"Report to the commander, there is a call from the division headquarters." Just as the commander of the first division, Sun Xingbang, and the political commissar Zhao Dahe were discussing the current war situation, the communications staff hurriedly came to the two of them with a telegram and said.
"Old Sun, I guess the division commander must have a mission... Hurry, read..." After hearing the words of the communications staff, political commissar Zhao Dahe said excitedly.
"Yes, Commander, Political Commissar: The division headquarters ordered Commander Sun Xingbang to lead all the main forces in the division to march day and night and hide in the woods around Gong Village before the 16th. And on the evening of the 16th, attack Gong Village.
Defend the enemy and launch an attack. After occupying part of the enemy's positions, adopt the tactic of surrounding but not attacking, forcing the enemy defenders in Gongcun to send a request for help report to the main division. As for the time of your final general attack, the division headquarters will notify you separately. In addition, Gongcun will
To defend the enemy, in addition to a heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army, there are also two brigade defenders, and solid fortifications have been built. In order to reduce the casualties of the troops, the division headquarters will send a staff officer to guide your troops to adopt a new method.
Attack with critical tactics.
Order political commissar Zhao Dahe to lead at least one battalion and follow behind the main force of the Japanese army. Organize all militia and local troops along the way. After the Japanese army passes through their respective defense areas, all roads must be destroyed again to completely block the retreat of the Japanese army.
aisle.
Division Commander Liu Hua...Chief of Staff: Li Qing..." After the communications staff member read the telegram in his hand, he placed it on the table in front of him.
"Old Zhao, did you hear clearly that I'm here? The division commander is going to attack the Japanese Fifth Division..." After hearing the contents of the telegram, Commander Sun Xingbang, who knew Liuhua very well, opened his mouth in disbelief.
said.
"Haha, Old Sun, it's actually nothing. After we received the battle report of the Independent Regiment, I said that the battle of the Gongcun Independent Regiment might change the entire form of counter-encirclement and suppression. It seems that the division commander is really planning to change the battle.
We have a plan, haha, to attack the fifth division of the little devil, now it will make the old boy feel better." Political Commissar Zhao Dahe said with a smile.
"That's not what I meant, I meant that the division commander is really courageous. Although the Fifth Division was wiped out by our independent regiment, half of its regiment's strength was still there, after all, there are still more than 16,000 troops. And we,
In addition to the quick reaction brigade, there are two main regiments in the first division, and at most three regiments are being reinforced from the plateau. We only have 8 regiments, with a strength of more than 15,000 people...I am worried..." Sun Xingbang smiled bitterly.
road.
"Old Sun, you are too worried. Don't you think about it, have we ever lost a battle since we followed the division commander? Anyway, in my mind, we have never lost a battle. I think since the division commander has given the battle order,
That is to be absolutely sure of winning. So, we don't need to worry about this. What we need to focus on is to use the minimum cost to complete the combat mission assigned to us by the division commander." Political Commissar Zhao Dahe said confidently.
"Well, it seems I'm overly concerned. I have indeed never lost a battle since I followed the division commander." Commander Sun Xingbang smiled and acknowledged what Zhao Dahe said.
"Old Sun, don't be too happy. Don't look at your mission. Nearly 2,000 little Japanese infantry, plus a heavy artillery brigade. By then, if you don't arrange it properly, you will be in trouble. But the division commander telegraphed
It said that a staff officer will be sent to guide the battle and adopt a new attack method. I will wait and see. But I have my own mission and will have to wait until next time." Political Commissar Zhao Dahe reminded.
"Old Zhao, don't worry... I will pay attention. You should also pay attention to safety and don't always run to the front line. In this way, let's discuss the specific troop deployment." Commander Sun Xingbang nodded and said.
"Old Sun, my opinion is this: the battalion I take will not be removed from our two remaining main regiments, but will be taken with the divisional guard battalion. Also, I will take a company from the artillery battalion.
, to facilitate the troops to detect the enemy's situation. You bring the two main regiments of our division, the artillery battalion and the cavalry battalion directly under the division. If you add some local troops, you can gather 6,000 troops and attack Gong Village with great fanfare. Let Gong Village's
The little devil knows that our first division is the main force of the independent division." Political Commissar Zhao Dahe suggested.
"Okay, agreed. The task is urgent. Let's seize the time to mobilize the troops now... We will try to have lunch today so that the troops can set off on time..." After listening to the political commissar's suggestion, Sun Xingbang knew that now was not the time to postpone. So.
He agreed readily and at the same time set a time for dispatching troops.
Two days later, at four o'clock in the morning on the 16th, the main force of nearly 5,000 people and the local troops of more than 1,000 people led by Sun Xingbang finally arrived in the woods surrounding Gong Village after two days of marching day and night.
Among them, and successfully rendezvoused with General Staff Wang from the Division Headquarters Operations Staff Office who had hidden here in advance.
"Report to Commander Sun, Wang Degui from the Division Operations Staff Office was ordered to come and report." Wang Degui, who had been waiting here for a day, saw that the main force of the first division finally arrived at the destination within the specified time. He couldn't help but feel excited and ran away quickly.
