Jitra.
In a mountainous area seven or eight kilometers away from the city.
A battalion-level Independent People's Army soldier is making final preparations.
"Brothers, today will be our first counterattack for independence. I, Feng Baojun, as your commander, am here to promise my brothers that I will be the first to rush to the enemy who invades our homeland and fire the first shot. At the same time, I will also be the last to withdraw from the battle! If I, Feng Baojun, cannot do this, any brother has the right to shoot me first and then kill the enemy!"
Feng Baojun, the battalion commander of the 67th Guard Regiment Assault Battalion, said to the entire battalion of officers and soldiers.
"If there are any brothers who are afraid of this counterattack, as long as they stand up now, take off their military uniforms, hand over their guns, and leave quietly, I, Feng Baojun, promise not to stop me. Now I will give you 10 seconds to consider this issue. If someone comes forward before I count to ten, I won't ask anything of him.
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"1!"
"2!"
"3!"
After Feng Baojun finished speaking, he started counting without hesitation. When nearly a thousand officers and soldiers in the whole battalion heard Feng Baojun's counting, they all stood silently, and no one moved.
Wang Shugen, who was wearing the same military uniform as Feng Baojun, stared at the officers and soldiers and said nothing.
As the lowest-level consultant in the military, Wang Shugen generally would not interfere with Feng Baojun's management. He would only issue his own suggestions when training and formulating battle plans.
At this moment, he looked at this strange army, and he actually didn't have much confidence in his heart.
Although the military station they were going to attack today on the outskirts of Daiying only had about 300 people, this assault battalion equipped with all Type 43 assault rifles was completely overkill.
But in order to fire the first shot of the counterattack, they not only asked the entire assault battalion to set off, but also prepared a 107 rocket launcher to fire the first shot at the remote aiming station!
After the artillery fire, this assault battalion with sophisticated equipment came forward.
They also have six 40mm rocket launchers as forward support firepower for the attack, as well as three high-level and flat dual-purpose heavy machine guns.
If it were Wang Shugen's own old unit, he would be able to defeat his opponent with just one company of this kind of equipment, and he would not need any 107 rocket launcher firepower preparation.
But before he came, the Grand Brigade Commander summoned all the advisors for intensive training. The first thing he taught was never to underestimate the enemy. Even though they were beaten badly by the little devils, some things happened for a reason and they couldn't be dismissed. The performance in the Southeast Asian battlefield is taken as a combat hypothesis, which may cause heavy losses.
The second content is not to overestimate the combat effectiveness of the troops you participate in commanding, let alone the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the main veteran troops. When fighting, refer to the local guerrillas to fight a few battles to get a feel for it.
There were some other things to pay attention to. Brigadier Lin Linzongzong gave them training for three days.
Wang Shugen didn't remember much about other things, but he wrote down the two items about the Brigadier in his notebook and engraved them into his heart.
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While Wang Shugen was distracted, Feng Baojun counted to 10 and no one left!
"10! Very good. No brother has abandoned us. We will win this battle today!" Feng Baojun said with satisfaction.
"Must win!"
"Must win!"
The originally suppressed troops roared together.
Some people are actually still afraid in their hearts.
But no one stood up and left them alone, which they couldn't do.
Their assault battalion was originally the best of the whole regiment, the best ones selected from the best!
The weapon equipped in his hand is also the best weapon in the whole regiment. It is said that it is also one of the most advanced individual weapons in the world, far surpassing the Enfield rifle in the hands of British soldiers.
They have been trained, and the firepower is indeed no less than that of light machine guns. For this reason, the assault battalion even removed the light machine guns and added a high-level and dual-purpose heavy machine gun platoon.
If you are not afraid of it
With the powerful navy and air force, everyone is actually a little eager to lead the British army soldiers and want to compete.
After all, this group of troops they faced were still dominated by the colonies. The truly local main force leading the British is less than 3 divisions.
Feng Baojun completed the final mental preparation before the battle in his own way.
