The Huainan blockade began quietly, which was unexpected by anyone. Including Dragon Boat Festival. Otherwise, he would not have led his men to fight the Japanese in An County.
The first purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival was to bring back a few cannons and block Han Fuju's mouth first. The second is to consume a wave of Japanese before the war begins. And by that time, even if the Japanese really attack, I'm afraid they won't have the advantage in terms of military strength.
This was a tactic that killed two birds with one stone, and Duanwu then implemented his plan. But I don’t think the little devil is also a vegetarian. Although they did not know that the Dragon Boat Festival would make a surprise attack on Anxian County, they were also preparing to attack the Dragon Boat Festival's residence.
Although he later learned that there was only an empty city left in Bengbu, the little devil still implemented his plan.
Of course, Kitashirakawa's intention is very obvious, which is to take revenge on Dragon Boat Festival.
Duanwu also guessed this, but he hasn't figured out what Kitashirakawa's true intention is yet.
Because from the current point of view, the Japanese army's actions seem to be to isolate and encircle the 51st Army.
But this tactic can be easily seen. So Duanwu guessed that the little devil would not go to great lengths and then formulate a plan that anyone could see through at a glance.
So he wanted to test the waters and go to Bengbu first to see what tricks the little devil was going to play.
Of course, the Dragon Boat Festival will not march at night because it is too dangerous. A Japanese reconnaissance team appeared in Fengyang County and exchanged fire with Wang Tong's department, and then retreated.
Duanwu thought that these little devils must not have left yet, they were hiding outside the city. If you march in the middle of the night, you are very likely to be ambushed by the Japs. And it’s hard to catch them during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Just like the Dragon Boat Festival ambush against Japanese soldiers, they could see the Japanese soldiers walking on the mountain road very clearly at night, but instead they were in the woods and the little Japanese soldiers could hardly see anything, even if there was moonlight.
As a result, the little devil almost always had to be passively beaten and suffered huge losses.
Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival will never follow the footsteps of the little devils.
What's more, the little devil is outside the city now, and they don't dare to light a fire. Let them freeze this night.
Duanwu ordered all the soldiers to rest, but his independent regiment had nothing yet, because both veterans and recruits knew this kind of thing well. It is precisely because they are about to fight a big battle that they need to rest. But Wang Tong was a little confused. He was preparing to set off. After all, Bengbu had been occupied by the Japanese. This group of Japanese was like a thorn in the throat of the 51st Army.
Wang Tong believed that at this time, they should make a concerted effort and take advantage of the momentum they had just defeated the Japanese to kill Bengbu and directly take back Bengbu. But the Dragon Boat Festival commissioner didn't expect that after reorganizing the team, he directly asked the soldiers to find an ancestral hall and two warehouses and prepare to rest.
He was very puzzled. He went to the command room of the Dragon Boat Festival and asked: "Dragon Boat Festival Commissioner, saving people is like putting out fires. Bengbu is now occupied by the Japanese, and our regiment was sent to Bengbu to take back Bengbu." Yes. Why did we take a rest?"
Duanwu smiled and scratched his head a little. If it was his own soldiers, he wouldn't bother to explain. Anyone who disobeys will be scolded and it will be over.
But Wang Tong is different. This Wang Tong belongs to the 51st Army, and he also needs someone else during the Dragon Boat Festival.
He doesn't have many soldiers at hand, so if he wants to recapture Bengbu, he will need Wang Tong's troops and the Sichuan army. Otherwise, how can we get this Bengbu back?
As for his troops, it is a knife, but this knife will not travel a long distance back to Bengbu. Because once Duanwu does this, the 113th Division of the 51st Army will be in danger.
Today, parts of the 113th Division and the 114th Division are fighting a regiment of the Japanese army.
It is said to be the 39th Regiment of the Japanese Army. Of course, this is just speculation from the front line. It is guessed that their opponent is the 39th Wing.
But no matter what, these are two alliances fighting. If the 40th Regiment inserts a knife in the back of the 113th Division, it will be difficult for the 113th Division to block it, and then a gap will be exposed in the defense line. The Japanese 26th Regiment will take advantage of the situation.
The Dragon Boat Festival could not let the Japanese get what they wanted, so they asked Zhou Weiguo to ambush the 26th Brigade and disrupt the situation behind the Japanese 40th Regiment.
In other words, there are many variables in war, but it is also possible that you will become the leader of these variables.
Just like the Dragon Boat Festival at this time, he doesn't know the real intention of the Japs, so I will disrupt the situation, mess up the entire battlefield, and then see what you little Japs are going to do.
And he has to beware of new enemies appearing.
Of course, he also thought that tonight, the Japanese from Bengbu or other Japanese would surround Fengyang County overnight and surround them in the town.
It was indeed possible, but Duanwu felt that it would be better to be surrounded in the town than to be surrounded in the mountains or on the march.
There are enough bunkers in the town and enough food. But it's different in the mountains. There is no food or water in the mountains, and there are not so many bunkers in towns.
Because you can imagine that during the Dragon Boat Festival, we marched more than 150 kilometers to Laian County. It took five days to go back and forth, and the food and water we brought had long been used up. Although he was in the town at this time, it was impossible to collect marching rations for more than 1,500 people at once.
What's more, if they were surrounded in the mountains, they wouldn't even have a place to keep out the cold. At night, the temperature plummeted to about minus 15 degrees, and they couldn't light a fire. How could they spend the night?
And there is another particularly important point. What Dragon Boat Festival brought back this time was the cavalry. Except for the capture of two 75mm mountain guns of the Little Devil, he lacked heavy firepower.
As for Wang Tongtuan, it's even more embarrassing. Wang Tong's regiment only had four mortars and six grenade launchers. This was all his possessions.
So in a positional battle with the Japs in the mountains, Duanwu felt that he might be beaten to pieces by the Japs with superior artillery fire.
This is not in line with Duanwu's combat philosophy, which is to obtain the greatest victory at the minimum cost.
I can't control how many Japanese soldiers die, but my soldiers must kill the enemy and save their own lives. This is the most important thing.
In other words, what is the war about?
What is consumed is consumption, and not only weapons and equipment are consumed, but also the lives of soldiers.
I have said before that it is a very long process for a soldier to be trained from joining the army to becoming combat effective. Including these soldiers in the Dragon Boat Festival, how much effort was spent on the Dragon Boat Festival?
In order to quickly improve the shooting skills of the soldiers, the soldiers fired all the bullets.
If it weren't for the Dragon Boat Festival's independent regiment that captured more, it would have been difficult to support such a large consumption.
But what was that typed out? That's money!
And doesn’t it cost money for every soldier to eat, drink, and eat? Doesn’t military pay cost money?
Therefore, if one soldier is sacrificed, the previous efforts and expenses will become zero.
What's more, which soldier is not raised by his parents, whose son dies and whose family doesn't feel heartbroken?
Dragon Boat Festival is also a soldier, he knows the reason. It is one thing to fight bravely and not be afraid of sacrifice, but it is another thing to make unnecessary sacrifices.
Duanwu and Wang Tong explained it, and Wang Tong suddenly realized that his admiration for Duanwu was beyond words. He quickly said goodbye and left to order the troops to disarm and rest.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Duanwu suddenly thought of something and ordered Wang Tongtong: "Keep your gun away tonight, the whole city is under martial law, and no light is allowed to appear in any house!..."
