Chapter 258: The plan can't keep up with the changes
Xu Dalong said: "Captain, just tell us what you have in mind."
Li Yunlong said: "My idea is to fight again and choose a big target. Of course, I am not familiar with where to fight and how to fight. I am not familiar with the situation here. It all depends on you."
To be honest, Xu Dalong led the main force of the Mawushan guerrillas to wait in vain for a while at Lijiazhuang this time. They did not get a fight, and he felt a little angry.
After Li Yunlong's move, he was moved and said, "Okay then. Let's hold another meeting to listen to everyone's opinions."
Soon after, in the conference room of the Mawushan guerrillas, the coalition forces held another combat meeting.
Li Yunlong was very minded, and he was worried that everyone would have different opinions during the meeting, and the combat operation would eventually be cancelled. So he first went to Kong Jie before the meeting, fanned Kong Jie, and finally persuaded Kong Jie to agree to it during the meeting.
own opinions.
Then he went to find Chu Yunfei, and while building friendship with Chu Yunfei, he also used the provoking method.
Chu Yunfei now had strong troops and horses, and he also wanted to show off his skills in front of Li Yunlong, so he agreed with Li Yunlong's opinion.
If Li Yunlong hadn't been familiar with several leaders of the Independence Brigade, he might have gone there to stir up some fanfare.
Xu Dalong had already received a report on Li Yunlong's little move, and he secretly found it funny.
In fact, he had already made up his mind to fight again. Li Yunlong's actions paved the way for him in advance.
At the joint meeting, Xu Dalong solicited the opinions of the generals of each army.
Kong Jie and Chu Yunfei had agreed to Li Yunlong in advance. They all responded to Li Yunlong's proposal and chose a new combat target to launch another offensive campaign.
After all, several leaders of the Independent Brigade had not been joining the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party for a long time. They were all very cautious. Seeing the attitude of Li Yunlong and others, they naturally wanted to follow the trend and express their support.
In this way, the determination to launch a new offensive campaign was determined.
Today, the larger combat targets that can be selected in this area include the Japanese 108th Division in Yucheng, the 110th Division in Yangquan, and the Japanese 32nd Garrison Division in Lingao City.
Geographically speaking, the three enemy forces are located in an acute triangle, and the one closest to Guancheng County is Lingao City where the 32nd Japanese Garrison Division is stationed.
The coalition chose to attack the 32nd garrison division. Since Yangquan was relatively far away from Lingao City, the main Japanese reinforcements should be the 108th Division from Yucheng. From this point of view, it was more advantageous to attack Lingao City.
In terms of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese troops, the 32nd Division was obviously weaker than the 108th Division and the 110th Division. From this point of view, the 32nd Division was more certain of victory.
After everyone's discussion, it was finally decided to choose the Japanese 32nd Garrison Division as the main target of this battle.
The battle was decided, and the first step was for Zheng Xirong's intelligence squadron to collect relevant intelligence.
The various troops participating in the war rested and reorganized in Guancheng County. They waited until they had obtained relevant information about the Japanese army before formulating corresponding combat plans.
In order to prevent the brigade commander from worrying, Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie jointly sent a telegram to the brigade commander, reporting the results of the last battle and the idea of launching a new offensive campaign.
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie were having such a fuss outside. As the brigade commander had expected, the brigade commander didn't say anything. The telegram he sent back was still two words: Agree.
There were no combat operations for the time being, so Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Kong Jie and others requested to visit the Mawushan guerrilla base. Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng and Wang Chengzhu accompanied them on the visit.
The first place Li Yunlong and others visited was the troops belonging to the Mawushan Guerrillas. The Mawushan Guerrillas' large force, sophisticated equipment, good barracks conditions and abundant meals for the troops were all praised by Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and others. They
Everyone said that Xu Dalong and others were so capable that they made the army so fat.
