Chapter 566: Taking down the Japanese headquarters
The baggage train corps was responsible for the supply of materials and occupied a separate street and more than a dozen courtyards. It was across the street from the Japanese military headquarters. The Japanese army headquarters was on the front street and the baggage train corps was on the back street.
When Dong Jiang entered the garrison station from the back street, he could still see the antenna erected by the Japanese military headquarters.
"Mr. Shidao, this is the courtyard where I live, please!" Lin Zhengxiong stepped forward and pushed the door open.
The small courtyard is in the form of a front yard and a back room. The back room is a main room with two bedrooms. Seeing this, Dong Jiang turned his head and looked towards the Japanese military headquarters opposite.
Judging from the current situation, the Japanese military headquarters also has a front yard and a back room. There is only a four or five-meter wide street between the back street courtyard and the front street Japanese military headquarters. There is also a two-story building on the wall of the back room of the Japanese military headquarters.
a window.
"That's enough for me. You go and find out what's going on in the city now?" Dong Jiang said to Lin Zhengxiong.
"Yes, I'll go right away!" Although Lin Zhengxiong only holds the rank of second lieutenant, this guy is in charge of supplies, and any little devil will have to give him some slack.
Taking advantage of Lin Zhengxiong's opportunity to go out to inquire for information, Dong Jiang asked the soldiers around him to notify the reconnaissance company soldiers in several other yards to also check the area nearby.
Half an hour later, Lin Zhengxiong came back with a lot of information.
"You mean the four brigades responsible for attacking from the front have already chased them out of the city?" Dong Jiang's eyes flashed with surprise.
"That's it. I just went to the camp of the wounded soldiers to take a look. In less than a morning, there were more than 400 wounded soldiers. Judging from the amount of ammunition I distributed to each combat unit last night, the four pursuing brigades should be
There are only a little over 2,000 people, and the two remaining brigades have only about 1,200!"
"Among them, there are two infantry squadrons of 200 people each in the north and west directions guarding the artillery positions. Based on this estimate, there are less than 800 people in charge of security in the city. Among these 800 people, there are more than 500 people who have just ended the battle.
Nancheng is searching for remnants of the enemy, and there are only 300 people guarding the headquarters!" Lin Zhengxiong told the information one by one.
"Why didn't the Japanese army bring the artillery into the city and stay outside the city without fear of being captured?" Dong Jiang noticed the Japanese army's heavy artillery position when he entered the city gate.
"Hey, the trenches dug by the national army outside the city are at least more than 20 meters deep. Although they have been filled in by strong men, they are all empty soil. The tractors pulling heavy artillery moved one by mistake and another inside, and then another. There were too many in the city.
It’s narrow and there are no suitable artillery positions!” Lin Zhengxiong said.
After hearing this, Dong Jiang glanced at Lin Zhengxiong in surprise: "Comrade Zhengxiong, I didn't expect you to actually show me what a talent you are!"
"That's right, let me tell you, I also graduated from a military academy. When I was in school, my grades were among the best, especially in battlefield intelligence and reconnaissance. It turns out that I was also a combat soldier, and I only joined the supply team when I arrived in Handan!"
Dong Jiang did not ask Lin Zhengxiong why he was transferred to the logistics branch. He assumed that it was because of his temperament that his performance on the battlefield was too tight.
"I just looked around, and there's not a single shell left in this heavy artillery?"
"Hey, there aren't any in this yard anyway. There should be some artillery, but I've been sparing it since last night!"
"There are still four hundred rounds of artillery shells that I buried in the original camp outside the city without anyone noticing. Only a few of us know about it!" Lin Zhengxiong said ghostly.
Dong Jiang looked at Lin Zhengxiong's appearance and wondered why such a coward had such a grand name as Zhengxiong.
After a preliminary understanding of the situation in the city, Dong Jiang prepared to have people send the information to the headquarters.
However, there was no radio station in the baggage train itself. Sending the message in the yard of the baggage train was too conspicuous. In addition, there was a lot of telegram content, so the time required was not short.
Based on this, Dong Jiang asked Lin Zhengxiong to take the telegraph operator to find a place to send the message.
The words are divided into two parts.
At this time, the Third Regiment, the Fifth Regiment, and the 29th Regiment were already following the Japanese troops. The First Regiment, the New Fifth Army Independent Regiment and the headquarters moved forward to the boundary ten miles southeast of the south gate of Changzhi.
Inside the headquarters, Xing Zhiguo came over with a telegram with a happy face.
"Lao Zhou, the reconnaissance company gave us another big surprise. Just after entering the city, we figured out the distribution of Japanese troops!" Xing Zhiguo said with a smile.
After Zhou Weihan read the telegram, he stood up suddenly, clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "God is really helping me!"
"Inform the reconnaissance company to quickly destroy the Japanese command center and cut off its contact with the outside world. I am really worried that the little Japanese who went out to pursue will run back!"
"At the same time, this telegram is forwarded to the 27th Army, Division, and all regiments of our department participating in the war. It is too late to send another telegram to the first regiment."
"Inform the regiment, the special agent regiment, and the 18th regiment will launch an attack on the predetermined target immediately!"
"Old Xing, you go personally to the regiment, order the regiment to attack quickly, reinforce the front troops, and annihilate in one fell swoop this group of more than 2,000 little Japs who went out of the city to pursue them!"
"Yes, I'll go right away!"
The Independent Regiment of the New Fifth Army was deliberately left behind by Zhou Weihan to guard the headquarters. Although the soldiers of the Independent Regiment were enthusiastic about participating in the war under the leadership of Xing Zhaotang, they were the only remaining base of the New Fifth Army. Under the favorable circumstances, Zhou Weihan saw that
There is no need to join the war.
At twelve o'clock at noon, it had been nearly an hour since the 27th had retreated from the city and the reconnaissance company had entered the city.
Lin Zhengxiong returned to the station safely with the telegraph operator, and at the same time brought Zhou Weihan's order.
"Damn it, the little Japanese command is now a piece of meat in front of our mouths, how can we let it go?" Dong Jiang said, looking at the Japanese command opposite.
When it was his turn to take action, Lin Zhengxiong gave Dong Jiang another surprise. He got a lot of explosive bags and also brought a detonator, which was more convenient.
Explosive packets were affixed to the back wall of the courtyard on Qian Street. Special soldiers were responsible for detonating them. The other soldiers were leaning in front of the house in the courtyard where the baggage train was located, holding grenades in their hands.
Dong Jiang estimated the distance to the front street yard. The farthest was about seventy or eighty meters. It might be difficult for an ordinary soldier to throw it this far, but this level was the standard for entering the reconnaissance company.
"Boom, boom, boom!" A deafening explosion sounded. Even with the courtyard wall as a barrier, Dong Jiang could still feel a wave of air coming.
At this time, all the houses in Qian Street, with the headquarters as the center and more than a dozen courtyards on the left and right sides, collapsed.
Smoke filled the air in front of him. Dong Jiang didn't check the specific battle situation and shouted: "Throw it!"
Two consecutive rounds of grenades, totaling more than 200 grenades, landed in the yard on Front Street.
More than a hundred soldiers from the reconnaissance company were divided into three teams, climbed over the back wall, and ran in three directions.
Before carrying out the operation, Lin Zhengxiong walked around the front street again and learned that Yukio Imada was in the headquarters, so the reconnaissance company took action.
There is no need to confirm the outcome of the battle. At such a close range to the explosion point, there is absolutely no chance of Yukio Imada surviving.
