Chapter 11: Urban Warfare

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools!

Xiao Zhan first wants people and equipment; secondly, unify thinking and boost morale; Finally, unify tactical thinking and meet the coming brutal battle.

Xiao Zhan asked the more than 400 people present to form a large circle and light a fire in the middle. Xiao Zhan stood in the middle, and he hoped that the words after that would be heard by as many people as possible.

Surrounded by Xiao Zhan is the officer level, and behind the officer is the non-commissioned officer, and so on. The large circle is cut longitudinally and divided into several square teams, each of which is in a platoon.

Xiao Zhandu felt a little nervous, and then smiled: "Being watched by four hundred pairs of eyes, I'm really a little nervous. Especially the beautiful nurses over there, although I am a beautiful man, don't fall in love with me! ”

"Hehehehe"

"Huh"

“……”

Xiao Zhan's words drew laughter from the people around him, and a nurse shouted boldly: "Beautiful women only love heroes, not beautiful men!" ”

"Hahaha"

"Haha"

“……”

The nurse's shout caused the audience to laugh, which was more powerful than Xiao Zhan's words just now.

At this moment, the atmosphere around me has become very harmonious, like a family. They all came from different units, and it was this cohesion that Xiao Zhan needed.

After the laughter, Xiao Zhan slowly regained his composure and said, "What I am going to say is very important, you have to keep it in your hearts, and it is best to take notes if you can take notes." Humbly, my words can save one of your lives, and even the lives of many more. What I'm going to talk about is how to fight 'urban warfare'. ”

Life was at stake, seeing Xiao Zhan's serious expression, the surroundings suddenly quieted down.

Xiao Zhan said: "Urban warfare is a battle fought in cities and county seats. Our 88th Division held on to Zhabei for 74 days, fighting urban warfare. I went through that battle, and I also summed up a lot of experience, which was bought by countless comrades-in-arms with their lives and blood. Soldiers are often killed on the battlefield, why? Because veterans have more battlefield experience than recruits. Experience is fate. ”

Experience is life, so battlefield experience is valuable. Some officers and squad leaders really took out their notebooks and began to take notes in earnest.

Xiao Zhan continued, "Okay, let's start now. In order to give everyone a better sense of substitution, I will take the Lan Feng under my feet as an example. The streets of the county town are vertical and horizontal, the buildings are dense, and the environment is complex, and fighting under such complex conditions is urban warfare. Let me first talk about the four major characteristics of urban warfare: 1. It is good for defense and not good for attack; 2. Profit and independence are not conducive to association; 3. The near is not good for the far; 4. The benefits are not good. ”

Seeing that many people began to record one by one, Xiao Zhan paused to give them time to record what they said, and then let more soldiers understand what "urban warfare" is.

After a while, Xiao Zhan said, "What does it mean to defend and attack?" During the battle, the defending side can use the surrounding buildings and streets to build strong fortifications; Mines, mines, and obstacles can be set up; You can be condescending and observe and shoot at a little control surface; The commanding heights can be used to form a three-dimensional crossfire network with the ground. This is 'Lishou'"

Xiao Zhan paused for a moment, and then said, "It's not good to attack." For the attacking side, it is often necessary to attack the fortified points, short-handed street battles, coupled with the unknown terrain and enemy situation, it is easy to be ambushed by the defender and cold shots. ”

Xiao Zhan's words made many people's eyes light up, and they had a feeling of sudden enlightenment. They were glad that they were on the defending side, and even more fortunate that they had an experienced commander.

After a while, Xiao Zhan said: "Then say that Li Du is not good for the alliance, this is also what I want to say to the squad leaders, you must remember." ”

There were at least two dozen squad leaders below, and they were very close to Xiao Zhan, and they heard it clearly.

Xiao Zhan said: "In the battle, the combat contact area is small, and the battle with the enemy is mostly a squad or a single soldier, and the two warring sides are often separated by a road and a wall, and the troops are scattered and it is inconvenient to unify the command. Therefore, it is conducive to fighting alone, but not for joint operations, so it is necessary to test the flexibility and mobility of individual soldiers, as well as if the battle in the movement is fought well. ”

Xiao Zhan raised his index finger and emphasized: "In this link, the squad leader must play a decisive role, which is directly related to the success or failure of the battle. Remember four key words: flexible, mobile, bold and cunning. ”

There are strong fortifications on the main streets of Lanfeng in all directions, so the devils will definitely attack from the flanks, so street fighting is especially important.

Subsequently, Xiao Zhan explained the characteristics of "good for the near and not good for the far" and "good for the light and not for the heavy".

