readx;? The content of Su Zuxin's call back did not surprise Wang Haitao, if he also crossed the river, he should be able to work hard to fight a different battle of Xuzhou, but now he is a whip commander. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In today's situation, I can only believe in Su Zuxin's leadership ability. However, the troops in the Fifth Theater are much stronger than in history, and if the troops sent from Central China are stopped after crossing the river, it is entirely possible to fight a different Battle of Xuzhou with the skills of Li Zongren and Bai Zhengxi.

In Zhumen Town, Wang Haitao and the others rested for three days, and the two battalions of the reconnaissance regiment were all assembled, so the matter of how to advance to Jing County was put on the agenda. The reconnaissance regiment was only familiar with the area north of Wuhu City, and was not familiar with the mountainous area of southern Anhui south of Wuhu City. Wang Haitao had been to Jing County and Huangshan before he crossed, but the road now and the road in a few decades are completely different, and it is even more difficult to go to Jing County to avoid the Japanese army.

Facing the map, Wang Haitao, Tang Xiaoshan and others studied for a long time and selected two roads, one is to pass through Lishui Town to Gaochun Town to Xuancheng County and finally to Jing County. The other is through Danyang Town to Wuhu County to Nanling County and finally to Jing County. In order to ensure the smooth arrival of the troops in Jing County, Wang Haitao issued an order to the reconnaissance regiment to send people to reconnoitre.

Tang Xiaoshan immediately sent two combat teams on each road to reconnoitre, and Wang Haitao had no choice but to continue to camp in Zhumen Town. In the hearts of Tang Xiaoshan and Tangshan Leopard, Wang Haitao should choose a place close to the Jurong base as a foothold, first, to be close to the base for supplies, and second, to be close to the Yangtze River, it is easier to find an opportunity to cross the Yangtze River, but Wang Haitao chose a Jing County that no one is familiar with as a foothold.

However, doubts are doubts, Wang Haitao's order must be resolutely implemented. Wang Haitao's current subordinates are basically veterans brought out of Guangxi, Wang Haitao's actions in the past few years have already convinced them, for them Wang Haitao's orders must be unconditionally obeyed, Wang Haitao must make this decision for his reasons.

During this period of stationing, all the soldiers were preparing for a long-distance march, and after the temporarily formed logistics office received ammunition and materials from Wang Haitao, they supplemented the soldiers, and the rest were put on trucks, and Wang Haitao also rowed ten trucks to the logistics office, so that the logistics office no longer had to worry about how to transport these ammunition and materials.

Ten days later, the soldiers sent out by the reconnaissance regiment to reconnoiter all returned, and through their report, Wang Haitao learned that the road from Lishui to Gaochun to Xuancheng to Jingxian was basically a simple road in the mountains, not only was it farther away, but the road condition was not good, and the road was not repaired in many places, and the armored regiment could not pass through it at all.

However, there were no Japanese troops on this road, only a Japanese squad in Lishui Town, a Japanese squad and a squadron in Gaochun County, and a Japanese squadron and an auxiliary squadron in Xuancheng, as well as a puppet army brigade. Only a small squadron of the Japanese army and a squadron of the puppet army were stationed in Jing County.

The other road is in good condition, but there are often Japanese transport convoys passing by during the day, so they can only choose to march at night, and there are six Japanese outposts along the way, in addition to Danyang Town and Nanling County each have a small team of Japanese troops and part of the puppet army, Wuhu County has a Japanese cavalry brigade and a puppet army brigade, and Wuhu City is a Japanese army a baggage brigade, an engineer brigade and an infantry brigade and two puppet army brigades are stationed.

More importantly, after approaching Wuhu City, the terrain is covered with a dense water network, and when passing through this large area, you can only take the main road, so that the possibility of being discovered by the Japanese army is much greater. After listening to the report, Wang Haitao finally decided to take the road from Lishui, Gaochun, and Xuancheng, and if the road is difficult, repair the road, and if you can march during the day, the speed should not be slow.

As for the road on the Wuhu side, with the strength of the Japanese army, he would never be afraid, nor was he worried that he could defeat them as soon as possible, but once he was exposed and attracted a large number of Japanese puppet troops, it would be more difficult to deal with, and it would be even more difficult to gain a foothold in Jing County. Regarding Wang Haitao's decision, these people under him obeyed unconditionally.

The next step was for the whole unit to set out, and the reconnaissance regiment was once again broken into parts, taking combat groups as units and assuming the task of guarding within a radius of several kilometers around the large force. The two battle groups of the pathfinder acted as the pathfinders of the whole army, and a battalion of the 542nd Regiment temporarily assumed the role of an engineer battalion with light equipment, following the roadrunners to repair the road to ensure the smooth passage of the large force as well as the armored regiment.

The troops easily ate the Japanese squad in Lishui Town, and then quickly bypassed Gaochun County and Xuancheng at night, and after more than ten days of marching, they arrived at Qinxi Town, which was only ten kilometers away from Jing County. After stopping his advance, Wang Haitao again dispatched a reconnaissance team to the county seat of Jing County. After a day of reconnaissance, the reconnaissance group completely grasped the situation in Jing County.

