Xu Dalong could not resist his kindness, so he briefly introduced several important battles in which the Mawushan guerrillas fought against the Japanese army.
General Zhang and his generals gave warm applause to the brilliant achievements of the Mawu Mountain Tour Team.
They all found it unsatisfactory and hoped that Xu Dalong could tell the details of each battle and gain lessons from it.
In order for the generals to fully understand, General Zhang invited Xu Dalong to the war room and explained in detail based on the map.
As Xu Dalong spoke, he answered questions raised by the generals. The generals of the Sichuan Army felt that they had benefited a lot.
General Zhang said with emotion: "Brother Xu has such superb tactical methods at such a young age. No wonder the Japanese are not his opponents. We must learn from Brother Xu's experience."
Brother Dalong, I have a heartfelt request, please do me a favor. "
Xu Dalong said: "Sir, please speak." In front of General Zhang's subordinates, Xu Dalong still used a formal address to speak to General Zhang.
General Zhang said: "Opposite my defense area, the Japanese army is very rampant. Can you help us fight? So that the brothers of the Sichuan Army can learn advanced tactics from you."
The superior ordered Xu Dalong to go to Chongqing this time. Since they had to pass through enemy-occupied areas on the way, the specific date of their arrival could not be determined, so they did not give them a rigid time to arrive in Chongqing, so Xu Dalong could stay here for a while.
So he said without hesitation: "It is our duty to fight against the Japanese in the war."
General Zhang was very happy and said: "Okay, you guys have a rest first, and we will study this matter early tomorrow morning."
At this time, Xu Dalong remembered the film they had intercepted and whispered to General Zhang: "Brother Zhang, I want to talk to you about something alone later."
General Zhang adjourned the meeting and said, "Come with me."
After arriving at General Zhang's office, Xu Dalong told them about the capture of the Japanese spy, and took out the microfilm found on the Japanese spy.
General Zhang had received a report that a Japanese spy had appeared in Yichang, but no one was caught and was rescued by the Japanese army.
He was worried about this matter. He didn't know what kind of confidential information the Japanese spies had obtained from him. He didn't expect that the Japanese spies were intercepted by Xu Dalong.
General Zhang was very happy. He smiled and said: "Brother Dalong, you are such a lucky star. You gave me a big gift as soon as you came here."
General Zhang called his adjutant and asked him to develop the microfilm.
Early the next morning, Yang Xinwu came to the reception office and invited Xu Dalong and others to attend the combat meeting.
Xu Dalong entered the war room under the guidance of Yang Xinwu.
As soon as he entered the door, General Zhang said: "Brothers, the Japanese are plotting against us and have specially sent spies to gather information. They have stolen our defense map. Once such important confidential information falls into the hands of In the hands of the Japanese army, the consequences can be imagined.
Thanks to Brother Dalong, we captured the Japanese spies and prevented this information from falling into the hands of the Japanese, thereby preventing us from suffering heavy losses. We should all thank Brother Xu very much. "
When the generals present heard this, they gave Xu Dalong warm applause.
The meeting began, and the Chief of Operations first introduced the enemy situation faced by the Sichuan Army.
Opposite the Sichuan Army's defense area are the two main divisions of the Japanese Central China Front, the 3rd Division and the 11th Division. The main forces of these two divisions are currently on the other side of the Yangtze River. Last month, the 5th Brigade of the Japanese 3rd Division crossed the Yangtze River and stationed in Baoying County. It is less than 80 kilometers away from Yichang and can launch an attack on Yichang at any time.
The main combat target of the Sichuan Army is the Japanese 5th Brigade, hoping to drive them across the Yangtze River or force them to retreat toward Shazhou to eliminate their threat to Yichang.
The Sichuan Army's units that can participate in the war include the 10th Army and the 106th Army, with a total of more than 50,000 troops, and they have certain advantages in terms of military strength. However, there is a Japanese river defense fleet on the Yangtze River, with more than 30 ships of various types. Once the battle begins, they can provide artillery support to the Japanese 5th Brigade at any time. The Sichuan Army's troops are easily hit by enemy naval gunfire. , so it was impossible to attack the Japanese 5th Brigade.