The arsenal of the Mawushan guerrillas has also improved greatly now. It has more than 80 technicians and workers, capable of repairing various weapons, producing 60mm and 70mm mortar shells, Type 79 rifle bullets, grenades, and landmines. The output
It is also very considerable and can basically meet the needs of independent brigades, county brigades and militia.
The crowd also visited coal mines and other Mawushan guerrilla enterprises.
When Li Yunlong heard that the Mawushan guerrillas had their own clothing factory, he immediately became interested. You must know that he had served as the director of a clothing factory, and he wanted to see what the scale of the clothing factory here was.
Chuntao is now the director of a garment factory. Seeing the old director Li Yunlong, she happily said: "Welcome Director Li to come."
Li Yunlong saw Chuntao, the former cook in the clothing factory, now wearing a brand new military uniform and looking very energetic.
He said happily: "Chuntao, you are really good. I thought you could only cook, but now you are the director of the factory."
Chuntao smiled and said: "How can I be the material to be the director of the factory? This is all what Captain Xu forced me to do. After going back and forth, I can barely do it now."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Captain, don't underestimate Chuntao, she is a very capable person, and now the garment factory is run in an orderly manner by her."
Everyone walked into the clothing factory while chatting.
In the workshop, Li Yunlong and others saw workers in the garment factory cutting fabrics. All the workers in the entire workshop were doing this.
Li Yunlong asked with some confusion: "With so many people doing tailoring, where are the people who sew clothes?"
Chuntao introduced: "Director Li, our garment factory uses an assembly line. This workshop is only responsible for cutting, and other workshops are responsible for other processes."
After speaking, Chuntao took everyone to visit the sewing workshop.
There are seventy or eighty sewing machines in the sewing workshop, and the workers are busy there.
Then they visited other workshops, where some people specialized in sewing buttons and others specialized in folding clothes.
Li Yunlong said: "Your garment factory is very large. It seems to have more people than our garment factory."
Chuntao said very proudly: "The garment factory here now has more than a hundred workers, and the military uniforms and quilts produced can meet the needs of tens of thousands of our guerrillas, independent brigades, and county brigades."
Li Yunlong said happily: "Okay, I really can't tell. Chuntao is really a clothing factory director. He is much more powerful than me, a factory director who rushes ducks to sell goods."
Chuntao smiled and said: "This is all due to the support of Captain Xu. Our garment factory has guaranteed funds and raw materials, so it can complete its production tasks."
The next day, Xu Dalong and others accompanied Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others to visit the construction of base-level organizations, and watched the tactics and personal skill drills of the county brigade and basic militiamen.
Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and others discovered that the equipment training of the county brigade and even the basic militia here of the Mawushan guerrillas was no less advanced than the supplementary regiments developed by the old army.
After everyone visited, Zhao Gang went to visit the management work of the Zhengfu Department of Guancheng County and gave positive affirmations.
Through this visit, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and others gained a more comprehensive understanding of the Mawushan base area created by the Mawushan guerrillas.
They were all very impressed that Xu Dalong and his group had only a hundred and ten people who came to Mawu Mountain at the beginning, but they actually established such a large family business here.
Zhao Gang was a thoughtful person. He wrote down everything he saw and heard in the Mawu Mountain base area in his diary, and planned to compile a piece of information when he returned to the Taihang Mountain base area and report it to the brigade chief.
That morning, in the conference room of the guerrillas, Zheng Xirong reported on the situation of the 32nd Division of the Japanese garrison in Lingao City.
The meeting designated Sun Desheng, Fang Ligong, Zhang Dabiao, Huang Jingzhong and the chief of staff of the New Second Regiment to jointly formulate a specific combat plan.
Three days later, the main force of the coalition forces left Guancheng County and headed for Lingao City. The battle to attack the Japanese garrison 32nd Division officially began.
In order to achieve the suddenness of the battle, Xu Dalong led Wei Monk's special operations squadron and Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron, disguised as Japanese troops, and first went to Lingao City, followed by large troops.
