Chapter 19: Stopping on the Spot (1)

On Tuesday, the dog and others followed Liu Ziwu to the headquarters of the 133rd Division, and Liu Ziwu reported the situation of the dog on Tuesday to the division commander Liu Zizhou. Liu Zizhou told Tuesday that Shanghai had been lost and that the 133rd Division had been ordered to defend Nanjing.

Liu Zizhou heard that Tuesday Dog and others had fought with the Japanese army, so he learned about the operational characteristics of the Japanese army from Tuesday Dog, and tried his best to know himself and his opponent. On Tuesday, the dog called Shi Jilun, He Laifu, Xiang Qingyun and other leaders who had fought with the Japanese army, and summarized, reported, and suggested together:

1. The Japanese soldiers have high individual quality, good physical strength, good marksmanship, and good stabbing skills.

Coping methods: Boost morale, and use blood to improve quality; The stabbing is a group of 3 or 4 people, cooperating with each other, mixed with short gun shooting, and the Japanese will withdraw the bullet when stabbing, which is an opportunity to take advantage of.

2. The Japanese army is well equipped. The light firepower is comparable to that of the Central Army's descendants, and much stronger than the local units of the 133rd Division. Heavy equipment is much stronger than **: the caliber of artillery is large, the firing range is long, and the number is large; There are also tanks and airplanes to cooperate.

Countermeasures: 1. Defensive operations should dig deep trenches, reserve anti-artillery holes, dodge when the Japanese artillery is attacked, and block when the Japanese infantry attack; 2. Sharpshooters should be organized to strike at Japanese artillery observers; 3. Do not fire before the Japanese army, and the artillery should set up more preset positions in case of timely transfer to avoid being covered by enemy artillery fire; 4. Set up more mines, especially anti-tank mines; 5. Be prepared to deal with the demoman of the tank, and if there is a chance to fight in a melee, you can climb on the tank and throw a grenade into the cockpit; The defense of the aircraft is similar to the anti-artillery, but the power of the aircraft bomb is far greater than that of the artillery, and it cannot enter the anti-artillery hole to prevent it from being buried alive, so it can only hide in the dead corner of the trench to dodge, and it is forbidden to make fires and smoke in the trench to prevent the target from being exposed, and provide a strike mark for the Japanese fire. 7. If there are Japanese planes passing by during the march, they should hide under tall objects such as woods, cliffs, and houses nearby; 7. Light and heavy machine guns can be used to shoot at Japanese planes with anti-aircraft fire from heavy machine guns or dense rifle anti-aircraft shots, and the amount of advance should be grasped when shooting.

3. The Japanese army has snipers, who specialize in sniping important targets such as our officers, machine gunners, and signal soldiers.

Countermeasures: 1. Officers and soldiers should dress consistently; 2. Soldiers on the battlefield are not allowed to salute officers; 3. Officers are not allowed to gather on the front line to discuss matters; 4. The machine gunner should change positions frequently; 5. Signal soldiers should pay attention to the concealment of tactical movements; 6. Do not smoke at night to expose the target

4. When the Japanese army is blocked in a frontal attack, it will often attack from the flank, so it is necessary to pay attention to the flank defense.

5. In view of the strong firepower of the Japanese army, the layout of the position should rather compress the length of the defense line and ensure the density of firepower; Or point formation, supporting each other.

Liu Zizhou and his chief of staff, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders nodded again and again when they heard this. Liu Zizhou instructed the brigades and regiment commanders to quickly convey the descriptions of Tuesday Dog and others to all relevant units, and then invited Tuesday Dog and others to inspect the terrain together.

The group came to the outside of Liyang City, and on Tuesday the dog took the telescope handed over by Liu Zizhou, very embarrassed: "Fuck, I have fished a lot of Japanese foreigners in the past few years, but I forgot to catch a few more of these things!" ”

Liu Zizhou said generously: "Then give it to Brother Zhou!" ”

On Tuesday, the dog was inch by inch, and said cheekily: "Senior Commander Liu, if it's convenient, my brother wants to have a few more!" ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" As soon as Liu Zizhou beckoned, the chief of staff ordered to go down, and after a while, the quartermaster sent two German Zeiss telescopes.

"Brother Zhou, I'm sorry, we don't have many of them, or we can send you a few more!" Liu Zizhou is very polite and righteous.

"The two dogs are ashamed!" On Tuesdays, the dogs are not verbose.

Back in the city, the dog proposed on Tuesday: The 133rd Division has never fought with the Japanese army, and hopes that his people will set up a forward position and fight a model battle for the ** brothers!

