Chapter 36 The Battle Begins
From the beginning to the end, Brigade Commander Chen did not say anything to influence Chen Xiao's decision, because in his opinion, there was no room for improvement in his decision. Maybe even if he arranged it himself, it might not be as good as his.
After all, I am not very clear about the combat effectiveness of these reconnaissance trainees. The so-called generals who do not know their soldiers and soldiers who do not know their generals are both factors that lead to defeat.
As a mature military general, you should always be in a learning attitude and acquire new knowledge that you do not possess.
Chen Xiao said that Yamamoto's special forces team is a special forces unit, but isn't the reconnaissance unit that Chen Xiao is leading a special forces unit?
Chen Xiao said that he had met people from Yamamoto's special forces when he was in the county town. They said they were Japanese who studied special operations in Europe. So Chen Xiao must have also studied special operations in Europe!
Brigade Commander Chen was assigned a Czech light machine gun because he said he was a pretty good shooter. As for the pistol, its range was not enough.
The two-shot burst of the Czech light machine gun was very stable and accurate The task assigned to him by Chen Xiao was to empty a magazine as quickly as possible.
That’s right!
They only had the time to attack a combat team once, so after arriving here and determining that this was a good ambush point, they had already chosen their combat positions and marked all the shooting elements.
Time passed second by second. It was too dark and few people could see clearly where the enemy was in the bend below.
But there was one exception. Chen Xiao used his teaching eye to clearly see the enemy's position hundreds of meters away.
First of all, this is how war is fought, especially ambushes, the enemy's position is marked according to which person is responsible.
So when the first person walked to the designated position, the flare in Chen Xiao's hand was fired with a "bang".
The flare was the order, and the pale white light enveloped the sky above the first combat group of Yamamoto's special forces.
The darkness, which was originally pitch black, although not so dark that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face but not so dark that one could not see how far the road was, lost its function of protecting people.
"Bang", "Bang", "Bang", "Bang"
"Bang" "Bang"
The first sound was the grenade launcher, followed by Chen Xiao's mortar.
Whether it is a grenade launcher or a mortar, they will fire 1/3 of the shells they carry as quickly as possible according to the pre-marked shooting parameters.
The remaining trainee soldiers started to shorten their light and heavy machine guns. Those who didn't have machine guns used the fastest bolt pull speed, and used their guns at a speed almost the same as a semi-automatic rifle.
Accurate?
At a distance of 200m, the enemy is fully exposed to the light, and they are shooting from high and low. After three months of training with 100 rounds of bullets a day, can you tell them that their accuracy is adequate?
Otherwise, why did Chen Xiao work so hard to attack the artillery tower? It was to find bullets for the Japanese army to use for training.
This kind of training can only be carried out in a reconnaissance school. If it were carried out like this in the Eighth Route Army, the troops would have been sent to military court long ago.
If you use up all five bullets in the magazine of a rifle without killing a single enemy, the principal will expel you from school, as the principal just said.
Brigade Commander Chen's combat record was quite good. He emptied one magazine and killed at least four Japanese soldiers.
Don’t talk about wasting bullets. It is rare to kill an enemy with one bullet in war.
During World War II, it took an average of 2,334 bullets to kill one person on the European battlefield, not to mention those killed by artillery shells. If all these were removed, it would take tens of thousands of bullets to kill one person.
However, on the battlefield in Asia, it would not be so abundant, but it is unlikely that a person would be killed by one bullet. That was called a precision shooter or a sniper. There was no such term at that time. The usual term at that time was sharpshooter.
It takes one minute to empty the five bullets in a rifle at the fastest speed.
"Move, move quickly!" Then he picked up the mortar and walked towards the second ambush point.
As soon as they ran out of the ambush point, the sound of explosions covered the previous position.
As expected of a Japanese special forces unit, Yamamoto's team reacted quickly, and the first thing they attacked was a grenade launcher.
" We have half a minute to shoot. We don't need to destroy a combat group like we did just now. We just need to destroy the enemy's third combat group as quickly as possible, and then use all our strength to deal with the enemy's middle combat group. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" He replied in a low voice.
Brigade Commander Chen also changed the magazine and looked at the two student soldiers around him. They were much faster than him, as were the ones with rifles.
"Bang!"
"Bang", "Bang", "Bang", "Bang"...
Another 1/3 of the ammunition was poured out, but this time the results were not as good as the first time. Although the enemy did not find cover in time, there was a great possibility that they could avoid being bombed if they took defensive actions at the first time.
"Hide! Counterattack!"
Compared to the first combat team, which was wiped out before it could react, the third combat team had much better luck.
They only lost half of their men in that bombardment, so there were still people organizing a covert counterattack.
"Colonel, all members of the First Combat Team were killed. Our grenade launcher counterattack was fruitless."
The second combat group reacted the fastest and promptly counterattacked the place where the first combat group was ambushed with grenade launchers, but the enemy retreated even faster.
"Attack them, bite them, and destroy them!"
Yamamoto Ikki roared, his heart was bleeding. In less than a minute, he lost a combat team. That was his hard work, and it was a combat team composed of the best soldiers in the entire army!
"yes!"
Just as they were about to rush up, another explosion was heard at the location of the third combat team. How long had it been?
In less than a minute and a half, they successfully moved their position and started the attack. What kind of army is this?
"Charge! Eliminate the enemy and stop their attack on the third combat team.
Grenade launcher, counterattack! "
The grenade launchers of Yamamoto's special forces were very accurate. In the original plot, when they captured Xiuqin and were about to evacuate Zhaojiayu, they were stopped by Chu Yunfei and his troops. As soon as they met, they used grenade launchers to attack several of Chu Yunfei's heavy machine gun positions.
But changing targets takes time, and aiming takes time.
"Retreat! Half a minute is up, change to the next position!"
Chen Xiao gave the order again, and everyone immediately jumped out and ran towards the mountain, where their third position was.
Sure enough, they had just withdrawn from their position and ran less than 50 meters when the ambush position was once again covered by grenade launcher fire.
"They are catching up!" Brigade Commander Chen glanced back and reminded.
"Yes! We've been waiting for them for a long time!" Chen Xiao and the brigade commander were the last ones to rush into the third position.
Then find your own position, put down the mortar, adjust the parameters, pick up the shells and wait for the enemy to rush over in full force, because the place where they rush over is the preset third shooting element.
When the second combat group of Yamamoto's special forces rushed forward, Yamamoto Ikki also rushed forward. When he saw that there was no one in front of him, his face changed drastically and he immediately shouted:
"This is a trap! Retreat! Everyone retreat!"
