The Milky Way is Also a Grain of Sand
Chapter 486 A Failed Ambush: The First Garrison Unit Loses Troops
On the night of September 30th, several transport planes took off from Jurong Airport, flying upstream along the south bank of the Yangtze River.
These were special planes dispatched by the Special Operations Brigade to replenish rocket and artillery shells for the two regiments fighting on the Yangtze River.
The Special Operations Brigade now had seventy transport planes, thanks to the Tenth Regiment recovering a number of aircraft at Shizhu Mountain Airport, half of which were transport planes.
The planes sent to the Kuomintang were mainly fighter planes. For Chiang Kai-shek, these planes were a windfall, and he didn't care whether they were fighter planes or transport planes.
But it was different for the Special Operations Brigade. Lin Fan mainly kept the transport planes for his own use, as the Special Operations Brigade had not yet begun to develop them. They were the most needed means of transportation for the brigade.
As for fighter planes, the Special Operations Brigade could already produce them on their own, so the demand for them was not a priority.
At this time, with enough transport planes to cooperate, Lin Fan could direct a group of planes to land suddenly behind enemy lines, which could affect the outcome of a small battle.
However, Jurong's current productivity was not enough to produce enough weapons to completely change the battle situation.
For example, tanks, the kings of land warfare, had not yet been mass-produced.
As for artillery, Lin Fan could only have Jurong mass-produce rocket launchers to overwhelm the enemy with quantity.
In reality, this was also because the Special Operations Brigade's current industrial production capacity was insufficient to manufacture the gun barrels needed to make artillery.
Being able to produce seamless steel pipes on their own was already a remarkable achievement.
Tonight, Jurong sent a full ten bombers to transport supplies, escorted by ten fighter planes.
The aerial route was carefully designed and considered by Li Xian. He designed it based on the recent situation on the entire battlefield.
The one-way trip of 450 kilometers took only an hour and a half. Several of the pilots on these transport planes had been there once before the day before yesterday.
Seeing a large number 10 burned into the ground with bonfires, they knew they had reached the Second War Zone's airport.
The airport bonfires were arranged in the shape of the number 10. This was only temporarily notified to the Second War Zone headquarters when the plane took off, in order to prevent accidental landings at Japanese airports at night.
The well-prepared Second War Zone, after receiving this batch of supplies, immediately notified Lin Fan that the planes had arrived safely and the supplies were being sent to the front line overnight. In addition, the Second War Zone specially sent 15,000 cans of meat and twenty pigs to the Special Operations Brigade as a reward.
The canned meat and pork were something Lin Fan had not expected. He repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Commander Xue Yue.
This made Commander Xue Yue understand that the Special Operations Brigade indeed liked to eat meat. Lin Fan did not say thank you when he sent him supplies overnight.
But when he gave him some meat, the words of gratitude made him feel ashamed. These rewarded supplies were simply not worth mentioning compared to the military achievements of the Special Operations Brigade.
Not to mention the contributions Lin Fan had made in the Fifth War Zone, the feat of annihilating a Japanese infantry regiment and an artillery regiment in the past two days alone was enough to promote him from brigade commander to division commander.
Not to mention what kind of military merit should be recorded for the Special Operations Brigade for taking back a strategic location like Qilin Peak.
However, the Second War Zone had also reported the military achievements of the Special Operations Brigade, but the rewards from the Wuhan headquarters were for the entire war zone.
It was as if the results of the battle reported by Xue Yue were jointly created by everyone in the Second War Zone.
This made Xue Yue feel some emotion: this Special Operations Brigade was transferred from the Fifth War Zone by the Wuhan headquarters. Was it really okay for them to suppress them like this?
Chiang Kai-shek was also thinking: was it really okay to let the Special Operations Brigade continue to develop so wildly?
From this Wuhan campaign, Chiang Kai-shek had already felt that the intensity of the Japanese attacks had not changed, but the intensity of his own counterattacks had increased.
Before this, in the Battle of Shanghai, the Battle of Nanjing, and the Battle of Xuzhou, the Kuomintang army had not been able to hold on for so many days as this time.
