Section 76 Field Defense

At the time of the eclipse on March 21, after nearly four hours of travel, the independent regiment arrived in Wuqiao Town. This was once the battlefield of the 70th Army against the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, although the two armies have moved to the Shangfu line to continue the fierce battle, but the dilapidated town, the strong atmosphere, still makes people feel like they are on the battlefield.

The officers and men of the Independent Regiment, who had not fought for more than a year, could not help but look full of excitement when they smelled this familiar smell. The days of peace are precious, but for them, veterans who are accustomed to fighting, it is too monotonous, stepping on the battlefield again, breathing the smell of sulfur and foul smell in the air, and every cell in the body seems to be very happy, making them feel very relieved and steady. Only those new recruits who were added to the regiment, all of them were a little blue, although their appearance was quite calm, but from their expressions alone, they could see the inner tension and uneasiness, it was obvious that they were going to fight with the devils, which was completely different from the battle to exterminate the bandits, even if they had experienced the test of blood and fire, they could not be calm for a long time.

Shi looked outside the town and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, although there were no complicated fortifications and positions built here in the early stage, but because of the baptism of war, the town was densely covered with fortifications that had been mostly destroyed. This is actually much better than digging from flat ground, and the other is the crater left by the devil's shelling, based on which it is more worry-free to dig skirmishers and communication trenches. The regiment headquarters was set up in Wuqiao Town, and the position of the entire independent regiment was centered on Wuqiao and extended to all directions. The area around the town was temporarily in charge of the regimental battalion, and with the young and strong enough of the civilian battalion, in a very short period of time, this town, which had been in ruins because of the war, was also very lively.

The veterans of the Independent Regiment showed their understanding of the battlefield at this moment, and with almost no thought on it, they knew how to set up positions everywhere, where to build solid machine-gun positions, where to dig enough skirmishers, and where to hide from artillery attacks......

Shi Shi took Wu Zihuai to the west of Wuqiao to check the terrain non-stop, and at the same time, the reconnaissance company also scattered all of them, trying to find out the news on the Shangfu line as much as possible, and trying to figure out what was going on over there. No matter when, as long as there is a war, intelligence comes first, especially at this moment, the information they get is intermittent, and guessing alone may not be enough for the stone to make an accurate judgment, I don't know whether this battle is to be held to the end, or to fight more flexibly and mobilely.

All the way west along the potholed road ran for about ten miles, the stone controlled the war horse slowly stopped, he put his hand on the pergola and looked at the series of mountains that appeared in front of him from a distance, and secretly estimated the distance between the two places, and then lowered his head and groaned, as if calculating something.

Wu Zihuai, who was on the side, looked at the appearance of the stones, then looked at the mountains in front of him, and asked with some surprise: "Tuanzao, are you going to establish a position here?" ”

The stone waved his hand without making a sound, picked up a small stone and scratched it twice, looked at it carefully, he seemed to be a little unsure, and immediately threw the stone and said to the secretary on the side: "Bring the map." ”

This secretary is obviously not as clever as Cheng Yong at the beginning, after all, he has been following the stone for a short time, and he doesn't know much about the temperament and ideas of the stone, and he can't think about the problem in front of him, until the stone opens his mouth, he comes back to his senses, takes out a Fengxin map and spreads it on the ground. This map is not very detailed, but there are a lot of lines and shapes outlined on it, these are all changes made on the map by the brothers of the reconnaissance company in Yifeng for more than a year. Because Fengxin and other places are all areas controlled by the national army, the modification of this map did not cost too much, but in the actual use process, I don't know how much help it has provided them.

Stone stared at the map for a long time, during which time he looked up and looked around several times. Finally, a smile appeared on his face, and he turned to Si Shu and said: "Order the first battalion to rush here immediately to set up defenses, and tell Battalion Commander Liu that he must be able to withstand the attack of a division of devils for more than a day, if he can't do it, let him bring it up, and I will replace the second battalion." ”

After speaking, he said to Wu Zihuai: "Brother Wu, what do you think of these as the main battlefield?" ”

Wu Zihuai nodded and said, "There are mountains and rivers, a good place!" And this is less than ten miles away from Wuqiao, the distance is just right, on the one hand, it is convenient to reinforce, and even if this place is lost, the defenders of Wuqiao have enough time to deal with the attack of the devils, and it is best to use this as a forward position. ”

Shi nodded with a smile and said: "Brother Wu is right, and the mountains here are relatively steep, and the avenue is sandwiched in the middle of the mountains, so if the devil wants to go over, he can only attack the peaks on both sides, and he must take down both mountains." So in terms of arrangement, there is plenty of space for the first battalion. If this battle is fought well, just relying on this, you can completely block the devil, and you won't give the devil a chance to kill Wuqiao at all! ”

