The Dagushan guerrillas came in full force.
Six infantry detachments, an artillery detachment and a machine gun detachment were all restored to full strength, and all arrived 10 miles away from Zhao Jiayu.
When Gao Jianwu went straight to Zhao Jiayu, he had already sent people on horseback to Dagushan to mobilize troops. Shen Quan received Gao Jianwu's order without hesitation.
After recruiting more than 100 militiamen to stay at the base of Heiyun Village, all the regular troops and most of the weapons and ammunition were brought out.
According to Gao Jianwu's order, leave no room for anything and make a desperate move!
At this time, Gao Jianwu had not yet come to Zhao Jiayu to discuss with Li Yunlong about forcing the Watanabe task force. In fact, it is to cut first and then play.
This is because Gao Jianwu has an in-depth understanding of Li Yunlong and knows that the regiment leader will be happy to hear the battle and has no reason to give in. It is also because Gao Jianwu is confident that he can gather the independent regiment and be strong enough to harden the Watanabe Task Force.
Now after fine-tuning the organization of the infantry unit, a new firepower group has been added, with 3 light machine guns and 9 submachine guns. The organization is 18 people. Each light machine gun is served by 3 people, a main gunner, a deputy machine gunner, and an ammunition hand. During the battle, the assistant machine gunner and the ammunition hand each carried a box of bullets and followed them. Their self-defense weapons were twenty-shot box cannons.
The infantry team now consists of 3 infantry teams and a 60mm mortar team. The 60mm mortar team has been fixed at a configuration of 6 people. The 5 ammunition carriers carry a base of 30 rounds of artillery shells. Under normal circumstances, they follow the infantry team in combat. Each infantry team has a light machine gun and a grenade. They are composed of two people each with a firepower sharp knife, plus 8 riflemen, and a submachine gun team leader, which is exactly 13 people, plus the team leader and the team marksman. , such an infantry squad is 47 people.
Including the 15 people in the infantry squadron headquarters, the chief, deputy company commander and instructor, the full strength of an infantry detachment is 177 people. With 6 infantry detachments, the number now exceeds 1,000 people.
The machine gun detachment is fully equipped with 16 heavy machine gun groups, each heavy machine gun group has 12 people, plus an ammunition group of 20 people, more than 30 mules and horses, and the number of the machine gun detachment also exceeds 230 people.
The artillery unit is fully equipped with 12 80mm (81/82) mortar groups, 12 90mm small steel cannons combined with 4 infantry artillery groups, a total of 28 artillery groups! Since there are a lot of artillery, it is now divided into the first artillery detachment and the second artillery detachment, plus a mules and horses logistics team of more than 40 people. In total, there are more than a hundred mules, horses and camels to transport weapons and ammunition. The two artillery detachments add up. The number of people exceeds 350.
The team brought by Shen Quan exceeded 1,500 people!
During the nearly two months when Gao Jianwu left, Shen Quan led the Dagushan guerrilla brigade to train, fight and recruit, and actually expanded the team to nearly 500 people.
This ability to lead troops is indeed very good.
Not to mention the large number of overflowing weapons brought this time, ready to strengthen the strength of the independent regiment.
Among the 9 Maxim heavy machine guns seized from the Imperial Army on the Eastern Front, as well as more than ten Type 92 heavy machine guns and more than 30 crooked machine guns seized from the devils on the Eastern and Western Fronts, most of the original damaged ones were destroyed by Chen Jingzhong and others. Repaired, plus the 8 Type 94 90mm mortars that Dagushan is unwilling to use now. Because these items are too heavy, Dagushan now has no shortage of mortars, so these are usually left in the warehouse to gather dust. , Shen Quan took advantage of this battle to bring them over to enhance the strength of the friendly forces.
The Dagushan Guerrilla Brigade has the right to dislike them, but the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment are very scarce.
Especially the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment currently only have a few 82mm and 60mm mortars, which were recently captured.
Therefore, as soon as Gao Jianwu appeared and reported the overflowing list of weapons on hand, Ding Wei and Kong Jie's eyes almost popped out.
But who is Li Yunlong? How could he be so polite at this time? Heavy machine guns and mortars all strengthened the defense of Zhao Jiayu's position. The New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment deployed machine gunners and sent two main machine gun companies lightly equipped to assist the independent regiment Zhao Jiayu. Line of defense.
The three regiments of more than 30 crooked guns were divided into three, mainly to strengthen the firepower of the field interception troops. Each platoon of the main battalion participating in the battle was equipped with 2 light machine guns.
In such a rich battle, the advantage in this battle is entirely on one's own side.
