Bright Sword: Infinite Logistics

Trenches are not common to people in later generations. Many people who do not know about trenches often think that digging trenches is a simple laborious job with no particular requirements. As long as you dig a place to live and cover most of your body when shooting, leaving only your head exposed, you will be considered successful. This makes people laugh.

In fact, just asking some random questions can change these people's views.

Why are trenches dug in a curved or zigzag shape? How far away should mines, barbed wire and other weapons be placed? Which direction should the communication trenches face? How should the firing points be distributed? How should anti-artillery holes be dug? Where should the material warehouses be arranged? How should the water be drained on rainy days? Where should the observation posts be arranged...

The answers to these questions were earned at the cost of countless lives. For any army, these are the most basic of the basics and cannot be neglected.

Although the trenches were dug temporarily at night, the training effect of the independent regiment had already been reflected. The soldiers who dug the trenches took into account the problems of vision and firing range, and reserved openings for side and oblique firing to form crossfire. As long as the devils advanced, there would be at least one direction that could not be taken care of.

Hearing the mine exploding in front of the position, several special shooters from the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment loaded their guns.

The straight-line distance was about 90 meters, and although the side shooting was much farther, their score was 16 rings with two shots at 150 meters. Hitting a moving target was even more difficult, but it didn't matter. The brigade had recently distributed a lot of bullets to the regiment, and the regiment commander's target was reduced from killing at least one Japanese soldier with three shots to one with ten shots.

Feeling the heavy bullet belts on their bodies, these special shooters are in better shape than ever before.

Under the bombardment of artillery and the suppression of machine guns, a few sporadic gunshots finally rang out from the position of the independent regiment. However, with these few shots, three Japanese soldiers fell to the ground, twitched a few times and then stopped moving. There were also two unlucky guys, one covering his arm and the other covering his thigh, and their screams constantly disturbed the mood of the other Japanese soldiers.

"The Eighth Route Army has a top shooter, be careful to hide!" A group of Japanese soldiers bent over and hid.

But soon, a small group of Japanese soldiers took out the universal grenade launcher. They put several grenades with launching components into the grenade launcher and blasted them in the direction of the gunshot.

The two Japanese soldiers took the opportunity to start advancing, and a group of Japanese soldiers followed them until two mines exploded in front of the position, and the advance was stopped. Although the two were killed by the mines, they advanced nearly 20 meters, which brought great pressure to the soldiers on the position.

"It's only seventy meters away from the front trench." A soldier muttered in a low voice.

"Damn it, why is the Sakata Regiment like a mad dog? They're fighting so hard before they even found the firing point in the first wave of attack?" Kong Jie connected his Mauser pistol to the gun box and filled several magazines with bullets.

The performance of this group of devils was really extraordinary, they must be elite. Normally, the minefield could last for a while, but this group of devils was fearless and directly stepped on the mines to test the way. I'm afraid that the minefield will not last long.

And this was just the beginning, the enemy's best flank attack had not yet been deployed. If we had to deal with the enemy's attacks from both sides at the same time, the pressure would be too great.

You can only defend two waves at most! You must retreat after two waves, otherwise you may not be able to withstand the third attack.

Kong Jie silently made a judgment in his mind. The enemy's infantry battalion that was attacking had almost the same number of troops as his entire regiment. He couldn't just bite the bullet and take this beating. He had to trade space for time.

As he was thinking, the Japanese soldiers approached again. A machine gun in the front position could not help but open fire, and two short bursts of fire accurately killed two Japanese soldiers. Kong Jie was not polite either, holding the butt of the gun and began to show his shooting skills, firing three shots at a distance of more than 100 meters, and also killed a Japanese soldier.

"Baga, machine gun!"

There was no need for the Japanese squad leader to scold them. Three or four Japanese grenade throwers consciously aimed at the place where the machine gun sounded. Without any hesitation, they started with two rounds of grenades, and they were very accurate. Kong Jie could clearly see a grenade thrown into the machine gun position. His precious machine gun group was probably gone. Seeing that the machine gun was silent, the Japanese attacked the position again. As the distance got closer, the sound of rifle shooting became more frequent, and the number of casualties on both sides began to rise rapidly. The Japanese Type 92 infantry gun in the distance also stopped. At a distance of dozens of meters, firing again might hit their own people.

The Japanese grenade throwers were ready to attack again, setting up their grenade throwers and taking out the grenades they carried. Then...

boom!
Amid the loud explosion, a grenade launcher fell to the ground helplessly, and its owner was knocked over by the explosion and rolled down the slope for several meters.

Grenade launchers were not only owned by the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army had captured quite a few. Although the Independent Regiment was not as rich as the New First Regiment, it was still no problem for each battalion to be equipped with a grenade launcher. Special grenades might not be captured, but there were still a dozen or so grenades, enough for Kong Jie to be extravagant.

As for what to do after this fight... just seize the spoils next time.

In the past, if you went to the division or brigade headquarters to ask for bullets, you might not be able to get 200 rounds even if you were shameless. Now, the brigade has become richer and has started to actively distribute bullets to the regiments. What is there to be afraid of?

"Grenade!"

When the Japanese entered the throwing range, the only weapon that the Eighth Route Army had was finally effective. Grenades were thrown one after another, temporarily suppressing the Japanese's movements. The remaining machine guns also seized the opportunity to fire together, and the sudden increase in firepower dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese.

"All firing points have been explored, retreat!"

There was no need for the Japanese squad leader to shout a second time. The surviving Japanese soldiers retreated back the same way they came. The intensity of the battlefield decreased sharply, the intensity of the gunfire decreased rapidly, and the whole world seemed to suddenly become quiet, with only occasional sparse gunshots.

Kong Jie put down the gun in his hand, tightened the rope under the grip, and hung the gun in front of his chest: "Hide, hide! The machine gun team moves as quickly as possible!"

The independent regiment had rich experience in fighting small groups of enemies, but it was the first time to fight at the battalion level. They had not seen the Japanese use infantry artillery many times, so they reacted slowly. However, with Kong Jie's reminder, several machine gun groups quickly began to move.

The trenches dug overnight were still not good enough, and there were only a few anti-artillery holes, so this time they had to be used by the machine gun group first. Not long after the soldiers moved, the Type 92 infantry guns of the Japanese brigade opened fire, and the position of the machine gun group was given special attention, and was hit by several shells in a row.

After the shelling stopped, the commander of the first battalion found Kong Jie and said, "Commander, the enemy's artillery is too powerful. Many parts of our trenches have collapsed. Now the soldiers are digging again..."

Kong Jie nodded, indicating that he understood the current situation. Temporary excavations without reinforcements could not withstand bombardment at all, and they had to be repaired while fighting.

The Fang Xianjue trench that is circulated online, whether it is the 5-meter or 15-meter version, has an inexplicable flaw - two shells from the Japanese heavy artillery hit it, and the unreinforced fortifications collapsed directly, and it was not very useful at all. At the very least, it must be reinforced with materials to have a certain degree of anti-artillery capability.

"Captain, how about we retreat and disperse along the way to fight the Japanese with their guns? If we continue like this, there will be too many casualties. This group of Japanese are like mad dogs. It's just dawn today, and the shells fired by the grenade launchers and infantry guns are almost as many as the number of people in a company!"

Kong Jie frowned. (End of this chapter)