For an army, company and platoon-level backbones are the cornerstone. If the foundation is weak, the ground will shake. Chu Xiong naturally understands this truth, so he will occasionally spare some time to come over and give lectures to them.
Chu Xiong's arrival made company and platoon leaders including Li Chenxi and Hu Jingwen very excited. Unlike battalion and regiment leaders, they could often hear his lectures;
For them, it is very exciting to have close contact with their idol Chu Xiong, and it is even more beneficial to hear him give a class. There is no shortage of star power in any era.
Chu Xiong himself also needs to have more contact with them and instill in them some tactical concepts from later generations. As for how much they can understand, it depends on each person's personality. He is only responsible for opening windows one after another;
The master leads you in, and cultivation depends on oneself!
“Comrades, there are various tactics of guerrilla warfare, including raid warfare, ambush warfare, breaching warfare, sparrow warfare, harassment warfare, tunnel warfare, mine warfare, siege warfare, etc.;
We must keep in mind the sixteen-character policy of "when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue", and use tactics flexibly to attack the enemy and preserve ourselves. "
"The application of all tactics is not static and will be affected by many objective conditions, such as the enemy's situation, our situation, ground conditions, and the performance of weapons and equipment.
Let’s take a commonly used ambush battle as an example. The killing distance of grenades and rifles is only a few dozen meters to more than a hundred meters. Even if a machine gun is added, it can’t exceed 200 meters. This distance has very strict requirements on the ambush terrain;
If the terrain is not chosen well, it will be easy to be discovered by the enemy's search team. The Japanese are not fools. During the march, they will search the area of 50 to 100 meters on both sides of the road. How to hide yourself is a must as a commander. issues to consider;
The effective range of our Wei Yixiao cannon exceeds 500 meters, which greatly enriches our options for ambush warfare. Normal Japanese search teams cannot detect such a long distance;
If it were replaced by the Wei Shen Cannon, whether it was a single tube or multiple tubes, the range would be more than one kilometer. It would be almost impossible to prevent a Japanese ambush at this distance!
Guerrilla warfare will never go out of style in any era. It is a magic weapon for defeating powerful enemies when the enemy is strong and we are weak. Everyone must be familiar with it.
As a commander, you must be well aware of the enemy's situation, our situation, and the terrain. If you don't take action, you must hit the enemy within seven inches to hurt the Japanese!
The weapons and equipment of the independent brigade are not weaker than those of the Japanese in some respects. The Hua Mulan artillery is distributed to the companies, each battalion has a Wei Yixiao artillery battery, and the regiment has the powerful Wei Shen artillery. This greatly enriches our ability to fight ambush. The choice increases the success rate of ambush;
Many of you have not been exposed to these advanced weapons and equipment before, and your thinking in fighting ambushes is still stuck in the period of grenades and rifles. This is obviously out of step with the times!
In addition, we also have a type of bomb, including time bombs and conventional bombs, which are now being mass-produced on a large scale and will be decentralized to the company level in the next step;
In particular, time bombs are buried in advance where the Japanese are marching. One bomb can blow up a car or even a tank, delaying the normal march of a squadron or even a brigade!
As company and platoon-level commanders, you must be proficient in the performance and usage characteristics of these advanced weapons. This will be very helpful for you to formulate appropriate tactics;
You can't be like a beggar, begging for food with a golden rice bowl, using a sniper rifle as a fire stick, or using a cannon to fight mosquitoes!
After the army changes its equipment on a large scale, your combat thinking must also keep up. You must not wear new shoes and follow the same old path;
Holding such advanced equipment and commanding soldiers to fight with the Japanese with bayonets, such a commander is not heroic, but criminal!
The cadres of the independent brigade must be learning cadres. They must learn war in war and keep pace with the times;
In the future, the equipment of our independent brigade will become more and more advanced, and the tactics will become more and more abundant. If we sail against the current, we will retreat if we don't advance!
If you don't study, you won't be able to keep up with the pace of the independent brigade. Such commanders have no place in the independent brigade!
The Independent Brigade does not need cadres who regard themselves as big bosses, nor does it need a victory bought with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
This is why I have to put a lot of effort into organizing this training. Through this training, I want to change the heads of all commanders and qualitatively improve the overall combat effectiveness of the independent brigade! "
Every company and platoon cadre took Chu Xiong's words to heart;
War is cruel and the enemy is powerful. If you cannot learn war in war and win the war with the devils, you will pay the price in blood.
"Comrades, you can slowly digest my words after you go down. Now we start to learn the construction of civil fortifications in defensive operations..."
Outside the classroom, the instructors of the teaching team were organizing the soldiers of the 881st Regiment for team training;
In Huaishu Village further away, soldiers of the Pre-3rd Regiment were learning to use the single-barreled Wei Shen Cannon;
In Majia Village, the backbone of the 882nd Regiment is learning how to plant roadside bombs...
While the Independent Brigade was shrinking back and practicing its internal skills, a large-scale battle was being deployed intensively in the middle of Shu, more than a thousand kilometers away.
In the middle of Shu, at the national combat command center, there are many generals. If you name any one of them, they will have a higher rank than Chuxiong's major general. They are all the talents of the country.
A familiar Fenghua accent came out:
"Dear colleagues, after two years of attrition, the Japanese have been in decline. They are surrounded by enemies and have many forces. When it comes to the military invasion of China, the day is waning and the journey is far away, and they are in a dilemma"!
In northwestern Shanxi, a brigade of the Eighth Route Army was able to annihilate a Japanese brigade. The government's more than 2 million elite divisions cannot fail to do something!
International friends are watching us. Madam is negotiating an aid of 500 million eagle dollars in Goshawk Country. We must show our strength and let international friends see who is the mainstay of China's war of resistance!
In order to combat the Japanese's effective strength and defeat the Japanese's attempts to use China to control China and to use war to support war, all theaters should "flexibly exert their power at the same time to seize the offensive."
This winter offensive is the largest offensive operation organized by the national government since the war began. It is planned to invest 192 divisions and approximately 1.48 million people. The "Winter Offensive" was launched in December and 125 aircraft were used to coordinate the operation;
The main goal is to defeat the main Japanese Eleventh Army and recapture the three towns of Jiangcheng;
To this end, the fifth and ninth theaters are the main offensive areas, followed by the second and third theaters, and other theaters provide support.
Regarding this large-scale military operation, the confidentiality must be strengthened. The Tsing Yi Club must strengthen its attack on the Japanese intelligence personnel. It must never happen again that the battle plan is placed on the Japanese desk before the national attack has begun!
I order..."
That night, at the headquarters of the Japanese Eleventh Army in Jiangcheng, a copy of the "National Winter Offensive Operation Plan" was placed on the desk of Lieutenant General Okamura, the commander!
