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Chapter 396 Battlefield Airdrop Supplies!

Under the leadership of Chen Dagu, the Fourth Battalion of the New First Regiment marched more than 60 kilometers in a hurry and arrived at Baozi Mountain.

This is the only way to go south after the Tongpu Highway passes through Xinzhou.

Moreover, the terrain here is dangerous, backed by endless mountains, it can be attacked and defended.

Chen Dagu took out "Reverse Slope and Three-Three Tactics" and looked at it for a while, then ordered the four infantry company commanders and artillery company commanders under his command to come over for a meeting.

These company commanders are all military cadres with excellent military qualities who Li Yunlong asked for from the brigade commander or the headquarters.

Many of them made meritorious service when they were platoon leaders at the grass-roots level, and then went to the camp school to study intensively, and those who passed the assessment were sent to the various units.

Not only is his military quality excellent, but he is also able to lead troops and do ideological work for soldiers.

After several battles, whether he is a company platoon leader or a soldier, he has grown into a qualified soldier in the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Although it is not as good as the three old infantry battalions of the new regiment, the equipment is already the same as the three infantry battalions, and the combat effectiveness is definitely far superior to the main regiment like the 772 regiment.

"Our Fourth Battalion, this time the opponent is the Japanese 3rd Brigade."

"Our task is to hold the position here for 3 days, and within 3 days, absolutely not let a devil go south to reinforce Taiyuan."

"Brother troops have blown up the Jinggou Bridge, and the 3rd Brigade can only reach Yuanping Station by train at most."

"Yuanping Station is about 70 kilometers away from our place. If the 3rd Brigade travels overnight, according to the speed of the devil's rapid march, it will probably arrive at our place at noon tomorrow."

Calling several company commanders for a meeting, Chen Dagu glanced at the crowd.

"This is Baozi Mountain, and this is the road the devils pass by."

He picked up a fist-sized stone, pointed to the distant mountain beside the road, and the kilometers across from the mountain, and then drew a mark on the ground to represent Baozi Mountain and the road.

Without further ado, Chen Dagu pointed to the stones and traces on the ground, and began to describe the deployment of troops:
"The Thirteenth Company built trenches and foxhole positions on the front slope of Baozi Mountain. Remember to dig more anti-bomb holes."

On the battlefield behind the enemy, the Eighth Route Army used a large number of anti-bunker holes. In addition to defending against Japanese artillery, they also served as hiding places, ammunition storage, and grain storage.

The method of digging anti-blasting holes is also recorded in detail in the book "Reverse Slope and Three-Three System Tactics".

"The engineer platoon planted more landmines in front of the positive slope position and on the road."

"The artillery company is responsible for building the artillery positions on the reverse slope, and the other three companies are responsible for digging the mountain, hollowing out the mountain for me, and connecting the reverse slope and the front slope."

The instructor of the Fourth Battalion asked: "Old Chen, what do you mean, we will use the anti-slope fortification plus tunnel tactics in "Reverse Slope and Three-Three System Tactics" in this battle?"

"That's right!"

Chen Dagu nodded: "Our firepower is strong, one can fight against another's regiment, there is no need to put so many troops on the front slope."

The infantry units under the main infantry battalion of the New First Regiment adopted the four-four system, that is, four companies, each company had four platoons, and each row had four squads.

Each infantry squad has about 15 people, equipped with 1 light machine gun, 1 submachine gun, 1 rocket launcher, 1 sniper rifle, and the rest of the weapons are also semi-automatic rifles.

There are 64 infantry squads in the fourth battalion, that is, 64 light machine guns, 64 submachine guns, 64 rocket launchers...

In addition, a battery equipped with 13 machine guns, 12 mortars and 4 Type [-] infantry guns was added.

The firepower is strong.

"In addition, according to the information obtained by the head of the regiment, the Japanese army used more than 200 planes to attack Zhongtiao Mountain this time."

"Although the cannons attacking the devils from the front can't hit our artillery positions on the reverse slope."

"However, once the devils call for planes to drop aerial bombs, it will only take a matter of minutes to kill our artillery positions and positive slope positions."

"So, our artillery and infantry need tunnels to avoid the devil's aerial bombs."

"And our weapons and ammunition can also be hidden in the tunnel."

"In addition, we can also transport the wounded through tunnels running through the mountain, and provide timely reinforcements and deliver weapons and ammunition to the positive slope."

Chen Dagu has never actually fought this reverse slope fortification and tunnel tactics, but the soldiers have already been trained in how to quickly dig mountain tunnels in their usual training.

But he is a seasoned veteran, and after a brief analysis, he knows that this kind of back-slope fortification plus tunnel tactics is indeed very useful.

"It's less than 20 hours before the arrival of the devils, and the ministries seized the time to lay mines, build positions and dig tunnels."

"The 3rd Brigade is a hard bone. No matter how hard it is, we have to smash it up and swallow it."

Chen Dugu's tone was cold and severe.

"Yes!"

All the company commanders responded in unison.

After the company commanders left, the instructor looked at Chen Dagu with a surprised tone:

"Old Chen, from your tone, do you want to eat up the 3rd Brigade?"

"The 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army is known as the elite. It has 2 infantry regiments and 1 artillery brigade under its jurisdiction. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to survive with just one battalion?"

