The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 551 Battlefield Teaching
The national army and Gao Jiu cooperated in the war, and had won many major victories.The officers and soldiers of the 77th Division had received a report on the situation of the war. The 187th Division and the 62nd Division of the National Army had all achieved major victories in annihilating the Japanese army formed into a regiment or above because of their cooperation with Gao Jiu.

The troops of the 77th Division have participated in many battles against Japan, and it can be said that they are a battle-hardened and capable force.During the Battle of Changsha, with the strength of one division, it blocked a regiment of the Japanese army for three days.

But their tactics were rigid, and they basically fought positional warfare. They fought against the Japanese army for consumption. Under the attack of the Japanese army with superior firepower, they suffered heavy casualties in every battle.Although they also consumed a lot of devils, in terms of the ratio of battle losses, they still suffered a lot, and they had no record of annihilating more than one squadron of the Japanese army.

The officers of the 77th Division were very curious. They didn't understand how Gao Jiu led the National Army to annihilate the Japanese army systematically at a small cost.

In order to learn from Gao Jiu's combat experience, the 77th Division dispatched 10 officers from each regiment, led by the deputy heads of each regiment, to form a battlefield observation group to follow Gao Jiu and others to conduct tactical observation and study .

In front of the division department of the 77th Division, the officers and soldiers of the reinforced battalion lined up neatly. Commander He of the 77th Division stood in front of the team, and after some mobilization, he said, "Brothers, you must have heard of the name of Mr. Taohuashangao." However, your expedition this time will be led by the famous Taohuashan Mr. Gao. Now, let us give warm applause to welcome Mr. Gao to speak to the brothers."

The more than 500 soldiers of the national army who participated in this battle had already heard about it, and Gao Jiu personally commanded it this time.Gao Jiu's reputation was really great. Hearing what the teacher said, everyone applauded and stretched their necks, wanting to see what the legendary Gao Jiu looked like?
Gao Jiu came to the front of the team at the pace of a soldier, and made a standard salute according to the military salute of the national army.

The officers and soldiers all saw that Gao Jiu was tall, fit, handsome and mighty. Apart from being a little surprised at his youth, he completely fit the image of God of War in their minds, and everyone burst into warm applause again.

Gao Jiu said: "Brothers! Please raise your hands if you have directly participated in the battle against the Japanese army."

More than 500 officers and soldiers raised their hands.

Gao Jiu asked again: "Those who have participated in more than two battles, please raise your hand."

All hands up.

Gao Jiu said: "The devils are well-trained, well-equipped, and supported by numerous artillery and aviation troops. Those who can survive the battle are all good. You have participated in more than one battle, and you have been able to survive intact. It proves that you are the most elite fighters in the national army. On behalf of the brothers in Taohuashan, I pay tribute to you."

With that said, Gao Jiu saluted the officers and soldiers again.

These veterans are really proud. Those recruits often die on the battlefield when they go to the battlefield for the first time. Those who can participate in two battles and survive have indeed become the backbone of the army. .

Hearing Gao Jiu say this, everyone was very excited and a little proud, so everyone burst into warm applause again.

Gao Jiu said: "Actually, little devils are nothing special, they just rely on weapons and equipment, but they are also very dull in fighting, just a few strokes.

When it comes to fighting, we Chinese are their ancestors. From more than 1000 years before the Ming Dynasty, the little devils trembled when they saw the Chinese.

Entrusted by the teacher seat today, I will teach the little devils with my brothers, so that they will tremble when they hear the prestigious name of the 77th division. "

After finishing speaking, Gao Jiu gave another military salute and ended his speech.

Gao Jiu's unpretentious and short speech won the favor of the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers once again burst into warm applause.

The team set off, and according to prior research, their first combat target was the Liuzhuang stronghold.

A squadron of the Japanese army and a squadron of the puppet army were stationed in Liuzhuang.The reason why Gao Jiu chose such a small goal first was to win the battle first and improve the morale of the officers and soldiers.

