Chapter 27
Seeing Li Muren being kind, Zhang Wenquan plucked up his courage and asked, "Boss, are you troops in the Fifth War Zone?"
"Did you ask this?" Li Mu suddenly became alert and said in a deep voice, "If you shouldn't ask, don't ask."
Zhang Wenquan was startled and shook his hand repeatedly and said, "Boss, don't get me wrong. I have no other intentions, just ask casually."
"Membersman, don't be afraid." Gao Shenxing glared at Li Mu, walked over and said, "We are troops from the First World War Zone. We are ordered to recapture Dan County. Membersman, you are a local, right?"
"Yes, yes." Zhang Wenquan hurriedly said, "I am a local."
Gao Shenxing said: "Do you know how many Japanese are stationed in the county town?"
"Boss, I really don't know this." Zhang Wenquan's face collapsed immediately, and he quickly said to remedy it, "But I know there is a place where I can enter the county town without knowing it, and I don't have to pass the city gate."
Gao Shenxing stared at Zhang Wenquan's eyes for a few seconds. Zhang Wenquan felt so angry that he was staring at Gao Shenxing. He instinctively avoided his gaze, but his eyes did not flash. Gao Shenxing took off his military uniform and changed into Japanese uniforms, and asked another veteran and Zhang Wenquan to change into Japanese uniforms, and then stepped onto a three-wheeled car.
Gao Shenxing thrust the accelerator, and the three-wheeled wheels roared, and then turned his head and told Li Mu, "Xiao Mu, you take your brothers here to stay here and prepare to respond." The veterans who had changed into Japanese uniforms and Zhang Wenquan got on the motorcycle. The three-wheeled wheel rushed out, and after a while, they turned on the road and disappeared into the rolling smoke and dust.
When the main force of the 19th Brigade marched urgently outside the town of Shan County, it was already past three o'clock in the morning.
Gao Shenxing, who had already had a clear reconnaissance, quickly came forward, and Xu Shijiu asked directly: "How many Japanese troops are there in Shan County?"
Gao Shenxing replied: "There are not many Japanese troops in Shan County, only two infantry squadrons, half of which is stationed in the county office, half of which is stationed at the four gates, and another squadron is stationed in the arsenal north of the city."
Zhang Wenquan is worthy of being the local security chief in the township and knows the terrain of the county town well. He takes Gao Shenxing to an abandoned drainage outlet. Gao Shenxing easily enters the city from the drainage outlet. Then, relying on his fluent Japanese, he openly wanders around the county town for a day, and walks all the streets and alleys. Of course, the Japanese army's details are no problem.
"Arsenal?" Xu Shijiu was stunned, "There is still an arsenal in Shan County?"
Gao Shenxing said: "It's not clear what's going on, but it's indeed an arsenal."
The second company commander Zhang Youquan was a little excited and said in a grim voice: "Captain, we have bitten fat."
The artillery company commander Hu Jie was worried about the lack of artillery, and he said with expectations: "It would be better if there are several mortars in the arsenal, so our artillery company would not have to play the empty city plan."
Xu Shijiu was concerned about another question and asked Gao Shenxing: "How did you get into the county town?"
"It's thanks to a fellow villager." After Gao Shenxing said that, he turned around and called Zhang Wenquan. Wang Yidao to the front and introduced to Xu Shijiu, "Captain, this fellow villager is Zhang Wenquan, the chief of the security commander of Shunchengji in front. This is his parent worker Wang Yidao, who has good sword skills. This time he was able to successfully understand the details of the Japanese army in Shan County, thanks to Zhang Baocheng."
"Where is it is appropriate to serve the Party and the country." Zhang Wenquan humbled himself.
Gao Shenxing said again: "Captain, there is an abandoned drainage channel in the northeast corner of the county town, which can lead directly to the city. With this tunnel, we don't need to attack at all. We can sneak into the city and catch the Japanese off guard."
Zhang Youquan said: "If the troops can be fully deployed and the Japanese are not prepared, the battle will be resolved in at most half an hour. Even if the Japanese troops from nearby Fengxian, Chengwu and Jinxiang come to reinforce, it will be too late."
"You are just wishful thinking," Xu Shijiu said coldly, "We must not use enough troops, otherwise once the Japanese army in the city is prepared and the Japanese army nearby arrives to reinforce, we will be passive."
Zhang Youquan pursed his lips and did not refute, but he could see that he was still a little dissatisfied.
Xu Shijiu did not scold him again and said to Gao Shenxing: "Shenxing, you lead a series of attacks on the arsenal in the north of the city. Remember, you must be steady, accurate and ruthless. You must never let the Japanese explode all the arsenals. You lead the Second Company to attack the county office. There are many new recruits in the second company. Remember not to fight against the Japanese easily."
"Yes" Gao Shenxing, Zhang Youquan took the troops away.
Xu Shijiu said to Shu Tongwen again: "Tongwen, the task of your third company is to restrain the Japanese guards of the four gates. You must not let them reinforce the arsenal or county office. At the same time, you must be alert to the Japanese reinforcements in Fengxian, Jinxiang and Chengwu. I judge that Fengxian is the one that the Japanese are most likely to send reinforcements."
