Chapter 5 The war started, and the military division became an army (forty-nine)
After letting the Self-Defense Forces withdraw, Qi Guangyuan did not rush to organize an attack. Instead, he called the two battalion commanders over. He said to them: "Lu Dan, Chen Zuogu, you can choose the north and south directions."
Lu Dan and Chen Zuogu looked at each other. The former took out a Guangyang and said, "Old rules, I pick heads first, and you pick tails first."
Chen Zuogu curled his lips in agreement,
Lu Dan put Guangyang to his mouth and blew on it. With a sharp "chish" sound, Guangyang was thrown up high by him, and fell in front of him. He grabbed it with his right hand, stretched out his fingers, and saw a big head. , Lu Dan smiled, looked at Chen Zuogu and said proudly: "Ha, I won again, well, I'll just choose the south."
There are two village entrances in Zhangjiagang, and the south one leads directly to Lizhuang. Here, the Japs' defense is very tight, with three heavy machine guns deployed. Behind the fortifications blocking the intersection, there are two temporary fortifications similar to bunkers. , each has a light machine gun inside, which can not only assist in frontal defense, but also effectively contain side attacks. Behind the temporary fortifications is a mortar team of the Little Devils. With such a firepower arrangement, not to mention the extremely poor weapons and equipment. The Self-Defense Forces, even the Pistol Regiment, found it difficult. Of course, judging from the expressions and tones of Qi Guangyuan, Lu Dan, and Chen Zuogu, they didn’t seem to take it seriously. No, the battalion was determined by drawing lots. After setting the main attack direction, Lu Dan and Chen Zuogu calmly walked back to the queue, and then began to move their troops and generals swaggering around the village.
"What are the Chinese people on the other side doing?" Seeing a group of Chinese soldiers with long and short guns as their main weapons wandering around arrogantly at the edge of the shooting range, many little devils, especially the machine gunners, began to wonder, and some people directly I asked the squad leader or squadron leader whether they should take the opportunity to rush out. This Chinese force seemed to be very aggressive when it came. Why did it become silent now? The news quickly spread to Jiu Zheng. Jiu Zheng was at this time. After being unable to eat Huang Youyun and the others, they became angry and even wanted to use the mustard gas bombs they carried.
At this time, three urgent telegrams were sent from Li Zhuang on the fourth floor of Tammidi, ordering them to rush to Lizhuang immediately. The reason why the fourth floor of Tammidi was so anxious was because they had already learned the news that Gao Shujia and Nakano were ambushed. According to the situation, the old Japanese He judged and guessed Zhang Zizhong's next "sinister" intention. He knew that it was basically impossible for Li Zhuang's injured and disabled soldiers to resist the 38th Division's Tiger and Wolf Division, so he had to seize all the power in his hands in order to get more delay for a while,
"Ba Ge, it seems that we can only rush out. In this case, it will be easier for the Chinese army outside." He did not dare to disobey his boss's order, so Jiu Zheng had no choice but to make such a decision.
As mentioned before, there is no strategic terrain to hide near Zhangjiagang Village. Therefore, once the Jiuzheng Department leaves the fortress of Zhangjiagang, it must have direct contact with the Pistol Regiment in the plains. In that case, both sides can only rely on their true abilities. Speaking, the numerical advantage of the Pistol Regiment and the Self-Defense Force will be reflected, and once a hand-to-hand combat occurs, Jiu Zheng does not think that he can get a good deal with the reputation of the 29th Army Sword Team.
Gunshots first rang out at the edge of contact between the two sides. Seeing the Japs starting to gather from all over the village towards the south entrance, Qi Guangyuan knew that the Japs were about to run away. Without thinking much, he immediately ordered a group of soldiers led by Lu Dan to give way. The battalion made a strategic retreat towards the south, taking the initiative to make way for the Japs. At the same time, the Self-Defense Forces were organized into groups to harass the Japs from the side. The Second Battalion led by Chen Zuogu continued to advance into the village from the north and must hold them back. The speed at which the little devil retreated,
Qi Guangyuan's original plan was to let Lu Dan and the others have free reign to carry out special operations against the Japs. There are many sharpshooters in the pistol regiment, and there are even martial arts masters with unique skills. Since the order issued by Zhang Zizhong was to trap them, Try to weaken the Jiuzheng Department as much as possible, then there is no need for him to fight against the Japs. The Pistol Regiment is best at special operations. As for the attack, other troops have to complete it. Now, the Japs have taken the initiative to walk out of the "fortress", then , the specialty of the Pistol Regiment will be fully utilized. In this way, the destruction of Jiuzheng Department will be only a matter of time.
Qi Guangyuan's tactics were quite successful. The Japanese were good at positional warfare, and now they were in a hurry to escape. When the Self-Defense Forces came from both sides to harass them, they could not stop to conduct positional blocking or combat, but could only Depending on the situation, a small team or even a squad can be left to carry out expulsion operations. However, such a small group of troops may not be a problem against the Self-Defense Forces. However, the problem is that there is a battalion of Chen Zuogu behind them, and Chen Zuogu is also very cunning. , he dispersed his troops in platoons and divided them into several columns to pursue the little Japs one after another. Each column had a few sharpshooters who were specially responsible for shooting those little Japs who showed their bodies. So, after two consecutive teams that stayed behind were eaten, Jiu Zheng finally felt that something was wrong, so he ordered the entire army to stop advancing. He wanted to turn back and clean up the tail first, but his large army just started After turning around, Chen Zuogu's troops stopped on the spot. Once the Japs started to pursue them, they turned around and ran away. They were not like a regular army at all, as if running away was glorious.
After two or three such back and forths, the Jiuzheng Division advanced less than three miles, and the Jiuzheng Japanese became angry: "Ba Ge, the Chinese are cunning and cunning." I don't know if they were ruined by Bushido, or if they were really scoundrels from the Pistol Regiment. Infuriated by the fighting method, the Jiuzheng Japanese, who were at their wits end, unexpectedly sent his men to propose to Chen Zuogu that they wanted to have a duel with the Second Battalion. The two sides should set up their positions and have a good fight.
The person who conveyed the message was a translator from Northeastern China. He walked up to Chen Zuogu cautiously with a small white flag. After listening to what he said, Chen Zuogu laughed at that time and mocked: "Has your Japanese master been kicked in the head by a donkey? Duel, Fortunately, he can think of it." After saying that, he patted his head with his hand and laughed: "I almost forgot that most of the little devils believe in bushido, haha, these little devils are really stupid sometimes." He As soon as he finished saying this, there was loud laughter from all his men around him. Chen Zuogu then said to the translator: "You go back and tell Jiuzheng, tell him that the duel can wait until the battle is over. Of course. , if he can't wait any longer, then he can lead his men to surrender collectively. As long as they all put down their guns, any one of us here can accept his challenge."