Chapter 5 The war started, and the military division became an army (forty-two)
When the heavy rain gradually subsided, at the headquarters of the 38th Division in the southern suburbs of Tianjin, Zhang Zizhong, Li Tieshu, and Zhang Zhen gathered around a large map of Tianjin and were discussing a detail.
After learning from Ouyang Yun that Doihara was mobilizing vehicles from Nakano to prepare for a raid on the headquarters, Zhang Zizhong rejected his suggestion to retreat, but for the sake of safety, he still took corresponding measures. The 114th Brigade detached a regiment of troops, used a forced march, detoured back to the center between Doihara and Nakano, and ambushed the little devil's convoy. Later, the regiment attacked several relief troops sent by Doihara. The team carried out an ambush and achieved a local battlefield victory.
"Beheading operation, beheading, this name is quite appropriate. The so-called capture the thief first, capture the king." Zhang Zizhong said, looking up from the map,
Li Tieshu also raised his head. Compared with Zhang Zizhong's calm expression, his face was a bit ugly. It was almost two o'clock now. Logically speaking, the beheading operation had already started. However, whether it was on the Renqiu or Lizhuang front lines, No news came, it couldn't be a failure, four hundred people versus twenty thousand, thinking, he shook his head involuntarily,
Zhang Zhen's brows also frowned slightly. It should be the same problem that Li Tieshu was worried about. He said: "Why is there no news yet? If it fails,..." He glanced at the door on the left without finishing his words.
In the room next door is a temporarily set up media lounge, where about a dozen reporters are currently resting. This term was coined by the naturalist Ouyang Yun, and the reason why he did this was, in addition to sensationalism, In addition to suspicion, another reason was to prevent the Japs from admitting the results. Zhang Zizhong and others were not aware of this trick of the Japs, but Ouyang Yun knew very well that in that time and space, and a few years later, the Japs' tricks When the commander of a certain front army was shot dead by the Chinese army, the kid told a big lie just to save face or military morale. But with the media's involvement, no matter how hard the kid tried to cover up the incident, at least in China and internationally, the kid would The behavior of the Japanese can only become a laughing stock,
The reason why Zhang Zizhong was not in favor of "beheading" at first was not because he was worried that Langya would not succeed, but because he was afraid that if Dofeihara was captured or died, it would have a negative impact on his own layout. If the Japs withdrew their troops and stopped fighting, This is naturally extremely disadvantageous to the 38th Division, which has already sacrificed a lot but has a small financial background. The little Japanese has a strong financial background, and this loss will be made up for soon. It is uncertain when there will be another bite, but the 38th Division cannot withstand it. After repeated twists and turns, even if the little devil doesn't stop fighting, the layout will definitely be readjusted. In this case, the arrangements he made before are likely to be in vain. He hasn't received news for a long time. He had suspected almost an hour ago that this time Did the operation fail? Of course, due to his status, it was difficult for him to express his doubts. Now that he heard Zhang Zhen say this, he pretended to just think of it and asked, "Is there an exact time for the operation?"
Zhang Zhen shook his head,
At this moment, a staff officer from the 38th Division hurried in, holding a telegram in his hand and shouting excitedly: "Master, Ren Qiu is calling, Doihara has been captured."
"Really." Zhang Zizhong and the other three people were all refreshed. Li Tieshu grabbed the telegram and read it carefully. Then, the look on his face became completely relaxed, "Langya, good job." He shouted loudly. He said something, and then asked the staff officer to call out the reporters. If the news was sent back at this time, it would be enough to catch up with today's newspapers. Once this news is published, no matter what impact it can have on the Japanese. The effect can at least boost the morale of the Chinese people and once again put a golden paper on the faces of the Xuebingjun, Li Tieshu thought with some satisfaction,
Zhang Zizhong was thinking about another question. He read the message first and couldn't find any more specific content, such as when they would get here. He handed the message to the staff officer for archiving. He closed his eyes and thought for a while. Later, he When reporters rushed out, he picked up the phone and personally assigned tasks to Li Kexia and others.
Doihara has been captured, which is definitely a good thing. However, as Zhang Zizhong had worried before, he would have no idea what the Japanese would do next.
When Ouyang Yun told him about the plan for the beheading operation, Zhang Zizhong raised such concerns. The reason why Ouyang Yun wanted to carry out the beheading was to serve the campaign, so naturally he would not miss this issue. At that time, he and Zhang Zizhong were like this Analyzing the situation: As long as the little Japs are beaten without pain, even if the beheading operation is successful, they will not withdraw their troops. Even if the young Japs on the front line and the young and strong officers can endure this, do you think that the old Japs Nanjiro can? Can you bear it? I can guarantee that they will continue to fight this battle to the end. As for whether it will be a new commander or Nakano who will take over temporarily, it is hard to say. Of course, it is also possible that it will be Sakai Takashi and Xiangyue. Qingji, these two old devils said they were going back to the country to report on their duties. Who knows when they will come back. In any case, we must teach the little devils a painful lesson in this battle. It is best to put an iron collar on them. In this case, no matter whether this battle begins or ends, at least the next time they see us, they can't help but touch their necks first.
Zhang Zizhong had a lot of dealings with the Japanese and was familiar with the Japanese temperament. Ouyang Yun's words naturally seemed reasonable to him, but even so, at this time, he was still a little confused. Speaking of it, The foundation of the 38th Division is still too weak. Even if the Japanese army is wiped out this time, it will only be a few hairs missing from the cow. But as for the 38th Division, even if they win, it will take at least half a year. rejuvenate,
Next to them, reporters had surrounded Li Tieshu and Zhang Zhen. The spotlights were flashing and the atmosphere was very lively. As if the battle had been won, Zhang Zizhong waved to the guards and asked them to keep the reporters away. , took a deep breath, picked up the phone, and started calling Li Kexia and others one by one to assign tasks.
The decapitation operation was successful, but the battle of their 38th Division has just begun. Doihara was captured, but who will win in this battle is still unknown at least for now. The future is difficult,