Chapter 565: Independent Battalion

He Shuya braved the scorching midday sun and went up to the position of the 1st Company of the Independent Battalion. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

On the question of how to deploy defenses, Wang Husheng completely adopted He Shuya's opinion, divided the four infantry battalions in his hands into four echelons in front and rear, and deployed them one by one on the road that the 10th Division must pass through to enter Dameishan.

If the devil wants to enter the mountain, he must either push all the way from the positions of the four infantry battalions of the independent regiment, or he will open a road and build a bridge in the mountains and rivers, and force a passage from the barren mountains and mountains, but if the devil chooses the latter, the amount of work is not ordinarily large, and the war is bound to be protracted.

He Shuya judged that the devil must choose the former.

So He Shuya took the initiative to ask Wang Husheng to put his independent battalion at the front, behind the independent battalion, it was Yao Lei's pre-1 battalion, behind the pre-1 battalion, Zhu Chen's pre-2 battalion, and Sun Changhe's guard battalion was placed last by He Shuya, which was the last line of defense and the strongest line of defense.

He Shuya's deployment of troops in this way can be described as painstaking.

Because among the four infantry battalions, his independent battalion is actually the most combat-effective, although the independent battalion was almost disabled in the defense of Feicheng, but after that, almost all of the people who were added to the independent battalion were veterans, because of this, more than a dozen battalion commanders led by He Guangming complained about Xu Rui's partiality behind their backs.

Xu Rui is indeed eccentric, he wants to build the independent battalion into a model unit of the independent regiment!

The independent battalion not only gives priority to replenishing wounded veterans, but also has the best equipment in the whole regiment, and the other infantry battalions are all equipped with Type 92 heavy machine guns, crooked handle light machine guns and 38 big covers, but the independent battalion is equipped with Maxim heavy machine guns, imitation Czech light machine guns and Mauser 98K rifles or medium formal.

Although Sun Changhe was reluctant to admit it, He Shuya knew that the combat effectiveness of the independent battalion was definitely above that of the guard battalion.

Therefore, He Shuya put the independent battalion in the first line of defense, the purpose was to give the devil a hard dismount, so that the devil instinctively thought that the four lines of defense of the black wind outlet were of the same level, so he had a fear of war, even if the devil was not afraid of war, it could at least psychologically deter the devil and weaken his morale.

He Shuya put the independent battalion in front, and he could also give the 1st and 2nd pre-battalions more time to adapt to the atmosphere of the battlefield.

As for putting Sun Changhe's guard battalion at the end of the defense line, it is in order to have a reliable counter-assault force when necessary, at this point, He Shuya has learned Xu Rui's military habits to a full extent, no matter at any time and on any occasion, Xu Rui will not use enough troops in his hands, and will leave a reliable counter-assault force.

He Shuya learned Xu Rui's military habits to the fullest, so He Shuya also took great pains in the construction of the defensive position of the independent battalion.

The separate battalion had three infantry companies, a heavy machine-gun platoon, and a guard platoon.

Three infantry companies, two of which were arranged in echelons, the heavy machine gun platoon was assigned to the two companies respectively, and the remaining one company plus the guard platoon was firmly held in the palm of He Shuya's hand, acting as a reserve, and the purpose of leaving the reserve was to counterattack when necessary and recapture the positions that might be lost.

He Shuya completely regarded this battle as a standard positional battle and was preparing.

Whether this battle can be fought well or not, the 1st Company, which is at the forefront of the defensive line, can be said to be very important.

Therefore, even at noon when the temperature was the highest in the day, He Shuya still insisted on going up to the position of the 1st Company and personally supervising the construction of the fortifications.

In the usual training, He Shuya did not teach the construction of fortifications.

Therefore, the fortifications of the independent battalion are actually well constructed.

But after inspecting around, He Shuya still found a fatal flaw in the position, which made Zhang Dake, the company commander of the 1st Company, feel very faceless, Zhang Dake is also an old man from the independent battalion, he was the one who followed Yang Bayan and came from the commander's department of the Third War Zone, and he was also an officer and student who graduated from the Central Military Academy.

Zhang Dake immediately argued with He Shuya.

The focus of the dispute between the two was whether the defense line should be built on the ridge of the mountain.

The defensive position He Shuya chose for the 1st Company was a small hill with a flat top, and the flat land of this hill was about 300 meters in radius.

"It's not right for you to do that." Zhang Dake stiffened his neck and said excitedly, "You built the fortifications a hundred meters away from the ridge line of the mountain, but because it is blocked by the mountain, you can't see the movement of the devils under the mountain at all." ”

He Shuya was not annoyed, and said indifferently: "But the devil can't see our movements clearly." ”

Zhang Dake continued: "If the fortifications are built 100 meters away from the ridge line of Yamamoto, the firing range of machine gun fire will also be seriously restricted, and it will not be able to hit the devils at the foot of the mountain at all. ”

He Shuya said calmly: "But in this way, the devil's grenadiers and mortars have become decorations." ”

Zhang Dake was speechless by He Shuya's refutation, so he stiffened his neck and argued: "In short, it's not right for you to do this." ”

He Shuya has never been a domineering person, and said: "When the devils start attacking, you will know the benefits of building fortifications like this." ”

For the construction of this mountaintop fortification, He Shuya is still very confident.

