Compared with the Lanfang army, the weapons of the Japanese army are indeed not superior, but the individual quality of the Japanese soldiers is still good. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After discovering Lan Fang's reconnaissance troops, the Japanese scouts reacted correctly, and they immediately dismounted and formed a formation to prepare for the next battle.

The scouts of the Japanese army were in small squads, and a scout squad was about 50 people.

50 to 9, in terms of numbers, the Japanese army does have an advantage, but in terms of weapons, it is much worse, the Japanese army can ensure that everyone has a rifle, and there is not a single light machine gun.

Lan Fang's scouts are only 9 people, but they have three light machine guns, and they have an absolute advantage in firepower.

After all, field encounters are different from positional warfare, and the advantages of machine guns do exist, but they are not as great as they appear in positional warfare.

After discovering the Japanese army, Tom Warren opened fire as soon as possible, ready to take the first shot.

Tom's shot did play a preemptive role, but the results were not great, and the Japanese scouts had already taken refuge in the woods to avoid Tom's shot.

"Withdraw, withdraw...... Retreat. Tom did not dare to advance, fired two or three shots, and immediately ordered a retreat.

Just kidding, there are only nine people, what to fight, what if my ass is followed by a large army on the same day? Don't you run and wait to be rounded?

After all, the motorcycles still had an advantage, and after retreating five or six hundred meters, Tom immediately ordered the remaining two motorcycles to reconnoiter in other directions to determine the size of the Japanese scouts.

Twenty minutes later, the latest intelligence revealed that the Japanese scouts were indeed only a small squad and were not followed by a large Japanese army, so Tom's mind immediately became active, and it seemed that it was not impossible to fight a battle.

It is estimated that the squad leader of the Japanese scouts also had this idea, because the Japanese cavalry had no intention of retreating.

Then hit.

Tom immediately ordered the nine men to disperse and set up machine-gun positions to meet the attack of the Japanese squad.

The Japanese are indeed confident, even if they know that Lan Fang has a machine gun on his side, the Japanese army is ready to take the initiative to attack.

The Japanese army's infantry attack method is actually similar to that of the Lanfang infantry, if the frontal battle is unfavorable, they will choose to outflank and detour.

When attacking the machine-gun position, it was obvious that outflanking was the best option, so although there were only 50 men, the Japanese squad leader chose to divide his troops and sent people to try to attack the machine-gun position from the flank.

So the battle began on the flanks.

The Japanese squad leader sent a roundabout force of 20 men in two detachments, and the remaining three detachments attacked from the front.

There are only a few dozen people, so naturally they will not choose to charge collectively, and the Japanese army's offensive method is a skirmish line tactic.

Chen Wenyao, who was on the flank, was the first to spot the Japanese detour, so Chen Wenyao's machine gun immediately opened fire.

Click, click, click......

The sound of the S-1 light machine gun was very crisp, and the small bursts were very rhythmic, and the Japanese detour was immediately suppressed.

The Japanese troops, who were suppressed by the machine guns, looked for favorable terrain and used rifles to fire at Chen Wenyao's machine guns.

The Japanese army's individual combat ability is still good, and in the link of shooting, the Japanese army has a lot of advantages, and Tom's manpower disadvantage is immediately magnified.

After less than ten minutes of fighting, Tom decided to retreat, because the nine men had already been killed and wounded, and if they continued to fight, they would be in danger of being wiped out.

Lan Fang's motorcycle wanted to run, but the Japanese couldn't catch up at all, so the encounter ended with Tom's active retreat.

An hour later, Tom met with He Feizhou, the commander of the 63rd Regiment.

“…… The Japanese scouts were not very well equipped, and they were stingy with the use of bullets...... The quality of the Japanese soldiers was still good, shooting accurately and acting decisively...... The Japanese army's weapons are not very good, and the two of us who were wounded are fine, and we can return to the battlefield after resting for a while......" Tom reported to He Feizhou the information he had gained from the encounter.

Since 1907, the Japanese army has been equipped with Type 38 rifles, which are also known as "38 big covers". Japan is a resource-poor country, so the soldiers in the army emphasize the accuracy of shooting, and the Type 38 rifle has a gauge range of up to 2,400 meters.

Of course, in actual combat, this 2400 meters does not have much effect, and the Japanese soldiers who have undergone strict training can often shoot a single target within 300 meters and a group of targets within 700 meters.

This distance is already quite against the sky.

The bullet used by the Japanese army was a 6.5 mm half-bottom edge pointed bullet, which had a very stable flight state at medium distances and could accurately hit targets at medium distances. But at the same time, due to the excessive emphasis on the straightness of the trajectory, the penetration of this bullet after hitting the target is insufficient, which is the so-called "one shot and two eyes".

"Two killed, two wounded, how did you get the results?" He Feizhou's face was a little unsightly.

The scout's encounter was the first battle that broke out between Lan Fang and Japan, but it ended with Lan Fang's army retreating on its own initiative, and He Feizhou's face was really not good-looking.