When he arrived in front of the commander of the first division, Sun Xingbang, he solemnly reported.
"Well, Counselor Wang, it seems that you have been waiting for us for a long time. How about we are not late?" Seeing the capable Counselor Wang Degui in front of him, Sun Xingbang nodded in appreciation and joked with a smile.
"Commander, please stop making fun of me. We still have a whole day before the time set by the division commander. How can we be late..." Wang Degui said embarrassedly.
"Okay, Staff Officer Wang, you arrived here a day early. You should be much more familiar with the terrain here than we are. Today, you will temporarily serve as the chief of staff of my first division. I will deal with the camping issues of more than 6,000 troops behind me.
, I leave everything to you here." Sun Xingbang said with a smile as he looked at the dozens of soldiers behind Wang Degui.
"Yes, Commander, Wang Degui promises to complete the mission..." After saying that, Wang Degui turned around and took dozens of soldiers behind him and ran to the troops in the first division. In less than an hour, more than 6,000 people
All the troops were arranged by Wang Degui and began to rest.
After arranging the camp of the troops, Wang Degui came to the temporary headquarters of the first division. Since the troops were deep in the mountains at this time, a dim lantern was lit in the headquarters. The division commander Sun Xingbang, with the help of the faint lantern,
In the bright light, he was lying on a table made of bullet boxes, staring closely at a map in front of him.
"Commander, all the troops have been arranged. The guard posts have been set up. Now the soldiers are resting. Are there any other instructions?" Staff Officer Wang Degui walked to Sun Xingbang and said.
"It's done so quickly. As expected, it was trained by the division commander himself. Things are different. By the way, Staff Wang, the division commander's telegram said that you will give us a lot of new attack methods. Do you want to follow me first?
Tell me, let me get familiar with it..." Seeing Staff Wang completing the task so quickly, Sun Xingbang couldn't help but sigh. However, he did not forget the specific task of Staff Wang coming here, so he immediately began to ask.
"Commander, this new tactic is very simple to say. In the words of the commander, it is to dig communication trenches and slowly approach the enemy's position from underground. This will shorten the attack distance between the two armies, thereby reducing the enemy's heavy attack.
If firepower loses its due effect, it can also reduce casualties when troops attack." Staff Officer Wang briefly introduced.
"Use the communication trenches to shorten the attack distance so that the enemy's artillery fire cannot exert its due power. Well, Staff Wang, please tell me more specifically..." Sun Xingbang nodded thoughtfully and continued to ask.
"Yes, Commander, it's like this... In the plains, if our attack distance is too far, the distance where we are directly exposed to the enemy's heavy firepower will also be too far...
"Haha, Counselor Wang, who came up with this tactic? He is really a genius. Such a simple thing can not only exert great power when used on the battlefield. More importantly, it can also reduce the number of
Casualties of the attacking troops. Tell me who summed up this strategy." After listening to Staff Wang's introduction, Sun Xingbang couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked in surprise.
"Commander, you haven't thought about it. We all know the person who came up with this strategy, and he is a person we are very familiar with. Guess who this person is?" Staff Wang asked with a smile.
"Oh my God! Counselor Wang, don't tell me that this person is our division commander..." Sun Xingbang opened his mouth and said in disbelief.
"You guessed it right, it was our division commander who summed up this tactic. However, the reason why he summed up this tactic at that time was to deal with the more than 2,000 little devils under our mountain..." Staff Wang said with a smile.
"Commander, I'm really convinced by you. So, Staff Officer Wang, let's rest for a few hours. After daybreak, we'll take a few regiment commanders with us and go down the mountain to observe the terrain on the spot and make a specific attack plan.
...What do you think?" Sun Xingbang said with a smile.
"Commander, I am just a combat staff officer under your command, and I will resolutely obey orders." Staff Wang immediately stood up and said.
"Okay, that's it. Let's all rest for a few hours and start observing the enemy's situation tomorrow... You go down first! I will have the correspondent come over to inform you then." Sun Xingbang ordered.
"Yes, Commander." Staff Officer Wang turned and left the temporary command post.
It was not until ten o'clock the next day that Sun Xingbang ordered his correspondent to call together his two regiment commanders, two directly affiliated battalion commanders, and Staff Officer Wang from the division headquarters. Several people hurriedly ate some dry food.
Under the protection of some guard troops, they quietly descended the mountain and slowly approached the little Japanese's defensive position.
Six people, led by Staff Officer Wang who was familiar with the terrain, quietly reached a high ground less than 500 meters away from the Japanese defense line. Suddenly, every move of the entire Japanese defense position fell into
Within the sight of the soldiers.
"Commander, this is the best observation location nearby. We can clearly see every move of the Japanese position." Staff Wang pointed at the Japanese defensive position not far away and said.
