Zhang Wei understood Deng Junlin's worries very well, he knew in later life how difficult it was for the squadron to annihilate a Japanese brigade, the Japanese army always claimed that the squadron had never defeated an infantry brigade, this sentence was actually a bit of bragging, in the fierce battle, many Japanese brigades often suffered casualties similar to total annihilation.
Fastest updates Bragging is bragging, but this statement of the Japanese army does reflect the difficulty of annihilating brigade-level units, and the ambush plan was proposed by Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei is 100% sure that he can annihilate the Takeda Brigade No, no one can say for sure about the war.
However, there is nothing to be afraid of, a 65th regiment plus a teaching brigade can't eat them, and it's no problem for them to lose their combat effectiveness and the ability to continue advancing.
"Sir, that's it, the combat strength of this Takeda brigade has recovered well, I believe that with reinforcements, their morale will also increase exponentially, can they annihilate the two, and it is still possible to break their two front teeth."
"Well, you're right, how can I say that I also have a whole infantry regiment, and I'm afraid of a ball."
Deng Junlin said.
Zhang Wei first told Deng Junlin about the current strength of the Japanese army, and then, Deng Junlin also informed Zhang Wei in detail about the situation of the ambush position.
From Deng Junlin's introduction, Zhang Wei knew the firepower of the entire ambush position and Deng Junlin's arrangement, the left side of the highway was facing the direction of the Japanese army, and the direction of the ambush was determined by the first battalion of the 65th regiment, the old man Zhou Pu battalion who had been defended together with the teaching brigade, plus the teaching brigade stationed together, the two troops were regarded as continuing to cooperate.
The regimental headquarters of the 65th Regiment and the 75-mm mountain artillery platoon assigned to the 65th Regiment were deployed behind the ambush positions of the Teaching Brigade and the Zhou Pu Battalion.
These two 75-mm mountain guns are the treasures of the ambush troops, and the two Bofors mountain guns are placed on the side of the regimental headquarters, and there are vegetation as a cover, and the muzzles of the guns are pointed directly at the road, which is absolutely heavy firepower.
Before and at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, many infantry divisions of the Central Army could have a mountain artillery battalion, although there were various models, such as the Japanese-made ten-year type, Bofors, Shanghai-made Krupp, etc., but at least a division could still have a little bit of artillery, but after the war, the equipment losses were serious, and the divisional artillery had already become a charge with 82 mortars, and few infantry divisions could have mountain artillery and field artillery within the system.
The Fifth Army strengthened and gave the New 22nd Division a mountain artillery company and a company of four guns, and the New 22nd Division allocated one of the platoons to the 65th Regiment, which was equivalent to allocating half of the division's support artillery to the 65th Regiment.
On the left position, a teaching brigade, an infantry battalion, a 75th mountain artillery platoon, and the communications and special service platoon directly under the 65th Regiment were all stationed here.
The ambush troops on the right side of the highway are the second and third battalions of the 65th Regiment, and the left position has two Bofors mountain guns, and the firepower is already very strong, but the firepower of the right position is somewhat insufficient.
Either near vegetation, or relying on hills and mountain artillery to build positions, the terrain has been used to the maximum extent.
As for the ambush, the method of fighting is also simple, the troops in the right position should listen to the signal of the left position, and as soon as the left position fires, the right side will follow.
It can be said that the arrangement of the entire ambush position and the arrangement of firing have basically been completed, and only some finishing work remains, such as reinforcing fortifications, etc., of course, these will not take much time, and the ambush of the Takeda Brigade is considered to be all ready, only the east wind is owed, just waiting for the Takeda Brigade to take the bait.
After talking about the ambush position, Zhang Wei once again pointed the target at the Takeda brigade, which did not know where the march was.
"Sir, the pursuit of the Japanese army is inevitable, but our department retreated hastily, and now it has broken away from contact with the Japanese army, and my subordinates think that we should also send some people to attack and harass the Japanese army, which can not only attack the Japanese army, but also reconnoiter their advancing position, I want to send a platoon to fight, I hope the commander will allow it."
Zhang Wei said.
