As Xu Rui expected, Kawaguchi Heiji, who liked to play cards unconventionally, was the most suspicious, so when he found out that the independent regiment did not fortify Shaqiao Gang, he inevitably became suspicious.
Kawaguchi Heiji said: "What if this is exactly Xu Rui's plot? Don't forget how Shuichi Hamura died. How do you know that Xu Rui will not repeat the same trick and plant a super bomb on the Shangsha Bridge? What if we move the heavy machine gun position to Shangsha Bridge rashly and the other party detonates a bomb?"
Akira Muto and several senior officers were awe-inspiring when they heard this.
However, Yongjin Tatsuya still advised: "You can first send engineers to Shangsha Bridge to check."
Kawaguchi Heiji was obviously a little impatient this time. He frowned and said, "Yongjin-san, do you think the Chinese snipers will allow engineers to go to Shangsha Bridge to check?"
Yongjin Tatsuya was immediately speechless.
Yes, there are snipers from the independent regiment guarding the front. The Japanese engineers can't get up at all, let alone check the Shangsha Bridge. They can't be sure whether a super bomb is buried under the Shangsha Bridge. No one dares to take the risk. , after all, Hamura Shuichi and the Motorized Infantry Brigade learned their bloody lessons just yesterday!
Yong Jinda also hesitated for a moment and asked: "What do you mean, Commander..."
"Wait." Heiji Kawaguchi leaned on the ground with his saber and said in a deep voice, "The artillery regiment should arrive by noon at the latest. As soon as the artillery arrives, the snipers of the China Army will no longer be an obstacle."
"Hai." Yong Jinda also responded sarcastically.
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Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Japanese troops were frightened and did not dare to attack rashly, the battalions and companies of the independent regiment successfully moved into the tunnels. The militiamen from the county brigade and various district teams also assisted the people in the town and nearby villages to move into the tunnels. Among them, for the sake of confidentiality, several rural sages and gentry headed by Huang Shiren were also "invited" into the tunnel.
The 1st Battalion was at the end of the transfer sequence, and its battalion headquarters was the last batch to evacuate the Hong family compound.
He Guangming deliberately delayed at the back for a reason. He planned to secretly go to the front to see the battle situation. As a result, when he came out of the Hong family compound with a few guards, he saw Yao Lei, Gao Chu, and Zhu Chen facing him. A company commander quickly ran over from under the old locust tree not far ahead. ⑨⑨⑨⑨，m.∷.co⊙m
Obviously, Yao Lei and the others had the same thoughts as He Guangming and wanted to take a look ahead.
"Hey, stop!" He Guangming shouted immediately and stopped Yao Lei and the others.
Yao Lei and the other three turned around and saw the battalion commander He Guangming, so they hurriedly ran over.
"What are you doing? Sneaky." He Guangming snorted, "It's like being a thief."
Gao Chu and Zhu Chen didn't agree. Yao Lei took off his military cap and scratched his shiny bald head, saying: "At the camp, we three brothers want to go ahead and see how the special operations team kills the Japanese."
"What camp is called battalion commander?" He Guangming immediately corrected him, "Now we are also soldiers. Our army team is not like the old army. We pay attention to the equality of every officer and soldier, so don't call me that again in the future. The camp is seated, please call me directly by my title, battalion commander, battalion commander."
"Yes, camp seat." Yao Lei stood upright and called out "camp seat" smoothly.
"You bastard, why don't you listen?" He Guangming slapped Yao Lewaliang on the forehead, and then asked, "Have the troops been transferred?"
"They've all been moved, and they're all hiding in the tunnels like groundhogs." Yao Lei stamped the ground under his feet, proudly, "You're really different, people have a fucking way of doing things, how long does it take? In just a short time, they dug out an underground palace, and I suspect they hollowed out the entire Meizhen underground."
"Who is a bastard?" He Guangming slapped Yao Lei on the forehead again and said, "Now, we are also bastards, you have to bastard us, do you hear me?"
"I heard it." Yao Lei said flatteringly, "It's us."
He Guangming then snorted and said, "Let's go to the front and take a look."
"Okay." Yao Lei, Gao Chu and Zhu Chen agreed and hurriedly followed.
He Guangming and the other three did not move too far forward. Instead, they found a hiding place near the entrance to hide. However, they happened to see the scene in which the special operations team sniped at the Japanese infantry team.
A whole infantry team of Japanese soldiers was knocked down by just four snipers.
What was even more disheartening was that the Japanese had suffered a huge loss, but they were unable to make amends.
Such scenes are rare, at least not in the memory of their Northwest Army.
"Damn it, these guys from the special operations team are really good." Yao Lei scratched his bald head and said, "You can't even aim at a distance of four to five hundred meters, just raise your hand! This marksmanship, tsk tsk , if our 1st company can also have a few sharpshooters like this, the combat effectiveness, tsk, it’s exciting to think about it.”
