Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Chief of Staff Xu also smiled and said that it was no problem. He really wanted to go and see in person the 102nd Division, a group of proud and brave soldiers of the Central Army. He was also curious about how the 102nd Division had fought its previous counterattack and this operation. Only by seeing it with his own eyes could he fully believe it.

After Zhang Wenwu cleaned up the battlefield, he arranged for the 811th Regiment to send a battalion of soldiers to cooperate with the officers and soldiers of the Death Squad to transport the seized supplies to Taierzhuang. The remaining officers and soldiers of the 811th Regiment, led by the regiment commander Xu Fusheng, surrounded the Japanese positions from the rear.

After arranging everything, Zhang Wenwu returned to the starting position in Taierzhuang. He needed to discuss with Ouyang Heng how to attack and eliminate the 800 Japanese troops in the main position.

"Brigade Commander, I have carefully observed from three directions today. The Japanese fortifications are still very complete. It is like a tortoise shell. The Japanese commander has sent two waves of Japanese troops to rescue the artillery positions today. Now we have occupied the artillery positions. The other side will definitely defend this tortoise shell-like position. In addition, although the Japanese planes did not cause substantial damage to our artillery today, the existence of Japanese planes is a very big threat to our offensive starting tomorrow. We have to guard against it. If it doesn't work, we will attack at night to reduce the casualties caused by Japanese planes." Ouyang Heng pointed to the Japanese defense map he drew today and introduced it.

Zhang Wenwu carefully looked at the map drawn by Ouyang Heng. He had to say that Ouyang Heng's staff professional skills were really excellent. The Japanese front-line positions were drawn in great detail on the map. However, after hearing Ouyang Heng say that the attack could only be launched at night, Zhang Wenwu hurriedly said, "Brother Ouyang, I'm afraid the war zone won't give us much time. If we can only attack at night, the progress will be very slow."

Zhang Wenwu didn't think that the war zone would give him a long time to fight with the Japanese army. Even if the war zone gave him time, the 20th Corps would not give him too much time. Although the 20th Corps had tens of thousands of troops, it would be extremely difficult to stop the mechanized attack of the Japanese army in this open plain area.

"But, Brigade Commander, the threat of Japanese aircraft during the day is a big problem. It will cause serious casualties to our attacking troops." Ouyang Heng certainly knew that what Zhang Wenwu said was right, but he had to formulate a combat plan based on the actual situation of the troops.

Zhang Wenwu took out a cigarette and started smoking. He had to think about what to do. His troops had no anti-aircraft firepower, and the Japanese could drop bombs and strafe at will. His troops might be blown up by Japanese planes before they could even reach their positions. This kind of thing had happened many times during the Battle of Shanghai.

How can we prevent the Japanese planes from causing trouble in the sky? It would be great if there were anti-aircraft guns. In that case, he could effectively attack and defend against the Japanese planes. But he didn't even have anti-aircraft guns. Suddenly, he thought of a way, so he said to Ouyang Heng: "Brother Ouyang, let's get rid of the Japanese planes first."

Ouyang Heng didn't understand what Zhang Wenwu meant, so he reminded him: "Brigade Commander, the Japanese planes are in the sky, we can't hit them."

"If we can't hit it from the sky, then we have to wait until it lands. Don't Japanese planes have to land?" Zhang Wenwu explained to Ouyang Heng with a smile.

Ouyang Heng reacted immediately. Yes, send troops to attack the Japanese airport and try to blow up all the Japanese planes on the ground. But he immediately thought of another problem, so he said to Zhang Wenwu: "Brigade Commander, this is a good idea, but we don't know where the Japanese airport is."

After Zhang Wenwu exhaled a puff of smoke, he said to Ouyang Heng with a confident expression: "We don't know, but the theater can mobilize intelligence agencies to investigate. The planes are taking off and landing, so it must be impossible to keep it secret. The theater asked us to eliminate this group of Japanese troops, so they must provide us with some help. Besides, if these planes are shot down, it can also ease the situation over at the 20th Corps. At least they don't have to worry about the threat from the air for the time being."

Ouyang Heng thought about it and felt that what Zhang Wenwu said was right. Before he could say anything, he saw a messenger walk into the temporary command post and report: "Brigade Commander Zhang, Chief of Staff Ouyang, the division commander wants you to go to the division headquarters immediately to hold an important meeting."

Zhang Wenwu and Ouyang Heng looked at each other. They didn't understand why the division commander suddenly called them to a meeting at this time. Did the 20th Corps collapse? It was impossible. They had only fought for more than a day. The 20th Corps couldn't have collapsed so quickly.

After arriving at the division headquarters on the south bank of the canal, Zhang Wenwu discovered that the commanders of the 210th Brigade and the 211th Brigade had also come to the division headquarters, which made him even more unable to guess what was going on.

Chief of Staff Xu, along with a company of military police, took a train to the headquarters of the 102nd Division in Taierzhuang at dark. The commanders of the 102nd Division, who had received the news long ago, were already waiting by the railway.

As soon as Chief of Staff Xu got off the train, Division Commander Huang, together with Chief of Staff Zhao Dong and Deputy Division Commander Qi, went to greet him, stood at attention and saluted, saying: "Chief of Staff Xu, welcome to inspect the 102nd Division. On behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the division, I welcome your arrival." Division Commander Huang politely reported to Chief of Staff Xu.

