A square sand table was made in the middle of the yard.
An east-west ditch was dug in the open space, representing a blockade ditch.
A road was leveled out next to the blockade ditch, and a decent model of a gun tower was built. Another road was disconnected from south to north at the blockade ditch.
Two branches and a small plank meant that there was a drawbridge controlled by the enemy in the turret.
The students gathered around the sand table, and only one side of the Nine Camps was occupied.
Wang Liujin held the textbook in his hand, which contained only a few pages and mimeographed paper that would become rotten after being turned over twice.
Seeing the students in the division with bruises and swollen faces, the patches on their military uniforms were patched from the collar to the back.
How awkward it is.
Just pretend you didn't see it and start explaining today's theoretical subject: building gun towers.
"It's all quiet." There was no more words. Instructor Wang's explanation officially began: "There are two main types of Japanese artillery towers. The most common ones are the artillery towers built on the edge of the blockade ditch near the base area. They are short-term defense projects. Most of the structures are made of bricks. The structure is mainly made of earth and is basically built with local materials, so it is not strong.”
Someone among the students in the division immediately asked: "What about another kind?"
Wang Liujin looked at the student who asked the question and continued: "The other type is the blockhouse built on the edge of the town. This type of blockhouse is built with iron bars and cement. It is very strong and has strong firepower. The view from the blockhouse is wide and equipped with equipment at night. There are searchlights and telephones in the turrets, so you can contact the garrison in the town at any time. This kind of turret is difficult to attack."
"Instructor, tell me quickly how to fight!"
Jiuying seemed to be calm all the time. Luo Fugui was hiding behind the crowd, his head rising and falling like pecking at rice.
Wang Liujin turned a blind eye and pointed at the model on the ground: "The Eighth Route Army's equipment is not as good as that of the Japs, so they can only work on mobility. The Japs are on the offensive side. They have short legs and short legs and cannot outrun us, so they came up with a damaging move. Building artillery towers and digging blockade trenches next to the highway will prevent us from taking advantage of our high mobility. Moreover, after the Japanese blockade trenches form a system, it will be difficult to transport our urgently needed supplies into the base area."
"Now let's talk about how to attack gun towers. The first step is reconnaissance. We must first find out the enemy's strength and firepower in the gun towers. Enemy gun towers almost never exist in isolation, so we also need to understand the situation of nearby gun towers."
A student from Division 1 pointed to the sand table on the ground and said, "Report, I think your turret is unreal."
Wang Liujin was stunned for a moment: "You said it."
A student from the division said: "I have entered the enemy's gun towers. What I built was not just a tube tower. Most of them used the gun tower as a corner of the yard and built a circle of houses next to the gun tower."
Wang Liujin nodded and explained: "What you said is correct. The kind of blockhouse with a yard you mentioned is generally called a stronghold. Strongholds are generally larger. There are various living facilities in the yard next to the blockhouse, which can There are more enemies stationed and the area under control is also larger.”
The students in the division were stunned for a moment and didn't say anything. It turned out that the instructor was just setting up the artillery tower as a demonstration.
Wang Liujin pointed to the blockhouse on the sand table: "What we usually call a blockhouse refers to an isolated facility. Its main function is to provide warning at the blockade ditch. The stronghold is the support of the blockhouse. Otherwise, at most one blockhouse can live in it. We, the Eighth Route Army, can concentrate our forces at any time to form a local strength advantage against the puppet troops and Japs in our squadron. Isn’t it easy to allocate one artillery tower?”
All the students in the division nodded in agreement, but the Ninth Battalion did not respond.
Wang Liujin saw this scene and turned to look at Hu Yi: "Now we invite student Hu Yi who has experience in building artillery towers to tell you about his experience."
Part of studying at the Anti-Japanese University is to exchange combat experience with each other. He had already communicated with Hu Yi before class.
Hu Yi quickly stood up, even skipping the introduction of himself: "A single blockhouse like this is not difficult to fight, but the Japanese's blockhouses are built in a system, and the distance between the blockhouses is not large. Once one of them If a certain turret is attacked, the surrounding turrets will quickly send people to support them when they hear gunshots.
Moreover, the attacked gun towers will be reported to the puppet army headquarters by phone, and the headquarters will call to mobilize the mobile troops stationed in the stronghold to go for reinforcements. If the Eighth Route Army has a large number of troops participating in the attack, the Japs may even mobilize the elite Japs from the county town to dispatch in cars. Reinforcements must be guarded against the enemy's attack when attacking the artillery towers."
The tall and thin captain of the division immediately stood up and interrupted Hu Yi's words: "Isn't that easy? Can't we just cut off the enemy's phone lines in advance?"
Hu Yi did not refute and continued to express his opinion: "There are many ways for the enemy to convey information. The Japanese artillery towers are usually equipped with bicycles. Even if we can attack a certain artillery building, the enemy in the adjacent artillery building may also ride bicycles to the county seat to request Reinforcements, it is almost impossible to completely cut off the enemy’s reinforcements.”
The tall and thin captain of the division was waiting for Hu Yi to say this: "We have fought this turret before, and we have a better way."
