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28 Reorganize the rd Battalion and redesign the position tunnel

When they arrived at the third battalion's position, of the six positions still in the hands of the third battalion, only positions No. 2, No. 4, and No. 5 remained.

Among them, most of the soldiers of the Third Battalion were concentrated in position No. 5.

This is also the rearmost position. Two squads were stationed there to guard the two prominent positions in front, positions No. 2 and No. 4.

"Officers above the platoon level, assemble immediately."

After Deputy Commander Xie arrived, he immediately ordered the officers to assemble.

"Major Ye Qingshan, your new battalion commander,

Everyone is welcome. ”

Deputy Regimental Director Xie asked the remaining company and platoon leaders of the Third Battalion to introduce Ye Qingshan.

There was a sparse applause.

"Next, you must obey the orders of Captain Ye."

Deputy Captain Xie explained what needed to be said, and after that, he took his men and left.

"Li Tianhan, the company commander of the first company."

"Captain of the Third Company, Sun Taidong."

The two company commanders of the third battalion saluted and shouted at Ye Qingshan.

"We are brothers from now on, no need to be so polite."

Ye Qingshan said with a smile.

Immediately, Ye Qingshan called together the original company and platoon leaders of the Third Battalion, as well as the company and platoon leaders he brought with him, for a meeting.

“The Third Battalion originally had three companies, with 223 men remaining, all using German weapons.

I brought here one hundred and ninety-seven people this time.

The equipment used was that of the devils.

Therefore, I plan to reorganize the original three companies of the Third Battalion into two companies.

There were two companies, Li Tianhan was the company commander of the first company and Sun Taidong was the company commander of the second company.

Still use your original German equipment.

The 197 people I brought with me became a company and a firepower platoon.

It is the firepower platoon directly under the third company and the battalion headquarters.

Zhou Pingkou was appointed as the company commander, and the firepower platoon was handed over to Lao Dong.

Among them, two Type 92 infantry guns and three Type 92 heavy machine guns were given to the firepower platoon for concentrated use.

The other three were Type 92 heavy machine guns, twelve Type light machine guns, and more than a dozen grenade launchers from the Japanese.

Assigned to three companies, they also formed a fire support platoon.

Do you have any questions? "

Ye Qingshan mainly looked at Li Tianhan and Sun Taidong, the two original company commanders of the Third Battalion.

Ye Qingshan had discussed this plan with Zhou Pingkou, Lu Dahai and others before coming here.

Zhou Pingkou was the company commander and Lu Dahai was his deputy.

Both of them had no objection.

What Ye Qingshan said at this time was mainly for the two new company commanders to hear.

"What objection can we have to the battalion commander's arrangement?

I couldn’t agree more.”

Li Tianhan said with a smile.

He is a straightforward person.

Ye Qingshan's arrangement not only did not change his and Sun Taidong's positions as company commanders, but also did not separate their original brothers.

Just downsize them, that's normal.

After all, they only had about two hundred people at the moment, so it was normal to reduce them to two companies.

Ye Qingshan brought two hundred people, which only accounted for the organization of a company and a fire support platoon.

In addition, Ye Qingshan also allocated a Type 92 heavy machine gun and four Type light machine guns, even grenade launchers, to each of their companies.

Greatly enhanced the firepower of their two companies.

You know, the original German heavy weapons in their hands were destroyed in the previous battle with the Japanese.

Now, the machine guns and grenade launchers allocated to them by Ye Qingshan are like timely help.

Li Tianhan directly expressed his joy at Ye Qingshan's arrangement.

“That’s fine with me.

Listen to the battalion commander. "

Sun Taidong didn't say much and nodded immediately.

“You have seized so much of the enemy’s equipment.

The Type 99 light machine gun and the grenade launcher are fine.

We have seized some of these on the battlefield before.

However, the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns and infantry guns were protected by them as if they were their lifeblood.

Even if they can't take it away and blow it up, they won't leave it to us.

How did you capture it?"

Li Tianhan was also very surprised when he heard that Ye Qingshan and his men had so many heavy weapons from the Japanese.

Before, he had a disdainful attitude towards this group of beggar-like ragtag troops brought by Ye Qingshan, but that attitude changed instantly.

"Haha, we wiped out a whole battalion of Japanese invaders.

If we seize their full set of weapons and equipment, we will naturally have them."

Lu Dahai said with a hearty smile.

He liked to see the surprised looks on the faces of the officers of the German-equipped main regiments.

“We have experience in capturing weapons and equipment from the Japanese.

We can communicate more when we have time later.

Now, we need to reorganize our team as quickly as possible to prepare for the next attack by the Japanese.

First company commander, second company commander.

I need you to concentrate all your artillerymen on the firepower platoon.

They lack good gunners to operate the two infantry guns of the Japs."

Ye Qingshan also made requests to Li Tianhan and Sun Taidong at this time.

"No problem, Captain.

After we return, we will transfer the company's artillery to Platoon Leader Dong."

Ye Qingshan took out so many of the Japanese heavy weapons and equipment and assigned them to their two companies to strengthen their firepower.

This greatly reduced the two company commanders' resistance to Ye Qingshan, the airborne battalion commander.

Faced with Ye Qingshan's arrangement to transfer their artillery, they also obeyed.

“Captain Zhou, you should also go to Lao Dong’s firepower platoon during this period.

Guide our artillery to familiarize themselves with the two Type 92 infantry guns of the Japanese as soon as possible.

When we counterattack position number three, we will give the devil a surprise."

Ye Qingshan said to Zhou Pingkou.

“Don’t worry, Battalion Commander, the gunners in our battalion are all the best.

Although they had never operated the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun before.

But if you give them half a day, they can figure it out on their own.”