Of course, there were terrain factors and weather factors, but the most important thing was that the Kuomintang army was getting stronger and stronger, while the Japanese were getting weaker and weaker.
The War of Resistance had really entered a stalemate stage. Chiang Kai-shek had already begun to think about how to weaken the Special Operations Brigade in the next step in his consideration of the entire battlefield.
This time, the Special Operations Brigade's airborne landing in De'an was originally a strategy for him to weaken the Special Operations Brigade, but he did not expect that Lin Fan would only bring two regiments.
He was even able to achieve such good results. As long as the troops Lin Fan led were still so powerful in combat, the various regimental commanders under his command were probably afraid to act rashly.
At least Li Zhi Ze, the regimental commander who was heavily promoted throughout the country last time, had clearly stated: he supported the War of Resistance. He would not leave the Special Operations Brigade until the Japanese withdrew from the country.
The meaning of this statement was very clear: unite against foreign enemies during the War of Resistance, but the situation after the War of Resistance could change.
But Chiang Kai-shek could not wait. He was afraid that by the time the War of Resistance ended, the Special Operations Brigade would already be too powerful to control.
While he was thinking about these major strategies in Wuhan, more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers from the First Garrison Regiment stationed in Zhu Village also began to move out.
Division Commander Ochiai Kanekuro was now only focused on the small battlefield. He was single-mindedly trying to get back the artillery from the 27th Mountain Artillery Regiment.
The purpose of this group of Japanese soldiers coming out today was only one: to get the artillery back.
The First Garrison Regiment was advancing according to the regimental formation, but the First Battalion had already been completely annihilated. Now, the Second Battalion was walking in the front as the vanguard.
In order to achieve the goal of a surprise attack, Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro specially ordered: "The entire regiment must not make any noise or light any fires during the march. They must use the faint starlight to march along the road."
The starlight was very weak tonight. It would definitely not work if the army was walking on mountain roads, but it was completely no problem to march all the way along the main road.
The ban on making noise and lighting fires during the march was effective for the first half hour.
When the Japanese soldiers had been marching for a long time, some Japanese soldiers began to talk in low voices.
Actions such as lighting fires were too obvious, and the Japanese soldiers did not dare to do it. It was not easy for the squad leaders to hear people talking quietly on the march at night.
Even if they heard it, they could not find out which Japanese soldier was talking for a while.
Moreover, despite being very careful, the noise of the army moving was still very loud. The sound of thousands of Japanese soldiers' footsteps alone could alarm many small birds and beasts栖息栖息 on the roadside.
In order to maintain combat effectiveness, the Japanese soldiers rested for ten minutes every hour.
For Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro, as long as the team could start attacking before dawn after setting off overnight, it would be considered within the plan.
He did not make any special requirements for the speed of the march. The only requirement was not to let the Japanese soldiers get too tired.
There was no moonlight tonight, but Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro was in a very good mood. Everything was going smoothly on his regiment's march, and they were almost at Xiao'ao ahead.
Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen arranged the regimental headquarters at the artillery position. He was awakened by fierce gunfire at three o'clock in the morning.
The First Company and Second Company reported: "A large number of Japanese soldiers are sneaking along the Ruichang Highway. They were discovered by the sentries, and everything is under control."
When First Company Commander Jing Chengxuan received the news from the outposts ahead that Japanese soldiers were coming to launch a surprise attack, he was just about to notify the Second Company.
Company Commander Lu Lejia had already called him, notifying him that many Japanese soldiers were coming up. The two company commanders immediately had a plan: postpone detonating the directional mines.
They would first strike a group of Japanese soldiers who had launched a surprise attack, and then give them a surprise.
Of course, such tactics had to be reported to the regimental commander. Only then did Regimental Commander Shangguan Zhiwen understand why he had not heard the sound of the directional mines exploding.
The First Company and Second Company had set up traps for thousands of meters on the highway. The two companies had been busy for a long time yesterday afternoon to set them up. Da Feng Novel Network
Now, after listening to Jing Chengxuan's report on the plan, Regiment Commander Shangguan only told them one thing: "Fight well!"
