Chapter 118: The Commander of the Huang Company who learned the scriptures
In the end, the Japanese army did not find a way to deal with it.
If the ghosts are a group of people, it is actually much easier to do, using heavy artillery bombardment, infantry charge, this group of ghosts will be eliminated by them sooner or later.
But a ghost is a person, and you can't use all the heavy artillery to bomb all the places where ghosts may exist for one person, which is obviously unrealistic.
For this reason, they had to come up with a relatively stupid method, that is, to let the captain of the attacking force always pay attention to the casualties of the troops, once the casualties in a certain area are relatively large, the ghost is likely to be in this area, and then concentrate heavy artillery to plow the area.
It's a simple and effective way to do it.
Xia Yuan didn't know that what he did on the battlefield of Luodian had already been noticed by the Japanese army, and even the attention had risen to the stage of the division commander.
This is unprecedented in the Korean battlefield, after all, the Korean battlefield is full of volunteer soldiers like dragons, and some of them are even more powerful than Xia Yuan, so that is the real existence of a mortal body comparable to a god.
On September 20, there was only one day left before the general attack of the Japanese army.
The heavy rain turned into a light rain, and rolling black clouds hung over the position, quietly brewing a huge storm.
The defenders on the position had nothing to do, they were in charge of guarding, they sat at the mouth of the trench and chatted, smoked and chatted and fart, and some were busy wiping their guns and sorting out their equipment, and when the rain accumulated in the trenches, the soldiers piled up a low embankment at the mouth of the trenches with stones and earth, and some soldiers were more intelligent and would dig a drainage ditch along the edge of the trench, and then connect the drainage ditch to the abandoned tunnels after the collapse, so that the water in the trenches would flow down the drainage ditch and leave it in the abandoned tunnel.
The trench ground is muddy and easy to slip, and some veterans will sprinkle some stones on their firing positions to prevent slipping.
Some soldiers would put some green plants on their trenches to camouflage.
Platoon Commander Li led people and camouflaged the defense line of his platoon.
One of their companies is the vanguard company that sticks to the forward position of the frontal battlefield, and the troops in the rear will give them fire support at any time, and everyone knows one thing in their hearts, the forward position is the key target of the Japanese army, and the casualties will be very large.
Xia Yuan didn't tell them some inspiring words, what to protect the family and defend the country, etc., it was useless to use it on them, just tell them a simple truth.
How the Chinese people bully us is our own business, and we can't allow an outsider to get involved. What's more, this outsider still has the idea of wanting to destroy us, so it is even more intolerable for them to be rampant, a small land, and vainly want to invade us, and we will never agree.
Wang Yaowu was a good division commander, and the soldiers were willing to follow Wang Yaowu. Xia Yuan is also a good company commander, with strong combat ability, Qiu Weida has already told the brothers of the 301st Regiment about Xia Yuan's deeds, so everyone knows that this company commander is a talent, maybe he will become a famous anti-Japanese general in the future, what he said, everyone also listened to it, there was no fake big empty, every word was reasonable.
Then, Xia Yuan consolidated the position, especially the machine gun fire point, which would be bombarded by the Japanese artillery, but there was no way to deal with the Japanese artillery bombardment, the Czech style was okay, it could be moved anytime and anywhere, he put the infantry in front, put the Czech type on the trenches in the rear, did not put infantry in that trench, only put light machine guns, and extended outward in the trenches, digging more prominent trenches with machine gun firepower.
Responsible for making it easy for soldiers with Czech light machine guns to move.
The Japanese devils have observers and can accurately find their extremely strong firepower points, and there is a high probability that they will use flat-fire guns or mortars to bombard machine gun fire points, so it is necessary for light machine guns to swim to prevent machine gun fire from being knocked out by Japanese artillery.
Not placing infantry in the rear can also prevent the Japanese bombers from bombing the infantry when they are at the point of machine gun fire.
The heavy machine gun is relatively troublesome, the weight is a problem, and it is not easy to move, so Xia Yuan strengthened the fire point of the heavy machine gun, and piled up a lot of sand dunes in front of the machine gun fire point. The sand dunes will block the view of the heavy machine gunners and affect the performance of the heavy machine guns, but they can also affect the Japanese anti-aircraft guns, and as for mortars, use logs and sandbags to thicken the fortifications above.
It is much better to block the line of sight and affect the play of the heavy machine gun, at least than to be knocked out by the Japanese devil's flat-firing guns before the role has been played.