Liu Zizhou was also very practical, and asked Tuesday Dog's team to mix some squad and platoon commanders of the 133rd Division. On Tuesday, the dog understood that Liu Zizhou wanted to train the backbone of his subordinates first, and happily agreed.

On Tuesday, Gou returned to Liyang Middle School with more than 120 officers and veterans sent by Liu Zizhou and led by Liu Ziwu. Then organize their own men and horses, equipment: 50 guards, 50 shell guns; 60 short gunners, 60 shell guns; 60 fast gunners and 60 machine guns; 30 fast gun horses, 30 machine guns, 30 war horses; 60 sharpshooters, 60 Type 38 rifles; 60 machine gunners, 30 Czech light machine guns; In addition, Xu She seized 76 Type 38 rifles, 33 Nanfang-style pistols, 9 crooked light machine guns, 9 grenadiers, 220 grenades, 2 Type 92 heavy machine guns, and two 82mm mortars; Xiang Qingyun strengthened the teaching company of more than 170 people, Wang Ziwei's ** health team of 120 people, equipped with 12 formal rifles. On Tuesday, Gou distributed the seized Type 38 rifles and Nanfang-style pistols to Wang Ziwei's health team, but stated that the health team was not allowed to participate in combat operations outside the trenches, and that nine grenadiers, nine crooked machine guns, two Type 92 heavy machine guns, and two 82mm mortars were rationed to Xiang Qingyun. In addition, there are 200 crossbow teams, 100 long knife teams, 100 spear teams, and 300 earthwork teams, totaling more than 1,400 people. On Tuesday, the dog convened Shi Jilun, He Laifu, Liu Maoer, Lu Ao, Wan Zixiong, Liu Qinghe, Wang Laodun, Zhou Dagou, Hao Xiuwen, Ma Yihang, Xiang Qingyun, Wang Ziwei, Liu Ziwu and others, first discussed, and then divided labor: Wang Laodun was responsible for organizing labor and assisting in the excavation of fortifications; Liu Qinghe is in charge of logistics support; He Laifu is in charge of the sharpshooter team, and Hao Xiuwen is a trainee; Liu Maoer was in charge of the machine-gun team; Zhou Dagou is in charge of the fast gun team; Lu Ao and Wan Zixiong each brought 50 short gunners, and Ma Yihang was trained; Xiang Qingyun was in charge of teaching the company, and Liu Ziwu's people were scattered to Xiang Qingyun's department; Wang Ziwei's health team was prepared with Tuesday Dog and Shi Jilun. Following Tuesday's suggestion, Liu Zizhou put the formation into an anti-bow shape, and it was a point front with the tendency of each other's horns, and strengthened the flank defense, Liu Zizhou particularly emphasized that Tuesday's dog department had experience in fighting with the Japanese army, but after all, it was a civilian team, so after the demonstration battle was done in the front position, it was withdrawn to the second line as a reserve.

On Tuesday, the Dog Department set up a forward position 80 meters away from the main position, and the construction was assisted by Wang Laodun's earthwork team, and the backbone of the 133rd Division and the earthwork team were operated by the Qingyun Division, and on Tuesday, Dog and Xiang Qingyun sent a large number of veterans and officers to guide other troops of the 133rd Division in building fortifications.

Tuesday Dog designed the position as three lines of defense about 60 meters apart: the first line of defense is the obstacle line, which consists of mines, pits, tripropes, and bamboo sticks; The second line of defense is the imaginary line, which is mainly equipped with riflemen, light machine guns, grenadier barrel bearers of the Xiang Qingyun Teaching Company, and a sharpshooter team, which can attack and retreat and defend, and maintain offensive and defensive flexibility; the third line of fire, equipped with light and heavy machine guns, sharpshooters, mortars; There are anti-artillery holes in the two trenches, cantonment holes, and communication trenches between the trenches. Liu Qinghe also made special designs on several straw piles 100 meters in front of the obstacle line, and he decided that the Japanese devils would definitely use these places as fire points. On Tuesday, the dogs were not flanked because they were friendly except for the front.

On Tuesday, before the fortifications of the dog and the 133rd division were completed, a large number of routs poured in. These ** soldiers are all ragged, yellow-skinned, and dull-eyed, some can barely maintain their formation, and some are really overwhelmed. On Tuesday, the dog hurriedly got out of the way, while informing the back to prepare more food, hot soup, hot water, medicine, and prepare for the labor army.

