Rise From Eight Hundred

Chapter 141 Eyebrows are covered with frost

Since we have decided to attack by force, we naturally need to make a careful battle plan.

Although the four days of fighting have shown that in such a tough battle, the tactics he and his subordinates racked their brains to basically end up killing people.

 But today is different from the past.

 The defenders in Sihang Warehouse were no longer one infantry company.

Yes, although the Hokkaido fishermen estimated that nearly 50 warehouse defenders were killed in the battle, Wakitajiro wanted to spit on him, but based on the number of Chinese soldiers in the concession provided by intelligence personnel, as well as the number mentioned in previous intelligence The total strength of the Chinese army was calculated on paper for half an hour.

 Finally deduced an approximate number of people. The current number of troops in Sihang Warehouse will never exceed 120.

This is the number of people killed in the war that he painfully inferred based on the number of wounded Chinese soldiers. It was about 20 people who were heart-wrenching.

 Determining this number means that the battle loss ratio between his 36th Infantry Regiment and the Chinese defenders will really be fixed at a shameful ratio of 50:1.

 But he must swallow this shame if he does not want to be further humiliated.

120 people is the establishment of a conventional infantry company in China. At least one third of the people need to be allocated to operate machine guns, heavy machine guns and mortars. Without these heavy firepower, the strength of 120 people will be one more. Times, he had nothing to hesitate, he could just use his troops to attack.

Assuming that they have such heavy firepower, they can only have two infantry platoons at most to participate in the battle, but they have to maintain defense on three sides, so their troop strength is naturally stretched.

If the three sides attack together, the Chinese will definitely suffer extreme pain in terms of the distribution of troops.

 It has to be said that Jiro Wakibata may have been confused a lot of the time, but as an old soldier, he is not 100% accurate about the current status of the warehouse defenders, but he is still 80-90% accurate.

 The only mistake was the estimate of the number of casualties among the warehouse defenders.

 He thinks too much.

The number of soldiers who died in the warehouse defenders was 8, which made the Army Lieutenant Colonel heartbroken, but it was a single-digit number that caused the entire Japanese Songhu Expeditionary Force to lose face.

  Because, in the four days of battle before the Sihang Warehouse of the 36th Infantry Regiment, more than 800 Japanese infantrymen were killed on the spot alone, not counting those who were seriously injured and could basically give up treatment.

 The actual battle damage ratio reached an incredible 1:100.

 Such a battle damage ratio, although it has not yet reached a height unprecedented in the ancients, it definitely exceeds the record set by the old lunatic Nogi Nogi Nogi.

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 In the warehouse, Tang Dao and Lei Xiong were also racking their brains to reasonably allocate limited forces.

 First of all, determine the highest command authority.

Originally, Lei Xiong, as a senior company commander and newly promoted to the rank of major, was one level higher than the captain Tang Dao and served as the supreme commander. No one had any objections.

But Lei Xiong refused, and in front of one of his platoon leaders and six squad leaders, he announced that the current top commander of the warehouse was Captain Tang Dao, the commander of the first company.

 Everyone, including him, must obey Tang Dao's command. Anyone who violates this will be subject to military law.

Even though in front of the chief of staff of the division, everyone took off their collar badges to show that they had become ordinary people, not to mention that they were still soldiers at heart. In fact, no one felt that they had really left the army.

 That is for Westerners to see, and almost all officers and soldiers think so.

 It's natural, everything is still the same.

 Lei Xiong gave way to Tang Dao. Not to mention that the two platoons of the first company had no objections, and even the machine gun company had no objections.

 Because Tang Dao is a strong enough warrior, both in terms of individual soldiers and the art of command.

 The nature of human beings is still beasts.

 If you want to survive in a cruel natural environment, you must rely on the strong. This is a law of nature.

 After obtaining command authority, the natural next step is the distribution of troops.

Tang Dao's two infantry platoons plus him, two guards, and a communications troop totaled 70 people. Lei Xiong's machine gun company left a total of four heavy machine gun groups, one machine gun platoon, and two mortar squads. , plus a baggage squad, there are 60 troops in total, and the total strength is 130.

There were 10 more troops than the highest number expected by the Japanese colonel. However, as the Japanese colonel envisaged, if this number of troops wanted to defend a large Sihang Warehouse, the distribution of troops would be a big problem. In terms of heavy firepower, because 4 heavy machine guns and 4 mortars have been withdrawn along with the main force, fortunately, the two mortar squads and the baggage squad were left behind to carry the few artillery shells. In this case , although there are only two mortars, the shells are enough.

For the two Maxim heavy machine gun teams, in addition to a main shooter, an assistant shooter and an ammunition hand, the other two people will fully serve as light machine gun shooters in the soldier squad, and the other two machine guns will not have heavy machine guns. With a team of ten people, all of them will naturally serve as light machine gun shooters and assistant shooters. In this case, all the troops in Tang Dao's infantry platoon can be mobilized to serve as front-line infantry.

