Chapter 124: The Cavalry Attacked

Whoosh, dense bullets hit the past, and hundreds of devil artillerymen screamed and fell to the ground. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Soon, Xu Guoren led the soldiers to sweep the devil's artillery position like a storm, and everywhere he passed, the devil's artillery was all awarded.

After destroying the artillery positions of the 20th Division, Xu Guoren continued to pursue the Japanese with the cavalry guard battalion and the main infantry forces that had already attacked.

It was not until the other two field infantry wings of the 20th Division urgently built a defensive line in the depths of their positions that they could contain the counterattack of Xu Guoren's troops.

Xu Guoren accepted it when he saw that it was good, and when he saw that the devil was prepared, he took the lead in stopping the pursuit and turned around and retreated.

In this battle, nearly half of the main force of the 20th Division was also severely damaged by Xu Guoren, and the artillery units and tank squadrons were all wiped out, which can be said to be a great loss of vitality.

The angry commander of the Japanese division, Kawagishi Fumizaburo, ordered the other two main forces to immediately counterattack, trying to turn defeat into victory and save the decline, but they were attacked head-on by the Northeast Air Force fighters led by Gao Zhihang.

Under the strafing and bombing of the Northeast fighters, the devils had to stop the pursuit and withdraw to their positions.

In this way, Xu Guoren led the troops to successfully withdraw to the original position, won the battle, the morale of the troops was high, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

"Brother Guoren, I didn't command this battle well before, and I was almost broken through the defense line by the devil, you can deal with me!" As soon as the troops were withdrawn, Guo Danian, the commander of the Second Brigade, came to Xu Guoren with a distemper and took the initiative to plead guilty.

Xu Guoren looked at this little brother who had followed him from birth to death, hesitated for a while, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Your poor command has led to large casualties in your department, and you almost threatened the entire Shenyang defense line, and it is indeed impossible to escape the blame, now I announce that you will be revoked from the position of commander of the second brigade, and Zhou Shibin, deputy commander of the first brigade, will temporarily take command of the brigade commander, and you will be the deputy brigade commander!" ”

Zhou Shibin, who was on the side, was surprised when he heard this, and immediately stood up and said: "Chief Xu, by all means, the humble position is a demote, thanks to the love of the commander, he was awarded the post of deputy brigade commander. ”

Guo Danian muttered, and he didn't seem to be convinced by Xu Guoren's arrangement.

Guo Danian has no opinion on his dismissal, what Guo Danian cares about is that Zhou Shibin, a former and current subordinate, took over his position and became his top boss.

Xu Guoren glanced at Zhou Shibin and Guo Danian coldly, and said to Zhou Shibin: "Brigade Commander Zhou, are you a soldier?" ”

Zhou Shibin was stunned and stepped forward to answer: "Yes!" ”

"Since you are a soldier, you should understand the duty of a soldier, right?"

"Understand, it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders!" Zhou Shibin replied with his head held high.

"Well, now I announce that I will appoint you as the acting commander of the Second Brigade, and I will be in charge of the command of the Second Brigade, the railway station and the defense of the southern line of Shenyang, and I will hand it over to you!" Xu Guoren said sharply: "Did you hear that?" ”

"Yes! Obedience! Zhou Shibin looked at Xu Guoren's gaze, straightened up and raised his head in response.

"Three days, I want you to continue to hold the train station for three days, if you can't complete the task......" Before Xu Guoren's words were finished, Zhou Shibin interrupted him first, and said with a resolute face: "If you can't hold it for three days, you don't need to dispose of me, Sir Xu, because before the devil breaks through my defense line, the humble post must have been killed!" In a word, swear to live and die with the position! ”

What Xu Guoren wants is Zhou Shibin's ruthlessness, which is something that Guo Danian, who was born halfway and is still young, does not have for the time being.

A hundred battles on the battlefield, the ruthlessness of seeing death as home!

Xu Guoren nodded, and said to Zhou Shibin, Guo Danian and others with tragedy: "Brothers, the devil has threatened that after breaking Shenyang, there will be no chickens and dogs!" Therefore, we have no choice but to fight to the end! We can't go back! Because behind him are hundreds of thousands of people in Shenyang City! The more time you hold, the more the people will be able to withdraw! ”

Zhou Shibin, Guo Danian and other officers of the Second Brigade were infected and responded in unison: "Swear to live and die with the position!" ”

Guo Xiaoliu, Zhang Dongsheng, Zhang Baoguo and others led the cavalry brigade, escorting the people and the mechanics of the arsenal at this time, with machinery and equipment, and the materials had already passed Fushun.

According to the arrangement of Xu Guoren and others before departure, the three of them put a group of people who were willing to leave nearby, settle in Fushun and other places, or go to relatives and friends.

After all, it is impossible for more than 100,000 people to move to the mouth of the Meihe River.

Gradual demobilization is the best approach.

However, before leaving, the people were given a lot of food or money of equal value as a basis for settling down.

These money and food were all brought out from Shenyang City, and the family foundation accumulated for the young marshal Zhang Xueliang for many years is solid.

In addition, the money brought out by the people themselves from home is enough for them to go to relatives and friends, and find a suitable place to settle down and live.

After a short rest in Fushun and about a third of the people were dismissed, the cavalry brigade and the people continued to rush to the mouth of the Meihe River.

Because of the large number of supplies and civilians accompanying them, their march was relatively slow.

After about 100 miles of Fushun, he was overtaken by nearly 3,000 Japanese cavalry led by Seishiro Itagaki.

At that time, walking behind was a cavalry regiment led by Zhang Baoguo, with more than 1,000 troops.

Zhang Baoguo was born in the Northeast Lecture Hall and was considered a regular soldier, so he arranged a cavalry platoon behind the palace, just in case.

It was this arrangement that allowed the cavalry brigade and the accompanying people to avoid the fate of being wiped out and slaughtered by devils.

"Captain! Head! There are a large number of devil cavalry chasing after us! During the march, the platoon commander in charge of the rear of the palace hurriedly rode with his soldiers and caught up with Zhang Baoguo, who had been promoted to the commander of the third regiment of the cavalry brigade.

Zhang Baoguo was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped his horse, turned his horse's head and asked, "Are you sure it's a devil?" ”

"I'm really sure, they are all wearing the military uniforms of devils, as well as their military flags, I have seen them when I was in Beidaying and Shenyang, and I will never admit my mistake!" Platoon Commander.

"How many of those devils are here?" Zhang Baoguo asked again.

"There are probably two or three thousand cavalry!"

"So much?" Zhang Baoguo was really shocked, but he was shocked, he still made the right arrangement, and said to a service soldier: "You immediately ride a horse to inform my brother and the brigade commander and ask them to quickly lead troops to support us!" I'll take three regiments to block the devil first! Cover the civilian population and the transfer of the arsenal! ”

At that moment, the orderly soldiers immediately received the order to ride their horses away, and Zhang Baoguo ordered the three cavalry regiments to assemble and urge the people to leave quickly.

Not long after, more than 1,000 cavalrymen of the three regiments had just been assembled, and the Japanese cavalry led by Seishiro Itagaki also caught up!

Looking at the Chinese cavalry waiting in formation, Seishiro Itagaki pulled out his saber, and a contemptuous sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Prepare to attack, let them understand the power of the imperial cavalry!" ”

ps: I already had cervical spondylosis, but now I have stiff neck, and it is even more painful! My daughter-in-law helped me press it for a day, and at night I sat in front of the computer and typed a chapter, please forgive me! At noon, I didn't dare to get up when I was lying on the bed and was sore, and my brothers who felt the same way should be able to understand. (To be continued.) )