Chapter 27 This is not how we attack a turret
"Hey! Isn't this a student soldier from the Scout School?
Hello, hello! Let me introduce myself, Wang Yong, the commander of the 4th Company of the 1st Battalion of the New 1st Regiment.
I have wanted to go to your school to study with you for a long time, but I was busy fighting the Japanese recently and didn’t have much time. I finally got to see you today. It wasn’t easy! "
Wang Yong came over with a happy look on his face and said to Liu Yun, "I've heard that the soldiers trained in the school are good at bayonet fighting, accurate at shooting, and can also fire cannons. They can even learn to read better than us. Is that true?"
Liu Yun felt something was strange. Although he thought that the fourth company commander in front of him was flattering the student soldiers, he felt something was not right no matter how he listened to it.
"It's just so-so. Thank you. Thank you. Our principal said that our ability is not up to the graduation standard.
Captain Wang just finished a battle, and it looks like the results were pretty good!"
The people of the Fourth Company had indeed just returned. They captured a small artillery tower and annihilated more than a dozen Japanese and puppet troops, with only a dozen of their own casualties, achieving a 1:1 casualty ratio with the enemy, which was already very difficult.
However, the captured Japanese Type 99 light machine guns, more than a dozen Type 38 rifles and hundreds of bullets were a good income.
You know, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it took many soldiers' lives to remove a Japanese artillery tower.
After all, war is not a TV show. It is impossible for no one to die from beginning to end. The fact that the casualty ratio was 1:1 compared with the enemy really proves that the commander of this unit was very capable.
“We attacked a small artillery tower and killed 17 of the enemy. We had five lightly wounded, four seriously wounded, and only five killed, which was a one-to-one ratio with the enemy’s casualties.
One Type 99 light machine gun, 13 Type 38 rifles, two turtle boxes, 21 grenades, and more than a thousand bullets were seized.
How was it? Did you feel that this battle was exciting?
I heard from the regiment commander that your class of students will graduate soon. After graduation, come to my company and fight such a refreshing battle. "
Wang Yong, who often hangs around the regiment commander Ding Wei and is designated to be trained as the battalion commander of the first battalion, how could he not know that the first batch of the Scout School was for veteran cadres prepared for Li Yunlong.
Therefore, his intention to recruit this student soldier to his own company was fake, and his real intention was to show off.
Liu Yun laughed at himself and said, "I'm sorry, Captain Wang, my grades are not good enough, so I may have to stay in school."
Then he came forward and whispered:
“You have achieved good results. After all, the First Battalion is my old unit and has strong combat effectiveness. Although the casualties are a bit high, it is still much stronger than other units.
However, if the student soldiers in our school suffered such heavy casualties, and the casualty ratio with the Japanese reached 1:1, our platoon leader and squad leader would both be put in solitary confinement by the principal.
This is not how we attack a turret."
Liu Yun didn't know why he suddenly said the following part, but he just felt like he wanted to say it.
The moment he said it, he felt relieved.
However, after he finished speaking, he looked at the wounded soldiers in the team. There were lightly wounded soldiers who walked on their own, seriously wounded soldiers on stretchers, and of course comrades who had sacrificed their lives.
He opened his mouth but didn't say anything in the end. Many of the injured were new recruits, and he didn't know any of them, so he could only salute and leave.
This is how ordinary troops attack artillery towers. They don’t have cannons, as the principal said. If they had cannons, they could kill each of these small artillery towers with one shot, and there would be no room for their arrogance!
"So what's it like when you attack a blockhouse? Can you take us to see it?" Wang Yong turned around abruptly and shouted to the student soldier.
Liu Yun stopped and turned around: "Okay, after we finish harvesting the potatoes, we will call you if there is any action.
But this matter needs to be reported, and I can’t say for sure whether the principal agrees or not!"
"Okay! Then I'll wait for your news!" Wang Yong was confident that Principal Chen would agree, and he could ask the team leader to plead for him.