Xu Dalong and others arrived outside Lingao City and met up with Zheng Xirong, who had arrived early. Zheng Xirong reported to Xu Dalong the latest situation in Lingao City.
First of all, Chiba Xunyi suddenly left the division headquarters of the 32nd Division yesterday, saying that he went to Taiyuan to attend a combat meeting held by the First Army.
Also, the night before yesterday, a large amount of weapons and equipment were transported, including many Type 92 infantry guns and mortars, Type 92 heavy machine guns, crooked machine guns, etc., as well as a large amount of ammunition. The quantity of these weapons and equipment has already
It exceeded the establishment of the 32nd garrison division. It seems that the firepower was specially strengthened for the garrison 32nd division.
These weapons have not yet been issued, and are all stored in the newly built arsenal in the east of the city.
This information was all provided by Takahashi Bei. In order not to arouse others' suspicion, Takahashi Bei could not inquire in detail. The situation he had was not very detailed. The content of the combat meeting attended by Chiba Xunyi and the specific details of weapons and ammunition
He could only give a rough estimate of the quantity.
But these situations are enough for Xu Dalong. This is really a good thing. The coalition forces are about to attack the Japanese garrison 32nd Division. The division commander is not at the division headquarters at this time. He will arrive at a certain date.
To a certain extent, it affects the combat effectiveness of the 32nd garrison division.
A large amount of weapons and equipment shipped by the Japanese army are stored in the arsenal and have not yet been distributed. This is also a golden opportunity.
Xu Dalong decided to advance the battle plan, so he sent a telegram to Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei and others, asking them to speed up their march. He decided to lead the special forces and Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron to seize the opportunity before the Japanese army launched the new movement.
Before getting the weapons and ammunition, first capture the arsenal.
Xu Dalong carefully considered the action plan, and after the consideration was mature, he asked Zheng Xirong to return to the city, get in touch with Takahashi Bingwei, keep abreast of the Japanese army's movements, and report to Zheng Xirong in a timely manner.
After dinner that day, Xu Dalong and others were ready to launch a raid on the arsenal at night.
At this moment, Zheng Xirong sent a telegram, and he provided very useful information. Takahashi Bingwei informed him that starting from tomorrow morning, each regiment of the 32nd Division will go to the arsenal to collect weapons.
equipment.
Xu Dalong thought this was an excellent opportunity, so he decided to change the battle plan.
The reason why he made such a decision was that a Japanese infantry brigade was stationed near the Japanese arsenal. The Japanese arsenal itself also had a squadron of guard troops, and the Japanese army's defenses were extremely strict, and the walls had been re-established.
After construction, in addition to the turrets built at the four corners, a parapet was built on top of the wall, there was an electric grid on the wall around the arsenal, and two searchlights were installed.
It is difficult for Xu Dalong and others to approach even at night. If they want to take over the arsenal, they may have to attack by force. Doing so is extremely risky and may even lead to failure. Xu Dalong decided to take the risk of launching a surprise attack at night. This was a helpless move. He had to
The enemy's arsenal must be destroyed before the Japanese army receives this batch of weapons and ammunition.
Now that the situation has changed, Xu Dalong decided to pretend to be a Japanese army unit collecting weapons and ammunition tomorrow morning, and enter the arsenal before the Japanese army came to collect weapons and ammunition, catching the Japanese army off guard.
Not only that, with this whole night, the Mawushan guerrillas were able to quickly gather their troops and arrive outside Lingao City in time. After Xu Dalong and others seized the arsenal, they were fully capable of blocking and annihilating the Japanese infantry near the arsenal.
Brigade.
Xu Dalong sent a telegram back to Zheng Xirong, asking him to notify Takahashi Bingwei and try to get the relevant certificates for receiving weapons and ammunition. It does not need to be the latest one, it is okay to get the expired ones. Wang Jinke used tonight's time to forge new ones.
These things were easy for Takahashi Hei. As the associate staff officer of the Logistics Section, he could enter and leave various departments of the Logistics Section at will. Soon he got a voided receipt for receiving weapons and ammunition and gave it to Zheng Xirong.
