The commander-in-chief of the independent regiment who stayed to defend Zhao Jiayu was Zhao Gang and Zhao Zhengwei. His subordinates were Firepower Battalion Commander Sun Desheng and Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao. Because Gao Jianwu's time travel broke some of the tiny balances in the original world, the cruelest raid in the original world did not happen.
There was no chance for the cavalry company to appear, so Sun Desheng and Wang Huaibao were still there. After Sun Desheng left in Shenquan, there was no one to take over as the commander of the second battalion. Deputy commander Xing is now also the commander of the second battalion. In the process of establishing the firepower battalion, the cadres There was a serious shortage, so Sun Desheng was lucky enough to be the battalion commander.
At this moment, Sun Desheng was staying in the heavy machine gun position. He was a cavalryman and was not familiar with artillery, so he liked to stay in the heavy machine gun position.
In Sun Desheng's words, "Looking at these guys, I feel so energetic!"
Chen Quan added more than 20 heavy machine guns to the independent regiment. Except for a few that were allocated to the third battalion, most of the rest were deployed in the firepower battalion. If the new first regiment and the new second regiment hadn't transferred machine gunners from two machine gun companies, , Sun Desheng will fall into the trouble of happiness - there are too many machine guns and not enough manpower!
Now Sun Desheng only has three heavy machine gun companies. After such a small life, Sun Desheng's old pimple face seems to be blooming.
"The heavy machine gun anti-artillery fortifications must be thickened. The Japs have mountain guns and 90mm mortars. The wooden boards must be covered with three layers, with a total filling of more than 1 meter. Don't be lazy and let the Japs' shells fall on It's all over with our heads." Sun Desheng shouted while inspecting the position.
"Batalion Commander Sun, but there are not enough wooden boards now." Some machine gun position leaders complained.
"Didn't you say that we should first remove the wooden boards from people's homes and use them? After the war, the independent regiment will be responsible for reinstalling them." Sun Desheng's face darkened.
"But we added more than ten doors at once, and the door panels for ordinary people are not enough."
Sun Desheng touched his bald head. This is a happy trouble.
"Go, send someone to remove the bed boards of the common people. Damn it, if you can't defeat the Japanese, your family will be gone. As long as you defeat the Japanese, everything will be easy." Sun Desheng gritted his teeth and ordered.
"Battle Commander Sun, this is against our military policy. Now that the people have been relocated, we will be punished if we don't ask for help."
"What are you talking about? Is it hard to understand what labor and management are saying? Hurry up and do it. The little devil is on the way. Labor and management will bear the consequences."
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The third battalion positions and mortar positions were full of people rushing to dig fortifications.
Zhao Gang was not idle either. He ran non-stop around various positions, inspecting and boosting everyone's morale.
But Zhao Gang soon discovered that there was no need to cheer up at all. The morale of the soldiers was already about to burst.
When asked casually, almost every soldier said confidently that with the equipment we have now, we can basically just hold down and hit the Japs. Compared with the past few years, when we encountered a large group of Japs, we had to hide. Now, It's time to feel proud.
Some soldiers even asked when they would conquer Ping'an County!
Sure enough, strength is the strongest motivation.
However, Zhao Gang did not feel very happy.
Optimism is a good thing, but if you are too optimistic and feel arrogant, it is a bit too much.
Fortunately, everyone worked very hard when building the fortifications. Rows of trenches were dug out in a few days. The entire Zhaojiayu was crisscrossed with trenches.
There is currently no other way to reduce the lethality of the Japs' artillery fire except trenches.
After patrolling around Zhao Jiayu, Zhao Gang was still a little worried.
A large-scale defensive operation like Zhao Jiayu's is far beyond any battle in the history of the Independent Regiment. How can the configuration of forces and the setting of firepower points play the greatest role.
Whether it is Zhao Gang or Li Yunlong, it is a new big topic.
The two of them could only cross the river by feeling the stones.
Fortunately, Gao Jianwu also learned some courses on infantry defensive positions, and collaborated with Li Zhao in Zhao Jiayu to plan a support-point defensive position with trenches and tunnels as the backbone and combined with field fortifications, integrating forward fire support points, deep fire support points, and forced The artillery position and the company and platoon defensive "y" defensive position are reflected in the construction of Zhao Jiayu's defensive position.