Li Tianhan said confidently.

He was absolutely confident in the artillery tactics of his men.

“That’s even better.

Then you all go back now and reorganize your teams.

Half an hour later, except for the troops on guard at positions No. 2 and No. 4.

All other officers above the squad level, as well as the combat backbone of each squad.

You have to come to my battalion headquarters for a meeting.

I set up the battalion headquarters on the reverse slope of the hillside where Position No. 4 is located."

Ye Qingshan said quickly.

Then they were asked to disband and reorganize the third battalion.

As for how to restore the morale of the Third Battalion, Ye Qingshan had already thought of it.

It was still the simplest and most brutal method that Ye Qingshan had used before.

That is to fight a counterattack.

Nothing can boost the morale of soldiers better than winning a battle.

It just so happened that Ye Qingshan had arrived at the Third Battalion and also needed a battle to establish his authority.

Only in this way can he make these arrogant and brave soldiers in the Third Battalion convinced from the bottom of their hearts.

Don’t think that they were obedient to Ye Qingshan on the surface just now.

It was just that Ye Qingshan used the Japanese equipment he brought with him to intimidate them.

In addition, two company commanders were given so many machine guns as fire support.

Under such circumstances, the two company commanders were too embarrassed to disobey Ye Qingshan's orders.

But if he wants them to be completely convinced, Ye Qingshan needs to lead them personally and fight a few beautiful counterattacks against the Japanese.

For the first counterattack, Ye Qingshan chose to target the lost No. 3 position.

Ye Qingshan also carefully observed the location of position No. 3.

It is indeed very important.

No wonder the Japanese were willing to pay a huge price to capture the No. 3 position.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan had already been thinking about it before he arrived at the third battalion’s position.

The question is how to recapture the lost No. 3 position.

Zhou Pingkou and others all went to work.

Ye Qingshan sat in the tunnel, writing and drawing on paper with a pen.

He was redesigning the defensive position of the Third Battalion.

Ye Qingshan planned to adopt the tunnel tactics used by the flower-growing families of later generations when they fought against the Eagle Sauce army on the peninsula.

That is a mature tunnel design that has been tested in actual combat and has not been destroyed by countless artillery bombardments from the Eagle Sauce.

Even though Ye Qingshan and his men had two Type 92 infantry guns, they were still far inferior to the Japanese artillery.

Not to mention, the attacking Japanese could get artillery support from the heavy artillery units in the rear at any time.

And the bombing by groups of bombers in the sky.

At this time, the front-line troops of the National Army were still using conventional tunnel design.

It is a bit difficult to deal with the Japanese artillery bombardment now.

However, if we replace it with the tunnel design of the Huahua family during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea that Ye Qingshan imitated.

Then let the Japanese cannon fodder come more fiercely.

At that time, the Eagle Sauce fired hundreds of thousands of shells but couldn't destroy the tunnel.

Ye Qingshan also wanted to see what the poor Japanese could do.

"Battalion Commander, Captain Zhou and his men are here."

Half an hour later, Han Xiaofei ran over and shouted to Ye Qingshan.

"it is good."

Ye Qingshan then put away his newly designed position tunnel map and walked over.

This time, not only the officers of the entire battalion came, but also the combat backbones of the class.

"Soldiers, I am your new battalion commander.

I guess you already know this.

This time, I call you here.

In addition to meeting everyone, there is also an announcement to be made.

Tonight, I will lead my men to counterattack position No. 3.

We must retake Position No. 3."

Ye Qingshan announced the news in public.

Then, Ye Qingshan called Zhou Pingkou, Li Tianhan and other company and platoon leaders to his side and gave them detailed combat tasks.

"I will personally lead the Third Company to carry out the counterattack on Position No. 3 tonight.

The fire platoon provides fire support.

The first company stayed behind to hold the position.

The second company was responsible for blocking the Japanese reinforcements coming from position No. 1.

Stop them and don't let them support the Japanese in position No. 3."

Ye Qingshan said to several people.

For tonight’s counterattack, Ye Qingshan would of course lead his own three-company army.

Let the first and second companies cooperate with each other.

"Don't worry, Battalion Commander. We will definitely retake position number three tonight."

Lu Dahai said excitedly.

On the contrary, the first company commander Li Tianhan and the second company commander Sun Taidong looked at each other and understood Ye Qingshan's intention.

The two didn't say much, but just expressed their willingness to obey Ye Qingshan's orders.

"Then go back and prepare.

Act after dark.”

On the way back, Li Tianhan and Sun Taidong got together.

“Old Li, the battalion commander is going to retake position number three tonight.

This is to prove our strength.

Do you think they can succeed?"

Sun Taidong spoke.

“It’s hard to say, I don’t quite understand the group of veterans the battalion commander brought with him.

What the hell is this? They don't know how to stand or sit properly.

There are even lame and blind people.

Can this group of people completely wipe out an entire battalion of Japanese invaders?

I doubt it.”

Li Tianhan dislikes and looks down on old veterans like Zheng Quezi from the bottom of his heart.

People like Li Tianhan and Sun Taidong are officers who graduated from regular military academies or military academies.

It's normal for them to look down on veterans like Zheng Quezi.

“But the Japanese equipment they got in their hands couldn’t be faked.

Since the battalion commander wants to counterattack position No. 3 tonight and asks us to cooperate, we will obey.

Do our job well.

There are quite a few Japanese soldiers left at position No. 3.

There must be at least a squadron of Japanese devils.

If the battalion commander and his men can really recapture position number three tonight, I will obey him."

Sun Taidong also said immediately.

"Ah."

Li Tianhan nodded, agreeing with Sun Taidong's words.

He thought so too.