There were not no casualties on the Tangcheng side. Two of the team members who dispersed the attack were injured, but the injuries were not serious. After the two sides were in a stalemate for several minutes, four more Japanese soldiers were shot and killed. The puppet soldiers who had been shooting randomly finally couldn't hold back any longer. Some of them had already dropped their weapons and turned around and ran away. Faced with the choice of life and death, the puppet army, which was already weak in combat effectiveness, naturally chose to live quietly, but they all chose the wrong time. The Japanese army has strict military discipline. Although there are times when they are defeated by their opponents, they have never lost their weapons and fled like the puppet army.
"Baga! Damn coward!" A frustrated Japanese captain, in anger, actually shot a puppet soldier with his gun. If it were normal times, the puppet soldiers who were used to being bullied by Japanese soldiers would have no choice but to endure it silently. But the situation is different now, because no one is willing to accompany the Japanese army to die in vain here. Before the Japanese captain could turn his gun on another puppet soldier, a puppet veteran who was only a dozen meters away killed the Japanese captain with one shot.
The continuous incidents caused the Japanese and puppet troops hiding under the roadbed to become quiet instantly. Especially the remaining Japanese soldiers could not believe their eyes. The puppet troops who had always been bullied by them actually dared to resist today. . "Brothers, we are all going to die, so why not fight with the little devils! The guerrillas, like the Eighth Route Army, do not kill prisoners. Let's kill these little devils, then hand over our guns and surrender, and maybe we can save our own lives. .”
Only when this group of puppet troops broke out, killed the remaining dozen or so Japanese soldiers, threw away their weapons and raised the white flag, did they suddenly realize that there were less than ten opponents who besieged and ambushed them. After the plan to move south from the Japanese base camp began, a large number of Japanese veterans were transferred from the Chinese battlefield, and there were gradually more and more examples of battles in which fewer troops defeated more troops. But this was the first time that Captain Zhang had seen a battle like Tangcheng's and others, which took less than ten people to fight against more than a hundred puppet troops, and even won.
When Captain Zhang, who was busy and exhausted, received the report, Tangcheng and the others had already escorted more than 30 surrendered puppet troops and returned to Zhangjiaji with the captured weapons and ammunition. "Don't be too happy. Although the Japanese and puppet reinforcements that came out of the county have been completely wiped out, the main force of the Japanese army in the county is still there. According to my understanding of the Japanese army, they will definitely use troops against the Zhangjiaji. If you If we continue to delay here, we may be entangled by the Japanese army and eventually be defeated by them."
Tang Cheng's words were really not meant to scare Captain Zhang. The Japanese troops stationed in the county had a squadron, and the puppet troops assisting in the defense were the size of a B-type regiment. How could the Japanese puppet troops with such a strength just sit back and watch? Zhangjiaji fell. More than an hour later, the guerrillas who had gained a lot finally withdrew from Zhangjiaji. The residents of Zhangjiaji, who had been frightened for several hours, walked out of their homes tremblingly. Suddenly, they discovered that the Japanese and puppet troops who had been arrogant in Zhangjiaji were All gone.
According to Tang Cheng's original plan, the guerrillas escorted the villagers to the foot of the mountain and then parted ways. According to Tang Cheng's plan, they headed north across the Jinma River a few miles away and headed straight to Dawangzhuang, more than 20 kilometers away. Here in Dawangzhuang, a Japanese squad and a company of Japanese and puppet troops are stationed. Compared with the Japanese troops in other defense areas, the Japanese squad in Dawangzhuang has basically no combat effectiveness. Tangcheng chose Dawangzhuang as the second target, not because the Japanese troops here had no combat effectiveness, but because there was a railway line ten kilometers northwest of Dawangzhuang.
From the beginning, Tangcheng's target was this railway line. According to the intelligence provided by the legion, this railway line was usually used by the Japanese army to transport coal, but was sometimes used to transport troops and arms. Tang Cheng did not have accurate information to determine when the Japanese army would transport troops and arms through this railway, but he knew that as long as this railway line was destroyed, the Japanese army would be in trouble. As long as it can cause trouble for the Japanese army, Tang Cheng has achieved its goal. As for the result, Tang Cheng doesn't care at all.
Dawangzhuang is more than 20 kilometers away from Tangcheng and the others in a straight line, but the actual distance is more than 30 kilometers. By the time Tang Cheng and the others arrived at a village 3 kilometers away from Dawangzhuang, it was already dark. According to Tang Cheng's plan, this was the best time for them to sneak attack on the outer strongholds of Dawangzhuang. But the guerrillas had never experienced such an intense march, so Tang Cheng had no choice but to order a stop and rest.
"There are three outlying strongholds in Dawangzhuang, two of which are gun towers and one is a checkpoint. The area of Dawangzhuang is much larger than that of Zhangjiaji, and the terrain is more complex, so the kind of attack we carried out in Zhangjiaji The model may not work here." After eating some simple food, Tangcheng convened everyone for a meeting as usual. After listening to Tang Cheng's introduction to the situation in Dawangzhuang, Captain Zhang first put forward his own opinions. Everyone else looked at Tang Cheng. After all, Tang Cheng was the one who made the plan.
