Because Wang Xiaoqiang was focused on how to get rid of the lighter, but he completely ignored the wink given to him by his old team leader Ye Chenghuan.
Based on Tang Tuanzuo’s understanding of Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang, how could he not know that there are good things in front of this guy that must be hidden?
Watching Wang Xiaoqiang and his security team disappear into the darkness, Ye Chenghuan smiled bitterly and said: "Captain, this is a bit unethical! In any case, I have to drink this meal."
Leader Tang also bared his teeth: "Director Ye, is Gu Xishui's west gate ready?"
"Well, Gu Xishui just sent a telegram. They have already installed explosives!" Ye Chenghuan replied with a strange look in his eyes and nodded.
To describe Tang Dao as a soldier like a god is no longer enough. From the perspective of Ye Chenghuan and Tang Dao who are close comrades in arms, unpredictable is the best adjective.
Shimen, a transportation hub relatively close to Jin Province, had never appeared on the counterattack map of the second theater until this time because Jindong had already fallen into enemy hands and was heavily guarded by the 20th Division.
During the Eastern Counterattack, Shimen came into the sight of all Chinese generals, but that was more imagination than reality.
The previous 80,000-strong army was aimed directly at Shimen, hoping to contain the Japanese North China Front Army and make it difficult to send troops to support the Central China Front in the short term to achieve the goal of a decisive battle between the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Japanese Central China Front Army.
But as the war gradually unfolded, it was not until the main force of the Jindong Army arrived at Shimen City that Ye Chenghuan, who had become the third-in-command of the Si Xing Regiment, realized that he, the regiment commander, had actually changed from 5 months ago.
Then began to lay out the stone gate.
Yes, Tang Dao was not waiting for the "cooperation" of the second brigade of the North China Security Army who was scared out of his wits by waiting for several hours without attacking the city!
To be precise, he was waiting for news from the spies in the city!
And this time, the internal intelligence Tang Dao was waiting for was not the underground anti-Japanese armed forces affiliated with the military command or the 80th Army, but the intelligence system belonging to the Four Lines Regiment.
Less than half a month after the Si Xing Regiment stationed in Dakouzidong, more than 20 veterans from the security department of the Si Xing Regiment headquarters disappeared inexplicably. Their list was not even in the political office in charge of personnel and politics. Even Ye Chenghuan did not know about this group.
human existence.
There is only one person in charge of them, and that is Tang Dao, who is a top secret in the Four Elements Group. If Tang Dao died that day, this group of people would not even be able to prove that they are members of the Four Elements Group.
Having experienced the Battle of Shentou Ridge, Tang Dao deeply realized the importance of intelligence from the moment he stepped into Licheng, but Tang Dao knew that his fate must be in his own hands.
Therefore, it was imperative to develop its own espionage system. Even because there were many places to spend money when first arriving at the station, Tang Dao still squeezed out some funds and sent personnel to sneak into major cities in North China occupied by the Japanese army, which naturally included
The important town of Shimen.
In less than five months, the espionage network built on the basis of loyal veterans is still very weak. Most of them are still struggling to survive at the bottom of the city. In addition to being familiar with the nooks and crannies of the city, everything else is still there.
Not quite on the right track.
But it happened that in Shimen, the secret agent codenamed "Ronglong" of the Four Elements Group developed extremely well because of his special identity.
With the help of a certain Japanese army Zhongzuo who had the favor of saving his life, he monopolized 30% of Shimen's grain sales and transportation.
In times of war, what is the most valuable commodity? Apart from food that can keep people alive, what else can there be? Even arms can only be ranked second. This money can be made faster than a money printing machine.
As the saying goes, money can make a fool of himself, and the Japanese also love money. With the endorsement of a middle-left-ranking officer in the army and the money to pave the way, "Rumble" can be said to be prosperous in Shimen City.
Heavyweight generals such as Saburo Kawagishi visited his home.
Of course, the purpose is not to have this meal, but mainly to check whether this person is loyal to the sun, and to get 100 taels of gold along the way.
