Chapter 17: Destruction and decay
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It was a small town called Shijiabao, which was originally just a small village. However, after the South Manchurian Railway passed through here, it developed rapidly, and now it has become a small town with hundreds of residents.
It's just that three days ago, this town was occupied by the troops of the Jilin Provincial Patrol Battalion, and three or four thousand troops from Jilin came over and all entered the town. Jilin General Fushun personally led this army, wanting to give the army under Wu Xingquan's command a head-on blow and let them know the strength of the Jilin army. If Wu Xingquan's father and son can give up staying in Jilin Province, it will undoubtedly be the best.
However, Fushun also knows that this is unlikely. There are only more than 10,000 patrol battalions in the entire Jilin Province. He was able to master less than half. The remaining half are also the grass on the wall, and before the situation is clear, those guys who see the wind and rudder will definitely not take a stand.
Therefore, Fushun hopes for a victory and asks those guys to show their support for him.
According to the information obtained, Fu Shun knew that there were more than 20,000 people under Wu Xingquan's command, which was twice as large as him. However, although Wu Xingquan's army had a strength advantage, Fushun believed that this kind of newly formed army had almost no combat effectiveness. The patrol battalion he led was all veterans, and their combat effectiveness was definitely stronger than Wu Xingquan's recruits. What's more, the vanguard sent by Wu Xingquan is only more than 1,000 people, and he has concentrated more than 3,000 people, can't he eat more than 1,000 people?
Fushun had already planned that as long as he ate Wu Xingquan's vanguard troops, he would be able to use this victory to gain the support of other neutral forces. At that time, it is completely possible to rely on the defense of Jilin City to compete with Wu Xingquan. He has run Jilin for so many years, how can Wu Xingquan, an outsider, be compared. As long as he dragged it out, he was victorious. When the time comes, Wu Xingquan will give up Jilin Province, and he will still be a Jilin general.
It's a pity that Fushun thinks very well, but the reality is completely different. The troops he was going to eat were not simple troops, but a teaching battalion led by Wu Haoxuan. Although the training battalion has only been in force for a month, the arduous training has made the combat effectiveness of this unit absolutely superior to that of any unit under the command of Wu Xingquan. It's not even more like the garbage patrol battalions in Fushun can compare.
The combat effectiveness of the patrol battalion is not high in the first place, and there may be no problem in bullying men and women, but if you want to fight against the regular army, it is simply impossible. In addition, after the patrol battalion entered Shijiabao, the old state sprouted one by one, and there was a large-scale robbery in the town, and many big girls and little daughters-in-law were killed. Originally, Fushun wanted to prohibit this situation, but the generals under him said that they were about to go to the battlefield, let the brothers have fun, and everyone could fight the battlefield!
Fu Shun thought about it, and it was also the same reason, so fortunately he didn't pay attention to it. In his concept, ordinary people are like mustards, and they don't need to be ignored at all. In addition, the generals below are also very sensible, and they also sent a beautiful little girl to Fushun, and Fushun naturally went to enjoy it.
The Jilin Patrol Battalion did not expect that the teaching battalion would come so quickly. After the reconnaissance platoon of the training battalion discovered the patrol battalion, it immediately reported to Wu Haoxuan. Wu Haoxuan led people to march to Shijiabao overnight. At four o'clock in the morning, Wu Haoxuan arrived at the periphery of Shijiabao. At this time, the patrol battalion in the town did not get any news at all, nor did they have any precautions.
Although it is now August, the night is still a little cold, and the sentries sent by the patrol battalion are all curled up together to sleep, where will anyone go to the sentry! Those who are officials are drinking and enjoying themselves and playing with women, and those of them who are soldiers can only sleep with their heads covered.
"How's the situation in town? How many people are there? Wu Haoxuan asked.
"Young marshal, before dark, our brothers have touched into the town and have already found out. The town is the main force of the Jilin patrol battalion led by General Jilin himself, with a total of more than 3,000 people. Fushun is in the town, if we can catch this old guy, there won't be much war in Jilin! "Reconnaissance platoon leader Zhao Lin, he is the fourth brother of Wu Haoxuan's guard Zhao Hu. After the formation of the training battalion, he came to the training battalion to serve as the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon.
"Humph! The old guy in Fushun actually left Jilin and appeared here, this is a godsend! Wu Haoxuan originally thought that they would fight a big battle in Jilin and the Jilin Provincial Patrol Battalion, but he didn't expect Fushun to leave Jilin and personally bring troops here.
"Battalion commander, give the order! Although there are more than 3,000 patrol battalions in the town, they are not a little guarded, and we can completely annihilate them! Shi Tianchuan, chief of staff of the battalion and commander of the 1st Company, said.
