Chapter 272: Arming
After returning from Mukden, Liu Chengcheng selected thirty soldiers with outstanding marksmanship from the first company and added scopes to their guns.
After these days of secret training, these thirty fighters have basically adapted to the aiming vision after installing the scope, which can be regarded as a "secret weapon" of Liu Cheng.
He didn't tell Zhang Guanyi about this matter, after all, it was a military secret of the independent battalion, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
It's not that you don't trust enough, it's to avoid unnecessary trouble.
The topography of Laoling is somewhat special, and the slopes in the east and south directions are gentle, which is not conducive to letting go; It is connected with the Changbai Mountains in the north, with many trees and dense forests; The mountain to the west is steep and difficult to climb, and it is already in June, which makes it even more difficult to climb due to rain and other weather conditions.
If it were a normal person, he would definitely not choose to attack from the west, but Hideo Onizuka may not be able to say.
After the team arrived at the designated position, Liu Cheng immediately arranged for arming:
Li Hongguang's second regiment was in the east, Cheng Bin's regiment was in the south, several mountain and forest teams were in the north, and the independent battalion was on the west side.
Regarding Liu Cheng's deployment, the people of the mountain and forest teams did not show any dissatisfaction, but Li Hongguang and Cheng Bin's faces changed at that time.
But before leaving, Zhang Guanyi had already announced in public that the battle was commanded by Liu Cheng, and Li Hongguang and Cheng Bin only cooperated in the battle.
According to Liu Cheng's requirements, the first and second regiments should dig two trenches on the hillside, the first of which should be more than three meters wide and more than two meters deep; The distance between the second and the first is about eighty meters, and there are more than two passages between the two trenches.
The 1st and 2nd regiments each sent one-third of their troops to the first trench, and two hours after the battle began, everyone retreated to the second trench and sealed the passage between the two trenches.
Although Li Hongguang and Cheng Bin didn't say anything in front of Liu Cheng, after leaving Liu Cheng's temporary headquarters, Li Hongguang immediately whispered to Cheng Bin:
"Why do you say the division commander wants us to listen to his command? A hairy boy with radical ideas, is it not because the division commander has given him enough support to pounce to the current appearance? ”
Li Hongguang's personality is relatively simple, what he thinks in his heart, he says it in his mouth.
Although he hadn't seen it in Wudou Township with his own eyes, he had also heard a lot of news about Liu Cheng after the main force of the Independent Division crossed the Huifa River.
Especially the matter of Qian Lu, which made him complain.
At that time, Zhang Guanyi was not used to Qian Lu's behavior, so he did not give him the position of health captain, but Liu Cheng reused Qian Lu, which made Li Hongguang very dissatisfied.
Before that, he was already a little unaccustomed to some of Liu Cheng's methods, and this time he saw that these soldiers brought by Liu Cheng were all wearing brand-new unified military uniforms, and their momentum was far superior to his team, and he was even more unhappy.
Now that the defense line is deployed, Liu Cheng handed over the offensive route most likely to be chosen by the Onitsuka Brigade to the First and Second Regiments to deploy the defense, and he chose a western side that almost no one would choose, and he was even more dissatisfied.
Almost everyone has this kind of jealousy, and Li Hongguang is no exception.
It's just envy, jealousy, and hatred, and among these three, he only has the first two.
In contrast, Cheng Bin is much calmer than Li Hongguang, after listening to Li Hongguang's words, Cheng Bin just smiled faintly and said calmly:
"This Liu Cheng put his team on the west side, which is indeed a bit not authentic, but the division commander has already given an order before coming, let us listen to him, the military order is like a mountain, what else can we do except implement it?"
Li Hongguang snorted coldly and did not speak.
He is a person, even if he has a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, he will not express it in such a way at this time, let alone use the victory or defeat of the battle as a bargaining chip.
But Cheng Bin is different.
Although he has never thought of defecting so far, it does not mean that he will not deliberately "trap" Liu Cheng in the battle.
He has known Zhang Guanyi for many years, and can be said to be one of Zhang Guanyi's most trusted people, but now he is only a regiment commander, and the combat strength and weapons and equipment of his soldiers are not as good as Liu Cheng's independent battalion.
This doesn't need to be said by anyone, it can be seen at a glance.
Not to mention anything else, each soldier of the separate battalion was equipped with one hundred and fifty rounds of bullets alone, which was more than the individual equipment of the Japanese army.
Moreover, Liu Cheng also has a cavalry company!
At that time, the standard for being able to have a cavalry unit was the same as that of the current troops equipped with tanks and armored vehicles.
Moreover, each of the nearly 100 cavalry soldiers had more than a dozen grenades hung on them, and once the fight started, these grenades alone were enough for the enemy to drink a pot.
