The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 639 Concentrating Superior Forces
Lu Jingguang was upset. He should have told Xia Yuan and the others to retreat and wait until reinforcements arrived before making a decision.The resistance of the Fourth Company was very pale. Although there were many Japanese corpses floating on the river, there were still many Japanese soldiers who jumped into the river and swam towards the shore where the Fourth Company was holding firm.

Seeing this situation, Lu Jingguang quickly ordered his troops to enter the housing area to fight the Japanese army. The direction of the shore was unstoppable. In such an open area, the Japanese cannons could exert their greatest power.

Lu Jingguang had to consider whether they could defeat the Japanese army once they were brought in to fight.

Once they cannot defeat them, the Japanese army will rely on the housing areas on the river bank to deploy defenses, further threatening the surrounding defense areas of the [-]th Brigade.

"There is no choice now. Putting the troops on the river bank is no different than a living target." Lu Jingguang used a telescope to observe the situation on the other side of the river. The sky was dark and the smoke was thick, and it was impossible to see what the situation was like on the other side of the river. , can only give a rough idea.

Three Japanese firepower points threatened their soldiers with burst fire. Two detachments of Japanese troops began to cross the river. They left some Japanese soldiers using grenades to shell the fourth company position on the other side of the river.

It was unclear what was going on with the Fourth Company, but sporadic gunshots could be heard vaguely through the diffuse smoke.

Resistance is weak.

"The deputy company commander has been found!"

Good news came one after another. After hearing the news that Xia Yuan was fine, Lu Jingguang breathed a sigh of relief. Xia Yuan was fine. They still had a chance. If something happened to Xia Yuan, then they would face the next battle. Especially difficult.

"Take me to find him."

Xia Yuan was arranging the next battle plan for Zhao Shiguo and the others in the ruins ahead. Lu Jingguang hurried over with the scouts. In this dilapidated earth house, the earth wall that was still erected was their only cover. The earth wall was cracked. It was half open and was riddled with bullet holes.

"The fourth company was basically wiped out. The fourth company commander was killed by a Japanese machine gun." Xia Yuan looked at Lu Jingguang and said in a deep voice, "I was driven over by a Japanese artillery shell."

"It's good that you're fine. You only have a chance if you're alive." Lu Jingguang's thick eyebrows and big eyes moved and he said: "The Japanese have begun to cross the river again. You have eliminated a Japanese attack?"

"Yeah." Xia Yuan nodded and said: "We can't fight the Japanese on the river next. They have flat-firing artillery, mortars, and long-range howitzers. We can't beat them in positional warfare, especially The positions along the river are all wetlands, and even bullets, not to mention artillery shells, can penetrate the positions."

"The housing area." Lu Jingguang said, "We can fight them in the defense area."

Xia Yuan thought and shook his head: "Not in the housing area. Once the Japanese enter the housing area, the troops behind them will continue to surge up. It would be bad to escape. Moreover, our individual soldiers are not as good as the Japanese army, and many people will die." .”

Lu Jingguang pondered: "What is your plan?"

"We attack the outer perimeter." Xia Yuan pointed to the earthen wall beside him and said, "Many of the earthen walls along the river have not yet collapsed. In front is the river beach. If the Japanese army wants to cross the river, they must cross the river beach. We rely on the housing area. Fight them on the edge, but if you can't beat them, then retreat, and you can't retreat directly to the housing area."

Lu Jingguang accepted Xia Yuan's suggestion, "Then according to the deputy company commander's suggestion, we will fight the Japanese outside the housing area. Next, I will talk about the arrangements for each platoon."

Xia Yuan pondered: "Company Commander, let's not spread our troops out."

Lu Jingguang was slightly startled and said, "Why don't we spread out the troops? If we concentrate the troops too much, the Japanese artillery shells will fall, and our casualties will increase."

Zhao Shiguo didn't say a word, his eyes were a little confused, but at the same time he was full of confidence in Xia Yuan. Although it was unreasonable to concentrate his troops, there was no problem with Xia Yuan's combat ability.

Lu Jingguang thought for a moment: "What is your battle plan?"

Xia Yuan said: "The Japanese army is at a disadvantage when they attack us, but we don't have many troops. The concentrated force has an absolute advantage. The attacking Japanese army only has more than 20 people. As long as their cannons don't fire, we can fight for a round." Rapid fire, then countercharge, directly wiped out this Japanese army."

His plan can be described as bold. If it fails, the Japanese artillery shells will fall.

