Chapter 508: Shanghai Operation (5)
Tangwan Town, Minhang District, Shanghai. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Located on the west bank of the confluence of the Cherry River and Yutang, it is named because it is located in Yutang Bay, arose in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, belongs to the suburbs of Shanghai, and is relatively sparsely populated.
There were originally more than 500 households in the town, with more than 3,000 people.
However, in August 1938, the Japanese army caused a tragedy here, and in order to build a road, they burned down the only three streets in the town: Qianjian, Zhennan, and Zhongxin.
All 120 shops in the town were burned to the ground, thousands of people lost their homes and property, became homeless, and hundreds of people died in the massacre of the Japanese army.
Today, this place is full of wasteland, and some ruined walls left behind by some burned houses, as if telling the brutality of the Japanese army.
December 25, 1938, 11 p.m.
The Japanese army ambushed a heavy army here, numbering thousands of people, and the commander of the Japanese military police in Shanghai, Masao Tanaka, personally sat here.
Masao Tanaka and Lieutenant General Imamura stood on a hill, holding binoculars, looking around.
"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the deployment of troops of our army in Tangwan Town, Caohang Town, Luhui Town, Wuqiao Town, and Xiaotang Town has been completed, please instruct Your Excellency the Commander on the next move!" A Japanese soldier reported loudly.
"Roar!"
Commander Tanaka Masao bowed his head and said, "Pass on my order, order all units to enter the ambush area, and when the large Chinese army arrives, listen to my orders, and we will annihilate them in one fell swoop." ”
"Hey!"
The Japanese soldier Shaozuo shouted loudly, and quickly retreated.
Japanese Lieutenant General Imamura Jun put down the binoculars in his hand and couldn't help but say with a smile: "Tanaka-kun, you really deserve to be the elite of the empire, this place called Tangwan Town, extending in all directions, deserted, and open, is really an excellent battlefield conducive to our army's formation!" ”
Hearing the praise of Lieutenant General Jun Imamura, Rao is commander of the military police, Masao Tanaka, couldn't help but feel happy.
You must know that Imamura can be his senior at the Japanese ~ Army University, and he is also the chief student of the 28th period, the pride of the empire. Being able to get his praise will be of great help to the career of Masao Tanaka, an old devil.
Therefore, how could he not be dissatisfied?
Masao Tanaka put away his smile and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, the one who cooperated with our gendarmerie this time was the Sakurai Wing of the 16th Division, who had fought against the predecessor of the 512th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, that is, the White Tiger Detachment, in Xiayi, Henan.
Therefore, the morale of our officers and men is extremely high.
At the same time, in addition to ambushing nearly 1,000 troops here in Tangwan Town, our army also deployed hundreds of troops around Tangwan Town, that is, Caohang Town, Luhui Town, Wuqiao Town, and Xiaotang Town.
As long as the Chinese army comes here, they have great ability, and they will also be completely annihilated by our army, and from now on, Shanghai Tang will really be my big day ~ the world of this empire! ”
"Roar!" Lieutenant General Imamura was overjoyed.
There are multiple reasons why Masao Tanaka chose Tangwan Town.
First, this is a suburb of the city, far from the bustling city center, and even if there is a large-scale battle, it will not have any impact on Shanghai Tang.
second, Tangwan Town was also the only way to extradite Ouyang from the French Concession to the Qianqiao Concentration Camp of the Japanese Army;
Third, although it is 40 kilometers away from downtown Shanghai, the people who rescued Ouyang will definitely not carry out rescue in the urban area and some densely populated towns.
The Japanese army was not afraid of causing casualties among the Chinese people, but Wang Yaqiao and others had to be concerned about this.
Therefore, the rescue site could only passively follow the route of the Japanese army and move on the outskirts of the city.
Tanaka said: "The Chinese are stupid and benevolent, so sometimes, even if they know the danger, they will come to die like moths to a fire, and Tangwan Town will become the burial place of those stupid Chinese!" ”
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Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already 12 o'clock in the evening.
In the prison of the French Concession, Ouyang was also handcuffed to a bracelet and anklet at the scheduled time, and transferred to a car.
