allonlinenovel Chapter 108: Opening the Situation and Charge Order
Chapter 108: Opening the Situation and Charge Order
"After two rounds of attacks, the enemy has obviously added reinforcements. The combat effectiveness of today's reinforcements is still strong. We repelled a counterattack with dozens of casualties. Now the enemy is fully prepared and we have no reinforcements. What do you think we should do now?" Yang Chong said worriedly.
"Battalion commander, as long as the green mountains remain, there will be no fear of running out of firewood. Our battlefield is not in this mountain valley. You are a young and talented man, and you still have a long way to go. In two years, when you become a regiment commander or a brigade commander, it will be a piece of cake to wipe them out. Or you can go back and report to the garrison headquarters, and it will also be a simple matter to send a large army to wipe them out," the young officer said earnestly.
"The Du family robbed my Yang family's ancestral home, divided up our property, and shot and killed my brothers at will. This is simply too much. I really cannot swallow this," Yang Chong slammed his fist on the table.
"A gentleman's revenge takes ten years. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be promoted to regiment commander by the end of the year. We will come back and wipe them out openly. There is no need to transfer troops secretly like this," said the young officer.
"Okay, Brother Yishan, I'll listen to you. We'll make some corrections this afternoon, replenish ammunition, and carefully study the method of attack. We'll dig tunnels forward and try to get close to the enemy's position. We'll organize an attack tomorrow morning. If we can't break through, we'll immediately retreat and let the joint defense brigade block and cover us from behind. We'll take a boat directly from Baizhang to Cangxi and return to Baoning Prefecture by water." Yang Chong was also a man who could take on responsibilities and let go. Once the arrangements were made, he would execute them immediately.
"Yes, battalion commander," the young officer withdrew.
During the Yang family's correction period, the Du family's position immediately repaired the fortifications and prepared to face the battle again. In the camp at the bottom of the valley, Hu Laosi had a sullen face. The bullet in his arm had been taken out. It was disinfected with corn liquor they brewed themselves, and some anti-inflammatory drugs and Yunnan Baiyao purchased from Chongqing were applied. As long as it was infected, it would not be a big problem. He just needed to recuperate for more than half a month.
"Mr. Chenyu, I'm sorry to you and to my brothers. I was not vigilant enough and I gave inappropriate commands," said Hu Laosi with tears in his eyes.
"Fourth brother, you don't have to blame yourself. I am also responsible for this. I willfully killed people from the Yang family that night, which provoked the other side to attack us again. Your overall defense was still good, but the other side's firepower was too strong. The first wave of attacking force was Yang Chong's regular army, with strong combat effectiveness. Of course, the battle between us and Yang Chong will come sooner or later, but it was brought forward. You should recover from your injuries now, and the team will be temporarily led by Wu Xuyang," Du Chenyu said comfortingly.
"Yes, Master Chenyu," replied Hu Laosi.
After summarizing the results of various teams, except for the two teams defending the invasion of Shaping area at the south entrance of Luojiaba, the rest have all gathered on the defense line in the Jinxigou area. After replacing the wounded, there are still 3 people from 95 squadrons, 82 people from He Jiancheng's independent squadron, 72 people from the reconnaissance team and the guard team, and more than 200 garrison members, totaling about 400 people. The other side only has more than 600 people left, which is fully capable of resisting the opponent's attack.
"Report to Master Chenyu, the Yang family seems to be doing earthwork and digging a tunnel for us," a communications soldier reported to Du Chenyu in the afternoon.
Earthwork is an effective means for the attacking side. I remember there was a clip in the later TV series "Bright Sword" where Captain Li surrounded the Yamazaki Battalion by digging trenches all around leading to the middle, and then concentratedly throwing grenades.
At present, the bottom of the valley in the middle of the opponent's attack is a relatively loose potato field, and at least 100 meters can be dug in one night. This greatly shortens the opponent's attack time. The defending side has no better organizational method and can only deploy snipers to block the attack, but the effect will not be very obvious.
