The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 271 Learning War in War
In this era, glass has long been popularized, and the windows above the main rooms of most people in the county are installed with glass.

However, purchasing and installing these glasses is still a considerable expense for ordinary people.

Starting in the afternoon, door knocks sounded everywhere in the county. Soldiers entered the homes of ordinary people. According to the number of windows on the windows of this family, they took out a roughly equivalent amount of oceans and stuffed them to buy windows for other people. on the glass.

The common people were very curious. When they asked the purpose of the glass that the soldiers wanted to buy, no one was dissatisfied. Most of them said that they didn't want money, and offered to help the soldiers break their own glass.

Children are most willing to do such things. They cheered and used sticks and stones to smash their own glass to vent their inherent desire to destroy.

Soldiers packed the broken glass into rattan baskets or sacks, and carried the broken glass to the forward positions.

When it was dark, they used various methods to scatter these broken glass balls on the front of the position, especially in the area three to 40 meters away from the front position.

As a regular soldier, Wang Jindong originally looked down on guerrilla tactics, but perhaps inspired by Gao Jiu and others, he gradually changed his views.He now also believes that no matter what method is adopted, as long as it can deal with the devils, it is a good method.

When the Japanese army attacked, they didn't have to hold their guns and straighten their backs like in the movie, just rushing up stupidly.

As mentioned before, the Japanese army’s offensive tactics are very methodical. First, bombardment is used to destroy the enemy’s defensive positions, and then a small number of soldiers are used to approach the enemy’s positions as much as possible by using terrain and features, followed by a large group of soldiers.

When the soldiers in the front approached the enemy's position at a distance of about 50 meters, they began to crawl forward, and the soldiers in the back suppressed the enemy's fire with firepower to cover the front soldiers approaching the enemy's position.

The soldiers in front crawled forward, and when they entered the distance within 30 meters from the enemy's position, they would throw grenades at the enemy's position at the same time, then jump up, and entered the enemy's position at the fastest speed, or occupied the enemy's position , or start hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. At this time, the firepower on the enemy's position can no longer be launched, and the large group of Japanese soldiers behind will quickly rush to the enemy's position at a sprint speed.

This is a very effective offensive tactic, which can not only cause strong psychological pressure on the enemy, but also reduce casualties as much as possible.

After careful observation, Wang Jindong came up with such a way to deal with the Japanese soldiers who were crawling forward.

Regardless of the small method of sprinkling broken glass at the front of the position, it can effectively prevent the Japanese army from crawling forward, thus disrupting the Japanese army's offensive rhythm.At night, it can also effectively prevent the Japanese army from sneaking attacks.

Seeing the sharp glass shards at the front of the position, the officers and soldiers of the national army, including Wang Jindong, all looked forward to the devils coming to enjoy it.

War is an art, which is constantly developing and progressing in the practice of war.To learn war in war, not only Gao Jiu and others will do this, but also Wang Jindong and others, as well as devils.

After the 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army entered the battlefield, they were attacked by the flexible tactics of Gao Jiu and others, and also encountered difficulties caused by the rigid tactics adopted by Wang Jindong. They were also actively trying to find ways to deal with Gao Jiu and Wang Jindong.

When Gao Jiu and others attacked the devil's camp and withdrew, the brigade commander Obov held another combat meeting. All the officers above the brigade captain participated in the meeting. Chiba Kotaro was carried over again.

Obauf first introduced the dilemma faced by the entire 128th Brigade.

Although the captains of the various regiments, especially the captains, knew that the battle was not going well, they did not understand the situation of the entire brigade.

When I heard that the entire 128th Brigade has only half of its strength left now, and ammunition is starting to run out, and there is no news of the supply unit so far, it can be concluded that it has been attacked by the enemy and the supply line has been cut off.

Seeing that the entire brigade had fallen into such a predicament, the officers began to feel apprehensive.

Obauf said: "Since entering China, the brigade has not encountered such a situation. What countermeasures do you have? Please express your opinions, please!"

Obauf was usually arrogant, and the officers were a little afraid of him. Seeing him lower his figure, the officers were all a little surprised. One can imagine how much pressure Obauf was facing? !
The battle in Southwest Shandong went through a long period of secret preparations, and adopted the tactics of long-distance raids. At the beginning of the battle, it took the initiative on the battlefield and made great progress. It even surrounded the newly organized 187th Division. It can be said that so far, the whole plan can be called a textbook classic.

