Chapter 183: The Battle of Huyang Town (5)
Li Dazhong snorted and said, "The little devil is very good, and he still wants to come back, and he still wants to come back and take these two infantry guns back." ”
Han Xing said: "There is no need to take it back, we have received it, you give him a receipt." ”
Right next to the sweet potato cellar, there were several Japanese corpses, and there was a diary next to the corpse of a Japanese soldier. Wu Xiaoming flipped through the pages, and the last page recorded: "At 5 o'clock in the morning on the 15th of May, when the captain of Zhaoshang Brigade was having breakfast, he was hit by an enemy shell, and the brigade headquarters suffered all casualties......"
At this time, an old man hiding in the village came out and said to Han Xing: "Last night, fifty or sixty Japanese soldiers escaped from the southwest side of the village. ”
Han Xing felt a little regretful, and said to Zhang Xiaosan: "After a hard battle, we still haven't completely annihilated this group of enemies, and there are still some devils who have run away." ”
Han Shengtao came over at this time and said in a low voice: "Our casualties are also heavy, the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the main attack suffered nearly 400 casualties, and the biggest loss is that Shen Jinsheng, the commander of the 2nd battalion, died in battle. Battalion Commander Shen Jinsheng graduated from the 5th phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and is a veteran battalion commander of the 4th Division.
Our 3rd battalion sacrificed 2 company commanders, 4 platoon commanders and more than a dozen squad leaders. When I organized several charges and finally organized the death squads, they all fought bravely, and they were all strong men! Died a heroic death......"
Han Xing was silent for a while, the ancients said, kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred, this is not only eight hundred, kill four hundred, we also die four hundred. It can be seen that the enemy is stubborn in will and superb in technology.
But in the battle of Wangzhuang in Huyang Town, we were victorious, and the battle was not about the number of dead on both sides, but on whether the battle goal was achieved. We attacked Wangzhuang and almost completely annihilated the enemy, and the captain of the enemy chieftain, Zhaoshang, was killed by us.
Due to the hot weather and poor conditions for ambulance, some of the seriously wounded had maggots in their wounds, and the 11th Regiment of the Southern Expeditionary Army and the National Army sent people to quickly send the wounded to the rear hospital for treatment. As for those who died in battle, they need to be buried immediately, so that the remains do not decompose and leave regrets.
Just outside Wangzhuang Village, there are rows of martyrs who need to be buried. One by one, their eyes were steady, staring at the blue sky, and some of them closed their eyes, as if they were resting quietly. There, their souls have risen into the sky and peacefully entered their final destination.
Their former comrades-in-arms gathered around them, some washed their faces, and some said their last parting words.
Han Shengtao wiped the blood stains on Shen Jinsheng's face and tidied up his new military uniform. The original military uniform has long been broken, and the new military uniform is Han Shengtao's, which is also for himself to wear after ascending to heaven, but he didn't expect that he didn't wear it, but asked his old comrade-in-arms Shen Jinsheng to put it on.
Han Shengtao calmly said to Shen Jinsheng, who had his eyes open:
"Old Shen, have you forgotten, when we were in school in the fifth phase of Huangpu, we were in the next bunk, and you often stole my socks to wear, I forgive you for these things. You can rest easy, it's time to close your eyes, and you don't have to feel guilty. Also, the affairs of your family are the affairs of my family, and your parents are my parents, and I will take care of them for you. If there's anything you can't put down, tell me about it! Why are you still keeping your eyes open, old Shen......"
Han Shengtao looked at him with his eyes open, and said angrily to him: "I said that you old Shen, it's enough, you left and took away my dying clothes." What else do you have to be nostalgic for? It's time to close your eyes, too. If you don't close your eyes again, I'm going to do it, I'll close your eyes. ”
Han Shengtao gently brushed it with his hand, forcing Shen Jinsheng to close his eyes.
"Alas...... "Alas Han Shengtao suddenly cried, crying and saying, "I...... I said, be strong, before leaving...... Don't let you ...... Saddened...... I'm still not enough...... Strong...... Alas, alas...... Old Shen, wait for me...... I'm almost ...... Alas, alas......"
A cry rang out from the cemetery.
The man didn't flick his tears, but before he reached the sad place, he saw that his comrades were about to leave, as long as one person couldn't help it, it caused a cry.
The Southern Expeditionary Army also sacrificed dozens of soldiers, and in such a sad environment, Han Xing was also a mortal, and tears flowed out at once.
The hunting banner, the high-pitched trumpet, the bloody sunset, the yellow earth, behold, our warriors, who have kept their sacrifices to themselves and their lives to others. Many of them did not know their names after he was a teenager, but he splattered his bright red hot blood and heroically fused it into a great wall of steel to resist foreign humiliation. Their souls, which are forever floating in the sky of the motherland's history, will always live in our hearts!
The land buries the bones of loyalty, and the common people are brave and heroic! The martyrs are immortal! The bloom of youth, warmth, and flying. I can't forget, I can't forget, you martyrs. Wait quietly, mourn in deep silence, and wait for your souls to leap and flash into our minds once more!
It is the flesh and blood of the martyrs who have paved a broad and never-turning back road for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and composed a heart-wrenching national anthem.
Just when the battle of Wangzhuang in Huyang Town ended, the battle in the entire Huyang Town was basically over.
