Chapter 21 Taking the Initiative

"Deputy regiment commander, there is no problem with the other things, but what's the point of building three machine gun bunkers here? Can they be used to attack our own people?" Lei Xiong pointed to a firepower configuration in the hall on the blueprint and was a little puzzled.

He probably asked what the other officers wanted to ask but had not had time to ask. The three infantry company commanders all focused their eyes on Tang Dao.

There is no problem with laying a sandbag fortification and a trench along the wall of the gate. That is to push the front line forward and avoid shrinking the front line into the warehouse from the beginning. The way to gradually shrink the defense line is the kingly way.

But in the hall on the first floor, there is a triangular light machine gun firepower point, which is facing inward. The crossfire network formed almost covers the entire hall on the first floor without any dead angles.

What the hell is this? If you expect the Japanese army to attack and resist in the building, it's too early! You have to fight for four or five days before considering this issue?

Now put three light machine guns here, isn't it a waste of three effective firepower points for no reason?

If it was someone else who designed it, Lei Xiong would probably have just started to criticize, but because it was Tang Dao, he asked cautiously for the first time.

The lieutenant colonel smiled faintly on his fair and square face, and said, "Platoon Leader Tang, explain to Captain Lei why you set up such a firepower network inside the building."

"Hehe, the Japanese are coming with great ferocity. If they get hurt too much, they will have to retreat! We have to kill more of them before they figure out what's going on, right? There is only one chance like this." Tang Dao explained with a chuckle.

"The Japanese want more than 400 of our brothers to die, so let's let them be buried with them."

Tang Dao's smile was very gentle, but the chill in his eyes made several captains sweat involuntarily.

What a vicious design!

They are all experts on the battlefield, and Tang Dao doesn't need to explain too clearly, they also understand.

This turned out to be a trap, and it was a large trap designed to trick people.

It is easy to understand that the Japanese army, eager to retaliate, launched an attack from the front. After a hard battle, they finally broke through the front position and entered the enemy's fortress. Naturally, they must be ecstatic.

As long as the Japanese commander is not a fool, he will at least send more than half an infantry squadron to attack, in order to occupy a certain terrain to cover the continuous entry of subsequent troops and destroy the enemy inside the Sihang Warehouse in one fell swoop.

But how could the Japanese commander know that this was just a trap that had been set up long ago, and the defenders had already established a crossfire network inside.

If I guessed correctly, the ten submachine guns that Tang Dao had reserved for the battalion guard squad would definitely gather nearby at that moment.

Facing the crossfire of three light machine guns and ten submachine guns, almost no one could escape.

But this is not the most terrifying part of this trap.

Because this is just a bait.

They dared to believe that even if the Japanese commander knew that this was a trap, as long as some of his soldiers were still alive, the Japanese army would definitely rush in like moths to the fire.

Because, if they were in their place, they would do the same, even if they knew that the outcome would be death.

No one dared to give up easily on the battlefield, because no one wanted to be abandoned by the commander.

They were even sure that Tang Dao would say to the firepower group in the hall at that time: "Slaughter slowly, don't do it too fast, let them die slowly."

The dead Japanese soldiers could not be used as bait, but the living ones who could still shout could definitely be used.

This has gone beyond the scope of so-called tactical arrangements, but rather, it is a grasp of human nature.

Where did this little platoon leader come from?

Could it be that the gods and Buddhas in the sky knew that they and others would have to fight hard and bloody battles here, and specially sent a helper to help the brothers? It seems that I have to burn three incense sticks to the Tathagata Buddha later, to bless myself to be shot less and kill more enemies in this battle.

Don't say, sometimes the reasons for a few random guesses are closer to the truth.

Didn't the Tang Dao fall from the sky? Moreover, it is particularly non-materialistic. Even he himself felt that he must have the aura of a protagonist, but he had not found the legendary golden finger so far.

However, the current physical fitness is not bad, at least he can exert more than 70% of his former strength. If he traveled to a fat man or a bean sprout who was not physically active, Tang Dao would not be as easy as it is now, at least the letter of surrender might not be as shocking as it is now.

"Platoon Leader Tang, I am convinced by you. The damage is great and the insult is extremely strong!" Lei Xiong grinned with cold sweat and gave Tang Dao a thumbs up.