Then just wait for the sky to darken.
They would set out to fight under cover of night.
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At 8:30 pm, at the British military camp on the outskirts of Jitra, Captain Sharma meticulously inspected the sentry post, then returned with satisfaction, and blew the rest horn on time at 9:00.
The whole team immediately put out the lights and went to bed.
At this moment, a scream of "Xiu Xiu Xiu" came from the sky. Before anyone could react, a group of small black dots spitting flames fell from the sky, hitting the camp hard and exploding!
The huge shock wave and debris instantly destroyed the walls and sentries of the camp. Several civil-built barracks were also directly hit, blasting the soldiers who had not yet fallen asleep to receive their lunch boxes on the spot.
Captain Sharma was lucky and his barracks narrowly escaped this wave of bombing.
"Enemy attack! Prepare to fight!" Sharma fumbled for his pistol in a hurry, ran out of the barracks and shouted to the remaining troops.
However, the military camp was like a fried pot, with people running around like headless flies everywhere, and they would no longer obey his command.
At this time, an unfamiliar heavy machine gun sound rang out. Many soldiers running around in the camp were hit and beaten to pieces on the spot.
This is a heavy machine gun!
Sharma was shocked and realized that he had encountered an organized attack by the enemy tonight.
He no longer did useless work, but returned to the communications room in the camp and began to call the brigade headquarters to report the situation here.
The Feng Baojun assault battalion, which was lurking outside the camp, was now divided into several assault queues and began to launch the final charge!
They didn't shout, but followed Feng Baojun, who was rushing to the front, panting one by one!
Feng Baojun, who took the lead, really did not break his promise. He used his own actions to fulfill his promise before the war. He saw that the military camp in front was on fire, and the wall outside the military camp had collapsed. There were countless black people running around inside. , the high-level dual-purpose machine gun opened fire fiercely, and the position was exposed in the night sky but there was no enemy counterattack.
Wang Shugen, who was following Feng Baojun in the charge, took a moment to observe the surrounding situation and knew that the bombing of the 107 rocket launcher had a miraculous effect. The enemy's barracks had already been blown up!
The battle is settled today!
For a distance of more than 500 meters, it takes about 5 minutes for a normal person to walk. It takes about 1 minute and 30 seconds for an average person to run on the track. It took more than 2 minutes for Feng Bao Military Camp to charge among the grass and bushes at night.
By the time they rushed to the Sharma barracks, Captain Sharma had already made the call and organized a team of more than 40 people to form the first line of blocking fire.
Two machine guns and more than 30 Enfields spouted tongues of fire in the night sky from time to time, and began to cause casualties to the charge team of Feng Bao Barracks.
"Bazooka! The rocket launcher knocked out the machine gun's firepower!" Wang Shugen shouted loudly as the enemy reacted.
If he were in the old army, he would not need to take command at all. The rocket launcher who followed the troops and charged forward would automatically target the enemy's machine gun fire and strike!
However, Feng Baojun's assault battalion relied on their energy to charge. Several bazooka operators who faced the battle for the first time were also very nervous and just kept their heads down and charged with all their strength.
"Fang Jiacheng! Fang Jiacheng, stop quickly and immediately find a spot to take away the opponent's machine gun!" A company commander in the army woke up from a dream when he heard Wang Shugen's shouts. He yelled and cut off a nearby rocket launcher.
At this moment, almost all the tactical movements trained before the war were a bit messed up.
Fang Jiacheng, as a rocket launcher, his mission should have been to follow the troops. Once he found the enemy's heavy firepower, he had to stop and look for the enemy's firepower to annihilate. However, Feng Baojun took the lead and called for a charge, and everyone followed suit.
It was okay at the front, the enemy did not fight back. Everyone braved the charge for a while and it was fine, and the mentality was a little relaxed. However, when the enemy counterattacked and one or two comrades were knocked down by bullets flying around them, it was the first time for many of them to see casualties. The soldiers panicked and rushed forward like frightened rabbits!
