Chapter 254 I'm a Challenge, I'm an Opportunity
The brigade commander set out from Donghui Town. Halfway through, the messenger from the cavalry squadron suddenly ran over, looking very nervous.
I obviously became even more panicked after seeing myself. I took a long time to calm myself down. It seemed as if I had suffered a lot of grievances. I was very frustrated and reported: "Sir, you must avenge our cavalry squadron! The warriors died so miserably!"
"Avenge? Tell me clearly what happened to the cavalry squadron?" The brigade commander thought he had heard it wrong, stared at the messenger and asked with disbelief.
The chief of staff of the brigade, Nakasa Asagawa who was walking beside him, was also shocked, waiting for the messenger to determine whether the report he had just heard was true.
"The National Saving Army is too cunning!" The messenger was very smart and he put most of the blame on the National Saving Army as soon as he opened his mouth.
In this way, the brigade commander will take preconceptions and subconsciously believe that the fundamental reason for the defeat of the cavalry squadron is the national rescue army, not the cavalry squadron leader, and reduce the responsibility of the cavalry squadron.
"They deliberately sent a large number of small troops to leave Zhangzhuang Town and retreat to the nearby mountains. The squadron leader was ordered to attack, hoping to eliminate these small troops on the field battlefield and block the national rescue army in the town. As a result, these small troops have something else to do."
"Although each unit has only ten people, it is equipped with two submachine guns, one light machine gun, and at least five Mauser pistols that can be fired continuously."
"After the cavalry team killed us, they first used a sporting machine gun to hit us from a long distance. When we rushed closer, we could not turn around and then switched our rifles to melee submachine guns and Mauser pistols, and shot our cavalry with dense firepower."
"The warriors were caught off guard and had no way to hide. Most of the cavalry detachments involved in the attack were devastating, and only a small number of the cavalry survived."
"After receiving the news of the defeat of the cavalry detachment, the squadron leader immediately changed the attack order and asked us to assemble at least twice the number of cavalry units to launch an attack on the squad that left the town."
"The effect was very good at the beginning, and the troops successfully wiped out a small team of the National Rescue Army."
"But the good times didn't last long. The National Salvation Army also adjusted its tactics and further strengthened the melee firepower of the team. Although there were still ten people, they were equipped with a Czech-made one, with at least three submachine guns and ten box cannons!"
"We suffered another big loss when we attacked, and the cavalry troops were reduced to less than ten. We could not continue to attack. We could only stare at Zhangzhuang Town from a distance and monitor the every move of the National Salvation Army."
What the messenger didn't know was that he had just reported that the squadron leader led less than ten cavalry to continue surveillance at Zhangzhuang Town was exaggerated.
With himself subtracted, there were only eight people left in the cavalry squadron, including the squadron leader. Any small team that killed the National Savior Army could easily eat them.
In order to allow the main force of the regiment to quietly evacuate Zhangzhuang Town, several teams continued to move outside the town, forcing the remaining Japanese cavalry far away, resulting in them being unable to monitor the town at all.
The brigade commander was stunned when he heard this. Unexpectedly, the cavalry troops he was proud of were defeated by the National Salvation Army, and his hatred for the National Salvation Army was a little more.
Asakawa Nakasa was also shocked at first, and the more he listened, the more familiar he became. He always felt that he had seen this style of playing.
His mind was running rapidly, and in the end he really thought of it, so he quickly reported to the brigade commander: "Sir, this kind of fighting style has been used by the National Salvation Army before, I have seen it in the battle report."
"At that time, the National Salvation Army was still Wang Dehou as the regiment commander. Zhou Cheng, the current regiment commander, was just the battalion commander of the Third Battalion, stationed in Donghui Town. When our army attacked Zhangzhuang Town, the headquarters of the National Salvation Army, in order to prevent the Third Battalion from sending troops to reinforce, he specially dispatched infantry and cavalry to stare at Donghui Town."
"Under the command of Zhou Cheng, the Third Battalion severely damaged our cavalry units in the same way, successfully avoiding the eyes of the reconnaissance troops and leading the troops to reinforce Zhangzhuang Town."
The brigade commander became even more popular after hearing this.
If this kind of fighting style had never been used before in the Saving Army, it would be understandable that the cavalry troops were defeated.
But this kind of fighting style has been used by the National Salvation Army, and it is used on the Imperial Army that means the Imperial Army suffers twice on the same issue, which is too embarrassing.
I wish I could kill to Zhangzhuang Town now and capture all the national-saviors there.
He asked with anger: "Have the plane to reinforce Zhangzhuang Town arrived?"
"Hi!" the messenger nodded and replied.
"They arrived more than half an hour ago and were patrolling and guarding the sky above Zhangzhuang Town."
The brigade commander breathed a sigh of relief: "With the aviation troops there, the national rescue army in the town had to break it into pieces and leave a little by little if they wanted to leave there."
"From here to Zhangzhuang Town, it will take more than two hours to reach our marching speed just now. If the troops march lightly and urgently, they can arrive in an hour and a half. At this time, the National Rescue Army will definitely not be able to withdraw!"
"Order two or three squadrons to advance lightly, march quickly to reinforce Zhangzhuang Town, surround it, and block all the national rescue troops that had not yet had time to retreat in the town. I want to gather and annihilate them."
At the first battalion of Zhangzhuang Town, Dong Fei stood in front of Zhou Cheng with both nervous and seriousness.
Because in the next few hours, or even within one or two days, the troops left behind in Zhangzhuang Town will obey their commands.
