"Thank you for your hard work, brother Fang Jie." After seeing Zhou Fangjie, Zhang Tianhai hurriedly went up to him and held his hand.
Zhou Fangjie smiled and said, "It's not hard work at all! It's just my job."
Then, before Zhang Tianhai could speak, Zhou Fangjie asked, "By the way, did Chief Xu say anything?"
Zhang Tianhai also knew that Zhou Fangjie was asking about his disobedience and unauthorized mobilization of troops.
So, he smiled and pretended to be relaxed and said: "It's okay, it's not a big problem. Chief Xu just asked me how to organize the troops next. As for the punishment, I will be exempted from it, but I guess There are no more post-war rewards. However, pensions are still paid as usual."
After hearing the last sentence, Zhou Fangjie finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they, the officials, commanded the big soldiers to charge, and even after they died, and even after the battle was won, their families would not receive pensions. , that is such a sad thing...
A person must have a conscience and pay attention to conscience. Obviously, Zhou Fangjie also belongs to this type of person who pays attention to conscience.
"Okay, let's talk about the situation in Tangtou Town in detail!" Zhang Tianhai went straight to the point. After all, he didn't come here just to brag and criticize, but to arrange the withdrawal of troops.
"The positions in Tangtou Town have basically been cleared. Except for the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, there are no other useful things left that should be taken away," Zhou Fangjie said.
"Hmm..." Zhang Tianhai nodded slightly, but looked at the Japanese corpses lying on the ground outside.
Yes, Zhang Tianhai wanted to give Little Japan a little "surprise", that is, to set some booby traps on these corpses, but after thinking about it, he forgot it. If these little devils suffered a loss from this, designated They wanted to coerce the local people to help them collect the bodies.
If this was the case, the possibility of accidentally injuring people was still very high, so Zhang Tianhai gave up the plan after thinking about it.
"By the way, where is Jun Sakamoto's body?" Zhang Tianhai asked.
"Still leaving him there." Zhou Fangjie replied casually, "The officers and soldiers below didn't want to move him, and the people thought that this Japanese official was unlucky, so they didn't move either. He remained where he was before."
"Well, okay! Then you are here now, prepare first! Then prepare to withdraw to Lanling to rest and reorganize the troops!" Zhang Tianhai said.
"I understand." Zhou Fangjie nodded.
Looking at Zhang Tianhai's leaving figure, Zhou Fangjie suddenly felt that Zhang Yulin, a junior who was one level below him, seemed to be born to fight. When it comes to fighting, as long as this guy is around, it seems that the whole group is ready. Inexplicable confidence.
Just like Zhou Fangjie was appointed as the commander of the Tangtou Town position the night before and led two battalions to defend Tangtou Town. Even though the enemy force was several times larger than his own, Zhou Fangjie still believed that Zhang Tianhai would lead his troops to fight back, and he would definitely do so. The one that can be done, maybe this is a kind of honey trust.
In other words, this is a problem of Zhang Tianhai's personal leadership charisma.
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Zhang Tianhai was not a road warrior. On the contrary, he had a very strong sense of direction, so it didn't take long for him to reach the place where Sakamoto Jun was beaten to death.
Looking at Sakamoto Shun's already cold body lying on the ground, even the blood had already turned purple and solidified on the ground, leaving only a brown blood spot on the ground.
Zhang Tianhai narrowed his eyes slightly and had an idea in his mind: The Japs might let the common people move the corpses of other people, but they would definitely not let the Chinese people move the corpse of Jun Sakamoto.
After all, in the eyes of the little devil, if the Chinese people are allowed to move it, these people may do something to "desecrate" the body when they see that this person is a Japs general. So if it is like a soldier's corpse, it is possible for the people to help, and the general's A corpse is definitely not allowed.
So, Zhang Tianhai ordered the guard squad behind him to immediately find him an engineer shovel, and then asked these soldiers for about seven or eight grenades.
After the engineering shovels arrived, Zhang Tianhai began to work on his "masterpiece".
Zhang Tianhai first asked the soldiers to help him open the twist cap of the grenade and expose the drawstring at the end of the grenade, and then asked them to cut several long lines from the clothes of other Japanese corpses, while he was busy Digging a hole.
Yes, it's the kind of shallow pit that can be dug where two grenades can be placed, and the location of this small shallow pit is just under Sakamoto Shun's body.
Zhang Tianhai first dug a pit at this location, and then dug holes in several surrounding places. In short, he wanted to dig a shallow pit that could cause a series of explosions.
After digging a few shallow pits that were not too deep, Zhang Tianhai placed the grenades tied with drawstrings with thin wires into the shallow pits, fixed the grenades with gravel, and then spread them on top. Sprinkle a layer of floating soil.
