Chapter 297: The King of Infantry

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Phoenix Mountain north of Jiulian City ().

For the third time in twenty years, the place has seen the sound of cannonballs. The first time was the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese soldiers who broke through Jiulian City crushed the Qing army all the way to Mukden from here, and lost the northeast despite countless casualties. The second time was Japan and Russia, still the Japanese soldiers gathered from the other side of the bank of the Sinuiju White Horse Mountain, braved the fierce artillery fire blockade and forced to cross the river, Kuroki Weizhen led 30,000 elites to grab the Hushan Fortress of Jiulian City again, and then chased the Russian army all the way.

Both times it was from the south to the north, and the attack was also from Japan, but this time it was from the north to the south, and Japan was the one who defended.

After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan never left the strategic location of Jiulian Castle as it did last time, and illegally occupied it for a long time, not to mention the 120 and 150 mm heavy guns purchased from Germany from the country. Because according to these guns successfully imitated the 38 series that is more suitable for their own country, most of these guns have been used for fixed fortress defense, plus the captured Russian materials, the entire Jiuliancheng Hushan Fort has two 240 heavy guns left by the Qing government and nearly more than ten artillery pieces of other calibers, Japan in the improvement of the defense will be compared to this place as a hammer on the mouth of the Yalu River, control here is also equivalent to controlling the entire Yalu River, and other countries that are eyeing North Korea and Northeast China are blocked outside.

Now the 12th Brigade of the 37th Division is not blocked on the river, but is blocked on Phoenix Mountain north of Jiulian City.

Chirped two stray bullets grazed Chen Yushi's steel helmet, although the cauldron on the head was uncomfortable, but it could save lives, there have been several stray bullets in the army, and the head was blooming before, but now I am lucky to survive.

He was a native of Hubei, after graduating from the Japanese army, he went to Guangxi to serve in the Gui Army, and after Xinhai, he went to Nanjing as a general of the Kuomintang and was assigned to the Eighth Division of the Republic of China as a brigade commander. Now the Eighth Division is gone, and all three Jiangsu Divisions have been merged into the 12th and 13th Infantry Divisions of the Wehrmacht. After the end of the Northern Expedition last year, the 12th Division was ordered to be stationed in Changchun, and the soldiers of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the army were reluctant to come so far, especially in the difficult winter, dozens of people died, and countless people were sick. Since the beginning of the year, many soldiers who can't stand it have retired one after another, and the Ministry of Defense has added a lot of former Beiyang recruits, compared with those pampered Nanyang troops, the former Beiyang soldiers who joined through half-year training are very good, don't read less books but do things seriously at a glance, it can also be seen that if it were not for the sudden rise of the national defense forces, the ten Kuomintang would not be able to stop Beiyang.

After appreciating the congenital deficiencies of the Kuomintang Party, he was also completely disappointed, so he was introduced to join the National Society. In contrast to the KMT, which has a distinctly gang-like organization, the KMT has a very strict organizational structure, and its members of the military are not allowed to interfere in politics and local construction. In fact, this is also good, after not being distracted by miscellaneous things, he is more focused on the military aspect, unlike the Kuomintang when the military and government did not distinguish between who had the big fist and who spoke, although now at the national level, it is also the fist of the national community to talk about the same, but there are very few things in which the military interferes in internal affairs.

However, even if he focused on military affairs, his 39th Brigade did not fight well, and the whole division was supplemented with hundreds of light machine guns, grenadiers and a full 36 75 guns, and the firepower was several times more than that of the previous Eighth Division, but the Southern Army and the Northern Army in the team obviously had not been kneaded together, and in the face of the Japanese soldiers who were not more than a brigade, they didn't break through for a day, and they thought of killing the entire 38th Division of the 1st Wing in a few days, which is already a big slap in the face ()!

"Go, let the three regiments go up! If you can't take it again, the face of our 39 brigade will be lost! The staff officer also blushed from being scolded, and immediately ran to give the order again. A moment later, the two battalions of the 3rd Regiment launched a charge towards Phoenix Mountain for the fifth time, and the brigade's 6 70mm infantry guns began to roar after resting for a while, and the shells fell one by one and blew up the Phoenix Mountain in front of them in an instant, but after the 3rd Regiment rushed up, those Japanese soldiers actually rushed out of nowhere, and the 3rd Regiment with 4 heavy machine guns and 4 75 guns could not even lift its head, although the grenadiers had been firing back, but the accuracy of these small things 500 meters away was obviously insufficient.