"Well, yes, you retreated a little fast, and since you want to ambush them, you have to lure them in, I agree."
Deng Junlin felt that what Zhang Wei said was reasonable, so he readily agreed.
Zhang Wei told Deng Junlin about the battle process again, and then left the regimental headquarters of the 65th Regiment and returned to the ambush position, preparing to send an engineer platoon to attack and harass the Japanese army.
The ambush position of the teaching brigade was built on dense vegetation, and some trenches were dug on the hills, and the terrain and features were used quite well.
But most of the soldiers were not waiting for the battle, but picked up shovels and pickaxes, remodeled and strengthened their positions, and some dismantled the stacked sandbags and moved them elsewhere.
Zhang Wei found Qiu Wei and found out what was going on.
"Captain, the friendly army's position is generally well dug, there is no big mistake, but there are still small problems, some of the communication trenches are not dug in place, some of the trenches are not dug deep enough, a soldier stands up, can show most of his body, brothers are urgently processing, the defective communication trenches and trenches are reconstructed, you see, there is a ring fortification over there, this group of friendly brothers is really idle, dig out the ring fortification."
Qiu Wei smiled wryly and pointed to the left side of the position, Zhang Wei looked over, it was a circular fortification, the trench was dug into a ring, and sandbags were piled up around it, the center of the circular fortification was not dug, and sandbags were still placed on the mound.
In the entire fortification, only one communication trench led to the other positions.
Zhang Wei couldn't help but shake his head, this kind of ring fortification was brought over by German advisers before the war, and the actual effect was very tricky, a squad, a platoon, lewd in a ring fortification, in the ring fortification, the infantry stationed in a circle, and the infantry machine guns equipped with it were also surrounded in a circle in the ring fortification, the firing range was wide, and all 360 degrees could be reached, but Nima so many people were piled together, and the Japanese would not be stupid to rush with the infantry.
People are richer than your squadron, and the Japanese army directly bombarded with infantry guns, wing guns, and mountain artillery.
So, after the war, I found that this thing really didn't know what it could do except to be beaten everywhere, and when an infantry shell came over, the people in the ring fortifications had to be reimbursed, even if a few grenades came over, it could make most of the fortifications unable to fight back safely.
In view of the fact that after the start of the war, the squadron found that this kind of fortification was not suitable at all, so most of the troops abandoned this kind of fortification, Zhang Wei did not expect that the friendly troops would dig up this kind of old Huang Li again today, and it seems that the influence of the German advisers is not small.
After some inspections, except for the circular fortifications and some non-standard traffic trenches dug by the 65 th Regiment, the ambush positions built by the 65 th Regiment for the teaching brigade were generally qualified, and on the whole they were not bad, and the teaching brigade could be used with confidence, and it was obviously an improved fortification, and the new 22 nd Division was, after all, the main force of the Central Army, so that the fortifications would not be dug into a mess and would be useless.
Useless circular fortifications and places that are not in place, Zhang Wei thinks that there may be an urgent factor in time, a group of people from multiple regiments preparing for an ambush, presumably the workload is not small, and the deficit left behind must be taught to the officers and soldiers of the brigade to make up for it themselves, fortunately, the workload is not too large, it is nothing more than reinforcement, and then dig deeper.
"Qiu Wei, the position of the friendly army is okay, let the brothers strengthen the position, dig more if it is not deep enough, the ring fortification has been demolished, and it will be transformed into a mortar position or an infantry trench, you can do it yourself, move faster, let the troops enter the position as soon as possible and stabilize."
"Yes" Qiu Wei went down to command, and soon, the obstructive ring fortification was demolished and transformed by the soldiers.
Subsequently, Zhang Wei called He Jinhai, the commander of the engineer platoon, and gave him a task, ordering him to lead the combat engineer platoon to appropriately attack and harass the Japanese army under the condition of self-protection, but accept it when he sees it.
The battle order was not complicated, and after He Jinhai clarified the task, he immediately gathered the engineer platoon, brought the blasting canister, replenished a batch of ammunition, and headed in the direction of the Takeda brigade: