Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1833 Independent Battalion

As the saying goes, soldiers are valuable but they are quick. It only took more than half an hour for the night combat unit of the Taiyuan Independent Battalion to be deployed.

This is a bit difficult for Zhang Zihui, the commander of the independent battalion, because the independent battalion has never trained helicopter rappelling before.

The point is that Zhang Zihui came from the Long March Regiment, where he was a company commander before.

His feelings for the old army were there, and now that the Long March was in danger and needed his support, he, the battalion commander, immediately jumped to work like a chicken.

So when the helicopter flew to the Independence Camp, Zhang Zihui had already disassembled and packed the equipment.

The independent battalion is very skilled in disassembly, and they often train on this subject.

The main reason is that the night vision device cannot be installed on a half-track car or tank all the time. Many times it needs to be deployed in a fortification, highland or jungle on the front line... It is convenient to install it on a half-track car or tank. It is convenient, but it also means that its own target is very big. A thing as big as a half-track car or a tank is placed there in the wilderness, and it may become the target of enemy artillery at any time.

If you disassemble it and place it in the trench, you can hide yourself and see the enemy. This is the state that is more needed on the battlefield.

Once the helicopter arrived, it only took 5 minutes for everyone, including equipment, to be loaded.

The road distance between the Independent Camp and Ping'an Village is more than [-] kilometers, and the straight-line distance is only more than [-] kilometers.

The helicopter flew at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour for only ten minutes.

The reason why I only flew 150 kilometers was because it was dangerous to fly too fast in the dark, especially when the destination was Ping'an Village with mountains.

During this period, Zhang Zihui was already impatiently urging the pilot to speed up... This was actually a taboo. The pilot knew how fast he should fly. Zhang Zihui's behavior may increase the pilot's pressure and affect his judgment.

After the war, Wang Xuexin specifically criticized Zhang Zihui for this matter and asked him to write a review and apologize in writing to the helicopter unit.

Zhang Zihui refused and said to Wang Xuexin: "Captain, there won't be a next time. Aren't we in a hurry to save the old army?"

"Then what do you mean, if there is another mission like this next time to reinforce the Long March Regiment, will you still do it?"

Zhang Zihui replied without thinking: "That's necessary..."

Wang Xuexin rolled his eyes in anger: "Well, next time there is a problem with the Long March regiment, I won't send you to reinforce it!"

"Don't bother me!" Zhang Zihui immediately understood the problem. If he didn't obey the order, he wouldn't have a chance to do this next time.

So I could only reply aggrievedly: "Captain, I was wrong! I admit my mistake, can't I just write a self-criticism?"

The only way to conquer such a soldier is to use his old troops as "hostages".

However, Wang Xuexin's actions seemed a bit overwhelming.

The helicopter troops chose a mountain col to land, which was a blind spot for the enemy's sight and artillery...

In fact, it is not a blind spot. It may be a blind spot for infantry, but not for helicopters.

Helicopters of this period were very fragile, especially with little armor protection on the top.If the enemy fires a barrage of artillery shells at this time, even if these shells do not directly hit the helicopter, the shrapnel and stones will fly down like raindrops when the artillery shells explode on the high ground, and the helicopter will lower its altitude or even stop below. It will be riddled with holes, and it will be even worse if it hits the rotating propeller, which will directly destroy the machine and kill everyone.

The key was that it was dark at this time, and this section of the mountain was out of sight of the Japs, and the helicopters took off and landed very quickly. They had already left safely before the Japs noticed the reinforcement helicopters.

The reinforcements from the Taiyuan Independent Battalion can be said to be timely.

At first, Zhao Liangzhi, the leader of the Long March, was a little frustrated when he heard that the first batch of reinforcements that arrived only had a reinforced company of more than 100 people.

The reason why there are only more than 100 reinforcements is determined by the space of the helicopter.

Zhao Liangzhi frowned and said to Zhang Zihui, who reported to him: "Xiao Zhang, thank you for coming for reinforcements. However, in just one hour, more than 3000 of our regiment lost more than 1000 and wounded more than 100, and only a few hundred were capable of combat. Well, [-] of you... to be honest, it’s just a drop in the bucket!”

"Captain!" Zhang Zihui replied confidently: "Our army is different. We specialize in night fighting! We have unique skills..."

As the battle situation was very tight, Zhao Liangzhi only listened to half of what he said and rushed to send Zhang Zihui and others.

As for Zhang Zihui's "unique skills", Zhao Liangzhi did not take it seriously. He thought that this unit just practiced night fighting.

No wonder Zhao Liangzhi didn't know.

Night vision devices are still a military secret at this time. The troops who don't need to know are not allowed to know. Even if they know, they are not allowed to discuss or spread.

If this matter reaches the ears of the Japanese, they will know: It turns out that the Eighth Route Army also has a kind of equipment that can see the target at night, so be careful when fighting in the future.

Although Wang Xuexin knew that it would be difficult to keep this equipment secret once it was used on the battlefield, he should keep it secret for as long as he could, so as to maximize the benefits on the battlefield.

As a result, regimental leaders like Zhao Liangzhi didn't know that the Eighth Route Army had night vision goggles. At this time, Zhang Zihui was about to say something, but he went to urgently reinforce the defense line just at the beginning.

Zhang Zihui's reinforcements were dispersed to all corners of the defense line. They operated in squad units, usually with two machine guns per squad, that is, one machine gun team for every five people.

Except for the main and deputy machine gunners, the rest of these five people are all equipped with repeating rifles and without bayonets.

Bayonets become redundant with repeating rifles, not to mention they have to share the burden of night vision devices: such as batteries and spare batteries, machine gun ammunition, etc.

A strong company has more than thirty machine guns, and they are equipped with night vision goggles that can see the target position. This will immediately change the combat situation...

The troublesome part of night fighting is that the defenders have long-range equipment such as bolt-action rifles and machine guns. The theoretical range of these devices can reach 600 meters, and a continuous machine gun can cover enemy groups thousands of meters away. .

However, because it was a dark night with low visibility, the advantages of these long-range equipment could not be brought into play, so the Japs were rushed to the trenches again and again using intensive tactics. The Japs could throw hand grenades into the trenches as close as 30 meters away and then follow up. Initiate physical combat.

But as soon as the independent battalion's machine guns with night vision goggles joined the battle, this night fighting pattern was immediately broken.

What's funny is that the Japanese thought they were safe even 500 meters away. Groups of people gathered in half-crouching or kneeling positions to prepare for a charge.

The soldiers of the independent battalion came up to attack the gathered Japanese. After a burst of screams like ghosts and wolves, the rhythm of their attack was immediately disrupted.

(End of this chapter)