After all, if there is any way to reduce the casualties of the troops, both Wang Yong and the regiment commander Ding Wei will find a way to learn it.
"You mean, the student soldier doesn't like your casualty rate?
And they said that this is not how they attack artillery towers?
That's right, they often sent us large amounts of spoils, but I didn't see them report who had died.
I didn't see them recruiting any troops. It was still the same forty or so people, but now there was a group of farmers and a group of children.
It seems that there really weren't many sacrifices. In that case, let's go and find the leader together. When the leader comes to our house, I don't believe that Chen Xiao will disagree with us watching.
Besides, I don’t believe he can refuse if I, Zhang Dabiao , ask him to do so! "
Wang Yong still looked for Zhang Dabiao first. After all, rules are still very important and he cannot report to a higher level.
Zhang Dabiao has been very busy recently. He now has five companies, but with more people, his combat effectiveness has decreased.
The original veterans were divided into five companies, but the number of people was too small, and the ratio of veterans to new recruits was less than 1:1, but about 1:2 or 1:3.
During training, progress was slow, and when we really went out to fight, there were problems that held us back.
However, several companies were still arranged to rotate out to fight a few small battles, so as to train these new recruits into veterans through war as soon as possible.
However, if new recruits were to be trained through warfare, the result would be a significant increase in casualties.
So he was so busy that his head hurt and he didn't pay attention to the situation at school.
Now that Wang Yong mentioned this, I remembered that the school had no requirements or notices for additional students or recruits.
Before Li Yunlong left, he discussed with Ding Wei that this group of people taught by the school would be the backbone of the troops he would lead in the future.
If there are losses, let Ding Wei try his best to replenish him with enough troops.
Chen Xiao also knew this, so... was it that there were not many casualties among this group of trainee soldiers?
Thinking of this, Zhang Dabiao could no longer sit still, and led Wang Yong straight to Ding Wei's command room.
Ding Wei had already called the brigade headquarters and reported that Chen Xiao had asked people from the headquarters to come down to witness the harvest of high-yield potatoes. The brigade headquarters heard about it and attached great importance to it, and immediately forwarded the information to the headquarters.
Then the headquarters replied quickly, saying that the sooner the better, and they would rush over today. If they rushed over overnight, it should arrive tomorrow.
Everything was arranged, and just in time, Zhang Dabiao and Wang Yong came in.
"Oh? Now that you mention it, it reminds me that their school sent us so many spoils, but there were not many casualties.
Although it's a bit unreasonable, the facts are in front of us. Since they have invited us, of course we have to observe and learn. Even if it can help us reduce some casualties, it will be good.
I agree. I will discuss it with Chen Xiao. He has to agree no matter what. I will have to persuade him to agree no matter what."
After getting a satisfactory answer, Wang Yong hurried back to his company to arrange matters, including the treatment of the wounded and the summary of the shortcomings in this battle.
Zhang Dabiao stayed in the command room, and Ding Wei suddenly joked, "Zhang Dabiao, I suddenly regretted it a little. I regretted promising Lao Li that all the graduates would be given to him.
I didn't notice this before, but now that you mentioned it, it made me suddenly realize that the scouts taught by this school are not that simple!
Have you noticed? The people in the school have participated in so many battles and captured so many guns, ammunition and food, but they only came to borrow our regiment’s doctor once.”
Zhang Dabiao was nervous: "Captain, please don't! Captain Li has been in and out for many times, and every time he brings almost the same number of soldiers as before, and after the new recruits are added, it's like a new regiment.
This time it's probably the same. He wants to rely on this batch of students to build a basic framework. If you cut in, Captain Li will probably be so anxious that he will jump into the river."
Ding Wei picked up his hat and said, "I'm kidding! I'm an old Ding who sticks to my words. If you can't make a decision this time, the next batch of students will all be mine!"
Let's go! Let's go have a drink with Principal Chen and discuss the next batch of students!"
