Expedition to Europe

Compared to the Lan Fang army, the Japanese army's weapons are indeed not superior, but the individual quality of Japanese soldiers is still good.

After discovering the Lan Fang reconnaissance unit, the Japanese scouts reacted correctly. They dismounted and deployed their formations immediately to prepare for the next battle.

The Japanese scouts were in squads, and a scout squad was about 50 people.

50 to 9, the Japanese army did have an advantage in terms of numbers, but in terms of weapons, they were much worse. The Japanese army could only guarantee a rifle for each person, and there was no light machine gun.

The Lan Fang scouts were only 9 people, but they had three light machine guns, which had an absolute advantage in firepower.

After all, field encounters are different from positional battles. Machine guns do have advantages, but they are not as great as they are in positional battles.

After discovering the Japanese army, Tom Warren opened fire immediately, ready to take the lead.

Tom's shooting did play a role in taking the lead, but the results were not great. The Japanese scouts had already hidden in the woods and avoided Tom's shooting.

"Retreat, retreat... retreat." Tom did not dare to advance rashly. He fired two or three bursts and immediately ordered a retreat.

You're kidding. There are only nine people. Why fight? What if the Japanese follow a large force behind them? Are they waiting to be surrounded?

Motorcycles still have advantages after all. After retreating five or six hundred meters, Tom immediately ordered the remaining two motorcycles to scout in other directions to determine the size of the Japanese scouts.

Twenty minutes later, the latest intelligence showed that the Japanese scouts were indeed only a small team, and there was no large Japanese force following them. So Tom's mind immediately became active. It seemed that fighting a battle was not impossible.

It is estimated that the captain of the Japanese scouts also had this idea, because the Japanese cavalry had no intention of retreating.

Then fight.

Tom immediately ordered the nine people to disperse and set up machine gun positions to prepare to meet the attack of the Japanese team.

The Japanese were indeed confident. Even if they knew that Lan Fang had machine guns, the Japanese army was ready to take the initiative to attack.

The Japanese infantry attack method is actually similar to that of the Lan Fang infantry. If the frontal battle is not favorable, they will choose to outflanking.

When attacking the machine gun position, outflanking is obviously the best choice. Therefore, although there are only 50 people, the Japanese squad leader still chooses to divide his troops and send people to outflanking to try to attack the machine gun position from the side.

So the battle started first on the flank.

The Japanese squad leader sent two squads of 20 people to make a detour, and the remaining three squads attacked from the front.

With only a few dozen people, they naturally would not choose to charge collectively. The Japanese attack method is the scattered line tactics.

Chen Wenyao on the flank was the first to discover the Japanese detour, so Chen Wenyao's machine gun immediately opened fire.

Ta-ta, ta-ta...

The sound of the S-1 light machine gun is very crisp, and the small bursts of fire are very rhythmic, and the Japanese detour is immediately suppressed.

The Japanese soldiers suppressed by the machine guns looked for favorable terrain and used rifles to shoot at Chen Wenyao's machine gun.

The Japanese army's individual combat capability was still good. In the shooting phase, the Japanese army had a lot of advantages, and Tom's manpower disadvantage was immediately magnified.

After fighting for less than ten minutes, Tom decided to retreat, because two of the nine people had died and two were injured, and there was a danger of annihilation if he continued to fight.

Lan Fang's motorcycle wanted to run, but the Japanese couldn't catch up at all, so the encounter ended with Tom's active retreat.

An hour later, Tom met He Feizhou, the head of the 63rd Regiment.

"... The Japanese scouts' equipment is not very good, and they are very stingy with the use of bullets... The quality of the Japanese soldiers is still good, accurate shooting, decisive action... The Japanese weapons are not very good, and our two injured people are not serious. They can return to the battlefield after a rest period..." Tom reported to He Feizhou the intelligence obtained from the encounter.

Since 1907, the Japanese army has been equipped with the Type 38 rifle, which is the famous "Type 38 rifle". Japan is a country with scarce resources, so the soldiers in the army emphasize the accuracy of shooting, and the Type 38 rifle has a sight range of up to 2,400 meters.

Of course, in actual combat, this 2,400 meters is not very useful. Strictly trained Japanese soldiers can often shoot single targets within 300 meters and cluster targets within 700 meters.

This distance is already quite amazing.

The bullets used by the Japanese army are 6.5mm semi-rimmed bullets. This type of bullet has a very stable flight state at medium distances and can accurately hit targets at medium distances. But at the same time, due to the excessive emphasis on the straightness of the trajectory, the penetration of this bullet after hitting the target is insufficient, which is the so-called "one shot, two eyes".

"Two people were killed and two were injured. How are your results?" He Feizhou's face looked a little bad.

The encounter of the scouts was the first battle between Lan Fang and Japan, but it ended with the active retreat of the Lan Fang army. He Feizhou's face was really not good.

