If Lin Feng, the chief of staff of the 18th Division, was a little worried about the chaos of the troops below, and Wang Jun ordered the mobilization of artillery into the city to participate in the battle. Then Li He, the commander of the first battalion of the 54th Regiment, who was the first to attack Tongliao City, faced with the disconnection of his own troops' combat sequence at this moment, and the state of the troops being scattered in companies and platoons was completely big.

This has the same name as the famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, but he does not have the slightest gentle temperament from the outside. Whether it is temper or appearance, the whole guy who flies violently looks a little vulgar on the surface. But in fact, this guy, who is quite thick and thin, told the troops as soon as he attacked the city, avoiding the main arterial road and using the alleys to intersperse in a roundabout way.

This guy, who has participated in the battle in Harbin, knows that the main positions and defensive depths of the defenders in the city are generally deployed along the main arterial roads. Although the situation of the Japanese army being blocked in the barracks in Harbin at the beginning is completely different from the current situation of the Japanese army fighting one by one. But fortunately, there is still some experience to learn from, at least the system of urban defense is much the same.

Although he was not afraid of the Japanese defense, it would definitely cost him more to do so under the strict restrictions on the use of artillery fire by his superiors. Therefore, this guy did not concentrate all his vital forces to go straight to the north street of Liaobei, but took the troops as a company, and he and the instructor each led an infantry company to try to intersperse in a roundabout way, find the weak point of the entire defense system of the Japanese army, and cut directly into it.

To put it bluntly, his tactic was to bypass the main fortified positions of the Japanese army. Use the cover of buildings in the city to find the weak points of the Japanese defense, and break into the deep position of the Japanese defense as quickly as possible. This reduces casualties and speeds up.

Although it is not possible to avoid being surrounded by the Japanese army after breaking into depth, it is much better than gnawing from the front street by street. Li He believed that under the division of so many buildings, the entire defense system of the Japanese army, which could not form an overall defense line, would definitely have weaknesses.

At first, things did turn out as he had judged. He used a number of alleys to avoid the key defensive points of the Japanese army in the northeast of the city, and quickly advanced into the depth of the Japanese army. But in this way, his advance speed was the fastest of all the troops that rushed into the city, and he also reached the second line of defense of the Japanese army.

But in this situation where there are alleys everywhere, another situation arises. In the case of the relatively scattered frontal attack front, his own troops were also disjointed when they could not form an overall offensive, and it could even be said that they were out of order.

In addition to a reinforced company that attacked head-on along North Avenue with the cooperation of a tank platoon, the two companies he personally led were scattered everywhere in the northeast of Tongliao County. Even some of them were in the process of interspersing, and the establishment was disrupted by the hutong groups in front of them. Some platoon commanders actually have only one squad of troops in their hands that can directly control zhì.

Not to mention the troops below, even his battalion headquarters is now out of the shelf. In addition to the fact that the deputy battalion commander commanded the troops to break through from the front in the direction of North Street. The instructor took another company, but he didn't know that he was lost in that ghost alley, and he couldn't get closer.

At this moment, there was only one platoon of troops left around him, and the rest of the troops were still circling in the surrounding alleys. Gunfire was everywhere, but I didn't know which unit it was. The instructor and the two company commanders in the walkie-talkie could get in touch, but they didn't know where they were.

The gunfire can show the location of your own troops and surrounding troops, but in this case, the gunfire can also reveal your position and attract the attention of the surrounding Japanese troops. The most critical problem is that even though you know that your troops are nearby, you can't find a way to get there.

Some troops entered the east-west alley, and some troops entered the north-south alley. Follow the entrances and exits of the alleys where they are located, and they run everywhere. Some troops, after entering a dead-end group with no exit, did not turn out for half a day because they could not find an exit.

This situation undoubtedly gave Li He a headache, and it was not only a problem of mutual support being restricted after the troops encountered the Japanese army. In this kind of situation where there are alleys everywhere, it is difficult for the Japanese army to concentrate a large number of troops. As for the encounter with a small group of Japanese troops, Li He was not worried.

In this kind of close-quarters combat, the submachine guns and automatic rifles in their hands were much better than the Japanese army's Type 38 rifles. If it really happens, his subordinates can only take advantage. Therefore, he was not worried about his scattered troops encountering small Japanese troops.

However, this situation caused considerable problems for his command. Walkie-talkies were equipped with companies, but the troops were scattered in platoons. In such a situation where the terrain is narrow and there are civilian houses everywhere, the company system is to find a living target for the Japanese army. You don't need more than a machine gun, and you can block a company in the alley and can't get out.

If the Japanese machine guns blocked the mouth of the alley and suddenly opened fire, they could string a platoon in the alley that could not even turn into a sugar gourd. Taking a company as a unit and fighting in such a situation is to think that you have too many soldiers and die slowly. However, it is not only difficult to control the troops by oneself and adjust tactics, but also when the troops need to be concentrated.

I don't even know where I am, so how can I concentrate my troops? They couldn't even find the direction, and even if they knew they were there, the troops couldn't be relied on. Faced with the situation in front of him, Li He now doesn't know whether his decision to use the alley was right or wrong.

