Chapter 365: Change of Plan The battle is fierce

The south of Lin'an County. Lin'an Town. After midnight.

The Japanese army in Lin'an Town has entered a period of replenishment and repair since the May 1 Sweep, and a group of 16 or 7-year-old recruits who had been recruited and trained six months ago and sent from the base camp of the Japanese mainland to the North China Theater were mixed with veterans who had invaded China for many years. Those veterans who have been through a hundred battles and survived by nine deaths in their lives look down on and bully the new recruits, and the recruits who have never been on the battlefield in a strange and foreign country far from their homeland are afraid of war. In a short period of time, the differences and contradictions between the veterans and the recruits became larger and larger. However, there are two things they have in common: one is that veterans and recruits want to save their lives and return to Japan as soon as possible after leaving war-torn China and possibly dying at any time; Second, there is a general mentality of war weariness and war timidity. Therefore, under the relatively calm situation in the western Hebei region for a long period of time, the daily military training and military discipline of the Japanese veterans and recruits were a little lax and lazy, and this had a lot to do with the negligence of Hegu Shaozuo, who was demoted and transferred to the commander of the Japanese army in Lin'an Town.

The former commander of the Japanese army stationed in Lin'an County, Kawaya Nakasa, was demoted and transferred to Lin'an Town because of his improper tactics and command errors during the May Day Sweep, and the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and suffered heavy losses. Hegu was full of resentment and resentment, fishing for three days and going to the headquarters for two days with nets, basically ignoring the daily affairs of the military, but going to the comfort station every day to drink and stay prostitutes. And the valley does not delegate power, everything must be approved by him before it can be executed, and the officers and soldiers of the headquarters are also happy to be idle, perfunctory and perfunctory every day.

The Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked the four town gates of Lin'an Town at night, and the attack was earth-shattering and thrilling, and it had the potential to conquer and occupy it in one fell swoop. Hegu repeatedly ordered all the Japanese troops to go out to defend to the death, and also to wait for an opportunity to counterattack and completely defeat and annihilate the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army was not afraid of opening up and opening up a position with the Eighth Route Army at any time during the day to carry out large-scale and regular field position offensive and defensive battles, not afraid of attacking or defending urban battles, nor afraid of encounters with the Eighth Route Army, but what they hated and feared was the night battle and street battle suddenly launched by the Eighth Route Army, and fighting street fighting in the dark was what the Japanese army feared the most. The powerful firepower of the Japanese infantry and the power of field artillery, tanks, and armored vehicles could not be brought into full play, and the soldiers were even less familiar with the laws and directions of the construction of long, short, wide, and narrow maze alleys in Chinese cities and towns. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was virtually reduced by half.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers who had been dispatched from the barracks dormitory in the middle of the night marched rapidly in the direction of the four town gates of Lin'an Town, where the gunfire was dense, under the supervision of the shouts and urging of the gun-wielding officers. In the marching procession, the veterans who wanted to save their lives brutally forced the recruits to rush to the front, while the recruits who were afraid of death and timid fought had to hide behind the veterans. The veterans and recruits did not give in to each other, pulling and pulling, pushing and shoving, noisy and shouting, the ranks were noisy and chaotic, and the march was slow.

The Imperial Allied Army also dispatched four companies of troops, and the officers leading the team held down their positions and marched slowly, but the direction of progress was not the town gate, but in the direction of few or no gunfire. From time to time, he stopped to look around, pretending to look for directions.

The four companies of the reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army Supplementary Regiment successively attacked and occupied the four gates of the town, set up defensive and blocking positions, and sent part of their troops to attack the town.

Han Dagang led a squad of soldiers to rush into the alley, and under the cover of night, he quickly circled to the side of the Japanese army on the west street of the north gate of the town, and more than a dozen * thrown from a distance of thirty meters exploded in the enemy group at the same time, followed by a burst of fierce fire at close range. A squad of more than 30 Japanese soldiers was suddenly attacked, and they were immediately taken by surprise, dizzy, and in a chaotic position, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses and fleeing into the West Street in a panic. Han Dagang led the soldiers to pursue more than 100 meters to the west and then returned, picked up the guns and ammunition discarded by the Japanese army, a command knife and two grenadiers, counted the number of people and prepared to withdraw to the position at the north gate of the town.

