Saint-Sans is 30 kilometers away from Rouen in the south and 30 kilometers away from the coastal city of Dieppe in the northwest. Dieppe is connected with Saint-Sans, which is a valley with a length of 30 kilometers and a width of about 500 meters. The highway from Dieppe to Rouen winds through this valley.
Although the valley near San Santos has narrowed, it is also 300 to 400 meters, and the slopes on both sides are not high, which is not the best ambush site.
However, Jiang Fangzhen took a fancy to this place and prepared to ambush it here. He went to Rouen from Dieppe to support the British troops to destroy the troops coming out of Dieppe, and then moved to Dieppe to easily occupy this port city-another very important logistics base of the British Expeditionary Force in Dieppe.
It’s the third day since Rouen started. The 12th Division has been lurking here for two days, but the British army in the direction of Dieppe has not moved yet.
There are more than 20,000 China soldiers lurking quietly in the Woods, bushes and ravines on both sides of the valley.
Known as "the second day", Er Ga, the platoon leader of 32 regiments, 2 battalions, 2 companies and 2 rows of 12 divisions, is hiding from leaves and weeds halfway up the mountain behind the valley and building a low grass shed bottom.
These simple huts can keep out the sun during the day and the fog at night, and they can also hide their tracks.
Er Ga was lying in the hut with his eyes closed and motionless. He was practicing breathing according to the breathing method in Gun King Tong.
Er Ga has practiced the training course of "Senior Gunner", which is much more difficult than the training course of "Intermediate Gunner".
Second, I think that the breathing method in Gunwangtong is like the skill method. If you want to make great progress and become a truly advanced gunner, you must be very proficient in this breathing method. It is best to follow the method when breathing at ordinary times.
Second, I am forcing myself to breathe at this breathing frequency. It is said that after constant coercion, I will naturally form a habit. After this habit, I will practice marksmanship successfully and make great progress.
Second, if you claim to be "the second in the sky", you must be worthy of this title and truly achieve the second in marksmanship. To achieve this goal, there is no other way than hard training.
Second, their hillside is a farm. From a distance, there is nothing special, but in fact, the farm has changed owners.
The owner of this farm is an old man in his fifties, his wife, a teenage granddaughter and two aunt-level helpers. In addition, French men who are younger without him have been recruited to fight in the front.
The four men will not be allowed to move freely if they are separated from the team in one room.
The headquarters of the 12th Division is located on this farm.
In the afternoon, Zhang Chang patrolled the latent troops and then went to the headquarters to wait for lunch in front of the dining table of Jiang Fangzhen and the chief of staff of the division, Shanyou Shengzheng.
When Jiang Fangzhen was an adviser to the presidential palace, no matter whether the adviser to the presidential palace was big or not, he was still a big president, so he had to ask his senior officials. He had requirements for his quality of life, and he would try his best to meet his small requirements even during the March.
Now two soldiers in the farm kitchen are cooking authentic China food.
However, everything on the dining table is Western-style knives, forks and napkins, but there are no chopsticks from China.
Zhang Chang took out two pieces of wine from his pocket and put it on the table. "Come on, Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff, try this red wine. It was sent by the opposite brother last night."
The so-called opposite brothers refer to the 311 and 312 infantry regiments lurking on the hillside opposite the road. They ambush Zhang Chang on the hillside opposite the road and go through the road every night to inspect one.
Seeing some inquiries in Jiang Fangzhen’s eyes, Zhang Chang said, "Chief of Staff, please rest assured that our brothers watched it very carefully. They didn’t go into San Sans Town and didn’t go to the village to make trouble. These two red wines were found in the wine cellar of an abandoned house of the reconnaissance battalion brothers. Let me bring them to the two chiefs of staff to try."
There are also some red wines on this farm, but they are all bad wines. When Jiang Fangzhen and Shan were promoted, they could be regarded as a court official. They were very particular about the quality of life, but they were indifferent to these bad wines.
The messenger took out some glasses, and Zhang Chang’s dagger pried the bottle cap and poured red wine into the glass. Suddenly, there was a fresh fragrance floating in the room.
Jiang Fangzhen picked up the glass, shook it gently, sniffed it again, tried it carefully, nodded and said, "It’s good to drink!"
