koichiro Suki. From Kobayashi's perspective, he connected this military operation with the governance of Taiwan and said what he thought was very important. A speech with political vision,
"Regiment, fight or not." The reconnaissance team that scouted the direction of the Japanese artillery has returned. The Japanese infantry brigade is already close at hand. The following company commanders became anxious and asked their battalion commanders,
"Let it go." Ye Shun and others resolutely carried out Lin Xiaoyu's order.
"Let us go, what should we do with the brothers of the fourth regiment? They are obviously exhausted."
"Don't worry about this matter, the group will take care of it."
Xie Chang'an led more than a dozen people over the "small lie" and was about to wait for the sound of gunshots to gather them together, but Lin Xiaoyu came over in person.
"Thank you, Commander, I'm sorry, you still have to speed up your retreat." Lin Xiaoyu said straight to the point,
Xie Changan was a little confused. He couldn't believe that Lin Xiaoyu would refuse to carry out the order of the master, so he asked: "What does this mean? Do you want to cancel this ambush?"
"No, we want to let go of the infantry and focus on the artillery behind. Commander Xie, what do you think?"
Xie Changan looked back at the men and horses of his headquarters who were already running sparsely, and found that there were some people moving in other directions, in the barren mountains and ridges, and they were all scattered and escaping. He said: "But in this way , the losses of our regiment have been great, the brothers can no longer run, and many companies have lost their command."
"We haven't made a final decision yet, but as you know, what our Taiwan Corps lacks most is heavy weapons, especially cannons. If these cannons are taken away, our combat effectiveness will increase exponentially..."
The situation was so urgent that Xie Changan did not dare to waste time thinking about it. He thought for a while and then made a decision: "Okay, I support your action, but I have one request. The cannons captured this time, our regiment Get two more doors."
Lin Xiaoyu readily agreed. If this operation to ambush the Japanese artillery was to be successful, the most critical point was that the Fourth Regiment must continue to escape and attract the Japanese infantry. In this way, the loss of the Fourth Regiment would definitely be If they increase exponentially, then you should take care of them when dividing the spoils, "No problem."
As captains, Lin Xiaoyu and Xie Changan are actually not qualified to decide the distribution of spoils. Of course, according to the tradition of the Xuebing Army, captured units have priority. Therefore, if Lin Xiaoyu can really make this deal, then by He suggested that there would be absolutely no problem in allocating two more cannons to the fourth regiment.
"Brothers, I have just received a notification from the division headquarters that the ambush location of the Second Regiment has been changed. It is not 'Xiaowokan', but Yehuling five kilometers away. Brothers, in order to successfully complete the lure arranged on the top of the mountain, Enemy mission, everyone keep running." After Xie Changan and Lin Xiaoyu broke up, they immediately changed their words and mobilized the soldiers to keep running.
Xie Chang'an usually talks very little, so he has established a good reputation in the minds of the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment. The soldiers absolutely dare not think that their regiment leader would open his eyes and tell lies and believe them to be true. While they gritted their teeth in anger, I can only continue to bury my head in the road,
The soldiers of the fourth regiment continued to run away, and Matsushita Muhide behind them continued to ask the troops to speed up. Soon, these two troops with huge differences in size disappeared into the vast night under the eyes of the soldiers of the second regiment.
The Japanese infantry brigade had only left halfway, and the reconnaissance team finally came back. After hearing their information, Lin Xiaoyu was surprised and happy. For a moment, she didn't dare to make a decision casually.
Yes, the Japanese artillery brigade was indeed left behind by the main force, but it was followed by an infantry brigade. It was just this infantry brigade. What annoyed Lin Xiaoyu was that the Japanese army's baggage was about 500 people. The troops actually walked together with the artillery. The Japanese artillery brigade originally had a squadron of escort troops. As a result, this group of Japanese troops had a strength of about 2,000 people. The total number of the second regiment was only about 1,200. Did they manage to win against an enemy twice their size?
