As Xu Rui expected, Kawaguchi Heiji, who liked to play cards unconventionally, was the most suspicious, so when he found out that the independent regiment did not fortify Shaqiao Gang, he inevitably became suspicious.
Kawaguchi Heiji said: "What if this is exactly Xu Rui's plot? Don't forget how Shuichi Hamura died. How do you know that Xu Rui will not repeat the same trick and plant a super bomb on the Shangsha Bridge?
What if we move the heavy machine gun position to Shangsha Bridge rashly and the other party detonates a bomb?"
Akira Muto and several senior officers were awe-inspiring when they heard this.
However, Yongjin Tatsuya still persuaded: "You can first send engineers to Shangsha Bridge to check."
Kawaguchi Heiji was obviously a little impatient this time. He frowned and said, "Yongjin-san, do you think the Chinese snipers will allow engineers to go to Shangsha Bridge to check?"
Yongjin Tatsuya was immediately speechless.
Yes, there are snipers from the independent regiment guarding the front. The Japanese engineers can't get up at all, let alone check the Shangsha Bridge. They can't be sure whether a super bomb is buried under the Shangsha Bridge. No one dares to do so.
Take risks, after all, Hamura Shuichi and the Motorized Infantry Brigade learned their bloody lessons just yesterday!
Yong Jinda also hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "What does your Excellency, Commander, mean..."
"Wait." Heiji Kawaguchi leaned his saber on the ground and said in a deep voice, "The artillery regiment should arrive by noon at the latest. As soon as the artillery arrives, the snipers of the China Army will no longer be an obstacle."
"Hai." Yong Jinda also responded with a smile.
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Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Japanese troops were frightened and did not dare to attack rashly, the battalions and companies of the Independent Regiment successfully moved into the tunnels. The militiamen from the county brigade and various district squads also assisted the people in the town and nearby villages to move into the tunnels.
Among them, for the sake of confidentiality, several rural sages headed by Huang Shiren were also "invited" into the tunnel.
The 1st Battalion was at the end of the transfer sequence, and its battalion headquarters was the last batch to evacuate the Hong family compound.
He Guangming deliberately delayed at the back for a reason. He planned to secretly go to the front to see the battle situation. As a result, when he came out of the Hong family compound with a few guards, he saw Yao Lei, Gao Chu, and Zhu Chensan.
A company commander quickly ran past under the old locust tree not far ahead.
Obviously, Yao Lei and the others had the same thoughts as He Guangming and wanted to take a look ahead.
"Hey, stop!" He Guangming shouted immediately and stopped Yao Lei and the other three.
Yao Lei and the others turned around and saw the battalion commander He Guangming, so they hurriedly ran over.
"What are you doing? Being sneaky." He Guangming snorted, "It's like being a thief."
Gao Chu and Zhu Chen didn't say anything. Yao Lei took off his military cap, scratched his shiny bald head, and said, "At the camp, we three brothers want to go ahead and see how the special operations team kills the little Japs."
"What's the camp? It's called the battalion commander." He Guangming corrected him immediately, "Now we are the same. Our team is not like the old army. It emphasizes the equality of every officer and soldier, so don't call me camp in the future.
Please call me directly by my job title, battalion commander, battalion commander."
"Yes, camp seat." Yao Lei stood at attention and called "camp seat" smoothly.
"You bastard, why don't you listen?" He Guangming slapped Yao Lewaliang on the forehead, and then asked, "Have the troops been transferred?"
"They've all been moved. They're all hiding in the tunnels like groundhogs." Yao Lei stamped the ground under his feet and said proudly, "Don't tell me, people have a fucking way of doing things. How long does it take?
After a while, they dug out an underground palace. I even suspected that they had hollowed out the entire Meizhen underground."
"What kind of family?" He Guangming slapped Yao Lei on the forehead again and said, "Now, we are the same, you have to talk about us, do you hear me?"
"I heard it." Yao Lei said flatteringly, "It's us."
He Guangming then snorted and said, "Let's go to the front and take a look."
"Okay." Yao Lei, Gao Chu and Zhu Chen agreed and hurriedly followed.
He Guangming and the other three did not go too far, but found a hiding place near the entrance to hide. However, they happened to see the scene where the special operations team sniped at the Japanese infantry team.
An entire infantry squad of Japanese soldiers was knocked down by just four snipers.
What makes him even more relieved is that the little devil has obviously suffered a big loss, but he can't even make amends.
Such scenes are rare, at least not in the memory of their Northwest Army.
"Damn it, these guys from the special operations team are really good." Yao Lei scratched his bald head and said, "You can't even aim at a distance of four to five hundred meters, just raise your hand! This marksmanship, tsk tsk,
If our 1st company can have a few sharpshooters like this, the combat effectiveness, tsk, it’s exciting to think about it.”
"What surprised me even more was that the regiment leader knew the enemy's plane first." Gao Chu said, "All the Japs' actions were discussed with the regiment commander, as if they were practicing. The regiment commander asked the Japs to send a small group of troops to feign an attack.
