For two consecutive days, Tangcheng and the others continued to attack the Japanese and puppet troops. Both the Kurokawa brigade and the Sato brigade that came to support later suffered varying degrees of casualties. The two had no choice but to continue asking for help and seek help from the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops. Tangcheng, who discovered the unusual movements of the Japanese and puppet troops, immediately revised his plan and immediately terminated the operation against this Japanese and puppet army. After turning around and leaving, he began to carry out raids on other Japanese and puppet army strongholds that were empty of troops.
"Old Zhang, the main purpose of bringing you out this time is to help you train your troops. You are the guerrilla captain. You should know the difference between those who have seen blood and those who have not! In war, there will always be casualties. You can't Protect them all the time. Once they are left to face the enemy alone, what do you want them to do?" On the way to a Japanese and puppet army stronghold, Tang Cheng explained to Captain Zhang that he and his men were about to leave. .
"The Japanese and puppet army strongholds we are going to raid next do not have many troops! I will still come to attack the front line, but I will ask your team members to act with me separately! Let's talk ugly up front, I can't guarantee that they won't There will be casualties, and you, the captain, must be mentally prepared." Captain Zhang was not unaware of the meaning behind Tang Cheng's words, but he still hoped that Tang Cheng could take good care of his guerrillas during the battle.
Tang Cheng did not respond immediately to Captain Zhang's request, but let Captain Zhang make his own decision. When the sky was just getting brighter the next day, Tangcheng and the others had already appeared on the side of a Japanese and puppet army artillery building. This artillery building was their target of attack at the moment. The sky was just getting light, and the Japanese and puppet troops in the blockhouse had not yet woken up, but Tang Cheng had already noticed the sentry on the top of the blockhouse. This time, Tangcheng did not choose to act alone, but asked the guerrillas to formulate an action plan.
After following Tang Cheng in this area for several days, the guerrillas were very convinced of Tang Cheng's ability. At this moment, they found that Tang Cheng had chosen to wait uncharacteristically, and also asked them to formulate their own action plan. The guerrillas were suddenly confused. After Captain Zhang patiently explained, the guerrillas realized that it was Tangcheng and the others who were preparing to return to Chongqing. “Let’s put aside other people’s matters for now. The main thing we have now is how to get rid of this turret!”
After Captain Zhang repeatedly stressed, the guerrillas could only gather together in twos and threes and discuss action plans in low voices. A few minutes later, the guerrillas, including Captain Zhang, synthesized three action plans. After listening carefully to the guerrillas' action plans, Tang Cheng began to patiently comment on the three sets of action plans. "Let's first talk about the plan to use mortars as the main firepower. I seem to have told you that before the mortar is modified, it is just a direct fire weapon, and its destructive power on the turret is very limited."
The modification of mortars that Tang Cheng just mentioned was not nonsense, and this method of converting mortars into direct-aiming guns was invented by the Eighth Route Army. "Mortars are direct firepower. In other words, mortars can only hit the top of the turret and cannot pose a major threat to the entire turret. Moreover, as long as the Japanese and puppet troops inside the turret cannot retreat, even if you use mortars There is no way to annihilate them even by firing artillery." The guerrillas who proposed this plan could only blush with embarrassment when faced with Tang Cheng's explanation.
"Let's talk about this plan of using the night as cover to directly attack the turrets! There is no problem with using the night, but the problem is that after nightfall, the visibility also decreases accordingly. How can you cross the blockade ditch behind the turrets without making any noise? What's more, the top of the turrets There are also searchlights. There is not much time left for you to cross the blockade ditch. How can you ensure that you will not be discovered by the sentries on the top of the turret?" The second plan proposed by the guerrillas was quickly rejected by Tangcheng.
"The last one, which is the plan proposed by Captain Zhang, is to first use harassment to disrupt the work and rest of the Japanese and puppet troops in the artillery building, and then conduct a surprise attack on the artillery building at dawn. This plan is good, but there is one thing, that is, this plan requires There is enough time. If the harassment time is short, it will arouse the vigilance of the Japanese and puppet troops in the gun tower, but if the harassment time is too long, they may be surrounded by the Japanese and puppet reinforcements arriving."
Tang Cheng rejected all three plans proposed by the guerrillas with just a few words. The guerrillas looked at each other, but they didn't know what to do. After Tang Cheng looked around, he grinned lightly, then took out his dagger and drew a topographic map on the ground. "This is our current location. This is Zhangguan Town. It is the closest Japanese and puppet stronghold to this blockhouse. It is also the superior unit of this blockhouse. In other words, once this blockhouse is attacked, they will definitely report to Zhang The official town is asking for help."
As he spoke, Tang Cheng used his dagger to draw a circle between the gun tower and Zhangguan Town. Captain Zhang immediately understood the location of the circle when he saw it, and he immediately raised his head and looked towards Tangcheng. "That's right! The turret is right here, and it can't escape. Today I'll teach you a trick, what is it to encircle a point for reinforcements?" A few minutes later, there were only two snipers left outside the turret and a few guerrillas who stayed behind to cooperate. Team members and others have followed Tangcheng to set up an ambush on the road connecting the gun tower and Zhangguan Town.
