The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 56
After retreating to the position, He Wei led the people and began to count the weapons and equipment brought back. This time they went out to pick up the equipment, which was very fruitful. The trenches were filled with Japanese weapons and equipment.

After counting, there were a total of 32 intact Type 11 rifles, one [-]-year-old crooked-handled light machine gun for infantry, two Type [-] [-]mm heavy-duty grenade launchers, and a vehicle-mounted crooked gun removed from the tank. Two light machine guns and one Type [-] [-]mm heavy machine gun.

Based on the number of weapons brought back, plus a crooked handle and a Type [-] that he got back when he first went to capture prisoners, and based on the total amount of weapons seized, He Wei can be sure that he was killed in front of the position. The Japanese army, at least an infantry squad, ate up an infantry squad in one go. He Wei was very satisfied!
In addition to these firearms, a large amount of ammunition was also put back in the sacks. The rough guys under He Wei were very rude when they took things from the Japanese corpses. When they saw the corpses, they tore off the armed belts, belts, and ammunition and stuffed them inside. Boxes, bayonet scabbards, grenade boxes, ammunition boxes, scattered rifle bullet bridge clips and heavy machine gun spring plates were bulging into several large bags.

"Everything is taken apart. Bullets, grenades and grenades are placed in these boxes separately. Accessories for repairing firearms are placed in the empty grenade box."

He Wei found several empty ammunition boxes and directed the soldiers to place the rifle bullets, hand grenades and grenade special grenades, and accessories for repairing the firearms on the Japanese equipment into different ammunition boxes in different categories, and he was busy counting and seizing them. When stacking the ammunition and the seized firearms, Tao Heiwa handed He Wei a box.

"Platoon leader, there is a telescope in this bag."

After receiving the exquisite copper-clad cowhide box, He Wei opened it and saw that it was indeed a intact telescope. He was overjoyed. What he got was a 6×2413 telescope made in Japan. It was made by Carl Zeiss of Germany. CARLZEISS) telescope, the workmanship is very sophisticated, and he guessed that the original owner was a Japanese officer who died.

The Japanese army's officer telescopes are not issued to the public and require officers to purchase them themselves. However, even so, the Japanese army officers can basically have a telescope in their hands. Even Captain Cao, who serves as the squad leader, is equipped with a relatively simple nine-piece telescope. Three-type Cao Chang telescope.

Compared with the Japanese army, the Chinese army's telescope equipment is very insufficient. The 15th Division where He Wei belongs is still the Central Army. In his company, there is a company commander and three platoon commanders, and only the company commander has a telescope, and It is said that the friendly No. [-] Army that fought on the Xinkou battlefield, that local unit from the Zhensong Army in Henan, had two infantry divisions and four infantry brigades in one army, and the entire army did not even have a telescope!
(This matter is not fictitious. For details, please refer to the detailed battle report compiled by the No. 15 Army after the Xinkou Battle)

He put the telescope on his body and patted Tao Heiwa's face. Having the telescope in hand during the battle made He Wei feel more at ease.

"Platoon leader, we've finished counting those things."

The squad leader Ge Guicai came over and brought a few soldiers over to carry the ammunition boxes. One of the ammunition boxes contained [-] bullets removed from the Japanese ammunition box, and the other two ammunition boxes contained They were Type [-] hand grenades and special grenade grenades. There was also a box containing various miscellaneous items, but it contained exactly the four chimneys that He Wei was looking forward to.

After counting the grenades, it was discovered that among the 32 seized grenades, six were smoke grenades, four were arson bombs, and four were illumination bombs.Four chimneys plus six grenade smoke grenades are enough to cover He Wei's enemy frontline operations!

After sorting out the seized items, He Wei quickly summoned the squad leaders and deputy squad leaders of each squad to assign the task of building a diagonal position. In fact, the diagonal position has little technical content in terms of construction. It is to build a defense diagonally on the front of the defense. Generally speaking, fortifications, diagonal positions are arranged in the basic position, that is, between the main position of the first line and the reserve position of the second line in the rear. Its greatest use is that once the enemy breaks through the main position of the first line, When attacking in depth, the oblique position between the main position and the reserve position can use cross-fire firepower to kill the enemy troops in impact and take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack.

However, the location of this oblique position is also very flexible. During the Korean War, the Volunteer Army usually set up the oblique position between the main position and the warning position, because the infantry combat effectiveness of the US and South Korean troops was weaker than that of the Volunteer Army, but the firepower But it is stronger than the Volunteer Army. In view of this situation, the defending Volunteer Army naturally hopes to use the oblique position to keep the enemy out of the main position and prevent the enemy from entering the position, so the oblique position will be set up on the periphery.

The Korean Army also often uses diagonal positions. However, contrary to the Volunteer Army, the Korean Army often cannot hold the first-line position when facing the Volunteer Army with strong infantry combat effectiveness. Therefore, the Korean Army will arrange diagonal positions between the main position and Between the reserve positions, the purpose is that once the volunteer infantry breaks through the front line, they will use the oblique positions in the position to carry out counterattacks against the volunteers. To put it bluntly, one is the focus outside, and the other is the core.

He Wei had no choice at this time. He did not have much defense depth. The entire battalion now barely had two companies of infantry. His core could only be outside. The diagonal position naturally had to be placed outside the first line. His The layout is to build a sloping diagonal position on the left and right sides of the main position.

Of course, from a structural point of view, these two oblique positions and the main position also form a complete set of three-way defensive positions.

"The position of the formation is like this. There are two diagonal positions facing each other. It is not difficult to work. I led the third squad to guard the diagonal position on the left. Squad Leader Ge led the first and second squads to guard the On the right side of the position, the Czech light machine gun I have is handed over to the second squad to strengthen your firepower!"

He Wei laid out his plan, and Ge Guicai asked: "Platoon leader, give the light machine gun to the second squad. The third squad does not have a light machine gun, so you lead that squad to guard the left wing. There is not enough firepower."

The third squad leader also echoed: "Yes, yes, my squad does not have light machine guns to begin with. You are lame. Platoon leader, you can't lead my squad to compete with the Japanese with rifles and grenades."

He Wei waved his hand: "Don't worry, I will take the captured grenades and heavy machine guns to the left wing. I will also apply to the battalion commander for supplementary personnel for each squad. There are two things to do now. The first is The first thing is to wait for me to release the smoke and build the fortifications. The second thing is that after the construction is completed and the personnel are replenished, I need to reorganize and adjust the infantry squad’s grouping and tactics!”

(End of this chapter)