NCCnovel Chapter 164: Gopher
Chapter 164: Gopher
Wei Dong hurriedly followed the soldier who brought the news to the city wall. When he arrived there, he saw a square tunnel entrance.
"Damn it, do the Japanese want to be moles? Digging holes everywhere?"
Wei Dong did not dare to delay and immediately reported this important information to Dai Anlan.
Dai Anlan was also horrified when he heard this. It would be fine if the Japanese escaped through the tunnel, but if they hid in the underground alleys and launched a surprise attack, it would be a big trouble.
"Alas, it's a pity that I don't have a flamethrower, otherwise I could just set these moles on fire!"
Wei Dong looked at the entrance for a long time. The alley, which was only one square meter in size, was pitch black and he couldn't see the situation inside clearly, so he couldn't send infantry down rashly.
Otherwise, what might greet the soldiers are the Japanese bullets and bayonets.
"Captain Wei, didn't we just seize a lot of gasoline from the Japanese's supply camp? Bring it over here!"
"Yes!"
Although Wei Dong had no idea what Dai Anlan was up to, he still obeyed his orders and drove four cars loaded with gasoline over.
Under the command of Dai Anlan, more than ten tons of gasoline loaded on three trucks were poured into the tunnel entrance.
"Everyone stand back and prepare to light the fire!"
When Wei Dong heard Dai Anlan's instructions, he couldn't help but admire him.
"It's really scary if a scholar gets ruthless!"
The independent columns all withdrew from the city, and the time bomb exploded at the entrance of the tunnel, igniting the gasoline that had poured into the alley.
A violent explosion suddenly erupted in the northeast corner of Yuncheng, and a deep trench several hundred meters long appeared on the ground, extending from inside the city to outside the city.
The raging fire seemed to have ignited the air, and the smell of gasoline mixed with burnt human flesh filled everyone's nostrils.
"Captain Dai, it seems that the Japanese haven't learned the essence of our tunnel warfare? They didn't even dig flood discharge wells in the tunnels?"
"Captain Wei, maybe the Japanese just want to use this alley as an air-raid shelter or a refuge. Because these invaders take this place for granted as their home and never consider being driven out!"
"What a stupid little devil!"
Dai Anlan calmed down and his scarlet eyes returned to normal.
As a Chinese soldier, his blood was boiling.
However, as a commander he had to remain calm.
"Captain Wei, I will lead the 226st Battalion of the Tank Regiment and part of the Artillery Regiment to support the Reconnaissance Battalion and the Anti-Tank Battalion to block the enemy's 227th Regiment. Deputy Commander Wang will lead the nd and rd Battalions of the Tank Regiment and the remaining troops of the Artillery Regiment to support the Mechanized Infantry Regiment to block the th Regiment. Yuncheng is now in your hands!"
Wei Dong nodded excitedly. Rather than engaging in positional warfare, he would rather take advantage of the armored infantry regiment's mobility and conduct guerrilla warfare.
After he has cleaned up the mess in the city, he can roll up his sleeves and go clear out the Japanese and puppet troops in the surrounding strongholds. Then it will be like opening a can, prying them open one by one. Isn't this more fun than positional warfare?
"Captain Dai, don't worry. When we enter the city later, I will immediately follow the smoke and pour some more gasoline into it, just like smoking a weasel, to smoke out the Japanese soldiers underground!"
Dai Anlan: Seeing Weidong has such a good idea, I feel relieved.
He and Wang Huaibao immediately led their troops and quickly maneuvered towards their respective target areas.
The first thing Weidong did after taking over Yuncheng was to rearrange the city’s defenses.
After handing over Fenglingdu to the Independent Regiment, the 1st Battalion of the Armored Infantry Regiment did not build up its base, but instead went to support the Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.
Weidong currently only has the 2nd Infantry Battalion, the 3rd Infantry Battalion, the Artillery Battalion and various directly affiliated units.
Without the threat of heavy weapons and having wiped out 90 percent of the Japanese, he opened the city gates and drove the armored vehicles into the city.
At every street intersection, there is an armored vehicle and an infantry squad serving as a fortress, closely monitoring the enemy.
In addition, the garrisons were re-deployed on the city walls to ensure that if a small group of enemies attacked by surprise, they could be directly destroyed outside the city.
The artillery battalion opened up a piece of open space in the center of the city as an artillery position. At the same time, the anti-aircraft artillery companies of the artillery battalion also took up their battle positions and were ready to defend against air attacks at any time.
However, according to Weidong's estimation, the Japanese would no longer drop precious bombs on Yuncheng, but would go to support the 226th Regiment and the 227th Company.
However, he still had the anti-aircraft artillery battalion on high alert just in case.
After the arrangements were completed, Weidong personally led the regiment's reconnaissance company and began to search the city for places where smoke was coming from.
Finally, we found a yard emitting black smoke four kilometers away from the northeast corner of the city.
At Wei Dong's order, the reconnaissance company surrounded the yard.
"Find an ordinary citizen who hasn't escaped yet and ask him where this yard is."
Reconnaissance company commander Gao Cheng nodded and ran out.
Soon after the sound of artillery and gunfire stopped, some brave civilians ran out of their homes and prepared to flee.
A young man was pushing a wheelbarrow towards the city gate when he was stopped by Gao Cheng.
"Brother, can I ask you something?"
The young man was terrified and dropped his wheelbarrow and prepared to run away, but was immediately stopped by two soldiers from the reconnaissance company.
"General, please spare my life. I really can't fight. Don't arrest me. Please."
After the young man finished speaking, he prepared to kneel on the ground and kowtow.
Gao Cheng smiled helplessly. Could it be that he was considered a conscripted soldier?
"Brother, we are from the Eighth Route Army, the 386th Brigade, the Jinnan Independent Column! We are not here to capture you, we just want to find out where that smoking yard is."
When the young man heard that it was the Eighth Route Army and that they did not seem to have the style of Yan Lao's Western Army, he also became bolder.
"It's really not Commander Yan's troops?"
"It's true. We are an independent column. Look at the clothes we are wearing. Which unit has something like us?"
The young man felt relieved.
"Military officer, that yard looks like the house of the great traitor Wu Sangui. The gate is usually closed. But last night, many military vehicles were parked at the gate."
Gao Cheng nodded and patted the young man on the shoulder.
"There are still many of our compatriots hiding in the city. Please inform everyone that our Eighth Route Army has arrived and can keep them safe. Please ask them to come out and help clean up."
Gao Cheng was also carrying out the orders of Captain Wei. Only by fully mobilizing the masses could the hidden traitors and Japanese devils be found out as soon as possible and ensure that Yuncheng would recover its former vitality as soon as possible.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Without waiting for the young man to go far away, Gao Cheng hurried back and reported the situation to Weidong.
Wei Dong pondered for a moment and decided to launch a surprise attack on the yard.
More than one hundred soldiers from the reconnaissance company threw three grenades into the yard, then blew open the gate and rushed in before the smoke cleared.
There was not a single Japanese soldier in the whole yard. No wonder no clues were found during the first round of screening.
Weidong and Gaocheng quietly approached the house with black smoke, and when they went in, they saw that it was actually a stove...