Fighting well meant fighting well and hurting the Japanese soldiers!
In tonight's surprise attack, the Yushan Meiji Squad was the vanguard of all the teams.
Squad Leader Yushan Meiji urged the team to move forward quickly all the way. It was not until they approached Xiao'ao that they sent the Sato 27th Squad a little further ahead to scout the situation.
Squad Leader Sato 27 was born when his father was twenty-seven years old, so he used this name.
The Japanese soldiers of the Sato Squad sneaked carefully, fearing that they would fall into an ambush by the Kuomintang army. They had been groping their way for nearly ten miles and nothing had happened.
It was not until just now that they were blown up by a pile of grenades head-on, followed by intensive machine gun fire aimed at them.
The Sato 27th Squad had just come into contact with the Kuomintang army and had already suffered heavy casualties. Less than ten Japanese soldiers were left, and they fled back in a panic.
Although they had lost dozens of Japanese soldiers, Squad Leader Yushan Meiji had seen clearly that there were six Kuomintang army fire points.
He was a cautious Japanese soldier. He did not get angry because thirty or so Japanese soldiers had died, and immediately pressed the entire squad up.
He just let the Japanese soldiers of the entire squad prepare to attack on the spot and sent Japanese soldiers to report that they had encountered Kuomintang army resistance on the front line.
He also reported that the firepower of the Kuomintang army was unusually fierce, which was very different from the Kuomintang army they usually encountered.
Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke did not take this last report seriously. Platoon Commander Ono Osamu and Squad Leader Murakami Seiichi had emphasized this situation many times.
However, Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke had always been skeptical: if the Kuomintang army's team was really fierce and powerful, they would not have let the Japanese soldiers fight to this position now.
Therefore, he believed that these were all empty words, and that the Japanese soldiers of the Ono Osamu Squad were too weak in combat, so they made up lies to shirk their responsibility.
Now, he dared not think so about Squad Leader Yushan Meiji. Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke ordered the Yushan Squad to wait in front, and he would make a decision after leading all the Japanese soldiers of the entire battalion up.
The sound of gunfire from the short firefight just now traveled far in the dark. The Sixth Reserve Division next to the Special Operations Brigade also heard the gunfire, but did not know what the situation was.
They called Lin Fan, and he knew that this was a surprise attack by the Japanese soldiers along the highway, and the Special Operations Brigade was blocking the enemy. Everything was under control.
Having received a positive reply from the Special Operations Brigade, the Sixth Reserve Division was relieved. They were really afraid that their friendly army would suddenly retreat and expose their flanks to the Japanese soldiers.
Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro of the First Garrison Regiment was behind the Kobayashi Ryunosuke Battalion. After receiving the report,
He issued an order for the entire army to advance rapidly. He was thinking of breaking through the Kuomintang army's defense line in front with the greatest force in the shortest time.
According to Squad Leader Murakami Seiichi's description, the artillery position was not far ahead.
Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro was preparing to take advantage of the good opportunity of not being able to see clearly at night and launch a pig突突attack on the front position with three battalions at the same time.
He would break through the Kuomintang army's defense line in one go, without stopping in the middle, and push directly to the artillery position lost by the Murakami Seiichi Squad in one wave.
Of course, the regimental commander's plan was very perfect, and of course his orders needed to be carried out.
The Japanese soldiers of the three battalions immediately quickened their pace, and the teams advancing on the road also changed from two rows to five rows.
Anyway, it was night now, and the Kuomintang army could not see them at all. These Japanese soldiers were marching in dense formations, preparing to use pig突突tactics to push down the Kuomintang army's defense line in front.
Platoon Leader Jing Liquan led a dozen soldiers and lurked more than 100 meters away from the highway.
The starlight was weak on this night, but they could hear the voices of people on the road, and it seemed that many Japanese soldiers had gathered together.