Han Dagang stuck the command knife behind his back, and when he heard the fierce and dense gunfire in the town, the gunfire at the north gate of the town was a little sparse, and he couldn't help but wonder: Huh? What's going on? What's going on in the town? Did the other three companies send troops in? I didn't give an order. Hmph, the three company commanders did not act in accordance with my orders and battle plans, and acted on their own, which was a violation of battlefield discipline. Ay? But that's right. Night battles and street battles are the most familiar and proficient tactical tactics of the Eighth Route Army, and fighting street battles in the dark is the Eighth Route Army's housekeeping skills. The artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and cavalry of the Japanese army were not used. The tactical style of fighting in the town at night and fighting in the streets is indeed correct and reasonable. If we stick to the gate of the town and wait for the Japanese army to transfer tanks or armored vehicles to launch a counterattack, then our army's strength and firepower will definitely be inferior to the Japanese army, and the soldiers will be passively beaten, and the casualties and losses will be very large. Okay, I'll take the troops into the town immediately, and we'll join forces and fight it upside down. Hmph, apart from me, who of you company commanders and platoon commanders is more familiar with the street topography and dense alleys like a maze of cobwebs than me? Thinking of this, Han Dagang immediately ordered the soldiers to follow him and rush in the direction of the fierce and dense gunfire in the town.

Lin'an Town was originally the county government yamen of Lin'an County, and after the war was damaged, Lin'an County was rebuilt in another place, and Lin'an County was changed to Yong'an Town. However, the people who have lived here for generations are reluctant to pass on the word Lin'an, which has been passed down for thousands of years, and has always stubbornly called it Lin'an Town.

Before the Japanese invasion, Han Dagang and Fang Jiren had to go from Lin'an County to Lin'an Town once or twice a month for many years, and they had to stay for a few days. Therefore, Han Dagang is very familiar with Lin Anzhen, and exaggerated to describe that even if he walks blindly with his eyes closed at night, he will not get lost.

On the north side of the west gate of Lin'an County, in the backyard warehouse of Fangjia Coal Plant.

Nearly 20 people, including Lao Lu, the director of the coal plant, Lao Lu's son Xiao Liang, seven or eight men from the coal plant, several correspondents of the special column, and several scouts, were anxiously waiting for Fang Jiren to issue the order for action. A scout panted and pushed the door in, breathlessly reporting to Francis that the town had been fighting for an hour.

Fang Jiren took out his pocket watch, glanced at it, nodded, and then issued an action order to everyone:

"Comrades, remember your respective tasks, which must be resolutely fulfilled at all costs. In the process of carrying out the mission, if you encounter a devil on the road, you must immediately hide and dodge, and you are absolutely not allowed to go to war. Failure to do so will seriously affect the completion of the entire program. Set off immediately and act covertly. ”

Everyone was ordered to get up and leave the warehouse, walk out of the back door of the coal mill and disappear into the night.

Mr. Fong, with a few scouts and his fellow workers from the coal mill, burrowed into the dense cornfields north of the city and hurried to the railroad housing complex three miles east of the city. Several messengers rushed to the ambush of the special column south of the city to convey Francis's orders. Lao Lu and Xiao Liang stayed behind in the coal factory, ready to deal with possible emergencies.

Han Dagang led a squad of soldiers into the town, and when he encountered a devil or a puppet army, he rushed forward and attacked fiercely. By the time the Japanese puppet army came to their senses and organized the team to prepare for a counterattack, Han Dagang had already led the soldiers into the alley next to the street and disappeared without a trace. Walking and walking, unconsciously came to the vicinity of the Fang family's Yongan Hotel, Han Dagang found that there was a group of people not far in front of him who were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army, he quietly walked closer and saw the clothes of this group of people by the light of the fire, he couldn't help but be surprised and puzzled.