053 Covert operations
After hearing this, Deputy Regiment Commander Li Wenzheng shook his head and said, "You are the head of a regiment, how can you carry out such a task at this time?" In case something goes wrong with you, what will happen to the whole group? ”
Huang Zheng retorted speechlessly, and Li Wenzheng continued: "Besides, our army also stipulates that although the military commander can be in the line of fire in person, he cannot leave the command. If you go, who will direct you? Besides, you are relatively large, and it is not convenient to carry out assault operations at one meter and eight, so I think it is better to choose a commando or a thinner body. ”
Li Wenzheng's words were impeccable, and Huang Zheng had no choice but to give up.
"I also agree with the deputy head of the regiment. I think let's choose a grassroots officer who is good at assault operations, I don't know if you have any candidates? The third battalion commander Yang Qingdao.
Huang Zheng thought for a while and said, "I think there is someone who is quite suitable." That's it, the three companies and one platoon of your first battalion shot Zhang Zhu Fucai. I happened to meet him when I came, he had good marksmanship, he was small but flexible, and most importantly, he was bold and careful, and I thought he was good. ”
Li Yongsheng, the commander of the first battalion, said: "Yes, this guy is a good seedling of special warfare, and all kinds of firearms are turned, by the way, this guy's hometown is Dengfeng, Henan, and he has practiced a few kung fu with the old monks since he was a child. ”
Li Wenzheng knew that the time was urgent, and he didn't have time to conduct an assessment and selection or anything, so he could only select the death squad in the firing line.
He said, "I think it's settled." After a while, we will see which brothers are willing to break into the devil's den, and choose a dozen people to let our guide lead the team. ”
Wu Chunsheng pushed a Hanyang-style rifle on his chest and said, "Okay, I will lead the team to keep the little devil and can't run away." ”
"Okay, but you can't do it with this gun. Spears are inconvenient in street fighting, you can use mine. Huang Zheng handed his own * to Wu Chunsheng and exchanged it with him.
Wu Chunsheng touched this automated weapon and couldn't put it down: "Then Captain Zhao, I'll accept it!" To be honest, I've been trying to get you guys for a long time, but I got the ammunition and I hit it too fast to keep up with the rhythm. ”
Li Wenzheng smiled: "Captain Wu rest assured! A good horse with a good saddle, we won't give you ammunition. ”
After the agreement, the troops were distributed according to the previous plan, and the assault team was led by Zhu Fucai, who was short in stature, and he had rich combat experience and good brain flexibility, so it was the best choice for him to lead the team.
The team members have also been selected, and the number of commandos should not be too large, but they must be strong. Huang Zheng spent the morning selecting sixteen people.
These sixteen people are all members of the automatic registration death squad, in fact, when they first said that when they signed up, there were at least 300 people in the whole group who signed up, and where to fight is not to fight, this group of bold guys are naturally excited to be able to lurk in Suzhou City to carry out the "decapitation operation".
However, the enthusiasm for the war belongs to the enthusiasm for the war, and in the final analysis, the war cannot only rely on blood. While this method of access through the sewer is possible, there are many variables. Zhu Fucai and the commandos communicated with Wu Chunsheng in the afternoon, looking for suitable entry and exit locations according to the routes he had drawn; In addition to these, the troops also reequipped them with short guns with high firepower and small size, after all, in the congested sewers, the general rifle is too long to deploy.
Everything was ready, and it was already evening. The autumn sunset sprinkled outside the small town in the south of the Yangtze River, the golden rice fields not far away turned waves, Huang Zheng took a deep breath, there was a trace of gunsmoke in the air, how beautiful would it be if there was no war?
But these are just his good wishes right now.
As night fell, the troops on the ground had already begun to move, and the assault death squads were all ready, and after a brief farewell to Huang Zheng and them, they set out on the journey.
There was no Zhuangxing wine, no farewell party, and not even grandiose words, and such a group of excellent Chinese men embarked on a journey, and they were about to launch an attack on Muzhen.
On this night, some of them will sleep here, but it is precisely because of groups of such good men that a nation can continue and a nation can become self-reliant.
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The highest military commander of the Japanese army stationed in Suzhou was Major General Kimura Takuichi of the Japanese East China Front, and the main force of defense was the 13th Brigade under his command, which was generally called the "Kimura Brigade" in the outside world.
In fact, the 13th Brigade is not a first-class unit, and its combat effectiveness can only be regarded as second- or third-rate in the East China Front, but it is more than enough to catch anti-Japanese elements stationed in the cities of the occupied areas.
It's just that I didn't expect that the enemy would hit my door in such a quick time. Yesterday night, Takuichi Kimura received reports of the enemy situation from as many as 100 places in the surrounding area.