This information was immediately reported to Company Commander Jing and Company Commander Lu. Company Commander Lu Lejia also knew from Platoon Leader Luo's report that there seemed to be many Japanese soldiers on the highway.
The two company commanders discussed and decided: detonate it!
Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro was arranging the combat plan that would be carried out immediately with the three battalion commanders.
Suddenly, they heard a rumbling explosion, like a bolt from the blue, and countless flashes of fire flickered in the dark night like lightning, quickly spreading from both sides of the road.
Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro heard the sound of bullets whistling past him everywhere, and then the ground began to shake. He sat down on the ground all of a sudden.
After a long while, the earth returned to calm. At this time, the groans and wails of the Japanese soldiers rang out everywhere on the highway.
His three battalion commanders ran towards their respective teams in a panic. In this situation, it was most necessary for the commanders to stabilize the morale of the army.
Several flares rose from the front of the team, followed by intensive gunfire.
Dozens of firelights streaked across the sky and flew towards them.
"Is this an ambush?" Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro had only one thought in his mind.
Yes! There were landmines, gunfire, and artillery shells flying in the sky. What was this three-in-one attack if it was not an ambush?
After the explosion just now, there were wails of Japanese soldiers all around him. From these sounds, he could hear that the entire regiment would suffer no small casualties from just this round of explosion attacks.
Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro issued the order without hesitation: "Retreat! Retreat!"
He wanted the entire regiment to retreat quickly so that they would not be surrounded by the Kuomintang army.
As for the wounded, Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro really could not take care of them at this time. Let them fend for themselves!
"Boom! Boom!" The explosions were endless, and the earth began to shake again. This time, the artillery bombardment caused no less casualties to the Japanese soldiers than the explosion just now.
The First Garrison Regiment, which had just been ravaged by directional mines, was now being bombarded by rockets.
This kind of rocket bombardment was carried out for a full three rounds, and the three rounds of rocket bombardment really made the Japanese soldiers unable to bear it.
Although Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro's orders were issued quickly, the Japanese soldiers of the entire regiment still received the retreat order after honestly enduring three rounds of rocket devastation.
Shangguan Zhiwen had learned from the order conveyed by Lin Fan that: "The resupply of rockets had already set off from De'an five hours ago.
After the planes arrived, the Second War Zone immediately sent all the supplies for the Special Operations Brigade overnight.
All the shells of the 15th Regiment can be fired tonight."
Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen just fired all the rockets at the First Garrison Regiment.
When they received the defense mission, the rocket artillery company had already fired test rounds, and there were corresponding numbers for each area in the front line.
Just now, the First Company and Second Company had reported the areas to be bombed according to the numbers, and the rocket artillery company bombed according to the tested parameters.
Such bombardment was very accurate, which was the main reason why the Yago Sonjiro Squad suffered heavy casualties.
As soon as the rocket bombardment ended, the soldiers of the First Company and Second Company could not wait to rush out of the trenches.
On this night, Company Commander Jing Chengxuan and Company Commander Lu Lejia did not know how many Japanese soldiers were on the opposite side.
Anyway, no matter how many Japanese soldiers there were, the soldiers who launched the charge from these two company commanders were more than 400.
If it was daytime, and they saw clearly that there were as many as three battalions of Japanese soldiers in ambush, it was unclear whether they would still launch a charge and fight the Japanese soldiers with bayonets.
Now, after receiving the order, the soldiers of these two companies rushed into the Japanese soldiers' team.
The Yushan Meiji Squad was bombed by directional mines and three rounds of rockets. They had been completely demoralized by this series of bombardments.
When the soldiers of the 15th Regiment rushed into such a team of Japanese soldiers, it was completely like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and they did not encounter any decent resistance at all.
In the pale light of the flares, Squad Leader Yushan Meiji waved his command knife and shouted loudly: "Hold on! Hold on!"
His squad was at the forefront, and the retreat order had not yet been conveyed. Platoon Leader Luo, who rushed up, fired a shot at the Japanese commander from a distance.
Squad Leader Yushan Meiji fell to the ground all of a sudden, and immediately rescued all the Japanese soldiers of the entire squad.
