J. P. Cross - Jungle warfare : experiences and encounters
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![Table of Contents Appendix One Immediate Action Drills Encountering the - photo 1](/uploads/posts/book/104301/images/e9781783034703_cover.jpg)
Encountering the enemy at short range is always a possibility in jungle terrain. With no time to make a plan, immediate action drills have been evolved to get out of a tricky situation, inflicting casualties on the enemy while doing so. The following three options were used by Commonwealth troops in Malaya and Borneo.
Immediate ambush drill is designed for when the enemy is heard before he hears the security forces. The appropriate silent signal that an ambush is possible is given: the scout group must immediately take cover from view and remain still. The rifle and LMG groups have more time to get to good fire positions, with the LMG position being of critical importance. The ambush is sprung when the commander reckons the maximum number of enemy is to be caught in the ambush area. If, however, the enemy spot the troops before the ambush is sprung, fire will be opened by any member of the ambush position. As it is probable that the strength is not known, all troops must be ready to act on the commanders orders for any eventuality.
![Encounter drill is used when recognition of one another is simultaneous Then - photo 2](/uploads/posts/book/104301/images/e9781783034703_i0037.jpg)
Encounter drill is used when recognition of one another is simultaneous. Then everything happens at once. In the JWS we taught that the leading scout shouts Contact front! and the scout group takes cover from where the enemy can be observed and fired on. The LMG group, in the absence of other orders, moves to the high ground or to the right and engages the enemy. The rifle group covers the flanks and rear and waits for further orders. They must not be pinned down by enemy fire. The commander moves forward to observe.
![Counter-ambush drill is used when some of ones own troops are caught in an - photo 3](/uploads/posts/book/104301/images/e9781783034703_i0038.jpg)
Counter-ambush drill is used when some of ones own troops are caught in an ambush by the enemy. Those men caught in the ambush return fire and call out Ambush left/right and those not caught move off the track, form up and attack the flank of the enemy ambush position.
![Appendix Two Ambushes Ambushes can be of any shape but basically they are - photo 4](/uploads/posts/book/104301/images/e9781783034703_i0039.jpg)
![Ambushes can be of any shape but basically they are linear and area in concept - photo 5](/uploads/posts/book/104301/images/e9781783034703_i0040.jpg)
Ambushes can be of any shape but basically they are linear and area in concept. Refinements in design can always be made when the killing-ground has been selected and the availability of area weapons, such as Claymore mines, determined. Some commanders liked a ambush, some an X , others a Y . Whatever the layout, the basic tenets must never be forgotten: surprise, silence, security, a rehearsal whenever possible and a reserve are paramount for success. One most successful company ambush was carried out during Confrontation by Major C.J.D. Bullock, 2/2 GR, as shown in the diagram. The site was 9,000 metres over the Borneo border in Kalimantan, just within range of supporting 105mm artillery. At least twenty-four Indonesians were killed, out of one rifle company, for two Gurkhas wounded. The ambush was area in concept although the killing-ground was linear . For the record, the Pioneer Platoon constructed the bridge over the River Separan, a remarkable achievement under the tense conditions.
Japanese archives hold only limited information regarding training for tropical warfare in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second World War. In none of the headings does the word jungle appear. Translated extracts include only three aspects of warfare and I give them as I received them from Tokyo:
- Study of Education and Training to adapt Army troops for operations in Southern Theater (or Area);
- Part of Lessons from the experience of operations in South (Imperial Headquarters, Army Section, 1942, August);
- Detailed record of operations by the 5th Division.
Education and Training includes Tropical operations in general, Application of troops, Weapon, supply, sanitation, etc., Miscellaneous .
Subjects that applied to troops are:
- Activities of troops on vehicles;
- Reference for anti-airborne combat;
- Reference for landing combat;
- Reference for landing combat by field artillery;
- Reference for commanding motor bicycles;
- Reference for transportation commander mission while in the ship transportation;
Subjects covered by Weapon, supply, sanitation, etc include:
- 7 Reference for maintenance of aviation (equipment) in tropical area;
- 8 Reference for handling of signal equipment in tropical area;
- 9 Reference for handling of ammunition in tropical area;
- 10 Reference for sanitation (management) while in ship transportation;
- 11 Reference for handling of tank, trailer and automobile in tropical area;
- 12 Reference for medical facilities when staying in tropical area;
- 13 Warning (or advice) for temporary piling and storage of weapons and ammunition in tropical area;
- 14 Warning (or advice) for usage of weapon in tropical area;
- 15 Reference for aliment duties in tropical operations;
- 16 Reference for supply duties in tropical operations;
- 17 Reference for accounting duties in tropical area;
Miscellaneous covers:
- 18 Reference for ideological warfare aiming Southern area (Thailand edition) October 1941;
- 19 Reference for ideological warfare aiming Southern area (Burma edition) December 1941;
- 20 You can win the war just reading this;
- 21 Reference for the identification of aircraft of UK, USA and USSR, September 1941.
You can win the war just reading this was prepared to spread the results of research and study by the Taiwan Army Research Department to all the officers and men participating in the (tropical) operations. It was distributed to each individual on board the troopship. Someone says that the pamphlet was printed 400 thousand copies, and in this case almost all participating soldiers received it. The pamphlet was written in easy colloquial Japanese with 70 pages in 18 clauses. On top the aim of publishing the pamphlet and the items to be well considered are stated and then the following contents are stated:
- What place is the Southern operation area;
- Why you have to fight and how to be fought;
- How will proceed the war;
- What you should do on board the ship;
- Landing combat;
- March in tropical area;
- Stationing and bivouac in tropical area;
- Scouting (reconnaissance) and security;
- Combat;
- Protection of gas;
- For signal soldiers;
- For automobile soldiers;
- Love your weapon;
- Ailment;
- Sanitation;
- Sanitation of horse;
- Manoeuvre at specific terrain;
- Conclusion.
The number of books written about all that I have touched on is legion, with too many to list here. For further reading the following are recommended:
Bayly, Christopher and Harper, Tim, Forgotten Armies. The Fall of British Asia, 1941 1945 , Alan Lane, 2004.
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