However, no one expected that in just two days, the situation of the battle has changed so much, and it can even be said that it has begun to reverse.

Today, the Japanese 128th Brigade has no advantage in terms of strength compared to the newly organized 187th Division, and has begun to lag behind in terms of firepower.

The most important thing is that the transportation line has been cut off by the enemy, and the entire brigade will soon run out of ammunition and food. There is not much time left for the 128th Brigade to complete this campaign.

According to the current rate of consumption, in at most two days, the strength of the 187th Division of the National Army can crush the 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army. The Japanese Army is not only unable to attack the enemy, but even unable to stop the enemy's counterattack. risk of defeat, or even annihilation.

None of the three suggestions made by Captain Nomura worked, and this time he bowed his head and remained silent.For a while, the team captains couldn't come up with any decent ideas, and the atmosphere in the venue was very dull.

Lieutenant General Shigesho Yamamoto, the commander of the 150th Infantry Regiment, is a prudent person. He said: "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, now we are far away from the supply point, and the battle must be resolved quickly. I suggest that we fight against the enemy tonight or tomorrow morning. If the 187th Division in front cannot be wiped out, this campaign should be ended. The entire brigade should quickly separate from the enemy and return to Jinan or Tai'an. After the brigade is replenished, it will formulate a new combat plan to wipe out the enemy's 187th Division. .”

Everyone understood what he meant, that is, try to call again, and if it doesn't work, run away.

After Shigesho Yamamoto expressed his opinion, it aroused discussion among the people.Katsunosuke Noguchi, the captain of the 114th Engineering Wing, disagreed with this opinion. He believed that although the Huang Army was under a lot of pressure, the enemy 187th Division was also almost unable to support it.He believes that this campaign plan has been successful so far.He was willing to lead the troops to open up the supply line. After the brigade received sufficient supplies of materials and ammunition, they continued to besiege the 187th Division.

What happened to the other regiment captains and battalion captains in the past two days was something they had never encountered before. Everyone felt a little powerless. Deep down, they felt that the battle situation was very annoying. They all praised Shigesho Yamamoto, the captain of the 150th regiment. Views.

Obauf felt the same as everyone else, but he was the supreme commander of this battle, and he couldn't win the 187th division, so the battle failed.The loss of the entire brigade was so serious, and if he went back like this, he would definitely be severely reprimanded by his superiors. The pressure he faced was much greater than the officers under him.Therefore, in his heart, he still prefers the opinion of Katsunosuke Noguchi, the captain of the 114th Engineer Regiment.

He said: "When the brigade will start to move in, this meeting will not discuss for the time being. Let's discuss how to take down the position of the enemy's 187th Division and deal with those hateful attackers who harass the periphery."

Most of the officers saw that the brigade commander was so unwise, and it was difficult for everyone to say anything.The venue fell into silence again.

Katsuyuki Noguchi insisted on attacking. He proposed a night battle and offered to take on this task.

Obaugh appreciated this very much, but he was still very worried about Gao Jiu and others, thinking that they would come to harass them at night.He asked: "What good ways do you guys have to deal with those enemies who are harassing on the periphery?"

After Chiba Kotaro, the captain of the 115th Regiment, was injured, he had a lot of time to think while lying on the hospital bed.In the entire brigade, his unit had dealt with Gao Jiu and others for the longest time, and suffered the heaviest losses.He is also a person who is good at using his brain, and he has been thinking about how to deal with Gao Jiu and others.

He said: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, the current situation is unfavorable. It is mainly caused by Gao Jiu's bandits supporting the defenders of the county on the outskirts. These hateful guys have powerful firepower, strong mobility, and erratic movements. Headache.

I agree with the opinions of His Excellency the brigade commander and Noguchi-kun. It is still necessary to concentrate our forces and try our best to defeat the current 187th division.

As for dealing with those hateful attackers, I think it is best to send some troops, break them into pieces, form a combat group of 3-5 people, and spread them within a range of two kilometers around our army camp, as long as the enemy is found , attack them, so as to prevent the enemy from attacking our army's camp.

Although these combat groups cannot play the role of annihilating the enemy, they can at least indicate the direction of the enemy's sneak attack for the brigade and at the same time delay the enemy's attack.These raiders also have weaknesses, that is, their numbers are limited, as long as we send a large number of combat teams, it is enough to consume them.If the enemy wants to carry out a sneak attack again, they will have scruples. "

His idea was the same as that of Captain Yamaguchi back then, and such a tactic would indeed trouble Gao Jiu and the others.

