Chapter 1199: Blocking in the Mountains
The Japanese army's Chinese was not good, but because the independent regiment popularized Japanese language training, it was somewhat clear why the Japanese army had sharp soldiers so far into the mountains.
It turned out that the carp was really cautious enough. After several days of heavy losses on the Jiuguan front and no inch, more and more attention was paid to the protection of the positions on both flanks of the 77th Wing, which used to be 800 meters away from the main position, but now it has been required to reach 2,000 meters.
After personally experiencing the combat power of the Independent Regiment, the Japanese army Dazuo was really afraid of the Independent Regiment to the extreme, for fear that the Independent Regiment would also give him a detour from the rear flank like Luo Wenyu did against the Eighth Division.
It's just that the Japanese army Dazuo probably didn't expect Liu Lang's appetite to be far greater than he imagined, since he came to Jindong, his target was the entire 20th Division, not his small 77th Wing, and it was not the small chrysanthemum of the 77th Wing that he wanted to poke in a roundabout way, but the 26th Artillery Wing, the two infantry wings of the Jindong front, with a bare chrysanthemum.
And the reason why these two ran to a position that was 700 meters farther than the warning distance required by the captain of their Dazuo Wing to sleep soundly, and the reason why Xiong Si was about to sit to death made the old monkey couldn't help laughing.
The recent war was so brutal that the 77th Infantry Wing, which was so cruel that they were not afraid of death, and they were screaming every day to be loyal to their Emperor Majesty, and the infantry were a little frightened. The so-called fear of death is only a subsidiary spiritual product built on victory after victory, and when they fail again and again and the bloody corpses of their companions are carried down from the flames of war with white cloths, they also begin to cherish the beauty of life.
In other words, the 77th Wing, which had been beaten hard by the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment for several days in a row, was no longer the 77th Wing that came to Jiuguan with high spirits before.
However, these two, with the idea of being a little farther away from the main position and having fewer opportunities to be sent as cannon fodder, have left their designated area outposts and advanced deeper into the mountains since yesterday afternoon. As for how to explain to the commander when he goes back in the future, although the Japanese army did not say it in detail, it is estimated that the argument of getting lost must have been prepared a long time ago.
To put it bluntly, these two are just two deserters.
"See? As long as the old men are not afraid of death, the little devils are afraid! Lao Zhou, you didn't die in vain. The old monkey, who was still hanging on his arms, raised his head, and his eyes were a little sparkling.
His brothers, after all, did not die in vain, they also scared the hard-nosed little devils. Not only did they not dare to attack as before, but they even wanted to flee.
Lin Hao, who had been standing beside the old monkey, glanced at the potato on the other side, who also had some red circles under his eyes, and the potato eyes burst out, and he quietly pulled out a military thorn, and stabbed him through the heart from the back of the kneeling Japanese soldier, and in just a few seconds, the Japanese soldier who did not twist a few times was killed instantly.
This is already a pain in the face of him. Compared to his companion who was bitten by Xiong Er's throat and suffocated to death, he was already much luckier.
Kill him, not entirely out of hatred. The battalion, which was carrying out roundabout tactics, did not have the slightest energy to capture prisoners.
As soon as the situation was reported to the commander of the infantry company leading the team, the whole army accelerated its speed, and the signal that the Japanese army was going to run became more and more obvious.
Finally, before the artillery fire resounded in the Japanese positions at Jiuguan, three infantry companies of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment rushed to the designated positions.
This area, even before entering the vast Taihang mountain, is somewhat similar to the location of the old pass, the mountains are not too high, and the highest altitude is only seventy or eighty meters. The mountain is not particularly steep, it is also a stone mountain, and the slopes are dominated by shrubs and small trees on the tops.
And there are many mountains, endlessly. There are many ravines between the hills, overgrown with weeds and shrubs, and it is no problem to walk people, but it is difficult to walk.
But even if you want to leave, if someone on the mountain attacks downward, even if you throw a stone down, you will be stoned to death.
In other words, if you want to hold a ravine where people can walk, you only need to hold the commanding height of the hill that is not far from each other on both sides of the ravine.
If there is only one way, it is naturally easy to say, not to mention that a battalion of the independent regiment has a few hundred people, which is an infantry company, and the Japanese army, which lacks heavy artillery and firearms, wants to open a road and escape, and does not pay several times the casualties of the defenders in a few hours, no matter how desperate it is, it is impossible.
However, the mountains here were already doomed, and there were many ravines that the Japanese could choose to flee from, at least five or six.
In this case, a battalion can only be divided. However, it is not possible to blindly divide the troops, otherwise the Japanese army will seize the weakness to divide and surround a battalion and concentrate superior forces to break each one, which will also turn a blocking battle with adventure and enough courage into a joke.
