If the mountain battalion led by She Jinsong used the tactics that can be regarded as the traditional tactics of the Chinese army, it is nothing more than blocking layer by layer to consume the morale and ammunition of the Japanese army, and then dividing the troops to block the attack, and the elite troops detour back to the rear of the Japanese army to complete the encirclement. Taste it carefully, it is quite similar to the Heavenly Furnace battle method used by Xue Yue, a famous general of the Chinese army.

The jungle battalion located south of Tanggang has not achieved as much glory as the mountain battalion for more than half a month. However, the damage caused by this force to the Japanese army was even deeper.

All the backbone of the jungle battalion of the Maritime Resistance Army were born from guerrilla fighting on Hainan Island. All the soldiers have been crawling and rolling in the tropical jungle for more than a year.

After several years of exploration, the equipment of the jungle battalion has now been basically finalized. Three major pieces of the jungle battalion: machetes, grenades, and submachine guns. The three major skills of the jungle battalion soldiers: marching, climbing trees, and eating game.

Tropical jungle operations, in this era, the jungle battalion of the Naval Resistance Army was undoubtedly the first professional unit. In this era, no matter which country's army enters the tropical jungle, let alone fights, it is a great problem to be able to enter and get out.

The living environment of the tropical jungle is extremely complex, with vines everywhere, poisonous insects to make up for it, and crocodiles in the swamps that choose to eat people. Without experience, even the most basic walking is a serious problem.

Among the three main regiments of the Naval Resistance Army, the field regiment and the mountain regiment were all fully equipped and reached four battalions. The jungle battalion has so far nominally four battalions. Three infantry battalions, one engineer baggage battalion, 3,000 men.

In its combat strength the three battalions totaled less than two thousand people. Moreover, these three battalions are not like field battalions and mountain battalions, which have the establishment of four companies, and all have only three companies. And in the establishment of these three battalions and nine companies, only three companies can actually be regarded as elite troops.

Whether it is Su Qing, the head of the jungle regiment, or the Madagascar troops led by Yang Weiwu. None of them were able to lead even a company, an elite company of a platoon. All three of the most elite companies of the Jungle Regiment remained in Tang Harbor. It can be seen from this that Li Guang's attention to Tanggang can also be inferred from the combat effectiveness of this jungle unit stationed in Tanggang.

In the Naval Resistance Army, Su Qing is an officer with old qualifications, and the preparations of the jungle troops are early enough, even earlier than the preparations of the field battalion and the mountain battalion. The other two troops are still in their embryonic form, and the brothers led by Su Qing are already fighting the devils on Hainan Island.

Why, the development of jungle troops is so slow?

It's not that Li Guang deliberately suppressed this uncle. Rather, the training of the jungle battalion is indeed much more complicated than that of the other two units. First of all, this is a military branch that no country in the world has, Su Qing can't learn more from textbooks, and many tactics and equipment are explored by himself. Another reason is that the jungle training is too hard. The casualty rate is too high to be fast-tracked. Even the most hard-working Chinese peasants can't stand it. As a result, there is a shortage of qualified soldiers. And that's a matter of course.

In the battle in the southern jungle, the naval resistance army completely mastered the rhythm. In the past half a month, the Japanese army has lost three or four hundred people, but the casualties of the naval resistance army have only been in double digits so far. And the three or four hundred people lost by the Japanese army were wounded in this humid and hot environment. It is almost impossible to be rescued from the dense tropical jungle, and very few survive. However, most of the dozens of fighters killed and wounded by the Naval Resistance Army, except for less than 20 killed in battle, were transferred to the rear for treatment.

The training and equipment of the two armies in jungle operations are completely different from each other. The Naval Resistance Army won a completely one-sided victory on this battlefield.

The little devil is also adapted to the tropical climate, but he doesn't know anything about jungle warfare. One of the basic skills of jungle marching is that no speech is allowed, and the soldiers communicate with each other by hand gestures. But the little devil not only talked on the march, but even sang loudly in order to be bold.

The sound deliberately made by the little devil gave the jungle camp soldiers excellent target guidance, and also gave the jungle camp soldiers an excellent opportunity to set up an ambush.

There are three major pieces of jungle battalion soldiers, and the machete ranks first, in addition to opening the way to cut vines, in the jungle with jagged branches, hand-to-hand combat is also a very practical weapon. The little devil's 38 rifle is too long, and entering the jungle is almost the same as burning a stick, not to mention hand-to-hand combat, it is difficult to even turn around.

The second-ranked grenade is not used as a grenade. In jungle warfare, grenades are not used to throw, because throwing grenades is too easy to touch branches, not only will they be redirected, but they may also be bounced back and hurt themselves. The use of grenades in the jungle is often used by the fighters of the Maritime Resistance Army at a distance of less than ten meters, just a light flick. More means of use, but the soldiers pulled a thin wire on the ring to become a tripping mine. As long as the little devil dares to chase, he will often be tricked by this thing.

In the shootout in the jungle, the distance of 100 meters is very long, and even if you climb a big tree, it is very difficult to see that 100 meters is very difficult. Most of the fighting took place at a distance of twenty or thirty meters. In this way, the Japanese army's 38 rifle has simply become a waste product, and it is often a little devil who has not been able to take aim with a gun before he is killed by submachine gun fire. When the little devil regrouped and pursued again, another dense burst of submachine gun bullets greeted him enthusiastically.

After half a month of fighting, the devils even had very few chances to see the fighters of the Naval Resistance Army. What made the little devil even more frightened was that for half a month, the devil could not even find the body of a soldier of the Naval Resistance Army.

It is impossible to fight without casualties, and the devil has also found bloodstains left over from the battle many times. However, in the minds of the devil soldiers, the opponent is not only omnipresent, but has also become immortal.

No unit can withstand such a heavy blow, and the little devil's combat style, even if it is tenacious enough, cannot withstand it. No one can fight continuously with "zero casualties" of the opponent. The loss of this kind of knife cutting not only wiped out the living force of the Japanese army, but also seriously dealt a blow to the morale of the devils. Although the little devil has not withdrawn his troops yet, he has not dared to attack again for two or three days. For the Japanese army, the damage of the jungle battalion was more reflected in the psychology, and the Japanese attacking troops were simply knocked out of their souls.

Therefore, when Li Guang went to the jungle camp to offer condolences, the morale of the soldiers in the jungle camp was like a rainbow, and the battalion commander Yayin (Li nationality in Hainan) was trying to recruit devils into the jungle.

In the face of the high morale of the jungle battalion soldiers, Li Guang still had to boost his morale, and he announced: "We have taken the city of Chang'an (Antananarivo) in Madagascar, where the government will build the Lingyan Pavilion, where every fallen brother will have a place to live and enjoy the incense of future generations." ”

"All brethren, regardless of casualties, regardless of their exploits. His family will be given 30 acres of land and a cow. If their families were in the country, the government would take them to Madagascar free of charge after the war. If there are those who have made meritorious achievements, they will be rewarded even more generously. ”

Since the jungle force is a battalion, but it is composed of three of the most elite companies, it is not very appropriate to give this mixed jungle battalion the honorary title. Therefore, Li Guang gave the jungle regiment a unified honor - jungle fangs. (To be continued......)