195. Defend the Cangcang Dam Beam
All along, Jia Congliang's ghost has not gone away, and it is a lingering pressure for Brigade Commander Ding and all senior commanders. Brigade Commander Ding took this opportunity to drive out Jia Congliang, and he could finally have a happy combat meeting on this high moat. As for the battle defense of Cangcang Dam Liang, after comparing the map with the field and further consultation, a consensus has been reached, that is, it is necessary to fight with Motegi on this eternal moat, and if there is a point of success, it will spend a hundred times more effort to fight, and try to block them to the east of Cangcang Dam Liang.
After the staff officers summarized and the departments reported, the 233rd regiment still had 1,100 people left; Nearly one thousand and one hundred men remained in the 234th regiment; 1,600 people remained in the 235th regiment; A thousand people remained in the 236 regiment...... There is a clear shortage of troops. In addition, according to the feedback of the Teaching Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the Special Service Regiment, all the wolf dung near the ground in various defensive places has been picked up. Therefore, an indisputable fact has emerged, that is, the wolf dung is exhausted, and the wolf smoke will not be stored for a long time. The brigade headquarters decided that the 235th Regiment and the 236th Regiment would guard Cangcangba Liang, the 233rd Regiment would guard Nanxinliang, and the 234th Regiment would guard the first line of Wangyingzi.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 14th, the Lushun Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Army, which had already driven to Lijiadian Village, began to carry out irregular shelling of Cangcang Dam Beam. At the same time, the various wings that have been replenished one after another have gathered in the woods under the beams of Lijiadian, Tangyingzi and Shuiquangou. Qinggujian Xiong sent people to Lijiadian Village, and sent Hou Qi to go door-to-door to tell the imperial army that it was friendly to the people, and each family strictly prohibited the private hiding of the wounded and spies of the defenders, and to be obedient to the imperial army.
As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the Japanese 13th Wing drove to the dam root and began to attack upwards under the cover of artillery. The 236th Battalion of the 20th Regiment, the battalion commander Zhang Xichang's battalion deputy Ma Huajiu, selected an assault team from the whole battalion, each team of 15 people, equipped with a crooked machine gun captured from the devil, and used the traffic ditch dug in advance on the half-beam to give a surprise blow to the devil who had just touched. This not only consumes the vital strength of the devils, but also stimulates the officers and men of the battalion.
The 235th Regiment guarded all over the south of the Cangcangba Liang crossing, and began to resist the devils from Banliang, although they fought bravely and killed fiercely, they were still far behind the skillful cooperation of the devils. The devil rifle group and machine gun form a professional formation, which can immediately form combat effectiveness, and can also immediately form an offensive and defensive system.
The three major teams of the 13th Devil Wing, under the command of the three captains of Onoshita, began to rush to the half-beam in small groups as the shells covered in depth. The commandos of the 236th Regiment began to desperately insert the squad that came up from the devil movement. Since the wolf smoke has not completely dissipated, and the dust of the devil's artillery fire has fallen again, the commando team often touches the nose with the devil before they can see whether they are friends or foes. The commander of the 235th Regiment saw that the 236th Regiment was fighting more heroically, and concocted it in the same way, forming several big knife teams, and when the devils attacked him, he jumped out of the trenches, raised his swords and fell, and cut off the heads of the devils.
The devils led by Ono Shimosan always stayed below half a beam, so anxious that Ono Shimosa was sweating. He looked west at the tall Cangcang Dam Beam, and scolded: "There are ...... in the land of the Eight Geya Road" gathered the devils in Tangyingzi and Lijiadian Village, looking at the Cangcang Dam Beam with smoke and dust, and the corpses of both sides covering the position, some are sighing, and some are watching. At this time, another brigade rushed out, which was the Shimafu Maru Brigade, with a rifle group in front, a machine gun group in the back, and a grenadier group at the end.
The Shimafu Maru Brigade had the experience of the three major teams under Onoshita, and the formation became faster, and they did not aim to kill the number of defenders at once, but intended to break through the half-beam line as a victory. The devil's increased attack for a while forced the defenders to invest more troops, and the dusty soldiers, like a bubbling torrent, converged towards the Banliang area. The two armies were killed in one place, guns and bullets, swords and swords, dazzling.
