Chapter 910: Fatigue Forced March
The Japanese army occupied Yaowangtai, an important military position, leaving Noda's squadron and artillery squadron to hold on, and the large force quickly advanced to Yaowen in the west.
General Suzuki, commander of the 20th Division, learned that the Yaowangtai position had been lost, and this surprise was not trivial, once Yaowangtai was occupied by the Chinese troops again, and the main force of the Japanese army advancing westward was blocked and surrounded and hunted in the area of West Yaowen, it was bound to turn into a tragedy of the division and encirclement of the Xiyang River again.
He immediately replied to the 77th Wing and ordered the Guanshan Feizhong Wing to quickly reinforce Yaowangtai and recapture the Yaowangtai position.
When the captain of Guanshan Feizhong received the order to attack Yaowangtai again, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately mobilized his troops to quickly pounce on Yaowangtai.
Lei Yunfeng led the Cheetah Commando, using excellent weapons and equipment and tenacious will to fight, and cooperated with the 1st Battalion of the 102nd Regiment to finally recapture Yaowangtai from the Noda Squadron after a hard battle.
According to the information he had read in his previous life, in order to prevent the 77th Wing of the Japanese army that had returned to Yaowangtai to recapture Yaowangtai, Lei Yunfeng handed over the Yaowangtai position to Wang Jinglun, deputy commander of the regiment, and he led the Cheetah Commando and the machine gun battalion to rush to Xianguding.
Intending to occupy the favorable terrain of Xianguding in advance, set up an ambush, and prepared to meet the Japanese 77th Wing, which had returned to the reinforcement of Noda's squadron to recapture the Yaowangtai position.
The soldiers of the machine gun battalion, who had not been rested for a long time, finally arrived at the designated place, Yaowangtai, but they did not expect to receive an order to attack Xianguding non-stop.
At this time, the fighters of the machine gun battalion, who were already exhausted, let alone running forward, it was difficult to even take a step, and not only disgruntled complaints were heard in the ranks.
Lei Yunfeng, who urged the horses to catch up quickly, saw that the soldiers of the machine gun battalion were marching slowly, and the troops were emotionally unstable, and even these brothers who worshiped him as the god of war looked at him with resentment and extreme hatred.
Lei Yunfeng rode a war horse and rushed from the tail team to the front team, and had a simple understanding of the emotions of the soldiers on the march, and first ordered Fang Shichao to lead a ten cavalry reconnaissance team to rush to Xiangu Ding as quickly as possible to conduct on-the-spot reconnaissance.
It is required that after the arrival of the machine gun battalion, which is deployed in advance according to the terrain, it will be able to enter the position of blocking the Japanese army rushing to Yaowangtai for reinforcements.
He gave orders to the other members of the Cheetah Cavalry Commando to dismount and hand over their horses, and to carry heavy weapons and equipment and frail and seriously wounded soldiers, so as to speed up the rapid advance of the troops.
Lei Yunfeng carried a submachine gun in front of him, hung the captured Japanese adjutant command knife on his waist, and hung four grenades on his chest, handed over the war horse, and walked in the front of the team with great dignity.
When the soldiers of the machine gun battalion saw that their Lei Regiment Commander actually abandoned his war horse and walked in front of the team on foot, cheering up the soldiers as he walked, these soldiers who served Lei Yunfeng like the god of war, the complaints and hatred in their hearts immediately disappeared.
Some soldiers not only complained to each other: "It's all you low-mouthed guys who complained all the way, and when Chief Lei heard it, he actually abandoned his war horse and walked with us, do you know how heavy the burden on Chief Lei is?" What a bastard's head. ”
The soldiers of the machine gun battalion knew very well in their hearts that as long as they found the figure of Lei Yunfeng in the ranks, they would definitely have to carry out a dangerous and arduous combat mission, and it was their commander Lei who rushed to the forefront of this dangerous mission.
The soldiers saw Lei Yunfeng striding in front of the team, and even the members of the Cheetah Commando handed over their horses to carry the wounded and sick who had difficulty moving, and followed the team on foot.
