Let’s not talk about Zhu Zimao’s informant for now. Let’s talk about Mei Jiuling later.
After receiving the telegram from He Shuya, Mei Jiuling didn't even return to the engineer battalion headquarters. He took the fifty cadets from the tank company and the 30 maintenance cadets from the mechanical maintenance platoon and took a shortcut straight to Pu.
The city is coming.
When it got dark, Mei Jiuling and his party rushed to Pucheng after a long journey.
At this time, the Japanese had stopped their attack on Pucheng, because the remaining 170th Infantry Regiment alone was no longer enough to maintain an offensive posture against Pucheng, even if Toshio Miyake left a tank squadron.
Yes, Taro Koga was quite self-aware, so he immediately switched from an offensive posture to a defensive one.
Therefore, Mei Jiuling and his party entered Pucheng easily.
When Mei Jiuling and his entourage rushed to the underground command post in the center of the city, He Shuya was summoning Huang Shouxin, Han Feng and several battalion commanders for a meeting, discussing how to take the initiative tonight to show the little Japs outside the south gate.
Look.
As a student taught by Xu Rui himself, He Shuya learned some of Xu Rui's styles thoroughly.
Xu Rui's style is that if you dare to mess with me, I will retaliate tenfold. If you don't mess with me, then I will mess with you. Anyway, I won't make it easy for you!
He Shuya looked at Han Feng, and then said to Huang Shouxin, Ding Li, Lei Peng, Yang Banan, the three battalion commanders, and the machine gun company commander Mo Zhengqiang: "This afternoon, the Korean team has gone out of the city to conduct reconnaissance.
The Japanese have about an infantry regiment and a tank squadron."
After a pause, He Shuya added: "Although the Japs still have a slight advantage in terms of number of troops, and the Japs also have a squadron of tanks to assist in the battle, if we choose to launch an attack at night, coupled with the Japs' fortifications
It’s not to mention how strong it is, we should still have a chance..."
Just as He Shuya was talking, a thunderous voice suddenly came from outside the command post: "He Shuya? Where is He Shuya? As the dog said, where is He Shuya hiding?"
Huang Shouxin's sharp ears immediately recognized the voice of Mei Jiuling. He stood up and said, "Shuya, it's that brat Jiuling who's here."
He Shuya smiled and said: "This brat came quite quickly."
As the three top students of the first youth training team, the personal relationship between He Shuya, Huang Shouxin and Mei Jiuling has always been very good. At that moment, He Shuya and Huang Shouxin stood up and came to greet them outside the command post.
, and as a result, they saw Mei Jiuling coming from the underground corridor in a hurry.
"Shuya!" Mei Jiuling saw He Shuya, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she shouted, "Where is the tank? Where is the tank? Take me to see the tank quickly!"
He Shuya waved his hand and said with a smile: "Jiu Ling, don't worry about this. Tanks can't grow wings and fly anyway, right? Besides, you have all traveled such a long way, you must be exhausted, otherwise
Shall I ask the cooking team to get you some food first?"
"Hey, you can eat whatever you want. When can't you eat?" Mei Jiuling waved her hand and said impatiently, "Damn it, take me to see the tanks quickly!"
"You kid, when will you get rid of this impatience?" He Shuya shook his head, then turned to Huang Shouxin and said, "Shuxin, why don't you take Jiuling to have a look first? I'll study the battle plan with Battalion Commander Yang and the others.
I’ll come find you when I get back.”
"Okay." Huang Shouxin agreed and immediately took Mei Jiuling away.
The six captured Japanese tanks were hidden in three large courtyards in the center of the county. Huang Shouxin quickly led Mei Jiuling and his party to the backyard of one of the courtyards. The backyard of this courtyard was originally walled.
Yes, the wall has now been demolished to allow the tanks to pass.
The group of people passed through the open wall and saw two firewood sheds. The front walls of the firewood sheds had also been demolished. Two black Type 95 light tanks were parked in the two firewood sheds on the left and right sides of the yard.
Inside, when he saw these two Type 95 light tanks, Mei Jiuling's eyes immediately straightened.
"Aah, aah, it's really a tank!" Mei Jiuling couldn't help but said, "It's really a tank!"
"That's what you said." Huang Shouxin shook his head and said, "As if we are lying to you, are we really guilty of making fun of you? Really."
Mei Jiuling said: "Where are the four tanks left? Where are the four tanks left? Where are they? Where are they?"
"Why are you so anxious?" Huang Shouxin said, "The remaining four vehicles are also nearby, but you have to check them one by one to see if these two vehicles can be repaired first?"
"Oh, yes, that's the truth." Mei Jiuling then remembered that the six tanks captured by the Third Regiment were all malfunctioning, and immediately turned around and shouted, "Zhang Wei!"
Zhang Wei, the platoon leader of the mechanical maintenance platoon, stepped forward and responded loudly: "Here we come!"
Mei Jiuling pointed at the two tanks on the left and right sides and said urgently: "Hurry and take a look."
"Okay!" The moment Zhang Wei saw the tanks, he was already eager to try. Now that he received Mei Jiuling's order, he couldn't hold back anymore. He immediately rushed towards one of the tanks and opened the turret top cover.