Some of them were still carrying out the squad leader's orders and迎迎 up to the First Company that rushed up, and some Japanese soldiers immediately turned around and quickly wanted to rush into the darkness.
Nozawa Kyusuke was one of the Japanese soldiers who rushed into the darkness. After all, he was a little different from ordinary Japanese soldiers. The thinking advantage of an excellent student suddenly burst out at this moment.
Nozawa Kyusuke did not run backward along the highway, but窜窜 off the highway and escaped into the hillside beside the highway.
He also hid in the bushes and took off all the clothes and shoes that could represent his Japanese identity.
It was September now, and even if he was naked, he would not feel cold. Nozawa Kyusuke, who had completed such a transformation, began to escape.
Squad Leader Sato 27 had obviously not adapted to the new environment. After Yushan Meiji died, he took over the command.
The acting squad leader was in command. There were less than 30 Japanese soldiers who were still fighting in the entire Yushan Squad. Just after contacting the First Company that rushed up, these Japanese soldiers completely collapsed.
These Japanese soldiers had not even turned their thoughts around to escape, and had already been stabbed to the ground.
The soldiers of the First Company and Second Company stepped on the corpses of these Japanese soldiers of the Yushan Meiji Squad and chased forward.
Several more flares rose into the air. Looking at the dense corpses and struggling Japanese soldiers lying on the road ahead, the soldiers of the First Company were extremely excited.
There were so many Japanese soldiers tonight, and it was so easy to kill them! Jing Chengxuan had to order: "Fifth Platoon and Sixth Platoon are responsible for补刀刀, and the remaining platoons are responsible for attacking."
There were too many Japanese soldiers on the ground. If they did not deal with these Japanese soldiers who were still struggling to survive, Jing Chengxuan was afraid that they would think too much. If they made some dying struggles, it would not be good to cause harm to the soldiers.
Now, he specially let two platoons deal with them, and he led the remaining platoons to continue the pursuit.
Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke was walking in the middle and rear of the entire team. He had received Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro's retreat order.
When he received the order, Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke was ordering the Japanese soldiers who had fortunately not been injured to rescue the wounded.
The explosion and artillery bombardment just now had completely bankrupted their surprise attack plan.
At this time, there was no need to hide their tracks anymore. Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke loudly ordered the Japanese soldiers to light torches,扶扶 up the Japanese soldiers who were still groaning on the ground, and bandage their wounds.
Most of these struggling and wailing Japanese soldiers had several wounds on their bodies. The wounds looked small on the surface, just a small eye, but there were many wounds.
At this time, they did not know that although these wounds were small, the damage was very huge.
Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke, who received the retreat order, hesitated: should he continue to rescue the wounded or retreat?
What Regiment Commander Yago Sonjiro was considering was: whether there were Kuomintang army infantry ambushing around. In this situation, retreating first was the best choice.
Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke looked at the wounded Japanese soldiers on the ground and finally made a difficult decision: retreat first, and come back for the wounded after dawn.
In fact, he knew in his heart that doing so was completely abandoning these wounded Japanese soldiers.
"This is what must be done!" Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke said loudly to the Japanese soldiers around him.
He turned around and ran with these Japanese soldiers who could still escape. This was not the time to be humble.
Battalion Commander Kobayashi Ryunosuke also believed that since the Kuomintang army could set up traps in advance, there must be infantry rushing up later.
The Japanese soldiers retreated in time! This allowed the soldiers of the First Company and Second Company to pursue all the way. At first, they could still catch up with some Japanese soldiers who threw down their weapons and ran away.
In the rear section of the directional mine trap, there was not a single standing Japanese soldier.
Company Commander Jing and Company Commander Lu did not feel regret: they saw many kinds of weapons abandoned by the Japanese soldiers along the way.
Especially various machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns. The Japanese soldiers left all these weapons behind.
From the abandonment of these weapons, it could be inferred how panicked the Japanese soldiers were when they retreated. Any weapon that required two Japanese soldiers to carry together was thrown away by them.