Even if it only plays a small role, it will be of great help to the infantry fighting in the front.
Xia Yuan's countermeasure was to ensure the existence of machine gun fire points even if it affected the machine gunner. The Japanese knew that the machine gun fire point had not been hit, and they were bound to be more careful.
When Wang Yaowu learned of Xia Yuan's arrangement, he had to clap his hands and praise, "Wonderful! The Japanese artillery is the biggest threat to the machine gun fire point, many times, the machine gun just went off not long after it was knocked out by the Japanese devil's flat gun, and the dune was piled up in front of the machine gun fire point, which would indeed affect the machine gunner's play, but at least it ensured that the Japanese army's anti-aircraft guns could not hit the machine gun fire point. ”
As Xia Yuan said, it is much better to play a little role than to be blown up by the Japanese devil's flat-fire gun.
In addition to the arrangement of the firepower point, Xia Yuan put in a lot of effort, and did not put much effort into the arrangement of the infantry, the forward position is a buffer zone to block the Japanese army, just outside the village, you can retreat to the rear defense line through the tunnel anytime and anywhere, even if it is occupied by the Japanese army, it does not have much impact.
The forward position is only 100 meters away from the rear, which is the distance where Xia Yuan threw a grenade.
He didn't want to defend here, but anyway, he had to inflict some casualties on the Japanese devils.
Xia Yuan's only arrangement for the infantry of the company was that when fighting bayonets, no one should be intimidated, fight with the Japanese devils in a group, don't fight with the Japanese devils recklessly, and be sure to fight with the Japanese devils with bayonets in the class to reduce casualties.
Winding trenches, crisscrossed by several lanes, spread far into the plains. The defense line of the 51st Division was relatively wide, several infantry regiments were lined up, occupying some important villages, and the 301st Regiment occupied a central position and served as the main regiment.
Directly in front of the 301st Regiment was the small town, eleven kilometers away from the position of the 301st Regiment.
With a few days of heavy rain, the Japanese army slowed down its fortifications, and only a corner of the town remained, still in the hands of the 301st Regiment, which had withdrawn from the front, separated from the division headquarters by two kilometers.
"It's strange, this little Japanese devil has been fighting for so long, and he is not in a hurry to knock down the town in front of him."
The veteran stood on the ground and looked out over the undulating horizon.
There are rice fields, dirt roads, small mounds that are not high, swaying woods, graveyards, small villages, etc., and they are far away, and they can't hear the gunshots from the front line, let alone what is happening at Du's house now.
"Maybe it's already been fought, and we need to be ready to deal with it at any time." Lao Li stood aside, observing the situation in the surrounding area with the telescope given to Xia Yuan by the division headquarters.
The telescope didn't help Xia Yuan much, so he gave it to the veterans to use.
"The calm before the storm, the Japanese devils are also preparing for a general attack, we have occupied Luodian for a long time, and the Japanese devils are anxious." Xia Yuan thought about the situation of the Battle of Songhu, which lasted for more than three months, and Luodian alone had been fighting for a month, and it stands to reason that the reinforcements of the Japanese devils were about to arrive.
After Luodian was captured by the Japanese army, the Japanese army would further attack in the direction of Dachang, and the Battle of Fuzaohama began.
The veteran was convinced of Xia Yuan's words, he nodded and said, "We have to be ready at any time, company commander, I'm going to arrange some scouts to go to the village ahead to reconnoitre?" ”
"Go ahead, tell the Scout, be careful."
Xia Yuan only knew that the Japanese devils would call, but he didn't know the time.
Looking up at the sky, the small raindrops fell on his face, and it was cold and cold.
The weather was not very good, and it had a certain impact on the planes of the Japanese devils, if he was a Japanese devil, he would definitely not have put the general attack today, no matter how he said it, he would have to wait until the weather cleared.
But if the Japanese army is in a hurry to expand the war, then the situation is different, maybe it is raining heavily and the Japanese army will also attack.
In short, everything is uncertain.
Niu Qian ran over with a clattering step on the muddy water, "Company commander, the machine gun fire points in the rear have been completed, you can go and take a look." ”
Xia Yuan nodded, "You guys are watching here now, I'll come when I go." ”
The machine-gun firing point was placed in the second trench on the forward position, the terrain of the second trench was relatively high, but not too high, the water flowed out from the village, and the higher the terrain, the wider the field of vision.
The winding trenches, with a single point of fire extending outward every ten meters, allow the machine gunner to change the point of fire at any time.