It's pitch dark now, and the enemy on the opposite side can't see clearly. No one knows how to fight back. Only the hot bullets from the heavy machine gun platoon are still spitting out, suppressing the intensity of Sharma's counterattack and the intensive firepower suppressing them. , making it difficult to raise one's head easily, and Sharma's soldiers were as panicked as little hens exploding their nests.
Although the commander, Sharma, and his team were still firing indiscriminately in the direction of the enemy's heavy machine gun, there was no point in taking aim.
That is to embolden yourself and your surrounding companions.
This was the first large-scale night offensive and defensive battle between the two sides since the war began, and both sides performed weakly. Although the British side had encountered many attacks since the beginning of the war, most of them were guerrilla artillery fire that could be fired from a distance and run away, and they had never faced a head-on confrontation with hundreds of people.
This night attack was the first real large-scale infantry battle between the two sides.
On one side is the Indy division with stretched combat capabilities, and on the other side is a rookie who is new to the real battlefield. The performance made Wang Shugen, who had experienced many battles on the field, feel a little eye-catching, but he still had to pinch his nose to check for leaks and fill in the gaps as much as possible, and guide the troops to carry out certain tactics.
Rocket launcher Fang Jiacheng hurriedly found a fulcrum. The rocket launcher squad he brought also stopped and lay down on the ground, and began to provide rocket launcher shells for Fang Jiacheng.
Fang Jiacheng aimed at the conspicuous target spitting flames in the night sky, gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger. The rocket spitting bright flames quickly rushed towards the target, but missed the left front of the opponent's machine gun, hit the barracks behind, and ignited the fire. The wooden structure illuminates the area.
Sharma and the others were using a bunker of sandbags to fight back!
The longer-range high-level dual-purpose machine gunner saw the enemy more clearly and began to aim the machine gun fire at the bunker to shoot, although this kind of machine gun could not aim accurately due to the huge recoil.
But around that area of strafing, some of the dense heavy machine guns even penetrated the sandbags, knocking over several of the British and Indian soldiers hiding behind!
It immediately caused a commotion behind the bunker, and the counterattack firepower suddenly weakened a lot. Sharma roared crazily with red eyes for a while before recovering.
At this time, Fang Jiacheng, who had calmed down, was fired up again by the second rocket!
This time he didn't miss again. There was only a distance of more than 300 meters. In addition, the opponent could see more clearly under the burning flames. Fang Jiacheng fired a shot at the bunker in front of the machine gun fire point. After the rocket exploded in the fire, The fragments will fly in random directions, taking away the machine gunner and the nearby Indian soldiers!
Fang Jiacheng took a deep breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, and finally relaxed a little. Only then did he remember that after his rocket launcher squad rushed up, they didn't just rush to the position to fight with the opponent!
Instead, stop at the right place to find a point, and be ready to remove the enemy's counterattack firepower at any time!
The enemy also had a machine gun that was constantly counterattacking. Fang Jiacheng had no time to regret it. He took another rocket from the hands of his comrades behind him and started a new round of aiming and stimulation!
This time, Fang Jiacheng seemed to have found the secret to successful aiming, and one shot knocked the machine gun that Sharma had finally organized to the ground.
The counterattack firepower suddenly lost most of its power. Feng Baojun, who was leading the charge, saw this situation and shouted with all his strength: "Brothers! Victory is in front of us, charge!"
There were dozens of meters ahead, and it was already clear that the heads of the Indian soldiers were shaking under the firelight. After Feng Baojun shouted, he picked up the Type 43 assault rifle and fired at the shaking heads!
There was a burst of gunfire, and an Indy soldier was hit in the head by Feng Baojun's bullet. Before he could even grunt, something red and white spewed out and he fell to the ground dead. The helmet on his head could not block the close range. Such a critical attack.