This afternoon, the troops moved to a place 3 kilometers away from Liuzhuang.Gao Jiu, Section Chief Li of the Combat Section, and Commander Wang of the Strengthened Battalion began to study the combat deployment, while the officers of the observation group listened.

Because the map was too small, in order for the officers to see clearly, Gao Jiu did not hold the map to explain, but picked up a wooden stick and drew a sketch of the surrounding terrain on the ground.

After the battle of Liuzhuang started, there were two Japanese and puppet troops who could quickly come to reinforce them. One was Gaoyang Town, 14 kilometers away from here, where a squadron of the Japanese army was stationed (the squadron owed to the Liuzhuang stronghold), and the puppet army. Army's two squadrons.

One is Chihe County, 32 kilometers away from here, where a brigade of the Japanese army is stationed (less than the squadron stationed in Liuzhuang and Gaoyang Town), and the three enemy troops are roughly distributed in a triangle.

Gao Jiu said: "Our goal this time is to eat up this squadron of the Japanese army. According to the characteristics that after the Japanese army is attacked, the surrounding Japanese troops will definitely come to reinforce it. My opinion is to feign attack Liu with two companies. Zhuang stronghold, attracting Japanese troops to come for reinforcements, and implement the tactics of besieging the point and attacking reinforcements.

Before the start of the battle, first cut off the telephone line between Gaoyang Town and Liuzhuang stronghold and Chihe County, and at the same time, send a small number of troops to intercept the enemy's communication troops to ensure that after the battle starts, the enemy in Chihe County will not be able to get it temporarily. information.

Keep the telephone line between Liuzhuang stronghold and Gaoyang Town unblocked to ensure that the Japanese army in Gaoyang Town will receive reinforcements from Liuzhuang stronghold.

With the rest of the troops, set up an ambush between the Liuzhuang stronghold and Gaoyang Town, first eliminate the enemy's reinforcements, and at the same time, send a platoon of troops to monitor the enemy near Chihe County, and report in time if there is any situation.

The officers of the 77th Division didn't know how Gao Jiu fought. Seeing that although his formation was simple and unpretentious, his thinking was very meticulous, which increased their trust in him.

Everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with this deployment. With their existing troops and firepower, it was enough to destroy the selected attack target. Everyone felt relatively confident and nodded in agreement.

According to the usual practice, Gao Jiu still solicited everyone's opinions again. After seeing that no one had any new opinions, he said to Section Chief Li: "Let's deploy according to this plan."

Section Chief Li ordered that two deputy platoon leaders each lead a squad of national army soldiers to cut off the enemy's communication lines, and battalion commander Wang led two companies to surround the Liuzhuang stronghold.Gao Jiu, Section Chief Li and others led the rest of the troops to ambush the Japanese reinforcements dispatched from Gaoyang Town.

Then everyone checked their watches, and at 3:30 in the afternoon, the battle first started at the Liuzhuang stronghold.

From Liuzhuang to Gaoyang Town is a plain area, it is difficult to find a place to set up an ambush.Gao Jiu looked at the terrain and couldn't find a better place, so he said, "Let's lay an ambush here."

The terrain here is indeed not very good. About 150 meters to the east of the country road, there is a canal and a lot of bushes, which can ambush more than 100 people.

More than 230 meters to the west, there is an earth slope that can ambush more than 50 people.

There is a small forest in the southwest, which can ambush more than 200 people.

These three locations just formed an inverted triangle shape, and Gao Jiu explained to the officers the principle of the application of the inverted triangle terrain.

The officers all thought it made sense, and everyone nodded in agreement.

Next, Gao Jiu asked the officers and soldiers to bury 300 grenades on the road.These grenades are buried in bundles of 15, and all the leads are connected to the grenade buried underneath.When the bottom grenade explodes, the power of the explosion will not directly detonate other grenades, but will throw other grenades in the air. Form a large explosion area on the ground, greatly increasing the lethality.

