Chapter 172: Armored Battalion
Soul crossing is not omnipotent, and it only depends on the familiarity of history! Once history changes, it will be necessary to test the military literacy of the soul traveler. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Since the Tibetan Mountain Temple received the enemy, Xiao Siming's comet rose rapidly, invisibly inciting butterfly wings and affecting the trajectory of historical development. Others don't know, Xiao Siming himself is very clear.
Historically, after the Japanese army besieged the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Area on the Eighth Road, the Japanese troops stationed in Pingding evacuated immediately after capturing the county seat of Yuxian, and then occupied Yuxian for the second time, and occupied Yuxian until the end of the Anti-Japanese War. Because of Xiao Siming's appearance, the Japanese army suffered a heavy blow in Yuxian County and fled in a hurry. Immediately afterwards, Xiao Siming led his troops to fight the Nianzigou Blockade Battle, severely damaged the 119th Wing of the 118th Infantry Brigade of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army, and killed the wing commander Ishida Jinzo Daisa. Then it was to attack and occupy the stone measuring station, destroy the Taiyuan Airport, attack and occupy Shouyang City, and annihilate the 20th Cavalry Wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army in Mafang, and severely damage a brigade of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army. This series of battles has never happened in history, but now they have all happened in real life.
When it comes to the real results, the results of Xiao Siming's division are the first in the Chinese army, and the losses caused to the Japanese army are also the first! Because every time Xiao Siming's troops fought, they took advantage of the terrain and geography to fight unexpectedly, just like a tiger watching in the dark, seeing an opportunity, suddenly pounced, and killed with one blow. The little devils who were attacked by Xiao Siming's troops were often all killed, and none of them survived, so that the little devils were reduced one unit after another in an organized manner.
This is the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, and the little devils who died under Xiao Siming's guns were all well-trained elites, that is, old devils. Destroying a squadron in a formation is much more fruitful than defeating an infantry brigade of devils. Although Japan has a complete military system, and the troops are quickly replenished in battle losses, they are all new recruits, and even after 11 months of training, they are still new recruits. Invisibly, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced!
This style of play is pumping the bone marrow of the little devil and pumping the spirit of the little devil.
For the time being, the little devil may not feel much pain, and when Xiao Siming continues to fight, the little devil will one day find that the troops fighting against Xiao Siming are severely damaged in combat effectiveness!
Like the current battle to capture Lianzhen, if it is replaced by other troops, whether it is other national * army units or the Eighth Route Army troops, attack and occupy Lianzhen, eliminate the Japanese puppet army stationed in Lianzhen, and then achieve the goal, and then retreat. Only Xiao Siming, and only Xiao Siming, regarded the attack on Lianzhen and the elimination of the Japanese puppet army stationed in Lianzhen as only the prelude to this combat operation, that is, the first step, and determined the core of the entire battle plan to intercept the Japanese army and capture the Japanese army's supplies.
Facts have proved that Xiao Siming's method is right, it is simply Gaojiazhuang's high!
Now, the advance brigade has eliminated a devil squad, a company of the pseudo-garrison, more than 1,000 supplementary soldiers in Lianzhen, and captured a whole army of supplies, this result is already very amazing, but Xiao Siming still has to wait, waiting for the Japanese army to continue to serve!
This Xiao Siming is really ruthless!
Judging from the train running time at Lianzhen Railway Station, there should be another military train passing before dark. It's just that Xiao Siming doesn't know what this military column is carrying.
The reason why Xiao Siming said that there should be the most needed things on this military column was because he knew that the Segu detachment was fighting very the front line of Taierzhuang and had high battle losses.
In order to block the footsteps of the Japanese army attacking Xuzhou, Sun Lianzhong's troops were stationed in the Chifeng City Department of Taierzhuang, and the officers and soldiers were determined to die and fought to the death, composing a page of tragic and glorious poems of the Chinese soldiers!
Xiao Siming knew that the warriors on the front line of Taierzhuang used explosive packs and cluster grenades to blow up the tanks and armored vehicles of the little devils, and it was often a few lives or even a dozen lives to blow up a Japanese tank or armored vehicle. He judged that the little devils would definitely send tanks and armored vehicles to the Taierzhuang front line to make up for the battle losses of the Seya detachment. The tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese army should have been stored in Tianjin, the largest supply base for their invasion of China.
Xiao Siming wanted to try his luck and see if he could intercept the military column transporting tanks and armored vehicles to the front line in Taierzhuang in Lianzhen!
As long as such a military column can be stopped, even if those tanks and armored vehicles are blown up, it will be a great support for the defenders of Taierzhuang!
This is not Xiao Siming's imagination out of thin air, it is all based on the situation of the Taierzhuang Battle that he knows and the supply habits of the Japanese army.
The Japanese army supplied tanks and armored vehicles to the front line in Taierzhuang by rail, and transported them overnight, and these tanks and armored vehicles that arrived at the front line will be ready for battle tomorrow morning.
No wonder the defenders fought so hard, obviously they had almost blown up all the Japanese tanks, but the next day the Japanese tanks came again, as if they were endless!
In fact, the strength of the chariot units of the Seya detachment, which attacked Taierzhuang, did not increase, on the contrary, there were losses. The point is that they can replenish new tanks and armored vehicles in time!
Not to mention, Xiao Siming's luck is good, and his analysis and judgment are also good!
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, another military train from Tianjin arrived at Liancheng Station, but it was still intercepted, and the little devils of a squadron escorting the car also hit the muzzle of the Eighth Route Army, and they were completely dead!