The Japanese army stationed in Jing County was a reinforced squad with 72 Japanese soldiers, including a machine gun group, a grenadier group, and a mortar group, and the squad leader was Lieutenant Matsuda Shigeji. And the puppet army is a squadron under the first brigade of the puppet Jing'an Army, and the squadron leader is named Liu Chunshan. Jing County is relatively remote, the county seat is not large, and it is in the mountains, so the Japanese army does not attach much importance to this place.

Wang Haitao gathered all the officers above the corps and held a battle meeting. These officers under Wang Haitao had all participated in the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Nanjing, and they dared to fight against a brigade or even a division of the Japanese army. At the meeting, these subordinates asked for battle, and Li Yuanhong, the commander of the 542nd Regiment, stood up and said: "Junza, it's okay for a Japanese squad and those puppet troops who have no combat effectiveness to bully the common people, but if they meet us, they will be unlucky, and I will only use one battalion to ensure that they are all eliminated." ”

Wang Haitao waved his hand for Li Yuanhong to sit down, and then said: "The Japanese puppet army in the city is nothing, but the lion fights the rabbit with all its strength, we must use lightning speed to quickly eliminate these Japanese puppet army, so that they have no time to react and ask for help from the outside world, so as to buy time for us to build a defense system."

Well, don't argue, I'll make an announcement. The 542nd Regiment used a main battalion and a heavy firepower battalion as the main attacker, and the reconnaissance regiment used a battalion to assist the 542nd Regiment in the main attacking battalion. The task of the reconnaissance group was to infiltrate the city first, and then first destroy the Japanese headquarters and radio station, so that the Japanese army could not communicate with the outside world and could not quickly organize a counterattack.

Another battalion of the 542nd Regiment was responsible for blocking the four city gates in Jing County, not letting go of a single Japanese puppet army, as long as those who left the city were detained first, and those who resisted were killed. The last battalion was placed in Changqiao Township, north of the city, and set up a blocking position to prevent the Japanese troops from Nanling City from coming to reinforce in case the news leaked.

The guard battalion acted as a reserve, ready to respond to contingencies, and the armored regiment stood still. At 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, the troops of the reconnaissance regiment will enter the city after making up their makeup, and at 10 o'clock in the morning, the 542nd Regiment will launch a general attack. Do you all understand?" and everyone stood up and replied, "Understood, Throne." Wang Haitao nodded and said, "Okay, you guys go separately to prepare, Tang Xiaoshan stays." Adjourned!"

After everyone left, Wang Haitao said to Tang Xiaoshan: "Xiaoshan, there will be no problem in taking Jing County, the question is how the Japanese army will react after we occupy Jing County, it depends on your reconnaissance group to closely monitor the movements of the surrounding Japanese army. This matter must not be sloppy. ”

Tang Xiaoshan said: "I understand, Junzao. Rest assured, I guarantee that the Japanese army will let the military seat know in time if there is any trouble. Wang Haitao nodded and said, "Okay! With your words Tang Xiaoshan, I can occupy Jing County with confidence." You go and get ready, and send out the reconnaissance team today. Tang Xiaoshan agreed and left.

Wang Haitao left the conference room and went to the 542nd Regiment to see how prepared the 542nd Regiment was. As soon as I entered the camp of the 542nd Regiment, I heard a voice shouting: "You all listen, check all the weapons and ammunition for me again, and if anyone drops the chain during the siege of the city tomorrow, don't blame me, the battalion commander, for not giving you face." ”

Wang Haitao walked in the direction where the voice came from, turned a wall, and in the open space in front of him, many soldiers were checking and wiping light and heavy machine guns, and a tall back was in front of all the soldiers, also wiping a light machine gun. Wang Haitao looked at this familiar back, his heart was hot, and he shouted: "Mountain Tiger!"

The back was stunned for a moment, turned around, and shouted excitedly after seeing Wang Haitao: "Brother Wang!" Then he reacted that it was wrong, and shouted after standing up and saluting: "Military seat!" Wang Haitao walked in front of Tang Shanhu in a few steps, pulled down Tang Shanhu's saluting hand and said: "Mountain Tiger, that sentence Brother Wang still makes me feel comfortable, but I have always regarded you and the mountain leopard as brothers." It's just that from the Battle of Shanghai to the present, I've been busy with the war, and I'm often with the mountain leopard, but I don't have time to come and see you, so I won't blame Brother Wang, right?"

Tang Shanhu smiled innocently, and then said: "How can I blame Brother Wang, Brother Wang is a person who does big things, and I can't help Brother Wang, so I can only listen to Brother Wang's words and don't make trouble for Brother Wang." Wang Haitao said: "Don't talk to your brother Wang about these vain things, tell Brother Wang, how are you doing? Have you encountered any problems? Say it, Brother Wang will help you." ”

Tang Shanhu smiled again and said: "Brother Wang, I'm doing well, the brigade seat and the group seat are very good to me, I don't have any difficulties, but there is one thing, can Brother Wang help me?" Wang Haitao smiled and said: "Mountain Tiger, if you say anything, I will definitely help if I can help." Tang Shanhu said: "Brother Wang, last time I was in Purple Mountain, the brigade guard battalion had dozens of Gaoping dual-purpose twin heavy machine guns, which were used to fight planes, I also wanted to try it, but the guard battalion didn't let me touch it at all, can you send me one, Brother Wang?"