HCB Chapter 175 Counterattack (1)
Chapter 175 Counterattack (1)
Commander Huang and Chief of Staff Zhao Dong looked at the map and listened to Zhang Wenwu's analysis and judgment. They were so shocked. Didn't Zhang Wenwu graduate from the last place in the military academy? This didn't seem like it. Even Ouyang Heng was stunned for a long time by Zhang Wenwu's analysis and judgment of the Linyi direction. He suddenly felt that Zhang Wenwu's strategic thinking was extraordinary.
After a long while, Commander Huang asked uncertainly, "Wenwu, you said that the Fifth Division in Linyi would send reinforcements to reinforce the Tenth Division? But up to now, the troops in Linyi have not sent back any information about the large-scale mobilization of the Japanese army. How did you make this judgment?"
Commander Huang and Chief of Staff Zhao Dong had to ask carefully. If Zhang Wenwu's judgment was well-founded, then this matter would be a serious matter. The troops of the Fifth Division appeared on the flank and rear of the 20th Corps. Whoever was the commander of the 20th Corps would be scared to death. That meant that there were Japanese troops in front and behind the 20th Corps, and they might even be surrounded.
Zhang Wenwu sorted out his thoughts, and then said to the two big men: "Division Commander, Chief of Staff, Commander Li of the theater praised our 102nd Division at the press conference held a few days ago. This was to better attract the troops of the th Division to be trapped in Taierzhuang, but at the same time, he also made the Japanese lose face. With the petty personality of the Japanese, their high-level officials and military will definitely put pressure on the North China Expeditionary Army. After Commander Li held the press conference, the Japanese army's attack in Taierzhuang increased in intensity. It can be seen from one point that special bullets were used to attack at noon today, which shows that the Japanese army is also anxious. The th Division and the th Division of the Japanese Army belong to the nd Army of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army. Under sufficient pressure, the commander of the nd Army, Nishio Toshizo, will definitely ask the th Division to send additional troops to support the th Division in capturing Taierzhuang. After all, the whole country now knows about Taierzhuang. If Linyi and Taierzhuang are compared in terms of influence, the Japanese army will definitely choose Taierzhuang. The probability of this happening is still very high."
After listening to Zhang Wenwu's analysis, Commander Huang and Chief of Staff Zhao Dong thought more and more that what Zhang Wenwu said was very likely. Taierzhuang has now become the center of Chinese newspaper propaganda. The Japanese are very likely to increase their troops as Zhang Wenwu mentioned. This is also a good opportunity for the Japanese to attack the Chinese government and people's confidence in resistance.
After thinking for a long time, Commander Huang said to Zhang Wenwu seriously, "Wenwu, don't tell anyone about this. Just keep it to us. I will report your analysis to the theater and ask them to investigate whether the Fifth Division has dispatched troops to reinforce the Tenth Division. But what you said just now is very right. It is better to rely on yourself than on others. When you and Ouyang Heng go back to the army, come up with a counterattack plan, and we will take a gamble."
When Zhang Wenwu heard that Commander Huang agreed to his combat plan, he immediately said that there was no problem. He would come up with a detailed plan for the counterattack as soon as possible and give it to the two bosses for review.
"Also, my previous order is invalid. Chief of Staff Zhao, you notify the troops in the village. Everyone must hold their positions and not retreat a single step. Whoever dares to retreat will be killed. Wenwu, since you want to counterattack, you must put all your troops into the counterattack. Life and death will depend on this one and only deal. I will let other troops hold the front line and relieve some of the pressure on you." Commander Huang immediately modified the previous order and asked Chief of Staff Zhao Dong to notify the troops in the village to cancel the previous retreat plan and to hold their positions.
Seeing that Commander Huang had made up his mind, Chief of Staff Zhao Dong stopped trying to persuade him. Instead, he nodded, walked to the door of the operations hall, and called the messenger to run into the village to inform Commander Huang of the order. As for the telephone notification, sorry, the telephone line had been broken during the afternoon battle, and the signalman was repairing the telephone line.
Zhang Wenwu and Ouyang Heng also left the division headquarters with a map of the current enemy and friendly situation in Taierzhuang. They needed to go back quickly to develop a detailed counterattack plan.
After Ouyang Heng returned to the supplementary brigade's garrison, he and Zhang Wenwu urgently studied the map of Taierzhuang. After studying for a while, Ouyang Heng told Zhang Wenwu about his ideas. His plan was that since the division commander had left the original defensive troops in the village, they could launch a sudden night attack on the Japanese army from multiple directions as a brigade. He adjusted the plan so that the entire brigade would attack the Japanese positions from all directions in battalion units, making it impossible for the Japanese army to concentrate its forces for defense. At the same time, he organized a 200-man death squad. While the Japanese army's attention was attracted by the counterattack troops, they would stick to the inside of the city wall and slip along the edge of the Japanese defense line to the rear of the Japanese army to carry out harassment operations. Once this force arrived at the rear of the Japanese army, they would form a team of 20 people and fight freely in the rear of the Japanese army, so that the Japanese reinforcements could not reach the front quickly.
Zhang Wenwu felt that Ouyang Heng's plan was feasible. He wondered whether the number of the suicide squad should be increased so that it would have a greater unexpected effect. However, Ouyang Heng told him that a suicide squad of two hundred people was enough. Their main goal was to break through the Japanese defense line head-on. They did not care about seizing territory. They only needed to divide and surround the Japanese army and then eat them up slowly bit by bit.