In addition, Cheng Bin's regiment and a regiment only have six crooked light machine guns, but Liu Cheng's company has eleven Czech-style guns!
Such a gap made Cheng Bin full of envy and jealousy for Liu Cheng in his heart, and of course, hatred.
He didn't think about how Liu Cheng built the independent battalion into what it is now, but thought that all this was given by Zhang Guanyi.
Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that there will be a somewhat perverted sense of imbalance in his heart.
Although Cheng Bin has no intention of betraying now, there is nothing in this world that happens for no reason.
There is a theory that Cheng Bin's defection was because the Japanese captured his old mother and threatened his mother's life to force him to defect.
But in reality, this is just one of the triggers; Otherwise, even if he surrendered for the sake of filial piety, he would not lead people to take all the secret camps that Zhang Guanyi secretly built in the mountains, and force Zhang Guanyi into a desperate situation.
From this point of view, Cheng Bin first had problems in his thinking, his will was not firm at all, and after surrendering, he was easily completely captured by the various conditions given by the Japanese, and completely betrayed for his own pleasure.
It's a simple truth, even today.
It is undeniable that everyone has desires; For good living conditions, everyone wants to enjoy; But some people will get it through their own efforts; And some people always want to get something for nothing and take advantage of it.
Under that circumstance at that time, the living conditions of all the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Federation were extremely difficult, and not having enough to eat was the norm at all, and Cheng Bin felt that he had entered heaven from hell in an instant after being forced to surrender, completely abandoning his beliefs.
But he forgot one of the most important things, that is, the doctrine of heaven, which belonged to foreigners, and that all that he enjoyed was also given by foreigners.
Once the Japanese won this war, he might still be able to enjoy a life of prosperity and even luxury, but the country has perished, and as a traitor, even if the Japanese will give him some material benefits based on his merits, they must look down on people like him from the bottom of their hearts.
A traitor is a traitor, and no matter how much you wash it, you can't wash it away.
Jinling's bald head also failed, but at least he was not a sinner of the Chinese nation, although he made many mistakes, and even let the entire people of the Northeast suffer for six more years, but in the end he still chose to resist Japan.
Forced or not, this is true.
No one can erase all the merits of the officers and men of the Fruit Army in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and this is a fact recognized by the country, history, and the people.
From a certain point of view, in that war, the vast majority of the Chinese people were able to share the same hatred, and only a small number of people were willing to die for the Japanese.
Among them, including Wang Wei, Zhang Haipeng and others and the hundreds of thousands of puppet soldiers.
Perhaps most of these ordinary soldiers are not willing, but the fact is that they have been aiding and abetting abuse, and it is indeed not a pity to die!
At this time, thirty kilometers away from the old ridge, the Onitsuka Brigade was rapidly approaching in this direction.
Hideo Onizuka is riding a horse, holding a map and carefully studying the terrain.
A Japanese soldier ran quickly to his horse, stood up and saluted, and said in a loud voice:
"Report! There are still 30 kilometers from Laoling! ”
Hideo Onizuka raised his head on his horse, signaled that he understood, and then ordered the troops to stop and rest in place.
After dismounting, Hideo Onizuka gathered all the officers above the squad leader together for tactical arrangement.
After everyone arrived, Hideo Onizuka pointed to a dot on the map and said:
"The people of China must be prepared, so we divided into two teams to attack, the first squadron, the machine gun squadron, and the transport team launched an attack from the gentle slopes of the east and south sides, and the artillery platoon cooperated in the attack; The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th squadrons took the opportunity to climb from the west flank, flanking back and forth, and annihilating all the enemies as much as possible! ”
"Hayi!"
All the officers agreed in unison, and each returned to his command.
Hideo Onizuka took the dry food and canned food handed over by the orderly, and was just about to eat, when a Japanese officer with the rank of captain suddenly walked up to him quickly, leaned into his ear and whispered:
"Your Excellency Dazuo, I just received news that a regular army in uniform has appeared among the enemy, it is said that it was originally the unit under Zhang Guan's command, but it was later separated, it is said that the commander of this team is very powerful, and he is also the person responsible for blocking us."
Hideo Onizuka didn't have any expression on his face, gently broke off a piece of dry food and stuffed it into his mouth, and nodded silently.
Not many people in the entire independent division know about the independent battalion, and Zhang Guanyi once instructed those who knew Liu Cheng not to mention the matter of the independent battalion to the soldiers under him.
Liuhe County, Nanlonggang.
Zhang Guanyi's headquarters is located here.
A figure quietly approached Zhang Guanyi and whispered a few words in his ear.
Zhang Guanyi's face instantly became a little ugly, but he didn't say anything, waved his hand to let the man leave, and took out his pipe, filled a bag of cigarettes and lit it, lowered his head and muttered......