Chapter 146 The Cavalry Company, even without horses, is still the fastest! "How far has the trench been dug?" After Qin Yangming estimated the time, he immediately asked about the latest progress of the trench digging. If our trenches are close enough to the Japanese positions, we will throw grenades according to the predetermined plan. If that's still not enough, prepare to use grenade launchers according to the latest plan. Originally, Qin Yangming wanted to use a grenade launcher to blow it up according to the original plan. However, after learning from the brigade commander about the strength of the 4th Brigade, he decided to save some small grenades. Of course, if it cannot be saved, Qin Yangming will use it if necessary. He is not willing to exchange the lives of the soldiers for equipment. “Fortunately, I saved a few emergency points at the beginning, and basically exchanged the rest of the points for shells. Otherwise, the Japanese Fourth Brigade has so many artillery pieces, and we don’t have enough shells, so it would be difficult to defeat them.”
Thinking of the artillery of the 4th Brigade, Qin Yangming felt somewhat fortunate. Thanks to the fact that after the annihilation of the Korean Regiment, Qin Yangming kept some points for emergency and backup, and exchanged the rest for artillery shells. "We are still more than 50 meters away from the Japanese position. The trenches we have dug are almost 2,000 meters deep... We have basically reached the limit. If we dig any deeper, the Japanese will probably counterattack." Zhangye held up a telescope to check the progress and gave Qin Yangming feedback. "Fifty meters? Most of the soldiers in the first battalion are veterans. They can throw grenades within fifty meters without any problem..." "There's no need to dig any more trenches. Let the soldiers of the first battalion enter the trenches and prepare for the attack according to the predetermined plan! Have the grenade shooters get ready. After the grenades are thrown, the grenade shooters will immediately fill in the gaps and blow up the areas not covered by the grenades. Then everyone will start the attack!" "Yes!" …… As Qin Yangming's order was issued, the entire vanguard group quickly took action. The kitchen staff, who had just started cooking, stopped what they were doing and started packing up their weapons. "Squad Leader Liu, I'm telling you guys in the kitchen not to use your kitchen knives to chop the Japanese. By then, the knife will be covered in the blood of the beast. How are we going to eat in the future?" Sun Desheng, who was passing by the kitchen squad with his troops, smiled at the squad leader, an old soldier who had followed Qin Yangming at the beginning. His arm was damaged by a grenade during the attack on Linyuan County, and he had to have it amputated to save his life. In the end, he was unwilling to leave the army, so he was assigned to the kitchen team. Squad Leader Liu listened to what Sun Desheng said and laughed and scolded: "You are so good, Sun Desheng, you still come to laugh at me. You always say that your cavalry company is the fastest in the entire battalion... oh, the entire regiment. This time we are going to attack the hillside, and your cavalry company cannot ride horses. I hope that your cavalry company without warhorses is still the fastest in the whole regiment, otherwise if it falls behind our kitchen squad, you will lose face as a company commander. " While squad leader Liu was talking about Sun Desheng, he took out the weapons of the kitchen squad from the weapons box nearby. Qin Yangming's vanguard regiment had no shortage of guns and ammunition, so naturally they also distributed weapons to the kitchen team. Squad Leader Liu should have been equipped with a submachine gun, but because he was missing an arm, he was issued a Mauser 20-shot rifle.
The rest of the soldiers in the kitchen squad were basically equipped with Zhongzheng rifles. In addition, the kitchen squad has a light machine gun. Sun Desheng listened to what squad leader Liu said, patted his chest proudly and said: "My cavalry company is the fastest unit in the whole regiment. Even if we don't have horses, my cavalry company will rush to the front of the whole regiment!" ... "Senior, the Eighth Route Army seems to be preparing to attack! Look, their troops are starting to mobilize!" In the Japanese fortifications at the top of Wangjiapo, Gao Muxiong was watching with a telescope as the Eighth Route Army below the mountain began to move along the trenches. He quickly went to the front fortifications and told Yamazaki Jihei the news. "Yoshi, your calculation is similar to mine. Our planes have already left. If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would also take this opportunity to launch an attack. Otherwise, if our planes were still there, their troops would be bombed as soon as they deployed. Moreover, the Eighth Route Army’s artillery technology was not good enough to carry out long-range bombardment. At most, they could bombard our positions from five miles away. If our planes had not left, we would have been able to discover their artillery positions as soon as their artillery opened fire. At that time, whether it is aircraft bombing or we use mortars to retaliate. We can easily destroy the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army." Yamazaki Jihei listened to what Takagi Xixiong said without any surprise on his face. Because he estimated that the Eighth Route Army would attack at about this time. If the Eighth Route Army did not attack after this time, then there must be something wrong. But now the Eighth Route Army's actions are clearly in preparation for an attack, which means that his guess is correct. Gao Muxiong listened to Yamazaki Zhiping's words and nodded in admiration: "As expected of you, you are a senior. You can analyze the movements of the Eighth Route Army so accurately." "Senior, should we order the artillery to bombard the Eighth Route Army first? Our artillery is highly skilled and can move into the anti-artillery caves after firing before the Eighth Route Army can react. We don’t have to worry about our artillery being destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.” Yamazaki Jihei shook his head after listening to what Takagi Xixiong said. "No, we don't have many shells, all together there are only forty-eight. Unless absolutely necessary, and without my order, the mortars are not allowed to fire!" "Tell everyone, if the Eighth Route Army launches a charge, then wait until they are within 30 meters before shooting, to save some bullets, as we don't have many. Watch out for the Eighth Route Army throwing grenades!" Yamazaki Jihei rejected Takagi Xixiong's proposal to launch an artillery attack on the Eighth Route Army and issued two orders. Yamazaki Jihei looked at Takagi Xixiong, as if worried that Takagi Xixiong didn't understand his orders, and began to explain. "Takagi-kun, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not send a large force to attack directly. This hillside can only accommodate a squadron of people to deploy a charge formation. The Eighth Route Army would definitely send people to scout out our firepower points first, and then use artillery to blow up our firepower points before launching a large-scale charge. So we can’t use mortars now, because there will be times when they will be more needed later.”
Gao Muxiong listened to what Yamazaki Zhiping said and nodded in sudden enlightenment: "I see, Senior, I will learn from you." "Well, Yoshi, there is an old saying in Yanhuang, which goes: A young boy can be taught. I like your learning attitude. Follow me and study hard. " "Hi, please give me more advice, senior." (End of this chapter)