56. Marching southward
The 1st Company of the 13th Battalion and the 3rd Company of the 14th Battalion of the 235th Regiment each marched into the designated place at night and lit wolf smoke. What puzzled them was that there was not so much wolf smoke in the firewood, grass and wolf dung there, but after a little bit of them, there was not much fire, but the smoke came out.
The soldiers who were busy lighting the fire at the scene didn't realize what was wrong, but the soldiers who were on guard along the way were stunned, only to see that the wolf smoke was sweeping all over the sky, and it condensed into a number of dragons to the north, shaking its head and tail like a golden snake dancing wildly......
Besides, the tail sweeping troops retreating south of Xilamulun, including the company that lit the wolf smoke and the scattered soldiers who withdrew from the vicinity of Baiyinnaoer, at first they only heard the scattered troops of the 18th Regiment killing the devils with red eyes, aiming at the fleeing troops of the devils, and the devils also turned around and fired back; Hitting the north is different from hitting the south, the tail note of shooting north is short, and the tail note of returning fire to the south is long. As the sound of the long gunfire became more and more sparse, I don't know how many people in the north were chasing the devil, and the guns rang out in a row, and it seemed that there were countless or even more tongues of fire firing at the devil......
The more the soldiers who released the wolf smoke looked at it, the more mysterious it became, and the sky was about to dawn, and the five dragons formed by the wolf smoke swept northward with their teeth and claws. This is a myth, the group of dragons is evil to the north, there is Daze in the north, there is a black salamander in Zeli, and the group of dragons wants to crush the black salamander......
They went to light the wolf smoke, which was originally a suspicious tactic, at least to delay the soldiers of the devil chasing south, but no one could understand this scene. I had to keep an eye on it while retreating south. There are constantly people from the front squad who carry the supplies of the Japanese army to catch up......
The personnel of the 117th Brigade Headquarters did not close their eyes for a night, and after the meeting was adjourned, the ministers dispersed, and the day was about to dawn, and the rest of the people studied some specific division of labor to meet the 4th Brigade of Motegi, and Chief of Staff Wang began to use the telephone to inform the various departments to contact the villagers about cooking and feeding the horses, and many company cooking utensils were lost.
After hastily finishing their meals, the various departments began to set off.
Although this multi-brigade is almost half a brigade left, it is still enough for three or four thousand people, and there are still 800 people in the military special service regiment and the independent regiment combined, plus the routs that have been gathered one after another, and the remaining few hundred people of the 18th regiment, the total number can still exceed 5,000 people.
Although the Northeast Army was a straggler, they did not look the same, but as soon as they saw these people of the 117th Brigade and were excited by their momentum of mourning the victory of the soldiers, they did not scatter as birds and beasts, but gathered together and took the initiative to ask to be incorporated into the marching sequence......
The brigade headquarters also conveyed an order to all departments, requiring all departments to hand over the surplus horses to the front squad, except for the remaining horses to be handed over to the defeated army that requested to be incorporated. There were also too many horses and they let go on the spot.
Although the rout soldiers loosely followed the group, they always saw that the guns used by these soldiers and commanders did not match their clothing, and some of the soldiers of the army were still wearing devil's clothes, and some were wearing white stubble leather jackets, but they all had Japanese-style weapons in their hands. As they walked, they looked around, and seemed to be a little caught in a fog......
The 234th Regiment suffered the heaviest casualties, from more than 2,000 to more than 800, and later crossed the Xilamulun River to Manzidong and Changwutaigou, and received some routs, and the number of troops exceeded 1,200. According to the order of the brigade headquarters, they marched straight to the southwest from the Manzi Cave, mainly to collect the wounded along the way and work with the brigade hospital to transport the wounded away. They also constantly sent people along the way to set fire to the high ridges on both sides, so that they could attract the attention of Japanese planes in the event of an attack.
When the 233rd Regiment first arrived at the grassland, it was 2,500 people, from the first battle of the grassland and the devils to the encounter with Yisu Maodu, and then to Bai Yinnaoer and the devils, until the retreat of the Xilamulun River to the south, there were less than 1,800 people left.
They were the vanguard guard regiment, and they always quickened their pace, and after they were equipped with Japanese horses and troops, they were even more fast. As soon as the Xilamulun River was opened, he got on the horse and left another regiment. Until the people were sleepy and tired of horses and reached the fifty families in Wudannan, its battalions still walked in the forefront. After eating in the morning, the regiment headquarters rushed to Wutong Naoer, and there were really a lot of scattered troops left behind. Deputy Miao Regiment and Chief of Staff Xie gathered their troops, sent people to call the 18th Regiment, and made an appointment to attack and advance towards the Hala Pass.
The 4th Brigade of the Japanese Motegi Cavalry, which had been gathered on the west side of the mountain slope (lacking a wing), rushed to dig bunkers and fortifications and made a permanent state.
