Chapter 62: Vegetation Camouflage
Seeing the rudeness and willfulness of this Miss Tan, I was even more afraid of it, I couldn't beat or scold, I just hoped that I would never meet her.
The bunkers of the Japanese army on Moyun Ridge have basically begun to take shape, and there are pillboxes almost every 100 meters.
At the observation and lookout of the regiment headquarters, Huang Wenlie held a telescope and looked at it for most of the day, and said: "With such a dense bunker, it seems that our army needs to strengthen the artillery deployment, otherwise, if the infantry rushes alone, the casualties will inevitably be tragic." ”
"Tuanza, do you want to use our anti-aircraft artillery to kill him twice, and see how strong their bunkers really are?" I leaned back in my chair, a little drowsy, the chair with the backrest was much more comfortable than the wooden stools in my battalion.
Huang Wenlie shook his head with his back to me and said: "The American planes reconnoitred that their pillboxes were watered with super-standard reinforced concrete, not to mention that small artillery like ours, even if it is bombed with heavy artillery, the effect will not be too good!" ”
I said, "Fortunately, it was impossible for the Japanese army to rush across the Nu River with pillboxes on their backs!" ”
Huang Wenlie finally heard it, I was not seriously discussing the military situation with him, the ridicule was more meaningful, he turned to look at me, and said: "I think that no matter what trivial and ugly things are, in the face of the war between the two armies, it can be regarded as a small section, and it seems that Commander An should not be so careless in such a serious matter!" ”
I cheered up: "Tuanza, you don't have to be too nervous, the Japanese army has made such a large defensive formation, and it has already put on a posture of only defending and not attacking." Aircraft reconnaissance only goes to see how they repair the bunkers, in fact, it is useless, people's bunkers sooner or later have to camouflage vegetation, do a good job of camouflage vegetation, the deterrent power of the aircraft will be reduced by half! Let me say that the American planes should go to reconnoiter and reconnoiter the supply of the Japanese army. ”
Huang Wenlie said: "The supply situation? How can aircraft reconnaissance see the situation of supplies, unless they want to send scouts to do ground reconnaissance! ”
I said, "It's hard to let the plane see if it's a shell or a rice ball in their supply truck." But at least we can find out the interval between their supplies, and the longer the interval, the weaker the supply capacity of the Japanese army...... In fact, looking at the appearance of the Japanese army holding on and hanging up the war-free card, you can guess that their ammunition reserves should not be more optimistic than ours! ”
Huang Wenlie pondered for a while, nodded and said: "I will suggest to Shangfeng about the situation you said, at least it will serve as a reference for future counteroffensives......"
He also mentioned the counteroffensive, which is like a trick, just talking all day long without practicing, and after a long time, I feel extremely tired of listening to a sentence and looking at it.
I stood up, put on my steel helmet, and said, "Tuanza, you're fine, I'll go out...... Patrol Rounds. ”
The patrol inspection was almost blurted out by me and said that it was breathable, and I thought Huang Wenlie should be able to hear my subtext, so I walked out of the regiment headquarters with my head down, and I didn't even look at him.
The weather in western Yunnan is changeable, I have already understood, just now it was still a clear sky, now it is dark clouds, seeing the sky is black and pressing, the air is with a trace of coolness, it seems that the rain is coming in a blink of an eye. After staying in Linmeng for a long time, we are more or less accustomed to such unpredictable weather.
Not far away, Ma Shun was training with a machine gun crew, Zhang Fugui was lying on the ground and shooting at short points, and it had only been more than a month, and Zhang Fugui's machine gun was actually better than some veterans.
I looked at it for a while and said to Ma Shun: "Zhang Fugui is good, this short point is especially good!" I think a few more days of practice, and his machine gun may surpass you. ”
Ma Shun: "This kid's machine gun is good, but he is too timid, and he really wants to fight with the devil, I'm really worried that the kid will run away after throwing down the machine gun." ”
I know how much Zhang Fugui is so timid and afraid of death, he is too worried, compared to other Qiu Ba who are far away from home, his home is the closest, but such a close family concern has become a burden to his heart, he is too afraid that his wife and children will fall into a deeper predicament if he has any accidents.
A company commander in the distance shouted to me: "Battalion commander, look at it, what kind of wind is the little devil smoking!" ”
I poked my head out of the bunker to see a group of ragged Chinese laborers cutting down tree after tree with axes and saws in front of the Moyunling position, and then carrying them to their position.
The company commander asked me: "Battalion commander, the devil is going to build a house, why do you cut so many numbers?" ”
I watched like trees falling in front of the Moyunling position, and I was also skeptical: "What kind of house can such a short tree build?" The anti-artillery layer is too short......"
A Qiu Ba couldn't help but shoot a shot, the bullets flew over the Nu River and hit the position of Moyunling, those logging laborers were frightened and lay on the ground, a Japanese soldier's head poked out, he did not shoot at us, he raised his pistol and fired a few shots in the air, forcing those laborers to continue working.
I ordered: "Don't shoot, you can't hit the Japanese, but you may accidentally injure the Chinese." ”
As he spoke, the pouring rain suddenly began to fall, and it was almost impossible to see the figures of the laborers on the other side for a few minutes, but even such a heavy rain did not stop these laborers, and finally the heavy rain came and went quickly, and after ten minutes, the dark clouds dispersed, and the rain basically stopped.
After a few days, more than half of the trees on the hillside in front of the Moyunling position had been cut down, and they had cut down not only the trees, but also the weeds. Because of the dwindling number of trees, the bunkers are becoming clearer, and even without aircraft reconnaissance, they can be seen clearly with telescopes on the east coast.
We now understand what the trees they cut down are used for, and the laborers drag the trees and weeds they cut down to the top of the bunkers and cover them one by one, and they are camouflaging the bunkers, so that not only can they prevent the planes from bombing, but after camouflage, I find that even if our long-range artillery wants to target them, it is very difficult.
After a period of arrangement, now we can no longer see the large number of bunkers, but instead the tree forts that are connected with trees, and it is quite difficult for the plane to confirm the target at high altitude.
The trees in front of the position were cut down, and the bunkers were camouflaged, so that the laborers could no longer be seen during the day, but at night we would hear the sound of busy work on the other side of the east bank.
I commanded, "Fire the flare!" ”
Several flares rose into the air, illuminating the position of Moyunling, and the laborers were all lying motionless on the ground under the reprimand of the Japanese army, and when the earth fell into darkness again, the Japanese ordered the laborers to continue working.
We don't know exactly what tricks the Japanese are playing, the only thing we know is that it must be a trick aimed at us.