Chapter 91 People Who Play Tactics Are All Dirty-Hearted

Although the soldiers who carried out this mission were all new recruits, the soldiers of the first battalion had been well trained, and night marches were also one of their daily activities.

Zhao Gang led his comrades to set off at 7:30, when it was just getting dark.

The choice of time for a night attack is still a commonplace topic, as long as it is between night and early morning.

So the first battalion still had plenty of time, and they only needed to maintain a speed between regular marches and forced marches to run the 50 kilometers to reach Wanjia Town as planned.

In order to ensure safety during the march, after leaving the defense zone of the new second regiment, Zhao Gang sent soldiers to various positions of the troops for reconnaissance.

Fortunately, the road was unobstructed and no traces of the enemy were found.

At 2:30 in the morning, Zhao Gang led the soldiers of the first battalion after several hours of long-distance raids and finally arrived at Wanjia Town.

With the help of the scouts, Zhang Dabiao chose a very hidden forest as a resting point for the first battalion.

After looking at the watch on his wrist, Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief. The time spent on the road was about the same as he imagined.

Although he was so enthusiastic when he argued with Li Yunlong yesterday morning about who would lead the team, this was his first time to command a combat mission of this scale.

Fortunately, Zhang Dabiao was very helpful and helped him to find out the gaps along the way.

With this experience of night march, Zhao Gang felt that he had a deeper understanding of the military theories he had read before.

After everyone was on standby, he summoned Zhang Dabiao and a group of company and platoon leaders to discuss the time of attack.

Although the puppet army was the least vigilant now, the soldiers needed to rest after a long journey.

Everyone looked at the schedule of the Japanese railway patrol team and decided to launch the attack in an hour and a half.

The soldiers who received the rest order hurriedly started to eat. In order to ensure that the combat effectiveness was not affected by too much physical consumption, Li Yunlong specially ordered the kitchen team to prepare cooking cakes and pickles.

In order to save space, many soldiers rolled up the pickles with cooking cakes in advance and put them directly in their pockets.

It was very hot in Shanxi Province in July. When the soldiers took out the midnight snacks, they even had a trace of residual heat.

Zhao Gang was also very tired at this time, so he leaned against the tree and ate two pancakes, and then took out a kettle and drank a big sip of water.

After a short rest, he stood up and walked back and forth among the soldiers to check the physical condition of each comrade.

This was the first time that Zhang Dabiao went on a mission with Zhao Gang. Although he looked like a scholar, he did everything by himself without asking for special treatment.

Although some arrangements were a bit immature, the theoretical knowledge was definitely solid. From the start to now, Zhao Gang has been constantly refreshing Zhang Dabiao's view of him.

Da Miao looked at the political commissar in the crowd. The other party was obviously very tired, but he still cared about the physical condition of the soldiers. At this moment, he suddenly understood why his own regiment leader fell in love with him in just one day.

He looked at the back that looked very "thin" and even felt a little distressed, which reminded him of Zhuge Liang who was sick from overwork.

So Zhang Dabiao stepped forward immediately, held Zhao Gang's arm and said, "Political Commissar, you should also take a rest for a while. We will attack soon."

In fact, Zhang Dabiao was stunned the moment he touched the other party's arm. He didn't expect it to be so thick and hard. Isn't this a pure contrast?

But since the words have been spoken, Da Miao still took over the work of patrolling the camp.

In addition to being afraid that Zhao Gang's body can't stand it, he also considered that his own political commissar is an excellent sharpshooter. Now he needs to rest more so as not to affect his condition in the future.

After circling the field, snoring came one after another in the woods.

Although this place is not far from Wanjia Town, it is beyond the patrol range of the puppet army. The lazy second devils only care about their own one acre and three points of land.

In addition, Zhao Gang is very stable, and guard posts are arranged in multiple directions, so everyone does not need to worry about the risk of exposure.

The town opposite was dead silent, and only the occasional flickering firelight could prove that there were traces of human activities there. At this point, except for the puppet soldiers on the sentry post, everyone else was sleeping soundly in the barracks.

After a while, the scouts sent by Zhao Gang came back and walked directly towards the position of Zhao Gang and Zhang Dabiao.

After feeling someone approaching, the two immediately woke up from their deep sleep.

"Political Commissar, Battalion Commander. I have figured out the terrain of Wanjia Town. There is a main road running through the center of the town. There are buildings on both sides of the main road, and no auxiliary roads have been found."

"According to my observation, the town only has exits on the north and south sides of the main road, and there is a squad of puppet troops stationed in each place."

"The tactical quality of this group of second devils is really poor. I just saw several people sleeping, and there are no guard posts or mobile posts outside the town."

In fact, the moment the reconnaissance results came out, this group of traitors was no different from dead people.

The advantage of cavalry lies in mobility and assault capabilities. As long as the two exits of the town are blocked, the terrain of Wanjia Town will become a good place to close the door and beat the dog.

Zhao Gang didn't have to think at all. This was a perfect plan that even children could think of when fighting in a group. He sent people to summon all three company commanders and twelve platoon leaders of the first battalion to hold a pre-war meeting.

"The puppet army's cavalry battalion is right in front of us. Their combat effectiveness is not strong, but this does not mean that our mission is not difficult."

"The difficulty lies in how we can ensure that we can capture the spoils while training the troops, and there will be no casualties."

"According to the information provided by the regiment leader, there is still an hour and fifteen minutes before the Japanese railway patrol team arrives here. We have enough time."

Zhao Gang took out a simple map and spread it on the ground. He drew it temporarily when he just listened to the scout's report on the terrain. He began to assign tasks to everyone and decided to divide the battalion into two parts.

In the first part, two companies led by the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao went around to the north of Wanjia Town to ambush before the battle began. However, Zhao Gang emphasized not to take the initiative to attack the enemy and strive to create the illusion that the northern exit is safe.

In the second part, he personally led a company of soldiers, leaving enough time for Zhang Dabiao and others to launch an attack from the south.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Gang looked at the officers and said: "This is called empty-handedness to show emptiness, in order to make the battle unsolid, but with the intention of leaving or leaving."

After waiting for a while, he realized that except for Zhang Dabiao, the expressions of the company and platoon leaders were a little confused.

He then remembered that he was not discussing tactics with his classmates from the rear, so he cleared his throat to ease his embarrassment.

"What I mean is that we leave an opening for the puppet troops to prevent them from jumping over the wall. We are here to capture the war horses to gain experience, and we must avoid casualties."

"I led a company of soldiers to apply pressure from the south. After entering the town, I found the stables as soon as possible, and then drove the enemy north."

"When the time comes, you two companies will be beaten hard by me, but you must remember one thing! Don't kill the enemy who surrendered! Don't break the discipline!"

This time the soldiers all understood, and their eyes changed slightly when they looked at Zhao Gang. The political commissar's physical fitness had already surprised them, but now he showed his talent in tactics.

Zhang Dabiao looked at the confident Zhao Gang, and he had already expected the puppet soldiers to kneel on the ground crying for their fathers and mothers. This made him shiver uncontrollably, and he said silently in his heart:

"This educated man is really dirty when he plays tactics."