At this moment, the Japanese and puppet troops in the blockhouse did not know that there were guns aimed at them outside the blockhouse. As time went by, the Japanese and puppet soldiers in the blockhouse gradually woke up. Under the urging of a Japanese commander, several puppet soldiers walked out of the blockhouse to fetch water and wash their faces. Japanese soldiers also appeared on the top of the blockhouse. "Bang! Bang!" Gunshots suddenly appeared at this time. Two Japanese soldiers who appeared on the top of the turret were shot and fell down. The other Japanese soldiers who were doing exercises on the top of the turret were dumbfounded.
Seeing their companions bleeding and falling, they just subconsciously lay down on the spot, but no one used the light machine gun on the top of the turret to fight back. The guerrillas scattered around the blockhouse also fired, and their targets were the few puppet soldiers who were fetching water to wash their faces outside the blockhouse. The sound of gunfire was so sudden that the entire blockhouse immediately became chaotic. The puppet captain, who looked frightened, simply hid on the second floor of the blockhouse.
The Japanese and puppet troops who suffered continuous casualties inside the gun tower were hiding and did not dare to show their faces. They had no idea how many enemies there were outside the gun tower. They just knew that the enemy's marksmanship was very accurate. Under the pressure of the Japanese commander Cao, a puppet soldier cautiously moved behind the shooting hole on the front of the second floor, trying to observe the situation outside the gun building through the shooting hole. Only with the sound of a gunshot, the puppet soldier who came in front of the shooting hole was accurately hit in the face by a bullet.
Being able to drive bullets from the shooting hole into the turret, this kind of marksmanship can be regarded as outstanding even among the Japanese army. The first thing that the Japanese and puppet troops in the artillery thought of was not the guerrillas, because they all knew that there were no such sharpshooters in the guerrillas who only had some guns and cannons. Could it be a regular army of the Eighth Route Army? Commander Cao of the Japanese army in the artillery tower first came up with this idea. Trapped in the artillery building, they could only make a phone call to seek support from the Zhangguan Town garrison.
"Hold it all, Commander Xiao Lin has already called Zhangguan Town. In less than an hour, the reinforcements from Zhangguan Town will arrive at our place." The puppet captain also began to encourage his men. , in short, as long as they don't leave the turret, the eight-way sharpshooters outside will have nothing to do with them. But they didn't know that Tang Cheng's purpose was to ask them to ask for help from the Japanese and puppet troops in Zhangguan Town. At this moment, Tangcheng and the others were ready to attack at any time, and explosives were also planted on the highway.
Half an hour later, the team members who went out for reconnaissance came back quickly. Two miles away from them, a large group of Japanese and puppet troops from Zhangguan Town had appeared. "There is about a small group of Japanese troops and more than 100 puppet troops, with a total number of more than 150 people." The news brought back by the reconnaissance team made Captain Zhang and his guerrillas secretly nervous. Because just a few minutes ago, Tang Cheng said that this ambush was commanded by Captain Zhang, and Tang Cheng and his team members only acted as commandos for the specific operation.
"Don't panic! We are preparing in advance this time, just follow the arrangements for our previous ambushes!" Seeing that Captain Zhang seemed a little panicked, Tang Cheng immediately reminded the other party in a low voice. In the following time, Captain Zhang began to arrange his troops in a somewhat unfamiliar manner. Tang Cheng did not say anything to participate in the specific arrangements. He only slightly adjusted the ambush positions of his team members after Captain Zhang completed the arrangements. Tangcheng's intention was to annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops from Zhangguan Town here, but Captain Zhang was not sure of this.
The actual number of Japanese and puppet troops who came out of Zhangguan Town was close to 170. In addition to a full Japanese infantry squad, there was also a less than full puppet infantry company. I don’t know if the Japanese troops in the artillery tower were deliberately exaggerating when they asked for help. The Japanese and puppet troops coming out of Zhangguan Town also carried two mortars, one heavy machine gun and two light machine guns, as well as easy-to-carry grenade launchers. It has four doors. The Japanese army, who were suspicious by nature, still followed the old rules and divided the puppet troops into two, marching at the front and rear of the team. They also arranged a squad of puppet troops to serve as reconnaissance spearheads.
The first thing they saw in Tangcheng was the squad of puppet soldiers who acted as the vanguard of reconnaissance under the intimidation of the Japanese army. The puppet troops act as vanguard soldiers, so naturally they will not be as responsible as the vanguard soldiers of the Japanese army. They just drive along the road, but they do not often rush down the road to conduct reconnaissance around them. Thanks to several previous ambush operations, Captain Zhang, who commanded the battle, directly ignored these puppet soldiers and focused his attention on the large group of Japanese and puppet troops that appeared later.