Shan Yousheng smiled and raised his glass to Jiang Fangzhen and Zhang Chang, then tasted the wine and made a turn around his tongue. He also said, "It’s good that the wine tastes strong and rich, and it’s rich and mellow. It’s best to send wine with a braised mutton!"
"It’s not bad that this small place can eat potatoes, stew mutton and drink such red wine," Jiang Fangzhen said
Zhang Chang didn’t know that red wine also had a sense of hierarchy, and he didn’t know what a sense of hierarchy was at all. He drank the wine in his glass at one gulp and then put it away, because it was wartime and he didn’t dare to drink more.
Zhang Chang said, "Chief of General Staff, we’ve been here for two days. Rouen is playing hot, but we’re really suffocating here. Brothers have a little opinion!"
Jiang Fangzhen was quietly drinking wine, and when Zhang Chang’s nagging was over, he didn’t talk. When Zhang Chang saw it, he said to himself, "I know that the Chief of Staff is right. I didn’t say that if the brothers have any opinions, I’ll scold them!"
Jiang Fangzhen just drank the wine in the cup and said, "You let your brothers endure for a day or two. Just save your strength and fight." Still afraid of not having to fight? "
These officers and men of the Chinese Communist Youth League are like a group of tigers. If they don’t eat meat or drink blood or fight for a day, they will feel uncomfortable. This is unmatched by those troops in China. This is also the reason why Jiang Fangzhen can wait here so calmly because he has confidence in this army after in-depth understanding.
Shan Yousheng said, "Yes, this trick of the Chief of Staff is called’ Siege to Dayuan’, and that trick of Commander Zhang is called’ Attack the enemy and save it’. Both sides combine double swords and natural enemies!
Rouen is too important to the British. The 11th Division raided Rouen and succeeded. The British will definitely deploy troops from all over the world. But the British can deploy few troops. It is impossible to deploy troops to the direction of Amiens because they have to bear the pressure of the German team! The rest can be transferred from Dieppe.
We, they will ambush them by the road and knock out their reinforcements, and then send troops to Dieppe. When Dieppe’s strength is weak, we can beat it with a drum and be better than our storm. "
Zhang Chang said, "I know it’s the brothers who are impatient to wait. Wait a minute. I’ll scold them and make them calm down!"
After noon, the sun shone directly from the sky, but it was still hot despite the straw shed. The soldiers in the straw shed were a little impatient and took the opportunity to go out. There were more Lazarus.
Second, the platoon leader has to manage his troops. At this time, he can’t practice as before. He will come out to suppress a mess.
"The platoon leader is going to put a water!" A recruit timidly reported
"Speak a little less!" At the same time, the second Taoist priest sat up straight from the ground and said, "You can go to three at a time, but now you can’t go until they come back."
This soldier is a new recruit. The 12th Division always brings new recruits, like the 32nd Regiment, and half of them are recruits. This recruit is a little timid in character, but he is not allowed to lie down again at the sight of the second karma, but he bends his body like a shrimp to prevent him from urinating.
Er Ga saw this and said, "Go to Liu Yamin and don’t hold yourself back."
Liu Yamin rolled over to the second squad leader Wang Dayou and asked, "Second platoon leader, we’ve been waiting for him for two days. Is there any fighting here? Brothers, stay here for a long time to feed mosquitoes, not to mention that we all miss French sisters and wives in town a little bit."
"You don’t want to have a small one day? When don’t you want to? I can’t bear to dig a hole and solve it by myself. Go and get away from me. "Er Ga said impatiently.
At this time, even the long-distance running came to drink and shouted, "Don’t go out to count the number of people in each row and prepare to enter the position."
The men who went to Lhasa were called back, and everyone checked their weapons and equipment. They tied the grass shed leaves and weeds into straw hats and wore their heads. Then the company commander led the soldiers to climb the hillside and hide behind it again.
Through the bushes and weeds, you can see that there is a winding road in the wide valley, stretching from a distance to the town of San Santos not far away.
Occasionally, there are one or two carriages on the highway and some pedestrians coming out of San Santos. After all, it is not far from San Santos.
These star pedestrians and carriages are walking leisurely on the road. I don’t know that a China army of more than 20 thousand people has been ambushed on the slopes on both sides of the road
Jiang Fangzhen, Zhang Chang and Shan Yousheng have also climbed the highest point of the hillside. From here, they can see the movement in the direction of San Santos and Dieppe.