Company Commander Jing and Company Commander Lu saw hundreds of Japanese soldiers lying on the ground struggling and groaning. Together with the Japanese corpses that were already stiff, at least a thousand Japanese soldiers died tonight.
The two companies did not start cleaning up the battlefield in full force, but first deployed heavy machine guns in the darkness 200 meters outside the trap, and sent out reconnaissance teams to警戒警戒 further away.
This was to prevent the Japanese soldiers from suddenly launching a surprise attack, a precautionary measure.
Although these soldiers, company commanders, and platoon leaders of the Special Operations Brigade had not attended regular military academies, the instructors taught them many things invisibly by telling stories and talking about battles every night.
In particular, after each battle, each company had its own summary, and this summary had to be sent to each company of the Special Operations Brigade for everyone to summarize and learn.
By doing this every day, the company commanders' tactical thinking had to improve.
The surrounding vigilance and sentries were all arranged. At this time, the two companies began to clean up the battlefield with confidence and boldness. So many wounded Japanese soldiers on the battlefield were waiting for these soldiers to clean them up.
The Japanese soldiers who launched the surprise attack left wounded all over the ground and had already escaped. This news was reported to Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen and Lin Fan as soon as possible.
Lin Fan thought this news was normal. For these soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade, they had been training every day and had long had such strength.
When Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen received the news that Japanese soldiers had launched a surprise attack, he had been very worried about whether the First Company and Second Company could hold the position.
It was not that he had no confidence in his team, but it was too dark at night and he did not know the situation of the Japanese soldiers. He still felt that the First Company and Second Company had too few troops and was afraid that they would suffer a loss against the Japanese soldiers with superior forces.
When he received the news that the Japanese soldiers had already escaped, he was finally relieved. Then he heard that they had annihilated thousands of Japanese soldiers in just less than ten minutes of fighting. This was a great victory!
He used to be a regimental commander in the Kuomintang army, and he was still a regimental commander now. The combat effectiveness of these soldiers under his command was now completely different from before.
When he was alone, Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen also thought about what was different between the two teams.
He had to admit that the Special Operations Brigade's practice of letting soldiers eat their fill and focusing on training was the foundation of combat effectiveness.
At the same time, the tactics of the Special Operations Brigade were very flexible during combat. Lin Fan had never forced anyone to complete any kind of goal in any combat. He always let them do their best, but this kind of doing their best actually achieved the goal every time, or even exceeded the goal.
Why was this so? Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen had also thought about it. He just felt that Lin Fan treated the soldiers as his own brothers, and the soldiers treated Lin Fan as their true brother, that was all.
On this night, Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen did not need to sleep anymore. According to the foot strength of the Second War Zone's supply transport team, they should not be far from the front line.
What was responsible for送送 supplies to the Special Operations Brigade was a labor team specially organized by the Second War Zone, as well as a团团 of soldiers escorting them, and 240 guides sent to the Special Operations Brigade.
At this time, they had arrived at Jigong Ridge. When Lin Fan received the canned meat, 20 pigs, and炮炮 sent by Jurong from the Second War Zone,
He immediately sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Second War Zone: "My brigade has seized many Japanese rifles and machine guns in the past two days. Please instruct the transport team to bring them back along the way."
Since the start of the war, weapons had always been the biggest problem plaguing the Kuomintang army. Lin Fan's team had killed so many Japanese soldiers, and of course they had seized many weapons.
The Second War Zone had long been coveting these weapons, but was too embarrassed to ask Lin Fan for them.
Now, when he heard that Lin Fan had主动提出提出 to hand over all the seized weapons, equipment, clothing, and shoes, Commander Xue Yue said very moved:
"The Special Operations Brigade is a team with a clear sense of gratitude and revenge. Give him a drop of water, and he will repay you with a well."
There were many Kuomintang army soldiers who came to Jigong Ridge tonight: the largest number of them was of course the transport team, then the soldiers of the heavy炮炮团团 who came to receive the artillery, a团团 escorting the transport team, and 240 guides.