Motegi Mae Zhizhu in the tent of the headquarters did not plan to live permanently, he called the consulate in Chifeng City, Chifeng Consul Majima Hanaku had just gone out, and it happened that the wolf of the military attache Lin Meixia was there, Motegi heard that it was him, he trembled with joy, he stabilized his emotions, and said softly: "Lin Sang, you land, the hero of the empire, a rare strategist, and a master of ninjutsu." I, as the brigade commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, bow to you......"
He did what he said, put his legs together, bowed deeply in the direction of Chifeng as he spoke, and then said: "Because of your wisdom, the artillery of the Chinese army has lost its effectiveness, and it has helped our troops to capture the first line of the mountain and water slopes, and you have greatly ...... your land, merit, and great ."
Lin Meixia's wolf laughed at himself, knowing that Motegi was a senior iron-blooded soldier in the Kwantung Army, and he had always refused to admit defeat, but Okamura Ninji had always been not optimistic about him. Therefore, he was also careful, so he said politely and truthfully: "General Motegi is serious, he only did something within the scope of a special high class, and the capture of the mountain and water slope is still the courage of the officers and soldiers of your whole brigade and regiment, especially the result of your command, and you dare not be greedy for merit."
As for the squib of the Chinese artillery, it is not all the work of one person, and the 41st Army of China was already ill-shelled, lacking clothes and ammunition. What else does the general command, I must do my best to do it......"
Motegi put down the phone and felt that it was not a good feeling in his heart. Although Lin Meixia's wolf didn't want to be greedy, he didn't say a word to the old man, and the edge of his modesty implied that when I attacked Chifeng and killed him, I dared not speak to the old man if the smell of milk was dry.
Motegi called the commander of the Hattori Hyojiro Division of the 8th Division of Renan, Hattori and he were originally classmates, both graduated from the infantry department of the Imperial University, but they have led the army for many years, and Hattori knows that Motegi is arrogant and uninhibited, and he refuses to be left behind, but if he does not contact, he will not contact.
For more than two years since the fight against 918, as a strong force of the Kwantung Army, they each attacked cities and conquered cities in South Manchuria, Dongmeng, and had no contact with each other. Suddenly called today, I don't know what happened, Hattori stared at the white of his eyes, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "Yo, it's Motegi-kun, don't come unharmed!" ”
Motegi greeted him, and after a few words, he said, "Hattori-kun, let me ask when your attack on the front line of the Great Wall began?" ”
Hattori said: "In fact, the attack on the front line of the Great Wall has begun greatly, and our department is chasing the butt beating of the 51st Army to the south. After the 14th Mixed Brigade of Nishiichi caught up, we launched an attack on Xifengkou and other passes of the Great Wall. Motegi-kun, what's the matter? ”
Motegi said: "Yo Xi, I want to launch an attack on Chifeng City, and I am afraid that the army here in Chifeng City will form a corner with other armies. If you drive the 51st Army to the south, and the 14th Mixed Brigade drives the 67th Army to the west, then the enemy of the 41st Army will be left in our attack on Chifeng, and I will have no worries......"
As soon as he put down the phone with Hattori, the Chifeng consul Kanma Hanakuma called him, and he made an overall report to Motegi on the fortifications and troop allocation of the 41st Army in Chifeng City, and finally told him that the rout troops withdrawn from Beimeng and Beimanchu were contained by the Chinese Army......
When Motegi heard this, he scolded Liu Guitang of the Imperial Allied Army for being unkind and righteous, and took the salary of the Imperial Army, so he kept a little behind, and his conscience was greatly damaged......
Motegi had a basic understanding of the Rehe defenders, knowing that the 41st Army was short of clothes and ammunition, and it was a lone army, so he planned to capture Chifeng City immediately. Turn around and beckon the staff officers to make plans for the attack.
Suddenly, a sentry came to report that the commander of the 17th Wing, Yamaoka Takeosa, had arrived with his troops, and Motegi told the sentry, "Tell Yamaoka to come here to see me." ”
With a bandage wrapped in one hand, Yamaoka Kiyoshi strode into the headquarters, saluted Motegi Tachimasa, and said, "General Motegi, Yamaoka Kiyoshi reports to you. ”
Motegi looked at his favorite general and said happily: "Ryshi, do you have a bloody battle?" ”
Shan Gang Jie lowered his head, looked at his bandaged left hand, and gritted his teeth and said: "The Zhina Army copied my back road at night, if it wasn't for them to make trouble, Feng Zhanhai's 343rd Regiment would not have been able to escape." Their night attack on Majiawan disrupted my deployment. The squadron I returned to support was one step later, and they took the family of the 17th Wing, relying on the men who stayed behind in the squadron, and the orderlies all took up arms......"
The 233rd Regiment and the 18th Regiment marched mightily towards the North Hara crossing.
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