The puppet soldiers standing guard at the entrance of the town were from the cavalry battalion. Of course they knew the Japanese commander of the cavalry battalion, Second Lieutenant Watanabe. They quickly sent people to take Xu Dalong and others to the headquarters of the cavalry battalion.
Watanabe, the commander of the Japanese army, was a little fat man. When he saw Xu Dalong's expression, he looked at him doubtfully.
Xu Dalong stepped forward and said enthusiastically: "You are Watanabe-kun, right? I am a close friend of Tanaka Jiro from the same hometown. Tanaka-kun said that you are also a fellow villager in Osaka and asked me to come and visit you when I passed through Wanjia Town.
He says hello to you."
As he spoke, he handed over the two bottles of sake in his hand and said, "This is what Tanaka-kun asked me to deliver to you."
The Tanaka Jiro mentioned by Xu Dalong was the Japanese captain in the previous stronghold, and he and Second Lieutenant Watanabe were fellow residents of Osaka.
When he heard that the visitor spoke with an Osaka accent and was introduced by fellow countryman Captain Tanaka, Watanabe immediately became enthusiastic.
He asked the orderly to take Zheng Xirong and others to rest in a nearby room, and then he took Xu Dalong to his room.
Xu Dalong saw a black wolf dog tied up at the door. The wolf dog was originally lying on the ground. When he saw the stranger coming, he stood up and let out a low whine towards Xu Dalong.
Watanabe bent down and touched the dog's head and said, "Stop barking, this is my friend."
This wolfdog seemed to be well-trained indeed. As expected, it stopped growling at Xu Dalong and started making out with Watanabe.
Xu Dalong praised: "This is a military dog, it looks very spiritual."
Watanabe said with some show off: "Sato-kun, you are very discerning. This is really a military dog. It was specially given to me by your Excellency, the commander of the company."
Xu Dalong also walked up to the wolf dog and stretched out his hand to stroke its fur. The wolf dog did not resist and seemed very obedient.
Second Lieutenant Watanabe accompanied Xu Dalong into the house and started chatting with him.
Second Lieutenant Watanabe was a little fat man with a cheerful personality. He was the only Japanese in the entire Wanjia Town. He usually didn't even have anyone to talk to and felt very lonely. Therefore, when he had time, he went to the stronghold to chat with fellow countryman Captain Tanaka.
Now a fellow countryman came here and was introduced by an acquaintance. He was very happy and entertained Xu Dalong warmly. The two of them had a very lively chat.
Xu Dalong liked this little fat Japanese guy very much, and he felt as if he had met each other too late. The more the two chatted, the closer they got. Xu Dalong simply took off a watch from his wrist. This watch belonged to the Japanese artillery lieutenant he had captured. He wanted to fight for his life or death.
Give this watch to the little fat man.
He said that he worked in Taiyuan Special High School and had many opportunities to make money, and a mere watch was nothing.
Little Fatty Watanabe was originally a little resistant to Xu Dalong's identity as a special high school student, but seeing that he was so enthusiastic and that he was from his hometown, the little resistance quickly disappeared. He accepted Xu Dalong's gift and said
When Xu Dalong comes back from Pingan County and passes by, he will give Xu Dalong a good banquet.
Xu Dalong asked about the little fat man's living situation with concern. The little fat man was very dissatisfied that he was sent to supervise the puppet cavalry camp alone. The most important thing was that he was lonely here. So he complained to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong comforted him and said that after he returned to Taiyuan, he would report to his superiors and find a way to transfer him to Taiyuan.
The little fat man was even happier, feeling that he had met a noble person, and expressed his gratitude to Xu Dalong again.
Xu Dalong also pretended to be angry and said that we are fellow villagers and should not be polite to him.
In this way, Xu Dalong chatted with Little Fatty Watanabe for more than an hour. He said he would rush to Ping'an County that day, so he said goodbye and left.
Little Fatty Watanabe was reluctant to leave and personally sent Xu Dalong and others to the entrance of the town.
On the way, Xu Dalong, Zheng Xirong and others secretly paid attention to the situation in the town. He saw two dogs chasing each other on the street, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.
