Chapter 140 Eyebrows Are All Covered with Frost

Since the decision to attack has been made, a thorough battle plan must be made.

Although the four-day battle has shown that in this kind of offensive battle, the tactics that Jiro Wakiban and his subordinates racked their brains to think of are basically to give away lives.

But today is different from the past.

The defenders in the Sihang Warehouse are less than an infantry company.

Yes, although the Hokkaido fishermen estimated that nearly 50 warehouse defenders died in the battle, Jiro Wakiban wanted to spit in his face, but Jiro Wakiban wrote and drew on paper for half an hour based on the number of Chinese soldiers in the concession provided by the intelligence personnel and the total strength of the Chinese army mentioned in the previous intelligence.

Finally, an approximate number of people was deduced. The current strength of the Sihang Warehouse will never exceed 120 people.

This is the number of deaths that he inferred painfully based on the number of Chinese wounded soldiers, which is about 20 people, which is heartbreaking.

Confirming this number means that the casualty ratio between his 36th Infantry Regiment and the Chinese defenders will really be fixed at a shameful ratio of 50:1.

But he must swallow this shame if he doesn't want to be more shameful.

120 people is the organization of a regular infantry company in China, and at least one-third of the people need to be allocated to operate machine guns, heavy machine guns and mortars. If there is no such heavy firepower, then even if the 120-man force is doubled, he has nothing to hesitate about and can just attack with his troops.

Assuming that there is such heavy firepower, the infantry that can participate in the battle is at most two infantry platoons, but they have to maintain the defense of three sides, and the troops are naturally stretched.

If the three sides attack together, the Chinese will definitely be extremely painful in the allocation of troops.

It must be said that Jiro Wakiita may have a bubble in his head many times, but as an old soldier, his current status of the warehouse defenders is not 100% accurate, but 80% to 90% is still there.

The only mistake is the estimate of the number of deaths of the warehouse defenders.

He thought too much.

The eight soldiers who died in the warehouse defense were heartbreaking for the lieutenant colonel, but they were a single-digit number that could make the Japanese Songhu Expeditionary Force lose face.

Because, in the four days of fighting at the Sihang Warehouse, the 36th Infantry Regiment had more than 800 Japanese infantrymen killed on the spot, not counting those who were seriously injured and could basically give up treatment.

The actual casualty ratio was an incredible 1 to 100.

Although such a casualty ratio has not reached the height of the ancients, it is definitely higher than the record set by the old madman Nogi Maresuke.

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In the warehouse, Tang Dao and Lei Xiong were also racking their brains to reasonably allocate limited troops.

First, determine the highest command.

Originally, Lei Xiong, as a senior company commander, had a newly promoted rank of major, one level higher than Tang Dao, a captain, and no one had any objection to being the highest commander.

But Lei Xiong refused. In front of his own platoon leader and six squad leaders, he announced that the current highest commander of the warehouse was Captain Tang Dao, the commander of the first company.

Everyone, including him, must obey Tang Dao's command. Those who violated the command would be subject to military law.

Although everyone tore off their collar badges in front of the chief of staff of the division headquarters to show that they had become ordinary people, let alone that they were still soldiers in their bones, in fact, everyone did not feel that they had really left the army.

That was for Western people to see, and almost all officers and soldiers thought so.

Naturally, everything remained the same.

Lei Xiong gave way to Tang Dao. Not to mention that the two platoons of the first company had no objection, even the machine gun company had no objection.

Because Tang Dao was a strong enough strong man, both in terms of individual soldiers and command art.

The essence of human beings is still beasts.

To survive in a cruel natural environment, one must rely on the strong. This is the law of nature.

After obtaining command, the next step is naturally the allocation of troops.

Tang Dao's two infantry platoons plus him, two guards, and a signalman totaled 70 people. Lei Xiong's machine gun company left behind four heavy machine gun groups, one machine gun platoon, two mortar squads, and a baggage squad, totaling 60 people, for a total of 130 people.

This was 10 more than the highest number estimated by the Japanese colonel, but as the Japanese colonel had imagined, it was a big problem to allocate troops with this amount of troops to defend the huge Sihang Warehouse.

In terms of heavy firepower, because 4 heavy machine guns and 4 mortars had been withdrawn with the main force, fortunately, the two mortar squads and baggage squads were left behind to carry the few artillery shells that were already there. In this case, although there were only two mortars, the artillery shells were enough.

In the two Maxim heavy machine gun groups, except for one main shooter, one deputy shooter and one ammunition handler, the other two extra people will be added to the infantry squad as light machine gun shooters. The other two machine gun groups without heavy machine guns will naturally serve as light machine gun shooters and deputy shooters. In this way, all the troops in Tang Dao's infantry platoon can be withdrawn to serve as front-line infantry.