Chen Dagu spread out the map, and said: "People must have dreams, and the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army has to stay in the old nest. It will never come out in full force. At most one infantry regiment, plus one or two infantry brigades and Artillery Brigade, we just need to kill and injure the devils in large numbers on the front slope, break down the morale of the devils, and then seize the opportunity to launch a wave of counterattacks... It will be difficult to eat up the 1rd Brigade, but there is still a chance to defeat the 1rd Brigade."

The instructor analyzed it carefully, and immediately felt that what Chen Dagu said made some sense.

It is very exciting to think about defeating half of the elite brigades of the Japanese army with a battalion.

After a pause, Chen Dagu said again: "Old Wang, immediately send a telegram to the headquarters, reporting our current position and tactics, and see if the commander-in-chief has any instructions for us."

Although the fourth battalion carried 3 base ammunition, part of the ammunition was transported by the militia.

However, semi-automatic rifles consume much faster than bolt-action rifles. In the case of frequent battles, the 3 base bullets can be used up in two days at most.

In order to facilitate the reception of airdropped supplies, Li Yunlong specially allocated a radio station to the Fourth Battalion.

If you lack ammunition, you can send a telegram directly to Li Yunlong, and Li Yunlong will call Chen Dagu for an airdrop.

"Okay!" The trainer turned and walked towards the communication team.

……

In the afternoon the last attack by Japanese aircraft ended.

Li Yunlong used the radio to talk to a certain boss surnamed Chen.

In this call, Li Yunlong called exactly the same number of cannons and cannons that were destroyed.

Li Yunlong dared to let the cannons be bombed by devil planes, so he naturally had the confidence.

His confidence comes from Boss Chen's battlefield airdrop.

At the same time, it also made the old devil Yoshio Shinozuka feel that the artillery of the Eighth Route Army had been blown up, and he would give the old devil a surprise in the evening.

虽然今天击落110架鬼子飞机和击毙110个鬼子飞行员，赚到了330门75毫米山炮和110门105榴弹炮。

But Li Yunlong was not in a hurry to accept these large shipments.

Right now we are not in the base area, we are fighting, and it is still a big battle to attack Taiyuan.

The maximum transportation capacity of the Eighth Route Army is only 48 mountain guns and 40 howitzers, and any more will exceed the transportation capacity of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, Li Yunlong just called so many cannons and machine guns.

48 mountain cannons and 40 105 howitzers are used to fight Taiyuan, which is enough.

This time Li Yunlong led his troops to shoot down more than 110 Japanese aircraft, achieved the achievement of shooting down 100 aircraft, and unlocked the 37mm anti-aircraft gun.

However, because the 37mm anti-aircraft gun was too heavy and needed to be pulled by a car, it was not transported to Li Yunlong this time.

After adding cannons and machine guns, Li Yunlong's anti-aircraft firepower was supplemented, but more than half of the Japanese aircraft were lost, and the Devil's aircraft would only deliver food again.

12 midnight sharp.

The moon is dark and the wind is high.

Li Yunlong looked at the watch in his hand on a flat land 6 kilometers away from the northern city wall of Taiyuan.

"ignition!"

With a big wave of Li Yunlong's hand, a soldier next to him first lit the torch with a match, and then put the torch under a pile of dry firewood.

After a while, the dry wood ignited a raging fire.

At night, whether it is skydiving or airdropping, the way of lighting a fire is generally used to guide the pilot's coordinates.

Not long after, the dense rattling sound of Dragonfly helicopters sounded in the sky.

"Haha, here we come!"

The corner of Li Yunlong's mouth curled up, his tone excited.

Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou, Wang Chengzhu and the soldiers beside them were all smiling.

Deputy head Xing Zhiguo did not come, he was watching from the headquarters.

"Fire flares!"

As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, a flare was lifted into the air with a sharp whistling sound, and the surrounding 1000-meter range was immediately illuminated like daylight.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw densely packed dragonfly helicopters emerging from the night in the eastern sky.

One 1 howitzer or two 105 mountain guns are hung under each Dragonfly helicopter.

Under the guidance of fire piles and continuous flares, more than 60 Dragonfly helicopters placed 51 mountain cannons and 42 howitzers on the ground, and then quickly flew away along the way they came.

After the helicopter flew away, the night sky hummed faintly with the roar of a transport plane.

Li Yunlong ordered the soldiers to fire a red signal flare and flare to point out the direction for the transport plane.

As dozens of hundreds of large transport planes swept across the night sky, densely packed airdrop boxes and more than 80 cannons slowly landed with parachutes.

The airdrop boxes are filled with artillery shells and machine shells.

Looking at these 105 howitzers and 75 mountain cannons, as well as the densely packed airdrop boxes, Li Yunlong's smile became more and more intense.

Later he will give Yoshio Shinozuka a big surprise.

Daytime is just a small test, and night battle is the specialty of the Eighth Route Army.

Of course, there is the most important point.

At night, when the Japanese planes could not bomb, the artillerymen of the Eighth Route Army could pull the mountain cannons and howitzers to a distance of 1000 meters from the city wall, aiming at the city wall and firing directly.

The Taiyuan city wall is indeed high and thick, but it can't stop more than a dozen or so 75 mountain guns and 105 howitzers aiming at one point and shooting fiercely.

Li Yunlong said: "Chief of Staff Wang, immediately inform the artillery and transport teams of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd attack groups to come here to transport mountain guns and howitzers, and by the way, machine guns and artillery shells."

(End of this chapter)