Chapter 20: Geng Shuangxi's decision
"Good!"
Yue Siliang shouted loudly in his heart, and forcibly suppressed the urge to slap his thigh.
Li Jie's words can be said to be in his heart, although there are all kinds of small problems, he has to admit that Li Jie is indeed the most aura among these battalion commanders, when others are staring at their own achievements and divergent thinking, only Li Jie alone can see the key to the matter at a glance.
Raising his hand, he signaled that Battalion Commander Wang Shuangyin's speech could end here, and then he was asked to speak.
"What the commander of the third battalion just said is very good, the equipment of the Japanese army is much stronger than ours. In the previous battle in Xigou, although we won a big victory. But at the same time, we also need to recognize the reality that we fought an ambush war in the battle of Xigou, and the enemy in the ambush was mainly a baggage army. Not the most elite main force of the Japanese army.
In the First Battle of Xigou, the Japanese army did not dispatch various heavy artillery units. If we were to engage in a large positional battle on the plains, the Japanese would have no power to fight back as long as they took out their heavy guns of more than 100mm caliber. Although you have won one game, you can't be fooled by the results. The main reason why Yan Xishan's troops retreated in successive defeats was that they lost too badly in positional warfare.
The equipment of the Jin Sui army is better than ours, but they have all lost, and we will definitely not be able to win a positional battle with the enemy. This generational gap in equipment is by no means something that can be compensated by tactics and will.
Similarly, the three-three system tactics were indeed more advanced infantry tactics than the Japanese group's center. However, the rhythm of the attack of the entire war is now in the hands of the Japanese army, and this objective problem must also be considered. Where are we attacking? A good opportunity like this Battle of Pingxingguan will not be available again for a long time to come.
On the contrary, Li Jie's words make a lot of sense. The Japanese army has always had a tradition of bushido, and because of Japan's lack of resources, the Japanese army is very keen on fighting with bayonets and hand-to-hand combat. And it is only in the process of hand-to-hand combat that we can minimize the gap in weapons and equipment.
But it doesn't mean that we only go to hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, how to use clever methods to take the biggest advantage in hand-to-hand combat is the key to our discussion this time.
Let's continue to talk about this issue. ”
After saying this, Yue Siliang struck a match and lit a cigarette for himself, and continued to sit against the wall and listen to everyone's speeches.
The cadres of the 424th Regiment had long been accustomed to Yue Siliang's way of meeting, and Zhang Chi, the deputy commander of the first battalion, stood up and spoke.
"I'll just talk about it first, when I was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, I stayed by the battalion commander's side. The Japanese soldiers' stabbing skills were very strong, and even the battalion commander's one-on-one stabbing was very hard, and the battalion commander was wounded after killing several people in a row. So after that, I stopped fighting the enemy alone, but assisted the battalion commander against the enemy.
The Japanese do not seem to make conscious cooperation, and in most cases they choose to fight alone, which means that we can maintain our numerical superiority with the Japanese when fighting bayonets, and two or three people cooperate to kill an enemy. This will reduce our losses. ”
"Appeal ......"
Before Zhang Chi's words were finished, there was a buzz below, and many people began to chatter with each other.
"More to bully less...... I'm embarrassed to say that at the conference......"
However, Yue Siliang agreed with Zhang Chi's point of view very much, and he even saw the reactions of the platoon-level cadres below. I thought that the arrogance in the hearts of the soldiers of the 424th Regiment was indeed not small, and they were reluctant to even take advantage of such things.
"Regiment Commander, although Zhang Chi's words sound reasonable, the enemy is not a fool. It's okay once or twice, but I definitely don't want to engage in hand-to-hand combat with us again in the future. ”
After some serious thinking, Di Hanming said in Yue Siliang's ear. His fears were not unreasonable, no one was stupid, and if the Japanese army had as many resources as the Germans, they would not insist that they must practice hard. Nothing is absolutely insistent, and if the Japanese army found out that they didn't take advantage of it, they might really not fight with them anymore.
"You're right, we naturally can't be stupid to rush to find the little devil to fight the bayonet, if guiding the little devil to follow our ideas is an art, we can discuss these slowly, but Zhang Chi's suggestion in front of us can be adopted first."
Knowing that Yue Siliang knew what he knew, Di Hanming didn't say anything more, Yue Siliang was still in charge of military matters, and he usually just made some suggestions.
"Anyone else wants to say anything?"
"Commander, I want to talk about it."