Because in the classroom of the youth team, Xu Rui once told a classic example, the defender relied on the fortifications 100 meters behind the ridge line of the mountain, with a force of less than 500 people, to withstand the repeated onslaught of more than 20,000 enemy troops, and finally forced the enemy to withdraw in gloom.

Xu Rui just didn't tell the youth team students that this battle was the Battle of Guanjiayuan in real history, and it was also the prototype of the story of the Battle of Lijiapo in Liangjian, but unlike in the TV series Liangjian, in real history, the Battle of Guanjiadun was lost by the Eighth Route Army, and in the end it failed to completely annihilate the Japanese army.

Zhang Dake stiffly said: "When the time comes, the position can't be held, don't blame me." ”

He Shuya said confidently: "As long as you do what I say, there will be no problem, unless the little devil brings in the aviation to bombard our position indiscriminately, the devil will not think about it." ”

"Okay, that's it." Zhang Dake turned around and left sullenly.

He Shuya was not idle, he personally picked up an iron pickaxe and followed the fortifications.

After more than two hours, the fortifications on the summit platform were almost formed.

Seeing that the time was about the same, He Shuya was about to return to the battalion headquarters, and when he walked back to the ridge of the mountain, he happened to meet two soldiers carrying stones up, and when he saw the battalion commander, the two soldiers hurriedly stood up and saluted.

He Shuya was just about to return the salute, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly found that there was a cold light in front of him.

Although He Shuya is young, he is already a veteran of more than six years of military experience, and he doesn't know how many battles he has experienced.

Almost at the same time, a piercing scream almost passed over He Shuya's head.

But it was a bullet, and the high-speed rotating bullet knocked He Shuya's hat away, just a fraction of a second, He Shuya was almost shot in the head by the devil's sniper.

After He Shuya fell to the ground, he quickly retracted back to the top of the mountain.

"The little devil is going to shell, hurry up and defend against the artillery!" As soon as He Shuya gave the order, more than 100 veterans of the 1st Company of the Independent Battalion quickly threw down their hoes and pickaxes, picked up their guns, and rushed into the anti-artillery holes.

He Shuya's early warning was still slow, and the officers and men of the 1st Company had not yet hid in the anti-artillery hole, and the devil's shells came.

Fortunately, the devil's artillery bombardment focused on the hill's mausoleum line, and only a small number of shells fell on the hilltop platform due to shooting errors.

As soon as He Shuya withdrew to the position of the 1st Company, Zhang Dake came over in disgrace.

Although only a small number of shells fell on the position just now, Zhang Dake was still almost hit directly by the shells.

Zhang Dake scolded and said: "What does the squad leader do to eat, he can't put a sentry, and he is a veteran, the little devil doesn't know when he touches the foot of the mountain, and he has to shoot him when he comes back." ”

"He can't come back." He Shuya shook his head and said with a solemn expression, "On the opposite side is the special operations brigade of Xiaoluyuan, and the 1st squad leader was killed before they could give a warning. ”

"Ojihara Brigade?" Zhang Dake's expression was awe-inspiring when he heard this.

He Shuya said coldly: "Company Commander Zhang, do you still insist that the fortifications should be built on the ridge of the mountain?" ”

Zhang Dake immediately remained silent, although he refused to admit it, but in his heart he had already obeyed He Shuya, He Shuya insisted on building the fortifications behind the ridgeline, which seemed to be right, otherwise, if they really built the fortifications on the ridge line of the mountain, the bombardment of the devil would be enough for them to bear.

Not to mention the snipers of the Okabara Brigade.

In the face of the snipers of the Xiaoluyuan Special Operations Brigade, the machine gunners of their company had no chance to show their heads at all, and as soon as they showed up, they would inevitably be named by the other side, and there were often confrontation exercises in the independent regiment, and the wolf teeth would often be arranged as the blue army in the exercises, and the various battalions and companies acting as the Red Army would be beaten to the ground.

At this time, the observation post arranged on the ridge of the mountain sent back the news: the little devils began to attack.

"All of them, ready to fight!" Zhang Dake gave an order, and more than 100 veterans came out of the anti-artillery holes, poured into the defensive positions like a tide, and then began to sort out the guns and ammunition, the safety of the rifles was opened, the bullets on the bullet bags were removed, and they were pressed into the bridge clamp one by one, and then the bridge clamp was pressed into the gun chamber.

After all, he is a veteran, everything is in order, and there is no panic in the slightest.