The two machine guns were the only big killers in the warehouse that could compete with Japanese tanks. After Tang Dao and Lei Xiong discussed, they decided to put one in front of the building to deal with the Japanese tanks attacking from the front, and one mainly on the left wing. Unless the Japanese tanks approached the right wing, they would not withdraw machine guns to support.

The reason is simple. There is a large natural gas tank in the concession on the right wing. If the Japanese deploy a large number of armored forces here, the defenders will definitely fight back with mortars and machine guns. If there is a slight deviation, the natural gas tank will be turned into fireworks.

At that time, who would Westerners pin this crime on? By this time, there is nothing that cannot be lost. China is totally capable of being scalded by boiling water, but the Japanese may not be able to! Who wants to win a fight only to have a pot of shit thrown at them, right?

The Japanese, unless absolutely necessary, would not deploy particularly strong armor on this side.

Two heavy machine guns, one on each wing of the warehouse for defense; six light machine guns, two on each side; two mortars, which can only be maneuvered and carried inside or on the roof of the building by the mortar squad position to attack the Japanese army.

It can be said that in terms of heavy firepower, although Tang Dao has racked his brains, it is still at least half weaker than before.

However, fortunately, there are two MG34s contributed by the mysterious boss, which are "cute" that lead the crowd in the Sino-Japanese battlefield with high speed of fire.

This thing built by the Germans is so advanced in the East that many soldiers have never heard of it, let alone used it. Naturally, it can only be made by the current commanders of the two warehouses, Tang Dao and Lei Xiong. The main shooter.

Facing the Japanese army's destined large-scale attack in the daytime, Tang Dao also gave up his rifle. No matter how good the sniper is, can he shoot 15 bullets in one second?

Of course not.

But MG34 can.

Theoretically, the belt-fed MG34 can fire 10,000 rounds in half an hour as long as there are enough barrels to replace.

The MG34, which weighs only ten kilograms, can be carried by an ordinary soldier, let alone fierce men like Tang Dao and Lei Xiong.

The MG34 has good mobility, and the two commander-level main shooters will naturally have to work harder. There will be "fire heads" walking over there to act as firefighters.

At this time, no one suggested stupid things like saying that the commander could not go to the front line and what to do if he died.

This is a fight to the death, a decisive battle. Not to mention the major and captain, even Chief of Staff Zhang is here, I am afraid he will have to go to the battlefield himself with a pistol.

Two infantry platoons, Leng Feng originally fought to defend the front, but the always cautious veteran Youzi was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic this time. He blushed and refused to give in, saying that the first floor was originally his third platoon's position, and Leng Feng, the second-floor platoon, was It's better to defend the wings.

Leng Feng was almost so angry that he challenged veteran Youzi to a duel.

In the end, it was Tang Dao who slapped the simple conference table to pieces, and suppressed the two infantry platoon leaders' active "seeking death" quarrel.

There are two infantry platoons with a total of six infantry squads. Each of the two platoons places an infantry squad on both wings. They basically use submachine guns and shell guns, combined with a heavy machine gun and a light machine gun to focus on close-range fire.

The baggage class of the machine gun company was divided into half, each responsible for helping the two wings throw grenades from the roof of the building. When the Japanese army reached a distance of 50 meters, if necessary, Lao Hei would bring a few soldiers who were good at throwing grenades to support them.

The front of the warehouse is still the main defensive battlefield, with three floors, and a total of four infantry squads, two on the first floor, one on the second and third floors.

Although there are no heavy machine guns to dominate the formation, there are four light machine guns, ten submachine guns and eight shell guns, and the light firepower is not much different.

What's more, there are two MG34s and a Sulotong machine gun filling the formation!

The night turned from dark to light, but the commanders of both China and Japan stayed awake all night, planning how to make their opponents bleed out after dawn.

The army lieutenant colonel and army major general in the concession were also not sleepy at all. They were invited to watch the battle during the day in the little old man's observation bunker.

The Army lieutenant colonel, who did not enter the bunker but stared at his former position, had been standing motionless in the cold autumn night for a full hour.

It's getting light.

Eyebrows are covered with frost!

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PS: Today some book friends said that Chapter 140, which I once said, can end the Battle of Si Xing Warehouse, but Feng Yue has to say sorry, Feng Yue overestimated herself. Because the final climax of the battle at Sihang Warehouse has just begun, and it is estimated that it will take more than ten chapters to end. Fengyue accepts criticism. You can use your monthly tickets to smash me to death! Woohoo! Fengyue shouldered the burden.

Also, yesterday was the anniversary of May 12th. That year, Fengyue, who had been a father for only two years, burst into tears in front of the computer looking at the pictures of several rows of children’s schoolbags on the news.

Our Chinese people have gone through many hardships, no matter man-made disasters or natural disasters, and we have never surrendered. Thirteen years have passed, and our country is like a picture! This chapter commemorates that heartbreaking moment.