Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 547

Chapter 547 Moving Retreat

If we talk about the battlefield one day ago, the soldiers truly understood the reasons why their squad leaders, squad deputies, and even platoon commanders could become grassroots officers.

They have the determination to implement tactics resolutely, and they are also as fearless and brave as themselves, and they also have enough cool heads.

They are among the best soldiers on the battlefield.

That high-speed march of more than 20 kilometers at night made the soldiers realize that their company commander's choice was not wrong.

Nearly all squad and platoon leaders have become the group of people who actively bear the heaviest load in their respective battle sequences.

Or, not only the junior officers such as the squad leader and deputy, but also the lieutenants, captains, majors, company commanders, lieutenant colonels and battalion deputy in the independent battalion, and even their colonels and battalion commanders are no exception, all carry more weight than ordinary soldiers.

This behavior, cultivated in crisis, eventually became an unwritten routine for years to come.

In the words of Tang Dao, the higher the position, the greater the responsibility. Bearing a heavy burden is naturally a kind of responsibility.

The officers of the independent battalion at lower, middle and higher levels must take the lead, just like on the battlefield.

Because this is not a light march, but a relocation-style heavy march. All the belongings of the newly established independent battalion must be moved away.

Maybe it's not just the possessions. In this battle, the three infantry companies of the Independent Battalion produced more than 40 wounded people, and the entire army had lightly and seriously injured people waiting to be transported. Naturally, the Independent Battalion could not just leave the wounded to the field hospital, but had to find a way on its own. take away.

Each infantry company will first think of its own solution. If there is really no other solution, the baggage company with the heaviest task of transporting materials will help transport it.

Don't think that a baggage company with more than fifty packhorses captured from the Japanese army and a dozen carts has sufficient transportation capacity. However, a baggage company with more than 150 people has to transport enough food for more than a thousand people for more than half a month and various kinds of food. Class ammunition and medicines that Tang Dao tried his best to dig out.

These three types of supplies are life-saving items for soldiers on the battlefield, and none of them should be thrown away.

In addition, there are some iron picks, hardwood, iron plates and other materials seized from the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade for construction of fortifications.

These materials may not seem to be of much use when they are running away, but if the Japanese army comes after them and needs to re-build the defense line, it will be of great use.

Just digging trenches on the ground can only block bullets. How is the Japanese army better than the Chinese army? It's not that individual soldiers have been trained long enough. Their stabbing skills and marksmanship are superior to Chinese soldiers. The soldiers of the independent battalion, who have been polished over and over again on the battlefield of the Flesh Mill, are not inferior to them in this regard.

Just like the encounter last night, where does the independent victory lie? It's not because there are continuous-fire small firearms such as submachine guns and shell guns that the Japanese army does not have. Although those small firearms are powerful in hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese army is not a fool. If they rush over and kill you, they can't do it. There is no problem in standing still and waiting for reinforcements.

The main factor that determines the outcome of the battlefield is that three infantry companies have six mortars. The six mortars destroyed 70% of the Japanese firepower points, plus a dozen infantry class precision shooters like Niu Er and Tang Dao. The sharpshooters came to the rescue and killed the Japanese light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers. Only then did the infantry crawl forward and use short-range automatic continuous-firing light firearms such as hand grenades and submachine guns and shell guns to eliminate the Japanese army.

If the Japanese vanguard also carries infantry artillery, the final outcome is hard to say, but if you want to resolve the battle within 40 minutes, it is impossible to even think about it.

The biggest factor that enabled the Japanese army to overwhelm the Chinese army was artillery.

The name of the God of War is not for nothing.

Before both warring parties could clearly see each other's figures, a row of deadly artillery shells had already blown the Chinese position into a mess. Shrapnel and air waves fell outside the trenches, making people afraid to even show their heads. If they fell inside the trenches, There, more than ten meters on both sides of the impact point, no matter what position you use, you are basically dead.

Therefore, if you want to survive under the Japanese artillery fire attack, individual-level and squad-level anti-gunholes are a must-have option.

Just lean against the side of the trench and dig a hole to hide yourself in? A 6.5kg mountain artillery shell falling on it can easily collapse this simple anti-cannon hole. If it doesn't kill you, it can bury you alive.

Steel plates, hardwood, and tools and materials such as iron picks that are not used by individual soldiers are necessary to build such artillery defense fortifications.

