143. The body of the ditch pinching

At eleven o'clock on March 7, Motegi Mae Nozuku said, "Yaxi, maybe you are the main force there?" Ono-kun, your land, the land of the Imperial Warriors. I believe in the strength of the 13th Wing, you and Nishiyan Gofu Zhongzuo, don't let the main force of the 117 Brigade make dumplings, I will immediately return to help......" He hung up the phone, called Yamaoka Jie again, and said: "Yamaoka-kun, we have been greatly hit, the conscience of the 117 Brigade is greatly broken, their main force is in Fangshengou, we hurry back to help, and ...... quickly"

Motegi dialed Shintaro Umei again, and said: "Chief of Staff Umei, we have been decided, the main force of the 117th Brigade is in Fangshengou, you transfer a unit from the 7th Wing to protect the Arthur Artillery Brigade while galloping to the 13th Wing, and quickly execute the ......"

After Motegi made two phone calls, he hurriedly ordered Yamaoka Kiyoshi Daisa, Feiqu Bala Nakasa, Captain Benten, Captain Kokuma Tarashita and Captain Kimura Ichiro to quickly gather the remnants. Honten, Nakasa, and Yamaoka Jie Daisa, were on the east valley, and hurriedly cooperated with the officers and soldiers under the valley and retreated down together. The bears Nakasa and Kimura Nakasa commanded the personnel of the headquarters to protect Motegi, gathered the remnants, and retreated outside the ditch.

At 12:30, the 235th Regiment had seen that the devils had no intention of fighting at the height of Panlong Ridge, and they hurriedly retreated outward. He ordered his troops to quickly return to the mountains below and pursue them forward. Brigade Commander Ding called again, and he said: "Commander Lin, Fangshengou will start a war immediately, your department will drag Motegi and prevent him from returning, even if it is delayed for an hour, it will reduce the pressure on Fangshengou......"

The 235th Regiment floated down the mountain like a cloud, and on various hills, it shot down from the trenches, so that the devils had to turn back and shoot back, and they couldn't get out for a while. Motegi only felt that the decision to come to Panlongling was wrong, but it was too right to bring a machine gun squadron. Including the directly subordinate machine gun squadron, a total of 38 crooked machine guns swept alternately towards the hills, and the defenders were beaten so that they did not dare to show their heads, even if they were condescending. I had to change the fortifications and fight again, or run to the next hill to fight first.

Ben Teng's brigade, under the command of Yamaoka Jie Dasa and Ben Teng Nakasa, did not retreat in a hurry, but cooperated with the devils in the ditch and withdrew together. In order to reduce casualties, the 235th Regiment made more use of fortifications, more runways, and roundabout cold guns to drag the devils to achieve their goal. The devil's machine gun also opened their eyes, and dozens of machine guns fired in all directions, and the fight was also Shanming Guying.

Motegi saw that he had withdrawn for a long time before he reached Toudao Bay, which was exactly half the way. He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time again, at half past one, it had been an hour since Ono Yataro called, he sighed and said, "Tune the tiger away from the mountain, tune the tiger away from the mountain......"

Nagado Camp Headquarters.

At 11:30 a.m., Brigade Commander Ding grabbed the phone again and called Yang Ganmiao, he said: "Commander Yang, the Fangshengou position will be handed over to you, you and Commander Miao must cooperate well, and try to eliminate the 13th Devil Wing before Motegi returns...... The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and you must remember that this opportunity is fleeting. He called the 233rd Regiment again and instructed the head of the Miao regiment: "Commander Miao, the main force of Motegi was dragged by the 235th Regiment in the Taoist ditch, and you must cripple the Japanese army in this unit, or even eliminate ......" Yang Ganmiao and Miao Ziping, the two regiment commanders, were happy to receive orders one after another.

Brigade Commander Ding made another call to Chu Zhenhu and said, "Old Chu, I know that there are not many of you left, but the 117th Brigade has limited personnel, so you must disrupt the supply line of the devil and paralyze it." It's easy to fight on this side of the ditch. "Chu Zhenhu, they have been hidden for two days, as if they have been hidden for two years. Today, with a mission, Haritu led everyone to wipe all the guns and prepare for action. Chu Zhenhu and his team came from Beiwanzi to the east of Daxin Duster, found a carriage that pulled munitions, and first threw grenades to blow up a cart of munitions......

