Chapter 372 Light Prism Tower! Start!

Dai County, Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region Command.

"Well, the positions are well arranged. With the special forces we brought, this is a defense system without any weaknesses."

"Old Nie, LYL, let's go back. Now the mission is clear. It's only a matter of time to take down the cavalry group of the Mongolian Army. There is no need to worry about Commander Yang."

"What's more, I don't see any midnight snacks prepared here."

For the tiger in the forest, what he is most worried about in this battle is the left wing battlefield.

Although the cavalry group attacking Dai County and the independent mixed second brigade are completely at a disadvantage in terms of manpower and firepower. But the enemy has a trump card like the tank regiment, which is definitely a tough bone to chew.

Once the devils launch a night attack, those Type 95 light tanks and Type 97 medium tanks will become unknown variables that affect the battle situation.

Close combat and night combat are indeed the glorious traditions of our army, and they are also the skills of the soldiers.

However, for the current Eighth Route Army, fighting at night will weaken their firepower advantage, not to mention that the enemy still has a lot of armored vehicles and tanks.

It is precisely because of the above reasons and in order to reduce the losses of the troops that the Tigers in the Forest waited until the troops gained absolute advantage in the front battlefield and the right wing battlefield, and then rushed to the left wing command overnight with secret weapons.

That's right!

This killer who came to support was the Searchlight 121 Regiment established by the headquarters after the Taiyuan Campaign.

The weak complain about the environment, and the strong change the environment. Since fighting at night is risky, then turn the night into day.

After his own division commander expressed his impressions of inspecting the position, 103 immediately emphasized:

"The Japanese army now is different from the one before the full-scale war of resistance. Especially after the defeat of the First Army, the devils of the North China Front Army also began to pay attention to night combat training."

"Tonight, Nishihara Issaku, the old fox, is likely to put all his chips on the line and fight with us to decide the outcome."

"Your column must cooperate well with the 421st Regiment and the First and Second Air Divisions. Try to destroy the enemy's main force in one go before dawn."

In 1937, Lin Zhongmenghu wrote in his diary: The enemy's aircraft, artillery, tanks, and cavalry are almost useless in night battles, and the enemy officers and soldiers have no experience in night battles, so our army should try its best to use night battles to annihilate the enemy.

Large-scale night battles can be carried out on moonlit nights, small-scale night battles can be carried out on sparkling nights, and night battles can be carried out to disturb the enemy in the dark.

It is also necessary to coordinate night battles with daytime battles, and the results of night battles must be expanded during the day.

However, as the equipment of the Eighth Route Army became better and better, the combat effectiveness of both sides changed dramatically, and the Japanese had no choice but to start promoting night battles.

The Army Toyama School, which was known for teaching slashing, stabbing, and fighting, even specially compiled a more professional manual such as "Infantry Night Education".

After all, it was a matter of survival, and no matter how arrogant the Japanese Army leaders were, they had to make changes.

Hearing this, Commander Yang nodded with a serious face.

In the previous battle of Julebao, he and the 103rd encountered a large-scale night attack at almost the division level. The enemy's tactics of combining the real and the fake, encircling and surprise attacks, and splitting and advancing left a deep impression on him.

"Don't worry, the stage tonight is handed over to the friendly forces, and our column will seriously provide assistance."

"The three of you are waiting for my good news. Tomorrow morning will be the day when the Mongolian cavalry group will be destroyed. As for the battle on the left wing, I am confident that it will be completely over within a week."

Speaking of this, Commander Yang paused, and then called the guard on standby and ordered: "Run to notify the kitchen and quickly go to prepare three bowls of knife-cut noodles so that the leaders can have a midnight snack before going back."

"Haha, good!"

Amidst a burst of laughter, the four people, accompanied by the guards, moved to the kitchen class together.

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Twenty minutes later, the front line of the left battlefield.

"Oh my god, this thing is too thick, and it's all covered with foreign words."

"Comrade, you are the support troops sent by the headquarters, welcome. If you need any help, just ask, don't be shy."

"What are these? Can you tell me?"

Seeing dozens of trucks carrying unprecedented machinery coming to support, Wang, the regiment commander in charge of the first line of defense, first asked the deputy regiment commander to take over his position, and then took the political commissar and the guard platoon to help unload the goods.

Although the current Eighth Route Army attaches great importance to the culture and education of grassroots soldiers, foreign languages ​​are still beyond the scope of most comrades.

The unfamiliar "weapon" made all the soldiers who helped very curious.

"You are talking about this, it is a DC generator with a power of 9 kilowatts. Our regiment commander said that this thing is an original product from the British Rolls-Royce Company, and there are only a few dozen of them in the entire Republic of China."