The commander of the ninth company of the third battalion stood up and said with a worried face, Zhang Chi's speech just now was not very good among the cadres, and he was a little afraid to speak.
"Say it generously, twist and pinch like something!"
"Yes!"
After being choked, the commander of the Ninth Company immediately refused to sell Guanzi.
"At that time, when our third battalion went to outflank the enemy, almost all the soldiers in the battalion were out of bullets, and basically only the battalion commander's gun still had bullets. But when fighting with the enemy in hand-to-hand combat, the two mirror boxes in the hands of the battalion commander played a great role. Two guns, a total of forty rounds of ammunition, brought down more than a dozen enemies, and wounded a few, hoping that the soldiers of a platoon next to the battalion commander were relieved of the pressure.
At the time, I wondered why, but later I realized that the devils hardly shoot when fighting bayonets. That is to say, when fighting bayonets, the devil does not shoot, we shoot, is this also a number. ”
As soon as the words of the Ninth Company Commander came out, there was also a coaxing below. But this time, the cadres all showed expressions of sudden realization on their faces, and they also felt that something was wrong when they were fighting bayonets before, but now that they think about it, they understand that it turned out that the devil didn't shoot when he was fighting bayonets!
"You're right, that's what I said before, trying to find a way to take advantage of the devil in the bayonet. Remember the brochure I gave you before the team started? What describes the devil's 38 big cover? ”
"The gun is long, the accuracy is high, the range is long, and the penetration is strong!"
The commander of the second company had a good memory, and immediately blurted out to answer Yue Siliang's question.
"That's right, the 38 big cover, the destruction is destroyed by this penetrating power. It doesn't matter if they shoot the enemy in front of them when they fight with bayonets, but if the bullet penetrates the enemy and accidentally injures their own people behind the enemy, it will be broken. Therefore, the little devil stipulates that when fighting bayonets, the safety bolt must be pulled on, and no shots are allowed.
This is where we can take advantage, the little devils are not allowed to shoot, but we can. They use bayonets against us, and we leave the bullets for them while we fight with bayonets! It's called taking advantage! ”
"Hahaha......"
When Yue Siliang said this, the cadres below laughed, and the atmosphere in the entire courtyard was extraordinarily joyful. Some people shared some of their own experiences, and some people stood up and said that the actions of the Japanese army when they fought were worth learning, and they talked a lot.
Wang Shuangyin wrote down one by one there, and these contents were eventually sorted out and put on the booklet. It was precisely because of the good habit of summing up experience that the 424th Regiment was able to survive the difficult situation at the beginning.
"Commander, we're pretty much done today. It's time to announce one last thing. ”
After remembering it for a long time, Wang Shuangyin asked in a low voice.
"Okay, that's all for today."
Yue Siliang nodded, signaling that he could make an announcement.
"All right, comrades. That's all for today's summary meeting, and we have an important thing to announce next. This time, in the battle of Xigou, some of our cadres were sacrificed, so we must replenish them. After discussion between the regiment commander and a few of us, it was decided that the positions of such a few comrades would be changed. ”
In the previous battle in Xigou, the 424th Regiment was almost the same, not to mention the wounded muscles and bones. The cadres sacrificed a lot, two company commanders, two deputy companies, and several platoon commanders...... As for the squad leader, the losses are even greater. It is indeed necessary to replenish some cadres.
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Geng Shuangxi, the leader of the platoon, was very surprised, he never expected that Wang Shuangyin would call his name. The company commander and deputy company commander of the first company were sacrificed, so when discussing who would take over the position of company commander, Bai Lin thought about it and elected Geng Shuangxi.
At the moment when his name was called, Geng Shuangxi was stunned, and when he reacted, his face was even more complicated. Even when several platoon commanders around him were congratulating him, there was no joy on his face.
"Commander...... I ......"
After hesitating for a long time, Geng Shuangxi seemed to have made up his mind in his heart, and stood up with a bang, looking at Yue Siliang and saying a little hesitantly.
"Huh? What's the matter, my Grand Chief, what do you have to say? It can't be that the new official takes office and wants to burn the three fires to me, right? ”
Seeing that it was Geng Shuangxi, Yue Siliang was stunned at first, and then thought that the other party was overjoyed when he knew that he was promoted to company commander, so he simply joked with him, who would have thought that Geng Shuangxi's next words surprised everyone present.
"Commander...... I...... I don't want to be this company commander. ”
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