Veteran never die

Chapter 384 Advance Team

0388 Advance Team

In the enemy's tiger's mouth, the Chinese army is undertaking combat tasks, and at the same time has to rush to repair the more than 300 kilometers of China-India Highway.

Wang Liang pointed to several positions on the map with his stick, and introduced to everyone: "Our leading engineer regiment was under the cover of a regiment of the newly formed 38th Division as early as the spring of [-], and attacked The Japanese invaders retreated from the Xinbinyang pass post, and started the road construction campaign from Leido to Xinbinyang."

On December 21, 38, the Chinese army launched an attack on the Japanese army on the Talong River, and the new [-]th Division crossed the river.

The [-]st Battalion of Chariots where Wang Liang belonged also went into battle in the first month of the second year, cooperating with the infantry to capture Yubang and Taiboka.

Wang Liang recalled: "It was February 22. Our chariot battalion was at the front, the newly formed 38nd Division was on the right wing, and the new [-]th Division was on the left wing. enemy."

At this time, the Sino-Indian Highway has been paved to Stilwell's command post in Taiboka.

And built an airport with a runway of 600 meters long to replenish ammunition and supplies.

Commander-in-Chief Stilwell's best tactic was the far side outflank.

Therefore, the Chariot Battalion where Wang Liang was located received an order from Stilwell: The Chariot Battalion bypassed Mengguan, made a big circle, and attacked Waruban, ten miles south of Mengguan.

Because of the need to detour through Mengguan, and Mengguan is full of big forests that block out the sun, the battalion commander, Colonel Zhao Zhenyu, temporarily decided to form an advance team to investigate the situation ahead.

At this time, Wang Liang took the initiative to ask Ying to be the leader of the advance team and lead the team in action.

Wang Liang said: "Battle Commander Zhao, leave this task to me."

Battalion Commander Zhao Zhenyu took a meaningful look at Wang Liang, who is also a colonel in the same military rank as himself, and said, "This task is very difficult and dangerous, and it is close to death."

At that time, Wang Liang's reputation was great.

He joined the expeditionary force as a representative of the Eighth Route Army.

Chang Kaishen saw that it was not possible to win Wang Liang to his side, so he had already changed his mind and wanted to put Wang Liang to death.

But Wang Liang's performance on the battlefield has deeply infected every soldier of the Nationalist Army. No matter what, they have no way to attack this brother.

Zhao Zhenyu thought so.

The task of the advance team is to choose the forward route, build the lane, choose the crossing point, build the bridge, wipe out the enemy snipers, small strongholds, choose the campsite, arrange and divide the cordon and fire range.

If one is not careful, it is possible to penetrate into the enemy's hinterland and fall into a place of eternal doom.

Obviously Zhao Zhenyu didn't want his brother to take risks.

"Soldiers take death in battle as the highest honor, let me go, and make sure to complete the task!" Wang Liang has made up his mind.

Zhao Zhenyu: "We must come back alive."

Wang Liang patted Zhao Zhenyu's shoulder and said with a smile, "Bring me a drink then."

In this way, Wang Liang led the advance team to set off.

Seeing that a netizen asked about the staffing and equipment of the advance team, Wang Liang responded: "At that time, the advance team had 76 search vehicles, a search platoon with 37 people, equipped with bulldozers, road graders, and logging bridges. A 46-man engineer platoon with flamethrowers and mine detectors, a [-]-man tank platoon with five Sherman tanks and two trucks."

"There are tents, ammunition, food and other supplies in the car. There are more than 150 people in the advance team, and I remember seven or eight American engineers among them. Most of the guns are Thomson submachine guns with a rate of fire of 700 rounds per minute and Type 30 rifles. Type 60 rifle."

"It is worth mentioning that at least one-third of the lieutenant officers in the advance team have received strict military training in Ramgarh, so the tactical quality of this unit is extremely high."

Speaking of this, Wang Liang couldn't help but think of the days in the Ramgarh training camp.

Infantry School: Sun Liren's New First Army, Liao Yaoxiang's New Sixth Army, and Du Yuming's New Fifth Army all trained in this school and used all American equipment.

Howitzer School: Later in the War of Liberation, all members of the howitzer battalion or regiment of the Kuomintang troops were trained from this artillery school.

Automotive School: There are 250 drivers who have graduated successively in nine classes, with 80 students in each class, a total of 720 drivers.

Wang Liangdao: "At that time, it was stipulated by American instructors that all Chinese military officers, no matter what branch they were in, had to receive three months of car driving training, except for those who had graduated from special driving training to drive cars. The students in the class are no exception."

I have to admit that [-] was a year in which Wang Liang benefited a lot.

In Ramgarh, he learned too much and made too many good friends.

Chariot School: Seven tank battalions have been trained successively.

The largest tanks for training are 35 tons, generally 25 tons, [-] tons, and the smallest are [-] tons.

Drivers trained in tanks first have to receive car driving training in a car school for three months, and can only enter the school after graduating from the car school.

There are also engineering schools, communication schools, and air force schools.

Therefore, Wang Liang's advance team is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

"Considering the safety of the advance team, Battalion Commander Zhao assigned another infantry battalion to follow up one mile behind the advance team." Wang Liang said.

The advance group searched forward.

Naturally, it is inevitable to encounter Japanese troops on the way.

After reconnaissance of the enemy's situation, if he encountered a small group of Japanese troops, Wang Liang would usually order the search platoon to fight silently.

In this way, even if it is exposed, the enemy will not care too much, thinking that this is just a small army building roads.

Wang Liang said: "The Chariot Battalion goes deep into roundabout operations. The most important thing is the supply of fuel. At that time, we encountered a lot of trouble in this regard."

The supply of the tank battalion is in charge of an oil team sent by the supply company.

The leader of the oil team was Second Lieutenant Wu Jiwu, a student of Whampoa No. 17. He led 44 soldiers, drove 21 oil trucks, and followed up at a distance of five miles from the tank battalion.

In the beginning, everything was proceeding step by step without any problems.

But on the second day, the oil team changed its route to avoid the Japanese artillery shells, and broke into the minefields laid by the Japanese army by mistake.

Accompanied by a loud bang.

A fuel truck hit a mine and was instantly blown over.

A squad leader in the car and two battlefields died on the spot.

"Stop going! Stop going!" Wu Jiwu, the leader of the oil plant team, broke out in a cold sweat from the fright, and quickly ordered other oil trucks to stop to avoid touching more landmines.

(End of this chapter)