When it was time to fight, he would fight. When it was not time to fight, he would not fight. Otherwise, he would lose his troops in vain. Sometimes, Yan Wenbin indeed had the personality of a gambler, but many times, when it was time to be cautious, Yan Wenbin would also be cautious.
He knew that this was a war and not a game. The soldiers who had been sent out to investigate had said so. He was not sure, but he had heard a general idea from some people. But how many troops there were, ordinary people definitely didn't know. If someone without military training went to scout, he wouldn't know how to determine how many troops there were.
Could it be that you want him to lie there and tell the enemies not to move and let him count how many people there are? Stop talking nonsense!
It was precisely because of these reasons that Yan Wenbin decided to test the waters again.
"Test? How are you going to test me? Hit them? But if we do that, we'll be exposed!”
Wang Mingzhi frowned.
"Don't be afraid of being exposed. Besides, it's only a matter of time before we're exposed. The operation at Henglin Train Station just now had already made us into the eyes of the Japanese. It's just that they don't know how many troops we have now.”
Yan Wenbin laughed and said.
After that, Yan Wenbin stared at the map for a while more. Then, he asked He Jie to gather the ten battalion commanders and the battalion commander of the guard battalion!
"Everyone, we are now in Yaoguan Town, which is about seven kilometers away from the nearest East Gate of Changzhou. Our first mission tonight is to find out how many Japanese troops are in Changzhou. It was unrealistic to say that they would directly attack. Once they did, they would not be able to test the others, but they would have already tested them.
So I've decided to split our forces temporarily. Including the guard battalion, we have a total of eleven battalions. I've decided to split them into five groups.
The 1st Battalion and 6th Battalion moved together, carrying a radio station.
The 2nd Battalion and 7th Battalion moved together, carrying a radio station.
The 3rd Battalion and 8th Battalion moved together, carrying a radio station.
The 4th Battalion and 9th Battalion walked together, carrying a radio station.
The 5th Battalion, 10th Battalion, and Guard Battalion followed the regiment headquarters.”
The reason why Yan Wenbin wanted to split it this way was because they only had five radio stations now. These radio stations were all seized from the Japanese. After so many battles, they had only seized five intact radio stations. In order to facilitate the command of the troops, Yan Wenbin divided them into five parts.
Actually, this was also good. Each division had at least two battalions and two thousand soldiers. If they really encountered the Japanese, they could still escape if they couldn't defeat them!
Unless they encountered a Japanese exploration team or more, they might be left behind.
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The troops were split into five groups. Yan Wenbin led three infantry battalions to Yaoguan Town, but the other eight battalions had already begun to rush towards the four gates of Changzhou.
The first and sixth battalions went to the west gate, the second and seventh battalions went to the south gate, the third and eighth battalions went to the north gate, and the fourth and ninth battalions went to the east gate.
"Old Yan, how are you going to probe this time? Aren't you afraid that the Japanese will find out that you've scattered your troops at the four city gates?”
Wang Mingzhi stood beside Yan Wenbin and asked softly. It was indeed very easy for the Japanese to discover Yan Wenbin's division. Moreover, if the Japanese sent troops, it would be a little troublesome. It would be difficult for them to provide support.
"Discovered? Haha! It would be great if those Japanese could really take the initiative to leave the city. If we want to test the enemy, we must first mobilize the enemy. It would be best if we could get them to come out and fight with us. As for the specific arrangements, hehe! Just watch! Wait until they reached the designated location!”
Yan Wenbin said with a smile. He already had some ideas in his heart.
At around 11:30 p. m., all the departments sent back news that they had arrived at the designated location.
"Very good! He had to generate electricity for the 1st and 6th battalions and ask them to send out small groups of troops to quietly blow up the city gates. If the Japanese discovered them, they would immediately retreat and engage in positional warfare with the Japanese to get them out of the city. If they were not discovered, they would blow up the city gate and seize control of the west gate tower.”
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A small troop carrying explosives began to quietly approach the west gate.
There was a medicine flag on the top of the tower, and some Japanese soldiers were standing guard, but there were not many of them. It was obvious that they were very arrogant.
However, they also had the right to be arrogant. Now, whether it was the North China battlefield or the Central China battlefield, the national army had been defeated again and again. Even Shanghai was lost. Now that it had been beaten to Nanjing by the Japanese army, how could the Japanese army not be proud?
Where was he now? This was Changzhou. In the eyes of the Japanese army, this was their rear! Naturally, the Japanese army here would not be so vigilant.
Five to six soldiers, which was about half a squad, carried their own weapons on their backs, and held explosive bags and grenades in their hands. They bent down and tried to find a place that was not easily discovered by the Japanese army.
The Japanese army was too proud. Their recent victories had made them look down on the Chinese army.
The soldiers looked at each other and placed the explosives at the door. Then, they pulled the detonator and ran to both sides of the city wall. At this time, if they dared to run to their own position, once the explosives exploded, the Japanese army would definitely look at this land. At that time, they would be completely exposed to the Japanese army's guns. That would be courting death.
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
...
With a few consecutive explosions, the two larger wooden doors immediately fell apart. So many explosives and grenades had completely blown them apart.
The moment the explosives went off, the Japanese soldiers on the city wall looked down. The explosion gave them a fright.
"Enemy ~ attack ~"
"Be prepared!"
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The Japanese soldiers on the city wall kept talking in Japanese, but Chen Chengye and the others couldn't understand them.
"Light machine guns, mortars, cover! They charged into the city and seized control of the city walls!”
Chen Chengye waved his hand, and an assault team that had already been organized came forward. They all bent their backs and quickly approached the city gate, wanting to rush into the city as soon as possible.
The Japanese soldiers on the city wall also began to counterattack. At the beginning, the Japanese soldiers 'firepower was very weak, but as time passed, their reinforcements seemed to have arrived. Light and heavy machine guns began to roar. Many soldiers fell on the way.
Inside the city gate that Chen Chengye and the others had blown up, there was suddenly an additional line of defense made of sandbags. The Japanese army had set up heavy and light machine guns there.
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