The good is not good for the far. Urban warfare is faced with an irregular and complex combat environment, which is conducive to close combat and not conducive to long-range combat. In this way, long-range firepower strikes will be ineffective, and the Japanese army's mountain artillery and infantry artillery will not be effective, while the melee firepower German armor division will not lose to the Japanese army.

The benefits are not the same. In urban warfare, close buildings obscure the line of sight, and there are blind spots for shooting, so it is not conducive to the use of heavy firepower. The alleys are narrow, making it difficult for tanks and armored vehicles to maneuver, and even if they are driving on the main roads, they are vulnerable to anti-tank weapons. As a result, only light weapons are easily used, while heavy weapons are greatly restricted.

Xiao Zhan finished talking about all the characteristics, and finally said: "After talking for a long time, in fact, there is a purpose of 'promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses' and 'adapting measures to local conditions', giving full play to and making use of our advantages, as well as the characteristics of the surrounding environment, as long as it is used properly, it will naturally be one to ten, and one to block hundred!" ”

Pictures of the battle came to everyone's minds, and a non-commissioned officer couldn't control the excitement in his heart and shouted: "Sir, when you say this, we have more confidence." We will play yin with the devil, beat his mother and run away, so that the devil has no reason to go. ”

"Hahaha"

“……”

The sergeant's words drew laughter from those around him once again. The words are not coarse, they are playing yin and evil with devils.

Xiao Zhan smiled: "That's right. War pays attention to the time, place, and people. When the time comes, we are the righteous side to defend the country, and the enemy is the aggressor; The location is advantageous, and under our feet is the land we are familiar with, we are familiar with every street, every house, and the enemy is a completely unfamiliar land; Man, though we will face ten times as many enemies as we are, but a day later the enemy will face ten times as many of us. What I need is your self-confidence, courage, strength, and wisdom, and victory belongs to us!"

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

“……”

The surrounding soldiers shouted loudly together, and because of Xiao Zhan's urban warfare, the morale of the troops reached an unprecedented high.

Whether it is to boost morale or to tell about the characteristics of urban warfare, Xiao Zhan makes good use of psychology, the purpose of which is to make the soldiers eliminate negative psychology and be confident and hopeful for tomorrow's battle.

After that, the unit was disbanded for a short break, while Xiao Zhan left commanders and fighters above the squad level to make specific combat deployments based on urban warfare.

The two soldiers found a blackboard at a nearby school, and Xiao Zhan roughly drew several areas and main streets on the blackboard.

Xiao Zhan said: "I just roughly said that the characteristics of urban warfare are 'easy to defend and difficult to attack', but there are also ways to attack, and we must know ourselves and our opponents. The devils are outnumbered by our forces and are eager to take Lanfeng, so I predict that they will besiege more. ”

If it is a modern military, there are many ways to attack the city, but in terms of the conditions at that time, the city attack was very simple. The devil's tactics are also very simple, so Xiao Zhan speculated that they would use the advantage of their strength to besiege them at more points.

Xiao Zhan pointed to the four main roads on the blackboard and said, "The devils will carry out a four-sided siege on our side, the purpose of which is to disperse our defensive forces. However, according to objective conditions, the enemy's attack force is also strong and weak. Our main defensive forces are placed in two directions, east and north. What I want to talk about now is the operational policy, and the deployment is carried out in accordance with the policy. ”

Xiao Zhan first expounded the characteristics of urban warfare, then explained the policy according to the characteristics, then formulated a plan according to the policy, and finally carried out careful deployment. This is the Xiao Zhan Combat Quartet.

Policy 1: Fire first, then soldiers. can use firepower without troops; Explosive objects such as mines and mines are set up in the path that the enemy must pass through that is convenient for fire control.

The second policy is to fight, bomb, block, and snipe. Taking advantage of the familiar terrain conditions, occupy houses, doors, windows, and rooftops, carry out sniper activities with cold guns and cold artillery, and trap the enemy in the belly and back. In short, use a combination of means to kill and injure the enemy at a time and place that the enemy can't imagine, and in ways that the enemy can't imagine.

The general idea is to boldly carry out a roundabout encirclement, focus on sneak attacks, ambushes, attacks, and disturbances, and take the initiative to strike at the enemy, not make direct contact with the enemy, and run away when they hit, so as to occupy the initiative in making decisions.

Xiao Zhan wrote everything on the blackboard, and then made detailed arrangements according to these operational guidelines.

The battle must be purposeful, and Xiao Zhan knows that the key to this defensive battle is "time". Therefore, before the enemy arrives, he must first engage in a psychological warfare contest with the enemy, and delay the enemy's attack as long as possible.