Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

Once upon a time, the Eighth Route Army faced a group of soldiers with backward equipment and scarce ammunition.

When the Japanese army launched a large-scale mop-up operation, the smallest independent combat unit even dared to be reduced to the size of a Japanese squadron or even a Japanese squad.

In other words, dozens of Japanese soldiers dared to carry out a raid alone and advance the battle.

Even when facing hundreds or thousands of Eighth Route Army troops.

These devils were still able to rely on their superior tactical qualities and absolutely superior equipment to quickly defeat the Eighth Route Army, which was several or even dozens of times larger than them.

Take the Japanese squad, which is usually the smallest individual combat unit of the Japanese army.

A fully staffed infantry squad of the Japanese usually consisted of 54 to 72 people.

It has three machine gun groups and three grenade launcher groups, equipped with a total of three Type 99 light machine guns and three Type 89 grenade launchers.

In addition, there are multiple rifle teams where almost every Japanese soldier is equipped with a rifle.

During the mopping-up operation against the Eighth Route Army base.

Do you think that these dozens of Japanese devils would blindly concentrate their forces, advance all the way on the narrow mountain road, and then fall into the ambush circle arranged in advance by your Eighth Route Army with its manpower advantage, and be wiped out after a chaotic beating?

I can only say that I think too much.

Most Japanese soldiers, especially those who served when the War of Resistance Against Japan just broke out, had a certain cultural foundation, and at least graduated from elementary school.

And before entering the battlefield, they have undergone a considerable period of formal and systematic military training.

As for the officers of the Japanese squad, such as second lieutenants, first lieutenants and squad leaders, they had studied in specialized military schools and were proficient in various tactics.

Even the Japanese squad leader, who was equivalent to a squad leader in the Eighth Route Army, possessed extremely solid military qualities and was quite good at the application and command of grassroots tactics.

During the process of advancing the mopping-up operation, the Japanese squad would arrange several scouts as the vanguard in advance according to their usual tactics, advance the line of troops, and investigate and ensure the situation along the way.

At the same time, some cunning Japanese squad leaders would even arrange a squad of troops as the vanguard to follow the advance scouts forward.

The machine gun and grenade launcher teams were left behind to follow up until the vanguard squad was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese squad leader was quite confident that he could rely on the combat effectiveness of a small team of a dozen Japanese soldiers to hold back the ambushing Eighth Route Army.

After the main force of the follow-up team arrived quickly, they used rapidly deployed machine guns and grenade launchers to inflict severe damage on the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese machine gunners and grenade launchers were equally well-trained. In a field combat environment, they would quickly find the nearest commanding heights, control the overall situation with firepower, suppress the enemy's Eighth Route Army and cover their own infantry's charge.

The three grenade launcher groups of the Japanese would immediately knock out the already small number of machine gun firepower of the Eighth Route Army, thus avoiding the killing weapon of automatic firepower on the battlefield.

As for the war during this period.

Automatic firearms like machine guns have absolute dominance and deterrence on the battlefield when facing bolt-action rifles.

If two armed forces of the same size have one more machine gun, it will be enough to directly turn the tide of the battle.

The combat effectiveness of both sides will be greatly different because of such a machine gun.

The decisive role played by machine guns on the battlefield during this period is evident.

and so……

The Eighth Route Army had only a few machine guns, or the few that had just appeared were then knocked out by the Japanese grenade launcher gunners using grenade launcher fire.

It is easy to imagine how brutal the ensuing battle will be.

There have been many real cases.

The Eighth Route Army dispatched a company of more than 100 people to ambush a Japanese squad of only more than 50 people. As a result, not only did they fail to successfully destroy the Japanese army, but the entire company suffered heavy losses, with more than 2/3 of the casualties.

There was also a situation where the main battalion of the Eighth Route Army ambushed a Japanese squad. More than 300 Eighth Route Army soldiers faced more than 50 Japs, but ultimately failed to completely wipe out the Japanese squad.

More than 20 devils escaped.

The Eighth Route Army suffered more than 100 casualties.

The fighting power of these little devils is evident.

However, the Japanese army was so powerful, and it was no longer a squad or a squadron, but a fully equipped field battalion of the Japanese army with more than 1100 people, including 12 Type 36 heavy machine guns, 36 light machine guns and 1 grenade launchers, and sometimes with additional 2 to Type infantry guns.

That's it……

He actually became the prey of the Eighth Route Army, and even became a person who could be easily eliminated in the eyes of Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, making him the most suitable target for hunting.

But that's what it is.