In this way, Xu Dalong basically understood the situation of the puppet cavalry camp, and also remembered the specific location and layout of the cavalry camp in Wanjia Town.
Xu Dalong and others left Wanjia Town and did not return directly to the Independent Regiment. Instead, they went to Ping'an County again. This time they did not enter the county. He already knew the strength of the Japanese troops in Ping'an County through Captain Tanaka and Second Lieutenant Watanabe.
He came here mainly to see the terrain from Wanjia Town to Ping'an County.
Attacking Wanjia Town is not a simple matter. Not only must we understand the strength, equipment, and location of the enemy forces in Wanjia Town, but we must also understand the situation of the enemy forces around Wanjia Town. Once the battle in Wanjia Town begins,
How many reinforcements will the enemy have? Which route will they take? How long will it take to arrive? None of these circumstances can be ignored.
On the way back from Pingan County, Xu Dalong and others did not return the same way. Instead, they bypassed Wanjia Town and the two Japanese and puppet army strongholds they passed on the way. They wanted to prepare for the independent regiment's troops to surprise Wanjia Town and find them in advance.
Secret marching routes, and retreat routes after the battle.
Along the way, Xu Dalong taught Zheng Xirong and others his experience in reconnaissance work. Zheng Xirong and others felt that they had benefited a lot and admired Xu Dalong more and more.
After returning to Yangcun, Xu Dalong and others did not go directly to the regiment headquarters. Instead, they came to the station of the special service platoon and asked Zhao Xiaoman to quietly inform Wang Xiaohu and ask him to quietly tell Li Yunlong.
Soon after, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Zhang Dabiao also quietly came to the residence of the special service platoon. The reason why they did this was because they had to hide this matter from political commissar Zhao Gang for the time being.
The mobilization of troops in the army is not something that commanders can do at will. In peacetime, the mobilization of a company of troops must be reported to the military-level leadership agency. In wartime, there are not so many rules, but the mobilization of a battalion of troops must be carried out.
Combat missions must also be registered with the brigade or division-level leadership. Zhao Gang, as the political commissar, must take responsibility for privately mobilizing a battalion to perform combat missions, and he will definitely stop it.
After Xu Dalong returned to the independent regiment's station, he sorted out and summarized the reconnaissance situation, and redrawn a situation map of the enemy and ourselves centered on Wanjia Town. He also mapped the learned enemy situation and terrain characteristics on it.
Label in detail.
Li Yunlong and others saw it clearly.
Kong Jie praised: "Xu Dalong, the professionalism of your work on the picture is probably unique in our entire brigade."
After understanding the situation, Li Yunlong and others began to discuss a battle plan for attacking Wanjia Town.
Zhang Dabiao proposed that the troops would march day and night and cover the 80km road in two days. After arriving at Wanjia Town, they would lurk outside the town and wait until night to launch a surprise attack.
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie agreed with Zhang Dabiao's opinion and decided to implement this plan.
At this time, Xu Dalong said: "Captain, I have some ideas, can you mention them?"
Xu Dalong is just a platoon leader now, and he is not qualified to speak when deciding on major combat tasks.
Now Xu Dalong's performance has been recognized by several leaders, and they also want to hear Xu Dalong's opinions. Li Yunlong asked: "What do you think?"
Xu Dalong said: "In general, there are no problems with the combat plan proposed by Battalion Commander Zhang. However, there is still one problem that needs to be solved.
There are many families in Wanjia Town who keep dogs. If our troops approach Wanjia Town at night, they will definitely alarm the dogs in the town. A barking dog will cause a group of dogs to bark, which will definitely alert the puppet troops.
Wanjia Town is a large town with thousands of households, and the puppet army's barracks are in the town. If the puppet army in the town cannot be defeated quickly, and the puppet army mixes with the people in the town, it will be difficult to fight this battle.
I'm afraid that the officers and soldiers of our independent regiment, as well as the civilians, may suffer heavy casualties.
Wanjia Town is only 22km away from Pingan County. If Wanjia Town cannot be captured in a short period of time, once the Japanese reinforcements arrive, it may be difficult for us to complete this mission."
Li Yunlong and others obviously did not expect such a detail, and were a little stunned for a moment.