Soon after, there was a noise coming from the direction of Dieppe. A team of British troops came suddenly. In the army, there were carriages pulling ammunition. Soldiers were sitting in the big truck carriage with guns behind them.
However, at most, a row of four British troops dressed in khaki, wearing farmer’s helmets, carrying backpacks and rifles, lined up in neat rows with elite British army infantry.
Chapter 149 Shock
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Carriages, trucks and soldiers wearing farmers’ helmets filled the whole road, forming a torrent, raising dust and covering everything on the road. From the top of the mountain, it seemed endless.
Although the general size of this army was known before, the shock was so strong when I saw his ferocious face with my own eyes
Shan Yousheng said, "The 20,000-strong British infantry divisions of the Chief of General Staff have an extraordinary momentum. These are all elite troops!"
An infantry division of the British army generally consists of three infantry brigades plus some special forces, with about 16 thousand people, but sometimes it also joins an artillery brigade with about 21 thousand people
Jiang Fangzhen didn’t speak. British reinforcements of this scale were as early as he expected, and this British team had already flown pigeons to come over as soon as it came out of the Dieppe reconnaissance battalion.
The British army looked very strong, but Jiang Fangzhen still decided to ambush as planned, which was due to his understanding of the 12 th Division.
Jiang Fangzhen, the chief of staff of the China * * regiment, will of course have a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the China * * regiment, including the examples of the China * * regiment going to war. He has carefully studied and analyzed the strength comparison between the enemy and the enemy at that time, the fighting process and so on. Only through this analysis can he really grasp the situation of the troops and know their combat effectiveness.
Therefore, Jiang Fangzhen has full confidence in the 12th Division!
Zhang Chang said easily, "Twenty thousand people are nothing. We can defeat them with one regiment of 32 regiments. Now I have four regiments to annihilate them!"
Jiang Fangzhen sternly said to Zhang Chang, "Sometimes we can’t despise the enemy! After the battle starts, it is necessary to be decisive and quick to do division and encirclement in the interception! "
"Yes!" Zhang Chang saluted Jiang Fangzhen and said firmly, "Please rest assured, Chief of Staff!"
Zhang Chang turned and ran. He would personally lead the troops to attack.
Shan Yousheng looked at Zhang Chang’s back and said a little doubtfully, "Chief of Staff, are we a little crazy …"
This former mountain has been promoted, and he has also learned about the Chinese regiment. He also believes that the strength of the 12 divisions plus the advantage of surprise attack can definitely defeat and annihilate a British infantry division. However, when he saw the real British regiment, his confidence was shaken. It is a little doubtful that the former Chinese regiment was faking the victory of the British and French allied forces. Is it bragging?
"Crazy? What are we doing here if it’s not crazy? " Jiang Fangzhen said, "That’s how they fought before! Now, too, more than 20,000 people from a division in Zhang Yiping dare to attack Rouen, which has 100,000 British guards! Now they have taken all the wind and forced the British expeditionary force to send troops from Dieppe to support us. Now there are only 20,000 people in front of us, and we still take advantage of the right time and place. "
"I have been very cautious relative to Zhang Yiping!" I’m still a little confused when I see the mountains rising. Jiang Fangzhen patted him on the shoulder and said, "I also know that it seems a little crazy to fight this way, but how can we know if it’s ok without trying?"
"Barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes. Now we are the barefoot. If the situation is not optimistic, we will get out of touch. We are light troops. We can come and go as we want without heavy weapons!"
At about four o’clock in the afternoon, the striker of the British team has almost arrived in the town of San Sans, and then he will walk out of the encirclement. Zhang Chang saw that there are still some British troops who have not entered the ambush, but behind them are trucks and wagons pulling cannons and trench, dragging the team for a long time and it is impossible to finish entering the ambush.
Zhang Chang did not hesitate to issue an attack order.
Mortars were the first to strike.
Although Zhang Yiping pays attention to soldiers’ marksmanship, he also pays attention to the allocation of troops’ firepower. The allocation of light machine guns is more than that of German heavy machine guns. In addition, the allocation of mortars has been equipped according to the standards of World War II since the advent of light new mortars.
The 12 th Division has 4 regiments and 16 battalions, each of which is equipped with 1 mm mortars, and an infantry division has a total of 12 doors;