In order to deal with the Japanese 5th Brigade, we must first try to eliminate the threat of Japanese naval guns. However, the Sichuan Army does not have large-caliber long-range artillery. It only has some 75mm-caliber mountain guns and mortars, which have short range, low power, and are insufficient in quantity. Unable to compete with the Japanese naval gunfire.
After the Chief of Operations introduced the situation, Chief of Staff Li asked: "Captain Xu, do you have any advice on how to fight this battle?"
Xu Dalong said: "I have a rough idea. Do you think this will work?" He explained his battle plan in detail.
After hearing this, the generals felt their eyes brightened. However, they believed that Xu Dalong's plan was a bit too complicated. The Sichuan Army's troops lacked training in this area and had no relevant experience, so it might be difficult to implement such a complex combat plan.
The chief of staff smiled bitterly and said: "Captain Xu, I'm afraid we won't be able to implement such a plan."
Xu Dalong said: "It's nothing. I believe in your unit's combat effectiveness. As long as you practice it in advance, there should be no problem."
General Zhang said: "Brother Dalong is right. We Sichuan Army brothers are also human beings. If others can do it, we can do it too. Besides, with Brother Dalong's guidance, I believe we will be able to complete such a battle plan. of."
Having said this, he said to Xu Dalong: "Brother Dalong, I believe in your tactical level. Our brothers in the Sichuan Army have indeed never fought such a battle. We all listen to you on how to fight."
After the meeting, Chief of Staff Li arranged for Xu Dalong to meet with Xu Dalong with the chief of the operations department, artillery department, and engineering department respectively, and Xu Dalong assigned them the task.
After a week of preparations, General Zhang personally accompanied Xu Dalong to inspect various ministries and confirmed that the preparations were in place, so he decided to officially launch an offensive campaign.
At midnight, the large Sichuan army slowly approached the Japanese 5th Brigade. When it was 3 kilometers away from the enemy's forward position, the large army stopped advancing.
Monk Wei and a squad of special forces members disguised themselves as Japanese soldiers, followed a guard battalion of the Sichuan Army, and quietly approached the enemy's forward position.
Monk Wei looked at his watch and said to the guard battalion commander: "The attack will begin in five minutes." After saying that, he led the special forces team members to crawl forward quietly.
Five minutes soon came and the guard battalion commander commanded two companies of troops to set up an ambush, and then sent one company of troops to move forward and launch an attack on the Japanese army.
After the Japanese army was attacked, they immediately launched a counterattack.
The purpose of the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army was to lure the enemy out, so they quickly began to retreat.
However, the Japanese army saw that it was dark and could not figure out the situation ahead, so they did not rush out to pursue them. After repelling the Sichuan army's attack, they also stopped shooting.
All this was expected by the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army. The company commander who was responsible for luring the enemy saw that the Japanese soldiers did not come out, so he quietly led his brothers back and soon launched another attack on the Japanese army.
This time, the situation was the same as last time. The Japanese army still did not come out to pursue.
The company commander was not discouraged. They were closer to the enemy this time. Not only did they fire fiercely at the Japanese positions with machine guns and rifles, but some of them touched the Sichuan soldiers in the enemy's forward positions. They also threw a lot of missiles at the Japanese defensive positions. The grenades caused many casualties to Japanese officers and soldiers.
The guard company's repeated provocations finally angered the Japanese commander. He organized about two infantry squadrons to leave the defensive position and rushed towards the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army.
The Sichuan officers and soldiers retreated while fighting. The Japanese officers and soldiers had already seen that there were not many enemies in front of them. They hated these attackers and vowed to annihilate them, so they continued to chase them.
When the guard battalion commander saw the Japanese troops chasing after them, they gave way to their own men who had lured the enemy, and opened fire fiercely at the Japanese troops rushing over.
