War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 163: There is a way to give advice
Qu Yong rubbed his face vigorously with his hands, recalling the scene recounted by Xu Chaoyang in his mind, and finally said in embarrassment: "There is no way to fix it."

Old Chang took the opportunity to take over the conversation: "The Japanese have set a trap for us. They occupied the commanding heights in advance and controlled the area around the iron-shelled turtle with machine guns, not allowing anyone to get close. Add to that the machine gun strafing and artillery bombardment on the tanks, and such a narrow attack range...it's really hard to deal with."

"What if it's in the wild?"

Yu Minghao thought for a long time before he spoke: "It depends on the situation. For an unprepared encounter, I think it's better to just give up. However, if the enemy tanks attack the position we are guarding..."

After Xu Chaoyang guided his men's thoughts in this direction, he added: "Let's focus on this."

"I think digging more holes and laying more mines may have a certain effect."

Tong Meng immediately shook his head: "I don't agree."

He explained, "All the mines we have now were made by me. If you want to break the tracks, I have the confidence to do so, but if you want to destroy a tank, it is almost impossible."

"But explosive packs can be used. They should be powerful enough."

Tong Meng turned his head and looked at Xu Chaoyang: "But how can the explosive pack be installed on the tank is also a problem?"

At this moment, everyone was silent.

Xu Chaoyang smiled and said, "Actually, this is quite simple. Our national conditions are quite different from those outside. The problem you mentioned can be solved with a bowl of rice."

"The difficulty in destroying a tank or armored vehicle lies only in whether the explosives used are powerful enough and how to fix the explosives on the tank."

As they were talking, Dao Wenbin appeared at the door. When he walked past the door, he heard people talking about anti-tank warfare in the house. So he stopped at the gate and turned to look at the courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, Lao Yang was leaning against the door frame and listening to Xu Chaoyang's conversation. As soon as Xu Chaoyang opened his mouth, all the soldiers in the room focused their attention.

"As for anti-tank warfare, the easiest scenario is when tanks are used as cover to attack our positions on the plains. At this time, they have a clear target and a fixed direction of travel. The second easiest scenario is street fighting in urban areas. The most difficult scenario is an encounter without any preparation."

"Since we already have time to repair the city defenses in Tongliao, we should make good use of this time to make adequate preparations."

"For example, do anti-tank trenches need to be dug in advance?"

“Is it necessary to immediately start the necessary training for anti-tank and anti-armored vehicles?”

Dao Wenbin began to frown. This was the first time he had heard such a systematic anti-tank tutorial. He did not even notice that while listening to Xu Chaoyang's description, his whole body had slowly turned towards the small courtyard next to the brigade headquarters.

"But whether it's grenades, explosive packs, or Molotov cocktails, which we don't even have, it's difficult to throw them at tanks and explode them accurately under the cover of infantry. In addition, tanks are usually followed by infantry and provide coordinated cover, making this task even more difficult to accomplish..."

"At this time, just stacking anti-tank cones in front of the small street base position is not enough to stop the enemy tanks and armored vehicles from advancing. At least a few ordinary explosions can blow a path for the very obvious anti-tank cones. Then, I think a single-soldier trench may have a surprise effect."

Xu Chaoyang recalled that when he was in the army, the instructor explained the outdated "World War II" tactics. During that period, whether it was the Russians or the Germans, when infantry faced tanks, especially tanks fighting in coordination with infantry and tanks, they would have a headache.

As a result, various rapidly updated anti-material weapons appeared in this type of individual trench. The purpose of their existence was to kill the enemy's iron-shelled turtle at the moment the tank approached, even at the cost of their own lives.

So how should we deal with this scenario when we don’t have anti-material weapons and the most useful equipment we have is explosive packs?

Xu Chaoyang really used his brain!
"I need cavalry to attract the attention of the infantry behind the tanks. Using the speed of the cavalry, I can draw the infantry to turn their guns around. This will allow the tanks to create time for our soldiers to explode even if they are protected by infantry in a short period of time. "

"At the same time, I require that the individual trenches must be concealed, at least they cannot be discovered before the tanks approach;" "Soldiers in the individual trenches should each prepare a bucket of paste and observe the battlefield situation at all times. If a tank passes overhead, the explosive pack can be directly glued to the bottom of the vehicle; the viscosity of the paste can be as long as it can ensure that the explosive pack will not fall off the bumpy tank before the explosion;"

"But if the tank happens not to pass over the top of the trench, someone will have to sacrifice! We have to get as close to the tank as possible and stick the explosive pack to the tank completely."

"Therefore, the concealment of individual trenches must be high, and the soldiers who go to blast must be bold and careful, and dare to fight;"

"As long as you get close to the tank, even if you just have to flick it, you have to flick the explosive bag full of paste onto the tank."

"Of course, this will definitely cost lives. Even if one little Japanese soldier reacts, he will die. However, the price of death is to put that iron bastard down completely!"

Xu Chaoyang looked at everyone, scanning the circle. What he didn't expect was that Qu Yong was the first to stand up. "Do you still need to ask? Once this happens, my brother will be in trouble. How can he let others do such a dangerous job? If I, who is usually the closest to my brother, don't take the initiative to stand up, won't you bastards complain?"

“Hahahaha, big brother, don’t worry, I’ll be the first one to go!”

Qu Yong did not make any grand statements, but he showed an attitude of not taking this life-threatening situation seriously.

At this time, almost everyone understood why Xu Chaoyang always acted so bravely, but still put him in the position closest to him, and he could really stand up at the critical moment.

"Count me in."

Liu Gener also stood up, but Xu Chaoyang's expression became more and more...

"Brothers..." Xu Chaoyang, who has always been taciturn, finally wanted to say something at this moment. He seemed to have a lot to say and wanted to communicate with everyone warmly...

"Company commander." Yu Minghao looked at him with a smile. When Xu Chaoyang turned his head again, the boy tilted his head to let the sunlight coming in through the window shine on him and said, "No need to say, brothers understand."

Xu Chaoyang could clearly feel a surge of emotion rushing along his body's skin to his cerebral cortex...

"Hey, hey, Chaoyang, he's gone!"

Old Yang pointed at his reflection in the glass on the window opposite him and said this.

Xu Chaoyang immediately stood up from the window sill, pushed away the people around him, and came close to Lao Yang and said, "Do you hear me?"

Old Yang nodded heavily and replied with a sly smile: "I've been listening for a long time!"

It has been seven days. Xu Chaoyang has stayed in the small courtyard next to the brigade headquarters for seven days. If he still can't figure out the life pattern of Commander Dao, he has no point in living.

For the past seven days, Dao Wenbin would go out for a walk every noon. Perhaps because he was under too much psychological pressure and felt suffocated staying in the house, he wanted to go out for some fresh air, which gave Xu Chaoyang the opportunity.

It's not that Xu Chaoyang was mean, the point is that after Lao Yang and Dao Wenbin met last time, he felt that this person was a very proud person, and directly offering advice would probably produce unsatisfactory results, and if people suspected that this was a mockery, it would be even more outrageous. Xu Chaoyang took a different approach and cooperated with Lao Yang to do this.

Otherwise, how could he, a company commander, command the military chief of the Fifth Military Region to fight?

But when he couldn't give orders openly, he made Dao Wenbin feel that this tactic was feasible through his well-reasoned arguments, and he was able to keep his skills secret so that others would mistakenly believe that he already knew how to do it. That would be completely different!

(End of this chapter)