Bright Sword Military System

But this cannot entirely be said to be the heroism of the militiamen.

Because there was a regiment commander named Shi Chunxiang in the defense line who used a tactic to interfere with the Japanese bombers' bombing of our artillery.

Shi Chunxiang was a guerrilla leader before he became the regiment leader.

This can also show how hastily the Fengtian Defense Line was established. Even the new regiments in other directions have mostly commanders sent by the main force. For example, they were company commanders, deputy company commanders, etc. and combat experience.

The position of regimental commander is no joke. He determines whether a unit has the ability to stand alone and make decisions on its own.

Especially when the new corps was first formed, many troops did not have radio stations due to lack of communication equipment.

To be precise, it was not "shortage of communication equipment". At this time, the Eighth Route Army was able to produce its own radio stations and the output was not low. It could produce hundreds of units a month.

However, radios are consumables on the battlefield and have a high failure rate during combat. Especially when the Eighth Route Army entered the Northeast, the troop expansion was extremely rapid. Now it has grown to nearly 50 troops. This has caused the radio stations to be in short supply. situation.

Radio stations are in short supply and are not distributed, which means that orders from superiors often cannot be transmitted to the new regiments in time, and the new regiments cannot report everything to their superiors and other orders, so there are certain requirements for the commander's command ability and combat experience.

However, the commander of the 287th Regiment, Shi Chunxiang, was a guerrilla captain. This shows that the formation of the Fengtian Defense Line has reached a point where experienced regular army commanders at the company commander level cannot be found.

But despite this, this Shi Chunxiang is very reliable.

Perhaps it is precisely because he was a guerrilla captain that he was "reliable". The commanders of the regular army would not have thought of such "side ways."

There is an artillery battalion position more than ten miles behind the 287th Regiment.

Shi Chunxiang felt a little puzzled as he watched the Japanese bombers dive accurately towards the artillery battalion position: Didn't it mean that the Japanese bombers did not have the ability to fight at night?Why are they blasting each one with such accuracy like a sharpshooter?

Think of Shi Chunxiang and you will understand, the light from the muzzle.

After knowing this, Shi Chunxiang immediately issued an order that puzzled his subordinates: "Dig a hole in the ground behind the defense line as thick as your thighs, and then light a fire in it!"

The political commissar asked on the spot: "Commander, we are at war. What are you doing? If you get too angry, won't the Japanese know the position of our defense line?"

Shi Chunxiang replied: "Political Commissar, I just want the Japanese to know our location!"

As he poured out his analysis, the political commissar nodded repeatedly.

It turned out that Shi Chunxiang was trying to simulate the muzzle fire to confuse Japanese pilots.

The Japanese pilot looked down from the air. It was still dark at this time, and he could not tell whether the light on the ground was from the artillery or the small hole dug by Shi Chunxiang.

In order to look like it, Shi Chunxiang also asked his subordinates to dig small pits every few dozen meters to look like artillery positions. After lighting something in the pit, they would cover it and turn it over with a black cloth according to the rhythm of the fire...

The Japanese pilot looked down from the air. What a blast. There were at least two artillery battalions in one piece of artillery. So the bombers crashed down one after another.

Seeing the Japanese bombers crashing down one after another, Shi Chunxiang and the soldiers laughed happily.

Although the Japanese bombers would cause some losses to the 287th Regiment if they exploded like this, after all, they were planes loaded with explosives. It was no joke to swoop down and blow up.

But this loss pales in comparison to the artillery force.

There is a saying that "life is priceless", no matter how much it costs, it will not be exchanged for it.

However, lives can be exchanged on the battlefield. The lives of a few infantrymen can be exchanged for the lives of precious artillery and artillery personnel, thereby bringing greater benefits to the entire campaign. It can not only ensure victory in the battle but also reduce the casualties of friendly forces. It is worth it. !

So this is not just bravery, but also wisdom.

Shi Chunxiang's wisdom attracted at least one-third of the Japanese pilots to carry out meaningless suicide attacks in this area.

This allowed the Eighth Route Army's real artillery to maintain a certain scale and continue to attack the Japanese artillery.

In addition, after more than an hour of fighting, Shi Chunxiang's tactics became popular throughout the Fengtian defense line.

This directly caused the Japanese bomber pilots to lose their target... There were bright and dark "muzzle" flashes everywhere below, and it was impossible to distinguish which ones were real and which ones were fake.

In fact, careful Japanese pilots can still tell the difference between true and false.

The real muzzle flash is a divergent and transitional spark from the muzzle. The fake one has no such power and no transition.

However, in the tense situation of the battlefield and in the case of a "suicide" attack, how could the Japanese pilots have the leisure to analyze these details... Even if some of the Japanese pilots knew about it, they would not tell them, because then they would have enough reasons not to go on this suicide mission again.

In desperation, Seishiro Sakagaki had no choice but to withdraw the bombers.

However, the Japanese attack on the Eighth Route Army's defense line continued. Sakagaki Seishiro hoped to penetrate this defense line when the Eighth Route Army's artillery was weakened.

However, the battle continued until dawn the next day and the Japanese still failed to succeed.

The performance of the new recruits in this battle was beyond Wang Xuexin's expectations.

Wang Xuexin knew the strength of this battle.

Although there are more than [-] new troops on the Fengtian defense line, these troops are scattered over dozens of kilometers of defense line near Fengtian.

The enemy's force was only about [-], but they concentrated on attacking in one location. Their strength was several times that of the new defending corps.

But the new regiment fought them off.

Chen Songyong reported the losses: "Captain, the two new regiments that blocked the Japanese frontally have a total strength of more than 800 and only have [-] left. The rest have all been sacrificed!"

This casualty rate shocked Wang Xuexin, but even so, the new regiment still stood on its own defense line without retreating a step.

When Chen Songyong called to ask about the situation, he learned the reason why they were able to stick to it.

On the night of the Japanese attack, someone in the new army did suggest retreating, but Shi Chunxiang's answer was: "Why retreat? Go back and wait for the Japanese to massacre the city?"

The words quickly spread throughout the defense line.

This is indeed the case. Everyone knows that if the Japanese invade Fengtian with their brutality, they will definitely massacre the city in retaliation for the people's support for the Eighth Route Army.

So, instead of going back and dying in humiliation under the Japs' butcher's knife, it's better to straighten up and fight the Japs to the death!

Therefore, in this battle, it was actually the devil's brutality that defeated him.

They forced the people to do their best to defend their cities, homes and lives.