"We hit at least 10 Japanese soldiers. The specific results are not clear because they cannot be verified." Tom answered honestly.

"Well, ten victories, not bad. Go and have a rest. There is another tough battle to fight next." He Feizhou was prepared to face difficulties.

"Order the troops to deploy and prepare to fight the Japanese. Erwin, do you think we should take the initiative to attack or defend first and wait for the Japanese to attack?" He Feizhou turned to his chief of staff Rommel.

Yes, it was Rommel. As expected, Rommel finally joined the Lan Fang army and was assigned to the 63rd Regiment as chief of staff.

"It is better to defend first, which is more conducive to our weapon advantage. The Japanese want to prove themselves, so they will definitely take the initiative to attack." Rommel was calm enough.

In the declaration of war, the Japanese believed that the reason why Lan Fang won a brilliant victory in the World War was purely fluke, claiming to let Lan Fang know the strength of the Japanese army and let Lan Fang taste the bitter fruit of failure.

This is a derogation and insult to Lan Fang, and it is even more insulting to the Germans, Lan Fang's opponents in the World War.

Think about it, the Germans can't even beat the Foreign Legion. If they face the Japanese, the fate of the Germans can be imagined.

This successfully aroused Rommel's anger towards the Japanese. Of course, the "Desert Fox" is not a false name. Even if Rommel has not yet achieved the reputation of "Desert Fox", Rommel at least has the potential to become a famous general.

"Wait and see, if the Japanese don't attack, then we will attack and let them know whether we are just a name or not." He Feizhou was ambitious.

As the order was issued, the officers and soldiers of the 63rd Regiment immediately began to build positions and prepare for the Japanese attack.

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Rommel finally had the opportunity to see the quality of the Lan Fang army.

Almost as soon as the order was issued, the soldiers immediately started to work. At this time, the effect of strict training in normal times could be seen. The soldiers used the military shovels they carried with them and dug out two single-soldier bunkers in almost half an hour. The action was very fast.

The machine gun position also began to be built. There were a large number of veterans in the Lan Fang army. They were very efficient. They quickly chose a position and started to build a machine gun position.

The Lan Fang machine gun position was very unique. It was a semi-circular position made of sandbags, and then a squad stayed inside, operating three light machine guns or two heavy machine guns, which could deal with the enemy's attacks from different directions.

In just half an hour, the 63rd Regiment built a position about one kilometer long, with solid defense and a certain depth.

This efficiency shocked Rommel. If the German army were to do it, it would take at least two hours to build such a position.

Almost as Rommel imagined, half an hour later, the Japanese troops finally arrived in front of the 63rd Regiment's position.

The battle between the two armies is actually a process of finding the enemy's living forces and then annihilating them. When he saw the Japanese troops, He Feizhou's hanging heart finally let go. It would be good if the Japanese were willing to take the initiative to attack, which would save the 63rd Regiment a lot of trouble.

The position chosen by the 63rd Regiment was on a hillside. The height of this hill was not high, but it was the commanding height nearby. Standing on the top of the hill, the view was extremely wide, and the movements of the Japanese army could be seen at a glance.

Perhaps the victory of the scout team stimulated the Japanese commander's ambition to pursue victory. After the Japanese army discovered the defensive position of the 63rd Regiment, they began to attack without hesitation.

This, it started?

He Feizhou felt a little uncomfortable.

In all the wars that He Feizhou had participated in before, there were always large-scale and long-term firepower preparations before the war. Sometimes in a large-scale battle, before the ground combat troops were deployed, the firepower preparation time for the enemy positions using artillery could last up to a week. In He Feizhou's impression, that was the real war.

But the Japanese army in front of him did almost no firepower preparation and just started the first tentative attack.

The Japanese commander was still relatively cautious and did not deploy many troops, probably only one battalion of about 500 people.

This made He Feizhou feel a little damaged in his self-esteem, so he ordered the troops to be reserved and only allowed half of the machine guns to fire.

Even half of the machine guns were already irresistible to the Japanese.

The 63rd Regiment had a total of 3,400 people and was equipped with about 280 light and heavy machine guns. Due to the shortage of resources, Japan had only 30 heavy machine guns for a division of 18,000 people, and no light machine guns at all, which led to a huge gap in firepower between the two sides.

Soon, the Japanese front line advanced to 500 meters from the front position of the 63rd Regiment. According to Lan Fang's infantry manual, this was the distance for the mortars assigned to the company level to open fire.

He Feizhou did not issue an attack order, he wanted to put the Japanese closer.

400 meters, He Feizhou still did not order.

300 meters, this distance is already within the shooting range of the rifle, He Feizhou raised his wrist to look at the watch, it was twelve o'clock noon.

"Let's start!" He Feizhou was ready to start harvesting.

Bang bang bang...

The gunners could not wait any longer, and the brisk firing sound resounded throughout the position.