"Rush! Don't be stunned! ”

Seeing that people in the 3rd regiment kept falling, Chen Yushi was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.

"Brigade commander, the 101st Division is here."

Chen Yushi turned his head to look and saw more than a dozen ore transport ships of more than 100 tons coming to the river, the front few were infantry, and the back ones were all cannons with their barrels facing the sky. As soon as he saw these cannons, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that this time he should be able to kill those Japanese soldiers.

After a while, a short and stout lieutenant walked to the door and saluted: "Report to the commander, Yang Liehu of the 101st Division was ordered to lead the battalion to protect the artillery battalion to come to support. ”

"Yang Liehu!" After hearing this name, Chen Yushi remembered that in the Xihuamen incident not long ago, it was he who ordered to enter the Forbidden City in time to avoid greater losses, for which the presidential palace and the prime minister both sent a message of praise, and the Ministry of National Defense also specially telegraphed the whole army to commend and call for study, but I didn't expect this person to come here. But now is not the time to chatter, seeing that the artillerymen are unloading the cannons with the help of the people, he asked: "It's so good to come, how long will it take for the cannon mount to be ready?" ”

Yang Liehu glanced at the 3rd Regiment in the fierce battle in the distance, and saw that their formation was scattered and disorganized, and he couldn't help frowning: "It will take at least an hour for the river beach to be uneven, and the command headquarters ordered us to occupy Phoenix Mountain before the artillery sets up the artillery, and lay the telephone line, I don't know how long it will take Brigade Commander Chen?" ”

"An hour? I've been stuck here for a day ()! I don't know what kind of medicine those Japanese soldiers took, but they didn't fight to the death, and they all looked like rats, and a shell looked no different from death in the past, but you can rush up and see, that's all. ”

When Chen Yushi pointed to the three groups and smiled bitterly, Yang Liehu saw some clues.

Although the 3rd Regiment also had tactics, it used the old-fashioned infantry linear tactics, that is, the Japanese infantry tactics. This tactic required the infantry to split into several rows and launch a charge, which lacked depth and would kill a single shell, and even more so in the face of a heavy machine-gun blockade. Thinking that this tactic of the Japanese army was almost swept to death when it was first Russo, I didn't expect that these people are still using it now, and I can't help asking: "The infantry tactics that Brigade Commander Chen learned in Japan?" ”

"My brother used to be a soldier in the industrial defense battalion of Hanyang Factory, and was later selected to graduate from the Hubei Military Academy. Chen Yushi didn't understand the meaning of his words, and he was still a little proud, of course, he concealed the fact that he was expelled for propagating revolutionary ideas during his studies.

"No wonder." Yang Liehu muttered in his heart and asked, "Didn't you practice the three-three tactics?" The distance of the grenadier is too far, it has exceeded 500, not to mention that even those old oilers of the 1st Division can't hit accurately. ”

Three-three tactics? Chen Yushi remembered the new infantry tactics that had been promoted throughout the army since last year, but he always thought that it was useless, so the 39th Brigade spent most of its time practicing the linear tactics of the Japanese infantry. ”

Yang Liehu completely understood why a brigade was actually blocked by a brigade for a day and a night! No wonder the commander and Principal Jiang Baili said that the stupidest thing about these old officers is that they have learned infantry tactics from the Japanese but do not know how to be flexible, so they know that they are rushing to the death, and it is strange that they can get by in this kind of complex mountainous area blocked by heavy machine guns! However, his low level is not easy to talk about, so he simply rolled up his sleeves and said, "Brigade Commander Chen, if you think you can, it is better to let your brother try it." ”

Chen Yushi was eager to see what was so strange about these "personal guards" who were nicknamed Yang Qiu by everyone, and it was said that he was the "army within the army" from infantry tactics to command, so he hurriedly ordered the three regiments to withdraw and stand by.

"Line up! Check out the gear! ”

After getting the offensive task, the whole battalion immediately lined up to check the equipment under the shouts of the officers, and saw that these soldiers of the guard division were all holding their guns with their guns pointing downward, and the formation was like a line, Chen Yushi and the officers of the 39th Brigade who were watching also secretly praised. "Tell every soldier to remember his position when charging, and whoever runs out of chaos will kill him first!" After several company and platoon commanders reported and prepared, Yang Liehu turned his head after repeating several times: "Brigade Commander Chen, my brother's artillery is still behind and has not been delivered, and this time it depends on you to provide artillery cover." ”

Chen Yushi nodded, although there was a meaning to try the foundation of the guard division, but in the end, it was the robe so the 39th Brigade did not skimp on the shells, but was more ferocious than the cover just now, and Yang Liehu personally led the whole battalion to attack Phoenix Mountain under the cover of artillery fire.

