725. The Japanese relied on cavalry to break up the melee
If the Japanese infantry or tanks quickly launched an attack after the artillery fire was extended, the 7th Company was enough to defend, although it saved the lives of most of the brothers, but it was very difficult after that.
When designing this position last night, Sangou had been fighting fiercely in his heart, and in the end, the strategy of saving his life first prevailed.
If you haven't seen the devil's infantry yet, and your own people will be killed and wounded, then you still have a bird, and it is estimated that the position will be difficult to hold, and you can't make such a senseless sacrifice, and you would rather enter the difficult point of the position, but also save your life first.
In view of this, when a large number of the enemy's cavalry attacked, the three dogs did not know at first, there was smoke everywhere, it was invisible, and the telescopes were useless, except on high ground.
But this is the Central Plains on the edge of the Yellow River, everywhere is a flat land, there is almost no high ground, the graves of the common people are buried on the flat ground, except for a few surrounding villages that have been beaten to pieces, the others are boundless.
Moreover, the bunker of the three dogs is underground, and the observation hole is also attached to the ground, so when the smoke and dust are filled, even if the telescope is hopeful, nothing can be seen at once.
Just when Sangou was about to climb out and lead the troops to seize the position, he heard the familiar sound of the cavalry attacking, which he had experienced before when he was in Songhu, and that feeling was very bad.
On the ground, it is like thousands of drums beating, stirring people's hearts and shocking people's hearts.
Dog's day, the devil's cavalry is coming, and it's not a small group of cavalry, it's so loud.
So there was the previous scene, if there was no timely command from the battalion headquarters, even if the Seventh Company rushed out to occupy the position, it might not be able to outrun the Japanese cavalry.
Even if they could occupy the position before the cavalry arrived, it would not be able to withstand the massive cavalry attack of the Japanese army.
With no heavy machine guns, no dense artillery fire, no pre-prepared trenches or traps, the infantry company was almost vulnerable to the Japanese cavalry squadron (Migou judged to be at least one squadron or more of cavalry).
Now let the devil cavalry go, and then the devil infantry will come up later, Sangou doesn't understand why the devil didn't drive the tank over?
Maybe it's because the devil tank is running out of fuel or is afraid to leave Sanyi Village? Sangou didn't think about it, the top priority now is to go out and seize the position as soon as possible, whether it is a devil tank or an infantry.
However, Sangou kept an eye on it, and on one side, the two rows of people who let Dogleg and Xiucai rush up to occupy the forward position.
The excellent shooters under Xiucai guarded the perimeter of the squad machine guns of each squad, protected the machine guns and shot the devils, and tried their best to find the officers of the devils in order to shoot them.
The "machine gun platoon" of bamboo poles was behind the first and second platoons, and the position was built in reverse, mainly to prevent the Japanese cavalry's return rifles, or the cavalry was defeated by the brother troops and retreated, so as to avoid the enemy on the back of the seventh company.
At the same time, the mortars of the machine gun platoon now began to bombard the Japanese infantry who were charging over, breaking up their formations, and also keeping an eye on their firing points, and knocking out the machine guns as soon as they saw them.
On the battlefield, especially on such a tiny battlefield, many times commanders are not only using what they have learned in a professional class, but also a combination of experience and courage.
In addition to the common rules, the things learned in the class are generally the summary of past experience.
Nowadays, new weapons are constantly appearing on the battlefield, forcing commanders to learn and adapt quickly, and to grow up quickly, otherwise, they will soon be eliminated.
The word elimination, in peacetime, is relatively mild, in the war years, most of the endings of elimination are death on the battlefield.
Of course, those high-ranking officers will have a much lower chance of dying in battle, but they also don't want their troops to be defeated or killed because of their own command mistakes, which is human nature.
Therefore, it can be said that all actions in war are the highest embodiment of human wisdom, and the huge pressure of life and death forces everyone to desperately move their heads, to save their lives, and to defeat the enemy.
Just like the current layout of the Seventh Company, if it is a single infantry company, if it dares to do this, it is certain that it will be defeated, but Liang Yiyuan's position is not only the Seventh Company, but also the three battalions and the 305th Regiment.
It's just that the 7th Company happened to be in the salient in front of the forward position, where it first came into contact with the enemy, and on the left and right sides of the 7th Company, there were 8th and 9th companies of the 3rd battalion.
There are also the second and first battalions of the 305th Regiment behind him, and it is precisely because of the support of these brother troops that Sangou dares to deploy such a formation in the Seventh Company.
will also believe the command of the herald of the third battalion, let go of the front, and let the enemy's cavalry enter.
You know, not long ago, why was the commander of the 88th Division, Long, arrested? That's because he carried the pot of the commander of the 27th Army Gui.
At present, from top to bottom, commanders at all levels do not dare to believe any passwords, and only need combat orders written in black and white before they dare to carry out tasks, especially the sensitive order of retreat, which will be betrayed at any time.
Relying on a single password, if you implement it well or win, it is good to say that once you fail or lose a lot, the superior commander will throw the pot at any time, give up the car to protect the commander, and sell you.
Anyway, the password is a thing, and the word is unfounded, and you can disown it at any time. When the time comes, I don't know how I died, and I died at the hands of my own people, and I can't even be a martyr, isn't it too wronged.
And the password just now, although Sangou didn't dare to believe it too much, he still had a certain amount of trust in Battalion Commander Liu Guangyu and Regiment Commander Zhang Lingwu, believing that they had just sold themselves, after all, the Seventh Company was still the main force of the whole regiment.
And at that time, time was pressing, and it was estimated that there was no time to write military orders, so it was good to be able to convey the password in time.
Now Sangou dispelled these doubts, concentrated on the devil in front of him, and quickly set up the formation, in addition to relying on the brother troops behind him and around him, he was also in his own knowledge and experience.
As expected by the three dogs, the devil's infantry, in order to keep up with the cavalry farther and farther away in time, the originally strictly implemented straggler formation is now loose, and many devils are crowded together in pursuit of speed.
When the devil quickly entered a distance of 400 meters, the squad machine guns of the first and second platoons of the seventh company did not need the command of the three dogs, and under the command of the platoon commander and squad leader, they immediately opened fire.
The six light machine guns opened fire in unison, and immediately weaved a tight net of firepower, and those devils who were huddled together in pursuit of speed were swept down by the sudden onset of machine gun bullets and were hit head-on.
At the moment when the machine gun fired, before the quick-reacting devils went up on the ground, Xiucai and their excellent shooters had already aimed at their respective targets and fired one after another.
The "roll call" of this sharpshooter is even more powerful, and it seems that the stragglers of the devils are sparsely sparse, but under the sound of sparse guns, they have been shot.
The devil's infantry also saw the ghost, and thought that there was a cavalry attack in front of them, which could clear some obstacles for them, at least be safer.