The battle of ambushing the Japanese transport team in the mountain road was destined to be a classic ambush operation.

Shen Quan, the commander of the second battalion in charge of the ambush operation, said this in an on-the-spot interview with Shen Wenyue.

"When our independent regiment was just formed, the combat effectiveness had not yet been formed, nearly eighty percent of the regiment were recruits, and they had no experience in fighting with little devils, coupled with backward equipment, only two or three people could carry a gun, just this, it was still some old-fashioned broken guns, and a few shots on the battlefield would be reimbursed, only God knows.

As for grenadiers and heavy machine guns, don't even think about it.

There are light machine guns, and there are only two or three in the whole regiment, and each light machine gun has no more than 200 spare bullets.

Once the battle broke out, it would take less than two minutes to be empty.

The scarcity of ammunition is sad, with less than five bullets per person, and even if it is an ambush war, it can only be solved quickly.

After a minute of bullets, all of them got on the bayonets and fought hand-to-hand with the little devils.

After a little more delay, the little devil reacted, and our soldiers could only rely on their flesh and blood to pile up human lives, until they handed over to the devil in a short hand, and used the big knife and spear at hand instead of the empty bullets, and hacked the little devil to death.

So at that time, even if it was an ambush war, we had to use at least three or five times as many troops as the devils to be able to win.

What does it mean? A team of fifty or sixty devils, we estimate that it will take a battalion of troops to defeat them.

If there are nearly 200 devils in a squadron, we estimate that we will have to pull out the main force of the whole regiment.

That's it, this has to be an ambush war, if it's a hard-fought positional battle, our whole regiment pulls it out, and we may not be able to do it with a squadron of devils.

What does it mean to compare it with the same troop establishment? One of our regiments may not be able to do a company of devils.

It's a shame to say it, but that's the way it is. ”

Shen Wenyue expressed extreme surprise at this, "Battalion Commander Shen, but I see that the current equipment of your independent regiment is still good. ”

This time it was an ambush operation, and it was a devil's transport team, in Shen Quan's opinion, there was no need to make a big move, plus Shen Wenyue was there, so the firepower of the soldiers was even deliberately weakened.

But in Shen Wenyue's eyes, this kind of firepower configuration is also much better than the firepower configuration of some local national army units she has seen.

Shen Quan said: "That's when you came, reporter Shen, after the hard work of the past two years, our independent regiment has finally developed a little. ”

"If Reporter Shen came over two years ago, not to mention that a squadron of devils came to sweep up, we would probably have to take you to hide in the mountains."

"As for what you see now, the development of our independent regiment, the rifles in the hands of the soldiers, and the weapons used, it can be said that they are basically taken from the hands of the devil puppet army."

"All of this is all due to the sacrifices of the soldiers, Reporter Shen, do you know how many of our soldiers have paid for their precious lives during this period?"

Shen Quan's question, Shen Wenyue naturally couldn't answer it, she was puzzled by this, "Battalion Commander Shen, won't the Nationalist Government provide you with weapons?" ”

What a lovely question, Shen Quan sneered and said, "Reporter Shen, about your question, I will answer with a sentence that our head of the regiment said. ”

"If the Central Army is raised by a mother, then the Jin Sui Army is raised by a little mother, and the local miscellaneous national army is raised by a stepmother, as for our Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, it is estimated that they jumped out of the cracks in the stones, why, there is no mother at all!"

"How can anyone hurt a motherless child? Not to mention helping us, it's good if people don't bully us. ”

Shen Wenyue was silent, and she was naturally clear about the dispute between political factions.

She knew better that what Shen Quan said was indeed the truth.

Not long ago, the events that took place in southern Anhui were still vivid.

As a reporter of Jinnan Daily, Shen Wenyue also reported on this matter, and also criticized the stupid behavior of the national army to make relatives painful and enemies happy.

But what can she change as a small reporter in the game of politics?

On the other side, seeing that Shen Wenyue was silent, Shen Quan said with a smile, "Reporter Shen, do you know that in the past few years, our Eighth Route Army fought with the Japanese army behind enemy lines, and every time we fought, why did the troops never report the casualties in advance? ”

Shen Wenyue was stunned and shook her head.

Shen Quan said: "The reason is very simple, the equipment of our Eighth Route Army is far inferior to that of little devils, and when we fight, we all rely on the belief that we are not afraid of death in our hearts. ”

"Because we are not afraid of death, most of the casualties during the battle are not optimistic, and if we report the casualties in advance, it will only shake the morale of the army and damage the morale."

"Therefore, later our Eighth Route Army troops formed such a tradition, as long as the battle is not over, no matter how heavy the casualties are, the casualties of each unit must not be reported in advance."

