"Company commander, company commander, when will we come?" Tao Yuzhang asked anxiously.
"Why are you panicking? Didn't you hear the announcement? When you hear the cannon fire, just rush with me. Don't let the labor and management get in trouble." Company Commander Wang Baichuan said angrily, "You all have to pay attention. When rushing, keep the squad in good order. Disperse, the platoon leader must take responsibility."
On the position of the third battalion and second company of the first battle group, every soldier was a little impatient.
Company commander Wang Baichuan had a headache. The battalion commander demanded that the charge should not be scattered. For Wang Baichuan, this was a new topic.
"Company commander, everyone has disappeared during this charge. How can we keep it together?" The platoon commanders under his command also had difficulties.
"We can't just run around like before," Wang Baichuan rubbed his head. "To put it simply, it's to slow down the labor force. The machine gunners are in front, and they are lined up in squads to form a wave charge formation. When they reach the front, they meet the enemy. Then disperse into battle formation!"
Wang Baichuan thought of a solution that was not a solution and implemented it.
"Xiao Niu and Xiao Tang, as the correspondents, you two must follow me closely. The battalion commander requires us to report the combat position at any time. Don't let your chain slip." Wang Baichuan turned around and saw the two walkie-talkie correspondents. , another headache.
In the past, I relied on running errands to communicate, which felt quite smooth. Now that I have two more walkie-talkie operators, a hand-cranked generator, and one who calls the regiment headquarters to maintain communication, it feels a bit awkward no matter what.
If someone cuts off the communication, the regiment leader will try to suppress the enemy. It will give him a headache. It really gives him a headache. Now he doesn’t even know how to fight.
Not only Wang Baichuan, but at this moment, dozens of battalion and company combat teams heard the request from their superiors to maintain the charge and maintain the integrity of the organization. Most people were thinking of ways to do it. Some people imitated Wang Baichuan and kept the platoon-level charge formation intact. .
Someone designed a new formation. The platoon leader watched the company commander charge, the squad leader watched the platoon leader charge, and the whole company raised three fires as a symbol to charge! Wait until you meet the enemy and then disperse!
The designer of this combat formation obviously adhered to Li Yunlong's combat style. Everything was based on the principle of being reckless. The company platoon leader didn't care at all about exposing himself!
However, when it got dark, when successive artillery shells roared towards the Jaap camp, the whole army immediately launched a charge. Some squads and platoons were completely out of the company's organizational control, running faster than anyone else!
The only one who could control it was the squad leader. The squad leader shouted and rushed ahead, followed by his own class. The crowd just poured into the little devil in Gangnan.
Company commanders who can control half of their company's troops are now settled. Many company commanders can only lead one platoon forward, while the rest have long forgotten their previous instructions and rushed to the front. .
"First battle group artillery team, revised secret position 1, angle third from left, 3 rapid fires!"
"Second Battle Group Artillery Team, corrected secret position 1.5, angle one to the right, 3 rapid fires!"
...
Gao Jianwu, who advanced the observation position to 500 meters away from the Jaap camp, was busy correcting the artillery parameters after the artillery fired. Tonight was a night battle. No one was qualified to command the long-range except him with the map hanging on. Artillery comes to fight this battle.
So before the battle started, Gao Jianwu led the commando team to the edge of the Japs camp.
As soon as the cannon fired, more than 50 shells were fired in the first round of artillery fire, which tore up more than a dozen tents almost instantly.
Before the little devils had time to react, the second and third shots extended and landed on another tent. Almost one-tenth of the little devils were directly torn apart by gunfire in their sleep.
Next, the little Japanese who were injured by the shell fragments began to wail, and then the little Japanese who fled rushed out of the tent like headless flies and began to look for guns and cannons. Under the orders of the officers, they were ready to fight back!
But Gao Jianwu didn't have so many flaws for the little Japanese to catch. He slightly corrected the target, and another three-volume rapid fire from the artillery came as promised!
...
Watanabe Heiji looked at the camp in flames, his head still buzzing.
He was dragged out of the tent by the guards and came to a meadow a few hundred meters away from the camp. He stopped and stared blankly at the rain of shells still roaring in the sky.
81mm mortar, 82mm mortar, 75mm mountain gun...
After Watanabe Heiji slowly regained consciousness, he began to observe the enemy's shelling. Upon this observation, Watanabe Heiji immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Based on what he observed now, the enemy had at least 50 mortars of various types!
How could such a huge enemy get so close to him without revealing his whereabouts at all?
According to the standards of the Eighth Route Army, there are at least tens of thousands of people surrounding him now, forming an independent second brigade to attack!
"Ueno-kun, has the information requesting tactical guidance been sent out?" Watanabe Heiji slowly returned to normal and said to Ueno Satoshi who was following him.
"Your Excellency, General, the first intelligence has been sent out. The enemy's situation is unknown. The intelligence sent by the humble official is that the independent mixed second brigade encountered a large-scale enemy artillery attack in Gangnan. The number of enemy artillery is no less than 60!" Ueno Xiaozhi said lowly. Report from Zuotouhui.
"Xingxi, continue to send the report, saying that our army has encountered no less than 20,000 Tubalu in front of us. We are currently organizing a counterattack. However, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. Please ask for tactical guidance!" Watanabe Heiji showed his face in the flickering light of the artillery fire. Zhang Tieqing said word by word.
"Hi Yi!" Ueno Xiaozhi ran to do errands.
"Order the troops to assemble on the spot as a squadron! Retreat out of the camp and move closer to me to prepare for a counterattack!" After Heiji Watanabe observed his actions for a while, he issued the second order.
Although the signal corps quickly passed on the order, Watanabe Heiji knew his order. Thank God if one-third of the soldiers obeyed it. How could the soldiers and officers who were struggling under the artillery fire accept it normally? to the command.
Moreover, Watanabe Heiji had a premonition that the worst thing would happen to him yet.
But with a dozen soldiers around him at this moment, Watanabe Heiji could do nothing but wait!
This battle was his worst encounter since he joined the army. The enemy was too cunning. When he was completely unprepared, a wave of black tigers came directly to dig out his heart, and used artillery fire to mix the independent soldiers into the elite soldiers of the second brigade. The boy was kicked out of the tent.
Watanabe Heiji knew that there should be many of his soldiers who didn't even have guns at this time.
After a long day's march, many soldiers were so tired that they lost their due vigilance.
The soldiers who were scurrying around like headless flies at the moment had probably forgotten where they put the guns that had been gathered together? !