In order to ensure detonation, two bunkers more than two feet deep were dug more than 30 meters south of the road. Two soldiers hid inside and pulled the rope to detonate.

After all the deployment was completed, Section Chief Li asked with some concern: "Will the Japanese army find out that there is an ambush here?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said: "No, with all due respect, the Japanese army has rarely suffered heavy blows in this generation. They are used to being arrogant. I heard that there are only about 200 of our army besieging the Liuzhuang stronghold. Go for reinforcements, and you won't waste time searching for them on the way."

What Gao Jiu said was a bit hurtful to one's self-esteem, which showed that the national army's attack on the Japanese army was not strong enough.However, what he said was also true, and everyone had nothing to say.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, the Liuzhuang battle started as scheduled. At 4:15, the reinforcements of the Japanese army came from the direction of Gaoyang Town, including more than 130 Japanese soldiers and more than [-] puppet troops.

Gao Jiu saw that the enemy had entered the encirclement, raised his hand and shot and killed the Japanese commander first. Ning Wen and Ning Wu shot almost at the same time, killing two more Japanese officers.

The gunshot was an order. After hearing the gunshot, the officers and soldiers of the national army opened fire violently at the Japanese army on the road.

The two soldiers who were in charge of detonating the national army pulled the rope, and soon, there was an explosion on the road, and then a large number of grenades were thrown into the air, causing a violent explosion.

For this operation, this unit of the national army specially strengthened their firepower. They carried a large number of machine guns and submachine guns. Under the powerful firepower and a large number of hand grenade explosions, the Japanese army lost at least half of the battle at the beginning of the battle. above.

The troops of the national army are different from the troops of Taohuashan. Gao Jiu can't expect them to have a highly conscious combat awareness and flexible tactics.He could not leave time for the Japanese army to organize a counterattack. After 30 seconds of fire attack, he ordered a charge.

At this time, several officers of the Japanese army had all been shot dead, and two officers of the puppet army were also shot dead by Ning Wen and Ning Wu. The sudden blow had already caused the Japanese and puppet troops to form a mess, making it impossible to organize an effective counterattack.

Hundreds of national army soldiers rushed while fighting, and soon rushed onto the road, quickly annihilating the remaining enemy troops.

The entire battle lasted only 5 minutes.

In the previous battles, most of the officers and soldiers of the national army stayed in their positions, being bombarded and suppressed by the enemy's firepower. This was the first time that they fought such a happy battle.

Seeing the corpses of the Japanese and puppet troops everywhere, the officers and soldiers burst into cheers of victory.

In this battle, the national army only suffered 12 casualties. Director Li and the officers of the observation group couldn't help being very excited when they saw the results of the battle.

The main force of the enemy army in Gaoyang Town has already come out, and the remaining enemy army is only a few dozen personnel.Gao Jiu sent a company of national troops to attack Gaoyang Town.

Next, according to the original battle plan, Gao Jiu and others led the troops back to the Liuzhuang stronghold.

The officers and soldiers of the national army are not good at fighting at night. At the same time, in order to let those officers learn how to fight, Gao Jiu decided to attack the Liuzhuang stronghold during the day.

Battalion Commander Wang of the reinforced battalion of the national army besieging Liuzhuang's stronghold saw Gao Jiu and the others come back, and hurriedly asked, "Master Jiu, where are the devil's reinforcements?"

Section Chief Li said excitedly: "The devil's reinforcements have all been killed."

A company commander said: "Ying Zuo, it was a joy to fight against Lord Jiu. We only suffered 12 casualties and wiped out more than 200 devils and puppet soldiers. It was really enjoyable."

Battalion Commander Wang was very happy and sent someone to convey the news to all the officers and soldiers participating in the battle.The officers and soldiers of the national army who besieged Liuzhuang couldn't help cheering when they heard that they had won a big victory.

