" Chariots rattling, horses whistling, pedestrians with bows and arrows at their waists."
This poem by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty could also be used on Zhou Weiguo's Yu Yituan. However, it was not the bow and arrow at the waist, but the guns and ammunition.
At this moment, Zhou Weiguo was sitting in the trunk of a truck, holding a flashlight and looking at a map. He Yuchen and Xiao Ya were sitting beside him. No one knew what he was thinking.
The supplies received tonight included not only weapons, ammunition, food supplies, but also radio stations. In order to strengthen the communication between the various units, each company was equipped with a radio station.
"Guild Leader! It's a little dangerous for us to interweave like this tonight! On the left was the Japanese's 13th Regiment, and on the right was the Japanese's 101st Regiment. If we encounter their vanguard, we'll have a lot to fight!”
He Yuchen, who was beside him, also came over to look at the map and said.
"The vanguard? If they really encountered the Japanese's vanguard, they would eat them. Now, the Japanese were extremely arrogant. Their vanguard was only a small team. At most, it was a squadron. It's their bad luck to encounter us!”
Zhou Weiguo said casually as he looked at the map. Indeed, the Japanese were indeed very arrogant. They had won many battles since they entered China, and they had even taken down Nanjing. How could they not be arrogant?
"Yes! Indeed!"
Suddenly, gunshots rang out in front of them, and the entire convoy stopped.
"What happened? Where do you shoot?"
Zhou Weiguo immediately put down the map in his hand and grabbed the submachine gun beside him.
"I don't know!"
He Yuchen did not understand either.
"Regiment Commander, the convoy of the 1st Battalion and 1st Company at the front line has clashed with a group of Japanese. They are currently engaged in a fierce battle!"
At this moment, the telegram operator who was carrying a radio on his back said. Actually, he was only a telegram operator who knew how to send and receive telegrams. He was not a professional telegram operator and was considered a novice. However, it was enough for such an army.
"Ask them how many enemies there are?”
"Yes, sir!"
A few minutes later, the news came back.
"Regiment Commander, they sent news that there's a squadron of Japanese!”
"A squadron? Send a message to Fang Shengli and tell him that I'll give him half an hour. He must finish off this squadron of Japanese in half an hour!”
Zhou Weiguo looked at the time and said.
"Yes, sir!"
"Guild Leader, isn't time a little tight? Only half an hour? That was a squadron of Japanese!”
He Yuchen said with a frown.
"I know! It had been quite some time. Whether it was the Japanese from the 101st Division or the 13th Division, they had all just participated in the Battle of Shanghai and other large-scale battles. Their troops had all suffered losses. A squadron only had 170 to 180 people. If the 400-man battalion can't deal with these Japanese in half an hour, then we really should find a place to train!”
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What Zhou Weiguo didn't know was that he wasn't facing the Japanese from the 101 Regiment. It was the Japanese from the 13th Division.
We all know that in history, the Japanese had conquered China from the east to the west. Even in history, the Japanese had occupied the eastern part of Chuzhou first before taking over Chuzhou.
In fact, this statement was right and wrong.
In reality, the Japanese had indeed occupied Chuzhou from the east to the west, but the Japanese had actually reached the periphery of Chuzhou very early.
The reason why they didn't occupy Chuzhou first and instead occupied the area east of Chuzhou was because there was a railway there called the Jinpu railway line. Chuzhou wasn't as big as it is now. I didn't have complete information about the Jinpu railway. One of the documents showed that this section was from Bengfu to Mingguang, then Mingguang to Lai 'an, and then to Chuzhou, and finally to Pukou. I have a headache as well.
After the Japanese changed their plan and abolished the original Sujia Line plan, they decided to implement another plan.
That was, the Central China Front Army and the North China Front Army would attack from the north and the south respectively, and the center of their attack would be the railway line.
A month later, the various battles before and after the Battle of Xuzhou were all centered around the Jinpu railway line. The Japanese's goal was to control the Jinpu railway line.
The 13th division received the order from Ishigen Matsui to cross the Yangtze River and occupy the Jinpu railway line from Pukou to Bengfu.
After the 13th Division crossed the Yangtze River, they did not occupy Chuzhou first to prevent the Chinese army from destroying the railway line. Instead, they secretly moved east.
Unfortunately, Zhou Weiguo did not know about these things. He did not know that the 13th Regiment's goal was to occupy this section of the Jinpu railway line. Therefore, Zhou Weiguo instinctively drew up a route from Chahe Town to Lai 'an. Fortunately, this was the route they were taking. If they went any further west, they would have crashed into the 13th Regiment.
Southern Chuzhou, Nanqiao District, 13th Division's temporary headquarters.
"Your Excellency Major General! Our vanguard in Shuikou Town has sent word that they have encountered an attack from that army and are currently engaged in battle!”
Dizhou Bing, who was about to sleep, stood up and asked anxiously,"Nani? Were they attacked by the army? Could it be the army from Chu Prefecture City?”
"I don't know! The frontline squadron didn't say!"
The communications advisor shook his head.
"Hurry up and send a message!"
"Ha ~ Yi ~"
After the communications staff officer left, Dizhou was no longer sleepy. He immediately got up, put on his military uniform again, and walked into the command center. He was afraid that the Chinese army was here to blow up the railway.
After walking into the command center, he asked directly,"Zhi, how many people are there in that army? Is it the army in Chuzhou?"
"Major General, the frontline troops have sent a distress message! The firepower of that army was abnormally fierce. They were already on the verge of losing their patience. They called and said that there were about 500 soldiers fighting with them. In addition, they found that there was another army behind them. According to their firepower configuration, it was very likely that it was the central army of the government!”
"Nani? What about the government's central army? Why would they have the Central Army here? Didn't the intelligence department of the empire say that there was no more troops south of the Huai River?”
Dizhou Bing felt that it was unbelievable, but then he thought about it and realized that his troops were all veterans. It was impossible for him to not be able to distinguish the firepower configuration.
"Pass on my order. Order the 58th Takada Regiment to immediately send out a brigade to support the frontline troops. "The remaining two battalions, one from the south and one from the north, will surround this army from Xiangguan Town and Sancheng Town. I really want to know which army this is!”
In the end, he chose to trust his subordinates.
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