Ma Ping'an hurriedly came when Duanwu gave the order. He also came to tell Duanwu that the little devil had been prepared and the ferry had been sealed.
Of course, he had just received the news, and heard the sound of cannons coming from the direction of the river bank, so he hurried over and informed Dragon Boat Festival of the matter.
But I didn’t expect Dragon Boat Festival to have known about it for a long time.
However, Duanwu still pretended that he had just found out, and said that the news from the first battalion also confirmed this point.
Ma Ping'an said: "Brother Duanwu, how about we enter Henan along the east bank of the Yellow River?"
Duanwu smiled and said: "This won't work at all. The little devil just wants us to go south from the east coast. Because the terrain on the east coast is flat, if the Japanese ships chase us, we will have to eat cannon fodder on the plain.
Moreover, fighting on the plains is beneficial to the Japanese. The Japanese have heavy artillery and air superiority. Coupled with the Japanese warships in the river, we are all living targets.
So this is the difference between the east bank and the west bank. There are enough bunkers on the west bank, and the Japanese army is weak. This is why the little devils did not let us cross the river."
"What should I do?"
Ma Pingan frowned deeply, because it was obvious that this would be a dead end.
Duanwu thought for a while and said: "This is what the little devils forced me to do, so I will let them know what the consequences will be if they force me Duanwu into a hurry. Lao Ma, you go ask the Japanese 110th Division
Where exactly the regiment is and what its strength is. The more detailed the better. There is also information about the Japanese Fifth Division on the Eastern Front. The more comprehensive the better."
"Well, I'll go right away."
Ma Ping'an responded and left with the two communication soldiers. At this time, Duanwu asked Lao Shou: "Have all the weapons and ammunition of the surprise attack force been collected?"
Lao Snoring said with a smile: "We have collected them. There are more than 400 German-style rifles and about 10,000 rounds of bullets, which is enough to make up for our consumption in this battle. It's just that the cavalry battalion suffered a bit heavy losses, alas!"
Lao Snoring sighed at the end, and Duan Wu also knew that the cavalry battalion's casualties were indeed a bit heavy this time.
But there was nothing we could do about it. The opponent was too strong. In today's battle, if the shadow hadn't let off the enemy, the cavalry battalion and the secret service battalion would have suffered even greater casualties.
"In this case, you go tell Zhao Weidong that when there are new recruits, I will let him pick them first. His task now is not to be sad, but to prepare for the next battle. Let him send scouts to conduct reconnaissance eastward. I want to know,
Where are the Sakata Regiment and the puppet brigade closest to us now?"
Having said this, Duanwu thought for a while and said: "The war horses should be left idle and lent to the supply camp first so that they can transport weapons and equipment and transport wounded soldiers."
"Yes, group seat."
Lao Shou took the order, but at this time, Duanwu thought of something again, and quickly ordered the Special 1st Battalion not to come back, to stay in place and set up defenses, and to dig trenches according to the highest standards, and to dig to avoid bomb craters, etc.
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At the same time, Zhou Tianyi had just ordered the soldiers to pack up and prepare to leave. Unexpectedly, the communications troops came to report: "Report to the camp, the regiment has an order, let us stay in place and set up defenses, and the trenches must be dug according to the highest standards."
"What does this group seat mean?"
Zhou Tianyi was puzzled, but at this time, the company's big dog said angrily: "Will there be a war in this Dragon Boat Festival? Will the order be changed in the morning and evening? We were asked to dig and dig on this small mountain before, but in less than two hours, we were let
We withdrew, but now we are asked to stay where we are, will he be able to take command?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Haven't you seen Tuanzuo's recent battles? They have all won great victories."
Zhou Tianyi reprimanded, and then ordered: "Everyone must follow the orders of the leader. If anyone dares to disobey me, don't blame me, Zhou Tianyi, for kicking his ass!"
"yes,."
A group of people replied feebly, but as soon as Zhou Tianyi raised his eyes, they all immediately went to dig trenches obediently.
Zhou Tianyi supervised personally. In addition to digging trenches, he also hired several veterans to dig bomb shelters. This thing is not something that recruits can dig, because if the digging is not done well, the shells will fall and form a landslide, and people will have to be buried.
Go inside.
Therefore, let the veterans dig the bomb shelters, and continue to dig the previously dug trenches deeper, at least to about two meters.
However, at this moment, the sentry discovered that from behind the high ground, more than thirty cavalry battalion officers and soldiers riding fast horses were coming towards them. He immediately ran to report to Zhou Tianyi.
At this time, Zhou Tianyi also noticed these cavalrymen, and stood on the mountain and shouted loudly: "Brothers? What are you doing?"
The officer of the cavalry battalion knew that there was a special battalion on the mountain and it could be regarded as a member of the supervision team, so he replied: "Perform the mission."
The officer didn't stop, he just replied and walked away. And he didn't say what the mission was, because this was the rule of supervising the corps. Any order was confidential, even if it was the most trusted brother around him.
, and cannot reveal even half of it.
But because the Special First Battalion joined relatively late, they didn't know many things. The old cat said angrily: "Why are you so awesome? The mission is just a mission?"
At this point, Lao Mao complained to Zhou Tianyi again: "Yingzuo, you see, they don't treat us as their own, and they don't tell us if they have missions."
Zhou Tianyi also frowned and said, "You guys keep doing it, I'll go ask."
Zhou Tianyi is also a little moody, because as a front-line commander, he doesn't even know the purpose of the battle. Isn't this funny?
He picked up the intercom on the radio, called the team headquarters, and asked to speak to the team.
At this time, Duanwu was looking at the map, because he wanted to trick the Japanese. He wanted to jump out of the little Japanese circle, but the little Japanese stopped him, so okay, I will kill you.
Of course, there is no way around this. If Duan Wu had a choice, he would definitely choose to send the wounded soldiers out, replenish weapons and ammunition, and then bring the people back to kill them.
But unfortunately, if he jumped out of the Japanese encirclement according to the original plan, there would be a lot of casualties.
The ferry was heavily guarded by the Japs, and there were the Japs' warships cruising in the river. If he tried to force a breakthrough, at least half of the members of the command team would be lost.
Because they do not have heavy weapons that can deal with warships. The largest caliber artillery of the independent regiment is the 80 mm caliber mortar.
Even if this kind of artillery can hit the Japanese warships on the river, it is just scratching the opponent's itch. Moreover, once the Japanese warships counterattack, their own artillery will be reduced to nothing in an instant.
Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival would not fight such a battle that was obviously a death-defying battle. What's more, the Dragon Boat Festival did not run out of ammunition and food. At worst, after the submachine guns ran out of bullets, the machine guns of the entire supervision corps were redistributed and all replaced with Japanese equipment.
And at that time, the supervision team can still use firepower to suppress the Japanese, and use ambush, surprise attack and other tactics to eat the enemy one by one!