The Japanese reinforced squadron of more than 200 people was responsible for escorting Ouyang, and the entire Japanese squadron was composed of trucks, cars, and motorcycles, so their marching speed was very fast.
The Japanese second lieutenant sitting next to Ouyang in the car sneered at Ouyang: "Chinese, today is your death date, enjoy your next time!" ”
After a pause, he said: "Your people, shouldn't you be doing it in the concession, hahaha!" ”
The smile of this Japanese second lieutenant was arrogant and unscrupulous.
Don't do it in the concession?
Ouyang sneered.
The Japanese army judged this very accurately!
The team that rescued Ouyang would not do it in the concession and in densely populated places, which would cause many civilian casualties, which Ouyang and the others were unwilling to accept.
Ouyang thought to himself: "The ambush location of the Japanese army, if it is good as we expected, it should be in Tangwan Town, according to the current view, it must be wrong!" ”
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While the Japanese army was in full swing of deployment, our side, which was responsible for the rescue, did not concentrate all the forces together as the Japanese army expected, but scattered them all.
Scattered in several places.
Wang Yaqiao explained with a smile: "The little devils forced us to fight with them, how could we do what they wanted?" We're not stupid! ”
Chen Shenyan said: "Chief of Staff, our troops in various places have all been deployed, and now we are waiting for your order, so that the little devil will not be able to eat and go!" ”
"Huh!"
Wang Yaqiao waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, it's only a little more than 12 o'clock now, according to the deliberately slowed down marching speed of the Japanese escort team, it will take at least half an hour for them to arrive in Tangwan Town, then we will be at half past 12 o'clock, and the troops will break out in turn, giving a big gift to the little devil!" ”
"Yes, Chief of Staff!" Chen Shen replied with a smile.
At this moment, Chen Shen looked at Wang Yaqiao, who was strategizing, and couldn't help but admire.
The core of Wang Yaqiao's rescue plan is precisely the guerrilla policy of "you fight yours, I will fight mine."
The Japanese army wanted to use a decisive battle to directly wipe out our forces in Shanghai.
If our side is really as the Japanese army thinks, it will inevitably be surrounded and ambushed by the Japanese army.
Although the number of our troops was added up, there were more than 6,000 people, about 2,000 more than the number of Japanese troops, but if we really put up a position with the Japanese army and fought with open swords and guns, the final result would inevitably end in a crushing defeat for our side.
There is no doubt about that!
After all, the combat power and firepower of the little devil are not bragging!
The Japanese army of more than 4,000 people can shake the existence of tens of thousands of Chinese troops.
Today, our troops are mainly composed of the Qing Gang and the disciples of the Beihongmen, although there are as many as 6,000 people, but to put it mildly, it is like a rabble.
Not to mention 6,000 people, even 20,000 or 50,000 people, against the Japanese army, it can't be resisted!
After all, the Japanese have heavy weapons, and our side does not.
Wanting to rescue Ouyang from the encirclement of thousands of Japanese troops is simply a fantasy.
Wang Yaqiao said in a deep voice: "Therefore, our only way is to transfer all the Japanese troops in Tangwan Town, little by little, like fishing!" ”
Xie Wendong objected: "Then how should we fish?" ”
"Huh!"
Wang Yaqiao said with a smile: "This time, the Japanese army has almost mobilized the maximum number of troops they can mobilize for this battle, and at this moment, the vast majority of their troops are all concentrated in Tangwan Town, in other words, their troops in other places are extremely empty at the moment!"
For example, there must not be many people defending the military police headquarters, military government offices, overseas areas, arsenals, ammunition depots and other places in the Japanese concession at this moment. ”
Hearing this, Xie Wendong suddenly realized and said with a smile: "In this way, the little devil must be crazy!" At least half of their troops must be mobilized to reinforce them! ”
Wang Yaqiao nodded and said, "That's right!" ”
"But this is the case alone, the Japanese army still has at least 2,000 troops in Tangwan Town, which is still not something we can bite, so we must have a bigger goal, forcing the Japanese army to have to return reinforcements and have to transfer more troops."
And this target is the Japanese army's concentration camp in Qianqiao! It's a place where tens of thousands of prisoners of war are being held! ”
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