Regarding Guo Qiliang's affirmation, Zhang Tianhai didn't say anything, just smiled.
"Just take a look." Zhang Tianhai said.
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Soon, after receiving Zhang Tianhai's permission, the special agent company launched the operation——
This is a small hillside that is not too steep. At the foot of the hillside is a small village. The name of the village is Beitianpu.
Compared with Nantianpu in the south, Beitianpu is obviously not that big, and the military location is not as dangerous as Nantianpu, so the Japanese defense here is naturally not as important.
From a military point of view, Beitianpu is more like an extension of Nantianpu. To maximize the benefits here, the only way is to use it as the forward position of Nantianpu.
Therefore, this was chosen by Liu Houming as the most ideal place to start - the Japanese army had few troops here, and the place was relatively remote, enough for them to attack and leave.
The village in the distance has long been heavily guarded. Even outside the village entrance, simple fortifications have been piled up. Although they are made of soil, they still have certain defensive capabilities.
Groups of Japanese troops patrolled the villages. If anyone dared to sneak into the village, they would shoot without hesitation.
There was a sense of depression floating over the entire village, because these Japanese troops had already received the news that they were trapped in the middle of the encirclement.
"At this time, we have fallen into a tight siege by the enemy. No one knows how many enemies there are outside. We only know that they are at least five times our number. Can we survive? Can the entire division's troops Will they all be buried in this foreign land? Our friendly forces have abandoned us, what should we do?"
A Japanese soldier wrote in his diary, and the Japanese characters that looked like Chinese characters appeared on the paper.
This Japanese soldier is named Norio Yamaguchi, from Kumamoto Prefecture in Southern Kyushu, Japan.
Kumamoto Prefecture has always developed with the steel industry as its focus, so it has also created a group of steel workers.
Compared with people from other industries, steel workers have several advantages: first, they are strong, second, they are highly obedient, and third, they are hard-working.
It was precisely because of these characteristics that Kumamoto Prefecture produced a large group of very fierce Japanese soldiers. Even the infamous Sixth Division of the "Beast Division" came from the Kumamoto area.
However, unlike other comrades-in-arms, Yamaguchi Norio was a cultural person, so he had the habit of keeping a diary.
As Norio Yamaguchi recorded in his diary, at this time the entire Japanese 106th Division was filled with panic because this was already a desperate situation.
People may not panic in good times or bad times, but how can they not panic in the face of desperate situations? Because this means that there may never be a chance of turning over, the front means death, and perhaps no reinforcements can be expected.
The 27th Division turned around and ran away, leaving not only physical damage to the officers and soldiers of the 106th Division, but more importantly, mental damage - at this time, the officers and soldiers of the 106th Division Morale is not generally low. Even people as arrogant as Matsuura Junrokuro have to strengthen their spirits to face the predicament in front of them.
Although the officers and soldiers in Beitianpu Village have a squadron, they have no fighting spirit.
Liu Houming looked at these Japanese soldiers who were not very motivated, and a trace of determination suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"That's it!" Liu Houming rubbed the tip of his nose, looking determined. According to his idea, he must take advantage of your illness to take your life.
Beating up a drowned dog does not happen very often, and Liu Houming will not be stupid enough to miss these opportunities.
I saw Liu Houming wave his hand and said to the brothers around him: "Listen, brothers, with the strength of our company, it is certain to take down the little devil in this squadron, but what I ask is that there will be no casualties! With the platoon As a unit, go and take down Little Japan’s forward strongholds.”
"Yes, company commander!" Everyone responded softly.
"It is necessary to concentrate the advantages of the grenade launchers. The grenade launchers in the first and second rows are concentrated to knock out the fire strongholds in the northwest. The grenade launchers in the third and fourth rows are first concentrated to knock out the strongholds in the northeast, and then they cooperate to attack the remaining positions. At the stronghold, the light machine gun firepower of each of our platoons is already far stronger than that of the Japanese army. If we can't win this battle again, I will ask your platoon leader for help!" Liu Houming obviously chose to treat this with caution.
You know, the total number of grenade launchers in the entire secret service company is thirty-six. Using eighteen grenade launchers to attack a stronghold held by more than twenty people is obviously overkill.
The key is that the machine gun density of the secret service company has reached as many as two per squad, one Czech-style light machine gun and one Japanese-made crooked light machine gun. The number of light machine guns in the entire company has reached as many as thirty-two. Isn't it easy to hit a Japanese stronghold with such fierce firepower?
What Liu Houming wanted was absolute victory and a quick decision, so that he could definitely achieve the military goal of taking the enemy by surprise and winning with one blow.
With more than 200 people from the special agent company to attack a squadron that may not be fully organized, Liu Houming is already planning to use the power of a lion to fight a rabbit - even if the opponent has a full staff, there are only about 180 or 130 people. It's just one rifle, plus nine grenades and nine light machine guns. It's possible to strengthen the two heavy machine guns.
However, judging from the attrition situation of the Japanese 106th Division, it is very likely that they will strengthen the company-level (i.e. squadron-level) troops with two heavy machine guns.
"Yes! Company commander, can we take action?" The platoon leader next to him looked at Liu Houming.
"Wait a minute." Liu Houming looked at the slightly lazy Japanese troops in the distance with his binoculars, and said: "After a while, we will first capture the corner strongholds, and then we will occupy the Japanese strongholds with one platoon each. The two platoons will attack the village from the weak point of the Japanese army. If the Japanese army has strong firepower, the rest will be attacked by the two platoons that occupy the stronghold."
"But... Company Commander, I'm afraid it's difficult for us to avoid casualties like this. After all, this is street fighting." said a platoon leader next to him.
At this point, Liu Houming's eyes narrowed slightly again, and then he said: "Then remove these two strongholds, and then look at the Japanese army's movements. After removing them, retreat immediately. Withdraw here! Damn it! If it's small The artillery and mortar companies are here, and it is not a simple matter to take down their small village!"
Liu Houming's complaint is actually not unreasonable. In the past, the operations of the special agent company basically received fire support from the main force of the regiment. Not to mention the mortar company and small artillery company, even the artillery support from the artillery battalion was normal. of.
Opportunities to act alone like this are rare, if any.
In Liu Houming's view, the officers and soldiers of the special agent company are worth their weight in gold. If they can kill more Japs under certain conditions, they should not die with the Japs in street fighting.
The work of street fighting and the death of little Japan should be the work of the main infantry battalion, and the work of the special agent company should be a sharp knife, but they were afraid of breaking the edge of the knife in these attrition battles, so Liu Houming and others I can't bear to give it up - given the position of the secret service company, they can kill as many little devils as they want.
War is an art, it just depends on how you play it.
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