Got into the tank compartment.
Mei Jiuling said to the remaining 30 cadet soldiers in the maintenance platoon: "Don't be stunned. Hurry over and help, and study hard at the same time. Now the training of the tank company and the motorized infantry company have come up, and even flying
The company's training is also good, but your maintenance platoon is making slow progress."
The thirty cadet soldiers in the maintenance platoon all left with their heads hanging down.
Huang Shouxin advised from the side: "Jiuling, you are too impatient. This mechanical maintenance is not as simple as driving a tank or a motorcycle, because this mechanical maintenance requires too much knowledge. It not only requires a solid theoretical foundation, but also requires a solid theoretical foundation.
It requires a lot of practical experience and you have to be patient.”
"But the problem is, we can't do it if we don't hurry." Mei Jiuling said, twirling his fingers, "Look, counting the six tanks you just captured, our engineering battalion already has seven Type 95 tanks.
It can barely be considered as a tank company. This tank company is about to take shape, but the operational level of the mechanical maintenance platoon cannot keep up. How can this be done?"
Huang Shouxin said: "Jiuling, you are thinking too far. Of the six tanks seized this time, we don't know how many of them can be repaired in the end. Maybe none of them can be repaired."
"Bah, bah, crow's mouth." Mei Jiuling said dissatisfiedly, "It will definitely be fixed!"
While the two were talking, Zhang Wei had already inspected the first tank, and then got out of the turret in disgrace and reported to Mei Jiuling: "Batalion Commander, this tank just has a wiring fault, it can be repaired easily, even
It can be fixed now because I brought spare cables."
"What am I talking about?" Mei Jiuling shook her fist at Huang Shouxin first, then turned back to Zhang Wei and said, "Zhang Wei, don't rush to repair it first, check other things first and see what's wrong with other tanks.
.”
"Yes!" Zhang Wei agreed and hurriedly got into the second tank. After about five minutes, Zhang Wei got out of the tank turret again and said, "Batalion Commander, this tank has a mechanical failure. Unless parts are replaced,
, otherwise I’m afraid it won’t be repairable.”
Mei Jiuling slapped her forehead in frustration and said, "Let's look at something else."
After finishing speaking, Mei Jiuling said to Huang Shouxin: "Take us to see the remaining four tanks quickly."
Huang Shouxin then took Mei Jiuling and his party to two adjacent yards. In the woodsheds and wing rooms of the two adjacent yards, Mei Jiuling and his party saw four more Type 95 light tanks.
After Zhang Wei's inspection, it was found that one of the cars had a mechanical failure, and the other two had wiring problems. The last one had no fault, but it could not start because of loose threads.
After Zhang Wei connected the threads, he started the tank on the spot.
It was not until all six tanks were overhauled that Mei Jiuling finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Be trustworthy, let's hand over now." Mei Jiuling added, "From now on, these six tanks will be the equipment of our engineering battalion."
"Why are you anxious? No one is trying to snatch it from you." Huang Shouxin said with a wry smile, "In our Dameishan Military Division, only your engineering battalion has a tank company. It's useless even if others grab this iron bastard?"
So, there’s really no need to rush, go and eat first, eat first.”
"I'm not hungry, let's hand over first." Mei Jiuling insisted.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Mei Jiuling's stomach growled unsatisfactorily.
"You still say you're not hungry." Huang Shouxin said with a smile, "Let's go and eat something first."
Mei Jiuling scratched her head in confusion and followed Huang Shouxin back to the underground command post.
Huang Shouxin asked Lao Suntou to prepare some food, and arranged for someone to take the soldiers of the tank company and maintenance platoon to the shelter to rest first, and then returned to the underground command post with Mei Jiuling. As soon as they entered the gate, they found He Shuya
The company commanders and several battalion commanders all looked sad, as if they had encountered some difficulty.
"What's going on?" Huang Shouxin asked, "Everyone has a sad face?"
"There is a difficult problem." He Shuya said with a wry smile, "I just called the donkey and brought back bad news, saying that the Japs have just carried out large-scale reinforcement of the fortifications around the military camp. Not only did they deepen and widen the trenches surrounding the camp, but they also
A barbed wire fence has been pulled up along the inner edge, which is very tricky."
Huang Shouxin said: "What's the matter? The little devil wants to fight us in a deep ditch and high fortress. How can we not fight?"
He Shuya said: "It seems that the old Japanese Toshio Miyake is not stupid enough. He knows that only one infantry regiment cannot deal with us, so he set up such an iron barrel formation. Facing this iron barrel formation of the little devil,
We really don’t have many options. If we attack by force, the cost will be too high.”
Huang Shouxin immediately frowned, for sure a force attack would not work.
At this time, Mei Jiuling suddenly suggested: "Otherwise, let the tank company participate in the battle?"
"Tank company?" He Shuya was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said, "You drove your precious car to Pu County? You can't do that. Aren't you afraid that the Japs' reconnaissance will discover your treasure?"
Mei Jiuling shook his head and said, "You said the tank at home? It's broken."
"Then you still said that the tank company would participate in the battle?" When He Shuya said this, he suddenly realized, "Jiu Ling, you mean those tanks we captured?"
