Jagged Changjin Lake: Kill the enemy and become stronger

For example, the Second Battalion and the Third Battalion were old troops before the Independent Regiment, and had participated in countless battles. Although many new recruits were recruited later, all of the old soldiers had rich combat experience.

The Fourth Battalion, Fifth Battalion, and Sixth Battalion were formed after Li Yunlong came to the Independence Regiment and recruited troops. Apart from the transfer of former battalion, company, and platoon-level cadres to serve as instructors, more than 90.00% of them were recruits.

As the saying goes, the train runs fast, it all depends on the front belt, and the same is true in the army. Whichever army has more experienced veterans, its strength is naturally stronger.

But the identity of a soldier, especially a veteran like Zhang Dabiao who has been on the battlefield for many years, has already engraved in his bones the spirit of not being afraid of death and not admitting defeat.

Whether it is a battle or a game, they will not emphasize objective reasons. If they win, it is their own ability. If they lose, it is only because they are not as good as others.

Who wants to lose?

No one wants to lose.

Zhang Dabiao didn't even think about it, he was also the number one general under Li Yunlong's command, if he lost this time, not only the first battalion would be ashamed, but also the regiment leader would be ashamed.

"Doesn't the competition start in three days? Grandma, I can still train an army that dares to fight and kill in three days! Come, tell the whole battalion to assemble!"

Zhang Dabiao slapped the table and roared.

He can't guarantee whether he can win, but he is afraid before he starts, that's not his style.

On the training ground, a tense atmosphere spread.

"Who practiced kung fu when they were young? Come out!"

"Who is stronger? Come out!"

Chapter 580 The Eighth Route Army Is Not Afraid of Death

Zhang Dabiao shouted loudly as he looked at the more than [-] soldiers in the battalion with his hands behind his back.

Every time you shout, the team will follow suit.

With the end of his shouting, a neat square team has been divided into several parts.

Those with kung fu skills, those with great strength, those who run fast, those who can shoot accurately with slingshots since childhood...

All kinds of talents were selected by Zhang Dabiao.

Using one's own strengths to face the enemy's weaknesses is a human skill that every qualified commander must master.

Wanting to train a force with strong combat effectiveness in three days is tantamount to nonsense.

Not to mention Zhang Dabiao, even Qiao Lin doesn't have this ability.

In order for the "weak army" of the First Battalion to be able to take advantage as much as possible in the competition, Zhang Dabiao must not play cards according to common sense. In this regard, he has learned a lot from Li Yunlong.

While the first battalion was urgently launching targeted training, the other battalions were also training intensively.

Like Zhang Dabiao, every battalion does not want to lose.

The Fujiwara brigade's sweep of the occupied area has lasted for three days.

During this period, four subordinate regiments and one garrison were dispatched, with a total of more than 7000 little devils, to carry out encirclement and suppression attacks on the base of the [-]th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

The [-]th Brigade and the [-]th Brigade of the [-]th Division dispatched four regiments in formation and six regiments in temporary formation, with a total of more than [-] soldiers for defense and blocking.

In the case of inferior forces and equipment, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army displayed the fighting spirit of not fearing hardship and death, and blocked the enemy's attack beyond the defensive line.

For three full days, the little devils of the Fujiwara Brigade failed to make a breakthrough.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army used the crudest weapons and flesh and blood to form the steel Great Wall, which made it impossible for the little devil's shells to penetrate.

"Damn! Damn!"

Fujiwara Kujo flipped through the war report on the table, and every time he read a page, he couldn't help but curse.

He originally thought that he had mobilized all the troops of the entire brigade to carry out this big sweep, and encountering resistance was inevitable, and the overall situation should be smooth.

After all, for this raid, he planned for more than ten days, from the deployment of troops to the replenishment of supplies, he considered every detail.

It was his greatest wish to capture a division-level commander of the Eighth Route Army alive. Although it may not be possible, it is still possible to capture one or two brigade-level or several regiment-level commanders alive.

He estimated that on the first day of the mopping up, he would advance the front line [-] kilometers inward, [-] kilometers on the second day, [-] kilometers on the third day, and close up from the fourth day for encirclement and suppression.

After that, it took another week to completely clean up the Eighth Route Army troops in the occupied area, including local armed forces and all organizations closely related to the Eighth Route Army.

For this reason, before the mopping up began, he even sent out the secret service to collect intelligence.

Unexpectedly, three days have passed, and the planned 120-kilometer front has not been realized for even one kilometer.

Tomorrow is the day when all the alliances will start to gather around. Judging from the current situation, it is simply impossible to achieve.

For a large-scale raid, Fujiwara Kujo's plan was undeniably precise. He calculated his own strength, calculated his own equipment, and even calculated how many casualties would occur.

But the only thing he missed was that he didn't count the Eighth Route Army's will to resist.

He underestimated the determination of this army to protect the country too much. He thought that in the face of the threat of death, everyone would choose to compromise.

He thought that under the powerful firepower attack, the defense line constructed by the Eighth Route Army was completely vulnerable, from being constantly suppressed and retreating to being defeated.

He thought that dealing with the Eighth Route Army would be as easy as picking a handle.