"In this way, we can borrow some water storage tools from the homes of the surrounding people. As soon as the enemy attacks tomorrow, we will pour the water down. This will make it more difficult for the enemy to attack on the slope. The water collected in the dug trenches will also increase the difficulty of the enemy's attack." Du Chenyu thought for a while and had no better solution. He could only use some auxiliary methods to increase his chances of winning.
Until the evening, the enemy did not attack, but sent out some engineers to continue digging trenches. The Du family army kept firing, harassing the enemy's digging progress, but the effect was not obvious. Therefore, by the evening, the trench was more than 100 meters deep, so the distance from the trench to attack was only more than meters. Therefore, at night, the Du family army deployed teams to take turns to stop the enemy's construction progress.
At dawn the next day, the enemy's three mortars began to operate. The two places were not far apart, and the enemy did not even test fire. They just fired a series of mortar bombardments at the main attack, "Swish...Swish...Swish..."
Then there was bursts of machine gun fire, hitting wherever the enemy showed up. Three minutes later, the enemy commandos, holding a small iron plate, began to launch a dispersed attack across the board. Then several shells landed on the position. The coordination between the infantry and artillery was pretty good, with basically no accidental injuries. This is the strength of the regular army, and their tactical organization is a little better than theirs.
"Da da, da da..." The enemy's light and heavy machine guns began to show their power. The team members hiding in the trenches suddenly threw out a row of grenades, and then supported the rising smoke, and the enemy's strongest attack began.
"Fight, aim and shoot", when the enemy advanced within 100 meters, the Du family army began to counterattack. The most intense battle between the two sides had begun. Now they occupied the bottom of the valley. The main attack direction of the enemy was the defense of the 3rd Squadron and the guards. Of course, Du Chenyu also left 20 guards from the first batch and selected 50 people from the 1st Squadron as a reserve.
"Charge..." The enemy in front were holding iron plates and pistols, and they advanced towards the Du family's position in an arrow shape. "Throw them, and shoot them back," Xue Chen commanded on the front line and threw out a row of bombs.
"Boom..." Black smoke rose and dust scattered. This kind of iron gunpowder bomb weighing almost one kilogram is their close-range defense weapon. The iron ball is filled with broken iron nails. Once it is released, the lethality exceeds a radius of 1 meters. The grenades were used up yesterday, and today they only have this kind of iron ball bomb.
Due to their heavy weight, most of them were only thrown about 10 meters away, but they still slowed down the opponent's attack speed. As the first wave of attackers fell down, the opponent began the second wave of attack.
Du Chenyu watched through a telescope as Yang Chong organized his team to launch rounds of attacks. It made him understand why among the dozens of warlords in Sichuan in later generations, only the New Quick-Training School survived to the end, from the Industrial Group, the Nine-Man Group, the Armament Department, and the Baoding Department. This was a group representing new forces and new ideas, which were more advanced than the old warlords in terms of tactics and ideas. Although Yang Chong did not leave his name in history, he was also regarded as an outstanding representative of the Quick-Training School, because the boss of the Quick-Training School, Liu Xiang, was only a regiment commander and was promoted to brigade commander in the National Protection War, while Yang Chong was promoted to battalion commander in his 20s. He was definitely a leader.
After two rounds of attacks, the enemy only advanced within 10 meters of the position. Seeing that they could not advance, they retreated like a tide. Then there was a third wave of attacks, but judging from the intensity of the attacks, it was obviously a local militia team. They were timid and did not dare to move forward. After the third round, they launched a fourth round. This offensive and defensive battle lasted for an hour and a half. In the fourth round, the attackers did not advance 100 meters and retreated.
Ten minutes later, Du Chenyu saw that the enemy did not continue the attack. At this time, a special service member ran down the hillside and "reported that the enemy showed signs of retreat. Currently, there are only a small number of people blocking the enemy's position." He was standing on the ridge and could see the situation on the other side of the mountain.
"The independent squadron and the 3rd squadron will stay in their positions, and the rest of the people will counterattack immediately. Send a fast horse to notify Li Haoran to immediately divide the enemy troops into two halves and eat the rear part." Du Chenyu seized the opportunity to arrange a counterattack.