Chapter 16: Before the Battle
There were still three miles to Jining City, and the Flying Tiger Battalion stopped its rapid march. The soldiers who hurried and hurried along the way were already very tired, and although each of their legs seemed to be filled with lead, they were still full of energy. Just by looking at the sparkling eyes of the soldiers, you can know that their interest is high at this time.
To be able to maintain this spirit after a long and rapid march, it must be said that the crazy energy of its commander played a key role in it.
Of course, although Ren Laifeng is a bit impulsive, he is not a fool. If he had followed the troops all the way from Cao County and ran on two legs, he might have been on a stretcher halfway. After crossing the canal and walking not far, Huang Tian brought over a horse, and Ren Laifeng changed it to cavalry.
He is the battalion commander, and the whole battalion knows that the foot injury has not healed and he has been discharged from the hospital early, and the officers and men of the Flying Tiger Battalion will certainly not object to the battalion commander riding a horse, but praise Huang Tian for his good eyes and ability to take care of the commander. People like Ren Laifeng are not at ease even when they sit on the horse, they sing military songs and shout slogans, and the troops have never been idle on the march. The soldiers were physically tired and excited, and of course they showed that their fighting spirit was high.
"The troops are resting in place, and each company will send a squad to be on guard!" The life and death of the first company commander was unknown, and Ren Laifeng arranged for Gu Dafeng to temporarily act as the company commander, and at the same time, he removed the sub-word in front of Gu Dafeng's platoon commander. If the actual position of the acting company commander is only a deputy platoon commander, it will not be easy to convince the public.
Before the battle began, Ren Laifeng summoned the three company commanders and Zhou Lin, a staff officer of the battalion headquarters, together for a pre-war analysis meeting.
"Battalion commander, tell me that after dark, I will lead the second company to take the lead. Open the gates, and you command your troops to rush into the city and start fighting! The gates are handed over to me! "You don't have to look at the person who speaks, it's Fu Erchong, and only this one will take the lead every time. Regardless of whether the first battle can fall on him or not, he must be the one who fights the most every time anyway.
"I think we should send a small force into the city first, find the batch of medicines first, and then attack the city with the whole battalion! After all, the reason why we are here this time is to recover the medicine and find out the whereabouts of Company Commander Wei. Even if we defeat Jining, if we don't find the medicine and don't save people in the end, then you say, did we win or defeat? ”
Qin Junbao, the commander of the third company, said a word that made everyone silent. Qin Junbao's temperament is a bit similar to Ren Laifeng, usually he is also a person who likes to talk, laugh and coax, when he first came, he didn't speak much because he was not familiar with the big guy, and after a long time, his nature was exposed. However, there are a lot of words, this person still knows how to use his brain when he fights, otherwise he would not have been stuffed into the Flying Tiger Camp by Han Fuqu as a confidant in the first place.
"What Lao Qin said makes sense. In this way, I will take Huang Tian, Zhou Lin and a platoon to enter Jining City tonight while it is dark. When we figure out the situation, we will release the blue flares, and the troops will immediately start attacking the city! ”
Before anyone else could speak, Qin Junbao rushed to speak, "I'll go into the city with the battalion commander!" ”
"You?" Not only was Ren Laifeng stunned at this time, but the few people present were stunned, no one expected that Qin Junbao would grab a job at this time.
"No! Who did you go to command the third company? You can't go! "The first one to object, of course, is Fu Erchong. Both of them are company commanders, why did you follow the battalion commander into the city? If you want to go, I'll have to go! However, before Fu Erchong could say the next words, someone rushed to pick up his words.
"Company Commander Fu is right, Company Commander Qin can't go, and if you want to go, you have to go with the battalion commander!" Yes? Don't let Qin Junbao go, you go? Who is so angry? The big guy looked at the voice, and it turned out that the person who spoke was Gu Dafeng, the acting company commander of the first company. Before others could express their objections, the company commander Gu Dai said his reasons, "I have been back to Jining, and I am familiar with the situation in the city, so I will go with me to help the battalion commander." ”
Oh, it turns out that people are familiar with the way! Just when most of the people present thought that Gu Dafeng must be one of the people who entered the city, someone spoke again, and it was Qin Junbao who spoke, and it seemed that Company Commander Qin was very excited today.
"Are you familiar with Jining? How familiar can you have me to be familiar? You don't know where I am, do you? My Qin Junbao's original hometown is from Jining City! All the relatives in our family are from Jining. What do you think? Am I qualified to follow the battalion commander into the city? ”
Okay, this is Company Commander Qin returning to his hometown to save his relatives! Gu Dafeng was speechless for a moment. What's there to fight about? Even if you have been here, it is only once, but people have grown up in the city since childhood, who can be more familiar with Jining?
Everyone was elated when you said one sentence at a time, and Zhou Lin, the staff officer of the battalion headquarters who had been watching the battle from the side and had never spoken, said coldly: "Why can't our Flying Tiger Battalion all enter the city?" ”
Swish! The scene was instantly quiet, and several pairs of blazing eyes were all staring at Zhou Lin, and the young man's face turned red all of a sudden. Of course, this kind of pressure is not enough to make people dare not say anything. "Our Flying Tiger Battalion has a total of five hundred and sixteen people. Standing together, it looks like a lot, but if it is put in a county town, such as Jining, where we are going, these more than 500 people will not be visible at all when they are scattered into Jining City. Why, then, should we go into the city in batches? ”
Bring the Flying Tiger Battalion into the city? Ren Laifeng's brain was like opening two windows, and a stream of fresh air poured in, as if everything was so fresh. Yes, the main force attacking the city was the 22nd Division, which was the same as everyone else, and his Flying Tiger Battalion only sneaked into the city to grab medicine. That's what I decided when I discussed it with Master Shi, why do you always want to change the hexagram?
"Ahem, this, what Zhou Lin said makes sense. The Flying Tiger Battalion can be brought into Jining, but the question of how to enter the city has to be considered clearly. If only a few people enter the city, it will be easy to blend in, and hundreds of people will enter the city together, and how to cross the city gate will be a big problem. The big guys are all talking, how are we going to get through this gate? ”
There was no disagreement on how to enter the city gate, and Gu Dafeng obtained the power to open the way for the troops with an indisputable advantage. Last time, it was Huang Tian and Zhou Lin who he answered at the South City Gate, and now they are facing the South City Gate. If Platoon Commander Gu can win the first time, of course, he can also win the second time, no one can compare to him, not even Qin Junbao, whose hometown is in Jining.
In this case, Ren Laifeng doesn't have to go with him, and it is enough to take the city gate as long as Gu Dafeng leads the first company. Ren Laifeng gave Gu Dafeng only one order: to find a way into the city for the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion without alarming the Japanese puppet army in the city!
Gu Dafeng also made a request to the battalion commander Ren, he wanted to borrow Huang Tian.