Even the Japanese had nothing to say.

At a combat meeting before the war to study the different organizational structures of the Japanese army and choose targeted tactical methods.

Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei focused on studying how to use the strength of a regiment of the Eighth Route Army to quickly defeat, severely damage, or even destroy a large group of Japanese troops in the mountainous environment of the base or in a field environment.

Kong Jie suggested: "If the ambush occurs in our base area, it is easy to deal with. We just need to lure the main force of the Japanese brigade into our ambush circle.

Concentrate the superior firepower of our Iron Triangle forces, including the conscienceless cannon, gas tanks, cannons, and all kinds of artillery, and smash them down in one go, focusing on attacking the artillery squads, machine gunners, and grenade launcher gunners carried by the Japanese.

As long as we can destroy the main firepower that the Japanese army relies on in the first place, even though the remaining Japanese devils are numerous, they will be at our mercy.

In addition to these active offensive firepower, our directional anti-personnel mines, bullet mines, and various booby traps can also play a passive role.

The only difficulty is how to lure the Japanese into our ambush circle."

"If a skirmish breaks out between the two sides in an open field environment."

Kong Jie agreed and proposed a targeted strategy to restrain the Japanese army brigade.

"The reason why the Japanese field battalion is so powerful is that it carries relatively sophisticated equipment, a large number of various artillery and machine guns, which can completely suppress our ordinary main forces.

But our Iron Triangle is different.

We have elite steel helmet soldiers.

We can completely suppress the firepower of the Japanese brigade in a face-to-face confrontation with our superior firepower.

In addition, I found that the Japanese battalion's operations in open terrain positional warfare seemed flawless, but in fact, it lacked tactical flexibility and a defense system against mobile assault forces.

In other words, when engaging in positional warfare in open terrain.

While we are pinning down the firepower of the Japanese army head-on, what if we have a mobile force that can quickly maneuver around the flanks, such as an armored force, a tank force, or even a cavalry force!

As long as we can quickly launch a surprise attack from the flank, we can destroy the enemy's baggage train, the artillery units at the rear, and the machine gun positions.

The main force deployed in front of the front line can take the opportunity to launch an attack, surround the Japanese army on three sides, and completely break through the Japanese field camp.

This is a targeted attack method to quickly defeat the Japanese army’s large-scale formation.”

Of course.

This has a prerequisite: the Eighth Route Army facing it must be as strong as the Independent Regiment, or even have an absolute main force of more than 1000 elite steel helmet soldiers.

Even Ding Wei's New 1st Regiment and Li Yunlong's New 2nd Regiment were a bit reluctant in this regard.

In the words of Li Yunlong: "The entire New Second Regiment has only more than 1500 elite soldiers, and the number of steel helmet soldiers is less than 300.

Even if the steel helmet soldiers were well-equipped, how could I, with a team of 300 men, completely suppress a field battalion of more than 1100 Japanese troops in a head-on firefight?"

Ding Wei's New 2000st Regiment was not much better. The entire regiment had more than 500 soldiers, and at most elite steel-helmeted soldiers.

With 500 elite steel-helmeted soldiers, they might be able to fight head-on against a Japanese army with twice the strength of theirs.

However, it is not easy to completely suppress the firepower of the Japanese brigade.

and so……

"After all, there is still a long way to go, and our three groups still have a lot of potential to tap!"

But that was before the three main regiments made a detour and attacked the Japanese army's rear bases in Shouyang, Yangquan and Ping'an counties.

Long before the May 1st mopping-up operation officially began, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei commanded the soldiers of the entire regiment to carry out high-intensity military training for the entire regiment.

Anyway, with the large amount of spoils obtained from defeating the Japanese army many times, the soldiers can have enough food and replenish their physical strength, so it doesn't matter if the training intensity is a little higher.

The soldiers of the three regiments were going crazy in training. The five major infantry items, shooting, bayonet fighting, grenade throwing, earthwork and blasting, were carried out almost every day.

Physical training and military skills training are conducted during the day, and military theory classes are also taken at night.

The cadres had to be literate to some extent, and Kong Jie even arranged literacy classes within the regiment for those who could not read.

The cadres must study and learn a certain number of words every day. They also have to take various tests and exams such as dictation and memorization.

Anyone who fails to pass the test will be treated as a loser.

Even the grassroots soldiers have to learn. If any squad leader, platoon leader or company commander cannot compare with the grassroots soldiers in cultural knowledge, it would be a disgrace to them.

Even Li Yunlong, the head of the New Second Regiment, was in a panic after the cultural courses were popularized throughout the regiment.