The heavy machine gun in the distance stopped firing. Now the enemy and we will soon be intertwined. It will be impossible to maintain the firepower.
The only ones who are most hurt are our own people.
As Feng Baojun opened fire, the soldiers following him also began to aim forward and fire!
The strafing fire of more than a dozen people formed a tight fire net, making it impossible for Sharma and the others to raise their heads to fight back.
But the battle was still not over. Sharma and the others quickly took out grenades, lying on the ground one by one with their heads raised and throwing them behind.
Seeing a group of smoking things flying out of the sandbags, Wang Shugen's heart skipped a beat.
"Fall down! Everyone lie down! There are grenades!" Wang Shugen's sharp voice alerted the soldiers charging in front. Feng Baojun also subconsciously jumped forward after hearing the voice.
"Peng Peng Peng" After an explosion, fragments of the grenade sputtered out in all directions.
Wang Shugen's command was timely. Most of the soldiers in front fell to the ground. Only two or three who were slow to react were hit by the fragments and lay on the ground rolling in pain.
These soldiers had large and small wounds on their arms, thighs or bodies, and blood began to flow out as if there was no money!
"Grenade! Grenade attack!" Feng Baojun also woke up from a dream and began to direct the team. He took out the grenades one by one, knocked them on the butt of the gun and threw them behind the sandbags of Sharma and others.
After a burst of explosions, this wave of more than a dozen grenades blasted the remaining Indian soldiers inside into howls.
Apparently many enemies were killed.
The lethality of grenades at close range is still indispensable for both offense and defense.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Feng Baojun jumped up and said, "Go!"
"Come on!"
Every soldier in Feng Baojun's assault camp was also angered. After being beaten like this, everyone didn't have many extra thoughts. They just rushed over to kill the enemy and then finished.
At this moment, Feng Baojun was so excited that he no longer needed to boost his morale and began to truly enter a fighting state.
Sharma and more than 40 people were wiped out by Feng Baojun in one fell swoop. Even Sharma was shot to death randomly, but their deaths were not in vain. In just a few minutes, the remaining more than 100 Indian soldiers were finally found. He acquired his own weapons and began to rely on various terrains to launch a counterattack.
Although the firepower of Feng Baojun's assault battalion that rushed into the camp was not at the same level, and the entire counterattack was of little use, it still caused casualties to Feng Baojun's assault battalion.
Wait until the battle ends in half an hour, simply clean the battlefield and return to the jungle. The reinforcements brought by the British arrived belatedly, leaving behind corpses all over the ground and the camp still burning.
After returning to the temporary camp, Feng Baojun simply counted the number of people and found that there were more than a hundred casualties on his side in this battle! Among them, more than 40 people were directly killed and more than 60 people were injured.
Although they completely annihilated the Sharma camp, killed and captured more than 300 people, and achieved their first major victory since the war began, they also paid a huge price.
The entire commando battalion seemed somewhat elated after a brief period of sadness over this victory. They defeated an enemy they thought would be difficult to defeat before the war. Not only did they overcome huge psychological obstacles, but they also began to realize their own strength.
This battle was a huge inspiration for Huang Qingyuan and his troops. Feng Baojun, who won the first battle, was notified as a combat hero and received "Courage", one of the three combat hero medals just formulated by the new homeland. medal.
This is also the first person from the Independent People's Army of the New Homeland to receive a medal. For the Independent People's Army, Feng Baojun has set an example for them on how to achieve victory. The tactics provided by the consultants have been verified to be feasible.
However, for the first time they cooperated with the Independent People's Army at close range, their performance made Wang Shugen couldn't help but shake his head, and it also gave him his first intuitive understanding of the real combat effectiveness of the garrison.
Wang Shugen described and summarized the battle in detail and gave a battle briefing. On the one hand, communication was improved at the Feng Baojun Assault Camp and the security group fighting nearby, and on the other hand, it was fed back to the advisory group headquarters.
This first-hand information is too valuable for the advisory group.
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