Looking at his guards, his head was gone, it had been shaved off by a cannonball, and only a cavity without a head remained, and black blood was still bubbling outward. How could it be black blood, because the cavity was also polluted, filled with dust, and the red blood that flowed out also changed color.

Although Kazuo Daegu has fought countless battles and seen too many dead people, he is still scared and sad when he sees this scene.

What I'm afraid of is that just now he was still a living life, how can he say that death is death, he has been conscientiously performing his duties and has been protecting himself, but in the blink of an eye, he has become a dead corpse. Life, why is it so short and impermanent!

Sadly, this guard is also from Sendai, and when he left, his parents told him that he must take him well and bring him home alive. But what he really didn't expect was that in this fierce battle, he could have dodged the bomb, but in order to protect his commander, he was broken.

Daegu Kazuo shouted loudly: "Come on, collect the corpse of the village, and bring him back!" Be sure to bring him back to Sendai! ”

Although he shouted loudly, his voice seemed so lonely and powerless on the empty battlefield.

After a closer look, Daegu saw that there were no more people in the wing headquarters. Everyone is like being stupid, and it can also be said that there may be people who are deaf and can't hear anything.

Gradually, a man came out of the mound, and when Daegu Kazuo saw it, the soldier who came out was like a native man, covered with dust. The face is similar to the Lord of the Stove, pitch black, it is baked by the blazing air, and the dust is on the face, it is not similar to the Lord of the Stove.

The soldier glanced at Kazuo Daegu with surprise on his face. This is all the old eagle flying to the pig's belly, just seeing the black of others, but not seeing the black of himself.

The Japanese soldiers in the dust began to crawl out, one here and one there, and in a short time, quite a few people had crawled out. After a while, people can't climb out anymore, as long as they can't climb out, then they are broken jade, and they will be in another world forever.

Daegu Kazuo was slowly waiting, and the number of officers and soldiers who had crawled out had reached more than 1,000. Under such heavy artillery fire, more than 1,000 people were still able to survive, and Kazuo Daegu felt that Emperor Hirohito was covering them, otherwise they would never have survived.

Kazuo Daegu wiped the command knife on his clothes, and the command knife, which had been covered with a lot of dust, gave off its original color, shining brightly. Kazuo Daegu swung his command knife vigorously towards the position of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and then shouted loudly: "Towards the position of the Chinese people, the rabbit will give—"

All the officers and men of the Daegu Wing lifted their spirits, took their weapons, and then made a final roar towards the position of the Southern Expeditionary Army: "Rabbit give-" "Kill all the Chinese-" "Occupy the position, victory belongs to us-"

These 1,000 or so people rushed to the position of Liu Zhiyuan's regiment, and of course they were head-on with a storm of bullets. Heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and assault rifles poured into the Japanese army. The Japanese troops in front fell, and the Japanese troops in the back continued to rush upward, as if they were fighting for the death.

The Japanese army had already fallen several hundred people in a row, and had not yet broken through the positions of the Chinese troops. At this time, behind the 33rd Division, fierce mortar fire and gunfire sounded again.

This is the 79th Army and the 20th Army, taking advantage of this excitement, to launch an attack behind the 33rd Division.

As soon as the gunshots rang out in the back, it disturbed the mind of Kazuo Daegu, there was a strong enemy in front of him, and there was a blow in the back, how could this battle be fought?

It was also at this time that the herald came to report: "Report to the commander of the wing, the commander of the division, and the commander of the division has asked me to convey the order for your wing to retreat, and it is necessary to block the troops of the Southern Expeditionary Army. ”

"Ani! Why retreat. After a while, the attack was successful. Daegu Kazuo said unconvinced that his ideal was plump, and the reality was skinny, and after a while, he might really capture the forward position of the Southern Expeditionary Army. If we retreat like this, the responsibility will be the division commander, and it will not be my Daegu Wing.

The herald said: "The division commander just asked me to deliver the order. As for why we retreated, it may be that the 79th Army and the 20th Army launched a fierce attack on us, this time the attack was different from the original, they were already equipped with a large number of mortars, and the firepower was very fierce, making us very passive. ”

Kazuo Daegu had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, he was about to step down from this step. Therefore, he gave an order, and asked his wing to change from the rear to the front, and the front to the back, and retreat towards the original starting point.

What the herald said about mortars, I have to explain it here.

War is fought not only about morale, not only about strategy and tactics, but also about weapons.

Here we have to talk about the mortar units of the national army!

In the third year of the Anti-Japanese War, although nominally, the arsenal of the Nationalist Government could manufacture a very small number of large-caliber artillery, the large forgings, including the barrel and other major gun parts, were all supplied by Germany, and the precision sights were supplied by Germany with a complete set of finished products.