Brigade Commander Ding put down the phone, turned around to look at you, and said to Section Chief Li: "Section Chief Li, you have worked hard, go to Fangshengou, lead that Baiji team, go around to the southeast of Fangshengou or the west of the devil's camp, and set up an ambush in the woods. Whether it is Xiao Shangjing or the devils somewhere, as long as they go to the aid of Fangshengou, you will shoot from the woods to disturb, attract and delay them, so as not to increase the strength of the devils in Fangshengou......"

Section Chief Li received the order, turned around and communicated with Chief of Staff Zhang about the precautions, said goodbye to everyone, and walked out of the house to get on the horse with the guards.

Brigade Commander Ding said again: "Deputy Brigade Commander Ji and Director Han, you two also have to work hard. The two immediately stood up and listened to him. He continued: "The two of you will go and form the enemy headquarters in front of Fangshengou with Commander Yang and Commander Miao, including Section Chief Li, and quickly adopt an effective method of fighting that is suitable for the terrain there, and withdraw from the battle before a wing led by Motegi returns." I'm mainly worried about Kogamikyo right now, and according to reliable sources, the devils are there to defend a wing, and if this wing doesn't come west, it will be fine......"

Deputy Brigade Commander Ji and Chief of Staff Zhang talked and discussed the details. Director Han and Brigade Commander Ding said: "The devil is arranging a defense in Xiaoshangjing Village? It may have something to do with the topography there. It is an ancient site where events have taken place that no one knows about. In the words of the countryman, he often makes trouble. Some people have seen the figures of ancient soldiers and women there, and it is estimated that it has something to do with this. ”

Brigade Commander Ding has repeatedly summarized the situation of all parties, and he does not understand what kind of medicine the devil is selling in Xiaoshangjing. He was still afraid that the devils from Xiaoshangjing would come to the west, and the Baiji team couldn't attract them, so he had to dispatch a special battalion and a reconnaissance battalion to rush to the south of Xiaoshangjing and attack the devils, so that they would not rush to the aid of Fangshengou.

Director Han and Deputy Brigade Commander Ji, escorted by several staff adjutants and guards, quickly rushed to Fangshengou. At this time, the communications battalion had already connected the telephone line, and Deputy Brigade Commander Ji asked Miao Ziping, commander of the 233rd Regiment, who was stationed at Chabagou on the southern slope of Fangshengou, about the enemy's situation, and at the same time called Yang Ganmiao, commander of the 234th Regiment stationed on the northern slope, to come to Chabagou for a meeting. At this time, the 13th Wing of the Japanese Army, under the leadership of Ono Yataro Osaku and Nishiyan Gofu Nakasa, relied on its excellent weapons and strong soldiers and horses to pursue the 8th Battalion of the 233rd Regiment that had withdrawn into the woods.

According to the instructions of Commander Miao, the commander of the 8th Battalion, Ma Shuchang, and the deputy battalion Liu Benchang, dispersed and led the enemy with trees as cover, and the 13th Wing of the Japanese Army quickly pursued inside.

Commander Yang, escorted by several scouts, spared a section of the road and arrived at Chabagou, where he first greeted Deputy Brigade Commander Ji and Director Han, and then greeted Commander Miao. Deputy Brigade Commander Ji said: "Without further ado, we are on the mission of Brigade Commander Ding, and we have come to discuss with the two regiment commanders how to annihilate this group of devils and minimize casualties." ”

Head Yang looked at Captain Miao with a smile and said, "Since the devils have come to the door, I am in the north, you are in the south, and you are attacking them on both sides, are you afraid that you won't be able to kill them?" Captain Miao also said with a smile: "I have fought with the devil many times, and the devil is not a big deal, let's fight from both sides, we can't cripple them, it's his fate." ”

Deputy Brigade Commander Ji said: "The courage of the two regiment commanders is commendable, but the combat power of the devils cannot be underestimated. Commander Yang said: "Then it's the same as on the grassland, operating in the dark, we are fighting him, he can't beat us." Captain Miao said: "No, how can you wait until the night, then Motegi rushed back and didn't wrap us dumplings......"

Hearing what they said, Deputy Brigade Commander Ji looked at Director Han and smiled, and said: "It's not bad to fight devils in the dark, they are beaten ......" Director Han said: "Yes, Commander Yang, you fight first, Commander Miao, you fight later." As long as Regiment Leader Yang fights, the devil will fight back after all, and as soon as the devil fights back, Captain Miao, you just beat him in the back......" Hearing that the three of them were stunned, they were all happy.