"As for the thick tube next to it, it is a 90-centimeter searchlight, which is also the secret weapon prepared by the division commander for this operation."

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers on the battlefield were all amazed.

After all, today is the first time that the searchlight troops appear, and no one knows or has seen these new weapons.

As we all know, the Handsome Warrior is a multi-purpose night fighter. When designing it, engineers took into account a variety of combat environments, including offshore anti-submarine warfare.

As an upgraded version provided by Awakening the Brave Tiger, the Handsome Warrior produced by the military factory in the Huanghe system comes with optional accessories like the Cicada tank.

This time it's not a Little John adapter, but an advanced searchlight similar to the Lee.

The maximum range of this equipment is 6096 meters, and it is the best choice whether it is airborne anti-submarine or disassembled for air defense.

In fact, during World War II, the development of searchlight units in the United Kingdom was definitely among the top three in the world. They started the modernization and improvement plan of searchlight equipment in 1935.

During the Battle of Britain, there were multiple searchlight regiments directly involved in the battle. In the Suez Canal and Gibraltar, there were also troops dedicated to torturing the Dönitz wolf pack.

Even in the middle and late stages of the war, the United Kingdom produced the CDL Canal Defense Light, which can be called the World War II version of the prism tank, but the special tank had little chance to go to the front battlefield.

These 90-centimeter searchlights were also equipped with manual shutters and pressed on the battleships as signal lights, which could communicate with other ships in the fleet over long distances.

In the original timeline, TG's own searchlight unit had to wait until nine years later.

In the anti-aggression war on the peninsula, the three regiments shot more than 1,100 enemy planes. In cooperation with the air force and anti-aircraft artillery units, more than 50 enemy planes were damaged, and there were 4 records of shooting down the enemy planes.

Now, under the leadership of Huang He, the Eighth Route Army established a searchlight unit in 1941.

Originally, he wanted to produce some auxiliary weapons alone to help the anti-aircraft artillery units stationed in various counties in Shanxi with air defense.

After all, at that time, the Army Aviation of the North China Front Army launched a suicide attack day and night to cover the three divisions attacking Datong, breaking up the whole into pieces just to contain its own air force.

With searchlights, the anti-aircraft artillery units can more or less maintain some accuracy at night.

But who would have thought that the comrades of the Air Force 1st Division were so powerful that they solved the enemy in just a few days. His searchlights have not yet formed combat effectiveness, so they have no place to use.

In this battle, the tiger in the forest directly pulled this special unit to the front line to prevent the armored night attack of the cavalry group.

In a sense, it can be said that it was an accidental achievement.

Half an hour later, all 94 searchlights were deployed. They were evenly distributed on the first line of defense to ensure that the enemy's figure could be illuminated without blind spots.

Each searchlight will be equipped with three soldiers, two of whom are responsible for managing the generator and the other is to operate the searchlight.

When more power is needed or less power is needed, the latter will inform the generator operator through the Morse device on the light, and can also shout directly with a portable communicator if conditions permit.

"Comrade, do you think the Japanese will really come tonight?"

"I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but this is my first time on the battlefield, and I'm still a little nervous."

The searchlight troops of the headquarters, the leaders of the regiment and battalion level are all selected from the cadres who are studying in the Anti-Japanese University.

The main buglers have an average of junior high school education, and some of them are college students who came from Northwest United University to join the troops some time ago.

The academic qualifications of all members are not inferior to those of the Air Force. The reason for such a big move is naturally to prepare for the future radar troops.

Hearing the young comrade's words, the soldier who was obviously a veteran smiled gently.

"When I first went to the battlefield, I didn't perform as well as you do now. At that time, there was not even a gun per person, and the bullets were pitifully few."

"Look at the Japanese, they have guns and cannons, and they are really rich."

Obviously, the old comrade's story is very attractive, and even the two people operating the generator cast their eyes over.

These three people are college students from the Institute of Engineering who have just joined the army. They are both looking forward to and a little afraid of the war to defend their country.

"Then, comrade, how did you adjust your mentality? I remember the early days of our Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, which can definitely be described as hardship."

"Aren't you afraid?"

Hearing this, the old soldier touched the new cotton-padded clothes he received when winter came, and then answered casually:

"I am afraid. In fact, I am afraid every time I have a combat mission. On the battlefield, I am afraid that something will happen and I will let down my wife and children who are waiting for me at home."

"But if I don't go to the battlefield, I will let down the three words "Eighth Route Army" and the trust of my fellow countrymen. You know what, I am not so afraid after putting on this set of clothes."

"When the fight starts, you must be obedient, and I will definitely take you home alive. Our superiors have explained that people are more important than equipment, and we must not hesitate when we should retreat." (End of this chapter)