Zhang Wenwu thought about it and agreed to carry out this plan. Ouyang Heng then called all officers above the battalion level and introduced to everyone the order for the troops to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army. At the same time, he arranged the counterattack direction and combat objectives of each battalion.
The recruitment of the suicide squad was very smooth. Zhang Wenwu directly asked Li Houcai to take out all the cash from the quartermaster department. All the officers and soldiers who were selected for the suicide squad would be rewarded with ten dollars. Those who came back alive would be rewarded with another ten dollars. Those who died in action would receive fifty dollars as a pension. The troops would be responsible for supporting the injured officers and soldiers. However, not everyone could sign up for the suicide squad. In order to achieve the goal of harassing the Japanese army's rear, members of the suicide squad needed to have certain expertise to be selected. But even so, many officers and soldiers still signed up for the suicide squad.
At 10:30 in the evening, Zhang Wenwu and Ouyang Heng came to the division headquarters with the counterattack plan they had prepared. As soon as they entered the door, Chief of Staff Zhao Dong hurriedly asked: "Wenwu, have you made a plan? Tell us quickly."
He and Commander Huang had to be anxious. During the time when Zhang Wenwu was making the counterattack plan, he and Commander Huang spent a long time studying and deduce about what Zhang Wenwu said about the Fifth Division sending troops from Linyi to reinforce Taierzhuang. The more they deduced, the more dangerous they felt the situation was, and they couldn't help but begin to pay more attention to Zhang Wenwu's counterattack this time.
"Report to the division commander and chief of staff, this is the counterattack plan we have formulated. Please review it." Zhang Wenwu handed the battle plan written by Ouyang Heng to Chief of Staff Zhao Dong.
"We don't have time to look at the battle plan now. To save time, just tell us directly on the map." Division Commander Huang also didn't have time to review the written content. He directly asked Zhang Wenwu or Ouyang Heng to describe the counterattack plan they had formulated. This was more direct.
Zhang Wenwu looked at Ouyang Heng, and then said: "Then Chief of Staff Ouyang, please introduce the plan to the two commanders." He felt that this plan was made by Ouyang Heng, and if he introduced it, he could also demonstrate Ouyang Heng's staff ability in front of the two big guys.
Ouyang Heng didn't expect that Zhang Wenwu gave him this opportunity to show his ability. He was touched and did not refuse. He began to explain his counterattack plan in detail to the two bosses based on the map.
After listening to Ouyang Heng's introduction of the battle plan, Chief of Staff Zhao Dong spoke first: "Yes, Chief of Staff Ouyang has considered it very comprehensively. Wenwu, you have really found a good helper." He was very satisfied with the professional ability shown by Ouyang Heng. You know, Ouyang Heng is not even 30 years old now. With the increase of combat experience, Ouyang Heng's professional ability will also grow rapidly, and his future is limitless.
Division Commander Huang also nodded. According to Ouyang Heng's battle plan, the success rate of this counterattack is still not small. He thought for a while and said, "I agree with your plan. In addition, Chief of Staff Zhao will stay at the division headquarters. I will go to the village to unify the command of the remaining troops. After you divide the Japanese army, I will let the remaining troops follow up and surround the Japanese army. You just need to be responsible for the attack."
When Zhang Wenwu heard that Commander Huang was going to unify the command of the remaining troops to help them solve the problem of encircling the Japanese troops, he immediately felt that the success rate of the counterattack would be higher.
At twelve o'clock in the evening, Zhang Wenwu led all the officers and soldiers of the supplementary brigade to run across the pontoon bridge and into the village.
Commander Huang led a squad of soldiers and crossed the canal with the supplementary brigade. He went directly to the command post inside the village and unified the command of the troops that had been left behind in the village.
At 1:30 in the morning, all officers and soldiers of the Supplementary Brigade had entered their respective attack positions as planned, and all of them sent out commandos to crawl to the front of the Japanese defensive positions in the dark.
At two o'clock in the morning, the officers leading all the commandos almost simultaneously ordered their team members to throw grenades at the Japanese positions in front of them.
In an instant, explosions sounded one after another in Taierzhuang. Although the Japanese army guessed that the Chinese army would definitely launch a night attack, they did not expect that this time the Chinese army's night attack was launched on almost all fronts at the same time. For a time, all the garrison positions were urgently requesting tactical guidance from their superiors.
When the sound of the grenade explosion sounded, the suicide squad officers and soldiers who had been crawling to the edge of the Japanese position also quickly rushed to the front of the Japanese machine gun position that was temporarily distracted. While the Japanese were still looking at explosions in other directions, the suicide squad members jumped up, rushed into the bunker of the machine gun position with bayonets and machetes in hand, and quickly eliminated the Japanese guarding the position through hand-to-hand combat. Then the suicide squad did not stop, but according to the previous plan, divided into ten sharp swords and pierced directly into various places behind the Japanese army.
The officers and soldiers of the suicide squad are all good at shooting, and they also have some martial arts skills. Although each of their groups has a small number of people, they are small in size and flexible. When they see a lone Japanese soldier, they kill him in various ways. If they encounter a large group of Japanese soldiers, they immediately turn to kill in other directions. The Japanese garrison in the rear is also exhausted, and with fewer people sent out to pursue, they are easily eliminated one by one. If a large group of people pursue, and the Chinese army that has infiltrated the rear does not engage in a head-on fire with them, the Japanese commander in charge of the rear garrison mission will be so anxious that he will cry out.
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