Chapter 72 Battlefield Teaching
Zhaojiawan.
Intensive gunfire rang out.
A large number of Japanese soldiers were rushing towards the position of the first company of the independent battalion under the cover of machine gun and grenade launcher fire.
During this period, Ma Gan has learned a lot of military theory knowledge from Yang Lin, and he knows that the enemy's artillery is of high quality.
Once our machine gun firepower is exposed, it will immediately be bombarded by the enemy.
Many national army troops suffered such heavy losses, which is why they were defeated in head-on confrontations with the Japanese.
Under the cover of night, as long as they did not open fire first, the Japanese would not be able to find the company's machine gun fire points.
Ma Gan simply ordered his men to open fire with rifles, which made the Japanese relax their vigilance and think that they were just a ragtag force.
In order to win the first credit, he was the first to rush to the independent battalion's headquarters.
The Japanese soldiers shouted slogans such as "Board, Board" and rushed forward at an accelerated speed.
This is what Ma Gan has been waiting for.
When the Japanese soldiers charging ahead were less than 100 meters away from his position, his face darkened and he decisively ordered: "Machine gun platoon, fire, fire hard!"
Upon receiving the order, more than a dozen soldiers from the machine gun platoon pulled the trigger one after another.
"Da da da!"
“Da da da da da da!—”
The gunshots were as loud as popping beans!
Suddenly, dense machine gun bullets intertwined to form a huge network of death firepower, pouring over the oncoming Japanese soldiers.
"Ugh!"
“Uh ah, uh ah…”
Dozens of Japanese soldiers were shot through the body before they could react, and fell to the ground screaming.
The rest of the Japanese soldiers immediately sought nearby cover and opened fire on the first company of soldiers on the ground.
"idiot!"
Upon seeing this scene, the Japanese captain who was commanding the battle looked extremely ugly, as if his parents had died.
He roared angrily and shouted, "Grenadiers, destroy the Chinese machine gun fire points!"
After the order was conveyed, more than ten Japanese grenadiers immediately adjusted their shooting angles and poured high-explosive grenades towards the machine gun positions of a company.
"boom!"
“Boom boom boom!——”
Balls of fire suddenly rose from the ground, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime.
The huge shock wave stirred up large amounts of sand, gravel and soil, carrying broken shrapnel that flew everywhere.
The entire area near the point where the shell landed was like hell on earth, filled with an endless breath of death.
Unfortunately, Ma Gan had anticipated this.
By the time the shells fell, the soldiers in the machine gun platoon had already left their positions and hid behind safe shelters.
Therefore, although the power of these high-explosive grenades seems terrifying, in fact they are just a waste of time.
Ma Gan did not use heavy machine guns because he thought that they were too heavy and difficult to move. Once they were locked by enemy artillery fire, they would almost become sitting ducks.
Yang Lin won't do business that will lose money, so Ma Gan naturally won't do it either.
The two sides fought for more than 20 minutes. The Japanese relied on their large numbers and strong firepower to launch several rounds of charges, but they were all blocked by Ma Gan using reasonable tactics.
At this time, Yang Lin came to Zhaojia Bay.
When Ma Gan learned about the situation, he immediately went to meet them.
"Captain!" Ma Gan raised his hand and saluted, then said, "Why are you here? It's not safe here. I'll be there to take care of it. Go back and organize the evacuation."
"Do I look like someone who would abandon his brothers and run away alone?"
Yang Lin scolded him and asked, "What's the situation?"
At that moment, Ma Gan recounted the battle, and finally added with a nonchalant tone: "The Japanese were praised as being so powerful, but in today's battle, they seemed to be just so-so."
"You must know that an arrogant army will be defeated. Don't underestimate the enemy!"
Yang Lin reminded him, "The reason why you think the Japanese are just that bad is because they didn't use their trump card.
Let me ask you, if the Japanese sent out tanks and planes in this battle, how would you respond? "
Ma Gan's face was grim. If it was true as Yang Lin said, the Japanese had sent out tanks and planes. They didn't need too many, just one plane or one tank.
Then the whole company might not be able to withstand even a single charge from the Japanese.
While the Japanese charge was repelled and the new round of attack had not yet been launched, Yang Lin decided to cultivate Ma Gan's strategic vision and tactical guidance ability in actual combat, so he asked again: "Have you seen the Japanese artillery?"
"I've seen it."
Ma Gan nodded.
"How does it feel?"
“Very impressive!”
Ma Gan nodded carefully and gave a relatively pertinent answer: "They reacted quickly and their artillery skills were very accurate."
"If I had not followed your instructions and ordered the machine gun platoon to move immediately after firing a burst of bullets, I'm afraid the machine gun platoon would have been completely wiped out by the enemy's artillery fire."
Ma Gan thought of the previous artillery fire from the Japanese and couldn't help feeling a little scared. Then, thinking of Yang Lin, his admiration for him deepened.
"Your understanding of the Japanese artillery is still somewhat one-sided."
"Still a bit one-sided?" Ma Gan's face showed a trace of confusion and doubt.
"Yes." Yang Lin nodded: "I just heard you say that in order to concentrate firepower, you placed the machine gun platoons together.
If it was daytime, perhaps the machine gun platoon would not be so lucky."
"You must know that if you gather the machine gun platoons together, it can certainly help concentrate firepower, but it also increases your targets and makes you more vulnerable to enemy artillery bombardment, especially blanket bombing."
Ma Gan was a smart man. He understood immediately and said, "I understand. If I disperse the machine gun fire points, the Japanese will not be able to carry out a blanket bombing. They will most likely adopt a point-fire approach.
In this way
" Yeah! But you've done a pretty good job."
Yang Lin nodded in affirmation, and then asked, "By the way, how many casualties did your company suffer?"
"More than 30 brothers were injured and more than 20 were killed."
Ma Gan's face was rather gloomy. In addition, after the battle at the Shuangnian Township prisoner-of-war camp, the total casualties of the company had reached nearly half. If they had not received reinforcements, they would have been considered crippled by now.
"Where are the Japs?"
"I don't know the exact number, but what I can be sure of is that their casualties are definitely greater than my company's, at least over 100 people."
Yang Lin patted Ma Gan's shoulder and reminded him, "I said, this is a war, and there will be casualties in war. As a qualified commander, you should not and cannot mix personal emotions, especially negative emotions like this, into it.
Besides, with a casualty ratio of more than 2 to 1, you have done very well. This is considered a great victory anywhere!"
Immediately, Yang Lin walked towards the position.
After he inspected and encouraged his subordinates, he raised the night vision telescope in his hand that he had just purchased from the system mall for 5,000 merit points and looked toward the front of the position.
With the help of some unextinguished fireworks, one could vaguely see that the Japs seemed to be organizing a new round of charge.
