On February 24, 1941, at the junction of Guangxi and Hunan, Miaotou Town, which was under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou, was besieged by a large number of bandits, and fierce fighting was very serious, and the situation in Miaotou was urgent.
"Regiment commander, it is estimated that there will be a small half a day's journey, the carriage for pulling ammunition is misdispatched, the wrong thing is loaded, the 79-step machine ammunition issued by the army is loaded in the personnel carrier, and the replenished military rations and ammunition trucks are confused, which directly affects the speed of the shipment of mules, horses and livestock of the third battalion and the troops directly under it, messes up the system, and wastes a lot of effort when the brothers change trains, I am afraid that they will have to be bored in the car for a while."
Qiu Wei said.
Late at night, on the desolate railway, steel wheels rubbed against the rails, making a piercing grinding sound.
All the brothers of the Second Regiment were temporarily dispatched, and after receiving the ammunition and rations supplied by the Fifth Army, the whole regiment set off in a centralized manner, except for an animal transport platoon belonging to a baggage company, a cable and telecommunications platoon belonging to a communications company, and a platoon of seed combat soldiers from three infantry battalions, the only thing that can quickly transport a regiment of troops is a stuffy tank train.
In the locomotive, the battalion-level commanders of the Second Regiment and the commanders of the units directly under the regiment gathered in the cold and damp stuffy tank car to plan for the upcoming battle, the stuffy tank car was no different from that of ordinary soldiers, the floor of the carriage was covered with rotten black straw, an oil lamp hung on the door of the carriage, and an electric lamp manually generated by the soldiers of the regiment headquarters was used for illumination, adding a glimmer of light to the gloomy carriage.
A cold wind blew into the cabin through the cracks in the door panels, making it feel cold and the atmosphere was very quiet.
The sudden fighting atmosphere made the officers of the Second Supplementary Regiment, who had been away from the battlefield for more than a year, a little uncomfortable, even Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei was sitting on the floor of the carriage covered with straw, nibbling on dry food and jerky, drinking cold water, looking at the map sent out by the military headquarters, frowning and worried.
At the beginning of the sortie, something went wrong, the second regiment brought a lot of food and dried meat, and the Fifth Army added another batch, bullets, and grenades, and the regiment carried too many supplies and ammunition, and it carried itself plus the military headquarters allocated supplies, which was equivalent to carrying two batches of ammunition supplies, and as a result, there was chaos in transportation.
"It's hard for these dispatchers, the food and ammunition we brought, plus the army added up to too much, it's not unusual for them to mess up, the train station here doesn't have many military transports, unlike those stations that often engage in military transport, these dispatchers have not experienced, and it's normal to make mistakes, but this delayed time, I don't know if the temple can hold it."
Zheng Yiqun, attached to the regiment, took out a telegram from his briefcase and reported: "The government telegram forwarded by the army said that there is a half-battalion security regiment in Miaotou Town, a company of county security teams, and a number of militia regiments and civil defense forces, and all the young and middle-aged people in the town have been mobilized to resist the attack of the bandits.
If the whole regiment gets off the bus early tomorrow morning, a vanguard force will be sent to advance quickly, and the problem of breaking the siege is not expected to be great. ” Zhang Wei nodded, no longer looking at the rough map of 1/100,000 in hand, this time he went to suppress the bandits, and what was allocated from above was a map of 100,000 elements, which was used to formulate a strategic plan for the staff officers of the organs and units in the general direction, and if it was used to formulate specific tactics and strategies, it would be forgotten.
Not to mention the accuracy of the map, only a large-scale township is shown on the map, Zhang Wei knew at a glance that the place names were incomplete, the distribution of bandits in the target area, and the activities of the bandits were even more lacking, and the reports to Zhang Wei were mostly useless nonsense, and there was no useful information about the enemy situation at all.
In this way, Zhang Wei simply didn't look at it, and the detailed situation could only be studied and pondered by himself when he arrived at the scene.
Mu Chao, the commander of the second battalion, said: "If it is a person from the provincial security regiment, it is still a bit expected to deal with bandits, although the weapons and equipment of the main security regiment are not as good as ours, but there is still a comparison with the general troops, light machine guns, rifles, equipment is better, there may be grenadiers or mortars, the quality of personnel is also higher, some officers are the officers of the original field army, one and a half battalions, plus other old, weak, sick and disabled, it is possible to gather the strength of a town and hold on until tomorrow morning." ” Zhang Wei was silent for a while, and then said.
"Now how the enemy situation is unknown, the terrain, how the battle situation is unknown, everything is unknown, Yiqun has a point, tomorrow morning when it arrives, it must be quickly reinforced, many bandits are habitual bandits, there is experience in fighting with the regular army, let's compare them with heavy troops, tomorrow morning when it arrives, it will take time to unload the truck, mules and horses, machine guns, mortars.
There are too many anti-aircraft guns and communications equipment, we are waiting, the people can't wait, we are a little late, the people will be poisoned a little more, in order to reinforce Miaotou, I plan to let the combat engineer company quickly assault as soon as the car starts, and attack Miaotou Town in the northeast to act as a rapid assault force. ” "He Jinhai, can you complete this task if you leave it to you?"
Zhang Wei looked at He Jinhai, the commander of the regiment's combat engineer company.
"The two earthwork platoons and two bridge platoons of our company, everyone is a task given by the commander of the elite infantry regiment who can fight, and this company is confident that it will be completed."
"Okay, what you want is this momentum, as soon as you unload the car tomorrow, you guys will move forward quickly, it is best to hit the bandits by surprise, what do you need for a quick assault, you just say it now."
He Jinhai thought for a while: "Regiment commander, my company has two earthworking platoons and two bridgework platoons, there are nearly 200 brothers in the whole company, the firepower is now sufficient, the squad leader of the geotechnical platoon is equipped with 20 rings, the squad leader of the two bridge platoons, the combat team leader is equipped with 20 rings, the firepower is sufficient, but it lacks rapid mobility, and it is necessary to maneuver quickly, I want the regiment to allocate some horses, except for some passenger and carrying horses in the company, there are no additional horses, if you want to maneuver quickly, you need a large number of horses. ” "Your Brothers Will Ride Horses" "The training in peacetime has enabled the officers and men of the whole company to master the skills of horseback riding, and all of them can move quickly on horseback, and many veterans and soldiers with high understanding have no less riding skills than specialized cavalry units."
"That's good, get off the car tomorrow, the horses you need, you can be seconded to the baggage company, the baggage company has more than 260 mules and horses of all kinds, although the baggage company owes an animal platoon this time, but there are also about 200 horses, there is no shortage of captured Oriental horses, and the regiment headquarters also has some military horses, although you can take it, the ammunition is also taken at will, I only need a result, to the temple head to relieve the siege" "Yes" Early the next morning, the train pulling the second regiment stopped moving at a temporary stop more than 30 miles away from Miaotou Town. : Genius to remember the address of this site in a second:
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