Tang Cheng grinned when he heard this, "Since the Japanese army started their plan to go south, the Japanese army in the domestic war zone has mobilized a large number of grassroots officers and veterans to fight in Nanyang. For example, the Japanese army stationed in Zhangjiaji, their combat effectiveness is only It can be regarded as the strength of the second and third line troops. Moreover, the Japanese army in the country has now shifted from the initial active attack to the best defense. What they want most now is to defend their respective defense zones honestly, rather than taking the initiative as before. .”
"In this situation, they only care about defense, and their vigilance has already been reduced to the lowest level. Moreover, the most important point is that the Japanese army is not good at night fighting. Since we already know the weaknesses of our opponents, why should we use our own weaknesses? , to touch their strengths? My suggestion is to carry out repairs during the day tomorrow, and launch operations against Dawangzhuang after dark. Like Zhangjiaji, I will lead my people to take the lead in dealing with the Japanese army, and you guerrillas will be responsible for suppressing the puppets. military."
Captain Zhang wants to say that Tang Cheng is stubborn, but if he thinks about Tang Cheng's plan carefully, he can't seem to find any obvious flaws. In the afternoon of the next day, Tang Cheng left alone and conducted on-the-spot investigation of the Japanese and puppet army strongholds outside Dawangzhuang. The results of the actual investigation in Tangcheng are basically consistent with the intelligence provided by the military commander. The Japanese and puppet troops in Dawangzhuang are indeed focused on defense. After a simple dinner, Tang Cheng, who had already recovered, took the initiative to serve as the vanguard and led everyone to attack quietly along the route he had favored during the day.
Their first target tonight was not the easiest checkpoint to hit, but the Xiaozhai gun tower farthest from Dawangzhuang. There were more than 20 Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiaozhai gun tower, including five Japanese troops and the rest were puppet troops. Originally, there was no such gun tower here in Xiaozhai. After the Japanese commander was changed from Dawangzhuang, a gun tower was built here. The main task of the Xiaozhai gun tower is to suppress several nearby villages, because there is a small gold mine in the Dahei Mountain not far from Xiaozhai.
Because of this small gold mine that was just discovered, the Japanese and puppet troops in Dawangzhuang disguised themselves very well, just to get the output of this small gold mine. Compared with the Japanese and puppet troops in other places, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Dawangzhuang never bullied the people and snatched away their daughters. The most the Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiaozhai gun tower could do was go to the surrounding villages and get a few chickens from time to time to satisfy their cravings. Tangcheng chose this place not because of the gold mines in the Dahei Mountains, but also because the Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiaozhai gun tower were the most lax.
It had already darkened, but the Xiaozhai blockhouse was still very lively. The Japanese and puppet troops stationed here were shouting and pushing Pai Gow in the blockhouse. With the cover of night, Tang Cheng slowly moved forward with his two team members. As they got closer to the turret, they could clearly hear the noise coming from the turret. Tang Cheng easily crossed the blockade ditch, used his short knife to break through the barbed wire fence, and then moved forward alone.
Captain Zhang, who was waiting on the opposite side of the blockade ditch, saw that the two team members who had followed Tang Cheng had returned to the edge of the blockade ditch to signal, so he quickly moved to the blockade ditch with the others. Tang Cheng, who was moving forward alone, threw his flying claw upwards directly from the left side of the turret. When Captain Zhang and the others crossed the blockade ditch, Tang Cheng had already grabbed the rope and climbed to the top of the turret. The Japanese and puppet troops stationed at the Xiaozhai gun tower were really lax. When Tang Cheng climbed to the top of the gun tower, there was only a light machine gun and an ammunition box, and no one at all.
After secretly adjusting his breathing, Tang Cheng pointed at Captain Zhang and the others outside the turret. After sending a signal with a flashlight, he carried a pistol and entered the turret from the top. There are three floors in the Xiaozhai gun tower. The top floor is the residential area for five Japanese troops. The puppet troops all live on the 2nd and 1st floors of the gun building. At this moment, the Japanese and puppet troops in the blockhouse were all gathering on the first floor of the blockhouse to push Pai Gow. They did not notice that Tang Cheng had already moved his pistol from top to bottom to the ladder between the first and second floors.
The five Japanese soldiers who were busy pushing Pai Gow were shirtless like everyone else at the moment, but the few Japanese sentences that popped out of their mouths from time to time had exposed their identities. After determining the location of the five Japanese soldiers, Tang Cheng quickly descended from the ladder. At the same time, the m1911 pistol in his hand had been fired. It was impossible for Tang Cheng to miss at such a close range, so he only heard a burst of rapid gunfire, and the five Japanese soldiers beside the card table had been shot and fell one after another.
The sudden sound of gunfire, and the fact that five Japanese soldiers were shot one after another, made the other puppet soldiers stunned. Because they never thought that someone would sneak in from the top of the gun tower and kill all the Japanese soldiers in the gun tower. Just when someone among them was pointing at Tangcheng and shouting, the closed door of the turret was pushed open from the outside. Captain Zhang and his group poured into the turret from the outside with weapons raised.