Not long after Yang Liehu ran out, the entire battalion suddenly spread around, and a sharp-eyed staff officer of the 39th Brigade immediately shouted when he saw this: "Brigade commander, it's a three-three tactic." ”

The 33 tactic, Yang Qiu taught them this tactic from the beginning of the guard company, and last year it was expanded to the whole army to promote it. Needless to say, the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Korean War, Vietnam's self-defense counterattack, etc., have proved the advanced nature of this tactic, and all kinds of platoon and company tactics with it as the core are the real capital of the parallel world and the national army dominating the world. The world's first army is not nonsense, and the "advanced infantry tactics" that countries around the world began to study in the 80s are just a variant of the three-three tactics.

The infantry is staggered forward at intervals of 3-5 meters, and the overall front is an inverted triangle, with a triangle on the left and right, and the three triangles form a large triangle, with a distance of about 30 meters between each point, and the margin is kept at an inclination of 45 degrees, and the squad leader, machine gunner, deputy machine gunner and grenadier form a straight line in the center of the triangle. This is the basic formation of the three-three tactics, and it is also the new three-three tactics improved after the machine guns of the Republic of China became rich, and its core not only maintains the flexibility and multi-level nature of the three-three tactics, but also ensures the core of the squad firepower, and all the offense and defense are centered around the firepower group, which seems to be somewhat similar to the German machine gun squad tactics in World War II, but it maintains the flexibility of the infantry.

This is a perfect offensive and defensive formation with clear layers of firepower distribution and mutual coordination, and there is no shortcoming that it is difficult to exert firepower when the Western skirmishers advance in multiple layers, and the interval between each battle group is maintained at a reasonable distance, which avoids the problem of excessive losses when encountering artillery fire coverage (). According to calculations, a 60-mm mortar shell falling into an attack formation can only cause one casualty, and a 105-mm howitzer can only knock out two groups at most. Because the core firepower group of this tactic has always been kept in the center of the three triangles, unless it is hit by three or four consecutive 105 shells, the machine gunner or grenadier can always be retained, so that the heavy firepower of the squad will not be completely wiped out after the team is reduced.

Of course, this tactic also needs to be based on material, at present, only 4 guard divisions are equipped with light machine guns and grenadiers, and the five main divisions are currently a platoon of 4 / door, plus all the infantry tactics of the guard division are from Yang Qiu's hands, and the youth officer regiment loyal to him is its core force, so the discipline is even stricter than the other five main divisions, if anything worse, I am afraid that it is a lack of actual combat experience.

Chen Yushi didn't think this tactic was any better at first, but it looked wider but a little messy (when the three-three tactics attacked and charged, the level would look very messy when looking at the back from the rear), but the distance between those infantry was well maintained, and there was no chaotic rush. But as the Japanese shells fell, his and the officers' eyes suddenly straightened! In the past, when their own troops used Japanese linear tactics, a shell always killed and injured several people, but now at most two people are dropped each time, and the lucky ones start to run again, and when the Japanese heavy machine guns are fired, the casualties are only a few in front, and most of them can lie down and crawl forward in time after the gunshots are fired, and even if they are prostrate, these infantry of the 101st Division also maintain this formation.

Such a rigorous and disciplined tactical position brought Chen Yushi and the officers of the 39th Brigade more than shock! Through the binoculars, the officers can clearly see that these soldiers are not the old oilmen of the 1st and 2nd Divisions who have fought for several years, their faces are immature, and many of them are so nervous that their faces have stiffened, but they are gritting their teeth and running according to the training! Climb in formation!

Fathers and fathers! Blinded by yourself? Could this be an elite Japanese army brigade disguised as its own people?!

As the soldiers climbed closer and closer, the formation began to change, first the machine gunners set up their machine guns and concentrated on the 400-meter heavy machine gun fire point, and then the grenadiers quickly ran past the machine gunners, and after running along the machine gun fire channel for 100 meters under cover, they set up their grenadiers and aimed them at the enemy ().