But he didn't expect that at the beginning of the exchange of fire between the two sides, his opponent showed a frightening side.

In the concept of the little devil, the Eighth Route Army is a group of people dressed in rags, armed with the most backward weapons, and composed of a group of people at the bottom.

They have not received professional training and do not know what is called military affairs. They are just a group of mobs who have no combat effectiveness.

But it was this group of rabble that made these well-equipped imperial soldiers who claimed to be the strongest in the world frustrated one after another.

Can you imagine?

After 10 minutes of bombardment, the Eighth Route Army's defensive line had been blasted into a gap. When the little devil assembled his troops and was about to charge, he was surprised to find out.

On the gap where the gunpowder smoke hadn't dissipated, one after another Eighth Route Army soldiers, who had no weapons other than rifles, blocked the gap with their bodies desperately.

The speed was so fast that the little devil even wondered if their shells missed it?There was never a gap there?

After a long firefight, the defending Eighth Route Army could no longer replenish ammunition, and the little devil soldiers rushed upwards with machine guns, trying to suppress them with firepower and break down the defense line.

But the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, who couldn't make up a single bullet from ten rifles, resolutely put a bayonet on the muzzle of their guns, jumped out of the trench and rushed up.

They ignored the rain of bullets all over the sky, and every soldier scrambled to face the little devil's fire, and used his flesh and blood to defend the comrades behind him from the bullets.

Those who dare to use bayonets and machine guns face to face, no one can do it except the Eighth Route Army.

The little devils attacked, the Eighth Route Army defended, and the mopping up turned into a tough battle.

From the little devil's point of view, the so-called tough battle is to launch artillery strikes first, and after destroying most of the opponent's effective forces, the infantry will charge again, breaking through the defense line and occupying the position in one fell swoop.

But here in the Eighth Route Army, they have learned that in a tough battle, they are an extremely hard line of defense, and they are an extremely strong opponent.

A tough battle is to launch an attack and fight an extremely difficult battle.

Countless shells fell into the positions of the Eighth Route Army, and even the surface of the ground collapsed, but so what?

As long as there is a living Eighth Route Army soldier in the position, the little devil's charge will encounter unprecedented obstacles.

As long as the pace of the charge is slowed down for a second, countless Eighth Route Army soldiers will rush to support from all directions.

So much so that after being beaten back several times in a row, the little devil instinctively became afraid of charging.

The gun barrel was already red, and the battlefield was full of corpses, but every time the little devil rushed up, he would find it with horror.

No matter how dense their gunfire is, no matter how fast they charge, as long as they reach the Eighth Route Army's position, there will always be a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers with red eyes and bayonets tightly waiting for them.

After several days of fighting, the number of soldiers killed by the little devil on the battlefield has already made each of them tremble.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers sacrificed more people. Basically, every time the little devil launched a charge, all the Eighth Route Army troops in the company unit were sacrificed in one position.

It seemed that the little devil had the upper hand.

But they don't think so, they don't know how many more such Eighth Route Army will be waiting for them.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are not afraid of death.

Chapter 580 The Mission of the Eighth Route Army

Under the tenacious resistance of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, the little devil's attacks were blocked again and again from the defensive line, which directly shattered Fujiwara Kujo's dream of completely eradicating the Eighth Route Army in the occupied area within ten days.

"Brigade Commander, Xinyi Regiment suffered heavy losses!"

"Brigade Commander, the [-]st Regiment suffered heavy losses!"

"Brigade Commander, the [-]nd Regiment suffered heavy losses!"

"brigadier..."

Fujiwara Kujo was upset, and Brigadier Chen was not having an easy time.

In the past few days, the most reports he heard were about the casualties of the frontline troops.

As the head of an army, the last thing he wanted to hear was this kind of news, but he had to face it.

The sacrifice of every soldier is a huge loss to the Eighth Route Army.

But in order to protect the country from being violated and the common people from suffering, such sacrifices are unavoidable.

"Brigadier, how about letting the independent regiment go?"

Seeing Brigadier Chen's sad face, Chief of Staff Qin couldn't help but suggest.

As far as he knows, the independent regiment currently has more than [-] troops, plus the militia and other local armed forces under its leadership, the total number is nearly [-], which is not a small force.

Just three days after the battle started, more than one-third of the frontline combat personnel were lost.

Especially for the main force like the [-]st Regiment, the casualties were close to half.

In addition to the sharp drop in personnel, the lack of ammunition also created considerable difficulties for this battle.

Although the military factories in the border area are producing and processing around the clock, but with outdated equipment and weak productivity, the ammunition produced is simply not enough to support front-line consumption.

In addition to the economical use of bullets, many soldiers had to block the enemy with their bodies when facing the enemy's attack, and used hand-to-hand combat and other methods to block the enemy's attack.

This is also one of the main reasons for the huge casualties.

"No, the independent regiments are all inexperienced recruits. They don't know how to fight at all. If they go to the battlefield, they will die."

Brigadier Chen rejected the proposal without even thinking about it.

The reason why the independent regiment was allowed to stay behind was because this force currently does not have the ability to fight.

Small-scale battles such as ambushes are okay, but such large-scale battles on the battlefield will not have much effect except for increased casualties.