Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 877 Teacher Chang becomes a little fanboy!

Teacher Chang humbly asked for advice, and Duan Wu also had to say a few words.

Duan Wu said: Although the location of the Fairy Temple is not very good, it can still be used.

It may seem inconsistent to say this, but it is actually easy to understand when explained.

Let me talk about the Fairy Temple first, why it is not suitable for defensive operations, because of its unique geographical environment.

It is recorded in ancient texts that the predecessor of the Fairy Temple was Caijiazhuang. It is said that in the year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a catastrophe fell from the sky, and a black dragon from the East China Sea came here to play monsters.

At that time, it was raining cats and rivers, and the floods submerged crops and houses, and the people suffered unspeakably.But the plague god came again, and the whole village was dying of vomiting and diarrhea.

At a critical juncture, a white dragon flew from the sky and headed up to kill the black dragon.After several hours of fighting, the black dragon was defeated and fled in embarrassment.The clouds cleared and the fog cleared, and the water receded towards the Yangtze River.At this time, another yellow crane flew from the sky, and it floated down with a medicinal herb in its mouth.After a while, the white dragon and the yellow crane disappeared, and two women dressed as Taoist nuns appeared in front of people.

It turned out that they were Du Jiang and Kang Zixia, the female Taoist priests of the Dongling Notre Dame Temple.The two girls made soup with herbs and sent it to every household, which saved the whole village from danger.

Later, the two girls turned into two white dragons and soared into the sky, and passed away on the colorful clouds.In order to thank them for their kindness, people built a temple by the river to worship the two fairies.Later, Caijiazhuang was replaced by the name of "Fairy Temple".

It is not difficult to see from here that the heavy rain was wasted and the floods converged on the Yangtze River. Years of erosion and deposition have made the soil here soft.

Although it is easier to dig trenches in this way, the same criticism is that the defense is extremely poor. Just like the Battle of Songhu, after the enemy's round of shelling, far fewer people were killed than buried in the soil.

Therefore, it is not advisable to build fortifications around the Fairy Temple.

However, since this is the case, why does the Dragon Boat Festival still say that it can be used?
It's actually very simple, fortifications can be built, but don't put so many people.

There are villagers' houses near the Fairy Temple, these can be used as cover.

Of course, under the bombardment of the devil's heavy artillery, even houses will be razed to the ground.

But this is exactly the reason why Duan Wu said that fortifications can be built, but not so many people.

If a lot of troops are invested here, the more soldiers per square meter, the greater the casualties as soon as the devil cannon hits.

Therefore, only a small number of troops can be invested, and more than two-thirds can be used as a reserve team.The rest of the people were all evacuated.

Because it doesn't make any sense to put all the troops into the Fairy Temple, and all gathered together are just waiting to eat cannon fodder.

Mr. Chang thought for a while and said, "This is not going to happen, Special Commissioner, I understand all the reasons you said, but the common people are behind us. If we can't stop the devils around the Fairy Temple, what will those folks do?"

Duan Wu sneered and said, "Old Chang, maybe you don't know? The devils have already infiltrated your rear. Although it's only a small group of troops, as long as they cut off your escape route, your 111th Division will really be successful." A dish on the mouth of the little devil."

"What? The devil has infiltrated it?"

Teacher Chang was surprised, but at this time Wang Zhongxin sneered and said: "My teacher Chang, it seems that your intelligence work is not good at all? A small team of devils has quietly bypassed your defense line and went straight to Tianchang Town. If the devils Occupy Tianchang Town, then the 111th Division will have no way to retreat, and will be surrounded and wiped out in Tianchang Town."

"Okay, Tianchang Town is the only way for our army to pass, I must take it back immediately."

Commander Chang panicked a little. Although the Japanese army only had one squad heading towards Tianchang Town, Tianchang Town was the only way for the 111th Division to retreat northward. Once the devils got stuck there, the 111th Division would be in a very dangerous situation.

Don't look at it as just a small group of devils, but it gives Master Chang a feeling of being on his back.

Thinking of this, Master Chang wanted to send someone to chase after the devil and take back Tianchang Town.

I just didn't want to be at this moment, but Wang Zhongxin said quietly again: "I said, Master Chang, don't be too busy, the devils who infiltrated have already been wiped out by the special commissioner and Captain Zhou."

"Annihilated?"

Teacher Chang was shocked, because there are more than 60 devils in a small team, could they all be wiped out with just two people?
Of course, Master Chang never expected that this team was not fully staffed, and it was a fluke to break through the 111th division's defense line.

They were originally ordered to investigate, but they didn't want to go around behind the 111th Division by mistake.

At this moment, the brigade of the 111th Division deployed their defenses. Seeing that they could not go back, they explained the situation to Captain Honda.

Honda Yi Er was very happy to hear the news, and immediately ordered the reconnaissance team to cancel the reconnaissance mission and let them immediately go to Tianchang Town to occupy there.

He had already received reliable information that in order to stop the Imperial Japanese Army, the 111th Division had already dispatched all available troops to the front line, and there was only a security regiment of less than 200 people left behind in Tianchang Town.

In the eyes of Honda Yi Er, the security regiment was not even considered a third-rate army. Forty or so imperial troops were enough to occupy Tianchang Town.

It's just that what Honda didn't expect was that when the devils were committing crimes, they met Duan Wu, and all the devils escaped after being attacked by Duan Wu, and all of them were beheaded and killed outside Tianchang Town.

So when he heard that Duan Wu and Zhou Weiguo killed more than forty devils, Mr. Chang's admiration for Duan Wu continued like the surging river, and he seemed to have become a little fan of Duan Wu.

Of course, in addition to this, Master Chang also noticed Zhou Weiguo for the first time. He originally thought that Zhou Weiguo was just a follower of the special commissioner, but he didn't expect that the other party was also a regiment leader.

"Nice to meet you!"

Master Chang shook hands with Zhou Weiguo, and then continued to ask about the topic before the Dragon Boat Festival, which was how to fight this battle.

Because the Dragon Boat Festival just said how to fight the Fairy Temple, but did not say what to do with the withdrawn troops. Are they going to Shoutianchang Town?

And if this is the case, what is the difference between defending the Fairy Temple?
Of course, Duan Wu would not do that. He used a tree branch to draw a simple topographical map with Chang Chang on the ground and said: "111 Division, although it lacks heavy weapons, it is difficult to compete with the Japanese army head-on, but your ammunition is still sufficient, and you have enough strategic depth.

We're stretching the lines,"

"It's useless. I thought about it before. If the troops are scattered, we are very likely to be eaten by the devils bit by bit."

Teacher Chang suddenly interrupted Duan Wu, because he thought it was inappropriate, otherwise he would have done it long ago.

But at this time, Duan Wu smiled and said: "You must be thinking differently from what I think."

"・・・"

Teacher Chang was ashamed, because indeed, if he could guess what Duan Wu was thinking, then he wouldn't have to be so passive.

So Mr. Chang humbly asked: "Special commissioner, how do you say you want to fight?"

(End of this chapter)