The Huainan blockade began quietly, which was unexpected by anyone, including the Dragon Boat Festival. Otherwise, he would not have led his people to fight the Japanese from An County.
The first purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival is to bring back a few cannons to stop Han Fuju's mouth first. The second purpose is to consume a wave of Japanese soldiers before the war begins. But by then, even if the Japanese soldiers really attack, they may not have enough troops.
Nor will it take advantage.
This was a tactic that killed two birds with one stone, and Duanwu then implemented his plan. But the little devils were not vegetarians either. Although they did not know that Duanwu would make a surprise attack on Anxian, they were also preparing to make a surprise attack on Duanwu's station.
Although he later learned that only an empty city was left in Bengbu, the little devil still implemented his plan.
Of course, Kitashirakawa's intention was very obvious, which was to retaliate against the Dragon Boat Festival.
Duanwu also guessed this, but he has not yet figured out what Kitashirakawa's true intention is.
Because from the current point of view, the Japanese army's actions seem to be to isolate and encircle the 51st Army.
But this tactic can be easily seen by others. So Duanwu guessed that the little devil would not go to great lengths and then formulate a plan that anyone could see through at a glance.
So he wanted to test the waters and first go to Bengbu to see what tricks the little devil was going to play.
Of course, we would not march at night during the Dragon Boat Festival, because it would be too dangerous. A Japanese reconnaissance team appeared in Fengyang County and exchanged fire with Wang Tong's troops, and then retreated.
Duanwu thought that these Japs must have not left yet and were hiding outside the city. If Duan was marching in the middle of the night, he would most likely be ambushed by the Japs. Moreover, it would be difficult for Duanwu to catch them.
Just like the Dragon Boat Festival ambush against Japanese soldiers, they could see the Japanese soldiers walking on the mountain road very clearly at night, but when they were in the forest, the Japanese soldiers could hardly see anything, even if there was moonlight.
As a result, the little devil almost always had to be passively beaten and suffered huge losses.
Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival will never follow in the footsteps of the little devils.
What's more, the little devils are outside the city now, and they don't dare to light a fire. Let them freeze this night.
Duanwu ordered all the soldiers to rest, but his independent regiment did not have any, because both veterans and recruits knew this very well. It was precisely because they were going to fight a big battle that they had to rest. But Wang Tong was a little puzzled.
He was getting ready to set out. After all, Bengbu had been occupied by the Japanese. This group of Japanese was like a thorn in the throat of the 51st Army.
Wang Tong believed that at this time, they should make a big effort and take advantage of the momentum they had just defeated the Japanese to fight to Bengbu and take back Bengbu directly. However, the Dragon Boat Festival commissioner did not want the Dragon Boat Festival commissioner to directly ask the soldiers to find a building after reorganizing the team.
The ancestral hall and two warehouses are ready for rest.
He was very puzzled. He went to the command room of the Dragon Boat Festival and asked: "Dragon Boat Festival Commissioner, saving people is like putting out fires. Bengbu is now occupied by the Japanese, and our regiment was sent to Bengbu to take back Bengbu."
Yes. Why did we take a rest?"
Duanwu smiled and scratched his head a little. If it were his own soldiers, he wouldn't bother to explain. Anyone who disobeys will be scolded and it will be over.
But Wang Tong is different. This Wang Tong belongs to the 51st Army, and he has to use someone else during the Dragon Boat Festival.
He doesn't have many soldiers at hand. If he wants to take back Bengbu, he will need Wang Tong's troops and the Sichuan army. Otherwise, how can he get Bengbu back?
As for his troops, it is a sword, but this sword will not make a long-distance attack back to Bengbu. Because once Dragon Boat Festival does this, the 113th Division of the 51st Army will be in danger.
Today, parts of the 113th Division and the 114th Division are fighting against a Japanese regiment.
It is said to be the 39th Regiment of the Japanese Army. Of course, this is only a speculation from the front line. It is speculated that their opponent is the 39th Regiment.
But in any case, this is a fight between two regiments. If the 40th Regiment stabs the 113th Division in the back, it will be difficult for the 113th Division to block it, and then a gap will be exposed in the defense line. And the Japanese army's
The 26th Regiment will take advantage of the situation.
Dragon Boat Festival couldn't let the Japanese get what they wanted, so they asked Zhou Weiguo to ambush the 26th Brigade and disrupt the situation behind the Japanese 40th Regiment.
In other words, there are many variables in a war, but you may also become the leader of these variables.
Just like the Dragon Boat Festival, he doesn't know the real intention of the Japs, so I will disrupt the situation, mess up the entire battlefield, and then see what you little Japs are going to do.
And he has to be wary of new enemies appearing.
Of course, he also thought that tonight, the Japanese from Bengbu or other Japanese would surround Fengyang County overnight and surround them in the town.
It was indeed possible, but Duanwu felt that it would be better to be surrounded in the town than to be surrounded in the mountains or on the march.
There are enough bunkers and enough food in the town. But it is different in the mountains. There is no food or water in the mountains, and there are not so many bunkers in the towns.
Because you can imagine that during the Dragon Boat Festival, we marched more than 150 kilometers to Laian County. It took five days to go back and forth. The food and water we brought had long been used up. Although we were in the town at this time,
But it is impossible to collect marching rations for more than 1,500 people at once.
What's more, if they are trapped in the mountains, they don't even have a place to keep out the cold. At night, the temperature plummets to about minus 15 degrees, and they can't light a fire. How can they spend the night?
And there is another point that is particularly important. The Dragon Boat Festival brought back cavalry this time. Except for the capture of two 75mm mountain cannons of the Little Devils, they lacked heavy firepower.
As for Wang Tong's regiment, it's even more embarrassing. Wang Tong's regiment only has four mortars and six grenades. This is all his property.
So when fighting a positional battle with the Japs in the mountains, Duanwu felt that he might be beaten to pieces by the Japs with superior artillery fire.
This is not in line with Duanwu's combat philosophy, which is to obtain the greatest victory at the lowest cost.
I can't control how many Japanese soldiers die, but my soldiers must kill the enemy and save their own lives. This is the most important thing.
In other words, what is the war about?
Fighting consumes not only weapons and equipment, but also the lives of soldiers.
I have said before that it is a very long process for a soldier to be trained from joining the army to developing combat effectiveness. Including these soldiers in Dragon Boat Festival, how much effort did Dragon Boat Festival spend?
In order to quickly improve the shooting skills of the soldiers, the soldiers fired all the bullets.
If it weren't for the Dragon Boat Festival's independent group that captured more, it would have been impossible to support such a huge consumption.
But what is that being typed out? It is money!
And doesn’t it cost money for every soldier to eat, drink, and have sex? Doesn’t military pay cost money?
Therefore, if one soldier is sacrificed, all the previous efforts and expenses will become zero.
What's more, which soldier is not raised by his parents, and whose son dies, which family doesn't feel sad?
Duan Wu was also a soldier, and he knew the truth behind it. It was one thing to fight bravely and not be afraid of sacrifice, but it was another thing to make unnecessary sacrifices.
Duanwu explained to Wang Tong, and Wang Tong suddenly realized that his admiration for Duanwu was beyond words. He quickly left and ordered the troops to disarm and rest.
I just didn't expect that at this moment, Duanwu suddenly thought of something and ordered Wang Tongtong: "Keep your gun away tonight, the whole city is under martial law, and no light is allowed to appear in any house!"