"Yes." Shu Tongwen stood attentively and saluted and took the troops away.
Three infantry companies launched one after another, the artillery company and guard platoon at the brigade headquarters, and the health team began to nervously build temporary command centers and battlefield ambulance stations.
Facts have proved that Xu Shijiu's caution is very necessary.
The captain of the Shan County Military Police, Abe Kamenan, was very cautious. The Japanese army that pursued the Chinese mob during the day had not returned, which made him more vigilant. After nightfall, not only the county office where the military police stationed, but also the arsenal of the north of the city increased its vigilance, but patrols were sent to the city walls.
Gao Shenxing led a series of veterans to enter the city first. The veterans were well-trained and disciplined. When they encountered a Japanese patrol, they immediately dispersed and concealed. As soon as the patrol left, they immediately gathered to advance. The team of 400 people entered the city from the abandoned sewer in the northeast corner, and then to the arsenal in the north. There was no mistake in the slightest mistake.
Then when it was Second Corps' turn to enter the city, an accident inevitably happened.
A new recruit accidentally kicked over a clay pot under the wall in the dark aisle because of carelessness. As a result, a "clang" sound was made under the quiet night sky. The Japanese patrol team, which had not walked far ahead, immediately turned back, and six or seven sharp flashlights were shining at the same time, and the whereabouts of the Second Company were exposed.
When Zhang Youquan saw that his whereabouts had been exposed, he immediately ordered the fire to open.
As soon as the gun fired here, the Japanese in the county office and the arsenal were alarmed.
Fortunately, Gao Shenxing's first company had basically entered the attack position. Although the Japanese guarding the arsenal increased their vigilance, they were still caught off guard. The two circular barricades at the gate of the arsenal and two patrol teams on the periphery were dropped in the first round of firepower attacks in the first round of the first company.
After more Japanese dressed neatly, they rushed out of the barracks. A company had already built more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns on the wall of the arsenal. Two Type 92 heavy machine guns at the gate also turned into muzzles. In an instant, the entire yard was completely covered by crisscrossing ballistics. The dozen Japanese soldiers rushed to the front were killed on the spot, and the remaining Japanese soldiers quickly retreated.
Immediately afterwards, more than 100 veterans from the bomb drop team threw grenades into the yard. With the smoke and dust of hundreds of grenades exploded, fifty commandos had already rushed into the arsenal with a scream. Among them, the top twenty commandos had a flower mechanism. Twenty submachine guns instantly intertwined into a dense fire net, and rushed forward violently.
The little Japanese fights back to the death, Type 92, crooked handle, 38 large cover, and various guns are also poured over like raindrops. The commando in front is shot and falls down. The commando behind is quickly replaced. In less than fifty meters, all the twenty commandoes charging are killed, none of them will live.
However, the death of the twenty commandos was not without a price. With the fierce attack of the commandos, more than 300 officers and soldiers in a row were quickly deployed, and the Japanese squadron guarding the arsenal were divided into two barracks. Nearly 100 Japanese soldiers were crowded in the narrow barracks, and the troops could not be deployed at all. It was only a matter of time before they could be destroyed.
More importantly, it is impossible for Japan to explode the arsenal now.
Gao Shenxing's first series was progressing smoothly, but Zhang Youquan's second series was in big trouble.
The gunshots exposed the whereabouts of the Second Company in advance. Before the Second Company entered the attack position, the Japanese squadron guarding the county office had already launched their troops and was ready. As a result, the two sides fought, and the weaknesses of the second company's recruits were exposed. Many new recruits were stunned when the gunshots sounded. Some people set guns in the sky, some were crying on the ground, some were shouting and running around, but more new recruits stood there in a daze. The little Japanese machine guns swept over and fell down in rows.
The Japanese guarding the county office only had a round of firepower attacks, and more than 50 new recruits were killed and killed in the second company.
The training level of the recruits in the 19th Brigade is already pretty good, but Xunyin's actual combat is completely different. Some things cannot grow without experiencing them. Just like the recruits, they have never experienced the cruel iron-blooded baptism, they can never grow, and they can never become veterans. However, the baptism of iron and blood comes at the cost of life.
The battle in the county office was in a stalemate. Fortunately, the Japanese in the county office actually had only one team and had no spare energy to organize a counterattack. As time went by, the new recruits who escaped the first wave of Japanese firepower attacks gradually calmed down. Although they were still a little confused and their hands and feet were still a little soft, they at least knew that they had fired and fired back.
Outside the south gate, the temporary command of the 19th Brigade has been built.
Xu Shijiu was feeding a piece of raw beef to the military dog Xiao Hei. During this period, Xiao Hei followed the 19th Brigade to eat meat every day. The fur was bright and fat, but he was still as fast as the wind when he ran. Xu Shijiu threw a small piece of beef away, and Xiao Hei rushed out like a sharp arrow, and held it in his mouth before the beef landed.
Chapter completed!