According to the terrain and distance on the map, Gao Jianwu chose a hilltop on the west side of the road more than 2 miles away from Wanjia Town to block the reinforcements from the Japs on the East Road.
There is a river on the east side of that section of the road. Although it is shallow in winter, the river is still half a person deep with cold water. On the other side are the primitive jungle hills covered with dense shrubs.
The hilltop on the west side of the roadside looks to be only two to three hundred meters high and stretches for hundreds of meters. Because it is close to Wanjia Town, it has been reclaimed into terraces along the hillside. Now these layers of terraces are just suitable for troops to ambush.
In the high-precision map in Gao Jianwu's mind, this was the best ambush location within a few miles.
The third and fourth infantry detachments, which arrived first, were digging fortifications in full swing.
The infantry detachment directly under the mortar team was looking for mortar combat positions on the hillside. Adhering to Gao Jianwu's principle of mobile operations, they selected several backup positions for mobile operations.
The next step was to start intensive calculations and bombardment of Zhuyuan. Their target was the highway section of a few hundred meters they were facing, which was now marked as a preset target of more than ten meters. They had made calculations for Zhuyuan in advance.
This eliminates the need for immediate calculations after moving positions, which greatly reduces the time for bombardment preparations. As long as the observation post reports the impact point error, they can revise it and start bombarding again.
In the golden time period of 3 to 5 minutes, the goal they pursue is to be able to hit the little devil's head with artillery shells as quickly as possible while avoiding being hit by the devil's artillery counterattack.
Liu Shiqiang and the others had been training on these topics before Han Gang arrived. After Han Gang arrived, the two mortar veterans went from competing with each other to learning from each other. They made great progress in each other, and together they improved the level of the Dagushan artillery team. A big improvement.
If we say that at the beginning, Gao Jianwu's mortar skills were still far above the average in Dagushan, and everyone was not even at the level of primary school students, but now these gunners have quickly lowered this level under training. The difference is at least to the level of high school students.
Although there is still a gap between the gunners of Gao Jianwu or Xiaojiazi, the gap is not that obvious.
After all, there are enough artillery shells in Dagushan. The training includes not only theoretical learning and experience exchange, but most importantly, live ammunition training as evidence. Each gunner has at least 10 live ammunition shelling experience.
Those who can be selected as gunners not only have good brains, but the most important thing is talent and the ability to adjust and calculate.
In this era, those who could have been selected as gunners may have been selected from hundreds or thousands of people.
In the original army, their poor performance due to various reasons did not mean that their potential was low, so in the growth environment Gao Jianwu created for them, they made rapid progress one by one.
Han Gang and his men pushed the 92 Infantry Cannon. Although they left first, their speed was much slower than that of the mules and horses of the artillery unit, so they were quickly overtaken by Liu Shiqiang.
"Old Han, let a mule drag this cannon up." Liu Shiqiang said as he took off the cannonball box from a mule carrying cannonballs.
Han Gang is not polite either. Time is precious now and it would be a crime to waste any time.
His men also ran forward carrying boxes one after another.
Liu Shiqiang and Han Gang briefly explained Gao Jianwu's deployment.
"Old Han, I am here with the 92 infantry gun, 6 82mm mortars and 4 90mm mortars to set up fixed positions to destroy the Japanese artillery. You are here with 10 81mm mortars for mobile operations. , focusing on attacking the Japs’ massed formations and heavy firepower points. At the same time, fire first to attract the Japs’ artillery to counterattack and expose the position.”
"Old Liu, let's switch. I'm better at shooting fixed targets." Han Gang shook his head after listening to Liu Shiqiang's words.
They are all rushing to do the most dangerous things.
It seems more dangerous to fire first at the enemy, but in fact, after firing a few shots and then changing places, the little devil's counterattack will not be able to hit it so quickly, so the risk is not too great.
To destroy the enemy's artillery, you need to fix the position and reduce the movement time of a series of actions. If you stay long before destroying the enemy's artillery, you will have a greater chance of being hit by the enemy's counterattack.
Both of them are old guns. Of course they know which one is more dangerous, so they rush to do dangerous things.
"Old Han, don't fight for me for this opportunity to make meritorious deeds." Liu Shiqiang smiled and approached Han Gang and gave Han Gang a hard blow on the shoulder. "Although we have only known each other for a short time, we have hit it off. It will not be easy to win this battle. From what Captain Gao said, there may be thousands of Japs coming, so there are plenty of opportunities, and the burden on both of us is not light."
Han Gang's eyes narrowed.
He didn't expect there were so many enemies.
After all, Han Gang still had little knowledge of the importance of this military column.
"Okay," Han Gang smiled. We still need to pay attention to the unity within the team, especially since Han Gang knew that Liu Shiqiang had just joined the 8-way camp not long ago. "Old Zhao, we two brothers will have a good drink after the victory!"
"Definitely! See you after victory!" Liu Shiqiang grinned.
One of them is from the Northeast and the other is from the Northwest.
When it comes to drinking, that’s true in no uncertain terms.
Especially the celebratory drinks!
Under Liu Shiqiang's shouts, the artillery unit naturally divided into two groups. Dozens of mules and horses rushed to the position like a long queue carrying cannon and shells.
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Gao Jianwu came out of Wanjia Town, sweating profusely all the way, and ran towards the blocking position ahead. He ran back and forth, shuttling between different battlefields.
There is no way. On the one hand, it requires deployment, and the most important thing is to go to the battle scene to release the inventory.
Therefore, after becoming a bastard, he was born to work hard.
You have to do it yourself.
Song Tiecheng led the commando team and followed Gao Jianwu without any pressure.
This guy has suffered a lot. After the food was served in Dagushan, he was in good spirits. After several rounds of survival of the fittest and recruitment, the commando team was now left with a group of young men with good physical strength.
Following Gao Jianwu's cleaning of the Wanjia Town battlefield and sending the captured loot to the transportation brigade, this group of people rushed to the Eastern Front blocking position.
This life is exciting, and the commandos are all in high spirits.
I have no complaints at all about traveling a lot.
"Captain, what are we going to do later?" Song Tiecheng was not surprised but overjoyed when he heard that a large team of little Japs were coming. It was obvious that this fellow had become obsessed with the life of fighting Japs.
"Of course we're going to poke the devil in the ass!"
The focus of this battle is to use advantageous mortars to bombard and suppress. With the blocking position artillery team led by Han Gang and Liu Shiqiang, Gao Jianwu has given clear instructions on the division of labor. As long as these two do not cause trouble, Gao Jianwu believes that the heavy In a firepower duel, Dagushan will not suffer.
He didn't know much about Han Gang's background, but as long as he thought that he was an old artilleryman from the brigade artillery battalion, his professional quality would definitely not be bad. If he was given a full artillery company's mortars in his hands, no matter whether he was a junior The enemy's firepower point, or looking for opportunities to fight against the enemy's artillery, these should be basic skills.
As for Liu Shiqiang, let's not talk about it. He has fought side by side for many times. He is no worse than Gao Jianwu in the artillery profession, and he is a stable man. He must not discount Gao Jianwu's orders.
So what Gao Jianwu has to do is to poke the little devil in the back - the logistics team!