"James, what do you think?" Wu Haoxuan did not make a hasty decision. After all, this was the first battle of the teaching battalion. If the first battle cannot be won, it will be a great blow to the morale of the troops.
"In terms of troops, we are at a disadvantage. But in terms of armament and training of troops, we are completely at an advantage. Not to mention, the enemy was defenseless. We can win this battle! "During this time, James Tong Guò also fully understood the combat effectiveness of these patrol battalions in China. It can be said that there are very few patrol battalions that really have combat effectiveness, and there is a world of difference between them and their well-trained training camps.
"Let the troops rest for half an hour and recover their bodies. Then, a company went around to the north of the town and blocked the enemy's rear road. Second and third companies attacked. 4 companies served as reserves. Artillery, after the start of the attack, prepared the troops for fire! Wu Haoxuan immediately ordered.
More than 1,100 soldiers of the training battalion immediately went into action, and except for the 1st Company, which went around to the back of the town to block the back road, the other three companies and the battalion directly under the battalion began to rest.
The soldiers sat on the side of the road, and in the moonlight, began to drink water, eat dry food, and recover their bodies. Many of the soldiers were a little nervous, after all, this was their first battle. Combat is not the same as training in peacetime, although training is hard and tiring, but there is no danger to life. But the battle is different, the bullet doesn't have eyes, and if you don't do it well, you will lose your life directly.
"Brothers, don't be nervous when the battle begins. Just do what you did when you trained. Big Bull, you are a machine gunner, and it is up to you to provide fire cover for your brothers when the time comes. Xiao Er, you are a sniper, when the time comes, you have to keep your eyes bright, solve all the threatening targets in advance, and strive for our whole class to come back intact after this battle! Wang Qian, the squad leader, took advantage of this time and said to the brothers in the class.
After joining the training battalion, Wang Qian trained hard, and was later promoted to squad leader, and is now the squad leader of the 2nd platoon of the 2nd company of the training battalion, with a class of 14 people, equipped with an M1904 light machine gun, an M1903 sniper rifle and 12 M1903 rifles. In addition, the squad leader Wang Qian and the deputy squad leader were both equipped with a Browning pistol.
"Squad leader, just look at it! The machine gun in my hand will make the garbage of those patrol battalions pay a heavy price! The machine gunner in the class, Da Niu, said nonchalantly.
The sniper Xiao Er did not speak, and seemed a little taciturn. However, this is exactly the quality that a sniper needs to have. On the battlefield, snipers must be calm and then hunt down valuable targets.
Half an hour passed in a flash, and the troops began to deploy according to the predetermined position, ready to attack. Soon it was five o'clock, and there was already a hint of fish belly white on the edge of the sky, and the sky was no longer pitch black.
Wu Haoxuan looked at the time on his watch, it was five o'clock in the morning.
"Offensive begins!" Wu Haoxuan personally gave the order to attack, and then grabbed the binoculars with both hands and watched the battle.
Less than eight hundred meters from Shijiabao was the artillery position of the teaching battalion. Six 80-mm mortars belonging to the battalion, and six 80-mm mortars belonging to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th companies were all deployed here. As for the mortars of the platoons below, they move with the troops in order to be able to provide support fire to the troops at close range.
After Wu Haoxuan's attack order was given, the 14 80-mm mortars immediately let out a roar.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
The dull sound of shelling sounded, and mortar shells whistled towards the position of the Jilin Provincial Patrol Battalion outside Shijiabao. Because Shijiabao was so small, only more than a thousand people entered the town, and the rest were outside the town.
The officers and men of the Jilin Provincial Patrol Battalion were too alert, and they were all asleep, unaware of the impending threat.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
Dense explosions sounded on the positions of the patrol battalion, and one by one fireballs rose and shrapnel shot everywhere, harvesting the lives around them. Many of the soldiers of the patrol battalion were torn to pieces by the violent explosion while they were still asleep.
"Ahh Enemy attack, enemy is coming, run! ”
The sudden attack by the enemy completely frightened the officers and men of the patrol battalion who had been awakened from their sleep, and one by one they were like headless flies, scurrying around. The officers couldn't find the soldiers, and the soldiers couldn't find the officers, and the whole scene was extremely chaotic.
Hundreds of infantry from the 2nd and 3rd companies also attacked under heavy mortar fire, and under the cover of artillery fire, they approached the camp of the patrol battalion and set up light and heavy machine guns and mortars directly outside the camp.
"Fire!"
When the officers and men of the patrol battalion ran out of the camp in a panic, they were immediately hit by intensive fire.
"Dada! Dada! ”
Light and heavy machine guns opened fire together, and the dense bullets strafed past, and the officers and men of the patrol battalion who had just rushed out of the camp were immediately swept away. The rest of the people fled back with a lot of and pee.