After a large number of routs, Tuesday Dog immediately sent Lu Ao and Wan Zixiong to lead the pistol team and the fast gun team to the front of the operation, the task was to insert behind the enemy and strike at the rear troops of the Japanese army; Defensive positions are ready to meet the enemy.

After the Japanese planes, the Japanese sun flag was already faintly visible.

The Japanese army came over with the aftermath of the new victory, and the scout squad of a devil saw the position of the dog on Tuesday and began to attack without hesitation, without waiting for the troops behind, which shows the arrogance of the Japanese army.

The Japanese quickly paid the price of 13 lives for their arrogance - Tuesday the dog's sharpshooter used only 19 rounds!

A Japanese brigade arrived and immediately began to attack. The two Japanese infantry guns began to bombard, the artillery fire was not strong, and the soldiers in the dog position on Tuesday hid in the anti-artillery holes and did not react.

The Japanese stopped shelling, and on Tuesday the soldiers of the dog crawled out of the anti-artillery holes and quickly entered the position. A squadron of Japanese infantry had reached a distance of more than 100 meters from the second line of defense.

On Tuesday, only riflemen and sharpshooters fired sporadically at the dog's position, and the Japanese saw the sparse firepower of the China, and confidently accelerated the attack, but did not notice that the sparse gunfire was consuming the officers, machine gunners, grenadiers—the sharpshooters almost ate the flesh of the guns.

Until the mines of the first line of defense exploded, the speed of the Japanese attack slowed down significantly, and on Tuesday the rifles and light machine guns of the second line of the dog opened fire at the same time, instantly knocking down 5 or 60 Japanese troops, and the Japanese attacking team began to scatter, but still charged fearlessly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese captain in the rear hurriedly sent three other squadrons to follow and launch a wave attack, and at the same time, the heavy machine gun squadron also began to fire support.

Tuesday Dog was not in a hurry to put in the firepower of the third line, because the troops, firepower, and terrain of the second line were far stronger than the current squadron of the devils.

When the second wave of devils attacked, most of the first squadron of devils were annihilated.

The second wave of devils retreated after a little battle, and the third wave of attacks had already been killed, and they also retreated after a little battle, and the same was true for the fourth wave of attacks.

After several waves of attacks, the Devils' 12 heavy machine guns had been erected to positions less than 200 meters away from the second-line positions, and infantry guns and grenadiers simultaneously bombarded the minefields in the front of the Dog Department on Tuesday, almost plowing the minefields.

After the shelling, more than 500 devils rushed up like locusts under the cover of heavy machine guns......

On Tuesday, three rounds of incendiary bombs were fired from grenadiers on the Dog Department's position, igniting and detonating four heavy machine gun positions on the straw pile. Three other heavy machine guns were also blown up; The light machine guns and grenadiers in the second-line position and the light and heavy machine guns in the third-line position opened fire at the same time, and a large number of devils were knocked down, and the devils' heavy machine guns were also targeted to death by sharpshooters, and they were completely dumbfired.

Relying on the large number of people and strong will, the devils finally attacked within 30 meters of Tuesday's dog position.

On Tuesday, the riflemen of the second line of the dog jumped out of the trench with bright bayonets, and the devil soldiers also began to withdraw their bullets and prepare for hand-to-hand combat, but they were knocked down by light machine gun bullets in the trench.

The riflemen took advantage of the situation to fight back into the group of devils, and the light machine guns behind quickly followed, and the two sides were entangled together.

After the third line, the long knife team and the spear team that watched the battle also rushed up, but the Japanese army had no soldiers to send. The Japanese formation turned from scattered to collapsed.

On Tuesday, the dog chased and killed all the way, and the fast gun horse team came from behind and went straight to the Japanese headquarters and baggage troops. In the end, a large Japanese brigade was completely annihilated.

The battle was clean and beautiful, annihilating a large battalion of the Japanese army, killing 1,112 enemies, capturing 2 Type 92 infantry guns, 98 shells, 7 heavy machine guns, more than 15,000 bullets, 29 grenadiers, more than 450 grenadiers, 26 light machine guns, 324 rifles, more than 30,000 bullets, 214 pistols, more than 4,000 bullets, 1,100 grenades, more than 400 pounds of explosives, 40 taels of carts, 87 pack horses, 1 war horse, 96 sabers, and 54 other scattered guns. There were more than 20,000 shells of various types, 17 of which were killed, 89 seriously wounded, 241 lightly wounded, and a number of weapons and ammunition were lost.

On Tuesday the dog's troops withdrew to the rear, and the units of the 133 Division changed guards.

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