"Well, it seems that the military quality of the top commander of the Japanese army here is very good. At a distance of 200 meters in front of the position, all concealments have been cleared. If our army rashly launches a strong attack, on the one hand, it will become the Japanese army's
The target of the heavy machine gun, on the other hand, is also the target of the enemy's heavy artillery. It seems that this little devil is really deliberately planning to destroy our independent division!" After looking at the solid defenses laid out by the Japanese army, even one division
Commander Sun Xingbang couldn't help but praise him.
"Yes, what the commander said is very correct. If it were not for the strategy that the division commander came up with, not only would we have to pay a heavy price, but we might not be able to capture the enemy's position at all." Staff Wang nodded and agreed.
"Okay, have you all seen the defenses of the enemy positions clearly? Once we do, we will go back and assign tasks. I can tell you that the division commander ordered us to launch an attack tonight no matter what, and also to capture some enemy positions.
Let the little devils here feel scared and send a request for help to their main divisions." Sun Xingbang ordered to the battalion commanders of several regiments around him.
"Okay..." Just like that, after observing the enemy's positions, several people quietly returned to their troops' campsite and began to arrange specific combat tasks for tonight's attack.
"Just now, Staff Officer Wang from the division headquarters has explained to everyone the tactics we need to adopt when attacking in the first division tonight. If any of you are unfamiliar with it, please stand up and ask me for advice. Don't let me off the hook then.
"At that time, if anyone causes unnecessary casualties due to mistakes in tactics, there is nothing to say. I must be engaged in military law." Looking at all the commanders above the battalion level in front of him, Sun Xingbang stood up and asked.
"It's all clear..." Dozens of people replied in unison.
"Okay, now that everyone is clear, I will start to arrange specific combat tasks and orders." Sun Xingbang shouted loudly to the dozens of cadres in front of him.
"Ugh..." Almost at the moment when Sun Xingbang blurted out the order, dozens of commanders in front of him stood up almost at the same time.
"Our specific tactics are to drive these little devils to Gong Village as much as possible. Therefore, we adopt the tactics of surrounding three and missing one. The specific arrangement is as follows: one regiment and one battalion, and the second battalion plus one battalion of militiamen
, attack from the south of the enemy's position. The militiamen of the first regiment and three battalions, the second regiment and the first battalion and the other battalion attack from the south of the enemy's position. The second regiment, the second battalion, the third battalion and the militiamen of the other battalion attack from the west of the enemy's position.
The cavalry battalion serves as a reserve for the entire army."
"As for our artillery battalion, after the infantry has built the communication trenches, push all the artillery along the communication trenches to the front line position, and fire artillery shells at the enemy position. This will not only increase the power of the artillery shells, but more importantly
Yes, it has entered the enemy's blind spot and improved its defensive capabilities. However, your artillery battalion must remember that you are only allowed to bombard the enemy's infantry positions. Whoever blows up the enemy's heavy artillery and artillery shells for me
, Who shall I shoot?" Sun Xingbang ordered loudly.
"Yes, Commander, I promise to complete the mission..." Dozens of people answered in unison.
"Okay, as soon as it gets dark, everyone will start taking action. I will make a specific decision based on the progress of digging trenches of each department. Now let's adjourn the meeting. When everyone goes back, pass on the tactics taught to you by Staff Officer Wang to every soldier.
In the ears." Sun Xingbang ordered.
"Yes, Commander..."
At six o'clock in the afternoon that day, the troops stationed in the dense forest began to slowly drive towards the enemy's position under the leadership of their respective commanders. By eight o'clock in the evening, the entire sky finally turned into one
In the darkness, only the countless bonfires on the Japanese military position not far away gave off bursts of faint light.
Thousands of soldiers led by First Division Commander Sun Xingbang were already hiding quietly less than 500 meters away from the Japanese position, quietly waiting for the commander's orders.
"Start taking action..." Soon, at the starting positions of the Eighth Route Army, they all remembered the voices of their respective commanders. Groups of soldiers covered in black cloth, carrying shovels, quietly climbed out of the hidden woods.
, crawled towards the Japanese position not far away. Under the cover of the black cloth on their bodies, each soldier looked like a nigger, and soon disappeared from the sight of the soldiers.
At this time, in the entire defensive position, except for a few unlucky soldiers who were ordered by their commanders to stick to the position for vigilance, the remaining soldiers gathered around a bonfire and shouted.
Singing his own military song, chatting about the customs of his hometown, and commenting on his achievements after entering China. Drinking tasteless sake and eating a boring marching dinner... It seemed that he was celebrating his stay in Gong Village.
Take the risk and continue to attack the Eighth Route Army's base areas.
However, they did not know that their loud singing could well cover up the sound of the soldiers digging bunkers in front of the position. Under the cover of the enemy's singing, the soldiers successfully climbed to a distance of about 50 meters away from the enemy's position.
He stopped. He picked up the engineering shovel on his back and began to dig a personal bunker in front of him.
Digging bunkers is the simplest task for these Eighth Route Army soldiers who are basically farmers. Everyone holds engineering shovels specially made of fine iron from the arsenal and makes as little noise as possible.