Chapter 22 Death Trap
Unlike the day before, today's Japanese attack on Tong County was less crazy yesterday, and they no longer rushed to the top in a desperate situation, but instead adopted a textbook-style position attack, which made Tao Ping's defending troops much easier.
After the huge casualties the day before, Inoue Yinai's fourth agent team leader Zhang's arrogance was much more restrained. After all, no one wants to do a deal to kill one thousand enemies and lose two thousand by themselves. And today's different from yesterday is that the Japanese have no air firepower support from the plane.
In fact, it is no wonder. After all, yesterday the Japanese planes also caused Tao Ping's artillery troops to capture three and injured three. If the Japanese were attacked for every Chinese county town, they would accompany three or five thousand people and three or five planes, even if their queen was allowed to sell spring, they would not be able to afford it.
Moreover, in the opinion of the four agents of Inoue Ningsi, the Tongxian county town defended by Tao Ping was at the end of his strength, and the soldiers had serious problems. It was just like this last blow that would collapse immediately. There was no need to be so desperate.
But Tao Ping's idea was exactly the opposite of the acting captain of Inoue Ningsi. Now I will hold you back first and wait for the Guangdong and Guangxi Column behind you to arrive, and I will give you a try.
Therefore, with Tao Ping's deliberate arrangement, the outer positions of the entire Tong County were partially selected.
It is precisely this illusion that in the eyes of the four acting team leader Inoue Ningsi, it has become a sign that the Tongxian position defended by Tao Ping is about to be disintegrated. In fact, he is not aware that he is falling into a death trap woven by Tao Ping for him.
So much so that the fourth agent captain of Inoue Ning sent the puppet army commander Zhang Changming to lead a group of traitors to the front of the formation and shouted to Tao Ping through a large speaker.
"Captain Tao Ping, I am the leader of Zhang Changming of the Imperial Army. Captain Inoue Ning Fourth Regiment asked me to send a message to you. The commander of Gangcun and him admire you very much. As long as you can command the troops to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, serve the Imperial Army, and serve the Dadong Holy War, the past will be turned over and eliminated, ensuring your personal safety and dignity. At the same time, you are asked to serve as the commander of the Imperial Army City Defense in Hefei, and give you a thousand gold and ten beauties in the East."
"Brothers of the National Army in Tong County! I am the leader of the Imperial Army Zhang Changming. Please put down your weapons and don't make unnecessary resistance. As long as you put down your guns, the Imperial Army will definitely treat you preferentially and send you a lot of oceans to your home!"
At some point, Tao Ping, Zhang Hailong, Yang Hongyi and Zhou Bin were holding a combat meeting. Tao Ping, who took a sip of Longjing tea brought by Wang Meifeng, spoke: "Now the enemy is completely unaware of our army's strength and combat intentions. Therefore, we must use the strategy to drag the enemy in front of our position as much as possible. Once the enemy discovers our army's combat intentions, we will immediately take the initiative to attack and work with our brothers to eliminate the enemy in Tongxian."
"I completely agree with Comrade Tao Ping's point of view!" said Deputy Head of the Regiment of the Constitution.
"I also fully agree with Captain Tao's point of view!" Zhang Hailong and Zhou Bin said in unison.
"Since everyone agrees with my point of view, I will arrange the combat plan. Zhou Bin informs all positions and troops and reserve teams to rush out of the position and carry out general attacks of the entire army when the charge sounds. He specifically requires the soldiers to use a pistol to solve the problem with pistols during close combat, try not to fight bayonets with the Japanese, keep a good job, and do not make unnecessary sacrifices! Commander Zhang organized artillery to cover the enemy with twenty minutes of artillery fire before the general attack of the entire army, which requires full attacks, and it is best to fire the rifle. Political Commissar Zhang, do a general mobilization of charge before the war."
At 6:00 p.m., when the fourth agent of Inoue Niang-so "successfully" captured all the positions outside Tong County, the leader of the Guanghe Column, commander Chengzf, launched a total of more than 2,400 people led by Commander Chengzf, launched a raid on time in the rear of the 27th Regiment.
At this time, the fourth agent team leader Inoue Nishi, who was intoxicated by the joy of victory, immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and was surrounded by others - game over and there will be a catastrophe at any time, so he hurriedly sent a telegram to Commander Nishi Gangmura.
But it was too late. Japanese army aircraft could no longer provide air fire support to the 27th Regiment, because it was soon dark and the plane could not engage in night battles.
Accompanied by a loud charge, nearly 5,000 warriors from the Guanghe Column and the 911th Regiment launched a charge at the Japanese and puppet troops who were eager to retreat and break through.
Since the morale of the Japanese and puppet troops was dispersed and they always wanted to break through and were unwilling to fight, the entire battle went smoothly. In addition to the Japanese devils, all the puppet soldiers immediately raised their hands to surrender when our soldiers rushed in front of us.
So, an interesting scene appeared, on the one hand, there were puppet troops kneeling on the ground, and on the other hand, the Japanese troops fighting to the death. And often before the soldiers rushed in front of them, the puppet troops knelt in the place and raised their hands to surrender, saving them from shouting.
The Japanese and puppet troops, which had nearly 3,000 people, immediately became only 1,800 Japanese soldiers fighting alone, and many wounded soldiers were covered with iron nails. After eating too many nails, nearly 5,000 people fought against more than 1,800 people, and the result was no suspense.