As for those thin threads, they were tied to the back belt of Jun Sakamoto's body and the clothes sewn behind his back.
After finishing all this work, Zhang Tianhai clapped his hands, and then said: "You send one person to guard here for a while, and you can't leave until the large army starts to retreat. These are booby traps to avoid accidentally injuring our own people."
"Yes! Group seat!" the guard squad leader behind Zhang Tianhai stood at attention and responded.
After giving all these instructions, Zhang Tianhai returned to the regiment headquarters.
Just when he walked into the regiment headquarters, the phone rang. Zhang Tianhai walked directly in, picked up the phone, and said, "Hey, the third theater here is directly under the first regiment headquarters. I'm Zhang Tianhai."
A very heavy voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, Commander Zhang, this is Xu Zuyi. After completing the cleanup task, your troops will immediately return to Lanling to garrison and rest and reorganize the troops to prepare for the next phase of the battle." . And another thing is. Your troops can withdraw immediately, but you must return to the Linyi frontline combat headquarters immediately to submit a detailed battle history and write a debriefing report!"
As soon as Zhang Tianhai heard what Chief Xu said, he knew that it was Chief Xu who was coming to investigate the case - but he had never heard of someone who had to write down the details of the battle and hand in a report after winning a battle...
Wait, there seems to be another person who has been treated like this...
Well, to be precise, he is a character that everyone is very familiar with - Li Yunlong in "Bright Sword", who led the new group to defeat the Sakata unit head-on... This scene is so similar!
But again, it is a blessing, not a curse, and it is a curse that cannot be avoided, so Zhang Tianhai could only bite the bullet and said: "Yes! Sir!"
Perhaps he was afraid that Zhang Tianhai would sneak away with a guilty conscience, so Xu Zuyi emphasized it again: "Come back immediately, otherwise I will only ask you!"
"Yes, sir!" After saying that, Zhang Tianhai immediately hung up the phone.
At this time, Zhang Tianhai was really feeling a little numb. He understood immediately how Li Yunlong felt when he was transferred to be the director of the quilt factory...
It's not that bad...
What is the actual situation? The camera returned to the war room of the Linyi Frontline Operations Command, and the time returned to half an hour ago.
As a very dedicated commander who takes the battle seriously, Xu Zuyi immediately asked his staff to conduct a deduction on the sand table after returning from the front line to deduce the course of the battle.
However, after deducing it several times, we all came to the same result: as long as the Katano Regiment had the idea of escape, the Japanese army of nearly 3,000 people would be able to run away. If all the more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers were to hold on, they would be able to escape. North of Tangtou, if we wait for reinforcements, this battle may not be won.
Thinking of this, Xu Zuyi was frightened: Fortunately, this Japanese army did not escape. If they had escaped, the battle on the Linyi front line would probably have been a mess again, whether it was the 40th Army or the 5th Army. The Nineteenth Army will once again face the long-term military front of the Japanese invaders.
In short, in one sentence, if these little devils run away, everyone will suffer no good consequences.
Don't forget, after Zhang Tianhai's troops attacked Tangtou Town, they immediately encountered a fierce counterattack by the Japanese army from Tongfo Guanzhuang. The position was unstable for a time, and reinforcements were even drawn from the defenders from the direction of Tangshan Col.
It was not until later that Katano Sadami led a large force to break through the entanglement of Huang Weigang's 38th Division, and immediately organized the main force to launch a fierce attack on Tangtou Town. At this critical moment, Zhang Tianhai actually attacked Tangshan Col without asking for instructions. All the garrison troops were transferred from Tangshan Au to support Tangtou Town.
In other words, at this time, the Japanese army's retreat to Ju County was already wide open.
As long as the Japanese army has the slightest idea of retreating, as long as the Japanese army does not underestimate the enemy so much, these 3,000 Japanese troops can swagger back to Ju County through Tangshan Au, and then wait until the main force of the Fifth Division strengthens their troops, and they can immediately make a comeback , to take revenge with one stone.
If you ask for permission, you can at least send the 13th Independent Cavalry Brigade to block this gap...
Don't forget, this was originally a battle with a victory rate of 80%. With Zhang Tianhai's actions at that time, the probability was 50-50.
If this almost inevitable battle was defeated, what would the theater commander Li Zongren think of him? Will Chairman Chiang question his ability? If the war is defeated, how much responsibility will he bear as the top commander on the front line?
Therefore, Xu Zuyi felt that it was necessary to give Zhang Tianhai a "political lesson". Even if he won the battle, he must teach him a lesson. Otherwise, if he doesn't become acute this time, he will definitely cause greater trouble next time.
No commander wants to cause trouble, and the same goes for Commander Xu Zuyi, who doesn’t like having his head stabbed very much...
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PS: The first update is here!
Yesterday’s results were unexpected, better than expected.
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