No matter how insufficient the transport capacity is, we must create more transport capacity.

To this end, not only the infantry had to help transport food and other supplies, but the cavalry platoon also transformed into a transportation platoon. Not only were the sides of the horses hung with ammunition boxes and grain bags, but also the cavalry carried them.

In addition to his own equipment, Lu Sanjiang, the new cavalry platoon leader, also had two grain bags weighing 30 kilograms hung one behind the other. The other soldiers also followed suit and could not fight as hard as Lu Sanjiang to use manpower. It is still possible to reduce the burden on your horse by 10 pounds.

It's not that Commander Tang Dao has a bad heart and wants to exhaust the cavalry platoon he finally dug up. It was Lu Sanjiang who felt sorry for his maroon war horse.

According to the accurate calculations made by the data master Zhuang Shisan in the afternoon, each horse of the cavalry platoon can carry 280 kilograms of grain and ammunition. It can be sustained by the cavalry for more than 20 kilometers without running.

As a result, Lu Sanjiang was so distressed that he forcibly carried a 30-jin bag of grain from his horse on his back on the march.

According to what he said later, Gu Xishui could carry Yao Meier for more than ten kilometers, and I must be able to do the same.

Facts have proved that although they are the most important things in life, comradeship and love can be compared, but the food bag when the situation is not exhausted can not reach this level.

Lu Sanjiang, an excellent cavalryman that Tang Dao valued very much, almost died of exhaustion in the middle of the journey, if his bay red horse hadn't stubbornly stopped moving forward while watching the shaky horse.

Horses are also extremely psychic animals. Looking at their extremely stubborn companion who was sweating profusely and pale, he actually forced Lu Sanjiang to stop with a grain bag in his mouth.

It was only then that the cavalry discovered that their platoon leader was exhausted and exhausted, and they hurriedly fed him water and sugar.

It was also thanks to Tang Dao's preparation that before retreating, the few toffees captured from the Japanese army were distributed as an important supplement. Although there were not many, three candies were given to each person regardless of rank or level.

But these three toffees became one of the key factors in this retreat that would be considered extremely incredible by many military historians in the future.

Many soldiers who survived the war recalled the retreat, which was even more arduous than the battlefield, without exception, they mentioned these three toffee.

“As soon as you take the sweet toffee in your mouth, not only does the sweet taste make you feel less tired, but you also instantly feel a little more energetic. It's really amazing.”

This is of course not their illusion, just like injecting glucose into human bodies that need energy in the future. Seventy percent of the calories needed by the human body are provided by sugar. Sugar is not only the main source of calories for the human body, but also maintains the normal metabolism of the human body.

After a person exercises strenuously, as long as he or she replenishes sugar in a timely manner, it will be of great help to relieve fatigue and prevent collapse.

In the future Battle of the Five Sacred Mountains on the northern ice sheet, a single Chinese soldier did not even find a frozen potato, but relied on the five guns left by his comrades to repel 6 attacks by American soldiers over a long period of time. Up to 24 hours.

What was able to support him in fighting for such a long time was not only enough ammunition, but more importantly, a few fruit candies given to the frontline soldiers by the condolences group. It was these candies that gave this heroic soldier enough calories to have the physical strength to fight with high intensity.

Otherwise, hunger alone would have defeated this soldier.

Three milk candies saved Lu Sanjiang's life. The grain bags on his chest and back were put back on the maroon horse. In this way, one man and one horse assisted each other to make the impossible possible, and suddenly he would exceed 300 It took only seven hours to transport kilograms of supplies back to the JX defense line 25 kilometers away.

And such stories of mutual help are naturally not limited to cavalry platoons, but also happen everywhere in infantry companies, artillery companies, and even baggage companies.

　　When you are tired, I will carry your burden on my back and keep moving forward without stopping.

　　If you fall, the entire infantry squad will share your burden. I will support you and carry you. Even if you move or carry you, I will lead you forward.

Moving forward, moving forward, the independent battalion, carrying all the military supplies on its back, finally returned to the defense line at the moment when the sun rose and the sky was filled with glory.

By then, the Japanese reconnaissance plane had been flying over its head for more than half an hour.

The main force, which had arrived first, had already deployed anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on various fortifications.

If the Japanese bomber formation dares to come, then they will fight like hell.

No one will back down.

Because, two kilometers ahead of them, the heroic independent battalion was marching behind them.

(End of this chapter)

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