The three regiment leaders blushed and finished dividing the gift package sent by Gao Jianwu. They even drank a bowl of wine in a hurry, and then they hurried back to deploy.
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"Your Excellency Dazuo, ten miles ahead is Zhao Jiayu, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Independent Regiment. The outpost reconnaissance report shows that they are vigorously digging trenches. It seems that they are trying to fight a positional war with our locust army." Horiuchi Katsuki rode on the left. The tall man said to the commander of the task force beside him, Yuji Watanabe.
"Xingxi, it seems that it is indeed as Mr. Kawada said. The independent regiment of Tubal Road has fought several battles, and now it no longer knows its true strength." Watanabe Yuuji raised the corner of his mouth and said with some contempt.
"Horuchi-kun, don't keep the previous minor setback in mind. This time, the independent regiment on Tubal Road foolishly wanted to fight the locust army of our task force. This is your chance to avenge your shame, Horuchi-kun. This time I will leave it to Horiuchi-kun to be the vanguard once."
"Hey, thank you, Mr. Dazuo, for taking care of your humble position." Horiuchi Katsumi nodded and bowed in response.
Although he was surprised by the mortar firepower of the Dagushan guerrillas in the last battle, which was completely beyond his knowledge of the Eighth Route guerrillas.
But after suffering a loss, the little Japanese learned the lesson and sent spies to find out the details of the Dagushan guerrillas, so this special raid was launched.
And specially prepared overwhelming artillery support for the Dagushan guerrillas. The only thing that can defeat artillery is more artillery. In this regard, Horiuchi Shengshen Zhongzuo does not believe that Tubal Road can be compared with the Locust Army.
He was the main planner of this special operation of the Ninth Brigade, so he knew very well that this time the Watanabe task force was fighting the rabbit with a lion and with all its strength.
This is a good opportunity for Watanabe Yuji to improve his record.
Of course, since I am in it, I am also a beneficiary.
When Yuji Watanabe was promoted and left, did he have room to go further?
Horiuchi Shenzhongzuo's heart was filled with excitement when he thought of this.
Compared with the intelligence of the Dagushan guerrillas, the intelligence system of the Ninth Brigade and the independent regiment on Li Yunlong's side had mined more information, and had even instigated the rebellion of a member of the regiment.
Therefore, Horiuchi Katsuki is full of confidence in Zhao Jiayu's battle.
To use a popular saying from the Gao Jianwu era, basically all you have to do to beat Zhao Jiayu is to have the right hand to capture him!
As for the minor troubles they encountered along the way, including sneak attacks by the Tubal guerrillas, Horiuchi Katsumi and Watanabe Yuuji didn't take it to heart. With such a large army facing off, those small tricks were simply not enough.
"Go, Horiuchi-kun, I look forward to good news from you!" Watanabe Yuuji shook his head reservedly. Although his old classmates and subordinates don't look very smart, they are better at being obedient and can barely do it. use.
When he gets promoted to another level, he should have his own place in the position of brigade commander of the Mongolian Army.
After all, he had been working hard for several years in the Mongolian army, but he was just unlucky and didn't have any chance of a big battle. His military exploits had always been his flaw.
If I can defeat a regiment on Tubal Road this time, which is said to number thousands, then my performance should be barely enough for me to be promoted to major general.
It's quite interesting for Kawada-kun to keep such a good opportunity to himself.
Thinking of this, Watanabe Yuuji has already thought about whether he should give Kawada-kun something meaningful after the war. Friendship between classmates is friendship between classmates. If there is no reciprocity of courtesy, this friendship will become more and more useless as it is used.
The brigade commander is not the end of Yuji Watanabe. He has set his sights on the positions of real power such as the division commander and even the commander of the troops stationed in Mongolia.
Mr. Kawada can still speak volumes in Jin. The Mongolian Army and the First Army in Jin are also connected by mountains and rivers. Of course, the relationship must be continuously consolidated to have better opportunities to work together in the future.
Once his thoughts were distracted like this, Watanabe Yuuji's mind was not at all on the crushing battle of Tubal Road like Zhao Jiayu.
In his opinion, although the independent regiment pretended to be stubborn, in fact, just like previous raids, they would soon flee into the mountains.
The real headache is how to capture them from the mountains and eliminate them.
Thinking of this, Watanabe Yuuji looked back at Taro Kawamoto behind him. It is said that this is Kawada-kun's most experienced squadron leader in mountain warfare.
I hope Kawada-kun is not mistaken.
Although I have the advantage in this battle, if I want to achieve greater results, it is obviously not enough to win the small mountain village of Zhaojiayu.
Watanabe Yuuji looked deeply at the faint shadow of the mountains in front of him.
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