In the Japanese-occupied areas, all Chinese people were leeks in the fields, Chinese businessmen were workers who cut leeks, and the Japanese were the ones who effortlessly obtained the final fruits of their labor.
Otherwise, what do you think the land grabbing is for? Standing on the top of the mountain and looking at the mountains, chanting poems and painting?
When Tang Dao confessed to his political director and chief of staff that the spies in the city had long used cover to dig a 200-meter-long hole under the west gate wall, he was still frowning and calculating how many casualties he would have to bear to attack the city.
Director Ye's eyes were almost blinded by the light coming from his own team leader.
Te Liang, it’s okay to have been targeting Shimen for a long time. The key is that the immortal you sent actually dug a tunnel under the eyes of the Japanese. How did you do this?
Also, are you serious about the so-called codename ‘Banglong’? It’s too casual!
That’s because Director Ye didn’t know about names like ‘Starscream’, ‘Jingvatron’, ‘Bumblebee’, and Tang Tuanzuo himself was called ‘Optimus Prime’
Of course, Tang Dao is not a tribute to the little iron men of Cybertron. Absolutely no one would know if he appeared in this era with such a name. The code name can be replaced by the password, but it simplifies many procedures.
The tunnel was originally used for passage. Although it is not wide, it is still possible to bend down and pass a fully armed soldier. Otherwise, why would Tang Dao keep waiting? It would be to wait until Wu Qi Hei sent a small group of soldiers.
There you enter the city, and then the inside and the outside are in harmony.
However, as the Second Brigade of the North China Public Security Army completely surrendered, this plan was no longer needed, and an upgraded version of the raid plan was adopted instead.
The reconnaissance company, which consisted of more than 40 people, entered Shimen from the second brigade's defense area and carried in 400 kilograms of explosives, which frightened Liu Zhuangfei into almost betraying him.
After all, 400 kilograms of explosives can blow a big gap in his east gate wall, and one guy can wipe out most of his infantry battalion.
In order to show that he led the second brigade to fight bravely, he deployed two infantry battalions at the east gate. In the north city, two infantry battalions were also deployed according to Kawada Shaozuo's arrangement at night.
To the north of the headquarters, he personally commanded two infantry battalions and a guard company to help defend the train station and baggage warehouse!
To put it bluntly, the puppet major general who had handed over the 'signature' had already made plans. The two infantry battalions defending the east gate were destined to be cannon fodder. The two infantry battalions near Beicheng all depended on luck.
Just run away, it doesn't matter if you can't run away, what he really wants to take away is Liu Fengchi's infantry battalion and the infantry battalion that the Lieutenant Colonel Adjutant is personally in charge of, as well as his own guard company.
It was the closest to the railway. As long as the Fourth Army left a gap for him, he could take the defeated soldiers along the railway and escape to Baoding through the Hutuo River. Tang Dao even allowed him to set up a blocking position along the Hutuo River to show off.
That means that even if I am defeated, I have blocked the Chinese pursuit and given the Imperial Army a glimmer of hope.
As for how many can escape, I can't control it!
What Tang Dao said was a verbal promise. Even if he didn't believe it, he could only pretend to believe it, because there was no way out other than that.
But this does not mean that the brigade commander, a major general of the security force, is a fool and does not leave any backup options for himself.
He has more than 1,100 troops in the East Gate defensive position. Even if he loses, he must be defeated later than the Japanese position. Otherwise, even if he escapes back to Baoding, the angry and humiliated upper-level Japanese army may not want to take advantage of him as the defeated general.
Get the surgery!
Dongmen's defense is his bottom line!
Seeing the Chinese sneaking in hundreds of kilograms of high explosives, it’s strange that Liu Zhuangfei couldn’t explode!
As a result, the soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment ignored him and had no intention of burying explosives in his east gate position. Instead, they wore the uniforms of his second brigade and entered the city at night.
It seemed that they were going to bomb the Japanese. Liu Zhuangfei was finally relieved. He called a colonel under his command who was stationed at the East Gate and issued a fatal order to "be vigilant and guard the East Gate" and stayed away from this place of right and wrong.