The Japanese officers and soldiers encountered an ambush. They could not figure out the enemy's strength and did not dare to fight. They retreated while fighting, and soon withdrew to their defensive positions.
What the Japanese officers and soldiers didn't know was that just when they were ambushed and scrambled, Monk Wei and others who had been lurking nearby took the opportunity to sneak into the Japanese ranks and followed them into the Japanese defensive positions.
Seeing that the first step of the mission was completed, the guard battalion commander sent a signal to the main force.
General Zhang received the signal from the guard battalion and issued an attack order to each detachment.
In accordance with the planned combat plan, the Sichuan Army troops directly deployed a division of troops and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese positions.
The Japanese army fought back desperately, and the two sides exchanged fire fiercely.
Seeing the large number of enemy troops, the Japanese brigade commander immediately sent a telegram to the Jiang Defense Fleet requesting artillery support.
The Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet was only a few kilometers away from here. After receiving a telegram from the Fifth Brigade asking for help, they dispatched more than 20 ships and headed towards the place where the two sides were fighting.
The Sichuan military surveillance post, which had already been ambushing opposite the Japanese port, saw the Japanese ships coming out and sent a telegram to report to the headquarters.
After receiving the telegram, the chief of staff ordered the troops to retreat and sent a telegram to the commander of the engineering corps.
In order to prevent encountering enemy naval gunfire, the Sichuan Army's large forces evacuated their forward positions. In order to confuse the enemy, only a small number of troops were left in the forward position, dressed as the main force, and continued to attack the Japanese army.
The officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army fixed the machine gun on the position. They got into the anti-gun holes dug at night. They held the rope in their hands and pulled the trigger from time to time, and the machine gun continued to fire intermittently.
Each Sichuan soldier held several ropes in his hand and operated several machine guns or rifles at the same time. These guns fired in turn.
The Japanese army on the opposite side couldn't see clearly, but they just felt that there were still many troops shooting on the enemy's position.
Behind the Japanese position, 3 kilometers upstream of the Yangtze River, officers and soldiers of the Engineering Corps rowed wooden boats that had been hidden in the reeds to the river. They put many dark things into the river, and these things flowed down the river.
What the officers and soldiers of the Engineer Corps put into the water were earth-made mines designed by Xu Dalong. These mines used gasoline barrels as buoyancy, and two iron plates were welded to the gasoline barrels to maintain balance in the water and prevent the gasoline barrels from rolling over. Six brackets were welded to the gasoline barrel, and a 75mm mountain artillery shell was tied to each bracket with wire. The safety pin on the shell's fuse has been pulled out, and the shells are distributed in a hexagonal shape outwards. They will explode as soon as they hit the target.
These mines were specially designed to deal with the Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet. In order to ensure that the Japanese river defense fleet could be destroyed, the officers and soldiers of the Engineer Corps dropped 260 mines into the water at one go.
The Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet arrived on the river behind the Fifth Brigade and launched a fierce bombardment towards the Sichuan Army's position.
The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army saw the firelight flickering on the enemy's position and watched the excitement there with gloating. They were all proud of having such powerful fire support.
The sound of artillery kept ringing, and the shells kept exploding on the enemy's position. Suddenly the situation changed, and the explosions continued to sound.
The location of the explosion was not on the enemy's position, but on the river behind the Japanese army.
The Japanese officers and soldiers saw in horror that explosions continued to occur on the river. With the help of the firelight of the explosions, they could see that the explosions were from the river defense fleet supporting them.
The ships of the Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet were constantly bombarding the enemy's positions. It was so dark that they didn't even notice the mines drifting towards them.
After a ship hit a mine and exploded, the Japanese ships panicked and quickly moved to prepare for escape.
However, the density of mines was so great that it took a long time for the Japanese ships to move from a stationary state to high speed, and they could not avoid them at all. With bursts of violent explosions, Japanese ships were continuously hit by mines, igniting huge fires, and some simply sank to the bottom of the river.
The Japanese ships fled desperately, and only 4 of the 23 ships that came to participate in the bombardment managed to escape back to the port.