Under the assignment of Ye Zifei, who personally led the team, the three infantry companies were divided into three defense areas with the characters as units, and the firepower between each infantry company could provide support to each other. Moreover, the position of each company is also set up carefully.
For example, a company set up positions on the two hills in front of the center, on each hill stationed an infantry platoon, and the other infantry platoon cooperated with the fire platoon providing fire support to establish a position on the rear hill 300 meters away, which was enough to ensure that the heavy machine guns of the fire platoon and the 60 forced to provide fire cover on their flanks and rear flanks. Moreover, because the firing range of the 60 is as high as 1,500 meters, it can completely cover most of the battlefield area, whether it is through the unavoidable flag or the individual wireless intercom that may be able to use some signal, the 60 forced deployed in all combat areas can also be concentrated to cover a certain part of the battlefield with artillery bombardment.
If the Japanese really dared to concentrate their forces against one of these points, then they would probably face at least 16 guns and 60 guns of concentrated artillery bombardment. Although each cannon only carried 10 shells because of the rapid march, it was no longer as rich as before, but the Japanese army was not as strong as before, was it? In this place, even if they can carry heavy machine guns, even if they are ruthless, let alone the heavy mountain artillery infantry guns.
The infantry platoons of each infantry company were still intensively constructing fortifications in the battle area divided by the battalion headquarters meeting, and the sound of artillery on the side of Jiuguan exploded, and the sound was loud and audible for more than ten miles. The battalion headquarters orders also came down quickly, the Japanese positions were being shelled, and if nothing else, the Japanese troops would soon flee. What was supposed to be only 50 percent of the battles that would have come into contact with the Japanese army has been as high as 80 percent.
The mountain forest is about four miles away from the road, not far, but it is not close, and the two-kilometer mountain road carries nearly ten kilograms of guns, ammunition and various equipment on its back, and it takes not thirty or forty minutes to think about it. In addition, from the Japanese position in Jiuguan, four or five miles away, at most, there was still an hour, and the Japanese army was coming.
The officers and men naturally became more energetic, not only knowing that the morale of the entire counteroffensive was about to be strengthened, but more importantly, it was about to be a bloody battle, and the stronger the fortifications, the greater the chance of survival. No one wants to die in such an important battle. It's not that they're particularly afraid of death, but they all want to live to taste the joy of victory. What's more, Liu Tuanzuo often said that only by surviving can we kill more devils, and it is also irresponsible to the country and the nation to talk about death lightly.
The officers and men of the Independent Regiment may not be afraid of death than many people, but they are also "afraid of death" than many people.
It is said to be repairing fortifications, but in fact it is nothing more than putting four sacks that everyone carries with them and putting them on the earth base. This sack was also a necessary item for each of the officers and men of the Independent Regiment to carry with them, and like ammunition, it was quickly replenished after each battle, and was tied to the individual sapper shovel necessary for everyone.
Don't underestimate the role of sandbags, most of the sacks of soil, basically can resist the penetration of Japanese heavy machine gun 7.7 mm bullets, as long as the grenade of the Japanese grenadier is not accurately exploded behind the sandbag, shrapnel and shock wave basically can not cause fatal damage to the people hiding behind, several major battles, this seemingly inconspicuous sandbag has saved the lives of many soldiers.
The three people of the third infantry squad are also desperately building sandbags under the leadership of the squad leader Monkey, but not on the main position of the infantry company, but on a lonely hill on the three-mile road outside the main position.
The lonely mountain chosen by the old monkey is steeper than other mountains, and it is difficult to climb up, but the mountain is high enough to basically see the surrounding area for seven or eight miles. The room is the perfect place to be an observation point, and the top of the hill is full of strange rocks, so if the enemy is only shooting with guns, the environment here is the most defensible. Moreover, 400 meters away from this mountain, it is basically a cliff, and it is a dead end.
In other words, the 1,000-meter-long blocking line arranged by the first battalion of the infantry of the entire independent regiment is over here, and if the Japanese army wants to enter the mountains through here, it can only fight, or it can only transform into monkeys and climb over the cliffs.
However, the ruggedness of the mountains meant that it was not suitable for human traffic, and as long as it was not too stupid, it would not pass through a valley full of stones that could not be settled. Otherwise, the 1st Battalion would not have given up this place as a position, and the chances of the Japanese army choosing to pass through here were too small.
Of course, as a place responsible for providing reconnaissance information to the main position, this should not be a blocking position, but for the sake of safety, the three men of the third infantry squad still did their own infantry old job, digging the barren soil on the top of the mountain, and arranging the blocking position in a suitable position. If a Japanese army ran here, the three of them naturally couldn't watch the little devil sneak into the mountains and escape.