Wang Liujin nodded: "Good experiences must be shared."
The tall and lanky soldier said proudly: "If the enemy is to reinforce us, we can arrange for the common people to hide near the road in advance and dig the road into sections for him. The little devil's car can run fast, but without the road, let's see how he comes for reinforcements." "
"The method you mentioned is good, but it also has limitations. Highways extend in all directions on the plains, and the Japanese can take detours at any time." Regarding the method of attacking the blockhouses, Wang Liujin had it written on the mimeographed paper in his hand. He did not say it directly, but The purpose is to let everyone figure it out on their own, and the purpose is to deepen the impression on the students: "Moreover, the Japanese have already considered this, so the existence of the stronghold makes it troublesome for us to attack the artillery tower. As long as the gun is fired, the enemy in the stronghold will hear When a gun is fired, reinforcements will be sent out. Everyone must understand that attacking artillery towers is not an isolated battle."
"Then instructor, please tell me the specific method of attacking the isolated turret." The lanky student captain spoke immediately, deliberately embarrassing Hu Yi, who was still standing.
"Student Hu Yi, please sit down first." Wang Liujin nodded to Hu Yi and continued to explain: "The brothers' troops invented many strange weapons during the attack on the artillery tower.
For example, the simplest "earth tank" is made of wood nailed into a square frame and installed on the carriage. Seven or eight layers of quilts dipped in water and wrapped in sand are spread on the frame. During the attack, four or five soldiers stand under the frame. Individually, two people push the frame forward, the other two follow with explosives, and the others cover to prevent the enemy from coming out of the turret, so that they can push it directly under the turret and blow it up.
The other method is to enter the blockade ditch near the blockhouse in advance, dig a tunnel under the blockhouse, bury the explosive package, and directly blow up the blockhouse.
In addition to weapons, there are also methods. The puppet troops are all boneless dogs. As long as we disguise ourselves as devils, we can swagger into the gun towers."
The students in the division widened their eyes and immediately started talking: "Disguise yourself as a Japanese?"
"Can you still play like this?" He was bold.
"Where can I get the Japanese military uniforms?" Someone who is good at thinking.
"I want to pee when I see the Japanese" is timid.
The grassroots platoon leaders of the Eighth Route Army are not afraid of death when fighting, but there are not many who can talk face to face with the Japanese and puppet troops without trembling.
Wang Liujin immediately raised his eyebrows: "Headquarters requires all departments to learn basic bird songs, like Bagh Yalu, what about your work, you haven't learned these words?"
A student raised his hand and spoke: "Instructor, it's not that we haven't learned. The key is that we attack the Japanese and puppet soldiers as soon as we see them, and we feel nervous."
This is what Wang Liujin was waiting for: "Then how can you not be nervous?"
"You won't be nervous when you see a dead Japanese."
"Yes, I want to stab a living Japanese devil when I see him."
"Cut" all the students in the ninth battalion fainted.
If you say you are nervous, you are obviously afraid.
The students from the Ninth Battalion left the courtyard.
Half an hour later.
The students in the division sat in the courtyard and were confused.
A Japanese man with a 38-gauge gun and a plaster flag under his muzzle suddenly appeared at the door of the yard with a sinister look and stern eyes, still chirping strangely.
"There are ghosts!" a voice screamed heartbreakingly.
The students who were sitting in the yard looking at the sand table heard the sound, turned their heads, and saw the Japanese at the door. They were startled and immediately jumped into a ball three feet high from the ground.
Wang Liujin stopped him with a dark face: "Why are you panicking? Just sit down."
If it weren't for the well-prepared division guards standing next to the students to stop them, the student team would have immediately dispersed.
Someone with sharp eyes finally saw clearly that the Japs who came in seemed to be a female student named Xiao Hongying who was a student at the same time and had put on a Japs uniform.
Under the yellow-green steel helmet, those wicked eyes, wicked eyebrows, and wicked little body are almost the same as those of a little devil.
The noisy students' jaws dropped for a moment.
Half of the people's legs were so tense that they were ready to run away at any moment.
If they hadn't studied together for two days and remembered the little face of the female student under the only steel helmet, the students in the division might have broken through the guards and escaped from the yard.
Wang Liujin looked proudly at the nervous students in the division: "Why, are you still nervous now?"
"Nervous!" A student curled his lips and trembled: "She is fake."
Following that, more Japanese jabbers walked into the yard arrogantly.
"Everyone be quiet!" Wang Liujin signaled the students in the division to be silent: "Today afternoon's training, the division will select two shorter students to change into Japanese military uniforms and join Student Hu to learn how to pretend to be Japanese soldiers to man the artillery tower."
Regarding the sand table, the earliest detailed written record is that Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, used rice to form the actual terrain. In other words, the ancestors would use it two thousand years ago.
The abbreviated version records the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou five thousand years ago. Stones and branches are placed to represent the deployment of troops on both sides. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, many strategists must have known how to simulate the basic situation of the enemy and the enemy on the battlefield, not to mention the practice of talking about war on paper. words
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