Chapter five hundred and sixty fourth will never renege
If Lin Feng, the Chief of Staff of the Eighteenth Division, was worried about the chaotic situation of the troops below and Wang Jun's order to mobilize artillery into the city to join the battle, then the 1st Battalion of the 54th Regiment was the first to attack Tongliao City. Battalion Commander Li He was completely troubled by the fact that his unit's combat order was out of sync and the units were scattered into companies and platoons.
This man has the same name as the famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, but he does not have any gentle temperament in appearance. Whether it is temper or appearance, he is a fierce guy. On the surface, he looks a bit vulgar, but in fact he is quite rough. This clever guy told the troops as soon as they entered the city to avoid the main roads and use alleys to take detours.
This guy who participated in the Harbin battle knows that the main positions and defense depth of the garrison in the city are usually deployed along the main roads. Although the Japanese army in Harbin was blocked in the barracks, it is completely different from the current Japanese army fighting for it one after another. , but fortunately there are still some experiences that can be learned from. At least the city defense systems are similar.
Although he was not afraid of the Japanese defense, for him, doing so would definitely cost him a lot under the strict restrictions imposed by his superiors on the use of artillery fire. Therefore, this guy did not concentrate all his forces to attack Tongliao North Street. Instead, he led his troops to be organized into companies, and he and the instructor each led an infantry company to try to penetrate in a roundabout way and find the weak points of the Japanese army's entire defense system and penetrate directly.
To put it bluntly, his tactic was to bypass the main fortified positions of the Japanese army, use the buildings in the city for cover, find weak areas of Japanese defense, and break into deep Japanese defensive positions as quickly as possible. This not only reduced casualties, but also accelerated speed.
Although there is a risk of being surrounded by the Japanese army after breaking into depth, it is much better than attacking street by street from the front. Li He believes that with so many buildings divided, it is impossible to form an overall defense line. The entire defense system of the Japanese army will definitely have weaknesses.
At the beginning, things were indeed as he judged. He used multiple alleys to avoid the key defensive positions of the Japanese army in the northeast of the city, and quickly advanced deep into the Japanese army. However, in this way, his advancement speed was faster than the Japanese army. All the troops made the fastest progress, and they were the ones who reached the Japanese second line of defense.
But in this situation where there are alleys everywhere, another situation arises. With the frontal attack surface relatively scattered, his own troops are out of touch without being able to form an overall offensive, or even not at all. It can be said that he ran into chaos.
In addition to a reinforced company that was attacking frontally along North Street with the cooperation of a tank platoon, the two companies he personally led were scattered throughout the northeast of Tongliao County, organized in platoons, and some were even in the platoon. During the interleaving process, the organization was also disrupted by the Hutong group in front of them. Some platoon leaders actually only had one squad under their direct control.
Not to mention the troops below, even his battalion headquarters is now in disarray. In addition to the deputy battalion commander commanding the troops to break through from the front towards North Street, the instructor and another company don't know where they are in that ghost alley. I got lost inside and couldn't get closer.
At this moment, there was only one platoon of troops left around him. As for the remaining troops, they were still milling around in the surrounding alleys. Gunshots were everywhere, but they didn't know which troop it was. The instructor and two people inside the walkie-talkie I can contact all the company commanders, but they don't know where they are.
Gunfire can reveal the location of your own troops and surrounding troops, but in this case, gunfire can also reveal your location and attract the attention of surrounding Japanese troops. The most critical issue is that even if you know that your troops are there, It's nearby, but I can't find a way to get there.
Some troops entered the alleys that ran from east to west, and some troops entered the alleys that ran from north to south. They followed the entrances and exits of their respective alleys and ran everywhere. Some troops even entered a group of dead-end alleys with no exits and spent a long time searching for them. Didn't turn out until the exit.
This situation undoubtedly gave Li He a headache. This was not only a problem of limited mutual support after the troops encountered the Japanese army. With alleys everywhere, it was also difficult for the Japanese army to concentrate a large number of troops. As for fighting with small groups, Li He was not worried about the encounter with the Japanese army.
In this kind of close combat, the submachine guns and automatic rifles in his hands are much better than the Japanese Type 38 rifles. If there is an encounter, his subordinates can only take advantage, so he is not worried about being scattered. The incoming troops encountered a small group of Japanese troops.
But this situation brought considerable problems to his command. The walkie-talkie equipment company, but the troops were dispersed in platoons. In this situation where the terrain is narrow and there are private houses everywhere. Under the circumstances, using a company as an organization was just a target for the Japanese army. It didn't take more than one machine gun to block a company in an alley and prevent it from getting out.
If the Japanese machine gun blocks the entrance of the alley and suddenly fires, a platoon in the alley that cannot even turn around can be strung together into candied haws. If the company is a unit and fights under this situation, it will be because it has too many soldiers and will die. It's slow, but with the platoon as the organizational structure, it's relatively difficult to not only control the troops yourself, but also to adjust tactics. It's also difficult when the troops need to be concentrated.
