Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"A blocking battle is different from an ambush or a surprise attack. An ambush requires killing as many enemies as possible immediately, so width is essential. It's okay if you have a few more men on the battlefield; you might even need to deploy more men in width. But a blocking battle involves facing the Japanese directly, so you can't have too many men. A blocking battle requires depth; defense requires depth, not width. As soon as the Japanese are blocked by us, they'll quickly deploy their forces. Mortars, mortars, and heavy machine guns will all be used. If the battlefield is too densely packed, there will be heavy casualties.

Xiao Yongshi used to be a teacher at the Red Army University. After joining the 8th Column, he was in charge of the Cha'nan Cadre School and the Column Teaching Team.

There are so many military cadres who have been trained.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I'll also teach these 35th Regiment commanders how to fight. No matter how many times I teach them in class, it won't be as effective as teaching them directly on the battlefield. Military cadre training simply can't be so crude.

Learning in the classroom and then practicing on the battlefield can not only train military cadres, but also reduce casualties in the army. If it is not learned in the classroom and is directly used on the battlefield, it will cause a large number of casualties in the army.

During the troop training, all the cadres of the 35th Regiment learned it.

However, some errors will still occur when used on the battlefield.

Therefore, Xiao Yongshi personally came to instruct them on how to deploy the defense line. Ma Changgeng, the battalion commander and instructor of the 35st Battalion of the 1th Regiment, was a graduate of the National Beiyang Institute of Technology, which was formerly known as Beiyang University.

After graduation, he stayed at the school as a teacher.

During the Jidong Uprising, he led many students to participate. Because of his strong organizational skills and the fact that many students joined him, he served as a cadre in the Guerrilla Corps from the outset. After the 35th Regiment was established, he became the commander of the 1st Battalion.

This is how the Hebei Eastern Team was reorganized.

There are many questions.

Ma Changgeng, a scholar who had never fought in a war, became a cadre of the Eastern Hebei Division because of his strong organizational skills and high prestige. The Eighth Column was unwilling to provoke the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Hebei Division, so it basically continued the original structure. More importantly, Ma Changgeng himself strongly supported the policies of the Eighth Route Army. As early as the Eastern Hebei Uprising, he was already a cadre that the Party organization was focusing on. After arriving at the Eighth Column, he quickly joined the Party and became a member.

The 34th Column reorganized the 35th and 1th Regiments and employed many cadres from Jidong. Naturally, they preferred to use Party cadres. Therefore, Ma Changgeng was appointed commander of the st Battalion and also served as its instructor.

Fortunately, Ma Changgeng is a very insightful person.

After fighting a few battles, he became more and more familiar with leading troops in battle.

This is the difference between Song Zhiyuan and Gui Jiu. The 34th Regiment led by Gui Jiu was hit hard by the Japanese army, and even directly hit the morale of many thousand soldiers of the 34th Regiment. But Song Zhiyuan's departure was to let these cadres slowly adapt to the war.

Let these cadres learn about war in war and begin to integrate what they have learned during the training period.

Xiao Yongshi is also willing to support Song Zhiyuan's cadre training model.

So he taught Ma Changgeng and other cadres of the 1st Battalion a lot of what he knew without reservation.

"Both heavy and light machine guns must be used with caution. After inflicting casualties on the enemy, quickly relocate. Never remain in one place for too long, as this will easily make you a target for Japanese mortars and grenade launchers."

"Next to each soldier in these trenches should be a small hiding hole."

"The trenches should have height differences so that crossfire coverage can be formed."

After all, this is the headquarters of the 35th Regiment.

Qianmenxia already had rudimentary defenses. Now, the focus was on strengthening them. Xiao Yongshi had been teaching the First Battalion how to conduct a blocking operation. Ever since Cao Cui of the First Guard Regiment held off three independent Japanese battalions for over ten hours, the First Guard Regiment's defensive positions had been rolled out to all units within the column.

Let everyone learn.

Xiao Yongshi had spent a long time at the military academy, and his favorite hobby was studying various tactics. So this time, he deployed the First Guard Regiment's defenses against the First Battalion, hoping to see how they would perform in actual combat.