That night Xu Dalong and others could only spend the night outdoors.
Due to a light rain during the day, the humidity in the mountains and fields was extremely heavy, making it very uncomfortable to be wet. Late at night, the temperature began to drop, and when the cool breeze blew, Lin Xueying couldn't help but sneeze.
In order to avoid exposing the target, no fire could be made at night. Xu Dalong was worried that Lin Xueying's body could not bear it, so he took out his military blanket and put it on Lin Xueying's body.
Lin Xueying enjoyed Xu Dalong's care for her very much. She did not decline or say thank you, she just smiled sweetly at Xu Dalong.
At 3 o'clock in the morning, Sun Desheng led the cavalry troops over. Xu Dalong and others followed Sun Desheng to the road two kilometers away. The Mawushan guerrilla convoy had already arrived here.
In order to disguise the Japanese army, the guerrillas specially set aside some vehicles, maintaining the original appearance of Japanese military trucks, with Japanese plaster flags placed on the fronts of the trucks.
Xu Dalong and others took these vehicles and disguised themselves as Japanese soldiers and headed to the arsenal.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment came over in military trucks.
Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and others exchanged views with Xu Dalong. The troops of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment, as well as the cavalry troops led by Sun Desheng, immediately began to take action. They wanted to use the darkness before dawn to ambush around the Japanese arsenal to counter Xu Dalong and others.
human actions.
Since there were not so many vehicles, Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade and the Independent Brigade were marching on foot, and were still about nine hours away from Lingao City. After the battle at the arsenal started, they were temporarily unable to participate in the battle. For preparedness
An accident occurred to ensure the safety of the 358th Brigade and the Independent Brigade. Cui Zhenyue's tank troops were divided into two teams, serving as forwards and rearguards to cover the safety of the 358th Brigade and the Independent Brigade. Therefore, they could not arrive in time to participate.
The battle is about to begin in the arsenal.
The so-called plan cannot keep up with changes, which is a very helpless thing.
At 8:10 in the morning, the convoy of the Japanese 81st Regiment heading to the ammunition depot to collect weapons and ammunition was about to set off. The duty staff officer in the combat duty room received a call from the direction of the ammunition depot, saying that the ammunition depot had a temporary power outage yesterday afternoon and was preparing to leave the warehouse.
Weapons and ammunition have not been counted yet. We need to count the supplies this morning and have the 81st Regiment come over this afternoon to collect the weapons and ammunition.
The logistics chief of the 81st Wing was very dissatisfied with this. He said: "Those guys in the arsenal are all a bunch of bastards! They are usually so arrogant and procrastinate in doing things. It is really disgusting."
The squadron leader of the transportation squadron echoed: "Your Excellency, the unit chief, is right. Every time we go to collect weapons, ammunition and supplies, we have to look at the faces of those guys, as if the things in the warehouse belong to them.
If you don’t give them a smile and say nice things, you will be made things difficult for them. They are really a bunch of bastards!”
The head of the logistics department said angrily: "Since we can't go in the morning, let's go back and rest first."
The call received by the 81st Regiment was from Xu Dalong and others. They already knew the schedule for the Japanese army to receive weapons and ammunition from Takahashi Bei, and they wanted to pretend to be the Japanese 81st Regiment and go to the arsenal.
The Japanese army's arsenal has been strengthened since it was attacked before. Before entering the arsenal, you must first pass through the Japanese army's bunker. There is a Japanese squad here and a checkpoint has been set up. They must first check the people heading to the arsenal.
Vehicles and personnel are inspected.
At 9:10, the Japanese soldiers at the weapons depot checkpoint saw a convoy approaching. The Japanese soldiers stepped forward to stop the convoy and asked to check their documents.
A Japanese soldier sitting in the first car first showed his ID. After checking it, the Japanese soldiers asked for proof of receiving supplies from the arsenal.