When Battalion Commander Bai, who was escorting the transport team, heard that Lin Fan was going to hand over the seized machine guns, he quickly凑凑 up to Lin Fan and opened his mouth a little embarrassedly:
"Brigade Commander Lin, I am Bai Zhanguang, and the new Sixth Infantry Regiment is here to escort the transport team.
You just said that you seized many Japanese machine guns and mortars. Could you give me a few machine guns and two mortars?
My regiment was only recently established. The rifles are old guns, and the most important thing is that there are only twelve light machine guns in the entire团团 of ten companies."
Battalion Commander Bai Zhanguang was still complaining, and Lin Fan asked with a smile: "The designation of the new Sixth Regiment shows that it is a newly formed regiment.
What are you doing with machine guns for a newly formed regiment?"
"Fight the Japanese devils! Brigade Commander Lin, although we are a newly formed team, there are still many veterans in the team who have returned from the front line and cannot return to their original部队部队 after recovering from their injuries.
In this situation, whether it is a newly established team or an old team, they will definitely fight the Japanese devils.
I also want to improve the weapons and equipment in the team so that the Japanese devils can know how powerful we are when we fight the Japanese devils."
Hearing him say such words, Lin Fan said with a smile: "We have already packed up the weapons here at Jigong Ridge.
There is still fighting ahead tonight, so there should be seizures. If you have the courage, take the team to the battlefield to pick up weapons."
This was a test from Lin Fan. He wanted to see if this Battalion Commander Bai Zhanguang really just wanted to take advantage of the situation.
Battalion Commander Bai嘀咕嘀咕 in his heart: "There is still fighting on the front line, and the seizures won't be much at a time!"
Thinking of this, Battalion Commander Bai said with a smile: "Brigade Commander Lin! If we go to the front line, and the seizures are not much, can we分分 us some of the previous weapons?"
Lin Fan said readily: "Battalion Commander Bai, don't worry. If the seizures in the front cannot meet the needs of your regiment, I will make up the difference for you."
One sentence made Battalion Commander Bai Zhanguang smile so much that he could not see his teeth, which looked a little scary in the light of the torches.
Lin Fan had already spoken to Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen first, and then sent a platoon of Special Operations Brigade soldiers to accompany them.
At the same time, the transport team that transported shells and the 120 guides分分 to the 15th Regiment also went together.
The distance from Jigong Ridge was not far. With the pre-notification from Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen to each company, the team that set off from Jigong Ridge at night passed smoothly all the way.
Battalion Commander Bai was getting more and more frightened as he walked with the team. He had not seen a single Kuomintang army soldier guarding the hilltop along the way.
What if a team of Japanese soldiers suddenly appeared? His regiment was also a team that had just been formed for a few months. The soldiers had only trained for three months and had never participated in actual combat.
If they really encountered Japanese soldiers suddenly, they were afraid that they would not be able to withstand the fight. At this time, he was already a little regretful.
He should not have been greedy for the weapons of the Special Operations Brigade. Now he was already on the way, and he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to move forward.
After walking for another half an hour, someone finally came to meet them in front. Although they were just meeting the people from the transport team and the heavy砲砲团团, this had already made Battalion Commander Bai's uneasy heart feel a little more at ease.
Battalion Commander Bai Zhanguang was very jealous looking at the cannons on the artillery position and the shell boxes stacked on the side, as high as one person.
Although these cannons could not be given to his regiment, wanting to see these cannons was a subconscious thought of a regimental commander who was ready to fight at any time.
Regiment Commander Shangguan Zhiwen was very enthusiastic about Battalion Commander Bai and immediately sent a squad of soldiers to lead the way. They quickly moved forward with torches.
This time, they did not walk for a long time before the soldiers of Battalion Commander Bai Zhanguang's regiment arrived at the battlefield of tonight.
The Japanese corpses lying horizontally and vertically on the highway made Battalion Commander Bai's eyes light up all of a sudden.
From what he could see to a very distant place, there were torches shining light, judging from the density of the Japanese soldiers倒伏倒伏 on the ground, there were at least a thousand of them.