Li He, who was a little irritable, pushed the steel helmet with a pistol, pointed to a family on his left hand at the platoon commander next to him, and said, "You go, I don't care what method you use to invite a common man for me." It doesn't matter if you're a man, a woman, or a young man, as long as you're not a child or an old man, you can know the Tao. ”

"What the fuck, this place is full of alleys. I finally found an exit, and I don't know what the hell it leads to, and it's like a fucking maze. With no one to lead the way, we can turn out in the Year of the Monkey. ”

For the order of the battalion commander, the platoon commander naturally did not refuse. It's just that this guy's cultivation is obviously much worse than that of his battalion commander, and his actions are much more rude. When he came to the small courtyard pointed out by the battalion commander, he didn't call the door, and the neat butt of the gun smashed the door open and rushed in, arresting the whole family.

Looking at the twelve people of all ages and children who were brought over by this platoon commander, Li He, who took off his steel helmet and threw it into the arms of the correspondent behind him because of sweating, scratched his scalp even more irritably. Turning his head to the platoon commander, he said angrily: "I asked you to hire a guide, what are you doing with all the family?" ”

"Are you going to let those two old men in their sixties and seventies, and the seven or eight-year-old kids, brave the guns to show us the way? Are you going to carry it, or are you going to carry it? And that nursing child, who can't even speak, you let him show you the way? Are you a pig's brain? ”

"Grandma, if only the instructor were here. You kid scare people like this, how can Lao Tzu, a clumsy and clumsy person, do mass work? The devil scolds us for being beards all day long, and you kid is doing this, it's just like the devil said, it's really fucking bearded. ”

The battalion commander's anger frightened the platoon commander, who was still trying to distinguish something at first, and he shrank his neck and didn't dare to say anything more. And the gunfire on the other side itself was scared enough, and the family who was a little frightened by the bandit style of the platoon commander was a little too frightened. looked at this guy with a pistol in his hand, covered in blood or sweat, and the soldier with a loaded gun beside him.

was even more frightened, and didn't dare to say a word, standing in front of him tremblingly. If it weren't for the wall behind him to lean on, it would probably be spread directly on the ground. The family who was rudely invited by the platoon commander was really frightened, and the child who was still nursing wanted to cry, and the young woman who was holding him covered his mouth with a handful of them. For fear of annoying the guy in front of him, he jumped them directly.

Facing the family in front of him who was obviously frightened, Li He swallowed his saliva and struggled a lot, in the words of the platoon commander who caused trouble next to him later, it was simply an unprecedented gentle tone, regardless of whether people were illiterate or not, he pointed to the words of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army on his chest and said: "Several fellow countrymen, we are the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, and we are Chinese's own team." ”

"We are now fighting against the Japanese army in order to liberate you, and we are destroying the Japanese army in Tongliao City. But you guys are full of alleys here, and we're lost now. Could you please one of you who is familiar with the situation in the city and give us a guide to show us the way? ”

"As long as you promise to show us the way, I promise to keep him safe. When they found their way to the main road, our army let them back. In addition, we can pay you in cash for your efforts. If you can't do it, you can draw us a detailed map of the city. ”

In order to show his sincerity, Li He directly rummaged through all the pockets of the military uniform on his body, and scraped together all the money in the pockets of the soldiers around him. It's just a pity that they are all a bunch of poor ghosts, and the money they can make up is really limited. The cadres and soldiers of a platoon, plus his dignified battalion commander, and the walkie-talkers around him, the twenty or thirty people only scraped together less than 20 yuan in cash.

At present, the Anti-Japanese Federation still implements a supply system, and the troops only pay a small amount of allowance every month to cadres and soldiers who have not yet started a family. And this allowance has risen once at the beginning of this year since the day it was first distributed, and the total amount is really not much.

In excluding some necessary expenses, even if Li He is a battalion cadre, what can be left is quite limited. Not to mention the company and platoon cadres below, as well as soldiers in general. A platoon can make up more than 20 yuan, although it is very inconspicuous, but it is already a lot for these cadres and soldiers.

The only money that is the key is not the pseudo-Manchurian currency currently in circulation in the Tongliao area, but the renminbi issued in the base area. It is easy for this renminbi to circulate in the base area, but this Tongliao was still an enemy-occupied area in the past, including now, and who recognizes this renminbi here. People just collect it, and if they can't spend it, it's not the same as a pile of waste paper?

Looking at the RMB in his hand, Li He stuffed it back with some embarrassment. took out a notebook from the bag on his body, took out a pen and said with a smile: "We don't have fake Manchurian coins on us, and even the renminbi is less than 20 yuan." Do you think this is good, I'll give you an IOU, and when the battle is over, I'll let our higher government come and settle the bill for you, okay? ”

"As long as we pay the price and make sure that your requirements are met as much as possible, we can also subsidize you with some food and meat in addition to cash. I use my party spirit and personality to guarantee that even if we all sacrifice, as long as this IOU is there, no one will be able to repay the debt. ”