Lu Jingguang thought about it and gritted his teeth: "According to what you said, we really don't have many people. If we really spread out, we may be defeated by the Japanese army one by one."

Concentration has the benefits of concentration, and decentralization also has the benefits of dispersion.

Concentrating troops can form an absolute advantage. Dispersing troops can also disperse the enemy's troops, but there must be a measure of dispersion. Dispersing troops is because the enemy's troops are higher than our troops. Our troops are dispersed. If the enemy does not disperse his attack, The scattered troops are like a net, which is not good for the attack.If the enemy is dispersed, the firepower of each enemy attack position will be greatly reduced, so that the defense can hold on for a longer period of time.

On the other hand, when the enemy's forces are smaller than our own, it would be foolish for us to disperse our forces. When the enemy's forces are smaller, we should concentrate our superior forces and destroy the enemy in one go.

"We occupy the prerequisites. The Japanese army does not know our strength yet. This tactic can only be used once. The Japanese army will be on guard and will inevitably use artillery shells to clear the way."

Xia Yuan told Lu Jingguang to prepare.

The three discharges were placed at a position extending back about 200 meters from the Fourth Company position. There were many weeds on the river beach. Once the Japanese army attacked, these weeds would have a certain impact on the national army, but they must fight outside the housing area. , otherwise, once the Japanese army enters the housing area, even the third company that controls the main battlefield may not be an opponent of the Japanese army.

The Third Company experienced the Luodian battle, and only 80 NO.[-] men were left. Most of the wounded were left behind, and not many could continue to fight. It was obviously impossible to resist the Japanese attack with such a force. Not to mention street fighting with the Japanese.

Fortunately, the attacking Japanese troops were not many, and there was a river. The Japanese had to make careful decisions if they wanted to attack.

While the Third Company was preparing, there was basically no sound of gunfire from the Fourth Company's position. Everyone leaned on the bunker in silence, some smoking cigarettes, some wiping their rifles, and some holding down bullets.

Xia Yuan soaked in the water for a long time. His clothes were wet and the bullets were soaked in water. He didn't know whether he could fire or not. It didn't matter if he fired or not. He would have to fight with a bayonet later. He used to put it on his waist. He carried three bayonets and one bayonet on the gun head.

I asked the brother next to him to get a piece of dry cloth and wipe the bullets one by one. The magazine was filled with water. He lifted it up and shook it. He wiped the water stains in the magazine, took a deep breath and spit into the magazine. Come out and hit the bullet.

With the Third Company sharing the Japanese firepower with him, he can flex his muscles.

The location of the river beach is not good, and there are great restrictions on it. The location on the edge of the housing area is relatively good.

The plains are still not suitable for his guerrilla warfare, and there are too few places to use and hide.The Japanese army crossed the river very quickly, and from a distance they heard the scouts observing from the front yelling: "The Japanese have come ashore."

Hearing the scout's voice, a row of soldiers hidden on the left and right sides of Xia Yuan quickly put down their shovels, pulled the bolts of their rifles, and loaded the bullets. The logistics soldiers carried boxes of ammunition into the ruins and put the ammunition into the ruins. The box was placed at the feet of the soldiers, and soldiers continued to enter the crude trenches.

"Calm down and wait until the Japs get close before shooting. Don't shoot in advance, otherwise the Japs' artillery will come over."

"After a round of rapid fire, rush up and fight the Japanese with bayonets. The Japanese artillerymen will not dare to attack. After the attack, disperse quickly to avoid being targeted by the Japanese mortars."

The Japanese invaders came up. Xia Yuan grasped the [-]-style move and aimed at the leader of the attacking Japanese army.

At this moment, the Japanese army did not realize that the danger was coming. After they landed in the shoal, they took the lead in occupying the position of the fourth company, leaving three Japanese soldiers to watch. They wanted to continue to move forward, occupy the ruins of houses in front, and build firepower points.

At the same time, the Japanese troops in the rear began to cross the river.

The Japanese troops in the two detachments only had about twenty people to hold on to death, and the three companies had eight NO.90 people. Using such tactics to defeat the Japanese was extremely easy.

When these Japanese soldiers cautiously approached the defense zone in a skirmish line, they approached less than 20 meters away.

boom.

After a gunshot, the Japanese squad leader fell to the ground, followed by a noisy gunshot. After a round of rapid fire, only seven or eight Japanese soldiers were left standing. Dozens of them came out of the bunker with bayonets in hand. They rushed out, seven or eight people surrounded a Japanese soldier, and quickly eliminated this group of Japanese soldiers.