What's more, Tao Ping's "assassination trio" tactics are even more sharp. It doesn't talk about the rules of bayonet fighting. Killing you is the top priority. If you can use a pistol, use a pistol. Only in the deafening shouts of killing, the sound of pistols "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, and ping, then one after another, the Japanese army who had just retreated the bullet and was about to fight the bayonet fell to the ground and died, and the sound of "ega" was endless.
Two hours later, the 27th Regiment of the Japanese Army and a strengthened regiment of the puppet army were completely eliminated. Due to the Japanese army's tenacious resistance, there were not many Japanese prisoners of war, and the ones they caught were basically all inhaled - no wounded soldiers who had vented much.
At this point, in the entire Tongxian defense battle, the 911 Regiment and the Guangdong and Guangxi Columns killed a total of 4,864 enemies, including 3,821 Japanese troops, and captured 1,582 enemies, including 40 Japanese troops. The only regret made Zhang Changming, the boy, run away.
In the entire Tong County Defense Battle, the 911th Regiment suffered 2,332 casualties, of which 1,181 were killed in battle, and the Guangdong-Guangzhou Column suffered 325 casualties, of which 2,01 were killed in battle.
Two hours later, the Tongxian County Town in Taoping met the commander Cheng ZF, the leader of the Guangdong-Guangzhou Column.
When Tao Ping heard that he was the leader of the Guanghe Column, Commander Cheng ZF, came in person, and immediately thought that the deputy commander of the military region seemed to be from this column, and it seemed that he was a small role in the company and platoon leader until the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Tao Ping's "political movement phobia" has been violated again. Now the leader of the column is a considerable leader! If he doesn't die, he will at least be a lieutenant general after the founding of the country. For the sake of a happy life in the future and in order to have a strong man to protect himself in the n political movements in the future, he must change his previous style and regard the leader of the column as his grandfather.
So, the first thing that happened to meet, Tao Ping gave Commander Cheng ZF a standard military salute from the People's Liberation Army that was standard in later generations.
"Hello, the leader of the 911th Regiment, Tao Ping, reported to you!" Tao Ping said.
"Young people are really not simple! The combat command is orderly, with all kinds of strange plans and good guns. Why do you want to join the Eighth Route Army?" asked Commander Cheng Zf.
"Report to the head of the column. When the nation survives and dies, when the country is destroyed, I join the Eighth Route Army for the sake of thousands of compatriots who died under the sword of the Japanese invaders, for the revitalization of the country and for the liberation of the nation." Tao Ping replied simply.
"Okay, young people are ambitious!" said Commander Cheng Zf.
As a result, the following things became much easier, namely Tao Ping, Zhang Hailong, Yang Hongyi and Zhou Bin reported to Commander Cheng ZF on various tasks and repeated battles since the establishment of the 911th Regiment.
He heard Commander Cheng ZF's repeated slap. Finally, Tao Ping did not forget to flatter Commander Cheng ZF, and gave six cannons, two anti-aircraft cannons, four field cannons, five Type 97 90mm light mortars, and nearly 10,000 shells of various types to Commander Cheng ZF as a gift.
When Tao Ping led Commander Cheng ZF to see these artillery, Commander Cheng ZF, who has always been famous for his calmness, was shocked. He had never seen so many good things, especially the 120 mm caliber heavy artillery, which made Commander Cheng ZF love him.
What happened next made the soldiers of Guanghe Column even more excited. As long as the ammunition that the comrades in Guanghe Column could take, they would release the packaging. Therefore, many soldiers of Guangdong and Guanghe Column each carried four or five ammunition bags and seven or eight grenades.
So many years later, Commander Chengzf was obsessed with this matter when recalling the defense battle in Tong County.
"Comrade Tao Ping is such a good comrade! As long as you have good things to share half of the meeting, it will definitely be 50% off. Tong County defended the 911th Army Group to make such a great sacrifice, and he did not forget to leave all the best heavy weapons and ammunition to us."
In fact, there is a reason why Tao Ping is so generous. Many heavy weapons, especially heavy weapons such as agricultural cannons, anti-aircraft cannons, and field cannons, are not only bulky, but even the supply of ammunition is also a problem. Basically, they have to be blown up after being shot. At that time, the weapons and ammunition of Tao Ping can't eat at all. Therefore, he can't eat them himself, so it's better to give him a favor.
Think about it, the ammunition consumption of a division of 10,000 people per month, and the ammunition volume of more than 6,000 people seized from the 27th Regiment! What a big figure that is, and Tao Ping's troops have to spend some energy to take care of the wounded.
What made Tao Ping even more worried was that we should do the following? He is familiar with history and knows that the Battle of Wuhan will eventually win the Japanese side. Although he won his own victory in Tong County today, the Japanese army will definitely retaliate. What should we do then?
Just by relying on the thousands of people in his hands fighting a positional battle with more than 100,000 Japanese troops who were integrated with the land and air, there can only be one answer, that is, continue to run away. Only in the movement can one save himself and eliminate the enemy. If he even fought his life, it would be useless to say anything.
So, after explaining the follow-up, Tao Ping immediately put forward his own ideas to Commander Cheng ZF and proposed to report the situation to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters immediately.
Chapter completed!