Chapter 891 Eye-Opening
As a middle-ranking officer of Nanbang, Captain Li Shengxun had a bad luck today. He is the acting battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Nanbang Sixth Division. He has been awarded the position of battalion commander at a young age.
Especially now with the support of the Americans, the unification of the Korean peninsula by the South Bang is just around the corner. At that time, Rong Xun will be added, and Captain Li will be the founding hero. This kind of glory is enough to pass on the name to future generations.
But who knew that when the victory was just around the corner, disaster happened suddenly, and the Japanese Army unexpectedly appeared. Thinking about the ambush encountered during the day, Captain Li sighed. Instead, he heard a description from an officer who had served in the Japanese army, saying that the Japanese army was good at the "sharp knife breakthrough tactics", which was quite powerful.
The so-called "sharp knife breakthrough" means that the front-line troops have a particularly strong assault force and use close-range hand-to-hand combat to reduce losses.
Captain Li scoffed when he heard this "sharp knife breakthrough" tactic. He felt that with the powerful weapons and equipment provided by the Americans, no matter how strong the assault force was, it could not be stronger than dense bullets, right? And the so-called "hand-to-hand combat" is even more of a joke. Those are tactics that should have been eliminated long ago, and there is nothing to fear.
But today... Captain Li just opened his eyes!
After being captured, Captain Li was not convinced that his troops were defeated so quickly. He asked a lot of prisoners, and what he got was that after the German army's charge horn sounded, soldiers on the other side directly charged one of his heavy machine gun positions.
Stupid..., the Revolutionary Army must have suffered heavy casualties in front of the heavy machine gun positions, right? Captain Li thought so.
But the captured soldiers said that the heavy machine gun didn't even hit a ghost, and the company commander who personally controlled the heavy machine gun was stabbed with a bayonet to the point of chills. Then the army was defeated like a mountain, and the reserve team of the Revolutionary Army rushed in through the opened gap.
In just ten minutes, the entire battalion of more than a thousand people collapsed. This is really a bloody hell...!
No... It's not that I'm too incompetent, it's that the Japanese Army's 'Sharp Knife Breakthrough' tactic is really powerful, they broke through their own lines ten minutes after the ambush started—oh... I didn't keep in mind what my senior taught me, really I am ashamed of the president's entrustment!
Captain Li didn't want to think about what happened next. After finally grabbing the '490' highland and sticking to it, the result was somehow killed by someone. Hundreds of people were powerless to resist and could only surrender. This can only lament the bad fate.
And now...
"Hey, what are you thinking?" Zhou Qingfeng pushed the battalion commander Nanbang next to him, "Don't be dazed, let's work."
Captain Li was about to cry right now. Originally, even if he was captured, he would still enjoy the treatment of an officer. As a result, the Japanese soldier in front of him asked him if he could drive a car, and he said "yes" too much, but he was dragged to be a truck driver in a daze.
My majestic battalion commander was pulled to be the driver, so I lost all face!
Thirty-eight trucks were seized on the battlefield, of which there were more than 20 that could be driven. These more than 20 vehicles were used to tow artillery and luggage. Among them, twelve 105mm US M2 light howitzers made the Volunteer Army Command overjoyed.
This two-ton howitzer is very suitable for the bad roads in the mountainous areas of North Korea. In addition, it is also towed by trucks, which enhances mobility and is a rare heavy weapon.
You must know that even in the late period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the "Battle of Jincheng" with the strongest artillery fire of the Volunteers only used more than a thousand artillery pieces, including 82mm mortars, which were used to make up the number. These twelve m2 howitzers were simply killer weapons in the early days of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Seeing that the Russian army attached great importance to these twelve howitzers, Captain Li felt a little contempt in his heart - in the hands of the Americans, there are many such guns. They also have larger caliber, longer range, and more powerful artillery.
Laughing at the inferiority and shortage of the Army's equipment, Captain Li had no choice but to drive the truck with the other selected Nanbang drivers, dragging the artillery and luggage away from the battlefield.
But before leaving, the Nanbang soldiers, including Captain Li, once again felt the rusticity and stinginess of the Revolutionary Army. They actually wanted to disassemble more than a dozen war-damaged trucks, leaving nothing useful.
"Don't waste it,
Wheels, tires, engines and so on, everything that can be dismantled, these things are rare. "Zhou Qingfeng acted as an interpreter to give orders, and the 'Old Machine Gun' personally directed dozens of Nanbang drivers and machine repair soldiers to work.
"Pump out the gasoline in the fuel tank. A drop of oil is precious now." Zhou Qingfeng personally found a leather pipe and a few empty oil drums from the truck, and led a few mechanics to suck the gasoline out of the tank and pour it into the oil drums. , It's really not a waste.
Due to Zhou Qingfeng's extraordinary bearing and calm command, Captain Li always regarded him as an officer. But now seeing this Japanese soldier who can speak Korean actually get himself dirty and oily, the shock to him is huge.
"Senior, why do you want to work as a soldier?" Captain Li couldn't help but asked. In his opinion, soldiers and officers are two completely different classes. Officer, but you will lower your prestige with the soldiers by doing so."
"Hahaha..., you are right. Compared with the armies of other countries, the Chinese army is definitely different." Zhou Qingfeng admitted with a smile, "In other countries, there is an insurmountable gap between officers and soldiers. But in our It seems that the equality of officers and soldiers is justified, and we are so special."
In the bonfire at night, Zhou Qingfeng acted as a commander and a coolie at the same time. Since he is in control of the overall situation, it is natural to be regarded as an officer. Listening to his orders in Korean mixed with Japanese, the Nanbang soldiers at the scene felt that he was more like an officer than his own officer.
Many of the soldiers in Nanbang were trained by the Japanese during the Japanese occupation period. Listening to Zhou Qingfeng's loud and scolding mandatory orders even gave them a sense of intimacy. The long-term obedience made them work obediently.
Because it is a field force, there are many supporting tools on the truck. Before dawn, Zhou Qingfeng finally towed away more than 20 trucks and artillery, and dismantled the remaining dozen or so war-damaged trucks into empty shells.
When the work was done, Zhou Qingfeng even gathered the Nanbang soldiers who worked hard to give a lecture, and loudly praised each other for their hard work. He expressed his satisfaction and gave those who performed well a pack of cigarettes as a reward. The Nanbang soldier who was praised actually burst into tears.
Seeing his subordinates being trained like grandsons by a Japanese soldier, Captain Li was dumbfounded. For the first time, he felt that an officer who can lead the soldiers to work hard has an extremely powerful charisma, and the captured Nanbang soldiers have never expressed such awe of him like today.
When the final lecture was over, the team officially set off. Zhou Qingfeng jumped onto the first leading truck driven by Captain Li himself. The former battalion commander had to lower his head and ask, "Senior, why do you insist on dismantling those trucks? Can't the equipment damaged in battle be discarded?"
"Because we can't produce it ourselves. Every part is hard-won and must be cherished." Zhou Qingfeng did not deny that his own equipment was backward, "This is how our family has accumulated. The country is so poor, there is no way matter."
"Since you are so poor? Why do you still make enemies with the Americans? Do you know how powerful the Americans are?" Captain Li didn't understand this the most. He really wanted to talk about how many planes, warships, tanks and artillery the Americans had. There are so many bombs and shells that I can't say enough for a day and a night.
Zhou Qingfeng just let out a chuckle, and grinned, "Because we don't want to be so poor forever!" (To be continued.)