One battalion has three companies, one company has three platoons, one platoon has three squads, one squad has one machine gun and one grenadier! The battalion had 27 light machine guns and 27 grenadiers, and the loss of more than 50 strong fire points when charging was still counted! In the blink of an eye, the grenadier accurately threw the 50mm grenade around the Japanese heavy machine gun fire bunker, and the area around the Japanese heavy machine gun bunker, which was still fierce just now, was full of fire like firecrackers exploding during the Spring Festival! Within a few minutes, the heavy machine gun was dumb and fell to one side.

By the time the machine guns were eliminated, the fire began to ravage the Japanese infantry. At this time, the tactics changed suddenly, and the three triangles continued to alternate cover, advancing in waves, but the triangles never changed, and the rapid-fire machine gunners with the help of grenadiers also quickly moved forward more than a hundred meters, and then dispersed again for a second wave of suppression of the infantry. After the machine gun was in place, the grenadier and the infantry continued to advance, and after 50 meters, the grenadier in turn covered the machine gunner, and the cycle began in just ten minutes, and the Japanese brigade, which had blocked the 39th Brigade for a whole day, was beaten to pieces, and there were only four field guns left farther away that could still be majestic, but without the cover of their own infantry, the artillery was a dish!

When the infantry of the Guards Division who rushed to the front was about to rush into the trenches, and the few remaining Japanese soldiers howled and raised their bayonets to prepare for hand-to-hand combat, something happened that made the soldiers of the 39th Brigade even more dumbfounded. Sharp, wide, short, and easy to exert force in the sapper shovel is almost the supreme weapon in white-knuckle warfare, Yang Qiu also compiled the sapper shovel fighting skills learned in his previous life into a book and handed it to the guard division to practice day and night.

In the telescope, a sapper shovel first blocked the bayonet, and before the Japanese soldier withdrew and continued to exert force, he slashed and chopped it flat, and after the blood was gone, half of the Japanese soldier's brain was directly gone!

The battle ended in less than an hour, and Yang Liehu's entire battalion annihilated the Japanese brigade at the cost of more than 50 casualties (everyone has always regarded the casualties written by the hippo as death, and the casualty figure actually includes the kind that can be recovered from injuries), and also captured four machine guns and several almost intact 75mm field guns, strong squad firepower, and world-class infantry tactics a hundred years later, plus the will and teamwork tactics tempered in the most arduous training of the whole army, In the face of the Japanese army, which had not experienced the baptism of World War I, and did not even have a few sets of infantry tactics, it achieved a near-perfect victory!

"I'm *** stupid ()! Go back and practice three or three tactics for me! You can't practice military law! Chen Yushi swallowed his saliva, and then slapped himself hard! Before, he thought that Yang Qiu was out of his power to start a war with Japan, but after watching the "performance" of Yang Liehu and the guard division, he realized that if it weren't for his own miscellaneous army, they would have destroyed Japan a long time ago!

What is an elite soldier? What is infantry tactics? This is the one! Compared with others, the so-called "first-rate infantry tactics of the Japanese Empire" that I learned before is completely dish! You know, this is the first time people have gone to the battlefield! If the 39th Brigade and the 12th Division all train according to this level, let alone a brigade, even if a Japanese division is in the front, it will be meat!

"Lao Tzu is blind!"

"Damn, that's too easy, isn't it?"

"Practice, if I can't practice, I will eat guns by myself!"

It is no wonder that Chen Yushi and the officers of the 39th Brigade were stupid, in addition to the firepower of the guard division, which has exceeded the firepower of the Japanese squad by five times, how can it be child's play that the infantry tactics that have been polished by millions of heroic souls of the martyrs of the Republic are child's play?! On the contrary, Yang Liehu himself did not feel that he had fought very well, and when the strength of the troops was quite five times stronger, more than 50 casualties were already very large for a battalion, but after the 39th Brigade took over Phoenix Mountain, he scolded the squad and company commanders one by one, saying that they were still running very poorly and did not fully understand the tension of the soldiers.

Before Chen Yushi and the officers and men of the 39th Brigade woke up from the dazzling infantry performance just now, the 12 War Hammer 14B 105mm long-range cannons had slowly erected their barrels.

"My mother, what kind of cannon is this? So long. Before an infantry member of the 39th Brigade could get an answer, an observation balloon was raised on the rear boat, and after the balloon was dragged into the air with the spider plant, the artillery battalion commander slowly raised the red command flag.

"Arson bomb ready!"

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