Chapter Eighty-Four: Purging the Perimeter
"Lu Cheng, you stay for a while." At the end of the meeting, Tian Zheng specially left Lu Cheng, the captain of the reconnaissance team.
"Commander, what's the matter?" Lu Cheng asked calmly.
Tian Zheng threw Lu Cheng a cigarette, which was produced after Liaocheng Communist Party produced a Japanese cigarette factory, and the cigarette produced was called Chunlei. There is no filter. The price is only two dollars a pack, and the taste is very good, and it is very popular.
Lu Cheng nodded as a result. Tian Zheng also picked up one and lit it. Lu Cheng has never seen Tian Zheng smoking. This is also big news.
"Do you have any problems with my battle plan?" Tian Zheng asked.
"It's not that I have an opinion," Lu Cheng took a sip fiercely, "I just think that Liu Qing has the aura of rivers and lakes, and we can't trust the information he provides when he comes into contact for the first time." At the very least, we should go and investigate and confirm the information before we can rest assured. ”
"You're right, Liu Qing and us are in contact for the first time, and we can't be easily believed. We can't joke with the lives of soldiers. However, this information has been confirmed. Ma Sanpao, the former head of the Shenyang Station of the Military Command, sent someone to send intelligence, which was consistent with Liu Qing's intelligence in this regard. Tian Zheng lightly spat out a smoke ring, "Moreover, I kept you down precisely to give you a task." ”
"What task?" Lu Cheng immediately stood upright, "Please give the regiment commander an order!" ”
"Hehe, don't be so nervous. I think we can't rely solely on outside intelligence, especially for the information around Shenyang City, we must investigate it ourselves. You sent all the people of the reconnaissance brigade to the surrounding major cities and towns to conduct a disguised reconnaissance, and try to find out as much as possible the strength and deployment of the devils around Shenyang City. This is related to the combat plan of our Wild Wolf Regiment for a long time to come! Tian Zheng looked at the sand table and said softly, "I'll let the communication team of Captain Lin Lu cooperate with you." Remember, don't startle the snake! We just need information! ”
Lu Cheng nodded and replied in a low voice, "Yes!" I understand! ”
"Xiao Li!"
After Lu Cheng left, Tian Zheng called the guard Xiao Li, "Go and send a report to Liu Dajiang and Zhou Zhenglong, the two captains of the equipment brigade and the logistics brigade, and ask where the ammunition and food supply teams they transported from Liaocheng have gone!" ”
"Commander, the communications brigade has just received a telegram from the two captains, and I was about to send it to you. said that he had arrived in Jinzhou. It is expected to arrive in Shenyang within two days. ”
Tian Zheng narrowed his eyes, two days later? There shouldn't be any problems. For now, at least, their logistical supply routes do not have Japanese troops that could pose a threat to their ranks.
"Tell them to be careful all the way and speed up the trip as soon as possible!" Tian Zheng thought about it, but still instructed.
At about ten o'clock in the evening, Tian Zheng and the soldiers had a very calorie-rich supper together. This is what he asked the cooking class to do deliberately. Because the cold in the north is too heavy at night, this can preserve the physical strength of the soldiers to the greatest extent.
At eleven o'clock, Tian Zheng ordered to set off after checking the table.
As the vanguard force, the main tasks of the second group of Langya were to find out the enemy's situation, interfere with the enemy, assassinate the main officers, and control the enemy's radio station. Tian Zheng led a group of eleven people to rush into the vast night. Yan Xiaoliu and Xie Ning rushed to the predetermined ambush site with the first company of guards and the second company of guards respectively.
It was so dark that there was not a single star in sight, and there was no figure to be seen ten meters away. The gloomy weather rose with the humidity of the tide, and all the peasant households had turned off their oil lamps and fallen asleep in their beds.
"The moon is dark and the wind is high, it is the night of murder! Brothers, the main adaptation is to the cold and damp environment, don't let the environment affect the action! Tian Zheng said softly.
The straight-line distance from Honglingbao Town to Shenyang city is about 20 kilometers. However, it is almost more than 30 kilometers to walk. By the time the troops arrived at the predetermined location, it was already 2:40 a.m.
"Around three o'clock in the morning, that's when humans are most likely to get sleepy under normal circumstances. Raids and assassinations at this time are often easier to succeed. Even if the operation fails, as long as the action is fast, it is often possible to safely evacuate the scene before the enemy can react! Tian Zheng is passing on his experience to the members of the second group of wolf teeth.
"At the entrance of Honglingbao Town ahead, there is a sentry tower of devils! The town is surrounded by a wall, and there is a gate at the entrance of the town, which is not easy to sneak in under the noses of the devil sentinels. The quickest way to get in is to kill the watchtower. Ren Biao took the binoculars and looked at the situation at the entrance of Honglingbao Town under the lights in the distance and said to Tian Zheng.
Tian Zheng waved his hand quietly. "Before you make a decision, it's best to be able to personally scout the environment around the target."
As he spoke, Tian Zheng went into the darkness at the wall. About ten minutes later, Tian Zheng returned.
"The walls of Honglingbao are not complete. On the side of the hill at the front, which is close to the hillside, there is no fence on that section, and there are dense trees with steep boulders on top. That piece was just outside the devil's lamplight, and standing in the position of the devil's watchtower, at most you could only see a vague shadow. We'll dive in from there. ”
The town of Honglingbao at night is silent and oppressive. Tian Zheng's team shuttled gently through the dark streets. The rustle of footsteps against the ground is like the wind blowing leaves.
"Commander, there is a child's cry ahead." Ren Biao reported softly to Tian Zheng.
Tian Zheng leaned over and listened with his ear against the corner of the wall. Even if the sound of Xiao Er's crying did not stop at night, this family did not dare to light the lights.
"Daddy, look for the child and see if there's anything else to eat?" A woman's voice said softly.
"Hey! Where else is there anything to eat at home! The little food and the money stored at home were all snatched away by the little devils! The old king's house next door was reluctant to save the little money he had saved for his son to marry his daughter-in-law, but he was picked by the little devil with a bayonet and broke his stomach! The big girl of his family was also caught by the little devil and harmed! Hey, a good family, it's gone in a blink of an eye! A man whispered with suppressed anger.
"Daddy, what should we do! If there is no money and no food at home, sooner or later they will be starved to death! Why don't we go to your sister's house in Shuitou Village and hide for a few days? It doesn't matter if we starve, but this kid is still young, and we can't watch him starve to death! The woman sobbed.
The man's voice seemed so helpless, so desperate. "There are Japanese devils everywhere right now, don't say we can't get out of town. It's just that it's gone, isn't it still a dead end? These little devils don't plan to give us a way to live at all! I don't know where Marshal Zhang's army has gone? How can you watch these little devils run rampant and not drive the little devils away! ”