After the start of the Anti-Japanese War, Germany quickly severed diplomatic relations with China, and the import of foreign aid was impossible. In addition, the Japanese army successively blocked China's foreign arms purchase channels, and the Nationalist Government was almost unable to produce large and medium-caliber artillery.

In fact, it is not completely impossible to produce it itself, and if large-scale investment is carried out, after a period of preparation, it is also possible to produce large and medium-caliber artillery. However, the output will definitely not be much, the quality will definitely be mediocre, and the third will require huge financial and material resources.

The Nationalist Government believes that from the perspective of actual combat, it is too cost-effective to spend huge financial and material resources to produce these artillery.

So China simply abandoned the production of large and medium-caliber artillery and switched to the production of mortars that were urgently needed by front-line troops.

During the 8-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the national army produced various mortars from 150 mm to 60 mm, about 5,000 60 mm mortars, about 7,500 82 mm mortars, about 60 120 mm mortars, and 280 150 mm mortars.

From July 1937 to August 1945, the Nationalist Government produced about 5.5 million mortar shells, most of which were 82-mm mortar shells.

The arsenal of the national army is produced while equipping it with mortars for front-line troops. Since the 79th Army and the 20th Army had just been equipped with mortars, they immediately gained strength and launched a brave attack on the 33rd Division.

Mortars are a very distinctive weapon, they are light and easy to move, and even if the Japanese army has powerful artillery firepower, it is not easy to completely kill them. Therefore, during the entire eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the mortar unit of the National Army made great achievements, causing many casualties to the Japanese army, and even killing many Japanese generals.

The Eighth Route Army has also made many gains! In 1939, the Eighth Route Army used mortars to shoot cold artillery and killed the commander of the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade Regiment, Abe Norihide Brigade.

Han Xing was in the headquarters and was observing the Japanese attack. He was full of hope that the Japanese would continue to attack, and the more ferocious the Japanese attacked, the faster he would die. Because no matter in terms of firepower, numbers, or tactical deployment, the Southern Expeditionary Army was much more clever than this wing of the Japanese army.

When Han Xing was happy, he suddenly saw that the Japanese army had stopped fighting and retreated. Han Xing asked Liu Zhiyuan strangely: "Chief of staff, why don't these fools attack." Are they getting smarter? ”

Liu Zhiyuan was also carefully observing the movements of the Japanese army, he listened to the sound of artillery in the distance, and said to Han Xing: "Listen, the sound of mortars in the distance, needless to say, this is the 79th Army and the 20th Army are flanking the Japanese army again." But I'm a little strange, in the past, the 79th Army and the 20th Army only had the sound of machine guns and rifles, and there were very few mortars. ”

Han Xing listened patiently for a while, and then nodded in agreement: "It is indeed the sound of a large number of mortars. Perhaps, our national army has really changed its guns. In this way, it will be enough for Jutaro Kanji to drink a pot. Let's go, let's take a look ahead. ”

Han Xing, Liu Zhiyuan, and some people from the headquarters went to the forefront to check the military situation. Of course, Zhang Xiaosan's guard company was not willing to be lonely, and formed a straggler to protect these people in the headquarters.

Liu Zhiyuan's directly subordinate regiment was resting in the trenches at this time, some were wiping weapons, some were smoking, and some were writing letters home, and their expressions were quite flat. This time-tested unit has long been accustomed to such small battles, and it is no longer a matter of course.

Due to the fact that the trenches were dug deep in advance and dug to a standard level, the Japanese artillery was beaten to the upper hand again, so the casualties of the directly subordinate regiments were not large.

These people from Han Xing crossed these trenches and came to the place where they had been shelled just now. When I got here, I saw that the Japanese army had been beaten badly.

The corpses of the Japanese soldiers are here and there, some are piled up in pieces, and the appearance of the corpses is also very ugly, some are missing an arm, some are missing a leg, which is quite good-looking. What's even more ugly is that some of the corpses of Japanese soldiers turned out to be half cut off, and that half of them disappeared nowhere.

It can be seen how powerful our 105-mm howitzers, Japanese Type 94 75mm mountain guns, and Soviet-made ZIS-3 76mm field guns are.

Walking further, Zhang Xiaosan began to stop: "Commander Han, the front is dangerous, you can't go." ”

Han Xing waved his hand at him and said, "Get out of the way, get out of the way, we're going to work." ”

Zhang Xiaosan continued to stop and said: "Reconnoiter further ahead, this is the job of the scout, you are overstepping your authority." I was disciplined last time, and the authorities gave me the power to take the necessary action if you put yourself in danger again. ”

Only then did Han Xing remember that in the battle of Straw Shoes Mountain, his own punishment had not yet come down, and Zhang Xiaosan had already memorized a punishment.

Liu Zhiyuan also began to stop Han Xing and said: "You can't go any further, it's dangerous to go further." The rules we set, and then we broke them, and we slapped ourselves in the face. Stop, we can have the Scout scout scout the enemy in front of us. ”

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