Yang Kai, the commander of the machine gun company, said to the soldiers: "Brothers, we must be carrying out a very difficult and dangerous combat mission when we march to the top of Xiangu, and our commander Lei suddenly appeared in the team, indicating that this mission is very important. ”
"Company Commander Yang, what do you mean by this, don't you just want us to speed up our pace and keep up with Commander Lei, who is leading the rapid march in front of the team, so as not to embarrass our machine gun company? Rest assured, we promise to keep up with the pace of Chief Lei, and we will never fall behind. ”
"Why are you so stupid, don't you all understand what I want to say?"
"Company Commander Yang, all we are thinking about now is how to keep up with Chief Lei and not fall behind, and the rest of us don't have the heart to think about things and wests, just say it if we have something to say, and leave this little strength to hurry."
Company Commander Yang Kai no longer paved the way and said directly: "Our regiment led the Cheetah Commando to catch up frantically from behind, not to catch up with our machine gun battalion and march together, but to rush to the front to deploy a defensive position, but now the troops are slowed down and have to abandon their horses to follow the action, the purpose of which is to inspire the courage of the soldiers to march quickly, so as not to be unable to arrive at the ambush site on time and delay the big event." ”
"Company commander, since you know that Commander Lei has a more important task to rush to the front to deploy, then why don't you ask the deputy regiment commander to make it clear, if Commander Lei is tired, who will command the arduous and dangerous task that will be launched immediately?"
Yang Kai felt that what the soldiers said was right, so he immediately left the team and ran to the front, catching up with the battalion commander Niu Fakui of the machine gun battalion, but found that the battalion commander Niu was walking side by side with Lei Yunfeng and Hou Sheng at the front of the team, striding forward quickly.
"Battalion Commander Niu, Battalion Commander Niu, please take a step to speak."
Battalion Commander Niu Fakui walked at the front of the team side by side with Lei Yunfeng and Hou Sheng, he was already exhausted, he knew that as long as he breathed a sigh of relief, he would be left behind by Lei Yunfeng, not only said impatiently: "Company Commander Yang, if you have something, just say it, what are you doing to talk about it, is Chief Lei an outsider?" ”
"Battalion Commander Niu, the soldiers of the unit heard that the regimental seat abandoned their horses and walked at the front of the team, and they were afraid that the regimental seat still had important tasks to be deployed, so they asked me to ask the regimental seat to ride a horse first, and they must not delay the deployment of major tasks because of the morale of the troops."
Niu Fakui felt that what Company Commander Yang and the soldiers said was very reasonable, but he repeatedly asked Lei Yunfeng to ride a horse and lead the Cheetah Commando to continue to move forward, so as not to delay time and affect the success or failure of this battle.
But they were all avoided by Lei Yunfeng with a smile, and they still strode forward regardless of it.
"Chief Lei, did you hear what Company Commander Yang Kai just said about the machine gun? This is the voice of all the soldiers of the machine gun battalion, so don't go against the wishes of the soldiers and affect your prestige in the ranks. ”
"Niu Fakui, I really didn't expect you to have so many scheming, and even drove me out of the team under the guise of soldiers, I tell you, the troops are exhausted from the long-distance heavy march, if you slack off now, I am afraid that you will fall on the side of the road weakly, and if you want to tell them to stand up and continue to march forcefully, it is better to kill them."
"Since Commander Lei knows that the soldiers in the army have reached the point of exhaustion, why don't you rest for half an hour, so that you can recover some strength, and you will speed up the delay and drive back the delayed time when you march again."
"Battalion Commander Niu has no experience in expeditions on foot, do you know that there are three stages of physical strength for people on the march and fighting?"
"Huh? I haven't heard that marching and fighting rely on strength and endurance, how can a forced march have three stages? Please speak up and listen. ”
Lei Yunfeng simply explained that in the first stage of the forced march, the soldiers have already felt exhausted to the extreme, and it is difficult to take even one step further, this is the first stage.