The Japanese and puppet troops guarding the Liuzhuang stronghold heard the cheers and found that many new national army officers and soldiers had arrived. They guessed that something might have happened to their reinforcements. This time their pressure was even greater and their morale was severely damaged. Impact.

This time when the national army came out, in order to facilitate rapid maneuvering, they did not carry mountain cannons, but only some mortars, which could not destroy the enemy's buildings.

Battalion Commander Wang and his troops, after such a long battle, have a good understanding of the situation of the enemy's firepower points.

Gao Jiu, Ning Wen, and Ning Wu aimed at the gun holes on the top of a gun tower, and kept firing guns into them. The Japanese and puppet troops there quickly fell silent.

Gao Jiu said to the officers: "As you can see, the Japanese and puppet troops are hiding in the fortifications. It is difficult for us to hit them, but they also have weaknesses, that is, their shooting field of view is relatively narrow, and their troops cannot be deployed. You can organize The troops, in a group of ten people, block one of the enemy's gun holes so that the enemy cannot shoot out, then they can completely suppress the enemy's firepower, and then use the rest of the troops to attack the enemy."

The officers all saw it clearly, and immediately divided up to organize the officers and soldiers to block the enemy's shooting holes.

Before long, the enemy's firepower was basically suppressed.

In order to let the national army officers and soldiers learn how to fight, Gao Jiu taught them a few tricks.

Gao Jiu asked the officers and soldiers of the national army to carry a mortar. He aimed the mortar at the enemy's gun tower at a 28-degree angle, then picked up a mortar shell and put it on the muzzle, and picked it up from the ground. A piece of corn stalk was pressed down on the mortar shell, and the mortar shell slid in. With a sound of "pass", a puff of smoke and dust came out from the muzzle of the mortar, and the mortar shell flew out, hitting directly The enemy's turret was destroyed, and a big hole was blown out of the turret.

This method of using mortars was invented by the Eighth Route Army. Gao Jiu took it and taught it to the artillerymen of the National Army.

Seeing that mortars can still be used in this way, the artillerymen of the national army became excited, and they used mortars to bombard the enemy's artillery towers one after another.

Next, Gao Jiu showed them some other methods of attacking the enemy's strong firepower.

He rolled, leaped forward, crawled forward, and used a series of tactical actions to quickly approach the enemy's gun tower.

Then, he accurately threw the grenade into the hole of the enemy's gun tower.

Thick smoke soon billowed out of the gun tower, and the enemy troops inside were completely lost.

Gao Jiu ran back quickly, and said to the officers: "Now the enemy's firepower has been suppressed, organize those officers and soldiers who can throw bombs far and accurately, rush forward, and throw grenades in like this. "

The officers of the national army saw it clearly, and hurried to deploy.

In this way, the battle became smoother and smoother, and soon the Japanese and puppet troops were helpless.

Seeing that most of the enemy's firepower was taken down, Gao Jiu ordered a strong attack.

After more than 20 minutes, the battle was over.

In this battle, the national army wiped out another 187 Japanese and puppet troops, with a total of more than 40 casualties.However, for storming the enemy's stronghold, such casualties can be said to be very slight.Such a battle loss ratio was unimaginable for the national army before.

After these two battles, the officers and soldiers of the national army felt that their eyes were wide open, and their tactical level improved a lot.

Not long after, another piece of good news came: the national army sent to attack Gaoyang Town had occupied Gaoyang Town, annihilated 28 Japanese and puppet troops inside, and 35 local armed forces in Gaoyang Town, and seized a large amount of supplies and money.

After these battles were fought, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the national army was high, and they all asked to continue to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in other places.

Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Gao Jiu discussed with Li Ke, Battalion Commander Wang and others, and made persistent efforts to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops in Chihe County.

The officers learned a lot today, and they were all looking forward to seeing what Gao Jiu could do in the next battle.

Immediately afterwards, the officers saw another wonderful performance by Gao Jiu.

(End of this chapter)