On the night of November 5, a military meeting was being held in the Chinese army barracks outside Fukuoka outside the city, and sitting on the main seat was Zhu Peide, commander of the 45th Division.

After smoking a cigarette, Zhu Peide snuffed out the cigarette butt and said: "Say, why are there so many casualties, today's casualties are greater than the first two lines of defense of the three regiments and one battalion attacking the periphery a few days ago, what kind of weapons did the Japanese use, and what kind of weapons did we use?" The strength of the two sides is not comparable at all, and there are such large casualties, let's talk about the specific reasons! ”

Li Baiqiang, the commander of the second regiment, gritted his teeth and stood up and said: "Division, the reason why I caused so many casualties this time is my fault, I didn't make proper arrangements in advance!" ”

Jiang Bin, the commander of the first battalion of the second regiment, stood up and said: "Division, this matter has nothing to do with our regimental seat, I commanded the battle in the city, I thought the Japanese were too merciful, and did not consider that they would use the houses of ordinary people as attack bases and bunkers, this is my dereliction of duty, I am willing to accept any punishment, here I want to report the situation encountered by our battalion this time to the division seat and the commanders!" ”

A battalion commander's official position in front of a division commander is too small, and it is difficult for a battalion commander to meet a general at the division commander level, but don't underestimate a battalion commander of the regular army of the Chinese army, this is a middle-level officer who directly commands the troops, and a battalion can wipe out all the Japanese troops of four brigades with the coordination of other arms, although more than half of the casualties are frightening, but this kind of combat effectiveness is terrifying to the armies of other countries.

"Our battalion did suffer more than half of the casualties in today's battle. But this battle was something we had never experienced before, and our soldiers and officers had never been trained for combat in such a street-style battlefield. I'll call this mode of combat street fighting. I found that the biggest difference between street fighting and field fighting is that the battlefield is divided by countless buildings arranged according to a certain pattern. Any tactical unit is in a relatively closed and narrow scene, which puts limitations on its own observation and the use of firepower. At the same time, for our enemies, this problem is also the same, except that they are more familiar with the structure of the scene, and they are on the defensive, and our combat units are fighting in an unfamiliar environment against the enemy troops who are hiding in the shadows and familiar with the environment, and our army is absolutely inferior in terms of geography, and many of our soldiers do not even know the direction. Sometimes a squad will get lost, and this qiē makes the alley tactic the most complex infantry tactic, the walls on both sides of the street obstruct the enemy's line of sight, but also protect the tactical units of the side from direct fire, so in a sense, the street battle tactics are tactics that unfold around the wall, and these are directly reflected in the use of various corners, whether it is observation or attack and defense, are achieved through the corners".

Zhu Peide's eyes lit up after listening to Jiang Bin's words. said: "It's kind of interesting, did you have these ideas after this battle or did you have them before?" ”

"Of course, it was only after today's battle," Jiang Bin said immediately.

Zhu Peide nodded and stretched out his finger: "You go on!" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Bin swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued to say his thoughts: "For this kind of urban street fighting. It is a kind of close-quarters combat, and the superiority of weapons and equipment is greatly weakened for both sides, not that the advanced nature of weapons and equipment cannot play a role. Rather, its advantages are diminished by the complex street topography and architectural structures, as well as the oddly shaped corners, unless we don't want the city. Just set it on fire and burn it to the ground, otherwise we'll have to fight the enemy for houses, buildings, and streets! ”

"So. When attacking a city, we must take into account any situation, the enemy may hide in any dark place that we cannot imagine and open fire on our soldiers, I think that when attacking a city defended by the enemy, the first thing to do is to reconnoiter its interior, you can send intelligence officers to reconnoiter the situation in the city in advance, it is best to get a map of the strength of the defenders, if not, we must also know whether the enemy has decided to defend the city."

"For example, this time, the Japanese regard every house as a battlefield, which makes our army suffer a big loss, and then our army needs to fight with the Japanese army to lead the city, which requires careful planning and timely fire support, each combat unit must cooperate with each other at any time and keep communication open, if we want to attack one of the areas, first we find the commanding heights of this area, and strive to occupy it and deploy powerful firepower, Occupying the vantage points of the area allows fire support anywhere in the area, as well as a fire blockade of reinforcing enemy forces! If there are enemy troops stationed on the commanding heights before that, we have to find a way to destroy their firepower and then find a way to occupy it."

