Chapter 9: Digging the Foot of the Wall
"Know what?"
I don't know which Jin Sui Army soldier answered, Li Hai directly took the opportunity to divert the topic, "Your army commander Lieutenant General Li Fuying has been shot by your Chief Yan!" β
"What?"
Hearing this news, these remnants of the Jin Sui Army immediately exploded.
"How is that possible? How could Chief Lee... What is Chief Yan? β
On both sides are the chiefs, one is their direct superior, and the other is the soul of the entire Jin Sui army.
Li Hai took the opportunity to fan the flames, "We got the news that your Chief Yan executed your Chief Li on the grounds of losing Panshan. β
"Lost Panshan? Although our 61st Army is an army, it is actually more than one division, but what about the Japanese army? That's tens of thousands of troops! Can more than 10,000 of us fight? And there are no reinforcements, Panshan is lost, although we don't want to see it, but we really can't hold it. β
"That is, in order to defend the heavenly town, our regiment commander was killed in battle, and we were the only ones left in the entire regimentγγγγγ"
"Even if you want to investigate the responsibility for the loss of Panshan, then the brigade commander of the 220 Brigade should be executed, how to become Commander Li...
For a while, the remnants of these Jin Sui army were all noisy, some were dissatisfied with Li Fuying's execution, some were Wei Yan Laoxi's defense, and some complained, as for the weapons of the Jin Sui army that were taken away by Li Hai and others, no one asked.
At this time, this Jin Sui army was thinking about leaving here and retreating to the south of the Great Wall to confirm the news they had received from the mouths of these Eighth Route Army in front of them.
For the words of the Eighth Route Army, these Jin Sui troops did not believe it very much, after all, before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, their Commander Yan had to discipline them all day long, to prevent the CCP or something.
Because it was late, and the remnants of the Jin Sui army in front of them had fled in embarrassment for so many days, and they were still being chased and beaten by the Japanese army, they had long lost much morale.
Before nightfall, the soldiers of the 6th Company and the remnants of the Jin Sui Army buried the soldiers who died in battle, and as for the corpse of the little devil, after the valuable things were picked up, they dug a pit and buried them casually.
Although Li Hai and others saved this Jin Sui army, the Jin Sui army was not as grateful to the Eighth Route Army as they imagined, and even the rest at night was clear, and they were also careful to be vigilant.
Trust is not something that can be built in a while, especially the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army.
Historically, many Red Army troops could not accept the reorganization into the Eighth Route Army, because they had fought for many years with the Central Army as the main country, and the hatred between the two sides could not be let go for a while. This is the case with the Jin Sui Army, which is not deeply hated, let alone with the Central Army.
Although the soldiers below were resting on one side, the commanders of both sides sat together.
Lieutenant Colonel Jin Suijun wanted to get more information about the battle situation in Shanxi and the route of retreat to the south of the Great Wall from them, and Li Hai and the others also needed to obtain the situation of the Japanese army in Hunyuan from the other side.
"Head Chen, what are you going to do next? Continue to stay north of the Great Wall to resist the Japanese? Or retreat to the south of the Great Wall? β
Sitting in front of the fire, Li Xiangbei asked the lieutenant colonel of Jin Suijun opposite.
The lieutenant colonel shook his head, "Since our 61st Army has been ordered to withdraw to the south of the Great Wall, we must obey the orders of the Commander's Department and then go back to rebuild." β
Lehi pouted, "What are you going back for?" If he really wants to hold Shanxi, as for letting more than 10,000 of your 61st Army stand on top of Yanbei?
In my opinion, it's better to stay in Yanbei and fight devils with us. β
The captain, who did not have a very good attitude towards the Eighth Route Army, was not angry, "Are you Eighth Route Army so unruly? A small platoon commander would dare to interject in the conversation of the commanders? β
A major of the Jin Suijun next to him was afraid that the relationship between the two sides would be stiff, so he hurriedly said, "It's just that Chief Yan is our chief after all, this little brother should accumulate a little bit of morality." β
Li Xiangbei glared at Lehi, who sat reluctantly on the sidelines.
"Don't be surprised by Captain Chen, young people are not sensible. But since you want to withdraw to the south, we won't force it, and we can also let someone show you the way, after all, there are Japanese troops on the other side of Pingxingguan, if you don't pay attention, it is easy to be targeted by the Japanese army. β
The lieutenant colonel nodded, "Thank you very much." β
Li Hai's eyes rolled, and he couldn't bear the loneliness and interjected, "Head Chen, do you know how many devils there are in Hunyuan?" β
The lieutenant colonel was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said with a wry smile, "We were all defeated at that time, how could we have the time to investigate the situation of the Japanese army." However, Hunyuan is some distance away from the North Tongpu Railway, and the Japanese army should not be stationed too many troops.
To tell you the truth, with your equipment, it is really not enough to look in front of the Japanese troops armed to the teeth, and you have not experienced the powerful firepower of the Japanese regular armyγγγγγ β
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"What the hell do you want to do, college student?" After finishing the conversation with Jin Suijun, Li Xiangbei called Li Hai to his side, and his tone was slightly stern.