Wu Zihuai said incredulously: "What does the group seat mean, regard this place as the main battlefield? But this place is deserted, and it is not the location of an important town, so it is a little inconvenient, right? ”

"Oh? What's inconvenient? The stone asked rhetorically, and seeing that Wu Zihuai couldn't say why, he also smiled and didn't say more. In fact, he understands Wu Zihuai's thoughts, after all, everyone's thoughts have a habit, the main battlefield has always been an important town in various places, these places have flat terrain, convenient transportation, dense population, reinforcements and retreats can be very timely, and all kinds of conditions are very convenient, especially suitable for the movement of large corps. But Shi didn't think so, for more than a year, he had studied the battles he had fought in the past few years, and found that the defensive battles of the important towns were often not very good! On the contrary, it is the battle in the complex terrain, and sometimes there is often a surprise play.

In the past, in Minshan, Wanjialing, Jinggangling and other places, in these mountains, forests and wilderness, they achieved very brilliant results. And the performance of various important towns, although it is also very good, but often the final result is not very ideal, the same troops, the same opponent, the result is so different, in addition to luck, the key is in the battlefield environment. In the end, Shi found that transportation had a great impact on the performance of the Japanese army, and that the effectiveness of aircraft air strikes was different in each place.

The Japanese army's mobile units are very powerful, and the transport wing's huge number of trucks are very rapid in the transfer of divisions and regiments, and a division can reach the battlefield in a very short time, and in a period of time it can form an advantage of fighting more and fighting less, and forming an offensive with excellent results. Moreover, the soldiers who arrived by car were very well preserved in terms of physical strength. In this regard, it is not at all comparable to the soldiers who run on two legs. In addition, there are those field artillery and mountain artillery hanging in the back of the car, with the truck, a large number of artillery and artillery shells can be delivered in place in time, which can ensure that the combat effectiveness of the troops is not affected by long-distance travel.

Although it is very difficult to build a position in the mountains, forests, and wilderness, and it takes more effort, the devils will encounter greater resistance when attacking, and the advantages of the mobile troops will not be brought into play, and the power of the Japanese army will be greatly reduced. This was especially evident during the Battle of Changsha.

Shi pondered for a while and said: "After the construction of Wuqiao's position, the Minfu battalion will be transferred to build fortifications, and the two hills are the main positions, and each hill should be arranged with at least three layers of defense line, so that it is convenient for a battalion to block step by step, and it is also convenient to delay the advance of the Japanese army." In addition, the road should also be cut off in a timely manner, and the road within 10 miles to the west should be dug with more soil pits and set up more roadblocks; since Li Junzuo asked us to rush here to set up defenses, it is obvious that the encirclement and annihilation are not very smooth, and whether we can achieve effective casualties depends on whether we can drag the devils here, and set up more obstacles and pits, so that the Japanese army can spend more time filling in the road, and it is also conducive to our dispatch can be replenished in time. ”

Although Wu Zihuai was a little hesitant to set up the main position here, he believed in the judgment of the stone and the regiment commander's understanding of the battlefield, so he just had to follow the implementation, so what did he do with it? It's just that he was still a little worried, and couldn't help but remind and ask: "Tuanza, although this is the official road leading to Shangfu, when the situation is critical, will the devil deviate from the main road and choose to return to Fengxin from other places?" If that's the case, we're working here for nothing! ”

Shi looked at the map, nodded and said, "It's a very good thing." But our troops are insufficient, at most we can only arrange another line of defense on the front line of the fairy village, if the devil chooses to retreat from the direction of the port, we really have no way, after all, our regiment only has 4,000 people, the battle line is too long, the strength will be greatly affected, this aspect depends on whether other friendly troops can hold other routes for the devil to retreat, if they can't even do this, the devil breaks through and leaves, there is no way to do it. ”

Wu Zihuai thought about it, and couldn't help but complain a little and said: "This is also the carelessness of Chief Li, if we let our regiment participate in the battle before the siege and annihilation battle begins, it should be enough to block the route of the devil's retreat, and buy more time for the division and encirclement of friendly forces, who would have thought that the strength of the three armies would not be able to encircle the little devil?" I really don't know how the battle of the rich was fought. ”

[Yesterday, the company engaged in activities here, and after a busy day, I fell asleep on the sofa without eating dinner when I went home, I'm really sorry for delaying everyone to read! 】