This is even more thrilling than the battle left by Zhangzhuang Town at that time to kill the Japanese and puppet troops.
Not only did the troops in his hands be several times more than that time, but the equipment was also better, but there were also two mortars available. Of course, he had to deal with more enemies, with more than a thousand people, almost all of them were Japanese devils.
For myself, this is both an opportunity to fight independently and a rare challenge.
If you fight this battle well, the battalion commander of the first battalion will most likely fall on your head.
After Zhou Chengyi finished speaking, he promised: "Don't worry, the regiment commander is in his position, I promise to defend Zhangzhuang Town and let the Japanese divide their troops to surround Zhangzhuang Town!"
Zhou Cheng patted Dong Fei on the shoulder and replied: "Zhangzhuang Town must be kept by me, and people must also withdraw from the battle alive."
"After the main force of the Japanese army comes, he will definitely concentrate his troops to attack the town and test the virtuality and reality of the town."
"You must determine the direction of the Japanese army's main attack in advance and concentrate all firepower to repel them."
"The Japanese army lacks ammunition, and after a failure of one attack, you will not waste troops on a second attack, and your mission will be completed more than half."
"As long as you persist until dark, the initiative on the battlefield will be transferred to us. What you need to do next is to divide the troops into four groups and attack the Japanese who are blocking the four entrances and exits of Zhangzhuang Town, and act like they are about to break through. The other battles will be handed over to the main force of the regiment!"
Just as Zhou Cheng finished executing the matter, Chen Zhengyu happened to run over: "Captain, the main force has been transferred, and we are the only one left!"
"Reporting the Reconnaissance Company reported that the Japanese army sent two infantry squadrons to advance lightly, and they could reach the outside of the town in half an hour. If they didn't leave, it would be too late!"
In a valley between the county town and Donghui Town, two guerrilla squadrons finally ushered in a short rest time.
The cadres in the guerrillas were not idle, and they wanted to break it into two minutes in one minute, and mobilized the puppet army prisoners to join the guerrillas.
After destroying nearly 300 Japanese and puppet troops, the two guerrillas had sixty or seventy guns left without anyone to use.
The guerrillas, who are used to being poor, will definitely not watch them piled up and rust there. They will immediately draw cadres to set up the racks of the fourth and fifth platoons of the guerrillas. As for the guerrillas in the two platoons, Luo Tianyu and Liu Shuihe are eyeing the more than 100 prisoners that the troops have just caught.
After one night of hard work, nearly half of the puppet prisoners of the prisoner camp had voluntarily signed up to join the guerrillas.
The two captains immediately replenished the troops and allowed them to adapt to the life and battle of the guerrillas as soon as possible.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Liu Shuihe, who had been guarding the prisoner camp for half an evening, brought back eighteen prisoners who were willing to join the National Salvation Army.
Just as he was about to find a place to take a look, the squad leader who was guarding the outside of the station suddenly appeared at the command department entrance, and a familiar face that was definitely not part of the guerrillas was followed behind him.
Liu Shuihe only met the other party once, and when the regiment commander came to the guerrillas not long ago, he followed the regiment commander and was a platoon leader of the main force guard company...
The person who was still confused just now was instantly cheered up, staring at the other party with both nervousness and anticipation.
"Platform Commander Wang, how did you find this place? Does the leader have a task for us?"
"Report to Captain Liu, I will come to you by the commander of the regiment. I have a task for you!"
"Because you intercepted two transport teams of the Japanese and puppet troops in succession, you have a large number of active forces in killing the Japanese and puppet troops, which directly led to the emergency of ammunition on the front line. The county town has insufficient troops and cannot continue to send transport teams to deliver ammunition to the front line."
"The leader asked me to tell you: After the battle, he will go to the guerrillas station to commend everyone himself!"
"Next to talk about the mission: the Japanese army on the front line stopped attacking because of the emergency of ammunition. In order to solve this problem, they are likely to send troops from Yangquan to deal with you."
"The regiment commander asked you to break the whole thing into pieces, continue to use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to deal with the Japanese, and block the Japanese army's logistics supply line."
"As long as you persist until tomorrow night, the guerrillas' mission will be completed. You can choose to return to the base or continue to fight on the battlefield. You have the final say on how to fight, and the regiment commander will not interfere!"
Liu Shuihe's face was already full of joy and immediately replied: "Plane Commander Wang went back and told the regiment commander that the guerrillas would ensure that the mission was completed. When the battle was over, we would definitely wait for the regiment commander to come at the garrison!"
In less than half an hour, the ravine where the guerrillas hid became lively. All the shells piled in the bushes were carried out and moved to a small cave one kilometer away.
After all the supplies were transferred in, Liu Shuihe decisively exploded the entrance of the cave and temporarily sealed the capture in the cave.
Then the troops began to move outwards and finally disappeared outside the ravine in units of platoons.
The troops and ammunition that Yangquan reinforced and pacified for the second time took the railway and arrived at the pacification army in just over half an hour. After resting for half a night, the Japanese and puppet troops who were fully energetic broke out of Pingding City at dawn, spread a large net along the road, looking for traces of the national rescue army.
"Taijun, yesterday we had a transportation team that was attacked in front of us!" The guide sent by the county town followed the Japanese captain and introduced as he walked.
As soon as the captain stopped, the adjutant took out the map that had been prepared long ago, and circled it with the brigade commander's telegram, half of which were surrounded by the battlefield.
The captain took a look and started to give an order: "This is our key search area."
"Send all the reconnaissance troops out immediately, search for the positions marked by the brigade commander one by one, and other troops are on standby!"
Chapter completed!