There is nothing we can do.

You can't be a peasant all your life, right?

At first, Li Yunlong was still stubborn and said that holding the pen was like holding a thousand-pound hammer and it was more tiring than killing the Japanese on the battlefield.

He refused to learn anything.

Anyway, he has learned some knowledge over the years as the regiment commander, so at least he can read a newspaper and a military report.

until……

Kong Jie appeared, and various military works and theoretical works were presented, which struck at Li Yunlong with a dimensionality reduction blow.

——As a time traveler, Kong Jie was also fond of calligraphy in his previous life, so he was no stranger to the traditional Chinese characters of this period. His cultural knowledge naturally far exceeded that of Kong Jie, a rough man who had not been to school much during the same period.

Li Yunlong is a thick-skinned kid, especially when it comes to learning cultural knowledge. No one can force him, but he is embarrassed in front of his old comrade Kong Jie.

That was something he didn't want to do no matter what.

They all have one head on two shoulders, and he is even more reluctant to admit that he is not as good as Kong Jie.

However, the gap is so huge that even the headquarters once praised Comrade Kong Jie's love of learning and his hard-working spirit at the meeting.

Then Li Yunlong was set up as an example of a person who doesn't like to study.

Li Yunlong was so angry that he cursed: "Damn it! Kong Erlangzi, we agreed to be rough guys together, but you are secretly studying for a while, right?"

"Hehe, when it comes to killing devils on the battlefield, I, Old Li, am not afraid of you. But when it comes to learning cultural knowledge and learning to read, I still can't lose to you!"

Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and took the risk. He found the political commissar Zhao Gang and gave him some private lessons, insisting that he would do anything to improve his cultural foundation.

Under such high-intensity military and cultural dual training across the entire regiment, the strength of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and the Iron Triangle Regiments lies not only in their excellent equipment, but also in their proficiency in tactics and solid military qualities.

Kong Jie said loudly when boosting morale: "Comrades, it is people, not weapons, that determine the outcome of a war.

We cannot let other brother units laugh at our three iron triangle regiments. We were able to defeat the Japanese purely because of our sophisticated equipment.

Speaking of good equipment, wasn't the Japanese's equipment much better than ours back then?

The Central Army, including the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and local military units, whose equipment is not better than our Eighth Route Army?

Does strong equipment mean strong combat effectiveness?

This is absolutely not the case. We must use practical actions to tell everyone that our Iron Triangle Force, as the elite of the Eighth Route Army, is not only powerful in equipment, but also in our soldiers' spirit of fighting the enemy with swords drawn, their absolutely solid military qualities, and their outstanding individual combat capabilities. "

To further encourage the soldiers' enthusiasm for training.

Kong Jie also introduced a new word: "roll!"

Take the independent regiment for example, he, as the regiment commander, took the lead.

During the day, I will undergo military training with the soldiers, and at night I will study cultural subjects.

If the soldiers could run three kilometers, Kong Jie could run five kilometers. If the soldiers could study for one hour, Kong Jie could even light an oil lamp and stay up late to study for three hours.

The regiment commander took the lead, and the battalion commanders and company commanders under him did even more so.

And the battalion and company commanders were all so excited.

The cadres and soldiers under him dared not relax.

In addition, Kong Jie also proposed that throughout the regiment, each battalion, company, platoon and even squad should hold military competitions at regular intervals and distribute equipment based on their results.

——The mobile red flag was changed in disguise to mean: which class, platoon or company has the best performance, the best results in routine military training, and the fastest progress in theoretical study classes.

Then various machine guns, artillery and the most sophisticated equipment that represent glory will be supplied first.

As for those companies and platoons that are not active enough in training, their machine guns, artillery and equipment will even be taken away directly and transferred to other companies and platoons with good performance.

With this series of arrangements, the soldiers trained like crazy, and each battalion, company and platoon was competing against each other all the time.

It is said.

One day, when the old brigade commander visited the independent regiment, he noticed the extremely strong atmosphere of competition lingering throughout the independent regiment.

——During the grenade-dropping training, there was a squad of soldiers whose every grenade-dropping distance was over 40 meters, which stunned the old brigade commander.

It’s considered good for an ordinary soldier to be able to throw 30 meters, but this is the strongest player in the class!

As a result, the squad leader had a dark face and was very dissatisfied and cursed: "Damn it, you haven't eaten yet, right?

Even a woman can throw grenades farther than you. The whole class, including me, will be punished. If everyone doesn't throw grenades 100 times, they won't be allowed to have dinner!"