"What surprised me more was that the regiment leader had anticipated the enemy's attack." Gao Chu said, "All the Japs' actions were discussed with the regiment commander, as if they were practicing. The regiment commander asked the Japs to send troops to feint attack. The Japanese really sent a group of troops to pretend to attack, and the leader made the Japanese suspicious, and the Japanese really started to be suspicious, and there has been no movement for two hours."
Zhu Chen was more concerned about another issue, and asked immediately: "Yingzuo, and the brothers, how will your counter-mopping up this time be? Can we win?"
"Can you win? That depends on your definition of winning." Yao Lei said, "I think the best result is to use the tunnels to clear the country for the devils, deny them food and drink, and force the devils to Returning without success will count as a win, but it is impossible to severely damage the Kawaguchi detachment."
"That's not accurate." Gao Chu said, "Didn't the regiment commander completely annihilate a Japanese detachment in Nantong? At that time, he only had less than 500 troops, and they were all remnants. Now the Japanese only have one detachment, and There are more than a thousand people in our independent regiment, and we have strong soldiers and horses, so how do we know that miracles will not happen again?"
"If you listen to their nonsense, I don't believe it anyway." Yao Lei said suddenly, "Less than five hundred people, still remnants, actually wiped out a well-equipped Japanese detachment? Who are you fooling? Who are you trying to trick? "
"Isn't this a lie?" Zhu Chen said blankly, "It seems to have been in the newspaper."
"So what if it's in the newspaper? It's not all for propaganda purposes." Yao Lei paused here and then said, "I tell you, the Taierzhuang victory actually killed less than 10,000 Japanese. A series of blockades in Tengxian, Zaozhuang, and Linyi only killed and injured more than 20,000 Japanese. However, the Nationalist Government dared to boast that in Taierzhuang, one man killed more than 20,000 Japanese, and the entire battle totaled 50,000 Japanese. People, this is for propaganda purposes and is used to boost the morale of the whole people, you know? But these are indeed false and not true."
Gao Chu said: "Yao, where did you get this news?"
"What news?" Yao Lei said proudly, "To tell you the truth, I have a relative who works as a combat consultant at the War Zone Commander's Department. Didn't the War Zone Commander's Department send a liaison team to our base two days ago? My relative is there. , these figures were told to me personally by him, could they still be false?”
Gao Chu was immediately speechless. The commander of the fifth war zone did send a liaison team over two days ago. The intention was nothing more than to confirm the command authority of the war zone. He hoped that the Dameishan Independent Regiment could cooperate with the main force of the fifth war zone to attack Xuzhou. There seemed to be no result in the battle, but Xu Rui probably refused.
This is also the consistent guiding principle of the Communist Party of China, insisting on independent war of resistance.
Although the "Comintern Returnists" represented by Wang Ming advocated that the Kuomintang's troops should unconditionally accept the unified command of the National Government, this opinion did not gain a dominant position within the party. The Party Central Committee headed by Comrade * He upheld his principles and did not succumb to pressure from the Comintern.
Zhu Chen said: "According to what you said, is it true that the regiment commander and the others wiped out a Japanese detachment in Nantong?"
"Anyway, I don't believe it." When Yao Lei came here, he felt that he was too arbitrary, so he continued to explain, "Unless the Kawaguchi detachment can be completely wiped out this time, then I will believe it."
He Guangming suddenly turned around, knocked Yao Lei on the forehead, and cursed: "Believe it or not, do you think the leader will care? Does he still care about your approval?"
Yao Lei was not high enough and did not attend the meeting this morning, but He Guangming did. He also heard with his own ears that Xu Rui wanted to keep the Jichuan detachment in Meizhen. To be honest, He Guangming didn't really believe that Xu Rui could do it. Yes, but He Guangming's intuition told him that Xu Rui was definitely not casual.
After all, Xu Rui’s past achievements are there.
Even though the Battle of Nantong was exaggerated, and even though the Chongteng Detachment was not completely annihilated, no one can deny that it severely damaged the Chongteng Detachment. However, even if it was just the Chongteng Detachment, it was already scary enough. The remaining soldiers of the Japanese army severely damaged a well-equipped Japanese detachment. How could it be a fluke
At that moment, He Guangming cursed again: "From now on, don't say weird things behind your back."
Yao Lei then touched his bald head and said, "Yingzuo, that's just me."
"Okay, hurry down to the tunnel and play like a groundhog." He Guangming turned around and left.
Although the tunnel network in the entire Dameishan base area has been initially formed, there will be no problem at least dispersing the tens of thousands of people in the hidden base area, but no one will think that the tunnels are too long and too wide, right? Therefore, while there are no combat missions for the time being, it is reasonable to mobilize troops and young laborers to continue to widen and lengthen the tunnels.
Yao Lei and the other three followed He Guangming away. Anyway, there was no lively scene in Shaqiao Gang. Since the first tentative attack was frustrated, the Japanese had given up.