The loess blown up by the devil's cannon fell on the defenders, covering the original gray and blue color of the defenders, like two yellow-skinned armies, fighting. Due to the downward movement of the 235th and 236th regiments, the hill was empty, and the special service regiment and the teaching regiment were immediately replenished.
Just when the devil's cannon roared wildly and the mountain shouted to kill the sky, Wang Yilun, the underground party of Chifeng City, called and said that he had connected the call from Wang Kun of the Liao underground party, and the Tongliao devil seemed to want to load the plane. It was judged that it was likely to be a ground operation against Motegi's troops and air support. In the new battlefield situation, we must make a correct decision immediately. Brigade Commander Ding said to Director Han and the commanders present: "We have no better way to prevent aircraft, only to create a sea of smoke." ”
Deputy Brigade Commander Ji said: "Cangcangba Liang is defending, now it seems to be a draw for the time being, such as a burst of indiscriminate bombardment by the devil's plane, the 235th Regiment and the 236th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, so they had to lose to the devils, so what can I do?" Director Han smiled and said: "Our army can stop the devil to the east of Cangcang Dam Beam, thanks to this moat. As soon as the devil plane comes to bomb, there is no danger to defend. The only way to do this is to cover the plane's line of sight so that it cannot drop bombs. Chief of Staff Zhang said: "There is very little wolf dung near the defensive site, and it is better to have more wolf dung......
Director Han said: "The situation is critical, so let's do it, Brigade Commander Ding, you are here to command, Section Chief Li and I will take Wang Bingnan, the director of political training, and a few more staff officers, go out for a walk, mobilize the villagers, help pick up wolf dung, and raise the wolf smoke again." Without further ado, set off immediately......" Brigade Commander Ding had no other choice but to nod his head in approval.
It turned out that the landlord Wang Ling had ten acres of land and had a good life, and he was also in favor of resisting Japan. For two days, I have heard and watched the words and actions of these people, and I really want to help do something. Under the instruction of Director Han, Section Chief Li told him the truth of anti-Japanese resistance, and he wanted to pursue progress. But it seems immature to develop further. When he heard that he was going to contact the villagers to pick up wolf dung, he was very happy to lead Director Han and his entourage to Luoquanbei (Gou) Village in the west of Cangcang Dam to find a wealthy Zhang Chong and explain his intentions.
Zhang Chongyi seemed to be very good, and he didn't ask much, he paid for it, hired fellow villagers to pick up wolf dung, and sent it to Cangcang Dam. They went to Shuiquangou Village in the southeast of Cangcangba, and it happened that the rich man Li Kuiyuan's family had accumulated wolf dung. One said that it was anti-Japanese, but the Li family didn't say a word, and went out of the car to transport it to Cangcang Dam. In the Li family's compound, many bandits are recuperating from their injuries. Director Han and Section Chief Li and other officers heard that there was a group of bandits here who participated in the anti-Japanese resistance, but it was inconvenient to disturb. Seeing that the villagers were carrying carts and baskets to transport wolf dung to Cangcang Dam Liang, they also went back. By the time Li Minglong walked out of the courtyard, they had already walked away.
Less than three o'clock, in the area of Cangcang Dam Beam, there was wolf smoke billowing again. The planes that flew from Tongliao circled around each and flew back again. Before, Brigade Commander Ding called the Rehe Independent Regiment and asked them to pay attention to the incoming planes in the sky and not to be bombed by little devils. At the same time, he ordered Chu Zhenhu to try to inform Bai Ji not to be too exposed, and also to prevent the devil plane.
The wolf smoke on the Cangcang Dam rose again, and even the attacking devils couldn't move forward. The plane did not dare to stay and flew back to Tongliao. Motegi has long had no opinion on his own flying team, but today he looked at it, if there is an airfield near Chifeng, he is afraid that he will not be able to wait for the wolf smoke to dissipate? However, after talking to Commander Okamura Ninji for a while, Okamura said that the construction of the airfield was not a trivial matter, and that it had to be reported to the General Staff Headquarters for approval and then to the Air Force Department for approval before construction could begin. Motegi hung up the phone, looked west at the cangba beam in the sunset, and hid in the wolf smoke. Anger rose from his heart, anger came from his guts, he waved his sword, and said: "117 Brigade, Ding Boting, want to run away while the wolf smoke does not disperse?" Kill the chicken for me and give the land ......"
