201. Rotate to defend the first line of defense
In the past few days, the 58th Division has also been fighting day and night with the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, containing a large number of enemy troops, otherwise, the 11th Division would have sent a small number of troops to fight Sangou's position.
There were only about 20,000 people in the 11th Division, and they were all diverted out in this way, and there were critical positions everywhere, positions everywhere where every inch of land was contested, and important places that were lost and affected by the whole body.
The 58th Division was recruited by Yu Jishi in his hometown as a soldier of Zhejiang, following the example of Qi Jiguang, the hero of the anti-Japanese war, and recruiting many fierce indigenous mountain people in Yiyi, Jinhua and other places.
Hoping to replicate the bravery of the Qi family army and defeat the current Japanese army, the 58th Division is not only fully equipped, but also extremely strong in combat, and on the southern front of Luodian, it is difficult to distinguish with the 11th Division.
The 51st Division was next to the thigh of the 58th Division, and it had strong support and support on the battlefield, and it had timely ammunition supply, so it also fought very well.
The main reason is that there are many veterans of the 51st Division, and most of the officers in chief and officers at all levels are people who work hard, not those corrupt officers who come to the army to do business and make a fortune.
Therefore, in addition to being tough, and very flexible, Sangou is in such an environment, growing rapidly, from a junior commander who did not dare to kill people at the beginning, to now a junior commander who can react quickly and make reasonable responses.
Although the ammunition is convenient for supply, Lao Hu still told Niu Gu to pay attention to saving money, first, our supply line is always intermittent, and it was bombed too badly by the devil plane, and the supply is still tight by pulling and carrying it at night.
Second, now it seems that this battle is not as simple as we imagined at the beginning, thinking that the fight will stop after a period of time, you see that this devil has not slackened, so we must be prepared for a long-term war.
Third, the seventh company has now become the pillar of the third battalion, and although the eight or nine companies fought very bravely and were not ambiguous at all, they had few results, and even their own casualties were very fast.
Now the position of the entire third battalion, even if the seventh company fights the best, therefore, Lao Hu's requirements for the seventh company will be met as first as possible, of course, at this point, Lao Hu will not say too obviously to Niu Gu, just go and understand it yourself.
Anyway, if the Seventh Company wants to play with momentum and reputation, the future of the third battalion can only look at the seventh company now, this is already obvious, it is clear, if the third battalion fights well, Lao Hu will go up in the future, and the third battalion commander will naturally be bullish.
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The devil attacked so many times in the salient position of the Seventh Company of the Three Dogs, but he didn't succeed, he lost so many troops, and today he lost almost a squad of cavalry, and he probably died of distress.
Sangou often saw the training of cavalry in school, and he knew more about cavalry, which was not as simple as he imagined, and he could not ride a horse.
There are many, many horse skills and team cooperation skills, especially the cavalry units that are so strict and demanding that the Japanese army train.
I heard that before the war, in the twentieth year of the Republic of China (1932), the United States Olympic Games, there was a cavalry squadron leader of the Japanese army who went to participate in the equestrian competition and came back with a gold medal in the Olympic Games.
It can be seen that the gold of the Japanese cavalry troops, looking at those tall Oriental horses, the excellent breeds that have taken decades to match, have lost dozens of horses here at once, and the three dogs themselves are distressed.
If they had such a cavalry unit, they would not have to provide for it, and they would not be willing to send it to the battlefield to charge so hard, although the Japanese cavalry unit was equipped with infantry rifles, and the cavalry wing also had small artillery, heavy machine guns and other firepower.
I just don't know why the Japanese army is so light on the enemy this time, and they don't use those heavy firepower, they may think too highly of themselves, thinking that the Chinese army is vulnerable in front of the Japanese cavalry with superb horsemanship.
Before the charge, a heavy artillery shot the three dogs and their positions to pieces, and then, what troops could organize the resistance force, pull out the cavalry to attack, and the position would be successful.
It is estimated that the Japanese infantry commander who did not complete the task last time was criticized too much, and he did not even have a chance to tell, or even if he did, it would be regarded as an excuse for the loser to add fuel to his own fire.
It was a fluke, Sangou knew very well in his heart that the victories in these battles were all successful by luck, and they were all caused by the Japanese army's light enemy, but if they gave full play to their superior firepower, it would be difficult for Sangou to effectively organize resistance.
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Niu Gu himself didn't expect that this battle would last so long, so he couldn't keep the 4th platoon guarding the first line of defense, otherwise, his little old foundation would be all gone.
Moreover, it is always like this, even the fellow countrymen and their own old troops will have complaints; Therefore, he told the whole company that in the future, the defense would be rotated, and each platoon would guard the first line of defense for one day.
Now the first line of defense, that is, the 2nd platoon that temporarily went to defend last night, also happened to be familiar with the position of the night, first rotated, tomorrow to change to 3 platoon, the day after tomorrow to change to 1 platoon.
Everyone has no opinions, this kind of rotation should have started on the first day, and now it has been a few days since the top of the 4th row has been in front, and the example and sacrifice have been made, and the others naturally have no opinion.
Now Sangou is organizing personnel to build a bombed and tattered position, while keeping a combat diary, and at the same time thinking worriedly.
I don't know, after the arrogance and underestimation of the Japanese army are woken up by them again and again, what will happen to the next attack? In any case, according to the unrelenting strength of the Japanese army, the next battle will definitely become more and more fierce and more difficult to fight.
Unconsciously, the sun rose high, and the fragrance of food wafted over, and the three dogs' stomachs involuntarily growled, it turned out that it was already lunch time, and the cooking team picked up the food.
Everyone wiped their dirty hands, and prepared to hold their own small iron bowls to serve food as usual, and suddenly there was a loud noise, I went, and Ansheng didn't let Ansheng eat the rice.
Needless to say, it must be the devil's cannon again, so he quickly grabbed his weapon and ran to the tunnel, and the three dogs and the cooks ran back to the tunnel with food in one basket.
Ordered the beaters to hurry up and eat at this time, and it was only a few minutes, as soon as the cannon sounded, it was estimated that the devil was coming, and everyone hurriedly pulled the food.
While eating, everyone felt sorry for the position that had taken a long time to repair in the morning, and now it must have been blown into a mess by the shells of the dog day, and they knew that it was better to rest in the morning.
About ten minutes later, the Japanese artillery extended backwards, and everyone was driven out like ducks, rushing towards their positions at a rapid pace.
Sangou's 4th platoon is in the third line of defense of the original 2nd platoon, which is very close to the mouth of the tunnel, so there is no need to be in a hurry, and it has been explained to several squad leaders before, so that they should not be in a hurry to expose their firepower first, and see what tricks the devil will make this time.
Sangou borrowed the telescope of Niu Gu to see how the devils in front of the position would play this time, but the smoke and dust were filled, and he couldn't see clearly what was on the front line.