binnovel Chapter 178 Counterattack (4)
Chapter 178 Counterattack (4)
These more than 300 Japanese prisoners were mainly composed of the more than 800 unfortunate reinforcements that Fukuei Shinpei had transferred from outside the city. The explosion of the ammunition depot directly killed all the Japanese soldiers. Even the commander of the team, Major Hirata Maogoro, was blown into the air. These more than 300 Japanese soldiers were stunned or injured by the explosion. They also wanted to be loyal to the emperor, but they couldn't even raise their hands, let alone such a difficult thing as committing suicide.
Capturing Japanese officers and soldiers is still very rare for the current Chinese army. Even in later generations, on the day when Japan surrendered, the entire China had only captured more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers. You can imagine what a great achievement it would be for Zhang Wenwu to capture more than 300 Japanese soldiers.
At half past six in the morning, Taierzhuang was basically completely occupied by the 102nd Division. The remaining Japanese troops in the city were being slowly swallowed up bit by bit by the troops commanded by Zhang Wenwu. Outside the city, Colonel Fukuei Shinpei was leading the remaining Japanese troops to repair the city, preparing to resist the large-scale attack of the elite Chinese army.
"Commander Li, the 102nd Division has sent a telegram. It's a great victory." Chief of Staff Xu excitedly walked into Commander Li's office with the battle report just sent by the 102nd Division.
Commander Li quickly took the telegram and read it. When he saw that the 102nd Division had actually achieved its goal of driving the Japanese out of Taierzhuang, he was also surprised and said in amazement: "Incredible, this is incredible, Yan Mou, how did they fight this battle? Has the battle report been verified?"
Chief of Staff Xu was also amazed at the 102nd Division's battle and said, "Yes, who would have thought that the 102nd Division would actually succeed in this counterattack? The battle report has not been verified yet, but I think the 102nd Division would not dare to falsely report the results at this time. I think the results are credible."
Commander Li said with some regret: "It's a pity that although the 102nd Division fought well in this battle, some of the Japanese troops in the city still escaped. It would have been much better if we had waited a little longer. Today, the th Corps has completed the entire army's turn. But it's not bad. Order the th Corps to attack and advance in the direction of Taierzhuang according to the predetermined plan of the war zone. Be sure to completely eliminate this remaining Japanese army."
Chief of Staff Xu also nodded. Just as he was about to execute the order issued by Commander Li, he saw a colonel officer hurriedly walked into the office and reported: "Commander Li, Chief of Staff Xu, the 52th Corps sent a telegram saying that a large number of Japanese troops were found behind their left wing. Now the Japanese troops have exchanged fire with their nd Army on the left wing. Corps Commander Tang believes that the number of Japanese troops is unknown and they cannot rashly continue to advance towards Taierzhuang. He needs to repel the Japanese troops that have appeared before launching an attack on Taierzhuang as originally planned."
After listening to the colonel's words, Commander Li hurriedly walked to the officer's side, snatched the telegram and started reading it. After reading the content, Commander Li walked to the map on the wall with a dark face and asked without turning his head: "Yan Mou, has there been no news from the 59th Army that the Japanese troops have been mobilized?"
Chief of Staff Xu also walked to the map with a serious face and reported: "Commander Li, the 59th Army sent a telegram last night saying that the troops of the 5th Division are still confronting and exchanging fire with them outside Linyi City, and no signs of large-scale mobilization of the Japanese army have been found."
"No mobilization? Did these Japanese troops that appeared on the rear side of the 20th Corps fall from the sky? You personally send a telegram to Commander Zhang and ask him to quickly figure out the troop deployment of the Fifth Division in Linyi." Commander Li ordered a little angrily. You must know that at such a critical moment, any negligence can be fatal.
Chief of Staff Xu nodded. Before he could leave the office, the colonel rushed into the office again in a panic. Chief of Staff Xu frowned and asked, "What happened again? Why are you so panicked?"
"Report, Commander Li, Chief of Staff Xu, the 110th Corps sent an urgent telegram. On the right flank of their corps, they discovered that the main force of the th Regiment of the th Division of the Japanese Army was attacking from Yi County to Taierzhuang. Now they have engaged in a firefight with the th Division on the right wing of the th Corps. The Japanese troops in Zaozhuang are also attacking towards Taierzhuang. The nd Division, which is responsible for covering the rear, is blocking this force of Japanese troops." The colonel officer hurriedly reported the contents of the urgent telegram from the th Corps.
"What?" Chief of Staff Xu snatched the telegram and started reading it.
Commander Li is a little confused now. There is no need to verify the battle report of the 102nd Division in Taierzhuang. Judging from the three parallel reinforcements of the Japanese Army, the 102nd Division must have won a great victory. But the th Corps is in a tough situation now. The Japanese Army is reinforcing in the direction of Taierzhuang from three directions, which completely sandwiched the th Corps and ravaged it. No wonder Commander Tang of the th Corps sent urgent telegrams one after another.
