The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 1951 Dispute

There is a very famous meme in later anti-Japanese war dramas, which is "Bring me my Italian cannon!"

It was said that Li Long, the leader of the Eighth Route Army's Independent Regiment, was unable to capture Ping'an County in order to save his wife, so he finally used the Italian cannon to decide the outcome with one shot!

This shows the role of artillery in today's wars.

  Everyone knows that the Japanese and puppet troops built many solid bunkers during the war, but the anti-Japanese forces lacked siege weapons. What if we gave them an Italian cannon? In other words, instead of an Italian cannon, we could just give them a 60mm mortar.

Shang Zhen had been leading his men in guerrilla warfare. They had fought against the Japanese army many times, but they rarely encountered the Japanese using infantry artillery.

The reason, of course, was that they had already run away before the Japanese army could move up their infantry artillery.

But this time, for some reason, the Japanese army actually moved all their infantry artillery here. This is truly horrifying!

Fang Zhen’s reminder was timely. Just when they came down from the observation deck and turned halfway behind the high point, the second artillery shell from the Japanese army arrived.

This time, the shell landed accurately on the wooden building on the observation platform.

Amid the sound of the explosion, Shang Zhen and the others clung to the high facade, while wood and stone chips from the explosion above their heads fell like rain.

Fortunately, they were now at the back wall of that high point, which was similar to the reverse slope of the mountain, and the explosion flew down over their heads.

"Don't move, just hide here!" Shang Zhen shouted again, stopping Xu Lang who wanted to run downstairs in time.

At this time, the lighter stone chips and dust that were blown up scattered all over the sky, and several people were covered in dust in an instant.

Shang Zhen’s idea naturally makes sense.

But this time he was wrong, as if the Japanese army's official first shot was just to establish its authority, and the subsequent artillery fire was diverted.

It was also impossible to tell what target the Japanese army was going to hit. The shells were falling randomly on the top of the mountain, and most of them fell on the open ground.

However, one of the bombs hit a house, and the thatched house, which was not very sturdy to begin with, collapsed in half in the explosion.

One of them even fell on the toilet that the bandits usually used.

  The toilet was not big to begin with, and after this shot, the toilet completely disappeared!

"What on earth are the Japanese devils trying to do?" It was the first time that Xu Lang saw such a big scene, and he muttered.

  Xu Lang didn’t know, but Shang Zhen knew that after the shelling, the Japanese army would attack!

"Captain Fei, let's fight like this. Have all your men on the other side of the ditch shoot at the Japs.

You don't have to hit the target, just shoot and then quickly pull back.

Shen Mugen, call our people here, we will use rifles to shoot the Japanese attacking from above. Shang Zhen came up with a battle plan.

But before Shen Mu could make a move, Xu Lang refused to do so: "Why should we, the Eighth Route Army, be at the front while you are hiding in the back?"

"Can you shoot as accurately as we do?" Qian Chuan'er retorted without Shang Zhen saying anything, "Besides, our battalion commander also said that you don't have to really shoot the Japanese. You just need to shoot down the mountain. The ones who will really shoot the Japanese are us, because we old soldiers have accurate shooting skills."

"Then how can we go to the other side of the ditch to fight? Once the Japanese rush over, how can we retreat?" Xu Lang objected again.

"Can you see the Japanese on the other side of the ditch? Aren't there wooden boards on top? If you can't stop the Japanese, you can just retreat from the boards.

You guys are fighting the Japanese in the front, that's fake, it's just to attract the Japanese army's attention, we will really kill them from behind." Qian Chuaner explained again.

"It's easy for you to say, but what if the Japanese devils fire grenades into the ditch?" Xu Lang still disagreed.

What kind of people are suitable to be commanders? Actually, there are two types of people. One type is that I know nothing, so I will leave it to the people below me to do it. I trust you to do the work. The other type is naturally knowledgeable. Then, the most troublesome thing is to meet a half-baked person like Xu Lang.

You say he doesn't understand, but he does understand a little.

If you say he understands it all, he is far from it.

"Team Leader Xu, I think Captain Shang's battle plan is feasible. There will always be sacrifices in battle. I agree with this battle plan, and I want to stay with my comrades in the District team." Seeing that Xu Lang disagreed with everything, Wang Chuan finally spoke.

After Wang Chuan said this, Captain Zhang also expressed his opinion: "Now it seems that we will definitely not be able to defeat the Japanese devils head-on. Captain Shang's method should be the most reasonable."

"Comrade Wang Chuan, Captain Zhang, I want to remind you two that I am the highest leader here." It was obvious that Xu Lang and Wang Chuan were unhappy.

"How about this, Qian Chuan'er, you and Monkey and the comrades of the Eighth Route Army stand in the front and we will shoot from the back." Shang Zhen glanced at Xu Lang. He was already fed up with Xu Lang, but he knew that now was the time for everyone to unite, so he suggested again.

Now Shang Zhen had no choice. How many people did he bring out? Himself, Hou Kanshan, Qian Chuaner, Bian Xiaolong, Da Laoben, and Shen Mugen.

  When he led his men out, he just wanted to avoid being seen. Who would have thought that they would be blocked by the Japanese army on the mountain. How could it be possible for Old Xu to let his men go to the front? Now the soldiers available in Shangzheng are also stretched to the limit!

"I think this is the way to go! Originally, we didn't need your people to go to the front. I took into consideration that your people are all veterans with rich combat experience. They know how to deal with emergencies." Wang Chuan expressed his opinion again, and then he turned to Xu Lang who was about to express his objection and said, "Although you, Team Leader Xu, are the highest leader here, you do not have military command authority."

  After Wang Chuan said this, Xu Lang's face turned red!

Wang Chuan is a steady person. Most of the time, he neither agrees nor opposes some of Xu Lang's practices.

But things are really different now. Now, the Japanese army is attacking in large numbers, and everyone is facing the test of life and death.

Then Wang Chuan would no longer be able to care about what Xu Lang felt.

Wang Chuan is also a veteran, even one with more experience than Shang Zhen and others.

He didn't think Shang Zhen's trick would work.

Whether it was the people from Shangzhen or the Eighth Route Army, they all stood at the front and exchanged fire with the Japanese army, so their sacrifice was foreseeable.

Shang Zhen's battle plan naturally has its rationality and provides a variable. Wang Feng hopes that this variable can change the inevitable defeat of the positional warfare that he foresees.

But now that he has made this statement, it means he has fallen out with Xu Lang.

But in order to defeat the enemy, what is the use of so-called vanity and so-called face? Victory in battle is the touchstone of success for a commander.

Seeing that Xu Lang stopped talking, Shang Zhen said, "Let's do this!

Qian Chuan, when you are with the people from the district team, you should make full use of the ditch behind you.

After all, that trench can defend against guns and artillery to a large extent, so you can handle it flexibly!"

But just as Qian Chuan'er was listening to Shang Zhen's order and started to walk down to the front to command the battle, Xu Lang suddenly said: "Wang Chuan, Captain Zhang, you are violating the party's command!"

No one knew how Wang Chuan would respond to Xu Lang's words, and Wang Chuan didn't need to respond next, because Xu Lang's words directly irritated Qian Chuaner, who usually had a good temper.

"You can't replace the Chinese Communist Party. Besides, you know nothing. If you had listened to our battalion commander at the beginning, would the Japanese still have blocked us on the mountain after we got down the mountain?" Qian Chuaner said.