Chapter 289 Jinan Battle 2

From afar, Zhao Dongzhi was running, waving the military knife in his hand and pointing forward from time to time. He could faintly hear his shouting, "Go!"

And behind him, more Feng soldiers jumped out of the trench under the orders of the officers, and then rushed forward with rifles that had been bayoneted. Behind them, many of the heavy machine guns of the Feng army had burst out with the largest rate of fire to suppress the opposite Lu army.

Although there is heavy machine gun fire suppression in the rear, the most effective way to suppress the enemy when the troops attack are naturally the light machine guns and 60mm mortars that charge with the infantry.

Many light machine gun shooters often rush to the middle, and then choose a suitable terrain to lie down, and then shoot for pressure suppression. Charge with infantry and close to fire suppression is the greatest tactical role of light machine guns in modern times, and this suppression effect is very great. After all, after close to suppression The accuracy is much better than the heavy machine gun 500 or 600 meters away. At the same time, it is more flexible. It is found that the enemy can immediately suppress pressure. Although the light machine gun is not fast and the magazine is loaded with many bullets, it is a machine gun anyway. The firepower of a light machine gun is enough to suppress a traditional bolted rifle step. Military class.

It can be said that it is a typical tactic when Feng army launched a charge under the support of artillery shelling and heavy machine gun suppression, and the use of light machine guns for fire suppression and 60mm mortar fixed-point clearance during the charge.

Zhao Dongzhi continued to run forward. He had seen the enemy's trench getting closer and closer to him. He could even see the panicked pace of the Lu army opposite him, and there seemed to be a panic cry from the explosion.

As Zhao Dongzhi got closer and closer to the opposite Lu army position, a Lu army infantry company defended on the opposite side finally collapsed. At first, only a few people turned around and ran back, but the escape was the same as the dam of the ant nest. As long as there was the first person and it was not stopped in time, it would quickly cause more The collapse of many people is followed by the collapse of a platoon, a company or even the whole division of the whole battalion.

It is not easy for the Lu army on the opposite side to be able to support under the attack of Zhao Dongzhi's whole battalion, but in the face of the comprehensive general attack launched by Zhao Dongzhi, it is foreseeable that the collapse of the Lu army on the opposite side is not supported by many heavy weapons.

When Zhao Dongzhi rushed to the position against the Lu army, except for leaving more than 20 bodies or seriously injured people, all the Lu army had fled back. Zhao Dongzhi did not send people to pursue, but let people use machine guns to carry out a certain strafing. After ordering the troops to correct the newly occupied defense front and take the rear The heavy machine gun was transferred to the front line.

If you follow the rhythm of the Russo-Japanese War, the battle of Jinan will often be fought repeatedly around a certain tactical point. Just like Highland 203, the Japanese army attacked again and again, but was recaptured by the Russian army again and again, resulting in more than ten repeated changes of hands, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

The Russo-Japanese War has just passed. Today's domestic warlord forces, including the Feng army, are basically seriously affected by the Russo-Japanese War. Almost all of them are learning the tactical concepts of the Japanese and Russian armies during the Russo-Japanese War. As for the Southern Federal Forces, they are still before the Russo-Japanese War, not to mention.

Naturally, the most affected before was the direct army under the command of Wang Yingkai, who was a Japanese weapon. Wang Yingkai not only used Japanese weapons, but also appointed Japanese students from the Beiyang Department on a large scale, and hired many Japanese instructors. Zhang Huaizhi's Lu army was also deeply affected by the Russo-Japanese War. Although the impact was not as great as the direct army, the tactical and equipment application in all aspects were affected by the Russo-Japanese War, or by the Japanese army.

The words of the Feng army have a greater impact, but this impact does not refer to the experience of the Feng army during the Russo-Japanese War. In fact, the trench warfare played by Japan and Russia during the Russo-Japanese War has been played by Zhao Dongyun in the past few years.

Fengjun or Zhao Dongyun was influenced by the Russo-Japanese War and did not know how to imitate the Japanese and Russian armies. Instead, he studied many tactics used in the Russo-Japanese War and came up with solutions. The most obvious signs are the large-scale equipment of light machine guns and 60mm mortars, which are purely to deal with them. Trenches and heavy machine guns appeared.

In today's Jinan Campaign, the Lu army used almost the standard defense tactics during the Russo-Japanese War. As soon as Zhao Dongzhi captured this position, the opposite Lu army had organized reserve troops to launch a counterattack, with no more than half an hour interval.

The second battalion under Zhao Dongzhi, who had just taken the position, had no time to rest. After hurriedly reorganizing the position and brought up the machine guns and mortars, the opposite Lu army had launched a counterattack.

The Lu army on the opposite side launched a counterattack. The Feng army naturally used light and heavy machine guns to try to intercept the Lu army's counterattack. Under the dense rain of bullets, the Lu army that launched the counterattack on the opposite side can be said to be heavy casualties. More than 1,000 people who launched the counterattack attacked for more than an hour. After two or three hundred people were killed and injured, they were forced to stop the counterattack. .

Looking at the momentum of the counterattack of the Lu army on the opposite side, Zhao Dongzhi's heart was finally relieved. As long as he could hold the first two hours, the reinforcements behind him could continue to come up, and even if this position would be completely taken down.