Wang Yingzi Headquarters, Brigade Commander Ding, Director Han, Deputy Brigade Commander Ji and other commanders are doubly grateful for their strong support to their fellow villagers. According to reports from the front, it seems that the devils are preparing to attack upwards. At this time, the cannon roared, indicating that the devils had begun shelling again.
Even Chen Dahei saw that the defenders had withdrawn more than half a beam to repair by means of wolf smoke, although they had a geographical advantage, but the devil had two things, time and people, and the situation was better than that of the defenders. He was in the position watching the devil think about things, and next to him there was something like a grinder dug by soldiers digging trenches. Commander Liu did not allow them to go to the front-line position, and sent people to urge them several times and ordered them to go back. Not only did he not go back, but he was just looking at the grinder-like thing. Later, he finally figured out that it was a remnant of ancient wars, and it must be the army on the beam blocking the army under the beam and putting the stone rollers down.
As soon as he beckoned, his own soldiers came up, and he tapped two fingers on the stone and looked up at everyone. Wang Ying said with a smile: "Brother Chen, this is not a wooden fish, what can you knock out?" Chen Dahei smiled and said, "Do you know what this is for?" "Even Wang Lian couldn't figure out what the smooth stone was for. Chen Dahei saw that everyone couldn't think of it, so he said: "Come, let it roll down from here...... This kung fu everyone understood what was going on, so they all took advantage of the wolf smoke and dust, pushed it onto the road with all hands and feet, and made the first stone stone roll down......
Immediately afterwards, the devil under the beam began to cry and scream for a while. Then the devil shot at the mountain in retaliation, the mortar also fired up, and shouted in Japanese, probably scolding the mother, "Who is so lacking in virtue...... The devil's retaliatory counterattack just stopped, and pushed the second stone stone off the beam in a row......
The commanders in the headquarters are discussing what to do next, because the wolf smoke will eventually dissipate, and the devils will set up artillery to attack the beam, and it seems that they will not wait until tomorrow. Someone came with news that after the 106th Brigade of the former Northeast Army was scattered by devils in Qingshiliang, two battalions were withdrawn to the paddock. Their officers and men felt that the 117 Brigade was fighting against Japan and wanted to drive over to participate in the stubborn defense of Cangcang Dam Liang.
Then Jin Shengtai was in charge of the country Bailingzi, who sent someone to send 500 pieces of Dayang, 5 baskets of steamed buns, a package of small rice, and 5 pots of pork stewed vermicelli.
Before dark, Jia Congliang also returned from Xiaokala Village, he entered the war room, stretched out his hand and handed a piece of paper to Brigade Commander Ding, who unfolded it and saw that it was a telegram from the Second Department of the Ministry of National Defense in Nanjing forwarded by the 41st Army, and went to the clouds: The 41st Army, the 117th Brigade, should try to block the attack a little, that is, follow the main force and withdraw to Chahar. However, the ministry did not listen to the order and appointed some red elements; Relying on the ** elements to form troops, disrupting the great cause of fighting the rebellion, and making the Japanese army's entry into the war in Rehe intensified. With the commander of the 117th Brigade and Ding Boting, he immediately abandoned the Cangcang Dam Liang defense line, and withdrew to the paddock.
Brigade Commander Ding tore the telegram to shreds, turned around and stared at Jia Congliang and asked, "Today I ask you, from Chifeng to Cangcangbaliang, which battle was not fought by soldiers in blood, soldiers worked hard, and fought devils." Do you want to run? Did you run? He forcibly suppressed his anger and said as calmly as possible: "Jia Congliang, just the current Cangcang Dam Liang, if you want to run, how can you run?" The devil can't catch up with you? If it weren't for this wolf smoke, all the wounded of our westward going would have to be bombed......"
At this time, on the beam of the Cangcang Dam, the devils began to attack with the rumbling of cannons. Everyone's hearts sank, the devil is most afraid of night battles, don't they all stop?