This professional-level trick is cruel enough, and the key is that he likes it very much.

Because of Tang Dao's amazing warehouse firepower configuration diagram, it turned out that Yang Ruifu proposed that in addition to the main fortress of Sihang Warehouse, there are two other tall buildings on the west and north sides of Suzhou North Road, which are 200 meters apart. If troops are divided to defend these two buildings, the tactic of forming a horn with Sihang Warehouse will be completely rejected.

This kind of divided defense will form three fortress-shaped firepower configuration scheme, which seems attractive, but actually has extremely fatal shortcomings.

First, the other two buildings are not as solid as the Sihang Warehouse. Even if they are not bombarded with large-caliber naval guns, they may be blown apart by 75-caliber field guns;

Secondly, the 1st Battalion of the 542nd Regiment has only more than 400 people, which is more than enough to defend the Sihang Warehouse. However, if the troops are divided, at most two infantry platoons can be arranged in each building.

It is obviously impossible to withstand the fierce attack of the Japanese with this amount of troops, which is equivalent to sending the brothers to die. Although the final outcome is death, we can't die in vain, right?

The lieutenant colonel of the army did not hesitate and acted according to Tang Dao's plan.

After the highest-level military meeting representing the Sihang Warehouse was over, more than 400 people began to act under the leadership of their respective superiors.

The second and third companies responsible for defending the left and right wings began to chisel the walls to build shooting holes. According to Tang Dao's suggestion, many shooting holes were chiseled and then rebuilt with bricks. That was camouflage.

Just think about it, when the Japanese infantry avoided the trajectory of the shooting holes in the field of vision and approached the building little by little, the bricks and stones were suddenly pushed away, and the dozens of shooting holes that suddenly appeared in an instant would spew out firepower crazily, which would definitely make them despair!

The company responsible for defending the front of the building renovated the sandbags that had been piled outside the first floor gate and worked hard to dig a communication trench for retreating into the building.

Tang Dao accompanied Shangguan Yunxian and led the second and third platoons into one of the two buildings that Yang Ruifu had previously selected.

Although the distance was more than 200 meters, the building was about the same height as the Sihang Warehouse. If the Japanese occupied it, they would be qualified to fire at the third and fourth floors, and even threaten the roof.

Such a building naturally could not be left to the Japanese. Even if the Japanese did not go in, when the two armies were fighting, there would be such a "big firework" on the battlefield, with bricks and wood flying all over the sky, which would scare the Japanese out of their souls and smash their heads and bleed!

The first battalion came here with nearly 1,000 kilograms of explosives.

Two infantry platoons of more than 60 people carried nearly half of it.

As for the other building, according to Tang Dao, if one building is blown up, the Japanese will not enter unless they have a brain defect. Then there will be no threat, and they will even have to be on guard against whether the building will explode.

Just like...

The other boot that has not landed on the floor.

The commander is so sinister! Liu Datou wiped his sweat quietly. Fortunately, I surrendered early!

The remaining half of the explosives were not buried outside, but were buried under the main supporting pillars and load-bearing walls of the Sihang Warehouse.

From the beginning, the main purpose of the first battalion carrying explosives was to hurt themselves instead of others, which was quite similar to the ancient generals carrying coffins to go to war.

If it comes to the last moment, the Sihang Warehouse building will no longer exist, along with all the Chinese soldiers inside, without the Japanese army using naval guns and aerial bombs.

As for the Japanese, they will naturally count as many as they can.

The lieutenant colonel of the army said that he would treat the Sihang Warehouse as his own tomb, but it was not just a so-called bold talk.

At the same time, it was strictly forbidden to light up the building of the Sihang Warehouse. Except for candlelight in necessary places, no other light was allowed. From a distance, the Sihang Warehouse was dark and there was no sign of anything unusual.

The first platoon of the first company was desperately repairing the fortifications, the second platoon was burying explosives, and Liu Datou led the first squad to serve as a hidden sentry forty or fifty meters away from the warehouse to be responsible for guarding.

Tang Dao himself, carrying a Zhongzheng rifle, led Lao Hei's second squad and Lao Bingyouzi's third squad, a total of 24 people, each carrying a submachine gun and four 32-round magazines, to sneak out of the Sihang Warehouse and disappear into the darkness.