The Japanese Army Shaozuo took out the relevant certificates from his wallet and gave them to the Japanese soldiers.
After the Japanese soldiers checked and confirmed that everything was correct, they waved to let them go, and several Japanese soldiers moved the roadblock to the roadside.
The convoy passed the checkpoint and continued to the arsenal.
There is also a Japanese bunker in front of the gate of the arsenal, and a wooden sentry box opposite the bunker.
Seeing the convoy approaching, the sentry in the guard box came out to check the Japanese soldier Shao Zuo's ID and proof of entering the warehouse, and conducted a brief interrogation.
The Japanese soldier Shaozuo answered fluently, and the Japanese soldier did not have any questions, so he returned to the post and notified the people in the warehouse by phone.
The warehouse door was electric. With a creaking sound, the door slowly opened, and the fleet drove in.
The Japanese soldier Shaozuo was disguised as Xu Dalong, and the Japanese soldiers on the truck were all members of the special operations squadron. They had already loaded their bullets and were ready to attack at any time.
After the fleet enters the warehouse, it must first pass through the office area of the warehouse. People who come to collect supplies must first go to the office area to go through the corresponding procedures, and then they can go to the material warehouse behind.
The warehouse office staff who had received the report came out and it was a Japanese second lieutenant.
He signaled the convoy to stop and prepared to take the Japanese officers who came to collect supplies to the office building to go through the formalities.
Xu Dalong got out of the truck. When the Japanese second lieutenant saw him, he asked with some confusion: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, are you from the 81st Regiment? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Xu Dalong said: "I am Sato Masashige, the new deputy chief of the logistics section of the 81st Wing. Our section chief Kondo Shaozuo specially sent me to familiarize himself with the situation."
The Japanese second lieutenant nodded and said, "Follow me."
Xu Dalong followed the Japanese second lieutenant into the office building. Also following Xu Dalong was a squad leader of the special operations squadron.
After entering the office building, the Japanese second lieutenant led Xu Dalong into an office on the first floor.
There was a Japanese lieutenant and a Japanese commander Cao in the office.
The Japanese second lieutenant said: "He is from the 81st Regiment receiving supplies."
There is a strict hierarchy within the Japanese army, and subordinates must stand at attention and salute when they see their superiors. But the Japanese lieutenant was sitting there without even raising his eyebrows. He just raised his eyes and looked at Xu Dalong and others.
It's no wonder that in the army, people in the logistics department control supplies, and people in other departments rely on them. Therefore, these guys are very arrogant and don't take a young leftist seriously at all.
When the Japanese lieutenant saw Xu Dalong's face, he also raised questions.
After Xu Dalong answered, the Japanese lieutenant was still doubtful. He grabbed the phone on the table and dialed the number of the Japanese 81st Regiment.
After the call was connected, he said: "I'm Matsuda Shinji from the logistics warehouse. Please call me to the office of the logistics section chief, Sato Shozuo."
When Xu Dalong saw it, his secret was revealed immediately. He took out the tortoise box from his waist and shot the Japanese lieutenant in the head.
The squad leader of the special operations squadron following him also fired twice, killing the Japanese second lieutenant and the Japanese commander Cao.
Then Xu Dalong and the squad leader rushed into the corridor and shot at the Japanese officers and soldiers when they saw them.
The sound of gunshots was an order, and the special operations team members who had been prepared immediately shot at the targeted targets, then jumped out of the truck to attack the predetermined targets.
Takahashi Biewei had already drawn a map of the area inside the Japanese warehouse for them in advance, and Monk Wei had assigned combat missions to each unit in advance. The team members quickly launched attack operations in accordance with the predetermined combat plan.
In order to avoid accidentally injuring the team members during the battle, they took off the tops of the Japanese military uniforms while running, revealing the underground party anti-Japanese uniforms underneath.
The Japanese officers and soldiers in the logistics warehouse usually did not carry guns. They were caught off guard and had no power to resist.
The guerrillas quickly occupied most of the Kurdistan area.