Chief of Staff Xu also smiled and saluted back, then shook Commander Huang's hand and said, "Hey, Commander Huang, you are our heroes."

Division Commander Huang quickly expressed that he was not worthy of the responsibility, as it was all the superiors who made the plans. At the same time, he accompanied Chief of Staff Xu to the division headquarters. The bigwigs of the 102nd Division knew very well why Chief of Staff Xu suddenly came to inspect at this time.

Most of the trouble was caused by the telegram they sent in the afternoon, but they did not blame the commanders of the war zone for their doubts. Because if it was not their own troops who had achieved this victory, they would not believe a word of it when they heard such a battle report. The casualty ratio in the telegram was simply off the mark.

When Commander Huang and his men accompanied Chief of Staff Xu to the division headquarters, Zhang Wenwu and two other brigade commanders and the chief of staff were gathered together smoking and bragging. Because they had won the battle, everyone was in a very good mood. However, no one knew why the commander had called everyone over this time.

"The commander is here." The staff officer at the door saw the bigwigs of the division headquarters walking over accompanied by an officer with a lieutenant general badge, so he quickly stood at attention and saluted and shouted loudly.

When Zhang Wenwu and several brigade commanders and chiefs of staff heard the chief of staff at the door shouting the command so solemnly, they were startled. They quickly threw away the cigarettes in their hands and stood up straight. They all knew very well that the person who could make the chief of staff enforce the military regulations so formally must be a very important person.

When Chief of Staff Xu walked to the door, he politely saluted the officer in charge, and then walked into the small courtyard of the division headquarters with Commander Huang and others.

When Commander Huang saw that all the chief officers of his troops had arrived and were standing upright in the yard, he felt very proud, so he quickly introduced them to Chief of Staff Xu one by one.

"You are Zhang Wenwu. We have seen your name many times in telegrams. We can be considered old acquaintances who have never met each other. Haha." When Commander Huang introduced Zhang Wenwu, Chief of Staff Xu joked with great interest.

After hearing what Chief of Staff Xu said, Zhang Wenwu smiled awkwardly. What else could he say? It would be best to say nothing at this time. The boss was joking with you because he thought highly of you. His rank was there, so he couldn't be disrespectful.

Commander Huang also took up Chief of Staff Xu's words at the right time, and took the opportunity to introduce to everyone that Chief of Staff Xu came here to express his condolences to everyone on behalf of the war zone, and also to guide the next battle against the Japanese troops outside the city.

Chief of Staff Xu also waved his hand and modestly said that he just came to express his condolences to everyone on behalf of the war zone, and at the same time to observe the fighting methods of the 102nd Division. In the future, the fighting methods of the 102nd Division will be promoted throughout the war zone, so that other troops can achieve such impressive results as the 102nd Division in future battles with the Japanese army.

Now the brigade commanders and chiefs of staff all understood. It turned out that the war zone did not believe the battle report submitted by the 102nd Division. Well, that was normal. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would not believe it.

Commander Huang also understood the hint and said that he would first accompany Chief of Staff Xu to inspect the Taierzhuang position, and then Zhang Wenwu would report the next combat plan against the Japanese army.

Chief of Staff Xu was very satisfied with this arrangement. He originally came to see the actual situation and to take a walk around the position and inside the village, which would help him make a better judgment. So, Chief of Staff Xu began his inspection work accompanied by Division Commander Huang, and a group of brigade commanders and chiefs of staff followed them. When Chief of Staff Xu inspected someone's defense zone and troops, they needed to act as "tour guides".

When Chief of Staff Xu saw the 102nd Division's pile of captured artillery, he had a rough idea of ​​the Division's battle report. After seeing the more than 102 captured artillery pieces, Chief of Staff Xu basically believed the contents of the battle report. When he saw the two howitzers and a large pile of captured items that had just been towed back by the Japanese trucks, he completely believed the 102nd Division's previous battle report. Zhang Wenwu also gave Chief of Staff Xu a detailed introduction to today's battle. Only then did Chief of Staff Xu understand how Zhang Wenwu and his men had achieved such a casualty ratio.

At the end of the inspection program, Commander Huang took Chief of Staff Xu to several courtyards on the south bank of the canal, where more than 102 captured Japanese soldiers were held. Now they were all tied up with ropes by the officers and soldiers of the nd Division. The wounded soldiers were just left lying there. As for medical treatment, sorry, the doctors at the division headquarters were very busy and had no time to treat them.

After Chief of Staff Xu returned to the division headquarters, he was in a very good mood. The 102nd Division was truly a unit with top-notch combat capability. It was a wise move for Commander Li to use this unit to defend Taierzhuang.

After arriving at the operations hall of the division headquarters, Zhang Wenwu was responsible for introducing his troops' next combat plan to Chief of Staff Xu. Chief of Staff Xu was also standing in front of the map and looking at Zhang Wenwu with great interest. He wanted to see what methods this young officer was going to use to quickly eliminate the 800 Japanese troops outside the city.

"Chief of Staff Xu, fellow officers, my first step is to dispatch troops from the war zone to take down the Japanese airfield and destroy all of their planes." Zhang Wenwu dropped a big bomb on Chief of Staff Xu and the fellow officers right away.

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