"Company commander, the company commander of the sixth company is here."
The two stunned men came from a distance with a rifle on their backs, followed by several rough men with five big and three thick, with black faces, thick palms, raincoats, no hats, and curly hair like withered grass.
Because the defense line of the 301st Regiment is very long, the company occupying the forward position is not only the company led by Xia Yuan, there are several battalions of companies have entered the forward position, responsible for holding on, the sixth company is next to it, close to each other, one is in the north of the village, the other is in the south of the village, the interval is only a few hundred meters, and they can see each other quite clearly.
"I have heard the name of the Xia brothers for a long time, Huang Decai, the commander of the sixth company." Huang Decai walked over, saw Xia Yuan, and laughed: "What Brother Xia did on the front line is already known to everyone in the 301st Regiment, and many people want to come and take a look at Brother Xia." ”
Huang Decai looked at Xia Yuan's size and couldn't help but sigh.
I have long heard that the 301st Regiment has a very strong combat ability, known as a ghost, with a platoon of troops, the Japanese devils who beat the farts and urine, and even relied on their own strength to kill the Japanese devils who lost their armor. At first, there were very few people who believed in it, and those who had really fought with the Japanese devils knew that the combat ability of the Japanese devils was quite powerful, and they fought with bayonets, ordinary two or three people, it was difficult to be the opponent of the Japanese devils, and it was often necessary for one person to risk his life to block the knife, and the remaining two launched an attack on the Japanese devils from the left and right.
Killing a Japanese devil by himself sounds somewhat mysterious.
But not only their regiment commander believed it, but even the division commander believed it, and this company commander, known as a ghost, led a company of soldiers to resist the attack of the Japanese army for a whole day, and the position was not lost a single bit, and more than 100 steel helmets were captured, which means that they destroyed more than 100 enemies.
What shocked everyone even more was still to come, that is, the more than 100 Japanese-style steel helmets that were captured were only captured by the defenders in the direction of Du's house, and the defenders had less than one squad.
This shocked almost all the soldiers, how difficult it was for the Japanese devils to fight, and almost all the soldiers of the national army who came down from the front line knew this quite well in their hearts.
The combat capability of the Japanese army is obvious to all, and it can be said that it is almost impossible to win more with less.
But Xia Yuan did it, not only did it, but also killed so many Japanese soldiers.
Huang Decai thought that Xia Yuan must have his own set of methods to deal with the Japanese devils, and he wanted to come over to learn from them, even if he learned a little, when facing the Japanese devils, he would not suffer heavy casualties in the company, or all of them would be sacrificed.
In the face of Huang Decai's flattery, Xia Yuan just smiled: "If you have nothing to do, you can go to the Three Treasures Palace, if there is anything wrong with Huang Lian Chang, just say it directly." ”
"There are really some things, I just want to learn from the experience, Brother Xia fights the Japanese devils, can win more with less, then the combat experience must be quite rich, I came to learn from the experience, learn and learn."
The commander of the Huang Company groaned and continued: "In the first battle of Luodian, the sixth company served as the main attack team, and half of them died, but only more than 20 people were killed, compared to other teams, such casualties were small, and the results were quite rich, not only took the position of the Japanese army, but also captured two mortars and grenadiers. ”
"Not much, compared to the results of the Xia brothers, it will not work, to make small casualties, kill 100 enemies, capture a large number of weapons and ammunition, and grenadiers, if I learn well, I may be able to avoid more casualties in the company."
Company Commander Huang's idea is good, but Xia Yuan knows in his heart that where can he get the true scriptures, he fights the Japanese devils, completely relying on his personal combat ability, and because of the small number of Japanese troops, once the scale of the war rises to the division level, he can only change the trend of some small wars through personal efforts, but the trend of big wars cannot change anything.
I thought so in my heart, but Xia Yuan had rich combat experience and knew the Japanese army quite well, and there were some ways to avoid huge casualties.
Needless to say, those who can become company commanders have real materials, plus they have dug a lot of shallow tunnels and bomb craters on their positions, so there is no need to talk about this aspect at all. Like in the anti-Japanese drama, digging the trench into a straight line, as soon as there is a battle, the picture of a group of people crowded in a trench will basically not appear.
At the company level, most of them are platoons, either triangles or lines.
People also have the ability to learn, and when they see the Japanese devils using triangles, these officers will also learn from the Japanese devils to make the formation into triangles.