"Commander, the regimental commander has received news that the Japanese army is less than three miles away from us.

"understood."

Around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Because it was December, the temperature was very low. If we hadn't set up some defenses and dug some trenches before this, digging trenches would have been very difficult. Otherwise, in such a cold winter, the ground would have been frozen.

"Your Excellency, the headquarters of the 35th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is just ahead.

"Send someone to investigate."

"Yes."

Chang Xixinwei, commander of the 83rd Independent Battalion, observed Qianmen Gorge with a telescope.

This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

However, Chang Xi Xinwei was not worried at all. Although the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade had previously been raiding the 1st Column's base in Hebei, they had also heard about the events in Changping and Wanping.

34团战斗力不堪一击，被77独立大队和78独立大队打的丢盔弃甲。虽然后面34团千里奔袭击溃了华北治安军第四集团军，但在日军眼中34团依旧是乌合之众。只不过华北治安军还不如乌合之众。

As for the evaluation of the 35th Regiment, it is even more interesting.

During the 35th Independent Mixed Brigade's sweep of Changping, they never encountered the main force of the 35th Regiment. Even local units like the Changping County Battalion showed more courage than the 35th Regiment. The 35th Independent Mixed Brigade described the 35th Regiment as a "needy unit." During the previous counter-sweep operation, the th Regiment had been playing hide-and-seek with the Japanese, consistently avoiding the main Japanese forces.

That is why the 35th Independent Mixed Brigade said that the th Regiment was a group of Confucian scholars.

Moreover, according to intelligence, the 35th and 34th Regiments were both troops that emerged from the Yidong Uprising.

Therefore, Changxi Xinwei looked down on the 35th Regiment.

Otherwise, he would not have led his troops straight to the headquarters of the 35th Regiment.

"Colonel, there are Chinese army trenches ahead in the Zenmon Gorge."

"The 35th Regiment didn't run away?"

"That's how it should be."

Changxi Xinwei used a telescope to observe Qianmen Gorge and the trenches of the 35th Regiment. However, as long as the officers and soldiers of the 35th Regiment did not open fire, Changxi Xinwei could not determine the exact number of people in the 35th Regiment. However, he could still see that the 35th Regiment had established a defensive line in front.

Chang Xi Xinwei was very happy.

For the Japanese troops, the biggest headache in their raid on the Eighth Route Army base was not the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness, but their inability to capture the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Now the 35th Regiment did not withdraw, but instead built a defense line here.

Isn't that what they want.

They faced the main force of the Eighth Route Army effortlessly.

"Send someone to test it out."

"Yes."

Chapter 292 A blow to the head 2

Although Changxi Xinwei was proud, he also looked down on the 35th Regiment.

But he was a qualified officer.

He wasn't as arrogant as some other Japanese officers simply because he looked down on his opponent. On the contrary, he was extremely cautious. He sent out a small team to test the 35th Regiment's deployment.

This is a team specially designed to wipe out the Eighth Route Army.

Compared to a field troop squad, this squad is less chaotic. A field troop consists of three infantry squads and a dedicated grenade squad. Each infantry squad is composed of 13 men, and the grenade squad is composed of 8 men. Including the squad leader, sergeant, messenger, and medic, a squad has a total of 54 men. However, this mission-carrying squad consists of six infantry squads, each with 8 men. Including the squad leader and sergeant, the total number is 50 men.

The weapons configuration also lacked magazines, with the entire squad having only four light machine guns.

Japanese divisions and independent mixed brigades behind enemy lines were basically equipped with such teams.

They moved forward slowly.

The unit that directly blocked the Japanese army was the 35st Company, 1st Battalion, 1th Regiment.

Ma Changgeng was also on the front lines, but he didn't give any orders to the first company. In this regard, Song Zhiyuan set a good example. Although he was the regimental commander, after dispersing the troops, he simply gave them targets to attack. However, he wouldn't interfere with how the attack was carried out.

Only after the battle, when each unit was summarizing its work, would Song Zhiyuan express his own opinions and point out the problems his subordinates had encountered during the battle. This was how Song Zhiyuan trained his cadres and enabled his grassroots commanders to fully utilize their abilities.