"After occupying the commanding heights, you can clean up the target area, I think you can use the squad as a combat unit, divide the combat mission area for each company and platoon, and clean up any building in the target area one by one, and must not leave it out, this is necessary, because we don't know which house will have enemy troops, and when fighting in the target area, each unit should observe the density of the enemy at any time, generally speaking, the closer to the enemy's command center, the denser the enemy, the stronger the firepower, If the enemy's command center is discovered or the location suspected to be the enemy's command center, we will send air forces to carry out fixed-point bombardment, once the enemy's command center is destroyed, then the enemy army will lose its command and be in chaos, which is extremely beneficial for our army's operation, because we have this condition, if we do not have this condition, but as long as we find the enemy's command center, we must find any way to capture it and destroy it! In the absence of command, the enemy soldiers will inevitably lose their morale and lose their ability to resist! ”

When Jiang Bin told the above things, Zhu Peide smoked half of the other cigarette, he quietly listened to Jiang Bin's narration and pondered, Jiang Bin's words let him see Jiang Bin's growth in this battle, although the battle during the day today caused Jiang Bin's battalion to suffer heavy losses, almost half of its combat effectiveness, but he found that Jiang Bin Tong Guò pondered a lot of things in this battle, at least he heard the word street fighting for the first time, it may have happened in previous military history, But no one has ever done a specific and detailed study of street fighting, and it is very difficult for Jiang Bintong to figure out so many things in this battle during the day today.

Zhu Peide weighed it in his heart and asked, "Battalion Commander Jiang, if you are given another chance, do you still have the courage to engage in street battles with Japan?" ”

Jiang Bin immediately straightened up and said loudly: "Yes, sir!" ”

Zhu Peide stared at Jiang Bin for more than ten seconds, then turned his head to Li Baiqiang, the commander of the second regiment, and said, "Commander Li, transfer two infantry companies from other battalions of your regiment to the command of Battalion Commander Jiang temporarily!" ”

Li Baiqiang immediately agreed: "Yes, Shiza!" ”

Zhu Peide said to Jiang Bin again: "Battalion Commander Jiang, as the saying goes, shame comes after courage, this time I will give you another chance, not because I take special care of you, because you have the experience of losing in street battles, and you have also learned some lessons from it, your opinion just now proves that you are a manufacturable material, so I gave you a chance, whether you can seize this opportunity depends on yourself, do you have any other requirements?" ”

Jiang Bin thought for a while and said: "I need two days to prepare, I must let the officers and soldiers under my command learn the specific street fighting tactics I pondered, in addition, each unit that fights in a squad must be supplemented with a light machine gun to strengthen the firepower, and at the same time, each platoon needs to increase the number of grenades by two bases, and the armored convoy must also cooperate with our infantry combat units, I only think of these for the time being, if there are other needs, I will apply to the division and regimental seats!" ”

"Good!" Zhu Peide patted the table and stood up, put on his cloak and said, "That's it, Head Li, you fully cooperate with him!" ”

"Yes, Master!"

On the morning of 6 November, Li Baiqiang handed over a company of infantry to Jiang Bin, and with the remaining strength of Jiang Bin's battalion, the troops under his command that could now fight exceeded one battalion.

After the officers arrived, Jiang Bin stood on the podium and said: "Brothers, yesterday's battle caused our army heavy losses, this is my mistake, it is my responsibility, I should have been punished, but the above gave me another chance, and when this battle is over, I am going to receive the punishment, saying that this time the loss is so big, I am not convinced, although I am not convinced, but this is a fact, there is no way to change, many of our comrades-in-arms and brothers died in yesterday's battle, they cannot die in vain, We must make those Japanese pay the price, do you have any confidence? ”

"Yes!" The officers shouted loudly together.

"Well, just have faith! This time we must learn a lesson, we must not make the same mistake again, any corner of this city may be hidden enemy, so don't be careless, here I need to pay attention to a few points: first, even if you meet a Japanese child, you can't be careless, maybe he doesn't know where to find a gun and kill you or when you are not paying attention to feel a knife and stab you in the back, don't trust any enemy personnel you see in the city street fighting, including the other side's civilians, Even the elderly, weak, women and children are the same, you can't accept any of the other party's items, don't eat each other's food and water, if you meet a civilian, even a child, you must check whether he has a weapon on him, until the inspection is done to confirm that there is nothing that can threaten your life, but these people may be the eyes arranged by the enemy, so as long as you find civilians, regardless of men, women, old and young, you must immediately send someone to gather them to take care of them, and I will send someone to set up a special place to take care of the civilians sent by all combat units. Wait until this battle is over and then release them ???????". (To be continued......)