However, due to the urgency of time, the field fortifications were not satisfactory and could defend against some small-caliber artillery attacks. However, they could not hold out for long in the face of attacks from the 92nd Infantry Artillery and Mountain Artillery Field Artillery.
After all, the construction and thickness conditions of the bullet-proof roof are limited. Except for the heavy machine gun firepower point, which guarantees three layers of wooden plank support and a soil layer thickness of 1 meter, the rest basically only has a layer of wooden plank soil of about 30 centimeters.
This time, it was with the Watanabe Task Force Hard Steel, who held Zhao Jiayu's Firepower Battalion and the Third Battalion, not only as a bait to attract the little devils, but also to be able to hold on to the end and become the core of the center's blossoming tactics.
If their failed position falls into the hands of the Japs, even if the two large attack groups on the periphery defeat Task Force Watanabe, the Japs will at worst retreat into Zhao Jiayu and wait for reinforcements, transforming themselves into the center of the Japs with a new base of station skills.
That would be a big joke and a big loss.
Zhao Gang, who returned to the command room, worked nervously on the map, looking for flaws in the current position, trying to make up for them before the Japs arrived.
However, for such a huge position, the regiment headquarters did not even have a single redundant staff officer. Although Zhao Gang was working hard to learn various infantry combat tactics, after all, he was not the professional major of the military school, and he could only seek peace of mind in a hurry.
This battle started with a fierce bombardment amidst Zhao Gang's regret.
As expected, the little devils were divided into two groups. Attack from the north and south of Zhao Jiayu at the same time, and the east and west sides of Zhao Jiayu are steep hills. The Yamamoto special agent team has the ability to climb over mountains and ridges, but ordinary little Japanese do not have this ability.
Information about the Japs' advance has been passed on rapidly. Whether it is Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Gao Jianwu and Shen Quan, they all know the progress of the Japs' attack.
However, the Japs divided their forces into the north and south to attack, and the team maintained a posture of sandwiching heavy firepower and artillery in the middle. Li Yunlong and Gao Jianwu's attempts to wait for an opportunity for a sneak attack never found a chance.
The main force of the Japs in the south set up a main artillery position of 8 mountain guns 5 miles away from Zhao Jiayu. Together with 8 Type 94 90mm mortars, a total of 16 high-caliber artillery began to aim in the direction of Zhao Jiayu. Artillery observers followed With the rapid deployment of telephone lines, they will follow the infantry deep into the front to indicate the direction of artillery fire to the artillery positions.
Eight Type 92 infantry guns followed the main force of the two infantry brigades to the front, preparing to directly bombard the defenses of the independent regiment.
Around the artillery position, two squadrons of Japs were providing cover for them, and Yuji Watanabe's headquarters was also set up next to the artillery position.
At this time, if viewed from a high altitude, the Japanese Task Force Watanabe formed a long snake formation, with the artillery position and two infantry squadrons at the tail of the snake. The Horuchi Battalion acted as the head of the snake and attacked from the north. The Ishii Mori Battalion and Fujino Battalion A large group of snakes attacked from the south.
There is no way, the conditions in the mountainous area are like this, surrounded by hills, and it takes more than ten miles of valley walking from the highway to get to Zhaojiayu.
At this moment, Gao Jianwu's Dagushan attack group of more than 1,500 people was hiding in a valley 2 miles northeast of the Xiaojiazi artillery position; Li Yunlong's independent regiment attack group was in Lijia Village to the south behind the Xiaojiazi's butt, away from the road where the Xiaojiazi retreated. 2 miles to the southeast.
It's about 5 miles away from the little devil's artillery position.
In other words, once the war begins, Gao Jianwu's Dagushan attack group will cut off the snake body and tail of the little devil. He will bear the attack from both sides, but the tail of the little devil will also be caught by Gao Jianwu and Li Yunlong.
According to the plan, Gao Jianwu and Li Yunlong will take the lead in eating the snake's tail at the Japs artillery position and pull out the Japs' fangs!
The plan was good, but once the war started, both sides felt something was wrong.
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