Obaugh was delighted to hear this opinion.He said: "Yaoxi, this is a good method. With this method, the enemy will no longer be able to sneak attack on our army silently."

All the officers also felt that this method was good, and everyone agreed.

Shigeo Yamamoto, the commander of the 150th Regiment, because his opinions were questioned just now, said with some annoyance: "This strategy is not bad, but how many people are needed to spread these combat groups within a radius of two kilometers? Now that our military strength is insufficient, this method may not work.”

Chiba Kotaro has always felt very aggrieved, and his alliance suffered a lot of losses, especially the Yamaguchi brigade was wiped out by Gao Jiu and others' small troops, and was despised by everyone including Oboff. Accepting his own opinion, his mood improved a lot, and his mind became more flexible. He glanced at Shigesho Yamamoto with dissatisfaction, and then said: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, the main role of these combat teams is to monitor and Delaying the enemy does not require strong combat power, and you can use the auxiliary forces in the brigade to complete this task.” He said, and he glanced at the officers of the engineers, artillery, and heavy corps.

Hearing his opinion of praising the infantry regiment, Shigesho Yamamoto felt that what Chiba Kotaro said made sense, so he gave him a look of approval.

The chiefs of the engineering company, engineers, artillery and supply troops were all a little angry when they saw Chiba Kotaro despise them.Originally, the Japanese army had a spirit of initiative. When Chiba Kotaro first proposed this method, they thought about letting their own troops take up this task.But seeing Chiba Kotaro despise them, everyone fell silent instead.

After careful consideration and comprehensive consideration of everyone's opinions, Obolf made up his mind.

He said: "Tonight, concentrate all the main forces of the 150th and 115th regiments and launch an attack on the enemy's 187th division.

The north, east, and south sides of the camp are composed of engineers, artillery, and supply troops, respectively, and the combat teams are responsible for covering them.

All the ministries are now going back to prepare, and launch an attack on time at 187 o'clock in the morning. This time, we must take down the county and annihilate the enemy's [-]th division.please! "

"Hai." The devil officers stood upright and said together.

Ning Wen, Han Zhihao and others did not expect that they attacked the Japanese army at the Han Ferry ferry last night. Although they only fired a volley of guns and threw a few grenades, they only killed no more than ten enemies, but the enemy could not figure them out. Fearing that they would cooperate with the enemy on the other side to attack the ferry, they strengthened their defenses.Therefore, their small force actually contained a whole brigade of Japanese troops.

Tonight, Ning Wen and others, who had rested for a whole day, came to the mountain near Han Ferry again to harass the enemy.

Ning Wen followed Gao Jiu and was constantly learning and improving. He has always been steady and good at learning. He has grown and improved very quickly, and now he has the necessary qualities of an excellent junior commander.

After the battle last night, he knew that the Japanese army would be on guard tonight. Therefore, they did not get close to the enemy. When they were still one mile away from the Japanese army, they let Han Zhihao and others set up an ambush, and he went to attack the enemy alone. .

After 200 meters closer to the Japanese position, he shot and killed a Japanese sentry, and then, using the flash of the gun muzzle when the enemy returned fire, he killed several more enemies.Seeing that there were not many attackers, the Japanese army sent half a small team of Japanese troops to chase them.

Ning Wen fired while running, luring the devils to the place where Han Zhihao and the others were ambushing, set them up in an ambush, basically wiped out these enemies, replenished ammunition, and captured a grenadier.

Ning Wen accepted it as soon as he saw it, and immediately asked Han Zhihao and others to retreat to a safe place.Holding the grenade by himself, he changed the direction and continued to harass the Japanese army.Regardless of the fact that Ning Wen was alone, the Japanese army had no peace all night and lost more than a dozen soldiers.

Of course, Gao Jiu and the others were not idle. They still had 22 rounds of Type [-] infantry artillery shells in their hands. At midnight, they approached the Japanese army's position two kilometers away. up.

Suddenly, a grenade fired from a grenade flew not far away, and it exploded near Gao Jiu and the others. Then, at least three or eight bullets were fired from two directions. Two soldiers from the cavalry battalion were killed on the spot.

(End of this chapter)