He didn't even know where his position was, how could he gather his troops? He couldn't even find the direction. Even if he knew he was there, the troops couldn't rely on him. Facing the situation in front of him, Li He didn't even know now. Is the decision to use an alleyway a right or a wrong decision?
Li He, who was a little irritable, pushed his helmet with his pistol, pointed at the platoon leader next to him and pointed at a house on his left hand and said: "Go, I don't care what method you use to invite me a commoner, it doesn't matter whether he is male or female, old or young. As long as you are not a child or an old man, it will be fine if you can understand the Tao."
"What the hell, this place is full of alleys. It's hard to find an exit, but I don't know where the hell it leads. It's like a fucking maze, and people are confused. There's no one to lead the way. We can do it in the year of the monkey. Transfer out."
Naturally, the platoon leader would not refuse the battalion commander's order, but this man's self-cultivation was obviously much worse than that of his battalion commander, and his actions were much ruder. He came to the small place pointed by the battalion commander. He didn't even call the door of his courtyard. He smashed open the door with a clean shot of the butt of his rifle and rushed in, arresting the whole family.
Looking at the twelve people, old and young, brought over by the platoon leader, Li He, who was sweating profusely, took off his helmet and threw it into the arms of the correspondent at the back. He even scratched his scalp irritably and turned to face that person. The platoon leader said angrily: "I asked you to hire a guide. Why are you arresting this whole family?"
"Are you going to let the two 60-70-year-olds and the 78-year-old child brave gunfire to lead us? Are you going to carry the baby on your back or hold it in your arms? You don't even know how to speak, and if you ask him to lead you, you are a pig-brained person."
"Grandma, it would be great if the instructor were here. You scared people like this. How can I, a clumsy-tongued person like me, do mass work? The devils call us beards all day long. What you do is simply ridiculous. Just like the devil said, he’s become a fucking beard.”
The battalion commander's anger frightened the platoon leader who was trying to figure out something at the beginning. He shrunk his neck and did not dare to speak any more. The sound of gunfire that had been heard all day on the opposite side was so frightening that the platoon leader was also frightened. The family, who was a little frightened by the bandit style, looked at this guy with a pistol in his hand, covered in blood and sweat, and the soldiers with live ammunition beside him.
She was so frightened that she didn't dare to say a word. She stood in front of him tremblingly. If there wasn't a wall behind her to lean on, she would probably have collapsed on the ground. This family who was rudely invited by the platoon leader was really shocked. Frightened, the baby who was still nursing wanted to cry. The young woman holding him covered his mouth. For fear of offending the old man in front of her, she jumped them directly.
Facing the obviously frightened family in front of him, Li He swallowed with great effort, and in the words of the troubled platoon leader next to him later, in an unprecedentedly gentle tone, Regardless of whether people are literate or not, he pointed to the words Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces on his chest badge and said: "Fellow fellows, we are the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, our own team as Chinese people."
"We are currently fighting the Japanese army in order to liberate you, and are wiping out the Japanese army in Tongliao City, but your place is full of alleys, and we are lost now. Could you please help one of you who is familiar with the situation in the city to act as a guide for us? Lead the way."
"As long as you promise to lead us, I promise to protect his safety. Once we find the way to the main road, our army will let them back. And for your efforts, we can pay you in cash as a reward. It's really No, you can just draw us a detailed map of the city."
In order to show his sincerity, Li He rummaged through all the pockets of his military uniform and collected all the money in the pockets of the soldiers around him. Unfortunately, they were all poor people and the money they could collect was really limited. With the cadres and soldiers, plus him as a dignified battalion commander, and the walkie-talkies around him, the twenty or thirty people could only scrape together less than twenty yuan in cash.
The Anti-Japanese Alliance still implements a supply system. The army only pays a small amount of allowances to unmarried cadres and soldiers every month. This allowance has been increased since the beginning of this year. The total amount has been increased since the beginning of this year. There really isn't much.
After excluding some necessary expenses, even if Li He is a battalion cadre, what is left is quite limited, not to mention the company and platoon cadres below, as well as ordinary soldiers. A platoon can scrape together more than 20 yuan, although it is very low. It's not eye-catching, but there are already a lot of them for these cadres and soldiers.
The key point is that the only amount of money is not the pseudo-Manchu currency currently circulating in the Tongliao area, but the RMB issued in the base area. This RMB is easy to circulate in the base area, but Tongliao was still considered an enemy-occupied area including the current one. , whoever recognizes the RMB here, just takes it, and if it can’t be spent, it doesn’t mean it’s just a pile of waste paper.
Looking at the RMB in his hand, Li He stuffed it back with some embarrassment. He took out a notebook from his document bag, took out a pen and said with a smile: "We don't have any counterfeit Manchu currency with us. Even the RMB only costs less than twenty yuan." Come on, do you think this is good? I will write you an IOU, and when the battle is over, I will ask our higher-level political office to settle the accounts for you, okay?"
"As long as you make a price that we can pay, we will ensure that we meet your requirements as much as possible. In addition to cash, we can also subsidize you with some food and meat. I will guarantee it with my party spirit and personality. Even if we Everyone has been sacrificed, and as long as this IOU is there, no one will default on it."