"We hit at least 10 Japanese soldiers, and the exact results are not clear because they cannot be verified." Tom replied honestly.

"Okay, ten results, not bad, go rest, there is still a bad battle to be fought next." He Feizhou is prepared to face difficulties.

"Order the troops to deploy and prepare to fight the little devils, Erwin, do you think we should take the initiative to attack or defend first, and wait for the Japanese to attack." He Feizhou turned to his chief of staff, Rommel.

That's right, it was Rommel, and as expected, Rommel finally joined Lanfang's army and was assigned to the 63rd Regiment as chief of staff.

"It's better to defend first, that's more conducive to giving full play to our weapon advantage, and if the Japanese want to prove themselves, they will definitely take the initiative to attack." Rommel was calm enough.

In the declaration of war, the Japanese believed that Lan Fang's brilliant victory in the world war was purely a fluke, and claimed that they wanted Lan Fang to know the strength of the Japanese army and let Lan Fang taste the bitter fruits of defeat.

On the one hand, it was a demeaning and insult to Lan Fang, and it was even more insulting to Lan Fang's opponent in the world war, the Germans.

Think about it, the Germans can't even beat the Foreign Legion, and if they face the Japanese, the fate of the Germans can be imagined.

This success aroused Rommel's anger against the Japanese, of course, the "Desert Fox" is not in vain, even if the current Rommel has not yet achieved the reputation of the "Desert Fox", Rommel at least has the potential to become a famous general.

"Wait and see, if the little devil doesn't attack, then let's attack, let the little devil know if we are in vain." He Feizhou is ambitious.

As soon as the order was issued, the officers and men of the 63rd Regiment immediately began to build positions and prepare for the Japanese attack.

Rommel finally had the opportunity to see the quality of Lanfang's army.

Almost as soon as the order was given, the soldiers immediately began to work, and at this time they could see the effect of the strict training in peacetime, and the soldiers used the military shovels they carried with them to dig out two individual bunkers in almost half an hour, and they moved very quickly.

At the same time, the machine gun position began to be built, and there were a large number of veterans in Lan Fang's army, and their efficiency was very good, so they quickly chose a good position and began to build a machine gun position.

Lan Fang's machine gun position is very distinctive, it is a semi-circular position with sandbags, and then a squad is inside, operating three light machine guns or two heavy machine guns, which can deal with enemy attacks from different directions.

In almost half an hour, the 63rd Regiment had built a position about a kilometer long, with strong defenses and a certain depth.

Rommel was struck by this efficiency, and it would take at least two hours to build such a position if the Germans were to do it.

Just as Rommel had expected, after another half an hour, the Japanese troops finally arrived at the position of the 63rd Regiment.

The battle between the two armies was actually a process of finding the enemy's vital force and then annihilating it, and when he saw the Japanese troops, He Feizhou's hanging heart finally let go. If the Japanese are willing to take the initiative to attack, it will save the 63rd Regiment a lot of trouble.

The position chosen by the 63rd Regiment was on a hillside, which was not very high, but it was a commanding height nearby, and standing on the top of the hill, the line of sight was extremely open, and the movements of the Japanese army could be seen in full view.

Perhaps it was the victory of the scout squad that stimulated the ambition of the Japanese commander to pursue victory, and the Japanese army did not hesitate to attack after discovering the defensive position of the 63rd Regiment.

This, this is the beginning?

He Feizhou felt a little uncomfortable.

In all the wars He Feizhou participated in before, there would always be large-scale and long-term firepower preparation before the war, and sometimes a large-scale battle, before putting into the ground combat troops, the use of artillery to prepare for the enemy's position for firepower can be as long as a week, in He Feizhou's impression, that is the real war.

But the Japanese army in front of them, barely making any firepower preparations, began the first exploratory offensive.

The Japanese commander was still relatively cautious, and the troops invested were not much, probably only a brigade of about 500 people.

This made He Feizhou feel that his self-esteem was a little damaged, so he ordered the troops to have reservations and only allow half of the machine guns to fire.

Even half of the machine guns were already impossible to resist for the Japanese.

The 63rd Regiment had a total of 3,400 men and was armed with about 280 light and heavy machine guns. Due to the shortage of resources, Japan has 18,000 people in a division, but it is only equipped with less than 30 heavy machine guns, and there are no light machine guns at all, which makes the firepower gap between the two warring sides huge.

Soon, the forward line of the Japanese advanced to a range of 500 meters from the forward position of the 63rd Regiment, and according to Lan Fang's infantry drills, at this time it was the distance from the mortar fire attached to the company level.

He Feizhou did not give the order to attack, he wanted to bring the Japanese closer.

400 meters, He Feizhou still did not order.

300 meters, this distance has reached the range of the rifle, He Feizhou raised his wrist and looked at the watch, twelve o'clock at noon.

"Let's get started!" He Feizhou is ready to start harvesting.

Bang bang bang......

The gunners could not wait, and the brisk sound of firing resounded throughout the position.

(To be continued.) )