"Clean the battlefield, move quickly!"

Lu Jingguang shouted, watching Xia Yuan running forward with his hands, he called a squad of soldiers to follow. They stopped in a depression, squatted on the ground, looked at the Japanese troops crossing the river in the distance, and heard what had just happened. With the sound of gunfire, these Japanese soldiers were obviously hesitant.

On the fourth company's position by the river bank, three Japanese soldiers also entered a fighting state, only daring to show half of their heads and looking cautiously ahead.

The three bullets roared past with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and plopped into the heads of the Japanese soldiers. The frightened Japanese soldiers fired randomly, and the bullets flew everywhere.

Xia Yuan, who was holding his gun and retreating into the depression, looked at Lu Jingguang and more than a dozen soldiers from the Third Company who were running over, and chuckled: "Why are you here? The little Japanese devils are no longer capable. They were all killed by the Fourth Company." The Japanese troops approached three detachments."

"We are lucky." Lu Jingguang lay next to Xia Yuan and picked up the telescope hanging on his chest to observe, "Thirteen Japanese soldiers, only machine guns and artillery are left on the other side of the river. These Japanese devils are no match for us. How about repeating the tactics just now?"

"It works. The little Japs don't know our strength and won't fire unless their observers see us with their own eyes." Xia Yuan took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it with a match, and took a sip. With one mouthful, he said: "Tell the brothers to be careful and stay hidden."

"Go." Lu Jingguang said to a soldier behind him. The soldier who received the order quickly ran away with his gun, and then said: "How are you going to fight next? I will listen to you."

"Huh!" He took a long breath of smoke and said, "Let's eliminate the Japanese troops in this detachment first. Now that the genius is bright, we will see if the Japanese will increase their troops after suffering such a big loss."

"it is good!"

"Company Commander, arrange a few people to guard this depression. If the Japanese come up, just say hello. It's okay if the artillery comes. Just be careful to avoid it." Xia Yuan put the cigarette butt on the grass, got up from the ground, shook his rifle, and A drop of water splashed, and he said, "I have to change my gun."

"It's simple. I have to give it to you. I got it from a little Japanese soldier in Luodian. It's a very good gun." Upon hearing this, Lu Jingguang thought that these were just trivial matters and threw his rifle to him.

"Then I'd like to thank you first." Xia Yuan dropped his rifle on the ground, took the rifle handed over by Lu Jingguang, opened the bolt and looked at the magazine, "Satisfied."

He took out bullets from his pocket, inserted two bullets, filled the bullets, and aimed at the Japanese soldiers in the river.

"One hundred sixty-seven meters, can you hit it?" Lu Jingguang asked, looking at the head emerging from the river.

"You're underestimating me. When you weren't here, I killed the three soldiers they left behind on the Fourth Company's position. Only half of their heads were exposed." Xia Yuan aimed slightly, pulled the trigger, and Lu Jingguang caught a glimpse of the river. One of the Japanese soldiers lay down and then floated up again.

"It's so awesome."

This was not the first time that Lu Jingguang sighed. Every time he saw such miraculous marksmanship, he would still be shocked.

After four or five shots, the Japanese artillery observer discovered his position, called over a few shells, and hit him around him without any pain. Xia Yuan pursed his lips and put the bullets in the magazine. , continue to aim and shoot.

Seeing that Xia Yuan's gun was still firing, the Japanese gunner became fierce and fired shells one after another.

Xia Yuan's mind was buzzing with danger warnings. Bombs exploded on both sides of the depression, and shrapnel wrapped in soil flew everywhere, grazing Xia Yuan's forehead several times.

Xia Yuan reacted very quickly, lying on the ground every time and pushing Lu Jingguang to the ground beside him.

The soldiers at the back were very smart. When the Japanese artillery shells came over, they lay down in the depression without saying a word. As long as the Japanese artillery shells did not fall in the depression, then nothing would happen.

"Let's go. The remaining Japanese soldiers are useless. Let's retreat first." Lu Jingguang slapped the soil on his head and couldn't help shouting.

"Company Commander, you retreat first, there are only a few left, it will be soon."

Xia Yuan reloaded faster. Just as he sucked the dirty air into his stomach, he pulled out the cartridge case, put a bullet in it, took aim, and pulled the trigger. All the actions were coherent and done in one go. The bullet flew out of the gun in a whoosh. With unparalleled power, the gun plunged into the body of the last Japanese soldier who was trying to retreat.

Completely shattered the Japanese devils' delusions of attack.

(End of this chapter)