The two machine guns were the only powerful weapons in the warehouse that could compete with Japanese tanks. After discussion with Tang Dao and Lei Xiong, they decided to place one on the front of the building to deal with the Japanese tanks attacking from the front, and the other mainly on the front. Unless the Japanese tanks on the left and right wings are close, machine guns will not be deployed to support them.

The reason is very simple. There are large natural gas tanks in the concession on the right wing. If the Japanese army deploys a large number of armored forces here, the defenders will definitely respond with mortars and machine guns. If there is a slight deviation, the natural gas tanks will be turned into fireworks.

 At that time, who would Westerners pin this crime on? By this time, there is nothing that cannot be lost. China can be a dead pig without fear of being scalded by boiling water, but the Japanese may not be able to! Who wants to win a fight only to have a pot of **** thrown at them, right?

 The Japanese, unless absolutely necessary, would not deploy particularly strong armor on this side.

Two heavy machine guns, one on each wing of the warehouse for defense; six light machine guns, two on each side; two mortars, which can only be maneuvered and carried inside or on the roof of the building by the mortar squad position to attack the Japanese army.

It can be said that in terms of heavy firepower, although Tang Dao has racked its brains, it is still at least half weaker than before.

However, fortunately, there are two MG34s contributed by the mysterious boss, which are "cute" that lead the group in terms of fire rate on the Sino-Japanese battlefield.

This thing built by the Germans is so advanced in the East that many soldiers have never heard of it, let alone used it. Naturally, it can only be made by the current commanders of the two warehouses, Tang Dao and Lei Xiong. The main shooter.

Facing the doomed large-scale attack by the Japanese army in the daytime, Tang Dao also gave up his rifle. No matter how good the sniper is, can he shoot 15 bullets in one second?

 Of course not.

  But MG34 can.

Theoretically, the belt-fed MG34 can fire 10,000 rounds of ammunition in half an hour as long as there are enough barrels to replace.

The MG34, which weighs less than ten kilograms, can be carried by an ordinary soldier, let alone fierce men like Tang Dao and Lei Xiong.

MG34 has good mobility, and the two commander-level main shooters naturally have to work harder. There are "fire heads" walking over there to act as firefighters.

 At this time, no one suggested stupid things like saying that the commander cannot go to the front line and what to do if he dies.

This is a fight to the death, a decisive battle. Not to mention the major and captain, even Chief of Staff Zhang is here, I am afraid he will have to go to the battlefield himself with a pistol.

Two infantry platoons, Leng Feng originally fought to defend the front, but the always cautious veteran Youzi was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic this time. He blushed and refused to give in, saying that the first floor was originally his third platoon's position, and Leng Feng's second-floor platoon was It's better to defend the wings.

 Nearly made Leng Feng so angry that he challenged Lao Lao Youzi to a duel.

In the end, it was Tang Dao who smashed the simple conference table with a slap, and suppressed the two infantry platoon leaders' active "seeking death" quarrel.

There are two infantry platoons with a total of six infantry squads. Each of the two platoons places an infantry squad on each wing. They basically use submachine guns and shell guns, combined with a heavy machine gun and a light machine gun to focus fire at close range.

 The baggage squad of the machine gun company was divided into half, each responsible for helping the two wings throw grenades from the roof of the building. When the Japanese army reached a distance of 50 meters, if necessary, Lao Hei would bring a few soldiers who were good at throwing grenades to support them.

 The front of the warehouse is still the main defensive battlefield. It has three floors and houses a total of four infantry squads, two on the first floor, one on the second and third floors.

Although there are no heavy machine guns in the formation, there are four light machine guns, ten submachine guns and eight shell guns, and the light firepower is not much different.

Not to mention there are two MG34s and a Sulotong machine gun filling the formation!

As the night turned from dark to light, the commanders of both China and Japan stayed awake all night, planning how to make their opponents bleed out after dawn.

 The Army Lieutenant Colonel and Army Major General in the concession were also not sleepy at all. They were invited to watch the battle during the day in the little old man's observation bunker.

The lieutenant colonel of the army who did not enter the bunker and stopped to stare at his former position had been standing motionless in the cold autumn night for a full hour.

 The sky is getting brighter.

 The eyebrows are covered with frost!

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PS: Today some book friends said that Chapter 140, which I once said, can end the Battle of Sihang Warehouse, but Feng Yue has to say sorry, Feng Yue overestimated herself. Because the final climax of the battle at Sihang Warehouse has just begun, and it is estimated that it will take more than ten chapters to end. Fengyue accepts criticism, so you can use your monthly tickets to smash me to death! Woohoo! Fengyue shouldered the burden.

Also, yesterday was the anniversary of May 12th. That year, Feng Yue, who had been a father for only two years, burst into tears in front of the computer looking at the pictures of several rows of children’s schoolbags on the news.

Our Chinese people have gone through many hardships, no matter man-made disasters or natural disasters, and we have never surrendered. Thirteen years have passed, and our country is like a picture! This chapter commemorates that heartbreaking moment.

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