He pulled Company Commander Jing Chengxuan and asked: "Company Commander Jing! Did you really kill so many Japanese soldiers with just your two companies?"
Company Commander Jing said proudly: "Yes! It was our First Company and Second Company who killed them. It's a pity that it was not easy to see clearly at night, otherwise, we would not have let a single Japanese soldier escape."
Many of the soldiers brought by Battalion Commander Bai had not been to the battlefield. They saw blood everywhere on the battlefield, and there was no place to put their feet on the road.
Some soldiers even started to vomit. Company Commander Jing laughed and patted the vomiting soldier and said: "The first time you go to the battlefield, you will be a little uncomfortable, and it will be fine next time.
Don't treat these Japanese soldiers as humans, just treat them as blood-sucking mosquitoes and man-eating tigers. Killing them is積德積德, it is to protect our homeland and our parents and brothers."
Battalion Commander Bai Zhanguang asked a question: "Company Commander Jing! Can we pick up the helmets on the heads and the leather shoes on the feet of these Japanese soldiers?"
Company Commander Jing said with a smile: "The brigade commander has already said that he will meet your requirements. The belts,弹弹 belts, and bags on the Japanese soldiers are all good things.
Let the brothers of the new Sixth Regiment pick them all up and don't waste them. We were the first to clean up the weapons, and they are all stacked there.
Battalion Commander Bai, you can take whatever you like, you can take it all."
Bai Zhanguang, this was his name, not his nickname. Maybe he had considered this when he first named his name.
The current Battalion Commander Bai really had the idea of taking all the advantages, after all, such an opportunity was rare. His regiment was originally a regiment that had just been formed.
The weapons were also poor, and if he could not improve the weapons and equipment, he would suffer a big loss when fighting the Japanese soldiers.
It was with such a thought that Battalion Commander Bai decided that he must improve the team's equipment here at the Special Operations Brigade.
He looked at the weapons piled on the ground and asked excitedly: "Company Commander! How many guns are there here?"
Jing Chengxuan was embarrassed: "The number of rifles has not been counted, there are 150 light machine guns, 50 heavy machine guns, 30 mortars, and 10 infantry guns."
Bai Zhanguang's eyes were fixed on the cannons, and Jing Chengxuan knew what he was thinking and asked with a smile: "Battalion Commander Bai, do you want these cannons?"
Bai Zhanguang had always thought that the weapons mentioned by the Special Operations Brigade would definitely not include these cannons. He had already白占占 so much advantage from them tonight, and even he did not have the face to ask for these cannons anymore.
But he still wanted them in his heart! Bai Zhanguang said very embarrassedly: "Yes! If my regiment had these machine guns and cannons, even if we were fighting a battalion of Japanese soldiers, we could fight them.
Our Sichuan army is never afraid of death, but our weapons are not as good as the Japanese soldiers. The brothers拼拼 their lives, and the position was still攻攻 by the Japanese soldiers." He also shook his head when he spoke.
When Company Commander Jing heard him mention the Sichuan army, he stopped smiling and said with a serious expression: "Battalion Commander Bai! The brigade commander said that all these weapons will be given to you, of course, including these cannons."
This was simply a good thing that fell from the sky! Battalion Commander Bai Zhanguang felt that he must be dreaming.
He slapped his thigh hard and screamed in pain, only then did he believe that this was a real thing.
He took Company Commander Jing's hand happily: "Brother! You are my own brother!
No! Even a real brother could not do this. Brother, I know very well that if these weapons and equipment were exchanged for money, they would be worth at least 100,000 yuan.
The Kuomintang army is now collecting these abandoned guns from the common people for ten silver yuan each!
Such an infantry gun costs 10,000 yuan each. Brother, you are giving it away."
The darkest moment before dawn had passed. Bai Zhanguang watched all his soldiers换换 on the newly seized equipment and changed the weapons again.
In the morning sunlight, all that could be seen were the green lights reflected from the helmets. There were already five more infantry guns in the team, which looked very mighty and雄雄.
On this night, the new Sixth Regiment not only換換