After receiving the report from the second lieutenant team leader who was supervising the battle at the east gate, Kawada Shaozuo, who was at the headquarters in the city, finally felt more at ease.
Despite the Chinese army's siege, the Shimen garrison was already in a doomed situation, but it was not without any chance of survival.
The division commander Kawagishi Saburo and the front army chief of staff both called him personally. He only needed to hold on for two days, and the reinforcements would definitely arrive!
Saburo Kawagishi is not fooling around. The two infantry regiments in HD are trying their best to get rid of the Chinese entanglement with the help of friendly forces and will definitely reach Shimen within 48 hours.
3,000 vs. 30,000, defeat is certain. If the Chinese attack in a hurry, let alone two days, if they attack overnight, they may not have the chance to see the sun tomorrow.
But it only took the Chinese one day to rush from Niangziguan to Shimen. It was a distance of more than 70 kilometers. Running all day long must have been tiring. They haven’t launched an attack yet, so they probably have to spend the night repairing.
, didn’t that buy him 10 hours?
And Kawada Shaozuo, who saw a glimmer of hope in this despair, was also a dead horse. He used to look down on the Second Brigade of the Security Army, but after receiving a call from his superiors, he regarded the Second Brigade as a support for two days.
The most important chess piece.
The 4,500 security forces, no matter how bad their combat effectiveness is, can still be worth more than half of the imperial infantry brigade!
The Chinese have played the trick of "surrounding three and attacking one", which is just right and allows them to put their main force in the other two places.
There are 3,000 people in the city. In addition to the infantry brigade under his command, the other 1,700 or so people are second-line soldiers such as baggage soldiers and engineers.
Kawada Shaozuo organized more than 1,700 second-line soldiers into 7 infantry squadrons, 4 of which were responsible for entering the main positions on the west and south walls. In this way, he only had to send out two main infantry squadrons to reduce the strength of the troops on the west and south walls.
With more than 600 people each, two infantry squads were assigned to supervise the second brigade, and then two infantry battalions of the second brigade were used to defend Beicheng, which was attacked by the Chinese.
In this case, he still has nearly 300 main infantrymen and nearly 1,000 second-line soldiers in 3 squadrons. He can provide support to the three positions at any time according to the battle situation, and even has spare power to defend the baggage warehouse and train station.
The various materials piled up outside the train station were all to be blown up according to the requirements of Saburo Kawagishi and Saburo Okamoto, but Kawada Shaozuo could also hear the heartache of the two Saburo-level superiors.
After all, Shimen is the frontline supply base established by the front army half a year ago. The food, grass and ammunition of the 200,000-strong army that attacked Jin Province were all transferred here, which is enough to feed the 200,000-strong army for half a year. Most of the seizures from the front were also transported to
From here, it will be transferred to Pingbeicheng and Jincheng.
If converted into money, that number can even make many people lose count of the number of zeros.
What if? If we can protect this batch of supplies, it won't be difficult for a young Zuo to become a big Zuo! Isn't there at least one big Zuo position vacant in the 39th Infantry Brigade?
It can only be said that Kawada Shaozuo, who is already like a red-eyed gambler, is still dreaming of a big dream of winning a gamble and completely turning around!
However, it was also because of the crazy gamble of the Japanese Army Shao Zuo that it completely laid the foundation for the Chinese Army’s victory at Shimen!
This guy really wanted to blow up supplies in advance. Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang would feel so distressed that he couldn't eat for several days! He couldn't even drink wine.
The battlefield was changing rapidly. Intelligence in the city showed that the Japanese army deployed two infantry squadrons on each of the two city walls. However, as commanders, neither Tang Dao nor Wang Xiaoqiang would arrange their troops based solely on the strength of their opponents.
No matter how many enemies there are, once you decide to fight, it's basically like a lion fighting a rabbit, and it's not over until you're slapped to death.
For example, Wang Xiaoqiang's side had two infantry regiments with nearly 5,000 people, and more than 20 large and small artillery for support. Ye Chenghuan knew that the victory was certain, but he probably wouldn't be able to break into the city within two hours.