The 35th Regiment is not as good as the 34th Regiment in terms of foundation.

The 34th Regiment was formed from the First and Second Guerrilla Corps, and some of its members had actually fought in combat. However, precisely because of this, the commander of the 35th Regiment had no real combat experience. Therefore, Song Zhiyuan played a greater role.

The commanders of the 35th Regiment studied in the column, and then learned how to fight from Song Zhiyuan. Song Zhiyuan's combat style deeply influenced the commanders of the 35th Regiment. The commanders of the 35th Regiment all consciously or unconsciously learned and imitated Song Zhiyuan's command style.

The same is true for Ma Changgeng.

Since the position is now guarded by the first company, the cadres of the first company are responsible for how to fight.

"Don't fire the heavy machine guns."

The company commander of the first company, Ning Hai, was also a student of Beiyang University.

Ning Hai was Ma Changgeng's student, and had participated in the Jidong Uprising with him. He had led troops to complete many missions in the past few months. Besides, they had originally participated in the Jidong Uprising to fight the Japanese.

The morale of the troops is really high.

"Let the enemy in and fight. I won't shoot, and no one is allowed to shoot without permission."

Ning Hai began to give orders.

When the Japanese squad started out, the space was quite large. But as they moved further, the space became narrower, and the Japanese squad became increasingly crowded. This is why such a place is said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack, because the troops cannot be deployed fully.

Ning Hai has been observing.

Observe the distance between the Japanese troops and the positions, and of course observe the Japanese offensive tactics. Look at the distance between the various squads of the Japanese army, and also observe the distance between the soldiers within the Japanese army squad.

And their firepower configuration.

Some soldiers on the battlefield were already extremely nervous. The Japanese troops were advancing, entering within 50 meters of the position. However, Ning Hai did not fire. This was because the instructor had said something during the training.

That is, if the two sides were to engage in a shootout with the Japanese at a distance of forty meters, the Eighth Route Army would inevitably suffer. This was because the Japanese soldiers' marksmanship was far superior to that of the Eighth Route Army soldiers. Before being recruited, Japanese soldiers had undergone extensive live-fire training. In this respect, the Eighth Route Army soldiers were far inferior. Many soldiers had not even fired live ammunition before going into battle. The shooting skills of the two sides were completely different.

Of course, another reason was that the Eighth Route Army was short of ammunition. Shooting at the Japanese from a distance was ineffective and a waste of ammunition. Therefore, shooting at the Japanese before they approached their positions was the worst option.

Therefore, when the Eighth Route Army fought against the Japanese army, the most effective way was close combat.

Let the Japanese troops in.

We must not be more than thirty meters away. We must keep the Japanese troops within thirty meters.

At this distance, the Eighth Route Army soldiers could also strike the Japanese army effectively.

Ning Hai remained calm. However, the soldiers of the 35th Regiment had never fought such a direct confrontation before, so they were all very nervous as they watched the Japanese approach. It wasn't until the Japanese were within meters that Ning Hai opened fire.

“Bang—Ning Hai is not a sharpshooter.

However, thirty meters was already very close. Furthermore, the road here was only four or five meters wide, and the Japanese troops were quite dense. Therefore, Ning Hai's shot actually hit a Japanese soldier. After Ning Hai fired, rows of guns immediately emerged from the trenches.

"Bang

"Bang

"Da da da"

The First Company had one light machine gun, and the regimental headquarters allocated one heavy machine gun and three light machine guns to the First Battalion. The First Battalion then gave one of its heavy machine guns and one of its light machine guns to the First Company. So this time, two light machine guns were firing from the position.

Even during the Korean War, the U.S. military had little way to deal with the Eighth Route Army's close combat style.

This is especially true for the Japanese army.

Because the Eighth Route Army's close combat style requires the strongest heart. The troops must have iron discipline and be able to wait for the enemy to get close before suddenly opening fire. This time was no different.

The Japanese soldiers opened fire immediately, killing 7 and injuring 7.

"Throw!"