Chapter 25: The Lord is coming
Liu Lang was swallowing the porridge in a big gulp, but he was actually thinking about one thing silently.
As a fat butterfly that crossed over, Liu Lang was naturally very clear about the local war that happened in northern China that seemed to be the greed of the high-level of the Japanese state, but in fact the almond beards were a test of the determination of the entire Chinese people to defend the country.
As in the past time and space, the Japanese army invaded Rehe in the north, the middle and the south, and basically repelled the frontal resistance of the national army at the end of February and early March, until March 9, when the Japanese army mixed into the 14th Brigade and two brigades arrived outside Xifengkou, and the battle of Rehe was declared over.
A certain young marshal, who was the chairman of the Northern Military Commission of China, reappeared in the eyes of the people of the whole country as a man who carried the blame, and on March 12 he resigned at the signal of the bald principal, and was replaced by General He, Minister of Military Affairs.
The victory of the 29th Army at Xifengkou in the early morning of the 11th came too late, and it was really not enough to allow this to sit firmly in the position of the first military man in the north.
The Chinese side is still changing generals, but the Japanese army is still carrying out in an orderly manner according to its own battle plan.
The 8th Division (Division Commander Nishi Yoshiichi), the main force of the Japanese army attacking Xifengkou, with more than 30,000 people under its command of the 4th Infantry Brigade (Brigade Commander Mitsu Suzuki), the 16th Brigade (Brigade Commander Nagawahara Kan), the 8th Cavalry Wing, the 8th Artillery Wing, the 8th Engineer Brigade, the 1st Tank Brigade, the Lushun Heavy Artillery Brigade, the Kwantung Army Automobile Brigade, and the puppet Fengtian Provincial Garrison Army's 1st Puppet Independent Brigade in the Zhishan Division, totaling more than 30,000 people, advanced towards the Xifeng Pass on March 4.
The fastest runner was the 2nd Brigade of the 14th Brigade of the Mixed Brigade, which had turned from the tea shed, and arrived at Xifengkou on March 9 and immediately launched an attack.
On the first day, the 53rd Army's Wan Fulin Division was defeated in the face of the attack of 2,000 Japanese troops, and the Japanese occupied the first pass on March 9, but the 109th Brigade of the 29th Army Zhao Dengyu quickly counterattacked, and the Japanese army broke out on March 10 with the full support of the reinforced 113 Brigade for the pass, and the Japanese army 2,000 people withdrew from the pass to wait for the main force.
At 11 o'clock on the night of the 11th, the night attack team of Zhao Dengyu's brigade galloped lightly, using only grenades and large knives as weapons, and launched an attack on Caijiayu and Xifengkou and other places in two ways, fighting hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army all night, killing and wounding more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers.
This is the bitter battle that Liu Lang just experienced in the early hours of yesterday morning.
After the battle, the commander of the 8th Division, Nishi Yoshiichi, who arrived in a hurry, was left with more than 700 dead corpses of devils who had lost their heads and hundreds of terrified Japanese soldiers.
The famous Northwest Army broadsword team proved the strength of the Northwest men with the heads of more than 700 devils.
Xiyi, who was thunderous like thunder, did not stop for a moment, and launched a tidal wave of attacks with 20,000 men under his command, but this time the defenders, who had been waiting for work and had defensive experience, did not make the previous mistakes, and although they paid a huge price, they resisted the high-intensity bombardment of the 8th Division with 8 150-mm howitzers of a heavy artillery brigade and 36 75-mm mountain guns and 12 75-mm field guns of an artillery wing, and inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army, killing and wounding more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers againγγγγγγ
Liu Lang had already asked He Datou and knew that when he woke up, it was already noon on the 13th, the day after the night attack of the Great Sword. And the Japanese army is attacking frantically under the command of Xi Yiyi at this time, just looking at Lao Wang, the colonel and regiment commander, Liu Lang can also guess the fierceness of the battle.
According to the course of history, the Battle of the Great Wall was actually a failure overall, and the Japanese invaders finally broke through and forced the government to sign the humiliating "Tanggu Agreement", and the 29th Army was one of the few bright spots in this battle of nearly 200,000 national troops.
It was they who held the Great Wall defense line near Xifengkou and dealt a heavy blow to the imposing Eighth Division, and the 29th Army killed and wounded nearly 5,000 Japanese soldiers throughout the battle.
Liu Lang knows that he is just a small person now, and he is powerless to stop the rolling torrent of history. It's just that the little man also has big dreams, and he may not be able to stop the giant wheel of history that is crushing him, but it can still be done by kicking it hard in the back seat of the unshakable giant of history and changing its track a little.
For example, the upcoming major general brigade commander Zhao Dengyu, the general who is on the spectrum of anti-Japanese heroes.
He may be able to help Liu Lang realize the dream of a small person.
Because Liu Lang knew very well in his heart that some of the battle plans that the Japanese army of the Eighth Division on the Xifengkou side was about to implement in the future, he believed that this general was not only patriotic, but also brave and wise, and would be happy to listen to it.
Just as Liu Lang was pondering how to phrase it, he heard footsteps from far and near outside the cave.
Although the 29th Army is poor, it is not so bad that it can't even afford the leather boots of the brigade-level commander, and the sound of the leather boots stepping on the ground is completely different from the cloth shoes on the soldiers' feet.
This is definitely an officer above the rank of colonel.
It's just that the footsteps of leather boots are two people!
Liu Lang raised his head, and a standard Chinese face appeared in front of him.
There is no need to look at the facial features at all, let alone compare them with the facial features of the anti-Japanese generals in his memory, Liu Lang guessed the identity of this person.
Feng Zhi'an, commander of the 37th Division of the 29th Army!
can let Zhao Dengyu follow behind, and appear on the position of the 109th Brigade again, and then look at the rank of lieutenant general on his collar badge, except for Feng Zhian, there will be no second person at all.
Before that, the original owner of Liu Lang's body had also seen Feng Zhi'an. As the owner of the 20,000 oceans, although a dignified lieutenant general has his own reserve and will not talk to Liu Lang, the red fat man with a special mission is not less dangling in the division headquarters, and Master Feng has seen it many times.
"Hello teacher! Hello Hostel! The old king bounced up from his pony tie, hung one of his arms, stood straight, and saluted the two generals with his right hand, which was still intact.
Judging from this surprised expression, obviously, he didn't expect that the division would come to visit Liu Lang, the little captain, in person.
Since the 29th Armament Battle, Liu Lang, the former division staff officer, has gone down to his 217th Regiment, which is considered his Lao Wang's subordinate, visiting him, isn't it just affirming his 217th Regiment! That's a great honor!
Lao Wang is like this, where does Liu Lang dare to be lazy, at a speed not inferior to Lao Wang, he stood up, sorted out his military uniform and saluted these two after Lao Wang finished saluting, and his voice was high:
"Hello teacher! Hello Hostel! β
In fact, the rules of the army, whether it was in the past or in the future, may change weapons, military postures and even tactics, but there is one thing that has not changed since ancient times, that is, when saluting and saluting the superior commander, the voice is roaring.
The louder the voice, the more respect, and at the same time, it also means that you have enough combat power.
Of course, this is also because it is now in the brigade headquarters health team, and the defense line of the Great Wall is currently very solid, and there is an infantry company around it to defend it, so there is no worry about the Japanese army lurking in.
Otherwise, if the loud voice is scared to death, shouting the official position of the chief, it is not respect, but pushing the chief into the fire pit.
Seeing that Liu Lang was so angry, the two generals looked at each other and smiled at each other, casually raising their hands to return the salute.