And the breakthrough made on his side can quickly become a breakthrough point for the whole regiment, and then become a breakthrough point for the whole third division. Although it is impossible to defeat the whole Lashan defenders on the opposite side, it can also greatly compress their defense space and create greater pressure on the defending Lu army.

If this could really be the case, Zhao Dongzhi knew that a strong stroke would be written on his military merit book, and no one would say anything when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

Zhao Dongzhi knew that his behavior in the army had attracted the attention of many people. The reason was very simple, because he was Zhao Dongyun's cousin.

A few years ago, after returning from Japan to study, he entered the third town and then was recommended by Zhao Dongyun to enter the accelerated class of Baoding Military Academy. Because it was a crash course, he soon graduated and then returned to Fengjun to serve.

Although he is Zhao Dongyun's cousin, he still started from the grassroots level. First, he served as the platoon leader, then the company commander, and then entered the training class for a year. After graduation last year, he was awarded the rank of major and served as the commander of the second battalion.

Now he has been the commander of the second battalion for more than a year. To be honest, this qualification is very old for the Feng army, which has expanded several times in recent years. In the process of expansion, the Feng army officers are often able to be promoted quickly, because the scale of the Feng army is larger and has more More officer positions require the promotion of more officers.

Originally, when the 13th Division became an army, Zhao Dongzhi was also a strong competitor of one of the regiment leaders, and was even recommended by Gu Lanyu and Chen Guangyuan, but he was brushed down at the headquarters of the command.

What department is the department of the military affairs department? This is the military personnel department controlled by Zhao Dongyun. Basically, the opinions of the affairs office represent Zhao Dongyun's opinions, and why Zhao Dongyun approved the appointment of other officers and just brushed Zhao Dongzhi down because Zhao Dongzhi's identity is a little special.

He is Zhao Dongyun's cousin, and Zhao Dongzhi is different from Zhao Dongpingping. Although Zhao Dongping is also young and Zhao Dongyun's cousin, Zhao Dongping has been with Zhao Dongyun since 1901. He is one of the most senior elders in the Feng army, and although this person is now He also holds the rank of lieutenant general in the army, but everyone knows that this person is a technical general like Hong Putao of the Quartermaster's Department. They are in charge of ordnance and logistics, but they will not lead the team to war.

In the eyes of Meng Enyuan, Chen Guangyuan and others, Zhao Dongping and Hongputao, the generals responsible for ordnance, munitions and other departments, are civil servants in the military, which is not the same as the generals who lead the team to war.

However, Zhao Dongzhi came from the Baoding Military Academy to the training class. After his birth, he was also an officer who worked from the platoon leader step by step. If Zhao Dongzhi was promoted quickly because of Zhao Dongyun and did not have enough qualifications and military merits, it would be very easy to cause his subordinates. Our dissatisfaction.

The reputation of nepotism is not good, but prestige and reputation are indispensable for a great contemporary warlord, so Zhao Dongyun would rather oppress Zhao Dongzhi than let others think that he is nepotism.

In today's Soviet system, there are actually few children of the Zhao family, and none of them are in politics, and there are only two cousins in the army, Zhao Dongping and Zhao Dongzhi. This is mainly because there are not many children in the Zhao family, and many enterprises under Fuyuan Company are also responsible for them. Some children of the Zhao family are basically They have all gone to Fuyuan Company. Most of those people, whether they have the ability or not, can be a manager, director or so on in the subordinate company of Fuyuan Company. There is no need to go to politics and join the army and wait to die.

And those who are ambitious, unless you can suffer like Zhao Dongzhi, sharpen for a few years and then get up step by step, otherwise you can't think of climbing to the sky step by step.

Throughout the contemporary domestic warlords, these situations are very similar. Don't think that the contemporary warlords are all wine bags and rice bags, surrounded by a group of useless goods, fooling around and waiting for death. In fact, most of the contemporary warlords are not simple roles, such as Wang Yingkai, who has been in the field. Although he is fat, he is actually still It's relatively frugal. After becoming the president, I didn't see any children of the Wang family swinging up in the direct line.

Another example, Duan Qirui, who was able to become one of the northern tycoons in Yuan Shikai's era, and now he is like a fish in water in the two provinces. To a large extent, it depends on his personality charm. If Duan Qirui plays nepotism, there will be so many people there for him. Loyalty, there is no reason why more than 100,000 troops under Duan Qirui's command, whether direct or collateral, work hard for him.

If you want to be a good warlord and live a luxurious life and marry dozens or hundreds of wives, those subordinates will not care about you, but if you are nepotism, meritorious service, and unpunishable, then countless talented people will immediately abandon you and turn to others.

For this reason, Zhao Dongyun has actually been suppressing Zhao Dongzhi's promotion. Otherwise, Zhao Dongzhi would have been promoted to lieutenant colonel or even colonel early in the period when he returned to China and began to join the army.

Zhao Dongzhi himself knows something about this situation, but he has no choice but to do is to wait for the right time to establish meritorious deeds. As long as there is real military merit, others can't give guidance on his promotion.

In this battle of Jinan, the 3rd Division was used as a forward force, and the second battalion led by Zhao Dongzhi was strengthened with many light and heavy machine guns and mortars, becoming the fist force of the whole division.

This is his opportunity for Zhao Dongzhi!