Chapter 21: A Crushing Victory
The night shrouded the earth, and the Japanese barracks under the mountain were brightly lit, but the positions of our troops on the mountain were pitch black. The fighters were nervously packing their bags. Ten minutes ago, the order to retreat was given, and the fighters of the first detachment were doing the final work before retreating.
Gu Dafeng looked at the luminous watch in his hand, and then looked up at the Japanese barracks under the mountain. This hill is the most brutal battle that the first detachment has fought since its establishment, and the tempering of blood and fire has tempered the will and enhanced the combat experience, but it has also made the first detachment pay the price of blood.
More than half of the troops? Gu Dafeng didn't dare to think about that terrifying casualty figure anymore. However, he believed that as long as there was still one person in the first team who could return alive, he would be a fearless steel hero after being reborn again!
Little devil, let's see! Bah! Spit on the ground, and looked at the Japanese army down the mountain with hatred for the last time, Gu Dafeng was suddenly stunned. Firelight, no, should be a flash. A little flash, one flash after another, appeared behind the devil's position, followed by a sound like firecrackers and thunder, "pop ......" is the sound of gunshots!
"Brethren, reinforcements are coming! We're here for reinforcements! Rush down the mountain with me and cooperate with the reinforcements to fight the devils! Don't let our allies laugh at us. Walk! Bending down to pick up a machine gun, Gu Dafeng ran down the mountain first, and the soldiers behind him shouted the charging slogan in a mess and quickly followed, and soon someone overtook the detachment leader.
Gu Dafeng's pace slowed down, and the soldiers behind him rushed in front of him one after another like the wind. Looking at the sturdy figures of the soldiers in front of him, Gu Dafeng's nose was sour, and his tears almost didn't come down. Before coming, the first detachment was fully equipped with more than 400 officers and soldiers! What now? Including him, there are less than fifty officers and men.
"Rush, kill the devil-" A shout in front of him woke Gu Dafeng up from his sad mood, now is not the time to sigh indiscriminately! quickly adjusted his mentality, quickened his pace to keep up with the team, and ran down towards the devil position at the bottom of the mountain.
The crusade organized by the Kwantung Army was large in number and troops, and the people who participated in the battle were basically garrison troops drawn from all over the northeast. There was not a single powerful field division or field wing.
Umezu Mijiro probably wanted these garrisons and recruits who had not participated in much combat to go to the battlefield to listen to the sound of guns and cannons, and feel what it was like to fight.
Since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army has continuously transferred elite troops from the Kwantung Army to increase the Pacific Theater. In order to balance the Soviet Union in the north, Manchuria also had to maintain a certain size of the Kwantung Army, so veterans and young recruits who had been discharged for many years were drafted into the army and sailed from Japan to this so-called Manchukuo.
The addition of these people has made the old and the young in the Kwantung Army, and the once powerful Kwantung Army has greatly reduced its strength! As the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro was of course not satisfied with this situation, but although he had a high status, he was powerless to change the overall situation of the Kwantung Army's elite being constantly transferred.
In order to prevent the Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness from declining too quickly, and in order to maintain a certain resistance to the Kwantung Army in the future if the Soviet Union uses force against Manchuria, so that it will not collapse all at once, Umezu Mijiro has long been thinking about letting the recruits and the garrison activities to fight.
Last year, he got the information that Ren Laifeng was stirring up the wind and rain in Qinggang. At that time, Umezu Mijiro did not move, and he felt that there were too few people to train his troops. He's going to fatten the pigs and kill them again! After the summer of this year, General Umezu felt that the time was ripe, so he sent troops from all over the country to encircle and suppress Ren Laifeng!
Like the embankment detachment in front of the first detachment, it is a garrison army in Jilin Province, but because there are a little more people, this kid has fought at Nomenkan, and he is an experienced veteran officer, which makes him a little stronger.
After today's day's fighting, Gu Dafeng's first detachment was certainly lost by half, and the embankment detachment was also seriously damaged. The devils can't hold on anymore, and they plan to withdraw. However, the Japanese army has always liked to rush in the dark, and Tsutsujiro's plan is to work quietly at dawn tomorrow.
I didn't expect that tonight suddenly came to steal the camp and rob the village, and the enemy who came was quite strong! Tsutsujiro didn't pay attention, and his position let this sneak attack force break through a big hole!
"Fire! Fire! Holding a command knife, Tsutsujiro kept ordering the machine gunners around him to open fire, and some of the devil soldiers saw Tsutsujiro and gathered around him. It didn't take long for hundreds of devils to gather near Tsujiro. This guy just wanted to lead the troops to counterattack, but he found that a shout of killing sounded in the direction of the mountain!
Broken! Tsutsujiro's heart was cold at that time. Today's battle was a day, and his detachment suffered more than three-quarters of the casualties, and this result had already cast a shadow on Tsutsujiro's heart. Now that it looks like the group of fierce people on the mountain has come down again, how can Tsutsujiro not be afraid?
He can't stand just the gang of people who steal camps and rob villages, plus the group of fierce people on the mountain, can he still survive with two attacks? No, run! Tsutsujiro and Gu Dafeng didn't even take a picture of each other, and led his group of remnants to run away.
When Gu Dafeng led his soldiers and reinforcements to meet, he found that the original reinforcement was the Kuatu Company, and now it was the Flying Tiger Battalion. It's the Flying Tiger Battalion that has come to reinforce him!
Gu Dafeng shook hands with Yao Wenlong, and while thanking others for coming to reinforcements, he also asked, why are you here? Didn't the commander-in-chief leave you to defend Qinggang?
Yao Wenlong told him that it was the commander-in-chief who received the battle report from the front line, knew that the front line was tight and was anxious, and the devil had sent him out before he arrived in Qinggang. This is also the Flying Tiger Battalion, driving a fast truck, and getting the news at almost four o'clock in the afternoon just after dinner arrived at the place.
The Flying Tiger Battalion was accompanied by a doctor and a radio station. The doctors are the miracle doctor Niu Xiang and their apprentices. Wouldn't it be a waste of resources to put such a miracle doctor and not let him accept a group of apprentices? Doctor Niu took six apprentices, four of whom learned medical skills from him, and two of whom learned nursing from his wife. Anyway, there are doctors and nurses.
Gu Dafeng led the troops down the mountain to fight, and the uninjured and lightly wounded all followed him down the mountain, and the seriously wounded had to stay on the mountain with inconvenience. Now there are doctors and trucks, and the seriously injured can be treated. The soldiers led a group of doctors up the mountain, and after a brief treatment, they carried the seriously wounded down the mountain, and the gang was able to save their lives.
The devil let him run away, what should I do next Gu Dafeng still has to ask Ren Laifeng for instructions.