After removing the threat of Japanese naval guns, General Zhang issued the order for a general offensive. The 10th Army and the 5 divisions of the 10th Army, totaling 50,000 troops, launched an overwhelming attack on the Japanese army.
Wei Monk and others took advantage of the chaos and followed the retreating Japanese army into the enemy's defensive positions. They first found a hidden place to hide. After the Sichuan army launched a general attack, they took advantage of the chaos to move through the Japanese positions.
At this time, the Japanese army's attention was focused on the enemy forces on the opposite side, and no one paid attention to the actions of Monk Wei and others.
After searching, they soon found the location of the Japanese brigade headquarters.
Monk Wei and others swaggered towards the Japanese command post. At this time, Japanese officers and soldiers were constantly coming in and out of the command post. Some of these people were messengers, and some were Japanese officers and soldiers who came to report the situation.
Monk Wei and others approached the Japanese officers and soldiers who were on guard duty, but no one paid attention to them.
Monk Wei and others came to the Japanese headquarters. They pulled out their shell guns and suddenly attacked the Japanese security forces.
The Japanese officers and soldiers on guard were caught off guard and were all knocked to the ground. Monk Wei and others immediately rushed into the Japanese headquarters.
The Japanese army's headquarters was a semi-underground bunker. After Monk Wei and others rushed in, they saw that there were many Japanese officers inside. They did not hesitate and shot all the Japanese officers inside.
Monk Wei saw a Japanese major general among the Japanese officers and knew that this guy was the brigade commander of the 5th Brigade. He stepped forward, pulled off the epaulette from the man's shoulder, picked up his command knife, and walked out of the Japanese command post with the special forces members.
Monk Wei and others fired at the Japanese troops in different directions. At the same time, they shouted loudly: "No, the enemy has invaded. Your Excellency, the brigade commander, has been shattered."
After he shouted to pass, he saw many Japanese soldiers running over. They fired another row of bullets at the Japanese soldiers, then lay down on the ground and crawled to the side.
It was dark and visibility was very low. The Japanese officers and soldiers were attacked. They could not tell who was one of their own and who was the Sichuan army that had sneaked in. Seeing someone on the opposite side shooting at them, they immediately fought back and hit the Japanese army on the opposite side. Of course the Japanese soldiers who were hit gave up and they immediately fought back.
The Japanese officers and soldiers regarded each other as enemies and opened fire fiercely. The Japanese camp was in chaos.
Monk Wei and others ran around, moved to a new place, and continued to create chaos according to the same method just now, causing the Japanese troops to kill each other.
The scale of the chaos grew, and eventually led directly to the bombing of the entire defensive position by the Japanese army.
The officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army launched a fierce attack towards the Japanese defensive positions, but encountered a tenacious blockade by the enemy and the attack was frustrated.
Soon after, they discovered that there was chaos in the Japanese camp, and the firepower of the Japanese troops blocking them was weakened a lot.
So the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army took the opportunity to launch another offensive, and this time they successfully broke into the Japanese defensive position.
In order to avoid being accidentally injured by their own people, Monk Wei and others took advantage of the chaos and ran towards the river, and ran downstream along the river.
More than 50,000 officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army launched attacks from three sides. The Japanese troops retreated steadily and were forced to flee to the river. Many Japanese officers and soldiers were desperate and simply jumped into the river to escape.
Except for a small number of Japanese troops who escaped the Yangtze River due to their excellent water properties, the rest of the Japanese troops were either annihilated or drowned in the river.
Although this unit led by General Zhang had fought countless major battles in previous battles, it had never been able to annihilate more than one Japanese regiment in an organized manner. This time, General Zhang, the Chief of Staff and others did not have much extravagant hopes. They only hoped to drive away the Japanese troops crossing the river. They did not expect that in just one night, they would eat up the entire Japanese 5th Brigade. The results were beyond their imagination.
Until the frontline commander reported that he had found the body of the commander of the Japanese fifth brigade and completely annihilated the Japanese fifth brigade, he still felt like a dream.