Ye Shun and others were waiting for his final decision. At this time, they were sitting around in the camping tent that served as the headquarters, holding a flashlight and looking at him but no one said a word. Lin Xiaoyu stretched out his hand habitually. When he felt for a cigarette in his breast pocket and took out a lighter, he remembered that it was night and that the troops were setting up an ambush, so he put the cigarette to his nose and smelled it. He suddenly whispered: "Do any of you still remember the first battle with the Japs when the Commander-in-Chief raised his troops?"
This was the first battle commanded by Ouyang Yun, and it was also the most classic battle, because at that time, the Xuebing Army only had more than two hundred soldiers, and they had not yet received strict training. At that time, the Xuebing Army's opponent was The elite troops garrisoned in Huabei Tun, and as a result, they wiped out the incoming Japanese with relatively small casualties, thus building up the confidence of the cadets. After that battle, the cadets moved to the north and south, and from a small cadet The soldier training class has grown into a student army,
"I remember." Zhou Jicai, commander of the fifth battalion, said,
When Zhou Jicai was in Fujian, he participated in a short-term training course at the Officers' Night School. According to the tradition of the Xuebingjun Night School, when the history of the development of the Xuebingjun was discussed in the first class, this battle was the first to be discussed.
I don’t know how many people this battle inspired. At this moment, Zhou Jicai thought of this story and felt his blood boiling. Why can’t we do what the commander-in-chief can do? We have more people now than we did then, and we have better weapons and equipment than we did then. , We also have some veterans of hundreds of battles, and he continued: "Tuanzuo, I understand what you mean, let's do it."
Ye Shun had never heard of this story, but he had a positive opinion from the beginning. At this time, he said: "Master, please give the order."
"Okay, then let's fuck him hard."
If it were simply to ambush the Japanese army, the strength of the Second Regiment could be used to complete it beautifully. Of the four regiments of the 101st Division, the First Regiment was undoubtedly the main force and the most capable, and then it was the Second Regiment's turn. , Although Xie Changan is talented in the military, he is still a bit immature when it comes to leading troops. Therefore, the overall quality of the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Regiment is worse than that of the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment, and even worse than the First Regiment. ,
Although the various training methods and procedures are written in detail in the "Xuebing Army Army Drill Manual", without practical experience, the implementation effect is much worse. Therefore, although the Fourth Regiment, the Second Regiment, and the Third Regiment The basic conditions are almost the same, but after this period of training, there are differences in training results. This has nothing to do with the personal ability of the chief officer. It is really because Xie Changan lacks experience in this area.
The little devil was very energetic, and the infantry brigade quickly crossed the "Xiaowokan". When the roar of the truck motor completely disappeared, Lin Xiaoyu gave an order, and the soldiers of the second regiment began to re-deploy positions and traps. At the same time, the combat sequence and the tasks of each company were also re-divided. An hour later, when Chen Gangzhe, the captain of the reconnaissance team, ran back, the ambush position was also laid.
Chen Gangzhe didn't know what method he used, but he actually caught a tongue, and through this tongue, he obtained more detailed information.
Matsushita Kihide did arrange a brigade of infantry to escort the artillery brigade, but it was an infantry brigade that was crippled by the fourth regiment. Their actual number was only about 800, which means that only two-thirds of their combat effectiveness was left.
This infantry brigade is what Lin Xiaoyu is most worried about. Now that he heard the news, he was overjoyed and gained a little more confidence in the next battle.
Because the main force of the regiment was in front, Inoue Lanji, the captain of the artillery battalion, did not pay much attention to the issue of defense. Because of the ambush of the fourth regiment, Inoue was severely punished by Matsushita. Inoue felt that he was wronged, so until now Still holding on to his emotions, when the troops arrived at "Xiaowokan", he and Zhonghongyou rode in an armored vehicle together. While drinking peanuts and drinking wine, they scolded Matsushita Kihide, an amateur who landed in the air, at all. Unexpectedly, on the mountain in front, someone was already eyeing the mountain cannons in his hands with saliva.