Commander Li stared at the map on the wall for a while, then turned to Chief of Staff Xu and ordered: "Yanmou, it seems that the 102nd Division's previous guess was correct. Fortunately, they launched a counterattack in advance. Our previous battle plan needs to be revised. First, order the 102th Corps to defend on the spot and do not let the Japanese army go south to the Taierzhuang battlefield. Second, order the nd Division to clear out the Japanese troops in Taierzhuang as soon as possible, and then launch an attack on the Japanese troops stationed outside the village. This Japanese army must be annihilated. Only by eliminating this Japanese army, the three Japanese reinforcements will retreat."
The battle report of the 102nd Division's victory in Taierzhuang was quickly passed to the Military Commission, which made Commander Chen extremely happy. Less than twenty minutes after he received the report, he was called in for an interview by senior government officials. When he came out, Commander Chen had already obtained a new number approved by the Military Commission: the 102th Brigade of the 100nd Division.
The telegram from the war zone soon reached the hands of Commander Huang of the 102nd Division. He frowned and looked at the telegram in his hand, feeling a little amused. Zhang Wenwu had really judged the Japanese reinforcements correctly. Moreover, due to the battle of Taierzhuang, the Japanese reinforcements this time were advancing in three directions. He was originally waiting for the th Corps to rescue him, but now it suddenly turned out that his troops had to help the th Corps to rescue them. This was really a changing of the guard.
"Division Commander, it is really difficult for our division to complete the order from the war zone right now. The Japanese troops outside the city are building fortifications. With the current personnel in our division, it is difficult to quickly eliminate this group of Japanese troops." Chief of Staff Zhao Dong also stated his conclusion while looking at the map.
"The orders from the war zone must be carried out. The only thing the 20th Corps can count on now is our ability to quickly eliminate this Japanese army. Go and call Zhang Wenwu and Ouyang Heng over. Now their brigade is the only one in the entire division that has the ability to complete this task. Give them the task." Division Commander Huang set the tone right away. He must complete this task. He knew the importance of the 20th Corps, so no matter how difficult it was, he had to carry out this order.
Zhang Wenwu was happily directing his officers and men to bombard the houses occupied by the Japanese army. A communications soldier from the division headquarters finally found him inside the village and informed him and Ouyang Heng to hurry to the division headquarters, as the division commander and chief of staff had a mission to assign.
When Zhang Wenwu heard that a new mission had been assigned, he quickly found Ouyang Heng, and the two of them returned to the division headquarters with a platoon of soldiers.
"Reporting to the division commander and chief of staff, I am Zhang Wenwu (Ouyang Heng) from the supplementary brigade, and I am here to report for duty. Please give me your instructions." Zhang Wenwu and Ouyang Heng quickly stood at attention and saluted.
"Wenwu, Ouyang, you fought beautifully this time. How is the troops doing now? Are the losses heavy?" Chief of Staff Zhao Dong greeted the two people who had just entered the combat hall with a smile.
Zhang Wenwu heard Chief of Staff Zhao Dong's question, so he quickly replied: "Reporting to the Chief of Staff, the troops suffered a total of 1,100 casualties in the counterattack last night. The brigade now has about 2,000 officers and soldiers who can be deployed at any time."
After hearing Zhang Wenwu's report, Division Commander Huang thought for a while, and then introduced the latest situation and the new tasks assigned to the 102nd Division by the war zone, and at the same time ordered Zhang Wenwu's supplementary brigade to carry out this task.
Zhang Wenwu frowned when he heard the new mission given to the 102nd Division by the war zone. It would be extremely difficult to rely on his two thousand officers and soldiers to eliminate more than a thousand Japanese troops outside the city. Even if he had seized so many artillery pieces and strengthened his firepower, this battle would not be easy to fight.
"Yes, I will definitely complete the task. However, Commander, I have a request. That is, can you give my troops one day to prepare?" Zhang Wenwu took the task directly. He knew that the only brigade in the 102nd Division that could complete this task was his own brigade with a relatively large number of personnel. The 210th Brigade and the 211th Brigade combined now have less people than his brigade, so there was no hope at all.
Commander Huang thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Okay, I'll buy you a day to rest. Before 8 a.m. tomorrow, you must launch an attack on the Japanese troops outside the city. Do you understand?"
As soon as they came out of the division headquarters, Zhang Wenwu took Ouyang Heng to the quartermaster department first. He asked Li Houcai to notify Cao Huaguo who was recruiting soldiers in Xuzhou. He ordered Cao Huaguo to do his best to abduct people. Tonight, send as many people as possible over. After handing them over, he and Ouyang Heng returned to the village. They needed to quickly eliminate the remaining Japanese troops in the village.
After Zhang Wenwu returned to the manor, he and Ouyang Heng split up. He was responsible for organizing the troops to speed up the elimination of the Japanese troops in the city. Now the sound of artillery fire in the city became more frequent.
Ouyang Heng gathered all the officers and soldiers of the suicide squad and asked them to investigate the situation of the Japanese troops outside the city, and at the same time go deep into the rear of the Japanese army to find the Japanese artillery positions. He needed to understand the current situation of the Japanese army and then formulate a reasonable attack plan.
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