These reports of hostility were of Chinese troops airborne in their area. Kimura asked his staff officers to summarize and found that the enemy's airborne locations were scattered in various corners around Suzhou, and it looked like they were going to surround Suzhou.
Intelligence from the front line in Nanking said that the defending forces in Nanking had begun a counterattack, and that these airborne troops were apparently in the rear at this time.
Kimura immediately ordered a search order, and he had a brigade under his command plus an infantry division of the Peace Founding Army, with more than 10,000 troops, which was enough to deal with these airborne soldiers.
However, after a night of searching, many troops scattered out and made people sleepy, but not a single one of the airborne troops was caught. After a few firefights, he felt that he should not continue the search, the enemy parachuted into the vicinity of Suzhou naturally had an important purpose, if they scattered all their troops, then wouldn't it cause the emptiness of the city defense?
Nakamura immediately ordered to reduce the search for the Airborne Forces and concentrate forces on the defense of key areas.
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As night fell, the troops led by Huang Zheng began an attack on Muzhen.
The battle began just after dinner for the Japanese troops. The airborne troops first called on the air force to bomb Muzhen first, and several dive bombers took off from Nanjing to bomb the Muzhen transit station.
Japanese anti-aircraft fire began to fire, and the dense fire made the planes dare not fly too low. The night flight and the perfect air defense of the Japanese army did not make the bombing effect ideal, but these have exposed the location of the Japanese army's air defense fire points, which can be regarded as a great achievement.
After the first round of bombing by the Air Force began, the Airborne Forces went on the offensive. They did not attack in a straggler line like ordinary infantry, but attacked covertly by crawling forward, silently like ghosts.
The Japanese army on the periphery of Muzhen has set up a lot of guard posts, but during the round of bombing just now, these posts were basically all exposed, and with the information provided by Wu Chunsheng and his underground anti-Japanese organization, it is not difficult to clear these posts.
Before the attack of the large army, the spearhead soldiers of the Airborne Forces quietly touched the sentry position and wiped the necks of these Japanese sentinels, clearing the obstacles for the advance of the large army.
Immediately afterwards, the spearhead launched a signal, and the officers and soldiers behind began to crawl forward. When we were about to arrive at Muzhen, the searchlights on the Japanese pillboxes swept back and forth.
When the searchlight swept in, the officers and men buried their heads and waited until the searchlight swept over the place, and then they moved forward.
It was only a few hundred meters away from Muzhen, and the Japanese soldiers wearing steel helmets and carrying steel guns were very vigilant, and a snake-bellied barbed wire fence was erected around them.
A wave of air raids just now made these Japanese soldiers very cautious, so they were very vigilant.
Syllable! A crisp gunshot rang out, and the snipers in ambush in the distance shot out the sentry with the searchlight on the bunker. The sentry fell from the bunker and landed on the ground with a dull thud.
When the other Japanese soldiers heard this, they immediately became alert, and they quickly entered the combat position, pulling the bolts of their guns with a bang.
"Up!" The officers and men who were crawling forward jumped to their feet, and they immediately scattered and lined up in a skirmish line and attacked forward. At this time, the light and dark fire points of the Japanese army were fired, and the sound of gunfire like bursting beans resounded.
Knock knock! Officers and men armed with rifles* began to clear the firing points, and the erected heavy machine guns began to suppress the fire.
After the gunshots rang out, the Japanese troops in Muzhen raised the alarm, and the captain of the brigade Sato Ibaraki, who had just fallen asleep, immediately got up from the bed after hearing the alarm, and after hurriedly putting on his clothes, he ran to the confidential room with his saber and asked about the battle situation.
The Japanese response was relatively fast, and the officers and soldiers in the barracks had already begun to move. By the time Sato Ibaraki arrived, most of the team had already formed and began to reinforce the offensive area. The sound of passwords, the sound of the whole team, and the sound of cow tendon soles stepping on the bluestone road are endless.
When the Japanese army was preparing for reinforcements, news of an attack also came from the east of the city, and the enemy's strength was unknown, and the attack was also fierce.
After hearing this report, Sato frowned. He was not a tiger-brained guy, and he immediately realized that one of the two attacks would be a feint. Compared with the west of the town, the east is next to Suzhou, and there are not too many troops, and if it is broken through at this time, it will be bad.
As a result, Sato began to mobilize forces to defend the Eastern Front. At the same time, Sato did not forget to report the attack to his superiors in Suzhou, who promised to send reinforcements early tomorrow morning.
Sato put down the phone with satisfaction after hearing this, Muzhen has strong fortifications, and at the same time there are sufficient troops, not to mention holding on for one night, even two days There is no problem.
But what Sato didn't expect was that at this time, a big hand underground had begun to slowly reach out to him!