As for the South Gate, which was mainly attacked by the First Infantry Battalion of the Sixth Regiment, not to mention that the number of troops was also as high as 4,000, with the help of this tunnel dug several months in advance and the help of the Second Brigade of the Security Army to smuggle 400 kilograms of explosives there,
How long can the Japanese hold on?
Standing in a temporary bunker 800 meters outside Shimen City, looking at the earthen city walls reflected by the Japanese searchlights, Ye Chenghuan couldn't help but feel a little excited.
He never thought that one day he would have the opportunity to command an army to attack such a big city, let alone that it might really be possible to attack it with a single drum!
Tang Dao, who was the director of the operations department of the Shimen Frontline Headquarters this time, looked at the pocket watch in his hand and said solemnly: "Heavy rain, give it to the Shimen Frontline Headquarters, the Sixth Regiment Headquarters, and the Shimen Frontline Regiments this time."
The Ministry of Power generated electricity. At 8:45 pm on September 16, the 921st Division of our 80th Group Army, the 101st Division of the 22nd Group Army, the Fourth Army Regiment directly under the Group Army, the 17th Division, the 12th Division, and the 104th Division in the theater, the entire army will
The Japanese 20th Division launched an attack at Shimen on the eastern Shanxi front.
This message is sent to all Chinese officers and soldiers participating in the war, not to be afraid of sacrifice and to fight the enemy bravely. After this battle, whether you live or die, your names will be with the Chinese nation.
Long live the Chinese nation!"
"Long live the Chinese nation!" Wang Xiaoqiang's eyes flashed after receiving the telegram, and he picked up the phone: "I order all artillery troops and all Japanese defenses at the target city walls and gates to cover all the Japanese fortifications with artillery fire for ten minutes, and fire!
In addition, I am ordering all the ministries to leave no reserves in this battle. Either the enemy will die or we will die. Those who are good to Japan will kill the Japanese!"
"Long live the Chinese nation!" Leng Feng, who was standing on the Niangzi Pass and looking towards Shimen, was concerned about the movements of the regiment's main force. After receiving the message handed to him by the signal corpsman behind him, Leng Feng gently closed his eyes and murmured to himself in the breeze.
language.
At that moment, no one knew that underneath his calm expression, there were turbulent waves!
One day, he will lead a large army and stand in front of the big city occupied by the Japanese army, roaring "Fire!". If he doesn't kill all the Japanese, he will be sorry for his younger brother and his relatives.
"Long live the Chinese nation!" The white-haired general received Tang Dao's message. His hands shook violently and his voice was resolute and resolute. "In the name of the Shimen Frontline Command, this order is sent to the entire army. The entire army will follow the order of Director Tang and be on time."
Launch an attack on the Japanese aggressors. The whole army should follow me as the standard. Those who delay the opportunity to fight will be beheaded; those who are afraid of fighting and refuse to do so will be beheaded."
"Long live the Chinese nation!" Commander Liu and Brigadier Cheng of the 921 Division saw the message from Tang Dao under the oil lamp. They all walked out of the headquarters and stood in the cold mountain forest, looking into the distance with their hearts surging.
Has the battle to counterattack a big city finally begun?
"Long live the Chinese nation!" The stingy old man took the message sent by Tang Dao handed over by the fifth sister, and touched his head with increasingly thinning hair. "This boy, old man, I annoy him most of the time, but I can't help it.
I kind of like it again! Especially when fighting."
The middle-aged woman covered her mouth and snickered! It was as if she had returned to her girlhood.
Before the splendid artillery fire bloomed, the sudden and intensive transmission of radio waves from all over the eastern Shanxi front made the communications officers of the Chinese and Japanese armies on duty collectively stunned.
The radio is out of order?
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" 150 Heavy Force spoke first, and gorgeous bullets bloomed on the city wall, thus kicking off the most glorious battle of the Jindong counterattack.
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PS: The battle of Jindong is coming to an end, brothers, come and count the votes!