Shen Wenyue nodded, she remembered that in the anti-sweeping operation a week ago, it was only after the battle was over that the battalion and company commanders of the Independent Regiment reported the casualties to the regiment commander Kong Jie.

Then the conversation changed, and Shen Quan smiled again: "But now it is different, the situation of our independent regiment is much better, and the equipment of the surrounding units of our Eighth Route Army has also been developed to a certain extent.

Now if our independent regiment ambushes again, even if the number of troops is less than that of the devil, we will still dare to beat him.

Speaking of which, we have to thank the little devils! Why? Because the little devils come from time to time to sweep the base areas of our Eighth Route Army, we can continue to fight devils, win battles, engage in seizures, and develop equipment.

Our regiment commander said it well, when will our soldiers eat meat? It's when there are devils to kill. What is a little devil? The little devil is the arsenal that sends us weapons and the granary that sends us rations. ”

As the interview deepened, Shen Wenyue's sighs became more and more.

"It's really hard to imagine that the Eighth Route Army is in the most difficult battlefield behind enemy lines, surrounded by strong enemies on all sides, and under such circumstances, it can still persist in resisting Japan until it has developed to the current situation."

Her words were a little indignant: "What kind of swimmers do not attack, passive resistance to Japan, now it seems that it is just groundless rumors spread everywhere by people with intentions." ”

"If such troops can be regarded as guerrillas and not attacking, then what other troops can be regarded as anti-Japanese troops?"

Seeing the awe-inspiring righteousness that Shen Wenyue said, Shen Quan held back the smile in his heart and asked tentatively, "Reporter Shen, what do you want to do?" ”

Shen Wenyue said without hesitation: "Naturally, after returning to the newspaper office, I will report what I have seen and heard in detail and truthfully, and the responsibility of our newspaper people is to dare to expose all injustices and criticize all evils as the conscience of society." ”

"If such a great unit as the Eighth Route Army persisted in resisting Japan in such a difficult and dangerous environment behind enemy lines, and threw their heads and spilled blood for the heroes of the anti-Japanese war, if such heroic deeds were not known to the people, and were even splashed with dirty water, wouldn't it be the regret and sorrow of the nation?"

"I only hate myself for being a daughter, I can't report to the country and kill the enemy on the battlefield like you men, I must do it Since I have witnessed the heroic resistance of your Eighth Route Army troops, I have this responsibility to report what I have seen with my own eyes and let the people know."

"Those people who enjoy a corner of peace and stability in the national control area should at least know that even in the occupied area, there are still troops like the Eighth Route Army that continue to fight tenaciously against the Japanese invaders."

Shen Wenyue's resolute words made Shen Quan more and more impressed when he heard it. Gu Yu

Shen Quan's mind moved, and he said: "Women are not necessarily unable to resist Japan, there are also female comrades in our Eighth Route Army, and our Eighth Route Army is not only equal to officers and soldiers, but also equal to men and women." ”

"In addition, in terms of public opinion and propaganda, in fact, it has always been a shortcoming of our Eighth Route Army, if a talent like Reporter Shen is willing to come to our Eighth Route Army, we will definitely open the door to welcome it."

Shen Wenyue said with a smile: "Battalion Commander Shen, are you going to invite me to join your Eighth Route Army?" ”

Shen Quan said: "Why not? ”

"Does Head Kong also mean this?" Shen Wenyue asked.

Shen Quan smiled: "Then I don't know, but if Reporter Shen is willing to stay, our head of the regiment will definitely be happy." ”

Shen Wenyue thought about it and said seriously: "I'll think about it." ”

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Back to the present, as Shen Quan said, the current independent regiment will not be as difficult as it was a year or two ago if it wants to deal with devils.

The equipment has long been different from what it used to be, and the ammunition is so abundant that it is amazing to say, and the current firepower configuration of the main force of the independent regiment can definitely be regarded as the ceiling of the Eighth Route Army in the entire Taihang area.

The combat effectiveness of the troops, with the exception of some new recruit companies added to the regiment, had already been formed.

In addition, over the past year or so, the fighters have been fighting with the little devils and have accumulated experience.

Especially after Kong Jie advocated the concept of "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, being invincible in a hundred battles, and the biggest opponent is our best teacher".

Each company of the independent regiment will be taught a number of military education courses by company commanders and instructors, and one of the courses is dedicated to introducing and studying the characteristics of various aspects of the Japanese troops, including the characteristics of the operations of the various units of the Japanese army.

Let the fighters fundamentally understand their opponents - little devils.