Almost at the same time, around the town of Huyang, the 4th Regiment of the 10th Division, charged the Japanese Noda Brigade and killed Captain Noda. The 12th Regiment was also fighting bravely against the Japanese army, helping the 10th Regiment to defeat the Japanese troops in this brigade.
In the entire battle of Huyang Town, the division commander Shi Jue commanded the 4th Division to defeat the 234th Wing of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army, killing 2 of its captains, killing more than 1,000 enemies, and seizing a large number of weapons, equipment and military supplies, showing the prestige of the national army.
After the battle of Huyang Town, Tang Enbo, commander-in-chief of the 31st Group Army, issued a commendation. The commander of the 11th Regiment, Wan Zhairen, was promoted to chief of staff of the 4th Division, and later to the commander of the 89th Division, with the rank of officer to army commander.
The battle of Huyang Town in the Battle of Zaoyi was very famous at that time, and it was known as the Great Victory of Huyang Town. Commander-in-Chief Tang Enbo expressed his condolences to the officers and men participating in the battle, and the 31st Group Army was proud of it, and the friendly forces also greatly appreciated it.
Due to the overall defeat of the Battle of Zaoyi, Chiang Kai-shek instructed that any result of the Battle of Zaoyi was not allowed to be counted, so the victory in Huyang Town was not widely publicized. Today, this exciting victory that crushed a wing of the Japanese army is even less well known.
After the battle of Huyang Town, Wang Zhonglian's 85th Army faced one of the brigades of the Japanese 3rd Division, and the enemy was defeated and retreated after a fierce battle.
After the repulsion of the Japanese invaders in Xiangdong (Yang), when the troops passed through Huyang Town again, the regiment commander Wan Zhairen led the officers and soldiers of the whole regiment to mourn the martyrs of the soldiers buried there, led by the battalion commander Shen Jinsheng.
At the memorial scene, the head of Wan Zhairen burst into tears, and the officers and soldiers were in grief.
During the Battle of Huyang Town, Tang Enbo's 31st Group Army still tightly surrounded the 29th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army in the areas of Shuanggou, Shangdian and Zaoyang.
In this way, the two armies fought until May 15, and the 3rd Brigade and the 29th Brigade were still unable to break through, and suffered heavy casualties, and the situation was critical. The commander of the Oshirodo Sanji Brigade, who was in a hurry, sent a telegram to the division asking for help: The enemy's will to fight is extremely strong. Judging from the current situation, it is very difficult to return safely, and I hope to reinforce a brigade.
The main force of the 3rd Division was forced to stop attacking Zhang Zizhong's 33rd Army in the Zaoyang area and turned back to rescue the 29th Brigade. After several days of hard fighting, with the cooperation of the tank regiment, more than 100 planes and 200 combat vehicles were mobilized to rescue the 29th brigade.
But the brigade has already suffered more than 4,000 casualties, or half of the forces involved.
As soon as the bodies of the martyrs were buried, the Southern Expeditionary Army immediately convened an emergency military meeting in a dilapidated farmhouse in Wangzhuang, Huyang Town.
In the dilapidated house, a large hole had been drilled in the window by a shell, and the door panel of the house had long been removed. It's a shame that the roof hasn't collapsed yet, and if the roof collapses, there really won't be a meeting in this house. This is a relatively good room, and if you look at the other rooms next to it, it doesn't look good.
Two square tables were found to face each other in the room, plus a few benches, and all the commanders who participated in the meeting sat down.
All those who were able to attend the meeting were Liu Zhiyuan, chief of staff and head of the regiment directly under him, Hou Dashan, head of the mechanized regiment, Wang Dawu, deputy head of the regiment, Zhang Xiaosan, commander of the guard battalion, Yin Zhaoli, commander of the special operations battalion, Fan Shuyu, captain of the health team, and some key personnel of the headquarters.
Only the commander of the tank battalion did not come, because the battle situation was complicated during this period, and the enemy and our troops on the Zaoyang battlefield were mixed with each other. Han Xing didn't dare to transfer this elite force out rashly, so they had to stay in the base of Dahongshan temporarily.
Although the battle of Wangzhuang suffered heavy casualties, as far as the Southern Expeditionary Army was concerned, it still fought a big victory. In addition to their grief, the commanders still felt an unprecedented joy of victory. This joy was brought out in the faces and words of the commanders.
Zhang Xiaosan's guard battalion contributed the most and killed the most enemies, of course, Zhang Xiaosan's tone was also rough, and his words became bold: "His grandmother's!" This time, I ate a big bun in one bite, and the battle of Wangzhuang wiped out more than 400 Japanese soldiers at once, more than 400 people. Those dead Japanese soldiers, they were really lying in a large area, and they stinked so much that people couldn't breathe. Tell me, these little devils, they are harming people when they are alive and smoke people when they are dead, they are really birds and children - not a plaything......"
Although Yin Zhaoli's special operations battalion did not make a big contribution in the battle of Wangzhuang, they did contribute in the battle of Miyang, especially the battle of burning the enemy's tank with a flamethrower, Yin Zhaoli will never forget it for the rest of his life. At this time, he was about to compete with Zhang Xiaosan, and said excitedly:
"It was the first time I had seen a flamethrower burn an enemy tank. Such a powerful Type 97 medium tank was burned by our flamethrower, there was nowhere to hide, there was nowhere to hide, and the devils on the tanks jumped out, and it was like a big fireball, burning them so much that they screamed. Have you ever eaten a kebab! That's what it looks like. ”