Although Xiong Er couldn't help much, his two front legs pulled desperately, but he also pulled a small half bag of dirt. Xiong Si is a good helper, the four bear paws with claws stretched out are better than military shovels, you must know that this is the master who can even dig out the bamboo rats hidden under the bamboo roots. With the help of these two guys, even if the old monkey still has only one hand hanging on his arm, the twelve sandbags in the four places can come faster than the other troops.
The reason why the old monkey, Lin Hao, and Tudou appeared here was the result of their strong request to fight.
In that fierce battle a few days ago, the infantry squad with the biggest losses in the whole battalion was none other than the old monkey's infantry squad 3, nine people were killed in the battle, and three were seriously injured, leaving him and the accurate shooter Lin Hao and a potato who was no longer a recruit.
The third squad of infantry, which had only three people left, had already been asked to repair in the rear field hospital, but seeing that all the infantry company brothers were dispatched, and even the battalion deputy sent someone to the field hospital to secondment Xiong Erxiong and Xiong Si to participate in the battle, the old monkey couldn't sit still.
As a veteran, instinctively, the old monkey knew that there was about to be a battle. The second platoon to which the previous third squad belonged did not go to the battlefield again, and the three of them repaired in the rear, but now that the three infantry companies are going to be on the line, it will be no longer good for them to stay in the rear.
The loss of the third squad of infantry is large, but it does not prove that the formation of the third squad has been cancelled, and there are not still three people who can fight! And if the third squad is not there, then the combat mission that should have been assigned to the third squad will have to be assigned to other infantry squads in the platoon. And other infantry squads are not saying that there are no losses, like the fourth infantry squad, five people were killed in battle, three were seriously injured, and there were only seven people left in one squad, and the two fingers of the fourth squad leader's black skin egg were cut off by the shell skin, and people didn't say anything about it, so they took advantage of this to nest in the rear to trim!
And the one who was sent to secondment a wolf and a bear happened to be the second platoon leader Cen Changqing, who was yelled at by the old monkey, and it was so reasonable to think about it. During the Battle of the Great Wall, not to mention that there were three people left in a squad, even one person, wasn't he still holding his position! It was agreed to return with only three remaining infantry squads.
However, the young platoon commander still didn't want the third infantry squad to be reduced again, so he still assigned a relatively easy job to the three of them, taking Xiong Er and Xiong Si to be responsible for the reconnaissance and vigilance of the large army.
But the three of the old monkeys worked hard to arrange the blocking position here, and they didn't really think of themselves as scouts and followed behind a wolf and a bear to pick up leaks, and took the initiative to retreat when they encountered the Japanese army.
Of course, the old monkey is not blind. He also has his reasons for establishing a blocking position, don't look at the infantry squad, there are only three of them left, there is no squad with light machine guns and bazookas for fire support, but a submachine gun, a sniper rifle with a scope and a semi-automatic rifle are not weak. The old monkey's Suomi submachine gun is enough to take on the heavy task of suppressing fire within 200 meters, Lin Hao's sniper rifle is responsible for naming its fire points at a distance of 300 meters, and the rate of fire of the potato semi-automatic rifle with ten rounds in ten seconds can also effectively suppress the infantry.
As for the heavy firepower, the 4 grenades carried by each person were dropped from the mountain, although the power was not as strong as the 60 artillery shells, but it was no problem to kill the little devils who rushed quickly.
What's more, the crippled trio is really not three people now, and there are two helpers!
Since he knew that he had been assigned a reconnaissance mission and could not go to the position with his brothers to fight the blockade, the old monkey kept an eye on it, since there is Xiong Si, a strong bear, then what is not to do, free labor does not have to be used in vain!
With a bag of beef jerky "spicy strips", Xiong Si happily "gave in", a bag of 1,000 rounds of submachine gun and semi-automatic rifle bullets plus twenty grenades became Xiong Si's small schoolbag, but the weight of twenty kilograms for a bear, really, is similar to not carrying it.
If it weren't for the fact that this guy had a habit of rolling down the hill with his head in his hands, the potato would have felt the urge to hang seven or eight more individual grenades on his little vest.
The bear with a row of individual grenades hanging all over his body, it is estimated that not only the Japanese are afraid when they see it, but even Liu Tuanzuo, when he sees it, he has a pain in the egg!
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PS: Today, the college convened party members and cadres who did not have classes to go to poverty alleviation points to alleviate poverty, donate money and materials and have to work, it is estimated that it will be six o'clock in the afternoon when I come back, Fengyue wrote a chapter of 4200 words overnight last night, and it will be changed today, and it will also let Fengyue rest his brain.