Bright Sword: Start with Ding Blast Bridge, Homemade Sweet Potato Cake

After receiving the order, Deputy Captain Zhong looked behind him.

Many people from nearby villages have gathered, holding pickaxes and carrying baskets, just waiting for orders.

With a wave of his hand, a noisy group of people rushed to the railway line.

The sound of clanging and knocking started.

"Work quickly and accurately, and take away all the rails and sleepers. It would be a pity to take away the good pine wood for firewood."

The signalman quickly rushed to the Songta Town Command Center to report the current progress of the battle.

The brigade commander raised his head and praised with great energy:

"This is a job well done. We successfully captured a large stronghold where two infantry squadrons were stationed in three hours, which is two hours shorter than the estimated time. The New 2st Regiment did not disappoint me."

"Reporting to the brigade commander, in addition to annihilating all the defenders, my new regiment has captured the second infantry gun and a large amount of weapons and equipment."

"Good, good, good!"

The brigade commander was so happy to hear the word "good" said three times in a row.

At that time, Ding Wei promised him that he would get another cannon for the brigade within half a year. In just over a month, this was accomplished.

The battle was fought successfully, the spoils were plentiful, and the troops suffered few casualties.

This kind of team leader is what a main force team should be like.

"Organize the troops and prepare for the next battle. There are still many artillery towers and strongholds that need to be eliminated one by one by the New 1st Regiment."

"Yes!"

The signalman hurried away and returned to the New 1st Regiment in the dark.

The railway line between Lujiazhuang and Heshangzu was very lively, with people helping to dismantle the tracks, pull out the wires, and pry away the sleepers to use as firewood.

Multiple regiments of the Eighth Route Army attacked along the railway.

Before the Japanese high-ranking officials figured out the Eighth Route Army's intentions, they suddenly deployed more than a dozen main regiments to launch offensives against various strongholds.

This is something that has never been seen before.

The Japanese army had always been the one to sweep the base area, and the Eighth Route Army was forced to fight. This was the first time that they took the initiative to launch a large-scale offensive, which made the Japanese invaders unable to react in time and suffered heavy losses.

The telephone line is not connected at all, and the actual situation of each department is unclear?

Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the troops along the line to rely on fortifications for defense and organize counterattack forces to encircle the Shota Line.

I want to see what these Eighth Route Army thugs are going to do.

The Japanese mobilized troops from the surrounding areas to form a network and encircle the mountainous area.

"No matter what these Eighth Route Army soldiers are going to do, they will reveal their weaknesses. When the organization counterattacks and sweeps up its forces, we will eat them up."

On the first day of the battle, the Japanese army had not yet realized the Eighth Route Army's combat objectives.

The strategy formulated was to hold the line internally, draw troops from outside to encircle the enemy, and conduct a coordinated internal and external sweep.

In the actual combat center, the situation of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade is very delicate.

Although there seemed to be five or six thousand soldiers, they were scattered in strong bunkers such as bridges and tunnels along the way.

Each bunker was stationed with dozens of people, resulting in the dispersion of troops and difficulty in unified dispatch.

Near the bunker, the Eighth Route Army's blocking team showed up, clearly telling the Japanese and puppet troops.

You can hide in the bunker, but we will attack anyone who dares to come out of the bunker.

As the main attacking force, the main force of the New 1st Regiment attacked the bridges along the railway after a brief rest.

The number of troops stationed in a large stronghold is two to three hundred, and the number of troops stationed in a small bunker is not even within Ding Wei's consideration.

The two infantry guns cooperated with the 1st and 2nd Battalions respectively.

We fought all night to take down the bunkers and artillery towers.

At this moment, Ding was looking at the map under the light of a flashlight, formulating an attack plan, and allocating his main combat forces to multiple attack directions.

Logistics personnel deliver bullets, grenades and explosive packs to the front-line troops.

At the same time, I also felt the charm of destroying roads and blowing up bridges.

[Destroyed the Lujiazhuang section of the railway line, accidentally obtained 33 Tokarev TT-3000 pistols and 60 rounds of pistol bullets. ]

[Destroyed the Heshangzu section of the railway line, and accidentally obtained 82 6mm mortars and 1200 rounds of matching shells. ]

The gains from destroying railways are much greater than those from destroying roads.

Ding Wei looked normal, but he was deeply shocked inside.

Needless to say, 3000 pistols are enough to equip every soldier with one.

During hand-to-hand combat, squad leaders, platoon leaders and other officers usually carry a pistol with 8 bullets, which is powerful and allows stable shooting.

Enough to deal with dangerous situations of bayonet fighting.

Many times, when the fighting was brutal, a pistol was enough to put an end to the stubborn resistance of the Japanese.

It is much more convenient than fists and teeth.

We acquired 6 mortars, and the New st Regiment only had one mortar at most, so the supply of shells was in the single digits.

The proper use of mortars is for fire suppression, firing 15-25 shells per minute.

With the blessing of these two types of weapons, the ability of hand-to-hand combat can be enhanced. Officers above the rank of squad leader and sharpshooters are each equipped with a pistol, which makes it convenient to shoot and kill the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

To enhance the firepower of the battalion, 6 mortars can secretly form a mortar company.

Encounter combat and blocking combat can definitely give the enemy a big surprise.

[Destroyed a railway bridge, accidentally obtained a 1mm mortar and 120 shells. ]

"Cough cough!"

Ding Wei was drinking water from a kettle and almost choked when he couldn't catch his breath.

With a loud bang, the soldiers of the new regiment used explosive packs to blow up the iron bridge on the railway.

If a few 82mm mortars could make Ding Wei a little happy, this 120mm mortar was enough to make him excited.

Large-caliber artillery has always been a scarce commodity for the domestic military.

Compared with 105mm howitzers and 155mm howitzers, the advantages of mortars are their light weight and fast rate of fire.

Among them, the 120mm mortar is a magic weapon.

It can fire a 16-kilogram shell to a range of 7000 meters, but its weight is not the dozen tons like the 155 howitzer, nor the several tons like the 105 howitzer, but only 250 kilograms.

The base plate weighs 94 kg, the barrel 100 kg, and the bipod 62 kg, which together weigh only about 500 jin.

Lighter than most 75mm mountain guns.

The effective radiation range of the shell is 25 meters in radius, and the explosion area when it hits the ground is circular. The explosion coverage area is comparable to that of a 152mm howitzer.

The howitzer blast radius is a rectangle of 70x25 square meters.

The explosion range of the mortar is a circle with a radius of 25 meters, and the explosion area of ​​the two is similar.

This means that this 120mm mortar can produce an effect comparable to that of a large-caliber howitzer.

Of course, the important attribute of a howitzer is not its explosion range, but its ability to penetrate fortifications.

artifact,

Ding Wei could only use the word "divine weapon" to describe its status.

The Type 38 rifles, grenade launchers, light and heavy machine guns seized from the Japanese in the stronghold, what a bunch of rubbish.

Not even a hair on a mortar.

What he needs now is to fight away from the brigade headquarters and develop secretly.

Otherwise, how could one reasonably explain these outrageous weapons and equipment when brought to light?

A full set of Soviet weapons, said to be funded by someone, I don’t know if the brigade commander can believe it. Anyway, Ding Wei himself doesn’t believe it.

I don't want to worry too much at the moment.

Deal with the current war first.

"Go, inform Wang Chengzhu not to be stingy with the shells. One shell can be exchanged for a Japanese machine gun fire point or a gun tower. It's worth it."

"Just fire as much as you can. What are a few dozen shells?"