Anti-Japanese War: Red Alert Base, I am the Power

A battalion has three infantry companies, a fire support company and an artillery company, plus the battalion headquarters.

The total strength of the battalion is about 700 people.

Due to the temporary shortage of troops, the infantry company has not set up a reinforced platoon for the time being, so 500 people are enough.

Among them, the fire support company is mainly equipped with 8 82mm mortars, 2 M2HB large-caliber heavy machine guns, and 6 MG34 general-purpose machine guns.

The artillery company is a temporary organization.

If you want to use an infantry battalion to resist the Japanese's battalion-level troops, then heavy artillery is indispensable.

Having heavy artillery will give him a greater advantage on the battlefield.

So when the armored factory was established, he immediately started to set up this artillery company.

As for the choice of artillery, he also made a decision.

Due to the current limited funds, he chose 105mm in caliber.

On the domestic battlefield, 105mm caliber artillery can be regarded as heavy artillery.

And even the Japanese, the number of artillery they are equipped with is not large.

According to Xie Ning's investigation, the Japanese soldiers in this brigade carried a small number of artillery pieces, and their calibers were very small.

They could only be violent on the domestic battlefield.

The le·FH18 105mm howitzer he chose was enough to suppress the Japanese brigade with powerful firepower.

This artillery piece is a meticulous work of Krupp and is one of the best artillery pieces of the same caliber.

It has a long range and is light in weight.

It also has the characteristics of both howitzers and cannons, and can also be used as an anti-tank gun.

The entire gun weighs 1.9 tons, has a maximum rate of fire of 7 rounds per minute, and a maximum range of 12 kilometers.

Only 8 people are needed to operate this artillery piece.

The artillery company formed by Jiang Fan is also a reinforced artillery company.

There are three artillery platoons in the company, each equipped with 3 Krupp 105mm howitzers, a total of 9.

In terms of weapons and equipment, he has achieved extreme luxury.

The next thing to do is to fight.

Chengde must be defended no matter what.

When the artillery company returned to their positions, a radio message flew to Xie Ning, who was more than 20 kilometers away.

At this moment, Xie Ning and his men were fighting a bloody battle with the Japanese infantry battalion on the Wugou Town position.

The Japanese army had the advantage in artillery and manpower.

The battle was extremely fierce.

There were less than 20 people left on the position.

""Company commander, the commander called and told us to break out immediately. The supporting troops are on the way."

Xie Ning wiped the blood off his face and shouted,"Retreat!"

This order came at a very timely moment.

If it was a little later, Xie Ning and his men would have to die here.

Because two Japanese squads had already crossed the Laoniu River upstream and attacked from the flank of Xie Ning and his men.

"Baga, keep going, we must take Chengde no matter what."

Staff Officer Koizumi also put away his previous arrogance at this moment.

He found that this Chinese army was different from the ones they had encountered before.

They were well-equipped, and their combat effectiveness and fighting will were not inferior to theirs.

But fortunately, they had fewer troops.

It seemed that this was an elite small force formed by the Chinese.

It could not change the outcome of the battlefield.

At night, Xie Ning and others finally returned to Chengde.

They gained the third day.

But they paid a very heavy price.

At night, troops, equipment, and supplies from the Red Alert Base were continuously sent to Chengde.

The blocking position had also been built.

Jiang Fan did not set up the position in Chengde City, but in the Erdaogou area several kilometers outside the city.

If you want to defend Chengde, you need to divide your troops to guard the four city gates.

And to defend Erdaogou, you only need to guard one place.

As long as the Japanese can't cross Erdaogou, they can't pose a threat to Chengde.

On the morning of March 8, 1933, the brigade led by Staff Officer Koizumi finally arrived near Chengde.

At the same time, they also discovered the position set up by Jiang Fan in Erdaogou.

"I really don't know whether he is stupid or smart. If we rely on the defense of Chengde City, it may be difficult to destroy them.

He actually ran out by himself, so let's destroy them here.

Let our artillery raze their positions to the ground in half an hour."

As Koizumi's order was issued.

The Japanese army actually opened up artillery on the spot without any concealment. They didn't take Jiang Fan and his men seriously at all.

Because according to intelligence, Jiang Fan had few troops and no heavy weapons.

So they didn't take Jiang Fan seriously at all.

The number of artillery carried by the Japanese this time was not small.

The battalion itself had an infantry artillery squadron under its jurisdiction, equipped with 4 Type 92 infantry guns.

There was also a field artillery squadron under its jurisdiction, with 4 Type 38 75mm field guns.

"はっしゃ！"

"boom....boom....boom......"

Infantry guns, field guns, and mortars fired at the same time.

Dense shells flew towards the positions halfway up the mountain.

Suddenly, dense explosions occurred in the positions, and rocks and dirt flew all over the sky. The smoke from the explosions rose into the sky.

Seeing the effect of the artillery, Staff Officer Koizumi smiled and seemed very satisfied.

"Let the little devils see our artillery and blow up their artillery positions."

In the half-buried command post, Jiang Fan put down the telescope and said to the communicator beside him.

The nine Krupp 105mm howitzers equipped by the artillery company were ready to go, waiting for his order. Dragon Boat

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