, the Japanese really sent a small group of troops to pretend to attack, and the leader made the Japanese suspicious, and the Japanese really started to be suspicious, and there has been no movement for two hours."
Zhu Chen was more concerned about another issue, and asked in a low voice: "Yingzuo, and the brothers, what do you think this counter-mopping up will be like? Can we win?"
"Can you win? That depends on your definition of winning." Yao Lei said, "I think the best result is to use the tunnels to clear the enemy's territory, deny them food and drink, and force the enemy to
Returning without success will count as a victory, but it is impossible to severely damage the Kawaguchi detachment."
"That's impossible to say." Gao Chu said, "Didn't the regiment commander completely wipe out a Japanese detachment in Nantong? At that time, he only had less than 500 troops, and they were all remnants. Now the Japanese are only
A detachment, but our independent regiment has more than a thousand people, and the soldiers and horses are strong, how do you know that the miracle will not happen again?"
"You listen to their nonsense, I don't believe it anyway." Yao Lei said suddenly, "less than 500 people, still remnants, actually wiped out a well-equipped Japanese detachment? Who are you fooling? Who are you trying to trick?
"
"Isn't this a lie?" Zhu Chen said blankly, "It seems to have been in the newspaper."
"So what if it's in the newspaper? It's not all for propaganda purposes." Yao Lei paused and said, "Let me tell you, the Taierzhuang victory actually killed less than 10,000 Japanese.
The previous series of blockades in Tengxian, Zaozhuang, and Linyi only killed and injured more than 20,000 Japanese. However, the Nationalist Government dared to boast that in Taierzhuang, one person killed more than 20,000 Japanese, and the entire battle totaled 20,000 Japanese.
There are 50,000 Japanese soldiers. This is for propaganda purposes and to boost the morale of the people, you know? But these are indeed false and not true."
Gao Chu said: "Little demon, where did you get this gossip?"
"What kind of gossip?" Yao Lei said proudly, "To tell you the truth, I have a relative who works as a combat staff officer at the War Zone Commander's Department. Didn't the War Zone Commander's Department send a liaison team to our base two days ago? My relative is there.
, these figures were told to me personally by him, could they still be false?"
Gao Chu immediately became speechless. The commander of the fifth war zone did send a liaison team over two days ago. The intention was nothing more than to confirm the command authority of the war zone. He hoped that the Dameishan Independent Regiment could cooperate with the main force of the fifth war zone to successfully fight the Xuzhou Battle. But in the end
There seemed to be no results, Xu Rui probably refused.
This is also a consistent guiding principle, adhering to an independent war of resistance.
Although the "Comintern Returnists" represented by Wang Ming advocated that the troops should unconditionally accept the unified command of the National Government, this opinion did not gain a dominant position within the party. The Party Central Committee headed by Comrade Comrade Xi Jinping still adhered to the principle
, did not succumb to the pressure of the Communist International.
Zhu Chen said: "According to what you said, it is also a lie for the regiment commander and the others to wipe out a Japanese detachment in Nantong?"
"Anyway, I don't believe it." When Yao Lei said this, he felt that he was too arbitrary, so he continued to explain, "Unless the Kawaguchi detachment can be completely wiped out this time, then I will believe it."
He Guangming suddenly turned around, knocked Yao Lei on the forehead, and cursed: "Believe it or not, do you think the leader will care? Does he still care about your approval?"
Yao Lei was not high enough and did not attend the meeting this morning, but He Guangming did. He also heard Xu Rui say with his own ears that he wanted to keep the Jichuan detachment in Meizhen. To be honest, He Guangming didn't really believe Xu Rui either.
He could do it, but He Guangming's intuition told him that Xu Rui was definitely not just talking about it casually.
After all, Xu Rui's past achievements are there.
Even though the Battle of Nantong was exaggerated, and even though the Chongteng Detachment was not completely annihilated, no one can deny that it severely damaged the Chongteng Detachment. However, even if it was just the Chongteng Detachment, it was already terrifying enough.
The remaining soldiers of the Japanese army severely damaged a well-equipped Japanese detachment. How could it be a fluke?
At that moment, He Guangming cursed again: "From now on, don't say weird things about the leader behind his back."
Yao Lei then touched his bald head and said, "Yingzuo, that's what I said."
"Okay, hurry down to the tunnel and play like a groundhog." After He Guangming said that, he turned around and left.
Although the tunnel network in the entire Dameishan base area has been initially formed, there is no problem in at least dispersing the tens of thousands of civilians in the hidden base area, but no one will think that the tunnel is too long or too wide, right? So while there are no combat missions yet, mobilize
The troops and young and strong labor force continue to expand, and it is reasonable to lengthen the tunnel.
Yao Lei and the other two followed He Guangming away. Anyway, there was no excitement in Shaqiao Gang. After the first tentative attack was thwarted, the little devils gave up.