This military train has only six carriages, except for the guard carriage, the remaining five carriages are all what Xiao Siming wants most.
On the two flat cars, there are four Type 97 medium tanks fixed in each, that is, the Type 97 medium tank said by the Japanese army, a total of eight, and the paint on the body is shiny and spotless!
On another flatbed car, four Type 92 armored vehicles were stationed.
The remaining two carriages, one for diesel barrels for tanks and gasoline barrels for armored vehicles, and the other for tank shells, mainly high-explosive and armor-piercing shells. There are also tanks, armored vehicles, on-board machine gun bullets.
Xiao Siming immediately came to his senses, and ordered the soldiers who could drive cars recruited by the baggage team in Yuxian and Shouyang and several engineers who could drive cars in the arsenal to gather at the railway station, and personally commanded them on the spot, erected rut boards, one after another, and unloaded all eight tanks and four armored vehicles from the military column.
Huang Hua, Hu Qingyun, and Huo Cheng didn't know that there were soldiers in the baggage team who could drive cars, and they thought that Xiao Siming would order these tanks and armored cars to be blown up, but they didn't expect Xiao Siming to lead the soldiers and engineers who could drive cars into the military column, enter the tank, and really start the tank, and also command one by one to drive down from the military column, and he was so surprised that his mouth grew into a "0" shape!
Not only that, Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui discussed and immediately ordered the establishment of an armored battalion of the eastward advance brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and ordered Yuan Gang, an instructor of the first battalion, to serve as the commander and instructor of the armored battalion, and immediately transferred soldiers from the heavy machine gun battalion and artillery battalion to form an armored battalion.
The Japanese Type 97 tank, each vehicle has a crew of 4, including a commander, driver, gunner, and machine gunner. Armored vehicles have 5 crew members per vehicle!
This is only for combatants, and the armoured battalion must also have ammunition trucks dedicated to transporting ammunition, as well as vehicles and technicians dedicated to maintenance and repair. It's just that this military train only made up for the battle losses of the Seya detachment, with only 8 tanks and 4 armored vehicles, and no logistics support vehicles, so they could only be captured from the Japanese army when they had the opportunity in the future.
Where would Yuan Gang understand the combat tactics of the armored forces, found Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui, and said that he didn't understand tank tactics, he couldn't be the commander of the armored battalion, and he really couldn't do it!
Yuan Gang was the machine gun squad leader when Xiao Siming formed the wounded squad at the Zangshan Temple, and followed Xiao Siming from the Zangshan Temple all the way to Jinpu Road.
Speaking of which, this Yuan Gang can be regarded as the descendant of Xiao Siming's lineage.
With tanks and armored vehicles, it is a pity to blow them up, and it is necessary to think of ways to form combat effectiveness, which means that armored forces must be formed. Others don't know, but Xiao Siming knows the power of the armored force, and the armored synthesis tactics in his mind just need a smart, studious and extremely loyal cadre to control this armored force!
Xiao Siming said to Yuan Gang angrily: "You didn't know how to eat when you were born!" What's the big deal about not understanding armored tactics? As long as you are willing to learn! ”
Listening to what Xiao Siming said so simply, Yuan Gang hurriedly reported that even learning must have teachers and teaching materials. Now there are only a few tanks and armored vehicles, and if you want a teacher without a teacher, if you want a textbook without a textbook, how can you learn it? Isn't it too difficult?
Xiao Siming was annoyed and shouted at Yuan Gang: "Could it be that I told you a daughter-in-law, and I have to enter the cave room and give birth to a child for you?" Do you need to bother me with all this? Don't know how to drive, learn from fighters who can drive. Don't know how to use artillery, learn from artillerymen! You won't use a vehicle-mounted machine gun, go learn from the machine gunner! I don't know how to make radio contact, go and learn from my comrades at the radio! If you don't know armor tactics and learn from the Japanese army, you can also come to me to study and ponder! What other difficulties do you have? If you really don't want to do it, me off! There are many people who want to be armored battalion commanders! ”
Yuan Gang didn't dare to say that he couldn't do it anymore, so he turned around and left, running faster than a rabbit!
With the armored battalion, after the training and run-in for a period and the formation of combat effectiveness, if the little devil does not open his eyes, he dares to chase the big ass of the advance brigade, Xiao Siming believes that not to mention the Japanese army on the scale of the brigade, even the Japanese army on the scale of the wing, can also teach them a hard lesson!
Because of the tanks and armored vehicles, the Gaoping dual-purpose guns and Gaoping dual-purpose machine guns on the two columns of the devil's two trains to transport supplies were not so precious, and they were quietly unloaded and transported away by the artillery battalion.
At this time, the purpose of Xiao Siming's heart to capture Lianzhen was basically achieved, and the next thing was to mobilize the devils and ambush the little devils who might come to reinforce Dongguang County and Wuqiao County.
That night, the Eighth Route Army went to the 15th Division to advance eastward, and once again launched a large-scale rush in Lianzhen. All the porters at the railway station and wharf in Lianzhen were urgently recruited, and the young and middle-aged people, horse-drawn carriages, and donkey carts in the nearby villages were all recruited to form a front team to assist the Eighth Route Army in rushing to transport the captured munitions and materials. Then, Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming divided their troops, with Xiao Siming and Hu Qingyun leading the first battalion, the second battalion, the cavalry battalion, the heavy machine gun battalion, and the artillery battalion to form a reinforcement force and put into the reinforcement operation. (To be continued.) )