"Company commander, don't you want to leave these Jin Sui troops behind?" Seeing that there was some distance away from the place where Jin Suijun was resting, Li Hai did not deliberately lower his voice.
"Leave these Jin Sui troops behind? The leader is a lieutenant colonel and deputy regiment commander, and these Jin Sui troops are all regular troops, will they come to our Eighth Route Army? β
Lehi pursed his lips, "Company commander, these officers want to stay, we don't want it yet." Although the morale of these soldiers is low now, the company commander also said that they are regular soldiers, and if a small part of them can stay, it will be a good thing for our company, isn't it? β
Saying that, Li Hai turned around and walked towards Jin Suijun's resting place, Li Xiangbei hurriedly stopped him, "What are you doing?" β
"Go and find out the attitude of those Jin Sui troops."
"Don't mess around, it's a friendly army."
"Company commander, don't worry!"
Although Li Hai was talking about guaranteeing the ticket, he muttered in his heart that he had to dig up the corners of friendly troops, and these soldiers were a waste to Yan Laoxi anyway.
Many later generations commented that Guojun was 'a first-class soldier, a second-rate officer, and a third-rate commander'.
And indeed it is!
In fact, the cards in Yan Laoxi's hand are very good, but they play a little badly. Compared with the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army had too many advantages in the face of the Japanese army.
Local operations, there is also an independent military industrial system to ensure that ammunition is sufficient, and the terrain of Shanxi is also very good for the Jin Sui army. But even so, the Jin Sui army was still defeated in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War.
These soldiers of the Jin Sui Army are now demoralized, but they are all veterans, and they are much better than the recruits recruited by Li Hai who can't even shoot guns.
As for low morale? The Eighth Route Army has ways to boost morale.
That night, Lehi didn't do anything too much, just chatted with the demoralized soldiers of the Jin Sui Army, of course, anti-Japanese or something.
It's only one night, and even if it's effective, it won't be very big, but it's still productive after all.
The next day, when Commander Chen retreated south with the remnants, he found that there were more than a dozen people missing, but by the time they found out, they had already left some distance.
As for where these people went, Head Chen didn't ask, and the others pretended not to know, compared to this trivial matter, retreating to the south of the Great Wall is the most important thing.
Looking at the dozen or so soldiers of the Jin Sui Army who obviously belonged to the flesh in front of him, the company commander was also happy in his heart, although they were all ordinary soldiers, what they wanted were ordinary soldiers.
As soon as the Jin Sui army left, the 6th Company began to discuss the next matter, first of all, what to do with yesterday's capture?
Coupled with the dozen or so soldiers of the Jin Sui Army, there are a total of 92 people in the entire 6 companies, but there are 148 rifles (the dozen Jin Sui Army soldiers who defected to the Eighth Route Army brought guns), which is a very terrifying number, in addition to 7 light machine guns, including 1 Type 96 light machine gun, 3 crooked handles (one of which was captured in the Battle of Pingxingguan), 3 Jin Czech-style light machine guns, as well as 2 grenadiers, 6 Thompson submachine guns.
I don't know if the guard unit of the Eighth Route Army headquarters is so luxurious, anyway, for an ordinary company like the 6th Company, this equipment is too luxurious.
"Company commander, do you really want to hand over these captured weapons?" Hearing that he was going to hand in some of his weapons, the platoon leader was a little reluctant.
Instructor Lao Zhao explained, "Platoon Commander Wang, it is a rule to hand over the seizure to the superiors, and we can't use so many weapons. Our 2nd Battalion is now short of weapons, and we should support them. β
"A long line, the instructor is right." The company commander opened his mouth to support the instructor, and the two had discussed this matter before, "College student, what do you think about handing in weapons?" β
"Me?" Lehi was stunned for a moment.
"Don't you have a lot of ideas? Give you a chance. β
Lehi shrugged his shoulders and was not polite, "Company commander, instructor." We must hand over some of this capture, but my opinion is that we should try to keep the Japanese-style weapons in the company as much as possible, and hand over the weapons of other calibers to the battalion.
Four Japanese-style machine guns can be left, just hand over three Jin-made Czech-style guns, and then fifty or sixty rifles and some bullets are enough to make the difference.
There are also those two small steel cannons (grenadiers), if anyone can use them, we will keep them, and if no one can use them, we will give them to the battalion. β
The grenadier can be regarded as a small-caliber mortar, but it is just a troublesome point in operation, and it is not a skilled veteran, and holding a grenadier will not play much role.
Moreover, they were originally captured on the battlefield, and there were not a few shells, and even those who did not understand artillery in the area did not have much impact on whether they were left behind or not.
Finally, they discussed it and decided to hand in 50 rifles, 3 Czech-style light machine guns, 3 submachine guns, 2 grenadiers, and a number of bullets.
Even if such weapons are taken out, the weapons of the 6th Company are still relatively sufficient, and the guns of the soldiers who are in short supply are reserved, at least the 6th Company will not be worried about the lack of weapons for a short time.