As the soldiers have more and more in-depth understanding of the devils, many newly recruited soldiers even said: It turns out that the little devils are nothing more than that, and the more they know, they feel that there is nothing to be afraid of.

This series of special military education was carried out in the independent regiment.

As Kong Jie said:

"If in terms of equipment, our independent regiment is not weaker than the Japanese army, and the quality of the soldiers is not inferior to the Japanese army, in this case, what we fight for is the right time, place and people, what we fight for is the military quality and command ability of the commander, and what we fight for is the faith and willpower in the heart of an army."

"And these, our Eighth Route Army troops are confident that they are far better than the little devils."

"The terrain and features around the base area, the deep mountains and old forests, we are more familiar with than the devils; In the operations in the base areas, we have a popular base, but the devils do not; Coupled with our experience in fighting devils for so many years, when that little devil pouts his butt, we should know what kind of fart he is putting on; Under such conditions, it is not difficult to defeat the devils with the army of justice against the invaders, and it is not necessarily unusual to have a small number of them. ”

Regarding Kong Jie's remarks, the cadres of the Independent Regiment deeply agreed.

Shen Quan and other generals even patted their chests and said that with the elite combat units of the independent regiment today, even if it is a positional battle, with the same strength, they can also fight the devil hard, let alone use the terrain to carry out ambush operations on the base territory.

This is also why Kong Jie has this self-confidence, and after opening a local attack on the Japanese stronghold, he also strictly ordered that the scale of the operation must not exceed one company.

With the current scale of the independent regiment, one company corresponds to one squadron of the Japanese army, and such a combat scale is completely sufficient.

This also explains why Shen Quan is still calm knowing that the Japanese army is coming over with a transport squadron and nearly two hundred devils.

There is no other reason than this self-confidence.

With the same strength, you can still eat the little devils.

Although the main force of this company brought by Shen Quan was only about 160 people, they were all the elite of the independent regiment, and this combat effectiveness was by no means boastful.

After the battle deployment was completed, Shen Wenyue, who was interviewing with the army, heard Shen Quan's final explanation to the cadres, and there was only one sentence:

"There is only one requirement, after the battle begins, a quick battle, quickly solve the little devils, clean up the battlefield and evacuate here, the Japanese reinforcements will soon arrive, in addition, the casualties of each department must be strictly controlled, each platoon, I will give you a maximum of five sacrifice indicators, which one exceeds the standard, I will ask your platoon commander."

Shen Wenyue on the side was secretly frightened when she heard this, one platoon, five sacrifice indicators, a total of four platoons, that is to say, in this battle, Shen Quan set the goal for the platoon commanders: the number of sacrifices must not exceed twenty.

Is it possible to replace nearly 200 devils with the sacrifice of no more than 200 people, a ratio of nearly 1:10 to death?

Shen Quan naturally wouldn't be idle to explain to Shen Wenyue.

After quickly arranging the ambush deployment, there was nothing surprising about the other explanations, adhering to the consistent combat habits and efficient division of labor:

The grenadiers and light and heavy machine guns are the most likely to cause casualties to the soldiers, and they must always have the means to deal with them.

Special-class marksman, quasi-special-class, rear-mounted 50 cannon, grenadier...... In short, it is necessary to ensure that all the Japanese artillery and machine guns are destroyed at the first time when the battle begins.

Then there is the commanding firepower strike means of echelon configuration in ambush operations.

There is a grenade throwing group in the first echelon, a grenadier in the second echelon, which is used to replenish the firepower at any time, and the third echelon is infantry firing, with concealed fortifications built in advance, scattered light and heavy machine gun fire, and then 50 small cannons.

There is almost no blank zone of firepower, and while making perfect use of the sloped soil slope and dense forest terrain, it ensures that the fire is tilted, and the enemy troops in the range of 0 to 600 meters have nowhere to escape.

In fact, Shen Quan's explanation of the operations of the platoon commanders and squad leaders is really a bit of a cliché.

After experiencing a large amount of training and study in the reform-style style of the independent regiment that combined actual combat with teaching theory, even the veteran squad leaders of the independent regiment, not to say that they were in charge alone, were not exaggerating to say that even if they were in the position of Shen Quan, they might not be able to give correct commands.

The old squad leaders and old platoon commanders even felt that the battalion commander was a little verbose.

Of course, no one dares to say this.

In addition, the idea of "strategically despising the enemy and tactically valuing the opponent" was even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the cadres of the Independent Regiment.

Therefore, the cliché is a cliché, and in the preparation stage of pre-war deployment, everyone is still cautious and then cautious.

Everyone understands that if you prepare more points before the battle, you may be able to sacrifice a little after the battle breaks out......

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